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TALMAGE'S SER SUICIDE WAS SUBJECT OF EM INENT DIVINES SERMON. Sane Man Who Suicides is Traitor to God. Infidelity Cause of Self Slaughter. Enter Eternity Through God's Command. This sern.on of Dr. Tainae which we send c.t today s.'ms startlingly appropriate to this theme when so nany are leaving :his life by their ownI hand. an evil about which all reasonable peo ple are agreed: text Acts xvi. 2. Do thvself no harm. Here is a would be suicide arrested in his deadly attempt. lie was a sheriff and. accordingly to the Roman law. a baliff himself must suffer the punish ment due an escaped prisoner. and if the prisoner breaking jail was sent enced to be endungeoned for three or four years then the sheriff must be en dungeoned for three or four years. and if the prisoner breaking jail was to have suffered capital punishment then the sheriff must suffer capital punish ment. The sheriff had received espc ial charge to keep a sharp lookout for Paul and Silas. The government had not much confidence in bolts nid bars to keep safe these two clergymen. about whom there seemed to be somethimg strange and supernatural. Sure enough. by miraculous power. they are free. and the sheriff. waking out of a sound sleep and supposing these ministers have run away and knowing that they were to die for preaching Christ and realizing that he must therefore die. rather than go under the executioner's ax on the morrow and suffer public disgrace re solves to precipitate his own decease. But before the sharp, keen. glittering dagger of the sheriff could strike his heart one of the unloosened prisoners arrests the blade by the command. "Do thyself no harm." In olden times and where Christian ity had not interfered with it suicide was considered honorable and a sign of courage. Demosthenes poisoned him self when told that Alexander's embas sador had demanded the surrender of the Athenian orators. Isocrates killed himself rather than surrender to Philip of Macedon. Cato, rather than submit to Julius Caesar, took his own life, and three times after his wounds had been dressed tore them open and perished. Mithridates killed himself rather than submit to Pompey, the conqueror. Hannibal destroyed his life by poison from his ring, considering life unbeara ble. Lycurgus a suicide, Brutus a sui cide. After the disaster of Moscow Na poleon always carried with him a prep aration of poison. and one night his servant heard the ex-emperor arise, put something in a glass and drink it. and soon after the groans aroused all the attendants, and it was only through ut most medical skill that he was resusei tated. Times have changed, and yet the American conscience needs t'o be toned up on the subject of suicide. Have you seen a paper in the last month that did not announce the pass age out of life by one's own behest? Defaulters, alarmed at the idea of ex posure, quit life precipitately. Men losing large fortunes go out of the world because they cannot endure earthly ex istence. Frustrated affection, domestic infelicity, dyspeptic impatience, anger, remorse, envy, jealousy, destitution. misanthropy; are considered sufficient causes for absconding from this life by paris green, by laudanum, by belladon na, by Othello's dagger, by halter, by leap from the abutment of a bridge, by firearms. More cases of felo de se in the last two years than any two years of tae world's existence, and more in thie last month than in any 12 months. The evil is more and more spreading. Scotland, the land prolific of intel lectual giants, had none grander than Hugh Miller, great for science and great for God. He was an elder in St. John's Presbyterian church. He came of the -best highland blood and was a descendant of Donald Roy, a man em inent for piety and the rare gift of sec ond sight. His attainments, climbing up as he did from the quarry and the wall of the stonemason, drew forth the astonished admiration of Buckland and Mlurchison, the scientists, and D~r. Chalmers, the theologian, and held uni versities spellbound while he told them the story of what he had seen of God in "The Old Red Sandstone." That man did more than any other being that ever lived to show that the God of the hills is the God of the Bible, and he struck his tuning fork on the rocks of Cromarty until he brought geology and theology accordant in divine wor ship. His two books, entitled "Foot prints of the Creator" and "'The Testi miony of the Rocks." proclaimed the banns of an everlasting marriage be tween genuine science and revelation. On this latter book he toiled day and night, through love of nature and love of God, until he could not sleep and his brain gave way, and he was found dead with a revolver by his side, the cruel instrument having had two bul lets-one for him and the other for the gunsmith who at the coroner's inquest was examining it and fell dead. Have you any doubt of the beatification of Hugh Miller alter his hot brain had ceased throbbing that winter night in his study at Portobello? Among the mightiest of earth. among the mightiest of heaven. No one doubted the piety of William Cowper, the author of those three great hymns,''O For a Closer Walk .With God," "What Various Hindrances We Meet," "There is a Fountain Filled With Blood-Williami Cowper, who shares with Isaac W\atts and Charles Wesley the chief honors of Christian hymnology. In hypochondria lie re solved to take his own life and rode to the river Thames. but found a man seated on some goods at that very noint from which he expected to spring and rode back to his home. and that nizhit threw himself upon his own knife. but the blade broke, and then he hanged himself to the ceiling, but the rope broke. No wonder that when G3od mercifully delivered him from that awful dementia he sat down and wrote that other hymn just as memorable: God moves in a myesterious way His wonders to perferm. He plants his footsteps in the sea And rides upon the storm. Blind unbelief is sure to err And scan his work in vain. God is his own interpreter, And he will make it plain. While we make this merciful and righteor- allowance in regard to those who were. plunged into mienltal incohie rence 1 declare that the man who in the use of his reason. by his own -act. snap the bond between his body andI his oul. goes straight into perdition. Shall I proveit? Revelation xxi. S. "Murderers shall have their part in the lake whiich burneth with fire anid brinatone. Rev - elation xxii. 15, "Without are dog- and sorcerers and who remnig~iers and mur derers." You (do not blieve the Ne of oher' Then t I ask you if You are n asii reg1niible for .oiur own life as fr the life of it hers7 God gave you a a t in life and made Viou tile cu-t.iian IT your life. and he mnade V41u1 thek cuistodian of i( other life. lie -aVe y.u as WVaieins with which to de fend it two arms to strike back assail ants. two eyes to watch for invasion. and a natural love of life which ougiht ever to be on the alert. Assassination of others is a tild crinme couipared with the assassination of yourself. Iocanuie n the latter case it is treachery to ain especial trust. It is the surrenler ot castle you were especially :pinoiiitei to keep. It is a treason to a nait ral law. and it is treaskw to Gid :1ided to i nary murder. All the good men and vIn tof11' Blible left to God the decisiin if their earthly termi nuis. and the y ciinlhae said with Job. who had a rlht to coin mit suicide it any man ever had. what with his destroVel PrOp ertv and liiis Ioiv all aflaime with i insutferalle car hiun'eles and eveythini1 iine froin his hme excepit the eii curse of it. a pestiferoiius wife and foar uarulous peo ple nelting him'~ 11, with comfortless talk while le -its on a heal of ashes seratch in hi, sabs with a piece if broken Iotter.:. vet crying out in triinmph. --Akli the days of inY app oinuted time v11 I w ait till m. changie comics. i No)tw%*it hstandi ng the Bible is agirai nst thli evil and the aversion which it cre ates by the loathsome and ghastly spee tucle of those who haveohurled them selves out of life, and notwithstanding, Christianity is against it and the argu nents and the useful lives and the il lustrious deaths of its disciples,. it is a fact alarmingly patent that suicide is on the increase. What is the cause? I charge upon infidelity and and agnos ticism this whole thing. If there be no hereafter. or if that hereafter b)e blissful without reference to how we live and how we die. why not move back the folding doors between this world and the next? And when our existence here becomes troublesome why not pass right over into elysium? Put this down among your most solemn reflec tions. There has never been a case of suicide where the operator was not ei ther demented and therefore irrespon sible or an infidel. I challenge all the ages and I challenge the universe. There never has been a case of self de struction while in full appreciation of his immortality and of the fact that that immortality would be glorious or wretched according as he accepted -Jesus Christ or rejected him. You say it is a business trouble or you say it is electrical currents or it is this or it is that or it is the other thing. Why not go clear back my friend, and acknowledge that in every case it is the abdication of reason or the teaching of infidelity, which practically says. "If you don't like this life, get out of it. and you will land either in annihilation. where there are no notes to pay. no persecutions to suffer. no gout to tor ment, or you will land where there will be everything glorious and nothing to pay for it." Infidelity has always been apologetic for self immolation. After Tom Paine's "Age of Reason" was published and widely read there was a marked increase of self slaughter. Have nothing to do with an infidelity so cruel, so debasing. Come out of bad compauy into the company of those who believe the Bible. Benjamin Franklin wrote. "Qf-this Jesus of Nazareth 1 have to say that the system of morals he left and the religion he has given us are the best things the world has ever seen or is likely to see." Patrick lHen ry, the electric champion of liberty. says. "The book worth all other books put together is the Bible." Benjamin Rush, the leading physiologist and an atomist of his day, the great medical sientist-what did he say? "The only true and perfect religion is Chris tianitv." Isaac Newton, the heading philesopher of his tinie-what did lie say? "'The subimiest pihilosopuhy on earth is the :.hilosophy of the gos pl." David Brewster, at the pronuni iation of whose niame every scientist the world over bows his head-David Brewster sayivig, "Oh. this religion has been a great light to me. a very great light all my days." President Thiers, the great French statesman. ae knoweledging that lie prayed .when lie said, ''I invoke the Lord God. in ivhiom l am glad to believe." David Living stone','able to conquer the lion. able to conquer the panther. able to conquer the savage, vet conq cred by this religion. so when they find him dead they find him on his knees. Salmon P. Chase. chief justice of the supreme court of the United States, ap pointed by President Lincoln. will take the witness stand. "Chief Justice Chase. please to state what you have to say about the book conmnonly called the Bible." The witness replies: "There caine a time in my life when I doubted the divinity of the Scriptures. and I resolved as a lawyer and judge I would try the book as I would try any thing in the courtroom. taking evidence for and against. It was a long and seri ous and profound study. and. using the same priinciples of evidence in this reli gious matter as I always do in secular matter 1 have come to the decision that the Bible is a supernatural book. that it has conic from God, and that the only safety for the human race is to follow its teaching." "Judge. that will do. Go back again to your pillow of dust on te banks of the Ohio." Next 1 put upon the witness stand a president of the United States--John Quiney Adams. ''President Adams. what hiave you to say about the Bible and Chris tianity?" The president replies: "I have for maniy years miade it a practice to read through the Bible onice a year. My custom is to read four or five chap ters every nmorniing immediately alter rising from my bed. It employs about an hour of my time and seems to mie the nmst suitable nmannier of beginningi the ia. Ini what'e light soever we regard the Bible. whethe.r w.ith reference to revelation. to history~ or to morality, it is an invaluable and iexhiaustible mine of knowledge and v irtue.'' 'Chaiicel lir Kent. vwhat do! vou think of the Bible?" Aii'wer: "No other book ever' addressed. itself soauthoritatively and so pathecticlly to thle jttdgmnit and moral sense of m'ank i."' '"Edmund Burke. what do youi think of the Bibile?' Answer: "I1 have rea. d thle Bible. niorn ng ntoon and ight 'and have ever' since been the hapier and better man fi' such readini. Yiung me n of Vmri':a. come out of tle circl 1e of initidel iiiiutlv miade up I f cran'ks and imbeeiles- iinto the ciom pi"nyi of intellectual giants and turn you baick on an infidelity which de troys body. and soul. ahniel ity. stand upi aiid take thy ,-en ten'c in tiie presence iift Gid angii anmnen. staiid tup. t liinou ms 'er! Thy lip bte w~i~i ith liasphm.' thy chieek 'c'arred ;i with uncleian ness. thy breuth fouii w'ih the coriruptiin uf u'-ard ftic i-atiins. I epeir of tlle cn ttuie- Stand un, thoii iuuioster. thv feet crimi woi Xth ti' liniiun 2or up ianl z:ke ill -, tee Dwil with t (ee-i II tilte 1,ii :li' ! i the sI an ircat th thu-ie te hu ha, de'stird :nil torere f:l t iititwhom' tou hart o he X iiI bran the foeha o o itielt wi tt , 1i ti t e s h' ilil Iii I Vii lI with ali th e crttttl.il 4t telf mll m h-lilolatio I Ill tht t last co IItry Qn th art i l t wh I hl their r slen. atM1y frlindthat. iiit. l'if.4: thrus wre iitpti to I. :it it by ' y uir 4wn 1 l lVet.~ we'e iiat 12n i.lirsk. a tile e ti'io :ti-er. Christ ti e l l4:: me ut t at i' selI fr ll l lt- b the bfst t e let. bi t as he i el si st Ve I SO is I t cve. titt ea t lastinewr ll a w-unI.I I ityour triully e i r% 'a I pre 1.1%b it i t.Ii lf Sa onAfigil v (i ta hir Na. ''oluen911i'wr, tilhat f 4e keepI s t hvle n e trluo l I_ t ' ''ur I life wvith as ill1uel prcih- a lit 11cepIs tae hdronlology hi of atin. y 1 tar tile as well as yOurcrd. that was it that at mlidn it. Ail- at iridiuwhowt. the dankest r o duk the blow that set the fralitte free from borndage? The 4:o Ie ars n.re up Ant 12 o'cloc that tihlit. Th4:0 lears were noit utp at 11. and I o'clock wvoul have been tart and too late. Thle 4: hats weri i aiat 12 o'clok. an tile de stoigangerl StItekI tl o blow. :mdI Israel was free. And Goiknows justq the hour ell it is time to - I ytu Ip from eartht bondsate. By his froci take not the worst of things, but the best of thenm. It, yolt Illust take tile pill. do rst ciew them. Your ever - last in.,- rewvards will accord with you earthly perturbations. .inSt as, Caiuis ge o Agrippa a chain of old as heavy as had been a chain of iBnl. For tihe asking you may have the samie grace0 that Was iven thle Italian martyr. Al serius. whodown in the darkest is1on eon dated his letters from the de ietable oruhard of the Leoni:-e prison. And remember that this brief life is surrounded by a ri -a very thin but very important rimantd close up to that rim is a great eternity. and you had bhtter keep) out of it until God breaks that rim and separates this from that. To 'get ridI of the sorrows of earth do not rush into greater sorrows. To get rid of a swarel of summer insects leap not into a jungle of Bengal tigers. There is a ,orrowless world, and it is so radiant that the noonday sun is only the lowest doortep. and the aurora that lights up our northern heavens. cpl t foundin astronomers as to what it an be. is the waving of the banners of the procession come to take the conquerors home fromn eurch triumphant. and you and I hiave 10.000 reasons for wanting to o there. but we will never get there eithier by self immolation or. impen itency. All our sins slain by Christ who came to do that t(hint. we want to ro ;n at just thetime divinely arraned. and from a couch divinelv spread. and then the clan s of the sepulhral gates behind us will be overpowered by the clang of the opening of the solid pearl before us. 0 God. whatever others iay choose. ive me a Christiand: life. e hristian's death. Christian's burial. a Christian.s imnwrtality! iene speakin ofshe atte only santiaio the AwhiceSanis squadron tha could oete uls.roye weapt. ut of the hizaoy sip: ecn n ite "The'enire s uo was ordtiiz eried toli tivte ohe fire ofwa fheir gfus.t thle crui serd Brooklybcastt was st shevedashatnshere. The Iown shipei the Aeriicn sdon thuedand itsl over tae not been badl t. t he tanb~othr shipaecnd In deerinead to trant rantdiaer.ys tht tie flonhi Marid Teesa coul getn awayertil bap tiarted ire1. Site ws riiitu. iiThek T x.In thoue surolynwol wasjt r itd dshe heand eintfifteen mius aI verw tjkvshe suoneure.uTheo and akng gowrt cireine aton u the rtuend. ns tet I thougnot sbee woudl rantu. Th than any oherd shore. andI t deter id voi r and amhenr. saw that the Colont an'gendo ould asoet also. andrstea pshha evidently sineen useverd bey aitekl. he turnetvrbof the mak. shorts euiul. eat urpt hide. str oi fireat Iheruwithe awloulra us. btt svite rer.nd itthnterrawbtatethectu endohad Orgnahr also hitr steal tmshl. bTh titue oftheslbrook-d v wasiiTc batiul . We wened raid frir t at her it all ull aig dun't seh ie reontc als. heu several roveius in to the shre.struture itp figting us att 1.1003 yards. Onec shell went along the entire gun deck. killing half the meni on it and wounding ntearly all the rest. A shell from the Oregont hit the superstructure, and it was then ttat. wounded and knowing we could not get away. I strucek thte flag atnd started for thte beach. "Il did niot inistrucet the mtenl ti liad tte guns at all. and I doii't kiiow whyX thy~ were loadt~ed. We were on fire badly. and whein thi'se meni whlt iwere alive started to swinm aishore. the Cut bans on shore shit att tus unt il thte themi. The liroioklyn iaid preven Ited me froii gett inig itway. fo r I eould hiavet beaten thte O)rego n ult. aS I hadi at two mile lead oft her. )ly oirders weire to try atnd sink the llrooklyn1. antd I trtied toarry them (itt I did init tink that ie battery coutld lie so terrible.' "Head Mloney." More thlan s210.10 wh Xill bet la id by ttis Giovernmenit its --htead~ nmoney' to the officers and sailors wito dest riyved ervera's fleet. Tii' is acitrding~ to~ the law. whIlih proid le tfor tilt pay tle suit's of tan ellnl whenl these 5lilIl wll reeeiv'e pretty 'golid fotrtutnes. Th wXill be pidtl in due 1eai in. Aieroring so's flee.t xwill be en ititledl tti shut fir :"'an 1tigoI. I'ecords' in tihe. inreaiu If ltelliln.e "at the Navy iii parune't WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP BULLETIN ISSUED. What the Observers all Over the State Report to Headquarters. The Information Consolidated. The fIhlwing i tI weekly bulletin (if ithe coiIItion of, thle weathler and cros f lwstaeissue 311onday by Diriector Baier f the Smith Carolina sectionI fthe Ul( nited4 States we-athevr ad crop hirea sevice: The week wis coier tI:i usu.al. with .a (eiliCieV in temprture veraratin aboiut :, ditrees 1-r day. The first oif thle week was warmn with maxilnumii and~ re-achinllun aM t Battesb'lug (n .)IuI\ : the last of the week was tu-i e .er. Itweeln "il a1 11 0 (iegrees. except n -lulV 11. \wheni they v were grenerally be lw* I de:rees. which is 11u1usially low for the first decade d Juily. Tih innimum teillperatures were not utnlusutaily low. r:niging between 6.- and 78 de:rges. witlh :1i extreine liliinlulu fIr the week of Go deurrees on July 7 :ind s. at JLtpers. Pickens coluity. Tlle avert-c Imllperat ure fori tlhe week wasi 7I. and41 tle normlial for tile sailie erIl isv u about degrves. Thie rainfall duing the past week was well distributed over the entire State and camell in tile form if shol()wers oil .-icessive dav after .utly 1. enabling tille unlld to absoirb the ,reater pir tion. and thie soil is now timroughily sat uraited. Over the central. western and north western cointies the rainfall was in placts excessive. The following heav ing umeasurements in inches and hun dredths were recorded: Columbia 7.23: Spencer 4.50: Barksdale 3.51: Govan: 5.0: Society Hill 6.52. Oakland 5.10: Shiloh 4.15: Pleasant 3.10; Liberty3.75; Greenville 6.18: Sanday Flat 5.75: Riv erview 5.50: Walhalla 3.45: Trenton 5.45: Ella 6.20: Estill 6.50: Camden 5.03: Cheraw 4.33: Charleston 5.00: St. Matthews. 3. 19; Allendale 3.00; Bates bur- 3.10: Blackville 4.01. Tetn addi tioial measurements of from 2 to 3 inches and nine of less than 2 inches were received with a nuinium measure ment of 0.8S at Salters. For the State the average rainfall for the week was 3.40 inehes: and the normal for the sane period is approximately 1.29 inches. An apparently general cold rain set in early today (July 12) with teipera tures genIerally below 60 degrees and a fresh to brisk northeast wind. SUNSilINE AND HAIL. Cloudiness prevailed during the greater portion of the week. the esti mated percentage of bright sunshine for the State was 46 per cent. of the possible. and over the central and western counties was generally much lower. There was a light hail storm in York county on July 9. but crops were not injured. AbundaIt moisture and generally favorable temnperature cautsed marked disprovemnit in the conditions of all growuig cropls. In places there was tlO much rain, particularly on sandy soils, and heavy rains datmaged crops and washed terraced lanids in the hilly portions of the State. A few corres pondents report damage to crops on bottom lands which were overflowed. while over the greater portion of the State the grround has been too wet to cultivate since Tuesday, and fields are becoming grassy. However. the injury to crops caused by the recent rains, is not as yet serious. and. a few days of drying weather will afford opportunity enouigh to clean fields of corn and cittoii. and compilete laying by, which'l has been delayed.- while the good ef fets of the rain atre inestimable, and will last to matturity. Old corn was too far advanced to wrds miattrity in lacies to show niuch imprliovement. but late corn is now in fine growing condition. Laying by is well advaiiced, btut was delayed by the ri ns. Cornresponidents report the corn (erop niAre proinisinig nlow thiali anly tinle inice planting. Co t ton iiade raplid griowthi durn g thle week anld is putting oni 'weed"~ very fast. Fields arie becoinig grassy in places and some complai nts of rttst aiid shedding were received. while lice have not eiitirely disappeared but the gen eral fine conditioii of the crop is not afflecd to any imarked exteiit by these adverse conditions. Cotton is fruiitingi heavily and conties to bloom anid hiut on biolls freely. Sea islnid eottoii is makinig rapid growth and looks protm sint. The tobacco crop is developing raipid lv iinto a line one. Cutting and cur in.is ow ienral. and somec of this yars crop lhas been miarketed. Rice is dloinig weldl. The showers were very benieticial on rice, and al1 though the crop1 is poor int por~tions5 of Bamnberg coutnty. it is up to an averagte condition elsewhere in the rice-raising districts. Large quantities of sweet potato slips were transplanted dutriing the wek under favorable mioisture condi tionIs. Thec prevailing cloudiness also favored this work. 31elons are becotning plentiful. but most correspoindeiits repoirt tllemi small er than tusual. Apples are dropinitg biadly. P eaches of good qutality are plentiful. Pears are scarce. G riapes arc doiing well in most places. but exeessive rottingr is reorlted froii D arl ington. (Oconee andl G reenville counities. 'There will be few scuppeno'ng grapes ini lIarnwecll counity. llayinr made little progress dutrinug the week. Pamstutres are gr'owiung fast and afford ceel lent grazing. He Was a Smooth Article. A dispatch froii Gi ibhraltar tells a long stry of a pseudo-wealhy MIexicaii who was lionized for ,ix wccks at 31adrid and Cadiz. where lie diined with Adimiral Catara. whlo inispected the fleet and te dlefenses and in every way won the cofidece ofi the oifliils. lyl to dis appail, the momllenit a watrent was issuted fori his arrest, lie tutriied upl afterward in Tanier cu and confiessed to the corres-~c 1pindenut of the IDally News that hiis l:itne was F'ermisaindez and that hie wats a1 ecaptalini in the Secondui Texas liangers. lis Spaniishi decenit. he said. enabiled im i t' deei ve all the Spit aids wvhileI attint a5 t lie conifidieintial agnti oIf tile Stilted Staites Gouveninnclt. Loved the Ocean. G;uithorii'i. 31e.. at thle ag'e of!9, years. wa- ai seal captaini ini his earlier years. le lived niear tile sea. antd it was his cutomttl to have hiimiself taken tio tile Leii- when the weathletr was faiir. anid thire lie woutld sit unttil his friends re trld him to his eiittagc. Onciie his siht was reeiliid' andi lie :saw lie iriman fr a iii'tment. aull thle lilh went out. WHAT WE SECURED By the Fall of the City of Santiago de Cuba. The ter ritory surrenderel to us by Gen. Toral nakes about 5.1)00 square miles. The Spanish soldiers to be sent to Spail is estimated at 10,000 men. Major Iopkins. the military aide to Secretary Algier. this afternoon had spread before hii a hure miap of 'uba hing the surrelnde'redl zone turned ovcy to tlt kinterie:aii tn tq . 'I e line lgi ns at Acerrz(leros. about 15 miles West f santiagro harwr an'.1 then rullns dule north about 25 mniles to Pl'ano .1o riina1. llad the line continied due nor '*thI it would have% passed west of 11oh nuin. thms taken the Sp)anish _garrisoii at that 1inlt. livilelitly (ell. Toral wislied to :ivo'idI tile ihllisionI of Ilil gilill. so) tile lie turlis abruptly to the nort1heast It l'aboo :nmd run.- to thei colast to1wn oft Boca dlel sagla -.n thet Suth enast. TLe eXtlelie leigthIi of tiis surrelidered tract is aboit 11) iles and the extrene width 1111out 50 iilIe's. taperinig to a less width and inaking in all about 5.00 square miles. It is a rugred. miountainous country. with very few towns of any size. 'ANTIAo T IlE C1IEF PoINT. Santiago with its line harbor. is the miain po'int. whiile~ G unnltaniami(Is sec'ond ini impor'tance. 11. .1. A!ll of Kansas City. wlo had j lst Colie frmi Santia '. w:ts with Secretary Alger dur ig tle afternoon and gave iiiii sonic in teresting details as to the Character of the country now surrendered to our troo ps. lie said the country was so wild and rocky that it afforded practi cally no caiping &rouind for a consider :abfle body of troops and in his opinion there was not a point inl this sweep of country suitable as a base of operations for an army. Except the Spanish force at Santia go numiibering about 10.0110. Mr. Allen says there are no Spanish troops within the surrendered zone. as it has been overrun by Garcia's forces. The Span ish garrisons are at Manzanillo and Ilol iruin. to the west of the surrendered zone. Mr. Allen says these Spanish garrisons do not exceed 6.000 men. This. lie says. is Gen. Garcia's estimate. Mr. Allen left Santiago only last Sat urday. At that time he says there were two suspicious cases. thought to be yellow fever, in the hospital at Sib oney. VALUABLE GARRISON POINTS. The navy department had not heard up to the close of office hours to what extent the American fleet was participa ting in the Spanish surrender. With Santiago in our hands the way will be clear for Admiral Sampson's fleet to enter the harbor and proceed up to the wharves; as soon as the torpedoes and mines at the harbor entrance are re moved. The fortifications of Morro castle, Socapa. Cayo Smith and others are included in the surrendered zone. The possession of these fine fortresses, particularly Morro castle, will afford valuable garrison points for a large number of men. The terms under which these strongholds are surrendered are not yet known in detail. but it is re arded as likely that their big guns pass with the surrender. While the fleet will soon be free to move up to Santia iro city, some doubt is entertained in naval cireles whether any good could be accotmplished by such a move, as it might subject some of our sailors to the contagion exsigwti the city. .SPLENDID FIGHTING MtEN. A Foreigner's Glowing Tribute to the United States Army. 3Major de Grandprey. miilitary attache of the French embatssy. has just returned froni the American headq uarters near' Santiago. where lie has been observing for his government the progress of mili try operations. le p'aid a glowing tribute to thle fighting ability of our sold iers. ''1 have thle miost comilplete admiira tioni for your men," said Major de Grandprey to an Associated Press re porter today. "They are a superb body, individually and as an army. and I sttppose not through tile world is there stich a splenidid lot of fighting menci. lt is the fighting chiarae teristie of nien which is miost ap pareniit. They are aggressi ve, earer' for' atoni. never nieedinhg the voiee of ain oficer to hulshi theml for'wardi. Ant her mal:rked cfiareteristic' istihe self-r'elianie of each man11 ---w hat we call the charac ter of iniitiative. It is almost unknown in Europeani armiies, whiere every mnove menit, and the niove to mleet ech action of the enlemly. awaits the initiative of' tin oflicer. But with your iien. they fight to the front, mneetinig each emer gency as it arises, overcoinlg obstacles by their own initiative. Such selfreli at fighting mlenl make an eseeptionally impllettuous army, for every umit contri butes in thleir' resistible onward move mnlt. The Spanish troops do not have this same chiaracteristie. They are more passive, miore cautious. Beside the impetuosity of such fighting malte rial. it has the effect of inspiring a moral anmong the troops, making them feel that success is assured, anld at the same time carrying disorder and depres sion to tihe ranks of the enemy. MIajor de Grandprey says the fight ing about Santiago is something en tirely different fronm the warfare of European atnd other armies of modern times. The dense vegetation and tangle of tropical viine makes it im possible to observe the usuial miilitary formations. As a result, there is lit tle or iio effort tn light in solid fornma tion. Every man is fighting for him selfe pushing forward through the shrubbery, vines and tall grass. It is impossible to see the enenmy. MIajor (de Grandprey also speaks highly of the efficiency with which the Aericani troops and supplies were started on their expedition and de barked in Cubai. This has comie int for considerable criticism in this counm tr. but 31ajom' de Grandprey says that. cosiering the brief time allowed for' equipping the expedition,. remarkable results tare secured. Eur'opeanl mili tary expeditions. such as those of Enir land or Fi'ance. to Africa or other poinits. ie says atre planned six months ahead. which allows aniple timle fo r work ing ott the miost minute detatils. Dr. Whitsett Resigns. D)r. Williami 1H. Whiitsett has resigned the p'residency of the Southerni itaptist Thle'ological Sem inaryV iln the hiope oft p~utting" an end to thle controversy hec twee hcisu fi'ienuds and hiis op'lponIents rwin o '(ut of certaini publ icat ionis in which he exp'ressed views oil points o)f church history in which mlanly miembersl' of his' church~l d id not agree with him. The resi'n'at ion was coniveyed in thLe --!on .I hu Leveinig. presiien t boarid ofl trustees So uthtlernl Bap1t ist -I hieby.' resiri myi ollie as pei ical Seml iary alnd prfl'Iessor'I lf cuirchi hist'ory to take e leet at the cilose of thie 5t'ssioni of I1898-!4. (;.ign) Williamo ii Whit set 4. THE uNITORIM COTTON BALE. A Circular Letter From a Leadiig Au gusta Cotton Man. The following cirenl:i letter df muc interest to coittol grziowers and tlmi who handle it. has just been issued by J. 11. Sloan of Augusta. Ga. Dear Sir: We take the liberty of call in, your at tention to the imnpo rtanne of exerting-, all yIr efborts in favor f t lie adoption "f tie standard Sizt cotton bale. which is a iale male in a press box mneasurin-zon thn inside 241 inhs wive lV . inches loingl an ep enouih to naike a ball! eghn abliut --un pwdlld. Thme euttintl n11141 byh tie ranis portatioin cm nis ndthe( forign1D mill ', abl'out the ditliculties of stowinig diterent size bales. and tle dandiazn' colndlitiont inl wlivhic the Amtierivan cot to IS received. are .so ineou that We 11e sure a ,veat d iscriina tat in will be mladel n1e-ainlst ourl cotton1 nevxt se-asonl. unless there is at ciaiinge made and al universal size bale ad1ptd and enl forced. After a number of experiments with bales of all the different sizes it was found that the best results could be had from those made in press-boxes 24 in ches wide by 54 inches longn and this size has been a1topted is ti standard by all tlie western and gulr St ates: also ly the convention in Atlanta. 6a.. last May. This size (24x54) was found to pre s to a *reater density. and. when pressed at tlie compress. the baging usual lv placed .n a bale of notton would then cover the hale completely and prevent any daniage. It is well understood that the more cotton that can be stowed in a steaner the less the freight, and consequently. the more the cotton -rower will receive for his crop. It naturally seems that a few inches in the size of bales would make no difference. but a few inches running irregularly through art ocean steamer amounts to a great loss of space and in stowing bales of irregular sizes. they are so screwed in odd shaped spaces as to often break. and nearly always are torn and twisted out of shape by the time they reach the foreign ports. The lost spaces also form air passages. and in case of a fire the damage is much greater, consequently the insurance is higher than it should be. The same complaints are made by the railroads. and by the mills when they put their cotton in werehouses. We think we have fully explained the reasons for this change, and that it is to your interest to do all that is in your power to have every one make this change by next season. As a general rule. the press-boxes will have to be made smaller, either one way or both. This van be done with very little ex pense by lining the inside with boards. one lining on another where the size is to to be reduced several inches. Then the follow block can be sawn off to fit the box. The cost of 'niaking this change in most cases will not exceed $5.o. This amount is too small to spare. and thereby continue to suffer loss caused by discriminations in the past, as well as additional ones that will surely follow. The European mills use about three fourths of our cotton crop. and of course they have a great deal to do with the price of cotton. therefore it is to our interest to see that it is shipped in the condition they want it, aiid by reducing the damage anid the cost of transporta tion, the grower will get that much more for his cotton. We heve received letters from a ma jority of the ginners in our territory, arid they promise to alter. their press boxes to the stanidard size. We respteet fully solicit the co-operationi of all growers and those interested in the cot ton erop1, to urge thte ginners the impor ace of making all bales of the standard size. as the success of thlis movement and the benefits to lie derived from it depend upitn them. We are confideint that a large majority of 'he gininers will mtake ,thlis ebange. but it is ntecessary that the chiange be as near universal as nossible. We are anxious to hiear from those that are interested in this miovemient. and esptecially those that have made th is chani.un. BLANCO DESPERA TE. Frenzied by Cervera's Defeat He Tries to Kill Himself. Aecordinig to advices from H avana. cnnut suicide when he learned beyond doubt that Admtiral Cervera's squadron had beeni annihilated. Long before the Spanish Admiral's dash out of Sani tigo hlarboir all Ihavana lhad been boast ig of his ability' to outwit the Aimeri cas. and when~ misleaiding dispiatches ave the impression that lie had eluded the American fleet the demonistratio ns of joy in the Cuban capital partook of the nature of a festival. When the true report of the defeat came it was discredited until definite confirmation from Madrid no0 loniger left room for hoe. Gloom settled upilon the city. all aeties were stoppied and every public anl many pirivate buildings were draped with erape. Blanco was in his palace when intelligence reached him. and he became almost frenzied. He was clos eted with his staff arid General Arolas. of the Spanish forces. discussing the news. when lie made the attemlpt On his life. After a struggle he was subdued and disarmed; but the shock w~as so severe that lie'was prostrated aiid coml pelled to keep his bed for several days. When lie arose his first order was ti proibit any food supplies leaving Ilat vana for interior tow~ns. where the dis tress is most)t poignant and where many are dying of starvation daily. This and other vatluable informaition was brought by Jose Pauline Blaniio. who indignant ly repudiated at suggesctioni of kinship with the Govecrnor-G eneral. le says lie is a loyal Cuban. an td escaped to avoid the' necessi it of fihting againlst his own caue. 'is every maile in the island who is able to bear arms is beingi ptressed into the Spianishi service. Ilie obtained a fishierimn's ptermit to got outside Mtorrt . antd at G 0'clock Monday mtirenineg put tilt in a siaII bat. A Death Dealing Shower. Stot' idea of the awful rain of shellIs oured inIto the dloomied Spatntisli souad rn itn tlle Inlorninig ttf' .1uy 9. by the Iursuinrg Amiericani battleships may be gaied~t fromn the nmber of shots tired fri the battleshipil Oregion. Front the tiie when Private O'Shiay of the hat tlshlip jrenton fired the first slitot fri ti het' fo rward G-p ounder. uint il thie Crist b~l Colon tiirned toward the shoriet. thle Ore'ttn firedl 1.77t; ,hell. Ot these~ 1.Giu were i'ttlm her ;-nadiri. Thlii inh 1 4 lioneS. Thie I - noth-r wIr ; i.t'n 'hell whni.L 1,..m tr-ta 'd ,t i rt A SPANISH GENTLEMAN. That is What Admiral Cervera Has Proven Himself to Be. i the retiri of the niled NSzat-4 riert ltirookien to the ilockd.1e1Y S~a o de II (cub11a., n the eeigo Julv 3. the lowa rejported to (omn llre z"Ichler that Admiral Cervera. the emn mnaider of the Spanish ficet waS 0n homard. Thet conunodor1te :it I'nce wen'I to\ Iil a1y1 resptects. Tin lw ~ ns :l1li t.al wa- Iulell c -t drawil bN lli- d' le'at. but ptrtsTeve a dinifiemild Cour tkrous- demeanor411 n11otwithistandingI.'. I le Said' he deely a1p piatedl the fact thie till- nwnl (Of the o kh- i d no,1 t exuhl hvkylwrie i-ln t it wa i lIt-re that he wa 11, aWr1oet the Ioa Ice re rIIaIrk that it was th lortunIe of war: Yes. It let lIo t I careetr 11w that I'ebeenl deve:t' ed.' i '. n "1 loreN 1141 c hleyI howve!r. tol hb1 that snch a bnive deed as brn ing L is squadron' cold nevr 1w loonked upon ,therwvise than as a ml st .rdlaitt fe:lt. upon which Ad iiral Cervera threw his aris around the commodore aind said: --Ah. sailors alwavs are Centlemen." lIe then said hie tholudht his deadl wouild' munbe11r probabl T.>. though le coultid not tel Ie spoke od the accuiracy :atd deatd lintes of the Brooklyns tire. Iain.:: that inl the early part 4of the actionl one o f ler shelils had tra ersed tie etiire lell:th10 .if the gun deck. killi ng t and wotinidiIg probabIily N0 niu. On the Vizeava alone tliere were 111) mnci killed. Adiiiral Cer'vera Said Ie feared the lOsses might be greater than lie :ticipated. 'for anlii men were beliw the protected decks. and when the ships were on fire it iust have been difficult for thei to escape. le added that ail his captains had lbeed killed or wounded: but later. it was found that the captain of the Cristobal Colon was saved. Admiral Cervera said lie had no doubt that at least three of the ships would have iotten away had it not been for the Brookiyn. the Oregon and the Texas. Preserving Okra for Winter. The surplus of each day's gathering should be stored for winter use. Noth ing contributes more to a soup in win ter than okra, and thcre is no reason why every family in the South. possess ed of a garden may riot have not only a supply forseasoning soup. but enough to cook in the usual way. For use in soups in winter, cut the green pods in ' to 1 inch lengths and dry in the stin. After it has been thoroughly dried in this way. expose it in a stove-pan to sufficient heat to destroy the eggs of in seets that may have been deposited upon it while exposed. While stiil hot, pack in ordinary fruit jairs and store for winter. Another very sin: ple niethod of preserving it is to place in brine with the green cteuibers intend ed for pickle. If put in the same bar rel with the cucumbers. no water need be added as the cucumbers will make enough brine without the addition of water. If. however. the okra is stored in a vessel to itself. it will be necessz:ry to make a strong brine to cover it. To use the dried okra. soak a day to re store the water evaporated while (Iry in. That fronm the brine must be soaked long enough to freshen it. Pre served in this way. okra may be prel a: ed for the table either by boiling an I eating with butter, or by boiling and then rolling in meal and frying like s:niall fish. or after being boiled thor oughly it may be cut and mashed atnd fried in cakes in a batter made of eggs and bread crumbs. This is strictly a Southern vegetable. thatn which noneW is more wholesomne and few are better whien this is piroperly prepiaredl as "'OkratGumboi." ''Okra D~aub."' or even boiled anid seasoned properly. The Pension Law. It is :m1 errionetils ideat that a speial latw will have to be palsed ti penision tile new veteranls of tile Spanllish-Americli can war. The pension1 office is al ready at wiirk upon01 cases growling iout of this struggle. lIe who leaves both his han 's in the war hospital-these members havitng been destroyed ini the lineC of dty--willenjoy ani allowance of $10 a mlonlth. in atddition to other plerquisites alloweid by the goivernmtient. The samie will be Ceie for the~ loss iof both eves. TIhISS of both feet will be worth $i2 a monilthl. One hanld and (one foolit together will he wolrth $t5. the same as ilven fur amlputationt at or atbove on~e elbow or knlee one ht~iid lirone foot will be wolrth $:-0, the samie a.' grivenl foir total deafness. Shottld a str'ay Spaniiish h illet happen by chance to gouge oat ini- eye eli a month will be1 paid. butt if' tile eye r'e mnaitns anid merely tile sight is host, the monthlly allowance will be $5 less. hT tatl deaftness inl one0 eatr will be worth oif of all the toes on11 one fiot. A thumllb will be wortht e a mlonith. anl inldex fier4. aniy other finger $2. a big toe lowedt for iea ch d~eath will depeud upon thet.rank of the victim. the nlumbter of perons dependent ulon him and their a es fThe widow of an enlisted mian wi ll iget "12 a mtonth anid each of her minor children $2. Widows and orphans of naval atnd army officers of hih rank will doubtless get handsomet pensionis from Cotigress. if possessing sudficient intuen Ice antd the n.eessary reconiiitend ationls. Womeni 1u.(es will proba bly be pensionled wh..aher disabled or not. Murder in Lexington. Gov. llerhe recieti a l : er f'romi Lexingtion l-'ridayil for~i!*- him if tlit'theide iof Mirs. Ly, br':tl ,. thiere a day ior two ago. The cr'imeii icai of the bhiekest ever recorded ina that coun citizenls of .Le.xhingtonl re trte- tlhe governocr to dfie' a reward for the iup itlensionl of the perpePtraitor ilof4 tis 1foul deeCd. litails of theC imurder arec of the mos it miea'ger St rt. btut itsem tlat tlle intit'der:e'I wonin~ 1 booy was she had been Shott ' :. 14' thle cr'imi hal. Mirs. Lybranl.i ved altonle ad is believed thait Somec dast:n-dt tooikad vntalgei~ of this tt touttrag *i' andt then'' to coer)4 lis first erilie, . uree his alreadye ~1 u ltlln itn. Th a~ilr. in,- that hitt inil sati t ivj Cis illrie, a "'icitil'ry wiii ll an rt lz ', b i Me Royal is the higheSt gade be]ong poVder kr.own. Actual tests show it goes one third further than ay other brand. AKil Absioutcly Pure 4JOYAL rAK! V P4R C.- "E YORK7. The Spanish Navy. Tle All:ntia Ju irnal very trily LSays he Spanish navy ::it was before the war began. andl as it is now. presents a strikinz exanple of :eir d after taking." Our navy has. up to date de troyed the followin-t Spanish war ,el: 'I lie arr111ed cuiser AlIlirantte Oq uenI; o. Displaement 7.000 tons. arna nieit twoi II -inch rifles. ten 5 1-2 inch ,zlun1s. six torpedo tubes. The Infaita Maria Teresa. armored cruiser. Diislacement 7.000 tons arm inie.t twa il-inch rities. ten. 5 1-2 inch runs. six torpedo tubes. Tihe Vizeava. armored cruiser. Dis lacemulent 7.0110 tons. saie size and liuiUlber of tmM and torpedo tubes as orecn.r4l. The Cristobal Colon. armored cruis Cr. DisplaceUent 7.000 tons. arna nent two 10-inch rifles. ten 4-inch rapid fire, six 4-inch. ten 2 -inch. ten 11 nch. two machine 'Zuns and four tubes. The followin named cruisers: Reina Mercedes. Don Juan de Austria. Reina Maria Christina. Don Antonio del Ulloa. Isla de 31indano. Marques del Duero. and Castello. Torpedo destroy ers: Furor. Pluton and Terror (the latter damaged but not totally destroy ed.) Gunboats: General Lezo. Isla de Luzon. El Cano. Leyet and several smaller ,unbeats. One troop ship and ten torpeda boats. Besides we have captured a large naimber of prize ships Nearly 1.500 spaniards lost their live.. at Manila and fully 1.200 in the sea fiht at Santiago. besides the thousands who were killed by our troops on land. pain has been almost swept off the sea. The old warship Victoria is not fit for sea nor is the antiquated -warship Nu mancia. The Catalina is not finished. and the Cardinal Cisneros will not be ready for months to come. though it was launched two months ago. The Pelayo and the Carlos '.. when they reached Port Said recently. were described as beinz in a state of '-scandalous disre pair. The Alfonso XIII, and the Lepanto are unseaworthy. Spain has a few smnaller cruisers, but they are not worth taking into the accoont. She has left nothing that is worthy of being called a navy. Why Spain insists on continuing the war is a mystery. She is impotent, and can only add to tile misery of her condition by prolonging hostilitias. Was It Sampson or Schley ? --There seems to be a determined effort on~ the part of the war and navy departments to put Sampson forward and overshadow Commodore Schley, but the facts show that Admiral Samp soni was miles down the coast, just aning inl his launch for a conference with Gzeneral Shaf'ter wheni the cannonl ading was heard between the Spanish leet and our ownl under direction of Comnodore Schley, onl the flagship B~rooklyni. which was ill the thick of' the fight throughout. and whose strate gy prevented the escape of tile Cristo intl Colon. It was Commnodore Schley whose dash and daring compassed the an nihilation ot the Spanishu fleet, and Admiral Sampson was not in it. says the Augusta Chronicle. "It is not our pupose in sayinig thins to take aught f'romi the honorable rocord of Admiral Sam 511n. lie is aln honor to tile navy and to our g'overnnmenlt. It is to careers like this I.hat we p in tur hboys f'or inspira ion in th is i'eat Itiublican gov'ern - ment. Sa:iipson's father was a poor iborer at Ehnira. N. Y., who was una ble to give his s41n educational advan taes. Frlienlds. who noted tho bright ad ambitious nature of- the b)oy, pro cured him an appolintent to Annapo lis and his ambition, plluck. character and fidelity to 'duty have done the rest. All honlor to Sampson anid mien of his stripe. But the fortunes of war, or the chanes oif life decreed that Samp son should not be at the m'uth of Sanltiago) harbor with his faghip when C'ervera made his reckless dash for liberty. ~Just as fate deci'eed that Cervera's ileet should sail to the west where it ecounter-:d~ our1 whle4 fleet instead of to the east where only the New Yirk was befor'e it so fate or Providncee placed the commiand of tile battle ill (ommiodore Schiley's hands and not Saimpson's. It is no robbery of Saplson to give to Schley the honor and credit whieh are hlis due. Leading the chase and commliandinlg a splendid fleet of battleships lhe piounded thle life out of Cervera's sjuadron and is enti tled to the eredit of the great victory." The Bankruptcy Law. The lill pr:ovidli ng for volun tary' and in V tlntary bankrup1tcy recei ved the apl, Iiroval of t ie piresident (on the & ist. tind lbecamle a lawV. \\i thint tirty days an1 opportunity will1 be "iven to men wh' have becoe embarrais1sed. to file their aipplications. t'o eajde as volunary bnkruts . a~i tillbtaIn '0ill be pissiblie tI for e ani iin'olvent* tr:n or personi 'int' liv!taryi bank llpter. :l:dt ten all' preeees given .i h side. It is (lie tile mnost. nuritan !,. is'li Ie eniactmlents of the Stirred up Society. -iI1 : 4ir. Brou' tn:: .41 4f thi rhird 4aptit echurch of Atlant'. is in ,t\ aterl in conse'uece of a bitter alit ade' by' himi lil so4cet peopleI. e.ealy' society' women. ini \t1lnt. e is the 4.4 ministert wh~o recently made~4. ii lilt (It tile disrputable houi e of'-4 the -ity' and then went bef'"r' ith grIana jury to~ give e'viidea' ont ihis subhjeet teft hainglu 1 rached a ver. seniSatti d semon44. Th li'arant jury ia-::t'r' hlas FriM 'he Usual Crime. \\ede Ia mornin w lespp t 4f Charlu lle- \~a1.. by til armed l''41 (0.