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LAURELS, S. C, TUESDAY, JULY 21,1891. TALMAG Ii! IN KKMTUCKY. WUNESSfcS TO THE TRANSFORMING POWE R CF CHRISTIAN RELIGION. lt.- MjUl'M t m I-timi'? TVmlmoiijr?-The Ufuerouh Action m.i<j?ui?BbutM? ii:<- ftl OoIoiihiI?-* itinl Tlioir HewMrU? lUllorilll' ? ail I ' Ii In lit t <<? h. Hum Bunion. Kv., July 12.?A vast concourse of people assembled this morn iuu on the historic ? anin ground at Illy.h Bridge, Ky.. to hoar Dr. Talmage pn ach, They tamo I'roni all the sur lounding cities, towns and neighborhood. A largo contingent Iron Loulsvillo and another IVoin Cincinnati wore present. Many of the visitors huvc remained here since jcslerdav afternoon, when Dr.Tal* mago pie.ached in the same place. The it M "I hissermnu (his morning v.its from Avil i?. 15, "We me witne.-scs." Standing amid the hills ami groves ot Kentucky, und bet?r this great multitude that no man cuu number, most of whom I never saw before and never will see ugilili In ibis world, I choose a very j tactical ilicmo. In the dajs of George Stepbeusou, the perfector ol the loco motive tti^ine, the scientists proved conclusively that a railroad train could i.ever be driven by steam power success* hilly without peril; but the rushing ex j rcss trains Iroin Liverpool to Ediu I tirgh, und from Ediuburgp to London, jiuVu made all the nation witnesses of ihe splendid achievement. Machinists and navigators proved cou clusivcly that a steamer could never ? r? the Atlantic ocean; but no sooner l.id ihoy tuccesslully proved tho itupos .-ii>it.iv ol Mich nu uudertakmg than the Hi rk WHS tlODC, tliul the |108scMers On ilc Cuuiii'd, end the Imnun, aud the Niiiiunal, aud the White Star lino uro wiiuc&sGh. There went up a euAaw of v m- laughter at Professor Moise's pro i.otiiiun tu mnkc the lightning of heaven Ins errand boy, and it was proved cou i lusivoly ibttt the thing could never bo ..< !??; but ndw nil the news of tho wide world put in jour bauds every morning ;.i <! eight has made nil nations witnes ses. fcO iu the time of Christ it was proved tii.ilusivi.lv that it was impossible tor him to rUfc horn the dead, it was shown logciilly that wbeu a man was dead, he wns (had, and the heart, and the liver, and the lungs having ceased to perform their (dices, the limbs would be rigid Ii? \otid all power of friction or ai\.usal. Tbc.v showed it to bo an absolute absur dity that the dead Christ should over m i up tilivc; but no sooner bad they proved tins than the dead Christarose, und the. disciples beheld him, heard bis Vn'eo, and talked with him, aud they P.ok the wiim secs fetund to prove Ibatto he it tie which the wiseaefes of tho day had proved lo be impossible; the record ol the i xpi rimcnt mid of the testimony is m the UXl: "Him hath God raised IVoni the dead, whereof we nre witnes ses." l til.I.V OF THK AUN0STIC. New kl me play tho skeptic for a n uncut. "There is no God," says the skeptic, "for 1 Lave never seen him with my physical eyesight. Your Hi lc is a pack ol contradictions. There never was a miracle, Lazarus was uot raised Irom the dead, and the water was never IUI bed into wine. Your religion is nu imposition on iho credulity of the ages." Tlitto is nn id man moving in that pew Ihouuh he would like to respond. Here nre hundreds of people with laces it little flushed at these announcements, and ail through ibis throng there is a Mil pressed feeling which would like to speak out in behalf of the truth of our glorious Christianity, as in the days of I ho text, crying out, "We are wltues sct-!" '1 he fact is Hint if lids worltl is ever hu tight lo God it will not be through argument, but through testimony. You might cover the whole earth withanolo git h for Christianity and learned t-ca llsts in de!t use ol religion?you would not convert n soul. Lectures oi the hnimony between science and religion me beautiful mental discipline, but have never saved a soul and never will save a soul. Put u man of the world and a mau of the church against each other, and the man ol the world will, in all proba bility, gel the triumph'. There tiro a thousand things ii. our religion that seem Illogical to the world, and always will seem illogical^ Our wenpeu in this coidlict is laitb, not logic; faith, not rrftaphytdo; laitb, not profundity: luith, not scholusou ex ploration. But then, in order to have latlh, we. must have testimony, und it live, hundred iii(-n, or one thousand men, or live hundred thousand m? u. or live million men u6f up und tell me that they have kit i he felii ion of Jesus Chi ist.a joy. a coml'ort', a. help, au inspiration. I am Ix.tu.d as a lair minded man lo accept i hi ir tisuiuony. 1 want just now to put bt lore y on lluce proposilions, the* iiuth of which 1 yhink ihis audience will attest with oveiwhelming unanimity. The Ills! picpesition is: We tue witnehtus that the nltgion ot Christ is able to con t vi i t ii fcouli /The Gospel may have had a bard liniw to conquer us, we nun have I ought it link, but we were vanquished. You sn> conversion is only an Imautoary thing. We kii.iw better. "We are wit* ileuses." ?Theic never was so great a change in; our heart aud life on any ollur subject \\A on this, Peopiefttbgheil at the missionaries in Minim asl'i'.r because ibey prtaclud ten years wlfhoutoue convert; butlheie nre many ih,tusitnds of converts iu Madagas car today. People laughed at Dr. Jud* son, the' Baptist missionary becutso ho kt pt onlpri'itcbiug in Burma!? live years without! a single convert; but liiere aro many llcusamls of Baptists in Burmuh todays jttrcople laughed at Dr. Morrison in Miui/i for preaching there seven years *?illi()u,tu single eonveislou; but liiere inc. ma \ thousands of Christintis in China tod s.v. people la ighed at the nufesiotnirlfcS'lor preaching at Tahiti lor .lilleenjre.pls without a single conversion, nod uOhc missionaries lor preaching iu Ihiiytfijkvcniecii years without n single < ( tiTi^ion-, jet in nil those lauds thcio nie raltltiitalcs of Christians today. JJi* why go 10 lor to lind evidences of the. Gospel's power tosnve nsoul? "We ma mintsscs/' We were so proud that lib man < ( uld have humbled us; we were n>haid tliul no earthly power could have molted up. Angels of God were all in . utid abotit us; theab.could not over com? 11s; but one o.>,J perhaps at a Methodist anxious scat or at a Presby terian catechetical lecluro or at a burial or orf horseback, a power soi/.et' us and matte us get down and made us tremble and made ua kneel and made w cry for 11.1 r> \. and we tried to wrench ourselves away Irom tho grasp, but we could not. It lluu^ us flat, and when wo arose w? as much changed as Gourgis, the liejti|;erJ, who whoot Into sprayer raeet ifii w ith a dogger and a gun, 10 disturb the in. elite .Mud desroy li, but the next Jay waa found crying: "Oh. my great ains! Oh. my great Saviour!" and Tor eleven years preached the Gospel of Christ to his fellow mountaineers, the lastwodson his dyiug lint being "Free., race!" Uh. it was tree grace! MILLIONS COMKOKTEI> BY TIIK < 11 is I ? r I.. There in a man who was -or leu years a hard drinker. The dreadful appetite had scut down Us tools around tho pal ule and the tougue, and on dowu until they were interlinked with the vitals of 11 it- body, mind and soul, but he has not taken uny etimuluuls for two years. What did that? Not temperance socie ties. Not prohibition laws. Not moral suasion. (Jonveision did it. "Why," said one upon whom the great change had coiuo, "sir, I feel just as though 1 were somebody else." There is a sea captain who swore all the way from New York to Havana, and from Havana to San Fraucisco, and when bo was in port be was worse than * heu he wua on sea. What power was it that washed hU tongue clean o. profanities und inude him a psalm singet? Conversion by the Holy Spirit. There are thousunds ot people heie today who are no more what they onco were thnu a water lily is a nightshade, or a morning lark is a vul ture, or day is night. Mow, if 1 should demaud that all those people here present who have felt the converting power of religion should rise, so lur from beiug usliamed they would spring to their feet with far more alucrity tlmu they ever sprang to tho dance, the tears min^liug with their ex hilaration us they cried, "We are witnes ses!" And if they tried to sing tho old Gospel hymn they wou.d break down with em* tiou b? the time they got to tho second Hue: Ashamed of Jesus, that doar friend On whom my hopes of heaven depend? No! When I blush, be this my shame, That I no more revere his name. Again, I remark that "wo a? e witnes sea" cf tho Gospel's power to comfort. When a mau has trouble the world comes in and says: "Now get your mind oil' this; go out aud breathe the fresh air; pluugo deeper into business." What poor advice! Get your mind off it! when everything is upturned with the bereavement, and everything rcuiiuds you of what you have lost. Got your mlud off it! They might as well advise you to stop tluuking, and you cannot stop thinking in thai, direction. Take a walk in the fresh ah! Why. along that very stroct. or that very road. she once necompauied you. Out of that grass plot she plucked flowers, or into that show window she looked fascinntud. say ing, "Come see the pictures." Go deep er Into business! Why, she wua asso ciated with all your busuiess ambition, aud sinco she has gone you have no am bition left. Ob, this is a clumsy world when it tries to comfort a broken hcurt! 1 can build a Corliss cngiue, I can paint a Raphael's "Madonna," I can play n Beethoven's symphony as easily as this world cau comfort a broken heart. And vet you have been comforted. How was it done? Did Christ come to you aud say: "Get your miud off this. Go out and breatho the fresh air. Plunge deeper into business?" No. There wo?a minute when he came to.you?per haps in the watches of the night, per haps in your place of business, perhaps along tho street?and he breathed some thing into your soul tliat gave peace, rest, lUlinite quiet, so that you could take out tho photograph of the departed one and look into the eyes and the face of tho dear one ami bay: "It is all right. She is better off, 1 would not call her back. Lord, I thank theo that thou has comlorled my poor heart." DIVINE HEALING FOKTHE SICK SOUI.. There are Christian parents hero who are willing to testify to the power of this Gospi 1 to comfort. Your sun had just graduated from school or college and was going into business, and the Lord took him. Or your daughter had just gradu ated from the. young ladies'seminary, and you thought she was going to be a useful woman and ot long life, but the Lord took her, and ynu were tempted to say. "All this culture of twenty years for nothing!" Or the little child came home from school with the hot fever that stopped noi for the ugoni'/cil pray er or lor the skillful physician, and the lit tle child wus taken. Or the babe was lifted out ot your arms by some quick epidemic, und you stood wondering why Go?i ever gave ynu that child at ail if so soon he hiis to take it uwuy. And yet you u?e not refining, you uro not fret ful, you are not lighting against God. What enabled \nu to staut! all the Irin '( "Uli," y ou say . "1 took the medicine that Cod gave my sick soul. In my dis tress! throw my self at the feet of a sym pathizing God; aud when I was too weak to pray or to ioi.k up he bicitlud into me u peace that I think hittst bj the foretaste of Unit heaven where there la neither a tear nora farewell nor a grave." Come, all yo who huve beeil out to the grave to wcop theie-?come, ull >e com forted souls, get up elf your knees. Is there no power in this gospel to soothe the hOartV Is theie no power in this re ligion to (piiet the worst paroxysm of grieir There conli-B up an answer Irotn com'oru-d widow hood and orphanage and oiiildlessnea*, saying, "Ay, ay, we are witiiesactd" I A'",iui, I remark that we are witnes ses of the fact t: ut rejulon has power to give composure in the last, moment. I shall never forge t the llrst limo 1 COU I routed d?ath. We went ucross the corn fields in I ho country. I was led by my falber'? hand, and we came to tho farm house where the bereavement bad come aud we suw tho crowd of wagons and 'Carriages; but there was oue carriage I that especially attracted my boyish al ! leulioii. and' it had black plumes. I said: What's thai? what's thav? Why those black tassels at the top?" And alter it was explained to me I was leted up to look upon the bright lace of an aged Christian womuu, who three, days before had departed in triumph. Tho whole scene made an impression I never for got. IT 18 NO HEARSAY EVIDENCE. In our sermons and our lay exhorta tions wo ure very npt. when we want to briug i)lustrations of dying triumph, to go back to somed.slingulahed personage ?loa John Knox o.- a Harriett Newell. Hut I want you lor witnesses. I want to know if you have ever seen auy thing to make you lie lie v. that the religion of I Christ can give composuro in the filial hour. Now, in iho courts, attorney, jury nnd judge will nevor admit mere heresny. They demand that the witness must, have seen with his own eyes, or heard with Ida own ear*, and so I am critical In my examination of you now, and 1 want to know whether you have seen or heard anything that makes you in In-ye that tho religion of Christ gives composure hi the final hour. "Oh. yes," you say. "1 saw my father and mother depart. There was a grout difference in their deathbeds. Standing by the one wefoltriore veneration. By the other, there was more tenderness." I Before tho one yen bowed, perhaps^ iu awe. In tho olher case you felt as if you would like to go along with her. How did they feel iu that lust hour? How did Uw>j seem to act? Were they verv much frightened? Did they take hold of this world with both hands as though they did not wont to give it up? "Uli, uo," you nti>; "no; I remember ns though it were yesterday; (die hud a kind word for vn all, aud there were a fow memeutues distributed among tho children, and then I she told lit how kind we must bo to our ' father iu his loneliness, aud Uich she' kissed us g.?odby aud went asleep as a e.iild iu a cradle." Whut made her so composed? Natural courage? "No," you say; "motiier was v<*ry ner vous; wben the carriage inclined to the side of the road she would cry out; she whs always rather weakly." What gave her composure? Was it because she did not care much for you and the pang of parting was not great? "Oh," you s'y, ''she tdiowcred upon us a wealth i.f affection; no mother ever loved her children more lliati mother loved us; she showed it by the way she nursed us wheu we were sick, und she toiled for us until her strength gave out." Wha'. then, was it tint gave her composure in th? last hour? Do not hide It. He frank and lot me know. "Oh," you say, "it was because she was so good; she made the Lord her portion and she had laith that she would go straight to glory, and that we should all meet her at last ut the foot of the throne." UNCOUNTED MILLIONS OF WITNESSES. Here are people who say, "I saw a Christian brother die, and he tri umphed." And some ouo else, "I saw a Ohiistian sister die, aud sho tri umphed." Some one else said l saw a Christian daughter die. and -.he. tri umphed. Come, all ye who have seen the hist moment-; of a Christian, and give testimony iu this cause on tiial. Uncover your heads put your hand on the ohl family Hiblo, from which they used to read the promises, ami promise in I he presence of high heaven that you will tell the truth, the whole trutl i aud nothing but tho truth. With what you have seen with your own eyes and what you have heard with your own ears, is there power In this Gospel to give calmness and triumph in the last exigency? Tho response comes from all sides, from young and old and mid dle aged, "We are witnesses 1" You s>ee, my friends, I have not put before you an abstraction or a chimera, or anything like guess work. 1 present you aflidavits of the beat men and wo men, living and dead. Two witnesses in court will establish a fact. Here are not two witnesses, but millions of wit nesses on earth anil in heaven testify ing that there is power in this re.iglou to convert iho soul, to give comfort in trouble and loalToid composure in the last hour. If '.en men should come to you when you nr.- sick with appalling sickness and say they had tho same sickness and tool; a certain medicine and it cured them, you would probably take it. Now, suppose ten olher men should come tip and say, "We don't believe that there is anything in tit at medicine." "Well," I say, "have you tried it?" "No, I never tried it, bull don't believe there U anything in it," Of course you discred it their testimony. The skeptic may comt! and day, "There is no power' in your religion." "Have you evertntd it?" "No. no." Then avaunt!" Let me take the testimony of the millions of souls that have been convened to God and comforted in trial and solaced iu tho Ust hour. We will lake their testimony sis they cry, "Wo aio wit nesses!" LOOK KOU THE ST A It OF IIETIILEIIEM. " Professor Henry, of Washington, dis covered a new star, and the tidings speel by submarine telegraph, and all the ob servatories of IS uro pa were, watching for I hat new star. Oh, hearer, looking out through the darkness of thy soul, canst thou see a bright light beaming on thee? "Where?" you say, "where? How can 1 lind it? Look along by the lino of the Cross of the Son of God. Do you not see it trembling with all ten derness and beaming with all hope. It is the Star of Hetblehem. Deep horror then my vitals froze. Deathstruck I ceased the tide to stem, When suddenly a star arose? It was Star o"f Bethlehem. Oh, hearers, get your eye on It. It is easier lor you how to become Christ ians than it is to stay away from Christ ami heaven. When Mme Sontag began her musical etiteer she was hissed off the stage at Vienna by the friends of her rival, Amelia Steininger, who had al ready begun to decline through her dis sipation. Years passeilon, ami one day Mme. ?ontag, in her glory, was riding through the streets of Berlin, when she saw a little child hading a blind wo man, and sho said- "Come here my little child, come here. Who is that you are leading by the hand?" Ami the little cniid replied; "Tnat's my mm her; tha.'s Amelia Steimoger. ^Iie used to he a great singer, but she lost In r voice, and she cried so much about it that she lost her eyesight." "Give my luv? io her," said Mme. Sontag, "and tell her an old >*' quaintnnce wilt call on this afttmoon." The next week in Hi rlin a vast assem blage gat tiered ut a ln-nellt for that poor hlind woman, and it was said that Sou tag sang that, night as she had never snug before. And she took a skilled ocu list, who in vain tried to give eyesight to tue poor blind woman. Until the day of Amelia Steinluger's death Mad am Soiling took care of her ami her ?laughter after her. That was what the queen of song did for tier enemy. Hut oh, hear a more thrilling story still. Uli ml, immortal, poor and lust, thou who, when the world and Christ were rivals for thy heart didst his* thy Lord away - Chriat comes now to give thee sight, to give theo a home, to give thee a he < von. With more than a Son tag'8 generosity, he comes now to meet your need. With more than a Sontag's music, he comes lo plead for llty deliverance. An "ExcelUul" Hank Failure. I.ouikville, Ky., July 10.? The Falls City Hank, established in 18C5, went to the wall this morning, making an assignment to the Mechanic Trust Company and rinsed it doors at 701 West Main sheet. Liabilities $431,300, of which $223,900 is due Ihu clearing house, and deposits aro $101,700, assets nominally $123.000. From the begh - uing of the li nai i Ma I panic last year'the bank has been carried along by the clearinghouse, being on Ihe ragged edge all the Umu. It has been known lor several days that it wus only n matter ot time, before it would have logo. De positors will he paid iu lull und stock holders will get possiblv 35 cents on tho dollar. The capital stock ia $000,000. ?I. T. Mooro Is president. Bankers re gard the failure as au excellent one, as croditora were getting ready to bring at tachments'. Mother and Child Killed. Olynky, 111, July 9.- Mrs. Raymond aud her llttlo four-year ohl son wero struck and killed by a pt? isenger train on the Ohio aud Mississippi lload near here this morning. Mrs. llaymond was picking berries, aud her child strayed on the truck. The mother tried to rescue the lad, but both wero run over and killed. CAMPBELL NOMINATED. I HE TARIFF ISSUE ACCEPTED BY OHIO DEMOCRATS. Oou 11.11.it all N???at.?rY lo Usold? Who Mhoitld i.iml the Hosts AR*.lii?t MoKln lo\ -I m .iWm- Keoul vm Slight Atteutlou? l'lat'orui 4,?lopt?d br the Coitreutlon. Cleveland, 0., July 15.?Canip boll witii}. aud will again lead Jio Dem ocratic boats of Ohio. Tho Democratic Stale convention was called to order at 10.30 o'clock this morning. From/he rear of the stage a large number of woman viewed the pro ceedings with interest. State Chirmau Jno. A. Norton cnlled the gathering to order. lie delivered a long speech, call ing uttoution to the importance of the campaign aud its issues, and asking the delegates to bury passion. Uo closed by introducing Allan W. Thin man as temporary Chairman, who ?\as loudly applauded as ho came forward Is speak' the CHIP OFF the OLD block. Tho sou of thoJOld Hornau begau as follows, "in his speech nominating Ma ior McKiuloy, Governor Foraker said ovcu tho wiles of the devil seemed un able to kill tho Democratic party, which undoubtedly meant that it will novel- bo destroyed by tho Republican party, Evidoutly tho fact must have occurrod to him that this grand old Democratic party lias seen the birth, growth and death of every political organization that has ever risen in this country. Now an organization that conuot be killed, even by the evil spirit, must be immortal that is, it can never die, and in the cud it will certainly put all of Its enemies under its leet, including Major McKinley and the Republican party." The speaker criticized tho po Icy of the Republican party in raising the average rate of duties from 47 to 57 per cent., in < lothing; tho President of the Uuited States with unconstitutional powers; iu pernicious class legislation, driviug the American marine oil' the high seas; in assisting Eugland iu her attempt to establish honomctalism; in adding in a short'liuie 2,000 names to the list ol ollicor holders; in blocking all legislation for months in the endeavor to enact the infamous, villainous and partisan force bill. Continuing Mr. Thurman said: 4 T most earnestly lescech the farm ers, whose iuterests arc identically the same as my own. to follow this course: The wild schemes of the Government loaniug money upon warehouse corti llcatcs or upon lauds, the taking posses sion of railways and telegraphs by tho govern incut, internal improvements that nro demanded' and a dozen other minor issues that all lead not onl y to greater taxation, but to tho rankest kind of so cialism, I mys to them, put all to one side and stick to the tarifl issue until yod get what is due you." He continued at length to discuss tho la nil'law in its relation lo the I armer and iudustrial classes, aud dwelt in atroug language upon the tin plate in iquity, and concluded by saying that lust fall protected classes poured out money like water, intimidating work men aud btraining every nerve to carry the McKinley district. In conclusion lie said; "Intereuched monopoly will not surrender without making a desperate struggle; therefore, 1 implore every man iu this convention lo work after he leaves hero with his whole soul for our success. Lot no per poual differences or feelings of disap pointment in anv way deter you, but be dilligcnl, be active, bo alert; orgaui/e iu eveiv school district, and above all, be courageous. Lot thore bo no dodging upon this issue; this is no time for faint hearlcduees, but a time when true and brave mcu should be willing to light with llicir whole power for what they know to be right." permanent oho an i/ati on. Ex-Congressman Frank Lebloud was elected peimancnt chairman, and made a briel and eloquent speech. Gen. Armstrong of Cleveland, moved that ihc convention adopt the picture of a victorious rooster us the device to des ignate the Denocratic ticket, the recent ha lloi reform law requiring the selection of some device. "I think," said Gen. Armsfroug, '"that the convention should adopt as the em blem of tho Democratic party of Ohio, the old gamecock rooster. [Cheers and applause,] Republicans will recognize that as our symbol, and every man who every voted the Democratic ticket can put Ins mark under the rooster." [Cheers and applause.] ' Gen. Armstrong's motion was adopt ed by acclamation, the platkoem. After a sesdou lasting ir >m 10 last night, with slight Intermission j, tilt ti this morning, the committee on resolu tions reported majority and minority ro porls. . Tho lormor--declare*: "We are o, poscd to all class legislation, and believe in a tariff levied for tl.o sole purpose of producing a revenue sulllciout to del ray the legitimate expenses of the govern* mcnl. economically administered. TARIFF issue accepted. "We accept tbc Issue tendered by the Republican party on tho subject of the tariif, as represented by the so-called McKinley tariff act, conlidetit that the verdict of the people of Ohio wilt bo re corded against the iniquitous policy of tho so-called protection, chumpoiued by the Republican party in tho interest of a luvored class against the masses. on the silver question. "Wo favor ?graded income lax. We denounce i he demonetization of silver iu 1673 by the party then iu power as tho iniquitous alteration of the money stau ilard iu favor of creditors and against debtors, tax payers and producers, aud which, by shutting oil'one of the sources of supply of primary money, operates continually to increase tho value of gold, depress prices, hamper industry and disparage enterprise. "We demand the reinstatement of tho constitutional standard of both gold and silver, witli tho equal right of each to a freo aud unlimited coinage. the lit l.l.ion dollar conoreks. "We denounce tho Republican Billion Dollur congress, which by ils extrava gant expenditures, oxhaustod the sur plus iu the national treasury, left lliero by I ha Democratic administration, and created a delicti which substitutes dos? potic rule for freo discussion iu the house, of representatives. the force BILL, "Wo congratulato the people on tho defeat of the o hous forco bill, demanded by tho Republican president and cham pioned by the Republican party for t o purpose of porpetuating its rule by per verting the constitutional powers of the goveromont, deatioying free elections, in order, cs declared by Speaker Reed, 'to register voters, supervise elections, count ballots and dcclaro result." l'KNSIONfl. "Wo favor liberal and Just pensions to deserving and disabled soldiers and sailors who fought for tho maintenance of the government, and like ncusious to t&ir widows and orphan children." The plaCorm also denounces the Ilc brow persecution In Russia. the MINORITY HETOKT substitutes tho following plank on free trade and the unlimited coiungo of silver: '?We believe iu hon?st money, tho coin age of gold and silver, aud a circulating medium convertible into such monev without hiss, and we oppose all legisla tion which tends to drivo either gold or silver out of circulation, and believe hi maintaining the coinage of both metals on a parity. The majority report was overwhelm ingly adopted. NOMINATING SPEECHES for governor began at 1 o'clock. Mr. xollolt. of Cincinnati, placed Ncal in nomination, and at tho conclusion of his speech the convention went wild. Gen. Michael Ryan nominated Gov. Campbell. 'He snid ho was there to con tradict the statement that ill the Domo? crds from Hamilton county arc opposed to tho present governor for renomma liou. KOHAKEIt'S MONUMENT. Ho caused great laughter by alluding to Foraker's defeat, saying a banged up editor and a patent ballot box were all that was left to commcmornto tho mem ory of the ouce mighty Foraker. CAMPBELL, ON first BALLOT, Gov. Campbell was rcuominatcd <>n the llrst ballot, amid great cnthusins u. In accepting the nomination lie grate fully acknowledged the honor paid him. Ho referred to the successes of the Dem ocratic administration in Ohio, and re butted the Republican charges of extrav ? agance. A NATIONAL FIGHT Continuing, he said: '?The battle before us is essentially a national one. Not only is this true be cause the result must seriously effect next Year's federal elections, but also because tho Republicans of Ohio have unreservedly identified themselves with every phase of tho iniquitous legislation accomplished or attempted by the fifty lirst congress. THE REPUBLICAN '1 LOST CAUSE." "In their platform thev have reaf firmed their adherence to the infamous force bill?the Republican lost cause?a measure so obviously designed to des troy 'ree elections that Republican sena tors, unwilling to viola'o their con science and oaths, refused to inflict it upon the country." Ho concluded as follow ?: A word TO the ALLIANCE. '?Lot tho well-meaning men who train under names of the Farmers' Alliance, or of People's party, and who seek to remedy the real grievances brought aboutby Republican legislation, remem ber that no third party can succeed, hut with us, and as a part of us, they can help to swell joyous hosannas that will peal to heaven from tax burdened people of tho entire country when the glad tid ings go forth next November that wo are yot In possession ot the old Republi can citadel, now the .Democratic Ruck eye Stale." Licutenaut Governor m. V. Marquis was renominalcd unanimously. an amusing application. The illiterate ltcquui for a Gliarcur from n Colored Hotly. Columbia, S. C. July 11.?One is always stumbling across something in teresting in tho .Secretary of State's of fice, and even in so dry an official docu ment as an application fir the charter of a corporation or n society, there is sometimes that which will raise a laugh. Of such a nature is the following appli cation or a colored organization in Marl Ob County: The St. of 8. 0. duly 7th 1891 .siaic Secretary of South'Carolina Dear sir we tho under s:^n. have Gathered our solves to aether; and look ing at our Present condition and see! g our Prosper, that Hin upon us for the last 25 years, dcbided that their is no hopo lir us; in the State of South Cuio lina, und we had well gather our Selves to Gcther, and leave for und other Slate and while we was meditating over the Subject, a thought was banded down to us by the all mighty, who Rules Roth hcveu and Kurth, IlKO unto this that we needed a new organization among our solves; and upon that thought, we call a Body of mens to gether and organized r. society Known us the Days of Labor and. we do hear Hv apply to the Statu of South Carolina lor a Charter; and uiir objects is thus, lir.st to'teach our i'. m le hOW to work, for the uphill ng of our Race second to care more tor the help less, aud sick, third to try ami turn the minds of our un thougiiiliil 1'ooph./,; four to advieate tho cause of the s ate where they wer Hied and Horn, live to care more for tho Eklgercalloual ul our '".ildren, than we have lure in lor; wo hope thai "fou'iv'll Oi?m us tho ml! charge Ol the Charter If It are. ;Y!'iu d to us, and also what sorse must wo up'jTfT" to for further instruction If any m ad. d | woating your Reply the Buddy num.un Below 1. J, N. IJamlin; 2. S A. Billion; A. 11. Stafford: I. K. Harleo; 5. It. Stephenson; 0. N. S Sicple Mi 7. J. 1?. 1 Hoyeler; s. J. R. C'omlched; 9. W, X. Hameltou; 10 S. C. Konnctdv; II. II. Jackson: Tolcl no 12?S. .1. McNeil; 12. you Will Please address mose II AM elton & Co. Little Hock, s. t', The applicants were informed Lit it tho Clerk of the Court was authorized by law to chaiter benevolent societies and In all probibility, "the Days of Lab >r and (K)nighls ot Tod" will soon boa full Hedged society nud ready to aid In the "eulucashon" of their people aroituj^pthem.?Register. Mm. I>avl?*H I>??<?!sinM New York. July 11. -Mrs. Davis, the Widow ot the late JeiTctSOli D.ivi-. who has i een sojourning at Ihe New York Hotel in this citv for some lime past, In a letter forwarded to the citi zens of Richmond to-day, Stall h that, alter much deliberation, she has decke ed lo give Virginia the can- of her bus band's bodv. Sho briefly roviews the claims or the various States to her husband's re mains, and urges the fact that in the inline:.a of fame he did not belong to any part of the country, but that in Richmond he received generous and unwavering support iu the darkest hour of the Soutu's defeat. Sho refers to her per son Al sacrifice In giving up the hope of dwelling near her husband's resting place, au i ex presses the hope that the Slates of the Confederacy will also relinquish (heir cherished plans for tho sake of gratify ing Ihe majority of tho veterans of tho South who have urged Richmond as the proper place for him who loved them ail and labored for their glory. CUPID CUTS A CAPER. ALFRED SUARTZ BRINGS HIS SWEET HEART FROM AUSTRIA. On Arrival She Inform* Her Luv?r 8li? llldii'l I.lUe Hin l.-.ok?, .I HturtH on tli? I.unit .Intirno. HuuinivurU. COLUMBIA, S. C, .July 14.?Allured Sum tz was the saddest man in Columbia yesterday, lor the roue-colored dream of his uneventful, hard working life bad been rudely, suddenly swept away by the faithless action of the girl whom ho intended to make his wife. All the way from sunny Ausuit came Alfred, juet a year ago, With ambition beating hitfh within his breast, and the sweet assur ance that her whom he loved would come over aud join her fortunes will? his, should he make bis way In the New World. And he did. In tho course of eventa he drifted lo this eifv and engaged in his trade of b iker. 15 v bis careful mode of llvlug, Alfred amassed quite a tidy sum of money, and he soul a portion of it to his sweetheart, Marie Hpple, of Vi enna, with the request that she come on at once. The young woman lett her native country ill once, and tookpassago lor America. Although wild with the impatient do sire to sec his loved one, Alfred could uot go lo New Vork to meet her and bring her on lo Ibis city, aud so he wn'itx d. Vcstcrduy morning Marie arrived on the train from the Metropolis, and her lover was wailing for her at tho depot, lie had-made preparations for them to be married nl once, and had prepared her n home,?humble, but still a homo. Now Alfred is almost a dwari iusi/.e ?e I by no means handsome. Ills per al excellencies atoned for lids among Ids few friends, howcv r, but his aopoar an.c proved the death knell of all his ho| ,s. lie had looked forward lo the meeting with ail the loaning that his simple mind was capable of, and bis fu ture happiness seemed centered in Marie. lVrhaps the fair Marie thought that he would grow, i nd that the air of the new anil mystic continent would im prove, his looks. When the Coast Line train steamed luto the depot early pes tcrday moruing, Alfred was waiting an xiously at the gates. Through the win dow of one of the cars he saw Marie, and executed a war-dance in his glee. Hut his joy was dashed to tho earth. Dis appointment was plainly visible ou the young woman's face when she caught siulit :.l h t diminutive lover. Kvideully the climate hail done nOlltioglo increase bis staune, or make him belter looking, as she loudly hoped it would. When they met, Mario dismayed poor Allied by coolly telling him that she had chauged her mined and was content to remain plain Marie JSpple for the pres ent. A long and stormy interview fol lowed, and ibo crc&tlallcu lover left his faithless sweetheart , vowing to do some thing desperate, in Iiis terrible disappoint ment. Marie remojned in the depot until the next train left, when sho started back on her long tedious journey to her home. She I old i Register reporter in broken English that she was very mad at being dialed all the way from Vienna for nothing, and that she was; going right home. She jiisi laid money enough lo get back. Altred was despairing his luck last uight, ami lamented the loss ol his hard earned savings, which he had given to Mario, I ho poor baker swears thai lie will now remain a bachelor the rest ol his natural life.?Register. A ii Alliance. Ituita Fort Worth, Texas, July 11.?The following rosolul ions, having a nal lonal bearing, were adopted to-day by the aiiti soli treasury State convention of I he Fanners' Alliance. "Itosolvod, I hat w e denounce the sub-treasury and land loan schemes and governmental ownership of rail roads as u violation ol ihellrst princi ples of good government, us paternal in thou character, us centralizing in their tendencies, and if enacted into I lie law I hey would i reale such a horde of national otlice-holdeis us would fast en tho clutches of the party in power lipon lbe ihr.) its of the people so strongly that the voices of honest, pa* trlotic cili/.flM would no longer be heard in (he e illtrol of govern in 'lit af fair:;. "Wedemand that these men who are not farmers be removed from tho na tional and Slate ollic s of our order, and that none but. lho.se who luve their in i. n ts iu farming be allowed to till SUt.il (daces. We now appeal io all hon es , mom hers of the Alliance through out the I'idled States tu unite with us iu ) nth :g down this common enemy and disgrace .?1 our o.der. To tins end we most earnestly re 'Omuletid the brother Aliianeeinen of the United Stalest) ime? iu national convention a' St. Louis oa the third Tuesday of September, 1801. 'Risolvei, Thai wu most heartily en dorse the course of Hon. U.S. Hall ?uumldu"! ol til - State Alliance of Mis soitii, iu reiiihtuA ' ? co icur in the ac I: i on the ease of t' W. Mutatr.e a! Ouahi in opposition to the sub-treasury scheme, e'c. We earnestly pledge Mr. i lall our supp i t in i Iu- noble and in in ly effort to i ii theordir, both State and national, of ail shackles winch will re tard its strrriutli lor ultimate success." Monster In Hitman Form. Nhw Vork. July 0.?A newspaper im ached Ibis city tod iy Irom the State nl' Chihuahua, Santa Rosa, South Amer ica, which contains a startling story of cannibalism iu llrazil. According to lbe nrticlo, the horrible I'easfng occured at Salinas, iu the Stale ot Minus, Brazil, where the human tnonsler, a man named demente Viei ra, was caught in the very act ol eating a portion of the remains of one of his victims. The editor ol the paper Cidn !>' Loopoldlnn saw Vieira in jail, and a-ked the prisoner it It was h ue that he had nourished himself on human In sh * Ves, sir." answered the prisoner, "for some tune I and my Iriends, Ihisllo, Lcnndro and others, have eaten human llcsh; in fact, we lived on it." The story goes Oil to relate the killing and eating of several persons, until finally, when victims became scarce, Vtcrra and liasllo killed ono of their companions and devoured him. Vicrra later on killed Basilo, but had only eaten a part of the body when he was arrested. The rest of IJasllo's remains was found packt d away In a barrel, prepared with pepi r and salt. Fatal Fall ?>r? Qtmnast. CLINTON, la., duly 13.?During tho afternoon performance of Adam Kore paugh's show the erane broke upon which William, of Ilanlon brothers, gymnasts, were performing. Ho fell to the ground, missing the net, and st riking upon his head, broke hifl neck, dying almost instantly. TILLMAN VERSUS TALBERT. It 1a>oUa Lite* a Drawn llnttl* at Kriffo Edgefibld,S.O.,July 10.?Tue gath ering of tho Kdgelh hi Count y Alliance to-day took the shape of a protracted meeting and a love-feast. Itnisemblod at 11 A. M. and adjourned at 5.30 P. M Mr. S. L. Rucdy presided, with Mr. S. B Maya as secretary. The business of the meeting was dis patched pt jmptly. The election of of tlcora resulted as IoIIowb: President; 8. Ii. Heed; vice-president, I. B. Jones; secretary, S. B. Majs; treasurer, Dr. W. II. Timmer.iran; county lecturer, James P. Bean; assistant lecturer, P.D. Ousts; chaplain, the Rev. J. D. Parish. Exec utive committee, ?. 1*. Lagrone. W. S. Allen aud J. W. Alton. Delegnto to State Convention, S. L. Reeilv; altern ate, W. W. 11 olson. After the elections as above speeches were made by Distriect Lvcturer (fas ton, Col. W. J. Talbert aud Governor Til I man. Mr. Oastoit's speech was on the fol lowing points: Punctual attendance, unity of action, education, abulitiou of national banks and free and unlimited coinage of silver. Col. Talbert spoke of the policy of the Alliance and followed the line gen erally of his speeches heretofore pub lished. Governor Tillman also spoke on Alli ance principles and the course of the Alliance to insure its success us an or ganization. After the speeches several resolu tions were offered, as follows: Resolved, That the endorsement of the sub-treasury scheme has a tenden cy todi8rupt tho Democratic party. This resolution was tabled. Resolved, That the Edgelield County Alliance adopt the Oeala plitform, with tho omission of the sub-treasury plank. The third and last, resolution was of fered by Mr. Williams, of Grey Town ship. It was Resolved, That the Edgelield Alli ance do adopt the Ocala platform. This resolution was not pressed nor put to the house and was therefore not carried. Col. Talbert spoke lor two hours and a half, and is said by his friends to have made the best speech of bis se ries, lie was very frequently applaud ed Governor Tillman was very warmly received by his Edgelield friends, and his speech was characteristic, earnest, forcible, and at times humorous. While lie was speaking inside a largo crowd of friends from the country and town outside were patiently awaiting the close of tho meeting to call him out He declined, however, to make another speech. v It was expected before the meeting this morning that there would be a conllict between Governor Tillman and Ool, Talbert. Outside of criticisms, however, which have been repeatedly referred to, the meeting was quiet and harmonious, tho delegates in au excellent, humor with themselves and everybody eis?! at tho close of tho six hours' session. Those who oppose e,r are negative on the sub-treasury business say that they desire moie enlightenment before they commit thomselvef toil,and the prom inent sub-treasury men say the passage of the Williams resolution endorsing the Ocala plat form was not necessary, as the St. Louis platform had been en dorsed and that Alliance men by a great, majority endorse it, whether formally or not. The sub-treasury men at the meeting claim that, although no resolutions of instructions were passed, State Dele gate Reedy is a sub-treasury man and also the district delegates. The fact is both sides in the meeting today claim a victory of peace. Those who differ with either side can read over the re cord.? News and Courier. America Munt Feed tlin World. Washington, July 13.?A report on the harvest prospects iu Prance and EuroiO has been received at the state department from Commercial AgCUC Gritlin. of Limoges, Prance. Tho Na tional Millers Association of Prance, the report says, has just issued an estimate, founded on very carefully collected data, of the probable wheat harvest of France and Europe for 1801. The estimated yi.-ld of wheat for 1801 will be 82.779, 000 hectoliters. This is the maximum estimate. It will bo 31 percent, less than the harvest of 1800. Russia. Tunis, Egypt and some of the Dnuubiau provinces with have a lair harvest, and iu Hunguray it will be lie low the average tins year. The estimates given by the millers, the report says, arc optimistic. The desire to create an impression that there is a better supply than really exists is all dune with a purpose; they went to buy grain as cheaply as possible in those fortunate countries that have an abund ance to export. In conclusion, the report says that not only France, but all Europe, is look ing longingly to the wheat fields ot the I'nited States. Last year many hoped that Soute America would help supply the deficit, especially the Argentine Re public; but today no mention is made of those countries. The fact, us recently staled, is that the bread of Europe must eomo Ir >m America. Shot IJeadfin a fc'teJ.d. BatesJIURG, duly 10.- News reacrd here this afternoon that one Press Wise, a notorious negro tough, who had he. n working at Prater's Mill, In Edge Held County,' was killed to day in a Held. It seems that one day last week Wise had a difficulty with a white man and dealt him a severe blow on the head with a hook. Since that, time there lias been bad blood among the whites, or a part of the whites and blacks, in that neighborhood. Wise and his com panions, it is said, have been waylaying the roads with double-barrelled shot guns. No one seems to know who did 1 the killing, as there wore no witnesses present. Ho was a bad negro and had ihe reputation of being a bully. News and Cornier. Trasio Sequel to ? Tragedy. Chattanoooa. Tenn., July 15.? Judge James A. Warder, who shot and killed his son-in-law. S. M. Fugette, and dangerously wounded his daughter, Mrs. Fugette, while sho was trying to save her husband's life, en January 18 last, shot himself in tho right ear early this morning at the stone cottage on Lookout Mountain. He survived until 1:15 o'clock this morning. Judge War der was tho district attorney of this city at the lime of the murder, which was the most appalling tragedy known in this State. I ntenso grief and remorse gradually unsettled his mind until lie became but a shadow of his former self. i ?.im.i l>?ad In B?d. AUGUST a, Ga., July 8?Julius Ntil pon, a young Dane who has boon over live months in Augusta, was found aead In his boarding house to day with tlve wounds in his stomach, three of which were fatal. He had been unwell and it Is not known whether It Is a case of sulcldo or murder. TO MAKE RAIN TO ORDER. UNCLE SAM TO SEE WHAT HE CAN DO ASA RAIN DOCTOR. A I'*rtv of Snleiitlnta Mound lor Kansas to Try mid llrettk tho Window? of fleuvon with IiyiiHiulto Guilt onit llalloom. Washington, July 14.?Somo UlUO wuliin the next low days tll< ro in golug to bo u noise out lo Western Kansas, Uncle Sam's raiu-inukers are bound thither with a provision of explosives suHi.-icnl to stock a fair sized volcano m active operation. They lake with them threcseoio balloo.is, each ten feet in di ameter when expanded; likewise about xMie hundred kites uvo feet high, a frolglit car full of wooden mortars to liro bombs from, aud many thousands ol pounds of dynamite, gunpowder, nitioglyeorlno and other powerful agents for agitating ratnro with spasniR. If there is not a second deluge in the region mentioned within a fortnight it will not bo for lack of effort on tho part of (Jen. Dyrenf lrlh and tho department of agriculture Seven thousand dollars yet remains of the $U,000 appropriated by Congress for this purpose, and so there is no uced to economize on the fireworks for the pre liminary experiment. Because it is a matter of history that storms have oltcn followed heavy cannonading in warfare, it has been thought desirable to attack the sky for this meteorological purpose with a regular lino of battle. A con Ivouio.lt and excessively and plain will ba selected for operations, and tho wood* ton mortars will be planted across it in drills, us it were, lor a distauco of about two miles. They will be loaded with dynamite, rackarock and other materials caculatcd to agitate the atmosphere ns much as possibl i, while at suitable in tervals of space the balloons will bo ar ranged for ascension, simultaneously a ilight ot kites will be lot loose in the air. The three-score balloons will in them selves represent an extraordinary scien tific" novelty. They are all completed, now, and each one is calculated to hold about live hundred and twenty live cubic tcet of gas. ?one-third oxygen and tw I* thirds hydrogen. The oxygen is pul m first, and then the hydrogen. Fach bal loou upon being inilated ascends under control of a double wire, which serves instead of a rope to hold it by. When it roaches the desired height the nation of an electric instrument on the ground is touched, a spark ignites a fuse in tho balloon, aud the oxygen aud dyilrogon suddenly combine with a torn tic explo-' sion. Experiments made within the last few days iu this city show that suck an oxyhydrogeu balloon thus ignited produces a really tremendous do ton a | lion, the cloth or paper vessel itself ap pearing for an instant and by daylight like a ball of lire. Few things can ho imagined more curious than this pheno menon, which signifies that the two gas es, at tho touch of lire, have united in llic shape of a drop or two of water, which lluid consists ol two parts of hy drogen and one of oxygen. But, as has been said, the bull ions will be supplemented by great kites, each ol which will i'C held by a doublen wire instead of a string. Their tails will car ry dynamite and oilier explosives, which will be set oil' in the same svay by the electric spark. Meantime, while the OXVhydl'Ogen bags explode and the kite tails go hang, the bailed mortars will vomit forth rackarock to the heaven1 all along the two-mdo line. For at least two, and possibly three, days the racket will be kept up. Thou tho expedition will hoist its umbrellas and calmly await the downpour, consoled lor the incon venience by the acclamations of the ag ricultural population. It must not be supposed, however, that this bombard nout ol the heavens will be conducted without scientific meth od. Before it is hogun the observers of the expedition will ascend in a suitable balloon, and Und out by Ihe way the hy drometer works at what level the explo sives may lie most advat igeously set oil". It they discover iho greatest amount ol moisture at an elevation of ono thousand live hundred feet, that is the stratum of air in which they want to work. The theory of the matter 110 one prelends to understand very thoroughly, hut it is imagined that ll)o artificial uombusUilca tion, as scientific men would *.ty, makes a sort of voi len or hole, iu the. air, into which liie heavier moist, particles rush, so as to occasion condensation and pro? cipitatlOU of ram. It Is sunn sed also that the small parti des of water made by the explosion ol the combining oxy gen and hydrogen form a sort ol nucleus for other pan a les io gather ab.mi. Another Important idea is that the wat ery particles in the nlmosphoro, being heavier than the rest ol the air, nre Shak en out of it by concussion and fall upon the earth. if the ellieacy of explosives for pro ducing rain is proved, it is supposed tho fanners will make It their business to establish detonating pi mis, employing to,- tho purpose balloon-;, kites, mortar bombs, or what not. The balloons lo be used In the approaching Government trials cost about #22 apiece, but the ex pense entailed for a score or so of these would be of no consequence lo u district for which a sln Jo good shower might ..sonify $ltyO(JO'-\te ovVW* $10^000 of valuer Oro>H Devastated by Orusshoitiisr*. BRUSH, I ol., July 10.?Ton miles soulh ot here grasshoppers are devasta ting all plant lite which lies in 'their course. Their operations extend over a scope of country twelve miles In width, They are moving north and bid fair to lay Waste all crops which they come across. The ground is completely cov ered and so numerous m parts PS to ho an Inch deep. .Several upland farmers have lost their entire cops. Muuy of these fanners have suffered for the last four years from drouth, and it is feared great distress will be caused by Iiis new miifortutio. They ah l>o It. (jRHKNWOOn, S. C, July II. - From an authentic source your correspond* ent has ascertained that the following stale officials en Joy the felicity of riding on free railroad passes of the following numbers: Lieutenant Governor K. n Gary,No 10; 3. w. Gray, No 17; j. i;. Tindal, No I; Dr. Samson I'ope, No 12; <ien. w. II. Kih i h.-. \o 2; Col. J. Gary Watts. .\o ill; e d.- Bleu?? has one, b"' the number could not be HSCertri' so also has Representative J Harrison, of Greenville, and D of Lauren!*, who came hero or to attend the big Killed ? Nk\V Orlkan from Clifton, U says the house < teen miles we ?struck by ligi.t? son's" wife and were iu the I killed. Tim ' thegroMid.