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AT THE TABERNACLE.
DR. TALMAGE CONTINUES HIS SER
MONSON YHE LESSONS OF NATURE.
There Is a Staughlile of the sotul Whci
Can Ile Found Only In t,le 1coligion o
Christ. There Are Wit. 11ilumorall4l En
curing I'ivacity A moni 11'0 ploiie
RooiN LY N', Jan. 29.--lev Dr. Tal
ma,ge this forenoon preached to a greal
audience in tho Tabernacle ou "The
Sullshilleof' llteh'lion," tle text chose'll
being Proverbp iii, 17, 'ller ways art
wa3s of pleasantiess.11
You hive all heard of (iod's onlly be
gottell Sonl. flave voll heard of, (odl
daugh1-Iltere She was Ihora mIl heaven
She caie down over the hills of ou
world. She had (ticelyl step. OI he
brow was celestial radience. 11er voic(
was music. ler name is '3eligionz. M3
text introduces hler. "Her ways ar(
ways of picasantness, and ail her pati
are peace.''
But what is religion? The thet is tha
theological study has a dittereut elfe'
upon ue trom the effect soliel n1ues pro
duced. lvery year I tear out anotie
leal from my theology itil I have 4,nl
' 0three or four leaves lelt--inL othe, words
a yery brief and phIu steeL11n111nlt i)
Christian helie'.
Anl aged (h1:istinll minister said:
"when I was i youwn, man I knew ev
erything;when I "ot to be thlirtiiLveye Ii'art
ot age Ii my miuis,try I huad mily a, hunl,.
dred doctrines ol reh-ion; whenl I got to
be forty years of age I hlad only lil:t
doctrines of 'religlo; whenl I got to h<
sixty years of age I had only ten do,
trines of ligion, and now I am dyiii
at seveity-live years ( Ige, 1111d ther<
is Only o c thlilw I know, a111i that i4
that Christ .Jesus catne into the wor.(l
to save sinners." A nd so I have notice,
in the study of G(i's word, al'S inl r
contemplation of the charIkactr of (o
and of the eternal world, t lat is neces
sary for mle to drop this pIrt of Iy lie
lie i and that I art (X Imy h a s ie bel i huini
non1essentLial, While I chbn, to thle (11
,-:teat doct,rinle that. inl i4 :aM ne
Christ is his Al mi-,hiy and 1)ivine Sav
iour.
Now I take the"(! thrj!nte 11r l 1ur ,leave,
of 111y theoloNg.: i I lid Imt, in tiln
flit place, and14 do11imi nta o eal t
ers, is tle snlishile (l reli.ioll. \ T
I u"o into a 104inl I have ,a passin o
throwillg opeall .i the shlutters. That
what I Want11 to4 d1( thi.- nlmilnin . N\ ,v art
apt to thirwm So 111titeh () the Septillchlr
into our relgion, alit to ',l(e 1 hie shut
ters, alld to pull Il l tile h uids, that i
IS illy throulgh lie nd 111 there a erevie:
that the light stie.,ils. Ille reh'ion 0
tile .ord .Jlsus ( ll'rist i a li ion I
joy inidiscribable andl un11t Li-rable. \ e
everI I cnn find a bell I mean.'>1rin) It
if there are any1v ill tlisi hollse thi!
iio'rnilg Wh1o are lispbose'l4d to IIhll (in
theirl Melancholy Itild 'dooill, J(tLte
now depart0lis sorvice befoe tile Iai
est and the brighltest atiml the Ilost, I.11
ailt being Of all tle 111tverse col blt.
4(.i' mon has1 leftmlur worl, bull(;
du11,0hter is here. ( ive her iolol! laiI
Princess of llealeil. Hlaid! da il(rt 1
tte L.ord ("od Alinli-,1h1Y. ( 4)[n1( inl a,ll
imake thin hotiuse thy throne in .
theory of reli'.,iou h'- ollv, o sliushine1.
hardly kuaw where to be..:in, t,r ihe
are Ilinany thouwihts Ihat rush 1 u)li
/y soul. A motier sw her I' little chil
-seaLcIl on1 theC tlioor inl the sunisine an
w.ith1 a1 0poon fil her han. She s;ih
thabil toereay it presntml liu wLith
I lgl in lis e ofI hi s ' Ilri ousle> erli
hind ia 111grea i., : A I 'It l sun he i Chr~ist
Suan society.(115 heIt'tihy '1i
lufI tan theL conianinip lii the meri
lie hIl il 11Ile (bit l''ill1tIc i t I t i
'lIhey tukei sthler itnlih,i bulet i ou wi'
' hy, youill w ilLie li ha dmyr. Win i beio
nedu1' till' was aX1 te rI Ie di.ile talle
V.l' g tri o ie lhip iee ll
manHia lughs.lt'Il Till bvtu' hin s 1 T11ti1
iiaurn amongt'ty; th A diotwsic I hillhi
Thed 1 drunird thf inXt ;1( hi driate
againest 't walli ill h ls. t NliI
The4 lreti isa tribfle reion tain al
siyu annwrliytnenty n rilal errlitent
Which ment are crol 'the e:ai sey 'ii'l11
snap aetfo you to chane, or te, p;11 I
you,CI y(I00 geogni'(ltmSt 111u, Ialte wii"
qi 1t21al" wob l oiel aer th reason' tlI
wtIso dilr, 3'oi (tfill.' sp> stilIi' AI
givue orial voacito at till I nuIst ha1r1
IS 01lwaysh wal nthe,211 sia ht!eh( <
f'or treet,n aIl lon ttrasn11 il hav
kottoke the(orle r oepar e uetter.
hIktI the stile of' utenisement111 ht,tfr
aran iwthey11 i(uit lie-ae die1111
nohin, kntwiptrsons wIhltioni hae ontin
und ather afte cwe the oii Q'dot
saidf,hg bac tli to havte benlIl dem) re
mie. t-'.er wether, aodt tiI2 xistn
waose godelatr afth hrys at 1ana1'tomtl
and at. phostesshbu they( adi) L t hupi
natullvwi y11( 21 the s (ioelnthi
ev o and th kelpasWem1 alve.ilth
ront stenpor twe Chrisot'ian dool
ily ato o(hisfato ftian ecversa io
and young willni from o1' e l h
more reyoudn going t seit brih
troes' ofewt ume tln orWie tiouh
mrelmay polacey ofty fNowit whor
asaymn"worldly part meiue forato tt
throw your arey invied beca1suse untti
closte ofrfivetyears ofd hellse ht h.
bethe restult yof' thi beiviced, an
wih you thgo cue uande wlo thecr
toending te whoie vnd wiwnte ditt
sinful amusement. He will come dis- i
sipated, shabby in appart), indisposed
to look any one in the eyes. moral char- i
acter 85 per cent. off. You will come t
with principle settled, countenance i
Irank, habits good, soul saved and all
the inhabitants of heaven from the
lowest ang.&1 up to the archangel, and I
clear past him to the Lord God Al- s
mighty, your coadjutors.
This is not the advice of a misan- 8
thrope. There is no ian in the house 1
to whom the world is brighter than it .
is to ime. It is not the advice of a dy'- C
peptic-imty digestion is perfect; it is
not the advice of a man who cannot
iindersi-:and a joke or who prefers a
iuneral; it is not the advice of a worn
out man, but the aivice of a num who
can see this world in all its orightnesi,
and, considering myself cmipetent ini
judging what is good cheer, I tell the
inultitudes of young men in this house C
this morning that there is nothing in
worldly association so grand and so
beautihul and so exhilarant, as in Chris
tianl society.
I know there is a great deal of talk
about the s dItenials of the Christian.
I havv to tell you that where the Chris.
tian has one seli denial the man of the
world ihs a thousand self denials. The
Christian is not commanded to surren
der:ything that is worth keeping.
Hmt what, foes a man deny himself who
deis him elf tl religion of Christ.
lie denies insell pardon for sin; he
denies himself peace of conscience; he I
denies himself the joy of the Holy
Ghost; hie denies himself a comforta
ble death pillow; he denies himself the
glories of heaven. Do not talk to ine 1
about the self denials of the Christian 1
life! Where there is one in the Chris- I
tian life there are a thousand in the
life of the world. "Iter ways are ways 1
of pleasantness."
Again, I lind a great deal of religi
ous sunshine in Christian and divine
explanation. To a greAtt Ilmanly people
life iS a ilexIplicable tangle. ThilgS
urim otit differently from what was
sipposetti. There is a useless woman
in perlect health. There is an indiis
trious and consecrated woinan a coi
I plete invalid. Explain that. There is
-a had inan with $30,(x)0 of incoime.
There is a good man with :80Y of in.
colm. Why is that ? Ther-3 is a foe of
societ I y who lives on, doing all the dam
agv lie Can, toseventy-live years of age,
and here is a Christian father, faithful
iln every department of life, at thirty
live years of ago taken away by death,
I is lainly left helpless. Explain that.
()h, there is no sentence that oftenei
drolps f'roIII youi' lips than this: "I
cannot umiderstand it. I cannot under
Ktimld it."
Well. now, religion conies in jutst at I
that point with its illumiiation and its
explanation. There is a biisiness man I
w%ho has lost, his entire fortine. The
wek (efore le lost his fortune there c
were I went v carriages that stopped at I
ie do4)or of his iasion; the week at
ter lie lost his fortiime all the carriages
yot cotuldI count on one linger. The
week before finiaicial trouble began
lwople all took ofl t.heir lits to him as I
he passed down t lie street. The week
his linancial prospects were under dis
cussion people jist touched their hats
- lihtIt. iny WIse beliniig the rim. The
- week tha1 hie was pronoinced insolvent
lwoph-le just Jolted their heads as they
leisse<, not tipping their hats at all,
ind ilhe week the sheriff sold him out
iall his Friends were looking in the
I stort wviadows as they went down past
hill.
N ow while the world goes away froi,
a 1ini when he is inl financial distress
I he religion iof Clirist comes to him and
sa.: '"You aresick.and your sickness
is to he imoral pu milication. ' ou are
lboroa-d.God wanted in seine way to
take your fa iily to heaven, and lie
ie insl begin stline'whiere, andi( so ice t,ook
Iihe ee that, was mnost b)eauitiiiul arid
was5 ilt st reaedy toI go.'' I do not Say) I
Ith:et. refligioni explains every t,hinrg ini I
t ihis hfie, lait I edo say it Jays ehowii cer-r
- tinc piniciples whiichi are grandly cont
I so!:ite'ry-.
Youccc kniiow hui si ness mnen often tele- I
graphl iin iipheris. Thie mer-chanit ini ail t
l'riuwiscol teletgraphcis to the~ mie.rchaniit
ini N ew Yoirk ce'rta'inc iinformi'i in l
eci icliint-ss ca itt i c'i'est;mdit, bIct the t.
inechant;ic ii ni mi'raincisco has lthe keyI
to t lie ciphe'r, anl ite nier'hanit ini Ne'w
'V inck bi I Ihe key te Lithe ciphier, anti on t
it. ai ntoinalticon transiiiit ted there are t
tieierri: : in volving hiidtrecis ot
-Ilinui-sandes ofi dollars.
Now thle pro'(vidlences ofI life some
ii unes seem-i to bce a se'nse'le'ss rigitnai'ole, t
at inyateriouIs (' iher, but tIod hags a key h
111111hat ei pher, and the' ( 'hist eian a key
t- to isut. cipheltr, and thotgh lie may
Iiiutuly b e ale tIl spell oult the meaning '
lhe getsa enough of1 the~ imean inig to uin.
ditisItnoi thatt it is for the best. Now.
is I here in'd sunish inie ini thcat ? Is there
iniot pleasurei i-nii that ? l"'ar bey-ond
blaight er, it, is nearer the fountaini of
t'a rs than br oister'ouis deimoin.stratlin
IIlagve yu inevt'r cried for joy ? Tiheire
are eariis which are eternal rapture ini
di i li ituin. 11
A nrinr hlasse'd dotwn the street with
Iu an. ir\ shoes arid syiid: "I have no
hlioes. lsni't it a hardship that 1 have 1
no15 shiet-s'.' )thecr pe'ople have shot's. I
Noshoes, nio shoe's,"' until lie sagw a man i
will no ItIee't. Theni hie learned a les
nor. Y on ought to thank G od for
wha;t he' doces, instead otgrumibling lort'
what lie doe-i not. G~od arranges altl
lihe wveathie'r ini thi.s world-the spi't
ciii weaither, the moral weather, as
well as thle natural weather. "Wha'i't
k i nd of weather will it be to-dlay ?''said i
soliimit'n to a f armer. 'The farmer re- t
plied, ''it willI be such weather as I I
r asked t' ther. "Well," said the farmn
ei-, "it will be such weather as pleases<
the L orid, amid what letases the L ordi
ple'ase ine.''
(ih, ti' he unshine, the siunshi Ine of1
('hirist.ianti e'x hiration' liecrc is somie I
one beIndinig over' the grave (of time I
deadit. Whiat is going to lbe the conso
iitionim? 'fhie flowers yu strew upon
time t (omb1 ? (iih, neO. ''hie services read
at tihe grave ? O h, rio. 'l' chief con
At4dationi Oin thait grave is wiiat falls
fr'oci'li e thron e id Suinsinle
gloriou ci 9sIunsh i Ie. !Resurr'ctin suni
shinie of tich I ;ible' andi of our religiom
in thce c'il;iat e'ric joys3 thiat ar'e to come.
.\ imaii wvho gtes up and goes oumt fronm
ai conicert right atrier tile openIng vol
nu!.tar'y has been pl yed mand before the
prima doinna sings,,or before the or
c'hestra begins, has ,a better idea of
that concert than they man hats who
sulpposes that tihe chief Jtciya of religion
atiid ini this worldi. We heare have only
the iirst niote' of the (eternalorchestra-.
We shalli in that wvorldzhave he joy of
discovery. We wIll In five 'nminumtes
catch up with the natronomiers \the ge
ologists, the scientists, the philosd1inhers
of' all age's who so far suirpa'ssed un n4
this world. We can afford to adjouiru
agstroinomy andi geology antd matny of the "
sciences to the next world, because wet
-shall there have better apparatus arnd t
better ')pportumnity, h
I nmust study thiese sciences so far as
t o help me In my work, buet beyond that t
I must give myself to saving my ow,
>sul and saving the sonls of others,
> knowing that In one liash of eternity v
we will catch tt all. Oh, what an oh- Ii
servatory in which to study astronomy p
heaven will be, not by power of teles- e
I cope, bumt by supernatural vision, and if r
t,here be somnthing <ttau 10,000,nruma .,
niles away by one stroke of the win
fou are there, by anotber stroke of th
ving you are back again, and in lese
ine than I can tell you catching it all
tone flash of eternity.
And geology! What a place that will
e to study geology, when the world is
'eing picked to pieces is easily as it
choolgirl In botanical lessons ptills the
3af from the corolla! Vhat a place to
tudy architecture, antid the thrones,
nd the palaces, and the cathedrals
t. Mark's and St. 'atil's rookeries in
omparison.
Soimetaines you wish yoti could make
lie tour of the whole earth, going
round as others have gon-, bitt you
tave not the time, you have not the
eans. You will make that tour yet
tring one musical pause in the eternal
nthem. I say these things for the
omnfort of those people who are abridg.
d in their opportunities-those people
o whom life is a huiindr,im, wlo toil
lid work, and toil atd work, and aspire
Iter knowledge, but have no time tu
et it. 4nd say, "I f I had the opportu
ities which other people have, how I
vould lilt my mind and soul with
rand thoughts!" lie not discour
ged, my friends. Y ot are going to the
iniversity vet. Death will only ma
rictilate you into the royal college ol
he universe
What a sublime thitig it was that D>r,
Lhornwell, of South Carolina, uttered
n his last dying moments! As he look
d up lie said, "It opens; it expands; it
xpiands." Or as Mr. Toplady, the ait
hor of "IRock of Ages," in his last ino
nent, or during his last hours, looked
tp and said, as though he saw some
hing supernaturai, "Light!" and thet
is he caine on nearer the dying mo.
nent, his countenance tore hnimoui s
ke cried, "Light!" and at the very mo.
nont of his departire lifted both hands
onething sipernatural in his couite
iance as he cried, "Light!" Only an
>ther name for suinshine.
iesides that we shall have all thc
>leasires of association. WVe will gc
'ight up inl the front of ('od without
my fright. All oursins gone, there will
)e notih g to be f rightened ahouit.
l'here our old Christian friends will
roop arouid is. .I hist as how one of
our sick friends goes awar to -lorida,
lie land A, lbowes, or to the solt h of
ralnce, aind do not. see him for a long
vile, anId after awhile you ineel, hlim,
mnd the hollows iiiderN' t.1 ey es are all
illed, ald Llt appetite Ihs coine back,
bUd the criutel has been thrownt away,
md lie is so changed you hardly know
lim. You say, "Why, I never saw you
ook so well.* lie says ".1 coldhi't ielp
lit be well. I have becl sailing tht-se
ivers and climthing these iml miitainus,
nd that's how I got this elasticitY. I
ever was so well."
oI, my friends, your delarted loved
nes are only away for their health in a
ietter climate, and wlenl you Itilet
hem they will be so cianige yoll will
ardly know them ; they will ie so vory
ouch helaiiged, a1l atIer awhilE, when
'on are assurvo1 thIat, they are yout
rien<ds, your departed I rit-ids, ym will
ay: Why, where is tiat coigii \ Where
s that. paralysis? \\'here is that pnuil
nonia? Where is that co Elln pt ion ?
%nd lie will sa.v: "(i, I atl 01ntirely
veil; there are no sick olis inl his ncll
.ry. I have been rangingi tl hEse lills,
md heie! t,his elastlity. I have bevie
iere nov I .weit y years, and ot1. olle
iick oie have I sEEn 'we \vare a1l well inl
,his cliit e."
And then I stand at the gate of the
!elestial city 10 see Lh icEssions eome
>it, and I Se a long procession (it litt le
:hildren wit hl their aims fill ol i4 wers
iid then I sev a provession of kings -Iid
wriests inlovinig inl cele-4tal pageant ry
t long p rocession1, biut noEE black iassEIe'd
'Ehicle, no iiumrning groupil anti I say:
'ITo w st.range it is' \Vher' e is voliir
i'reeniw(ood' WhIerIE' ISyor 'ELi JaIrel
till' Where is yVour' WPstininiister ab
>&'y ?"' A mid 11103' shall cry, " lb'her are
10 graves Ihere.'" A nid t.ihen list en IIo
he tollin g tof Lihe 01h1 heie' i s of hieavent
lie 011 hetl fries of1 et errity L. I lI ste toiLi
earl t!'elii toll for Lte de'ad. Ihit LIhey
oIl not for thei dead, TEliwy (lnly strike
pI a silvtery3 ciinie, ttoweri to fm iweri, east
'ate to wvest gatei, as they ring omit
Iliey shall hungei~r Eo iniOrE', 1ieihler
hiirst any3 moreli', nieit,Er shaill tIhe som
ght oni thtEmI, nior anyt3 heal, filr t he
iins of' waler, anti ( I0E shali wipe
way all tears fro thi leiri eyes."'
)h, tunglE your011 haind andi give1 it toE
te in cong ratuilationi on Ii hal Seilt it'
nel ais it 1 wotild shout . I will shoutiE
alleluiah! '21 ear Lord1, forgive ti hat I
ve*r compllainied abioiit aniithing. Ii
11 this is befo re us, wn1o carmE5 fo r an y
hing hut GoEtt anEi heaven ami eternal
rothierhiood ? 'Take the (crape1 off' thte
oorblell. Y our ltivedi ones arc otily
wVay for' theiir healt h in a land ainbros
ml. Comie, Lowell .\lasvon; coime Isaac
Vatts, and give us youri blest htymn
bouit jo~y celestial.
WVhat is the use (If post1 pon inig our
env en any lonig'i'? I 4t, it b egiti i (1w,
nd wVhiosoever ht1h a hia rp let her
brumi it.; and whosoever hiath a t'u rim
et, let him bilow~ it; and whoisoever'
ath an organ, let himi gi vi a fu ll d ia
'45on1. 'lThey crowd down the airm, sp)tir
ts blessed, moitvinrg in cavalcade Elf tri
nmph. TIheir chariot whteels wv htirliti
he Sabb ath sounlight. TheIiy come!
lalt, ar'ii,e5 of G od! hIatt, uantil we
re readly to jin the lat,taliion of' pleas
ites that never dieI.
Oh, tmy friends, It woulti take a ser
mnii as long as eterntity to till tIe joly-i
hat are coinrg Lto is. I just set open
hfe sunmin11iy door. Ciomet ini, all 30 d is.
iples of' the wordl who have ionndtc the
v'orldi a mockery. Comie ini, all ye this
a ples or the (dance and see the lbound
ng feet of rtis heavenmly gladness.
~ome in ye disciples of worldly anniise
nenit arnd ste thle stage where k inlgs are
he~ actors, andt bumrnin mg worlds thle'ioo'.
Ights andi thiron's t he sp'ctaeiilatr.
\rise, ye dleadl ini sin. for' this is the
noring of' the resuirrectioni. Th'e joy's
>' heaven soubmerge ourii somul. I 'pull
itt the trum ~pet, at op. itni th resEnice
here is a fuiliness of .N.1V': at, thy r'iht,
taind there are hpleasuress i orev~ermoi(re.
ilessed are the sa its beilovedl of (God1
mVashed are theeir robtes 111 .Jesus' IbEoE)i
reigh ter titan aingels, lo, Lihey) sin!
l'hieiir glories spIlenidu andi subhlinwi.
dy soul is[ticipates thle dlay,
NVonuhi stret ch her w intgs andh soarm away
Po aid fl.h' sotng, the palmii t o he'ar'
\nud bow thme chief' of sinnercis thierte.
O ht, t he sun tshi Ine, t he glorions sitnr
blne, t,ate everlastitg 811. inire!
STI n i years ago an o)1d genrt leiian fell
iy the roadside iie'ir Neulsinigton, i.;ng.
amnd. OfC <iiiit' ai tnumberit I of1 p)ersons
vho witnesseid his fill all prioouncedl
aim ncl' duk, save one, a lady tnamed
ti rch. She alorne went Lto his aid, ini
Istintg tht he had0 metrel y haited
vhiich wits the fact. It is not k nowni
K~4 Miss liirch evter aftetrwards saw
10 ol en.gcttlemnan, bit,.a low wet'ks ago
Is sol'~ r cailled aind iniformedit' her
lat hed had t'd and beti ett1t Lb)ed to'r
te sum,' of' si (K00.
rails out t1hat the selection of' Ar. CJar
ale as Secihtary of the 'l'reasury is
rQof positivej that Mr. Cilevelatnd will
mforce a pol i(cy of free trade "and( the
manumfactumri ng t:hterests need ex pect.
o favors from ~ither dir'ection,"
BURNED AT THE 8TAKE.
larbarle Vengeance- Wreaked Upon a
Human 11rute in Texas.
PAtls, Texas., Feb. 1.-A mob of an
gry meni and women nutnbering thou
sand;l wreaked the most frightful ven
geance of lynch law today upon Henry
Smith, a burly negro, who, with the
fiendishness of a depraved brute, out
raged and cruelly murdered little four
year-old Myrtle Vance, on Thursday.
.'oo powerful to resist, they took the
prisoner from the guards, bring log him
here, dragged him by a rope about his
neck to the scene or his crime, subject
ed hin to every conceivable torture,
and there burned the pitiable wretch
at the stake.
All the morning trains had brought
people by the hundreds to this city,
white and black, to await the arrival
of the gitards who were bringing the
prisoner back from Texarkana, where
he had been captured. The country
for miles arouind had become wildly
excited over the crime and the hunt
for the brute murderer. When the
news came last night that he had been
caught and identified by members of
the ['aris searching party, the people
seemed crazy with joy, and thirsted for
his life. By trains and wagons, on
horse and afoot, the people piled into
the city. The mayor ordered the liq.
nor stores closed, unruly mobs dis
persed and schools dismissed. The
plans for the lynching bee were syste
matic and business-like.
Ilenry Smith, a big burly negro, had
on Thursday picked ip little four-year
old Myrtle Vance near her father's (Po
liceian Ilenry Vance) house, and
(itieting her with candy, carried her
throtigh the central portion of the city
to (ibbon's pasture. Several people
(Iuestioned hin, but to each he said lie
was carrying her to a doctor's. At the
pasture, ifter assaulting the poor child,
he took one little leg in each hand and
literal.y tore her in twain. Then, cov
ering the body with leaves and brush,
lie laid down and slept calmly beside
his victim throughout the night. 119
went h1onme, got breakfast., and disap
peared.
That day a mass meeting was callea
at t(e court house and search parties
sent out to find the child I [er man
gled body was found, and '.he whole
town joinel in the pursuit ot the fiend
who had nirdered her. le was caught
yesterday it Cl.w, on the Arkansas
and Loidsianta railroad, twenty miles
north of Ilope. lie denied the crime
but blood stains were on his clothing,
and later lie confessed.
This in)riitg he was brought to Tex
arkana, where 5,000 people had gath
ervd, eager to get at him. 'l'he l'aris
searching party begged that he be not
iiolested. I'he nmvs traveled fast
everywhere along the line as the train
bore the wretch to Paris. Morbid
crowds gathered to gaze upon him. At
the depot at l'arts were 10,00() people.
The (epuity slieri1ls put up a show of
pistols, but were brushed aside and a
rush imade for the car. A rope was
tbrown aboit Smith's neck and he was
d.agged from the car. lie was taken
to a rutte Il )t and borne through the
city streets. that the people night gaze
on the monster.
At the open prarie, 3() yards from
tlie Tex;s and I'acifie depot, the scaf
toll awaited him. fG was six feet
s< iiare and ten feet high, And well with.
in tIe sight of all. There for fifty min
tes the maddened inob tortured him
with diabolical eunning that savages
oilly are su1pposed to show. Ited-hot
irns were thrust from every side into
his botly. Ilis shrieks added vigor to
his persecuitors. First the hot irons
baranided his feet, and inch by inch they
cre~pt Ill to his f ice.
Tlhe litan was aeno;ciouis wheni at
last ketosenie was pour ied over on himi
and( cotton)f seed( hll s placed beneath
himui. A t orch set. the pyre on lire, andl
all was <tuick ly consumed. Curiosity
seekers have carried away all that was
left, evet to t lhe ashes.
Sinuith, some say, conuinitted the crime
to revenige hiiitiself otn Vance, who hiad
a rrestet ii himi onceC whet driunuk and
al ubb ed hii mt. \' ar.ce is prostrated wvith
griaef, and( ihis wife is udaniger'ously ill
flront he1 shtoik.
ENFORCING THE LAW.
4Goveru,or iistam,a iakM st rangtly on the
('al.n' uiA, S. ( ., ,1 at. :tu.-G ,overnior
'Tillman had something to say yester
day. that wi'llibe of especial interest to
sonie prohtibitionists. It may make
Gooda-Tetmplar lIranttsoti and some of
htts followers thtink a litt,le. For some
titie there has been talk that the pro
hibiittlornist and out and-out anlti-(lispen.
sary people were going to combine and
prevent t he dlispensaries froin being es
tab'ishied by withholdinig the signatutres
of the majorit y of thie I reehiolders. hlere
is I he stat,eimt Goverinor Tiliman
itade to (lie Pt ess yesterday:
'"It is toy opi moin, and( it~may b)e tak
en for what it is wvorthI, that any prohi
bitionist who ref uses to co-op)erate with
tie in thle establ ishinog of d ispenisaries
hay not signing the petitions of the dis
petnsers anid assisting the governiment
in every possi ble way to en force, rather
t,han to p)revenit it going inito effect,
they will regret it.
''The threatened alliance betweeni the
whiskey men atnd other political oppo
nenits, who are iit,terly opposed' to t,he
lawv, and( the p)rohibitionis'ts, who, are in
favor oif it, may bring about sucn a state
of dissatisfaction as will seriously crip
p)le me in muy effort to help the cause of
temiper'ance.
"I I the prohibitionists are bamnboozled(
by ihe opp)lositiouJ. i.nito letiding their aidi
to this end, they will be likely to find
themselves in the condlitioni of the dog
ini the table, who, seeing his shadow re
lected ini the water, sntapped at it and
lost, what lie had.
l'hiere will be absolute prohibition in
eve'ry country where the sale of liquor
is prohibited hby law. Not even drug
gists being allowed to sell it for medi
cine, nor cani it be shipped inito those
(oiuntiies by express or otherwise uinder
tie new law, and, therefore, the exper
niet ats to whether the people will
stanid abasolurte prohibituotn will be made
ini at least six count,ies, and I shall take
part irilar painis to see that the law is
as strictly eniforced in those counties as
it is anywhere else, let it cost what it
itay.
"I t will be time enough for the prohi.
btitioniist to) adlvance to a stronger posi
t ion after they have fountd that they
can hol what has already been galit
ed." btate.
A Fmenity F"roz.nu to D)eat,
Il'i'rrsiiinO., l'A, .Jain. 29.-A l'ark
ersbur Wii~. Va, special says: , lihn
AIlcheals, his wife andl three little chil
aireni were dliscoveredl frozen to death
last ihit, in a hovel in Il'uthiam C ounty,
netar the Laincoln County line, The fourth
chtill, an infant, heauvily wrappiedl, was
iounda Ito be alhve. Micals and hIs wife,
who( wercesaid to besimple-imindeid, have
led a sort of gypsy lile for years, wan
ad ermns about thruough West, Virginia in
summer anda going Souith inl iavance of
tie snmows in witer. It, is suppilosed t,hey
tailed to get away in timte this year, and
th" stwere cold, so prolonged, caught
tem without, prepertions t,o withst,and
OBNOXIOU$ LAWS MUST GO.
Davenport's geaod@ SOevreiy 400
demnued by a 1anmaittee.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20.-The special
commiLtee of the House of Repregen
tatives, of which Ashabel Fitch is
chairman, has concluded its report in
to the supervision and administration
of the Federal election laws in the
Southern district ot New York. The
evidence t:ikbn by the com mittee re
lates entirely to the administrat,ion and
supervision of the Federal election
laws in New York City and county.
The committee after carefully study
ing the operations of the federal elec
tion laws, expressed the opinion that,
all of these laws "have failed to pro
dt.ce any good results in the direction
of the purity of elections or the protec
tion of the oallot box, and have been
producti ve of such serious and danger
ous results that they ought at once to
be repealed," and the reasons given for
such repeal as stated are because they
result in no conviction of offenders,
and are therefore useless to prevent or
punish crimes, are expensive, and are
fruitlul of constant and coutinuing
frauids upon the f'reasury.
The committee devoted some space
to a consideration of the above men
tioned points and referred to tWe I rait
ing of the laws under which the Cci
supervisor of elections act,ed, and makts
the following declaiatioit in regard Lu
that ollicial:
"lie holds his office by a tenire which
makes him practically independent o1
any criticism or danger of removal. le
not only holds the oflice of clief super
visor of elections, but he has also fad
himself appointed United States Comn
missioner, so that he can sit as alt ex
amining magistrate. With thie power
of the government behind him, and
with the money of the government to
use, he has managed 1or years a detec
Live bureau, by means of whichli he las
sought to get proof of the crimes which
he has claimed existed in the city o!
New York. When in his first capacity,
as detective, lie has outaiied such
proofs as he wisnes to use, lie then in
his second capacity, as pulic prosecti.
tor, issues warrants for the arrest.4 of
the alleged criminals. Somet,imes lie
gave thtse warrants to Unit,ed St.ates
Marshals to be executed, and home
times, in his third capacity as shiriti,
he seems to have inaae the arrests 01
the accused parties through his own
deputies. Then, in ins lourtn capacity,
as United-:tates Commi.iioner, set
ting as a magistrate, he has heard his
own charges against the prisoners,
which ie presented to himsell its judge,
by himself as prosecuting attorney,
and has decide-1 himseif ipoln their
guilt or hinocence."
TlIh'e report concludes: "These laws,
instead of constittiting asystemn for the
protection of the franchise in the hands
of honest citizens, has beenti used, as is
sworn to by evidence, to furnish the
machinery for the corruption and for
cible robberv of the franchise; and they
ouigit, if for that reason alone, he
promptly repealed. The committee
therefore preseiit to the h1ouse a bill
providing for the repeal of these laws,
with a favorable recommendation for
its passage."
The report is signed by Ashbel 1'.
Fitch, .). A. (iwissemnaineri ad iohert
IX DePorest.
O(ly Skin anli.,, iirf
. i-:ssm.:Mi-:n Ala., .lan. 27.-he Ster
linz dynamlit,e plant, sitiuatel at McAdai
ry. two miies from llHBessmemr, exploded
with terrifie lorce early Ltis meonitg.
G.~lass rattled in t,he windows ini t,he town,.
aid builIdings shto..k, many people think
inug it, an earthquake. At the dynamite
p)lantt trees were Lornt-itpi by the roots.
and gr-eat holes were made in the rgrounmd.
T wo enliplovets,,Jim i'arsons and Geo.
Willhams, were in the composing room
whmen the~ explosion occuitred. Tlhes
were instant,1y killed, and onily smail
pieces ohf skin mand bones can b)e lound to
tell ol their fate.
ilangerN of th,e licep.
L~ONImON, Feb. l.---The ]ritijh ship
(sladstone, at ( wenisborciighi from lPer.
sac(ola, reports that on D ece-a.ber 27, off
thte Western Islands,sihe resc~uedl twelve
survivors of the crew of the German
ship Menidelssohmn, froi '. f'ensticola for
Oistend. 'lThe Memndeln-ohnm wa:s dhis.
mas'i5ed aindl water-logged. OneC of her
seamen had been dlrownied mind another
had been frozen to (leath before the
Giladstone camelt up with her. The der
Ilict Norwegian bark Velox, which was
abandoned while on the voyage from
Apalchicola for Conway, has been tow
ed im Qtieentowvn.
'JTi1-: Wine and Spirit Gaizette, repre-'
senting the liquor interests of the coun
try, says that the disponsary law of
South Carolina "(is a very long and
stringet one, leaving no loop-hole for
evasion." Anmd yet, says the G reenville
Mounwttineer, there are people nearer
home who are trying to con vinice othere
that thme dispeinsary law is going to h;Oa a
prohitic breeder of "blind tigers." !Ne
tors will di [ter, and the liquor advocattes
are no exception to the general rier
PIAnoN amti Orgamnu.
\Vhere t,o buy Pianos and. Oran
representinig the world's great'it ma
kers. Stemtway & SODs P'oo, Ma
thushek Pianos, Mason & lIamlin P'i
antos, Sterhin Pianos, Masqonm and 11am
lin Organs, Sterling Orgous, Lowest
prices always. Ftasiest. terms~ possible. :
All freight paid. CoiM>lete outlit free.
1ive years guarantee. One price to1
all. Bluare dealing, Money saved.
We (do not ask big prices as many
dealers (do, and then come down. Our
motto- Onie price to all and that the .
lowest. WVe ship on lifteen days' trial
to any depot and pa,y freight both
ways it not satisfactory. Write for
illustrated catalogue. N. WV. 'Trump, 0
Columnbla, S. C. *'
CNILL) $RT- -
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Mo-rl mas' uiEiNr D I 1 S ' cit ifk - t
dily prepared I in iimet , vry ingvre -
con'stanit uise b y the m ial pro 11
fession TFhese ~Ing' h.it aure comn
bined in a1 manne r h u i-e, miunkown
"M1OT HER S'
- FRIEND"
WiN'l.l. D)( aud that is claimed fue
it AN ND M(ORh. It S-houicens L.'1 s
.essces 'ain, imnish.ies l)aner to.
Life of Me ther and~I lhii. - !
to "' Mo Im.!e ''.ni-aild R iii, :ou.
Sent byv e xin c'. w n re-cr ii of phe e m $) , * >o a.
BRADF2EL1) REGULATOtI co.. Aiianeba on,
eO),t iiv A 1,1. i,?10 uW m
P~EiNN ")Iv'lu""a "no"ulla
IN~l IJ 1J/. I.~ inrane. Great
estua ivedsenur nity. ldr e
[41 F ? 1 . ( . 1,AlNe D, Re e 't Ad ret
46th Ynna. Coltiat. C."
OF
Extrac
ir you a10
or a Imlsitiial
to buy a P i
yoll aIlreaty
Organ, .enit:
correct post(
We will soInd
('1init in1te
IeSs to You.
II writing
to htIIy %an4
maker.
I-ffTlhow L,ii
IT IS IN11I
T1[O
BA
A I I t.1ST
Padgett Pays the Freight
A large lu1mtrawt-I Ci'tab110.I Allm
:lng haanrdredsiofelii.,agn.,i tl urilturi
StOVe.? anld By II'arriages wIll b.
11tallit froe, it voui ni t , iii ti s
piw r. I Will -Wt' v 1 Ft'R aN I rI .:
etc., Jti-st as chivap,'ns ymt l.it,bu
Sthens iIn larg' oil.ie. !ill mI m t ..
frePi g hit..to you r dLIn put.
A No. 7 flat top 'tookling M%ove Pwit hi
20) coCkI ig util,4 l, ude1lin-di t)n
det1 , for $1'2 041.
A 5-hole1 ('oo1k lin Ilnge wth 20
CiokIig ultAnIls, tiiIieliresti *1an3
d1e >IIt,.for $15 04).
IhIr1ge line. of Stvs inS ) propor141
Stoves.
A i e 'l'rlr Suit, a 1411 i'holsrd inI
I lne of' Pa'rlo r Mu Its to? ier'lt froni.
A Heduroomu M,uit, bur'ge glass4,, b*ig
:uliIt 9 pleces cha4irs have ''nne4 s11ats,
delIvered aniyw'haere' for1 $22 1)1.
Ot h.r MuiaJth~ 14 :he )aper and11 molr
25 yds. o,f ydI.-wItbu Carpet for $7 50)
I plair NottingXthamJ rLuce4 Curta11inl,
pole, 2 chiains, 2 hiooks, 10 pIfas, uall
for $1 00).
A ni c,e Window Shade, 7 ft. long, :t
f4.. wio, on MprAng roller,i,with frlinge
for 50 cet.
No fre.1ght pl.ltd onl iiihades andl Cur
tains uunlessq eordered in 01 onnet4in
with ot.her goos.
Mend for Ota I.aogun. A tddres
.* F. ~P.AroETT,
'805 Broad Sti-eet, Augusta, Ga.
' ll FM Newe'.t and Most l'er fect D evel
-menit of. the L ife Po4i1cy is tilh)
ITORp'Cl i uiaeIl llI1 4MM I lllill'R F litIy.
mdii thian unde1(r the 01411er formi~s of asii
11en), and .1( the amlot tf tile poli1 )y is p:
ble0 in 20, 25 otr .mo annual payIlenltS,
hie assairiedt ma iy leclt, thius secuI'ring
,he personi for whose benefl'it thle assutoi
uimber of years.l, allIt at the( same.t timei y
on11lig t.hilos of1 lthelt wholed atIlunlt ha
ff 4)n thet cast,.
rpoII lcy contlfrac't conIlsult ally agent.
EQUTIT ABLE.
r' weIll rIw lirec(t to
W. J.ORODDEY,
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stato what, kind of
oil own or intAind
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