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TALM AGE'S SERMON, j
Suicide wassubjectof eminent
divines sermon.
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Sane Man Who Suicides is Traitor
to God. Infidelity Cause of Self
Slaughter. Enter Eternity
Through God's Command.
Ipfc
This sermon of Dr. Talmage which
we send out today seems startiinglv
appropriate to this theme when so many
are leaving this life by their own hand,
an evil about which all reasonable ]>eople
are agreed; text Acts xvi. 28. "Do
thyself no harm/'
Here is a would be suicide arrested
in his ftaarllv attpmnt IT(> was a sheriff
and. accordingly to the Koman law. a
baliff himself must suffer the punishment
due an escaped prisoner, and if
the prisoner breaking jail was sent^
' enced to be endungeoned for three or
four years then the sheriff must be endungeoned
for three or four years, and
if the prisoner breaking jail was to
have suffered capital punishment then
the sheriff must suffer capital punishment.
The sheriff had received espec
ial charge to keep a sharp lookout for
Paul and Silas. The government had
not much confidence in bolts and bars
to keep safe these two clergymen, about
whom there seemed to be something
strange and supernatural. Sure enough,
by miraculous power, they are free, .and
the sheriff, waking out of a sound sleep
and supposing these ministers have run
away and knowing that they were to
die for preaching Christ and realizing
that he must therefore die. rather than
^ -.go under the executioner's ax on the
rn: morrow aud suffer public disgrace resolves
to precipitate. his own decease.
( But before the sharpT~~kee?>^littering
dagger of the sheriff could stnke4ii?_.
heart one of the unloosened prisoners
arrests the blade by the command. "Do
thyself no harm."
Id olden times and where Christianity
had not interfered with it suicide
was considered honorable and a sign of
courage. Uemostftenes poisoned nimself
when told that Alexander's embassador
had demanded the surrender of
the Athenian orators. Isocrates killed
himself rather than surrender to Philip
of Macedon. Cato, rather than submit
to Julius Caesar, took his own life, and
three times after his wounds had been
dressed tore them open and perished.
Mithridates killed himself rather than
submit to Pompey, the conqueror.
Hannibal destroyed his life by poison
from his ring, considering life unbearable.
Lycurgus a suicide, Brutus a suicide.
After the disaster of' Moscow Xa
poleon alwavs carried with him a prepm
* aration of poison, and one night his
servant heard the ex-emperor arise, put
something in a glass and drink it. and
soon after the groans aroused all the
attendants, and it was only through utmost
medical skill that he was rcsusciItated.
Times have changed, and yet
the American conscience needs to be
toned up on the subject of suicide.
Have- you seen a paper in the last
month that did not announce the passage
out of life by one's own behest?
Defaulters, alarmed at the idea of exposure,
quit life precipitately. Men
losing large fortunes go out of the world
because they cannot endure earthly existence.
Frustrated affection, domestic
infelicity, dyspeptic impatience, anger,
remorse, envy, jeaiousv, uwuiuuuu,
misanthropy, are considered sufficient
causes for absconding from this life by
pans green, by laudanum, by belladonna,
by Othello's dagger, by Jialtcr, by
leap from the abutment of a bridge, by
k firearms. More cases of felo de se in
the last two years than any two years
of the world's existence, and more in
^ the last month than in any 12 months.
The evil is more and more spreading.-Scotland,
the land prolific -of intelL
monfc? crronnor fllQT)
4V/VVU.C4X UVitV g;MUUVi VUMU
Hugh Miller, great for science and
great for God. He was an elder in St.
John's Presbyterian church. He came
of the -best highland blood and was a
descendant of Donald Roy, a man eminent
for piety an_ ;he rare gift of second
sight. His attainments, climbing
up as he did from the quarry and the
wall of the stonemason, drew forth the
astonished admiration of Buckland and
Jiurcnison, tne scientists, ana ur.
Chalmers, the theologian, and held universities
spellbound while he told them
the story of what he had seen of God
in "The Old Red Sandstone." That
man did more than any other being
that ever lived to show that the God of
the hills is the God of the Bible, and
he struck Lis tuning fork on the rocks
of Cromarty until he brought geology
and accordant in divine wor
ship. His two books, entitled "Footprints
of the Creator' and "The Testimony
of the Rocks," proclaimed the
banns of an everlasting marriage between
genuine science and revelation. (
On this latter book he toiled day and ;
.night, through love of nature and love
of God. until he could not sleep and i
his brain gave way, and he was found j
dead with a revolver by his side, the <
cruel instrument having had two bul- <
lets?one for him and the other for the ,<
gunsmitn wno at tne coroner s inquest
was examining it and fell dead. Have
you any doubt of the beatification of
Hugh Miller after his hot brain had
ceased throbbing that winter night in
his study at Portobello? Among the
mightiest of earth, among the mightiest
of heaven.
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No one doubted the piety of "William
Cowper. the author of those three great
hymns, ;;OFor a Closer Walk With
God,'' "What Various Hindrances We
Meet." ''There is a Fountain Filled 1
"With Blood"?William Oowper, who '
shares with Isaac Watts and Charles
Wesley the chicf honors of Christian !
hymnology. In hypochondria lie rc- i
solved to take his own life and rode to ;
the river Thames, but found a man i
seated on some goods at that very point <
from which he expectcd to spring and '
rode back to his home, and that night ]
threw himself upon his own knife, but i
the blade broke, and then iie hanged ;
himself to the ceiling, but the rope
broke. No wonder that when Cod
mercifully delivered him from that 1
awful dementia he sat down and wrote i
tknt nfh#?r.hvmn rnst as memorable." '
God moves in a mjesterious way
His -wonders to perferm.
He plants his footsteps in the sea
And rides upon the storm.
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/ Blind unbelief is sure to err
And scaa his w"rk in vain.
God is his own interpreter, i
And he will make it plain. ,
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While we make this merciful and
righteous allowance in regard to those
who were plunged into mental incohe- :
rence 1 declare that the man who in the
use of his reason, by his own act, snaps :
the bond between his bod}' and his soul,
goes straight into perdition. Shall 1
prove it? Kevelation xxi. 8, "Murderers
shall have their part in the lake which
burneth with fire and brimstone." Kevelation
xxii, 15, "Without are dogs and
sorcerers and whoremongers and murderers."
You do not believe the New
? ?-- > m 1.?
XeSUUUCiU. JL U'Jil pviilaj^ wu Wiiv?v
the Ten Commandments. "Thou shalt j
pi,
fer
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?ot kill. l>o you s^.y that ril! these 1
jvf?T to t?ki??,7 nl ti<<~ ]il^ i l
i>!' others? Then 1 ask you if you are !
not as responsible for your own life as !
for the life of others? God gave you a ! '
special trust in life ami made you the ;
custodian of your life, ami h<_- made
you the custodian of no other life, lie <
rave you as weapons with which to defend
it two arms to strike back assailants.
two ci'cs to watch for invasion,
and a natural love of life which ought
ever to he on the alert. Assassination
of others is a mild crime compared with
the assassination of yourself, because
n the latter ease it is treachery to an
especial trust. It is the surrender of a
castle you were esj>ecially appointed to
keep. It is a treason to a natural law.
and it is treason to God added to ordinary
murder.
All the good men and women of the
Bible left to God the decision of their
earthly terminus, and they could have
said with Job. who had a right to commit
suicide if any man ever had. what
with his destroyed property and his
body all aflame with insufferable carbuncles
and everything gune from his
home except the chief curse of it. a
pestiferous wife and four garulous people
pelting him with comfortless talk
while he sits on a heap of ashes scratching
his scabs with a piece of broken
pottery, yet crying out in triumph.
"All the days of my appointed time
will I wait till my change comes."
Notwithstanding the Bible is against
this evil and the aversion which it creates
bv the loathsome and ghastly spec
taclc of those who have hurled themselves
out of life, and notwithstanding
Christianity is against it and the arguments
and die useful lives and the illustrious
deaths of its disciples, it is a
fact alarmingly patent that suicide is
on the increase. What is the cause?
I charge upon infidelity and and agnosticism
this whole thing. If there be
no hereafter, or if that hereafter he
blissful without reference to how we
Tn-tHfrreWiQw we die. why not move back
the folding "dorrrs .between this world
and the next? And ^ h?n our existence
here become? troublesome wliC t.qXjvvl*3
right over into elysium? Put this
down among your most solemn reflections.
There has never been a ease of
suicide where the operator was not either
demented and therefore irresponsible
or an infkVl I challenge ail the
ages and I challenge the universe.
There never has been a case of self destruction
while in full appreciation of
his immortality ana of the fact that
that immortality would be glorious or
wretched according as he accepted
Jesus Christ or rejected him.
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you say it is electrical currents or it is
this or it is that or it is the other tiling.
Why not go clear back my friend, and
acknowledge that in every ease it is the
abdication of reason or the teaching of
infidelity, which practically says, "If
you don't like this life, get out of it,
and you will land either in annihilation,
where there arc no notes to pay. no
persecutions to suffer, no gout to torment,
or you will land where there will
j xi _r 1._; _ -it. :
DC every Ming giurious ;mu iiunnug cu
pay for it." Infidelity has always been
apologetic for self immolation. After
Tom Paine's ;'Age of Reason" was
published and widely read there was a
marked increase of self slaughter.
Have nothing to do with an infidelity
so cruel, so debasing. Come out of bad
compauy into the company of those who
believe the Bible. Benjamin Franklin
wrote. "Of this Jesus of Xazareth 1
Tiavr? tft sflv tlinf tlir? svstfim of momls
he left and the religion lie has given us
are the best tilings the world lias ever
seen or is likely to see." Patrick Henry.
the electric champion of liberty,
says. "The book worth all other books
put together is the Bible." Benjamin
Rush, the leading physiologist and anatomist
of his day, the great medical
scientist?what did he say? "The
only true and perfect religion is Chris
tianity." Isaac Newton, the leading
philosopher of his time?what did he
say? uThe sublimest philosophy on
earth is the philosophy of the gospel."
David Brewster, at the pronunciation
of whose name every scientist
the world over bows his head?David
Brewster saving, '"Oh, this religion
has been a great light to me, a very
great light all my days."' President
mi t __j_ _ ?.
liners, me great rrencn statesman, acknowledging
that he prayed when lie
said, "I invoke the Lord God. in whom
I am glad to believe." David Livingstone,
able to conquer the lion, able to
conquer the panther, able to conquer the
savage, yet conquered by this religion,
so when they find him dead they find ,
him on his knees. ,
Salmon P. Chase, chief justice of the i
supreme court of the United States, ap- :
pointed by President .Lincoln, will taice ;
the witness stand. "Chief Justice i
Chase, please to state what you have ]
to say about the book commonly called ;
the Bible." The witness replies: 1
"There came a time in my life when I j
doubted the divinity of the Scriptures, :
and I resolved as a lawyer and judge I
would try the book as I would try any- I
thing iu the courtroom, taking evidence <
for and against. It was a long and seri- ]
jus and profound study, and. using the <
e ?:j _?i:
?auie principles ui iuuuw; in una icu- :
zious matter as I always do in secular <
natter 1 have come to the decision that j
the Bible is a supernatural book, that i
it has come from God. and that the only ]
?afety for the human race is to follow j
its teaching." "Judge, that will do. ]
So back again to your pillow of dust on i
the banks of the Ohio." Next I put i
-1 . .t i , n
upon tiie -witness stana a president 01 <
the United States?John QuinceAdams.
"President Adams, what have I
rou to say about the Bible and Chris- I
tianity?" The president replies: "I 1
have for many years made it a practice :
to read through the "Bible once a year. 1
My custom is to read four or five chap- .
ters every morning immediately after i
rising from my bed. It employs about i
m hour of my time and seems to me the ]
most suitable manner of beginning the i
lay. In what light soever we regard i
the Bible, whether with reference to i
revelation, to history or to morality.it ]
is an invaluable and inexhaustible mine
of knowledge and virtue." "Chancellor
Kent, what do you think of the
Bible?" Answer: "No other book
ever addressed itself so authoritatively
ind so pathetically to the judgment and
moral sense of mankind. " "Edmund
Burke, what do you think of the Bible?"
Answer: "I have read the Bible, morning
noon and night and have ever since
been the happier and better man for
vnorlinflp
"UV. I1 X V/CIV4 1 ?! ,.
Young men of America, come^ut of ,
the circle of infidels?mostly made lip ,
[>f cranks and imbeciles?into the com- ;
pany of intellectual giants and turn ,
vour back on an infidelity which de- (
stroys body and soul. :
Ah. infidelity, stand up and take thy <
sentence! In the presence of God. ;
anirels and men. stand up. thou mons- I
ter! Thy lip blasted with blasphemy,
they check scarred with uncleanness. :
thy breatn loui witn tne corrupuon ox
the ages! Stand up. satyr, filthy goat, i
buzzard of the nations, leper of the 1
centuries! Stand up. thou monster. .
infidelity! Part man. part panther. 1
part reptile, part dragon, stand up and i
take thy sentrncc! Thy hands red with
the l'!"OM i:! W1,i: 1 ? illOU '.(.isb'-'l. ;
f]iV frot ryjtsi.r?!i !] < JiUl'i:'!' :
llir??uirl? \v 11i *!i thou has vaded. stand !
u]> and take thy sentence! I><uvn wit'- j
thee to the I'it ami sup-on tlic .sobs an<I | *
irroans of those thou hast destroyed am! j
let thy music i?e the everlasting mis- j
cjrere of those whom thou hast damned! j
I brand the forehead of infidelity \
with all the crimes of self immolation
for the last eonutry on the part of those
who had their reason.
My friends, if ever your life, through
its abrasions ami its molestations,
should seen; t<? be unbearable, and you (
are tempted to quit it by your own be- i
best, do not consider yourself as worse
than others. Christ himself was s
tempted to cast himself from the roof :
of the temple, but as he resisted
so resist ye. Christ came to
medicine all wounds. In your ;
trouble I prescribe life instead of
death. People who have had it worse t
than you will ever have it have gone j {
songfully on their way. Kcmeniber ;
that God keeps the chronology of your (
life with as much precision as he keeps ^
the chronology of nations, your grave ]
as well as your crcuie.
Why was it that at midnight, just at ]
midnight, the destroying angel struck j
the blow that set the Israelites free
from bondage? The 430 years were up |
at 12 o'clock that night. The 430 years "
were not up at 11. and 1 o'clock would \
have been tardy and too late. The 430 .
years were up at 12 o'clock, and the de- '
stroying angel struck the blow, and 1
Israel was free. And God knows just ]
the hour when it is time to lead you up
from earthly bondage. By his grace, i
nut tlio wnr<t. of tliinirs. but the
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best of them. If you must take the .
pills, do not chew them. Your ever- i
lasting rewards will accord with your 1
earthly perturbations. just as Cains ,
gave to Agrippa a chain of gold as heavy
as had been a chain of iron. For the
asking you may have the same grace .
that was given the Italian martyr. Al
gerius. who down in the darkest of dun- (
geons dated his letters from "'the de
let-table orchard.of the JiCsrrrSe prison." <
A-rrdTcmember that this brief life is I
surrounded by a rim ?a very thin but !
* - i i
very important rim?ana close up to
that rim is a great eternity, and you
had Letter keep out of it until (iod
breaks that rim and separates this from
that. To get rid of the sorrows of earth
do not rush into greater sorrows. To
get rid of a swarm of summer insects
leap no; into a jungle of Bengal tigers.
There is a sorrowless world, and it is
so radiant that the noonday sun is only
tiie lowest doorstep, and the aurora that
lights up our northern heavens, confounding
astronomers as to what it can
be. is tiie waving of the banners of the
nvnr-fv^nn r-omo to take the conauerors
home from curcli triumphant, and you
and I have 10.000 reasons for wanting
to co there, but avc will never get there
either by self immolation or- impenitcney.
All our sins slain by Christ
who came to do that thing, wc want to
go in at just the time divinely arranged,
and from a couch divinely spread, and
then the clangs of the sepulchral gates
behind us will be overpowered by the
clang of the oppning of the solid pearl
before us. 0 (iod, whatever others
m?" rrivn v?n 1 {'lirwtiiin v; uffv
a Christian's death, a Christian's burial,
a Christian's immortality!
BROOKLYN VS. VIZCAYA.
The Spanish Cruiser's Captain Tells
Story of Fight. ,
In speaking of the buttle off Santiago \
in which the Spanish squadron was completely
destroyed. Capt. Eulate. of the j
Vizcaya, said:
;'The entire squadron was ordered to \
devote the fire of their guns to the ;
cruiser Brooklyn, because it was be- !
lieved that she was the only ship in
the American squadron that could
overtake us. When we got out of the
harbor my ship was second in line, and
I saw immediately that the flagship
Maria Teresa was getting a tertible baptism
of fire. It was frightful. The
Texas and the Brooklyn was just rid- '
dling her, and in fifteen minutes I saw 1
she was own fire. The Iowa and Ore
gon were firing on the Oquendo, and as ]
yet I had not been badly hit. The ]
Brooklyn was a half mile closer to us '
than any other ship, and I determined ^
to try and ram her. so that the Colon 1
and Oquendo could get away, and I (
started for her. She was a good mark, -v
with her big broadside, and as I started
I thought surely I would get her; but ]
she had evidently seen us. and very *
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rpncKiy sne turned aoout. anu matting u *
short circlc came at our port side, so s
that I thought she would ramus. I r
moved in toward shore so that 1 could c
avoid her. and then I saw that the Oqu- a
2ndo had gone ashore also, her steam J
pipes evidently having been severed by '
i shell. The manoeuvre of the Brook- c
lyn was beautiful. We opened a rapid ]
Eire at her with all our big guns, but 1
ihe returned it with terrible eifcct.
'"The Oregon also hit us several !
times, but the Brooklyn's broadside 1
crashing into our superstructure simp- -
ly terrorized the men. We worked all
)ur guns at her at one time, and I don't v
see how she escaped us. She simply *
irove us. in to the shore, at one time *
lghting us at 1,100 yards. Onesliell c
Event along the entire gun deck, killing ^
iialf the men on it and wounding nearly
ill the rest. A shell from the Oregon s
!iit the superstructure, and it was then v
:hat. wounded and knowing we could ?
not get away. 1 struck the nag ana *
started for the beach.
1;I did not instruct the men to load 11
iheguns at all. and T don't know why c
they were loaded. We were on lire
badly. and when those men who were 0
llive started to swim ashore, the Cu- a
bans on shore shot at us until the 11
A.meri?an ship arrived and stopped ?
them. The Brooklyn had prevented *:ne
from getting awav. for I could have s
beaten the Oregon out. as I had a two
mile lead of her. 3Iy orders were to L
tryand sink the Brooklyn, and I tried a
to carry tlicin out. I did not tlii?ik that
lier battery could be so terrible."
"Head Money." s
More than $200,000 will be paid bv J
this Government as '"head money" to Jthe
officer;-- and sailors who destroyed *Lervcra's
feet. This is according to t
the law. which provides for the pay- c
nirttit rtf ?1(1(1 n 1iam<1 IY>r r>vr>rv v.irm nn
the ships of an enemy when these ships \
ire destroyed. A few of the officers 1
trill receive pretty good fortunes. The I
law governing tlie distribution of this 11
money is very explicit. There are exact <~
provisions for carrying it into effcct. J
ind every Man. according to his rank. '
will be paid in due season. According ^
i a 1 * ? < 1?a orwl man s\? sjomn. i
l\j nit ia\> cut; uivii vi k.*u.iAA|*ion's
fleet will be entitled to $100 for
jvery officer and man on board the six
Spanish ships that were destroyed oft'
Santiago. Kecords in the Bureau of <.
Intelligence at the Navy Department v
show the complement of (ifticcrs and I
men on the ships, as follows: Yizcaya, c
5"0; Maria Teresa. 500; Almirantc I:
Oquendo, 500; Cristobal Colon. 450; t
Furor. (57; Pluton, 70; total. 2.0S7. On t
this reckoning the Government will pay s
to the officers ami men of Sampson's f
fieet. $208,700. f
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CROP (ONDITIONS.
WEEKLY WEATHER AND CROP
BULLETIN ISSUED.
Nhat the Observers all Over the
State Report to Headquarters.
The Information Consolidated.
rm .1 it in.
j lie ionowing is tiic wecKiy uuiicun
)f tlic condition of the weather and
rops of the State issued Monday by
Director Bauer of the South Carolina
section of the United States weather
tnd crop bureau service:
TEMPERATURE.
The week was cooler than usual, with
i deficiency in temperature averaging
tbout 3 degrcos per day. The first of
;he week was warm with maximum
.emperatures generally above 90 degrees
md reaching 100 at Batesburg on July
y. the last of the week was much cooler,
.vith maximum temperatures ranging
between 80 and i>0 degrees, except on
July 11, when they were generally beow
80 degrees, which is unusually low
for the first decade of July.
The minimum temperatures were not
unusually low, ranging between 65 and
r8 degrees, with an extreme minimum
for the week of (50 degrees on July 7
md 8. at J,oopers, Pickens county.
flic average temperature for the week
ivas 7!>. and the normal for the same
period is about 82 degrees.
The rainfall during the past week was
tVell distributed over the entire State
md came in the form of showers on
successive days after July 4, enabling
the ground to absorb the greater portion.
and the soil is now thoroughly saturated.
Over tlic central, western and northwestern
counties .the rainfall was in
places excessive. The following heaving
measurements in inches and hunT
V li l 1.1. f\.A r- ?) ).
ureuuis wererecorueu: uoiumua
Spo.icer 4..">0; JJarksdale 8.51; Govan;
3.00; Society Hill 0.52; Oakland 5.10;
Shiloli 4.15; Pleasant3. 10; Liberty3.75;
Greenville 0.18; Sanday Flat 5.75; Kivcrview
5.50: AValhalla 3.45; Trenton
3.45: Ella 0.20; Estill 0.50; Camden
5.03: Che raw 4.33; Charleston 5.00; St.
Matthews 3.19; Allendale 3.00; Batesburg
3.10; Blackville 4.01. Ten additional
measurements of from 2 to 3
inches and nine of less than 2 inches
were received with a minimum measure
ment of O.SS at Walters. l"'or the State
the average rainfall for the week was
3.40 inches; and tlio normal for the
same period is approximately 1.29
inches.
An apparently general cold rain set
in early today (July 12) with temperatures
generally below (50 degrees and a
fresh to brisk northeast wind.
SUNSHINE AND IIAIL.
Cloudiness prevailed during the
j-..? v
UlCULUI J'Ui LIUII UI UlU CI1U C3Umated
percentage of bright sunshine
fortlie State was 40 per cent, of the
possible, and over the central and
western counties was generally much
lower.
There was a light hail storm in York
county on July 9. but crops were not
injured.
i_u.MJi.iiu.> ur unurs.
Abundant moisture and generally
favorable temperature caused marked
disprovement in the conditions of all
growing crops. In placcs there was
too mucli rain, particularly on sandy
soils, and heavy rains damaged crops
mid washed terraced lands in the hilly
portions of the State. A few correspondents
report damage to crops on
bottom lands which were overflowed,
ivhile over the greater portion of the
State the ground has been too wet to
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juitivate since luesaay, ana neias are
becoming grassy. However, the injury
to crops caused by the recent rains, is
not as yet serious, and- a few days of
irying weather will afford opportunity
jnougli to clean fields of corn arid
:otton, and complete laying by, which
:ias been delayed, while the good effects
of the rain are inestimable, and
vill last to maturity.
Old corn was too far advanced torn
vrle nmtnrifv in nlnr-fs t.r> show in licit
mprovementj but late corn is now in
ine growing condition. Laying by is
veil advanced, but was delayed by the
ains. Correspondents report the corn
;rop more promising now than any time
ifhce planting.
Cotton made rapid growth during the
veek and is putting on ''weed" very
ast. Fields are becoming grassy in
)laces and some complaints of rust and
shedding were received, while lice have
lot entirely disappeared but the genr?rAn
ic nnf
iffccted to any marked extent by these
idverse conditions. Cotton is fruiting
icavily and continues to bloom and put
in bolls freely. Sea island cotton is
naking rapid growth and looks promsing.
The tobacco crop is developing rapidy
into a line one. (Jutting and curng
is now general, and some of this
ear's crop has been marketed.
liicc is doing well. The showers
vero very ueuciiciai un rice. iinu ;uhough
the crop is poor in portions of
Jamberg county, it is up to an average
ondition elsewhere in the rice-raising
listricts.
Large quantities of sweet potato
lips were transplanted during the
reek under favorable moisture condiions.
The prevailing cloudiness also
avored this work.
Melons are becoming plentiful, but
uost correspondents report them smallr
than usual.
Apples arc dropping kuiiv. readies
f good quality arc plentiful. Pears
re scarce. Grapes are doing well in
uost places, but excessive rotting is
eportcd from Darlington, Oconee and
irrcenville counties. There will be few
cuppcnong grapes in Barnwell county.
Haying made little progress during
he week. Pastures are growing fast
~/l ?ff..wl '/inrf
IJU UiLUiVl V AWUVUt giuiiiujj.
He Was a Smooth Article.
A dispatch from Gibraltar tells a long
ton- of a pseudo-wealthy Mexican who
ras lionized for six weeks at Madrid and
?adiz. where he dined- with Admiral
"amarn. who inspected the fleet and
he defenses and in every way won the
onfidence of tiie officials, only to disppair
the moment a warrent was issued
or liis arrest. He turned up afterward
n Tangier and confessed to the corrcs>ondent
of' the Dally News that his
lame was Fcrnsandcz and that he was a
aptain in the Second Texas Rangers,
lis Spanish decent, he said, enabled
lim to decive all the Spaniards while
ethig as the confidential agent of the
"nited States Government.
Loved the Ocean.
vJorfrnrif Trim rlinr] of
Jouldsboro. Me.. at the age of 93 years,
ras a .sea captain in his earlier years.
Ic lived near the sea. and it was his
ustom to have himself taken to the
teach when the weather was fair, and
here lie would sit until his friends reurncd
him to his cottage. Once his
ight was regained and he saw the ocean
or a moment, and the light went out
orcver.
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WHAT WIS SjSUyKJBJU '
! I
By the Fall of the City of Santiago
de Cuba.
The territory surrendered to us by
Gen. Toral makes about ">.000 square
miles. The Spanish soldiers to be sent
to Spain is estimated at 10.000 men.
Major Hopkins, the military aide to
Secretary Alirer. this afternoon had
spread before him a huge map of Cuba
sliowinsr the surrendered zone turned
over to the American troops. The line
begins at Aeerradcros, about 15 miles
west of Santiago harbor and then runs
due north about 25 miles to Palmo Sormna.
Had the line continued due
north it would have passed west of Holguin.
thus taken the Spanish garrison
at that point. Evidently Gen. Toral
wished to avoid the inclusion of IIolguin,
so the line turns abruptly to the
northeast at Palmo and runs to the
coast town of Boca del Sagua on the
south coast. The extreme length of
this surrendered tract is about 110
miles and the extreme width about 50
miles, tapering to a less width and
making in all about 5.0U0 square miles.
It is a rugged, mountainous country,
with very few towns of any size.
SANTIAGO THE CHIEF POINT.
Santiago with its fine harbor, is the
main point, while Guantananio is second
in importance. II. J. Allen of Kansas
City, who had just come from Santiago,
was with Secretary Alger during
the afternoon and gave him some interesting
details as to the character of
the country now surrendered to our
troops, lie said the country was so
wild and rocky that it afforded practi"
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cany no camping grounu jor ;i euiisiuerable
body of troops and in his opinion
there was not a point in this sweep of
country suitable as a base of operations
for an army.
Except the Spanish force at Santiago
numbering about 10,000, Mr. Allen
says there are no Spanish troops within
the surrendered zone, as it lias been
overrun by (Jarcia's forces. The Spanish
garrisons are at Manzanilloand Ifolguin,
to .the west of the surrendered
zone. Mr. Allen says these Spanish
garrisons do not exceed (5.000 men. I
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i ins. lie s:i3"s, is urun. u;u~eiu. stjsLimun;.
Mr. Allen left Santiago only last Saturday.
At that time lie says there
were two suspicious cases, thought to
be yellow fever, in the hospital at Siboney.
VALUABLE GARRISON POINTS.
The navy department had not heard
up to the close of office hours to what
extent the American fleet was participating
in the Spanish surrender. With
Santiago in our hands the way will be
clear for Admiral Sampson's fleet to
enter the harbor and proceed up to the
wharves; as soon as the torpedoes and
mines at the harbor entrance are removed.
The fortifications of Morro
castle. Socapa, Cayo Smith and others
are included in the surrendered zone.
The possession of these fine fortresses,
particularly Morro castle, will afford
valuable garrison points for a large
number of men. The terms under
which these strongholds are surrendered
are not yet known in detail, but it is regarded
as likely that their big guns pass
with the surrender. "While the fleet
i o . j-- x- o
I wui soon oe iree to move up iu cauuago
city, some doubt is entertained in
naval circles whether any good could be
accomplished by such a move, as it
might subject some of our sailors fro the
contagion existing within the city.
SPLENDID FIGHTING MEN.
A Foreigner's Glowing Tribute to tlie
United States Army.
Major de Grandprey. military attache
of the French embassy, has just returned
from the American headquarters near
Santiago, where he has been observing
for his government the progress of military
operations. lie paid a glowing
tribute to the fighting ability of our
soldiers.
?:'I have the most complete admira"
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won lor your men, saiu jjaujui uu
Grandprey to an Associated Press reporter
today. "They are a superb
body, individually and as an army,
and I suppose not through the world
is there such a splendid lot of fighting
men. It is the fighting characteristic
of men which is most apparent.
They arc aggressive, eager for
action, never needing the voice of an
rtific'pr to thikIi thorn forward. Another
marked charcteristic is the self-reliance
of each man?what wc call the character
of initiative. It is almost unknown
in European armies, where every movement,
and the move to meet each action
of the enemy, awaits the initiative of
an officer. .But with your men, they
fight to the front, meeting each emergency
as it arises, overcoming obstacles
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oy tneirown initiative. oucu swiicnant
fighting men make an exceptionally
impetuous army, for every unit contributes
in their resistible onward movement.
The Spanish troops do not have
this same characteristic. They are
more passive, more cautious. lieside
the impetuosity of such fighting material,
it has the effect of inspiring. a
moral among the troops, making them
feel that success is assured, and at the
same time carrying disorder and depression
to the ranks of the enemy."
Major de Grandprey says the fighting
about Santiago is something entirely
different from the warfare of
European and other armies of modern
times. The dense vegetation and
tangle of tropical vine makes it imtn
nlianrvo tlm usual military
formations. As a result, there is little
or no effort to fight in solid formation.
Every man is lighting for himself.
pushing forward through the
shrubbery, vines and tall grass. It is
impossible to see the enemy.
AT I-_ J. n ,1 cnnol-c
iuajur UK \jria,HU|?I tji aiou oj/vauu
highly of the efficiency with which the
American troops and supplies were
started on their expedition and debarked
in Cuba. This lias come in for
considerable criticism in this country,
but Major de Grandprey says that,
considering the brief time allowed for
equipping the expedition, remarkable
results are secured. European military
expeditions, such as those of England
or France, to Africa.or other points,
he says are planned six months ahead,
which allows ample time for working
out the most minute details.
Dr. Whitsett Resigns.
Dr. William II. Whitsett has resigned
the presidency of the Southern Baptist
Theological seminary in the hope of
putting an end to the controversy between
his friends and his opponents
growing out of certain publications in
which he expressed views on points of
church history in which many members
of his church did not agree with him.
The resignation was conveyed in the
following telegram:
'"Hon. Joshua Levering, president
board of trustees Southern Baptist
Theological Seminary. Baltimore:
;I hereby resign my office as presi
dent of the Southern Baptist Theological
Seminary and professor of church
history to take effect at the close of the
session of 1S98-9.
(Signed) William II Whitsett.
\
- -ill] II 1-?
THE UNIFORM COTTON BALE, j
1
A Circular Letter From a Leading An- j
gusta Cotton Man.
The following circular letter of much
interest to cotton growers, and those
who handle it. has just been issued by
J. II. Sloan of Augusta. Ga.
Dear Sir: We take the liberty of calling
your attention to the importance of
exerting all your efforts in favor of the
adoption of the standard size cotton
wllir-li is :i half* iii:ii1o in n liros*;
box measuring on the inside -4 inches
wide by 54 inches long and deep enough
to make a bale weighing about 500
pounds.
The complaints made by the transportation
companies and the foreign
mills about the difficulties of stowing
different size bales, and the damaged
condition in which the American cotton
is received, are so numerous that
we are sure a great discrimination will
be made against our cotton next season,
unless there is a change made and an
universal size bale adopted and enforced.
After a number of experiments with
bales of all the different sizes it was
found that the best results could be had
from those made in press-boxes i4 inches
wide by 54 inches long, and this
size lias been adopted as the standard
by all the western and gulf States; also
bv the convention in Atlanta. Ga.. last
May.
This size (24x54) was found to press
to a greater density, and, when pressed
at the compress, the bagging usually
placed on a bale of cotton would then
cover the bale completely and prevent
any damage.
It is well understood that the more
cotton that can be stowed m a steamer
the less the freight, and consequently,
the more tlie cotton grower will receive
for his crop, it naturally seems that a
few inches in the size of bales would
make no difference, but a few inches
running irregularly through an*ocean
steamer amounts to a great loss of space
and in stowing bales of irregular sizes,
they arc so screwed in odd shaped spaces
as to often Ureak. and nearly always
are torn and fwisted out of shape by
the time they reach the foreign ports.
J he lost spaces also iorni air passages,
and in ease of a fire the damage is much
greater, consequently the insurance is
higher than it should be. The same
complaints are made by the railroads,
and by the mills when they .put their
cotton in werehouses.
"We think we have fully explained
the reasons for this change, and that it
is to your interest to do all that is in
your power to have every one make this
change by next season. As a general
rule, the press-boxes will have to be
made smaller, either one way or both.
This can be done with very little expense
by lining the inside with boards,
one lining on another where the size is
to to be reduced several inch; s. Then
the follow block can be sawn off to fit
the box. The cost of making' this
change in most cases will not exceed
?5.00. This amount is too small to
spare, and thereby .continue to suffer
loss caused by discriminations in the
past, as well as additional ones that
will surely follow.
The European mills use about threefourths
of our cotton crop, and of course
il 1 J- ixl. a"L .
tney nave a great aeai 10 qo wiiu uie
price of cotton, therefore it is to our
interest to see that it is shipped in the
condition they want it, and % reducing
the damage and the cost of transportation,
the grower -will get that much more
for his cotton.
AVe hove received letters from a mainri+T
nf <rirmr>rc in mir +/>rritrvrv
and they promise to alter their pressboxes
to the standard size. We respectfully
solicit the co-operation of all
growers and those interested in the cotton
crop, to urge the ginners the imporance
of making all bales of the standard
size, as the success of this movement
and the benefits to be derived from it
depend upon them. We are confident
that a large majority of the ginners will
thoI-A <2 /vVinnorj* Vmf it.
UiUIVV tlllO V1IU11qV> MUV AV WVVVMWMi J
that the change be as near universal as
possible.
We are anxious to hear from those
that are interested in this movement,
and especially those that have made
this change.
BLANCO DESPERATE.
Frenzied by Cervera's Defeat He Tries
to Kill Eimself.
According to advices from Havana.
Governor-General Blanco attempted to
commit suicide when he learned -beyond
doubt that Admiral Cervera's squadron
had been annihilated. Long before the
Spanish Admiral's dash ont of Santiago
harbor all Havana had been boasting
of his ability to outwit the Americans.
and when misleading dispatches
gave the impression that he-.had eluded
the American fleet the demonstrations
of joy in the Cuban capital partook of
the nature of a festival. When the
true report of the defeat came it was
discredited until definite confirmation
from Madrid no longer left room for
hope. Gloom settled upon the city, all
gayeties were stopped and very public
and many private buildings were draped
with crane. Bianco was in his palacc
when intelligence reached him, and he
became almost frenzied. He was closeted
with his staff and General Arolas.
of the Spanish forces, discussing the
news, when he made the attempt on his
life. After a struggle he was subdued
and disarmed; but the shock was so
severe that lie was prostrated and compelled
to keep hi* bed for several days.
When he arose his first order was to
prohibit any food supplies leaving Havana
for interior towns, where the distress
is most poignant and where many
are dying oT starvation daily. This and
* 1 11-?- P x! 1 l%4.
otner vaiuaoie miormauun ?<t5 uryugm
by Jose Pauline Blanco, who indignantly
repudiated a suggestion of kinship
with the Governor-General. He says
lie is a loyal Cuban, and escaped to
avoid the necessity of fighting against
his own cause, as every male in the
island who is able to bear arms is being
pressed into the Spanish service. He
obtained a fisherman's permit to go
outside 3Iorro. and at (j o'clock Monday
morning put off in a small boat.
A Death Dealing Shower.
Some idea of the awful rain of shells
poured into the doomed Spanish squadron
on the morning of July 3. by the
pursuing American battleships may be
gained from the number of shots fired
from the battleship Oregon. From the
time when Private O'Shay of the battleship
Oregon iircd the first shot from
her forward G-pounder, until the Cristobal
Colon turned toward the shore, the
Oregon fired 1.77G shells. Of these
1,670 were from her pounders. The
big 13-inch guns were fired 34 times.
~ 1 4.1. .
the S-inefi guns zs times ana me oincli
24 times. The 1-pounders were
fired 20 times. The destruction caused
by some of the shots was fearful. One
8-inch shell which penetrated the turret
of the Almirante Oquendo exploded
and killed every person inside blowing
tr>
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A SPANISH GENTLEMAN, j
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That is What Admiral Cervcra Has
Proven Himself to Be.
j
On the return of the ( nitcd States !
cruiser Brooklyn to the l>lock:ulo <>!? J
Santiago de Cuba. on the evening of
July ' >. the Iowa reported to Commodore
Schley that Admiral Cervera. the commander
of the Spanish ileet was on
l)oard. The commodore at once went !
over to pay his respects.- The Spanish
admiral was much-east down by his defeat.
but preserved a dignified and courteous
demeanor. u<*twithstanding. lie
said lie deeply appreciated the fact that
the men of the Brooklyn did not exult
by cheering when it was learned that he
was a prisonei on the Iowa. He replied
in response to Commodore Schley's
remark that it was the fortune of war;
"Yes. but I've lostmv career now that
I've been defeated." Commodore Schley
however, told him that such a brave
deed as bringing out his squadron could
never be looked upon otherwise than as
a most gallant feat, upon which Admiral
Cervera threw his arms around
the commodore and said: "Ah. sailors
always are gentlemen.'' He then said
lie thought his dead would number
probably 750. though he could not tell
definitely.
He spoke of the accuracy and dead
lines of the Brooklyn's lire, saying that
in the early part of the action one of
her shells had traversed the entire length
of the gun deck, killing and wounding
probably SO men. On the Yizcayaalone
there were 110 men killed. Admiral
Cervcra said he feared the losses might
be greater than he anticipated, for
many men were below the protected
decks, and when the ships were on fire
it must have been difficult for them to
escape, lie added that all his captains
had beed killed or wounded; but later.
it was found that the captain of the
Cristobal Colon was saved. Admiral
Cerverasaiu lie had no doubt that at
least three of the ships would have
gotten.away had it not been for the
Brooklyn, the Oregon and the Texas.
Preserving Okra for Winter.
The surplus of each day's gathering
should be stored for winter use. Nothing
contributes more to a soup in winter
thaK okra. and there is no reason
why every family in the South possessed
of a garden may not have not only a
supply for seasoning soup, but enough
to cook in the usual way. For -use in
soups in winter, cut the green pods in
1 to ] inch lengths and dry in the sun.
After it has been thoroughly dried in
this way. expose it in a stove-pan to
sufficient heat to destroy the eggs of insects
that may have been deposited
upon it while exposed. While still
hot. pack in ordinary fruit jairs and
store foi; winter. Another very sim
pie method of preserving it is to place m
brine with the green cucumbers intended
for pickle. If put in the same barrel
with the cucumbers, no water need
be added as the cucumbers will make
enough brine without the addition of
water. If. however, the okra is stored
in a vessel to itself, it will be necessary
to make a strong brine to cover it. To
use the dried okra. soak a day to restore
the water evaporated while drying.
That from the brine must be
/*! ? * a it F
SUUKUU iUIJg UL1VUJJJU. IHJ UUUVU lb X IV,
served in this way. okra may be prepared
for the table either by boiling and
eating with butter, or by boiling and
then rolling in meal and frying like
small fish, or after being boiled thoroughly
it may be cut and mashed and
fried in cakes in a batter made of eggs
and bread crumbs. This is strictly a
Southern vegetable, than which none is
more wholesome and few are better
when this is properly prepared as
"OkraGuinbo," "Okra Daub." or even
boiled and seasoned property.
The Pension Law.
It is an erroneous idea that a special
law will have to be passed to pension
the new veterans of the Spanish-American
war. The pension office is already j
at work upon cases growing out of this j
struggle. He who leaves both his hands
in the war hospital?these members
having been destroyed in the line of
duty?willenjoy an allowance of ?100
a month, in addition to other perquisites
allowed by the government. The same
will be given for the loss of both eyes.
The loss of both feet will be worth $72
a month. One hand and one foot together
will be worth ?G5. the same as given for
amputation at or above one elbow or knee
one hand orone foot will be worth ?30,
the same as given for total deafness.
Should a stray Spanish bullet happen
by chance to gouge out one eye ?17 a
month will be paid, but if the eye remains
and merely the sight is lost, tire
monthly allowance will be ?5 iess.
Tiit.nl deafness in one ear will be worth
$10 a month, as will also the trimming
off of all the toes on one foot. A thumb
will be worth $8 a month, an index
finger$4, any other linger $2. a big toe
SO and any other toe $2. Pensions allowed
for each death will depeud upon
the rank of the victim, the number of
porsons dependent upon him and their
;<r^< Tho widow of:in enlisted man
will get $12 a month and each of her
minor children $2. Widows and orphans
of naval and army officers of high rank
will doubtless get handsome pensions
from Congress, if possessing sufficient
influence and the necessary recommendations.
Women nurses will probably
be pensioned whether disabled or
not.
The death of a .soldier in battle,
lighting bravely for his country always
brings to his friends al home the
consoling thought that the de td soldier
has done his duty, and he die 1 u glorious
death. But in the ease of the one
American victim of Sunday's nava! engagement.
George H. Ellis, chief yeoman
of the Brooklyn, tiior.* is a special
consolation for the friends of the dead
sailor, in that his single sacrifice in so
glorious a victory will immortalize his
name, handing it down to future generations
as that of tiie only American
slain in one of the greatest naval engagements
of the !:i.;<:ieenthcentury.
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