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DR. F AllW h " N HIS SER 0 \ iN VIENNA, Wi T: ON HIS TOUR OF THE HOLL the surprises wnnu;inaemn tion that. surrouna Jrm a N Sea of Galue-SoomonIt Din His C3pitoL. Vmn, Jan. 5.-The Rev. T. De Witt Talmage, D. D., of Pookivn, ehedin this city today on . 'rpises of Religion." His text we I ' a x, 7: "Behold, the Lalf wvs not to'd me." The sermon was as - lows: Appearing before vou today. my mind vet agitated with the scenerv c' the Ifoly Lanc, from which we hIve just arrived, you will expect me to re. vert to soie of the scenes once enacted there. Mark a circle around Lake Galilee, and another cir ele around Jerusalem, and you de scribe the two regions in which cluster memories of more events than in any other two circles. Jerusalem was a pell of fascination that will hold mne e rest of my life. Solomon had re solved that that city should be the center of all sacred, regal and eonmer cial magnificence. He set himnsel to work, and monopolized the srrouna ing desert as a highway for his cara vans. lie built the city of Plamyn around one of the principal wells of the east, so that all the long trains of merchandise from the eaav were obliged to stop there, pay toll and leave part of their wealth in the hands of Solomon's merchants. He manned the fortress Thapsacus at the chief frd o1Cth Euphrates, and put under guaaI evrything that passed there. The three great products of Palestine wine pressed from the richest clusters and celebrated all the world over; oil, which in that hot countr-v is the entire substitute for butter and lard. and was pressed from the olive branches until every tree in the country became an oil well; and honey, which was the en tire substitute for sugar- these three great products of the country Solomon exported, and received in return fruits and precious woods and the animals of every clime. He went down to Ezion-geber and ordered a fleet of ships to be construct ed, oversaw the workmen. and watched the launching of the flotilla which was to go out on more than a year's voyage, to bring home the wealth of the then known world. He heard that the Egyptian horses were large and swift, and long maned and round limbed, and he resolved to hase them, giving eighty-five dol ?rapiece for them, putting the best of these horses in his own stall nnd selling the surplus to foreign pote2 '.ates at great profit. He beard that there was the best o, timber on Mount Lebanon. and he sent out one hundred and eighty thou sand men to hew down the forest and drag the timber through the mnountain ,.- gorgesto constructi t nto rafts to be oated to Joppa, and from thence to be drawn by ox teams twenty-five miles across the land to Jerus!em. He heard that there were beautiful flowers in other lands. le sent for them, planted them in his own gar dens, and to this very day there are flowers found in the ruins of that ci:v such as are to be found in no other part of Palestine, the lineal descend ants of the very flowers that Solomon planted. He 'heard that in foreign groves there were birds of richest voice and most luxuriant wing. Ho sent out people to catch them, and bri* thein there, and he put them cag'e Stand back nZow and see this long train of camelscomingup to the king's gate, and the ox tramns from Egypt. ~ r-n precious atsto and beasts of every hoof, and birds of every wing, and fish of every scale ! See the peacocks strut under the ce dars, and the horsemen run, and the chariots wheel! Hark to the orches tral Gaze upon the dance! Not stop ping to look into the wonders of the temple, step right on to the causeway, and pass up to Solomon's palace! TE i!MAEVEIB OF SOLOMOWS PALACE. Here we find ourselves amid a col lection of buildino's on which the king had lavished te wealth of many empires. The genius of Hiram, the architect, and of the other artists is here seen in the long line of corridors and the suspended gallery and the ap proach to the throne. Traceried win aow opposite tmeeried window. Bronzed ornaments bursting into lotus and lily and pomegranate. Chapiters surrounded by network of leaves in which imitation fruit seemed susgend ed as in hanging baskets.The branches-so Josephus tells us-three branches sculptured on the marble, so thin and subtle that even the leaves seemed to quiver. A layer capable of holding five hundred barrels of water on six hundred brazen ox heads, which guhdwith water and filled the whole cewith coolness and crystalline htssand musical plash. Ten taischased with chaziot wheel and lion and cherubim. Solomon sat on a thrd7ne of ivory. At the seating place of the throne, on each end of the steps, a brazen lion. Why, my friends, in that place they trixmmed their candles with snuffers of gold, and they cut their fruits with knives of dand thywashed their faces in winof aod nd they scoo out the ashes 'it shovels of gdand they stirred the altar fires with tongs of ld. Gold reflected in the water! Id lashing from the apparel! Geld bla-ing in the crown! Gold, gold, goldi Of course the news of the affuence of that place went out everywhere by every caravan and by wing of every ship, until soon the streets of Jerusa lenm are crowded with curiosity seek ers. What is that long' urocesion an prahing Jerusalem? 'I tin froin he pomp of it there must be royahty in the train. I smell the breath of the spices which are brought as presents, and I hear the shout of the drivers, and I see the dust covered ca-a van showing that they come front iar away. Cry the news up to the palace. The ~1een of Sheba advances. Let all epeoplr come out to see. Let the 'mighty men of the land come out on the palace corridors. Let Solomon come down the stairs of the palace he fore the queen has alighted. Shiaae out the cinnamon, and' thesarn and the ejalamus, and the frankinesei and pass it into the treasure ;:ouse. Take up the diamonds until they gli ter in the sun. The queen of Sheba slights3. She en ters the palace. She washes at the bath. She sits down at the banquet. The cup bearers bow. The meat smokes. The music trembles in the dash of the waters. from the molten sea. Then she rises from the banquet, and walks through the conservatories, and on the architecture, and she asks olomon many strange questions,1 and she learns about the religion of the Hebrews, and she then and there becomes a servant of the Lord God. She is overwhelmed. She begins to think that all the spices sihe lbrought, and all the o-ecious woods which are intended to'be turned into harps and psalteries and into railingst for the causeway between the temple and the palace, and the one hundre-d and eighty thousand dollars in moneyc she begins to think that all these ines ents amount to nothimg im such a place, and she is almost ashamned that. she has brought them, antd she says within herself: "T heos ard ran el ..v t Gd. ' In ri .ionr covmes to a. reighborhek!, the t:<t to recti-ve it an the wo- .'! Some men say it is be-cause they W"e wa minded. I say, it is bzeins- they hav'e quicker per cenio o what i.- iriht, more airdent e~tfectiu ai lcapa1city for sllint-r emiotion1. Afr 1. w omenC have re eeived tth -spe tlen all the dlis tr-ssed and th poor of boith sexes. those who hve no frie-nds, accept Jesus. L4s' of 1 1cmne the greatly prospered. Alas. that it is so! If there are those who have been fa vored o' fortune, or, as I might better ut itfavored of God, surreuder all -on have and all you expect to be tc M Lord who blessed thlis queen of Sheba. C-rtzainly you are not asiamed to be found in this queen's company. I am gLad that Chris.t has had his im neri:d friendls in all ages-Eizabeth Christina. queen of Prussia; Maria Feodoov.na. queen of Russia: Marie, eo-nr'ss of France: Helena, the im periai mother of Constaniine; Area dia. from her great fortmnes building public baths inl Conaninople and toiling for the alleviation of the mIaLses; Queen Clotilda, leading her husband and three thousand of his armed warriors to Christian baptism: Elizabeth of Burgundy, giving her jeweled glove to a beggar, arid scat t1ring great fortunes among the dis tressed; Prince Albert, singng "Rock of Ages" in Windsor Castle, and Queen Victoria, incogsita, reading the Scriptures to a dying pauper. I bless God that the day is coming when royalty will bring all its thrones, and music all its harmonics, and painting all its pictures, and sculpture all its statuary, and architecture all its pillars, and conquest all its scepters, and the queens of the earth, in long line of advance, frankincense filling the air and the camels laden with gold, shall approach Jerusalem, and the gates shall be hoisted, and the great burden of splendor shall be lifted into the palace of this greater than Solo mon. Again, my subject teaches me what is earnestness in the search of truth. Do you know where Sheba wast It was in Abyssinia, or some say in the southern part of Arabia Felx. In either case it was a great way off from Jerusalem. To get from there to Jeru salem she had to cross a country in fested with bandits, and go across bis tering deserts. Why did not the queen of Sheba stay at home and send a committee to inquire about this new religion, and have the delegates report in regard to that religion and wealth of King Solomon? She wanted to see for herself, and hear for herself. She could not do this by work of commit tee. She felt she had a soul worth ten thousand kin'gdoms like Sheba, and she wanted a robe richer than any woven by Oriental shuttles, and she wanted a crown set with the jewels of eternity. Bring out the camels. Put on the spices. Gather up the jewel of the throne and put them on the caravan. Start now; no time to be lost. Goad on the camels. When 1 see that caravan, dust covered, weary and exhausted, trudging on across the d.'sert and among tebandits until it reaches Jerusalem, I say: "There isan earnest seeker after the truth." SEEK EARMEST FOR THE TEtTE. But there are a great many who do not act in that way. They all want to get the truth, but they want the truth -to-onighp~the donot want to gtoit. Tere are people who fold their arms and say: 'am ready to become a Christian at any time; if I am to be saved I shall be saved, and if I am to be lost I shall be lost." But Jerusalem will never come to you; you must 'o to Jerusalem. The re ligion of t'he Lord Jesus Christ will not come to you; you must go and get religion. Bring out the camels; put on all the sweet spices, all the treas ures of the heart's affection. Start for the throne. Go in and hear the waters of salvation dashing in fountains all around about the throne. Sit down at the banauet-the wine pressed from the grapces of the heavenly Eshcol, the angels of God the cup bearers. Goad on the camels. The Bible declares it: "The queen of the south"-that is, this very woman I am speaking of "the aueen of the south shall rise up in ju.gnment against this generation and condemn it; for she came from the uttermost parts of the earth to hear the wisdom of'Solomon; and, behold! a greater than Solomon is here." What infatuation the sittinno down in idleness expectincr to be sav . "Strive to enter in at te strait i-ate. AseL and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, aind it shall be opened to you." Take the kingdom of heaven 'by violence. Urge on the camels! Again, my subject impresses me with the fact that religion is a stur prise to any one that gets it. This story of the new religion in Jerusa lenm, and of the glory of Jping Solo mon, who was a true of Christ-that story rolled on an'd on, and was told by every traveler coming back from Jerusalem. The news goes on the wing of every ship and with every caravan, and you know a story en larges as it is i-etold, and by the time that story gets down int~the southern part of Arabia Felix, and the queen of Sheba hears it, it must be a tremen dous story. And yet this queen de clares in regard to it. although she had heard so much and had her antici atiosraised so high, the half-the Sor go s always a surprise to any on h t s i'Tesoyof grace-an old storv. Apostles pre-ach ed it with rattie of chain; martyrs de elated it with arm of fire; deathbeds have affirmed it with visions of glory, and ministe rs of religion have sound &d it through the lanes, and the high ways, and the chapels, and the cathe drals. It has been cut into stone with chisel, and spread on the canvas with pencil; ".nd ~it has been recited in the doxolog- of great congregations. And et when~ a man nirst conies to look on the palace of God's mercy, and to see the royalty of Christ, and the wealth of this banquet, and the luxuriance of his attendants, and the loveliness of his face, and the joy of his service, he exclaims with prayers, with tears, with sighs, with triumphs: "The half -the half was not told me!" I appeal to those -who are Chris tians. Compare the idea you had of the joy of the Christian life before you became a Christian with the ap preciation of that joy you have now since vou have become a Christian, and you are willing to attest before angels and men that you never, in the days of your spiritual bondage, had any appreciation of what was to come. You are ready today to answer and sar in regard~ to the discoveries y(ou have made of the merecy and the grace~ and the goeodness of God: "The hraf the half w~as not told nme!"' zTos s:IA~LL niE TiiE .JOY OF THlE EARTHI. Well we . heair a great deal about t e goca tine that is comi'ng to tis wob we it is to be. girded with 'i'vaton. Hoiilnss on the bells of the horses. The lion's mane patted my then' hand of a babe. P'ips of Tar shish bri'nine cargoes for Je'is, and i;. I t4i it John told it, Pa l toxld it. Ei:ekiel tula it, Luther told it. Caldvi old it, John Milton told it e-vervb.dy tells it and vet-and yet when the imidnight shall ily the hills, and Christ shLl marshal his great army. and China, dashir her idols into the dust, shall hear the voice of God and wheel into line; and India, destroying her Juggernaut and snatch ing up her little children from the Gandes, shall hear. the voice of God and vheei into line; and vine covered Italy, and wheat crowned Russia, and all the nations of the earth shall hear the voice of God and fall into line; then the Church, which has been toil ing and strugglincr through the cen turies, robed an garlanded like a bride adorned for her husband, shall put aside her veil and look up into the face of her Lord the King and say: "The half-the half was not told me!" Well, there is coming a greater sur prise to every Christian-a greater surprise than anything I have depict ed. Heaven is an old story. Ever body talks about it. There is hardly a hmn in the hymn book that does not refer to it. 'hildren read about it in their Sabbath school books. Aged men put on their spectacles to study it. We say it is a rbor from the storm. We call it home. We say it is the house of many mansions. NVe weave together all sweit, beautiful, delicate, exhilarant words; we weave them into letter, and then we spell it out in rose and lily and amaranth. And vet that place is going to be a surprise to the most intelligent Chris tian. Like the queen of Sheba, the report has come to us from the far country, and many of us have started. It is a dcsert march, but we urge on the camels. What though our feet be blistered with the way? We are has tening to the palace. We take all our loves and hop and Christian ambi tions, as fran incense and myrrh and cassia, to the great King. We must not rest. We must not halt. The night is coming on, and it is not safe out here in the desert. Lrge on the camels. I see the domes against the sky, and the houses of Lebanon and the temples and the gardens. See the fountains dance in the Lun and the gates flash as they open to let in the poor pilgrims, Send the word up to the palace that we are coming, and that we are weary of the march of the desert The King will come out and say: "Welcome to the palace: bathe in these waters; re cline on these banks. Take this cin namon and frankincense and myrrh and put it upon a censer and swing it before the altar." And yet, my friends, when heaven bursts upon us it will be a greater surprise than that-Jesus on the throne, and we made like him! All our Christian friends surrounding us in glory: All our sorrows and tears and sins gone by forever I The thkousands of thousand-s, the one hun dred and forty and four thousand, the great multitudes that no man can number, will cry, world without end: "The half-the half was not told me I GIANT JACK. It was in~ the year 1860, while I was staying a few days in a Missouri villago, ttfirstsaw Giant Jck. I was seated on the piazza of the only hotltatthe place could boast of, when I saw ni large, handsome mnan.acompaed by a very pretty woman, passing down the street. He was over six feet in height, with broad shoulders, a deep. fnll chest, muscular and well formed limbs, glossy, chestnut hair, and a huge beard of iire same color, which hung nearly to is waist. Ho was about 35~ years of age, and his companion appeared to be about twelve years his junior. They were seated in a handsome carriage, drawn by a pair of beautiful, blooded horses; and it was evident that they belonged to a wealthy class of people. "That 'ere big feller?'' said mine host in reply to my inquiry. "W'y, that's John Norval. Me 'n' him' has alus be'n chums ever sence we wuz boys. When ther gold fever broke out in '49, we went ter Californy tergether. It wuz while he wuz thar that he got ther nickname ur Giant Jack-an' ther name jeet fits him; John is er giant in size, and his heart is big in proportion ter his body. Er better feller than John never stood in two shoes; an' I, who've known him ever sence he wuz knee high ter er gras hopper, ken swar ter it. He owns ther big grocery store shar ererost ther street, an' ther dry goods store jest beyond this hotel; and ther big house yer passed jest before yer entered this village, is his'n. "Me'n' John didn'; make our fortin' diggin' Californy gold, es some did," continued the landlord. "Arter we'd be'n tharerbout five years, we got kinder homesick; an', ez we'd made er big ernough pile ter start us in business here in our native village, we concluded ter pull out fur home. "But jest befoewe got ready ter start, thar wuz a new arrival at the camp-er man named Horton, an' his daughter. When Giant Jack see ther gal he decided ter stay erwhile longer, an', uv course, ez I didn't want ter start fur home with out him, I stayed, too. Giant Jack had fell in love with Clara Horton, almost at fust sight, an' I couldn't blame him fur it; fur she wuz purtier'n any picter I ever see. "Horton ,cretended that he had come ter dig gold, but we found out after wards that that wuz only er blind, Hie wuz a professional gambler; an' before he had be'n at ther camp ten days, he had fleecedno less'n half er dozen miners. Such scoundrels w'iuz very common in ther California gold regions in them days. "Giant Jack disliked Horton from the fust, but he made friends with him so he could git 'quainted with his daughter; a~n' before Clara Horton had bo'n er week at the camp, she an' Giant Jack wuz ther best uv friends. "Giant Jack had pitied ther girl on ther day when he had fust seen her when ther stage had brought her an' her father up from ther city; fur she seemed or lady, with her quiet ways an' her wistful eyes, an' not a tall fitted fur ther wild, rovin' life, which it wuz plain her father wuz kadin' her. "Pity is akin ter lov-e, they say; an' ebbe it wuz thmer cause uv Giant Jack's lun' in love with Clara Horton so sud den; fer ten days from ther time he had fust seen her, he axed her ter be his wife. " 'I like yer bett'n any other man I ever see,' she told him, 'an' I would be glad ter leave my father, whom I can neither lve nor respect; but, on her dyin' bed, mxy mother made mec promise never ter leave my father, without his consent. Ef he don't object, an' yeu aren't ashamed ter marry or gambler's daughter, I will e your wife; but I can't break the promnise I made ter my dyin' mother.' "Horton not only objected, but told Giant Jack he'd put er bul'l through him of he caught him hangin' 'round arter Clara any more. No one short ur r milioner, he sail, could have his daughter. "Giant Jack drew his pistol from his belt. thoughtt erwhile, an' then put it back erg'in. "'If ver w'n~'t Clara's father,' said he, TI' l1t lalitri throarlh ver.' iit'T Du...a hini ;vit'hout es::ynt Ue oldherthat - .1.hit m h'21Ie--. ci she r '' iu, keein' er pre;,de. 1But al" l; argyin didA't do ao good. Clara, though she cried when lie wuz pleadin' wi th her, refused ter break her pMmse. "Fur thrto ur four days arterwards Giant Jack went 'rounl lookin' suller'n er mad bull: then one eenin' he got me an' three other fcllers to go up to Hor ton's cabin. "'Let's shako,' he said ter Horton when we got thar; -and ter show rve got nothin' erg'in yer 1ll play er game ur keerds with v.' "1orton shook hands with him heart fly, but he looked er little s'prisd, fur Giant Jack had allus refused ter play with him before. " 'U. course I'll have er game -ith yer,' said he, awful chipper: fur he thought he'd got or new vicim. 'Set right down thar.' "Giant Jack oct down ter ther table, an' Horton seated himself opposite ter him. "Thoe cut fur deal, an' Giant Jack drew ther highest keerd. " 'What's yer gamey ho axed, shuflin' ther pasteboards. "'Seven up,' said Iorton. 'ThAat'sther most pop'lar game jest now.' "Ther game wuz small at fust an' Hor ton won six out ov ther fust seven. Then bigger stakes wuz made, an' Giant Jack won erbout four out or every five games. "When ther young folks, back here In ole Missourv, useter lay keerds fur fun. John Norval useter be ther smartes' an' luckics;t one ermongst 'em: an', fur ther fust time since he'd be'n at ther camp. Horton had fond his match. "It wuz or purely scientific game, each man bein' too clever fur ther other ter attempt any cheatin'. Horton wuz stead ily losin', but he didn't offer ter give up playin'. I've noticed. a er gineral thing, that ther more er man loses when he's gamblin', ther more anxious he is ter play. "At last Horton rose ter his feet, look in' pale an' haggard. "'Ye bare cleaned me out,' ho gaid. Tre nothin' more ter stake.' "'Thar's yer daughter.' said Giant Jack coolly. 'I'll lay half ur ther pile that rve won ter night ag'inst her.' "Horton glared at him er minute, an' then sot down ter ther table erg'in. "Giant Jack dealt ther keerds, an' ther game commenced. Horton made ther Jack, an' Giant Jack wuz high, low, game. "Ther second heat, Giant Jack went high, low, jack an' ther game. "'I've won,' be said, quietly. "Horton jumped ter his feet an' drew his pistol; but quick ez or flash Giant Jack covered him with his own barkin' iron. "'Drap that,' said he, sternly, 'ur ye'll find I ken play at pistAs "x wel es at keerds.' "Ther pistol drapped from Horton's tremblin' hand ter ther floor. He knew that Giant Jack wuz ther beet sbot in the camp. "Horton glared at Giant Jack fur 'bout half er minute, an' then he cAlled Clara from her little room at ther ond uv ther cabin. " 'Take her erway from here at once,' he said ter Giant Jack. 'She "on't stay here ter-night; an' I hope Til never set eyes oni ber erg'in.' "In er few words. Giant Jack told bor what had happened; an' thor look uf joy that shone in her eyes told plainer than words could have done how pleased she wuz at ther turn erfairs had taken. Without cr word uv farewell ter her father. ur even or backward glance, she tuk Giant Jack's arm an' ho led her from ther cabin, ieavin' behind him every thing else that he had won from Horton. "We gave up our cabin ter Clara~ -ha night, an' siept in ther cabin that be longed ter ther fellers tat went with us ter Horton's, which wuz close to our'n. "The next day we-Clara, Giant Jack and myself-took ther stage fur Frisco: an' cz soon er. we got thar Giant Jack and Clara wuz married." "And what became of her father?" I asked. "I don't know whatever become uv Horton. We never heard from him since that night we left him erlone in his cabin at ther Californy minin' carnp. Yes, that woman yer see jest new with Giant Jack--ur John Norval, ox ho is known erbout here-is his wife; an' he won her, not with or sword, nor exactly by courtship. In plain English, he won her at tho old fashioned game uf 'high, .low,.Jack.' "--J. H. Spencer in Chicago Lodger. ________ A Disgasted Cat. In some manner a cat f-oun~d its way intoa cyclorama building several days ago. The man in charge attempted so chase the trespassing feline through the door, but the cat evidently thought there was a better way of escaping the rising temper of tho irate man. It looked cautiously about, as if to avoid stepping on the prostrate forms of heroes slain in the battle. Finally its eyes caught sight of a tree. A projecting limb hung very low, and here the cat thought to find a place of safety. It gave one leap. and, no doubt, was the most disgusted cat in Portland when it learned by sad ex peri ence that the tree was on the canvas. It picked itself up and slowly slunk throuigh the door, down the stairs and out of the buildng.-Portland Oregonian. The First Lamp Chimn'ey. "Petroleum," says a correspondent in Notes and Queries, "was known, and even refined, long before it was used in lamps. A F'renchmian i said to have spent years in vain endeavo'rs to con struct a lamp in which the new oil would burn without smoking. .Accident helped him at last. Vexed by failure, he had drained his wine flask-a long necked, thin bottle, like oil flasks-and set it down on the table so hard as to break the glass bottom. He then chanced to catch it up an~d hold it over the flame of Ihis smoking lamp. The smoke ceased, and ho saw that what he sought was found." "I aim surprised, B~obby, that yo should ask for more pie when you have plenty yet on your plate." "Why, t'hat ain't pie, ma; that's crust. What I want is pie." John Snyder died recently in North hampton countyL Pa.. aged'94 years. Canadian customs oflicers calcu late that the Uniited Statcs gorvern met is defrauded of nearly $1.000. 000 a year by opiumn smuggling irom Brit ish Columbia across the border. A wealthy man who has been con-j Ivited of shooting partridges near Laurel Del.. and shiip ing themn out of the state contrary to w, will have to pay $480 in fines. "This teeth >owder is not common thing, as be se J ed in the world." says a Jatpainese advertisement. "'It is pow erful to hold the health of the toeth, and recover the teeth from its9 'ick. If ou only xamine you should find that it i:ever tceN a lie." John Metz dieCd recently at Ham' burg. Pa.. aiged nearly 93 years. His wi , azed 92 years. survives, to ,: . I ,': % I, - 1 E I . . - I '. The caisson, within which Niain built a pier for tho Louisville & J2er sonville bridge, collap-edi about six O'clock yesterday evening and the workmeu in it were cru:-hed to dcat;. The caisson, known as- No. 11, was about oue hundred yards frma the Kentucky s"re. As the wr Im ' the pumping scst ion ere n the men in the calison to put od- in their boats. le-aving the work for the: night., they suddenly saw the l.,w dark structure disappear in the dathing white waves and herard before they could realize what had hsppeuied tht roar of the furious maelstrom. Eigh tecu nen w-re at work iu the cai"sson and four escaped. At 12.20 o'clock this morning -6he bodies of three unfortunato ictims of the cai:son accident were recovered by the workmen. The pcsitioi-s in wiich they were found1 showed hat n. desperate struggle had taken place at the natrow door of the escape. One nEgro had succeeded in pulling hi bo'dy through the aperture, but death had overtaken hir just when lfe was promised. Another negro had crowl ed partly through. His hands were fasfened by death in the clothinu of a negro in front of him, showing that be had made a desperate etlort to escape first. Between the two negroes w the body of the white man. It ap peared from his position that he was trying to push back some one whc was clinging to his legs. The sand accumulated at the door by the sud den sinking of the caisson had wedged in thebody of the white man in sutel a manner that it could not be removed. At 11.30 this morning the work wa' discontinued in order to allow the workmen to rest and refresh theta selves. Later a fresh force was put on duty and the work renewed. Abe Taylor, one of the negro labor ers who survived the terrible catast rophe, was found at his home on Pres ton Street by a reporter. He had no! entirelv recovered from the fright oc asioned by the late experience and his voice trembled as he told whal happened at the bottom of the river "As near as I can rememaber," he saic there were eighteen of us who wen1 down. Some of us had can dles in omi hands and others carried the tocis w( worked with. The engine was piump ing air into the caisson. We wert- noi thinking of danger and didn't have auw idea there was a weak point in th: caisson. We were talking and runnin. oi with each other, just as we alway do. Somebody said we would be re lieved in about two hours and I repli: ed that I wished it was now. I locket to see how near the caisson was to th: sand bottom. I was standing close t' the little door when I heard ,omebo,1 say 'Great God, men, she is breaking. Just then the water commence to rush through the shell doors and it seemet as if everything gave way at once. "I broke for the door. I - haroli know how I did, but managed to ge through. The men behind me wer, rushing and turnbling over each other and I eould -hear them crying, 'We ar l-t. Help, help; my God save us.' "Badly frightend as I was, I coul< not help but pity them. I could~ de nothing for them, so I helped mysell I could hear the water rushingt in o: the p)oor fellows ras I climbed u) sounded louder than the roar of th waters. I got out safely, and thauke God for my deliverance. I never wil forget that awful sight as long as live." Taylor was asked if he thought b; any possibh means they could live ut tilhelp reached them. "No sir." he said, '-they couldn live. The water is running in faste than all the engines can force it oul There is not any way for them to et cape." Further investigation shows tw more men to have lost their lives Hamilton Morris and Louis Coxc making a total of sixteen. A NEW THING IN INSURANCE. Polcle Isrnued Not onlr on Llves~. Buntt 31eu;!AmnaUts D)ue on Mortgages. A number of business men of thi city have formed a novel life insuranc company, which is to be known as th National Building, Loan and Life In surance Company. Its purpose is ti issue nolicies on the lives of person holding beilding and loan associatio; shares, and who can thus, at a mi mum rate per week, insure their live for the amount of the mortgage o; their homes. Thus, in the event o death before the mortgages :have bee: paid off, the homes are preserved t< the families of the insured, the policie having been made first payable to tha building and loan associations holdin; the mortgages. The residue ot the in surance, of course, goes to the famil: of the policy holders. It is designe; to make the local building and lea] association af every place agents fo: this new company, and thus not onl' reduce the expenses of the enterprise to a minimum but also work in con neetion with the association. For in stance: A man who has borrowed $3, 000 from some association to bulid home can. by paying an adiditional 20c or 30c. a week-wh.1tever his rate o insurance is-on his regular a-sess mnt, keep a policy in: effect on hi. ife for the amount of his original in debtedness. Thus, if he should di< when $.500 has been paid on his mort gae the i!l6: i'rance compeyU woul ay $500 to the building and loau as Sciation and $500 to the family of thi deceased. This idea is original with the pro jctors of the enterprise, and there i: o ether company in the United $iate or out of it, for that matter, so far nm known, writing insurance in the wtay outlined above. It is not deige c conine the operations of the com'pen3 to Indiana, but thcy will be extendr toother States as rapidly a- po-sible. The copany gives p'ronise Of takint.; rank with the leading ufe 'uurance interests of the country. iW is chanue- ,' bs the only life insurance ecmpany 1: this State that will do busines' on hie standard plan. The company w~Al oc canitalized at $100,0~00 to ..tar.t wh, and this will he incsed asnesi ties reuire On the $10 00b0 bacch maximum amount of any one poneyv wll, under the law governing le in erane compaies, be $5.000. The idea first suggestedl itsef to sevral of the gentiemen interested lat August and it was not unail Octo br that the plan of organizafti vas pefected and notice given of the in tention ts incorporate the enterprise. The necessary three months will be up next Thursday, when the company wll be .incorporated--Indianapois All over the country people are un der the impression that when they buy (juinine they do not get the reml (im nine. The statement is made that hre ourihs of thc quinine pgi sedd in some cities are compounds . o cihna and other forms of qjuinme hic arenot ef'ective as the genuine :1 L.j ta L Jaz us v- Ant~ ag1 . u ar re-ts were -aae i-y t-C police, and one j a h concealed weapns. r-e tnerGreestudents Ver ch ed with mir2 j nses, and we- disurdedun r commendation i tue utvcity lictC aIs. B. J. Un dr : he tempest In a ereas, of the c * ---c.l ey- de is a vouug . .: n, 19 years of-age. Hiz hom i .-ewer 1C Nor' of mas n and DmAH.line but in V t.he- beneft of rLis a.o has been -pending he win ( e. I::co ariving on tbe cam pus he =,s se: c-cupyg gearters it theC gur e norar.Y, of -which hi: gra'imother hI.- charge. The long.-i iilerbmli remailcd th stronger grew tiofeeingamo :.e sudents. Th< \uoa white runa occupied no profes snal positfion and tiis mado mat ters worse and aroused the feeling mor - ri;sly agaist hur. To add t< these, he is rathie preipo ing iap pe.rance and nddres. During th< past two morthi caucuses have beer icd. i which Underhill and the dor mitory were the aNl absorbirig theme of diseu-ion. Delegati-n after dele gation called upon President Hickmar and requcstcd the removal of the wbite boy from the girls' dormitory Dr. zlickman haus steadily refused the reqness, saying Uaderhill has the con-umption. ie is no more than o girl and t bore need be no uneasines: on his account. Another cause of re sentment is the contempt with whici the white boy regards the black stu. dents. He has ttrong views on th( race question, and, contrary to th( practic3 of the other white intnates o the Uivereity, refuses to associatU soially with the students. Matter have been moving on in this fashion but growing worse and worse ever' day, ever since the white boy took ui his residence with the negro girls anc his graindmother. The final denoue ment occurred on Christmas night when the students engaged in a holi day festival in the college hal. Ad joicing this hall is the music room During the festival Underhill entere( with one of the white teachers an< passed through to the music room which was unoccupied. In a fey minutes s-veral studen ts followed him Underhill requ-ted the negro stu dents to retur-n to the main hall which he said had been turned overtc them for the occasion, while the mu sie hall would be occupicd by th whites, reaning himself and the lad; accompan ing him. "You are living in the college. wh, slhould you refu:se to associate wit I us-" iked one of the students. Livingin the building and asso ciating with you are diLerent things, was the tanswer. "Then you hail better get out. W are not used to being snubbed by th white peopic here." A hot sn ensued, and the O suit wvas a request of President Hicli man th following morniag, by a nun ber of the st-elau, for the removal c Underhill. Ihe President refused. On the night of December 31 t windows of the d rmitory where U1 )nerhtili was qartered '-ore smashed with rock, piw we i re fired throus 1the windows andI doors, and a gener )hairraisiis tinie was had. Mr. Hici Sman placed the mantter in the hands< Sde:ectives andO iour ot the studen were erres. .1 b .t afterwards discha ge~d. Yest.erny. nowever, one of tl foiur, W. A. S-amnuel, was arreste while competing for a~ teacher's plai in the exaumnt on at the court hou -charged wit h carryinug concealed wea ons and being implicated in the atla tof last Tuesday night. Samuels w~ rplaced under boAd and allowed h -liberty until the trial comes off. Mea -while there is great excitemer -among the students at the Universit Underhill still rema~ins in his quarte 'in the dormitory under the eye 'his grandmother. IMourned by' a Mlave Many Yearq. A correspondent of the;Boston Tra eler ..t Sand HEills. Ga, .sends :he fo lowing: 'strolling into an old cem: terv at Sand Hills, Ga., on Christmu mo~rning wz were met by an old blac woman whose face, bore the unmista kablo signs of norrow and hard discip -line in her life. She carried in her hands a bash which contained a few flowers. Pre Senting a portion of them to us she cal ed our attention to a spot where si Splaced her simple offering by ever gnrave. Finding a willing liste ner, sL tolditheo od story o. tne extinction, w~e may use the word, of one of th old families. Master had died, ti daughter had son followed him. th only son had been killed in the wa and th'e boken-hearted wife and motl er in a~ ew short months was laid rest with her loved ones. And nov on thi-. Chcristuus morning, this faiti ful old servant had hrought flower in tendelr .loving memory to the: -graves." An Ande-r-.onl .'lysery. ANDERSON. S. C, Jan. 11.-Last Sur pay afternoon an infant was found a Mt. Tabor burylog ground, about on mile .ou h of this city, partially cov ered. It had been buried, but th dogs or somethirg else had uncovere< investisiionl be'zun. The body of th child s exauni'ned by Dr. Ralph. W Brow. No sigus of violence could b Id n d. 1)-roonnrp~eon was s< far .a dvanced a:, to ma:e it impossibl to say- whether the c-hill was white o black, but th-e indicar ionis were that i was r-u'au~o. It appeared to hay been daad2 about s. wee:k, and to be child no more th-in two or three weeksold. e jury was unable t ud out the pareutie of the child, o: bywo ir wa le.;tt the graveyard ne ecept co'ocred p)eople are burn e: 1 .Tn. . A fter hearing al be?' evid-e; -t hand, the jury ad owne to.at ainnext Friday a ,om ae when~ the investiga ti _ ..11EeUca 1d rthsi an ItareT of this d4 ud i *1ea.m:e btage, which afts S.:n:ly-db all the eminen n 62: . a-,duriug "-Prohib: n an ..- 2tuesegs-:ehig srutinl - I ---u-n.v -.--lowe to b~e sol fre- o -.t e .m if en .a d soal i . t:ils .l -1: rant iz ib a 10nla and su :-r h i s nt lu..ae Ing pIi jleias 'a h. .... 1e c'na' n e1rishm en *ct cottMe-. It ha, .-he tastelof lagh its. nur! ifl 'n medi.* inal quxan(5 :- spee:a. r id t -'r ech-r1 world renowne o'iin ite-a w wat-er. Pnt upil cas ot fl nl .h pit at ::. 25 per doz~eiu i..v ...i-, l a '' p &r -on. andiin casks c -. -r-my eg rdr. Copyrighte V -. and nons genuin ules'-. el. e fo jmhrnton., S.a C. U. . A. ESTABL 'SHED 1844. Chd tIi r M Ay n :. ers, Saw _11Ill XMrbu, 1-1 o 4t ton P ~ eGis 2 e .: boat, Maciinists', E and Mill Sul ines. g & l'pi e.:v~'; ,i;t~a p. ' es fai sI)';'iWi. . i , v i bls.. East Bay, Oor. PriCotnd St., Charleston, S. C. C. Biss..L JENIN-, G t . -. ; 1'. The Cameron & Barke , COMMISSION MERCIANTS, - -AND A(ENTS FR Erie City Engine and Boilers, Atlas Engine and Boiers, the frnous little Giant Hydraulic Cot ton Press, Eigle Col ton Gins. 'We have in stock one each 610, 65, and 70 sa; E 1 g!c Gin o!; hop worn, that we are offering way below cost. Send for price-. Oils, Rubber and Leather Belting, and a comp'lee line i We Guaratee Lowest Prices for lest Q-ilty of Go. CAMERON&BARKELEY CO., Charleston, S. F. J. PELZER, President. F. . fD itS, T'e surer. Atlantic Phosphate Company, CHATIE T.-XT1%, 3. C. MANUFACTURERS OF STANDARD FERTILIZERS, AND DIPORTERS OF PG~e Grmvy n "cE.a i PELZER, RODGERS, & CO., General Agts., BROWN'S WHARF. CHAiLESTON, S. C. M. M. LmTr, of Manning, will be pleased to snpply his fnnl :r.a t p lie gen erally, with any of the above brands of Fertilizers. SEOKENDOR F & MID D L E T , Cotton Factors, NAVAL STORES, No. 1 Central Wharf, CHARLEsTOiT S. C. F. W. C APPELMN N, DEALER IN CHOICE (4R01-, WINES, LIQUORS, TOBACCO AND CIGARS, S. E. Cor. Meeting and Reid Sts., CH.ULESTON, S. C. - Choice Flour a specialty. Sugars sold near cost. ...... r. r:...Goods de ivered free to depot. Conntry orders promptly attord. : OTTO F. W , WHOLESALE GO1ER, Wholesale Dealer in1 Wines1 U!cers 1i No. 121 East Bay, Charleston , S. C. MANUFACTURERS AND DFALERS IN General Building Mateia!. s Sash, Doors, Blinds, Mouldiing, Scroll Sawing, Tanig Door and Window Frames, Lumber, Fitering; Ceing, Weather-boarding, Paints, Ois, Glars, Lirae,, &c. Office, Salesroom, Factory and Tards, Smith, Near Queen Street, je-Write for prices, or send a list of your wants for an estimate.e [GEO. E. ToirL.. . *HEiT.Y OLIvER.) ~ ee E Tal &CoA. McCOBB, Jr. Ge.eij~~nral Commfiss . rchant, MAh~UPACTURLRS AND WIIOLESALL - ..gY"1A-""TR, TI"- IAND DEALER IN e Doors, L-e e~t ~~rPrs ~,Fr Sash, Ek uir~~ rf Blinds, LadPstrndEsr H. e Mouldings, JAetfrWiesEgihPrln Mantels,Cent Grates, etc. O.1 ST]\, > Scroll Work, Turning and--CARET ,S.. ' Isie Fnih.Builder's Hard- LE ware, and General :Bui1ling Material. ~~~~~~mnhotw OFFICE AND SALESROOMS, ri~O -10 and 12 Hayne Street, F .WSN tLREARl CHARLESTON hOTEL, AE E V.IB IEA.UMC Charleston, S. C. Si--T All Work Guaranteed. - 1 Bridteafor eirimatey. GLandHaPlastern an EatrnHy ~ Dors, ashB~ins CHAdRLsESTON,, . - . AL LE H 1GGN1. .7. AGETT E T BLIEL[FE ASURANC ~O. 162 F~~t li, T.Y; ad1 wING.S. C Wr33 ing for etmates on - i .(f4 f> ;.Y S c :,Si, Hackerin an Son DOOISAh LOn8 Ould Buildinal Matentr d octiao l. 303 King Street lso, I. C.'~~: ~.1~esta Two Doors Nor h of Liberty Shaing Haicuand orMSmacrcl tk2M~ : CHRLSTNS.C BD.I1MA.O~ A - Y L Ai7