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IN THE COURPROAT. REV.!.DR. TALMAGE DiS3USSES A A A GREAT LANSU-I. 7 Tha ldlotuxsut, the Testin ziy, tha 3Sum mlag Up: aatl the JakInent-Graphic HEKpart ota Tr&i Far the LIfe of a Soul. A C&II For Prep.4ratioa. trations of this sermon are drawn froim the scenes in a courtroan, with which De. Talmtge becamnefamiliar when he was studyia law, bMfora h, stalied for the ministry. Tue text is I Joha ii, 1, "We have an advocate with the Father, Jesii Carist, the righteaas." IStanding in a c 'urtraa1 you sty to yourself, "At this bar crime has of ten been arraigned; at this witnes; stand the oath has often been taken; at this jurors' bmch the verdict has been rendered; at this jadge's desk sentence has been pronounced." B it I have to tell you tolay of a trial high er than any oyer and terminer or cir cuit or supreme or chancery. It is the trial of every Christiaa m in for the life of his soul. This trial is dif ferent from any other in the fact that itis both civil and criminal. The issues at stake are tremendous. and I shall in myserman sho V you first what are the grounds of cam plaint, then who are the witnesses in the cause and lastly who are the al vocates. When a trial is called on, the liest thmg is to have the indictment read. Stand up then, 0 Christian man, and hear the indictment of the court of high heaven against thy s oul. It is an indicument of ten counts, for thou hast directly or indirectly broken all the Ten Commandments. You know how it thundered on Sinai, and when God came down how the mountain rocked, and the smoke acended as from a smoldering furnace, and the 'darkness gathered thick, and the loud, deep trumpet uttered the words, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die!" Are you guilty or not guilty? Da not put m a negative plea too quick, for I have to-announce that "all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is none that doeth good. No, not one. Whosoever shall keep the whole law, yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all." Do not therefore be too hasty in pronouncing yourself not guilty. This lawsuit before us also charges you with the breaking of a solemn contract. Many a time did we prom iseto be the Lord's. We got down on our knees and :said, "0 Lod, I am thine now and forever." Did you keep the promise? Have you stood up to the contract? I go back to your first communion. You remember it as well as if it were yesterday. You know how thA vision of the cross rose before you. You remember how from the head, and the hands, and the side, and the feet there came bleeding forth these two words, "Remember me." You recall how the cup of communion trembled in your hand when you first took it, and as in a seashell you may hear, or think you hear, the roaring of the surf even after the shell has been taken from the beach, so you liftcd the cup of communion and you heard in it the surging of the great ocean of a Saviour's agony, and you came forth from that commuuion ser vice with face shining as though you had been on the mount of Transfig ration, and the very air seemed trem ulous with the love of Jesus, and the woods and the leaves and the grass and the birds were brighter and sweet er veiced than ever before, and you said down in the very depths of yow soul, "Lord, thou knowest all things; thou knowest that I love thee." Have you kept the bargain, 0 Christian man? Hve you not sometimes fal tered when you ought to have beer true? Have you not~ proud whet ought to have been humblel vyounot plydtecoward whet you ought to hiave been the hero? charge it upon you and I charge it up on myself-we have broken the con tract. Still further. This lawsuit claims damages at your hands. The greatesi slander on the Christian religion is at inconsistent professor. The Bible says religion is one thing.. We, by our in consistency, say religion is some othei thing, and what is more deplorabli about it is that people can see faults ii others while they cannot see any ii themelves. If you shall at any time find some miserable old gossip, witi imperections from the crown of hei head to the sole of her foot, a perfeel blotch of sin herself, she will go tat tding, tattling, tattling all the years oj her life about the inconsistencies ol others, having no idea that she is in - 4onistent herself. God save the world from the gossip, female ani male! I think the males are the worst Now the chariot of Christ's salvatior goes on through the world, but it if our inconsistencies, my brethren, tha block up the wheels, while all along the line there ouht to have been ess nothing but pambranches, and the shout should hae been lifteed, "IHo sanna to the Son of David I" Now you have heard the indictmen read. Are you ready to plead guilt: or not guilty? Perhaps you are no ready yet to plead. Then the trial wil go on. The witnesses will be called and we shall have the matter decided In the name of God I now make procda mation: Oyez, oyez, oyez, whosoeve hath anything to offer in this trial, it which God is the plaintiff5 and thb Christian soul the defendant, let hin new step forth and give testimony ii this solemn trial. The first witness I call upon the stand in behalf of the prosecution is the world, all critical and observant o Christian character. You know tha there are peple around you who per ptually ~quet on the frailties o G's children. You may know,i you have lived in the country, that crow-cares for nothingso much as car rion. There are those who imagmn that out of the faults of Christian they can make a bridge of boats acros the stream of death, and they are go ing to tyit; but alas for the mistake When thyget in midstream, 'awa: willigo tebridge, and down will g< their souls to perdition. 0 world o the greedy eye and the hard heart come on the stand now and testify ii behalf of the prosecution against thi: Christian soul on trial. What do yoi know about this Christian man "Oh," says the world, "I know a grea deal about him. He talks about put ting his treasures in heaven, but hei the sharpest man in a trade I eve: knew. He seems to want us to be lieve that he is a child of God bu he is just full of imperfections. I1 d< not know but I am a great deal bette; than he is now. Oftentimes he is yen; earthly, and he talks so little abou Christ and so much about himself. am very glad to testify that this is bad man." Stop, O world, with the greedy ey< and hard heart. I fear you are to< much interested in this trial to giv< impartial evidence. Let all those wh< hear the testimony of this witnes: know that there is an old family ga~ar rel between these two parties. Tner always has been a 'variance betw'eer the world and the churchs and whil. the world on the witness stand toda' has told a great deal of truth abou this Chrisuian man, you must take i all with nmmeh alloancm-, reimermier ing that they still k'ep th - old gradie I09..( wrl. of tli- gree ty eye and the hard heart, that will d>. Yaa nav sit dawa. The secnd witnes I call in this case is Cons3Cien(c. Waj are tlia, 0 conscieace? Waat is.yo'ir basinesi. Waere were yoa ban? Wait are 7i-i daiu here? -0a," sivs c>aieac. "I wfs b)-nin hetvaa. I cnt d)vn to befriend this man. I have lived vith him. I hve instru nted hi:n. I have warned him I sho vad h i the right and the wron, advising hi:n to take the one anl eschew th- oter. I have kindled a gred lidit it hi- s iii With a wiip of se rpi'; I have scoargel his wickelae-i, an I lI h tried to cieer im w i-a >ia. ri>, and yet Ian e ru vIlei L> testify o the stand to Iy th h' a h s n Ln1 rejecied m y m on ( L hio In y caps or life i i tI his lip; tht ij d tik 4 d va, all h . oftnl has h st.>o I wit his lh hrd h iel on th - bleedin~ leart o the Si io[ o, >l- It pains mii very 1-1i -a th it I hva t'o toe4 tify agrnft this (ristian m anl yet i Tnt ini ih ml f of him di .v will in na wise clear the g-lty sAy th Lt this 1:.L!;, i m'a 111 in dx n r . has b3a wrldlv. I li h- b zen ne gleetful. Ilb has daa a thxanad things he i ought n >L t > h ave done, an I left undone a thoisand things he ought to have done." Tait will do, cansciene. YOa ea sit d )a. The third witness L call in the cise is an angel of G A. Bright and shining one, what doest thoa here? WAit hast thoa to say against this min on trial? "O," says the angel, "L have been a messenger to him. I hava guarded him. I h Iwe w.atebed him. With this wing have defended him, an I oftentli'n s, when he knew it not, I lel hiu int.) gree-i p.xstures and beside the still waters. I snatched from him the p us ned c'a lices. Vhen bid spirits ca-ne upoa him to destroy him, I foaignt them back with intinite tiereeness, and yet I have to testify today that le has re jected my mission. Il3 has upt done as he ought to have done. Taough I came from the sky, he drove me back. Though with this wing I defended him and though with this voice I wooed him, I. have to announce his multi plied imperfections. I dare not keep back the testimony, for then I should not dare to apoear again among the sinless ones before the great white throne." There is only one morr witness to be called on behJ f of tVe posecution, and that is the great, the holy. the august, the omnipotent Spirit of God. We bow down tbefore him. Holy Spirit, knowest thou this man? "Oh, yes," says the Holy One, "I know him. I have striven with him ten thousand times, and though sometimes he did seem to repent he fell back again as often from his first estate. Ten thousand times ten thous and has he grieved me, al though the Bible warned him, say ing- 'Grieve not the Holy Ghost. Quench not the Spirit.' Yes, he has driven me back. Though I am the Third Person of the Trinity, he has trampled on my mission, and the blood of the atonement that I brought with which to cleanse his soul he sometimes despised. I came from the throne of God to convert and comfort and sanctify, and yet look at that man and see wha. he is compared with what, unresisted, I would have made him." The evidence on the Dart of the pro secution has closed. Now let the de fense bring on the rebuttal testimony. What have you, 0 Christian soul, to bring in reply to this evidence of the world, of the conscience, of the angel and of the Holy Ghost? No evidence? Are all these things true? "Yes. Un clean," says every Christian soal. What? Do you not begin to tremble at the thought of condemnation? We have come now to the most in teresting part of this great trial The evidence all in, the advocates speak. The profession of an advocate is full of responsibility. In England and the United States there have arisen men who in this calling have been honored by their race and thrown contempt upon those who in the profession have been guilty of a great many mean nesses. That profession will be honor able as long as it has attached to it such names as Mansfield and Marshal] and Story and Kent and Southard and William Wirt. The courtroom has sometimes been the scene of very marvelous and thrilling things. Some of you remember the famous Girard will case, where one of our advocates pleaded the cause of the Bible and Christianity in masterly Anglo-Sa xon, every paragraph a thunderbolt. Some of you have read of the fam ous trial in Westminister hall of War ren Hastings, the despoiler of India by splendid talents, by courage, by bribes, by gigantic dishonesty, The whole world had rung, with applause of con demnation. Gathered in Westminster hall, -a nlace in which 30 kings had beninaugurated, was one of the most famous audiences ever gathered. Foreign ministers and princes sal there. Peers marched in, clad in ermine and gold. Mighty men and women from all lands looked down upon the scene. Amid all that pomp and splendor, and amid an excitement such as has seldom been seen in any courtroom, Edmund Burke advancea in a speech which will last as long as the English language, concluding with this burning charge, which made Warren IHastings cringe and cower: "I impeach him ini the name of the commons house of parliament, whose trust he has betrayed. I impeach him in the name of the English nation, whose ancient honor he has sullied. 1 impeach him in the name of the people of India, whose rights he has trampled on and whose country he has turned into a desert. And lastly, in the name of human nature, in rne name of both sexes, in the name of every fage and rank, I impeach him as the fcommon enemy and oppressor of all.' iBut I turn from the recital of these memorable occasions to a grander tri al, and I have to tell you that in this trial of the Christian for the life of his soul the advocates are mightier, wiser and more eloquent. The evidence al] being in, severe and siern justice rises on behalf of the prosecution te make his plea. With the Bible opeu in his hand, he reads the .law, sterr and inflexible, and the penalty, "The soul that sinneth, it shall die." Then he says: "O thou Judge and Law giver, this is thine own statute, and all the evidence in earth and heaver agrees that the man has sinned against - these enactments? Now let the sword leap from its scabbard. Shall a mar go through the very Ilames of Sinai - unsigned? Let the law be executed. Let judgment be pronounced. Let him cie. I demand that he die: 0 Christian, does it not look very dark for thee?" Who will plead on thy side in so forlorn a cause? Some times a man will be brought intoa court of law, and he will have nc friends and no money, and the judge will look over the bar and say, "Is there any one who will volunteer tx take this man's case and defend him? And some young man rises up and says "I will be his his counsel," per h aps starting on fromi that very point to a great and brilliant career. Now, i this matter of the soul, as you have nothing to pay for counsel, do you think that any one will volunteert Yes, yes; I see one rising. Hle isa young mia, only a years of age. tears and covered with blood. and all the galleries of hiaav 'n are thrilled with th-ispCie. Tiaak; b) unto C>L , v hi i ra an ad vocateIt wIi,t.h te ath1r., esus Carist the rirhte i." ) Cristian sil, y ie c ise " bgins to lok better. I think, paraips, after ail. you may not have to die. The best .lvor, ite -in the u iiverse ha; tik en yo:ir side. N) oae W.L5 ever so quililled to defend y,>. II! kuo.vs all the the lw, all its de:n I Is, all its pen iities. II' is al ways ready. No newv turn of the cIse can surprise him, and he will plead fo: you for nothing as earnestly as th >a-h y,>a beught a war id of tr.u-staris to his fe1, . h side; t- it. h t h i; u arak q th i eise o LithAIn.I wa11 were as fori >:a as you, and he has never lost a cas't. C )irage, () Ciiristi:in s iz: I think that, af-all. thre mity b s:n chAnc-' for y:>I, for the great ad vocate rises to III ak his plea. [I sty.: "I adtit all th.tt has been proved against mV elient. I ad:uit all these sins - ayo, In -r- - t l.>-) k at th.it waanded hand of m1in1e an I l'ok at that other wonaded hand an-I at iny right foot and a, my left fo t. By all th -;e wound. i plea.i for his clearance. Count all the drops of my tears. Cbuat all tOa- droops of my blod. 8i the huniliition of inthlehem, by the sveat of G( .thts un me, by the sa f fdrings of lte crass, L den tuA that he go free. Oa this arm he h-Ith leaned, to this heart he hath il >wii, in my tearA he hath washed, on my rw ite--n* ss he b ith depen-t-td. l .t him go free; I am Lit ranso:n. La hiru emoe the lash I to >k the sLoAings. lat the cap pas from him; I drank it to the drezs. Pat on hina the cro wn of life, for I have worn the crown of thorns. Ov'er against my throne of sit -ne set his throne of triumph." Well, tle c3uasl o I bith sides have span, and there is only one more thing now renaining, and that is the a-yarding of the judgmiient. If you have ever been in a courtroom, you know the silence and solenLity when the verdict is abut to be rendered or the jadgmnent about to be givea. About this soul o:a trial--sh ill it be sived or shall it be lost? Attention, above, around, beneath ! All the uni verse cries, "Hear, hear!" The judge riss and gives this decis ion, never t0 be changed, never to be revoked, "There is, therefore, now no condemnation to them who are in Christ Jesus -" The soul that on Jesus h:ith leanel for re pose I will not, 1 will not, desert to his foes. That soul, though all hell should endetv or to shake, I'll never; no, never: no, never, forsake. Bat, my friends, there is coming a day of trial in which not only the saint, but the sinner must appear. That day of trial will come very sud denly. The farmer will be at the plow, the merchant will be in the counting room, the woodman will be ringing his axe on the hickories, the weaver will have his foot on the treadle, the manufacturer will be walking amid the buzz of looms and the clack of fly ing machinery, the counsel may be at the bar pleading the law, the minister may be -a the pulpit pleading the gos pel, the drunkard may be reeling amid his cups, and the blasphemer with the oath caught between his teeth. Lo, the sun hides! Night comes down at midnoon. The stars appear at noon today. The earth shudders and throbs. There an earthquake opens and a city sinks as a crocodile would crunch a child. Mountains roll in their sockets and send down their granite cliffs in avalanche of rock. Rivers pause in their chase for the sea, and ocean uprearing cries to flying Alps and Himalaya. Beasts b 'low and moan and snuff up the darkness. Clouds fly like flocks of swift eagles. Great thunders beat and boom and burst. Stars shoot and fall. The Almighty, rising on his throne, declares that time shall be no longer, and the archangel's tramn re peats it till all the living hear and the continents of dead spring to their feet, crying, "Time shall be no longer!" Oh, on that day will you be readyi I have shown you how well the Christian will get off in his trial. Will you get off as well in your trial? Will Christ plead on your side or against you? Oh, what, will you do in the last great assize if your con science is against you, and the world is against you, and the angels of heav en are against you, and the Holy Spirit is against you, and the Lord God Almighty is against you? Better this day secure an Advocate. Four Knlled in a Fight. L ouISisim:, Ky., Aug. 19-Con ficting accounts have reached here of a shocking mountain battle which took place on Saturday evening at a remote neighborhood in Elliott Coun ty at Burning Spring Baptist Church. The county is one of the most inacces sible in the State, lying out of the reach of the telegraph, and hence par ticulars are meagre. Four men were killied and nine wounded, some very dangerously, but all their names are not known. T wo families, the Whitts and thz Hlarrrises, were involved, and an old fe-id is responsible. The at ters ance of the association meetings -e very lar-ge, many churchs being repre. eted aind the mountain people having cbrme for thirty and thirty-live miles aroun-' Sezeral members of each family we a pr esent, and there is lit e doubt tha. i. l ight was premedi tatEd. It began with James Harris striking Wiliam 'Vhitt across the back with a switch They were in the churels at the timE,, and the Whitts were seated on a be ich two rows in front of the Harrises. When William was touched he turied and angrily dared James "to try that again." Of course the challenge was accepted, and a sharp, stinging cut across the face followed. Instantly the tight be gain with whatever weapons were at and and without regard to the pres ence of others. Pistols, knives, clubs and stones were used, and a stampede of all not concerned took place. In the wild rush many were trampled down elA seriously injured, but this did not sten ;he combatants. T wo of those kiUed were shot and the other two were ki'led with knives. Sever al of the wounded were fatally hurt. While these were lying on the ground, writhing, the injured members of the victorious gang, the Wnitts, kept guard and prevented aid being ren dered. Others of the same gang were riding around swearing that the wounded must be allowed to (lie, and the sooner they died the better look ing corpses they would make. It was some time before they were pacilied and left the field. The Whitt family is a large one, and they swear they will exterminate the Harrises. Late reports by way of Grayson say that Charley Whitt was shot throuAgh the back and the ball penetrated the bowels, ie will surely die before many hours. William Whiitt was was shot in the breast and the phtysi cians say tie wound is fatal. '/usIon ini Omaha. OMA hA, Neb., Aug. 19.--A special from Norfolk, Neb., says: "Thet NO conventions of the ['optulists and the Democratic parties of thme Third Con gressional District intet iast night and declared for fusion. The con ference committee of the two parties were in authority to name a candidate and to day selected Judge Max well, nominee WDES OF AN ORANGEMAN. Tel in C murt How 11 Was Whipped and hIrauded. WALTi.IM, Miss , August 22.-The inr'st -,uipe case ever tried in the dis trict court came up today before Jdge Lace, waen an alleged expose was made under oath upoa the witness stand of the rites and ordeals through which a candidate imust pass to be come a full-tIedgel .-angeiman. Frank A. Preole was the first wit ness. He was one of the candidates who thought the initiat3ry cerea)ny was cra il and was seeking legel satis factiou for his experience. [t was on the evening of .1 uly 21, 18, tih Xt he received his initiatory degree in the Orange lodge of Walttiam. He swore that his troubles began on the minute he'passed the miy.stic portals. 113 was conpelled to discird all raiment ex capt his underwear, which, the night being hot, was of gauzy texture. One arm was stripped of its sleeve and he was given a pair of overalls, which were rolled ab.>ve his knees. Then, as he says he was blindfolded and led into the larger lodgeroom by lBrothers laniel Tracy and William Maibee who acted as conductors. There he was compel led to halt and get down upon his knees and repeat the Lrd's prayer. Then he had to clamber over a lot of rough bloeks, was struck severely with whips and inally posed up u what seemed to him a steplad der. An obligation was imnoosed, after which the ladder was suddenly pulled from under him and he was pitched into a canvas blanket, in which lie was bounced around for a while. Then he was placed on his knees again and several people, he says, literally "gave it to him in ilie neck." S->me more marching forward and he was made to carry what felt like a bag of rocks. Fuially Maibee told him to raise his hand and try to find "the serpent." Brother Grahan then cried. "You did not lind it, but it has found you," and theu, he states, a branding iron was applied twice to his breast. After that he was seated and the rest was easy. Ile talked with Mr. Niciolson, another member, next night, and both agreed that he had been crulley treated. He alleged that one reason that he had received such harsh treatment was probably because some one had blackballed him. The witnesses' breast was badly burned and the wounds were raw for ten days. His legs were discolored from the violence of some of the blows he re ceived from the whips. Witness declared he belonged to the Grand Army, the Red Men, the A. P. A. and the Pilgrim Fathers. Ed ward Arch was the next witness. Ile had witnessed Preble's ordeal in getting his degree. He said Brothers Tracy and Maibee guarded the candi dates. Brother O'Neil heated the brand ing iron and Brother Graham applied it. Brother Nickerson had objected that the iron was too hot, but O'Neil heated is further and said they would give the candidate a good roast. Arch had not interfered to protect Preble because he knew it would do no good. His own legs were whipped harder than Preble's had been, but his own back had escaped more lightly. No evidence was put in for the defense, but counsel argued that no proof had been given that any departure had been made from the regular from of initiation sufficient to constitute an assult. Preble having applied for ini tation and having been willing to abide by the consequences, no crime had been committed, and counsel asked that the lodge be discharged as "not guilty." Judge Luce in his decision fined six officers of the lodge $35 each. They were John G. Graham, G. 0. Nicker son,, Edward O'Neil, Daniel Tracy, Leanaer Weather bee and Wilfred Mai bee. All appealed and were held in $200 bonds each. Fusion in Idaho. BOIsE, Idaho, Aug. 20.-The third day of the Democratic and Populist conventions were devoted entirely to discussion of the proposed fusion. The joint conference was in session until a late hour last night without coming to any agreement. To-day the conven tion met in secret session to receive reports. Each has held two sessions and at 8 o'clock there is still no agree ment. The Democrats have insisted on leaving the matter of the Senator ship open. but at this morning's ses sion they instructed their committee to agree to support a Populist candi date for Senator. This, however, did not settle the matter. Iri this State the principal affairs of government is managed by boards with the principals of which are composed of the Gover nor, Attorney General and Secretary of State. The Populists claim to be numerically stronger than the Demo crats and entitled to control those boards. This the Democrats resist, damanding both Governor and Attor ney General. A fusion of Populists and Democrats was accomplished Dy the Populists accepting. the Democrat ic proposition. Tne Dbemocrats got the Presidential electo-, Supreme J udge, Governor, A tu.orney General, Treasurer and aiine Inspector. The Populists have the United States Sen ator, Congress nan, Lieutenant Gov ernor, Secretary of State, Auditor and Superintendent of Puolic instruction. The convention adjourned until to morrow :sorning. P. E. Regan of Boise is lelieved to be in the lead for Governor and Captain James Ounn is conceeded for Congressman. .Senator Thu rston Retracts. C!rcawo, Aug. 19.-Senator John M. Thurston of Nebraska, to-night handed to the Associated P ress the fol lowing card over his signature with the request that it be disseminated: "T'o the Public: On July 11 the Chicago Chronicle charged W.J . Bry an with being a salaried employee of the silver bonanza interest "On July 31 at Madison, Wis., I read the editorial of the Chronicle and insisted Mr. Bryan owed it as a duty to the American people to answer the charge. "His explicit denial appears in the press this morning. I stated in Nebras ka that Mr. Bryan's denial would be accepted by me and that I would so notily the country which I take this immnediate and public manner of doing. "(Signed) JOHN M. TuU~asTON. Spikes on the Rails. CARnotLTON, 0., Aug. 2.--An en gine on the Cincinnati, Columbus and Springfleld railroad, hauling four cars of coal and a caboose, jumped the track one mile south of here last even ing. it rolled down the embankment striking two mammoth oak trees. This prevented the caboose, with 26 section men aboard, from following. Joseph Kirk, engineer, and John fiardesty, fireman, both of Canton, were instantly killed. investigation this morning developed the fact that the wreck was caused by three rail road spikes which some small boys had placed on the outside rail at the curve where the train was derailed. Two Men Drowned. Pmrnsucao, Pa., Aug. I8.-A skiff in which were three men was capsized in the Ohio River early this morning by the waves of a passing steamer and twvo of the men drowned. Their names were Win. Hickman and Thomas Shaughenessy. The third man suc ceeded in reaching the shore. The bode hae not been rnoered. Expect to Buy the Presidency Ten thousand banks and trust com panies have enlisted in the cause of gold monopoly and constituted them selves practically political neadquar ters for the Cleveland-Morgan-Hanna organization. If any voter does not believe these f nancial institutions are able to make money scarce we advise them to feel in their pockets and they will see hc'x it is. Tne gold combi nations have robbed the people of the United States of half their belongings in the last twenty years and have a corner on all the money. If voters expect that the campaign for silver and an independent financia! polioy for the United Stales is to be a boodle campaign they had better vote for the gold comaination and submit to slav ery. So confident are the goldites that money will enslave the people of the United States and make them vote against themselves in November next that they boast of the hundreds of mil lions which they control, and which they will spend to perpetuate Cleve land Democracy and John Sherman Republicanism. We do not believe that any voter will receive enough money for his vote nex November as to be fair compensition for his lioerty. If the voters are so poor that they will be compel led to starve or take I [anna's money, we hope they will not commit the unpardonable sin of voting Han na's ticket. The ballot has been made secret in order that it might be.fre and independent. Were it not for the ecrecy of the ballot there would be no ope of the American people in the terrible contlict against the money powers, but we believe that the great ass of American voters, when they their ballots, will have regard for institutions for themselves and those who are to come after them; in ther words, we believe that patriotism will control the votes next fall. We ppeal to the voters and say to them, whateves you do, do not commit the inpardonable crime of voting against yourselves and for your enemies. Otflcer Ordored to Suicide. Nnw YoRK, Aug. 19. --A dispatch to The Recorder from Havana says that Captain General Weyler and .eneral Ochando were the principals in a sensational affair which occurred shortly before the latter sailed for pain. It seems that General Ohan lo's nephew, who was a lieutenant in the Spanish army, was the cause of the trouble. There were ugly rumors in circulation redecting on the young lieutenant. It was alleged that he was conducting a treasonable corres pondence with Maximo Gomez. the insurgent chief. When Weyler heard of the rumors he summoned the young man to the palace and ques tioned him. Weyler was apparently satisfied of the young man's guilt ani told him if he did not commit suicide within twenty-four hours he would be ourtmartialed and shot. The lieu tenant left the palace, went to his room and in six hours was a corpse, having shot himself thraugh the heart. Shortly afterwards General Ochan do arrived in Havana and learned the true story of his nephew's death. Orchando was greatly enraged and immediately went to the palace to call Weyler to account. The meeting of the generals was sensational. Oehan do denounced Weyler in the bitterest terms, alleging that the lieutenant was guiltless and had been driven to his death. Ochando termed Weyler a murderer and butcherer and challeng ed him to a duel The men drew s words and would have l ought in the palace but for the interference of other officials. T wo days later Gener al Ocnando sailed for Spain. He is greatly enraged and says that he will make the affair public when he reach. es Spain and demand Weyler's recallI Denied Admission to the Hospital. CoLUM, S. C., Aug. 21.-Will Smith, a young white man, arrived from Savannah on a freight train. Later in the day a telephone message was sent in from the Charlotte depot that Smith was very ill there. Officer Sloan was sent by Sergeant Jones to look after him. Smith had a very high fever and was out of his head. Officer Sloan had him conveyed to the Columbia Hospital, but he was refus ed admittance there. on the ground it is said, that the Hospital only took care of two "pauper patients" at a time. The sick man was next taken to the Alms House, but again the doors were shut upon him, Officer Sloan being told that no one could be admitted there except upon petition of t wo tax payers. As Smith was serious' ly ill and needed attention immediatly, Officer Sloan had no time to hunt up tax payers, explain the circumstances of the case to them and request their signatures to a petition. Finally Smith was taken to the old guard house, which is anything but a suita ble place for a sick man. A gentle man who knew of the facts in this ase got very -hot under the collar while discussing them yesterday. He thought it an outrage that a man delirious with fever could not obtain admission to the [Hos pital. Hie said he had contributed to the Hospital under the impression that it would care for just such cases. The city,he said made an appropriation for the Hiospital and had the right to demand that at least emerge3ncy cases be treated there.-Register. A Foolish Fewsboy's Fate. PHILADELPaHA, August 19i.--As the result of an attempt to see how many eigarettes he could smoke in I alf an hour and to win a wao-er fourteen year-old George F. Elwell died today. Last evening a number of newsboys were talking of cigarette smoking, and one of the crowd urged Elwell to see how many he could smoke in half an hour. A' small wager was made and t wo packs of cigarettes were purchas ed. The bay was lighting his twen tieth cigarette when the half houi was up. The lad was taken sick and he died this morning. The coroner's oficials who investigated the case said that death was due to excessive igarette smoking, and more directly to the large number which the boy had smoked yesterday. The Cotton Crop. DENISON, Texas, Aug. 1.-13. M. King, the cotton expert, and who has a correspondence with the entire cot ton belt, issuea the following bulletin yesterday: "In North Texas, not over one-third of the area has been visited by rains at all, and it is safe to say niot one acre in one hundred has had enough to suf fice the present needs of the plant. "Notwithstanding the recent show ers we do not hesitate to advance the pinion that the great 'monster' crop f '9G, that was to be, has surely mis arried and the crop that was sold in May and June for a ten million bale yroy will be under 7,000,000 bales be ore the last of September, and we will probably see t'ae bulk of North rexas crop ready for- the market if not sold." __ _ _ _ _ _ _ Four Men Killed. ToPEnA, Kas., Aug. 19.-Six cars >f a Rock Island stock train were de railed live miles West of here this norning and four white men, riding .n the cellar or feed box underneath ne of the cars, were crushed to death. ['he head and limbs were completely .orn from one of the bodies and the )ther three wnre horrilhr cruhed. A NOTABLE ACCESSION. On. ..f. -Ahica's Greatest Merchants De clares for Silver. FraI Il[ Cop,-r of the bi, IIIrI of Siegel. Cooper & Co , of Ciicago and New York has just returned from Eu rope. Ie is alive to the issues of the day and has evidently kept well post ed while away from Chicago. Mr. Cooper went across the ocean to make his annual visit to his aged fath er, who is one of the registered burgh ers of Akkirum, Friesland, in Holland, where he has resided all his life. Mr. Cooper was called upon by a reporter for the Chicago Dispa4tch. "There is not much that I can say of my trip abroad," said Mr. Coop#w. "It is a tcur or pleasure and duty ai in that measure it served me well," Mr. Cooper is much improved in health by his ocean voyage and says that the political situation in this country interests people abroad. "They do not approve of McKinley over there, because of his protective theories, but they regard him as the lesser of two evils, as Bryan represents free coinage of silver. I am not strong for McKinley," said lie, "though I favor protection. We can make everything over here that is made aoroad, but with McKinley as President our currency may become even more c)ntracted than it is today, as a single gold standard, if adopted would work ruin to this country and make times harder than they are. You see, they favor McKinley over there because they believe lie will con pel paying our debts due there in gold. The debts call for coin, and if silver is our coin these debts can be paid in that metal if it is so chosen. "I am yet somewhat on the fence, but I can't see anything but good to result from the tree coinage of silver. True, it will benefit the mine-owners, it will also benefit the miners-give them work-and benefit the west. It will give the farmer money; it will make the farmer a buyer in our mar kets Times can be no worse than they are at present. Our currency is not expansive enough for the dem inds of our people. France has $1) per capita of money la circulation, and its po ple are prosperous and happy. We have but $20 per capita. We need more money, and free silver coinage will put an end to business stagnation. "Our factories are closed and our artisans and merchants are out of work. More money will make higher prices, better demand for goods and a revival of prosperity. "Goods and produce are too cheap because people have no money to buy them. The depreciation in prices on some lines of goods has been more than 50 per cent. in the past six months. Can merchants and manu facturers stand that? "The Wilson bill that reduced the tariff on goods about 10 per cent., ex cept on wool, which is made free, is not the cause of all the hard times." "Do you think that putting back the old tariff would cause a return of prosperity?" "There are many ways to view this matter. The poor and the middle classes pay all the taxes. I believe the multi-millionaires should pay their proportion. I believe in a graded in come tax as a partial panacea for the ills we have fallen into. "With free silver the price of wheat and corn would enhance in value at once. Dollar wheat for the farmer makes him lock at his clothes. When they are frayed he buys ne w. He fur nishes his house, if it is needed, and so helps to start the furniture factories going again. It is so in all lines. More money, the greater the demand for goods. "A single gold standard would bring prices still lower and more fail ures and more disaster for the people. It is hard to say what is exactly right. We are partially upon a bimetallic basis now, and that is in a measure our salvation.- Take thit away, and where are we? "Contract our currency to $12 or $15 per capita and the result would be such as no one could figure. Talking of free silver, our mints could not turn out over $G0,000,000 per year less than $1 to every inhabitant. Would that flood the country? It would restore prices, confidence and resiscitate business. That's about, I think, what free silver would do for us. This question is near to the peo ple and they are carefully discussing it. We want to take of ourselves first-European countries are able to take care of themselves." .Nearly Killed the tUmpire. . HELENAt Ark., Aug. 19-A game of baseball played at Poplar Gr-ove yesterday between colored team~s for a stake of Live dollars broke up in a pitched battle between the opposing teams, in which two boys were fatally shot and four others more or less wounded. Negro boys from the P'olk and the Lowdy plantations constituted the teams. William Griffin, the um pire and an'adherent of the Polk side, held the stakes. In the third in ning Grilin gave the Lowdy team the hot end of a close decision and the ag rieved team, led by Israel Tate, made a rush for the umpire and his son, who was acting as otlicial seorer. The umpire was prepared for the at tak, however. He opened a valise and passed pistols to members of the Polk team and the battle began. Is rael Tate was the only man on the Lowdy team that had a gun, but he did eflective work- Lie emptied his pistol into the lFolk team, reloaded and emptied it again. Hle is cr-edited with having shot four men. Battle with Burglars. BEDFiORD, N. Y., Aug. 20.-Burglars attempted to enter the store of Walker B. Adams & Son at this place early this morning. The postollice is located in the burglar alarm connecting wit h the Adams residence near b y. At 12 :30 .his morning the alarm went off, arous izag Mr. Adams and his son, William. They armed themselves-the farther with a shotgun and pistol and the son with a Winchester and proceeded to the store. William Adams stationed himself in front of the store, while his father went to the rear of the build ing. Both encountered fighting burg lars. As a result, two burglars were shot., one probably fatally, and captured, and two escaped, one of whom is wounded. The elder Adams was shot in the forehead and will prob ably die. He is the postmaster here. The burglars secured no booty. A ine kit of burglars tools was found in the store and a quantity of dynamite. Bryan Challenges McKinley. UPPER RED Hooic, N. Y., August 20.-William ,Jennings liryan threw down the guantlet to-day to Major McKinley. It was a dignilled chal lenge, for in it he refused to discuss the issues of the campaign with any person except the one that stands his equal in edice-seeking ambition. He was asked if he intended to answer Mr. Cockran, and said in answer that he was receiving many invitations from prominent men to debate the sil ver question. In order to avoid fur ther invitation of this nature he said ie would not consider any proposi tion to debate any question with any body during the campaign unless a debate be arranged between Mr. Mc Kinley and himself, and be added that so far as he knew no plan for such a debate was under consideraition A REPUBLICAN BLUFF Called and the Bluffer Made to Eat Hum ble Ple. Basrox. Mass., Aug. 21. -In a re cent issue of the Boston Record, C m gressmian W. E. Barrett's paper. this statement was made ia an editorial: We would suggest that as Mr. Bry an is not coming to Massachusetts, his place be taken by th importation of Debs, Coxey, Altgeld and Tillman. They will make a strong team, and the curiosity to see them and hear them speak will justify big audiences. The Republican State Committee will pay their expenses. The Bryan-Sewall-Williams Club accepted the challenge at once and sent out this letter: W. P'. Barrett, i'litor of the Eiening t-,cord: Dear Sir- -You suggested in an edi torial of Friday, August 14, that Mes srs. Debs, Coxey. Altgeld and Tillman be brought into this State to adtlress political meetings, and you say, with out qualification or condition, that the lu?publican State Com'nittee will pay their expenses. The Bryan-Sewall-William; Club, of Massachusetts, assuming that you, the editor of a leading Republican newspaper. speak with authority, and that thi ofli.ers of the Republican State Committee will support you in the assertion you made, accepts your offer. Two of the men -you name are Populists and two are Democrats, and while, perhap;, we assume authority in speaking for the Populist reoresen tatives, we would be glad to have all of those named appear before the.peo ple of Massachusetts. We are aware that a hostile and un just press has created false impre sions of all these men in the minds of many honest MAssacnusetts citizens, and we deem it fair and desirable that our people pray have an opportunity to meet and judge them face to face. While it is our purpose in accepting this offer to secure a fair hearing for mL!igned men, two of whom are Gav eraors of great States of our Union, they are but a part of the personnel of our great cause, just as Mr. II tnaa, of Cleveland; Mr. Armour, of Chica go; Mr. Payne, of Milwaukee, and the Whitneys of Boston and New York are not the sole representatives of the Republican party. It would be at least interesting to the people of Massachusetts to judge by contrast the stan'Ipoint from which these respective gentlemen view the interests of the people -.nd to deter mine for themselves wLich are most concerned in the welfare and eleva tion of humanity. If this can best be done by a series of joint debates between these gentlemen we should be glad to contribute our part toward the expenses of the meet ings in such industrial centres as Bas ton, Fall River, Lowell and Liw rence. We should ba pleased to con fer with the Republican State Ommit tee for the purpose of arranging such meeting. For the Bryan-Se wall-Williams Club of Massachusetts. H. T. SCHAEFFER, President, JosEr-A. DENNiSON, Secretary. Upon the receipt of this letter Mr. Barrett very promptly ate humble pie as the following extract from his let ter of reply will show: It is perhaps fair to the State com mittee to say that the Record did not consult them officially before making. the suggestion. It ought to be easy' enough, however, to raise, in short order, a purse for the purpose indi cated. A Nut For~Sherman. Z iNESVIL LE, Ohio, Aug. 19.--W. C. Munson, one of the prominent free silver Republicans of the State, a brother of Judge Munson and a j )urn alist here, addressed-the following let ter yesterday to Senator Sherman: "Your close political associates and distinguished men in the Republican party take delight in saying that the Hon. W. J. Bryan is in the employ, at a salary of -$6,000 a year. of the sdl ver millionaries of the West. This Mr. Bryan denies, and as he is an honest man I believe him. And now,; Senator Sherman, a few words to you: For years I have watched your career, and am aware that you only carried a chain for the surveyors on the Mus kingum River improvement, and hon or you for that, as it was honest toil. You have been before the public in va rious capacities for three dozen years. In that time you have held oflice con tinually. It is presumed that you have had little, if any, time for any thing else. We have - heard you say that accepting otlice was a sacritice, for vou could not live on the sal-ry of $5,000 o year paid members of the Linited States IHouse or Senate. and yet, after three dozen years of self sac ri-ilee for your country, living at a $10,000 rate on a $5,000 salary, youz are rated as a millio.naire fr-om four to eignlt times over. "YTou often, in your skpeeches, chal lenge your political oppouents to an~ swer close questions. Can and will you, before retiring to yrivate life, tell the dear people, who have so long supported you, the secret of serving your country -thirty-six years on a $5,000 salary, at the same -time living at a $10,001) a year rate, and retiring's. muluimillionaire? it would be inter esting information, for the. rising genr eration; even your .young- friend, William J. Bryan, might profit- by it - and be an incentive for others to em ulate your career. The plain people have for years been.s.wondering how their self sacriticing public servant, John Sherman. could accumulatp wealth so rapidly while they. his con stituents, grow poorer each year." Their EMcape a .U~ ac~ lains, Aug. .19.--During the artil lery pr-actice of the French Meditterra nean squadron yesterday, ott T.>ulon, says a dispatch from that city, Admi ral I ervais and his stat had a narrow escape. Instead of aiming at a target which was being towed 50)0 yards De hind the flagship iBrennus, a battleship of 11,000 tonis d isplaceiment, the cru iser Vautour turned her gui~k lire guns on the tlagship for some time. Tne shots rained around Admiral Gervais and his statf and their escape was a miracle. The glass in the Admuiral's conning tower was riddled and a sail or was wounded. Tnere is much mys tery as to hiow the mi- - occurred as it is thought imnpossibic a the gun ner-s could have missed thie mark by five h und r-ed y ards. ____ rerror in Morocco. LosNsW, Aug. 21.-A dispatch to the Central News Irom Tangier says that a plot has been discovered at Maraschi aiming at the dethirom-ent of the sultan of Morocco, Mcaa A krdel Aziz, in favor of his eldea brother, Muley Mahoimet. Four provincial governors have been murdered by the plotters. Whok sale arrests have been made in connection with the onspiracy and a general state of ter - ror prevails amonlg the inhabitaAts. Foundered at sea. Loy iN, Aug. t.--A cablegrramn re-1 :ei ved ir-oml Santa Catherino says the four miasted ship Willie Rosentlield, omiainded by Captain Daunphy, wicih sailed froim New York A pril 23 or San Francisco has loundered 40 ile otl the coast. P'art of her crew ,ere saved and landed here, but two oats containing I-a nersons are miss ng-. The Rosentiield is owned -by 4r AKI0 POWDER Absolutely Pure. X cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leaaveninu streogth. -La test Uitle. Stales Gorernment F)od Rieport. ROAL BAKING POWDER Co., New York City. The Worst Political Mixture Yet. This is a year of strange political mixt,!res. The worst one we have yet heard of is the one nrrposed in Texas. We learn from Oie Atlanta Journal that "plans are on foot for a combi nation between the middle-of-the load Populists, the Republicins and the sound money Democrats in that State. It would, of course, be. impossible to. make a platform on which these thrte elements could unite and there will be no attempt of that sort. The combi nation will be effected on a basis of division of the spoils which the allied forces expect to cpaptura. Tue plan ii for th- Rpublicani to support the Populist state ticket, the Populisti. to vote for the Reoublican electors. The sound money Democrats are to -up oort the Populist state ticket and the Republican electors and in retura are to receive the votes of both . the other factions for their candidates for con gress. It will ba hard for either fac tion of this triple alliance to deliver its full strength, bat most of the Populist, Republican and gold-bug D-mocratic leaders seem'to be "usiastic over it and predict that their combination will sweep the state. The Texas Dem ocrats who refuse to support Bryan and Sawall will discredit themselves by going into any such political trade as is prop-sed. Tney have declared that they have taken their stand on principle and if they mtke a deal with both Populists and R :pu Aican-i they will be justly suspeated of trying to fiand the road ttua leads to the offi. ces. Texis will stand steady in the Democratic columa in spite of alhiaac es and fusions of whatever character." A Sensible E epublican. While we are bidding farewell to weak-kneed Democrats like Brother Hemphill, of the News and Courier, and others like him, who have been seduced from party allegiance, we have occasion to bid welcome to a great many men who are breaking the lines of the other parties and rush - ing to the Damocratic army, which; is now in the field battling for the rights of the people. Judge G. M. Robins, nominee of the Republican party for 'justice of the Supreme Court of Flor ida, is one iof the latest accessions to the army of the people. Tne Atlanta Constitution says Judge R>bins has been a life -long RepubLican, so prom inent in his part~y that he was none nated for one of the most promine znI offices of the State. In view of the proposed division of the anti-R spubli can vote, which, if successful, would inure .to Republican success, Judge Robins had every reason to hopeNor victory, but like the .patriot that bit i, he could not accept the platform. adopted in St. Louis, and he denoun ces that new Republicanismn which makes the gold standard its- corner' stone and which "seeks to immnolate the American people on the altar of organized greed." As a consequence, Judge R >bins declines liis nomination and- declares himself in favor of the election of Bryat and SewalL. Al over the country there are patriotic men who recognizt in Mr. Bryan the only nope, of the Awierican people, and who refuse to Lia themselves to the gold standardism which Republi can success would be sure to bring . There is no doubt that the people will arise as a man an d go ahead in tuin wor-k. ____ __ .:The Cotton Croy. 'Tue New Oeleana Picayune sas never perh apc. in th'e histoi'r of rth'e poton trade has there been so'rapid..a deterioration in the condition of tite cop aas has taken place -within.thie pa.st few weeks. -Whda tie CJJveru meat report was issued in June a prac tically ideal conidition prevailed. in Juydths promise had a-eiuipairedI but little, whereas the August reportI, issuedyjesterday, showged a-condntion as' Tas 8O. i per ceat,, the 10 went AaUgpstL ondition ia -years, with tue sidg'le exceptionl of that of law.t year, when the August conditionu was 77Af per cent. -Of course, there are many things whicu mnayyet 'inS ueace the final result of tuteerop, eitnler iithe way of further damaging it orby re rieving, throughz imjraaem-irfl !ieteorolcgical condition, some ot the ground lost. It is impossible to disguise the fact taat conster able- damage has been done, and the big crop estimates waich were entertained some weeks.ago, Lnust, of course, be Jaid aside. At this early date it would be the sheerest folly to attempt to estimate the tinal yield. An open fall might greatly improve the prospects, while a bad picking season or an early frost might further curtail the outturn. It seetns reasonably certain, however, that the burden of the proof will, for tile rest of the season, be upon the large crop theorists, with the genu eral tendency towards better prices in stead of the other way, as looked prob able enough some weeks bac k. Pet in PIckle. ,FREDERICKsOURG, Va., Aug. 21. Dallas Bruce. a white citizen of Caro line county, living some 26 miles from here, disappeared at the Confederate reunion in Richmond, July 1st. He1. was known to have some $400 on his person. He was separated from his wife and had been living with a col ored woman in his neighborhood. Wednesday afternoon late, his oody was found in some pickle barrels at the negro woman's house. The body had been cut to pieces and a piece put in each of several barrels and pickles put on the top and the strong brine ver the whole. The pieces of the ody were in sutliciently good condi tiou to be clearly identi lied. Perished in Their Home. WATERTOW.N, S. D., Aug 20. -Johin elbach and his two daugnters, Tillie md Hattie, aged 10 and 15 years, were >urned to death last night in tue de itructioni of the family re-sidence in .his city. The mother and one daugh - er were saved, and one of the dead ~irls hived two hours after being re noved from the buiddinig. The orig