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STONES THAT SPEAK. DR. TALMAOE PREACHES IN THE NEW TABERNACLE. Tb? Imw. ttMcrlflce und Ooapel Sym bolised 1?t Bocks from Sinai, C*lr?r/ nod Mara mil?An Xartblr Hutui for J?u?WlMt tie Cbar?k .Meuim. Brooklyn, April 20.?Sermon oi Bev. T. De Witt Talmage in the New Brooklyn Tabernacle on Clinton avenue this evening, the building having been dedicated in the morning at 10.30. A great union meeting in which clergymen of all denominations of Christians par ticipated was held in the afternoon. Six thousand persons were present at each of the services and many thousands were turned away. Text: "What means ye by theso stones?" Joshua lv. 0. The Jordan, like the Mississippi, has bluffs on the one side and flats on the other. Here and thore a sycamoro shad-1 ows it. Here and there a willow dips into it. It was only a little over waist* deep in December as 1 waded through it, but in the months of April and May the snows on Mount Lebanon thaw and . flow down into the valley, and then tbo Jordan overflows its banks. Then it is wide, deep, raging, and impetuous. At this season of the year I hear the tramp of 40,000 armed mcu coming down to cross the river. You say, why do they not go up nearer tho riso of the river at tin; old camel ford? Ah! my friends, it is because it is not safe to go around when the lx>rd tells us to go ahead. The Israelites had been going around forty years, and they had enough of it. I do not know how it is with you, my breth ren, but I have always got into trouble when I went around, but always got into safety when I went abeod. There spreads out tho Jordan, a rag ing torrent, much of it snow-water just come down from the mountain top; and I see some of tho Israelites shivering at the idea of plunging in, nnd one soldier ? -says to his comrade, "Joseph can you swim"' Aud another says: "If we got across this stream wo will got there with wot clothes and with damaged armor, and the < 'anunites will slash us to pieces with their swords before wc get up the other bank." Hut it is no timo to halt. The great host marches onward. Tho priests carrying the ark go ahead, the people follow. I hear tho tramp of the great multitude. Tho prlost's have now come within a stone's throw of tho wator. Yet still lhere, is no abatement of tho flood. NOW they have come within four or live icet of the stream; but thcro is no nbatemen; ?of tho flood. Bad prospect! It seoms that if these Israelites that crossed tho desert aro now going to bo drowned In sight of Canaan. But "For ward!" is tho cry. Tho command rings all along tho line of tho host. "For ward!" Now tho priests have como within one step of the river. This timo they lift their feet from tbo solid ground aud place them down into the raging stream. No sooner aro their feet there than Jordan tlios. On tho right hand God piles up a great mountain of floods; on the left, the water flows off toward the sea. Tho great river, tor hours, halts and rears. Tho back waters not being ablo to flow over tho passing Irncliles, {)llo wave on wnvo, until perhaps a sea >ird would And somo difllcluty iu scaling the water chfl. Now tho priests and all the people have gone over on dry land. The water on tho left hand side by this time has reached tho sea; and now that the miraculous passage has been made, stand back aud see this stupendous pllo of water leap. God takes his hand from that wall of Hoods, and like a hundred cataracts they plunao and roar in thun derous triumph to tho sea. How aro they to celcbrato this passage? Shall il bo with music? I supposo the trumpet and cymbals wcro all worn oat beforo this. Shall it bo with banners waving? Oh! no; they aro all faded and torn. Joshua cries out: "I will tell you how to celebrate this; build a monument hero to commemorate tbo event;" and every priest puts a heavy stouo on his shoulder, aud marches out and drops that stouo in tho divinely-appointed place. I see that pile growing in height, Id breadth, in significance; and, in after years, men went by that spot and saw this monument, and cried out one to another, In fulfilment of tho prophecy of the text: "What mean ye by these stones?" Blessed be God, he did not leave our , church in the wilderness! Wo have been wandering about for a year and a half worshipping in tho Academy'of music, Brooklyn, and Academy of Music, Now York. And somo thought wo would never reach the promised land. Somo said we had belter take this routoand others that. Somo said wo had better go back, and somo said there were sons of Anak in the way that would eat us up; and before tho smoke had cleared away from tho sky after our Tabernacle had been consumed people stood ou the very site ot tho place and said: "This church will never again be built." Wo came down to tho bank of Jordan; wc looked oft' upon *tlie waters. Somo of the sympathy that was ex pressed turned out to bo snow-water melted Irom the top ol Lebanon. Some said: "You had better not go in; you will get your feet wet." But wo waded In, pastor and people, further and fur ther, and In somo way, tho Lord only knows how, we got through; and to-night I go all around about this groat houso erected by your prayers, and sympathies, and sacrifices, and cry out in the words of my text: "What mean yo by these stones?" It is an outrage to build a houso like this so vast and so magnificent unless there be some tremendous reasons for doiug it; and so, friends, I pursue you to-night with tho question of my text, and I demand of these trustees and of these elders and of all wtv have con tributed in the building of this structure, "Wbat mean yo by these stones?" But beforo I get you answer to my question you point to tho memorial wall at the side of this pulpit, and say to me. "Ex plain thai; unusual group Ot memorials, What mean you by those stones?" By permission of the people of my be loved charge I recently visited the Holy Lands, and having in mind by day and night during my absence this rising house of prayer, I bothought myself, "What can I do to make that place significant and glorious." On tho morning of Dec ember tho third we were at tho foot of the most sacred mountain of all tho earth, Mount Calvary. Thero is no more doubt, of the locality than of Mount Washington or Mount Blanc. On the bluff of this mountain, which is tho exact shape of the human skull, and so called in tho Biblo, "The place of a skull," thero is room for three crosses. Thero I saw a stono so suggestive that I rolled it dowu the hill, and transported it. It Is at tho top of this wall, a white stono, with crimson veins runnlug through it, the white typical of purity, tho crimson suggestivo ot tho blood that paid the price of our redemption. Wo place it at tbo top of the memorial wall, for ??hove, all in this church for -til time, in sermon, and song, and prayer, shall he Sacrifice ot Mount Calvary. Look at it. That stone was one of the rocks rent at the crucifixion. That heard tho cry; "It is finished." Was any church on earth honored with such a memorial? Beneath it aro two tables of stono which I had brought from Mount Sanai where tho Law was given. Three cam els were three weeks crossing the (leset to fetch them. When at Cairo, Kuypt, I proposed to tbo Christian Arab that Haid, "wo can easier bring two rockt than one for we must balance them on the bock of the camel," and I did not think until the day of their arrival how much more suggestive would be the two because the law was written on two ta bles of stone. Those stones marked with tbo words "Mount Sinai," felt the earthquake that shook tho mouuluins whoa ibe Law was yiveu. The lower stono of tho wall is fro -? Mars Hill, tho place where Paul stood when he preach ed that famous sermon on the brother hood of the human race, declaring, "God hatb made of one blood all nations." Since Lord Elgin took tho famous stat uary from tho Acropolis, the hill adjoin ing Mars Ulli, tho Greek government makes it Impossible to transport to other lands any Egptlan antiquities, and armed soldiery guard not only tho Acropolis but Mars IIlll. That stone I obtained by special permission from the Queen of Greece, a most gracious and brilliant woman, who received us as though we had been old acquaintances, and through Mr. Trlcoupis, tho prime minister of | Greece, and Mr. Snowdeu, our American minister plenipotentiary, and Dr. Ma natt, our Americau cousul, that sugges tive tablet was sawed trom tho pulpit of rock on whlc'i Paul preached. Now you undcrstund why wo have marked it 'The Gospel." Long after mv lips shall utter m this church thoir last message, theso lips of stono will tell of tho Law, and the Sacrilice and tho Gospel. This day I present them to this church and to nil who shall gaze upon them. Thus you havo my answer to tho question, 'What moau you by theso stones?" Hut you must not divert mo from the question of tho text as I ?rst put it. I have inlorproled theso lour memorials on my right hand but there ure hun dreds" of stones In thuso surrounding walls aud uudcrneath us, in tho founda tions, and rising above us in tho towers. The uunrries ot this aud transatlantic countries at tho call of crowbar and chisel havo contributed toward this structuro. "What mean yo by theso stones?" You menu among other things that they 8hull bo an earthly residenco for Christ. Christ did not have much of a homo when lie was. here. Who and where is tbut child crying? It is Jesus, born in an out-housc. Where is that hard breathing? It is Jesus, asleep on a rock. Who is that iu tbo back part ot the tlshing-smuck, with a sailor's rough over-coat thrown over him? It is Jesus the worn-out voyager. O Jesu>! Is it not time that thou hadst a house? Wo give Theo this. Thou didst give it to us first, but we glvo It back to Theo. It is too good for us, but not half good enough for Thee. Oh! como in and tako tho best scat hero. Walk up and down all theso aisles. Speak through these organ pipes. Throw Thine arm over us iu these ar ches. In tho flaming of theso brackets of lire speak to us Baying. "I am the light of the world." O King! make this Thine audience-chamber. Hero pro claim righteousness and make treaties. We clap our bauds, wo uncover our ho ds, we lilt our ensigns, wo cry with multitudinous acclamation uutil the placo rings and the heavens liston: "O King! hvo for over!" Is it not time that he who was born In a stranger's houso and buried iu a stran ger's grave should have au earthly house? Como In, O Jesus! not tho corpse ot a buried Christ, but n radiant an I triumphant Jesus, conqueror of earth, and benvcu and hell. Ho lives, all glory to his name, He lives, my Jesus, still tho samo. Oh, tho sweet Joy this sentence gives? I know that my Redeemer lives. Blessed bo His glorious name forever! Again, if any ono asks the question of | tho text: "What mean yo by these stones?" tho reply is, we mean the com munion of saints. Do you know that there is notu denomination of Christians In Brooklyn that bus not contributed something toward tbo building of this house? And If over, standing in this place, thero shall bo a man who shall try by anything be says, to stir up bitter ness between different denominations of Christians, may his tongue falter and his cheek blauch, and his heart stop! My frieuds, if thero is any church on earth Where thero is a mingling of all denomi nations, it is our church. I just wish that John Calvin and Ar miniu8, if they were not too busy, would como out on the battlements and see us. Sometimes in our prayer meetings I have hoard the brethren use tho phrases ot a beautiful liturgy and wo know whero they came from; and in tho samo prayer meetings I havo heard brethren make audiblo ejaculation, "Amen!" "Ftaise yo tho Lord!" ai d wo did not havo to guess twico where they carao from. When a man knocks at our church door. If ho comes from a sect whoro they will not glvo him a certificate wo sav: 'Como In by confession of faith." While Adcniram Judson, tho Baptist and John Wesley, tho Mothodist, and John Knox, the glorious old Scotch Pres byterian, are shaking hands in heaven, all churches on earth can afford to come Into close communication: "One Lord, ono faith, ono baptism." Oh my breth ren?wo have had enough of Big Bothel fights?tho Fourteenth Now York regi ment fighting the Fifteenth Massachu setts regiment. Now Jet all those who arc for Christ, and stand on the same side, go shoulder to shoulder, nnd this church, instead of having a sprinkling of tlio Divine, blessing, go clean under tho wave, in ono glorious immersion in tho name of the Father, and of tho Son, and of tho Holy Ghost. I saw a littlo child once, in its dying hour, put ono arm around its father's neck, and tbo other arm around its mother's neck, and brings them close down to its dying lips and given lad. kiss. Oh, I said those two persons will stand very near to each other always after such an interlocking. Tho dying Christ puts ono arm nrouud this denomination of Christians, nnd the other arm around that denomination of | Christians, and ho brings them down to his dying lips, while ho gives them tins parlii g kiss: "My peace I leavo with you. My peaoo I give unto you." How swift tho heavenly course thoy run, Whoso hearts, and faith, and hopes aro one. I heard a Baptist minister onco say that he thought iu the millennium it would be all ono great Baptist church, and I heard a Methodist minister say ' ;il ho. thought in tho groat Millennial day it would bo all ono groat Methodist church; nnd I havo known a Prosbyterian minister who thought that iu the Millen nial day it would bo nlf ono great Pres byterian church. Now I think they aro all mistake i. I thing the Millennial church will be a composite church; and just as you may take the best parts of (Ivo or six tunes, and under tho skilllul hands of a Handel, Mozart or Bocthovcn entwine them into one grand and over powering symphony, so I supposo, in tho latter days ot tho world, God will take the host parts of all denominations of Christians, and wcavo thorn into ono great ecclosinstical harmony, broad as tho oarth and high as tbo heavens, and that will bo tho church of the future. Or, us mosaic Is mado up of jasper and agato, nnd many precious stones cement ed together?mosaic a thousand feet square in St. Marks, or mosaic hoisted iu coll ossal seraphim in St. Sophia?so I suppose God will make, after awhile, ono great blending of all creotls, and all faiths, aud all Christian sentiments, the amethyst, and tho jasper, and the chal cedony of all different experiences and belief, cementod side by sldo In the great mosaic ot tho ages; and while the nations look upon tho column aud architraves of ] that stupendous church of the future, and cry oul: "What mean ye by. theao stones?" there shall be Innumerable ? voices to respond---4* We mean the Lord God omnipotent reigueth." Still further you mean by these stones the salvation of the people. We did not build this church for mere worldly re forms, or (or an educational iuslilutiou, or us a platform on which to read esf*a>s and philosophical disquisitions; but a place for the tremendous work of ..- ul lavL?ff. Oh, 1 had rather be the meaus In tbis church of having one soul pre* pared for a joyful eternity than five thousands souls prepared for a mere worldly success. All churches are in two classes; all communities in two classes, all the race in two classes?be lievers and unbelievers. To augment tbo number of the one and substract from the number of tbo other, we build this church; and toward that supreme and eternal Idea wo dedicate all our ser mona, all our songs, all our prayers, all our Sabbath hand-shakings. We want to throw defection into tbo enemy's ranks. We waut to make them either surrender unconditionally to Christ or else. i!y in rout, scattering the way with canteens, blankets, and knnp sacks. Want to popularizo Christ. We would like to tell the story of bis lovo here until men would feel that thoy had rather die thau iivo another hour without his sympathy, and love, uud mercy. Wo want to arouse up an enthu siasm for him groator than was felt tor Nathaniel Lyon when ho rode along tbo ranks?greater than was exhibited for Wellington when he came back from Waterloo?-greater than was expressed for Napoleon when he steppod ashore from Elba. We really behove in this placo Christ will enact tho same scenes that wero enacted by him when ho land ed iu tho Orient; and there will bo such an opening of blind eyes, and unstopping of deaf ears, and ensting out of unclean spirits?sneh silencing bestormed Gcu nesarets as shall make this house memorable live hundred years after you aud I are dead and forgotteu. Oh, my friends, wo want but ono revival iu this church, that bcgiunlng now aud running on to the day when tho chisel of time, that brings down even St. Paul's and tho Pyramids, shall brine tills houso into the dust. Oh, that this day of dcdlc ition might bo tho day ot emancipation of nil im prisoned souls. My friends, do not make tho blunder of the ship carpenters in Noah's time, who holpcd to build tho ark; but did not get into it. God forbid that you who have bctn so generous in building this church, should not. get un der its saving lnlluence. ?'Come thou aud all thy houso into the urk." Do you think a man is safe out of Christ? Not one day, not one hour, not one minute, not one second. Throo or four years ago, you romomber, a rail traiu broke down n brldgo ou the way t > Albany, ami after tho catastrope, thoy were looking around among tiie timber* of the crushed bridgo and tho fallen train, and found tho con ductor, lie was dying, and had only strength to say one tiling, and that was': ?'Hoist the Hag for the next train." So there come to us to-night, from the oter ual work, voices of God, voices of angels, voices of departed spirits, crying: "Lilt the warning. Blow the trumpet, give the alarm. Hoist tho Hag for tho next traiu." Oh! that to-night my Lord Jesus would sweep his arm nr.?und this great audience, aud tako you all to his holy heart. You will never see so good a time for personal consecration as now. "What mean ye by these stones?" Wo mean your redemption from sin, and death, and hell, by tbo power of an omnipotent Gospel." Well, the Brooklyn Tabernacle is erected again. We catuo hero to-night not to dedicate it. That was doue this morning. To-night wo dedicate our selves. Iu the Episcopal and Methodist churches t he. v have a railing around the altar, and the people come and kneel down at that railing and get the sacrc moutal blessing. Well, my friends, it would tako more than n night to gather you In circles around this altar. Then just bow where you are for tills blessiug. Aged men, this is tho last church* that you will ever dedicate. May tho Go 1 who comforted Jacob tho Patriarch and Paul the aged make this house to you the gate of heaven; and when, in your old days, you put on your old spectacles to read tho hymn or tho Scripture lesson may you get preparation lor that land where you shall no more sec through a glass darkly. May tho warm sunshine of heaven thaw the snow off your fore heads! Men in mid-life, do you know that this is the place where you aro goiug to got your fatigues rested, and your sorrows appeased, and your souls saVod? Do you know that at this altar your sons and daughters will take upon themselves the vows of the clirlstiau, and from this placo you will carry out, some of you, your precious dead? Between tills bap tism font and this communion table, you will liavo some oi the tendorest of life's experiences. God bless you, old, and youug, and middle-aged. Tbo money you have given lo tins church to-day will be. I hope, the best financial invest ment you have ever made. Your worldly investment may depend upon the whims of the money market, or the honesty of business associates; but the money you have given to tho bouse of the Lord shall yield you a largo per centage nud declare eternal dividends long after t he noon day sun shall have gone out .like a spark from a smitten anvil ana all, the stars are dead. The Alliance of the Month. Nisw York, April 20.?Geo. W. Shell, Congressman from South Carolina, was at the New York Hotel Thursday, accompanied by Captain Dial, a promi nent banker of his State. Mr. Shell succeeds Congressman Perry of the Fourth District. He was chairman of the committee which conducted Tin man's campaign last Fall and is a mem ber of the Fanners' Alliance. He has been prominent in State politics for many years, and for several terms has been Clerk of the Court in Laurens County. Ho told a New York Times reporter that he was a Democrat, not withstanding ho was a member of the Farmers' Alliance. "The Alliance is strong and is grow ing steadily," he said, ''but when it comes to politics thero are but two parties In South Carolina, Democrats and Republicans. Tho whites are Democrats, tho colored men Republi cans. I am a farmer, and 1 was elected ns such over another Democrut who was a lawyer and so not eligible to membership. But I shall voto as a Drtnocrat. I do not endorse all the principles of the Ocala plntform. "Senator Irby of South Carolina Is a .member of the Alliance, but he will voto with the Democrats. He wouldn't vote for bis brother for anything if he wero not a Democrat. This rule will hold all through South Carolina, and, I believe, in Georgia and elsewhere in the South. Tho Alliance will not break from tho two gieat parties. It will grow and be of great advantage to its members. As between two candidates In tho same party, one an Alliance man and tho other not, it would support its own man probably, but that is the ex tent to which it will go into politics. Its members are Democrats and they will remain so. The South is Demo oratio from necessity. The Kansas Al liance Is a different thing from tho Southern Alliance, I think." Joe Mui.iiatton, the famous inven tor of sensational newspaper lies and tho drummers' candidate for president In the last general election, is reported to have been carried to an Insane, asy lum. As the Greenville News says the trouble sbcut the story is that it may have come from Mr. Mulhatton, Tb? OBttta of South Carolins. The latest bulletin or the census Of fice gives, among others, ft complete and dual statement of the population or South Carolina by races and coun ties. As the figures are of general and permanent interest we print them to day for the public information and for future referenc e The total white and colored population of the State in 1890, as enumerated, was 1,150,967. of whom 458,454 were white and 892.503 were colored. The total population of the several counties, and the increase since 1880, were as follows: Total Population. Increase. Abbeville.46,847 8.032 Alken.31,820 3,708 Anderson.43,898 10,084 Barn well.44,612 4,755, Beaufort.84,116 3,940 Borkeloy.55,427 / Charleston.59,837 \ 12,464 Chester..;.26,680 2,507 ChesterUeld.18,437 2,122 Clarendon.23,233 4.043 Colleton.40,230 3,894 Darllmtton.29,133 (dec) 5,352 Edgetlold.49.258 3 414 Fair field.28,599 834 Florence.25,027 . Georgetown.20,857 1.244 Greenville.44.307 0.811 Hampton.20.544 1,803 Horrv.19.256 3,682 Kershaw.22,361 823 Lancaster.20.760 3,857 Laurens.31,610 2,183 Lexington.22.180 3,616 Marlon.29,9?S (dec) 4,149 Marlboro.23,500 2,902 No wherry.26,434 (dec) 63 Oconee.18,687 2,430 Orangeburg.49,393 7,998 Pickens.16.389 2.000 liichland.36,819 8,246 Snartanburg.55,381 14,972 Sumter.43,601 6.564 Union.25,383 6.283 Williamsburg.. ..27,775 3,605 York.38,771 8,058 The white population in 1890, and the increase during tho decade, were as fol lows: Population. Increase. Abbeville.15,120 1,948 Alken.13,576 640 Anderson.25,174 6,327 Barn well.14,010 157 Beaufort. 2,563 121 Berkeley. 7,681 ) . Charleston.24,637 p 1,306 Chester.8.443 808 ChesterUeld.10,902 1,404 Clarendon. 0.915 633 Colleton.13,870 1,686 Darlington.11,659 (dec) 1,270 K. .Igeli eld.17,055 1.037 Fair field.7,051 163 Florence.10,400 . Georgetown.,_ 4,020 554 Greenville...'. ...27,371 4,388 Hampton. 6,807 521 llorry.13,639 3,007 Kershaw. 8,440 548 Lancaster.10,338 2,403 Laurens.13,072 1,316 Lexington.13,705 2,809 Marlon.11,334 (dec) 1,447 Marlboro. 8,859 833 Newberry. 8,880 644 Oconee.13,641 1,686 Orangeburg.15.585 2,643 Bickens.12,194 1,621 Itlcbland.11,825 2,840 Sparlauburg.36,729 10.357 Sumter.11,717 1,738 Union.10,874 358 Williamsburg.. .. 9,250 1.492 Yoik.18,038 4,005 The colored population in 1890, and the increase during the decade were as follows: Population. Increase. Abbeville.31,727 4.090 Aiken.18,244 3,074 Anderson.18,522 3,057 Barn well.30,602 *? 4.599 Beaufort.31,553 3,821 Berkeley.47,766 ) 11 n?a Charleston.35,200 \ 11 'uy? Chester.18,217 1,700 ChesterUeld. 7,565 718 Clareudon.16,318 3,410 Colleton.26,410 2,229 Darlington.17.474 (dec) 4,083 Edgefleld.32,203 1,377 Fairfield.11,548 608 Florence.14,027 . Georgetown.10.887 091 Greenville.10,933 2.425 Hampton.137.37 1,284 Horry. 5,017 675 Kershaw.13,921 275 Lancaster. t.10,422 1.465 Laurens.18,588 850 Lexington. 8,475 1,008 Marion.15,524 (dec) 2,702 Marlboro.14,041 2.070 Newberry.17,554 (dec) 707 Oconee. 5.015 744 Orangeburg.33,808 5,355 Pickens. 4,195 479 Itlcbland.24.994 5,600 Spartanburg.18.052 4,617 Sumter.31,884 4,826 Union.14,489 838 Williamsburg.... 18,525 2,173 York.20,733 4,113 The News and Courier, from which journal we get the above, says that "according to these tables, as compared with those of previous censuses, there have been somo remarkable variations in the increase of the population of the several counties, and in the relative in crease of the two races in some of the counties, since I860; but without going so deeply into the subject at present, it is interesting to note some of the cu rious features exhibited by the first tnble alone. "Let us compare adjoining counties. Abbeville had in 1880 a population of 40,800, in round numbers, and Edgefleld, Bs next door netghoor, had 45,800. Ab beville increased its population during tbo decade about 14 percent,and Edge iield increasod its population only about 7 per cent. Spartanburg had in 1880, 40,400 and Grtenvllle, 37,400. The in crease in Spartanburg was 37 per cent, and in Greenville 18 percent Laurens, which had in 1880, 20,400, and which borders on Abbeville, Greenville and Spartanburg, increased only about V per cent. Union had in 1880. 24,000, and York its next door neighbor, 30,700. Union increased about 5 per cent, and York about 26 per cent. Fairfield lies between liichland and Lancaster, liich land in 1880 had 28,500; Fairfield, 27,700, and Lancaster, 18900. Richland in creased in the decade about 29 percent, Lancaster about 23 per cent, and Fair field, the intermediate county, 3 per cent. All t liest-, counties lie in the up per imd middle parts of the State. The lower tior of counties exhibit like va riations. Hampton was formerly a part of Beaufort. In 1880 Beaufort find a population of 30,600 and Hamp ton had 18,700. Beaufort increased 13 per cent and Hampton about 9.5 per cent in the decade. Orangeburg had in 1880, 41,300and Ii u nwell 39300. Or angeburg Increased about 19 per cent and Barr, well about 12 per oent. Hor ry and Georgetown lie side by side on the coast. Horry had in 1880, 15,500 nnd Georgetown 16,600. Horry in creased about 23 per cent and George town 6 per cent in the decade. "These examples are enough, for the present, to show how "scattering" has been the increase in the last decade. Tho variations are, of course, inexpli cable on any known ground.-*, but they aro exhiblte I in the official record, and are interesting for that reason. Other examples will be given hereafter, in carefully prepared tables of percent ages, which will present the whole sub ject in the plainest light. Our readers who are interested io the showing, for any reason, should preserve the fore going tables for the purposes of com parison and for future reference." Suloltl* ot ? Pro?p?oM?o Brldoflrroom. Q Knoxvii.i.k, Tenu., April 27.?M, O. Meredith, a joung man thirty ye art old, committed suicido this evening by shooting himself. He was to have been married Wednesday night to promi nent young lady of this city. Meredith came lu re from Baltimore three years ai/o and lately has been aaent of the New South Building and Loan Asso ciation. His aged mother Is now a roflidont of Baltimore. W. 11. G ABBES, Jr., & Co., COLUMBIA, S. C. SOLE AGENTS for UDDEL & CO. Also Deatucrs in Engines of nuarlall make, Lcoinotivo ana Tubular H ill urn, Traotlon and oth er Mounted Engines of the host and latest improved style, Saw Mills, Grist .Mills, Olns, Bos? Cotton Presses, Shmglo Machines, Plainer* and Wood Working Ma chinery, Brick Machinery. Cotton f*"eed OH outfits, Ac. a large Stock of ENGINE Fittings, of all kinds and sizes, in Stock for prompt delivery and at Hock Hottom Prices. BELTING and PACKING at LOW Figures. A large stock t.t Pumps, of ?11 sizes and styles. HEARING Mowers, Reapers and Rakes always in stock. gk9 Oor Mr. K. R. BAUGHAM, Laurens, 8. C. who Is fully couipotent. will be pleased to oall to see you, or answer any communication dlroote? to blni, and will sell you as cheap as it you were hero in Person. We buy for cash aud pay our Traveling Men a Salary, tkerony saving the Con sumer Agent's Commission?Quick Sales and Small Profits is our Fort. Write to Mr. Baugbam. or to us direct, and get prices and discounts. ?ir?-old Engines traded tor. K. ft. BAUGHAM. ) W. H. GIBBES, Jr., & CO., Traveling Salesman, > Laubkns.8. C. ) COLUMBIA, 8.0 KENNEDY BROS UNDERTAKRS NORTH SIDE PUBLIC SQUARE, - - ? LAURENS, S. C i Over KENNEDY BROS., Store. Keep constantly on hand a large assortment of Coffins and Caskets oth Wood and Metalic, which will be sold low down. Furnished at ny hour day or night. Hearse sent when desired, viyo, KENNEDY BROS.. Successor to J. M Robertson. LYNCHED BY SOLDIERS. The Town of Walla Walla la the Hands of a Mob. Walla Walla, "Wash., April 25.? D. J. Hunt, the slayer of Private Miller on Wednesday night, was lynched last evening by soldiers from the garrison. His body fell iu the (Jonrt House yard riddled with sixteen bullets, four of which entered his head. I?>rly in the evening Sheriff McFarland received in telligence that an attempt would be made to lynch Hunt, und in company with Prosecuting Attorney Blaudford he repaired to the garrison and told Cel. Compton what was feared and asked him to ausist in protecting the prisoner. This he promised to do by having check rolls called after taps. The sneriff returned and engaged an extra number of guards. But all had not arrived when the crowd, probably seventy soldiers appeared and demand ed that the ofllcers open the doors of the jail, and when the demand was re fused the soldiers began work on the door with hammers and chisels. Find ing this slow work they threatened to use dynamite. Further resiutence then being useless, the doors were opened and thirty or forty cocked revolvers were levelled at the heads of all inside. The keys of the cells were demanded and these were given the crowd, and when Hunt's cell was shown them they quickly took him out to the Court House yard and shot him. The excitement was intense and the crowd of two thousand people surged about the street in front of the jail un til after midnight. Immediately after the shooting the soldiers went to their quarters and it will be difficult to iden tify those concerned in the snooting, though many were not masked. The soldiers actually took charge of the town and allowed no one to pass along the streets in the vicinity of the jail. They compelled merchants to put out lights. Hunt, who was a gambler, met Miller last Wednesday night in a saloon. The two began drinking and soon became involved in a quarrel. Hunt drew his revolver and fatally shot the soldier. Won't Hecognlxe the Committee. Charleston, April 24.?A very bree zy meeting of the Municipal Democrat ic Executive Committee was held to night, at which the managers for the coming primary election for delegates to the Democratic Municipal Conven tion were appointed. At the last meet ing of the committee the presidents of the recently organized Democratic ward clubs were Invited to nominate two managers of elections for each ward. At the meeting to-night replies were received from the ward presidents. Those who represent the alleged reform i clubs decline to recognize the Execu tive Committee. Among other letters received was the following from ex Mayor W. A. Courteaay, who is now a ward president: "Charleston, April 23,1891.?Dear Mr.McHugh: With all personul re gards I must decline receiving vour ofllcial communication of the 22d, as unauthorized. The same issue was pre sented in 1870, when Mr. Sales's friends claimed the old Executive Committee as 'standard authority, etc' Hut you know some of the very gentlemen now claiming everything, in the political situation of 1801, turned down these pretensions, and your predecessors got left. Excuse my writing you, but the fact is there are so many good fellows fine, astray with you I am sorry, and so invite all my 'balliwiok' to'join my club right off. Yours, Couktknay." This letter, which will bo published to-morrow, will doubtless create a sen sation as it recalls the revolutionary tucttcs adopted by the Courtonay party in 1870 when they side-tracked the reg ular Municipal Democratic Executive Committee and ran the campaign them selves. The difference now, however. Is that the party which elected Mr. Courtenay in 1870 now constitutes the Municipal Democratic Executive Com mittee^ . ?llow Fever In Ursell. Washington, April 27.?Dr. Ham ilton lias roceived a report, dated March 1C, from Dr. Cleary, United States san itary Inspector at Hto do Janeiro, Brazil. Dr. Cleary says that for the week ending March 14 there were in the city 58G deaths, of which 231 were from 3 el low lever. The yellow fever epidemic, the inspector says, has increased since his last report. The greatest mortality from the disease was on the 14th, when fcrty three persons died. Dr. Hamilton in speaking about the yellow fover, said he thought it could be kept out of the southern slates this year. The'authorities were In a better con dition than usual, thla being especially due to .ho increased efficiency of the gulf quarantine stations at Chande'eur island and at Dry Tortugas and the establishment of the new station at Mullet Key, Tampa Bay, Fla., which was erected by the state, and will soon bo opened. The greatest danger point, Dr. Hamilton sa d, was from Rio, where the fever rages fiercely. Gun. Van Moltk r, the great German soldier, is dead. He was ninety-ope ?years q*-je, and was one of the most l>spm/ I figures in Europe for years; THE LAURENS BAR.^ ~h7y. simpson, ATTORN BY AT LAW. LA JKKN8. ? N. o. av. h. martin, ATTOKNKY AT LAW. i LAUttWA.. ? S. 0" j t. johnkon. w. k. kichk JOHNSON & RICIIKY ATTORNEYS AT LAW. Okfiok?Fleming?* Corner, Northwes aide of Public St j uuro. LAUKENS. II., - - S.O. BAIL&BALL, Attoknkys at Law, LAURENS, - - - - S.O. Oat. 22, 3ui W. W. KENNEDY. at rouN'rt at LAW Npcciul attention (fiTon t* the invustl gutiwii of titles. LaursnsC.H.8.0. April The Wtmther aud the Cropi. The following weekly weather crop bulletin of the South Carolina weather service, in co-operation with the United statcs signal service, was issued Satur day: The temperature and sunshine have been above tho normal and very bene ficial to all crops. The amount of rain fall has been below the normal and badly distributed, but local rains have fallen in many sections within the last two days and will prove of great bene fit to crops where the prospects were beginning to look gloomy. The plant ing of cotton and, in fact, all farm work has been very much retarded by dry weather. In many, instances there has been so little moisture in the soil that the seed planted several days have not germinated. Hut where the cotton was planted early it is looking remark ably well, but this condition is eon lined to a small area compared to tho entire crop. On stiff, clay lands it has been verv ditllcult to plow and to prepare the soil for reception of the seed. Corn Is generally vigorous and growing, but complaints are being made of Imperfect stands, causing an unusual amount of replanting. The entire corn crop is not yet planted, ltlce in low lands is being planted and replanted where it was injured by Hoods a low weeks ago. The acreage in wheat and oats has been reduced considerably below an average. But from every part of tho State tho reports show that both crops are In fine condition. The early sowing, as usual, is in a much better condition than that sown late. The truck farm ers are cheerful and their prospects for full crops are very encour iglng. Large shipments of strawberries and vegeta bles are daily being sent to tho North ern markets. The condition of the farms just at this time, while a little unfavorable, are not at all discouraging.' The farm ers are hard at work aud a buoyant feeling permeates nearly every indus try, justifying the hope of a successful year an 1 a general industrial develop ment throughout the State. Plauos and Organ*. N. W. Thump, 134 Main Street. Co lumbia, S. C, sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents' com missions. The celebrated Ohickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Ilaralin Upright Piano. Sterling Up right Piauos, from 8225 up. Mason & Ilamlin Organs surpassed by none. Ster ling Organ?, $50 up. Every Instrument guaranteed PM six years. Fifteen days' trial, expenses both ways, if not satis factory. Sold on Instalments. The Importance of purifying the blood cannot be over-estimated, for without pure blood vou cannot imjoy good healh. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Boot and Pottasstum) Is a mirac ulous blood purifier, performing more cures in six months than all the sarsa parlllas and so-called blood purifiers put together. Rheumatism.?James Paxton, of Sa vannah, (Ja., says he had Itheumatlsm so bad that he could not move from the bed or dress without help, and that he tried many remedies, but received no relief until he began the use of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Boot and Potas sium;, and two bottles restored him to health. Itheumatlsm is cured by P. P. P. Pains and aches in the hack, shoulders, knees, ankles, hips, ar.d wrists are all attacked and conquered by P. P. P. This great medicine, by Its blood cleansing properties, builds up and strengt hens the whole body, A complete Bedroom Suit for $10.60 freight paid to your depot. Send for Catalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, August?, (la. Florid* Fh?i<pli*t.- Iurti ?try. Baltimore, April 25.?Tiio Manu luctureiV Record of this weck publislHS;* the full blMorv of the development oflhe phosphate inioutg l?lcrfeAl vi' Florida and South Cnrnliuu. Since 1889, when one company c?mi menced to mlno phosphate rock in Plor Ida on a stnull scale, this iuduslry has developed with wonderiul rapidity, und iuvebtmeula in phosphate lands have been on an enormous scale. The Manufacturers' Record's list of companies uow operating there shows that over $12.000 has beeu luvesled with in two years, and that lhes? companies now baye a dally capacity of 2,000 tous of phosphate nick, whtah will bo In creased shortly v> 3,000 tons l>y the com pletion of mining plants now under con struction. Iu addition to these compa nies, filty-ono others, with an abrogate capital stock of over $21,000,000, have been incor|K)iutcd to dovch p phosphate lands, but are not yet at work. In South Carohua there arc twenty eight phosphate mining companies, with an aggregate capital of $0,510,000. and the production last year was 537,140 tons. Thero nro also eighteen fertilizer manufacturing companies in that state, having a capital of nearly $5,000,000 NOTICE! Before assuring your life, or Investing your mon ey, examine the Twenty Year Tontine Policies of THE EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY OF TUB United Mates, Policies maturing in 1801 realize Cash returns to the owners, of amounts varying from 120 to 17<> per cent, of the money paid in, besides the advantages of the Assurance during the whole period of twenty years. The following Is one of the ninnv actual cases maturing this year: Endowment Policy No. 04,025. Issued in 1871, at age 27. Amount, $11,000. Premium, $230.00. Total Premiums Paid, $1,798. R * B U L T S at end of '1 online Period in 1801: CASH SURRENDER VALUE, $8,440.43, (Kqual to $170-10 for each $ioo paid m premiums, which Is equivalent to a ic turn of all premiums paid, with interest at 7)., per cent, per annum.) Or, in Ueno cash, A PAID-UP LIFE POLICY FOR$10,470. (Equal to $405,80 for oach $ioo paid in premiums.) OR, A LIFE ANNUITY of $033.55 One fact is worth a thousand theories There is no Assurance extant in any com pany which compares with this. The Equitable is the strongest company in the world and transacts the largest business. For further information address or apply to the nearest agent of the Society, or write direct to W. J. RODDEY, <? 131%'!?<RAIj A 41 B:A. '1% April 8-3H1 ROCK HILL, S. 0. THE LAR(JEST~STOUK, MOST SKILLED WORKMEN, LOWEST 1 KICKS Sooth Carolioa Marole Worts, F. H. HYATT, I*IIE<>I*KI2:'A'OBt. Is the best placo in South Carolina oi Southern States to secure satisfaction in American and Italian Marble Woik. All kinds of Cemetery Work a speciality. TABLETS, tIKADSTONES, MONUMENTS, &c. Send for prices and full Information. F. H. HYATT, April 8 ly COLUMBIA, S. C. CHILD BIRTH ? ? ? ? ? ? MADE EASY 2 " Motm!;ks' Friend " is a scientific ally prepared Liniment, every ingre dient of recognized value and in constant use by tho medical pro fession. These ingredients are com bined in a manner hitherto unknown "MOTHERS' ? FRIEND" ? WILL DO all that is claimed for It AND MORE. It Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Diminishes Dangci lo Life of Mother and Child. Book to " Motiii.rs " mailed PRliE, con taining valuable information and voluntary testimonials. ? Sent t?y express on receipt <>f pi Ice $1.60 pci ln>u!e BRAOFIELO REGULATOR CO., Atlanta.Ca. Boi.i) iiv a i.i. nmwoTftTft *"*-Ask for cntnlojruc. TERRY M'PG CO. f.'ashville. T?mn 1. " ?II.""??? Pa?eeU Pajs tie Mill A Um AT Ol V Hl 1 HAT ?JAT NOT AOAIK UM KVPBATkU. SO DO NOT DELAY, ?I "SUIIKKWhi! KTHl IKON IP Hot." 9 VftUQ tor Catalogue now, and sa\ wha'S imwryiniMiw Otto advertisementIn jj RememU-i that 1 soll everything Ihati goes u> furnishing a home?mauufactur iiiH sonie thing.-, and buying other* in Hie]! largest posslLlo loU, which enable* uu- Xvx wipe uut all competition. II KHK AHR A KKW OF MY START LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full flze, 18X17 Inch oven, titled wlth:l\ pieces %uf waio, delivered at your owtr depot, $nll freight charges paid by me, fin only Twelve Dollars. Again, 1 will sell vuu a S hole Cookiu Range 18X13 Inch oven, 18x24? Inch top, ht ted with 21 pleeea of ware, for Til lit TEEN DOLL AUS, ami pay the trelght t? vuur dopot. DO NOT PAY TWO PRICKS FOU VOUK GOODS. 1 will send you a uleoplush l'nrlor suit, wnlnut frame, either in combination ui banded, tho most stylish colors for 33.50 7(Hit jailrond Station, freight paid, will alsosoll you a nleo BedrOUlOo no consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 Ittgl head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centn table, 4 cane seat chairs, l cane, seat am back rocker all for 1?.6U, and pay fivlgh to your depot. [ Or 1 will send you an oU-gant Dodioom suit with largo glass, full marble top, lui f 30, and nay freight, g'NIco window shade on snring roller % 41 Elegant largo walnut b" day clock, 4.00 Walnut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains per window, l.OOj 1 cannot describe everything in a small advertisement, but have an immense storv containing 22,000 feet of floor room, will ?ware houses and factory buildings In othoi (parts of Augusta, making in all the lar " gest business of this kind uudur ono man agement in tho Southern Status. Tbosi storcssaiul warehouses aro crowded with tho choicest productions of tho best facto t ies. My catalogue containing illustration. of goods will bo mailed if you will knoll) say where you saw this advertisement, 1 pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, Proprietor 1'adgott'a Furniture, stov< and Carpet Store, uio-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA ' res?; mssmb D WOMAN. .1 r !: , nrlfy a -.l vltallsa your Ca ? >? : n< I .->' ?>. ! .???nnd k'voyour g ? .".I i-itMi I Mi|n ilnt?ndfint at ?Tfilug wall ' ? r|i< l>v?iit'p L i;.i.iiism s;e ..ui J i . . it i' ll mi WOil i:i Iii.' tlfn i ,! >!? cu il<l liv.i f*... :vr, If li . .a J I- V, thvil out tt ...<*ni Chxln ISMilli v M?ht, luku P P P yo i nro foollnst b i!y in tho spring in I out nt sorts, luko P. P. ?. :.' your digestive organs need toning up, P. P. P. if v mi muTi-r with headache, hullgostlon, ii.s?.!.!)? .ma wvaknoiu, luk? P. p. p. If yon puffer with rcrvotn firostratlon, ' nerves mixming ami a general let down ? ? of tho Byritom, Lako I P. P. P. ?j For TJIooil i'olRun, ltheumatlam. Sorof. I nla, < Iii Korea, Malaria, Chroulo Fomalo H CompUdnts, tuko Q r> p p I Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. ? Tho best Won i purifier in tho world. M PPM AS Wholesale Druggist*, Proprlotoiv, LtrrMA.N's Ih.ocit, Havanna!), Ca. V34 'JTOlCY K'OK TIB*: Stll.OK .TB.tt an-vr.itv. Exhibited side by side with its leading competitors at the Slate Fair, lsno. The Superintendent and Committee of the Mechanical Department, in inspecting those features not Included in the. Premium List, deem worthy of special mention the Sailor Seed Cotton Elevator. Distributor and Cleaner exhibited by W. II. Globes, Jr..* Co. The system operates most efficiently, and much improves the sample, facilitates the ginning of wet COttOll, nnd saves largely in labor and cost of handling. Tho Committee rocomhUMld to the farm cis of the Stat^ an Investigation into the merits of these, devices. [Signed.] 1). P. DUNCAN, lor Committee, W. 11. (H?DES, JR., & CO.. COLUMltIA, S. C. State Agents and Dealers in lirst class .Machinery, 1 higgles, Wagons, &c. Special-?To test the advertising value of Thk Static, we will sell to any fanner referring to that paper one of the best Dow LawCottoq Planters made for 4.85, cash. The usual price is 85.00. W. II. GUIDES, Jn? it CO. WHY NOT USE OURS ? MURRAY'S IRON MIXTURE IS A GENUINE BLOOD TONIC! MUHUAY'S SARSAPARILLA Is a I Hood Purifier anu opring Medicine! Wo aie the. Manufactures and Sole Pro prietors of both. This is the time of the year the system requires a tonic, and the blood a purifier. Our Stock Of flings Medicines, Chemi cals ami Druggists Sundries is complete. Our facilities for tilling your orders cannot he ex< oiled, We solicit your patronage. The Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA, S. C First Glass Work. Very Low Prices. Du ? eies, ('.ullages, Road Carts, Wagon*, etc., Warranted second to none. Inquire o.#nearefit dealer in tho&o goods, or send rot Catuloguo?Mentioning this paper. H0 LIER & AN DE RS 0W BUGUY CO.. BOCK HILL, S, C, 1 JP^SMrt'feGURt FOR I^HlLLS13 FEVER. P?MB?GUEJ'. MAtARlA. UI'nu.N KROS., WholeialeDrnnhU, Sol* iProprl?tort, Mpitmaa'iRlock. SaTtaB?k,OK