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BE THOU HONEST. Dr. Talmage Preaches on Various Methods of Getting Money. ITS POWER IN POLITiCS. Its Use Is Fruitful Source of Cor ruption. Bribery is Villainy. Violation of Solemn Trust Unpardonable Offense. Dr. Taliage in this discourse ar raigns the various inode b.v whici Some cope act money that does not belong to t heI and commnie0i" the fr deain that succeeds best at at: tex 1 Tim othy vi. !. *'They that will be rich fall into a teimlptatiol IId a s11nre. and into many foolish and hiurtiul lusts, which drown men in destruction and perdi tion." That is th e Niagara falls over which rush a multitude of souls namely, the determination to have the money anyhow. right or wrong. Tell me how a man gets his money and what he does with it and I will tell you his character and what will be his desti ny in this world andtlie next. I pro pose to speak today about the ruinous modes of getting money. In all our city. state and national elev tions large sums of money are used in in bribery. Pities, from being the science of zood government. has often been bedraaieed into the synonym for turbulency and turpitude. A monster sin, plausible. potent, pestiuerous, has gone forth to do its dreadful work in all ages. Its two hands are rotten with leprosy. It keeps its right hand hid den in a deep pocket The left hand is clinched, and with its icherous knuckle it taps at the door of the courtoom. the legislative hall. the congress and the parliament. The door swings open and the monster enters and glides through the aisles of the council chamber soft ly as a slippered page, and then it takes its right hand from its deep porket and of fers it in salutation to judge or legisla tor. If that hand be taken and the palm of the intruder cross the paln of the official, the leprosy crosses from palm to palm in a round blotch. round as a gold eagle, and the virus spreads, and the doom is fixed, and the victim perishes. Let bribery. accursed of God and man, stand up for trial. The Bible arraigns it again and again. Samuel says of his two sons. who became judges, "They took bribes and perverted judgment." David says of some of his pursuers, "Their right hand is full of-bribes." Amos says of some men in his day. 'They take a bribe and turn aside the poor in the gate." Eliphaz foretells the crushing blows of God's indignation. decIig. "Fire shall consume the tabernacles of bribery." The president of the American con gress during the American Revolution, General Reed was offered 10,000 gui neas by foreign commissioners if he would betray this country. He replied, "Gentlemen, I am a very poor man, but tell your king he is not rich enough to buy me." But why go so far when you and I, if we move in honorable so ciety, know men and women who by all the forces of earth and hell could not be bribed. They would no more -be bribed than you would think of tempt ing an angel of light to exchange heaven for the pit. To offer a bribe is villainy, but it is a very poor compliment to the man to whom it is offered. I have not much faith in those peo ple who go about bragging how much they could get if they would only sell out. Those women who complain that they are very often insulted need to un derstand that there is something in their carriage to invite insult. There are men at Albany and at Harrisburg and at Washington who would no more be approached by a bribe than a pirate boat with a few cutlasses would dare to attack a British man-of-war with two banks of guns on each side loaded to the touchhole. They are incorruptible men, and they are the few men who arc to save the city and save the land. Meanwhile may advice is keep out of politics unless you are invunrable to this style of temptation. Indeed if even you are naturally strong you need re ligious buttressing. Nothing but the grace of God can sustain our public men and make them what we wish. I wish that there might come an old fashioned re vival of religion, that it might break out in congress and the legislatures and bring many of the lending Republicans and Democrats down on the anxious seat of repentance. That day will come, or something better, for the Bible declares that kings and queens shall become nursing fathers and mothers to the church, and if the greater in authority then certainly the less. My charge also to parents is. renmeim ber that this evil of bribery often be gins in the home circle and in the tnur sery. Do not bribe your children. Teach them to do that which is right, and not 'oecause of the 10 cents or the orange which you wilt give them. There is a great difference between rewarding virtue and making the profits thereof the impelling motive. That man who is honest merely because "honesty is the best policy" is already a moral bankrupt. My charge to you in all departments of life, steer clear of bribery. all of you. Every man and woman at some time will be tempted to do wrong for coim pensation. The bribe may be offered in money. It may be offered in social position. Let us remember that there is a day coming when the most secret transaction of private life and of public life will come up for public rep~rehen ston. We cannot bribe sickness, we cannot bribe death, we cannot bribe the grave. we cannot bribe the judgments of that God who thunders agrainist this sin. "FPie!" said Cardinal Beaufort, --tiec Can't 'death be bribed? Is mooney nothing? Must I die, and so rieh? If the owning of the whole realn would save me. I could get it by policy or by purchase-by money." No, death would not be bribed then. ie will not be bribed now. Men of the wvorld often regret that they have to leave tileir money here when they go away from the world. You can tell fromt what they say in their last hours that one of their chief sorrows is that they have to leave their money. I break that delusion. I tell that bribe taker that he will take his mooney with him. God will wrap it up in your shi'oud, or put it in the palm of your hand in res urrection, and there it will lie, not the cool, bright, shining gold as it wa on the day when you sold your ,oteand your moral principle. but there it will lie, a hot metal. burning and consunm ing your hand forever. (Jr. if there 'ye enough of it for a chain. then it will fall over the wrist. clanking the fetters of an eternal captivity. The bribe is an everlasting possession. Y ou taike it for time, you take it for eter'nity. Somei day in the niext world, when y'ou are longing for sympathy. yotu will feel on your cheek a kiss. Looking up, you will find it to be .Judas. who took 30 pieces of silver as a b ribe' :nd finished thme bargain by putting an infa:i;:us kiss on the.pure cheek of his I)ivine Master. iier 1 I t c 11nntt to his he i anallninstrtorand lwids ill his handl. tilt- 1intereAto the fa-1nily of a dec .' t~ ' d' t t ,, t ti to I vetae i :end. or lie is an att')rney. alid t hiUoll his custody gocs the paivnlellt from delbtor to creditor, or he is tile collc tor for a business house. which compeitfnsates him for the responsibility. or he is treasurer ?or a charita2 Ii stitutiol. :Id lie holds aiIlms cotit. ,utei for the suftfering. or ne is an otitcial oif the city or the state or t he liation. alld taxCs and subsidies ali salaries and supplies are in his keepi. There is not a city thai has not s f fered fromi the abuse of tius t flto. Whcre is the couithoue or the city h ak l or the jail or the Pootlfie o t ei hos pital that in the buiilin, (if aL ha,: n(t hadJ. a iolitica il' h! ,1' before tie new courtimuinse in New Yoirk eity was c01m pleted it cost 12300I01- 1 ive million six hun d td siy-tr thosil td ollr o funiture l o r niaserin an re~pair; MI.AMI. : filr 1,u1in an uas work. .2:18 fo(r awllin . -:z:'.,55:3. the bills for three. nmnths coin to nlice little sumli If .1:'.15 1. S . There Was not an hlest b'ick . stone or lath or nail or foot of plumbing or inkstand or door knob in the w hole establishment. Tha:tt bad example was followed in Iallny of the cities. which did not steal quite sOi much because there Was not so inch to steal. There ought to be a closer inspection. and there ought to be less opportunity for I embezzlement. Lest a mai shall take a 5 cent piece that does not. belong to him. t he conduc ttr on the city horse car must sound his bell at every paVment. anid we are very Caut10:i abolt sinill oIfenses. but give plenty of opportunities for sinners on a large scale to escape-for a boy who steals a loaf of bread from a corner gro cer to keep his mother from starving to death. a prison. but for defrauders who abseVonid with 4500.000, a castle oi thie Ihine. or, waiting until the offense is forgotten. a castle on the 11 udson. Another remark needs to be made. and that is that people ought not to go into places. into business or into posi tions where the temptation is mightier than their character. If there be large sums of money to be handled, and the man is not sure of his own integrity, you have no right to run an unseaworthy craft in a hurricane. A man can tell by the sense of weakness or strength in the presence of a bad opportunity Whe ther he is in a safe place. How many parents make an awful mistake when they put their boys in banking houses aud stores and shops and factories and places of solemn trust without once dis cussing whether they can endure the temptation! You give the boy plenty of money and have no account of it and make the way down become very easy and you may put upon him a pres sure that he cannot stand. There are men who go into positions full of temi tation. considering only that they are lucrative positions. An abbot wanted to buy a piece of round, and the owner would not sell it. but the'owner finally consented to let it to him until he could raise one crop. and the abbot sowed acorns-a crop of 200J years! And I tell you. young man, that the dishonesties wvhich you plant in your heart and life will seem to be very insignificant, but they will grow .up until they will overshadow you with horrible <darkness, overshadow all time and all eternity. It will not be a crop for "00 years. but a crop for everlasting ages. You have no right to use the property of others except for their advantage. nor without consent, unless they are minors. If with their consent you in vest their property as well as you can. and it is all lost, you are not to blame. You did the best you could, but do not come into the delusion, which has ruined so many men. of thinking because a thing is ia their posession,. therefore it is theirs. You have a solemn trust that God has given you. In any community there may be some who have misappropriated trust funds. Put them back or. if you have so hope lessly involved them that you cannot put them back, confess the whole thing to those whom you have wronged, and you will sleep better nights. and yotu will have the better chance for your soul. What a sad thing it would be if afteryou arc dead your administrator should find out from the account books. or from the lack of vouchers, that you were not only bankrupt in estate, but that you lost your soul! A blustering oung man arrived at a hotel in the west, and lie saw a maiu on the side walk whom he supp)osed to be a laborer. and in a rough way, as no man has a riht to address a laborer, said to hism. "arry this trunk up stairs." Tlhe mian carried the trunk tip stairs and caine down, and then the young man gave him a quarter of a dollar which was eliped, and instead of being 25 cents it was worth only 20) cents. T'hen the yotng man gave his card to the laborer and said: "You take this up to Gover nor G rimes. I want to see him." "~Ah.' said the laborer. I[ am Governor Grimes."' 'Oh,'" said the young man, "vou--excuse ime." Then thegovernor sa'id: "I was much impressed by tihe letter yotu wrote ime asking for a ccertain office in my gif't. and i had made up myv mind you should have it, ,but a voung man who will client a labtrer out of 5 cents would swindle the govern ment of the state if he got his hands on it. 1 don't want you. G.ood imorniing. I do not suppotse there was ever a bet ter stiecimenl of honesty than was foiund i tile 1;ukc of Wecliington. le lmarchled with his armyv ov'er the French front!. and the army was suffering, and hec scarcely knew how to get along. Plen t of' plunder all abou~itt. but lie com muandedt none of the plunder to be takens le writes homei these remiarkable word. "eare overwhelned with debts, and 1 can searcely' st i' out of my house tin acouut of public creditors, waiting to demand what is due to thenl.' 'et ait tle very time the Frenich peasantry were brinitime their valuables to) himi to k ip.A celcbi'ated writer says of the tasaction: ''Nothing can be grander or more nobfly originial thanli this adinis 10on This old soldier. alter J9 years' Cervice. ti s iron manl and victorittus renerl. established in an enem'. s country at tile head of an liaense arm". is afraid of is' ciceditiirs! This is a 'kind oft fea tht nhasseldoml troubledi con uerors and' i nvader-. and~ 1 di ubt if tle aiinals 0f wari presenit anything co:narable to its - suim'e simpliicity. Oh. is it nor high tinie that we pireai'h the Imorals of the goipel right beside the fith of' the gospel ? Mr. Frtoude. the clbated Fu 'llish historian, hals writ Itell if hiis own~ cioun try these remiarkable wos: --Fromn the grreat house in the cit of London to tile viillage Cro tcir the Icom~ecial life of Enln has been satratedl with fraud. St deepi has it can hardu~ hlidi hlis gr'oundi~ aga ist coil pettitin. iiout can not~ lonigcr trust thai~t artile you' uyis the thingr which i.rhts, fa.le moesroe c-leatiii:and ind i herec A'~ .\l::uy In is iof cir di' ile ni .io I f li ' 'a r zy. l 'nbih a ir hivingstn. the fa:iniu expl'rer. wa*- diesend e' frad til hia adr andi he aid ta n f his :ulcer Itie fhe higbudre-nedaAale I iii a i ar 1uli 0 hin. e li ': I ii er trais dyin.i e hd ithisch ilen' around'' L h'is ahbedi. !! a lid: dstw m s:1. ha tiled al thrg 'ur I tr a.z fa ac sim. e~i ti itcn I thave. ntevei 6fli d a1 dishonei t ma inN ::ll the line.. and, 1 wanl, you to un1aer-l : 1 a on i n er el bi p :ld.1t l oi haVe nto excuse fori ng, wr41 n1 . -11"1!1 lads he he wekdt. deint i am i 'lad s.wme w I as t1:z set t.o musi ithsee it'n tAuiust, (1 1. t when''s a t1ung gIiirl saved from heuitli. a wiie rail tain if' iiassni glert. im e f u re iilt 'r tlat olt W t;e il that earl It a stormyti.ht a herricane blew d'toiwn' iart of a rilro.d ie . frcelght train ide alontt. :oI it crashed into the in. :md the enginiee a11d conueilo twr erished. There Wil ai st a il livini ia her father's cabinu, nar the disaster. :nedt shie feard the crash (ft the freight train. a td the kne that in a few n:,i mts an exriss fwaS Ue. She liehte a lantern :nd clambere ut on th On bena of, thet w.recked bridze <m1 to thle utin brig which was trstlework. aud stlartedi t ross am id the thunder ald the lidtin s of the tempesth an the ra,_inu, of the'torront benieath. One Idropped unle it wollS a ould leatl. Ami tll tiat horror the lantIen went out. rawlin soilletinc alldI solintles wadkin over the slippey rails i:t ni ove the trestlework. shve came to the other Sded of the river. S an ated to -et to the telegraph station v.hore the express tretiu dis not stop, so that the dangter nigt be telegraphed to the station where the train did stop. The traind was due ino a few minutes. athe was o mile o i fromL the telegraph station. but sortitely ti train waslate. With ut ailnd bruised feet she fl w like the wid. Coming up to the telegraph Sta tion panting wvithi almost deadly ex haustion, she had only strenkth to shout, 'The brid e i is down!" when she dropped unconscious and could hardly by resuscitated. The message was sent from that station to the next station. and the train yalted. and that nitit that brave g-irl s-aved the lives of hun dreds. of and saVed many homes from de'-olation. But every street is a tracke;,ndevery style too si ness is a track B ad every dayis a track. Iaad multitudesg under the power of temptation oreme twee and sweeping hwn toward perils rainl id terriie. God elp us to g o out and stop the train! Let us throw sol signal. Let us give sone warning. By the I informedmthatf1ene throne of God let us flosh sm i to stop the downward progress. Be :ware! Beware!I The b~ridge is down, the chast is deep. and the liitnings of IGod set allthe night of sin tt fire with this warning: t Ih e that. bein ofte reproved, hardenlthe is neckshall sud I dlybe destroyd. and that without pAvertsing emed lAiultoitheTto Excl nnsiv A nthse fotBckoos rie.t pa"rint srnnin ant ae dwnin crTen walkine tn, defce heiI ex-neda pei' ifn hetoseh onhy charge nws to) clle dwhat ohr eol kowe hinin 'thwa of buiets. sndinte. '-tnee into the ofuch oney eterone ndtaid: l'ie ointhe dcs it.' eold' neUpon byeiig informed themtieoye .that is t2aincnh looike it overas Illtiestt had t ed go (tth isappear-I~ti anee ofler' sadaou w ek bere. w si a ntedi toi put1 i'ea n~ie adver 'etiedn Je tli gt oeiwas paories to ha tn she lonnged to havep ofiolsiicV'~~ at hoe.Ilw kc itoul i charn her Lessw dLiqrs an rinkn.' nwrd "Tauein a fpnci In l a heet of cop' paper she labore laborni' i's forprcs to serymhowuhthr A eengt e ltre dhe cae in thed aontullwasoi delrtely couknry out of the oumwhen ('ke herifstile situin the chartge waso Iaoii t ruh ecron in athe ing 'bot yuri businessbsuh.Bu nee everi'' efe ht hl1'l ti m olet erne had i' of it.'Joe's dwuZt' i, bt Ib old' nerr bui i baclat try. em1 i'iggrc . Ie'sstixiltoot thre in is barefesuh ao iasl . td2 in I make6 it $15of' . Ioll. us ha e thereou an gite his tai Th'eittreas mtimbe ine'1 hersre siratio. gi adtd -Joe, s 'iis t other ipr io o' antwel' ue hasiCim up.e Oncln'.ning there was a tn-a on he7I door an 'i di d 'n't aerised fr an menct of lbor:2~ for d ui~lt(ly gie Viueito sho thati threa been e' tlre dee l creaseC in thecontumptioun ofli e in txi contry.lti41 I 18 e c onsumpt""A in of )I istilled iits in theitl'ntted States wa '1 -alons inr ever man.c wom I Tton die proably vrazoccre befoe :unog anytJ~ people. There has alaos been aii dee.:eae I in thrusedo in'n thisii cou'nty. Thee ct'aita a ii 5:allon.i nif l l t w s o . A ROU AA MET1NG. The Cankdidatcs Curse and Dow P iso .t Griecvile THE LIE PASSED FREELY. Thomas and Gray Have a Squally Time. Other Candiadates Con ducted Thomselvez De cently and in Order. Last lursda v eva., : ain ay at G.reinVille. and tite 1.d tt! I hlad .I hot blood Shed-1. The reproofs valjant and theemmer-hee o garrel.4ome, of pre no',thiin-s bside the lies diret-I anl ihe iailheaI daensi that h urtled across the hurirtin Thursday. lylnnite ,ulis wt're ulim e i usini corres pondlents. wlo firstt Ituiglit was to lve to tll the tirW, to t'eenite the dobeshlile to e-scape. an enitihodlng, tire. that somieu'In didn't enfilade. The vaudeville outdid itself. 1anl there was ll:itcanl heat inl the ati'osphiie. Tan - talizinlunn'lolas. GrIitty Gray and Ea 'ler' Ev-ans. alias Belliger-:: lirney were the star perlfornlilrs. 1'.ie otther teniemIbers of thc t*oupe remiai'ing in the winl-,- duringllu the pyroteelo,.ies. T it Se w ho looked 1,r a hot tini din thle raiilrtademissioni tilt wetre' nlot diia iproinlted. Co' ntnuissionler Thornms I lmpooiied eni. iray oil hlis native leaithl. ridiuiilin 1 his btusinhess record. and (i. iay applied the lie without ifs~~~~~ an buIlheneddina torrent of epithts. 3lajor E'vans finally get ting into the breach and painting the co mmissioner's record in black. The siory of the diay' is ani unprecedented Ole. A'fter t wenlty speecles had been II:de hr condidates for loth offices Chairman Aus till read the follow ing by request: "Ruilroad Comiimissioner Thomas of fers a reward of' -5i) to any of' his com ptit'rs who. by Mionday niext, will iigire any just and reasonable rate of fertilizer as the law requires. based oi the cost of service. over the different roads otf this State. The money has been deposited in the City National Bank of Greenville, and ai order for the same will be given to aiy one of thelml complying with the above." The reading- had scarcely concluded when Major Evantts bounded to the front and cried. *'hiere's no use to wait until Monday. I want that money right now! He began to calculate the rate, Mr. Tloias eIdeavoring- t6 stop hinm. telling the chairman it -was not fair to let Evans speak out of his turn. Fvaus stood to the rack. declaringr he had been challenged and would reply. After de tailing the amount of investment. debt, carnills. etc. of the Southern Railway. lie tigured that the average rate on all Ionev s invested. basing the r"ate of inte-st at 4, per cent. is 27 cents per hundred or less than carload lots for eleven classes. ''Now." lie cried. 31r. Thomas. give me your money .'You haven't said a thing," declared Thomas: *"t hat's all goose gabble. "Oh." said Evans. "so you are to be the judge. that's where the slick scheme comes in. I leave it to tile people whether I calculated a rate." (\'oice: '"That's what you did.'') (Laughter' and cheeritng.) Comimissioner Thomas begani his .;peeh. Whten lie referred to the re ward Evans declared he had a strinig tied to it. Continuing he said lie had f ouzht his colleagues on the board be' eause for four years they had robbed the farmers of' Greenville of sixty cents per ton on fertilizers. Voice: ''Cati yot calculate that rate?" Thomlas: ''Yes: I amt trained to it. I saved the people one hundred thousand dollars by my rate. Gen. Gray interrupted with a motion that the five minutes time of the seveu candidates be extended to ten mitiutes. ''for," said lie. '"I want to show this man up. 3Mr. Thomas: 'MIr. Gray is a clever gentleman. lIe's a samle of the rest of' my opponents. lle's'.i lawyer in Greenille with a clilent. hunting a job. Th'ie record shows that lie has not had a case it: five years. I went by' his oilltee tday. aind the grass was rrowiing around it. aind a hitle ini thet wtindow was so ped tip w ithi a pai r of old breeches. Ilie has beeni a tdead failure in everythii ng lie has tred1. Now. is it safe to en tiust such a mani with this impllortatt ;eni. Gray sat still under-thiis assatult When his turn came lie said lie had tnot liv ed in G reenville for twenty-eigiht ye'ars for nlothting. antd ''the pteople will give the lie to this mian's charges, its I now do." As lie said this hie stepped toward Idr Tlhomas, shaking~ his finiger. liTe pteople don't know it, timu:.h.' dc'li'rrd I Thtmas with a laugh. iry "Tliev kiiew it is not true. T homa': ''Yes it is. every' word ofl iray It sho ns lie hasin't the ini sinets of' a genttlemlan wleti lie couiles lere w li t lese wo rdls atcillst til. 'hmat;n"S 'XStiglst ilig whotil yu cool. and GIray wais ei'mwding' on steam under' his r'ising i ndignaiol. "This iiani." ''le said. ''has been abusing us all atnd cryinig perseention. Y ou kniow my', recoriid 'as' alawyer'. ( Voice: ' You are ill r 'iht . g ahead.' For years I have lit prac'tiet I haI ve beld public oflice anid my ii ~ invetents have giveti !!ut'e Ihis propto ition iwtithI the datau be fre h imI. Miv at ll it retirtes a mtani sit in. wich'l lhe has lit cot. Thionas: ' '\out tell tme that outside iand I will shi-w you liha e somite man-t Gen. G~ ray's time' had exitired and a h tt cutllotgny took place as lie backed ttt is seat. ' 'l d enounie you as a tool of t'e tail roaus. Ie ii rie. Gray.X coing' for"ward' to this cotrres wott dent t htable. iell witili one otuher' -I.arated tile two mienl.\.And yotu are a d- d liar MiIr ihomai kept li seat. looking imperc~ t' utbe 'n banii i'terinigly rej oined ''are wors thant a srpet 'Iu icoin hichin ti. cornf ully. It was at danocer ilu t moti . everai Vi ces werec hecai'd callting~ On Gray to '-titdowni. aind de itrm th t iihting wtultd he allow th it kim ii en :id. :WiX h 3it' EVt's s'ec 'h folltwed. It it to any Xommitiittee tL decide. E'venl tl hc it tile mlney, he sail. Thomas wouhil~ get out ~'tec 'i'ry Palpet's anid miake a I lea tI iamublin e. Whamt thle people hotd a n et trmit h ailoan who wtuld pe ple I rn hh I ; I I I i wn :1 1 le :! ll 1 - '! ' 1.- V : i Ii,, I ii I i c I~~ ~ V. II IN Ii i: I I ' I b I: oi h r( cxcIi II.. -. b- I fren lowed by peeche- front a nmibiler of othr i Iandidates. all of whom tried to show why thiiey siild each have the particular Ilice they were seekinir. Mr. Feiathers.tcne wats aa iressive. lie eenI sitiired it all insui ti say that there was io selitinlentt to 11 il o prollibitiilli. 'ir. Archer aie L to the people not to be carriel by a suppoiSt1 conidition of society in thle pr hibhition question. 31r. Wlitmian was in a troieing hu11 111r. alid mle- a (Iaractir:stie speech. : El erbe deciared that lie had tricd ti be IU vernr 'If the whole peleiC. I Il Said Col. Watsions cliargc agrainit iiit for not appointmli Leforilers as Ilicer- f the first reoiment was un wortiy of him. Stokes. Tillian. .;ar e i omkins il liasclden were le for ellrs. ILt he tried to rise above piar tizanship, mak ing :Ippoi n timents re - '-arle of i'ditical affiliations. IElleI was foliowed by Sehunipert. who iiadie a plea for highlicenise as taaist the dispensary. Then came Col. G co. 1). Tillan, who made a characteristic speech. Ile was follmved by Col. Watson. who claimed that it Woud be a moickery for Prohibitionists to vote for Featlerstone. who had join ed the ranks on pobation only tive years ago. and agfainst himself, as he had neverdrunk liqnor. "Is this young mn.. satid he, to displace a temperance m:n if sixty years. who lias given all his lire to fight whiskey. who has edu cated a generation not to touch it and who has made it disreputable in hii.s neithborhood to handle it." IIe then went oii to say that the prohibitionist dit not expect to get prohibition as I y were making no tight for the legis latulre. it othe r speakers were. Bellinger. MIower. 31eSweeoney. J'erhlamt. Eptonl. lerry. Garris. Stansell and Sligh: The candid ates were handsomely and agree ly enterztained by the citizen- of Greenville. CROPS IN THE STATE. Too Much R Ain inU.ny Quarters In juring Grain and Fruit. The temperature conditions were fa vorable for crop development during the week. and over the central belt of counties. from the G corgia to the North Carolina borders. sunshine and rainfall were also favorable factors. but else where there were many and extensive areas where the rainfall was excessive and sunshine deficient. conditions that had a deteriorating effect on the staple crops. particularly cotton. Reports from York. Spartanburg. Union. Abbeville. Anderson. Richland and from Marlboro and Marion counties. and less extended areas in many other counties indicate that the corn and cotton crops are very promising. as are all the minor fn.l and forage crops. but these conditions are not uniform over the State. and are not the prevailing ones for corn. while cotton, cane. peas. sweet potatoes, to bocco and rice are makingr satisfactory growth and develipmient. Crops are Ipractically all layed by. bitt generally in a rery grassv condition. however. with numerous ~reports of clean, well cultivated tields. The condition of corni seems to lack Iuniformiitv. with many fields where a large yield is assured. but during the week mucht lowland corn was damaged by heavy rains. Ears as a rule are well filled and matured. Young corn is --firing" on light soils, while much stubble corn was injured by excessive rtun. Fodder pulling has progressed rapi~d lyv. and is under way over the eastern and central counties: sonme fodder lost by frcijuent rains in Berkeley and Barnwcll counties. In York and Salu da counties the corn crop is reported extra fine. In localities where little or ino raini tell, and where normal amount of suit sh inme prevailed, cotton made seasona ble imtproveimenit in fruitage and has hint on a large .July crop. but there is compilainit of rutst anid sheddinzg i ncreas inig rapidly. particularly front Drches ter. Becaufort. Urangeburg, L~exington. Barnwell . ( olleti ni. Suimter. WVill iamts burg and Chesterfield coiunties: stuch re p rts are not eon tined to thlose counties bitt. with a few exceptions. include portions of every county in the State. it Abbeville a great deal of cotton has been practically abandonied on ae count of grass. Cotton is turningt yel low or red ott certaini light soils. where growth has stopped, and is sealing or firing in Piekens. It was injured by rainm in Newberry. Bolls are opening slowly, and are needinig dry weather anid suishtine. Sea I slanid cotton is in splendid con - ditiomn and clea n of gras and weeds: is bloomitig extremtely . with somte little frinitage. liut sun-hinie g'reatly neeced. Tobacco etutting and euring~ is near ig compillettin ini Floireince and Wil liamtshturg countties and is well ad vanceed elsew here. with a conttinuatlin of favorable report- f romt atll tobacco districts. With the excptioni of too wet for rice on bottom lands in IBamtberg coun ty, thtis crop continues to look promtis ing. It is hteadinig in the earliest, or coast districts, and with favorable weather, harvesting will soon begin. GIrass for hay ha~s attained at heavy growth. Cutting contintues ini Chtar leston countty, but has not generally begun in WNilliamtsburg. Sugatr cane antd sorghtumi are repoirted veryv tine. Sugar makingz will begint his. week. The coniditioni it cante is above an average over the entire State. Sweet potatoes look very promtisintg as do field peas and peantuts. Some peavine hay lhas beeni itade. In somte of the western couties there is at lut it' waternielons, where also peachies contiznc plent iful. but t hiere is a. seiity of atpples anid pears. Typhoid Fever Rampant. Privates E. L. Mliller, Comtpany A. Fourth Pennizsylvania Voluntteers: Rtoht. Vaughn, Comp~any 31. Nineteenth in fatry. and D~aniel Fisher. troop 3I. Second l'tnited States cavalry, died at Atanta Thursday of typhoid fever at Ft. 31elhersoit. There are now 4100 casesC of typhtoitd lever there of which ityt are ini a serious cinditimn. Extrat pcatnsto guard agaist infection has been taken by. 31aj. ~utbb. lie coaaingttlt othie r. and the three thotsanid recruits will be sent to other camps ais soin a-; possible. The Firt New Bale. A neCw bale of cottont\ was '.old in ('0 luuibia on 'luesday\ .Auglist I.'-ti bale was raised by ('at. WA. L. L. Wil siot, who lives; it Pleaisant, in the tippet. part uf Rilatnd. Caipt. Wilson is eit v-eight tyvear- ld. and this fact makes the hionor alli the grreater for hiim in brinninir t lie irt new bale to market. The bale weighed 4 2I pounids. classed miidling,. and broughtt S cents per nound. The Spaniards Mako Desperate Attlck on the Anericanz. THE KLLED AND WOUNDED. The Mettle o7 Our Soldiers Was Put to the Severest Test. They Fought Well and Won. A dispatch from Iong Kong utnder date of Aug. 9 says advices juSt receiv ed fromi alnila sliow that a severe :n aseent tok place oi J uly :1 betwe :n the Spaniard- and Anerizans near Mlanila. 'lhe latter were vie.ort0iou. biat Id Inin kiiled a ni vIminled. ''he battle occurred oi the niglt of July :21. A di patch to the WoIril saI e: e. reen's frce, ntmiberin.g 4.000 mn.I had been advancingI! and1u eltreiclin. 'lhe arrival of the third expedition fill edl the Spamiaris with rage and they: dettermim.ed !,o give! battle before Camp D.1ewey could be reinforced. h'li trences extended from the beach :0 vards to the left flaik of the insurgent s iuinlav was the insurgent I feast day and their left flank withdrew. leavin: the American right. flank expoised. Con panies A and if tie Tent Pennsyl vania and I'tahli attery were ordered to enforce the right flank. Iii the midst of a raing typhoin with a tremendous downpour If rain tie eneiy's forces, estimated at:1'.0Om) ien. attempted to surprise ie camp. Our pickets were driven in and the trenches assaulted. Toe brave PIennsylvan ia men never flinched. but stowod ticir ground under a witlieriu fire. 'he alarm spread and the First California reziment. with two compaies of the Third artillery. whoi foughtt with rifles, were sent up to reini force the Pennsylvaiii:niS. Ihe eneI were in top of the trenches u hen these reinforcetments arrived. and never was the discipline of the regulars better de monstrated than by the work of the Third artillery under Capt. O'IIara. Notling could be seen but flashes of Mauser rifles. Men ran right up to the attacking Spaniards and mowed them down -with regular volleys. The Utah battery. under Capt. Young. covered itself with glory. The men pulled their guns through mud axle-deep. Two guns were sent around in flank and poured in a destructive enfiladin. fire. The enemy was re pulsed and retreated in disorder. Our itfantry had exhausted its ammunition and did not follow the enemy. Not an inch of ,round was lost. but the scene in the trenches was one never to be forgotten. )uring flashes of lightninT the dead and wounded could be seen lvinz in blood-red water. but icither the elements of heaven nor the destrue tive power of man could wl'ing a cry of protest from the wouoded. They en couraged their comrades to fight. and handed over their cartridge belts. During the night the Spanish scouts were seen carrying off dead and wound ed of the enemy. The American dead were buried next day in the convent of Maracaban. On the night of August 1st the fighting was renewed, but the ene my had been taught a lesson and made the attack at long range with heavy artillery. The Utah battery replied and the artillery duel lasted an hour. One man was killed. lie was Fred. Springster. Firt Colorado. and two men were wounded. On the night of Au gust 2d the artillery duel was renewed. Two men were badly wounded atnd are reported dead. bringittg the total dead to 13. with 10 in hospital mortally wounded. The-Spanish are stunned and demor alized by the great victory won by the Americans against such odds. Accordingi to reports brought by the refugees all the advantages were so clearly on the side of the Spanish that the soldiers and residents of 31ite expected noth ing less than the driving of the Ameri ans into the sea. Their hopes had also been buoyed up by the Spanish press at MIalite. which published lying repiorts as to the woeful conditions attd weakness of numbers of the Americans. The Spanish loss is very heavy in luding several officers. The Spattish plan was to turni tihe American flank. mtake a joint attack otn tile front and ig'ht withI the inrtentiotn of kill ing as nany as possible. to demoralize the Amierican force before the general ad vance itr 3anila. TIhey fought dog gedly to this end, but the steady fire of the American rifles antd batteries tutter ly unexpected, caused the Spanish to withdraw into the 3Ialite forts and trentcites. Gjen. Green issued this address to the troops: "Camp Dewey. Near MIanila. "The brigad ier general contmanding desires to) thank the troops engaged last ightt for gallantry and skill displayed by thetm in repelling such a vigorouts attack by htrgrely superior forces of Spaniards. Not an inch of ground was yielded by the Te'nth Pennsylvania in fan try and Utah artillery stationed in the trenches. A battalion of the Third artillery and First regiment of Califor nia infantry tmoved forward to their support through a galling fire with the utmost intrered ity. 'Thle coutrage and steadiness shown by all in thc engage ments is worthly of the highest comt In Sunday night's skirtmish the f 1 lowine were killed: George W. E. Bro)wn of' the Tenth P en nsylvan ia. Private lirady of the Tenth Penn svlvania. Private Bowker of the First Wyvom ing. Privates lItull. Briniton. Noss and Stillwagetn. all understood to be of the Tenthtt Petnnsylvantia. First Sergeant 3Maurice .Just of the First California. Privatte IDawsoni. Battery K'. Third artillery. Private MceKelrathi. sat tery. A. Tiird artillery. .r Private W\int ield. IBattery' II. Third artillery. On 31londay nirlht Private Sprintgstead of the 1itr-tC( olorado wais killed. Last night (Tuesday) the following were killed.I'~~j ft Prite Wiilliamu Lewis -ldyo h Twenty -tirid infanltry. 1riva*'te 11. BowerIs cr the signal Privte FtIred. liuekland of the Tlhir teen th MIinn fesotat. one if the wtiumtded in Sunday tiahts skirmtish were struck by shrap Tm'l : grand jury oif the Baltimore City Curt recently discussed th~e cepeu ety and humnanity of pntune to 1.1atu wit' it is known will not rec ier. Ih diseussioin was proibabily ofteI -rc uestiion if it would lie better I': th hopj elessly i nsanie if they wer' ii'.i1e riv removedl. and not withi ai new to doirni! the ideai in the im-:: m :i'-vty .f Baltimnore. Thie 5in2eetn il Ik ine tff crazy pecph .iiis. horrible. x state or couty authl rmue wiuld (tare THIEF AET- ROBBER. 'iTh is What a Western Evangelist Turned Out to Be. b r t ivneh or to e:uii omize tIhe loa. \ ,l 1 rn lailr. alias 'Ponea Jim hak4. alias -'.\ltana Jack. :tliaa d zen at her will Westerin namens. i- lie 0usC-ii n :oW agitating the resi dents offI riegory County S. D). 1'41 four years the Rev. Mr. Ililgard ha been known as one of the ablest vaIIelists ii that part of South Dakota. For nearlv the same period "Ponca Jim.~~ -lontana Jack." and the rest have been bated and feared as the most larinmg :i1d successful cattle rustlers. orse tlieves. liialiwaYnicn and- cut throats ,n the range. It wus oniy a few days agfo tiat the lev. Mr. Iilard. I-ti-a Jni." "Montana Jaek." et al. Were d is'Covercd to be ole and the saic lligari was calturei. after a long chiase and a hotlight. with a quantity of stolen property in his possession and his hands red with the blood of several imeniibers of the attacking party. Many of the raichien favor hanging him to the nearest tree. In the face of the overwheliniiig evidence aaaiust him, however. his friends maintain that tlere ilst be sonie inistake and swear 14) rsevene Ililn. The lUev. Mr. llil-zard located. with his wife and three children. on a farm near l-onesteel in the fall of 1894, an nouiieed himself as an evangelist. and began lolding meetings in and near the town. was master of a style of oratory peculiarly suited to the rough punch ers and ranchmen who formed the grea ter part of his audience. Soon he received invitations to hold revivals at other hamlets throughout the eattle country. 11is life was supposed to be exemplary. his gifts to charity were liberal and his neighbors idolized him1. About that time a series of bold rob heries coinininced in the vicinity. Cat tIle were run out of the country and sold at Easternii markets, horses stolen by the score. lone travellers held up and robbed and isolated farm hiousesentered and ransacked. Those who resisted the perpetrator of the outrages-all were committed by a single man-invariably conie out second best. Once or twice the robber was pursued by large posses and only escaped by furious riding and evident familiarity with the country. On one occasion the fugitive disappea- 'd over a hill top, on reaching rwhich the pursuers saw IHilgard himself sitting on the ground in a draw at the foot of the 'iillock. His horse had stepped in a goph r hole. thrown him and inflicted serious in jured. ihilgard's explanation that he was rid ing down the draw and received his hurts in an attempt to clear the way for the fleeing desperado was readily accepted and the pursuit actually given over that all might assist in caring for the good main. His final capture was due to an auda cious attempt to rustle a bunch of fine steers on Nick Hammuill's ranch fourteen miles north of Bonesteel. Hammill appeared just as the animals were be ing rounded up. and. after an exchange of shots with the thief, gathered a par tv of cowboys and started oii his trail. So hot was the pursuit that the R1ev. MIr. Ihilgard. as the thief afterward proved to be. was driven to take re fuse ini an abandoned dugout. Here lie' stood his assailants off for seven hours. and surrendered only after be ing wotinded six times. Hlammill and thi-re of his cowboys were also serious ly hurt. one of the latter so badly that he will probably die. Ordinarily, short work would have been made of such a captive, but the discovery that it was their 'dear pastor" Hilgard st, completely overpowered the punchers that he was brought into Bonesteel and lodged in the municipal ealaboose. In die prisonier's pockets were watches. rings and other articles of jewelry. some of which have been identified by their former owners. One of Hilgard's victims was held up while the evangelist was on his way from Bonesteel to hold a revival series at Willow Creek, twelve miles distant. The victim was himself at some of these meetings, but when he claimed to see a resemblance between the speaker and the man who robbed him lie narrowly escaped mobbing. Several imrders. it is said, may be laid at the revercndi gentleman's door. A few weeks ago the corpse of a ranch man naunedl G3raham wvas found hidden in ani abandoned well near town. In dians from the neighboring reservation were at first suspected. but evidence is now said- to have developed which points strongly toward Hlilgard as the nuruerer. Ililgard's journeys from town to towvn to conduct mieetings have made it com paratively easy for hiim to carry oin his lawless career without discovery. 3Much of the minister's plunder must have been devoted to charitable purposes. ~is eanutors believe lhe actually comi nitted manyii~ of his most serious offen es to raisc money with which to re lieve the necessities of poor families. Roosevelt as an Issue. There is an ugly row between Secre tary of War Alger and Col, Theodore hloosevelt. (Col. Roosevelt. writing to 'MIy D~ear 3Mr. Secretary" fromi Santia o ender date of July 23d, says, among other things: -\e earnestly hope tha:t youi will send most of the reguar. and any rate the cavelry divisioii. including the Rough Riders, who are as good as aniy regulars, and three times as good asany state troops4. to Porto Rico. Tecddy made ai bad breaik in; this reflec tion oii thle state troops: b;~n it was a hard blow for a mani who has f ought so bravely in Cuba to receive the follow ing caill down from Alger: "Your letter oh the 2:bd is recived, The regular army. the v.4lunte.:r army. and the Riough Iiders have done well. but 1 suggest that unless you want .to spoil the effects and glory of your vie tinY. yotu make no invidious comnpari sonS. The liough liiders are no better than other v liiine. They had an advatage in1 their1 a ri s. for which they~ 4 ght to be very- ratefu.. lI. A.'tGE. Thllis cor're4p4Odenlce umy i& theC pre .lie to fuith~er trouble. e,1e iailly in view of llou4evelt's viiorous Uemiand4 Lost on a Steamer. IDetai- la 'at thait thert awere 1" per ses 0n the rive -'eamier .Jesie. of the Couhia V i EIraion'l complanyV. which fouderd i the lkuskowuix river. li a ska. ur a se vere storii on .Julyv Ii-Iuj44hJt all were lost. T1he er J e ie. at the time of the dis anr a ntow the barge M1inerva. Hundred of Lives Lost. \iolen 11torms1 atd fioods it is an ounced in advices just receivedl here fromi the islaind of Formo'sa. have re sulted in the loss U hundreds of lives at Tai hehl. that i~ad ;ireat daman~ge MiTe ;Ioyas s tce r!jgest grade bkrc puwe-. known. Actud tests &bow i, qeo orgo third fortfror hban *ay other brazd. MAKIN POWDER Absolutely Pure ROYAL RAKIN5 POWOER CO., ?.EW YORK. A Gold Bug Failure. The currency situation in India is so badly mixed in consequence of the clos ing of mints of that country to silver that acommission has been appointed to un ravel the tangle. It w ill be remem bered that the mints of India was closed by English influences to silver in 1893. The purpose or the ment in closing the mints to silver was to introduce the gold standard after the rupee, by reason of scarcity, became a-ain worth as much as thirty-two cents. Now let us see how this gold bug scheme worked. In commenting on the matter the Atlanta Journal, which is one of the ablest as well as one of the fairest gold bug organs. makes this confession: But this has been found impracti cable. It has been found difficult to get the gold. Gold ha' not flowed into India, as it was expected to do. after the rupee rose to 32 cents. On the contrary, it has flowed out. owing to the uncertainty of the monetary future. At the same time there has been great stringency in the money market and distress in businers circles. amounting almost to panie. There is no telling what the Indian monetary commission may do. but the business interests of India are strongly opposed to a contin uance of the experiment inaugurated in 1893. The unanimity with which export and import merchants. bimetal lists and monometallists unite in pro testing against it is one of the most striking facts of the situation. They agree that the experiment strikes at the root of productive industry and commerce. As the Madras chamber of commerce puts it: "It is incorrect to say that volume of currency must be made consistent with a 16-pence ru pee."* It would be better. i: is said. to let the rupee pass at its intrinaic value. About $25.000.000 is saved by the arti ficial enhancement of the rupee's value, but in spite of this fact all classes in' India are clamorous for a re-opening of the mints to silver. It is claimed that the present policy is cutting down ex ports severely and that the free coinage of rupees would so improve trade and industries that even increased taxes I could be easily borne. India is on the verge of an interestiug experiment whatever she may do with her curren cy. That sonic change will be made is absolutely certain. According to the Journal it has ben found impracticable to force India to a gold standard because the de monetiza tion of silver in that country has caused - great stringency in the money market and distress in business circles, amount ing almost to panie." The Journal. goes on to say that "-the business inter ests of India are strongly opp~osed to a continuance of the experimeut inaugu rated in 1893." This is significant when it is remembered that the exper i ment inaugurated in 189:3 was to fasten he gold standard on India. The Jour nal goes on and says "the unaniity with which export and import mereh ants. bimetallists and mn onometallists unite in protesting against it is one of the most striking facts of the situa ton." they agree that the effort to es tablish the gold standard strikes at the root of productive indutry and commerce. According to the Journal all classes in India are clamorous for a reopening of the mints to silvcr. as they claim that the present policy is cutting down exports severely and that the free coinage of silver would so im prove trade and industries that even increased taxes could be easily borne.' Really these extracts read like they might have been taken from a strong silver paper. But they were not. They are taken from a gold bug pa per. and for that reason are significant. If we mistake not Bryan in his speeches predicted t'?is result in Ir'dia. It is no surprise to those who have studied the subject. Only the goldbugs in this country who allowed Cleveland arid Carlisle to do their thinmkingz will be surprised to learn that the gold stand ard in inidia is gradually forcing her people into bankruptcy ar it has done in this country. ____ Our Terms With Mexico. As we are now about to neorotzite a treaty of peace with Spain it is inter esting to know how we miade pe-ace with Mexico. the last foreign country the - Uiited States was at war with up to the late trouble with Spain. Like the pres ent war. the war with Mexico was one unbroken succession of victories for our armies. Mexico was beingr overrun by the armies under Gen. Scott and Tay lor. After the capture of Vera Cru-iz Gen. Scoot mnarched on the City- of Mexico. At Puebla he was uct by Mr. Nicholas P. Trist. chief clerk of the State department. Genera! Scott was ouiitred when he learnedl that Mr. Trist had brought with him the draf't of a treaty which lie was authorized to imake w'ith Santa Anna. Sc't t refused to have anythin; to do with th?is pro ceding, but Trist succeeded ini reach' ing the Mexican authoprities throu h the imediunm of the British h"-:atimn.. Santa Anna refused to :isk for peace and declared that he woni d nt 'io so until the Amnerican :zriones had won more victories: that his capital miust be aken before he w ,uld dhi nko gmn zg up the fight. Genrera!l Scoot the mo d forward anid captured the City of 3Mexic . Saints Anna. however, still re usd to talk of peace. Trist was or dered by the state depairtiment to return to Wasington: Ie made bold, how ever, to continue his efforts for peace and soon after thle City of M. xico was captured lie brought the Mexican con ress to terms. Under the treaty i'I. - ico agreed in consideration of S15.OO". 4iII. to cede to tile l'n ited Sta te all tile territory now occupiedi by Californim. Nevada. Airizoina and Etah. and ; aru part of that wh'ch now' mn:kes Cilorau'' and New Mexico. Though Trist had really negotiated the treats-. he could not sian it. as his cont ms-en had1 been revoked. Gen iScott :pN'roved the reat. but ref used to t:k " ' .nm Iart ini thei >rocedi 'I - iitialy sent the treaty to Washinsonr. P'resi United States Senate an'. the Mexican oiem ratif~id the treaty very soon fter it received P'residet Polk's signai ture. and thus the war with Mexico mided. These arc the facts as gtven by ntiai .Journatl.