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V O L C I. _ M A N N N G S . C A, _ W I N E [ A ,_ C IE1} q.1 9 ._ _ _ _ __ _ _ _ O 2 AIE SfhLit !S \I ill US -R. T GE P-:EACHES ON THE CONTN& NED) :M N 2OF CHRIST. n eZ..i..e int *e e . U. 1 u% ) aTo -:.= ** a , . ra rCietii.s .Bacom~s. 7. -'.-his is Sacra -.T res usual oi these oc eau * n'.*,- .t Itu. and impres 0~v. The n o ervice tapmed wi Lhe e n.-, .re dsly.The L-rand oertoi hr, Grln was exquisitely reu dered 1t lie r ' IrIIV EVr- Irwn and t e. e - with the mjetic " coonaLI alIW. Dr. Tala::es oils course wvt .)u --T iarchL Ot Chilst thrt u.:b the .C cotr. i" andu his text IZV:ite aion -.x: 1:. - Un his head were M' ycur l o he a'ert and youi thuList eo .Cenned, and all the iow) eC owur ZS uk ArtueA. while I speak to u'(u v$ !!:x "Imo-.uh cf Christ through thi cum: s." Y cu sa v, -give us ther a ico' stait, mi. ro'ra Ii f verm:liiu and ou i Lr.f n:asaze ;:.,! umid corri-lors 01 pr 1at urAitr canoti4pies dyei in al h htud, f :.. we - tig ,un." You ca s ith .;ri pie. At tht tm r i: a as horni, there were east 1 - n the l-each of Glee. and paaa and i:- perial bath ro-onis .:- J ti and obelisks at Cairo and kl'antihenon at Rome, with its cA: it .1a 1tco inid sixteen granite co.au-: ai.d the Arthenon at Athecs with i lenini coronet of teites, Lntl i e ,v i e :uountains of fine archi tecti:e '1i .my partA ot he world. But nohie :um were to be the startiig 1place . w e Cit*.L tLlan I celebrate. ..A -.-'s 1, a wiiter mcuth, an at mtlo (sj t-. iu 'ich are the moan of cam)l i.: I he haaiunma lf sheep and the barkL. t: das,; ad the rough banter of hsth it-. A, vTakes his first journey bt-.: e ec.u.d walk. Aimed desper anou. w::v ! is ofi blood were ready to suLalh Lm iownt io butchery. Rev. WiLi i1. 1Thomjpsoni, the veteran aid bIhm ] mi .n *t ntxry whom I saw last ) l-.vcr, in his 86th year. has desci it. :v h:. volume estitled -The laut' ti.e Dook." Bethlehem- as he saw it. EN"tr Nlore last I walked up : t. h r hil Is of Jura lime stoi0 1. i v. -A h he Village now rests. The "act t Kin David had been born the;e. had ntt .ring ages elevated the viiat m i % s ueeal attention. The othte: !iact ta't was the birthplace of our ( hiema k tkeep the place in afte ar !oi si,.cial dishonor, for Rladi"i hu.. -e the grove of Adonis and "or 180 S the religion the, e ob sCrved as tihe !most abbiorent debauch cry the vie-d hia ever sten. Our Chief. tan w as conired dangerous Irom the start. The wt( d had put suspicious eyes Ljpou im ca.u,.e at the time of his hin th, th asroigers had seen stel lar co0mmoL* us. a wold! cut of its place and I itut.u., d wi toward a caravan sar. Sarl vioaion was a science. As late : hteenth century it had its votaries. A I the Court of Catharine de Medic' :t wa- honored. Kepler, one of the w istt- ph osophers that tin world tvr saw, (i::la.-d i. .vas a true science. As lata as le r; 'n of Charles II, Lilly. an azt:olge-- wat e tled bexore the bt.use of coimmlonfi i Lugzland to give his opiu iotn as to ftu-re eveuts. For ages the brihit. appeic.uce of Mars meaut war:: o! .ui iter, r..eaLt pc wer, of the Pleades, mieant etems~ i. sea. And as history niovus in einles, I to not know b ttthat uher a w hi'.e it. nay be found that as the mneen lits ti.e tide of the sea and the sunt affects ithe growth or blasting of croplis, vther wi Id' besides those two niIlds mai I.a' e siomething to do with the di stimy e ii (di1iduals and nations ini thii word I dot n~ot w'.nd'er that thitecommIfotior3 in te heavens exeited dihe wise meni on the ci it our chieftain was born. As he CW eae ti:uothe r world and after thirt -Lhreei was again to exchangie worid, it do, f not seem strange to me that autronciu :-hiu:d have felt the et kct of His coi::2h. And instead ol be cit: tunbeiibut the one 't'ar thatI ttoo: t(i, Iinde that all the worlds in, the ha~ven1s did not~ that Ch~ristmas tie whi~ ~a..d u leave to ione w.old~ or. uf.. tor ta: bearina et the neVws v-s M'ais that l:ightL that it did not itai-. cate the mi:nt> wais that were to c-ae (etwee a r uihitusnes's and imrdqtalt t V. huel wt as ,Jupiter' that night thatL it dL] not t ib brae flmnlipotece~ iratt aL'id Wht'e w te i tice .1 leiades that Iiight, th:t' C'd ( -t atiiAn,:.e the sIi.5 $,t perI.eu 'n thatI wouku a::sad. ouri 0 *: i :. tis mlarch of Ci istn C ritath e, niutiis we mlust nott wais ee: hi 1e ad him, fir ti:at would t ie . V- '.n - d r worsipii. So we m.j is tn ' in . We follow hin while n.ot y et ': ' ' t' - cs, up' a .Jeru'salemi ter race. t fi busig iJo keel long acnd 600J cit. wi'.~ i toI.. 'r the hxove-rmy splen-. de(r of ~ sat'it and by l a pilhar ero-UI d with *'ita e~led. . iito the ishaite "1 oft bet 14~ d i:-.' 'It\ 4. itit Iit*i e a tuul btt' phi( per aid tueolotiat's gait~(r arountili :im. and ih n the bo) bewiiders, ie enna-u anc er, ttad unider his quick4 whI 's :" d w u'tfois. and ho~ws and we.eus, ite. itli their wh.Iite- bteadl With emi tani ua~ and rub-.1 eir w riakled !uor 'Lti 1.'iit Ien t n t uL' .e muarbIle 'loor' as theI Xte i( it'. mley must te l hke elio t ': ohies-s t hat ailows telve 'eur ? eit 'e t' a-' sevety-fiveSer (Ou~ t of das uii ig we ?tllw hinm t( mpt'ation. ns ~.- to this day b.4l~w wi it tC!e '~ deu.tLook! U u the side Iftis mts Lti. comiie all time forces ori 1:'It~ t' ell-e t our Chuetam'is cap. ture. ]'ut 'lt-tg wt akenled by fo~rty dasJs andt '. n :hts it abstinence, he butris ol I Id t. . iu d ~ttown the roc~ks. SgiouvL4.e --: how Is tau hurl into help hi '.ntt a!! 'i'uir '.fn-ptionirs. And noiw we elI hto te hhu. uip the touigh les oI Ie he e ima. the lake of Gal lik t. lt Ih of him; the Mediterra nea' Sa ai ' -el iet! lf im, alnd he t re~achi i. -e =~o that vet wAill trans fu.rm the vd w V i't. applied senti men....N. wii'.o our Chie-ftain ocn Lak 'u-e.W must keep to the bench ,Xr sur Mt are not shod with the superiatur:t'. atnd we remember what Iioor wo.rk P'etci rendie o1' it when he tried to nalk the water. Chrst o'ur leader is o:: the -on af the tossingr waves, and it is ab..ut 330iu the mnorning, and it is the dLukes time just, before day ligh. Im. y th flshe oV igh~i we se e him pu-iinr his fe-'t <.u the crest of the waves. steppinoz rom .,iest. to crest, walkiug the w':ite surt. solid as thou-h it were trozen snow. The sail ors think a ghobst is stridingt the tempest., but he cheers them into plicidity. show ing himself to be a great Christ for sail orn. And he walks the Atlantic and P'acflic and Mediterranean and Adriatic now, and it ext:austed and afrighted vova ers will listen for his voice at half past 3 o'clock in the atorning on any sea. iudeed at any hour, they will hear his voice of compassion and enco'urage ment. We continue to follow our Chieftain and here is a blind man by the wayside. It is not from cataract of the eye or rom. ophthalmia, the eye-extiuguiaher of' the East; but he was born blind. "Be opened!' he cries, and firs, there is a smarting of the eye-lids, and then a twit light, and then a mid-noon, and then a shout. I see!" Tell itto all the blind. and they at least, can appr(ciate it. And here is the widow'a dead son, and here is the expired damsel, and here is Laza rous! "Live!' our Chieftain cries, and they live. Tell it through all the bereft households; tell it among the graves. And here around him gather the .leaf and the duub and the sick, and at his word they turn on their coucbos. and blush from awful pallor of helpless illuess to rubicund health, and the swollen foot of the dropsi;al sufferer becomes fleet as a roe on the mountains. The music of the grove and household weakens the deaf ear, and lunatic and mamac return into bricht intelligence, and the leper's breath becomes as sweet as the breath of a child, aud the flesh as roseate. Tell it to all the sick, through all the homes, though all the hospitals. Tell it at 12 o'clock at night; tell It at 2 oclock in the morning; tell it at 3.30, and in the last watch of the night, that Jeans walks the tempest. Still we follow our Chieftain until the government that gave him no protection, insists that he pay tax and too poor to raise the requisite $2.75, lie orders Peter to catch a fish that has in its mouth a Roman stater, which is a bright coin (and you kno - that fish naturally bite at any thing bright), but it was a miracle that Peter should. have caught it at the first haul. Now we follow our Chieftain unti' for the paltry sum or $15, Judas sells Him to His pursuers. Tell it to all the betraied! If for $10,000, or for $500, or for $100 your interests were sold out, consider for how much cheaper a sum the Lord of earth and heaven was surrendered to humiliation and death. But here while following him on * spring night between 11 and 12 o'clock, we see the flash of torches and lanterns, and we bear the cry of a mob ot Nihilists. They are breaking in on the quietude of Geth temaue with clubs-like a mob with sticks chasing a mad dog. It is a herd ofJerusalem "roughs" led on by Judas to arrest Christ and punish him for beine the lovelist and best being that ever lived. But ioters are liable t,, assail the wrong man. How w re they to be sure which one was Jesus? -I will kiss him," says Judas, "and by that signal you will know on whom to lay your hands of ar rest." So the kiss which throustitout the human race and for all time God in tended as the most sacred demonstration of affection, for Paul writes to the Ro mans and the Corintnians and the Thes salonians concerning the "holy kiss," and Peter celebrates the kiss of charity, and with that conjunction of lips Laban met Jacob, and Joseph met his brethren, and A aron met Moses and Samuel met Saul and Jonathan met David and Orpah parted from Naomi and Paul separated froni his friends at Ephesus and the father in the parable greeted the returning prodigal, and when the millennium shall $J)me we are told rigteousness and peace will kiss each other, and all the world is Invited to greet Christ as in spiration cries out "Kiss the Son, lest He be angry and ye perish Irom the way"--that most sacred demonstra tion of reunion and affection was dese crated as the tilthy lips of Judas touched the pure cheek ol Christ, and thehor rid a uack of that kiss has its echo in' the treachery and dlebasemient and hyocrisy ol adl ages. As in December, 1889, 1 walked o-.i 'he way from Bethani, and at the foot oft Mount Ulivet, a half-mile from the wall of Jerusalem, through the Garden ofi Gethsem'ane, 'tid under the eight venerable olive trees now standing, their p~omnologieal ancestors havtng been a itnesses of the occurrence spoken of, the scene oi horror and of crime came baick ti ime, uutil I shiuddered with the historical reminiscetice. In furither lollowin. our great Chief tain's march throug~h the centuries, I da~d mseilf in a crowd in front of leroat's palace i-i Jerusalem, and oni a mouvale latform placed upon a tese lated1 pavement, 1Pontius Pilate sits. And as once a year a condemned crim inal is pard.oued, Pilate lets the people choe whether it shall be an a~aassain '.r our C dieltain, and they all cav out ior the liberation of the assasain, thus (leclating they prefer a murdeier to the salvation of the world. Pilate took a bat amu of water in front of these people and triedi to wash off the blood of this mur dier from nias hands. but lie could not. They are still littedi and I see them looming up through. all the ages. eight singers and two thumbs standing out red with the carnage. Still follo vmni own Chieftain, [ ascend th~e hi.l which General Gordon, the great Englih explorer and arbiter tirst made a clay model of. It Is hard climbing for our Chieftain, for he has nu-t ot4e tw o heavy ti'inbers to carry on 'is back, t.e up-right and horizontal pices nI the cross, but he is suffering frm uexhaustion caused by lack otrfood, wmun taini chiil-, dese.rt heats. whippings withi elm-wood rods, and years of mal treatment. I1. took our party in 1889 only fifteen miinutes to cliii!, to the top of the hill aind reach that li'ane-stone- rock ia yonder wall, which I rolled down from the apex ot Mount talvarv. But I think our Chieftain must have taken a long time for thle ascent, :or he had all eartbh and heaven, and all hell on his back, as he climbed fro a base to summit, and there endured what William Cowper, and John Milton. and Charles Wesley, and Isaac Watts and James Montgomery, and all the other sacred poets have at teraipid to put ini verse; and Angello, and R-aphael, and Titian, and Leonardo (d Virci, apd all the treat Italian, and German, and Spanish, and French ar tests ha/e attempted to paint; and 1Dos suet, and Massillon, and George White field, and Thomas Chalmers have at tempted to preach. Soinething of its overwhelming awfulness you may esti mate from the Eact that the sun which shines in the heavenus could not emdbre it; the sun whichn untlinchingly looked upon the deluge that drowned the world, which without blinking looked upon the ruins of earthquake< which swat lowed Lisbon and Caraccas, and has 'looked umaoncher1 on the baitle-fields it Trbela. Blenheim, Megiddo, aud I all the scenes ol carnae that have e er 1 scalded and drenched the earth with hu mau uore-tbat sun could not look u pon I the scne. The sun dropped over its ( face a veil of cloud. It withdrew. It I hid itself. It said to the midni;ht, '-I resign to thee this spectacle upon which I I have no strengh to taze; thou art bhlud, Oh. Midnight! and for tnat reason I comruit to thee this tragvc!" Then ( the nuihtnawk and the bat flew b., the t jackal howled in the ravities. S Now we foilow our Chieftain as they ( carry his hImp and lacerated formn amhid the iowers and trees of a guarlen, the t ,:ladiolusts, the oleanders, the lillies. the geraniuns, the mandrakes, down live or six steps to an aisle of rauite wher. he e sleeps. But only a little while he sleeps c there, for there is an vartLquake in all a that region, leaving the rock Lo this day r in their aslaut aud ruptured state d tclar- t atve of the tact th it something extraor- t dinary theze happened. And we see our s Chieftain arouse rom iis briet slumber c and wrestle down the rutliAn Death n ho 1i would keep him imprisoned in tit tL cavern and put both heels on the mou,- c ter, and coming forth with a cry that I will not cease to be echoed until on tie -reat rasa.rection diy the door of the last sepulchre snall be uuhiugel and flung elanging into the debris of deniol ibhed cemeteries. Now we follow our Chieftain t) t .e shoulder of Mount Olivet. aui- vithi Ut wings I e rises, the disciples clutching t for his robes too late to reach them, and e across the great gulfs zf space with one bouud he gais that world wlih I r : thirt,-three yeais had been demed his companionship, and all heaven i1ILted a shout of welcome as he entered. and of t coroation as up the mediatorial throne he mounted. It was the greatest day beaven had ever seen. They had hiu back again from tears, rorn wouu(a, ills, from a world that uever a ppre- a ciated him, to a world in which he was b the chief delight. In all the libretto of t: celestial music, it was hard to find an an- p them enough conjubilant to celebrate a the joy saintly. seraphic, arch-angelic, b deitic. But still we follow our Chieltian in t his march through the cenluries, for a invisibly he still walks the earth, and \ by the eye of faith we still follow him. a You can tell where he walks by the C churches, and hospitas, and reflrma- D tory institutions, and houres of meruvr that spring up along the way. I hear his tread in the sick room, and in the y abodes of bereavement. He marches on f and the nations are gathering around f, him. The islands of the sea are hearing o his voice. The continents are feeling his power America will be his! Europe . wih be his! Asia will be his! Africa m will be his! Australia will be his! New S Zealand will ->e his! All the earth will be his! Do you realize that until now S it was impossible tor the world t- be a converted? Not until very recently has the world been found. The Bible talks about "the ends of the eartha" and the V -uttermost parts of the world" as be- ri ing saved, but not until now It tve "the si ends of the earth" been discovered. and d not until now have the "uttermost parts of the world" been revealed. The J navigator did his work, the explorer d d G his work, the scientist did his work, and tl now for the first time since the world U has been created has the world been s' known, measured otf, and geographized, P the last hidden, and unknown tract has been mapped out and now the work o1 evangelIzation will be begun with an earnestness and velocity as yet un imagined. The steamships are read',; ej the lightning express trains are read);q the printing-press are read); toe tele- a graphiand telephone are ready; millions g of Christians are ready and no . see ta Chi ist marching on thr. uzh the cen turies. Marching on! Marchii on!! c< One by one governments will tall into r' line and constitutions and litei atures will I adore his name. More honored and wor- e shipped is he in this year of 1891 than at a any time since the year one, and the day c. hastens when all nanrons w~ll jo n one proct-ssion "kullowing the Lamb wh:thier- g soever lie goeth." Marcina on, march- g inir on!! a: This dear old world whose oack has P been scourged, whose ey es have been 1 blinded, whose heart has been wrunir, 0 will yet rival heaven. This planetl's torn robe of pa'n andl crime and demen-c Lia will come off and the white and spt.-g less and glittering rob~e of holhness and happiness will comec on. The last wouind -, wdll bave strung bor the last tim.; the is last grief widl have wiped its l4 t te.ar; tJ the last criuiunal will have repeo ted ol tl his last crime and our world that has L! been a siraggler among worlds, a lost n star, a way wardl planet, a rebellious ~ globe, a miscreant. satelite. will hear the vo-ce that uttered chilidishi plait in ~ Bethilaeni, and agonized p~raer la Gethsemane and dying groan oZu Golgo'- I' tta,. and as this voice cries "Come,'' our world will return from its wander ing never aeain tio stray. Marching on, e marching on !! 1 T Lben this wo-ld's joy wall be so greatt that other world's beside heaven may be glad to rejoice with us. By the ad~ ~ 01 po erful telescopes, vear by year be- a' comimg more powerful, mountains in ri other stars have been thscovered and d chasms and volcaeos and canals, and the tyle o1 at mosphere, and this will ago on, ni and mightier and mightie r tekuseopes f will be invented until I should not wvo- KC der it we will not be able to exchange signida with other planets. Anid as I have no doubt other worlds are inhabi ted. for God would not have imilt such magniticent world-houses to have them n stand without tenants or occupants, in the final joy of ear th's redemption all astronomy I think will Like p art, we b signalling other worlds and they in turn sgL'allbni their stellar neighibors. Oh [ what a day in heaven that will be when I this march of Christ is finished! I know that on the cross Christ said. "It is fin-v isbed," but he meant his sacriticial work Was finished. All earth and all heaven knows that evangelization is not r. finished, bmut there will come a day in heaven most rapturous. it may be af ter our world which is thought to have about 1.000,000 people shall have s on i..s decks twice its present populai ion, namely 3,000,000,000.000 aud all redeemed, and it will be iafter this worl shall be so) damaged by contliratien t< that no human foot eg~n tread its surface s; and no human being can~breathe its air. j but most certainly the day will comie I when heaven will be fimshed and thek last of the twelve gates ot the eternal b city shall have clanged shut, never to t open except for the admission except of .1 some celestial emnbassage returning trom d some other iaorId, and Christ may strike a: hia scarred but healed hand in emphasis " on thec arm of the ameihystine throne and '. say in substancet "All may raummied Ii ones are gathered; the work is done; I ' have tinished my miarch throughi the c When in 1813, after -the battle of d Leipsc, which decided the fate of the n nineteenth centnry, in some resper-ts the d nckst tr-ineidous Iattle ever fou:.;ht, the )ridc down, the river iucarnadined. the treet choked with the wounded, the ields for miles around strewn with a lead soldiery from whom all traces of iumanitv had been dashed nut, there net in the public square of that city of .eipsic the allied cenquerors, and kings who had gained the victory-the King >f Prussia. the Emperor of Russia, the :rown Prince of Sweden-folowed by he chiiefs of their armies. With (awn words these monarchs saluted each ither and checred for the continental 'ictory they had together gained. His ory has made the scene meinorablc. Greater and more thrilling will be the pectacle when the world is all conquer- i d for the truth and in front oi the palace f heaven the kings and conquerors of .11 the allied powers of Christian useful ess shall salute each other, and recount he strug-zles by which they gained the riumph, and then haud over their words to him who 1. ne Chief of the onquerors, crying: "Thine, oh Christ, the Kingdcom; take the crown of vic ory; the crown of dominion; the crown f grace; the crown of glory." "On his ead were many crowns." SHARP EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST. Louls and other Cities Severely Shaken. ST. Lori.<, Sept. 26.-At 1(1:45 p. m. hree almost cont inous vibrations of an r arthquake, oscillating from East to - Vest, were distinctly felt here. Build- t ags facing the North and South were isibly affected by the shock. Watch- a ifn in several of the tall buildings say hey became alarmed and made all haste D reach t he gronnd. At the Star Say ags the compositors, who occupy the fth floor, left their cases, and rushed anic-stricken down the stairways and ito the streets. At the opera house the udience rose as if to rusn from the t ouse, but only a few left. Throughout t ie whole city the police report that the t eople rushed from their homes in great larm, in scant attire. No damage to uildings has, as yet, been reported. TERRzE IATE, Ind., Sept. 26.-A dis- i nct shock of earthquake was felt here r bout 10:50 tonight, lasting six seconds. ( Vindows rattled, chandeliers swayed a nd many persons were nauseated by f ie undulations. The movement ap ared to be from north to s uth. VINCENNES, Ind., Sept. 2.-A very r erceptible shock of earthquake was felt t ere at 11 o'clook tonight, lasting near r thirty seconds and arousing people V -om their slumber. The shock was also L lt at Olney, Washington and various p ther places in this vicinity. D ST. Loris, Sept. 26.-A special from t 'okomis, Ill. says an earthquake shock t as felt there at 10:54, and was of forty a conds duration. r Another dispatch from Mascoatahills :ates that three shocks were it 1t there 10:58 p. m. .MT. VEnsoN, Ill., Sept.26.- An earth- s uake shock was felt here at 10:50 p. m sting ten seconds. Many chimneys ere shaken down and thrown on the s >ofs of residences. The ceiling and C de of the Methodist church were badly p amaged. 1 CiicAGO. Sept. 26.-Dispatches from t acksonville, Springlield, Du Quoin, r reenville and. Slbyville, 1, state v iat the shock of earthquake was felt c iere to-night. It lasted about thirty t :conds. No damage was done to pro erty. c, The Ohio Campaign. t COLU.%mrs, Ohio, September 22.- ' epresentative Ioger Q. Mills. of . exas, addressed about live thousand olumbus voters tonight. There was uite a number of republicans in the r udience, and the closest attention was ( iven to tbe speaker during the entire y ,vo hours of his address.v The Thurman and Jackson clubses rted M1r. Mlills irom tihe Giovernor's asidence and made a fine appearance. he speaker was introduced by Gov :nor Campbell, wvho was at his best, e1 ad was warmly greeted by all present. Since the opening of the democratic c tmpaign last week there has been a C -onderful bracing up of the people, d Governlor Campbell is now re- r arded quite as favorably in the pools a the "Little Major," who was a a rime favorite at odds ten days ago. he democrats are now bringing some a Stheir strongest and ablest speakers to the state, and from no w until the se of the co'itest the republicans ill be forced to light every inch of rouna for the right oL way. Chairman Neal, together with the P ~st of the state camnpaigni committee, t giving the closest attention to all '] ie minor details of the work, and it is t' le small matters and the quiet vote t at will figure largely in the summing t p of the result on the night of the d ection. Commencing October G, Congress- t ian Springer. of Illinois, wvill devote n early all of his tinie to the Ohio caim sign until the election. d Congress of Farmers. ii CoLU3III, S. C., Sept. 24.-The gev- ~ rnor has received a commnnication t *om B. F. Clayton, secretary of the Na onal Farmers' congress of the United ats, stating that the eleventh annual r. assion will convene at Sedalia, Missou . Nov. 10 next. it is composed of two legates and alternates at large from t ch sta'te and one delegate and alter- d ate froim each congressional district. d le governor is asked to appoint dele- y :ttes for two years and to name one or ore good men to be placed on the a rograimme. Thle gove-rnor has made e le following appointments: h State at large-E. TY. Stackhouse, iarion; Jos. L Keitt, Sondley's; Alter ates, D. K. Norris, hickory Flat: W. ~ .Evans, Marlboro. First District-E. R. Walter, Orange- t: urg4 H. J. Seibles, Sandy R~uni. I Second District-F. M1. inamberg, n anberg; Harry Hammond, Beech r fiand.e Third District-John RI Ulake. Abbe- 1 ille; D. U. Russell, Anderson. Fourt District-U. B1. Buist, Gri en- 51 ille; T. C. Duncan, Union. Fifth District-W. N. Elder, Guth eville; Hjayne McMeekin, Winnsboro. Sixth District-J. P. Durham, Pow lville; Lucus .Mcintosh, Darlington. t Seventh District-John .J. Dargan, b umter; J., H. Detvens, Georgetown. i Horrors of Railroad Wreck. Lox1>oN, September 25.-A dispatch o the StandJard from San Sebastian s tys that it is reported that Seymour ucas and Maurice Long, the latter a ritish vice consul at Malaga, were illed in the railroad collision between S urgos and San Sebastian. Several en. a re famiilies perished, including the t udge of Victoria with his wife and s tughter. Some English tourists were 0 so killed. Most of the passengers c ere asleep at the time of the collision. t' wenty were killed and twenty-three a jured, four of whom have since died, ti ere extricated from the debris. Many e .ildren were killed. When the Queen i sceived the news of the disaster she :opped the fetes in honor of hera aughter's birthday and requested the linister of justice to send her all the FAMISHING MIL LONS 'EASANCS RISE UP IN DESPAIRILND DESPOILTHE GRANARIES. rroopsofleasants Crying aud Ifowun,: P)r Bread-Children Subiitted to ( cn agIoust DItease to aVe thei : )ik Death by Hunger. ST PETERSBURG, Sept. 0. remely unfavorable repor.s are recei ed .ere regarding crop prospects throu-h nut the Empire. Six provinces repo.rts L probable failure ofcrops, while in sev ral others they will be much below the verage. Moscow advices say that a lestructive worm has made its appear Le in that province. Unless these Lccounts are exaggerated there is every )robability of a return of famnue ! txt rear. Our St Petersburg correspond.nt vrites: While-the horizon of the Y1m >ire is black with war cloud., a more tuhtle and persistent foe has entered -he zar's kingdom and is making sad ha'os vith his fpeople. ThL, failure, of the rops is every day increasing the distr;ss f the poorer classes; andi many are the arassing tales which are told of the msery they are forced to endure. The Zemetyos (local legislatures) of nore than twenty provinces have :ij >ealed to the relief fund of the Emp re, out the answer has not been one to in pire hopo. Their demands were placed .t the lowest Possible a-nount, but ict a one single instance were they c'm lied with. In some cases but a tenth f the sum asked was gven, though i3 thers the disbursers of the fund wer2 a ttle more generous. Still the su-iis ranted are so utterly at variauce wi ith he requrements the destress people he Zemstvos Iinds it a dillieuhL m it er to discriminate as to the most neely. The Peasants in the stricken districts re grouped so closely that it is impo-si le to relieve the wants of all on the I mited supply of money allowed. The elief fund is already exhausted and the overnment refuses to render furtacr .ssistance. The ukase which came i:to >rce on August 27, and which was romulgated to prevent the export of ye, instead of bettering the condition of e peasantry only tended to increase eir misery. The price of rye has since bat date risen rapidly. In a fort-ni-.;ht e price rose from 60 to 140 kopecks er pood. The Russian people com lain that in issuing the edict suflicienat [me was permitted to elapse to enable he speculators to fulfil their contracts, nd that when August 27 dawned all the e which had been on the market I ad een exported. This was a cruel injvst e, and it has been iollowed by the most rious consequences. OUTBREAKS OF TILE PEASANTRY. Numerous outbreaks have occurred in everal of the provinces. In the to .vn f Shavli, which is the corn mart of 'he rovince of Kovno. the maddened poiu ce took Dowsssion of thi railway :a on, while others formed themsel:es ito bands and went c ut on the hi h rays to intercept ad carts containlag rn. The police attempted to ar!--st ! i, ringleaders, but the crowd interfe:d I nd rescued their companions. 'The I bief of police then called upon the nai lry to assist him in restoring ore-r. I "rough the ellorts of the latter the ::ot i ras suppressed, but we have not ben 1 irmed if violence was resorted to. Z Nearly all of the proviences h.ave assed through a similar experion:e. n the 18th of August a town in the< rovince of Vilna was the scene o. a dild outburst or fury on the part of the] opulace. A crowd, headed by a ni.'n er ofJews, took possession of a qua:iti of corn stored at the station ready for< sport and emptied it into a field alo ng ne of railway. The crowd watched ver the precio~us commodity until ni hit osed about the scene. In this latter riot the women were the ost active participants. After thei rrival of the police ths railroad oflicialst ttempted to start a train, but the jeo-t e prostrated themselves on the rails, Louting: "We would rather die is ibera than starn.e here!" The people in the provinces of Great bussia bear their sutferii:g with greater< rtitude than those of the western lart f the Empire, but when riots do occur( icy assume more serious proportions. 'he people are of a more phiiegmaitic nperament, but when once aroused 1v are more violent. In several pla,:ec ie arain depositories were raided and ep~rivedl of their coveted store. In each; ase the peasantry not only overpoweredt 1 police, but also the military in their lad stru~gle for the life-sus tainmng gramn. a the iKuban Province the ollicials or ered the cattle to be desiroyed, alleg i as an excuse that they were dis-. ased. This the peole deied. sayingi aat the animals, like themselves, were owly starving. The military Were illed out to enforce the order, but the easants attacked them and many of :hie oters were killed. DREADFUL SCENEs CIt RuNI~f.Eli In some of the lammne-stricken 'is ets the scenes witnessed are beyond 4 escription. Troops ot peasants wan r from villaiue to village, berene iteously andI crymn, -(ive us breaid!< iread. for Chiits's sake." The appeal always a vaia on", for the cond-tion ef ne peasant is no better than tha-: of is fellow, and the applicant tuirns awaiy tuttermnit, "It is always the same--no read." In some oh the villages a small qu~an t~y of flour is doled out to each fam ly. t is of the poor-est quality, andi the hr -ad( madc from it is scarcely. fit to eat. In many of the homes no food has benu ooked since Easter, the peOple sub~ st ig on the small portion of bread whcli h4 as been supplied to them though eir In some instanees mothers. craze: by< harvation, have subjected their chiIe cnii contagious diseases, hoping thier -by hasten the end, believing that dea th that means would be preferable to: he fegring one of starvatior. Tuost of 0 peasants who are able to make t -:r ay to the large cities dio so in the ih ie. earning a few rubles to scnd to t. .:r ,treing ones. In one of the villages 't fewt years so peasant family of twelve pe::oui as (fairly good circumstances, owi ng veral horses and a numher of cow - in idition to a large flock of sheeip. - e have but one cow, all the rest o0i1.he oik having been sold to enale I het ice prosperous family to obtain sinli et food upon which to subsist. W.aenr iy are at last forced to part wiah t :eir uly cow the subject oi' existence di l men becomne a serious matter to th in. I pecialy as some of the member- of ie household are both old and fe- ble - ud niilk is their only diet. BURSTING OPEN TIIE GRANAIES. ti In the Konstantinova district the puas- 5 ats driven to desmeration, burst noen p ie ra.!ary doois, andt the leaders of lhe raid 'iea*L the corn out to the starv in- peop!. ich and poor reciViLg share andl shealke. The spring corn, which proved ucli a disastrous failure, has been sown a second time; but, as before, mother earth refuses to yield up her a fruits. and, as a consequence. despair has spred over all the land. The rye crop has fallen far below the avera:.:e. and the wheat which has been raised is of the most inferior quality. f The su's ravs beat down pitilessly on v the starv:ing people, scorching the meod- . ows and dryn: up the fodder for the t cattle, which are dying in great num bers. NO rain has fallen in months. The rivers are running dry, while the S brooks have long since dried up, and the scene presented is wretched beyond description. 0 In the Caucasus matters are even worse, and it is no longer safe for a stranger to travel its byways and high- 1 ways, ibr the peasants in their despair n attack those who pass that way in hope u of securing money with which to buy A food. Many villages are the scene of t) the wilest excitement, and the Czar's V officials are said to have become so ter- P rorized as to have lost entire control of the people. Curses, great and small, 0 are being hurled at the "White Czar," whom they hold responsible as the au thor of their misery. ii It is feared in some quarters that the tj famine and the callousness of the Gov- tl ernment to the existing conditions will ti precipilate a revolution. It is believed a that the itarving people will stop at nothiug to secure sonic re-ognition of cl their rights. The Holy Synod proposes, L as a means of' preventing an outbreak, c to contribute money and precious stones g from a number of the rich monasteries U to relieve the needs of the most serious cases. Many of the villages are more than half depopulated through this a dreadiul scourge, but where it will end r( and what the result will be no one can i tlil. a. THE CAUSES OF THE DISTRESS. a] The present condition of the Russian M Empire is not attributable alone to the il failure o the crops. Various causes 01 have conspired to produce existing re sults. Since the emancipation of the t serl5 in 1, N;1 the agrarian question has 1 is been a matter of great import to the peo Ile. It is a vexed question and one very tU diillicult of solution. To a student of the y e-olution of the empire the pre.sent d-f- V liculty is not altogether a surprise. No in tler result could be expected from the of -ystein o land tenure which to-day ob- ei lains in Russia. The liberatiou of the fa seris was effected not so much from a eM iumanitari in feeling a from economic D :onsiderations. That emancipation has utterly failed ti to realize the expectations of both par- Si Lies to the transaction, no one can deny. S Fhe so-called liberation of the peasant has not brought him either prosperity cc )r happiness, for at present lie is vir- ti ually under as great a bondage as lie was in the time of Nicholas. In 1862, when a division of the land :ook place. but a small portion was C( illotted to each peasant-scarcely sufil- of ilent for his needs at the time; but no re :)rovision was made for the probable in- n( :rease of population. As time passed of ,he peasant found himself with a large hi amily on his hands, but with no extra F and to till whereby they could be main- a' ained. As a consequence, the surplus w )opulation drifted to the large cities, and h n time formed an immense proletariat h vhich represented nearly all of the vices 01 md but few of the virtues of the nation. S It is this c~ement of the Czar's domain ,vhich causes the Government tihe gzreat- tb ist uneasiness, but as yet no remedy ni ins been devised for its prevention. fa L'eople must live, and if the land will ca lot ',ield them adequate support-or, th -athler, if insull.ient land is given them T] yn which to maintain an existence-thle te >nly alternative left them is to seek the ei nore busy haunts of meni and cast their W ot with the struggling crowd. W Since their liberation the great bulk of hi .he peatsaitry have been in a condition T iot many removes from actual starva- y ,ion. Even the official press is forced th. .o acknowledge the fact that the peop~le pi tre in a far worse condition than they th ,vere belore the ir emancipation. r THLE EVER-] NCREASING MISERY. The terrible and ever-increasing mis ~ry of the millions of the Russian peas ntutr is a blot on the escutcheon of the '. iovernment whi~ch time can never wipe ih >ut. and which., to a great extent, justi.- C< ics the discontent a--d rebellious nature as >A ihe people. Then, again, when a a riisis like the piresenlt arises andi no ade- 01 uin~te provision is made for the emer- te ene~Y the people would be little lessT han human did they not take the law a nto their own hands, as many of the t ,or creatures whom I have just dle- g cribed have done. te The burden of taxation is also very St treat, and to melet it the poor peasant A s comnpelled to give two-thirds oh his fe ime to labor outside of his own little lir lot. of laud. This he is obli:.ed to do. w e his p--rtion of the soil does not yield de uni .ent tov enable him to exist and atn he same tlme meet the demands of the hi :zur's tliisials. Instead of serving one :iaster, as lormierly, they have now be :-ome the prey of these tyrants. d 1i not infrequently happens that this 'stem of taxation is carriedI to such an a ~xtent tiat the poor peasant, unable to at neet ihe demainds~ of these humi~an vul tb uires. sees the humble honme whlich his amiit toil has reared gradually slip ~ -omi his gra sp. First his horse, if lie Tj )was one, will be seized for playment of bl axes. then one by one his household en ood ill dicisappear until finally the da iomle itselfis taken. These tehonovniks de ei Glen) haiving no lear of punishment, as vs temu -ly carry en their work of e~ pia~tion.i' As, I have said elsewhere: "E~ach PS orn' C~or is au autoenet in his province; ach chiefiof pelice is an autocrat in his in Itrict; each police is an autocrat in his anton, and each Cossacc lieutenant is mi autocrat in his v'illage."' Th'e poor teament lIves, sullers and dies under this ririble regime, and the woll 1: never ar earns of his muisery. It is only when of uchl conditions as at presenlt obtain in 00) lussla. and whenl the se.ret can no lon- ed ecr be keot, that the other nations learn 5, uto what epth of human suffering and (X0 orrow the peasant is at all times 00) 01 >LuniEe.. Jundge. then. of his lot in the 3 ~resent state ct allairs!-New York lie ord.eir. Thxe IKentucky Aillanzce Divideri. Louisv ILL:, Ky., Sept. 25.-The Far- sti ners' h~ome d]ournal, for nearly a year sie he oilicial organ of the Farmers' Alli- foi mnee in this State, heas given up its con- is iection with that organization. The al) vason assigued is that the Alliance de vishes to go inlto politics. There are wo factions in the Alliance in Ken tteky upon this qutestion of joining the .'eope's Party, and at the State meeting. tt Ehzmbethtown on .November 10 lie here will be a sharp contest between of he two for the election of State officers th vho are opposed to political action by qu SERIOUS BUSINESS FOR CHILE. SMilitary Guard Placed Around the Luited States Legation. -NEW YORK. Sept. 28.--The Herald's alparaiso special this morning says ews of serious import reached here rom Santiago yesterday. It is to the fTect that the leaders of the Junta have )r the last few days adopted a course rhich has had the result, of harassing finister Egan. The Junta has been rying for some time to induce Mr. gan to give up all those who have >ught refuge in the United States !gation. The Junta has gone even tirther than this. It has put forth the laim that it has the right to arrest any ne, no matter of what nationality, rho may be found on the street or any ,here else outside of the walls of the ,gation. In keeping with Its claim, a umber of foreigners have been placed nder arrest. Among them are three .meric.ins. The matter went so far lat every person having occasion to isit the legation was ordered to obtain ermits which allowed them to go to ie place. To enforce this rule a force E police was put on guard outside the gation. .This lasted until last Friday, 'nen Minister Egan entered a most igorous protest to the whole proceed ig. His manner was so earnest that ie police were withdrawn. It is said tac he referred the whole matter to ie authorities at Washington. NASTILY CALLED CABINET COUNCIL. WASHINGTON, Sept. 28.-Diplomatic )mplications have arisen between the Inited States and Chile-how serious mnnot now be stated, but sufficiently ave to cause a hurriedly called consul tion at the executive mansion this orning between the President and his ilef advisers in the State and Navy epartments. The consultation lasted atil after 12 o'clock, Secretary Tracy maining with the President until o'clock. Acting Secretary Wharton so had official papers. le said, in iswer to a question as to whether atters had assumed a seiious phase . Chile, that he could not say anything i the subject. In official circles the news from Chile Lat a cordon of soldiers had been placed 'ound the house of the American mm ter, that entrance could only be ob ined to it by passport furnished by Ce J unta, and that American citizens ere being arrested on the streets of alparaiso, was considered serious bas ess, and while no official confirmation the news can be obtained, it is gen 'ally credited. It is known that as r back as last Friday a long cipher blegram was received at tne Navy epartinent from Capt. Schley, in com and of the United States steamer Bal nore, in Chilean waters. A copy of is was sent to the State Department. nce then cablegrams between the ate and Navy Departments have been tssing with increased rapidity, but the nteuts of none of these communica ins have been furnished the public. Gen. Boulainger Commits Suicide. BIsSELs, Sept. 30.-Gen. Boulanger immitted suicide to-day by the grave Madame De Bonnemain, who died cently in this city. Madame De Bon -main has been known as tae mistress the dead general. She accompanied in to England after his flight from rance. Tne general had been gloomy Ld nervous recently, but the tragedy as wholly unexpected. This morning drove, as usuai, to the cemetery with s niece and secretary. Leaving them Lit side, he untered and after standing me time at the tomb he shot himself. me workmen who heard the shot mnmoned the keeper, who recognized e corpse, and informed the general's ece, who was so overcome that she inted. The body was taken in the .rriage to police headquarters and en to the residence of the general. le French minister was notified and lephoned the news to Paris. A large owd quickly surrounded the house here the body lay. One of the men orking in the cemetery says the gen al was pale and sad as he entered, but s manner did not attract attention. ie men were hidden from the general's ew where he stood. After about ree quarters of an hour they heard a stol shot and rushed to the spot where ey found the general dead with the volver in his hand. Twelve Firemen Crushed. MINNEAPOLIs, Minn., Sept. 25.-At 10 this afternoon fire broke out in the e-story frame building of Moore & .'s machine shops, located on Tenth enue, South and Third streets and in few minutes the building was envel ed in flames. Half ant hour later a rriile explosion took place, and the mes shot high above the top story. venty employes in the third story had rery narrow escape, barely reaching e stair in time to descend to the ound. The flames were commnunica I to the elevator, and the immense ucture seemed to burn like tinder. 1 3:20 p. m. the walls of the elevator 11 with a tremnendoue crash. T welve emen were on ladders against the ill, and all were precipitated into the bris. All were rescued alive, but ne were seriously and three fatally rt. Incendiary Miller. CmcicoO, Sept. 22.-Emancipation y was celebrated today by the colored ople with a mass meeting and picnic Osgood grove. Thomas .E. Miller, of ~aufort county, South Carolina, was e orator of the day. lHe eulogized braham Lincoln. and speaking of the uth said: "The new South is a fact. ie child, is however, ill-formed. It's >odl is tainted; it is strong, but lacks durance. it is as much your duty to. y to assist the nation in training and veloping this partly spoiled youth, it was your duty late in the fitties to ucate through your patron saint, the tion up to the point of the emanci tion of the slave and the preserva m~ of the Union. Omit it, and the irk will have to be done over again the same way as it was finished at ppomattox." Werkl.y Cotton statistics. LIVRP'OOL, Sept. 24 --The following a the weekly sta-tistics: Total sales the week 47,000 bales, American 30, ). Trade takings, including forward from shipside 59.000; actual export 00; total import 29,000 American 14, J. Total stock 711,000, American S5, ). Total alloat 00,000, American 80, ). Speculators 4,000; exporters took 00. Canniballs~n In lEussla. LONDON. Sept. 26.-The hocrribile >ry of Canni-oalism among the R2us n peasantry is more thlan confirmed, in some ei the ailicted provinces it said that starvmng lannlies, giving up hope of rescue, are prolonging life by v-ouring their helpless; infants. Fist Fights on the Floor. ULEVELAND, Sept. 26.-The Riepub mn county convention to-day was one the most turbulent in the history of party in this county. The delegates arreled on the floor. and two fist fights led1 evcitement tn the proceedings. COTTON PAST REDEMPTION REPORT OF THE WEATHER BUREAU FOR LAST WEEK. Searly All the Cotton Will be Harvested by November 1-Interesting Reports from the Various Counties. COLUMBIA, S. C., Sept. 28.-Follow ing is the weather-crop bulletin of the South Carolina Weather Bureau for the week ending Saturday: The total amount of rainfall during the week was apparently below the nor mal and badly distributed; temperature and sunshine above the average, and very favorable for the opening and pick ing of cotton, and harvesting of hay and pea vines. The following are extracts from a number of crop correspondents, most of whom fully corroborate my last report as to my statement that the condition of the cotton crop was 25 per cent, below that of an average: Clarendon County-"I have seen this week several farmers from as many va rious sections and it is estimated that the corn crop is unusually fine. Cotton craps have generally succumbed to the effects of the excessive rains, and it is believed that fully 33 per cent. has been destroyed. It is almost safe to say that nearly all the cotton will be harvested before November." York County-"So far as we can tell the cotton crop is about 25 per cent. short of last year." Kershaw County--"The excess of moisture uniformly throughout the cro season (growth)causedaluxuriant w The hign temperature during the past week, with continuous sunshine, has caused 'scalding'-the leaves turn yel low and bolls open permaturely." Edgefield County-"Cotton on low grounds have been benefitted by the dry weather. Uplands have been injured a good deal, and the cotton has lost from sheading and the forced opening of im mature bolls. Late cotton will make a poor yield. Crop lost since last report 20 per cent." Fairfield County-"The warm, dry weather has been beneficial to cotton, which is opening in line condition." Fairfield County-"The condition of the cotton crop is very unfavorable. I usually make twelve bales to the plow. I shall not make over eight, and my crop is better than many of my neigh bors." Chester County-"The last seven days have been.favorable in every way to all crops, especially cotton.", Union County-"'he past weak has been an unusual week for the farmers, allowing them to save much fine forage. Cotton crop will not be what many had supposed, below the average." Union County-"Have had an oppor tunity of seeing many crops. Cotton seriously injured, and will be at least 25 per cent. below an average." Aiken County-"Excessive warm weather has opened the bolls of young cotton before they were fully maturea, and caused the plant to shed its leaves badly." Barnwell County-"The cotton ispast redemption. The stalk is universally dead, and no top crop at all. Seventy five per cent, is open, picking is prm gressing rapidly, and is Deing marketed as fast as ginned. With good weather, crop will be gathered by 1st November." Williamsburg County-"No top on cotton, and it is at least 25 per eent. short on the average. Cornhas not been injured, pease good, potatoes good. The past ten days has been very favorable for gathering cotton, and good progress has been made." Hampton County-"Corn 25 per cent, increase over 1890, cotton 30 per ent. decrease, potatoes 30Oper cent. and peat 10 per cent." Orangeburg County-"The cotton.. crop on clay lands is short at least 30 per cent, and on sandy lands 50 per cent.. from continuous and excessive rains during August and the first part of this month." Lancaster County-"The cotton crop has been injured by too much rain dur ing August and 1st September, also by cool weather. There cannot be more than 60 per cent. of ant average crop. There is no 'top cotton,' and the boils are few and wide apart on body of stalk. Corn good." Mariboro County-"The heavy rains in August and eight days in September showed eight and one-half Inches of rain, which put a finale on cotton on sandy lands. The favorable weather of September or an early frost will make but little difference, as there are no young cotton boils to make." Darlington County-"Weather for past week has been, except a local shower Wednesday afternoon, all that could be desired. The rain on Wednes day only slightly damaged the color of open cotton, but benefited turnips and did not affect other crops. Darlington County-"The hot, dry weather of the past ten days has caused cotton to open rapidly, and increased the port receipts abnormally. In many fields the cotton is nearly all open. The staple per cent, short of last year. Corn Is as good as the land will produce." Newberry County-"The corn crop does not need rain. Our cotton crops are much poorer than has been report ed. All the top crop was shedded off after the rains in August and the first week In September, and I do not think it possible for this county to make over 75 per cent, of a full crop." Berkeley County-" We have had too much rain for all crops. It has been dry for a week, favoring cotton open ing and picking, drying out provisions. and favorable to hay making." Richiand County-"The cotton crop is badly injiured. The young cotton has little or no fruit on it, With the most favorable season and late frost it will not be over 60 per cent. of an aver age crop." Richland County--"It is difficult to say how much the cotton crop has been damaged. I made last year703 bales of cotton. I am almost sure that my crop will not yield over 300 bales. My corn crop Is fine." A. P. BULTLER, Observer Weather Bureau. Announces Bui Conyersion. .RLUN, Sspt. 23.-Professor Win schied, of Leipsic, who belongs to one of the most noted Catholic families of that city, has announced his con'rersion to Protestantism, coupled with the statemnent that the professor attributes the change in his religious views to his disbeliet in the authenticity of the gar ment known as the Holy Coat, which is now on exhibition in the cathedral at Treves, and his conscientious scru ples against supporting a church that would lend its sanction to such an es - hlbition. Four Amerleans Murdered. PANAMA, Sept. 25.-Advices from Peru report the murder of four Ameir can explorers on the river Maranon. They were Californians prospecting for gold. The party consisted of five, but one, owing to illness, had to return. The others were murderedin cold blood by the natives, who mistook them for ecclesiastical emissaries and spiest