The Laurens advertiser. (Laurens, S.C.) 1885-1973, October 20, 1891, Image 1

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_V?L ? Vjg- ~ LATTRENS, S. C., TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 1891. reo, iT" THE SWORD OF ELVAZAK. A SERMON ON THE COLONE66. OOUB f AND UNBELIEF OF THI8AGE. Hml C'mh?? of < l.i ?> tin 11? Who llellev? but ? Part of tbe lllble, of Men Win. Doubt ytli In? ?Ott Of Kt>If St > Ir11 VbrlaltUll* Who Hbrlnfc irooi tho Coufllot. BKOOKJL.YN, O' t. 11.?Among the vast audlcuccs which crowd tho Brook lyn Tabernacle at every scrvlco aro largo nnmbors of young men, many of whom are theological students. Dr. Talmoge's sermon this morning had a special In* terest for them. At this time when so roany are giving up the Bible, or hold ing the trutn loss tinnly than before, tho eloquent preacher put himself ou record so clearly and forcibly that no one who heard him could have any doubt as to his attitude. Ilia text was II Samuel xxili. 10, "And hia hand clave utitu the sword." A grcr t general of King David wns Eleazar, tho hero of tho text. The Philistines opened buttle against trim, and hiB troops retreated. The cowards fled. Eleazar and three of his comrades went into the battle and swept the field, lor four men with God on their side ore stronger tlmu u whole battalion with God against thorn. "Fall back!" shouted the commander oi the Philistine army. Tho cry run along the host, "Fall back!" Eleusar having swept tho Held throws bin;self on the ground to rest, but tho niUBclos aud sinews of his hand had been so long bent around the hilt of tho sword that tho hilt was imbedded in tho llesh, and tho gold who of the hilt had broken through the skin of the palm of the limul. and ho could not drop this sword . which he had ro gallantly whrided. "Iiis hand clnve unto the sword." That is what 1 call magnificent fighting for the Lord God of Israel. Aud wo want more ot it. I propose to show you this morning how Eleazar took hold of iho sword and how the sword took hold of Eleazar. I look at Elcazar's hand, and I come to the conclusion thnt ho took the sword with a very tight grip. The cowards who lied had no trouble iu dropping their swords. As they fly over tho rocks I hear their swords clanging iu every direction.) It is easy enough for them to drop their swords. But Eleazar's band clave unto tho sword. Oh, my friends, In this Christian con flict we wan', a tighter grip ot the (Jos pel weapous, a lighter grasp of the two edged sword of the truth, ltmnkes me sad to eco these Christian people who hold only a part ot tho truth aud let the rest oi the truth go, so that the Philis tines, seeing the loosened grasp, wrench the whole sword away from them. Tho only safe thing for us to do is to put our thumb ou the book of Genesis and sweep our hund around the book uutil tho Now Testament comes into the pnlm, and keen on sweeping our band around the book uutil the tips of tho lingers clutch ut the words, "In the beginning God created tho heavens and tho earth." I like an intldol a great deal belter than I do one of these namby-pamby Chris tiaus who bold a part of tho truth and let the rest go. By mlraelo God pre served this Bible just as it js, and it is n Damascus blade. Tho severest test to which a sword cau be put In n sword factory is to wind the blade around a gun barrel like a ribbon, and then when Hie swoid is let loose it flics buck to its own shape. So the sword of God's truth has been fully tested, and it is bent this way and that way and wound this way and that way, but it always comes back to its own shape. Think of it! A book written eighteen centuries ago, ami some of it thoueands^of years ago, aud yet iu our time the average sale of this book Is more th.au twenty thousand cop ies every week, and more than a million copies a >cor. I eny now that a book which is divinefy inspired and divinely scattered is a weapon worth holding a tight grip of. Bishop Coleuso will come along and try to wrench out of your hand the live books of Moses, and, Strauss will ceme along and try to wrench out of your hand the mnueles, and Kenan will conio ulonu and try to wrench out ot \ou huLd the entire life ot tho Lord Jesus Christ, and jour associates It. H e stole, or the shop, or the factory, or the banking house will try to wrench out of your hand the eutlre Bible; but iu the strength of the Lord fjotl ot Israel, and with Elcazar's grip, hold on to it. You give up the Bible, you give up any part of it. and jon give up pardon and peace und life und heaviu. thh nothing a iii ans* crbjso. I see hundreds, perhaps thousands, ot young um n in this audience. Do not be ashamed, joung man. to have tho World know that you are a friend of the Bible. This book is the friend of all that is good und it ia the sworn enemy of all that Is bad. An eloquent writer recently gives an incident of u very bad mun who stood in the cell ofu western prison. This criminal hud gone through all styles of crime, and ho was there waiting for the gallows. The convict stundiug there nt die window of tho coll, tins writer ?ays, "lookod out and declared, 4 am an In lldel.' He said that to ail the men and children who happened to bo gathered there, 'I urn an infidel,'" aud the elo quent writer says, "Every man and wo man there belioved him." Aud the writer goes on to say, "If he had stood there saying, '1 am a Christian,' every man and woman would have suul, 'He Is a Hart'" This Biblo is the sworn enemy of all this wrong, and it is the friend of all that is good. Oh, hold on to it. Do not take part of it and throw the rest away. Hold on to nil of it. There are fco many people now who do not know. You ask them if the soul Is Immortal, and they say, "1 guess it is, I don't know; perhaps it is, perh ips it Isn't." Is tho Bible true? "Well, perhaps tt is, and perhaps it ien's; per haps it may be llguratively, and perhaps it may not be at all." * They despise what they cull the Apostolic creed; but If their own creed were written out it would read like this: "I believe iu noth ing, tho maker of heaven aud earth, and in uothing which it hath sent, which nothing was born of uothing, and which uothing was dead and buriad and des cended into nothing, and arose from noth ins and ascendod to nothing, and now sitteth at the right hand of nothing, from which it will come to judgo tothing. 1 believe in the holy agnostic church and In the communion of nothiug-gnrlans, and In tho lorgiveness of not lung, and the resurrection of nothing, and in tho life that never shall be. Amen." That Is the creed of tens of thousands of peo ple In this day. If you have a mind to atlopt such theory I will not. "I be lieve in God tho Father Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, and in Jesus Christ, and In tho holy catholic church, and in the communion of saints, and in Uie ' life everlasting. Al ien." Oh. when I sc?> Eleazar taking such n stout grip of the sword in the battle against bin and for lighteouanebs, I cooio to tho conclutdou thut we ought lo take a stout er : rip of God's eternal truth, the sword of righteousness. As 1 look at Kleazer's hand I also no* tice his spirit of self forgetfulucss. Ho did not notice that the hilt of the sword whs eating through tho palm of his hand. Hp did not know it hurt him. As ho went out into ihe. conflict ho was so anx ious for llio victory he forgot himself, and thut hilt might go never so deeply Into the palm of his hand It could not disturb him. "His hand clave unto tho sword." Oh, my brothers aud sisters, let us ,'o into Christian conflict with the spirit of self abnegation. Who cares whethor the world praises us or denoun ces us? What do wo caro for misrepre sentation, or abuse or persecution in a conllict like this? Lot us forget oursel ves. That mtm who is afraid of netting his hand hurl will never kill a Philis tine. Who cares whether you act hurt ot not it you get tho victory? Oh, how many Christians tbero aro who aro all tho tune worrying about the way the world treats them. They arc bo tired, nud they aro so abused, and they aro so tempted, when Eleazer did not think whether lie bad a hand, or an arm, or a foot. All he wanted was victory. Wc sue how men forget themselves in worldly achievement. Wo have often seen men who in order lo achieve world ly success will forget all physical fatigue aud ull annoyance and all obstacle!. Just alter tho battle, ot Yorktcwu, in tho American Revolution, a musician, wounded, wns told ho must have his limbs amputated, and they were a'>oiit to fasteu him to tho surgeon's table? for it was long before tho merciful dis covery of atucsthetlcs. lie said, "No, don't fasten aie to that table, get me a violin." A violin was brought to hint aud ho said, "Now go to work as I bo gin to play," and lor forty minutes, dur ing tho awful panes of amputation, he moved not a muscle nor dropped a noto while ho played some sweet tune. Oh, is it not strange that with tho music of tho Gospel of Jesus Christ and with tins graud march of tho church militant on tho way to become the church triumph ant, wc cannot forget ourselves and for get all pang aud all sorrow and all per secution and all perturbation? TUB ENDURANCE OK HEROIC MEN. We know what men accomplish under worldly opposition. Men do not shrink back for antagonism or for hardship. You have admired Prcscott's "Conquest of Mexico," as brilliaut aud beautiful a history as was ever written; but some of you may not know under what disadvan tages it was written?that ''Conquest of Mexico"?fc r l'res^ott was totally blmd. aud ho had two pieces of wood parallel to each other fastened, and totally blind, with his pen between those p'.eces ot wood ho wrote, tho stroke against one piece of wood telling how tar the pen must go in one way, the stroke against the other piece of wood telling how far the pen must go in the other way. Oh, how much nion will endure for worldly knowledgo and for worldly success, uud yet how little we endnro tor Jesus Christ. IIow many Christians there are that go around saying. "Oh, my hand, my hand, my hurt hand; don't you see there is blood ou the hand, and there is blood on the sword?" while Eleazar, with tho hilt imbedded iu tho flesh of his right hand, docs not know it. Must I bo can led to the skies On llowery beds of case, While others fought to win the prize Or sailed through bloody seas? What have we suffered in compari son with those who expired with suffo cation, or were burned, or were chopped to pioccs tor tho truth's sake? Wo talk of tho persecution of olden limes. There is Justus much persecution going on no v in various wuys. In 1849, in Madagas car, eighteen men woro put to death for Christ's sake. They were to be hurled over the rocks, aud before they were hurled over tho rocks, in order to make their death the more dreadful in antici pation, tltey woro put iu baskets and swung to and fro over tho precipice thut tlicy might see how many hundred feet they would havo to be dashed down, and white they were swinging iu theso bask ets over the rocks they saug: Jesus, kiver of my POUl, Let me to Thy bosom lly, While the billows '.'ear me roll, While the. tempest still is high. Then they were dashed down to death! 01), how much others have endured for Christ, und how little wo endure for Christ! We want to ride to heaven iu a Pullman sloepfuu cur, our loot on ?oft p U8h, the lied made up early so wo cau sleep all tho way. the black porter of death to wake us up only iu time lo f il ter the golden city. Wo want nil the surgeons to tlx our hand up. Let them bring ou ail the lint, and all the banda gen, and nil the salve, tor our hand is hurt, while Elca/.ar does not know his bund is hurl. "His hunt] clave unto the sword." As I look at Eleuzui's hand I como to the conclusion that be has done a great deal ot bard hitting. I am not surprised when i see that these lour men?Eleazar and his three companions?drove back the army of Philistines that Elca/.ar's sword clave to his hand, for overy time ho shuck an enemy with one end of the sword the other end of the sword wound ed him. When lie took hold ot the sword thfl sword took hold of him. Oh, we have found an enemy who caunot be conquered by rose water and soft, speeches. It must bu shurp stroka uud straight thrust. There is intemperance, and there is fraud, and thcro is gambling, and there is hist, and there aro ten thou sand battalions of iniquity, armed Phil latino iniquity. IIow an. they to bo captured aud overthrown? Solt sermons in morocco cases laid down in front of sti exqu'site audience will not do it. You havo :'ot. to call thiugs by Ihelr right names. IMPERATIVE NERI) OP AN AWAKEN ING. We have got to expel Irom our churches Christians who eat tho sacra ment on Sunday aud devour widows' houses all the week. We have got to stop our mdignatlou against the Hittitos and the .jubusites mid tho Gcrgishites, and let thoso poor wretches go, and ap ply our indignation to the modern trans gressions which need to bo dragged out aud slain. Ahabs hero. Herods here. Jezebels here. The massivere of the in fauls hero. Strike for God so hard that while you slay tho sm tho sword will udhero to your own hand. I toll you, ray friends, wo want a fow John Kuoxes and John Wesleys in tho Christian church today. The whole tendency is to refine on Christian work. We keep on refining on it until we send apolo getic word, to iniquity wo are about to capture it. And we must go with sword silver chased and presented by tho la dies, and we must ride on white pal trey under embioiderod housing, putting the spurs in only just enough to make the charger dance gracefully, and then we must send a missive, delicate us a wed dine card, to ask the old black giant of : Blnlf ho will not surrender. Women saved by the grace of God and on glorious missiou sent, detained from Sd)buHi classes because their new hat is nut done. Churches that shook our cities with great revivals sending uroun I to ask some demonstrative worshiper if |he mil not please to say "amen" and * 'hallelujah" a little softer. It seems ns if in our churches we wanted a bap turn of cologne aud balm of a thous and flowers, when we actually need a baptism of Uro from the Lord God of Pentecost. But we itre so afraid some body will criticise our sermons, or crit iciso our prayers, or criticise our re ligious work that our anxiety- for the world's redemption is lost in the fear we will get our hand hurt, while Eleazar went into the conflict, "And his hand clave unto the sword.*' But I see in tbe next place what a hard th ng it was for Eleazar to get his hand and his sword parted. The mus cles aud tho sinews had beou so long grasped around the sword he could not drop it when he proposed to drop It, and'his Ihreo comrades, 1 suppose, come np and tried to help him, and they bathed tho back part of the hand, hop ing the uinows aud muscles would relax. But no. "His hand clave unto the sword." Then they tried to pull open the. lingers and to pull back the thumb; but no sooner were they pulled back than thoy closed again, "and his hand clave unto the sword." Hut after awhile they wero successful, aud then they noticed that the curve in the palm of the hand corresponded exactly with tho curve of tho hilt. "Bis hand clavo unto tho sword." You and I hay ' leu it many a time. There are in the C alted States today many aged ministers of the Gospel. They are too feeble now to preach. In the church records tho word opposite their names is "emeritus," or the words are, "a minister without charge." They were au heroic race. They had small salaries and but few books, and they swum spring freshets to men1 their ap pointments. But they did iu their day a mighty work for God. They took oil' more of the heads of Philistine in iquity than you could count from noon I to suudown. You put that old ministeriof t the Gospel now Into a prayer meeting, or occasional pulpit, or t sick room where there is some oue to bo contorted, I and it Is the same old riug to hie voice and the same old story ot pardon and peaco and Christ and heaven. His hand has so long clutched tha sword in Chris tian conflict he cannot drop it. "His baud clave unto the sword." THE AQED MINISTER'S FAITH. I had iu my parish in Philauelphia a very aged man who In his early life had been the companion and adviser of the oarly presidents. Madison and Monroe. Ho had wielded vast influence, but I only knew him as a very aged man. Tho most remarkable thing about him was his ardor for Christ. When he could uot stand up in the meetings with out propping he would throw bis arms arouud a pillar bf the church, and though his mind was partially gone his lovo for Christ was so great that all were in deep respect aud profound admiration, and wero moved when ho spoke. I was called to see him die. I entered the room, and he said. "Mr. Tulmago, I cannot speak to you norr." He was in a very pleasant delirium, as he imagined he had an audience before him. He said. "I must tell these people to come to Christ aud prepare for heaven.". And then in this pleus aut delirium, both urms lifted, this octogenarian preached Christ and told of the glories of the world to como. There, lying ou his dy ing pillow, hU dying hand clave to his sword. Oh, if there ever was any one who had a right to retire from the conflict it was old Joshua. Soldiers come back from battle have the names of the bat tles on their flags, showing where they distinguished themselves, and it is a very appropriate inscription. Look at the flag of old General Joshua! On it Jer icho, Gideon, Huzar, City of Ai, and iustead of tho stars sprinkled ou the flax the sun und the moon which stood ?tili. There he is, one hundred and ten years old. He is lying flnton his back but be is preachiug. His dring words are u buttle charge against idolatry aud a rally ing cry tor the Lord of Hosts us he says, "itehold, this day I go the ?/ay of all the eurih, and God hath uot lulled to lullill Ins promise concerning Israel."' His dyiug hand clave unto the i>word. There is the headless body of Paul ou tho road to Ofttea. His great brain and ids greut heart* have been severed. The elm wood rods hud stung him fearfully. When the corn ship broke up he swam ashore, coming up drenched with the brine, Every day since that day when the horse reared under him io the subu rbs of Damascus, as the supernatural light fell, down to this day wben he is sixty eight tears of ugeand old aud de crepit from the prison uull ot the Mainer tine, he has been oulragsouslr treated, and he is waiting to die. How does he spend his last hours? Telling the world how badly he feels, and describing the rheumatism that he got in orison, the rheumatism sffllcting his limbs, or the neuralgia pieccing l.ls temples, or tho thirst that fevers his tongue? Oh, uo. His latt words are the battle shout tor Christendom: "I am now ready to be ollered, and the lime of my departure Is at hand; I have fought the good tight." And so his dying hood clave tin to the sword. It was in the front room on the second floor that my father lay a-dying. It was Saturday morning lour o'clock. Just three years before that day my mother had left him for the sklos, and he had been homesick to join her company. He was eighty-three years of ago. Minis ters ot tho Gospel came in to comlort him, but he comforted them. How wonderfully ths words sounded out from his dying piliow, "I have been young aud now am old, yet have I never seeu the righteous forsaken, or his seed beg ging bread." They bathed his brow, and thoy bathed his hands, aud they* bnthed his feet and they succeeded m straight*, ning out the feet; but they did not succeed in bathing opeo the baud so it would stay open. Tnr.y bathed tbe hand oien, but it came shut. They bathed it open again, but It cams shut. What was the matter with the thumb and the Augers,of that old hand? A V. it had so long clutched the sword of Christian conflict that "his hand clave unto the sword." SPIRITS OV THB MA KT VHS. I preach this sermon as a tonic. I want you to hold the truth with inera dicable grip, and I* want you to strike so hard for God that It will react and while you take the sword, the sword will take you. You noticed that the officers of the northern army a few years ago assem bled st Denver, and you noticed that the officers of the southern army assem bled at Lexington. Soldiers coming to gether are very apt to recount their ox perlencee and to show their scars. Here Is a soldier who pulls up his sleeve aud says: "There, I was wouuded in that arm," and shows the ecar. And an other solcher pulls down his collar, and says, 'There, I was wounded iu the neck." And another soldier says, "I have had no use of that limb siueo the gunshot fracture." Oh. my trieuds, when the battle of life is over aud tho resurrection has come and our bodies rise from the dead, will we havo <>n us any scars of bravery for God? Christ will be there all covered with scars. Scars on the brow, scars on tho hand, scars on the feet, scars all over the heart won lh the battle ot redemption. And all heaven will sob aloud with emotion as tlioy look on those scars. Ignatius will be there, and he will point out tho places where the tooth ana the paw of the liou seized him in the Colisseum; and John Hess will be there, and ho will show where the coal first scorched the foot on that day whou his snirit took wing of flame from Coustancc. M' Mil Ian and Campbell and Freeman, Amer ican missionaries in India, will bo there ?the rl ? who with thoir wives aud children went down in the awful massa cre at Cawnporc. and they will show where the daggers of tho Sepoys struck them. The Walden8es wjll be there, and they will show where their bones were broken on that day when the Piedmontese sol' dlery pitched them over the rocks. Aud (here will be those there who took care of tho sick and who looked alter the poor, and they will havo evidences of eartidy exhaustion. Aud Christ, with bis scarrod hand waving over the scarred multitude, will say, "You suffered with me on earth; now be glorined with me in heav en." And then the great organs of eternity will take up tho chaut and St. John will play, "These are they who came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and m ide while iu the blood of the Lamb." But what will your chugrin aud mine be if it shall bo told that day ou the streets of heaveu that ou earth we shrank back from all toil and sacrifice und hardship. No scars to show the heavenly soldiery. Not so much as one ridge on the palm of tho baud to show that just once m tho battle lor God and the truth, we just ouce grasped the sword so tirmly, and struck so laird that the sword aud tho hand stuck to gether, and the hand clave to the sword. O my Lord Jesus, rouse us to thy ser vice. Thy saints iu all this glorious war Misll conquer though they die; They seo tho triumph from afar, And seize It with the eye. Whon that illustrious day shall rise, And all thy armies shino In robes of victory through the skies, The fiery shall be thine. G?ns Wrouff. New YORK, October 15.?The New York Times and other morning papers to day published news of which the fol lowing is the substance: John Hoey, who for the last forty years has been identified with the Adams Express Company, and who for over three years has been its president, was yesterday discharged from his high ofllco by the unanimous vote of the board of direc tors on the charge of malfeasance. Clapp Spooner, vice president of the. company, a Bridgeport millionaire, who occupied the president's chair when tho vote was cast to discharge Iloey, and who voted for that discharge, handed In his resignation, and it was accepted for precisely the same reason for which Hoey was discharged. The charges against Hoey and Spooner, which brought about the above action, are that they purchased tho New York and Boston Dispatch Express Company and Kinsley Express Company for .3150,000, and turned them over to the Adams Express Company for 8850,000, aud that the difference between these two amounts was divided between Hoey and Spooner, Henry Sherburne and Henry C. Taft. The exposure was brought about by a suit brought by Shorburne against the other throe men for an accounting and his share of the profits of the deal. Hoey's share of the profits is set down as 8170,000, and Spooner's at 8172,000. Tho published statement) aro thut when tho directors met to consider tho -subject Hoey had nothing to say. Hen ry Sauford, of Bridgeport. Conn , was this atternoou appointed president of the Adams Express Company, and Fiederick Lovejoy, of this city, was ap pointed vice president._ KducMtlonttl .It lit Iii U m. Washington, Oct. 0.?The Census Bureau has Issued an extra bidietion on education as a summary ot statistics heretofore published but bringing re turns of private and parochial schools up to July 1, 1891, and giving pare chial schools by states and by common itles, not before shown iu any census. The total school enrollment for tne United States, reported July 1,1891, was close to 14,220,000; the total public school enrollment, including about 86.? 000 In universities, schools for training teachers, and so ou near 12,730,000; in private schools and in parochial schools, not far from 750,000 each. A table gives the national population and school enrollment from each decade from 1840, when the first educational census was taken, showing a gam of population from 1850 to 1870 of 00.20 per cent; from 1870 to 1890 of (12.41 per cent.; of spoial enrollment from 1850 to 1870 of 97.94 per cent.; from 1870 to 1890 of 97.21 per cent,, indicating nearly the same rela tions of population aud school enroll ment in each period, notwithstanding great local changes meantime. Returns received since this bulletin whs pre pared will add considerably to private and parochial enrollment and modify the classification iu some degree. All i(anda W?r? Drunk. St. John's, N. F., Oct. 15.?A sailor named John Brennan arrived at fre Easay today and tells the following st orj: le was one of the crew of forty-three of the steamer City of Home, which left Montreal, October 7, for Dundee with 575 cattle sod u.it of flour and mai/.e. The steamer, he says, was totally wreck ed Monday night at Marine Cove, St. Mary's Bay. The captain, crew and of ficers were all drunk and could not save themselves, lie was thrown on the rock, and after a terrible night's experi ence was rescued by a man named Lun drlgan on Tuesday morning. All the others were lost. He tells a pitiful tale of the struggles of the crew and of the cattle in their efforts to save themselves. There is considerable excitement here over the storyor the man Brennan. who claims to be the only survivor of the cattle ship City of Borne. There are nu merous persons here who refuse to be lieve Ui story. Brennan is on his way to St. Wean's. Egyptian Cotton Hnffera Too, Oario; Oct. 8.?The cotton associa tion reports that the recent cold and foggy weather which has prevailed throughout the cotton growing districts of Egypt has seriously affected the crops. The association, taking every thing into consideration, estimates the yield of cotton will bo :t,7oo.oou t ? .i a i a. (a canter is equal to forty-five/pSuds.) DIVIDING TIME IN OHIO. AN EXTRAORDINARY UNION POLITI CAL MEETING AT ADA. tiovcrn.ii Campbell, the U?u?oor?tio Cbuutplon, Win* the Opeulnff und ?'!<>? ? lux, nnd Blake* Good Uae of the Privi leg? In Dolus Up McKinley. Ada, Ohio., OcL 8.?The little town of Ada wan In gala attire to-day in honor of its great political event, and not only did every front window pre sent a likeness of either McKinley or Campbell, but from every limb of the trees were suspended above the streets Sortraits of the distinguished Ohioans. 'lags aud banners aud bunting there were without number, and so generous was the friendly rivalry*of decorations displayed by Democrats and Republi cans that the very horizon was obscured by the familiar lines of the nutiohal colors. Great decorative taste was dis played in various triumphal arches,the most prominent of these structures be ing the non-partisan, "Welcome" arch, which rose above Main street and bore the words, "Welcome to their leaders." From the Keystone were also suspend ed portraits of McKinley und Camp bell, and us tho various marching clubs marched under the arch they cheered lustily for their respective leadors. liy noun there were ovor live thous and strangers in the city, and although great enthusiasm was manifested by both parties, the rivalry was n friendly one aud entirely devoid of unpleasant incidents. Many Indianians and a few Illinoisinns came aud they numbered In their ranks the most enthusiastic par tisans on the ground. From early morn ing until the opening of tho meeting the music of bands resounded through the streets and occasionally the Must of a tin horn disturbed the martial melody. There was an object lesson, however, in these tin horns, for they were under stood to be and labelled us the product of American tin. Tho handv walking cane, displayed with much ostentation by various marching clubs, was alluded to as having an origin in tho tin mines of Dakota, and no occasion was lost to denounce in vigorous language the bete noir of Ohio Republicans, the "Demo cratic tin-plate liar." On the other hand the Democrats retaliated by displaying badges bearing allusions to the incon sistency and im potency of the McKin ley bill. The ladles wore distinctive badges, which attracted much atten tion, and tho Democratic badge receiv ed special allusion by Governor Camp I bell. It bore a portrait of Campbell, and below it wero the significant words, "American wool, li4 cents, on account of the McKinley bid." An Ameri can tin badge, displayed with equal [ prido by Republicans, contained a por trait of Mclviuley and bore the words: "Protection aud honest money." ?There were many pro/ninent Ohio politicians on the grand stand, and both parties were fairly well represented. At 11.15 a special train bearing Major McKinley, Senator Humphreym and others rolled into the depot, und cheer after cheer arose from ttie crowds as tho features of tho great exponent of protection were recognize I by tbe mul titude. The Major .bowed smilingly to the crowd, and, quickly entering a car riage, was driven to the residence of Prof. Lehr, under escort ol various marching clubs, led by an exultant brass bund. Promptly at 12:10 the flocking Valley train, bearing about one thousand cheering Democrats and Republicans, drove in sight, and at tached to the rear of it was the special car "Buckeye," containing Governor Campbell, Dr. Norton, Chairman Nor ton of the State cent lid committee, Lieutenant Governor Marquis, and a few other prominent Democrats. A repetition of the enthusiastic ovation extended to McKinley was the recep tion tendered Campbell. As the cheering multitude pressed around tho carriage in waiting to re ceive the Governor not a few insisted on shaking hands and the proceedings wero temporarily interrupted while Governor Campbell extended his hand to a few of the more demons' rative. The band struck up 1'The Campbells are Coming" anil again a sei i?-s of enthusi astic Democratic cheers rent the air. The Governor was rapidly driven to the residence of Prof. Lehr, where he met Major McKinley, and they took lunch with Prof. Lehr and a "low personal friends. For abrief hour politics and tbe great struggle which is being waged for partisan supremacy In the Buckeye State were forgotten and these two gen tlemen, each acknowledged by his op fionents to be "the prince of good fel ows," met in s- ecinl friendship iu ful lilnient of their mutual pledge at tho contest that there should be a campaign of measures and principles and not of personality. To-day's union political meeting was held in a vas* amphitheatre on the Fair grounds. Great taste was display ed in the decorations and in the centre of the grounds was a large polo, from which floated proudly the Stars and Stripes. Artillery was called Into re quisition, and us the two distinguished leaders appeared in sight a Governors salute was tired. Among the prominent people on the grand stand were Congressman Storer, Congressman Taylor, Gen. Fin ley, F.x Cohgressman Yoder, E. w. Poe, lie piibhean candidate for Auditor of the State; J. P. llriley, Democratic candi date for Attorney General;, chairman Norton, of the State central cirnmitiee; Prof. P, S. Leiper and many others. a dual PIUCSlDJCHOYi The meeting was presided over by two chairman, J. M. Fleet, of Ilarlin County Democratic central committee, on behalf of tbe Democrats,and dames C? Howe, of the Republican county central committee, on behalf of the He publicans. It was 1.45 P. M. when the meeting was called to order by the Rev Mr Campbell, a Presbyterian minister, and at that time fully seven thousand people were on the grounds. The cleric al gentleman introduced the two piesld ing oiiicers of the meeting, and an nounced that Governor Campbell would lie the lirst speaker. Chairman Fleet, the Democratic, presiding oflicor, made a brief speech df congratulation to everybody, and an nounced that Governor Campbell hud gained the privilege of opening aud closing by casting \oU. The gentle man committed u slight bull by allud ing inadvertently to Major McKinley a.* "Governor McKinley, and the He publicans cheered lustily, while, the chairman blushed in confuslou. OOVEItNOH cami'bkll, after being introduced as one of Ohio's greatest Governors, launched into de bate. I regret, said Governor Cumpbell, in opening, that I have not tlmo to properly present the Indictment of that overgrown monster, which, masquer ading in tho garn of protection, sub sists on the wage-earner and agricul turist. [Applause.] Yearly farming is growing more unprofitable, our com merce Is swept from the Beas and that industry abandoned; under protection splendid palaces of protected manufac turers are crowning the hills, while imported Huns, Italians and Bohemians are displacing American citizens. Those who are sometimes called "rotten rich" are defying tho people, seeking through a venal press to destroy the reputation, honor and estate ot any who may wage war vigorously in the cause of the people. | Applause.j We are rapidly reaching the condition which was predicted by Abraham Lin coln when he uttered these words: *'As tho result ot the war corporrtions have been euthroned, an era of high prices will follow, the money power will en deavor to prolong its reign until all tho wealth is aggregated in the hands of the few, and the Republic is lost." [Ap plause.] To convince you that Lincoln's pro diction is being realized 1 cite to you the utterances of a Republican Con gressman (Mutterworth) from Ohio, who said in Congress that he could up ou the ten lingers of his hands count the men who had added more to their wealth in the last ten years than had been added to the wealth of all the agriculturists' in any Mute in the Union. [Democratic applauso.J The American Economist says that the number of people in the United States who own their own homes has in twenty-five years fallen from live-eights to three eighths. IIow many years will ib take them to fall to one-eighth V The Pro gress says that when Egypt went down 2 per cent of her people owned 97 per cent of her wealth; people werfe starved to death; that when Persia went down 1 per cent of iier population owued all the land; that when Homo wont down 1,800 men owned all the known world. In 1850 In this eoutltr y capitalists o vvtied 87$^per cent of her wealth. Vet he who goes before the people, and without comment, without temper, points to these facts I hat aro statistical, is sneered at as a "calamity croaker." Bradstreet, an authority in this coun try, says that tho total number oi mer cantile failures in tho United States for the nine months for 1891 was 8,800, as compared with 7,528 in a like period of 1890, an increase of 17 per cent. I his is under the McKinley bill. [Applause ] Yet in 1890, when McKinley accepted the nomination for Congress, he said that if his lull passed tho Senate this country would win a boom more mar vellous than it bad ever known. | Laugh ter.] Where is that boom? [Demo cratic applause. "Free sugar!'' "Free sugar!" iroin the Republicans.] Were it not for tho present abundant, crops, the best in ton years, these failures would bo u great deal worse than they aro. Ono ol the greatest, causes of the depression and failures ol the present season is that we tiro paying too much taxes. McKinley, on May 5, 1888, at Philadelphia, said that tariff was a tax. [Democratic applause.) Now, who pays that taxV The Major says that this tax is not paid by the consumer. Now, the Supreme Court of the United States, the highest, authority in the land, has said who paid the tax. In the ease of Brown vs the State of Maryland they unanimously announced that "a duty on imports is a tax that is paid by consumers." [Democratic applause.] In 1870 William Richardson, ono? a member of the Court of Claims and ex assistant Secretary of the Treasury, in reoly to an inquiry by Senator Sherman, said that the importer adds the duty to the cost of the goods and the consumers pay it. Governor Campbell hero caused a board to be hoisti d upon the shign on which he demonstrated by methods of bookkeeping the injustice of a high tariff. A man goes to England and purchases goods to the amount of $5,000; the average duty on these goods would be 83,000, making 88,000, total sum paid by importer. Hero another boar 1 was hoisted on which this $3,000 was charged up to "profit aud loss," indicating that It tho importer did not charge the duty to the consumers he would lose $3,000 paid iu duties. Thus the foreigner did not pay that tax. Another board was hoisted. It was shown that if tho for eigner paid the tax the cost price of the goods offered to the American consum er would Im 85,000 instead of 88,000, which would be absolute freo trade. Now, wdion genuine reciprocity comes in, we would have not. little one sided reciprocity with the little countries of South America, but. substantial re ciprocity with England, France and the world. [Applause.I The duty on plate glass is Ml) per cent. Last year we Im ported $H)0,00; worth of plate glass. That was the value of the goous in England; yet upon that glass there was paid 8223,000 duties, or $(13,000 more than ttie cost of l lie glass in England. Who paid that tax V Did English man ufacturers give ns glass aud pay 803,000 besides to get us to take it? [ Applause and Laughter.] A Chicago paper says that last week a Chicago linn received $1,400 worth of pearl buttons from Australia and the duty on these buttons was just $3,000, or a : rille over 21X) per cent. Who paid that duty? [Laugh tei.) Did the foreign manufacturer pay nearly 82,000 for the privilege of Bending pearl buttons tons? [Laugh ter,and applause.) The McKinley bill provides that IK) per cent of t he duties on'Some articles shall be refunded, pro vided (heso articles are exported. Last year the Standard Oil Company im ported tin to ibis country Upon which they paid inwre than a million and a quarter tax or duly. II they did not, if 4I10 foreigner instead paid (hat duly, then the United States bus put its hand in our pockets and presented the Stand ard Oil Company with a million and a quarter of our money, for ibis amount was refunded to the standard Oil Com pany. There were manufactured In this' country last yeaf .^?.?tXI.OOU.COO worth ot go;>ds. If the land on dutiable goods Is 00 per cent it Is fair to presume, faking protected and unprotected industries togetiur, that at least oife-third of that sum is paid in lieu of duties to manu? facturers at home upon the American product. It is said all this is done for tho upbuilding of and maintenance of manufacturers, "How long, Lord, bow long, shall tins upbuilding and mainte nance go on V" I A voice: "For all time."] "Then will ir, not slop with eternity. I Applause. I Campbell continued in this manner bis analysis < f the McKinley tariff and then read from the Certificate of the Re publican secretary of the Ohio Shite hoard of equalization showing that in ten years the appraised value of farm land has depreciated $98.000,000, ami asked: "Have other classes suffered alike?" Col. Howe, Republican chairman of the meeting introduced McKinley as *'an ideal typical American, one known not only at home, but abroad." | Ap plause. I It gives me much pleasure, said Mc Kinley alter tho ovation which greeted his appearance had subsided, to greet this great audience and pleasure to sneak from the same platform anil to the same audience with Governor Camp bell, that we may present the causes that wo may respectively represent. The Issue beteewn us and between tho parties for which the moment we stantl are llxed not by ourselves, but by the platforms of our respective parties. There is one or two of them which I propose to present. Ono of them is the question of silver, and the other the question of taxation. One relates to the standard with which wo shall measure our exchanges with each other and the rest of the world, and the other relates to the methods of taxation by which we shall raise revenues for public purposes. Upou this questioo of silver the Dem ocratic platform has declared for freo and unlimited coinage of the silver of the world as freely as gold is now coin ed and upou the ratios now fixed. The Republican partv stands opposed to that, insisting that it cannot be safely done until great commercil nations shall have tlxed the ratio between gold atld silver. Coming back to I tariff question McKinley said: The Governor's plat form commits him t< > a tariff for revenue only, that Is, a tariff upon foreign pro duets, levied with no other object ia view but revenue, unmindful of every other consideration but revenue, not caring tor the industries aud occupa tions of tbe people. A revenue tariff will raise revenue for the Government; a protective tariff will do that; a rev enue tariff will do nothing else; a pro tective tariff besides raising revenue will also stimulate the Industries ot the people, encourage the skill and genius of American citizens, develop the re sources of the Government aud secure to it as it has done in the past thirtv years the first rank iu mining, agricult ure and manufacturing. Tell me why the foreign producer should be permit ted to enjoy this market equally with the American cltl/.en; why he should have the same privilege to enter this market with his competing products 113 the American citizens enjoys. McKinley then analyzed his tariff bill f rom his own staudpoint. At the conclusion of Major McKinley's speech the adherents of the great expo nent of high tariff burst into cheers and prolonged applause, bats aud parasols were waved in tho air and the baud be gan to play. It was some minutes be fore Campbell could obtain order, aud not until McKinley had signalled to his friends to subdue their enthusiasm. Ladies and gentlemen, said Governor Campbell, i concur most heartily with Major McKinley that this is the greatest and best and proudest nation ou earth. But, unlike mm, 1 would distribute that greatness aud that wealth aa God dis tributes the dewt of heaven, upon un just as well as just. (Prolonged ap plause and cheers J 1 depicted the condition of the farmer, anil the answer of the Major is not only that 1 ant a calamity croaker, but in the words of somebody else, you must not grumble. [Laughter.] You Fi ml lay gas workers who have had your meagre wages reduced, you steel workers of Cleveland who havo had your pittance further cut down, you must not grum ble, because your poverty adds to some other man's wealth. [Cheers. A voice: "Give it to him." j 1 will take care of him now if you will just let me alone. [Laughter.) This is a good-natured light, for we are both good men. How ever, as only one of us can be Uovernor. and I am there already, why, perhaps I had better stay. [Great laughter. Ctireloaa Cotton Covering. Washington, Oct. 16.?The acting .Secretary of State recently received a letter from the British minister at Washington relative to tho packing of American cotton intended for shipment In which the minister refers to the great risk to human life which has been shown to exist from the loose bailing of cotton, and remarks that tho subject is one of such great importance to both countries and, Indeed, to all nations, in addition to the evidence already sub mitted by him, he desires to invite at tention to tho letter ot Edward Atkin son stating that American cotton is treated more dangerously than any other great staple of any other kind of cotton in the world, and to Atkin son's further remarks, as follows: "Bales are badly made, badly covered, badly cut and badly broken. They are rolled in mud and exposed to the weath er, and are always in a condition in which they may become liable to the impregnation of cotton seed oil and thereby to spontaneous eumbustlon. When a bale of cotton which is slight ly moistened with oil on the end or side becomes broken or that air can en ter into the interstices among the llbres it may happen very often that the right combination of fibre, oil and oxygen will occur, causing the rapid oxidation which is known as spontaneous com bustion." Tho minister also draws attention to Atkinson's suggestion that there should be careful examination of bales before shipment, whioh examinations might abate part of tbe danger, although tho whole danger will not bo abated un til a bale of cotton is made up, com pressed, guarded and protected as it ought to be. The correspondence with the Secre tary of the Treasury shows that he has repeatedly instructed customs officers to take such measures as may bo prac ticable for the euforcement|of penalties prescribed by law for improper ship meats of cotton. It is assumed by the treasury department that these instruc tions will lead to an examination of cot ton bales shipped and the prosecu tion of tbe offenders. A Sniike Kcory. Washington Coukt Housb, O., Oct. 15.? While building a kiln to dry fruit alow days ago two boys named Wither spoon and Priest, living near Mt. Pleas ant, Vinton County, Ohio, had a very unpleasant experience. They were get ting out stone for their kiln, when two large black snakes came out of the rock iml attacked them, The buys beat a hasty retreat, and wero pursued by the snakes, which moved with great rapid ity. Witherspoou succeeded In makiug his escape by scaling a fence, but his companion, Priest, was overtaken at the fence, and before he could climb it ore of the snakes had wrapped itself around his ankle and bound it securely to the bottom rail. The. other snake sprang at his neck and bound it to the top rail, its powerful coil pressing with such tension ugatnst the boy's wind pipe aud jugular that his tongue and eyes protruded and his face turned pur ple. He remained In this horrible pre dicament while Wltherspoon ran away for assistance. Mrs. George was sum moned, and, hastening to the spot with an axe, she proceeded at once to b:y out the serpents, cutting the suakefrom Priest's neck and severing its body in twain. She next struck at the bottom snake, cutting it iu two, but also sever ing a couple of the boy's toes. The snakes measured seven feet six Inches and eight teet six inches. Tom pled Th?lr I nt?. Louisville, Ky., Oct. 16.?Near Mount Sterling, Ky., last night George and James Howard, sons of Press How ard, a well-to-do farmer, wont to the house of a man named Cupps, who does not bear a good reputation, and attempt ed to force an entranco in Cupps house with the intention, it Is supposed, of kukluxlug Cupps. They knocked in the door of tho house, when Cupps opened lire on them with a shotgun, killing them both. James Howard lived in Missouri and was at home on u vis it. Frost In North T*im. St'. Louis, Mo., Oet. 8.?A dispatch from Gainsvllle, Texas, says a heavy frost formed there aud throughout North Texas and tho Chickasaw coun try Tuesday night, doing considerable damage to the young, undeveloped, cot ton bolls, thus greatly diminisfV.hg the prospective crop. The weattnvf has been quite cold and the Indications are that another killing frost wWfoccurtonight. KILLED AT hIS POST. THE UNTIMELY END OF POLICEMAN EAVES. Shot Down WliI W> Attempting to Arrt.l a Drunken Man. nlao a Polloewen?The 8laver, a Third Policemen. I.tkewiac Drank. CHARLESTON, 8. C, Oct. 12. -Police inan James W. Quinlivan shot and kill ed Policeman ltlchard C. Eaves at the southeast corner of State and Queen streets, between 11 aud 12 o'clock last night. The shooting grew out of a drunken spree in which Policeman Quinlivan and J. J. Duggan were en gaged. it seems that both Quinlivan and Duggan had been drinking heavily dur ing the day, and when they wont on duty last evening at 7 o'clock they kept it up. Eaves's beat was East Hay be low Broad street. Duggan was the ad joing beat, that is East lhvy above Broad, and Quinlivan was stationed on State street. Shortly before 11 o'clock last night Quinlivan and Duggan left their beats aud Went down on Eaves's beat and began carousing and ? making a noise. Eaves went up to them and or dered them to leave his beat. KESISTINO AIlllEST. Duggan, who was the drunkest of the two, refused to go, so it is said, and Eaves, after repeating his orders in vain, called upon Edward Doran to assist him, and promptly placed Duggan un der arrest, and tried, with Doran's as sistance, to take him to the patrol box at the corner of Philadelphia and Queen streets. Duggan objected strenuously to being arrested, and Quinlivan also protested in Duggau's behalf, but with out avail. Eaves had taken Duggan as far as the corner of Queen and State street*, when Quinlivan, Unding that his ontreaties were unavailing, and de termined to preveut Duggau's being sent to the Statiou House, attempted to release him by force. THE KILLING. Eaves then drew his club and struck Quinlivan a heavy blow on the head, cutting the scalp aud bringing blood freely. Crazed oy the blow and drink Quinlivan jerked' his pistol out or its holster ami shot at Eaves once. The ball entered Eaves's head on i lie left side, just back of the temple, and death must have been almost instantaneous. Partially sobered by what he had done Quinli van ran to the nearest patrol box aud telephoned to the Station House for the patrol wagon. a IIORUIDLB SIGHT. In tho meantime Lieut. Heidt and Sergt. McCaffrey had heard of the shooting and hastened to the spot. They'found Eaves lying on his back ou the pavement, his face turned up to wards the sky, a smile upon his lips, and both blood and brains oozing out of a ghastly wound back of the left temple. The blood trickled slowly dowu to the pavement, forming tiny pools in the hollows of the bricks. Duggan and Quinlivan were standing near at baud. qUINLIvan's story. Quinlivan told Lieut. Heidt that Eaves bad struck him with his club and that he then shot him. He also claims that Eaves drew his pistol on Inm, and, as Eaves's pistol was found lying on tho pavement by the dead man's side, Qulnlivan's story may be true. As soou as the patrol wagon arrived Lieut. Heidt sent Quinlivan aud Dug gan up to the Station House where they were locked up. The coroner had in tho meantime been notified of the killing, and Deputy Coroner Rivers went to the scene of the tragedy, and after viewing the body had it removed Xo the City Hospital, where the inquest will bo held this morning. an investigation. Chief Golden was on the spot soon after the Bhooting and made an inves tigation into the matter. It was ex ceedingly dilllcult to find anyone who would or could throw any light upon the killing. The only witness secured last night was Edward Doran, who had been assisting Eaves to take Duggan to tho patrol box, mid who witnessed the quarrel and consequent shooting. His account of what happened is substanti ally the story as related above. Neither Duggan nor Quinlivan was in a condi tion to be interviewed last night after being locked up, so that it was impossi ble to learn their version of the shoot ing. the man who was killed. Eaves was a young man. with light eyes and hair, of a ruddy complexion, well built and bore an excellent and en viable reputation for sobriety arid strict attention to his duty. Ho came to Charleston two years ago from Sul livan County, Tenuessee, "and secured employment as a driver on "he Enter prise Railroad. He remained iu the employ of that company until June 4, 1801, when he was appointed to tho po lice force, being very strongly endorsed lor that position. He was 23 years of ago and unmarried. the manslayek. -lames W. Quinlivan, the officer who did the shooting, was appointed to the force on June 22, and was also 23 years of age. J. J. Duggan, the cause ol the shooting, is the oldest man of the trio and has been on the force for a longer time. He was appointed July 7, 188U, and is 21 years old. He is not what is known as adrinkiDg man, care fully avoiding as a rule all intoxicating liquors, but when he does begin to drink he never stops until he Is drunk. The occurrence last night was a most deplorable one, and it will be sifted to the bottom at tho inquest this morn ing.?News aud ('ourler. Kola Choked M? Wheel. MAIMI8BURG, O.. Oct. 10.?Tho ilour ing mill ot U. Engleman has been com pelled to shut down the last few days for a most unusual reason. The water wheel has been completely choked up with eels, and every few hours ic would be necessary to clean them out. Fifteen to twenty would be taken out each time, some weighing nearly five pounds. This never occurred before, and is ex plained that several years ago the llsb commission plantet! a lot of young eels la the Mnimi, above Dayton, which have now grown up, and in numbers sufU clent to stop a mill. Helen??.I the I'Mrnuttutie, OnEENtrr, III., Oct. 0.?Just as a bal loon was ascending from the fair grounds yesterday afternoon, Alex. Gordon, a youth, became entangled i.u I the ropes attached to the parachutte and was carried up, his head hanging downward. In his struggle Vie caught the rope that released the- parachutte, and he and the aeronan.'t were thrown to the ground eighty feet below. The balloonist, Wm. Kisser, or Louisville, Ky., was killed .?nd Gordon was serious ly injured._ Six Aoraa in Flninea, Lo.'fli?viLLK, Oct. 8 ?A Are at May HeWl to-day burned nearly six acres of Iground. The Newport News and Mis sissippi Valley freight and passenger depots, the Western Tobacco Com pany's warehouse and six hundred hogsheads of tobacco and a number of residences were burned. The total loss is placed at 9100,000. Insurance light.