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DEMANDS OF THE AGE DR. TALMAGE P EaDS O . MiN A'C WZNIN. A d v ic to c h :.h m a r~ Tc nr a d . .: Not RenaIt !n 01' I 1 -A : Euc uai-;;men: to Al Cha n era-Strong .char'c e Ne Dr Talmage hlre s' , Chns.isn carc a times in whic reli more ier 14, "Wr o k :ome a come to the .dg d fo"r -u*h a as 'hisl" Esther 'th:- yes . 'u ~s s . Ahasuerus tr= a:i' had core --or herto t to her v. h~ an d ith ir F f the Jewish n ti. to mich she !c: once belor.etd --e was r-raid to tn dertake the work les' sie snc, d 1. s her own life. but her c'usi,. Mrde cai, who hsd brcug t her up, er.'cu"r aged her with e sugs:ion .ra- I probably she had bec raised "r of God for that pecuiar mis'ion "W' e knoweth whether thou art ccm- the kingdom for such a time ss tr' Esther had her G:d appointed w: You and I have ours. It is nv b ness to tell ycu what s:le e' mo e at women Scu ougnt to b n2 you meet the cemand of which God has c your _ot. ;, discourse will not ceal wi -o; nicalities, br1t C 'i we - bilities. When two r.ber ed into battle the c '. : of army donot want ac ' o cussion about the cum:ca prope C. of human blood or .he nature of gun powder. They want scme o: e to on the batteries.ar.d tare out the U:s. And now, when ali :the or ces and darkness of heaven and he:l hm plunged into the f ,is no ti- to give ourselves to te dtatuous a technicalities and conventionali.:es o religion. What we want :s trac >c , earnest, concentratea e, siasu triumphant help. In the first place. in order to nee' the special demand of this ag?, ; ou need to be an unmistakable, agkress ive Christian. 0 half and half Cnri tians we do not want any more. The church of Jesus Christ will be better without them. They are the chie: obstacle to the church's advancement. I am speaking of another kind of Christian. All the acpliacces for your becoming an earnest Christian are a6 your hand, and there is a straight path for you into the broad daylignt of God's forgiveness. You may this moment be the bondmen of the world. and the next moment you may be princes of the Lord God Alaighty. R You rememoer what excitement t erAJ was in this country, years ago, wen the Prince of Wales cam? here-bow the people rushed out by hundreds of thousands to see him. Why? B:cause they expected that some day he would sit upon the throne of Ecgland. Bat what was all that honor compared with the honor to which God calis you-to be sons and daughters of the' Lord Almighty-yea. to be queens and kings unto God. "They hnall reign with him forever and forever." But you need to be aggressive Chris ians, and not like those persors whoi spend their lives in hugaing their Christian graces and wondtring why they do not make progre:s. How much robustness of health would a man have if he hid himself in a dark closet? A great deal. of the piety o today is too exciusive. It hides itself. It needs more fresh air, more outdoor exercise. Tnere are many Christians 'who are giving their entire life to sellf examination. T aey are feeling their pulses to see what is the condition of their spiritual health. How long would a man have robust physical health if he kept all the day feeling his pulse instead of going out into act ive, earnest every day work ? I was once amid the wonderful, be 'witching cactus growths of North Carolina. I never was more bs wiki ered with the beauty of flbwers, and yet when I would take up one of these cactuses and pull the leaves spart tne beauty was all gone. You couwc bard ly tell that it had ever beea a flbwer. And there are a great many Christiae people in this day jast p.uling apart their Christian experiences to see 'what there is in them, and there is nothing left in them. This style of self examination is a damage instead of an advantage to their Christian character. I remnem ber when I was a boy I used to have a small piece in the garden that I call ed my own, and I planted corn there, and every few days I would pull it up to see how fast it was growing. Now there are a great many Christian peo ple in this day whose self examinati on merely amounts to the pulling up the t which they only yesterdtay or the day before planted. Oh, my :rieLnds, if you want to have a stal wart Christian character plant it right out of doors in the great field of Christian usefulness, and though storms may come upon it, and though the hot sun of trial may try to consume it, it will thrive until it becomes a great tree, in which the fowls of heaven may have their habi tation. I have no patience with theser flowerpot Chrtstians. Th:-y keep the m selves under shelter, and all their Christian experience in a small, ex-, clusive circle, when they ough~t to plant it in the great garden of the Lord, so that the whole atmcsphere~ could be aromatic with their Christian usefulness. What we want in the church of God is more strength of piety. The century plant is wonder fully suggestive and wonderfully beautiful, but I never lock at it with out thinking of its parsiony. It lets' whole generations go tv b fore it pu ts forth one blossom. So I have really more admiration when I see the devy, tears in the blue eyes of the violets, for they come ever y spring. My Christian frienids, time is aoimng by ao rapidly that we cannot affosd to be idle. A recent statician says that hu mni life now has an averane of omi1> 32 years. From these 32 y ears - cu mus: subtract all the time y ou taae for smey and the taking of Ioc d and recr< a icL: that will leave you abou: 16 years From these 16 y ou must suou-e~e au the time that you are necessarity en gaged in the earning of a livelihcood That will leave y ou about eig at years. From these eight y ears y ou must take all the days and weeks and montLs all the length of time that is passedai sickness-leaving y ou about one year in which to work ?or God. U my soul, wake up! How dares thouseep in harvest time and wim so 'e ' ar in whichto reap? So tt tte~i Is a simple fact tnat all he time that i vast majortty 01 you w',' nav tne ex clusive ser vce o: G- ' c es .~ one year. "But," says some a,"Ix l support the gospd, a-d the eh a:en: open, and tne ge-spa 'spu m:: the spiritual adlauatages ace spaad - fore men, and if they wanti to be \ F' let them come and o- saved-Ia discharged all my reson.~t." A is that my Mes-r's a~uI not an old boos so:ne-r tha- ce .. mands us to go ou: :taieaow and the hedges and comu es ple to come im?! Wha 'u t wo 2 de of you and me if Car~s and iut I down otf Lthe nIJs of r aln :h had not comie unr.up a' do ur o Bethlehem caravans..ry are if ne 0>. tch s i th ..o s euet eh ne.rep :s r. C -a ify . -ra't, :q~:.: , Ca re iC s-is e ::: recst adie-c-s are oe w:.eir a tee : a' ld ~.e the ao u sin e'tir-a :: bshi- r ad he groirs ofieati w cgd er d rYeL o rf a - ti w; rhp A ain if x'u:i w t o b l *.i: 'o li t o e au':l- which tb cse d ''AP: Ty is oy. e ra: s oe o:.e iud a e.d rcas.B t o:c tce cr -.:r eoQ i;d no t .:c toom"'c 0 J 'C v gs: iat- - olrdo. . he 's ual 'i ;e :', new' prc -'e-s, Threr is ne: : a etone~ tof e ud ce, or s th-y v.u ao ite tim se s og t ._ r: a.1 The as:. ie ed -ey deride every u:l esiestn, e.:os. ands vyuge"n c. . tietran- .ntc- o*g enough tu -lae a liine ra :.icu ren oe Ger tsa uirs ision t srcat ever tty. AL', Wy oro'hr dot- C) L ;aolzd fn thisg metnrv b ceue we a new: Try iy ne real ite the adriies cay. Bu., on tae O'in:t andiaki doa dree a::thnig nred sv Acoause it~r is ;ssie.i a T here is no sa . e .trpri of -.eech-cr t word bu:has sne tme b s c f d a There was ime when m-keh daided even Biori soc ietes and when a e.v young men met n Mssacu e" s antid organize :lhe first mtissPonr society ever or aind in tei country there went ;ageer and rie all around the Christian out ch Tey ud the adertaki g as pepsterous. And so also te c : s Cgris was assaled Peotple cried o : "o tvrther .of~ such toies f tonics atnd gcverrum nt: Who e ver noticed such a style of preacairg as Jesus has I' Ez hiel hLd talked of my~steri ous wvings and wheels. He'-e cAmne a man fromt .per: u-n anO Gtnmsaret, aid he drew' his iilustrations t-m the lakes, from the sand, from the moun tain, from& the liUies, fromn the c'or2 saks. How t:1e P:aarastes scutila: How Herod dierided: An~d this Je::us he~y plueked by the beard, and they spat in his face, and they called himt "tnis fellow." All the great enter nrises in and out of the church have at times been sc:&ffed at, and there have been agreai multitude who have thought that the chariot of Gon's trutti would fall to pieces if it occ got cut of the old rut. .i so there are those who have no patience wien ayitning line improvement in church arctitecture, or with anything lie good, heaity, arnest huren stin g, anid they deride any form of religious discassion whicU :::crs down wakiag amontg everyoas tmen rather tean tt at which makes an excursion on ruetori al stilts. Oh, that the church of God would wake up to an adaptability of work: We mrut admit the simple fact that the churcht s of Jesus Ch' ist in tntis day do not resoh the great nasses. There ate 5, 000 people in Edinburgh who never hear the gos oi. There are 1.0CO (U3 people in Lndon who never hear the enisoel. ihe great maj -rity of the inhabitants of this canical comie not under the 1t'u mediate ~ministratioLs of Christ's truth, attd ine church o' Gd, in this ?ay ins'esd of being a pacc full of liir.e ephsties, known and read of al! men,~is mnore like a dead letter postof "Bit," say the veople, "the world is going to be converted; you must be patient; the kingdomts of this world are to become the kin..doms of Christ." Never, unless the churcn of J-sus hrist puts on more speed and ener gy. Instead of the church convert ng the world, the world is convertirng the church. Here is a great fortress. Eow shall it ce takeli? An army :omes and sits around about it, curs cf the supplies and s ay s, "No w we will just wait until from exhaustion and stanvation tney will hare to give p." Weeks and months and perhvaps a year pass along and finally the fort ss surrenders through that star ation and exhaustion. But, my friends, the fortresses of sin are never to be taken in that way. If hey are taiken for God, it will be by storm; you will have to bring up the great siege guns of the uospel to tne very wall and wheel the flying artil erv into line, and when the armed in fanry of heaven shall confront tae attlements you w ill have to give the :uick cinmmand, "For ward: Charge) Ah, my friends, there is work for you to do and for mte to dn in order to this grand accomplishment. I have a pulpit. I preach in it. Your pulpit the bank. Your pu'pit is the store. our pulpit is the editorial chair. Yur niu pit is the anvil. Your pul nit is the mnechanics' shop. I i-ay stand in my place and, through cow ardice or tnrough self seeking, may ke-p back the word I ought to utter, while you, with sleeve rolled up ond brow bessvea:eI with toil, may utter he word that wil jar the founa:ions of heaven with thle shout of a gr'at vicory. Oh, that we igiht all feel tht the Lrd Almighvty is pting pon us the ha'ns of ordnnson: I cel yu, every ore, 20 forth and prach this gospel. You have as much rih sprea-hna I nave or any awan Hedlev icrs was a wicked mantf in he~ LE.iish army. The grac: of God nie~ to ti. He becamie an earunt ith" ar- d sad "o are a b o :rite Y" 'are as ha as e.er -you wee"S~i a te .at hafati -ey would not tura im a::d b'. ::alig. him- a vyoci0 vn: 'od to 21hs t: os r~t a 01d <iCa, a with the~ cresenc-' :>f G * oH e rean p. a c.-el::a' :c w se .Pn sat aaur. w <rtr sirack cmed ... I s r h v: :.. Y (~' _ : ;1 t e b C>:is'ia ch rc '. "e i\t ~ 1_ H ' a r.- w : n t h-:. L ," tr A t C. to slay the lna: of S::-na CJ -? t.H lan e i :: G?, S Ce ne .rs a i e Bg:weea Is the an cd: ''a t ere may og t: es-:aos f d,-kmss.ar.d t e e can''io .' lis cfi G "d's gosp:1 may sam to dm'' ho..i, b. h(-re is the 'r)i a c v cader it:he throes and wn- o~e~s~ecce as stits eyesight a:.d r i.'t f .s ^ i-3 o:eat n J. hran is dven f r';: 7islthrcne, tre- t"e c c Jsus Cirit can Ds sm an adrmis may c ar:die e ss ci'r the na -'Sismysetak the are d i s:i al. .a ai airs of th e ! wor'ld ,-u tu e migh-y mea of :e e:::h a1 e o:lI . h'e d .,st of hechar ion eels of; G d's providence. And I t : .fo:e thea uof te next tur_ .,1 s-t the las: tyra:nv : fall. ..d( with P. sple'ndor of de o str~ati.n1 that slall ,h as onish :enLt of the AJi ger"se G:Id wIllse forthi th hi:L-Se acid "o3) anad glory and pe.emity} (f his eIrlal got '1rame.t. 1.O o the :r-cry : gs and te e? eb z d iisg aia of this world Go w.. ti e a ptti for his csn r~an~ a:nd returning fromi univer al ei c.(r.e he will sit down 11h? ,ran di tre strongest hihest taone . ear h his footsto>l. I prepare this s rainn because I wa't to enerag: al: Christian w'ork ers in every pissible department. fists of thC liire Gad, marca on. march cn i His spiri: wil biess you. EHs shield will defend you His sword will st-ike for you. March on, march oI Tne dinotism-s *l fail and pa anis will burn i:s idcls and Moean I edanisa will give up its false pro phnt and the great ra 's of supersti i-n wil cane dovn in thumderard Trec at tha long, loud blast of the eltrumpet ~Masrca on, march on: Toe b siege ent wil son be ended. O fly a few more steps on the lorg way; onif a few more sturdy blows; ouiv a f.;w more battlecries; then God will rut tht laurels upon your bro v, and from the living foun tains of heavea will bathe off the sweet and the heat and the dust of the cootlic. March on, march on' For you the time for work will soon be passed, and amid the outtlashings of the judgment throne and the trumpet ing ot resurrectton unzels and the up heaviug of a world of graves and the nasar.a and the grosning of the saved atd the lost we steli be re varded for our faithIuhsess or punishaed fer our stupidi:ty. B.as--d be tiie Lyd God of Isra-i frc-m evri.sting to everkst iog" atnd let the whole earth be tilled wih his glory. Aanen anmd amen. CDNFEDERA'E DEAD. G ulanut suih Caroin~s who S1:rp at Camp Chw', Ohio. ICol. W. H. Kcauss, a big-hearted federal soldier*. has furnished to the Confederate Veterarns an honor roll cf Conted1erates wgo died in prison at Camp Chase, COiio. This roil has m ar v thousand 1names on it, and the excenase of transcribing thaem for pub lcnon has been paid by C~ol. K causs, who also says that the g'raves of these dead "America" shail b k- pt green. Jadge Lron has kim il e 2iled from tae Lng list of patriotic dead the names of all South Caroliians-ar range.1 alphabetically-and handed the-u to us for publication. Some of those whose names appear in the roll were to many of us intimate and trus ted comrades in arms: Abijao Anderson, 1th S. C. Ins. A. J. Askins, 8:h S. C. Inf. F. H. Barroni, 4-.h S. C Inf. John M. Brown. 15th S. (2. Inf. Chark s Bowers, 24.h S. (C. Inf. C. E Brooks, 24 a S. C. Inf. John Baitt. 19:h S. C. [LII. D. Bird 15.ha S. C. Inf. Epv Md. Brasoar, S~n S. C. Taf. H.~P. Eerthea, 8:h S C. Inf. WI. WV Bewevll, 7th S. C. Inf. H. E Benton, 2Lh S. (2. Inf. IE Batson,. 16th 5. 2 I-if. J CWr 3d S. C. Cay. Wm. C>.rpeater. 8.h S. C. Catv. IWmn. Cooper, 10th 5. C. Cav. J. A. Celey, 15:a S. C. Inf . WV.Cullom, 11'.h S. C Inf. IJ. D.(Cess 15:n 8. (2 Tat. IW. Coy.ShS. (. Taf . 'A. Car~e. 24- S. (2 In't. D. Demin, 7,.a S C. Iaf. Prioale DXxs ri: S. C. Inf. Ta 'asD Drm. 1:h S. C hIn. F. L Dvsit a, 8 QS C. hCav. J. Drig-rs, 8: r . C. Itf. Chariers D vis a.hi . (2. Iuf. Jam-sB 1R E hat, 1st S. C. Inf. W.J.N. Gilmer. 2.1 . C. Ita. Ja'ue. Gr .ilh, 24 n S (C I f. J ha W Greg, 8~ o S C. I a f. W.V A Gladd-, 15. *. (2. Iat. 1.3E Ha 1-rmno.i~ 1S .Inf. W.M HUilton 00. .h 8. (2. Iaf. tehe Herroing, luth S. C. Inf. E.~ W. Himmon. 1:.a S C Tot. D. j P. Ho n 15. C. f J.Jaksn,8mS. CIef G. E~ E o. 15: S. C. nf W. PL , 3. S . '1 .1 D. L La r15 'I- C. (2 . T.U~ F. -s .-1o C Ijj. BJv-. .;r 1a S C IJf JI( Moo2.Pr i1 . . In. W Mcracen,10. S.C. I . Gaa1-sMa , N:i GIa A.L cai. Kt .C :f L, C4. ets . .If DeiP Ice Ce -. i. e J. M. alth 1- . S-~.JL C a R'.P ice 15m Z. G. In P-. TL ANTfFEE PASS AC ' ALED T^ HHUE CF REPrE. SEN TATI VES. .f er Ubi-c a the: AcL w.. i p l bI:y1 t, y : v. F:::3 .One to tiy-1:e. U w I }': ch N31emb:r V.d 0:1 Sa:'-urday. Ja.: when i:e bil r d ' rinr: ' tt Mr. Mres -n v . .st t-at 1 e re.e i of the~ Lord'sa Prr o" th. part Cf tC c.in4 l iC L he 3.or' c' (cev iionl cx 'rcis , .:en e a ..1ele d u o i t~i -m~tri r ad th' fu rther apostolic r i-ja . m' 1i '-avo: the aprearar.c ti tto brin the house to I recodd_ r ..: a';.ion of- the precedig 1e t yr,-,n z :'s e', esrecialy as te y an et hd rec"ived 'C no corsidration'- t as it_ ip r 'n e cserved ber me:-. bers w' 'id i'h a loto day's cr. ' Mr. Meares called a'tentior: to the ar rea- 1.] co::s -quencPs of the bill i. sssed-that the j idiciary cf the -t . our conzressmen and all State e Sl , from the governor down to I pv ne astrates and other countyv l could he approached and "tamed" b": the offer o' a freerihcad ps Mr. Me'ares ceorecated the evil -ct that wcu'd result. The anti e pis tI, in his opirion, had had s :suon to do with the pres:nt friendly r-l'uion between the people of the r :ae and railroad corpertrions, be f e-.us- the usia ciOn that a jur'ge or mots ra:e trying a case agaiust a p).erful carp ryt on brought by , se ihumle individuai no lou:'er sat s i1 j.gment w:th a free pass warmig r .1 cse. So far as mneotbers of the assemb)Ly were carc rned, their re 'I spr)l i'v direcdy to their consitu: - i-s would be puicient, in the case of r the other ch::ass, however. ereat s arm would r:sult Mr. Meares c s phatic that the repeal cf the i; a"ti pass law would be a decided back Ca s ep at to led pcpaair izvn g- r '. icford wanted to know how a th'e b'1 can help the people. Tne a e provided for the transportation c ,j ' the memt"bers and the State odiaers r when on public business. Tere was no go-d reason to reperi the act now o7 tLebsaks. C Mr. McCullough of G:eenviiie said r ,he L-ro's Prayer was not addressed a :o the railr:ad3 but to the great Deity. c 3 btt er tox; was: "Ye that are a strou, near the burdens of ye that are I webk.'' Mr. McCallough thought the a railroads should be asked not to pro- I vde any o'e wo voted against theha o i with a pas.e Mr. Winkier quoted from St. Paul: --If mra cause ry brother to offend, t then wil: I eat no meat," and said it 1 wo uld be best rot to have any tempta I '.lon. s Mr. Verner thought the only reason for repealirg the la was to get railroad ' :id- free of charge. t Mr. Ashley-I: don't compel you to i ride on a free piss. Mr. Verner detled any one to con- c vi c : him that a ftee pss would not t wrap aiegislator's views. He thought t: the act should be kept there. He a said he did not wish tnem to be led e In'o temptation. f Mr Rr b:nsor-Did you ever ride on I a fr pe-? s Mr. \>rnaer--No sir Mr. R~binsor-D.dnL you go to Mr. Ve-rner-No. Mr. R1inson-Did you go to Charles~or.? Mr. Veraer said he had. It Mr. Rbbinson-Ab, ha! (Laughter ) e Mr. Vern-er said he had paid his way back, but he had gone down on a c ticket farnished.c Mr. Ashley wished to know if he was one among those who were sea sick and got left there. (Prolonged t laughter.) Tnere were a few other pleasantries e about the Charleston trip that kept the a house in a rar of laughter for s me mi -utes Mr. Crum said the act re flected on r the members of the general assembly. s it was passed originally j-ast to reflect c on certain public men. Mr. Meares asked if the anti free pass d act had not given great confidence to the Reform movement. Mr. Crum said tne e ffect was other- s wise. He held that it was a re lection r on e :ery member. If a man could be a bougni by a pass be could be bought t by money.f Mr. Mauldin said the q-uestion was a why should they say that members of a the~ general assemby were dishonest c before they were tried. Honesty was c his policy. He spoke earnestly in t favor of the repeal of the law. t, The roll was tnen demanded on the t motion to recommit the bill. Tne d house refused to do so by a vote of 51 r to 29. Tne vote in detai. was as fol- E Yeas -- Asbill, Bedon, Bethune, p Burns, Caughman, Cushman, Fox, s H P Good win, Graham. Henderson, Hollis, T. E Johnson, Kibbler, Lan rJ caster, Meares, Misboc, Moore, Me t White, Price, Raineford, Sanders. J. e R. Smith, 8.illivan, To wnsend, Wil-i ton, Winen, Winkler, Witherspoon,. Yeidell--29. Naw--SpEaker Frank B. Gary, r All. A oderson, Ashley, Austell, Bill- a ey, B3xthe, Breeland, Carson, Oilds, c Gram, WV. C Davis, DeBruhl, D&- c L 'ach. E ird, Gadsden, H arvey, i: iiu pbrey, I'~derton, lennedy, Lem c mo L tmehouse, Livingston, Lof tor, t Mag~i \ Mu-a , Mehrtens, J. H. e Mtller, M:e".' Me Null.;uzh. Mc- e Kaovn, N *tize P.erritt, Poillips, 'I P ;eer, Palocck .gatt, R ioinson, c Rx -er's, ,--abro k, jlaner. Simkins. e W. S. Smith. Strkie, S-evenson, WV. v H. Tn'mas,\ insent, West, Westmore- b land4, Wilian.s, Wyche--51. I Mr Micalough had an amhendnent n to r-fase mileage to members of the c gen-eral assembniy using passet. Tn~e t COUSe refused t> consider it and the r buli was given its iinal teading. s. m-xs orop st &rIs:1cs c d-c ion a'-d valu oif crops in the Uoit--d iz~ates for 1t'7, made by th s-siinof the upuxtment of agri .Pur . ae (,1r :i Crrz, 8s.-9 11 -cres. 1.9,97,933 W1 eai. 3345 li' acrs, 53, ),1t68 bu--els '147 "74 7 9. 1 Ie i 7-3 56t acres, 27' 3 z,2 Barey 4,0 116 ac es, 63,61S3 127 Buc a 71 836b acres, 14 tI47451 b s alse 21i188 P j) :.:,;3 577 acr es, 1610159$7 U, i -2 :aCrtm Stts i a he ear inpriated- form in a fes' r Jays. T e 'vi-a' :ine es~saes t of tihe ace. a.. of wite wheat and rye [a for ie prat season is nearing cnmn 1 plios N' reuoor on tobacco wHi be T1 \.l anta Jaurnalays a pleas- ti at uat -oruliner thC at ' twar ri is'- o*r tha a L te--ne of the Lees- et t- -an sabnur of the Confederacy,'~ a is te mi-rilace ofi a Rep'uol can ft admiistatio ina situation so deli em a b oniy a maa waas und'aunted s coread uindoubted patno:-am Ip THE POL1 ICAL OUTTLOOK. i: as K- pub':cau Tb!i .a of the Chxar ces for F ree _ :r. Wiliiam E. Curtis, the special car or'de2t (.f .ba Chicago Record, l wriinig from Washirgton to tha c-rd1 d'oes pnot take a very hopeful env of the future of the Rpublican arty er the gold-bug cause. He says: The action rof the serate yester '. in oiv:ng the precedence cvir all h-r bus- e>: to the Teller resoluti:rr, nic e'ikres that the io: de Unitei t ates may be ni tisler, shows ha-v far fr'nm s ible it is to secure from this con r-ss an'v legisatiou for the currency forn at de ot include the res )raion of the ncney power of silver. t slows that t"e silver ren are strong -in the senate than they were two ears : tvtitse'nding the elec on of a cold bug President upon a old standard platform. It shows at Ihc enac'mnt of a protective riff la^, the restcration of industrial ctivity end comme. cial prosperity as not ' u-ned the ado vcates of free o : e or eliminated the silver (tes on from politics It shows th:e the ihes of the Presidert, cften de ared it pip'ic and in private. nd "the cebasing irtlaunce of ztron2ae" are rot so strong with ertain R-Ocublicani senators as public entiment in their several States It hows the folly of the currency com 2ission in depend'nr upon support rCm the Democratic senat irs from the auth. It sbows. fjr:hermore, that c spli: in the Republican party on ic silver ques:ion is growir g wier, ud that the President will take 2reat isks if he forces that issue into the "rgressionai campaign next fall. 'he im urdiate effect of the action of :.e :en-te-for it is assu Led that the esolution will be adoptEd by the ane majarity that insisted upon its raideration-is to stimulate the Rs uiicans in the house of representa tires who have been leaning toward s-l er to assert themselves, and to frignt a those v.hcse districts are doubtful L d who want the issue postponed. The hief eud of man, according to the ongressional catechism, is to secure a election; and timid members say hat if the administration insists upon arcing Mr. Gage's bill or that of the urrency commission the house of epresertatives will suif -r a revolution nd the present Reoublican majority rill te reversed and given to the Dem 2rats at the fall election. It is be ieved that when the yeas and nays recalled enoulh Republicans in the resent house will go over to the silver ide to maki a maj ,rity an:: seriousl3 rharrass the administration. When we take into consideration at Mr. Curtis is a Republican, a old ug and a personal friend of the 'esident, the above utterance is very inificant. We do not believe that tr. Cartis overdraws the picture. Ve believe that the people realize 'at there is nothing in the prom es of the Republican party, and ,at they will turn to the Demo ratio party for relief. The so-called resp-rity of the McKinley adminis ration is confined to the office-holders nd the large corporations. The mass s of the people have not been bene tted, and they are going to hold Mc :inley ai the Republican party re ponsioiile. T HE FARMER'S OPPORTUNI TY. -hey should Protec: Themselvas by Help ing Each oth- r. It has long been advocated by the L erist that all our industrial inter ss are closely allied, all depending or succis; on the prosperity of tte ther. There is no doubt about tIo orrectness of this theory, and it rould work (tu: beautifully if all rould practice the golden ruie. Toe eory is all right, but in practice the armer always comes out at the little nd of int, horn. As is well said in n re.iree' before the Farmers' Insti .e at Resnolds, Illinois, by Prof. .W. Heath, the farmer has too tay people to support, too many in .tutor s to maintain. '-Do we," goes n Mr. Heath, "realize that practically re support the whole social anc in ustrial fabric of our country ? Tte ast summer practically all the coal sites of the country were tied up for rvral months, but caused scarcely a ipple in the business world, except inong thcse directly connected with em. Tie up the farming interests or the same length of time and the -siness world would be paralyzed ad un old suffering would be the nsequaesces among ali classes of so iety and every business in tIe c our ry Brcther farmers, we are not uni d in our efforts to better our condi on. We practice a kind of 'dog eat og' policy. There are in every comn iunity men who are classed as the ading farmers who are well to do; rho combine buying and selling farm rducts with the producing of the sie. and as the trade phrase goes, a ing well bought is half sold.' 'nis policy when practiced cause: te buyer to become a 'bear' in the arket and of course it is to his iterest to have the product of other rmers as low in the market as ossible. There is too much selfihh e:s, too much ' wan t it all' disposition mong us. We should stand by each ter. Lit every farmer make every her farmer's interest his interest, as i fact i: is his interest. Other lines f organiz ed business do this, and un 1 we do it we will be at the mercv of very other organization, and hdu stively st eaking destroyed in detail. 'ne farmers of tr~e country should oabinie as one man and crush out of ristence all boards i trade, so called, there farm products are used as a asis for their ga iibling operations. [o long woula these places be per itted to deal in man ufae:ured arti itS? Wcuid it not be as appropriate >trade in cotton, or woolen goods, ilrad iron, farm implements and und reds of other manu'actured arti es, as in the products of the farm ! s--but --wel- the manusfacturer :ces tne pric:: on his goodis himself. l armerualiows the oth~er party to x the p 'ice on his. and that a ficti ius oLne in the interest of the manip aor." There is much, hard smmn sense in what Mr. Heath ts, and if the farmers would So it ttiey would e benet d,. provided they prevented the poli ciens from capturing the ne w orgami t~ia andi using it for their own bene t as was un foriunately the case with i Grange and the Alliarnce. Switlowed Up by the sea The mail steamer Gaannel Q een as been to'ally wrecked on the rocks ti tace island of Guernsey. Tne cnnel ygeen's engines were revers whser tne ro~cks were seen, but it as thien too late. The first boat load ach ed land and sought help of the s-rmen, who made gallant rescues, rough the heavy sea prmated 1eir boat from approacning~ the rek The survivors had to be rad by ropes through the sea to L-caiog coats. The captain was e ast to leave the wreck. The latest u t? tat twenty-two were drown the chie' engineer, three stokers a eigiteen passengers, including ~urteen onion se-hers, w:ho were e.wed in their cabins when the sea amoed the vessel. The rescued asssngers lost everything, even their hng.o IN A BLZZARP. BZS FCN-S WORST SNOW STORY IN WE TY-FIVE YEA RS. Bsiness i r. Nlgh }-.+ ii -The z i-d' E c ' in O:h ir C l a ' :1 T 'ii' a A rorth!-st sror st'rl cornt' e ly paral: z d all brar.csrs e.i isi.:s and stree. Car n- stram a : ne, and fcr a tu.e s ut e II Mass.. r.m ) flmUin'ti m '*,' b e with all t..e lac s utside itu ii s o' Bostin. T.:e *i -ra' thi us severe the c has expC ou'- in 25 years, ar cauwed the loss cf sm r. lives, bes:4es doing a :o y .me of hundreds of thousnds *' a B:-t..een: 1 and( 5 o'cloek Tuesdy o nir g a foot cf hea-v wet sno w crifted over tce city, and ievield wirs all dir:ctions. Tii sno ci ti tce poles and wires ad c ms, b~y a blowing at the rate c- 50 mies a phone and telegraph lines .n and out of the city. In Newton broken wirrs ialling scro.s others started a il -e in te eie gant remidence of Charlps J. t te w al.ny Pittsburg steel manufac turer, and in two hours ; thig re mained of the house bui: rses. r. Travelli's family escapo-ed in tbeir i.--ht clothes without s-v n f anythin7. The loss amounts to $1!0 000. Late Tuesday iat the hi '.ree ras'.ed schconer Caarles T. Bigs of Bath, Me , c-a' lad:, was dshed to pieces on the Nasant coast, and it is beloved her era c of right men per ished. Tne body of One) of toe cre-, has been recovered. In the business d'strict if m is near ly noon when many empi..yes reacted their places of emnptoymen t, all subur ban trolley lines having ben aban doned and the steam railroads being unable to run more than two or three suburban trains during the formnen. :1 through trains f o n New York and the west as well a; through from the east. were from four to sx hours late. Tonight the few trains mrving are running without a telegraph:c ser vice. Many horses were killed in the streets by stepping on the ends o' tele phone wires which had fallen ac:os the trolley wires. Taesday night the situation astu'ed such a dangerous aspect that Mayor Q incy ord:red that none of the el-e tric lights be turned on except in dis tricts where tne wires are under ground. It will reaire "ezs to restore the telephone and telegraph service. Nat a siogie telenraph wire out of Boston was in opera'icn all day, and the telephone wires were in al most as b:d condition. The w' o'esale and most of the retail busine=s districts of the ct*y were deserted all day. Snipping in the harbor was damacd greatly and it is feared many disasters to coast shipping will be reported when telegraphic communication is restored. The centre of the storm appeared to t be in the vicinity of Ne u Bedfcrd,and the brant of it fell on Bostoa and te ritory within a radias of 15 or 29 miles. From meagre reports receiv-d from the middle and western par s of the State the storm there was less se vere. Here about 20 inch..s of snow' fell. EFFECTS IN NEW YORK The storm woich b gao Sunday nighit-swept over New Y .rk State with; great fury. Normtern Nea York is snowbound. Business has been at a: standstill in many of the smtaller towns; wires all nyer tbe cmuntry are down; roads are block~ed and rail way traffie greatly im aede I. The "up the State" residents have suffere d f rom: the cold, which ranged as low as 2) degrees and more below zero. At Al bany, Troy, Saratoga and nany other places in tue State as muen as t voand three feet of snow has fallen ar d re ports are to the < fect it at the bl:zzard is still raging, the wo si. storm since the memorable one of 1S85 Citizens of this city have had .a battle their way to business agaics; a gale of wie d that at times swept along a'. 40 miles an hour and carried sheets c f snon with it. Much delay was caused to the rail way mail service fromn the northern part of the S-ate which has been prac-1 tically cut cif, arnd trains running onl the New York Central railroad were from four to tive hours late. From 1000 to 20,000 men have been at work with thousands of teams on the streets clearing away the snow, and yet there has been no appreciable de crease in the amount that is piled up in every direction. Portions of L ng Island suffered al most as mucha fromn the storm as far up the State. Tne east end of the is land has been biccaded by the drift inig snow. The ?4ong Island railroad was completely closed today. Scow plows driven by five of the most pow erful engines on the road are now bcat tilog with the drifts on the esstern section of the road DRIFTS TwENTY FEET. At Waterville, Me'., somre houses~ have been baried by 20 foot drifts of~ snow. Cotton mills have been close:, the operatives being unable to reach them. itFSINESS PARALYZED. At L twrence, Mass., the storm has paralyzed busirness and tro tl. S:r et car lines are tied up and commnica ion with oer to qns is almost sus pended. All the mills are seriouslV affected by the storm. Many of the operatives are cut and some of the mills are not running at all. TH REE FEET OF sNo -V. At Providence, R 1., n e storm here today was cae of te.e worst ever no.wn. Tele'graph and selepsons' wires are all do vn arid t'e c:ty is over whelmed by three fe-t ti s ow which nas blown into immense drifts. suicide in 5W. Augustine@. Henry G-oettel, in jail at St. Augus tine., Fia , ecaarged, together with H~r man Bre-z, with train wreching. cmmnit el suie a' a' early h tur Wetdesday mnorniag by hanging1 nimself wi..n a t).VeI to t" ro3i of tne celL His~ eonmpuion agreed to, die with him an.d m a.e a fueie attemo' to ott cut *.is bans a .ns' th stel wails of the' cell, but n spt o0- the fact tha~t he panged -i'h ii1 incoe aainst the was su ersiel hedi not succ.eed. Th inower G'r nais and in straichtened circ-ums a-c~s 1hey plannecd t. ron an ELt. cos tramn, wenut so far as to reoe a r.4 T se enirine was di'eixd. the~ niem.. badly .acalded and taeern ineer ijur ed in the chest. Tii, nerve of G i failed and the plain of gigtroh the traia and robbiag ti'e passeners~ at the oint of revok ers was aban doned.~ Tue remar&.-bie c'ircusae es i coaenecou mit t' -- su~u Goe tel .steteedu iipne 'her mst h'vesnowD-n Ue 'a -rUand wit U .is feeLt irmrly plant--d upo'- te il.>r. Ithe act of naugm he ha v dently held them from th f . untie los' consciousness The tv men weresusoected of oem the ""r bugs wno barne-d Sat Mac ifotl and other property duri-gtels sutmer and fall, and a wet b.; s:rong ircums:antial e vienc as t e og wovern around them. G etel left a! notC cn-messing that ne and his pa had a temnpted to wreck the traiin, ba. h a denied inat he had anything to do HE a sKAF.zS su:: Ad4! a to Tw a V:1 Y u-::e )na ANr w Orra . :,:r. It wa t o0irZ 'le. The ild a a. t " lire in ;.e evei:_ , ac r' ' ard 11 d th-cugh t'e ' :S dhe gr a'. cify ":e v o eO:leans had so- p -e 'r:'. -aving the sirr-ee 'Ad almcn apps.img stesec o escia ioa t: - '- ' " iwh the noises C e ' er hu: std The elictric in= .:s ;l: un, a ,ted"% or t:^. cnrners. e..P. r t cars I ssj at farther itk-r er:. ;2 v. ioa f eiste s r. 1l1g Out chrn th - s - a a' Idy acrcss the p~are r~r ) Q r,:a~p, uus':rn, raggt ed1. sof.-H wa.tchf'' with ndi or ;.r!'.g the swinging doo:s. a: I "'. t;r:.i 1is eyes toward two IIn ve;n'g dress, who w'Cer ) c d'.v .th- srzet toward .'mn T )'yad beyn driniting deep lv -"o, a d hey spe b-s:ore tLe salo1n diner and 'cohed curiously at hie. --y Joe,' s::d U :, "thin of hav ig:..t fist iike that ard not the price o, an extinuisher in your pocket: B 's. oa Ta':Ms a' to pifcS, e' L q'ior, Pqior everyvhre ana -Gt a uroo t ; dr in He ran his hand in his pocket atd p reffer d the tramp a d::ne, tut before it could be accrpped t u oh.r young follow interposd. -Sv,' nie said, let's do the goed tSam~;t'tn and7Set H obo up to a good drink.' The other hilarously con se::ted, and tramp zlcuched into the s "on at the heelsof the two gilded I vteu's. The barke=per set oefore them- gla-s-- and jiqors, and, with a hnd tat shook the tramp poured out :.brm"g iela-s and ralsed it to his! lips, ':7,' c izd one of the you: g men dranknly; "ia:e us aspeec. I. :s po quor that doesn't ualecs3n a mans : The tramp hastily s9 eil.:d down the drink, and as the rick iiquir courstd through his blood, s:raightened hitnelf and stood be f re them with a grecl and dignity t a: a': his 4ras and dirt could not obscure. Gvnti-men," he said, "I isok tonight ;t you ar!d at myself, and it seemi to rme I look upoa the picture of m;y lost manhood. This io.ed 'ace was ornca as young and a d s oars. This shaubliug ti zars walked as proudly as yours, a maIn in a wcrld of mrn. 1, too, once ad a home, and friends, and posmtton. I had a wire as beautiful as an artist's dr-am, and I Lropped the priceless p arl of her honor ind respect in the wile cup, and, Gleopatra like, saw it dissolve, and qu.feid it do wn in the bri wing draugnt. I had children ssweet an. lvely as the flawersof spring, and I saw them fade and die und--r tat tligtag curse of a drunk ,rd f.t er. I hau a home where love lie hlame upon the altar and min:s tered ocio it, and 1. put out doly fle, and daaess aac d-solatiou reigaea in :s sead. I na- aspirations and ambi ioins tat soared as nigh as tbe morning star, and I broke and oruised the u atui'u v iugs, aud, at last, stranglcd tLem tuat I m'gr: t be to:tur ed wi.h t:.eir cr:es no mare. Toaay I am a nuband w::lot a wife, a fatner wiItaut ac aid, a tramp with no nome to call his oes, a man In wa?om every good a:pule is dead. All, all swal iowcu up 1u toe mzaelstcran of drink." The triam ( easea spaking. Tzi glass sell froai his nerveless tingers atnd saiver into a thtussand fragmnents on tue fi1or. Tuessicging doors pahea cpen and shut to again, and Wten the' uitte group snoult tne oarg looked up tae tramp was gone. PJLITIC A.L P3T EINS TO) BDI.. More 'zcanddce En:er the Llsts for Big Plums The Columbia State says following the announcement made Friday of the candidacy of Col. R B. Wats:n of Saluda fo: governor, which by the way c:-eated q itet a firtter in politt eat circles, ca-ne ihe announcement tzat ex-Sri'anor Seuumper;had derer mlinei. to make the race. This niakes the fourth man to enter the race in the coming~ State campaign. Gover nor Eil: re anid Mr. Archer have an nouniced ineir platforms. Nothing of this kind has yet come from Cal. Wa'son or Mr. Sc'humn~ert. At this stage iP boks very much as if the race is going to te a lively one if all the candidates stay to the finish. The pt siive announce-nent was al so mace yesterday of the candidacy of Masyor H. H. Eraris of Newberry for the office of attcrney general. His friends c'.aimin tat he will make it lively for any others who enter the race. And still another annoucement has been nmade. Col. Thomnas G. White of Beaufort is out for ruperintendent cf ducatio. It seems Lhat there is no longer any doubt but t'at George D Tillman will be in the race for goveror. It was posiiively stated on the street yester day, by one who is in posiin to know, tnat Col. G-eorge Tiliman has finally consented to re enter pohucs. The~ fuflowing was also gaven out in regard to Col. bllman's plans: He will not miake the race on an anti dispensary platform, ho sever, as has heretofore been re parted. His oosition on the waiskey geestion will be to aliew each ccunty to sta~ct for it self prohitiion, high license, or the dispensary, as each stes tit, this, in :s jud ane being true local self overnment and one of the fundamen tal primciples o& D.er c -acy. He w;el ilso advocate a change in the present sys:ean of curiy g'overnment and make a deternuned fight for the bet ioraneet of t ce public school sy stem He vitti ran as acesididate of no fac aun, out vitn tan tape that he unay b: able to re unie t he Demoera cy in Sauta Carailna. Hie wnJi not only p'-oanise to r~e uce taxes, but will re gue them. fh-. peop~le are groauing tnder thiS burden. Era i~ng t:me Col. Tiiian has betated to allo v t e use of his namne, but' it is said that the oetiti.,said lct tefAn all p rts of the State wnicu unve C-e' t as1*'li' Lirn to make .he rae' 'ave 'etia'tey and iialix ecsu eu ni to dec .. ds'o. S'me pu le gq . onDe account of hi eg his abhty to 'n:~e the ce ras Lu. all such misgivings, his and the u-x. campa~igni will oemai oL ov hils aV ass. He enj~y )a er( bst of healto aud is as vigorsusi today as -ye.-. Trer is ndionger any coo *he r u t~. ne is m tre' r -e to Geil>) AvIe -Ani excaanse gives ale to th ree -elcl T'' "have a -a i i go >e )a t L) Terj wrmas .en o o w~rights. You cr un7: a- r i' s er glct. Y.u my notie * ""*mr E Le irsur no: va- ese:.Ba do no.. Jaay z arinc.h.:n in the Se o o c i .ren. b'li into a we ar nartysupporL ann syn ,aud vc' wil get more. seio t a t scoo'l tan you think. I. may be~ the oaly shool in yourI each Youare no: able to send 'our :ildren .avay. Sand your ecardren Royal makes the food pure, w huoesome and delici:>us. r PDWDER Absolutely Pure F,^YA;. GA%fNC PC'ADM~ CO., NEW YORK. The Repub teson /sxrred. The Rep!ubiican miembe-s of the House of RepresertItive are very much sarced over the political situation, and mane (f ihem fear that their jobs are gene. Now that the smoke is clearcd awuy, they see that they were mi.de catspows of by their leaders to pull the gold-bug chestnuts out that the Ser ate had thrown in the fire. Only two Republicans, Linney and White, both of North Carolina, had the temerity to vote differently from the way that the bosses wanted them to vote. Tue Republicans as a party were rot crly whipped into line, but were made to "double quick" step in the liaste which was made to show the ccuatry that the house was entirely opposed to the senate regarding the fit arcial policy of this country. The only hope for mcst of these members now is for the Republican campaign committee to let the financial issue rest on the recent vote as far as the east is concerned, and to push for ward international bimetallism as the issue in their campaign book for the rest of the states. A dispatch from Washing ton to the Atlanta Journal says the Republicans are in conference mearly every day as to what is the best poli cy to pursue, and Platt's voice and a whisper from Lodge are the only sounds heard in favor of running the fall campaign on the gold standard as an issue iu spite of the fact that Mc Ktnty was elected on that issue, they are afraid to try it again. Even the venerable Senator Hoar, of Massachu setts, said in his speech:. "I amseri ous about it when I say that I am anxi ous to have the double standard estab lished and maintained by all man kind." But this is consistent with his telegram from Paris last year during he R epublicAn convention when he urged the conventon not to adopt the plank proposed by Piatt and Ldge. Bait the most signiacant ac tion yet as sho wing the tendency of the party is the refusal of Allison, Thurston and Burrows to vote for Lodge's amendment. But the people ate not going to allow themselves to be fooled again. They want the issues decided and they are going to decide it in thent xt t wo election for all time. Many of the Republ.can members romt the West see the hand writing on the wall, and are trying to avert the inpending danger by bringing ,in the tarrif cr sc me otter meaningless ssue, but the dodge will fail. They most stan~d or fall on the currency is sue. Tilman Talks. In the Ui. S. Senate Wednesday the question of Ha vaiian annexation was tL e subject under consideration, wen Senator Tillman mace a speeca which is tnus reported by the press dispatches: ".Senator Tillman of South Caro. lina came into the debate, maaing some assertions which created a oret zy sr for a few minutes. Tne Soumi Carolina senator referred to the r.e cent Hawaiian revotution and to what ne termed the effort of the .Reputbican party to e.stablish a government in the interest of the white people in the is lands when they numoered only one out of tnir~y of the innabitants and in this connlection referred to tne reor ganzation of party lines in the sou~th after tne war. '-We were then," he sad, "in Sout a CarAua attemipting to establish a white man's governtneal. the Repuulican party interfered with is tuen, or attempted to do so, profess ing to no.d opinious about tue sacred izgnts of the mapry to iu.e. I a buld like to know wLetnler tne Re pubdcan party has enlanged us opilnio on this subject ot the righL of the wnie man to rule; Ior it it has, and wil1 e x.end it to the Suthern S.ates, I will vote tor taeC treaty." -.he aistingutianca senator from Southt Carcana~ evidenttly kuo is all a.Oait the efforts to re-eatabush Lre ,vtite man's party ila the s.uta after ue war and could doub.es. give us muca interestuig informai;n on tnAt point," said snator Unaudter. "I do kLo N s.-meting,'' responded Mr. Tulmrara, 'ana I know Itat theie was son.e cacauisg somn e of tne sotgua ini tause u?ms as inerer proo aOy Wa~s in di-4vaii * ne senatOr forun Saat~h Carolina woud, I haroly ining," iaterrup.eI :eaator floar, - ay iu open sessin wat he nlas r. -1aa wuntig to say ii a ayfffnere," said Mr. BLLaan 1I want tine sauce :liy al alonug to line. lhce f open e utocrs anui I sin amy wLoa.1 nave Msrco aad S or E. Mun?do, a i~auer published in the t , of Mexico, revie aiog Mr. B yan's art c~e en Mexico and its present con - dut..n, saas: "Mr. Bryan has done js:Le to the :i acial work of the .vernment of Mexico. Tue credit and :lemtess of the administratuon eg---ter with the prodigous vitality >f the country have pieceii us in a ~e:y ad vatagectas positi )n a-nong the nuitusf which are mnucaing unnam-n prd to their complete cevclo?:nent' &e article cor chades by euziplas: z ng ue determiiation of Mex~c yto adner Le siiver standard, wDIen is bringing prserity to tue c~u::try. Nu DiL7arence. THE National Rlouse of Represen a iVs deuvoted aui hour One dcy Xat se to a palineal aeba'e, baseu upoaI ?e assertim of a minstrel end man e p.td on the i ior of the house by p:esenua'.ie Ricnardson, of Ten eee, tnat inere was no ditference >tween tue Cleveland panic and the