vox* VII.
LAURENS, S. ?
ESjDAY, WE 2, 1801.
MO. liL
AUi DEFINES -IIIS BELIEF;
ONE WEEK'S WORK THE SUBJECT OF
DR. TALMAGE'? 8ERMQN.
IIa II? llt-v? k In Mm? Mown!') Acuouut o< Mio
Cr.uMon, und l>oca Not.II??lt*t? to 8j?y
Nu Moat l/mpliH<lc;illv?A Nutabi* 8er'
moii J'r?u? ht-il Muu?uy, J>tMy.24tli.
Brooklyn, May 2t.--Thc strikiug
sei men Dr. Talmogo delivered this,
mommy to nn audience which tilled tho
new Tabt rnacle In everysj^artd? alt with
a loilo of interest to. all whp liavo.
Hatched the (Hecufcv'ona rf?"^?;tftating
the churclu *. Wnercvcr tho'question
of the inspiration ol IheJJlblq i*..jaised,
tho trustworthiness of the Mosaic narra
tive of the erenlion is always the^point
chiefly assailed. The fact that fro prOm
ineut and eloquent n preacher, asDr.
Talnmgo places, himsell clearly on re
cord on tho's.Ulo of orthodoxy w'll doubt
less I nvo a marked Influence on public
opinion. His. text was. Genesis 1,31,
'?And tho evening nud tho n'orning were
the sixth day."
From Monday morning to Saturday
night pives' us a weck'? work. If wc
have idled that week with successes we
tue happv. But I urn going .o tell you
what God did In one week. Cosmogony,
geology, astronomy, ornithology, ichthy
ology, botany, ai .atomy are ' Buch vast
subjects that no human lite is long
enough to explore or comprehend any
oiio <>l them. Jliit I have thought I
might in nn unusual way tell you a httlo
of what (it)U did in otio nec k, nud that
the Ii *t week. And whether you make
It a w eek ol days or a week ofnges, 1
enro not, for I shall touch tho Bntne prac
tical result of rexoroneo and worship.
Til 13 VJ PST MQR DA Y MOKNIKU.
The Hrst Monday morning found
Bivvinglng ni space the pi'ed up lumber
ol roc ks and metal and soil and walor
horn which tho earth was to be huiUlcd.
God made up his blind to create a hu
i man family, jind they must have a hou^e
l<i live in. Dot where? Not. a roof,not
a wall, not a door, not a room was fit
for human occupancy. There is uos a
pilo oi black heealt in Yellowstone park
or an extinct volcano iu Honolulu so in
appropriate for human residence as was
II is glQbe at, that early period. More
over, there was no human architect to
thaw a plan, no cptnrryman to blast tho
Inundation t- tones, no carpenter to hew
Out a bea.ni, and no mason to trowel a
wull. Poor prospect! Hut. tho time
was coming w hen u being called man
was u. be constructed, and he whs to
have a hrid?'; and where he could lind a
homestead to which ho could take her
trust have'been a wonder* cut toan
gc lie h telllgouces.'
There had been earthquakes enough
atid volcat ota enough and glaciers
it ouj.li, but earthquakes ami volcauoes
an glaciers destroy Instead of build, A
worse looking world than this tiovcr
swung. It was heaped up deformities,
seaiillcatlons and monstrosities. The
Bible says it was wthout form. That
Is, it was not rouud, it was not square,
it wan not octagonal, It was not a rliom
be id. God never did lake any one in
h!s cci.nsels, hut if he. had asked some
nng.ei about the attempt to turn this
planet into a place for human residence
the angel?v ould have said: "Ho.no;
try seme other wor'd; tho crevices of this
earth arc too deep; its crags are. too ap
pallin^: its darkness is loo thick."
Hut Monday moruing came. I think
it was a spring morning and about half
past b ur o'c lock. Tho first thing need
ed wj.s light, it was not needed lor
G<>d to work by, for he can work as well
In the darkness. Hut light may he nec
Cfreary, for ungellc intelligences are to
scoiu ils lull glory tho poccss of world
building, l'.ut where arc tho candles,
where arc the candelabra, wjierc is the
el andclWr? No rising sun will roll in
the morning, for if the sun is already
created ils light will not yet reach tho
earth in throe days. Nor moon nor stars
can brighten this darkness. The moon
and stars are not horn yet, or if created
their light will not reach the earth for
s< me lime jet. Hut thero is need of
Immediate light, Where shall it come
fn-m? Desiring to account for things in
a natural way you nay, and reasonably
say, that heat and electri ity throw out
}igbt independent of the pun, and that
II c n etalli: biucs throw out lis>ht ludc
pendent of the sun, und that alkalies
throw out light Independent of4 he sun.
Oh. .yes; all that is true, but 1 do not
. think thai is the way light was created.
The record makes nit: think thai, stand
in:; over ih'::- earth thai spring morning,
cd looked upon the darkness ilmtpafl*
to the heights ol Ihib work!, nud the.
cl.uf.Jiis ol it, und the awful reaches ol it,
ai d uttered, whether In the Hebrew oi
earth or some language celestial 1 know
not, that word whlcTr Strtcds lor luesuiv?
tie, bright, glowing and till pre vailing
?Utd, that word which thrills and gar
lands &nd lilts ovorything it touches', that
w id the lull meaning of which ?II the
chemists of tho ages have busied them
?C:ves iu cxploriu;:, that word which
suggests a< forco that flies one hundred
und nlnety-thousaud miles iu a second,
and by undulations seven hundred and
tvenl>-seven trillions in n second, that
oi.o Word that God utters - -LLjht.
And insiautly the darkness begau to
shimmer, and the thick folds of blackness
to lift, and thero were scintillations and
coruscations and flashes and a billowing
? up of resplendence, and iu great sheets
it Spread out northward, southward,
eastward, west.vard, and n radiance filled
the atmosphere; until it could hold no
more of the brilliance. Light now to
work tv while supernatural intelligences
look on. Ljght, the ih st chapter of the
Ihat day of the week. Light, tho joy of
all the centuries, Light, the greatest
blessing that ever touched the human
ey.t. The robe of the Almighty is woven
OcVv\)f it, for he covers himself with
li&ht aa with a garment. Oh, blessed
light! I am so glad <hls was the first
thing created that wee*.. Good thing to
Blart every week with is light. That
will make our work crisier. That will
keep our disposition more radiant. That
Will hinder i von our losses from becom
ing loo somber, < Give us more light ?
natural light, intellectual light, spiritual
light,.everlasting light. For lack oj it
the body stumbh rM ,/u.l tho sou! slum
blt8. O thou Father of Lights, give us'
light!
The great German philosopher in his
last ?? < mont snul, "I want more light."
A minister o. Christ ree ently dying cried
out in exultation, "I wove into the fightl"
Mi. T"plad>-, the lin-foortal hyinuoUgLfe,'
in his expiring moments exot|H^H|
* >\LfgbtJ Light!" Heaven itself is (A
Baore light, Upon all superstirton^'-fHj
uj on nil ignorance;, upon all m
in ,lie light. But now tho liuht of tho
first Monday la receding.- The blazo ><
going out. T'io colors arc dunming. j
Only partedihe can:
Jt I?(^o'clock, 7 o'clock, 8 o'clock; ob
scuration ?ml darkness. It Is Modtlay
nivht. "And the evening nod tlx. I
morniug wen? the first day." i
1
Now It i? Tuesday morning A deli
cate and tremendous undertaking 1? set
apart lor lids day. There was a great
superabundance of water. God, by the
wave of his band, this morning gathers
park, of it m suspended reservoirs, and
part of it be orders down into the rivers
and lakes and boss. . How to hang whole
Atluutlc oceans in, the clouds without
their spilling over except in right quanti
ties ami at right times was au undertak
ing <tbdt* no one but Omnipotence would
ha vi; dared. Hut (iud does it as easily
a* you would lift, a glass of water. There
he hoists two clouds, eaob thirty miles'
wjde and live miles high, and balances
them. Here be lifts the cirrous clouds and
spfaads them out in great white banks
as though it bus been snowing In heaven.
And the cirro-stratus clouds in long
parallel lines, so straight you know an
inllnilo geometer has drawn them.
Clouds which are the armory from which
thunder storms get their bayonets of fire.
Clouds wli cb are oceans on the wing.
No wonder, long after this first Tuesday
of creation week, Ellhu confounded Job
with tho question, "Dost thou know the
balancings of the clouds?"
Half of this Tuesday work done, tho
other half i? the work of compelling tho
waters to lie. down In their destined
places. Ho God picks up the solid ground
ami packs it up into Qvo elevations,
which aro the continents. Wit's his fin
ger be muk?s deop depressions in them,
and tuesc aro tho lakes, whijo at tho pll~
lug up of the AMegbanics and Sierra Ne
vadas and l'yrtncca nnd Alps aud Him
alayas tho i e: i of the waters start by the
law of gravitation to the lower places,
and in 'their run down hill become the
rivers and then all around the earth those
rivers come into couvonliou jnd become
oceans beneath, as the. clouds aro oceans
above. How soon tho rivers got to their
places when God paid: "Hudson and
James aud Amazon, down to tho At
lantis;' Oregon and Sacramento down to
tho Pacific."
Threc-quaaters of the earth being
water am' only ouc-rmartor being land,
nothing but Almightlness could have
caged i be thrce-tourllis so that they could
not have devoured the ouo-fourth.
Thank God for water and plenty of It.
What a hint that Gotl would have the
I human race very clcapl Three fourths
of the world water. Pour it through the
homes anil make them pure. Pour It
through the prisons aud make their oc
cupants moral. Pour it through the
streets aud make them healthy. There
are several thousand people asleep in
Greenwood who but for tho filthy streets
oi Brooklyn-nnd New York would have
been to-day well and in churches. More
over, there u-vor was a filthy street that
remained a moral street.
How important-an agency ot reform
water is, was illustrated by the tact i hat
when the anjieut world got outrageously
wicked it was plunged into tho deluge
aud kept under for months till its iniquity
was soaked out of it. Hut I rejoice I hat
on the first Tuesday of the world's ex
istence the water was taught to know its
place, and tho Mediterranean lay down
at t ie feet of Europe, and the Gulf of
Mexico lay down at the feet of North
America, aud Geneva lay down at the
feet of the Alps, ah 1 Scroon lake tell to
sleep in tho lap of the Adlrondacks,
"And the oveniug and the morning were
the Becond day/'
THE CREATION OF VEGETATION.
Now it Is Wt densday morning of the
world's first week. Gardening and
horticulture will bo born to-day. How
queer the hills look, aud ao unattractive
they Hcctn hardly worth having boon
made. But now all the surfaces are
chauging color. Somothlng beautiful is
creeping all over them. It has tho col
or of emerald. Ay, It Is herbage. Hall
to tho green grass! God's favorite col
or .and God's favorite plant, as I judge
from the fact that be makes a larger
number of then, than of anything else.
ButMook yonder! Something starts out
of tho ground and goes higher up higher
and higher, and spreads out broad leaves.
It is ?'joahn tree. Yonder is another
growth, and its leaves hang far dowu,
and it is a willow tree. And yonder is
a growtli with mighty sweep of branches.
And bore they come?tho pear, and tire
apple, und the peach, and tho^ioraegran
atc, and groves aud orchards and forests,
their shndows and their fruit girdling the
earth.
Wc are pushing agriculture 'and lrutt
culture to g-'cat cxcollonco in the Nine
teenth century, but we have nothing
now to equal what I see on this first
Wednesday of tho world's existence. I
take a taste of one of the apples this
Wednesday morning, and I*tell you it
mingles in ita juices all tho llrvora of
Spitzbergen and Newtown pippin and
.Ithodu Island greeuing and Dauvers
?Vinter Sweet and lioxliury rueeel and
Hubbardston Nonesuch, hut added to
all, und overpowering all other flavors,
is tho paradisaical juice that all the or
chards of the Nineteenth century fall to
read?. I take a taste of tho pear, and It
has all the luxury of the three thousand
varieties'of tho Nineteenth century; all
tho Scckel and too Bartlett of the.pom
ological gardens of later times an acidity;
compared with It. And the grapes!
Why, this ouc cluster has in it the rich
ness ol whole vineyards of Catawbas and
Concords and Isabellas. Fruits of all
colors, of all odors, of all llovors. No"
baud of man yet made to pluck It or
tougue to tasto it. The banquet for the
h mum race is being spread before the
arrival of the first guest.
In the fruit of that garden Was the
seed tor the orchards and gardens of tho
hemispheres. Notice that tho first thing
that God made, for (bod was fruit, ami
plenty of if . Slaughter houses are'of
Uter invention. Far am I from being a
vegotnriau, but an almost exclusive
meat diet i? depraving. Savages con
tine thomselvcs almost cxc'uslvoly to
animal food, nnd that is one ? a ion that
they are savages. Give j children
more apples and less raw., urn. Tho
world will have to glvo dominance to
tho fruit diet of Paradise beforo it gets
hack to the morals of Paradise. May
God's blessing come down on the or
chards and vineyards of America, and
keep back tho frosts.and tho curcnlfo.
But wo must not forget that it Is Wed
nesday evening in Edon, and upon that
?perfect fruit of those perfect trees let
the curtain drop, "And the evening
aud the morning wc-.ro tho third day."
PUTTING THINGS.TO IMG HTM.
Now it Is Thursday morning of tho
world's first week. Nothing -vill be
created to-day. Tho hours will bo passed
in scattering fog?j and mists ami vapors.
The atmosphere must be swept clean.
[Other worlds are to hove in sight. This
mute, ship of tho earth has seemed to
have al tho ocean of Immensity to it
self., I'But mightier craft are to boh died
today on the high s< toft, First,
tho moon's white sail appears und docs
very well until the film bursts u|K>u tho
scene. The light that on the previous
three mornings was Struct from an 08
peehd word now* gathers In tho sun,
moon and ptai for tho day, tho
?ra Cot tho night. It seemed as if J
they had all withlu twenty-Jour i
been created. Ah, this hv a gu.u ilm* !
in tho world's lirat week. ,Tlie moon,
tho nearest neighbor tv our earth ap
pears, her photograph to be taken in
the Nineteenth century, when tho tele
scope shall bring her within ono hundred
and tweuty miles of New York.
Aud the sun now appears, aftorwmd
to be found eight hundred and eighty
eight thousand miles in diameter, aud.
put in astrouomical scales, to be t o und
to weigh nearly four hundred thousand
times heavior than our earth; a mighty
furnace. Us heat kept up by meteors
pouring Into it as fuel, a world devour
ing othe1!* worlds with its jaws of name.
And tho stars come out, thoso street
lamps of heaven, those 'keys ol pearl,
upon which God's lingers phiy the mus
ic of tho spheres- How bright they table
iu this oriental cveuingl Coustellatious!
Galaxies! What a tsveuty-four hours o!
this iirst week?solar, lunar, (.Lollar ap
pearances! All this Thursday and tho
adjoining nights employod in pulling
aside tho curtaiu of vapor from these
llushcd or palo laced worlds. Buough!
?'Aud the ovenlng and tho morning were
tho fourth day."
THE 118UES AN? THE I11KHS,
Now it ?8 Friday morning in tho first
week of the world's history. Watcf,
but not a flu swimming it; air, but not a
wing flying it. lb is a silent worhL)
Can it bo that it was made only for veg
etables^ Hut hark! Thoro I* a Swfrl
and a splashin" in all tho lour rivers of
Pisou, Glhon, Iliddekel and Euphrates."
They ore ullaswi-n w ltd li.e. some ..'art
lug like arrows through split, .crystal,
aud others tpiiel.iu dark pools like, shad
ows. Everything, from spot*, d trout
to behemoth, all colored, all shaped, the
ancestors >f tinny tribes that shall by
thoir wonders of. construction confound
tho Aganaiaes. the Cuvlcrs aud the Lin
nreuses and tho ichthyologists of the
more than six thousand years following
this Friday of tho first week.
Aud while I slaud ou the bunks of
these Paradisaical livers, watching these
finny tribes, I hoar a whirr falbe air
and I look up and bohold wings?wings
of larks, robbius, doves, eagles,: flamin
goes, albatrosses, broivu threshers.
Creatures of all dolor?bltio, as if dipped
iu the skies; Aery, as if they had llowu
out of the sunsets; goldoo. as if they ban
taken their morning bath in buttercups.
And while! am studying tho colors they
.begin to carol and chirp.- and c<>.? and
twitter and run up and doivn tho scales
Of a music th;u they must have beard at
heaven's gate. Yes, 1 lliid them in
Paradise on this the first Friday after
noon ol tins world's exl8too.ee. And L
sit down on tho bauk of tho Euphrates,
and the murmur of tho sivc^, together
with the chant of birds In the . ky, puts
mo into a .state of somnolence. "And
the evening and tho moruiug frerc the
fifth day."
JJKAST3. AND'MEN.
Now it is 'Saturday, moruingvof the
world's first .yveek and wlj^i.this ctay the
week closos. Hut oh, what nclhnuctor-.
ic day! Tho air has its population and
the water Its population. Yet the hind
has not ouo inhabitant. Hut hero thoy
come, by tho voico of, God created!'
Horses grouder tha? .those which in atV
ter time Job will describe ns having nock
clothed with thuuder. Cattle ouough to
cover a thousand hills. Sheep shop
herded by him who madu for them the
green pastures. Cattle .superior to the
Aldernoys and Ayrsblrits and Devon
shires of after times. Leopards so beau
tiful wo are glad they caunofc change
tholr spots. Lions without thoir" fierce
ness and all 'the quadruped world so gen
tle, so sleek, so perfect.
; Look out bow you treat .this.animal
creation, whether thoy walk the earth,
or swim.tho waters orally the air. Do
you not notice that Goo5gavc tih'et. pre
cedence of tho human race? They were'
created Friday and Saturday mornUg,
as mad was created Saturday afternoon.
They'have a right to be here. He who
galls -a horse, or exposes a cow to the
storm, or. beats a dog| or mauls a cat, or
gambles at the pigeon shooting, or tor*
turos an iosoct, will have to answer for
it in tho judgmout day. You may coiK
solo yourself that theso creatures afb"
not immortal and they cannot uppeqr
against you, but tho God who made
theso creatures ami who saw ttve wrong
you did them will he there. Hotter look
out, you stock raisers and railroad com
panies who tiring the cattle on tiv.ins
without food or water for jhre'e or four
days In hot weather, a long groan of ago
ny from Omaha to New York.
Hotter look out. you farmer ridtug be
hind that limping horse with a nail that
tho blacksmith "drove into tho quick,
Bettor look out, you boys stoning bull
frogs and turning turtles upside down,
and robbing birds' nests. But some-'
thing is wanting in Paradise and the
week is almost done. Who is there to
pluck tho flowers of this Kdcnie lawn?
Who is there to command those worlds
of quadruped and fish nod bird? Por
whom has God put back tho curtain from
the face of sun aud moon and star? Thot
j world wonts an emperor and empress,
I It Is Saturday afternoon. No one but
the Lord Almighty can origlnaUsn hu
man boing. In tho world where .there
are in the latter part of tho Nineteenth
century over -fourteen hundred ? milh.m
people, a human boing is not a euriouit.v.
But how about tho first human cy?j
that was over kindled, tho first human
ear that was ever opened, the first '.u
man lung that evet. breathed, the flrst
humau heart Mint over beat; the' ?ist
human life *?ver constructed? That
needed the origination of ii God*. He had
no model to work by. What stupendous
work for a .Saturday afternoon! He must
Originate a stylo of human heart through
; Which all the blood in tho body must
pass every three minuU;s. Hb must
make that heart so stroug that if? an,
during each day, lift what would heeqilHf
to ono hundred and twenty ton? oj
weight, and It must ho so arranged ?< to
boa* over thirty-Six million time., every
year. .About five hundred mtisolos must
bo stinrtg in tho right place, and at least
two hundred ?hd filly Ik> .es constructed.
Ljnto this body must be put at Iciutt nine
'million nerves. Over thrco thousand
.perspiring pores must ho made* i'.;r every
inch of fleshly surface.
Tho human voice must be so'constvuet
cd It shall ho capable or producing scven
ieon trillion live-hundred nud ninety!-.v.>
billion ono hundred and eighty-six mil
lion forty-four thousand lour hundred
and fifteen sounds. But all this thq
tnos*. insignificant, part of the human ho
ling, The soul! Ah, tho construction
I of that God hiimelf would not bo equal
to if he were any tho less of a God, Its
understanding, Us will, its memory, its
Vbnsclencc, it* capacities of eujo.vmuul
or suffering, its Immortality! What, ni
work for a Saturday afternoon! Aye!
Bofortii night, there weru to bo two sqch
human and yet immortal beings con
structed,' The woman ns well as the
man was formed Saturday aftoruooa.
Because u deep ileep foil upon Adam,
ry a portion of his
it hat? he*u aupponed that
..ml nights-passed Insfeweeft
uliuo aud euiluiuc on atiouu
o! Adam waa not thrco hours
at^d.
II a phyoiclan can by auuisthotic?
one Intoa deep sleep in three minutes,
God certainly could have put Adam into
a profound sleep in a short while that
Saturday afternoon, and made the deep
and null al excision without causing dis
tress. By a manipulation of tue
tlto same hand that* molded the. uao
tain* molded the features and
tho limbs of the lather of the
rase. Hut his eyes did not see,
ivorves did not fed, aud hi'i tnnscl
not move, and bis lungs 'I'd aot br
and hin heart dhl not'p-isate. A
feot form he lay along the earth,.?i
metrical and oi" godlike eotmle
Masrnilictnt picco of Divine eft .
and Oinnpoleut sculpturing, &
vitality. A body without a bouI.
Then the source of all lifo stoope
th<; iuanhuato nostril and lip, and a
many a skillful ami earnest phyBiclai
hus put his lips 19 a patient iu.eoimitos
slide and breathed into his month
nostril, and at the slirac time compr
ed tiie lungs, until that which was
lleial respiration bee mm natural rest
lion, so methink* God breathed into
cold sculpture of a man tho breath of
and the boart begins to tram >, ai
4ui}gs to inhale, ami the eyea to cf_
and tho entire form to thrill, and v\'itl
Urn rn'ptnro of .1 life just come. ih<
pros*'rate being leaps to his feet?a man!
But'the scene of this Saturday is noU
yet done, and in tlie atmosphere, drowsy
With the breath of dowers aud tho sonfc of
bobolinks and robin redbreasts, tho mnu
slumbers, and by nntesthotics, divlnelyij
administered, tho clumber deepens until]
without the oozing of ono drop of blood*1
at tho time or the faintest scar afterward,
that portion ta removed from Iiis aide
which ia to be built up the Queen of
Paradise, the daughter "of the great (Jod,
tho mother of tho human raco, the beue
diciion of all ages, Woman .the. Wife, ultor
Ward wwinau the - mother. And ps thc
two join bauds and slro'l down idouir
tho banks of tho Euphrates toward a
bower of mtguoncttu and wild rose aud
honeysuckle, and arc liak-n'.ng to thecttiT
of tho whip-poor-will irom the aromatic
thickets 1 ho suu sinks beneath tlie hori
/.-.?u. "Aud tlto eVepmg and the morn
ing wore tho sixth day."
A ORB AH1 WKliK'? WORK.
What do you think of that nun York's
work? 1 review It not far cnievtalu
menv, but because I would Imvo 3011 join
m David's doxologv, 'Givutand marvel
ous are tli/ worksj Lord God Almighty;"
because T want you to know what a
homestead our Father buil?ior bis ebd
drou at the start, though sin has des
poiled it,.aud becaudb 1 want you to
know how tho world will look again.when
Christ shall have restored it, swinging
uow between two Edens;'bocntiso Iwant
you to realize something of 'what tv
mighty (Jod he is, and the' utter folly of
trying to war luaiust him; because I-;
want you to make peace with.this Chier
of tho Univcrso through tho Christ who"
mediates between offendodOmuipote'raeg"
and. humnu rebelhou; .bcoauso I want
you to know thow foarlully and WomW-*
fully you aro made, your body as Wcll'IK*.
yom: soul an Omnipotent achievement;'
becnuao I want you to roahzo tluit order
rolgns throughout the universe, and that
God's watches tick to tho second, and
that his clocks strlko regularly, though
thoy strike once In a thousand years. T ?
A lqarned man once a^ked ah old
Christian man who had no \tilv.?attigp8
of schooling, why be believed there was
a (Jod, and the good old man, who prob
ably bad never heard au argument 6n
tho subject m all his lifo, made this no
ble reply: "Sir, I have been here goitig
hard upon fifty years. Every day since
I havo been in this world I see the s?n
riso in tho cnot and net in tho west. The J
north star stands* where it did the first j
time I snw it; tho seven stars and Job's
coffin keep on the sanio path in tho sky
iwul never turn out. It isn't so with
man's work, lie makes clocks and
watches; they may run well for .awhile,
but they get out of fix aud stand stock
still. Bub the mm and moon aud stars
keep on tills same - way all tho while.
Tho heavens declare tho glory of God."
Yea, I preach this, because I want you
to walk in appreciation of Addison'?
sublitie. 8tmtimont when ho writes:
The ?pa. lous*flrmameaton high,
With all tho blue utherial sky
And spangled hoav'ns. a shining frame,
Their Gieut Original proclaim.
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
. And utter forth a glorious voice,
Forover sinuing, as thoy shine.
Thu hand that mado us is divine.
Jb lrlnu uii a Tr*lu.
BakQOII, Mi;, May 27.?-A train
which left Bangor for St John last, nighti
at 7:10 was held up just beyond En field
by four men, who fir?d at. tho engineer
and cars. Tho train lef-: Eoileld when
a man, who wan noticed by the fireman
era ling over the tender, told them to
atop the train The got.g on the'engine
uoiiuded but tho engineer did not stop
the train until tlie gong sounded again t
The train Hien came to a stand, whet
.shooting wasjheard.aud for five minute
the gang K?pt. up an ttirtiscriminut
d?ng, the mail ear being the particular
object of attack*
The leader of the gang was armed
ivjfn.ii riile. the others with rev >lvers.
They fired seW-ral shots into ti e bag
gage and mall cara, but the engineer
pulled the train out before ahyone was
injured. Tho station, agent at Enfield
was II roll at by the men s?he was nang
ing out a signal light. Tim glass of tho
1 1.1 111 was broken and the light extin
guished. The men ordered hfm to leave
and he did ?;o. Officers M ill be. sent nut
to capture the asAallams if possible.
The affair caused cniisiuw/blo exciteV
fnent In this section.
Ctrlmodr Auotdtatr
'i'u'M k.\, Kansas, May 27.?A. small
frame residence at the.coruer of Buch
anan avenue and Gordon street was
burned this morning. In the rulnj were
found the charred remains of Mrs. Aup
tegr 'W, aged '15, and her three children,
all girls, rgKl front fifteen months t o five
yearn. AM the surrounding circumstan
ces pointed to a deliberate and carefully
planned t' Ipie murder and suicide The
BCeno of the tragedy It In u spareoly.
settled poriion of North Topeku, and
tho house "was auppo-ied t o have been
nnlnliubiWd. it Is learned that, the
fluni!y /noved ia the house about a
month ago. The father is a toamster
I and Jaf t- home early this morning to
1 look for work.
Uargtty v.M. ??fco.
Si 1 i on, W. Vit, M>?y 27.^-Alox Dun
lap, a negro from Wheeling, who "tas
working with a gang i f Italians live
inih h ? asl. of here, had a desperate bat
tle with them on Saturday. Thsie was
a trli'lng dispute and 11 fight. The ne
1 gro caught, up a WluChtrhtor rid" and,
j backing himself iigain8t!a stonewall,
kept fully.2<X) Italian al
Satin day morning uuiii (he nir.
I ul' \W 51 ?'?''.''? * '..*.;
II^mPLlvS i'ARTY.
DIFFERENT VIEWS OF^THE THIRD
PARTY CGNVEr- HON.
Who C?n l>?? ?la<l i\nd Who -i<.n-y:-T!u' \ I
Hauc&flW ?ho.ljt im rml <? VAVty Should
ll? ji?Xpf3P?vluar?tou-? fTJum Wgi k--\V liy
-Ciefeland w.n It ad to U TBr^iit Of.
Washington. !).('., Ma./ 'J ! -Viewed
from, a strictly political s a.idpoint, Ihe
?ifUoreiting Ctiieinuati t conference
stumped up'->n the min $ of various
puty leaders ami iudivi luuls impres
sions quite as distinct as tue hetero
geneous elements which c.ompo?ed the
?atheriug ? ; the conven
tion finally iidio'miic?^ !? II <lny.atJee.st
sdonor than was anticipated, i hose nmsi
deeply concerned ha I r.asoti to leel
about e..s follows:
1. Tlit! Farmers' .Mlian :a - 1 eliel.
8. The Democratic p a ly -.satisfae
tlon.
8. Tho Republic -in patf'v-- alarm.
1. \\\; Harrison,"Mr. llama or who
nMie;. ?Van'didatL'--.
miHHViog. '
These rt alia ar.>i > aWinuch to I
the convi i ? .. -,;i\ <lld a ; to
;ho temper of the inoi\ aeaervatUfe I
men pre id, ' atod by . iudfTmeee] *
arid acts. .?
The loaders of'the V.? 'u ra' Alii.
a.IV rt-'cll h'r.eve,'? Mlftll o. relief at tin:
itig of 1 ho nos'.' si i Lous daiuTei
?Vilich has menaced their org?ffl&Uon.
While, from thoir point -of .v.iow, tpo
?jon/jareiico.did httU. on > goed, i cer
tainly re allied Irr teas ha anHban w.
anticipated. UV.'.v oT lading i
ALUjaTtce to iiium-.e or ..{; iOcl? coat
*??catibus vpriuclph rt tho - c.ouvont
prai:tionlj^.ri(ft?Tred tho ,-vhoLo mail
to the regulai^AIbanco Co .veiitfnh ne
February with a rofommeudaUtm i
favor of naming its' own candidate lot
president/ Colonel Li? ingstojl. w-jio
repre^t titt d.t he of.enaUot the-Alliance,
outsmeo'f too convention itself,'shrewd
lv fO'.;i;8Sede*hbJnovitahlt dlspitfe main
This pOLht and secured ti e UUoptio* of
policy .which tho Alliance leaders have
no disposition to autagoiti/n tit tin;
propei*'t|me> By making i show of ,e
sistance, unjredver,'tun C( louol diverted
attention ffont matters,wh*ch mi^ht
have seriously embarrass'd himselV and
his c'olleag'nVs. He must have re< arnVd
iionio^in a happy frame of mind.
The politicians who h ivo iron tu?
ellned loj?oijaider all Alliance uieu-'a'rp.
Eractical" will do well to study Coloitol
iviugston's successful manipulatipn
of the most intractable b?Uy of hibn
evorgot together. It w uTd have re
Jlected credit upon 4i tact??-daw as clover
as Manning was or Gorman is. ?
"The ideas of the old m issuaek > -ol-j
ers iri the Democratic prf' tyV said. C?l- ]
ouol-Polk, "if not-auppics^e 'i liv tin1
^'l?rgerelepient; will cerndnly lead to
i i destruction sooner or later, a d it
may come us early us lb',?2 if they are
-jlQt eaf.eful. " >
"As for tho Kepublica i P^rty, it. is
'^'jorrupt'.from coro to circninttrence,
;>vhilo its opponent Is uot controlled by
the mairi'body of the pec pie, who voto
the. ticket, but by tho- imddious mtlu
euce of capitali|ts. The only wonder
4P'mdls that t?n> farmers have not long
agtV'lU'ison in their "inVght und- swept
both-parties from the Hell. Cleveland
will bo tho nominee of the Dumocrats
and. his nomination will i o dictated by
Wall street. Yea, and ^ all street will
uoralnote an antl-Bilvcr l^'pwhlican.
"Tim objects of the Dc nocrats will
bo to force us'to place a third party in
the field, with tho hope that it will
throw tho Olotcion into the house of |
representatives,- and th< n Cleveland
would be at clan d elocted Bat 1 am
hot so sure that auch wonal be the en-e,
?8 tho Alllarico may sw? ep the coun
try."
Only a bald statement of fact could
ho more Reunite than this. The Alll
ftuce intends to name its own candi
dates, but not until the time is ripo.
'tho nremat/uro action, which, in Colo
nel Polk's bpiuipn, referred to in this
"column last week, woul t bo fatal, is
brie of the'things that Colonel Living
ston went to Cincinnati to prevent.
Ho succeeded'so Well thai the Alliance
Will have only a "natlonai committee"
of about fifty members Instead of a
horde of cranks to deal with, iii Februa
ry. It is not expected or even asked to
endorse the Cincinnati pkV form, and it
can yield to the voctferoti? demand for
a third party with perfect complacence
I? anything the conferent e was a beuo
Iii to the Alliance, it er ?bled' a large I
number of troublesome, .reformers to'
let off steam without scalding anybody.
Tho jitraleglata of the hou*is inrty w ell
keep, their eyes on Colonel Livingston
?iw'hori he enters upon bis ?? ongrossloual
?career in December. *
P' 'acts so gratifying to' the alU
'era aro no hiss < flsf uttory tb
h Nothing could^ b0J' i,,ore
Kr) ms to the Don: xunMoNpnrly
j1^.> than a steady growth.In
?V.IJliV. .ombersbip; t ??msequentVy,
Derm.. politicians wHl Vejoico wttfi
their frieiiv the iarmois, that the most,
serious danger mis been averted by
?^r nuujrageinent. Moreover, it is
?p asln,^-.tW ivASo thai the very fear of
dngcohnnitted against, tlrirtr old puny
. pt. the -alliance mcudii the youth at
home.
Boasons-why thaJLlcpoblioan party
? mas inusl leel utitv.isv !vro ??> num.; -
on i and a . pa'ent, i haa they ne - l ha" -
ly hohoted; Las', fall's election tuin
lahed conclusive proof that, f'hoy can
.notTiope to tight on eqtr t terms', but
to achieve Succors must, iiiake great lit
roads upon >.h6 opposition- Ii was ??r
gu?d speciously -by Kep-.idiean o/.ia
mists lasl, fall tliajt tile election was on
ly "an oif-year revolt," and that when
the- time came to make decisive, choice
of a liepubllemr or a .'J.)eu ourat for
nresldentdliM farmtjra of,G?e \\ . i-nd
Northwest would be found liad a their
old banner. The Cl'tieinrm'i rto'.iler. nee
may open their, cyefi to th< ? ric h. Nine
tenths ot the delegates atinm from ^ho
formerly Kepubli<:qnTslm?q9 of KAns fH,
Nebrpska, Minnesota,Ohio and Illinois,
land of that great ttrtmb r t< istie to
say that not iqo?e,truit^n iiandi iil^ever
voted u Democratic Ucgv.t. The iiin
corit.yofthe.se inen iq iirtv>jating the
Itleas put forward by orhds-s.^im so
gullelriis can not be qu.'V\.foncd, Wln?t
jtivor they do the wnl do with all thair,
inight, The trim slgnlfica ten and d ni
gey Of tho conference, from it ltepubli
ciri.afandpoint, Hes lit t, m faH that;
Stbjire was not tho nllghtc .t indication
I ?S* desire to return to t to f?Rl. In
; sr.?*??^ there WiK^n uimnlm >:is dom:;nd
tor S third party. Talk -.bout ''im-ro
? IT-yeur revolt?," thcrafc-ri is out of
place. And the danger is even greater
than it would seem to beat first thought,
l ake away from tho Bepnollcan party
the sturdy country el emei t, vv|u>ae ai
leglanco baa never wav< red for an iu
taut, and What^s there le tof tl
ai^(l ^
^VeavtVls^a^
?1 want to aay-'Ofta'. Lh for tho
ins'itut.oua and liberties of this people j
will be waged In 1892 between the can-1
dldtttes whom you name and those
whom the cohorts of Wall street nomi
nate. Now, the Republican party Is;
practically out Of the fight in 1892.
They were left in a forlorn condition;
hist November. The only part they
can play next year Is to act as tb?
minors and sappers ot the other party.
"Mind, now, what I say. Mr. Cleve
lanQ, when he wrote his antl-sllver let
ter, did It deliberately, as 1 happen to
know. lie did it against the protests
el many of his friends. It had this ?f
fest, to consolidate thomouey power in
his support. The plutocracy in 1892-94
will make the uattlo under, his leader
ship. They aro playing a shrewd game.
The groat work to "be done is that of
organization and preparation."
The *alk of a played-out politician
like Wearer is of no consequence, hut
i ho .' pint of his remarks permeated all
the speeches and the entire conventiob,
Sud, can not be disregarded. Mr. Cleve
land is the" victim of circumstances and
his own action. The engineers of the j
new movement know Very well that
they can not retain their hold upon the
great mass of Republicans who com
prise1 their forces if there arises in their
minds the slightest suspicion that they
are being led'into the Democraticcanip. |
Consequently; some Democrat must
serve as a target along with the makers
?f McKinley lulls, and Mr* Cleveland
happens to be the most conspicuous I
mark, lie greatly facilitated -tho exe-1
cition of tho plah by prottouuping
against free all v.- thus presenting to
the leade?-~ "> sufficient
excus" slave
of ' ^1
A. \\
Church
seat ed I
of .New':
which he
the warft
? that unfor
read before.
Father Wa.
rick's Churci
was assassin .
a member of h
very night tha
shot he was a: J
and that circui
mind of the cleit
proof that she ku
plans prepared by t!
house. lie became c
in her case, was her cot.
visor after her arrest as wei.
and did everything in his pov.
by appeals to President Johnsoi
by bitter denunciations ofthecunju
measures adopted by the Government
in its proseontion.'to save her from the
gallows.
Although tho occurrences which Fa
ftner Walter describes in his paper oc
I curred so long ago, that he still feel?
fresoly and keenly the injustice which
led to Mrs. Sanaa's execution. In
speaking pf the matter to a Sun repre
sentative he said: If President John
son had been a man of courage the ex
ecution would not have taken place.
He simply acted in accordance with
public clamor, and signed the death
warrant without even reading the testi
mony on which tho woman had been I
convicted. I went to him and told him |
thgt 1 had read every line of the testi
mony, and that there was not enough
j evidence to hang a cat on; that I did
not ask a pardon for Mrs. Surratt, nor
a commutation of sentence,'but merely
a reprove for ten days, in order that I
might prove her innocence, hut Presi
dent, Johnson did not have courage]
enough to comply with niv request.]
He fearetl if he aid so he would bo ac
cused of commending the deed that had
Sut him in the Presidential,chair. So
o consigned an. innocent woman to a
sh.io.ei'ui death In order to escape the
adverse criticism of a frenzied populace.
The whole trial was an outrage, and I
there is no doubt that the Government |
resoi" ed to fraudulent measures In or
dor to obtain a conviction.
'Mr, Bradley, who defended John
Surratt, bad among his papers a tele
graph book showing that John Surratt
was lo Elmira on the night of April 13,
yet when u search was lnaue for tbe ho
tel register, that would have shown his
presence there oa that date, It bad dis
appeared and not until a year ago was
i able to ascertain that the Government
had taken possession of it and had
withheld it order to deprive the prison
era of the benefit of ihis bit Of evl
|. donee.
"John Surratt was allowed to escape
a trial because the Government knew
I it ha I no case against him, and if he
were iumnent, his mother was also. It
has been charged tnat I forbade Mrs.
Surrutt's speaking, but this is not true.
She declared" her innocence up to the
time of her-death, ?nd beyond this dec
I n ation she hud nothing to say."?Bal
timore Sun. _
Tili? JHtijr 1 iik-im -U You.
Campus, H IV. May 27.?The follow
ing'mks been received by a gemleman in
?."u union:
"Gatuiunuu, Mainb, April 21,1891.
v to the commanding officer of the
l.' ii regiment S. *C.. Confederate
States, in the war of the rebellion of
1881 ?Sir: Will you no so kind asto.lU
lorm me if u.e second lieutenant,Com
pany 1, ot that regiment Is still living.
I This officer was wounded In the right
km c at the second ball In of Bull nun
mi the 28th of August, 18G2. If he la
I Still living please so inform me. He
was wounded in trie knee. His servant
was a prisoner, by the name of Sheed or
j Snider. Tills otllcer may hear of some
| thing that will liiterost him. His resi
dence Was at the time of his entering
i lie service Charleston, South Carolina.
Pioase answer. Very respectfully,
"Henry B. Merrill,
'Jaite 1st lieutenant Hancock's 1st]
'army corps, United States Veteran
Volunteers^'
This was referred to Capt. J. C. Boi
lings, of Camdtn, who was at the time
second lloutepaut of Company 1,12th
regiment/; but Capt. Rollings was
wounded in the face on that day, and
nut in the-right knee, as stated by Mr.
Men ilMjBo he is not tbe man sought for.
thought that there must be some
mistake in the initial of the company
I or tho number of the regiment.
\4 -:-r- .
~ ; lltockod by Cu>lllar?.
i '.ni'ai'Olih, May 23.?A special to
lournai from Mankato, Minn., says
ail trains on the Milwaukee Road
morning are delayed at a point
miles out of this city by caterpil
lars, w hich had crawled upon the rails
to Mm themselves. The sapq\ boxes
soon exhausted and tv%o engines
re hardly able to move the train.
The morning freight was an hour and
ten -minutes m going two miles. Cat
were ground into masses of
> over which the wheels slipped
'like so mucfrbutter. The caterpillars
ea a peat In the locality for two
CAN'T HOLO TWO OFFICES.
The Ovnraor Remoye? the Svparvlaor of J
Roatatratlon for Charleston.
Columbia, S. C., May 28.?Messrs.'
j. M. Eason and G. W. Dingle of tho
ballot reform committee of Charleston
were in Uio city yesterday, and Inter
viewed tbe Governor in reference to the
matter of the Supervisor of Registration
lor Charleston County. They tepresen
ted to him that the present Supervisor,
Mr. Cantwell, held t.vo offices, viz.:
that of Supervisor of Registration ami
Clerk of the Hoard Qf County Commis
sioners. The Governor concluded that
Mr. Cantwell could not legally hold two
offices, aud detcrmed to removo him.
llo first, however, submitted tho point
l?volved to tho Assistant Attorney Gen
eral, who.gave the following .^written
opinion;
"Tbe inquiry referred by your Exeol
lency to tho Attorney Genend, of tins
dale, embracea,' as I understand it, two
questions: Is the (;lerk of .the Hoard of
County Commissioners, an oTnccrif^ 'Ts
a person holding the office of Supervisor
of Registration eligible us CIcyk ot (lie
Hoard of County Coinnnssloltprs?,"
Without ha ing time to give my rea
sons in lull, I have tho honor to state to
your Excellency urtelly that in'my oj>in
lon the Clerk of the Hoard of County
Commissioners Is an officer, nud second,
that a person cannot, /mid two-offices at
die. same time. X.reibr your Excellencyi
-i Section 3ftf 3Ctt!cl? 2 of the Conslitu
??nd s^cJUouh ?/aud G12 of tho < u u
es-.of Struth Caroliujfc,
>pin?
iu
I
tri*,
at the.
County, .. ,ing
been made so.. ?, Solic
itor Nelson has had some doubts of his
ability to secure the State's witnesses
from Edgefield, on account of the fact
that there was no provision made fur
the payment off tbeir per diem and
mileage. He accordingly wrote to tho
Governor suggesting that he pay these
expenses out of his contingent fund,
and in response to this request the Gov
ernor yesterday wroto to him as fol
lows:
My Dear SiR: Your letter of yes
terday, asking that arrangement bei
made for paying the expenses of wit
nesses in the Jones case, came to hand
this morning. 1 am very anxious that
no delay shall occur in bringing that
matter to an ead, and I will pay out of
the contingent fund a sufficient per
diem to each of the State's witnesses to
cover actual expenses, not to exceed
the amount named by you?385. I do
this with the express understanding
that you will insist on a trial at any
and all hazards.
Yours, very truly,
B. lt. Tillmax, Governor,
IngaU'a View?.
Hutchinson, Kansas, May 27.?At. a
meeting of Republican editors of the
Seventh Congressional District a letter
from ex-Senator Ingails was read and
warmly apphiuded. Among other
things the letter said: The Republi
can party is confronted with great
froblems which threaten its supremacy,
f we are to succeed wo must deal with
the issues of to-day as we dealt with
slavery, secessian and State B?verignty
thirty years ago. The Republicanism
of the future must readjust itself to
the changed conditions of American
life or it will perish. 1 wish to save it
from this late by recalling the spirit of'
energy, aggressive and patriotic force
of the founders to the campaign of
1892. This will be waged upon economic
ami practical questions, and not upon
memories, or motions. Harrison will
be renomlnattd and Cleveland will be'
his antagonist. If we have courage
and conscience It will be Austen lit/. 11
we dicker with popular enors, com
promise with unprincipled leaders and
sneer at honest differences of judgment
and opinion, ii will be Wateuoo."
TfiMt New I'm i.v.
Madison, Wis., May 27.?Railroad
Commissioner H. A. Taylor, in a lette
to the State Journal, of this city, say a
of the people's party inaugurated at
Cincinnatti: "The. convention at Cin
cinnati hao im rightful claim to be
called a national convention. In it we
I find men who have been prominent in
neither political nor business circles.
The men of brain, of integrity and
statesmanship, the men who havo or
ganized and controlled our great finan
cial enterprises, who have enacted our
laws and demoted lives of fidelity to all
legitimate public interests, haven't
raised their voices in the clamor ot dis
content which comes from the Cincin
nati convention. I cannot believe that
any considerable number of leading
men of either of the great parties of
the country will be lound in the ranks
of this new party. It will be largely
made up of perhaps well meaniu'/, but
misinformed men/'
I>?ath of a Colored Pr anchor.
Chart.bstom, 8. Cm May 20.?Rev.
Jacob Mills, probably tbo oldest colored
preacher In the country, died yesterday
In Charleston. Ho was ninety-one years
of age. When quite young ho was made
free, and was an cxhorter long betoro
tho war. Of lato years was pastor of
Centcnnary Church, this city. Ho had
tho respect of afPc white "'tii.ct ? who
know him, and his own people venerated
biro. The funeral to-day took the shape
of a public demonstration. Ho is said
to have rcarriid over 2,000 colored
couples in Charleston. C "
Thf? A koii.t Over, Ji
TAJLikAHAftsKK. F)a., May 27.?sinjF
tpr Call was re-elected Un'"Hl SejMfOf:
>y the Legislature lu joint sctjslofl to-.
lay. lie received fifty-one voUs, only
Jfty-four members iteiiig pr-fwnt. The
mti-Call men absented themselves
rom the joint session. I
CLOSE ON ITS HKEBST"
THE "CHARLESTON" SIXTY-FIVE
MILES BEHIND THE "ITATA."
Ii iili VrMcU (OolnK at Full Hpeod?They
Wer? M?t> by Mio "Collum". Humor?
That itMQCKcnt E.?adora Will Qlv*
Up iho ??llatA."
San Piiancisco. May 25.?The liret
aut lu nlic nesvs about the Itata since she
left this port, was received hero to day.
The steamship Collum, whloh has just
ann ul from Panama and way ports, re
ports that sho spoko both the Itata and
the Charleston.
I The ltat;i was met at 10.52 o'clock
the morning of the 15th tust., going
south at lull steam, sixty-live miles
; from Acapulco. ?At 5.2i) p. m. ttie surne
day .the Cob ma spoko the Charleston
130 miles from Acapulco.
Capt Ilcmy, of the Charleston, asked
?the explain Of the Colt ma it ho had seen
I.the Itata; lie uimvvered in tho alllr
inativepandr-*tKen, tho United States
cruder wont straight on her \yay, Ev
idently the. Charleston missed the pirate
steamer" by only- about ono huudrod and.
twenty milvs, by putting iuto Acapuloo.
* The Esmeralda's inn out of Acudulco
and back .igaj,iv about tho. time of the
Clnirloston'tfarrival, was clearly made
to'warn the Itata, whieh kept oil shore.
if she at
will probablyjoateh her.
It is rumored hero to day that insurv
kelit leaders have agree I to deliver the
Itata to the United States authorithv?,
ou lieridtfiVal at I unique am* that there
forh the Charleston will ruake no fur
ther serious efforts a", capture.
When tho Esmeralda llrst entered
port, at Atiapulco she s > luted* the fort
with twent\ ?**?o guns, which slluie was
not return/a. Ou the tollowiilj day her
commander made an official v.Iit to the
commaud^mtjof the military forces.
Srim itoiio m-oke. /
IJnoKHN How, Neb., May" 22?The
respite ot i hlrty
? ruor "
murdt
Ashley, ex pur-I loibi^ aud^at^drtfeJ
o'clock-trie coiideuietl tntiu washanged.
in sp le of toe storm, 4.0?0 proplegath
red*to witness the execution. When
the trap was sprung the body shot down
ward and dropped to the ground, the
.rope having broken. The half conscious
?man was seized by t he sheriff and car
?L_buck on tho gallows. Tho rope .
then doubled and the I rap ng tin
g. (This time his neck was biok
Inil lall.
idjiilgUt he mads a statement.
I that two weeks prior to the
hf was accused of petty thiev
Wonurdeied men, with others,
n<nd threatened him. At ono
aniebody poisoned water that ho
-lauled In barrels. On the fatal day/^
jten and Ashley canio to his place,'
?vithout authority, to search for a &6tfK
that had been taken from tp ' .chool
hous?^ Roten carrie\d a -Winchester
across Ms arm, IlaaeVstine gave them
thr clock and then abkVl them to din
n'i$l: They would not, eutWith him. An
altercation took place, and in the heat
of passion he shot Uoteu to protect him
self. Then ho shot Ashley, who at
tempted to draw his pistol from hia
pocket,
ttlevou Mlncra Killed. . ^ I
1})UMINGHA.>i, May 22.?At the Pratt
mines to-day an explosion of gas in tho
shaft where convicts are worked killed
ten negro convicts and ono free miner
named Tom Mooro. It is beltoved that
the m.en 'iad in some way knocked off
a plank from tho door which stood
across an old chamber and on which
the word "Qua", was written. Tho gas5
rushed out and caught lire from a lamp
Ollicers of the company went to tho
rescue and worked to save tho men, but
were themselves suffocated and nar
rowly escaped, being dragged out un
conscious. Tho bodies of the de.id have
all been recovered. The mines are not
considered in danger from gaa as a rule,
and this-Is tho first accident of the
sort in a long time. Two life convicto
worked faithfully with the rescuing
party._
Tortured by A fr leite Savages.
St. Louih. May 27.?A letter has
been received hero from ( .pc Town,
South Africa, giving an accouut of tho
capture and torture by Zulus of Jeff
Allen, of Dooatur, 111.,und W. A. Kon
nan, whoso home is supposed to bo either
in St. Joseph, Mo., or Silver City, Now
Mexico. The letter is dated March 1st,
and it Is signed "Frank Short." It was
euclosed in an envelopo from the United
Stales cr date at Cape Town. Tho
letter so
"The british ship Neptune, Captain
s..under , master, ol London, was re
cently driven ashore off tho eoastof Na
tal, adjacent to the Free States, and all
but live out of the crew of lllty-elght
perished. The live men started on foot
to Natal, 170 miles distant, ami-on tho
way they were captured by a 'band of
Zulu--, who stripped off their clothes and
proceeded to tori ure them by lyih?? thenj
to a Irfte and healing tla in with tho
ShambOck, a jagged chri made of rhi
noceros hldo; While the Quads wore in
the midst ot thi- hai barous pastime, they
were surprised by a party of F?oer hun
ters, armed with muskets, who charged
upon them and put them to flight, Kou
nun and 'hiiis wore the only ones who
Survived the torture, and wore^. safely
conveyed to Natal and tUeueo to Capo
Town, Kenn an is stil' losano from his
suffering.''
Throe Men Killed by 1 onl Air.
ObntiiALIA, Wash., May 27.?Whllo
grading a street this morning a laborer
uncovered an old well to ascertain its
depth. Ilo was overcome with foul air
and tell into tho well. Three otlur la
borers, who went to bis assisunce, were
also precipitated into the well in tho
same manner. Alter the air became
pure the men were brought to the sur
face. Only one, nainedTFord, could be
resuscitated. Tho nrhes of the dead
ara^Burns, Perry and Dobaon.
c. ? .? in ..i ?i.mii, Dead.
Knoxvim.i:, Tonn., May 25.?Con
gressman IIouk diftd hero eaily this
[ morning. .Itiilgellonk had been suffer
ng from hoartulWeaBo. Yesterday he
,-ent. to a dnlj, Storedo get a prescrip
tion put up. Tho 'druggist made It up
and put ll down in It'gftsR nejppr another
containing a strotrg;s?OTPrion of atsonio,
and he. took the latt.ei lake. Un
der medical treatment .ho Neatued to bo
recovering JflatmghV'"1'' t.ecamo worse
towim! m^^g^TTd dt?4^i7>.o>ioofe->
Vf* .' of ? HhIi? Storm,
; l, May 27. The worse rain
s? i- known bare occurred last
he ( ilygs I'opmpli ti !y Suuiida
^ 'lter raWBfe1 , svo to four
i no WliiflflnrTl prsim i block
Ig?V? w.iv under tho pressure and is a
It&nl wrec c. Tho sidewalks succumbed
I toTthe pressure, and twenty-five feet of
iho dam at LakeDiHUpointmettt isswi pi
away. T he damage to crops will be
I enormous.