The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, September 29, 1897, Image 4
SHINING LIKE SAN
REV. DR. TALMAGE CFFES SUBJME
HOPE FOR CHRIST LAN W, RKERS
A Good Example- Righteousn<ss by Praysr
and by Christian Admonition-The Over
whelming Thought of the T. it - Shtuitg
Zhrough Eternity and R -ignting For( ver.
This discourse tlashes a lbrich: li.ht ittn
the life of Christian workers ut-i o:ler- a
sublime hope for all those who are
aged in their attempts to do go r
mage's text last Sunda1y w. 1a'et x
"They that turn many to --
shine as the stars forever aua e.er
Every man has a t.ilsa
thousand branches. 2i
through all the earth. H:: b
through all the heaven . 1 - ih
voice. witb eye, with h-t with 1 } -
silence often i lot1 :a thundler at in I
is a dirge or a x' .,r is nou
thing as negttive iniene. W e are :ilpi
tive in the place we c::y, rkin the
world better or nmatin' it wO'e- ou n
L-rd's side cr on the up
reasons for our blessedness or :-anishe t
and we have already Ion con in ; op ie:
heaven'or hell. I her r":l t"ll of wit'
theyaregoing to do. A man who h:.-w
down a city might as well talk : se:t; evil
that he expects to do. or a man who ;a: ne I
an empire might as well talk of oe I
he expects to do. By the force of your er
influence you have alretl a ni ue' ir
ite values, or you have by the pover of a
right influence won whole kingd'n-a 1-r t I1
It would be absurd for r, by elah,ra
argument, to prove th-t the worja
is off the track. ."u :.
as well stand at the foot of an c:'nktut
amid the wreck of a caps:zei rail train.
proving by elaborate argument that sie
thing is out of order. Adt-u ttu ea ve
the embankment 60 centuries ao. an-d i;
whole race i' one long trutan bat g-tO on
tumbling in th'e 'same direc:inn Crash.
crash: The only ltestioi now ., G what
leverage can the crushed thing be lifted: By
what hammer may the fragments be recon
structed I .want to show you how we may
turn many to righteousness. and what will
be your future pay for so doing
First we may turn them by the charm o:
a right example. A child coning from a
filthy home was taught at school to wash its
face. It -vent home so much improved in
appearance that its mother washed her face.
And when the father of the houschold came
home and saw the improvement in domestic
appearance he washed his face. The neigh
bors, happening in, saw the change and
tried the same experiment, until all the
street was purified, and the next street cop
ied its example, and the whole city felt the
result of one schoolboy washing his face.
That is a fable by which we set forth that
the best way to get the world washed of its
sins and pollution is to have our own heart
and life cleansed and purified. A man with
grace in his heart and Christian cheerfulness
in his face and holy tonsistency in his be
havior is a perpetual sermon. and the ser
mon differs from others in that it has but one
head, and the longer it runs the better.
There are honest men who walk down
Wall s:reet, making the teeth of iniquity
chatter. There a happy men who go into a
sickroom and by a look help the iroken
bone to knit and the excited nerves drop to
a calm beating. There are pure men whose
presence silences the tongpe of uncleanness.
The mightiest agent of good on earth is a
consistent Christian. I like the Bible folded
between lids of cloth, of calfskin or morocco,
but I like it better when, in the shape of a
man, it goes out into the world-a Bible il
lustrated. Courage is beautiful to read
about, but rather would I see a man with all
the world against him confident as though
all the world were for him. Patience is
beautiful to read about, but rather would 1
see a buffetted soul calmly waiting for the
time of deliverance. Faith is beautiful to
read about, but rather would I find a man
in the midnight walking straight on as
though he saw everything. Oh, how many
souls have been turned to God by the charm
of a bright example!
When in the Mexican war the troops were
waveing, a general rose in his stirrups and
dashed into the enemy's lines, shouting,
"Men, follow me!" They, seeing his courage
and disposition, dashed on after him and
gained the victory. What men want to rally
them for God is an example to lead them.
All your commands to others to advance
amount to nothing as long as you stay be
hind. To affect themi aright you need to
start for heaven yourself, looking back only
to give the stirring cry of ".\en, follow:"
Again, we may turn many to righteousness
by prayer. There is no such detective as
prayer, for no one can hide away from it. It
puts it hands upon the shoulder of a man J0,
000 miles off. It alights on a ship midatlantic
The little child cannot understands the law
of electricity or how the telegir:.ph operator
by touching the instrument may dart a mes
sage under the sea to another cont nent.
Nor can we. with our small intellect, under
stand how the touch of a Christia's prayer
shall instantly strikc a soul on the other side
of the earth. You take ship and go' to some
other country and get there at 11 o' clock in
the morning. You telegraph to Ameries
and the nmessage gets here at 6; o'clock the
same morning. In other words, it seemus
to arrive here five hours before it stairted.
Like that is prayer. Goil says. 'Blf~ire
they call I will hear.'' To overtake a loved
one on the road you may spur up a lathered
steed until he shall outrace the one that
brought the news to Ghent, but a prayer
shall catch it at one gallop. A boy running
away from home may take the mi lnight
train from the country village antd reach the
seaport in time to gain the ship that sails on
the morrow, but a mother's prayer will be
on the deck to meet him, and in the ham
mock before he swings into it. an-I at the
capstan before he winds the rope arotnd,
and on the sea against the sk-y as thbe vessel
plows on toward it. There is a mightiness
in prayer. George 31ulier prayed a com
pany of poor boys together. and then he
prayed up an asylum in which they naigat
be sheltered. Hie turned his face toward
Edinburgh and prayed, and there came ?1 -
000 He turned his face toward London aud
prayed, and there came ?12I0. He turned
his face toward Dublin and prayed, and there
came .?1,000. The breath of Elijah's prayer
blew all the clouds otl the sky, and it was
dry weather. The breath of ijiah's trayer
blew all the clotuds together, and it was wet
weather. Prayer in Daniel's time walke.1
the cave as a lion tamer, it reached up an-i
took the sun by its golden bit and stopped it
and the moon by its silver lit and stopped
We have all yet to try the full power of
prayer. The time will come when the
American church will pray with its tace to
ward the west and all the prairies and inland
cities will surrender to God, and will pray
with face toward the sea, and all the illands
and ships will betomte Christian. l'arents
who have wayward sons will get down en
their knees and say, "Iord, send my i-dy
home," and the boy in Canton shall getrgh
up from the gaming table and ge down to
fid out which ship starts tirst for America.
Not one of us yet knows how to pray. All
we have done as yet has only been pottering.
A boy gets hold of his father's saw and ham
mer and tries to make something. but it is a
poor affair that he makes. The father comes
and takes the same saw and hammer and
builds the house or the ship. In the child
hood of our Christian faith we make but poor
work with these weapons of prayer, but
when we come to the stature of men in
Christ Jesus, then, under these implements,
the temple of God will rise and the world's
redemption will be launched. God cares not
for the length of cur prayers, or the number
of our prayers, or the beauty of our prayters,
or the place of our prayers, but it is :he :aih
in them that tells. Believing prayer scars
higher than the lark ever sang, tlunge
deeper than diving bell ever sank.dat
quicker than lightning ever :iashed. Th auh
we have used only the back of this weaa
instead of the edge, what marvel-- ;;v be
wroght! if saved, we are all the ca-tve
of some earnest prayer. Would God that in
desire for the rescue'of souls we migti
prayer lay hold of the resources of the ILrd
Omnipotent:
We may turn many to righteoutsne.sb
Christian admonition. IDo not waituni
you can make a formai speech. Address the
one next to you. You will not go home
alone today. Between this and your place of
stopping you may decide the eterna: destiny
s it r .: t . T "ere , -ts ul en ear:1
s at C . . " 1 ri.e to tt . 1 i:- y u1 ri tly
t'i~ili:.feet i :'a anid
n a e 1 : an.d l'.:tch di-1
ta - \r': ery any oivers ant minert.
an es puring iu vs of deti, an11
:.d.n reekle of danger can d
., i .PiTe stotCs ieart of sia, though
er :rrotn e l by an ocean of
,r ~t r ,r, ,tn ter ChtristiI m hobardtiunrt
:1! I" a t the -'11i of re,iem a tion.
: ' all' a uonin' an I pr iver nvi
ri.ti n work for nothing: \ly text pr:
hat eternal laster. -- vy
t'an tur manyl t? rihte *,'.u '. ,hatl -i1::e
w,.l. ' . l. . r .e: '. 1 ear '" an i 11
e .-. :t 1 . i : e e w i 1
is 'ttt' I"' t , ,
.1 *. ~ r~. . n'1
r .a t. e hi:ii tol.' t he w i. I t.
lyt, . e t rolia, t,.r there N t i t h
,Le**a i, hieLit. us L I v' , i'
'-I. ,.* s the ret-er el live with hin.
tie , . huir.:l them: as hiy com
Sles in earth'y itoil an 1 temnembnr what
the" iii :r the h.. ar o: his mate and for
th'..-re.I of h, kintwn. All their pray
er- awd te.1r' aU I work will risc before him
aino their fices, an. he will di
vi ie hi kingdomi with them--his petce their
te te. his holiness their holiness. his jIy
t::.ir *y. The '.ry of the centrcl throne
rtle*ied from ti surrotn-ling throne-. the
Srt s : sin s:r'uck from the t brist iin
orb, andi the entire niture a treille ani a
t.,-h with light. they si il sline as the stars
forever and ever.
A tin, Christian workers sit til le like the
stars in the f.irrt thact they hare a light inde
pen'ient of each other. L a k up at the nig-ht
and see each world show its dLitint. glory.
It is not like the cntia~ration in which yo'.
cnnot tell where one t: ime stops and -
other begins. Neptune, Herschel a:' e
cury are as distinct a3 if each one of them
were the only .:ar. So our indi:ilualiim
will not be lost in heaven. A great multi
tude, vet each one as observable, as distinct
ly recognized, as greatly celebrated, as if in
all the space. from gate to gate, and from
hill to hill, he were the only inhabitant. No
nixing up, no mob, no indiscriminate rush:
each Christian worker standing out illustti.
ous. all the story of earthly achievement ad
hering to each one, his self denials and pains
an I services and victories pnblished.
IBefore men went out to the last war the
orators told them that they t'ould all be re
tuembered by their c:untry and their names
be commemorated in poetry and in song, but
go to the graveyard in Richmond and you
will find there 6,000 graves, over each of
which is the inscription, -Unknown." The
world does not remember its heroes, but
there will be no unrecognized Christian
worker in heaven. Each one known by all:
grandly known: known by acclamation; all
the past story of work for God glea'ning in
cheek and brow and foot and p+lm. They
shall shine with distinct light as the stars,
forever and ever.
Again, Christian workers shall shine like
the stars in clusters. In looking up you
find the worlds in family circles. Brothers
and sisters-they take hold of each other's
hands and dance in groups. Orion in a
groun. The Plejads in a group. The solar
system is onty a company of children with
bright faces gathered around one great fire
place. The worlds do not straggle off. They
go in squalrons and fleets sailing through
immensity. So Christian workers in heaven
will dwell in neighborhoods and clusters
I am sure that some people I will like in
heaven a great deal better than others.
Yonder is a~constellation of stately Christ
ians. They lived on earth by rigid rule
I hey never laughed. They walked every
hour anxious lest they should lose their dig
nity. but they loved God, and yonder they
shine in brilliant constellation. Yet I shall
not lcng to get into that particular group
Yonder is a constellation of small hearted
Christians-asteroids in the eternal astrono
my. While some souls go up from Christian
battle and blaze like Mars, these asterotd<
dar: a feeble ray like Vesta. Yonder is a
constellation of rnartyrs, of apostlet, of pa
triarchs. Our souls ns they go up to heaven
will seek ot the most congenial society.
Yonder is a constellation almost merry
with the play of' light On earth they were
full of sympathies and songes and tears and
conratulations. When they prayed. their
words took tire. When they sang. the tine
culd not hold' the:m. When they wept over
a .,orld's wes, they' sobbed as if hear:tbro.
ken. When they worked for (btrist. the':
: i:e I with enth.:sia-m. Yuder the': are
circle of light, constellation ofiny, galaxy of
ire:i Oh, that yotu and I tv that grace
whzen car. transform the worsi into thihe:
minht at lass stil in the wake of' that tleet
at whee 'n tt-.t glorbitus group as the st trs
forever an i evr
.Xann Christi--an''rkes wiil -hinte lie
the -'a-- tn swit ie-- of motion. The world
'd 0 ro )t to thne T1"ere tire no :1xe11
sasavast' rehctive po-itton. The star
a-"areni-ly mio.t t' roughly fixed :iies thous
andi -of mil-' tumiu-e The a'troanmer.
uting 'i- tele cope for an. alpensteck. le-cp
fromn world era' to world era: and tintu n
-tar .t udng -till. The ch'tamois htuter ha
o I to eitcht hi - re, bt not so -wift is I<
<r:tm.e as that w:;hi the se'entist tries to
'hoot thrsg'h the tower of oh-ervit)ry
Like petre'st mdathtic~ that sem to cvs
fretm no sh::0e and bce bound to no l1:dn
place. I rigI :ltim', s these gre i' 11ikso
worlds rest not as they go. win.: tin i wi'g,
age after agre, fctrever atn iever. The cie
hastes to its prey:. lbut we shalli in stpe.ed bea
the eagle'. Yout have noticed the veloeit of0
the swift hotrse, tunder whore 'e'et thte mile
sip like a smnooth ri'on, antd is lie passes
the fout- hoot's strike the enrth in suchiik
eat ycur pul~ses take the samte vibratio.
Bat all these things are not swif't in cempar-J
sn with thte lotion of which I spea . 'lTe
moon inaves 5 000U' miles in a day. Yonder
Netunte I ishe's ca 11,'e0 miles itn ant hour-.
Yonder M?ercu:ry gos Iv:,. nmiles in an
hor cclk the stars, the Christian sha~ll
hine 'In 'wiftness cf nottion.
You' tea" now of father or amtner or child
-ick l' ('ile's away, and it t tkes you two
davs to a:. to themtt. Yout hear of somtCecase
ofufring thait demtands your immttediate
attenion, cut it takes you an hour to get
there. Oh, the joy when you shall, in tul
:nent of thie text. take starry speed and be
e:ual to lU0,t000 miles an hour: Having on
earth got used. to Caristian work, you will
not 1it when death strikes you. You will
ely take on more velocity. Thtere i-' a dy
ing chi'l in London. and its spirit must he
taken ur' to God'. You are there in ani in
stat to 'Io it There is ai young man in
New York to be arrested from going into
that gate of sin. Yon are there in tin in
smnt to arrest him. Wh"ther with spring of
foot ot strtoke of wing or by the force of some
new law that shall hurl you to the spot
where you would no I ktnw nt b'ut my
teat sutggests veloety. All spa-c open be
fore you, with nothing to hinde'r vou iu
mission of light and love atnd joy, ott -hall
shine in swittness of motion as the -'ars- for
ever aind ever.
Again, Christiatn workers,~ li tars.
shine in ranitude. The mo't il'iterate
:mant knows thatt these thingsi'n'the -k.
la.king like glit buttons. are greait nme of
Iater Toeigh the:n: one nt.d: tritna
tha:it wuldreunire scales witht a t:,lar
hnresof thoussands of raies itigh and
chis:ndred.s of thousand:, of mtiles iong.
ania tebtomo of the chains basins con
hi:er- lethunredis of thoutsands of muiles
w:12. n i tht he ("nipote nce alone cou:i
it - .e onI hi geometry''nd we-ghed
w tiiapia-' wori Yte. he has puied
liersel "ie- 'n 't'niles in a -ne.pter. Sur
mi. es i d'teter, and that the sman s
earl on te be-ach of hieaven 'is in"::ene be
i: ret. i : , -- 1 h : :- . : :".
w e1 h:.. tit .e ' \ . m t : :h i : .
evC.r thingt, w a. L i h '.hl p e " ever
thing -trenLt 1 Lh i: -'h !! pwe'- ev'eryiLi:c
S't I: e al l rI t e i ' t i Itpe t i :
i m' ': w l' II I: :. .t ' it t 1
kine nt he l" . -1: t 1 w1 r a
v l - 0ile n2 l i e
thin. hat :his areit is ime l :ip e ~ i h
m ilor i the' d 11:::y c.:'uizh r iz 't o f wi: ' .
I' I
k ".- 'i
t ec Ii:ai1. '' o k u :.i. :-' t :R
'h-i ':he witeC lilie" hLit bloem in nii i
b a in d l i e n s o o u K. 'i " a :ce r
L.T Ilt'v 11.1 e f'liI'1 OflC'f.'e t-:I5e l :.i
t irm1 al t e . ce urie. T - -:i t a ct:
a:i; e . r i' irranean au I Lhe
'ene i : tiL"L oun:.d i.t. way int' Le:a toL
'heir :itm'Tr i- 's b'rig1ht ingT a~ who~ in
'nc'i t hii'i ' h st" in their cur .iel
To LIhe ancIie nts thers were ymni offf'(
eternity, ht:t here :h' ilure of my'~ text
je'tl" 'f the ''ig nt 'i'he tari' sh:il
nt ":i:In 1 rv Th.'e b ine a:i th
. ini .1like a ir l v. nA wl'n thef
c nnecting It ctory fhin. i:t ugt I ftii t'ro'7i1
riii mil i a "i il the .mI'ilier wheels slat.
enI ieir s1e, an- with slower noitin the'y
turn Ufntil titey come I to at tuli Stop, so this
greit nachinery of the Inverse, wheel with
t!?Cept:h i.'tkig r vlt o a pp ";I : all;in
speeat, hwll by he touch of i's h:td s'i
the band _ires 'ot law and slacken and
tsop. Tnat .wh it will be the matter with
the mount ins. The chariots in which they
ride shall'.lt si tuddenly that the king
shall be arown out Star after star shall b<
carried < ut to burial amid funeral torches oJ
burning worlis. Cinstellations shall throw
ashes on their heals, and all up and dowt
the high ways of space thex e shall be mourn
inmorin, htliouning, he::ue of th
worlds that are deil. But the Christiat
workers sha'l never quii ticir thon Thei
shall reign forever and c e.
A sherifr Condemned.
At Thursday's session of the Execu
tive Council of the Americ in Federa
tion of Labor held at Washington, D.
C., the following resolutions werE
adopted:
"Resolved. That we declare the at
tak of Sheriff Martin and his deputiest
at Latimer on the marching miners
hea c1 strrke was a brutal unprovoan
ed masacre, insired by the coal op
erators of that slction to defeat thE
demands of the men ft better Cwndi
tions.
"Resolved, That the ever ready use
in late years of court irj motions
armed force and state militia in times
of labor troubles is only p srt of thE
insidious programme to entirely sub
j igate the workers of America t)> the
most debasing degradation.
"R:,solved, That we condemn mo s
severely the wanton killing and
wounding of the poor miners at Latti
mer, and will give our fullest help
through the trade unions and the
American Federation of Libor, tc
raise moneys for the legal prosectutior
and conviction of Sheriff Martin and
his murderous minions, that througs
the courts of our land even handed
justice may be done to at>ne for thes<
revolting murders."
The D-cl ne in silver.
The gold editoirs of the co'untry
are harping considerab'y on the faill
in the price of silqer, and at the same
tire pointing to the "bullion value'
of the silver dollar, which is now,
they claim, worth ermewhere around
forv-two cents in gold. There is just
one little poi'it cnnected with the
qeton which these chaps sem to
o'erlock Abouti a year ago, in s'1
ltlicial document, Secretary of the
Tr.ns, Johnit G. OutLai sr.-d that
the silver dol!ar is not redeenable in
gold or in any other kind of money,
and that the Treasuryi had nerer r.e
deemed it in gold. Iiissmuch as te
are not redeemable in gold, nor eve
have 'been redeemable int tha:. coin,
some of the gold bug editors oght to
exlai" -why i'. is that the ballion
valun of the ilver d.21ar, wortih .o
ially nl forty' t-ro centsa int gold,
still ~msintains its eq :ality of value
wth gclJ. Way is it. now, breth
ie, in view of the fact that the
slv~ de1 ar, not redeemavble 'n old
has net declinedJ in harm ony "with the
raa o' thenvm ul of w'ihi
Golidtte's i ettT' 'eare.
The proest which the L indcn
ba-nkrs dew up at their meeO ing in
the clearing hoce Thursd iy against
he policy of te governcr of ih~ DtB k
,f Eanrlnd la :nroonciug i's willing
nes to maitaiu" one-ti tht of itk bullion
re,.rve in sile, r was preserad to the'
bank toda'r. TheO resoluti'ifn is ue:omn
aied b~ a forral i'itter, and the
esoluion itaelf is in tihl nam'e of the
clearing ho use associa tion. Alithous h
all the members were not repre-entd
at the meeting, a misjiiy of the
menlership was repre'sen.td arnd
unanimously adopted the rzsolution,
which is as follows:
"That this meeting entirely disap
proves of the Bank of England agree
n .to exercise the option, permitted
by the act of 1884, holding one fifthn or
any other portion whatever of silver
as a reserve againt the c'rculation of
the Bank of E'igland ncies."
An organizei~ movement has begun
to induce other commercial bodies to
protest a.Tganst the announcement of
the governor of the Bank of E agland.
Torp-do Boat U'ipsz7.8
Tor~edo boat N>. 26i has capsiz'd
and suiak near the fiLst lightship cif
Cux Haven, eight of iier crew, includ
ing her cornmnder, Duke Frederick
Willam of Eckitnburg Schwerio,
were droivaed. The duoke was toorn in
171, held Ihe rank of lieutenant in
the Gernan navy, and was a brother
of the Grand D&de of Mecklenburg
deherin. A salviie steamer has
gone to the scene of diaas'er.
F 'v'r o u : Fr-mtPop--r
Tn'e ka:hi of the La jiy boay at
Beaumont, T1 x is Weitesdiy miorn
eg has caus-d consternat:Oa tue-re.
Te town is rigidly o'uarantined. The
little victim was a newrboy and ban
die New ()'leans newspapers. Citi
zens are Ileeing to the wood~s for ref
uge from the dread dtslase.
Sor:y f or Hiann i.
Thie fact that Wellingt'io, of' Mary
lnd is going to Ohio to speak in
the campaignr elicits an expression of
sypat'hy for Hanna from Washing
ton Post. It s ays Wellington's cham-'
pionship of his cause is the most seri
ous drawback Senator Hanna has to
VI Kv T }:f.
( I " C) *t_. :ATE .c
S VIi 1t 7 '; ? t ( f c~ +! 7 7!^,~
The itter of gu!- . i th
istm:'e: a~ti ofl( yell >. fl: e' u'm' . thet
b-rd s 'nar thor
ou i e i ' t) . the
intrd.:ein ayelow fver y r
e e ; mt
tud' ofso-h !(o:s 1 above thes
may b y m Lb-1 !".: > retiv sun r
fa*iees that Ihe d >er any:'
d n.. . on .... .>n by.. such...l.. de.
for" Cn 1:e isem his pvilt a ate cane
vadon f -5t f~in dt.he de M :d
oret. evarris a.iner o the i
bralta oas b'enC tcourge ad~~ fChaua
nooea w lis bu art exemy : i-i ic t87 fr-on
1 ilt ople~ tfe of our sst 1 S 1:at es a s a
may b.. ''1 il. te') r evtc s r r
hees athat oI ct-es rnen:)ecsr of p
e iso lt o irea fron the yellow
ce- r sc r-eins by soc allyt as
suc ie i onar b-: re rteatiy, etly
ancnomcl peome by. i the Ane J+i
us of u arr1.ti t ith rfald::
"TO'W hs bcu aly r)qure ai Ca
in) ~ i-tP1_ i1 ;a~ - t S'fron"
prt..oI- b such s altrin or~
bot car - +ece ire O at paced
iun reitent shelf lie forr and the
t eple of cr sstr Sats a teir ca
llanity, we would ir ess uon the
health authorities ine necessitiy of Pu
r; fication of all b lgzaze and household
affects of all refgees from the yellow
fever stricken r gions, esecialny as
suc puriSction can be readily, easily
and econmtcuy performed by the
use of Numi..tion Yith formaldehyde
gas.
RThis ny rquires a small tiht
apartmen s uch as a small.ror or
box car gh fence, wire orsea aced
in convenient shelf likb form, and the
use of speciaa lamps frvr generating
the gas; these lamps are endorsed by
all sanitary bodies and are in use dai
ly by the q iarantine authorities, and
are cheaply secured.
iYellow fever prevailed in the New
England states and Canada early in
the last century and ravaged the
tows in New York, Connecticut,
Rhode Island. and was especially vio
lent among the Indians who were al
almost exerminated by its ravages.
It was 6s mears after its ravages in
Philadelphia, Boston, \.-w York and
other places, before it appeared in
Charleston. Ofe hundred an sixty
years after its anpearace i a the north
it appeared in New O:leans.
tn ommerville Tenn.O is a town
surndho ihdeatifu aren,n
thm not her uderse huenor
shampslod ate)i~win severalisacswr
miesthe waer subjpts frlom are
veian resouy unnfeted ytwns.
ylow feveri atewa occurodcedo
herey frost and mai.aIt asilnt wasig
inthe msteroed stiums oftempatur
of caroad fhreni pragils, from
wnfmerevc cuin a ple fure
men whoeandele thbis bay con.
tathe werth the disease elvexere
qustikn illong fevr.Pitastes h
the onl esuent Cofelog the
sTate olydsafe bealie, fortesed ofr
eltlo tenaiona theat ocurreceofi
tieas roti and iepertanot toig
te Ceor aaidntin temporatufre
movi all tossibfenhi pruevailf bheur
cert oer ocuremic. Folan ich
tnl Ulnet-.d i~ts arine hospioal
beric~ae rea tie fabi ma y cor:
tainhgen of C., dSeae t. a9 ve7.
Dr James ans, secetary f Sa.
Bt wird of rHealth, ha thoe, S.rC.
csof datesnf nilege thcli:: that
hestate board ofea reltecd abe
pleased to the l st heialt ar
teso Getdi nst vi~snitarieaso tolo
to Clmndedrd the orios ke ofne
moprvious aletpr fom cths ofthe.r I
caeto vi edyou~ thatowing is the
pida eic o yelio.d feve in e outh.r~
ti w i a ~te si forn hos Gad
notithe d t te to me nfect
By dirs ~s ectfs'reiting ofusen
ge'rl f reace hosp rlervce .
di:R echilyt yours,~'roLr
~cc~ Gedu Su geoni .eo K S.
The ucte cditons edtionte
abov ettero aete fromnt ofce Ir
GSddino acil itrveingt xpee
of living wbf at~~ fectr imh ouege
Govewllror Eerbsi e has DsrdGthe
board that it woul b~e aidea. D
Gedim.s1i. an experta bhcterioloi
nCd a~toary sninerm e is nowt I
seeral month beoire heia can go to
Clemson. heSfcllo nM reoion
diticiferedb Dr.Si to n tdop
Rooesoledt Tart te inspet of rep
reseivngie t Uncite Statema
rioevervice erbe bys Sur'irn Genea
Weymaelo fuvristedrith an itopy of
eerad rmorthsdbupoe the anr gon-o
Cdeton ofhCemo colleigesointine
lastiard, That o the setor of p
teseaivomte of the tdstates boa
ofyhathe aismwtpanoy of reet
tihe ofUitedf thes mie thatsital
edvc and hsporoponsedesaitao con
diin Ceson Collegei Jn
Tlst as thn cor-ene of themer re
tha e sa committee of tedsngta boar
oifthealfthebdt accompany the peet
Uied f anted expatt mariemsuinas
frmed in his pratter, vand was Cun
neess io cor te sae ogsornd
Trale bad bynsd:.ee, wh apovead
Lht a bpodi n fosegistr aion o
wil be preste ad to acoegisanture
Lits ne t -s eon. Cms-uins
Fac tal ea E~c ad, Colreaon. r
A trrle hsateand waisonocun-e
eare Helea, consther Geogd approla
barma~ datroa ueday E lgeer w Jc
D.l Youe psad is firea ere atle
Coduto G.a R. Bod was badly.
,: ~ ~ i "'il. . C'1i-, t swi;sand
U. i .i i e i. i C< : 2 , "hitters
e a i i ::lborate
r: he r on d tye popular r(ach.
erasi n we!!s a:ec emp,r tive y scare
* :: -'Iher orce' of wattsis certain
y av: aupic::' What is wantuld is
:vimas t;:h11 c.. b q iickly apt) el
any whe:e and tihat 'T'i ad.nd posit i -e
assuiance of i.s < if Cti'etS far th
difrne! i any gernus of dis ae
whui may b' pr"'sent in the water to
aluich it is i lied. Tae Literary Di
"-st Sttefs. O: the au hority of the
lc N s, t:at such
rmeir,s hate b-i. n funrd a d tested
..t. r 'ul:s wh,", 1 Pre co clus iv:e Of
i.. t i .cy. 1. of. i k, it rep ris.
y out water r::y b- steril:zCd in
Snue' b d br.u:'ia to it,
:d t. the bro-nia m:a; b mien reu
trl z by sd 'in ammonia. "Tne
rie-r watr of , s':m his hen tested
S:oh 1 di edim-. a dafvr beig
r a-d' with bm-nir amonia i wa
fe- a rs of disea-:c were
in -inihdog? thcse ofcbo!cra
(d ty uod." A la 1n oft water, it
eis .ined, may be sterli -d by this
Senev as :o1lTs: ' First add to it
t- rca drops of the fallowing solution:
Waeer 1.000 parts, brynia 2) pirts,
p:.ta-si brotnid 20 parts; and then,
ter tive minu'es, adi three drops of
a 9 per cent. solution of ammonia."
Tne process, it is adde L. "is recom
a ended as a rapid, cheap and effec
tip: way to ster:lFze "drinking water
for armies. o0 board of ship, in un
ht athy localities and for medical
and .u.ieti purposes." The so'u
tiaus, as will be noted, are used most
s parurly --en drops of the two to a
aniIn o! water to be treated. A q tart
'vouid list a year. Tne device is
"-heaf enough, cart-iinly. It takes
e1 ct in ax few minutes, th-re is no
lun. dzlsy to dikcxurage its use or to
s-;rd an excase fr not using it.
Curious Pension Statistica.
The Richmond Dispatch, after study
ing the pension rolls of the United
S:ates d:scovers that 4,000 of these
veterans live abroad, in Earop3 and
Asia, drawing $600,000 annually from
Uncle Sam's treasury. Taere are 12
American pension ers in Belgium, Sin
Holland, 665 in Great B:itain, 601 in
Germany, 85 in Mexico,. 61 in France
and 79 in Switzerland. 'There is one
American pensioner in Ely pt, and he
gets ,120 a year from the United
dtates government. There are two
in the kingdom of Siam, six in Tur
key and one in the Az ores. There is
one American pensioner in Finland.
Another resides in E:uidor. ., o.her
resides on the Island of Madeira: The
country which contributes the larger
number of pensioners to the govern
ment list is Canada, with a total of
1.SS9. There are 29 in Italy, 1S in
Denmark, 37 in Nor way, and 44 in
Sweden. In Russia 1# 1-number
of pensioners is only six. Tnere is one
pensioner of the Uaitel States in Vcn
ezuela. but, he cannot be said to rank
very high on the scale of Ic >gnition,
for he receives on $42 a year. There
are three American pensioners in the
Argentine. Tnere is one in Roumania.
There are nine in Chili and t wenty
four in British Columbia. Alaska
contains twenty-eight. The Augusta
Chronicle truly says the north drew
upon almost every nationality to ir.
vade and cornquer the south, tne most
purely and distinctively American
section of the Union. We were ex
hausted b7 avoirdupois-weight of
meat agaiast us-purchased in every
market. Hessianism in the old revo
lution was immensely discounted in
the war of 1861 65, by our northern
brethren. Having, ,by sucha levies,
freed the negro, the contest is now on
for the emancipation of the white
man from a far worse bondage. Tne
true history of the late war will not be
written until the twentieth century.
Even distinguished Union veterans
are now admitting that the impending
conifict for liberty of the white man
at the north will vastly overshado w
that of the comb'at ending with abol
ishment of negro slavery. The next
war will be a peaceful o: e. Ballots
will be used instead of bullets, and
pensioners will not be one of its re
suts.
Th Colored College.
At a treating' of the trustees of the
Sate colored college at O0:angeborg
held recently in the G-vernor's office
at Columbia it ?'as d~cidad to estab
listh departments of printing, dress
mnuing ar. coolsing. Miss C. Davis,
Oi Clambia, who for the last two
C.ears ?as ben instructor of sewing i2
he L -en Presbyteri-an ?chool of Au
gutwas elected ie?structor. Tue in
tstmtOr in printing will be elected on
t-e 29 th oi the month. It is the pur
pose cf the board to elect the most
:netent nan av-ailable. A corn
mittee consisting of Sheritf Bradbamn,
Dr. Lowman and Mr. Kortjohn was
appointed to make the selection. A
ourse of study was adopted mak-ing
the entire collegiat-', preparatory and
indsrial coutses cw'er a pericd of
:eht years. Rales for the govern
w-nt of the school and faculty were
adopted. Professor Tno-inas, in charge
f the music depirtmnent, has resigned
his position. Tne position will be
dldat the meting on the 29.h of the
conth. Practically a new course of
tudy was arranged by the board.
atin, Greek, French, German, in
act, all the languages were dropped
rom the curriculum.
Forty People Kiilhd,
A c3 clone swept over Sava, Ocia
ad Latiano, Italy,all in the province
f Lecce, Wednesday evening. Forty
ersons were killed, seventy people
were wounded, t wenty houses were
estroyed and telegraphic communi
ation with the scene of the disaster
was cut aif. At Oria the railway de
pot was demolished and all the rail
way men engaged there were killed.
wo chateaux and thirty houses were
estroyed in a neighboring village,
where t wenty were killed an d t wenty
four injured. At Mesagne, a province
f Lacce, fifteen were killed and nye
injured._________
shot and Kilk d.
A dispatch from Tuscaloosa, Ala.,
as: J. G. Lellande was shot and in
tntly killed by A. Stoneking, a
railroad c ntractor, Fri&.2y af ternoon.
toneking invited Lellande to take a
rik. The latter refused, saying he
only drank with gentlemen, wbereu2
n Stoneking drew a revolver and
not Lellande in the abdomen. Let
lande was a member of Dunee & DL
lande Brothers, one of the most exten
sive railroad contracting firms in this
State. The killing causld intense ex
~itment. Both parities have many
friends in Tusetslocsai and the State at
lare.
Tho Pupe's Hiosehold.
A r-ccnt visitor to the Vatican says
be Court of Pope Leo XtII comprises
.00 persons. There are 20 valets,
20 chambermaids. 300O honorary
:amberm aids, 13k) supernumerary
:hambemaids, 30 oficers or the noble
uard, and 60u guardsmen; 14 cotlicers1
of the Swiss guard, and Palace guard,1
honorary chaplains, 20 priv ate sec-1
retaries. 10 stewards and masters of
th horse and 60 doorkeepers_.
-H'PPie' V A SEABOARD AIR LINE
ORDER NOTIFY."
rh. S:ace Au: irt.1-r Cla'm 7h t tht-,
Sh'pment W : N.. It Ur uformity With
:ht vaudei.cck D cii 'n
The c-ostablt-s seized sixty jugs of
whinker Thursds v which were con
sign'-d to "W. B ~Mie'ze, agent, order
notify, Columbia, S. C." Toe sezure
was made in arcardar.ce with orders
from Governor E ler be after legal ad
vic had been obtained from the at
torr.ey general's clfic=.
Tae sluff arrived here' Wtdneslay
nigh': vi t tin Sabard Air Line. and
the shipment was revdy for delivery
Thuwi iay morning. The corstables
m.-.de an exariAa'ion of the shipment,
a:.d noti:. that ti l'qu)r had been
s'nt "orde-- rotify," at ozee made
k o.-n ti at fact to the state authori
tie;.
As is perhap; known, "order rotify"
means ttat the consignee is not in im
med iate possession of the bill of lad
ing, but that the dealer has sent the
bill to some bank or banking institu
tion to be given to the cor.signe when
the amount of the gcods has been
paid.
In this event, it was clearly evident
that if the delivery of the sixty gal
lens was made a sale of the stuff
would have been made in South Caro
lir and of course, in direct violation
of tae dispensary Jaw. Consequently,
the only question to have been de
cidei was whether an agency existed
between the dealer and the consignee.
The legal cnstruction on the ship
ment c nsigned "order notifv" was
that no azen~y existed, and a sale,
pure and s'mple, was about to be con
samated.
The I q for was ordered seized, and
(u -Ing tue afternoon t'-.e sixty gallons
were sent to the state dispensary.
Mr. Metze, the consignee, was seen
by a Regis:er reporter, and he said
that he knew nothing about the shin
inent: that perhaps some mistake bad
ccourred for he had never had any
dealings with a Paducah, Kentucky,
firm from whom the stuff came.
Mr. Mee'z i said that he had never
received the bill of lading for the stuff,
and did not know of its arrival until
he heard of the seizure.
The state autherities will hold the
whiskey subject to further investiga
tion. The house that shipped the li
q aor may take some action, but it is
claimed that the shipment was in vio
lation of Ju ige Simontor's decision in
the Vandercook case.
E tch gallon jug was in a ",eater
bucket" packed in strap, the vessel
being partly exposed.
"O:der notify" means about the
same as "C. 0. D.," and the state au
thorities contend that the shipment
was an open violation of the law.
"The authorities concede," said a
prominent official Thursday, "that a
citizen can ship whiskey for personal
use, but inasmuch as this shipment
was out of the 'personal use' q'uestion
the right on the part of the state to
se'z; tne s:uff can hardly be q'ies
tioned."
Continuing on a different line he
said: "My idea is to subordinate all
these miner cases to the main issue.
I trust that a case involving the ques
tion as to whether a non resident has
the right to establish agencies in South
Carolina for the purpose of selling
'original packages' may be soon pre
pared for the su'preme court ct the
Ujnitei States in order to settle the
question once and for all. So far as
1 am concerned. I wouid like t > see the
main case before the highest court in
the land before the convening of the
legislature so that there will ba no
doubt as to which side is right. The
decision of Judge Simonton on what is
an 'original package' can be carried
to the court of appeals. Bat it is
quite likely that very soon the facts
lin a case involving the main question'
will be agreed on, and it may ne that,
the case cin be docketed and heard
before January 1st. All these subsi
diary cases are annoying and result in
expensive litigation, and it seems that
instead of getting the matter finally
adjudicated too much time is being
spent on cases which do not touc'1 the
material issue."
It is q'uite likely that efforts will
soon be made by the state authorites to
get up a case involving the essential
points ab aut non-residents establishing
agencies in the state and selling 'ori
inals,' ar d carry it at once to the
hignest court in the land in order to
set at rest so much litigation -olum
bia R:gister.
A Borrible Deed.
A dispatch from Kingstree to The
state says what came near beinga
fratricide occurred in this vicinity
Friday. Theodore McKenzie, a deaf
mute of abo-ut 30 years of age, shot
is brother, Walker McKenzie, in the
face with a shotgun, which, it is said,
will c iuse the loss of both eyes and
disfiaurement for life. Theodore Mc
Ken.-e is said to have been drunk or
rinking when he did the shooting
and was not over five or six feet away
from his brother when he shot him.
The gun was only load:d with pow
er or instant death would have been
he result, as theentire contents of the
un was blown into the flesh of the
face, tearing and mutilating it in a
orrible manner. The wounded man
s suffering intense pain and while it
s not thought that it will kill him yet
he will be of little use t o himself or
family the remainder of his life.
Trained Sparrows.
A barber in Kensington, E 2gland,
as trained common sparro ws from
he street to fly in and out of his shop.
The birds are never molested by the
>arber's customers, who have grown
s fon 1 of them as the barber himself.
Someuimes, when the room is pretty
ell filled with the chirping little
fellows, the barber will make a s weep
ith his hand and pretend to catch a
iy. Immediately all the birds will
ltter over to him, and perch upon
is arms, shoulders, or knees, and
atch the hand in which the fly is
upposed to be imprisoned. The bar ber
pens his hand gradaally, one finger
t a time, while the birds sit with
eads cocked to one side, expectantly
aiting for the priz s. IV there should
buppen to be a fiy there, there is a
rand rush and a scramble of chirp
ng rivals.
nyo no w, says a London cablegram,
Silver is armer on account of Indian
urchases;" and "there are ramors
~hat the India council is buying for
~oinage, and the price has risen sharp
y in India." Tne Colu-nbia S:ate
ays "the rise of 15 per cent. in the
rice of bullion on the rumor that the
ndian mints are to be openEd will
~ive cur mo nometalic contemporaries
n opportunity which they will doubt
ess eagerly grasp, of proving their
~ontention that free cinage itself,
nuch iess the expectation of it, cannot
aise the price of silver.
THE New York Sun belie ves in the
old standard and co'nsequently it
ralked straight into the Repuiican
arty and it is no v a favorite hobby
f the Sun to ridicule such papers as
he Courier Journal which think like
he Sun but had not the courage to go
o the only party capable of ernfore'ng
hat policy. Tne Sun is not demo
~ratic in its beliefs and now makes1
r Vc, I ai:-' r.o: f . a ? . or
The North' ir ps t en as T n ct
the thieoi y. tt l y cauld prr Vt by
the -ra btte S U h1 is rr ovine
for xvrd ir, tie mit er of iur. i-T the
ra - mtriA of thissf e ion i r1 1I:h
Fr nriced mai u'acu -td j o:ds. The
Mail atd Expreis, which has of late
been more liberal in tietirg S .u'hern
questions, sa3s: "A, no tine sicce
the States of the South, casting off the
lethargy that folloxed the awful re
suits of the civil war, be n to c 'n
pete with th North and E ist in man
uracture. have the statistics of te
mills of Dixie been so elcquent as at
present of progress and p:uwis . As
cottoo is the great s1aple in pruduc
tion. so must cotton manufacture by
come and remain the great fe.tere cf
industrial sctivity, its depression or
prosperity indicaticg larg-ly the gen
eral condition of the people. Statistics
iow at hand show, for instance, such
comparisons as the following for Ala
bama, North and South Carolina.
Ge~rgia, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ten
nessee and Virginia combined: In
189:), number of spindles. 1 533,250. in'
1)7, 3,451 631 Approximate increase,
120 per cent. The in fience of rail
road development in this increase is
shown by the fact that on the line of
the Southern Railway are lccated 243
cotton mills out of a total of 434. rep
resenting 52 per cent. more spindles
than ex sted in 1S90 throughout the
entire South. Well may the ante
bellum visitor to the South gaz ; in
wonder upon what he fi ids there to
day, and cease to marvel at the steady
conversion of DIxeland from the
heresy of free trade to the doctrine of
protection for the American manafac
tuier."
Dr Whitsitt in Hot Water.
There is little doubt now that the
attempt to force the resignation of
Dr. Wbitsitt, president of the South
ern Baptist Theological. Seminary of
Louisville, Ky., and the boycotting of
that institution will result ins divis
ion of the Scuthern church into two
organizations. Toe developments in
the controversy, which has raged for
some time, and during the last three
weeks has assumed a more sinister
aspect, render such a result almost in
evitable. The B aptist associations have
been holding their sessions in differ
ent parts of Kentucky and the s'rong
est resolutions condemning Dr. Watt
sitt, demanding his resignation, and
withdrawing all support from the in
stitution unless he leaves it,have been
passed in all of them. In nearly every
case such resolutions have been ad opt
ed almost unanimously, but in the
Long R n Asscciation,which has just
concluded its sessions, which were at
tended by several thousand persons
each day, tht Whitsitt minority was
stronger, and the proceedings were
characteriz ed by a degree of tur bu
lence and rancor unexampled in the
history of the church. Delegates stood
on benches and roared themselves
hoarse, using language which might
have been expected only in a red not
political convention. The resolutions
were passed, however, by a decided
majority. In a speech made the next
day, the Rev. Francis W. Taylor
characterized the methods of their
adoption as "disgraceful" and said he
had "sat with bowed head, ashamed
that his brethren and professed fol
lowers of Christ should lend them
selves to such an exhibitioa of tem
per-"
D.:ath of Officer Wolfe.
Offi er J. D. Wolfe, who was shot
sometime ago crv~r in the Fork, by a
negro despdrado he was trying to ar
rest, died on Tuesday night of last
week. Mr. Wolfe was getting on
very nicely and it was hoped that he
was on the road to recovery, when
"secondary hemorrhage" fro-n the
wound took place and he died in a
few minutes. It will be remembered
that Mr. Wolfe was .shot by a negro
known as John Washington, alias
John Butler, while attempting to ar
rest the negro, armed~vith a warrant
and being an officer of the la w. Mr.
Wolfe was a man past 5) years of age
and leaves a widow and a number of
children. He was very popualar in
Orangeburg and has been considered
the bravest and most trustworthy po
liceman on the fonrce. He has held
his position for about fifteen years,
which fact will prove that the city of
0:ange burg has lcst a faithful and
valuable polica officer. The negro
who did the shooting has not yet been
capturEd, although every effort has
been made to find the man. The
night of the shooting a posse was sent
into the country to search for him,
bat he could not te found. Since
that time rotice has been sent out to
various placies for the autniorities to be
on the lookout for nim. and now
there stands a re ward of $l00 hanging
over hrs head. It is to be hoped that
the p01cc will realize their expecta
tions and the negro wilt be appre
hended and made to pay the lull pen
alty &. his crime-Times and Damno
crat.
A Ronaway 15 y.
The News and Courier, of last
Tuursday, says: "Mr. Edward Lee,
of O:angeburg, is very anxious indeed
to learn something of the whereabouts
of his son Justice, who lef t home in
the early rart of last J ane. About
the 4 h of June, Justice, a lad of some
16 years of age, iesolved to give up
home and friends and see what pro
gress he could make battling with thae
world. For weeks and weeks his
family knew nothing whatever of the
whereabouts of the lad They made
diligent irqiiries from all parts of the
country, bu' Justice was on to the
ways of the world far better than his
father ever dreamel of an-i meceeded
in keeping his identity a orumund se
cret wherever he hanpentd to go. Sev
eral days ago the Orange burg citizen
learned that Justice had been seen~ in
Charleston. He immediately seo- a
long communication to Chief of Pui~e -
Martin, begging the chief to keep oni
the loout for the young runaway
and if possible arrest him and ho1 -
him until he could be restored to his
family. Justice is 16 years old. He
has blue eyes and rather dark hair,
He is small for his age and wore a
straw hat the day he left home. Chiet
Martin will do all he can to find
young Lee. and if the ladi is i-u Charles
ton the police will lik..) rua across
him"
Died la J ,1i.
The Danmark Times of the 21 in
stant, says: "Early on Friday . '-n
ing last Brakeman Metts, in t. le
freight service on the Charleston Jide,
liscovered a negro stowed a w ty on
bis train, wh'o gave the r-an of
harles CIhip-nv, and i ea tt he
lived "beyond Blackvi-ie." He car
ried a bundle, which, upon investiza
tion, was found to contain the uni
~orm of a private in tie Blackville
3uards and a box of ci:ars. Chap
nan could give no sauisfac'.ory ex
:lanation of how these articles came
nto his possession, and Mr. Metts took
aim into custody. When the train
rrived at Denmark, lie started with.
2i prisoner to the guardhouse. Oa
he way Cnapman mtde a savage at-:
ack upon his captor, and started to V
>reak away. To protect himse-lf the -
rakeman drew his pistol and fired at
Jhapman, the ball takiag ecf ect in his:
ung. In the morning he was taken!1
o jail at Brrnwell, where he died Sat-I
aday morning."
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' AL SAKNC 'OER CO., EW YORK.
The Free sliver a gitation.
The gcld bug advocates of high and
lcw degree are eternally in a state of
terror lest "confiderce" be destroyed
and the hoped for era of prosperity
indefinitely postponed. If a man who
believes in silver opens his mouth in
defecce of the white metal he is
charged with being a "repudiator and
r dis'urber of public confidence." All
goid bugs are awfully opposed to "ag.
iPa-ion," unless they are allowed to do
it all, and every time one of their
prcpicies fail, as all of them do soon
er cr later, they attribute the failure
to somo r e:rid thing said by sore sI1
v -rite. But when has a gold bug fail
ed to agitate when be could gain any
thing thereby. Perhaps our esteemed
gold bug cotemporaries in this State
o'uld tell us. "The truth is," as the
N .:ional Bimetallist puts it, "the gold
min got- in th -ir work secretly and
ce nonetized silver without h iting.
anybody know it but themselves. Of
course silver could not be restored
without discussion and argument, or,
as they choose to term it, "agitation."
Ncr can any reform be inaugura'ed
without "agitation." Those who are
the beneficiaries of a wrong are near
ly always opposed to its undoing and
any effort to that end is character'z d
opprobriously as an "agitation." Blt
when they make an effort to increase
their advantages that is more elegant
ly designated a "m-vement for re
form." The silver men have "agita
ted" and will continue to do so. The
go'd men have "agitated" and will
probably never cease until they are
overwhelmingly beaten. B it there
has always been a marked difference
between the methods of the two class
es. The silverites have fought openly
and fairly. They know what they
want, why they want it, and honestly
give their reasons. The gold-bugs on
the other hand, have invariably
fought under cover. There is not a
leading advocate of the gold standard
in the United States whe dares to pub
licly give his true reason for demand
ing that gold should be retained as the
sole metallic base of our monetary
system. We hope the advocates of
free silver will not allow theniselves
sidetracked. Keep the matter before
the people, and silver will win after
awhile, and then, and not before, will
general prosperity bless our now pros
trated industries.
Right for Once
It is a pleasure, says the National
Bimetallist, to be able to note that for
once, just to break the monotony, the
gold mnen are partially right. After
shouting for years that lovr prices,
cheap things, were a "G~dsend," "an
unmistakable evidence of advancing
civihization," etc , they at last recog
n'zn the correctness of the silver men's
position that falling pric s are an evil
ard rising markets essential for pros
perity. They are gleefully proclaim
ing tnat the Ameri::an farmer will
realize so and sO many millions by the
rise of wheat, and that with the .d
vance '-prosperity has da vned." Dir
ing twenty-four years of generally
falling prices they constantly insisted
hat despite that fa'ct the farmer was
better otr than he had ever be be
fore, No v be has reached a still high
er grade of prosperity because his
wheat hss gone up and other thiags
are going. Toe funny part of is
is that they actually seem to
to think that they and tne g~ld stand
ard are entitied to all the credit for it.
Of course, they don'L say that they
and the gold staudard, aidea and abet
ted by the Diogley lan, blighted the
erops of India, Argentine and E trope,
and t eva the first named into the
armfs of a famine which it is estim tted
has carri d 8.000,.000 of Deople-in pre
mature graves. Tois last claim they
might make, but they don't. Still, if
ttie.y had in fact done it all, they could
not strut art~u ad with more of Fal
statfi ia p ide a'ud self assuraence. Bit
our purpose no v is un~t to p>Ant out
the groteig te in their 9:28.., ou. to
admit that they are right in claiming
that the farmer is the gainer by thie
rise of wheat.
Beate KiLrdik-s.
A farmer of South Santa Fe coua
ty, New Mexico, while sinking a tu>
utar well struck a gold q iartz rock at
a depth of 350 feet, wmtch was fi y
feet thick and every foot was rich witn
free gold. Some of the nug;gets were
as large as grains of wheat,
SECRETARY Hester, of the New' Or
leans cotton exchange, rec >gn?'z d as
the best authority on the ctt~n busi
ness in the south, tells us that the
nuu-ber of mills and the number of
spindles in this sectija bave t. crad,
ih it the visible supply of the~ etap'e i<
I~S this year than lt and ttba: tb e
home cnsu:np~ioa is ling; to bi
greater. Thi;, coupiad wi--h thi
rcught in Iadiaua cu:ting off tus
crop there, and the prosperity of the
Western wheat prod ucers e larg i g
the demand here, ought to give ou r
prod ucers a good price for their crop.
WarrT Oua FARMERS LosE -Che
Augusta Garon-le s sys: '-*f cotton
is S 50 a bale c if, cmpare d with 1ast
year's prices, at this time, that mea~as
the planters have $76,500,000 less t>
s end than they had in the year 183M,
based on a 9.000,000 bale crop and a
:ntinuance of present rates." And
u ur gold cotemporaries claim tha:
our farmers are more prosperouis no w
:an they have been in years. They
:now such talk is silly and only in
iulge in it as an excuse for their cap
>rt of the gold standard.
A GooD REsmursos -I2 answger
o0 a call issued by Johast()ie .lianc e,
meeting was held in Neavberry oa
c'iday to consider the prics of c~ttoa,
~tc. More than 100 farmers attended
t, and a na-naar of maants ani
nea of ot.ier professions A resolu
:on was ad ypte~I that if every farmer
siln pradau:e oa his farai the su.2plies
aeded and use p-oper econo21y, in
he course of time this method would
>econe a great iuduxence in ragulat