The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, March 13, 1895, Image 4
TRIAD OF TROUBLES.
REV. DR. TALMAGE PREACHED ON BE
- NAIAH'S GREAT COURAGE.
The Christian May Overcome Sin and Mis
fortune by the Sword of the Spirit. The
Lion of Bereavement-The Harbor of
Heaven.
NEw YoRK, Feb. 24.-Continued
winter storms seem to have no effect in
diminishing the great audiences that
gather every Sunday in and around
the Academy of Music. Today the
crowds were as. large as ever, and the
spacious Academy was packed from
t to dome long before the services
Dr. Talmage took forhis sub
t "A Snowy Day" the text selected
'ng I Chronicles xi, 22, "He went
down and slew a lion in a pit in a
snowy day."
Have you ever heard of him? His
name was Benaish. He was a man of
stout muscle and of great avoirdupois.
his father was a hero, and he inherit
ed prowess. He was athletic, and
there was iron in his blood, and the
strongest bone in his body was back
bone. He is known for other wonders
besides that of the text. An Egyptian
five cubits in stature, or about 7 feet
9 inches high, was moving around in
braggadocio and flourishing a great
spear, careless as to whom he killed,
and Benaiah of my text, with nothing
but a walking stick. came upn him,
snatched the spear from the oyptian,
and with one thrust of its sharp edge
put an end to the blatant bully, There
is trouble in all the neighborhood.
Lambs are carried off in the night, and
children veuturing only a little way
from their father's house are found
mangled and dead. The fact is, the
land was infested with lions, and few
ple dared meet one of these rzly
much less corner or attack it.
As a good Providence would have
it, ~one morninga footstep of a lion
was tracked in the snow. It had been
out on its devouring errand through
the darkness, but at last it is found by
the impression of the four pawson the
white surface of the ground, which
way thewild beast came and which
way it had had gone. Perilous under
taking, but Beaiah the hero of the
text, arms himself with such weapons
as those early day afforded, gunpow
der having been invented in a far sub
sequent centuryby the German monk,
Bertholdus Schwarz. Therefore, with
eutgu or any kind of firearms, Be
' of the text no doubt depended
on the sh steel edge for his own de
fenseand e slaughter of the lion as
he followed the track through the
snow. It may have been a javelin it
may have been only a knife, but what
Benaiai lacks in weapon he will make
up instrength of arm and skill of
stroke. But where is the lion? We
must not get off his track in the snow.
The land has many cisterns, or pits,
for catching rain, the rainfall bein
very scarce atcertain seasions, an
-hence these cisterns or reservoirs are
digged here and there and yonder.
Lion have an instinct which seems
to tell them whex they are pursued,
and this dread monster of which I
speak retreats into one of thesecisterns
whichhappenedto be free of water,
andis there panting from the long
run and licking itskjaws after a repast
of human flesh and after quaffing the
red yin of human blood.
nanisallalprt and comes cau
tiously on toward the hiding place of
this terror of the fields
Oon'mnto the verge of the
heit ks down at thelion, and the
linlooks up at him. What a moment
it was when their eyes clnahed! But,
while a modern Du Chaillu Gordon
Cumming or Sir Samuel Baer or
*Divid Iavingstone would have just
brought the gun to the shoulder and
held-the eye against the barrel and
blazed away into the depths andfinish
ed the beast, Beaislh with only the
old time weapn can &o nothing until
b e get on a leve with the beat and
soeups into the pit, an d helion.
of human life, springs for the man,
while Benaiah springs for the beast.
But the quick stroke of the steel edge
flashed again and again andagi
until the snow was no lone white,
and the right foot of triumplian Ben
* aiak is haff covered with the tawny
mane of the slain horror of Palestine.
Now you see how emphatic and
tragic and tremendous are the words
of my text, 'He went down and slew
alionin apit in a snowy day." Why
*pithat in the Bible? Why put it
'twce in the Bible-once in book of
Samueland here inthe book of Chr oni
cles? Oh, the practicalessons are so
many for you and for me! What a
cheer in this subject for all those of
you who are in conjunction of hostile
circumstances. Three things were
against Beaisliof my text in the mo
*ment of combat-the snow thatimped
ed his movement, the pit that environ
ed himmin aall space and the lion,
with open jaws and uplifted paw. And
vet Ihear the shoutof Bnaab's vic
tory. 0 men and women of three
troubles! Youisay, "I could stand one,
andl think I could stand two but
three are at least one too many."
Icould m rh t off theseset
adacross this , If they would
toubes This 500 peoplewt three
troble. hisisthe opportunity to
play the hero or the heroine, not on a
small saewith a few hundred people
to clap teir approval, but with all
the galleries of heaven filled with
sypathetic and appiauding spectatr
cloud of witnesses." My brother, my
sister, my father, my mother, what a
chance you have! Whil'e you are in
the st1gl, if you only have the
grace of 'his to listen,'a voice parts
the heavens, saying, "My grace is suf
ficient for thee." "Whom the Lord
loveth, he chasteneth." "You shall
be more than conquerors." Paul had
three troubles-sedrin denouncing
him-that was one great trouble; phy
sical infirmity, which he called "a
thorn in the flesh," and although we
know not what the thorn was we do
know from the figure he used that it
must have been something that stuck
him-that was the second trouble; ap
pacing martyrdom-that made the
hretroubles. Yet hear what he
says: "If I had only one misfortune,
I could stand tabut three are two
too many?" NoI misinterpret. He
says: "Sorrowful, yetalways rejoicing
Poor, yet maing many rich; aving
nothin, yet possessing all things.
"Thank be unto God, who giveth us
the victory through our Lord Jesus
Christ."
David had threetroubles-a bad bov,
a temptation to dissoluteness and d'e
thronement. What does he say?
"God is our refuge and strength, ao
very present help in the time of
trouble. Therefore will not we fear,
though the earth be removed and
though the mountains be cast into
the midst of the sea." John Weslev
had three troubles-defamation by
mobs, domestic infelicity, fatigue from
more sermons preached and more
miles traveled than almost any man
of his time. What does he say? "The
best of all is, God is with us." And
when his poet brother, Charles Wes
ley, said to him, "Brother John,.i the
Lord were to give me wings, I'd fly."
John's reply was, "Brother Charles, if
the Lord told me tofly I'd do it and
l1av him to find the wings."''
George nWhitetield had three trou-'
bles-rejection from the pulpits of
England because he was too dramatic
-that was one trouble; strabismus, or
the crossing of his eyes-that subject
ed him to the caricature of all the
small wits of the day; vermin and
dead animals thrown at him while he
preached on the commons-that made
three troubles. Nevertheless his ser
mons were so bouyant that a little
child dying soon after hearing him
preach said in the intervals of pain,
"Let me go toMr. Whiteflield's God!"
Oh, I am so glad that Benaiah of my
text was not the only one who tri
umphed over a lion in i pit on a snowy
day.
Notice in my text a victory over bad
weather. It was a snowy aay, when
one's vitality is at a low ebb. and the
spirits are naturally depressed, and one
does not feel like undertaking a great
enterprise, when Benaiah rubs lus
hands together to warm them by ex
tra friction, or thrashes his arms
around him to revive circulation of
the blood, and then goes at the lion,
which was all the more fierce and rav
enous because of the sharp weather.
Inspiration here admits atmospheric
hindrance. The snowy day at Valley
Forge well nigh put an end to the
struggle for American independence.
The snowy day demolished Napoleon's
army on the way from Moscow.
Thank God there are Christians,
who, though their whole life through
sickness has been a snowy day, have I
killed every lion of despondency that
dared to put its cruel paw against
their suffering pillow. It was a snowy
day when the pilgrim fathers set foot,
not on a bank of flowers, but on the
cold New Enogland rock, and from a
ship that might have been more ap
propriately called after a December I
hurricane than after a "Mayflower," i
they took possession of this eat con
tinent And amid more cIly world
ly circumstances many a good man or
a good woman has taken possession
of a whole continent of spiritual satis- i
faction, valleys of peace, and rivers of
gladness and mountains of joy.
hrist landed in our world not in the I
month of May, but in the stormy
month of December, to show us that
we might have Christ in winter weath
er and on a snowy day.
Notice everything down in the pit
that snowy day depended upon Bena- i
iah's weapon. There was as much i
strength in one muscle of that lion as I
in all the muscles of both arms of Be- <
naiah. It is the strongest of beasts
andhasbeen known to carry off an ox.
Its tongue is so rough that it acts as a
rasp tearing off the flesh it licks. The
twogreat canines at each side of the
mouth make escape im 'ble for
anything it has once seiz yet Bena
iah puts his heelon the neck of the
"king of beasts." Was it a daggert
Was ita javelin? Was it a knife? I
cannot but everything depended
on it. But for that Benaiah's body
under one crunch of the monster
would have been limp and tumbled in
the snow, and when you and I go into
the fight with temptation, if we have
not the right kind of weapon, instead
ofsla i the lion the lion will slay
us. he sword of the Spirit! Nothing
in earth or hell can stand before that.
Victory with that, orno victory at all.
By that I mean prayer to God, confi
dence in his rescuing power, saving
grace, almighty deliverance. I do not
care what oucallit I callit "sword 1
of the 'it " and if the lions of all t
the 'uglsof perdition should at once
spring upon your soul by that weapon
of heavenly metal youcan thrust them 1
back and cut them down and stab I
them through, and leave them power- 1
less at your feet. Your good resolu- t
tionsweilded against the powers which.'3
assault you is a toy pistol aganst an C
armtrng unria pedknsab eld out
Heintzlmnan's cavaly charge. Got
into the fight against sin on your own
strength, and the result will be the.
hot breath of the lion in your blanch- 1
ed face, and his front pawsomeoneacha
lung. Alas, for the man not fully I
armed down inthe pit on a snowy day I
and before him alion!t
A word to all who are in a snowy
day. Oh, fathers and mothers who
have lost children, that is the weather
that cuts through body and soul. But
drive back the lion of bereavement 1
with the thought which David Rae of
Edinburgh got from the Scoth grave
digger, who was always planting white
lover and the sweetest flowers on the
children's graves in the cemetery and
when asked why he did so replied: I
"Surely, sir, I canna make ower fine
the bed coverin o' a little innocent
sleepe that's waitin there till it's I
G's time to waken it and cover it
with the white robe and waft it away
tglory. When sic grandeur is waitin
it yonder, it's fit it should be decked
out here. I think the Saviour that
ounts its dust sae precious will like to
see the white clover sheet spread ower
it. Do ye noo think so, too, sir?"
Cheer up all disconsolates. The best
work for God and humanity has been
done on the snowy day. At gloomy
"Marine Terrace," islandof Jersey, the
exile Victor Hugo wrought the migt
est achievement of his pen. Eeil
anished and bereft andan invalid at
Cornhfl, on the banks the Chebar,.
had his momentousvisionofthe cheru
bum and wheels within wheels. By
the dim light of a dungeon window at
Bedford, John Bunyan sketches the
"Delectable Mountains." Milton writes1
thegrestest poem of all time without
eyes. Michael Anel carved a statue I
I
out of snow, an Florence gazed in
raptures at its exquisiteness, and many -
of God's servants have out of the cold
ut their immortality. Persecutions
were the dark background that made
more impressive the courage and con
secration of Savonaroia, who, when
threatened with denial of burial, said, ~
"Throw me into the Arno if you I
choose; the resurrection day will find ~
me, and thatis eoh." Beaiahi, on
a cold, damp, cuttn, snow day, -
gained'leonine triumph. Hadhp and
rouble have again and agi exalted
ad inspired and glorifie their sub- ~
iects.
The bush itself hpgs mounted higher s
And fourished unoonsumed in fire t
Well, we have had man ysnowy days s
within the past month, and added to
he chill of the weather was the chill- t
ng dismay at the nonarrival of the f
oean steamer Gascogne. Overdue C
or eight days, many had given her up i
s lost, and the mostthopeful were very1l
axious. The cyclones, whose play is fi
shipwrecks, had been reported beingin s
wildest romp all up and down the At- a
antic. The ocean a few days before
:ad swallowed the Elbe, and with un- V1
ppeared appetite seemed saying, ii
"Give us more of the best shipping." i
Te Normnandie came in on the same n
rack the Gasogne was to travel, and a
i had not seen her. The Teutonic, 11
aved almost by the superhuman ef- t]
orts of captain and crew, came in and ii
eard no gun of distress from that miss
ing steamer. There were p ale faces
ad wringing hands on bot contn
mts, and tears rolled down cold cheeks ir
mn those snowy days. We all feared d;
hat the worst had happened and talk- d:
d of the Cit of Boston as neverheard f<
f after sai~ig, and the steamship ti
resident on which the brilliant Cook- te
man saile'd, never reported and never it
obe heard of again until the time when e<
the sea gives up its dead. But at last, c<
tider most powerful glass at Fire is- o0
and, a ship was seen lhmping this way al
ver the waters. Then we all began si
o ho~ that it might be the missing ti
and agonizing waiting and two contin
ents i suspense! W hen will the eye
glasses at Fi island make revelation
of this awful mystery of the sea? There
it is! Ha! ha! The Gascogne! Quick:
Wire the news to the city! Swing the
flags out on the towers! Ring the
bells! Sound the whistles of the ship
ping all the way up from Sandy Hook
to New York Battery! "She's safe.
she's safe:" are the words caught up
and passed on from street to street.
"It is the Gascogne !" is the cry sound
ing through all our delighted homes
and thrilling all the telegraphic wires
of the continent and all the cables un
der the sea, and the huzza on the wharf
as the gangplanks were swung out for
the disembarkation was a small part
of the huzza that lifted both hemis
pheres into exultation. The flakes of
mow fell on the "extra" as we opened
it on the street to get the latest particu
lars.
Well, it will be better than that
when some of you are seen entering'
the harbor of heaven. You have haa
i rough voyage-no mistake about
:hat. - Snowy day after snowy day.
Again and again the machinery of
ealth and courage broke down, and
he waves of temptation have swept
ylear over the hurricane deck, so that
ou were often compelled to say, "All
.hy waves and thy billows have gone
ver me," and you were down in the
rough of that sea and down in the
troug of the other sea, and many des.
a of your safe arrival. But the
great pilot, not one who must come
ff from some other craft, but the one
who walked storm swept Galilee and
aow walks the wintry Atlantic, comes
mn board and heads you for the haven
when no sooner have you passed the
arrows of death than you find all the
,anks lined with immortals celebrat
ng your arrival, and while some break
>ff palm branches from the banks and
ave them those standing on one side
ill chant, "There shall be no more
;ea," and those standing on the other
dde will chant, "These are they which
ame out of great tribulation and had
heir robes washed and made white in
be blood of the Lamb." Off of the
,tormy sea into the smooth harbor.
)ut of leonine struggle in the pit to
uidance by the Lamb, who shall lead
Fou to living fountains, of water. Out
>f the snowy day of earthly severities
nto the gardens of everlasting flora
md into orchards of eternal fruitao-e
he fall of their white blossoms le
ly snow in heaven.
PROGRESS OF PACIFICATION.
That the State House Offcais Say About
Irby's Letter,
CoLrxBLA, S. C., Feb. 28.-The sim
iltaneous publication of the address
* the Conservatives and the astonish
ng interview of Senator Irby werethe
ak of the town lately. The address
was perfectly intelligible, but the in
erview was something more than
:ould be generally understood. Some
Alaced one construction on the matter
aid others had an entirely different
riew of the letter. As to the effect of
he break by Senator Irby there is a
rery great diversity of opinion, but as
nost it is regarded that Senator Irby
:an only accomplish a very limited
umount of mischief, if any at all. It is
iow the general impression that this
ast interview is the straw that will
>reak the camel's back in the political
ruce between Irby, Tillman and
vans. After this t'he copartnership
il have to be more limited, as the
miversal impression is that Governor
ivans and Senator Tillman will stand
>y their compact, Irby to the coun
ray notwithstanding, and that they
il do everything they legitimately
ran to carry out the agreement that
tad been voluntarily made and which
as been unanimously approved by
he conference of Conservatives that
net here Monday night.
Talking about the matter one morn
ng aState House official said: "The
agreement is so manifestly fair and
tonest and the purposes are so good
hat the people wil exidorses it no mat
er what certain of the 'bosses' might
rant done. The time has come when
he hot heads and the fighters of both
ides will be pushed aside and the con
ervative men of both factions will
mite in carrying out the agreement;
hat has been made and accepted in<
he best interests of the entire people,
nd the voters are not going to sacri
ice themselves to bolster up any 'bos
es' in their personal disputes. The1
eople will, after allthat has been said
ad done, realize that any fight over
his matter will be for purely selfish
A taear ago Senator Irby wrote
letter charging this correspondent
ith manufacturing sentiment against
tim and all such things. It was then1
s it is a fact, which he or any one else
ran find out, that there are precious
ew of those around Columbia, who
re in politics, who have any sym
athy with him in his effort to spoil
he agreement which has been going
along so very nicely and which the
eports from all parts of the State indi
ate is meeting with such general
avor.
Said one of them: "The intervie-w
an do no material harm. About the
nly thing. will be that Senator Till
nan and the others will have to show
heir hands and convince the people
hat they are on the right line, as I
no w they can do."
Another said that he was not sur
rised at the attack Senator Irby had
made; that there was nothing else for
tim to do, and that it was his very ex
stence to keep up the fighting. ToI
top the fight would mean the politi
al annihilation of Senator Irby. And<
o it went. Every one around'Colum
>ia is very much interested in the 1
,greement that has been made and ex
ect it to be carried out to the fullest 1
tent. There is, of course, some rea
on to count the influence of Senator 1
rby in Laurans and Spartanburg.
bruh the Piedmont Headlight, but']
utie of that it is not feared that
here will be much trouble in Senator
ilman and Governor Evans influenc- f
ig their faction, and as for the Con
ervatives they are generally expectedc
>fall into line after the address has I
hown the position of the conference.s
The only intimation of trouble to
h consummation of the progamme
:r an equal division of the delegates I
omes from the Piedmont section, and r
;will be a very difficult task for any 1
sader to involve to people in another c
ght, when it can be soceasily and sen- 1
ibly avoided, is the general opinion
mong those who talk on the matter. c
There is one thing brought out by r
1e interview and the consequent talk, s
'is that collateral with the Constitu- 1
onal Convention contest, if one be t
iade, will be the preliminary shirmish t
mong those who are after Senator
-by's seat in the Senate, and perhaps 8
1at is what Mr. Irby is afraied of a
ore than anything else.
Served Him Right.
PROSPERrrY, Feb. 28.-One day dur- I
ig the first week of the snow, Ran- b
all Wilson stripped one of his chil- l<
ren and whipped it unmercifully, o
rcing it, while nude, to jump into a i
ib of water, ice cold. He then fas- c:
ned the child in an outhouse and left C
there to suffer or freeze. A knowl- C
lge of the facts caused a number of C
lored men to go to Randall's house b
re night last week and take him out o:
ad undress him and roll him in the .
iow until he was nice and cold. They TI
ten warmed him up with plum p
A WAR OF WORS.
SENATORS HILL AND MARTIN SKIN
SENATOR CHANDLER.
The Debate Was JBrouight on by a M'otion
of Chandler's to Declare Martin's Seat
Vacant as the Kansas Legislature Was
Illegal.
WASHLNGTOX. March 1.-When the
night session opened :, S p. im. last
night there were not many Senators
present, but the galleries were crowded
with spectators. The reading of the
leg slative, executive and judicial ap
propriation bill was continued, and in
45 minntes the bill was completed, so
far as committee amendments were
concerned. At 9:10 p. m. Mr. Chan
dler interrupted the consideration of
the legislative bill and called up the
resolu-ion heretofore offered by him,
declaring that there was no lawful
election of the Legislature of Kansas
of a United States Senator when Sen
ator Martin was declared to be elected.
He began by stating that if the seats
of Senator Martin of Kansas, and Sen
ator Roach of North Dakota, were to
be vacated, the Legislature of those
two States, now in session,would elect
Republicans,and the DemocMts in the
Senate, even if they retained the votes
of Senators Kyle of South Dakota,and
Allen of Nebraska. Populists, would
lose control of the Senate and their
would be a majority of 2 against them.
It had been always his judgment
that those two Uats should be vacated
and his resolution would certainly be
adopted if the Senate would properly
act upon indisputable facts. There had
been only three Democrats, he said,
in the Kansas Legislature, but the Re
publican and Populist had been hood
winked into electing Mr. Martin, who
as soon as he came to Washington
made the closest connection with the
Democratic leaders.
After his admission to the Senate he
had renounced all pretensions of Pop
ulist affiliations and had possessed
himself of all the National patronage.
given to Kansas and had become one
of the most uncompromising and re
lentless Democrats in the Senate.
From Kansas, Mr. Chandler passed
to North Dakota, claiming that Mr.
Roach had been elected by interfer
ence and manipulation of the basest
sort.
Chandler charged Mr. Gorman with
having thwarted investigation into
Mr. Roache's case and read volumi
nous extracts from the Congressional
Record to prove it. "And now," he
said in his bitterest tones, "the cashier
of the Citizens National Bank of
Washington represents the State of
North Dakota in the appropriate garb
of a Democratic Senator."
When Mr. Chandler took his seat,
Mr. Hill rose and said. in serious
tones: "I will now speak on the ap
propriation bill." (Laughter.) And he
proceeded to make a scorching attack
upon Chandler, whom he accused of
having taken advantage of the cour
teous privilege afforded to him to as
sail one of his brother Senators. Hill
did not believe that the Senator had
helped an honest cause by the specta
cle he had made of himself. "But,"
said Mr. Hill, with great earnestness
and passion, "I could forgive him
what he said about the Senator from
New York (Mr. Murphy) and for
what he said about the Senator from
Eansas (Mr. Martin). but I cannot for
give him for the cruel, mean, con
temptible, malicious attack which he
made on the Senator from North Da
kota, (Mr. Roache.) (Applause.) The
Senator said he had no pleasure in at
tacking Mr. Roache, but I do not be
lieve that a single Senator who heard
him say that, believed a single word
of it. A hyena that was seeking to
tear a woman limb from limb might
just as well turn round and say that it
took pleasure in the attack; andlI
!ould believe the hyena just as quick
v as I would believe the Senator from
R'ew Hampshire. (Laughter.)
"Have you forgotten what took
place in 1876? Have you forgotten
what p arty it was that cheated Samuel
I. Tilden out of the Presidency to
which he was elected by a popular ma
ority. Do you recollect the conduct
f our friend, Chandler,when he went
o Florida to steal that State from the
DemocracyI (Some applause in tne
ple .)He is the last ma ninthe world
;o mak-e charges against the Dem
>cratic party. I hate a hypocrite be
fond all other men. I do not like the
zan who stands up and says 'i am
rolier than thou.' The Senator from
SAw Hampshire need not deceive him
;elf. His party has not come here to
stay. The Democratic party is the
arty of the people, the p arty of the
Donstitution, the party whiich believes
n equal rights and equal privileges, in
onest elections and in fair play. That
aarty, though now temporarily in the
:ninority, will certainly rise again,
md probably much quicker than the
senator from New Hmhir imag
Enes.." (Applause in the o'alleries.)
Mr. Martin (Dem.) of 'ansas, 'rose
;o reply to Mr. Chandler, but was ad
ised by Mr. Cockrell to pay no atten
ion to Mr. Chandler's "paper pellets."
Ee declined, however, to act on that
idvice and proceeded to speak in the
itterest tone and harshest words of
fr. Chandler. If the stories which he
iad heard of that Senator were true
> half-true, instead of representing
~he magnificent commonwealth of
iew Hampshire in the Senate of the
Jnited States, he should be in the
enitentiary."
Mr. Martin also spoke of the politi
al contest in 18-76 and of Mr. Chand
er's connection with what he called
lie attempt to steal and plunder the
rote of every doubtful State in the
.jmon.
"New Hampshire," Mr. Martiu con
inued, " used to be represented in the
senate by men of splendid intelleet,
>ut the eagle has been driven from its
iest and a buzzard had taken the
agle's place and vomnited forth its
ith on every occasion."
Mr. Martin was not permitted to1
ontinue. He was called to order: and1
or some time there was much confu-3
ion and disorder; but finally Mr.
fartin withdrew his objectionable
ords "out of respect to the Senate"
ut he still retained his own opinion
especting the subject. (Laughter.) It
ras nearly midnight when this sort of 1
ontroversy came to an end and the
ending bill wa open to amendment.
Most of the amecndments that were(
ffered were objectionable to Mr.Cock
ell, in charge of the bill; but for the
ake of getting on with the business,
.e allowed them to be adopted-with 1
xe intention, evidently, of having I
iem defeated in conference.
Finally the bill was passed, and the I
enate at half an hour after midight
djourned till Friday at 11 a. m. f
A Chance for a Hanging. j
CoUscit, B3LUF~s, Ia., Feb. 23.-1
teuty Sheritf O'Brien, who was shot
y'theGriswold bank burglar, is very
>w, and sligh t hopes are entertained d
V his recovery. The authorities have e
lentified Smith. the wounded robber f
ptured. He is Cad Maguire of ~
maha. Riley, the robber who shot I
Brien and then escaped, is the son of 1.
'Connor of Omaha, his righ~t name a
eing Chiarley-O'Connor. Th'le auth- c
ities are hot on O'Connor's trail and I
<pect to capture him before nioht. I
he postage stamps Miolen were si-t
ad ~y White to a man named Davis r
, Chao. t]
PREJUDICE DYING OUT.
Statement from a Leading Journal on a
luiportant Subject.
In a rece;t issue the New Yorl
It is gratifying to note that the pre'
udices of intelligent physicians an,
clergymen are fast disappearing in th
light of the widespread knowledge o
the certainty of the Keeley cure. It I
perhaps proper enough that a measur
of conservatism should prevail in thes
professions, for otherwise a thousan'
and one heretical doctrines of a per
nicious character might come in t<
rend the bodies asunder. While thi
conservatism is ofttimes carried too fat
still it is altogether better than unre
strained license to accept every ne
theory that comes along. Much o
the opposition was that of suspendei
judgment, in all probability. Num
bers of the leading clergymen and pre
gTessive representatsyes of the genera
body of clericals, as well as many o
the most advanced of the medica
thinkers of today, have practically ac
cepted and indorsed the Keeley treat
ment.
As to growth of sentiment amon1
medical gentlemen, it may be statei
in passing that nearly 20,000 physi
cians have testified their faith in it b:
taking the treatment. The number o
clergy who have availed themselves o
the benefits is small, to be sure; yet i
is by no means an uncommon sight tq
behold one of that profession in line
waiting to receive the healing balm.
It is most natural that the clergi
should jealously guard the churcl
and its power and authority, and re
gard with suspicion any seeming dero
gation of its rights. The Keeley Cure
however, is in nosense designed to taki
the office or the work of the Christiai
ministers. It simply takes the temp<
of the human body when it is vile an<
filthy from horrible disease, cleanse!
it arid makes it altogether fit for th<
reception of the immortal truths de
clared by the church. Instead of beini
a hindrance to church work, Dr. Kee
ley may be regarded as a sort of Joh
the Baptist, preparing the way, for i
is undeniable that the eLevation o
moral tone, a quickening of conscienc<
and a higher conscientiousness invari
ably follow a restoration of the physi
cal man through the agency of th
Golden remedy. Just as the variou
temperance societis, just as the gov
ernment of h'.e United States througi
its managers of the Soldiers' Homes
just as the newspaper press, just as thi
leading business and professional mei
have awakened to an appreciation o
the infinite value of the Keeley move
ment, so, in time, the clergy and med
ical men must also heartily subscrib
to it
Except one has studied and followe<
the Keeley movement carefully it i
impossible for him to appreciate its ex
traordinary growth, or how largel:
and generally it is entering into th,
thought and feeling of the age. Ther
is nothing in all the world that cai
compare with it in the rapidity of it
growth. Never before was there ai
undying discovery that so quickly fas
tened itself into the confidence of th
thoughtful and reflective. Never be
fore was there a movement tha
brought forth such immediate result
on so large a scale. It stands ou
alone, a marvel, if not a miracle, to it
adherents, and a cause for devout grat
itude to the good God that it shouk
be so.
The Keeley Institute at Columbia
continues to apply this cure witli won
derftaly satisfactory results.
A SCHOONER OF WHISKEY.
A Ship Load of savannah Whiskey Seize<
by the Police.
CiARLEsTON, S. 0., Feb. 27.-Th<
police department, acting in conjunc
tion with the State constabulary,seize<
yesterday morning the schooner Caro
lina loaded with twenty-eight barrel:
of whiskey. The liquor seized is prob
ably worth $1,500, and the value o:
the schooner, which will be held un
der Section 38 of the dispensary law
is worth probably as much again. Th<
details of the seizure and subsequen
proceedings are interesting and are af
follows:
Information having reached the au
thorities that one or more schooner:
loaded with contraband liquor were
expected to arrive in Charleston, th
State constables, under Chief Holley
and the police, under Chief Martin
were on the lookout. At about 3 :3t
:'clock yesterday morning Sergts.
Quina and McCaffery, of the polic
force, on watch along the east rive1
front, discovered a small schoonet
oming quietly up to Palmetto wharf.
he came in. lowered her sails and
made fast. Her movements and the
fact of her coming up to a wharf al
hat hour gav~e the officers a clue, and
n a very few minutes they hailed
er.
The captain was at first inclined tc
>e troublesome, but the sergeants soon
howed him that they meant business
and boarded her at once. Word was
t once sent to headquarters and Chief
artin, Lieut. Mollenhauer and sev
ral men repaired to the scene. Chief
onstable Holley was not far off and
,as shortly on the wharf. The schoon
er was fouind to be the Carolina and
he cargo consisted of twenty-eight
arrels of whiskey. The captain, J.
E. V. Jevvey,his son, J. E. V. Jervey,
r., and a colored deck hand, named
enry Gardner, were put under ar
est, and as soon as daylight made it
>racticable the cargo was unloaded.
he barrels were, with three or :four
:xceptions marked "vinegar," and the
evenue stamps had been covered by
>asting over them pieces of white pa
er. A few barrels were not marked
nd the stamps not covered.
The Carolina is a two-masted schoo
er about sixty feet long, of substan
al build. She has been engaged in
he coasting trade for some years and
s owned principally in Charleston.
h1e left Savannah Saturday morning.
The whiskey,which Chief Constable
ollev estimated to be worth $1,500,
as sent to the South Carolina and
teorgia Railroad depot for shipment
o Columbia and the captain and crew
f the Carolina were taken before
ustice Rouse on a warrant served by
~onstable Levy, charged with violat
g Section 33 of the dispensary law.
hey gave bond of $300 each for their
.pearance when desired and were
eeased. The Carolina, however, is
eld by the authorities and will prob
*bl , be advertised as confiscated and
r sale in a fewv days. The section
nder which the Carolina is held re
trs to seizure of vehicles or any means
sed in transportation of contraband
~quors.-News and Courier.
Caught Up With.
ST. JoSEPH, Mo., March 1.-Several
ays ago one B. WV. Hyatt camue to this
ty with credentials purporting to be
om Governor Morrill, of Kansas,
d solicited aid for people in western
ansas, who, lhe claimed, were eating
orse flesh. He is novw denounced as
i imiposter by dozens or miore person~s
Decatur county, one of the counties
yatt claimed to represent. Letters
atcounty saying that while many
ople are in destitute circumstances,
.ey a not ating hoarse fleh.
IRBY KICKS OUT.
SAYS HE WILL NOT BE BOUND BY
THE LATE COMPROMISE,
And -trongy y epttes Any Arrasge
ment to ti--e the Conservatives Half of
the Dele.iates to the Constitntional
Convention.
N VASIHINGTox, D. C., Feb. 25.
To the Editor of The State: T am re
ceivinz letters from all over the State
protesting against the consummation
of a scheme or agreement between Sen
ator-elect Tillman and Governor Evans
on one side and John Calvin Hemp
hill and Joe Barnwell. of Charleston,
on the other.
My friends of the Reform movement
seem to be anxious to know whether
I am acting in collusion with Governor
Evans against what they conceive to
be a sacrifice and surrender of princi
ple and their rights in the election of
delegates to the State convention. I
wish vou would favorme with the pub
lication of this letter which must ne
cessarily be brief, to say: That I was
not consulted by either side to this
agreement and without my subsequent
acquiescence cannot be bound in any
respect by what has been done.
In 1885 when Tillman commenced
his most remarkabla career I was
among the first who echoed for him in
Laurens County. Laurens and two or
three others endorsed his position in
the election of members of the Le-is
lature and we went to the Legislature
to be sneered at and almost spit upon
by the ring or clan in the State that
was controlled absolutely by the Cal.
Hemphill and Joe Barnwell class of
politicians. When we had reached
the climax, the crisis, Tillman backed
down and wrote a letter withdrawing
from politics or having anything to do
with it. Men who were as much in
sympathy with his ideas and opinions
as he was, even in apparently igno,
minious minority, were unwilling to
follow him and forsake the people
whom we had dared to lead, and they
continued the fight in the Leoislature.
He was tied hand and foot. ie could
not have gone before the people of
South Carolina for any office after his
letter of retirement but for the death
of Mr. Clemson, bequeathing that
property to the State for the benefit of
the farmers' bovs. This, gave him a
new opportunity and at my sugges
tion he came back into the political
arena. We met at Dan Tompkins'
house on the line of Edgefield and
Abbeville conaties, in the spring of
1889 and agreed upon a fight that
would give the people of the State
control and dethrone the party led by
Cal. Hemphill and Joe Barnwell. The
condition and understanding was that
Tillman was to lead and be the nomi
nee of the farmers for Governor. This
is where the March convention scheme
-was agreed upon and the work car.
ried on by the preparation of a mani
festo which was published in January
following that - lg the March con
L vention, which nominated Tillman for
; Governor.
t So far as I am concerned, results
were all that I wanted. I did not ex
pect any position and mypromotion to
the speakership and to the United
States Senate was as great a surprise
to me as it was to my many friends.
Since my election to the Senate I have
Stried in every respect to be true to the
-people who elected me both in Wash
tington and at home. One of the main
principles that was advocated at the
tMarch convention and intended to be
-carried to success, was the calling of a
Constitutional convention, and I may
say here that it was the hardest fight
that we ever had since 1890. We had
Cal. Hemphill, Joe Barnwell, t'ie edi
tor of The State and of the Greenville
News opposed to that call. I say it
with proper respect and friendship to
our present Governor, that when the
crisis camne and it looked as if defeat
would follow the action of the State
convention, he fled the State. and
could not be found by teleoram or let
ter. Senator Tillman sodtrue to me,
.as chairman of the party, and did all
.he could. We did our best to make
this call and are now being abused and
villified all over the United States on
the charges of corruption and fraud. I
had at least expected him to stand by
the people, whom he had led since
1890 and not go into any alliance or
compromise (for compromise means a
surrender of principle) with such men
as Barnwell and Hemobill. I know
what it means after the most faithful
loyalty to Tillman since 1885 up to
this time. I also know what it means
after my throwing myself into the
breach just one year ago tosave Evans
from disgraceful defeat, to dare to op
pose any scheme that they may agree
upon. If the terms of agreement be
tween this crowd had been fair and
honorable to the people and to the Re
form movement, I would not say a
word, but it means the defeat of the
objectof the Constitutional convention
and the sooner the people of the State
know it, the better for them.
I speak as an individual Reformer
and not as State chairman, because as
State chairman I have already acted
and had hoped that the primary scheme
would have saved the party from a
wreck. I want it understood now and
for all time that I will niot and do not
agree to any equal division of the dele
gates to the convention. As for Lau
rens, we propose to stand upon princi
ples and to elect our delegates from
among men who can be trusted to take
care of the rights of the poor men and
genuine Democrats of the country.
Any agreement by Tillman or Evans
is gratuitous and cannot bind us. An
equal division with a lot of sworn
Conservatives and half of the Tiliman
its who will prove treacherous when
the crisis comes, means on utter fail
ure of the convention to take care of
t rights and the property of the peo
ple of the State and white supremacy.
Befsore the election in November I in
timated in an interview that a
division of delegates according
to numerical strength would possibly
be fair, but knowing that we controlled
three-fifths at least, I would not have
imposed the idea of an equal division
upon any sane man. When I was
eontending before Cleveland, after
haviing sustained him with a majority
of 50,000, Hemphill and Barnwell re
fused any proposition looking to an
equitable distribution of the patronage'
and I got no support from the news
papers opposed to our faction, but on
the contrary, they said that Reformers
were not Democrats and were not en
titled to any showing. Yet these men,
Barnwell and Hemp~hill. a prominent
cuckoo for Cleveland, invites Tillman,
the~ leader of the opposition to Cleve
land, arid who has his pitchfork ready
to stab into the bowels of the President,
into a conference to settle the question
as to what the ditferent countiesshould
(10. And Tillmnan walks into the par
lor of the spider.
3Ir election to the Senate has not in
anv~war ch anged my feelings to the
people of the State. If we, the Reform
er's, stand lirmn we can win, but we had
better be defeated by allowing Cal.I
Hemphill and Gonzales to go with the'
negro than to humbly surrender in a 14
way like this. I humbly suggest that
Till1man, the agitator, now th~e pacifi-t
cator, has been completely dethroned, I
and Evans. if lhe is sincere, has been j
bamboozled. As for myself I think s
any'sane man will see that I have been|s
betrayed: but honorable defeat is much;a
bette a m-eferable tome in the sele-.'
tion of delegates to this onvention
than a dishonorable comnro'mise. It
is well enough for the 1F7ortv. tov he iAd
ers of the Conservatives aid tLe )ac te
cators, to bring up and -t ready for
the fight, for I am satisfied thaut tim
true men who were in tiis iIovetent
from its incilpiency fronc. ile will
not submit to any such ageeniat.
The combination will not do. - com
bination between a 'possum aud coon
cau't win as every eformer knows
they cannot sleep in the same log long.
I am very busy here. but after the
4th of March I will return home and
take a hand in this fight, sink or
swim, live or die. politically. I an
ready to stand by the principles of the
first March conventioa as against all
comers and all of its enemies. The
main principle of that convention was
a Constitutional convention to be con
trolled by men who were its friends
and not its enemies.
The poor white men of the State arc
not safe with any such possum and
coon combination. Their rights under
the homestead exemption and qualifi
cation clause are imperiled. They
cannot afford totrustmen like Colonel
Hemphill, Joe Barnwell, G onzales and
A. B. Williams. It would have been
farbetter had the convention failed in
November last than that the Reform
movement should be defeated and the
rights and liberties of the poor white
men of the State imperilled by men
like these. I believe that Tillman and
Evans were sincere, but they were
simply gulled into a compromise that
means the destruction of the Reform
movement and protection for the poor
white men of the State, but for whom
Tillman in the Senate and Evans as
Governor would have been impossibili
ties. I do not mean to denounce Till
man or Evans. I weep for them in be
ing monkeyed with by anysuch crew.
Cal Hemphill and Barnwell were orig
inal members of the Forty. When
the primary scheme was promulgated
by the Democratic committee they
were whipped and could not destroy
the Reform movement. Then they
proposed to muzzle me as chairman of
the party and the whole Democratic
organization by going into an agree
ment with Tillman and Evans. wich
Irespectfully submit will not only ruin
the Democratic party, but the Reform
movement of this State. Respectfully.
J. L. M. IRBY.'
COTTON BY THE CUBIC FOOT.
Ocean Freight by Space Instead of Pound
Rate Preferred.
AUGUSTA, Feb. 27.-The decision of
the convention now in session, of cot
ton ship rs in New Orleans in favor
of astandard bale of the same length,
the same density and the same
number of ties for every bale
of cotton shipped is generally approv
ed by the cotton shippers here. The
Orleans resolutions declare in favor
of abale 56 inches in length, 25 pounds
density to the cubic foot and with
eight iron bands. The shippers propose
to secure the adoption of this standard
through the efforts of the
cotton exchanges, the railroads
and the compreses, by taking
such action as to make the bales which
do not come up to the standard prac
tically unmerchantable or rather
make the difference in the cost of ship
ment such as to make it to the interest
of the producer to conform to the
Mr. J. M. Barnard, Jr., of Richard
son &Barnard, of Savannah, has given
this subject considerable attention.
Mr. Barnard's idea is that if a change
in the method of determining ocean
rates were made so that the rate be by
the cubic foot, and not by the pound
as at present this would eventualy
result in the general adoption of the
standard bale.
He says: Ships are now chartered by
the ton, on a basis of 100 cubic feet to
the ton. On this basis we have to cal
culate a pound rate. If the bales run
according to the average we come out
all right in our calculations. If they
are poorly pressed and of odd lengths,
we fail to get as much into the ship as
we had calculated upon, and lose ac
cordingly. We never know what we
are going to get until after the ship is
loaded. If the rate were based upon
the cubic foot of space, we would, be
able to make a much more equitable
rate. Knowing how much space we
had, we could tell exactly how many
bales of a standard measurement we
could get into the ship, and would be
calculated accordingly. The advant
age, of couase, would be in favor of
the standard bale and the tendencyr
would be in favor of a conformity to
the standard."
"Where does the difficulty now lie
in bringing about a standard bale?"
Mr. Barnard was asked.
"The difficulty is with the country
presses where the cotton iaginned and
baled. There is no attemp'; at regnlar
ity in packing cotton into bles,
and it is in the country ta h e
"Can this be easily done at small
expense I"
" It can." was the reply. "An ex
pense of $2 or $3 at each gin would be
sufficient to make the majority of the
boxes conform to the standard length;
would only be necessary to nail in a!
few inches of boards to shorten the
box. When the requirments were
known it would be a very simple mat
tet to pack the cotton so as to give the
proper density to the bale. The com
presses would do the rest. It would
be easy to find some means to make
them comply with the standard re
quirements. A heavier rate would be
:harged for poorly compressed cotton,
and if this did not bring about a reform
a refuse to accept porly compressed
otton would soon hve its effect."
The action of the convention will
be brought to the attention of the Cot
on Growers' Association, which
eets in New Orleans next week.
To show how easy a reform can be
rought about by the ships it is only .'
ecessary to refer to the changec that|
as wrotight in the manner of bailing
ea island cotton. This kind of cotton I
as packed in round bales. Thlejt
sips charged a much higher rate of t
freight for round bales than for square.<
>ales. .The result was that in one sea
on a change was affected from round.t
o square bales.-Chronicle.
A Bolti Robbery. e
CLEVELAED, 0., March 1.-One of
he boldest acts of lawlessness which
as occurred in this city for a Jong:
ime tocok place in the western suburbse
unday night. While a Nickelplate l
freight train:was standing in front of g
de telegraph office near the Detroit t
~rossing awaiting orders, a gang of
:amps appeared, and, with drawnre.
olvers, drove off the crew of the train.
he gang then began breaking -open I
reight cars and helping themselves toj
eir contents. Meanwhile, the police!
ad been notified and a patrol wagon I
lled with officers came on the scerse.
he tramps, however, were on the
atch and escaped in the dlarkne-ss.
~ater, two men were airrested charged~ I
ith being members of the gang.
Shot the ntascal.
ROME, March 1.-A theological stud- li
t in Casanzaro, shot the rector of the
heological College in the presence of h
e bishop of the diocese Thursday wi:i ri
revolver. The rector was wounded be
riously, but he will recover. The Iu
udent said after his arrest that lhe (p
ught revenge for the bishop's refus-w
1to ordain hin. The student's name ci
TLuig-i Nisi.
POWDER
Absolutely Pure.
A cream or tartar lDarg pawder.
Highest of all in leavening -rg:-gagttl. -L1
test United States Govern'uent Youd 8e
port.
Royal BakleR Powder Companys
106 WaU St., N. Y.
NO COTTON OPTION.
Rates for Fertilizers Payable in Cotton
Only, in October.
CoLmA, S. C., Feb. 28.-All the
railroad freight magnates were here
yesterday and appeared before the
State railroad commission, in regard to
the matter of the proposed reduction in
the fertilizer rates. Among those pres
ent were Messrs. Sol Hans, J. D. Draks
and Culp of the Southern system; T.
M. Emerson of the Atlantic Coast Line;
E. P. McSweeney of the Charleston
and Savannah; L. A. Emerson of the
South Carolina and Georgia; W. J.
Craig of the Port Royal and Western
Carolina, and H. C. Beattie.
There was a long and exhaustive
discussion of the whys and where
fores, the railroad men showing from
their standpoint theinjusticeof any re
duction at this time. Most of the rail
road men presented written argu
ments and statements of great
force. Inasmuch as it seemed
to be the desire of the railroad men
and the commissioners to exclude the
representatives of the press so much so
that they were excluded-The State
though knowing all that was said on
both sides, does not care to 4ve the
arguments. It is only necessty tosay
that the showing made was unanswer
able. The commission has taken no
action. It will remain in session sev
ernl days.
In this connection it might be men
tioned that the "cotton option" de
mand made by the farmers on the fer
tilizer manufacturers does not seem to
be heeded. All remember the terms
of the demands made by the recent'
convention. It will be interesting to
cbmpare those terms with the follow
ing arrangement made by the Alliance
exchange with nearly all the Charles
ton companies, which has just been
announced. It will be easily seen that
the two are most materially different.
'Here is the announcement of the ex
change:
We quote fertilizers, per ton, in car.
load lots, f. 0. b. Charleston, S. C., to
be paid for on or by October, 15, 1895,
in middling lint cotton, as follows:
Dissolved bone, per ton.....185 lbs
Acid phos. (1 to 2 per cent. pot
ash)...................195 "
Kainit...................200 "
Guano 2 to2* per cent)...325"
Guano 24 to 3 per cent.)-..335"
The company will prepay and carry
freight at the rate of 8 per cent. per
annum,. charging the number of
pounds of cotton as 5 will go into the
freightand interest. To ilIustrate: If
the fr eight is SS and the interest sayr 15
cents, the total will be $3.75, and5 into
this will go 73 times, or 75 more
pounds of cotton will be added to the
above prices to pay the freight and in
terest. The cotton is to be midrd1inglint
and to be delivered on or before Oto
ber 15, in good marketable condition
at the station where the fertilizers were
received unless otherwiee aoreed upon.
It is to be middling, accor 'ng to the
Charleston exchange classification and
upon actual weight by sworn weighers
at the time of delivery. All grade be
low middling will have to be made
good and none below .good ordinar
wvill be received except '>y sp -c'a
agreement. This is n->t a "cottou p
tion," but a cotton trade, ar.d if you
buy for cotton you must pay in cotton
and noth ing else.
FERTILIZERS-CAR LOTS.
May- Nov.
1. '95. 1, '95
Dissolved bone, per ton.$ 9 50 $ 9 90'
Acid phos. 1 to2 per cent
potash, per ton...9 75 10 15
Kainit, per ton.,.....10 16 10 56
Guano, 2 to 24 per cent. 16 25 16 90
Guano, 21 to 3 per cent. 16 75 17 40
Freight from Charleston, S. C.. to
yorsainto be added to the above
prices. In lots of fifty tons to be ship
ped to one shipping point we haive a .
reduction of 5 cents per ton on carload
prices, except on kainit. Let the sub
Alliances and clubs send in their or
ders so as to aggregate fifty tons and
we can get the reduction in price.
On less than ten tons there will be
f1 per ton drayage and freight will be
20 per cent. higher than carloads.
SeditionsM Teaching.
KINGsroN, March 1.-Alexander B.
Edwards, a negro, who styles himself
i. prophet, and who during last year
tttracted a fodowing of over 5,000 per- .
sons, has been arrested by the authori
ties on a charge of sedition. In ad
iressing his congregation recently,
Edwards. it is alleged in the most em
phatic manner, advised his listeners to
rebel against the government and to
~rush out tne whites. The' prisoner's
irrest was accomplished as seretlyas'
>ossi i. lIe wa's surpris:-d' at"' his
mujse I a mdnight by a squad of 30
solicemen. and without any resistance -
rase coveed to a police station.
hntearrest was made public
treat excitement prevailed among his
'riends, somec of whom threaten to at
empljt a rescuc-. xWhile others' believe
hat Ed wards, through his own powers.
anl escape punishment. Edwards be-'
an operations about a y aradahalf
t sent by God to heal the sc.H
rjected a house on the banks of a lit
e stream a few miles back of King
tonl and invited the people to come
nd bathe in the waters he
lessed. asserting they could thus be.
ured of any disease. In a month his
ongregation often numbers 6,000 or
,000) persons and all day long the
birongs of believers might be seen
raarcing alon.g tihe roads with bottles
r pannikins to retch away some of
ie blessed water Others, too weak to
talk, were carried to the water by
'len dS.
ilurned in Their fleds.
HAuuM, Conn.. March 1.-Persons
n the way to church Sunday night
unde a horrible discovery, about a
tile back of the villaoe of Middle
adam: at what is Zealle Hog's Hill.
or some thirty years Thomas Cava
augh, an industrious farmer, has
ved in a little story and a half house
-irh his wife. The church goers were
or'rified to see the house a mass of'a
iins. A search was begun, and the -
:>dy of the mian was found almost
arecognizable. Neai'y. was found a
alric 'oone, all that reiiuiined of the
oman. From the loeurio', it was de
ded that the couple who were about