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TILE HARYESr FIELD. IT INSPIRES DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON ON GOSPEL FARMING. Noah the First Farrni-r-The Honor tc Agriculture of the Ages-Daep PlowIni for a Soul-The Straight Furrow Witl God's Red Standard as Gilde. WAHIGTON, 0:t. 1S.-Thissermor at this season, after mist people havq had a good, long breath of the coun try, if they do not actually live there will revive many pleasant memories while it deals with great reliiou truths. Dr. Talmage's text was Johi xv, 1, "My Father ii the husband man." This last summer, having gone i different directions over between fiv and six thousand miles of harves fields, I can hardly open my Ilib? without smelling the breath of ne% mown hay and seeing the golden ligh of the wheatfield, and when I opei my Bible to take mv text the Scri ptur leaf rustles like the tassels of tihe corn We were nearly all of us borl i the country. We dropped cr in th hill and went on Saturday to the mill tying the grist in the center of th sack so that the contents on either sid the horse balanced each other, an drove the cattle atield, our bare fee wet with dew, and rude the horse with the halter to the brook until w fell off, and hunted the mow for nest until the feathered occupants wer cackling away. We were nearly a] of us born in the country, and a] would have staid there had not som adventurous lad on his vacation com back with better clothes and softe hands and set the whole village o fire with ambition for city life. S! 'w all understand rustic allusions. Th Bible is full of them. In Cihrist's sei mon on the mount you could see tb fuli blown lilies and the glossy blac of the crow's wing as it flies ove Mount Olivet. David and John, Pa. and Isaiah find in country life source of frequent illustration, whil Christ in the text takes the responsi bility of calling God a farmer, declai ing, "My Father is the husbandman. Noah was the first farmer. We sa nothing about Cain, the tiller of tb soil. Adam was a gardener on large scale, but to Noah was given a the acres of the earth. Elisha was a agriculturist, not cultivating a ten aci lot, for we find him plowing with I yoke of oxen. In Bible times the Ian was so plenty and the inhabitants s few that Noah was right when he gaN to every inhabitant a certain portio of land; that land, if cultivated, eve after to be his own possession, just s in Nebraska the United States goveri ment on payment of $16 years ag gave preemption right to 160 acres 1 any man who would settle there an cultivate the soil. All classes of people were expecte to cultivate ground except ministei of religion. It was supposed that the would have their time entirely occi pied with their own profession, a though I am told that sometimes mu isters do plunge so deeply into worl< liness that they remind one of wh: Thomas Fraser said in regard to man in his day who preached ver well but lived very ill, "When he out of the pulpit, it is a pity he shoul ever go into it, and when heisin tl -pulpit, itis a pity he should ever conr out of it." They were not small crops raiaed those time, for though the .dfs wer rude, the plow turned 'very ric soil, and barley an~tn and i1a and all kinds of ~i~ncame up at ti call of the hsters. Pliny tells< one stalk" grain that had on it b ~ween hreand four hundred ear ~ers and the brooks, through a tificial channels, were brought dow to the roots of the corn, and to th habit of tizrning a river wherever was wanted Solomon refers when I . says, "The king's heart is in the bar of the Lord, and he turneth it as ti rivers of water are turned, 'whithersa ever he will." The wild beasts were caught, at then a hook was put into their nos and then they were led over the flel< and to that God refers when he sa to wicked Sennacherib, "I will put book in thy nose and I will bring thi back by the way which thou camest And God has a hook in every b] man's nose, whether it be Nebucha nezzar or Ahab or Herod. He mi think himself very independent, b some time in his life, or in the hour his death, he will find that the Loi Almighty has a hook in his nose. This wae the rule in regard to tl nture of the ground, "Thou she not plow with an ox and an ass t gether" ihiustrating the folly of ev putting intelligent and useful and p. able men in association with the stu born and unmanageable. The ya majorty of troubles in the church and in reformatory institutions corm from the disregard of this comma] of the Lord, "Thou shalt not plc with an ox and an ass together." There were large amounts of prc eryinvested in cattle. The Moabit pad100,000 sheep as an annual ta Job had 7,000 sheep, 3,00 camels, 5 yoke of oxen, The time of vinta was ushered in with mirth and mus The clusters of the vine were put in the wine press, and then five in would get into the press and trami out the juice from the grape un their garments were saturated with t wine and had become the emblems slaughter. Christ himself, wound until covered with the blood of cru fixion, making use of this allusi< when the <question was aske "Wherefore art thou red in thine a parel and thy .garments like one w] treadeth the wine vat?" He responde "I have trodden the wine press alone In all ages there has been gre honor paid to agriculture. Save eighth of the peopse in every count are desciples of the plow. .A gover ment is strong in proportion as it supported by an athetic and indust ouxs yeomanry. So long ago as befc the fll of Carthage, Strabo wrote books on agriculture. Hesiod wrot< poem on the same subject, "The Wee and Days." Cato was prouder of .t work on husbandry than of all I military conquests. But I must n be tempted into a discussion of ag cultural conquests. Standing an: the harvests and orchards and vir yards of the Bible, and standing am: the harests and orchards and viu yards of our own ontylrgrh vests than have ever before been gat ered-I want to run out the analoi between the production of crops al the growth of grace in the soul, these sacred writers making use In tefrtplace, I remark, in grax as in the fields, there must be aplo That which theologians oall conyi tion is oaly the plowshare turnir up the sins that have been rooted ai matted in ehe soul. A farmer said his indolent son, "There are a hu dred dollars buried deep in that field The son went to work and plowed ti field from fence to fence, and I plowed it very deep, and then coT plained that hie had not found tU money. But when the crop had bee gathered and sold for at hundred dc lars more than any previous yea then the young ma~in took the hint to what his father meant when he sa: there were a hundred dollars burie a crop. D.ep plowing for a Soul. He who ones light of sin will never amount to anything it the church or in the world. If a ni sp3aks of sin as though it were an inac-iuracy or a mistake, instead of the loathsone, abominable, consuming and dama ing thiug that Ga hates, that mi will never yield a harvest of usefut Wh Nen I was a boy, I plov.d a l with a team of spirited horses. I plowed it very qickly. <>nce in awhile I passed over some of the so, without turning it, but I did not jers~ - back the plow, with its rattlng de vices. I tioait it maide no ditler ence. After avhile my father camie a along and sa!: -Nay this will uw i er do. T-lis isn't p OWed dleep enough. There You " Lve "is s tis, and .vo1 have nisd th.t. And li plowed i it over agin diULVuy withl I e 'reat many peop is that they areonly t scratchedl wi]th e )rieton, when the e subsoil plow of Gd's truth ought to V b- put in p to the beam. - t My word is to all Sib'uith S oL teachers, to all parents, to all Chis e tian workers: liow deep; plow deep . ,And if in your oxvn personal experi 1 ence you are apt to take a lenient vies e of the sinful side of your nature, pu down into your soul the Tel C:n e nandments, which reveal the holines: B of God, and that sharp and glittering I colter wilt turn up your soul to th' t deepest depths. If a man preaches t< S you that you are only a little out o e order by reason of sin and that you s need only a little fixing up, he de t ceives. You have sutfered an appall 1 ing injury by reason of sin. Ther 1 are quick poisons and slow poisons e but the druggist could give yoa on e drop that could kill the bcdy. A' r sin is like that drag -- s virulent, s . poisono.s3. so fatai that one drop i e enough to 1ili the soul. e Deep plowing for a crop. De plowing for a soul. Broken heart o e no religion. Broken soil or no harv k est. Why was it that David and th r jailer and the publican and Paul madE I such ado about their sins? Had the! a lost their senses' No.. The plowsharE e struck them. Conviction turned uE a great many things that were forgot ten. As a farmer plowing sometime " turns up the skelton of a man or th y anatomy of a monster long ago buriec e so the plowshare of conviction turn a up the ghastly skeletons of sins lonu 11 ago entombed. Geologists neve a brought up from the depths of th e mountain mightier ichthyosaurus o 2 megatherium. d But what means all this crooke 0 plowing, these crooked furrows, th -e repentance that amounts to nothing n the repentance that ends in nothing r Men groan over their sins, but get n s better. They weep, but their tears ar L- not counted. They get convicted, bu * not converted. What is the reason? , remember that on the farm we set. d standard with a red flag at the othe end of the field. We kept our eye o d that. We aimed at that. We plowe -S up to that. Losing sight of that, w y made a crooked furrow. Keeping ou - eye on that, we made a straight fur 1- row. Now, in this matter of convit - tion we must have some standard t I- guide us. It is a red stand rJ tha t God has set at the other end of th a field. It is the cross. Keeping you y eye on that. you will make a straig) is furrow. Losing sight of it, you wil .d make a crooked farrcet. Plow up t ie the cross.. Ai~rr not at either end c ie the.hyrzontal piece of the cross, but a the upright piece, at the center of it the heart of the Son of God bore you e sins and made satisfaction. Cryin h and weeping will not bring yo x through. "H~im hath God exalted t te be a prince and a Savc.r to give r< >f pentance." Oh, plow up to the cross B- Again, I remark, in grace, as in th . field, there must be a sowing. In t b e- autumnal weather you find the farme n going across the field at a stride c is about 23 inches, and at every stride h it puts his hand into the sack of grain te and he sprinkles the seed corn over th .d field. It looks silly to a man who doE te know what he is d:>ing. Me is doin 3 a very important work. He is scatte; ing the winter grain, and, though tb dsnow may come, the next year ther e, will be a great crop. Now, that 3, what we are doing when we ar rs preaching the gospel-we are scattel a ing the seed. It is the foolishness c ~e preaching, but it is the winter grail ." and, though the snows of worldhnes Ld may come down upon it, it will yiel d after awhile glorious harvest. Let t. y be sure we sow the right kind of seet Lt Sow mullein stalk and mullein stal f will come up. Sow (2anad *d triistles, and Canada thistles wi come up. Sow wheat, and wheL 1e will come up. Let us distinguish bi lt tween truth and error. Let us kno o the ditference between wheat an e hellebore, oats and henbane. ti- The largest denomination in thi b- country is the (denomination of Noti st ingarians. Their religion is a systei es of negations. You say to one of thei es -'What do you believe?" "Well, Ld don't believe in infant baptism *w "What do you believe ? "Well, I don believe in the perseverance of saints, p- "Well, now tell me what you do b es lieve." "Well, I don't believe in ti: . eternal punishment of the wicked. 3 So their religion is a row of cipher: e Believe something and teach it, or, 1 c. resume the figure of my text, scatte to abroad the right kind of seed. m A minister the other day preached 'le sermon calculated to set the denom il nations of Christians quarreling. IJ e was sowing nettles. A minister 11i of other day advertised that he woul d preach a sermon on the superiority < :i- transcendental and organized forces i n untranscendental and unorganize d, forces. What was he sowing? Vv eed~ p The Lord Jesus Christ 19 centuries as 1 planted the divine seed of dOctrine. d, sprang up. On one siae of the stal ."are all the churches of Christendon at On the other side of the stalk are a n- the free governments of the earth, an ey on the top there shall be a Ilowerin n millennium after awhile. All frci is the gospel seed of doctrine. Ever i- word that a parent or Sabbath schot re teacher or city missionary, or oth< 2S Christian worker speaks for Chri a comes up. Yea, it comes up wit ks compotrad interest, you saving or tis soul, that one saving 10; the 10, 10( tis the 100, 1,000;the 1,000, 10,000; tU ot 10,000, 100,00-on, on forever. ei- Again, I remark, in grace, as in I id farm, there must be a harrowing. e- refer now not to a harrow that g~ot d over the field in order to prepare tU e- ground for the seed, but a harro r- which goes over after the seed is sowi *h- lest the birds pick up the seed, sinkin yy it down into the earth so that it cai ad take root. You know a harrow.. dll is made of bars of wood nailed acro: of each other, and the underside of eac bar is furnished with sharp teeth, an ce when the horses are hitched to it v. goes tearing and leapinmr across t - ld, driving the seed down into tI ig earth until it springs up in the biar~ dd est. Bereavement, sorrow, persect to tion, are the L.ord's harrows to sin a- the gospel truth into your hear' . These were truth that you heard te years ago. They have not',a~ected yo te until recently. Some great troub] a came over you, and the truth was ha] t rowed in, and it has come up. Whs n did God mean in this counitry ini 185 1-j For a century there was the gosne r, preached but a great deal of it prc ss duced no result. Then (God barnesse' d a wid hI anic to a harrow of comime d cial di'ssrr and that harrow weni down Third street and up Tnird street. down Stite street and up Sete street, down Pennsylvfania avenue and up Pennsyivauia avenue until th' whole land was tora to pieces as it had never ben before. Winat followed1 the har row? A great awakening. itn vhich there were 5V0,000 soulIts brotght into the kingdom of our Lord. N hiarrow, no crop. Again, I ram-irk, in grace, as in the farm, there must be a reaping. Many Christians spe-k of religioa as though it were a matter or eco1nom5i or in suranc!. Tiey expect to reap in the next world. f ), no: Now- is the timwl to reap. G ather uu the joy of the Caristian religion this morning. thi aftvrnom, this night. I you hayve not as mm-. gra as you Would like to hllav, th muk ( >d for what you h iw an. pray for niore. You art' I - worse ensi iv-:l tht ta phno wor tr )ubled thau was D )vid, no worse sourged thtan was Paul. Yet, amid the rattling of fet ters, and amuid ti- gloo of da ugeons, and amid the horror o" shipwreck, they triumphed in the grace of God. Tne weakest man in the houe tol ty has 53J aese of spiritu il joy all rip-. Why d you not go and reap it You have beens groaning over your infirmities for thirty ye-ars No v give one round shout over your emain cipation. You siy you have it s) hard; you might have it worse. You i wonder why this great cold trouble keeps revolving thiough your soul, iturning and turning with a black hand on the Crank. Ah, that trouble is the grindstone on which you are to sh-arpen your sickle. To the fields: Wake up: Take ol' your green spec tacles, your blue spectacles, your black spectacles. Pall up the corners of your mouth as far as you pull them down. To the fields! Reap! Reap! The Saviour folds a 1mb in his hs om. The little child filled all the house with her music, and her toys are scattereL all up and down the stairs as she left them. What if the hand that plucked four-o'clocks out of the mead ow is sti.l? It will wave in the eternal triumph. What if the voice that made music in tho home is still? It will sing the eternal hosanna. Put a white rose in one hand, a red rose in the other hand and a wreath of orange blossoms I on the brow, the wbite- flower for the 3 victory, the red flower for the Sa iour's sacrifice, the orange blossoms for her marriage day. Anything ghastly about that? The sun went r down, and the flower shut. Tne wheat thrashed out of the :traw. "Daar I Lord, give me sleep," s-id a dying boy, the son of one of my elders; "dear Lord, give me sleep." And he closed his eyes and awoke in glory. Henry W. Langfellow, writing a let ter of condolence to the parents said, t "Those last words were beautifully I poetic." And' Mr. Longfellow knew t what is poetic. "Dear Lord, give me r sleep." 'Tw:s not in cruely, not in wrath, That the reaper came that. day; 'T was an angel that visiteI the earth r Aul took tile lower awiv. S> it may be with us when our work is all done. "Dear Lord, give me t sleep." 6 I have one more thought to present. r I have spoken of the plowing, of tlic sowing, of the hairrowing, of the reap ing, of the thrashing. Imust now speak a moment of the garnering. fWhere is the garner? Need I tell tyou? Oh. no! So many have gone out from your own circles-yea, from your own family-that you have had v our eyes on that garner for many a Syear. What a hard time some of them ohad. In Gethisemanes of su1ferig they sweat great drops of blood. They took the "cup of trembling", and they Sput it to their hot lips, and they cried, e"If it be possible, let this cup pass from me." With tongues of burning Sagony they cried, "O) Lord, deliver emy soul:" But they got over it. They all got over it. Garnered ! Their tears Swiped away; their battles all ended; their burdens lhfted. Garnered ! The ,Lord of the harvest will not allow those sheaves to perish in the equinox. SGarnered1 Some of us remember on the farm that the sheaves were put on the top of the rack which surmounted the wagon, and these sheaves were piled higher and higher, and after fawhile the horses started for the barn, ,and these sheaves swayed to and fro sin the wind, and the old wagon creak ed, and the horses made a struggle and pulled so hard the harness came up im loops of leather on their backs. and kwhen the front wheel struck the ele a ated door of the barn it seemed as if the load would go no farther until tile ~workmen gave a great shout, andl then with one last tremendous strain the horses pulled in the load . Then they ,v~ere unharnessed, and forkful after forkful of grain fell into the mow. Oh, my friends, our getting to heaven may be a pull, a hard pull, a very hard pull, but these sheaves are bound to go in. Tjhe Lord of the harvest has promised it. I see she load at last com ing to the door of the heavenly garn ~er. The sheaves of the Christian soul sway to and fro in the wind of death, ~and the old body creaks under the load and as the load strikes the Iloor of the celestial garner it seems as if it can go ~no farther. It is the last struggle un til the voices of angels and the voices of our departed kindred and the wel coming voice of God shall send the harvest rolling into the eternal tri umph, while all up and down the sky the cry is heard: "Harvest home: Harvest home ! d Thirteen Timns a Wife. ther German, a San Francisco woman, who gains a livelihood by traflicking in second-hand clothing and husbands, is probably the holder of the Ameri can matrinmonial record . She has had .thirteen husbands, some of whom she L is said to have neglected to bury or di vorce before promising to love, honor and obey successors, but with all of whom shie has gone through the mar riage ceremony. Mrs. Germans maid t en name was Esther Wollf. She was - born in 3850 in Kempner, Posen, in German Poland. When a girl she was married to a man named Frank elin, but when her parents moved to ;England, a short time after wards, she left her husband and accompanied them. In England she married a man of whom her recollection is so dim that she remembers nothing but the occur rence. Her stay in England was evi deutly too short for her to get well ac o uainted with her second husband. $i ith her family she caine to America, leaving the second husband behind. In New York Mrs. German lived in one of the crowded tenements of Es ssex street, and was known as "Queen Esther." During her stay there she was married to three men, the first of whom, and the one she best remnem bers, being named Baron. After her third mtetropolitan venture she moved - o ica(-go and there married a mian -namied Barnard. From Chicago her westward course was continued, and Iby the time the shores of the Pacific )were reached four mnore husbands, the snames of but two o hc re and Schmtidt--are rmmeeia been auued to thle goigls. California M'iessrs. omn, olf and Germsan were cesvl mr ed and discarded. The- Last Jinmed, the thirteenth, however, proved re ifractory, and has ca:used ";,ueen Es ther" no end of trouble, havmng sued . m. %rimvoc and for recovery of BRYAN TO NEWSBOYS A PLEASING FEATURE OF HiS SUNDAY IN DETROIT. He Talk-; to tho Yuoaiinters at Nawsboy's I all. Where It tit Few Vi!.itors Were Peres eit -lIS SixeOCIh inI VFi1. l)ETttoIT. Oct. 18.- The rule estab lished by Wn. J. Bryan to avoid any public iitterances on Sunday was brok en tonight when he spoke brie Illy to a ero Nd of n wsbovs at the newsboys' aIll. 1 [e did it to oblive his friend and supporter. (!;)l. I. 4. Butler, pres ident of th" Newsboys' assoelation. At Mr. Beyan's request the affair was kept. very quiet and outside (f the little venders a few visitors only were present This was his speech: "D:>ys, I did not com-t to mike a speech tonight, becaut this is the day that I rest, and I have felt the need of having a day of rest more recently than ever before. Bit I caie because i never like to decline an invitation to present at any place where an endeav or is being made to do good. And I dont know of any work which is better than that work which is done for boys. We were all boys once-and some of us not so very Ion- ago-and when I see boys I am reminded of what one of our Presidents, I think it was Gar field, said that you could not tell what possibilities were buttoned up under the vest of a boy. -We are not ourselves responsible for the surroundings of youth. We ar' born into this world and the sur roundings meet us and to a certain ex tent they effect us. Bat beyond that we have much to do with shaping our own course. What we amount to in this world, depends upon the ideas which we have. Some one has said that a person who aims at the stars will shoot higher, which simply means that those who have the high est ideas will accomplish most. A meeting of this kind where they teach you patriotism, where they teach you regard for each other, respect for each other's rights, necessarily ele vates your ideas, gives you broader views of life, and those views will help you to accomplish more. Now, in this country in which we live, boys are more blessed than in any other country on earth, because the boy in this country has everything open to him. A boy in this country may ac complish more than he cin in any other country. There are times when a human life, or many human lives will depend upon the action of one person; there are times when the welfare of the community will depend on one person; there are times when the wel fare of the nation will depend upon one person, and when you remember how influential one person may be come in the destinies of the nation, how useful lie may be to his fellows, to society, you can see that if a kind word or act should be the cause of getting that boy started right, leading him up to take advantage of his op portunities what results may follow. "I want you to rem'eektr that no goodevercomes to boys or men from do ing wrong and that right always pays. I know it is hard always to believe,but if you take the broad view of life and its possibilities you wiil find that it always pays to do what you believe is right. It is always necessary that you should try to find Out what right is, and the education which you receive in the schools enables you to see things and understand things, and then the desire to do the best thing leads you to take advantage of the opportunities that are offered to you. I feel interested in you boys who are starting out so young to make a living. Scme of us, instead of having to de pend on our own exertions were car ried forward by others. I am not sure that you who begin this life of independence and of necessary activi ty so early, have an advantage over us who did not; but whether you had the advantage or not, if you improve every opportunity that comes, antd let your motto be 'Treat every one as you should have that person treat you,' and to make the best opportunity of everything that comes in your reach and do nothing that your conscience will condemn you for when you get to be old men, you will be able to look and be grateful to Colonel Butler and to these who are associated with him in this effort, to give you higher ideas and to give you words of enourage ment in the year of your you th: and unless 1 am mistaken. the older you grow the deeper will be your fte'ing of gratitude towar-ds those who gave you this kindly assistance when you were boys. "I want you to remember this also: That you are not the only ones who are benelitted by these things, because the Creator has so arranged the things of this world that when we try to help others, we help ourselves. Those who have tried to help you,those who have tried to do you good, find that they themselves are benefitted by the opera tion. While they are trying to make your lives happier, their own lives are made happier. If I can leave this idea with you, I think that it mnay be of use to you. That the highest good that can come to you is from doing something for others and you will find among your playmates that the boy who does most for the boys around him is the boy who is liked best and is the boy who enjoys himself most." Mr. and Mrs. Bryan attended ser vices at the Westminster Presbyterian church this morning in company with Col. I.G. Butler, Hon. J. R. Whiting, candidate for the lieutenant governor ship on the fusion ticket, Mrs. Whit ing and John W. Tomlinson of Ala bama. Rev. Dr.- Patterson preached a sermon about hard times, basing it on a statement showing that the home missionary society of the Presbyterian church was from three to six months behind in the payment of salaries to its workers. No direct allusion to p0 litical subjects were made. In the evening Mr. and Mrs. Bryan, Mr. and Mrs. Whiting, Miss Whiting, Mr. Tomlinson and D. J. Camuau went from the Cadillac House, where they were Mr. Campau's guest, to dine at the residence of Mr. George Moore. At 11 o'clock the party retired on board the special car Idles, which will leave at 4 a. m. for Day ton, 0., where the candidate is scheduled to speak to morrow night. Fuslon to beC Arranged. Crcs,Oct.-2:3.- Chairman \ash burn of the Populist national commit te's Chicago headquarters left Chica go tonight for Nashville, Tenn., where ie will meet Candidate Watson and National Committeeman Reed of Georgia by appointment. His mission is to renort the result of his conference with Unairman Jones of the Demcto cratic committee, at which certain proositions fr-om the Watson side were submnitted as a basis of settling the war against Sew.all and fuision and changing the lukewarmx support of Uryan on the part of WVatson and his followers who are opposed to fusion. Mr. Washburn would not speak in detail of the report lhe had to present to Mr. Watson, but stated that his conference with senator Jones had been satisfactory, and the prosp~ects were encouraginz for complete har mong within the silver ranks next A STRONG APPEAL MR. BRYANS ELECTION MUST BE PUT AB'VE PARTY. This Ni What ColIonel Norton. the Middle of 11te o nma l'omlist Caalludte for Pret ilen, sa13s -A Strong A p>eal to liis Fol lowers. Was~iInrro., O;t. 21.- CJolonel S. F. Norton, of Illinoit, who was the candidate or the Middle-of-the Road Popu lists at the St. Louis convention, has written to Chairman Butler the following communication: Chicago, OcL. 15, 1896. lion. Marion Butler, Chairman Peo ple's Party Committee: Dear Sir: However mucii Populists may have dilfered at St. Louis as to the correct policy to adopt; however much some of us may still believe that mistakes were made, under existing circumstances, there is only one course to pursue, and that is to loyally and earnestly support Mr. Bryan-not so much for the sake of elevating him t the Presidency as for the purpose of defeating what may be appropriately and most expressively termed Mark Ifanna Republicanism. Although some of us regret certain fusion arrange ments which have been made, it is a noticeable fact that no other man in the United States is so much troubled about it as the manager of the ReDub lican campaign. 1 never realized be fore how highly Republicans have al ways respected and honored the Popu list party. "till I fused with the Dem ocrats." If any consolation is needed, however, for this loss of Republican esteem, it may be found in the fact that Messrs. Cleveland, Carlisle and Palmer have become the legatees thereof. Our political allies in this campaign may not have treated us fairly and justly as they ought. in the matter of representation of Vice Presidential electors; and this seems to be the chief cause of complaint, for I have yet to meet with a Populist who does not ad mit that Bryan is the ablest and most fearless champion of reform principles that reformers themselves have chosen in the last twenty years. It is an event in history to find a man backed by more than four million voters, who has the patriotism and courage to stand up front-faced before the com bined money powers of the world and hurl in their teeth the burning words of defiance: "You shall not crucify mankind on the cross of gold." Mis takes may have been made and injus tice may have been done, especially in the Southern States whera the flower of the Populist army is to be found, but this is not the time to set tle accounts, adjust wrongs, discuss differences or to correct mistakes. We are in the face of the enemy, we are upon the field of battle, the welfare of oar cuntry is at stake, a sacred cause is trembling in the bal ance, our opponents are dangerously well equipped and thoroughly organ ized, and the contest is fierce and re lentless; all personalities should there fore be suppressed, all personal griev ances should be forgotten, and all mi nor differences should be deferred till the battle is won or lost. Every gun should be turned upon the common enemy. Whether Mr. Bryan is a Populist or not, one thing is absolutely certain, every enemy which reformers have encountered during the last twenty years we find today among his bitter est and most relentless opponents. Every monopolistic corporation, every oppressor of labor, every land grab ber, every trust and combine, every robber syndicate, every millionaire, stock jobber, every subsidized news paper every well paid corporation lawytr, millionaire coal baron, every shylock creditor and every plunderer of the world's wealth-producers-all of these old time enemies whom re formers have met on so many battle fields, are today Mr. Bryan's enemies. If they are his enemies he must be our friend. His success is their defeat; their defeat is our victory. We, the pioneer workers, have all fondly hoped that we might have the satisfaction and the glory of carrying to victory the time-honored and battle scarred hlag of reform which the old guard has held aloft so bravely and heroically all these long trying years, and anxious solicitude as to the out come may be excusable. But let us not be unneesssarily alarmed about the future of the reform movement. It has uassed the danger point. It is capable of taking care of itself under any and all circumstances. Traitors cannot betray it; time-servers cannot sell it out; injudicious friends cannot destroy it; defeat cannot demoralize it; its opponents however powerful and crafty, cannot crush it; even the gates of hell cannot preaiilagainst it. For twenty years. although sub jected to aH the dangerous pitfalls, perils and quicksand incident to the development of a new party, it has grown to be the greatest factor in the arena of American politics today. And if elected, I believe that Mr. Bryan will not be slow to recognize this fact, and that he will soon learn to rely upon the counsels and support of the new party which has revolutionized the politics of the country, forced to the front new and vital is sues and made it possible for the peo pleinstead of ollice-reeking politicians to plae a champion of progressive ideas at the head of Government I believe that he will appreciate the fact that we have placed in the hollow of his hand not only the unselfish hopes and patriotic aspirations of the Popu list party, but the most sacred cause that was ever entursted to living man, and that he will not betray the trust. In conclusion, permit me to say that if my twenty years of work enti tles me to the ecnfidence of my co workers, let me ask them, to lay asiae every other cnsideration and help electM'. Bryan-not for his sake, but for the sake of the principles which we all hold dear and sacred. If suc cess is achieved the Populist pai ty can never, be denied the glory of the victory. [f defeat awaits us, and our standard bearer falls, let there be no Populist arrows found either in his breast or in his back. Let the re sponsibility rest upon other shoulders than our own. Sincerely yours. S. F. Noaros. Buried Beneath Debr-3. Beaver Falls, Pa., Oct. 21.-Mayor Brothers' pottery was destroyed by lire at an early hour this morning, entail ing a loss of $100,000. During the fire a wall fell and five boys were buried in the debris. T wo, named Reed and Wallace, were perhaps fatally in jured. Five Roys Huiried. EA v En FA LLs, ' ., Ocit. 21.-May er Bros' pottery was destroyed by lire at an early hour this morning, entail ing alosof 8100.000. D uring the fire a wall fell and li ;e b)oys were buried in the debris. T wo, named Reed and Wal lace, were perhaps fatally ijred. lFusion izn Ohio., Barr, P residenitiail ele~ctor- for' the Twelfth Ohio District of the I 'ople's party ticket, has withdrawn his name. This secures perfcct fusion of I 'emo crats and P opulists on the~ P'-ry~au tiek TWO ARE DEAD: OTHERS DYING. Piclvd M.uti- Between a FloridLWhite Ma iand H is Negro Employee. PENA tA, Fla., 03t. 23.-Single handed, .J. M. Craigier, manager of the Hogoenan Lumber Company, fought a pitched battle late yesterday afternoon at Hagerman Lumber Com pany, fought a Chipley, on the Pensa cola and Atlantic railroad, with a moL of turpentine negroes, killing two of them, Amos J:hnson and John Alex ander, instantly, and wounding a number of other, four of whom, An drew Miller, Henry Simpson, .Jack Nobles and Albert Sesson, will die from their wounds. The bloody battle has created the wildest exeitement in that section ever known. All the negroes in the vicin ity of Chipley and Hagerman's station have sought cover, and the surviving members of the party that went up against Craizler and his winchester, have completely disappeaired. The white people of that section have tak en (own their rifles and are preparing for a race war, which seems imminent in view of their aroused condition. Hundreds of people are flocking to the scene, and with each succeeding hour, the turmoil seems to incraqse. The en counter was one of the bloodiest in the history of the State, and, accord ing to all reports, entirely unpre voked. Craigler was in charge of the Ha german Lumber company's saw mill, and reprimanded one of the hands for idleness. The negro snatched up a ri lie and fired on him, and the other darkies abandoned their work and se cured their weapons with an alacrity that hinted of pre-arrangement, Craig ler retreated to the office amid a per fect storm of bullets, but reached it unscathed. He barricaded himself and secured his own winchester. By this time the negroes had surrounded the building. They were howling like fiends, and shooting so rapidly that Craigler was forced to lie flat on the floor to escape the dozens of rifie balls that pierced the thin weather boarding like pasteboard. After the first volley, he rose .up, and flinging open the door, took a snap shot at John Alexander, putting the bullet squarely between the ne gro's eyes. The mob concentrated their fire on him, but shot wildly, and in another instant he had sent John Alexander into eternity and mortally wounded Henry Simpson and Andrew Miller. Craigler dashed to the rear of the building and drove them back, mor tally wounding Jack Nobles. The others charged from the front and Craigler ran to the open door and fa tally shot the leader, Albert Lessson. At this juncture the Pensacola and Atlanta train came along, and the crew and passengers, their attention attracted by the yells and shots, saw Craigler's desperate plight,and rushed to his rescue. The negroes broke and fled, leaving their dead and dying where they had fallen. The news of the affair spread like wild-fire, and from their little homes in the hammocks and pine thickets the white natives of the section began to emerge. In an incredibly short space of time a multitude of wildly excited men, armed to the teeth gathered. They were bent on vengeance, but the ne groes had made good their escapr,. Two hundred and twenty-five bullet holes were counted in the house -At lanta Journal. SPIES OR TRAITORS. Men lai the Confidence of Cubans in lorida Inetraye Them. JACFxsomtuLL, Oct. 23.-No official repoirt has been received by Collector of Customs C. RI. Busbee of the firing on and capture of the alleged Cuban filibustering tugs Dauntless and R. L. Mabey off' Jupiter inlet yesterday morning by the United States cruiser Raleigh. The revenue cutter Bout well left Jacksonville for the St. John's bar this morning to take charge of the Dauntless and escort her to the quarantine station at Fernandi na where she will be fumigated and after wards brought to this port and deliv ered to the United States authorities. The tug Ri. L. Mabey, which was also captured, did not reach the bar last night, as she is much slower tban the Dauntless and the Raleigh. The Mabey arrived, however, early today in charge of a prize crew from the Raleigh and will be brought to .Jacki sonville and delivered to the United States authorities. The crusier Ra leigh left for the South this morning. It is said she is going to Turtle Hiar bor to discover, if possible, the island, on which it is said the Cubans have stored quantities of arms anid amnmu nition. The firing on and the seizure of the Dauntless and Mabey has caused in dignation here and is regarded as high-handed on the part of Captain Miller of -the Raleigh. Neither the Dauntless nor the Mabey had arms on board. The Dauntless had only her regular crew and the Mabey had on board a cargo of coal. The coal was possibly intended for the Dauntless, but she had a right to take on board fuel. It is not believed that the gov ernment can do anything with either vessel and their seizure is regarded as simply another case of catering to Spain on the part of the administra tion at Was hington. The disastrous ending of the pro posed expidition to aid the Cuban in surgents before it had really gotten ~under way was the subject of discus sion today, and threats of vengeance against the traitor who had informed the oilicials of the plans were heard in several instances. The government officials in this city were fully informed of every detail and even knew where the arms and ammunition were shipped and when the Cuban leaders and the men to make up the expedition left here. The Mabey's connection with the expedi tion was known and it was deemed time to act. Accordingly a dispatch was sent to the commander of the Newark by an official having the au thority to direct the movements of the cruiser. According to the information furnished by the spy or traitor, the Dauntless was to have taken on two cargoes of coal and then the arms and ammunition. This was to have been done during Tuesday night, and she should have been away from the New Smyrna bar before daylight Wednes day morning. Why no attempt was made to deliver the first cargo of coal until sunrise Wednesday morning is not known, but the delay proved for the best, as no arms were found on either the Mabey or the Dauntless when the steamers were captured. The name of the traitor is not known, or at ieast hais not been made publi-:, but if he a :liscovered it will not be heal thy for him. Tragedy in a Courtrooml. SAetMaEXro, Cal., Oct. 21.- In the lobby of the police court this morning .aimes f - we shot and fatally wounded Addie Schilling and then blew his own brains out. The woman was reported to have been intimate with Lowe and was to have been a witness against him in a vagr-ancy case. Lowe was the son of Stat' Senator Lowe of San .Jose. When he shot the Schilling woman she had in her hand thre~aten? ing letters written her- by L'w'e who: was suspected of aLrson. THE QUARTERLY REPORT Of The i.-gId.altive IDispeni:iary Eram!nlug Committee. Corfu.ux, Oct 21.-The leaighIative examining committee, charged with the inspection and examination of the b'oks and atfairs of the State dispen sary, last evening completed its work and issued its report for the last quar ter. The reference therein made to the dispensary scandals and the inves tigation thereof is significant. Here is the quarterly renort: To His Excellency John Gary Evans, Governor of South Carolin: Sir-We herewith submit our report of our examination of the book, and financial transactions of the State dis pensary for the quarter ending Sept. :loth, 18!46. Mr. T. S. Brice of the committee, was present at the tLking of stock on the :0th day of September, and personally assisted in the satae. The committee has carefully exam ined the books and financial transac tions of the dispensary. We find the assets and liabilities, according to these books, to be as fol losws: Quarterly statement qu:rter ending Sept. 30, 18'.f: ASSETS. Cash in State treasury.....$ 92,917.12 Machinery and otlike fix tures...... ........... 2,862.47 Teams, wagons.......... 1.291.19 Supplies (inventory)...... 12,753.02 Merchandise at State dispen (inventory)............. 88. 698.52 Unexpired insurance...... 782 66 Personal accounts, tax paid and ex-dispensers' defi ciencies................. 14 468.34 Merchandise in hands of county dispensers in voice.price ...$2:ll,317.14 Less State's profit added at time of shipment... 66,090 61 Value of above merchandise at cost prices............ 165,226.43 Total assets.............$379,032.85 LUIBILITIES. Personal accounts due by State ...................$ 58.574.53 General fund............. 192,493.81 School fund.............. 73.865.06 Net accrued profit for quar ter passed to credit of State school fund........ 54,099.45 Total liabilities.........$379,032.85 Statement of profit and has for quar ter ending Sept. 30, 1896: PROFITS. Contraband...............$ 3,400.10 Rebates................ 9,422.59 Profits from beer dispensa ries............... 9,677.26 Permit fees from whiskey distillers............... 9.00 Gross profits on merchan dise sales............... 144,687.96 Total gross profits.......$167,267.51 LOSSES. Breakage and leaiage..... 206 15 Constabulary... ........ 13.980.24 Freight and express....... 18,072.38 Labor..................3,070.43 Expense, request books, pos tage, stationery. salaries, etc....'................. 5,712.87 Insurance................. 900.00 License....... ... 125.00 Supplies.................. 47,808.38 Total expenses for quarter$ 89,938.45 Net profits on shipments for the quarter............. 77,329.06 Total................$167,267.51 Cash statement quarter ending Sept. 30, 1896: REcEIPTS. Cash in State treasury, June 0...................$ 50,146 15 July........ ........... 71,138- 44 August................ 68,709.63 September............ 123.676.02 Total receipts for quarter$313,670. 24 DISFL URSEM ENTS. Jiuly disbursements...$ 76.794.56 August disbursements..46,905.55 September disbursements.. 97,023i.01 Disbursements forquarter$220,723 12 Cash in State treasury Sept. :.................... 92,947.12 $313,670.24 During this quarter ihere arose some trouble in reference to the dispensary management. An investigation was instituted by the board of control, this committee being present. In our final report to you, which will be trans mitted to the legislature, we will give th is investigation our special attention. We beg leave to acknowledge the assistance that has been rendered us by Mr. Scruggs, the clerk of the board of control, whose books are kept with great accuracy and clearness. Respectfully submitted, T1. 5. Brice C. W. Gaaris, Francis H. Weston, Legislative Coimmittee. The FarmneCr's Cas. In 188S the following paragraph was penned by a very prominent man, who was supposed to be a Democrat and who had captivated millions of his countrymen as an honest man and a patriot beyond all rivalry: "Oar farmers, long suffering and patient struggling in the races of life, with hardest and most unremitting toil, will not fail to see, in spite of misrepresentations and misleading fallacies, that they are obliged to ac cept such prices for their products as are fixed in foreign markets where they compete with thie farmers of the world ; that their lands are declining in value, wvhile their debts increase. and that wiWmot compensa.ing favor they are fore d b i the action of the government to pay for the benefit of others such enhanced price for things that they need that the scanty returns of their labor fail to furnish their sup port or leave iio margi. for acccumu lations." The Augusta Chronicle in comment ing on the above says: "Not to be mysterious and subj et our readers to a competitive examination as to the author of this paragraph, wve will state that Grover Cleveland is the man. What are we to think of the Cleveland of 1896 when confronted wih the Cleveland of 1S88 An Eastern far':-'e says: 'Under the Present condiu :; we farmers have more to pay than we are able to get money to pay. We have apples rot ting on the ground rn a by the bushel. but by the covered aves for wbich there is no market, y t millions of hungery mouths are watering for them but have no money to buy at any price.' The W\~ern farmer, having disposed ;f the larger part of his wheat crop, will be angered to see speculators and com-bines enriching themselves at. his e~x pensec. Much of the wheat has been bought in EuXrope at low prices. (>ur Sotithiern farmers. althlough many of themi are better otr this year- than they were last season. are far from enjoying the prosperity they deserve. But farmers every where, kin) v that the money que.+ tion is at the root of all their tronbb-s and so are determined to right the wronzr. The fine sentiments of Mr. leveland are contrasted witl: his acts. They no longer believe inni sincerity. They know that (Mr. ltry an will be honest with then a?nd th-dt KI POWDER Absolutely Pure. A cream of tartar baking powder. Highest of all in leavening strength. - Ir, test United Slates Government Fowul R:eport. RoYAL BAKIN POWDER CO., New York City. NV hat the Figures Say. The Columbia State says the Chica go Record's postal card election has the rare recommendation of pleasing both sides. It was designed to indicate probabilities by giving the full vote of Chicago and 10 per cent. of the vote of the pivotal States of the cential west. The Democrats responded so slowly at first that Chairman Jones issued a request to them not to partic. ipate in the election. The result is that a in poll of one-fifth the vote of Chicago they cast but one-fifth of the ballots, and in nearly all the other States they mnake a grotesquely small showing on the incomplete ballotiag. This tickles the Repuoiicans. But the Democrats are even more tickled at the fact that the votes racorded show the _ percentage of changes from Republi canism to Democracy in nearly all. the States polled to be 50 per cent.. greater than from Democracy to Re publicanism, over 25 pe ent. of the Bryan voters having voted for Harri son in 1892. The national Democratic committee has issued the following: "The ballot has proceeded far enough to enable one to estimate the majority for Bryan in each of the States. Ac cording to the percentage of gain and loss. as shown by the votes in each State, so far as received by The.Re cord, it indicates that Mr. Bryan's ma jorities wil be as follows: Illinois....................... 75,193 Missouri.......... ....-- 93082 Iowa................ 2.838 j Indiana................. 65,145 Nebraska........... 42,467 Michigan................-3,44J Wisconsin.................... 10,099 Kansas................ ..36,646 Kentucky.................... 24,952 Minnesota........ ......26,386 South Dakota................ 7,543 North Dakota........ ....2,988 Fasion Up to Date. The following table compiled from information furnishet by the Demo critic and Populist national commit tees, shows the proportion of electors on the national ticket, in states, where fusion has been effected - State. Populist Democratic. . Alabama.............4 7 Arkansas ............3 California.........-3 Colorado...... 4 - Florida...... .....4 Idaho............. Illinois...... .....4 2 Indiana............5 1 Iowa..............3 1 *Kansas..... ......- 1 Kentucky...........2 Louisiana........3 Massachusetts .......1 Michigan..........4 Minnesota.........4 5 Missouri............. Montna.......1 5 Nebrasa. -. 4 6 Ohio......... - 18 Oregon......144 . Menntana........4 2 - South Dakota.... 2 Uth.................2 1 Washingion........2 2 West Virginia...2 4 Wisconsin ..........3 9 Wyoming.......' 1 *Kansas Democrats -pledged to vote for Watson, if it is seen he has most votes in electoral college. Calamity at Clemiion.. ChARESTON, Oct. 22.-A special to The Ne ws and Courier from Clemson college says: Prof. McGee was fatalh ly injured about 12::30 today and died at 5 this evening. He was at the barn showing the senior class the working of a new corn shredding mac~hine, when his coat was caught bythe.saws of the machine and he was instantl cut in the side by the saw teeth. I was soon seen that he was fatally hurt and he began giving directions as to his burial and the disposition of his property. His father was telegraphed to. and he asked that his old .friend and preceptor, General Stephen D. Lee, should be notified also. Th~e lat ter sent the following reply to Presi dent Craighead: "Tell McGee that I am shedding tears that one so belov ed and promising should meet such a fate." This message fitly expresses the sentiment here, for Pr-ofessor Mc Gee enjoyed the respect and friend ship of all and his death is greatly de plored. He was :34 years old, affable and quick and of commanding pres ence. He came to Clemson as assist- -q~ ant professor of * ~ ~ izr arch, 1894, and wp /"lected professor in 1896. His remains will be sent to his home at Lexing ton, Miss., tomorrow, escorted by two members of the facul ty. Prof. McGee exhibited remarka ble calmness throughout, knowing that he could not live, and died peace fully. ______ __ .Wors~e than in Uuba. - Cm~caGo, Oct. 21.-A San~ Francisco special to a local paper says: The Cu ban atrocities are mild comparedwith those taking place in the Philippine Islands, where the Spanish are trying to suppress a revolt of the natives. Some indication of affairs have been learned frorn Orientaf papers. The most shocking incident of the bloody reprisals was the treatment of a Span ish lieutenant and his family. The Spanish had captured a number of prisoners and as an object lesson to the natives disemboweled two and hung their bodies on one of the gates of the town. The infuriated rebels, eager for vengeauce, gathered a force ani hurried to the home of a Spanish lieutenant on the outskirts e& Manilla. They captured the ollicer and his wife and 12 year old daugh'ter, and then began a bloody scene of torture. The mot savage instincts of the natives were aroused. 8 dore the eyes of his wife and daughter, the lientenant's skin was siit all over- his body. -Then the torturers crue.ilied him, pinning him outstretched to a tree with their long~ knives. They tortured the wom an and girl, giving the fullest play to teir animal instincts aud wvreaking dsgustiug vengeance before the dying yes of the husband and father. The Spanishi ar-e doinsg their best to keep newsit of~ thes at'ocities fro:n leav n' the islasnds. op.ming and1 inspect ng all the maL~il. Tnt-y particularly esired to keent n kuovin the death of birty-eight prisoners in one night'in>..