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THE LAI)R STRIKES. REV DR TALMAGE ON EMP--CY AND EMPLOY:D. He Thinks the L tw of SupP'e ".d D:ie'" 14 a Diabolic One and Seca o is-n.~-dy For the Labr Troub'ea S x. y tine - ' pitcation of the Oop -I. Dr. Talmage's plan fr sett ii shethe .t" trial troubles of our da i. >et ,rt. Sunday's sermon. lis text 12. "Whatsoever ye wou'd thl u do to you, do you even so to the The greatest war the world ,t is between capital ind a. not like that R hich in Thirty Years war. for it r c ries: it is a war of the i c. a war hemispheric. The - this country. upon whom ti n u .a in e pended for holding the balance e t ,e: for acting as mediators between the ia ea treics, are di:uini:hing, a tn . at the same ratio they are now g , :is. w:. not be very long before there willie t aid die class in this country, but all will be vert. rich or very poor, princes or paupers. at the country will be given up to palaces anu hovels. The antagonistic forces are closin; in upo: each other. The l'ennsylvania tame: strikes, the telegraph operators stries, t ae railroad employees. strikes. the move ets of the boycotters and the dynamiters. are only skirmishes before a general e l ment. or. if you prefer it. escapes the safety valves of an explo :on of You may poohpooh it; you may oy ina trouble, like an angry child, will cry i to sleep; you may beli.tle it by c ni Fourierism, or sociaii-:t, or St" on nihilism, or communii'. but a w it hinder the fact that it is the mitest, too darkest, the most terrific threat of :his cen tury. All attempts at paciteation have been dead failures and mnonopol is more mag'v and the trades unions more bitter. "Give us more wages." cry the employees. Yu shall have less," say the capitalists. 'C pel us to do fewer hours of toil in a "You shall toil more hours.' say the o-hers. "Then, urder certain conditions, we wil no: work at all." say these. "Then you shal starve." say those, and. the workmen gra 1 ally using up that which they aceui-v:a'ed1 :n better times, unless there be some ra' . change we shall have soon in this country 4 t,)0 hungry men and won:ce. Now 4,000,000 hungry people cannot be kept quiet. All the enactments- of lee: ati rs and all the constabularies of the ctie. an all the army and navy of the Uni-cd States cannot keep 4.000,000 hungry pec.:e Tuet What then? Will this war between ca pital and labor be settled by human wid. Never. The brow of the one becomes io, rigid, the fist of the other more clinched. But that which human wisdom cannot achieve will be accomplished by Christianity if it be given full sway. You have heard of medicines so powerful that one drop will step a disease and restore a patient. and I have to tell you that one drop of my text. proper ly administered, will stop all these woes (t society and give convalescence and come:e health to all classes. "Whatsoever ye wouoa that men should do to you, do you even so to them." I shall first show you how this quarrel between monopoly and hard work cannot be stopped, and then I will show you hcw this controversy will be settled. Futile remedies. In the first place, there will come no pacification to this trouble through an outcry against the rich men merely because they are rich. There is no member of a trades union on earth that would not be rich if he could be. Sometimes through a fortunate invention or through some accident of prosperity a man who had nothing comes to a large estate, and we see him arrogant and supercidlious and taking people by the throat. There is something: very mean about human nature when it comes to the top. but it is no more a sin to toe rich than it is a sin to be poor. There are those who have gathered a great estate through fraud, and then then are mieen aires who have gathered their fortunes through foresight in regard to changes i the markets and through brilliant business faculty, and every dollar of their estate is ass honest as the dollar which the plumber gets for mending a pipe or the mason gets zor building a wall. There are thote who keep in poverty because of their own fault. They might have been well off, but they gave themselves to strong drink, or they smokel or chewed up their earnings, cr they lived beyond' their means, while others on the same wages and on the same salaries went on to competency. I know a man who is all the time complaining of his poverty and crying out against rich men, while he himself keeps two dogs and chews and smokes and is filled to the chin with whiskey and beer. Micawber said to David Copperfield: "Copperfield, my boy, ?1 income, 20 shil lings and 6 pence expenses; result, misery. But Copperfield, my boy, .C 1 income, ex penses 19 shillings and 6 pence, result, hap piness." And there are vast multitudes of eople who are kept poor because they are the victims of their own improvidence. It is no sin to be rich, and it :s no sin to be poor. I protest against this outcry which I hear against those who through econon-y and self denial and assiduity have come to large fortune. This bombardment of commercial success will never stop this quarrel between sapital and labor. Neither will the -contest be settled by cynical and unsympathetic treatment of the laboring classes. There are those who speak of them as though they were only cat tle or draft horses. Their nerves are noth ing. their domestic comfort is nothing, thetr happiness is nothing. They have no more sympathy for them than a hound has for a hare, or a hawk for a hen, or a tiger for a calf. When Jean Valjean, the greatest hero of Victor Hugo's writings, after a life of suf fering and brave endurance, goes lnto in carceration and death, they clap the b00o: shut and say. "Good for him'' They stamp their feet with indignation and say just tae oppoite of "Save the working cl:.sses." They have all their sympathies wita Sny lock, and not with Antonio and Portia. Thiiey are plutocrats, and their feelings are infer zal, They are filled with irritation at-d __ irascibility on this subject. To stop this awful imbroglio bet ween capital and labor they will lift not so much as the tip end of the little finger. Neither will there be any pacantien of this angry controversy through violence, God never blessed murder. The poorest use you can put a man to is to kill him. Blow up tomorrow all the coun try seats on the banks of the Ihudson, and al the fine houses on Mladison squnar-, 'no Brookyn Heights, and Uunker 11i1. rn d R tehouse square, and Beacon street, anaA at the bricks and timbers and stone will just fall back on the bare head of AXmerican 1labo. The worst enemies of the working classes in the United States andl Irelan1 are their de mented coadjutors. Assrassiation-'hea sassination of Lord Frederick Cavendis ad 3r. Burke in P'ho.nix park. Dab~lin, Irela"'i in the attempt to avenge the wrongs oe land, only turned away from that lee people millions of symnpathirers. Tea tempt to blow up the house of comrn s London, had only this effect--to throw o't f employment tens of thousands ofi innoce' Irish people in England. In this country the torch put to the fa r tories that have discharged handis for "o' or bad reasons: obstructions on the railtrc in front of midnight express trains cas the offenders do not like rresident o h compaany; strikes on shipboard the hourt they were going to sail, or in printing sinoee the hour the patner was to go to prem or :n mines the day the coal was to be deh~vered, or on house scaffoldings so the buider frti> in keeping his contrat-all these are onty a hard blow on the heal of -merican ar and cripple i:s arms an.i lame its tcet and pierce its heart. Traps~ spun -'. d a upon employers, and veecnvre one knot ot of the knukeo i one farthing of wagesit Barbarism will never cr h . civilization. Stark that Frederick the Gre2taii. ::: near his palace at l',tsd~.adh to get it. It was owne.1 ya:. - offered the miller thre. ia a the property. The miller w'e because it was the old hom-utea. fet about us Naboth felt abka~ - when Ahab wanted it. re :errea was a rough and terrible nyar. order. h:. .. .. :.- _ 'i*-''i' .'w liii. i perty, uan - ::n} h w. "a" 7 1. . 1yo won t ." - w fi' ta1 e it. ui vr r' rCle-l .. 1 .. . +, i the enanetr hi-. n i I .r~~cutr e' It.: . :t-a: they n e serhetar te liw e - a rar to te l * wilitve te .i-e tw wi. .e.i '. C Ct o::'..:.:to' ; 1 ... utrover y tween. c0::te n an: ne -e::le l:y h ::a whe -t:l', i : r e-i , ::. an1 i lao r t:e : w th: r : h eil t i t' e .; fe. "r Capi ll'.) an tar:. T .I:i te , .-' : a e 1 : Itt - i. i 'y l .m 1"u\ 5e::e: t h, .:1isl tan l -t? er evt a hi~l' --wat- o r. vI wul idoawne _,.:., a ,.-1i c:c. ,1 k 3-1 an d ev n o en. t. - 1i -'1 .-: of the o W i ll " 1 ui in "e . . t hiens j t 1a w.a! - n:.i r: 1 ,hl not treat net :l'. l be C", - Wa -: . 1 wv...1 expect . r:il _; e ob h --Cw1. : r'i i having taken :1 tof is : o cO l aving "' hle in irs and . i 0 : to wI fondry, cn p -- L~v v~ . 1tn' oud.in roonm . .re - oh e o the waist -'-I :d -;a te ci l een: ::e with the abor . t. ;::-- t e e ppto uim: Why. tai i to t ~ ver I shere. You look vv to l esh-:u:dtI. I hear your child is 1ct with scarji: ;ev er If ip wa t eot itl a hse C-. ' .i week, so ars trpay , n' :- e and e: te mei:iehan jut come intotex: before leaving hime.in ~fi vwh t' cah _ed the money mar k.-t and there n mo-re demand for the ates wmane -an'td' in taet iron nhll, and the or do: nt kew sa to im: IWhy -,ee'- to- a-er kot a hat toudo loe 1~'r el.or hl-lilrun it -:. ..l:lt exn@tsdI hea': r y hi chidtis inuse: an get the :nedicine' . j come0111in t whit to do c. Aner aw- eahg'e te imlonety 1a eter. and there ino raa-, sa e with civhh in -I arms. wond he o a e t 'n-ow -w to do now. ' I. te... r cnl' - ' Men the times are veavp - leta te v. where I used -en : 1:. d on'tsl :ewn ha o L' et n . re ulOW there is no deni nd nr:::w i:f, we vithle~rc. or but very it' n 1 h e l a a: vast expense. ani:nf ::rer y1: t"-lher this after non to cci Il dt ont mue i hise. 1 don't wan' to -ht i.a ::e1'w tecause that would force v: out of work, anI you have always been very faithful, and 1 like you, and you eem : l.k:, me. an: the bairns mu,! b ocked after. and your wife will after awhile v n a 'ew dress. I don-t know what to 1i. There is a deal halt for a minu'.e or two a"i then ore of the worktei n sters out -oat he rank- of his fellows and says: - Loss. vou have been very good to us, and when you pros:ered we prospered, and now you tre in:a tight place and I am sorry, and we nave got to sympathize with you. 1 don't know how the others feel, but I propose that we take off 20 per cent. from our wages. and that when the times get good you will re member us ani raise them again." The a'kman looks around to his comales and >: Iloys, what do you say to this. A1 in favor of my propotition will say aye." "Ave. aye, are!" shout 2.0) voices .itt the mili owner, getting in some new utchinery, exposes himself very much, and atsec.d:. at' i' settles into pneutmonlia. tin.1 e. .in the proession to the tomb ir ! h wvk e' ers ralin: down their ceo.s a'd Io" on the ground, lint an hou ieor thae - rcees'ion cets to the coe'e :ery the ve -'~ te children of thoae i\ot.v--are-at--the-grave wai:ing forth rrivta'fth '--neral pageant. The niinis ter of re I'nay h:Iave delivored an elo -utnt culogtum it-fore they star-ed from the - nse utte mot i:mpresstve' tniings arc id th'at da by h the working classes stand ing e.round thte tonmb. Tat nicht in all the cabins of the work n- people where they have fimily prayers thei widlowhocd and the orphanage in the mansion are remembered. No glaring pop ulations look over the iron fence of the ceta etery, but, hovering over the scene. tne benedicion of God and man is coming for the fulfillment of the Chrictlike inm'inction. -Whatoever ye would that men Khould do to you. do ye even so to themn." -Oh," says some man nere. 'that is na Utopian, that is apochryphal, that is impos Kuble.-' No. I cut out of ai paper thtis: One of the pleasantest incidents recorded in a long thie is reported from. Sh etlieold, Enand. The wages of the men in the iron woks at Shethield are regulated by a heard of arbiraton, by whose decision both inas ters and m.en are bouni. For some time ast the iron .and steel trade has been entreuely unprofitab'e. and the emtloyers cannot. withoat much loss, pay the wages fixed by the hoard, which neither employers nor emloyed have the power to change. To avoid this dt~lienlty, the worktmen in one of the largest steel works in Sheflield hit upon a device as rare as it was generous. They cfered to work for their employers one week without any pay whatever." lit von go with ate and I will show you not so far ofl as ShePlield, England-facto ties, banking houses, storehouces and costly enterpi:>e3 where this Christltke ir-,iunction of my test is fu'iy kept, and you could no more get the employer to practice an iz'jtts tae po th-ue. or the nmen to consptre aistteemployer, than v--a could aet v'u ih and tad veur left hand, your ria i ar-d your left eye, your right ear a -t 1o~ lef ear. in physiological antagon im. Now where is this to begin? In our hm -in our stores. on outr fainms-not wa"itg for other reople to do their duty. 1 there a lirercence now between the par 'r nd the kitchen-: Then there is somte hi t'n wr, eihr in the parlor or the kie-r rsrh in noth. Are the clerks in your : rei't a-t'n-t the firnm: Then 1there i a-"'et i v wrong either behind the v-oun'e. -r in~ -the private cilce, er perhaps 110r twant: ot t. worbd today is thle full en eihis hritiie injunction. that whh a e ron'- -ted in his srumon 0:i ve~i. Al thep i~eal "'ononi't 'nder the c- l ei. the:evens i" convention for itu ea~r einet s tti cOtroversy herwe.a 'ng rl anard work, between ca'i-;' w .i .-r Dur7 ' ing the Rlevolutton ar~ wa ierewasa eav piceo linerto blinel peh "w'fr-n~ fotri s and o ca Ir v- o'eseengtheworendh thev lf~ed: -'le i- away there Yoe -a'~ -- ,:eTi~her u as to- ea -a rii:- o hr a-ac- "eoNc a o he~ li ; Ta: ''m a isi ton neavy .os : 'ea::knu ta ''e tlce aN. h e: - ' '':h " t ii e t t t Lce se ty a o li-, nd o wathe cryn seti :o v-:r m::eder a c. 11k vao Wakum a. o~v, 1:2:i- btal --tthe 1:n a -P1:: ktep fron: Now,. :t a u-Z exs t ' u :ry. orye a ltdl !a o the \ a " t. uI :\ a e!" ''"i :1:1 e i te .;r i i n. w i h le ::u w il t e .. e. .. t .1 .: ' .. . vi-e n . i ie :t t f te ! e nit i l % :ll.en !: u "'v o ex i- rt. I'.. I ble ! i 1:1 : -..:en bil u\ . ee ". t , whnL1:'t o f e : * t e 1:I i-1. "S t. n br'in n i'' e' 1 e dc'. r I-. e thre w e m e , l 'e r p ri l, a d Wi r lii: 1::,1 dee g. IS t kt1: 111i,:t.-t' tt 11:3 e : ::'"1. ~ I toW'* ,::ele wil .: :nore urk, more pc'u're : drive, more ien i:rOJwn o! .'n for ti:e 5,i.! n- e We :111." the w InC' n s I w:I ~ri'inli e :ri t c :trge t.ir.1 al been met in En!a ai'i a':'int L-u:iheth I:tee tI . it iw:L exclu ive, an' x .c 1 : ciirze 'emonstraed the u e fact :at to the ,r'u:,1' of 111:11 wealthly er.:ate ' 1 lo r niilies have free pae anu i' rt :r! Coo:In)ie .:hn i oni tie h::1:ho!!!:.itys poor p'op1e reci.lae on tiisgrs, h through the paths a..i :t tinder tie tree, Taac is gsest- spel on tille Si:. 'r, r'osp'e out of dcc'rs wort j u t ruei a-s iners. That t:1:e is gin= to co=im. T..: only ' hint of what i toi::g o "e. 'l : 1; ing to come when, it you have :1: tinmg :n your house worth looking :it-pictuires. pie ces of s: lpture-you :re g":::' t'o :nvue r:e to co:::e .ad see thom, yoi are going to :n rite r.v frieni to coue and see t'he:., -nd ou wls:y -SeewVat av 'en bcesse with. G o I has given :::e this. anli so far as enjoying it, it is yours t:o." at is gos Sel. In crossing the Alleghany t:i)untins many years ago the stage halited and HIenry Clay dismounted from the stage and went out on a rock at the very verge of the esli, and he stood there with his cloak wrapped :acut him, and he seemedc~ to be tt-tenir. f>r s mne thing. Some one sad.1 to hin:. "What are you listeniug fer'." S:attiing there on the tot: of the mountain he sai.i --I 'am i ltening to the tr:na of t!t ftot.teps of tle cOiUng :ni.lons tf 'this contintIt.'' A subli.e p -i ture for an A::erican statesm in.'xi i todav st uni on t.e mo:nt tin top of risil eze. and on the !took o'f .e, '11 we ik of. and we hear cotnt:tg ro:: the future the happy industries. a:i in p atd the conseCratel' fortunes, and tie innu mnerahle prosperities of the cli nine teenth and the opening twe'tie:ii century. The great patriot of France. Victor I10:o, died. The 10.00h in his will given to the poor of the city was only a hint of the work he didi for all nations and for all times. I wonder not that they allowed 11 days to pass between his death and his burial, his body neantime kept under triumphal arch, for the world could hardly ':i )rd to let go this ran who for mlore than eight decades had by his rnparallelcd genius blessclt it. His a -re shall boa terror to all desot',a'i an encouratemtent to the strugling. Ile male the worl's burden lighter, and its darkness less dense, and its chain les tall. ing. and its thrones of iniquity less seure. icor lIugo was not the overtower ig friend of mankind. The greatest friend of capi alist and toiler, and the one who will yet bring them together in coniplte accord, was born one Christan:s night while the cur tains of heaven swung. stirred by the wir.s angelic. Owner of all things-a tile con tinenis, all worlds, and all the isltnds of light. Capit.iist ef imnren:ity, crossiug over to our condition. Coining into our world, not by gate of palace. bat by 'loor of barn. pending his first night amid the shepherds. Gthring afterward around him the fisher men to b his chief attendnts. With adz, Iand saw, and ehisel, :il ax. and in a car peter shop showing hi-rself brother withi te trades 'en. Ortner of all things, andl yet on a hillbek back of Jeru tiem one day re. signing everything for others, keepitng not so mutch a a shekel to pay for his o'~egiles, by charity buried in the suburbs of a chtj that had c.ast hiti cut. Icfore the cross of schL a citpitalist, and such a cairpen-er. all ten can atford to shake hands :nd wortdhip. Here is the every man's Chrie:. None so ih, but he was higher. None so poor, but he was poorer. A: his feet the hostiie exa tremes will yet renounce their auimosiniec, and ceuntenances which h-.ve glowered with the prejudices and revenge of centuries shall brighten with the smile of heaven as he commands, "Whatsoever ye woald that men should do to you, do you even so to them." TI-EOUTLOOK FOR COYTON. & Paed'eston that tt Wit! BerLg Ut t: r Prices Secretary Hester. of the Ne;i Or leans cotton exchang, places the wal ue of the clyton crop of tthe season now on at $321t9?5.000, against $29 1, (45 00 last year, :' .ei itw-t Inearly $28(U00 U00 more than the for mer crop. The latst cotton ne 'vs also places the tctal niu-nher of swindles it the south at 185! 991, an inicrease of the south is 4S2, being an incrcase of seven new' mills for the yrear. Th~ese Ifacts, says a writer in the~ Atle"a IJorraa are werthy of cvrsideraitn n that they make the situat'o1frn the Iitrer. stand poat decddl ri~s ir, I; is. usli 'fe a v-ry ua vwise taing for mnen who are not ther oughly informed to mk pditon at this ae ss to the s ze of the crop andtprice'o the s'pi. Mon ta p.asi ,ons suppsed o *O e best for ghcaniag informa~ico, are oftenecr wrong than right and their predletions not only retrn' to pague them, buit are too of ten the catuse of loss to farmers ar.d to men who) use their "tips" for specula ie purposes There is beliend to be a large crop of cotton, atnd ti has been harped on so long and co persist enty by the professional "b :.rs" that the tric 3 of the staple has s'ocly gra' viated lovrer. But. as a maater of strict faet the surface indications were never strorcger for a rise in cottun. despite the predictitons of the wis'. sres of an unusually large cieldi Fromx a statisileal starndipint the sitta ation is one of promise. There haus seldom been a smailli sopply, visible or invsble, and ihe prosp'cts of in creased cot suonpi n are tirstec'ass The low price of wioat iu 'he past hss preventedl the wes:cruc'rs from mia' aing larg'er puircha:es t'f cotton goedl, but this year a doub'e or triple de manrd is expecced. Tn'e trcspects for anenlar"ed use in th~e eas: wcer::niercr ""'ter, at d the cotu ' oe ha raely know0 of I Eara' toL di ess c:>t to tthan aL ti. presen liCe Take, i yua pl-se. the glo''ny 'oebaig of the -bears -dti Deceme pr dccon s not wort thie ir pr n 'hich it's lumirv- as se fora-n E.en if there~ is a p-ospecl of a 10) pet cent irerer lathe rop t .er 7'ay ii the' biat. I's an- ol'ayn 'oe or less true tL at wahiterr the scut thiks ant atto issre nt t Ia (''n. .eer .el .s he uido -. 'i ~i0' re s:sr: cie t o t~ete~i~e.1f.;se re :ahS Ca r.c., Y!~i~f 7IC SiNTA F . ,$- b " T . 1,X fl4S L1 LCIN' V= G2H 1'htch C)-- 511I k ii z. ":l? I\.t Ic d Rvn "W~uu .d-Wa "t It .-r \'.ie O'o: k. A fte: jl, l: L p4i-a, Kas.. sac~s: On- of the .: r". _ 're . in the ;.. m(rv of te a-n',ta F1-: ro ~cd cccurr~d jthrte 1iills re at .-u 7fhr ~)&c&k ice or fitee - pldby ! -o k i r: er.c vi* t i:l "t l .al: tc~r: a hoe in~ the ,w-loui ::." 4 (at the sn ckir o."t u tae .! " 1 jiW tra .-a a vu ou tr v--. 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IaT: LIVF1 uu 'nt s'~ C'keu s -r 1 *rc- t~y +. - t.e u~1 "..u ::1 vi~k" -i ed r' ca -''u src. en 61 c . ed u" ~ .!e, z t~r o ' k"rhori ~~d at ~e= : a -'.r li li~me. lm i~ Mr 3-y fte"ncin cur se, to-" ra'u b.' a nti~ tr's toa' ttlm an ~~~~~-:r' bu4' fe ~ - ~ r .:. t0ic Lie ~.r- i un- ain cari+_i sen bu t beac :e.t a-. its bass Ldb LIy hi: to: was oni the train.t butr was r id 'V c n I reaz.rs iIun s -- tv cu;)fetfo: te crs awc were1 T, rtk d.'i Li e t.)oha fe0tio ;. 11 bt a'- hav 1 wat tos siaerisLr hdrby t'ole c;u, MIr.e~ Iyn, get CJe C 1. i o Mr. Br y n wat ineof th as mail S c. -end . co;r -hcf rs ^ r II-! 1al at t"p outr with t _ water, which lien t toei th.e (.t eia por ener., L~ rub u cuhn fd others o bl e, Mr Boa:can, gte wa ts~ ofh v. e 7. erl l oth sMre Bnn:-n wenCt5 es int the dmil carn one ~ of whic wreck burning im ca~me twt h pnn.er, Which.t He riiiht out e:m~ fo Totero J.e Fna~. anud. was tyhr epres uiI "a Dr',Eprapsacek bent2ke'-n f -an theareck.o Thkse dad~ tre~usvijrdae CJi o] r~miav Ltgaerenoe. i., E<V1V' n'e ren1e , eZs bcen. J. F.Suerh as City, express -. *cia' S i. reg; ine e. R A Dran E c'-a, pos, tae Go ir-sk'-may, wcsbuc u UPkt~v .cuer, tr.ap Topekahi a,,fn? the -rocn. rifie a 1i6 (h ..!;rt ,I Ti: C W en of a n:n r.- to GYn. D ua JIm1rion, .:o - P ei.iz of this e u:.V. G" ner a Jimson was on of h i; f u -:ders o tMelintary Ascd.emy : 's"1 c ' c ece: the future des :ir-v Of the Ciital ire Dr A. S ley labr red to s.c< u:uate a fun d ullici ant , rect a monu..t to G ,eral .Jan s.o, ' 're is bHid in t s Ps. v t'er netcr- of Orangerburg. Th1is p.S -:r y wt rk is prhsecut d by other friends Co i A.A T:3 ms rst a e a thoV c.u:- l ketcrh of the iife arid char eweiro G . Jarrsn. It was expect ed that ie would follow this up with a Ic-u:-e vuan the literature of South Carohae, a subjpct wihic no one in tie Ste is better able to discnss. but inst' a(b diseussed ma:ny important ure ect day nroblems from the star,d - goint of "e'indeper 'deret cia'zen, the m^.._ o desi res the good of tee state arb veal frac .a or party advan tl:i e is givvin cli se a'teration. Beow is g vern a synopsis of Colonel Ti:nas's d mirabn- address. ti. reviewed the l'e and services of Gcen David 1 Jrrison, who was one of t'e rOSt prm._iat ?ct z ns of the s'ein his da, cne of t: e foundrs of thiu Z; h L C4r..ina I lsary A-,,; nty a'di presutnt, the accession convrtion o 1660-a soldier, scholar ard statsnma, Cal. TiLo as present ed a p'rrait of this emin et South Car,):ioian ad in dcins so, hid oc cai;in to arrai"2n Prof. Trent, of the Li. versity of the South, for his slurs up n Jamison in his (rrent's life of William Glimore Sims. Ccl. Thomas virdicated the spotless rame and fame of J unisen Turning from past to present, Col. Thinas diueased quezstioes of the hour in South Carohina, under fotr hse:. inis. us -oi s: 1 '1 :rial necds o Suc-h Carolina. 'h Me.ta seeds o Soutt : rtlin~a 4 37 c Mo r n ds of Smh Carolina. 4, R digious neE ds of So~uh Carolina, Anong the material neeids of the state. the speaker 1i :tion~d good coun.- roads to supp'emrent railroad s3s:_.ui; more div' :siied L.rmirg; more fa.tories and? warOkhops, esp-ci ail small indu;tries; more develop meat of the abundant resources of fie'd, foies and mine. He referrel to :giaculture, commerce. manufactur ig and ming as the Doric columns of ta' mattrial power of states Amtong the mental reeds of the state, he imeotioned liberal supp)rt of the state System of education; literal sugar)Dt or :hp reent s'Nte institu ti s-.outh Carolina Colege, Cita del, Ciemson and winsom Winthrop and all th. denomina'.ional and pri vate colleges; Out, above al, support to the hig hit notch possibie of tue comrmon schools of the state. Schcos of hi' :er education and pruaary schoois are parts of one harmonious vrole. 6isti et as the billows yet one as thi set. Sau:h Carolina cit-z.ship cu!ht to be as high ;as that cf any otne r state, as South Ca:olina pro po'es to be the peer of any other state in the Union. Kaowledge is power. E Jucation is the cheap d-fense of states in these days. U dert ten:ead of moral needs of Sot .Lcl~.a he spoke of gthe work ofthi 2sputail f tne ins aee and the inu ~ut i for the died, duaiti and b ld, JA chsrities weit managed. Heais. counnded the excellnt m:: ugement of tue penitentiary. -ihe stte dispensary systeai wats n o. d issd. He fat-oted the <;is I e:,siry :Ja as the best soluti~ion yet uay. Sate control c'1 a geat evil is tn<: bes:, ar. the dispensary must be I ly m:2na~ted by brai: a kill and caaracer 1:. the control and byi hon esty dispersary agents. It oughtk to ce conducte d, not for revenu0eso m~uch as for moral results, to improve on the citizenship of the state by redu ag to a mi:i-nuan the tvils of strong urinkr. TLnere shiouid be no step back ward in this great business. A return to the old saloon system a ste-nch in the nostrils of the people is nlot to be entertained A resort to the high licensed system is but a amoli ficatiou of the ,old stenca and but a stench still. Prohibition-a high thought, but not practiabte; the dream of enthiusiasm-sould be hike an uioachd garmteat. It wovuld be co.s.e a"renring farce." The cora ruon Ia~v of El~a.nd stands because it re-presents the crystIizd sentiment of the Eoghs~h peop~e Any lamv to stand most be b cked by tue senti ment cf tne psop e iai free states. Prohbitia is not~ so upteld. Taere woul-ad be no praccil statesmanship in adopiting t Hence wh't Amend'- the present disrnensary sce we t e weak; improave i; ari~se i abiv and hoLCs'.s tniti giod.. faith; re nove t rm a iona l poi 'cs: gitn ai rit wixtej it "as never had. Let the - niind tiger, dieundJer the indigna tin oX 0 a uA'cU opiaion th at wil not tJerate auchn a breach of loy~al cit:zen shi'o as toe unlawful saloon im pLIs, aud we may secure for South Uarolinr the~ best possible solution of thre q es'n tat so tries th~e is Colonel Th-omas reered to Tnomas Jtterson prophe:y that he saw in th fture tae mena'ce to state rights and to lionir ; teat mizht carne from he ten:enucy- of thie Federal judicial s st-m to enc-oau ucon the proper :'i-dition)f of toe state courts. He t eu-ced such invasion as an out ragev upon st~ee rights. Short of nlu! i?'eti') aod secession, no-v dead as the re&i of0 the war and tee action of t-Si-a l a its return to the Uoion, 'tate ru ' , N~orto, S-.uth, East and. W t, was the corner s one of Ame~ri can hoerty, the diadam not to be re rnved frmc anyi one ci the forty i x sta~s of this at Union, which uht. to ling its indestere.ibility ah the indestructibility of the itesml or high', old or new, He- dnoa-aced "th~e gZovernment by It undy agni a-- the athority of mxent of c-r-poratio n anI truts, o0 tue po rasa-cd tnimical t) trial bj tr, hen-c iy of a trueDe Luar u. I cleal j -dge should be tea torc of a ste -vitually. nullifyiug ah enue o the stt ar~d cercc discrdin thevo..e of' a pople. na h original pack-age saloons !brin' u' idr ihe auspcs oflte Fe t r j d .L T . esi mso at sta eto acer Casar d isse i the o e r- i.:iu L e of S: '. Ior3-Q e Tnms e n tende d, a a u "on the nristin code. A bcve all n.ieds. la Seuth Car-olina in the need ze eesr to csrve and eleva~e ant puify and. lreserve the St-it. r --:a a : c r ienaskcriy R Lozg es i:VaMraing his thought on thi l:e what w-ass ines for the Brist: ;-nmire by iwing n i. agrar d pee:u, L:-:: be apol"d t: :'eth Caro - lin, . Te'er c an the sets of the Geut ral A s . ,, ssid 14~c ;hi a, are' the .c :f the Ap sil- ard the S: ,d, for state- and princioalit s Yurid :.'trs Well ri-; u-h Car.lina .: -a 4s prcp' -Cd for la d "L'rd, Gcd of Hots. be with us yet. Lest we forget. lest we forget!" A ST R -NGE SCENE. A cordemned Mund-rer Preach-nn to His Fellow Prisoners. H. S Perry, the condemned mur derer of Bly Lanier, who was hanged en iast Wednesday. cInducted religi ous servics in the Atlanta jail the Surday before he was hung, and preached a sermon to the 30u convicts assembled that led to scenes dramatic almost besond description. When Dr. Stevenson, the chaplain, visited the prison this mornidg Perry requested permission to lead the morn ing services and the sheriff consent ing the chaplain also gave his consent. The condemned ratan was unchained aid taken into the chapel, where all the convicts were assembled. After Dr. Stevenson had introduced him to his strange audience he tock position back of the little pulpit as calmly and with as much self assurancess utouzh the matter was an every day occir re, ce with him. He read two chap ters from the Bible acd chose as his txt: '"Blieve on the Lord Jesus hiilst, and thou shalt be saved." Perry began by saying that he was to te hanged within three days, and that he felt it to be his duty to take advantage of the little time spared him to do some good among his fellow ren. He earnestly and eloquently urged those abcut him to reform and live honest lives hereafter. He told them how thankful they ought to be that so much time was spared them. He stoke of leaving his wife and five children with no one to care for them. Here some of the convicts began to sob and wail. Negroes wrung their hand; and fell down on their knees, shouting and praying. Perry said that while hs children must grow up to leara that their fath er bad died on the gallows he had no 'ear but that they would some day learn to revere his memory and to love him fcr sacrificing his own life to save their mother's honor. "Tae thought of leaving these dear ones behind," he said, "is all I have to regret, but I am consoled to a great exteot for I know when I am gone they can come to me. Then when we meet all will be j y. There will be no more parting. We can all j )in the heavenly band, where there wil be no more sorrow, but everything will be love and joy. "O course it will always be hurl, in on my dear ch idrens' faces how their father met his death. Thank God, their gocd mother can tell them why I was put to death by the hands of the law, and this pure woman is the only living one that knows the whole truth which wicked men have I re'used to believe. "This dear-mother will not only de liver the sad message, but she can re peat these.glorious words, 'While your father died on the gallows, thank God he died trusting the L->rd.' And this dear mother can read the grand prom ises of Jests to them and teach them the way they can go to that land of rest and be with their father forever, where dcath and serrw are not known. "I feel thankful I have no envyv in my heart against any one, but my love runneth out to every body. With these beautiful pro-nises and many others that make my hearh rej ice, I eel it is only a short step to the pres oce of Gzd, where I can meet those loved ones who have gone before.. "This, of course, will be a sad part ing here with my dear wife, loving children, f fectionate brothers and sis ters, but oh, what a joyful meeting I will have. A father and mother, also a brother and one sweet little child of mine, are awaiting my coming on the other shore, and when I am gone I hope not one soul will wish for me back on this vile and sinful world, but that every one will now prepare to meet me in the sweet by and by. May God- bless and keep His dear ones from sin." His audience finallyv b:came so dem onstrative that he could proceed only with difficulty, and he callE d on the prison choir to sing Taylor Delk, the oulaw, whose son Tom was hanged a few weeks azo, and who himself is to be hanged next month, arose in his lace and led the singing, waving his long arms wildly in front of his exl cited chorus In conclusion Perry asked every man present who honestly meant to reform and would try to meet him in heaven to come forward and share his hand. and every man among them accepted the invitation. Si x or More People K uled. An explosion of nitroglycerine oc currd at Cygnett, 0.11o, Tuesdiay af ternoon resulting in the death of six people whose names are known and several whose names are at present unkno wn. The explosion occurred at the Grant well, located at the rear of the National Supply Company's office building in the village limits. This wel had just been shot by Samuel Brber, the shooter for the 0 1io and Indiana Torpedo company. The well was a gaser and when the 120) gaarts of alycerine was let down in it explo ded, the gans ignited, and with a roar tte flames shot high above the de-rick. A soon cs the drillers saw the fiames several cliuibed into the derrick to shut oif the gas, but they had hardly gotten there when there was a territiD explosion. The burning gas had star ted the ren~aining glycerine in the empty cans standing in a wagon near Ithe derrick. In another wagon near by were cans containing 120. quarts of the stuir, and this was starte2 by the force of the fi.-st explosion. The sec Iond was blended with the first in a mihty roar, and the town and sur Irounding country for miles trembled frm the shock. The National Supply copany's building was completely demolished, an.d nothing remains but a big hole where the wagons stood. There is not a whole patne of giass im any window in the toxvn ana every ho~se and store was shaken. Who the killed are cannot be learned. Eight buildings are a total wreck and may others damaged. The town has a popumuion of about 1.23. Many bystanders wore wounded. S cnreu.ed on His Deathbed, A sccial from Baucroft, Mich, says thtat [Harry F. L 'alier, of R :e.'1 ester, N. Y., died there Wednesday. Beore his demise he stated that he ad been guilty of killing a Miss En erson in Rochester, aid of e-nbezde ment fro.n a R~chest-.r 1ire~ iisuracy uirmi A crrespondent in Rachester Iinterviewed Charles T. 1 :adley, fatl er of the deceased. He acknowledged thtteman was his son, bei kaenv nothing aucut the cri-nes c>:nmitted. F?te ofa uxmiupJxsp-t A. negoro woman name'd anna Hab, smetd of na'ing contrac.ed ta Sx, cse 'ped fromt eu'odyadatev led a church anid creo a ' y unet among2 the congregation at Cl~o Mison F'riday. zie wvas rs. or te c-'urch and nt.Oiang' moire was' hard of tier until she was for ad dead TIU MAN NOT KERY DEA), T .ENATC.&AL PR1M- RY STRENGTHENS HiS HANG$. i:.1 1 vFrans an.d Irby-Two Loads have been Taken from hi Shoulders-MCan rio Lot nloo, but a Frie:d:that's 10t ter. Joe Ohl, writir. to the Atlanta Con stitution, in soesiking of the late pri mary, says Tiliman is far from being politically dead. In reference to the question, "Where does this Senatori tl race leave Tillman?" he says: There are indications that the ques t'son as beine asked pretty generally throughout the country. Able cirres pondents here at the Capital of the State have had that question fired at them from inquiring managing edi tors whose sanctums are located in different cities of the North, and some of these in quiries have been so worded as to indicate a belief on the part of the senders that McLaurin's endorse ment was a black eye to the doughty chief, whose power in South Carolina has been so great. Just what have been the replies of these several correspondents I am not in a position to know; but the "where does this leaves Tillman?" phrase of the South Carolina situation is inter esting to the people of the South, as well as to the Northern editors. The answer is natural and pertin ent; the question is clear to one who will study the conditions here. This endorsement of McLaurin strengthens Tillman's hands. A great many people will not agree with this analysis of the situation. Tillman's enemies talk of it as the beginning of the end of Tillmanism, and point to the indignant outbursts of Evans and Irby as evidences of this. They tell you that McLaurin's friends have been suspicious of Tillman all the time, and that the latter stayed here and fought for some one man in stead of going out of the State to keep from taking part in the fight. They talk of opposition from the Evans aid Irby tactions as well as the C'iserra tives, and point to Senator McL arin's statenent in the Constitution as mean ing a declaration of war from the new Senator. This is the analysis which som'peo pie will give the South Carolina situa tion. and with these the wish is father to the thought. They are talking from the purely surface indications and are arguing from wrong premises. They are all wrong in the corclusions which They draw with regard to the McLTurin attitude, for they are all wreng in their premises. True there was a disposition on the part of some of McLaurin's friends to wond-r if Tillman was going to keep hands of as he had promised, oarticularly in view of the strong effort Evans was making to create the imoression that he was the chosen one; but the returns very promptly dispelled all dou'ts on that score. They show that Tillman certainly let Evans paddle his own canoe aad they show that Tillman's endorsement of McLaurin's tariff posi ion helped the junior Senator. True, Tillman did not openly endorsa Mc Laurin, but hedid strongly dtfend his own tariff votes, and did say that McLaurin's position on that question was identical with his own. Not an open endorsement, but more valuable to McL curin. Nor was McLaurin's refe-ence ot the "men who shouted loudest for Tillman and reform" in any sense a criticism of Tillman, as somne of the latter's enemies have constructed it to be. He was not criticitiog Titiman, but the little fellowc who have a'.tan ed some sort of prominence by hang ing to Tillman's coat tails That was legiimae criticism of McL aurin's op ponents, and the people of Sauth Car oliria have endorsed it. True-reverting again to the theory of the Anti-Tillmanites-Tillmanl will lose the support of the E vans and Irby "fac ior s " For this sad blow be has ood reason to be profoundly thank fl. These are t wo political sins which the people of South Carolina have held against Tillman, and he is well rid of them. To have had to carry them in the past has been a burden, and I am sure Tillman feels a load has been taken from his shoulder ita their retirement fromn pub'io life. Neither man would have been heard of but for Tillman; neither can hope to be a political factor in the future. They may fight Tillman all they c'hoose; teir oopositi~n will benent, rather than irij are, him. IIn a broad sense it is far better for Tillman to have as his colleague in the Senate a man who is there because of his o un merits rather than a "me too." No political tool can e ver be of much real value to his maker. It is the rule, though there may be exzeptions, tnat the tools are men of little power, though they may be mr-n of merit; that when they utter wisdom they are criticise d as beg mere mouthpieces. ani whatever tney say adds nothing to the weight of the same declaration when it falls from the lips of their pricipuls; that whatever of folly they may utter, of whaever mistakes they may make are at once charged up aaaisst thole principals. The "me too" is an element of weakness, not of strength, to the no ltical boss, however strong he him self may be. Conkling would have won his nght against Garfield bat for tne cirtoomists who made Platt a "me too" puppy tagging at his heels; now by the same token Davenport is mnak Platt ridicu'ous ey me-tooing h ..2 with with little Q iigg. Tillmean had a - ne tx" in Irby, and rd a year a;;o to a:k one out of E ans. If he is a de a ;t muan he should miss noopportunity ui se-:d up thanks to the throne of grace f.or his failure. That was thre best tning that has h appened to him-being, as t we te forerunner of the utter anni1ma ion of E raas inl this primary. T ia should complete Tillmiu's happine a Evns says Tillmnan advised him against making this re. Toat is bit aloher evidenceof Tlflmanl> ed 3.; ard his failure to take thait a ivice is but another evidence of Ennu's weak nes McL iurin is ncoody 's "m a too' IHe sars in the Sen-ate the t'ci of ac man. ~He is to be a r- al factor in Suth Carolina aI irs, s, rs friend ship will be vatua'le. i r.n i frier.iv with Tillmau. T.a uoes not nean thjat tic ta-o miea are to be ali in everything, but to have thie -nd ship of McLaur-in will be of m-a ue to Tilmran than wou!.i ue ice. n ing worshia cf men link' Ecansa! Icoy. Tillinan retains -i fridhp for McLaurin, and hi; frie d~ L k that while T imaa o v- i t h~s uroinise to kee~ 'hands i~L far a active participation1 went, whatever of incidental intl ;emcce hme exer-ed was fr McLaurin; he gats rid or Evans and irby, which is again worth c~vnt og~ as suen. .,, O U the three thim.zs wia en r.is ene miies hnld most a as: himta? ne iswell -~ of to T e tair-aud the chief m ) bitterly -s tie dispensary. Thai l a verv I ive issue in So ith Carolina, be i "noway id i enter into this e a o o. ome Cx'strvatives whc am m6a l conservative in their dis *k or their actions refused to vote r Mcl aurin because he voted with Tdlman for what is known as the Lat Royal zakes the food pure, wholesomue and delicious. IK ~OYA POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL cAk \C P'OwDER CO., NEW YORK. ply showed their ignorance of the prc visions of tbat amendment to the al ready existing Wilson late; but with that exception the dispensary question did not in any way enter into the campaign. What figure it may cut in Tillman's future campaigns it is for. the future to sy. Old Prof. Galphin, who was the most famnous educat-r of South Caro lina before and following the war,and wh-se fame extended throughout the South was wo it to brag greatly of the famaus public men who had received their education at his hands. It was a long list of S :nators and Governors and leaders of the old regime, and he had good right to be proud of the names. "But," he would always add, 'the smartest boy I ever had is living on a farm in Eigefield county. His name is Ben Tillman " 'cLiurin's splendid victory is a handsome endorsement for Gov. El larbe, who appointed McLaurin to fill the place made vac.nt by the death of Senator E trle. He was able to make a high class appointment and at the same time confer an honor on a friend, and wes naturally deeply interested in McLaurin's success. The Senator's physical brear-down undoubtedly made him many votes. The cnaracter of the fight that was be ing made on him was understood by the peonle, and that desire to see fair lay which is so strongly imbedded in the heart of every Southerner created a feeling in his behalf with many peo ple who bad been indifferent as to the result. When he fell, and it was seen that his life had been endangered by this priz fight, campaigning, his op onents came in for much criticism. Just now there is much discussion of knock-down-and drag out campaign ing which has been so long in vogue in South Carolina, and if there is any substance to what is being said now, that style of campaigning is doomed. Certain it is that the man who resort ed not only to misrepresentation, but to the lowest of mud-slinging and vil lification. were turned do wn; he who conducted a clean campaign, ising the weapons of the otners only when ab solutely necessary in self-defence, was honore:1. South Car~lina has seen much of this ca npaigning in the past. The fashion is to charge it all up to Till miim u hs ehd far ante fact makes the predic i )n that the end i in sight a rather hazardous one. Just no w the pe~ple are talking that way. The joint debates were slimly attended and tuere was no such inter est in mud slinging and hurling of epithets that there has been in other campaigns. S.ill this tendency to ward peace is probably temporary. There are men here willing to proph esy that the end of such campaigning is in sight, but the millennium has not been reached, and these prophets will probably forget all ab~ut it by next year. Howrever, one thing is certain. It would be well if these prophets were honred-and folio wed-in their cou n try. The Cotton orop. Tae returns for cotton to the depart ment of agr'calture at Washington in dicates an average condition of 78 3 on September 1st, as compared with &8 9 on August 1st, a decline of 8 6 p >ints. Average c >ndition September it, 1896, was 64.2, and the average condition Se ptember 1st, 1896, for the last ten years, is 79 2. There has been a marke'd decline iQ almost all the staes of principal prod uc~ion, .the de cline in Georgis being 15 points, in Arkansas 13, in Louisiana 12, in Tex as, Alabama and South Carolina 8 in Teanessee 7, in Mississippi and in North Carolina 2 points The only e x eept"on to the rule is Odlahoma, where th-- cndition shows an imnprovement of 9 points Ttz droug.htthatso long prvied thro:ughout the greater pcr tim of the cotton belt has been fol lo-ved in many sec'ions by excessive rains. wbiah have done great damage t-o tde croo Rust and shedding are reported trom hasndreds of c .uaties, and the Statement -No top crop' is very freq-uent. The aversees of the states are as felo-ws. Virgiuia, 90: North Carolina, 95; South Ciroitns, 8 ; Georgia, 80; F'lorid ', 8d, Alitbama, S: Mississippi, 81; Lusiana, 78; Texas, 70; Arkansas 77; Tenn-ssse 77; Misouri, S1; Indian Territory, 93; I The DispensaryBunes The Columbia Register sass the s'.ate dispensary appears to be doing a bre business these day. L irge shipmePn have been made recently, anad the cf ticials ot hea':q iarters are kept q ute busy filiin2 the orders from the coun t disoensers Tuesday and Wednes. . were big LPhe zet day .Ot tirs; day nr-nej sti l 5 V 'ra I iqors ~were shipped. a" i eldnes dy the sales amounted to $3 00 C1 Vance says that the ord 1rs fr am coa t dispensaries continsuet i ene in, aad that the original packa'e agenut canot coaipete to mater' ity hurt th, usies of the dispensari s because ne says the liquors which are sold by the state are superior in grade. The Dead'y Croesing. A Phjiadelphia and R~ading wreck jug engine crashed into a wagon at a la.e crossing at Fr-ush Vaer a few .i ils above R aading, Pa , Taesd ay ui.ht, and three lives were lost. Thai dad a-e: Eras deister, afed 45 c'-rs; Warren Faiuts, age.1 19; LDUu Faust, aged 7. All were insat!y kiled. Tue bys ware sus .of l Fauut, a railler of B3 rkely , tan e n ty anjI Heist-er, wasu wa i ? i en l-)r, was driving then ia a cvr vagon, with a load of Vlour for deuiv dry. Toe presumation is th~at he did ~ot hea te approach of t'e e igme. Te 'codies were aorribly magled. P. T. Birnum or.ce said: "If you have te". dolibrs to put isto business, pd one for the articl and the other iec for adr-IsnUZ. I can out-talk aav man but a printer. Tne man who a stick ty pe andi the nex: mornmng :al k to athuusand' people wulile Ilam talking to one is the man I am afraid o a I want him for my friend."