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A WORD OF MIGHT. Great Meaning Contained in Tezt 'of Dr. Talmage's Sermon. Is Composed of But Four Letters Bat In the Quzeen of Wor-Vo*%O of Christian Fazitlh-Two ThinaS to Uei'e. {opyright, 1901. by Lous K:opsch. N. T-1 In this discoursz Dr. 'Taimage calls all people to gladness and opens all the doors of expecta-ucy; te xts. Geu esis vi., s. "Come;" Revelators xx-, 17, "Come." Imperial, tender and all persuasive Is the word "Come.- Six hu a seventy-eight times it is : i Scripture'. It stands at l: "y't gate of the ie as it x inviting atedi:uaVans ju* Nm i and it stand- at the 1t-0 Bible as in =yiy 'eod tec . -the postd -uvian- ol. later ae into the ark of a Saviour' - "Come" is only a word of four - ters, but it is the queen or w'oras, and nearly th'e entire nation of Ja0 glish vocabulary bows to its scept'r. It is an ocean into v.-hih enptles 1-, 000 rivers of mcang"9. Other wors drive, but this beck us. All moods of feeling hath that word "ome." Sometimes it veeps and sounetimes it laughs. Sometimes it pray. somc times it tempts, and someti mes it de stroys. It sounds from the door ot the church and from the serag oS ot sin, from the gatrs of leaven and the gates of hell. It is conuent and accrescent of all power. It is the heir ess of most of the past and the al moner of most of the future. -Come:" You may pronounce it so that all the heavens will be heard in its cadences or pronounce it so that all the woes of time and eternity shall reverberate in its one syllable. It is on the lip of saint and profilgate. It is the mightiest of all solicitants either for good or bad. To-day I weigh anchor and haul in the planks and set sail on that great word, although I am sure I will not be able *to reach the farther shore. I will let down the fathoming line into this sea and try to measure its depths, and. though I tie together all the cables and cordage I have on board, I will not be able to touch bot tow._ All the power of the Christian r.ligion is in that word, "Come." The dctatorial and commendatory in re ligien are of no avail. The impera tive mood is not the appropriate mood when we wonld have people sav ingly impressed. They may be coaxed, but they cannot be driven. Our hearts are like our homes; at a friendly knock the door will be opened, but an attempt to force open our doors would land the assailant In prison. Our theological seminaries, which keep young men three years in their curriculum before launohing them into the ministry, will do well if in so short a time they can teach the candidates for the holy office how to say with right emphasis and into nation and power that one word, "Come!" That man who has such effciency in Christian work and that woman who has such power to per mude people to quit the wrong and b'egin the right went through a series of losses, bereavements, persecutions and the trials of 20 or 30 years be fora they could make it a triumph of grace every time they uttered the word "Come." You must remember that in many eases our "Come" has a mightier "Come" to conquer before it has any effect at all. Just giv, me the accu rate census, the statistics of how many are down in fraud, in drunken ness, in gambling, in impurity or in vice of any sort, and I will give you the accurate census or statistics of how many have been slain by the word "Come." "Come and click wine glasses with me at this Ivory bar." "Come and see what we can win at this gaming table." "Come enter with me this doubtful speculation!" "Come with me and read those in fidel tracts on Christianity." "Come with me to a place of bad amuse ment." "Come with me in a gay bout through the underground life of the city." If in this city there are 20,000 who are down in moral character, then .20,000 fell under the power of the word "Come." I was reading of a wife whose husband had been over thrown by strong drink, and she went to the saloon where he was ruined, and she said: "Give me back my husband." And the bartender, point lng to a maudlin and battered man drowsing in the corner of the bar room, said: "There he is. Jim, wake up; here's your wife come for you." And the woman said: "Do you call that my husband? What have you been doing with him? Is that the manly brow, is that the clear eye, is that the noble heart, that I mar ried? What vile drug have you given him that has tuerned him into a fiend? Take your tiger claws off of him. Uncoil those serpent folds of evil habit that are crushing him. Give me back my husband, the one with whom I stood at the altar ten years ago. Give him back to me." Victim was he, s many millions of others have been, of the word "Come!" Now we want all the world over to harness this word for good as ethers have harnessed it for evil, and it will draw the five continents and the seas between them-yea, It will draw the whole earth back to God from whom it has wandered. It is that wooing and persuasive word that 'wHI lead men to give up their sins. Was a~epticism ever brought into love of the truth by an ebullition of hot words against infide'lity? Was ever the blasphemer stopped in his oath; by denunciation of blasphemy? Was ever the drunkard weaned from his cups by the temperance lecturer's mimicry of staggering step arnd hic sough? No. It was: "Come with SheRaised the Money. r A poor couple livirng in the Eme~rald Isle went to the priest fo: narriage, and were met with a demand fer the marriage fee. It was not forthcomirg Both the contracting parties were rica in love arnd in their prospecte, but des tittite of financial resources. The father was obdurate. "No me::ey, no marriage.".., "Give me lave, ycurriyerenec,"' sada the blushing bride, "to go and get the money." It was given, and she Erec. forth on the delicate mission of raising a mar riage fee cut of pure noting. After a short interval she returned with the sum of money, and the ceremony was completed to the estisfae'.ion of all. When the parting was taking place the newly made wife seemed a little uneasy. "Anything on your mind, Cstherine ?" said the faiber. "Well, your riverence, I would like to know if ihis marriage eculd rnot be spoiled rnow?" "Certainly not, Catherine. No man can put ycu asunder." "Culd yu not do it youslfher?" me to chauch to-day and hea our singing;" "Come and let me intro duce you to a Christian man whom u will be sure to admire;" "Come w: th me into associations that are chteerful and good and inspiring;" "Come with me into joy such as you -tever belore experienced." NVith that Nwc d wbich has doneu SU iuch for others 1 aptro-h yeu :o .day. A.e you right w-ith Iodl "6e.U vou v Ithi::ki a it 1 w~ ' be rey " 0mec m In he ty y heart is not right with C e hen, and have it made . ou;;h he 1hrist who died tave yvu, come! Whiat is the use wai? '1ne longer you wait the r 1:r o you are and the deeper you Ire dowa. Stcre out forlHeaven! You -eneber iat a few years ago .mer called the i'riucess Alice, with a crowd of excursionists aboard, sank in the ihatues, and there was an awful sacrifiee of life. A boatman from the nore put out for the rescue, and he had a big boat, and he got it so full it wou.U not ho.d another person. ana as he laid hold of the oars to pull for the shore. leaving hundreds helpless and drowning. he cried out: "Oh. that I had a biggrer boat:" Thank God.that I 1ni not thus limited and that I can promise room for all in this Gospel boat. Get in; get in! And yet there is room. loom in the heart of a par Cuaing God. Room in Heaven. I aso apply the word of my text to those who would like pranctical com fort. if any ever escape the struggle of life. I have not found them. They are not certainly among the prosper ous c'asses. In most cases it was a struggle all the way up till they reached the prosperity, and since they have reached these heights there have been perplexities. anxieties and crises which were alrcost enough to shatter the nerves and turn the brain. It would be hard to tell which have the biggest fight in this worl, the prosperities or the adversities, the conspicuities or the obscurities. Just as soon as you have enough su:ccess to attract the at tention of others the envies and jeal ousies are let loose from their kennel. The greatest crime that you can com mit in the estimation of others is to get on better than they do. They think your addition is their subtraction. ive hundred persons start for a goal of success; or.e reaches it, and the oth er four hundred and ninety-nine are mad. It would take vo:umes to hold the story of their wrongs, outrages and defamations that have ecne upon you as a result of your success. The warm sun of prosperity brings into life a swamp full of annoying insects. On the other hand, the unfortunate classes have their struggles for main tenance. To achieve a livelihood by one who had nothing to start -with, and after awhile for a family as well, and carry this on until children are reared and educated and fairly started in the worfd, and to do this amid all the rival ries of business and the uncertainty of crops and the fickleness of tariff legislation, with an occasional labor trike and here and there a panic thrown in, is a mighty thing to do, and there are hundreds and thousands of such keroes and heroines who live un sung and die unhonored. What we all need, whether up or down in life or half way between, is the infinite solace of the Christian reli gion. And so we employ the word "Come:" It will take all eternity to find out the number of business men who have been strengthened by the premises of God, and the people who have been fed by the ravens when other resources gave out, and the men and women who, going into this battle armed only with the needle or saw or ax or yardstick or pen or type or shovel or shoe last, have gained a victory that made the heavens resound. With all the resources of God promised for every exigency, no one need be left in the lurch. But the word "Come" applied to those who need solace will amount to nothing unless it be uttered by some one who has experienced that solace. That spreads the responsibility of giv ing this Gospel call among a great many. Those who have lost property and have been consoled by relgion in that trial are the ones to invite those who have failed in business. Those who have lost their health and been consoled by religion are the ones to invite those who are in poor health. Those who have had bereavements and been consoled in those bereavements are the ones5 to sympathize with those who have lost father or mother or companion or child or friend. What multitudes of us are alive to-day and In good health and buaoyant in this journey of life who wou'.d have been broken down or dead long ago but for the sustaining an d cheering help of our holy religion! So we say, "Come!" The well is not dry. The buckets are not empty. The supply is not exhaust ed. There is just as much mercy and con dolence and soothing power in God as before the first grave was dug, or the first tear started, or the first heart broken, or the first accident happened, or the first fortune vanished. Those of us who have felt the consolatory power of religion have a right to speak out of our own experiences and say:I "Come!I" What dismal work of condolence the world makes when it attempts to con dole: The plaster they spread does not stick. 'The broken bones uncer their bandage do not knit. A farmer was lost in a snowstorm on a prairie of the far west. Night was comning on, and after he was almost frantic from not knowing which way to go his sleigh struck the rut of another sleigh. and he said: -1 wili follow this rat, and it will take Le out to safety." He hastened on until he heard the bells of the preceding horses; but, coming up, he found that that man was also lost, and, as is the tendeney of those who are confused in the forest or' on the moors, they were both moving in a circle, and the runner o~f the one lost Codi you not spoli the marriage?" 'No, no, Catherine You are past me now. I have nothing mcrc to do with sour marriage." "That aises tme mind," s2ud Cath crin, "and God bless your rivf rence. There's the ticket for you': hat. I rikd it up in th~e lobby and pawned it.-Tit Bits. A Sad Accident. Mr. George Eiwards of Greenville ws aceidentally shot We dnesday morn is by Richard Jenkins while they were h-untig rear Ccx's bridge on Saluda river. Jcnkins had fired his gun and was reloading, and in some way the gun was discharged, the load of squir rel shot ,entering the left leg of Ed wars' above the knee. Jenkins ban atd the wound as best he could and Ibrcught his companion to the west End arug store where physicians were sum ontd immediately, but it was too late. Eiwrds died in a few hours and his cy was taken to his home on And er ot' street. The young men were very ntmt" friends. Edwards leaves a ife. Jenkins is unmarried, a eon of Mis. A. H. Jenkins, and until recently :skigh was foi-ciing th *rer of the other ,st s',- h rd. At last it uocc;d i ie a ok at the ourthi . u throusb :ih tL -ad 3 dreto 'fo th U Crec o e: hgain w1 ;1 p rait - i a fe riu. e u' fr t m ison 'euided bvu! foLwing another b vixd so.l, and only thoe n,) have in time got ther e :1h mormi:: ar of our CLr: a::n faith c1 n fnd their way out or bsrng en uh to :Cad others with an al-jrmuosive inita tion. "But." says s(ne oue, "you Christian people keep te..ig us to 'co.'C yet you do not tell us how to come." That charge shall no: be true on this occa bion. Come behioving: Come repeut ing! Core praying: After al; that God has been doing,," for six thousItnd years, sometimes through patriarchs and sometimes througtrh proplhets and at last through the eu:mi::ation of all the trageu:es on Golgotha, can anQne think that God w:ll no: welccme your couing.' Will a father a- vast out:ay corstruct a mansion for his sun and lay out parks white with s:atnes and green with fo:age and all a sparkle with fOunains and then Uo: a:Ion his son to live in the house or walk in the parks? Es Gd built tLis housS of Gospel mercy and will He then refuse entrance to Eis children? Will a gov ernment at great expense build life saving statios al: a'oug the coast and boats that can hover unhurt like a petrel over the wildest surge and then, when the lifeboat has reached the wreck of a ship in the o:ig. not allow the drowning to seire the life line or take the boat for th ! shore in safety? Shall God provide at the cast of 1is1 only Son's assassination escape for a sinking world and then turn a deaf ear to the cry that comes rp frem the breakers? "ut," you say. "there are -o rany things I hare to beliere Paa su y things in the shape of a erced tIrL I have to adop: ti; I am Lept hack." No, no: You need believe but two things-namel., that Jesus Christ came into the world to save sianers and that you are one of them. "But," you say, "I do believe both of these things." Do you rea::y be:ieve them with all your heart? "Yes." Why, then, you have passed frwm death inte life. Why, then. you are a sen or a daughter of the Lord Almighty. Why, then. you are an heir or an heiress of an inheritance that will dee:are divi dends frcom now until long after the stars are dead. Rallelullahi Pri ace of God, why do you not come and take your coronet? Prinoess of the Lord Almighty, why do you not mount your throne? Pass up iato the light. Your boat Is anchored, why do you not go ashore? Just plant your feet down hard, and you will feel under them the Rock of Ages. I challenge the uri verse for one instance in which a man in the right spirit appealed for the sal vation of the Gospel and did not get it. Man alive, are you going to let all the years of your life go away with You without your hating this great peace, this glorious hope, this bright expect ancy? Are you goiug to let the pearl of great price l"e in the dust at your feet because yon are too indolent or too proud to stoop down and pick it up? Will you wear the chain of evil habit when near by you is the hammrer that could with one stroke snap the shackle? Will you stay in the prison of sin when here is a' Gospel key that could unlock your incarceration? No, no! As t'he one word "Come" has some times brought many souls to Christ, I will try the experiment of pilirng up into a mou:tain and then send down ir an avalanche off power many of these Gospecl "Comes." "Comec thou and all thy house in to the ark." "Come unto me alil ye who labor and a re heavy laden, and I will give you rest." "Come, for all things are now ready." "Come with us, and we will do you good." "Come and see." "The Spirit anad the bride say 'Come,' and le t him that hear eth say 'Come.' and let him that is athirst come." The stroke of one bell in a tower may be sweet, but a scare of bells well tuned and rightly lifted and skillfully swung in one great chime fill the heavens with music al most celestial. And no one who has heard the mighty chimes in the towers of Amsterdam or Ghent or Copenhagen can forget them. Now, it seems to mte that in this Sabbath hour all Heaven Is chimiing, and the voices of departed friends and kindred ring down the sky, saing: "Come!" The angels who never fell, bcnding from sapphire thrones, are chanting: "Come:"' Yea, all the towers of leaven, tower of martyrs, tower of prophets. tower of aposttes, tower of evangelists, tower of the temple of the Lord God ar~d the Lamb, are chiming: "Come! Comte:" Pardon for all and peace for all and Heaven for all who will come. When Russia was in one of her great wars the suffering of the soldiers had ben long and bitter. and they were waiting for the en-d of the strife. One day a messeng"er in great excitement ran aniong the tents of the army, shouting: "Peace: Peace.'" The sen tine1 on guard asked: "Who says peace?" And the sick mamn tutrned on his hospital mat tress and asked: "Who says peace?" and all up andi down tihe encampmnent of the Rui:ars we n th question: "Who says peace?" 'tlen the znessenger re-ponde': "Th"'C : says peace." That was e~mi." a meant going hcmr.. Tha r:ent:' war was over. No mre nid :a no more iong marc'hes. 'o tdy as one of the Lordi's me~serrs I m'ae through these grt ait encampmflrr.:'s souls ar d cry: "Peace he';'een e"':h and Heavea: Peance beinecui GUa. man: Peace between ya reper. .2 sul ad a pa'roning Tor: : y ask a.e: "Who say s pe n ' I : swer: "(hrist cur i:. e~~sei. "My pgace I givc utmt y:""'ce of God that pw~seth u ~e a ingl'"Everlsting pacneI" The Charloot Obse:ver, which has decided leaing to the Rep-tblieo party. says: ''One ofthe first raeuts1 to be noted in Nartet Caralias of a rI' cent dirniot at the White House is a comuication in the Concord Tribne signed 'One Who. Had Al most Left the Danmocratic Ship but is In Again.' The character ci the communiation can be it~fcrred from the signature. Another is that Mr RI. T. Carlyie, a fortser Democrat but who enlisted in the recently organize d Busi nss Mlen's Re'publican lesdue of Lo'u :sville hnas resigned fram ;t giving the White Hou-e irncident as his rcesn, So far as the south is concerned it wili take the Republican party ten year3 to reover from that circnnrtsr ce, even if it is not repeated, as it is likely to be any evening." In this Rs~te one meets every day men who woro gra.vita ting toward the president's prry tut have draern brek in disgust at this manifestion of Republiecn bobn is~ on the negro question.V Tc tlie eekers will not be discouran~d, 1---ving stomachs not ealily tureed irama as they are hungry, but the party loces many men who would have aided it to THE GREAT BATTLE Oi Saii*!3go Describec by the Man Who Won It, GALLANT ADMIRAL SCHLEY. An intensely intresfrg Story Lf the Fight irom First to Last Told to a B g Audierc . Tie following in the testimony of Admiral Sahley before the court of en quiry describing the battle of Santiago: "Oa Jane I Admiral Sampson ar rived. He brougLt with him the New York, the O:dgon and the Ms fnower, and steamed cown to the westward a little inside of the line of blockade. He f and us at thiat tiaie jast in mik iig the turn and I went on board. He was vers cordial, vay glad to see me, at, I explained 1.0 him the situation tind the fat of the reconnoissance. l seemed to be very glad to fiad out the situation there, and-1 .ointed out to bim the Colon y in the entrance." Capt. Lzwly: "It the court p]ease we are geLig beyond the court's con structiorn of the seop, of the p-ee-pt " Admiral D.ey: "As I undeiswnod, Le is turnig the Lommad ovsr to tbe srander-i-hief. I want to hear that. I vwotud li e to he ar 2'a. ,,ar-" CetiuigAdmira*. Suhley s;;id: "I ha icd hm a LuwLber of dpa-ons, -phin; d to him the uitton and tAd h ' th form ol blockade zLat I had maintained, and I heaid no word of -o i1.)am hita, In fact, ia vieav C the td.elgam c. gmulation I sua cre sturaly eve vthing wis (ov d. Aoerai S mpson's reia:iois re wer aiwaz crdial. I never ha 'y ciffxwee. wi..h him." "I tured the ocmmand over to Ad-. mirn. Samp.on a.d my equadron was not irok n up until tae 1ii or 19;h Vf June. 1 ns still in thm command of lhe sing Equr; ron aid composed th-e left hal" o' tho blochauing line at Santiago. Of course, I htve no criti Cie sms to off:r, merely a plain, straight atory to teii of what its operations were up to that time." The adriral at the rzqaest of Mr. R.Tnor stated his ioserva ion of su piocs circcistnces on land and in the harbor at Sautiago on the evening of July 2. El said Ohat the ouilyitng land Iorce waro at that time being pressed into Le city by the American r.Ld insurgent fcrces, and he had notic ed that reveral of their block houses urnsd that e-enir:g. H3 had tt the same time observed smoke ct m g from over Socapa hill and he thouaht tte army was prepar ing fur a sormie. Of this circamitance he hd notified Acmiral Sampson and he the ult the admiral ha.i act( d up on th,. r.otice sa the b.iockading line was movd ci cloeer that night. Aie i.2 Schley began his description ot th_ -!ale of July 3, about 2 30 o'cock. He Esid thes dayr broke fair with a pleasant land breeze. "-After I had easta my breakfast. ' ontinued the idzi:al, "I came up to see what could be cxserved wibh glasses. We ,iere lissg at that time possibly three miles or a little ever from the land and I remember to have wondered why the entmny permitted us to remain so ciose without firing at us. At a quarter to 9 o'clock an orderly reported o me that a uinggl had been made by he flayhip to dieregerd her move ments and that she had gone eastward. I. did not, cf course, trnow where she had gone." Describing the coming out of the har bcr of the Spanisha fleet, the witness said: "I was sitting on deck on a hatch way when I heard a call from the oidge to the commodore that the fleet is coming CUs. That was some time aiter the men had been catied to quar trs, ab~out 9.35 o-c.ock. The ship was lying at that rime with her head in oward the land in the direction of Ca banas, a little cove to the westward and one of the marling points we used in maintaining our position 1 looked over the star board side and sw the enemy ecoming out of the entrance of the iaarbor, I looked -eastward to see the order of the ships. I saw the Texas aparently a point or more abaft the starcoard Desm. The Texas appe..red to me to be heading on same one of .he easterly course3. .to the left cf her was the Iowa. The Oregon was to the eastward of the Iowa. The Indiana was to the eastwa: d of tr.at position and the Giouchester was lying in under te land. Thle ANew York was out of gIut and out of eignr.1 distance wita glasses. I iooked ior her in order to eeimine what my position in tneaa ion was- to be. Or cjurne, if the New Y ri had not been out of distance I cudnot have g-ven or m:de a singal. "i hc. in the a~eanumen gone foriaaru on a ldie platform that Ia iic oa s-uttd arnu..d taeu ba.l t'uon as m; p~csiton in th0c ftigu I L-ad on.I, Den thezeafimmint or two WLLL U.-t tl.Q40o, hoW was on (Lu up,:r tor ce C-itd. oti, so;,au to suu c 300. ba iLeu z ~ sse up nio' le. -, i, I- si, so e- tor c..m and as. ie aL..i fiira at pertaps ii:.? p,.e. I ~o:: t reeCiA..Ot tha~t. on cook hr ny gaieJy a.d I azma to Co.as, -neist tie ig;:.ai eioso in for actica~.' " iien fol-o.ed. tn siguai Cie~o up,' asi the Baok en as weil as il the oter sip. oa..r6~d in fur the entrace acodtgto the ai.;ias plan. We ali ;mova d.rectl. fr t e head of the col umn, the idea b ig to aret and knock tifm to pie - as 'uey er on. "We conti..aed on our course for ten or twlvo mi ue," he said "and I saw all Lhe siapa l tur f:ec closing in. .io thuca ad sid is the liit of a trpeda rangs and as we were ap prorAng ab' at tr. distanee I men onA soastnin on that sort to Capt. Cojx, at tae -:n time ii. ing to him, -M w iti de nd upon this ship' to day ' Caos rI-ied tint we would soon b. within tac css fire of the ships. I saw Lsca:. Sampton's frst shot and then i 2.-J the fint vessel in the Span ih lte :. a rank sheer to the weet wara. ixz~ig th3 Visc aya coming strath: a. l'hen the latter also tu ' othe westward. It was now ap parent tot the original plan of the Spai.rL 5:ad failed and that the Spanisu I: c:, in order and apparently at di"e, had succeeded in paising th batu--sip liue. A new feature of the fidht be came immediately apparent. Cat. JLc niotgav the crder to port t~e helm. I did not. I should have one wo in a stecnd. I eaid to him 'is your nelmi sport,' and he replied, 'its sport or hard aperi, I think the lat t-." Cming to the turn of the Brooklyn Admiral Schley speaking clearly and ever hesitatin for a rd, aid that he had never seen a ship turn more steadily. "The turn," he said, "was absolatey continuous; there was no easing of the helm, and I never saw the starboard side of the Texas. I am sura wa were never closer that vessel than 600 ysrds: We were never across her bow. She never entered into my hcad at sll as a menace or danger." He said the closest range given was 1,100 iards. "We were so close," 'be went or., "that I remember I could see :nen on the Spanish ships running be tween the supes trueture: I could even see the daylight between their legs. "Daring the turn Lieut. Commander Hodgson very properly made the ob servation that we should "lookout for the Ters," but there was never any colicquy between us-never any collo quy uf any character between Hodgeon and myself, first because he was too go cd an offioer to have so transgresse d, and second, because if he had under tken it I would not hive permitted it. TIhat is fiction; thero was no colloquy." At thia period the admiral raid the leading one of the Spanish ships was on the Brooklyn's starboard bow, and that not only all of the enemy's ships but the forts as well were firing ap jparently at the Brooklyn. "That mo ment and for the next 15 minutes, were the most serious of the combat," he said, and he told ho# jets of water were seen on all hand3 and how deafen ing was the noise of the guns. "The roar of the projecti-ea," he said, "e buch as can only be heard once, and once heard never forgotten. Ali four o1 the Spanizh vessels were firing on the Bnookiyn, and none of the Snist vcssels at that time showed any iL jury. Then the thought passed t;-rough my mibd that they might get away, sna I fearcd we should have most of the figh: as I did not kn.ow that the barlis culd k3.p up their peed. I said -o Co: k that we would 'stay with thi3 crew.'" Tellig of the coming uo of the O e gon du-ng the Onai, Admili Sc'.; v said he had never b.tore reahed t"ra' luoh rA;iId fire waS posaitule as was emitted from these two ve-aels. Bo h look to him, he said, like sheets of flme. When the Maria Ter-sa went ashore the admiral said he had in structed Capt. Cook to notify the men below and to keep them informed of the progress of events. "They can't sea what is being done," he said to Cook, "and they want to know." The captain hsd obeyed his injunction and the messages were rece.ved with cheers from below. Describing the going ashore of the Spanish ehips in succession, he said he knew the following American chips would take care of them and protect the Spaniards against the insurgenis; and the fire on their own ships. As the battle proceeded at this time the admiral said he was very anxious about the rarge as he did not want the Teresa and the Viseays to get beyond range. 'I feared the ships were gaining and asked E li, who was very expert with the stadimeter, and he replied, after a use of the instrument, that he thought we were holding our own. I thought differently at the time." At this time the admiral paid his tribute to Ellis, who he said in the magnificent performance of his duty had lost his life. His voice lowered as he spoke gently of the shocking sight when the sailor was deoapitated by a shell which splattered his brains and blood upon the deck. "Some of it reached me," he said. He maw Lieut. Mc'Jaulet and the doctor pick up the bcdy and carry it .to the side an if to throw it overboard. He called to them not to do so, that one who had fallen so gallantly deserved a better burial. Continuing the story of the fight proper the admiral described how the Viscaya bad turned toward the Brooklyn just before she went ashore. As she turned he distinctly saw the efeast of a shcu which then entered her bow where upon she wheeled back and headed for thie shore. As she did so he saw her raked fore and aft by a big shell and she listed so far over that he thought she might turn turtle. "I signalled the Texas to look out for her, but receiving no asser," Admiral Sohley testified, "the Texas was tco far back probably. I remarked at the time, 'it does not matter, Philip is always Eensible. He needs no instruction.'" Speaking then of the effect of the Spanish fire on the Brooklyn he said it was so heavy that all the rigging of the Brooklyn had been cut, even the sed cdnes had bin shot away, one of them nearly striking him as he stood on the bridge. After the Viscaya hauled, down her colors the chase of the Colon continued. She edged in shore and ap peared to be following the contour of the coast. He thought she was locking for a soft place to go ashore, but she kept on. She wts then out of range and be told Cook to have the men come up and get a breath of air and some thing to ca t. He himself went into the on ning tower and sang out to those belo w through the tube that all ha.nds excr pt one had gone ashore and that he woul~d depend openn tthem to get her. ih~re was much jabb;stioa among the mnan, he nid. but the B-ockiy:'s ino non Feemel elotv and he-avy ann the ad mal a ho dire:ed -Xp:. (A.-k :o m in a:c exa-ni in T..e re .uL.3 Sdo-c v r; ta a n;er : l cxI t a~%-t ao itul H . ri sr ma~w th o" -h rp h-w i cea . u c-i't .: c he o . - sa. .... Alc gr-,2 h;y vr ti an- e s k 1:ne Qegoe i try o.e kfe-r 13 :a .~6r ecquto J-d. 1 The Ore.gonh g a id wa aft e bam oitio Brokhs up iorki.ng up pa litte to easiqa:.en d?i;The eGaeo t grath thy Ocv~rnu ad he stead. the 0:do tho ryne wif h.,r 13 :nc adThe lregn wh ed wSic ,bsth bL ~eam fr of the 13yn wrinhgupna he didtinotl shin thai bota Cor bn o ohe Oeo the B roos Sl dpenld, the foonre i hr 13s in and dhe lae h her8-nc gns Te adeirom oned ohe t onc sgne andat oeo the en8 ihch gurrnds. Hed mentioned ths fact that there was dif ficulty in getting a boat cut to board the Colon. "We steamed into po~ition should eay 1,000 yards. I remember distinctly Capt. Cook asking me if he should alow up. I said 'no, continue on' " "At the time the Cclon hauled down her flag I think she was about four miles from us. Were running then in the neighborhood of 15 knots. I think it was about 1 30 p. m. when the sur render occurred. I looked for the other vessels of cur fleet. I saw three vessels astern. I could see the masts of two. I could see only the smoke of the third one. When Capt. Cook started for the Colon after the surrender he said to me 'Cmmodore wat are the terms of surrender?' I said to him 'uncondi tional. These are matter3 the com mander in-eief mus: arrsage.' " About 2 23 o'clock the New Yerk came up. I made a signal to h. r. When she cne up I made the Eignal to her that it a glor'ous drr for cur coun try. As soon as possible I went on board to pay my roepects to the com minder in chief. I repior:.ed substan tirly what had occurrcd. W 1hile trlk ing with the c5crs of the N-w York the chaplain of tbe ship orMMe uo to me ard said, 'Com..ore. your wo!k iL not over yet The ReIlu" has j't a rived and reports a Spansh Eh"p on the cOas, at d the admirat wants to tee yon.' I iound Capt. Clat-k w-th the commander-in chirf. I made eome suggestion to him about hoisting the flag on the Colon and said to him that I was prepared, if he had not come up, to nave sent a force of 50 or 60 men on board to take possession and avoid any thing like 'mcrkey irg' with her. "When he mentioned to me to take the Oncgon and go azstward to iL.ct this ship I mutt say I fel some little delight becaute I thou;ht th-t after tho admirable work of the quadron en tha- day and the patt the 0:.goa ard the B:ooklyn had in it, that there was nct an' thing that carried the Spanish colors that we should have hesitated to meAt." The witne.s then iold of starting for the supposed S asisn ship, havin ade signtl to ti Oregon to fellow the flZgship. He joid Cf mee:irg the Van arid beir izfcr trn-. t the Spscirh s'ip was tte PJl-o Th, -itne.:s .hen described the overhallir; of trne strn~c~:, which proved to be an Aun traa cruaer Admir! S hley told of psssing the l.ws wen ha was haile l by U:.p:. E:ns, who ifor:e him ihait Adz, ai Carvera was on bad and wculd like very muca to see hi!. "I ft u.d the S.anih admiral greatly deje:::ed, aL t V wine3. "I s..id to i.a I krw 're h d lost ever;hig, as well Zs Monk7, saa ioM dhm -hi my w :dbe a well as my parse, ar far is th t would go, was at nis tervice." Admiral Cervera, the witness ssid, thariked him for his courtesy, but de cined the proffer, only askirg to be al lowed to svnd a dispach to his govern ment announcir4, the fate of his equad ron. "I tOld him there would be no ot.jction to that wha:ever," said the wicness. "And that," the admiral said, clos ing his narrative impressively, "ended the battle of thP 3rd day of July, 1898." "I wish to aid," he continued, "tai I was very much impre!Eel on that day with the fact that the cfficars and the men who were engaged in that struggle fulilled in the very highest and in the very noblest degree the traditions of the American navy." The admiral said he was unable to recall a coversation with Capt. M all, on July 5, when the latter had said to Admiral Schley that there was "glory enough for all." Admiral Sahley said he htd first seen this sentiment as form ulated accredited to Senator Hale. "Senator Hale," he said, "ezpreszed my feeling at the time and that feelieg I still hold. A controversy wAs not thought of at that time." A PLAN THAT FAILED. Mr. Rasynor reminded Admiral Sahley he had stated at the beginning of the brattle the bhips cha:ged in aecording to the original pinn. "Now," he asked, "with whom did that plan originate?" "Thrat was the geneal order of the commarnder in chief during the timo of the blockade, but that failed, bccau.se the enemy sunceeded really in parsing the battie line," replied Admiral Schley. As Admiral S80L y ie ft the court room he was given quite an omuin. A large number of persons had hashed outside the court room- door and many insisted upon shshing hana with him. The assemislage eortd him up he hill from tho~ gunner's wortshop if which the cour. bits to the outer gates of t.he navy yad. Found After Nine Years. Nine years ago the ten-yoar-old daugater of Peter sell, a miller 1:ving at St. Mary-s, Mercer county, Ohio, failed to return from schooi. T'he be lief was general that ehe had been drowned. Her fathier,' however, re fused to believe the story and spent his magre eavings searghing for her. Ho fically became convineed, however, that the girl was dead. A band of gypales camped near the Bell's mdl! last Aug ust and one of themi, oit of revernge, told Bell that his chita hadi been ao-. duted by a gang of gypsies nine years ago. He saii he had cotne ali ta3 way Irom 31exio, bio., to~ mnorm the sa,.her of ihe waereabou.s of h omla. B,:11 at onCC mane preparations to go in sealce i et ha cailu, saa emihl 1:s. Belt ad their otaer dagater, --r-.ed ur kd-anagoils by wasoa. ?nere -.aey sol~a thie wagon a basate oure irom thaere t> Q. aincy w Kn iau, Jh., saa5 fis.;- traec., LaJ b.toe gpe to CUna?ae. Amy :..g there3 ast S rday, th Be..2 .ot a.d s oVn inmp W Aea ?.s rmr Buirned at the Stake. I Th~ e r. Bd.. :'rria, who asmulted bundat use s..k.: ur.,d.a. -iner b:inz c:ptu.m2i hem. s if.'rt t~o irpia o:i..5s, A 0-a sy~ ; gr d Jter s4e.e of his ca..a .--:4' ctsai..ed to a p'ee sap.g H'. hans ad feet were c.u.a to hi bay ..i os auc .i.: sLrSZW w~r * licdtt L.. ? ud u:cry vwtaema i..e fi u e hima andi only we.i 1.e /:.- patycn sused dAd n ept c.ar cn any mavezent on the p re of t.e wretch le madec no r a~s. hn boi; bound to tihe lskn :.a d that ho de sered hi5 fa o . *riso bushis vi um on the h~a with a ione ku -. an Lthgnt ae ha~d kuled *a r. Going~ back to Bal-ls store he toek adi the an.:ge in the cash drawer. e hen put cosi oil on his feet and also cn his tracks when leaving tiue store. Mrs. Ball, hosever, recovred conseicutness and crawl.ed to her father-ir,-aw's store. He at once gave the alarm and the neigoorhood commenced a search for the negro. He was round at his Lomeo about four miies rom the scene ci tte tragedy and in t~rying to esaespe was shot by one of the posse and wounded in t~h ti;. Have you paid for ycur paper yet? If not do so at once. The money is AN APPEAL TO VETERANS General Gordon Asks for Funds to Complete the Davis Monument. Gc-n. Johrn B. G :rlon, commanding the Unittd Confederate vetcrani has issued a general order to camps of the Confederate veterans requesting iuads to compile the Davis mcmorial monu meat. Gen. Gordon asks that each camp give $1 for every member and that the money be turned over to the ladics' central committee of the Jeffer son Davis Monument association. Fol lowing is Gen. Gordon's order, which has jast been received: "Hzadgaarters U. C. V. "New Orleans, La., Oat. 12, 1901. "General Orders No. 263: "I. With ' pride t-qe general com manding again calls attention of the veterans to the patriotic and success ful cfbris of the ladies' central com mittee of the Jfferson Davis Monu .ment assceiation, directed by the great ability and untiring energy of their splendid chairman, Mrs. N. V. Ran dolph, of Richmond, Va., supplement ed by the ceasciess work and most vsluable assitance of the nob!e Daugh tera of the Cunfedcracy, in cach Con federate veterans' divizion, all united and bendicg their energies toward the c.cemp ishment of the glorious work they have so willingly undertaken. tha; of raLing the balanceof the fundi nscessry to complete the monument to the memory of Jefferson Davie, the bo-Aved president or the Conf.dracy. "II. TLe repozt made by the chair man, Mr3. N. V. RiLdolph, and that of ti: ire-sirer of the assomoaion at ,.e Mempis reunion, sho 's that taze bnded trasurer o' the assrciation nad tan on hand~ $32,672 06, incaud mg intereat, uith a !&.ge number o, sue.scrritins unlcolleed ane unpai. "1L W aJie they make Lii encour agin, showing, tLey .ate lat much more) money is need..d, and ney ask u?C veteras to aisius %aa s utain them, and tie general comm ntiug hojpe. LIat their appeal willmeat wita a hear ty response. "IV. The general commieding calls the atten~dein of the veterans to the iact that it is their bounden duty to assist these noble wcmen in 0heir pa triotic endeavors, and requests of them and urges each Unitea Confederate Veterans' camp to contribute $1 for each member of the camp, to be ccl ected cf those who are abie to give in dividually, and where this mannot - be done, for the camp to forward the amount callectively, for ali the mem bzrs, which ever is most desirable. "Of course, under the constitution no assessment can be levied upon any member or camp for any purpose; this is, therefore, only an urgent request for voluntary contributions from the members of the United Confederate Veterans' camps which the general commAnding prays and hopes will meet with an immtdiate and gentraus re ponse. ' V. The general commanding sug gests that all moneys raised in response to this rt qest shall be sent direct to Mrs. N. V. Randolph, chairman Jeffer son Davis monument rund, Richmond, VA. or forwarded to her through the JDaughters of the Confederacy in each ULitied Confederate Veterans' division, and the Daughters of -the Confederte; arern q-iested to put themselves in cam mEunicationl with tne camps so as to as 5ist in tis laudable work. 'By order of "J. B. GORDON "General Comhaaing. ' GEORGE MOoRMIAN, -&ojc. Gen. ana Chief of S.?ff." k CHLEY ALONE~ DIDN'r' DODGE. So Says Boatbwain Hill of the Cruiser Brooklyn In the Schley court of itqairy Wed nesday Boatswain Hdll gavo a thrilling secount of the battle cf Santiago and a glowiz~g dercripiion of Cormodore Schley's bearing, which aroused enthu sistie applause. In his testimony of the battle the witness gave the details of .Eilis' death. He said: "It was on the ran with the Visoaya. There were fourteen cf us standing together. The commodore at~hed in a matter of fact tne, 'What is the range?' Eilis raised the stadjimeter to his eye, and as-he did so a shell took his head off, As he fell to the deck dead, young McCauley said, 'Let's throw it overboardi.' The commedore said, "No, don't throw that body ovetboard. He dird like a brave men, amd we are goiing t~o bury him like one.' He directed me to look out for the body. I:: Li:. iwrap;,ed in blankets, lanid in the shade, and that evening it wAs gotten ready for buriai. The Vis caya was pu;;.ig up the best fight of ac7 of th~e ships there. She fought vil, and her Dig seells were goleg oer u.., and a gr~a many of us cuea. as ae~ s~ensei ne haif a deczn a.L us~fin under way. As te.-, w re a ar gn;g .aroaga the att, do T A- as a .res& O'~. t of 54p ... si, -- e w. ass re r t ms u. e:- a. .a ua D,-57 Io- u- fica * -e in; aue to admai"m '~ adi .en-.iwm, the witniess said "He a, a- 01:1, ocoi and collee ed as he is at tis, nm.ontnt. His onigy thought was *e as tea. He was earstatly, as diffe--zm. even s eeerurredC, ssyiej, 'D). Lfhe rulies know (5K.? Do they know shoic idea semed to be thaat hc want.n hepeoplo baio.s to knas ac much a'ouit i: es tdo.c of us on dec'." In thei casso of the Colon later, the wies s -d, Capt. Cros had pus his ind out o a e o icg tower and said tzo ZeeaL.'..r :"''Dn't y~u think we h:. betc- close ian a ljric?" 'Ann," said the- witnes3 parenthetical ly, "'I thought eo m self." The comn medore topi ed: "No. Don't you see tht iet ahcaa? Jt as sogn as that fellow starts to come out I'm going to head him ofi I il get him yet, damn hire. I's follow him to bpsain if [(have o." This testimony was, hks the rvus statemen', receiv-ed with a burst of applause, but thre demo'stra ion was q-ickly supp'lressed by Ad mr.1 Do ey. Murder in Union. At Urion Wednesday night Simon Eii, colored; shot and instantly killed his first cousin, Chas. Bird. The de cessed was shot twice with a shotgun. Some time during the evening the two had a quarrel about a woman and E As waited home a mile, got his gun andi returned to Byrd's h-su e. Co~ring upo b,:hied the house shoi. h in, and his fttcr staing naa 7ias a s.2 shot, ut ncsr sasel E satte-pted to escrpe. bar was a:cesud by a negrol a1 brgs. in jil Il KOBSTE'S APPOINTMINT. Capt. Capers' Version as to How it Came About. T1.e appo.intment of George B. Koes t.r as interLal revenue collector con tinues to be generally discussed and as was told Wednesday,the comment of the politicians and people generally is not favorable to the Columbia newspaper man. The eyes of the Republicans generally are now turned on the ap pointments to be made by Mr. Koester and his general conduct of the office. Dr. V. P. Clayton, who was recently spoken of as the probable candidate for the omee, has not returned to Charles ton from his plantation. in Fairfield county. Capt. John G. Capers declined to .discuss the matter in detail, but an nounced mcst positively that he knew notairg wta ever abaut the Selection and appointmient ot MLc Koester. On the oumrary, he htd been operating upon the supposition that Bialook could not be appointed. He earnestly endersed Dr. Ciayton and had also given Major Jones of Blacksburg, and Mr. Huggins of Columbia, strong letters of endoraement as to their character ar:d fimneEs fLr the c0fioe, so as to be a s:lutely sure that the emae would be filed by a RePnlican ia any event or change as to eitntr B alock or Clayton. COpt. John G. Capers stated, how .ver, that he had been aavised that Mr. K;esner had bjen in correspond aace w ith the President for some time as io routical conditions in the South &a-d in this State, and that some of the editorials in K-ester's paper, notably one on "1te Necessity for 'we Parties in the S nth," anr one on "President R.;ozeveit's Earnest Parpose' had par iguia.riy imprea-,id the President. So ;Luen so in iae, that h,. had sent for Ar. Kots.er anu aner a long talk with ,-am ti..d decd.sd to appoint him, al though Koester was not an applicant. Lo this benator MoLauria aequiesced, ahhouga in no way withdrawing his cdersmeint of Dr. Uiayton as the best simoa-pure Repaoiiaan in the State for .he pcanin. Capt. Capers expressed himself very hopefully, stating that he was disposed to take a philosopioa view of it and iook for the best results po-aible. He stated that he had assurances from Mr. K.)ester that no radicai policy would be adopted as to ohanges ia the office, and (hat he would cooperate with Mr. Oa pers wherever and whenever he could coaaistently do so.-Clisrleton Post. Some Iniquities of Printers. Pzinaers are rerponsible for many charming mistakes, and some of them admii the fact. Witness the volume of sermons recently published which contained the startling admission: "Printers have persecuted me without a cause." Of course, it should have been "princes;" but no- doubt the com positor was satisfid. Parsns are the eepeoial batts for the jokes of the mer ry typesetter. A Methodist. minister is reported to have said: "Methodism is elastic, expensiva and progressive." Was it sheer wickedness that made the printar substitute e for , altering "ex pansive" to the more Shoeking term? 'The bishop-of Ss. Asaph, addlreesing the old parishioners some time ago at Carmarthen, referred to his "younger and rasher days." He was naturally repoited as having spoken of his "'younger and masher days." No won der John McNeil said that when he took up the daily papers and read his reported utterarneas be always sighed, --Veriiy, we die daily!1"-Chamiber's Journal. Better if Ke Na&. Coming home rather late one night, olId Jones discovered a country yokel with a lantern standing bythe kitchen door. "Young man," said he, "what ares you doing here?" "re come a-courting, sur.". "A-courting? What do you mean?" "Well, rm a follower of. Mary, the kitchen maid, sur." "Do you usually carry a lantern when you are on such errands?" asked the old man, sarcastically. "Yes, sur, always." "Don't tell me such nonsense. You had better be off quickly- courting with a lantern, indeed! In my young days I never used such a thing." "No, sur," replied the ydkel, sidling off, "judging by yer missus, I shouldn't think yer did."-London King. Turns Flank on Konitress. It was at an exclusive South side boarding school and the young women pupils in the institution were at din ner. The preceptress was a task mis tress of the most rigid sort and al ways paid special attention to the manners of the young women at the table. She laid down the strictest rules and she compelled her pupils to obey them to the letter. On this occasion she espied one of the young women wiping her knife with a napkin. "Would you do such a thing as that at home?" asked the preceptress, sharply. "No, indeed, I would not," replied the young woman. "We have clean nives at home."-Chicago Chronicle. Swedish Land Arrangement. In Sweden they have a land arrange ment of this kind. The :farmer will give a tenant so many acres of ground, provided the tenant will give him so many days' labor for so many years, the labor to be paid as wanted.-N. Y. Sun. Warned in Tim. Tired Treadwell-Hold on; don't go to dat house fer grub. Samitering Sim-Why not? "I seen a delivery boy tnkin' a snow shovel in dere yistady."-Chicago Times-Berald. One Mian's Wisdom. She (after the proposal)-Are you in favor of a long or short engage ment? He-If you can cook rm in favor of a short one. If you can't we had better make it long enough to enable you to learn.-Chicago Daily News. Like Your Shadow. False friends are like your shadow -only with- you in aunshine.-Chc.. o Daily News. Pretty Mand. Clara (after a tiff)-I presume you would like your ring back. George-Never mind; keep it. No other girl I know could use that ring, unless she wore it on her thumb.-N. Y. Weekly. Woman's Tact. Rev. Cassinlgt on-Honestly. Miss Deering, do you think rmy sermons are too long? Mfiss Deering-Oh, dear, no: I mere lV think that life is too, short.-Puck. A (Cheaper Method. Knicker-Jinks has been ordered abroad to take the mud baths. Bocker-Whty doesn't he stay at hme and rn afor office ?-Judge. -