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VOL. VII.
VOL. VII.
LAtlRENS, S. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1891.
NO. 10.
TUE SAVIOUR IS WITH US.
VTi. talmagl phe4ches on the
continued mission of christ.
Tin? S?-HI?> III llll< < i > \ i li i \ ?- I lit' < > :l i ?? -
Ilm, Inj; HI 1 lit. DuoloM lu ihu 1 <inl.li ?
?i lie Tempt allen?, ii.iimihi. Cruel ft Zt Oil
und MIhhIo.iuI ?'w-iIhi.
BhooKIjYN. Sept. 27.?This is Sacra
uicut Kunda. at iho Brooklyn Taberna
cle. The scrvlct a i?k usual <?n these oc
casion** were very solemn and impres
sive. The uioruiug service opened with
the long in; Ire (loxology. The grand
Oifertoiro b> Olrleou was exquisitely ren
dered by Professor Henry Evrw Brown,
ami the set vieo closed with the ninjeslic
coronation hymn. Dr. Talmaao's ills*
course was on '"The march of Christ
through the csuturns," aud his text
Uevelation xix; 12. * On hin head were
many crowim."
May your cars be alert und your
thoughts concentrated, ami all the pow
ers of your h< mi I aroused, while L speak
to you of tin "inarch of Christ through
the centuries." Yousav, ''give us then
a (good stau in rooms of verinilllon and
on iloor of n owile und amid corridors of
porphyry ami uadci cauopies dyed lu all
the splciidoraol the setting sun." You
t un have no such h tuning place. At the
llino our (.'i; oil; ti was born, there were
castus on tin bench ol Gnhlcc, and
paliu oh at Ji iusulctn, and Imperial bath
room-. :>t .1? : icho, and obelisks at Cairo
and lIn- Panthenol) at Home, with Its
coriuthiau portico and sixteen granite
columns; and Diu Parthenon at Athens
with its gi.stcir.ug coronet of temples,
aud tneru worn mountains of line archi
lecture lu m tn> parts of -he world. But
none of Ihe.iu were to he tho starling
place oi the Ctiicfliati I celebrate.
A cow's .-tall, n winter month, an at
mosplicro in which are. tho moan of
cairn is and i.hu baaing of sheep and the
barking ol ?1 ?gsand the rough banter of
hoslhiies. lie takes his lirst jouruey
bet?re be could walk. Aimed deeper*
ndocs with bawls of blood were ready to
snatch him down into butchery. Itev.
William 11. Thompson, tho veteran and
beloved missionary whom I saw last
month in Denver, in his 80th year, has
described, hi hin volume entitled "The
Land and the Book," lictlilcliem as he
saw it. Winter bet?re last I walked up
and down I lie \ ray hills of .Iura lime
stone on which the villuge now rests.
The lact that King David had been born
there, had not ilurin-j: ages elevated the
village into any special attention. The
other fuel that it was the birthplace of
<\n- Chieftain did not keep the place in
alter years Iroiu special dishonor, for
Hadrian built liiere the grovo of Adonis
and lor ISO veins the religion thoie ob
served w as tho most abhorient debauch
ery the world In s ever seen. Our Chief
tain was considered dangerous from the
start. The world had put suspicious
eyes upon l.itu because at the time of
his birth, tho astrologers had seen stel
lar commotions, a world out of its placo
and shooting down toward a caravan
sary. Slardivliialion was a science.
As late us the eighteenth century it had
its votaries. AI the Court ol Catharino
ilo Medici n wiu honored. Kepler, one
ol the wlacBt philosophers that the world
ever saw, declared it was a true science.
As late as the reign of Charles II, Lilly,
an astrologer wild called before the house
of commons in Kngland to give his opin
ion as to hiture events. For ages tho
bright nppcnrauco of Mars meant war;
ol Jupiter, meant power, of tho Pleiades,
meant storms sea. And as history
moves In circles, I do not know b.iuhut
niter a while It may be found that as the
moon lifts the tide ol the sea and the
sun affects the growth or blasting of
crops, olhci worlds besides those two
worlds may have something to do with
the destiny of individuals and nations
in this world,
1 do not woodor that tin commotions
in ihe heavens excited die wise men on
(he night our (.hicltaln was born. As
he came Irvn another world and after
thirty -three years was again to exchange
worlds, it does not seera slrauge to me
that astronomy should have felt the ef
lcct of His coming. And instead of be
lug unbelicvinuabout the one star that
stooped, i wonder that all the. worlds in
the heavens a t not that Christinas
nielli, mako some special tlcruonsiru
lion. Wli, si til<i they leave to one
world or ni< lew tin bearing <>i the news
of Ihe humnniz.it ion of Christ? Wher*
was Mais i ini ttlghi that it did not indi
cate the mi. htv wui'S that were Ui conn;
between i lihleuusnesH ami iniquity}1
WI i re was- Jupiter that night that it did
not e? lehn lo omnipotence iuearnatedr
Where w?ro Hie Pleiades that night,
ihnt they d.d nut iiumaiuce the storms I
ol [lersectit ion dial would assail our
t:) do until?
in watching ibis march of Christ
through tin eeu urica wo iiiuu not walk
before hi n or beside him, lor that would
not lie n veieniiftl i?r worshiplul, So we
walk behind him. We lollow him while
not. ye t in his tuns, up n Jerusalem ter?
nice, ton building 000 teet long and 000
loci wide, and under the hovering splen
dor of gateway N and by a pillar crown- d
with enpltal chiseled into tno shape ol
llowers ain! leiives, and nloog by walls
of bevelled masonry aud uear a marble
Micen until a group of white-hatred
phllosopcers ami ineolouians gather
around bun, ainlllu n the boy bewilders,
ami confotiueis, and overwhelms these
scholai iy si plUAgensrlans with tiuestions
i bey cuunot answer, and under his quick
whys and w IvyforS, and hows and wbens,
they i nil their white beards with cm
baviiissnient, end rub their wrinkled for
Ileads in coulusiou, and putting their
stall bard down on the marble Iloor as
they arise to go, ihey must leel like
chiding '.he boldness that allows twelve
years of age to nsk seventy-live years
of ago such puzzles.
Out of this building wo lollow him
into the Qnarfllitania, the mountain ol
temptation, its Hide to this day bl&< k
with robbers'dens. Look! Up the side
of this mountain, cotne nil the forces ol
perdition to efleet our Clue'iatn's cap
ture. Hut although weakened by forty
('ays and forty (lights of abstinence, he
burls all i'Midcinimium down the rocks,
suggestive oi bow he can hurl into help
lessness all our temptations. And now
we climb right altar him, up the tough
sides of the "Mount of Beatitudes," and
on the highest nil;,it of rocks, iho Val
ley ol llatii beloro him. the lake of (inl
ilep to the right of him; the Mediterra
nean Sea to u.u led of him, aud he
preaches a seinen that yet will trans
form the world with its applied senti
ment. No v we follow eair Chieftain on
Lake Galilee, Wo must keep to the
beach, for our hot are not shod with the
supcrnaturul. and wo remember what
poor work Petoi mado ol it when he
tried to walk the water. Christ our
leader is on the ton ol the tossing waves,
and It is about ;l,3t) in tho morning, and
It is the darkest tiruo just before day
light. Hut by the Hashes of lightning
we nee him pulliug bis feet on the crest
ui' ibu waves, stepping I;??mi crest to
crest, walkiug the White surf, solid tut
though it wero dozen snow. Tiie sail
ors think a ghost Is striding the tempest,
but he cheer* them into placidity, show
ing bimse!! to be a great Christ for sail
ors. Ami lie walks the Atlantic ami
Pacific and Mediterraucau and Adriatic
now. and it exhausted and afrighled
voyagers will listen lor his voice at hall'
pust 3 o'clock in the morning on auy
sea, indeed at any hour, thoy will hear
his voice of compassion aud encourage
ment.
Wo continue to follow our Chieflaiu
und here is a blind man by the wayside.
It is not Irom cataract of the eve or from.
ow*3lhalmiu, the eye-extinguisher of the
East; but he was horu blind. "He
opened!' he cries, and lirst there is a
smarting ot the eye-lids, aud thou atwil
light, and thcu a mid-uoou, und theu a
shout. "I see!" Tell it to all the blind,
aud they ut least, cau appreciate it. Aud
here is the widow's duud son. and here
is the expired dnmsol, and here Is La*a
rous! ''Live!' our Chieftain cries, aud
they live. Tell it through all the bereft
households; tell it among tho graves.
And here arouud him gather the deaf and
the dumb aud tho sick, and at his word
tbcv turn on their couches, and blush
from awlul pnllor ot helpless illness lo
rubicund heulth, aud lite ?wollen loot ot
the dropsical sufferer becomes tlcct as a
roe on the mouutaius. The music of the
grovo and household wc ikons the deuf
ear, aud lunatic and maniac return into
bricht Intelligence* aud the leer's breath
becomes as sweet as tho breath of a
child, aud the llcsli as roseate. Tell it lo
all the sick, through all the homes,
though all the hospitals. Tell it at 12
o'clock at night; tell It at 2 oclock in the
moruiug; tell it at 3.30, aud in the last
watch of the night, that Jesus walks the
tempest.
Still we follow our Chieftain until the
government that gave him no protection,
insists that he pay tax aud too poor to
raiso the requisite $2.75, ho orders Peter
to catch a tish that hns iu its mouth a
Hornau stater, which is a bright coin (and
you kirn v that tish naturally bite at any
thing bright), but it was a miracle that
Peter should have caught it at the lirst
haul.
Now we follow our Chieftain until for
the paltry sum oi $15, Judas sells Ilim to
11 is pursuers. Tell it to all the betrayed!
If for $10,000, or for $500, or for $100
your interests were sold out, eonsider|for
how much cheaper a sum the Lord| of
earth and henven was surrendered to
humiliation and deatii. Hut hero while
follow in? him on a spring night between
11 aud 12 o'clock, we seo the Hash ol
torches und lanterns, and wc hear the
cry of a mob ot Nihilists. They are
breaking iu on the quietudo of Geth
semane with clubs?like a mob with
sticks chasing a mad dog. It is a herd
of Jerusalem "roughs" led on by Judas to
arrest Christ aud punish him for beiua
the lovelist aud best being that ever
lived. Hut rioters are liable t.> assail the
wroug man. How w*re they to be sure
which one was Jesus? "1 will kiss hiru,"
says Judas, "und by that signal you will
know ou whom to lay your hands of ar
rest." So the kiss which throughtout the
human race and for all time God in
tended as the most sacred demousti~tiou
of nllectiou, for Paul writes to the Ho
rnaus and the Corinthiaus and the Thes-'
salonians concerning the ''holy kiss," aud
Peter celebrates the kiss ot charity, and
Willi that conjunction of lips L?bau
met Jacob, and Joseph met Iiis brethren,
and Aaron met Moses and Samuel met
Saul aud Jonathan met David aud Ornah
parted from Naomi and Paul separated
from his friends at Epheeus ami the father
iu tho parable greeted the returning
prodigal, and when the millennium shall
(Ihme wo are told righteousness and
peace will kiss each other, and all the
world is invited to greet Christ as in
spiration erics out "Kies the Sou, lest
He be angry nnd ye perish Irom the
way"-that most sacred demonstra
tion of reunion aud allectiou was dese
crated as the filthy lips of Judas touched
the pure check ot Christ, and the hor
rid s uiick of that kiss has its echo in the
treachery aud debasement and hyocrlsy
ol all agos.
As in December, 1880, I walked ou
?he way irom Heliumy, and at the foot
of Mount Olivet, a half-mile from the
wall ol Jerusalem, through the Guidon
ot Gethsemane, -ml under the eight
venerable olive tries now standing,
their pomologieal ancestors having been
witnesses ot the occurrence spoken of,
the .scene of horror and of crime came
buck to me, until I shuddered with the
historical reminiscence.
In further lollowhw our great Chief
tain's march through the centuries, 1
lind inj soll' in a crowd iu front ot
Herod's palace hi Jerusa'em, and on a
movabie platform placed upon a terse
luted pavement, Pontius Pilate sits.
And as once a yoar a condemned crim
inal is pardoned. Pilate lets the people
choose whether it .-dm11 be an assassain
or our C lieftain, and lluy all cav out
for ihe liberation ot the assasaiu, thus
declaring they prefer a murderer to the
salvation of the world. Pilate took a ba
sin of water iu front of these people and
tried to wash otl'thc blood of this mur
der from bis bands, but he could uot.
They are siill lifted and 1 see them
looming up through nli the ages, eight
tinker* and two thumbs standing out red
with the carnage.
Mill ltd low uu' own Chieftain, I ascand
the hi.l which General Gordon, tho
great English explorer aud arbiter
first made a clay model of. it Is hard
climbing for our Chieftalu, for he lias
not only two heavy limbers to carry on
his buck, the up-right aud horizontal
pieces ot the cross, but he is suffering
from exhaustion cuused by lack ot food,
mountain chill", desert heata, whippiugs
wild ehu-wood rods, und years ot mal
treatment.
It took our party iu 1880 only fifteen
minutes to ell nb to the top of the lull
and reach that lime-stone rock in yonder
wall, which I rolled down from tho apex
ol Mount Calvary. Hut I think our
Clueltain must have taken a long lime
lor the ascent, .or he had all earth and
heaven, and all hell on his back, as he
climbed fro n base to summit, and there
endured what William Cowper, and John
Milton, and Charles Wesley, and
Isaac Watts and Jumes Montgomery,
and all the other sacred poets have at
tempted to nut in verse; aud Augello,
and Haploid, and Titian, and Leonardo
da Vinci, and ail the great Italian, aud
Gormau, and Spanish, and French ar
tists have attempted to paint; aud Hos
suet, uud Massillon, and George White
Held, and Thomas Chalmers have at
tempted to preach, something of its
overwhelming awiulness you may esti
mate from the fact that the sun which
shines in tho heavens could not endure
it; the sun which unllinchluicly looked
! upon the deluge thatidrowued the world,
which without blinking looked upon
the ruins of earthquakes which swal
lowed Lisbon and Caracca?, aud has
looked unbiuuclie.,' on the hattle-llelds
of Trbela. Blenheim, Mogiddo, and
all the scenes of carnage that have e?er
scalded and drenched the earth with hu
muu goro?that sun could not look upon
the scene. The sun dropped over its
face a veil of cloud. It withdrew. It
hid itself. It suid to the midnight, "I
resign to thee this ?jicctacle npon which
I htwe no strenght to gave; thou art
blind. Oh, Miduight! and lor that reason
I commit to thee this tragecyl" Thcu
the niKhluawk aud the bat (lew by, the
jackal howled in tho ravines.
Now we follow our Chieftain as they
carry his limp and lacerated form amid
the llowcrs and trees of a garden, the
gladiohun s, the oleanders, the lillios, the
geraniums, the mandrakes, down live or
six steps to an aisle of grauitc when* he
sleeps. But ouly a liltlo while he sleeps
there, for there is an earthquake in ull
that regiou, h aving the rocks to this day
iu their aslautand ruptured state doelar
alive of ihe lactthtt something extraor
dinary tline happened. And we see our
Chiettuiu arouae from ins brio! slumber
and wrestle down the i utl'un Death who
would keep him imprisoned In th it
Caveru and put both heels ou the mons
ter, aud coming lorlh with a cry that
will not lo.isu Id be echoed until on the
grout resu.rectiou day tho door of the
last sepulchre shall he. unhinged aud
dung clanging into llic debris of dcmol
U?h< d cemeteries.
Now wo follow our Chieftain to t ie
shoulder of Mount Olivet , aud witho ut
wings I e rises, the disciples clutching
for his robes loo lato to reach them, and
across tho great gulfs of space with one
bouud he gums thut world which for
thirtv-tbroe yeais had been denied his
companionship, and all heaven hi led a
shout of welcome, as ho entered, and of
coroatiou as up the mediatorial throne
he mounted. It was the greatest day
heaven had ever seen. They had him
back again from tears, trom wounds,
'Vom ills, from a world that ncTcr appre
ciated him, to a world in which ho was
the chief delight. In all tho libretto oi
celestial music, it was hard to lind an an
them enough conjubilant to celebrate
the joy saintly, seraphic, arch-augelic,
deiiio.
But still we follow our Chicttiau in
his march through the centuries, for
invisibly he still walks the earth, and
by the eye of faith we still follow him.
You can tell whore he walks by the
churches, and hospitals, and reforma
tory iustttutions, and houses of mercy
that spring up along the way. I hear
his tread in the sick room, and in the
abodes ol berearement. Ho marches on
and the nations are gathering around
him. The islands of the sea are hearing
his voice. Tho continents uro feeling
his power Amcricu will be his! Europe
will be bis! Asia will bo his! Atrica
will be his! Australia will be his! Now
Zealand will oe his! All the earth will
be his! Do you realize that until now
it was impossible for the world t > be
converted? Not until very recently has
the world been fouud. The. Bible talks
about "the ends of tho earth" and the
"uttermost parts of the world" as be
ing saved, but not until now h tve "the
ends of the earth" been discovered, aud
not until now have the "uttermost parts
of the world" beeu revealed. The
im vi gat or did his work, the explorer d d
his work, the scientist did his work, and
uow for the first time since the world
has been created has the world been
known, measured off, and geographlzcd,
the last hidden, aud unknown tract has
beeu mapped out and now the work ol
evangelization Will be begun with an
earnestness and velocity as yet uu
imagined. The steamships are ready;
the lightning express trains ure ready;
the printing-press are ready; too lole
gruphpuid telephone are ready; millions
of Christians are ready and now see
Cht ist muri hing on Ihn ugh the cen
turies. Marching ou! Marching on!!
One by one governments will tall into
line and constitutions aud literatures will
adore his name. More honored aud wor
shipped is ho iu this your of 1801 than at
any time since tho year one, and tho day
hastens when all nations will join ono
procession "following tho Lamb whither
soever he goeth." Marching on, march
Ins on!!
This dear old world whoso back has
been scourged, whose eyes have been
blinded, whose heart has been wrung,
will yet rival heaven. This planet's
torn robe ol pa'.n and crime and demen
tia will come oil'and the white and spot
less aud glittering robe of holiness and
happiness will come on. The last wound
will have strung tor the last lime; the
lasi grid v> ill have wiped its last tear;
the last criminal will have, repented of
his last crime aud our world thai has
been a Straggler among worlds, a lost
star, a wayward planet, u rebellious
globe, a miscreant sated lite, will hear
the voice that uttered childish plaint in
Bethlehem, and agonizid prayer iu
(ielhscmauc aud dying groan on Golgo
tha, aud us this VOiCO cries "Come,*'
our world will return from its wander
ing never again to stray. Marching on,
marching on!!
Then this world's joy will bo so great
that other world's beside heaven may
be glad lo rejoice with us. By the aid
of powerful telescopes, vcar by year be
coming more powerful, mountains in
other stars havo been discovered and
chasms and volcanosaud canals, aud the
.-tyle ol atmosphere, aud ibis will goon,
and mightier and mightier telescopes
will bo invented until I shou'.U not won
der it we will not bo able lo exchange
siguala with other planets. Aud as I
havo no doubt other worlds are inhabi
ted, lor God would not have built such
magnificent world-houses to have them
stand without tenants or occupants, in
the liuul joy of eailh's redemption all
astronomy I think will t ike. part, we
signalling other worlds and they iu turn
signalling their stellar neighbors. Oh
what a day iu heaven that will bo when
this march of Christ is finished! I know
i hat. on the cross Christ said, "It is fin
ished," but he meant his sacrificial
work was finished. All earth and all
heaven knows that evangelization is not
finished, but there will come a day in
heaven most rapturous. It may be af
ter our world which is thought lo have
about 1,500,000,000 people shall have
on i s decks twice its preseut popula
tion, namely 3,000,000,000,000 aud all
redeemed, and it will be after this world
{shall be so damaged by conflagration
that no human fool can tread its surface
and no human being cm, In cat he its air,
but most certainly the day will como
when heaven will be (hushed and Un
lust of tho twolve gates ol the eternal
city ahull have clanged shut, never to
open excopt for the admission except of
some celestial embassage returning from
s .me. other world, and Christ may strike
his scarred but healed hand in emphasis
ou tho aim of the amelhysliue throne and
say in substance: "All my ransomed
ouos are gathered; the work is done; 1
have finished my march through the
centuries."
When in 1813, aller the battle oi
Loipsic, which decided the fate of the
nineteenth century, in somo respects the
most 11 inc.duus butllo cor fought, the
bridge down, the river Incarnadined, the
street choked w'th tho wounded, the
fields for miles arouud strewn with n
dead soldiery from whom all traces of
humanity hud been dashed out, there
met iu the public square of that ch-y uf
l.eipsic the allied conquerors, and kings
who had gained the victory?the King
of 1'iussia, the Emperor ot Russia, the
Crown Prince of Swedeu?followed by
the chiefs of their armies. With drawu
swords these uionarchs saluted ouch
other and cheered tor the continental
victory they hud together gained, His
tory lias made the sccuc memorable.
Greater ami more thrilling will bo the
spectacle when tho world is all conquer*
cd for the liuih and in front ol the palace
of heaven the kiugs and euuqucrors of
all the allied powers of Christian useful
ness shall salute each other, aud recount
the btrugglwa by which they gamed the
triumph, aud then hand over their
swords to him who is the Chief of the
conquerors, crying: ?'Thine, oh Christ,
is the Kingdom; take the crowu of vic
tory; the crown of dominion; the crown
of grace; the crowu of glor\." "On his
bead were many crowns."
SHARP EARTHQUAKE IN THE WEST.
8;. I.oitU and other Gltlv* Savorvlv
Shakon.
St. Louis, Sept. 2d.?At 10:45 p. in.
throe almost continous vibrations of an
earthquake, oscillating from East to
West, were distinctly felt here. Build
ings facing tho North ami South were
visibly affected by the shock. Watch
men In seveial of the tall buildings say
thoy became alarmed and made all basic
to reach the ground. At the Star Say
ings the compositors, who occupy the
ilfth lloor, left their cases, and rushed
panic-stricken down the stairways and
Into the streets. At the opera house the
audience rose as If to rush from the
house, hut only a few left. Throughout
the whole city the police report that the
people rushed from their homes lu great
alarm, in scant attire. No damage to
buildings has, us yet, been reported.
TKRRE IIAUTK, Ind., Sept. 20.?A dis
tinct shock of earthquake was felt here
about 10:50 tonight, lasting six seconds.
Windows rattled, chandeliers swayed
and many persons wore nauseated by
the undulations. The movement ap
peared to bo from north to at uth.
ViNCENNiis, Ind., Sept% 20.?A very
fierceptible shock ol earthquake was felt
lere at 11 o'olook tonight, lasting near
ly thirty seconds and arousing people
from their slumber. The shock was also
felt at Olney, Washington and various
other places in this vicinity.
St. Lou is, Sept. 20.?A special from
Nokomis, 111. says an earthquake shock
was felt there at 10:51, and was of forty
seconds duration.
Another dispatch irom Masooutalnlls
states that three shocks were tilt there
ut 10:58 p. m.
Mt. VkrsON, 111., Sept, 20.? An earth
quake Bhock was felt here at 10:50 p. nr
lasting ten seconds. Many chimneys
were shaken down aud thrown on the
roofs of residences. The ceiling and
side of the Methodistchurch were badly
damaged.
CHICAGO, Sept. 20.?Dispatches from
Jacksonville, Springtieki, Du Quoin,
Grceuville and Selbyville, III, state
that the shock of earthquake was felt
there to-night. It lasted about thirty
seconds. No damage was done to pro
perty.
Tli? Ohio Cainpatgu.
Columbus, Ohio, September 22.?
Representative Roger Q. Mills, of
Texas, addressed about live thousand
Columbus voters tonight. There was
quite a number of republicans in the
audience, and the closest attention was
given to the speaker during the entire
two hours of his address.
Tho Thurman and Jackson clubs es
corted Mr. Mills from the Governor's
residence and made a line appearance.
The speaker was introduced by (lov
ernor Campbell, who was at his best,
and was warmly greeted by all present.
Since the opening of the democratic
campaign last week there has been a
wundertul bracing up of tin? people,
and Governor Campbell is now re
garded quits as favorably in the pools
as the "Little Major," who was a
prime favorite at odds ten days ago
The democrats aro now bringing souio
of their strongest aud ablest speakers
into the state, and from now until the
close of the contest the republicans
will be forced to tight every inch of
ground for the right of way.
Chairman Ncal, together with the
rest of the stale campaign committee,
is giving the closest attention to all
the minor details of tho work. am', it is
the small matters ami the quiet vote
that will figure largely iu the .mimining
up of the result oil the night of the
elect ion
Commencing October 0, Congress
man Springer, of Illinois, will devote
nearly all of his timo to the Ohio cam
paign until tho election.
OonifreitH of Kitriiiura.
Columbia, S. C, Sept. 24.? The gov
ernor has received a communication
from H. P. Clayton, secretary of tho Na
tional Farmers' congress of tho United
States, stating that the eleventh annual
session will convene utSedalia, Missou
ri. Nov. 10next. It is composed of two
delegates and alternates at large irom
each state and one delegate and alter
nate from each congressional district.
The governor is asked to appoint dele
gates lor two yars and to name one or
more good men to be placed on the
programme. The governor has made
the following appointments:'
.state at largo? 10. T. St.ukhouse,
Marion; Jos. L Keitt, Sondley's; Alter
nates, D. K. Norns, Hickory Flat; W.
I). 10vans, Marlboro.
First District?E. It. Waltor, Orange
burg; IL J. Seibles, Sandy Run.
Second District?F. M. Hamberg,
Hamberg; Harry Hammond, J leech
Island.
Third District -John R Hlake, Abbe
ville; D. II. Russell, Anderson.
Fourt District?II. H. Hurst, Or. en
ville; T. C. Duncan. Union.
Filth District?W. N. Elder, Guth
rievillo; Hayne McMeekin, Winnsboro.
Sixth District?J. P. Durham, Pow
ellsville; Lucas Mclutosh, Darlington.
Seventh District -John J. Darg.ui,
Sumtert J., H. Detvens, Georgetown.
Horror? of ICallroail Wrack.
London, September 25.- A dispatch
to the Standard from San Sebastian
says that It Is reported that Seymour
Lucas and Maurice Long, tho latter
Hritisli vice consul ut Malaga, were
killed in the railroad collision between
burgos and San Sebastian. Several en
tire families perished, including tho
Judge of Victoria witli his wife and
daughter. Some English tourists wore
also killed. Most og> the passengers
were asleep at the time of the collision.
Twentv were killed and twenty-three
injured, four of whom have since died,
wero extricated from the debris. Many
children were killed. When the Queen
received the news of tho disaster she
stopped the fetes In honor of her
daughter's birthday and requested tlio
minister of justice to send her all the
details.
FAMISHING MILLIONS
Pi-IASAN fS RISE UP IN DESPAIR AND
DESPOIL THE GRANARIES.
TrooiM of I'ou?hiiIs Or vine nod lluwiius
for It i <:i(l? ?Ii i hi i .'ii Submit! <kI lot .?11
IukIoiih IMhchm? to NhV" llieui from
Oeutlt by Huuger.
St PKTBIISBURO, Sept. 30.?Ex
tremely unfavorable reports arc received
here rcgardlug crop prospects through
out tho Empire. Six provinces reports
a probable failure ol crops, while iu sev
eral others they will bo much below the
u\erage. Moscow advices say that a
destructive worm hus made its appear
ance ?n that province. Uuless these
accounts arc exaggerated there is every
urobahiliiv of a return ol famine next
year.
Uur SI Petersburg correspondent
writes: While the horizon of the Em
pire is black w ith war clouds, a more
sii'dle und persistent foe hai entered the
Czar's kingdom and is making sad huvoc
w Lb Iii? I people. Tho failure, of ihe
crops is every day iuoroasing the distress
ol the poorer classes; and many arc the
harassing tales which are told ol the
miser v they are forced to endure.
The ftemstyos (local legislatures) ol
more thau twenty provinces have ap
p< aled to the relief hind ol the Empire,
hut the answer has not been one lo in
si ire hops, Theirdemauds were placed
at the lowest possible amount, bat not
in one simile instance were they com
plied with. In some eases but a tenth
of the sum asked was given, though In
others the dlsbursers of the fuud were a
little more generous. Still tho sums
?ranted are so utterly at variance with
the requrements the destress people
the Zeinstvos liuds it a ditlloult mat
ter to discriminate as to the most needy.
The peasants in the stricken districts
are grouped so closely that it is impossi
ble to relieve the wants of all on tho
limited supply ol money allowed. The
relief fund Is already exhausted aud tho
Government refuses to render further
assistance. The ukiisc which came .uto
force on August 27, and which was
promulgated to prevent the export of
rye, instead of bettering ihe condition of
the peasantry only tended to increase
their misery. The priceofryo has since
that date risen rapidly. In a fort-night
the price rose from 00 to 140 kopecks
per pood. Tho Russian people com
plain that in issuing the edict sulllcient
timo was permitted to elapse to enable
the speculators to lullil their contracts,
and that when August 27 dawned ull the
rye which had been on tho market had |
been exported. This was a cruel injust
ice, aud it has been lollowed by the most
serious consequences,
OU'IIIHKAKM OV THE PEASANTRY,
Numerous outbreaks have occurred in
several of the provinces. In the town
of Shavh, which is the corn mart ol the
province of KOVUO, tho maddened popu
lace took possession of the railway sta
tion, while others lormcd themselves
into bauds ami went out ou tho high
ways to intercept ml carts containing
com. The police attempted lo arrest
the ringleaders, but the crowd interfered
and rescued their * companions. The
chief of police then culled upon the mili
tary to assist him in restoring order.
Through tho ellorts of the hitter tho riot
was suppressed, but we have not been
informed If violence was resorted to.
Nearly all of the provienccs have
passed through a similar experience.
Ou the 18th of August a town in the
province of Vilna was the scene ol a
wild outburst ol fury on the part of the
populace. A crowd, headed by a num
ber of .lows, took possession oi'aquaili
t^ of corn stored at the station ready for
export and emptied it Into a Hold ahm *
line of railway. The crowd watched
over the precious commodity until night
closed about the scene.
In Ibis latter riot the women wore the
most active participants. Alter the
arrival of the police the railroad officials
attempted to start a train, but the peo
ple prostrated themselves on the rails,
shouting: "We would rather die is
Siberia ilinii starve here!"
The people in the provinces of Groat
Russia bear their Butlern g with greater
fortitude than those of the western part
of the Empire, but when riots do occur
they assume more serious proportions.
The people are of a more, phlegm itic
temperament, but when once, aroused
they are more violent. In several places
the grain depositories were raided and
deprived of their coveted store. In each
case the peasantry not only overpowered
the police, but also the military in their
mud struggle for the life-sustaining gram,
in the KuhilU Province the olllciab or
dered the cattle lo be destroyed, uilog
ing as an excuse that they were dis
eased. This the people denied, saying
that the animals, like, themselves, Were
slowly starving. The military voro
called out lo enforce the order, but the
peasants attacked them ami many of the
rioters were killed.
DHKADKUI. S0ENE8 CHRONICIjBI).
In some of the famine-stricken dis
tricts the scenes witnessed are beyond
description. Troops O' peasants wan
der from village to village, bcggmif
yileously and crying, "(Jive us bread!
Bread for Chrits's sake." The appeal
is always a vaia one, for the cond'tiou < f
one peasant is no better than that oi
his fellow, and the applicant turns away
multcrinu, "It is always the same?no
bread."
In some ol the villages a small quail
lily of Dour is doled out to ouch family.
11 is of the poorest quality, aud the la ead
made from it is scarcely fit lo eat. In
many ol the homes no food has been
cooked since Easter, the people subsist
ing ou the small p illion of bread which
has been supplied to them though char
ity.
In some Instances mothers, crazed by
starvation, have subjected their children
to contagious diseases, hoping thereby
to hasten the end, believing thai death
by thai means would be preferable to ths
linegtlng one of starvation. TliOSO of
the peasants who are able to make I heir
way lo ll.e large cities do so iu Ihe hope
oi* earning a tew rubles to scud lo their
sull'eriug ones.
In one of the villages a low years ago
a peasant family of twelve persons aus
in|fairly good circumstances, owning
several horses and a number of cows lu
addition to a large dock of sheep. Now
they havo hut one cow, all the rest ot the
stock having been sold lo enable the
once prosperous family lo obtain BU01?
Clont food upon which to subsist. When
they are at last forced to part with their
only cow tho subject of existence will
then become a serious matter to them,
especially as some of the members of
tho household are both old aud feeble
and milk is their only diet.
mritSTiNO OPEN THE OR AN ARIE*.
In tho Konstnntinova district the peas
ants, driven to desperation, hurst open
the granary douis, ami the leaders of
the raid dealt the com out to the starv
ing people, nohand poor receiving shore
nnd sbiuo alike. The spring corn, which
proved euch a disastrous failure, has
been sown a sccoud time; but, as before,
mother earth refuses to yield up her
trails, and, as a consequence, despair
has Hpred over all the land.
The rye crop has fallen far below the
average, and the wheat which lias been
raised is of tho most inferior quality.
The sun's ravs beat down pitilessly on
the starving people, scorching tho mead
ows and drying up tho fodder lor the
cattle, which aro dying in great num
bers. No rain has fallen In months.
The rivers aro running dry, while the
brooks have loug since dried up, aud
the sceuc presented is wretched beyond
description.
In the Caucasus matters aro even
worse, and it is no longer safe for a
stranger to travel its byways aud high
ways, for the pcasauts in their despair
attack those who pass that way in hope
Of securing money with which to buy
food. Many villages are the scene of
the wildcat excitement, aud the Czar's
officials arc said to have become so tor
rorized as to have lost entire control of
the people. Curses, great aud small,
are being hurled ut the "White Czar,"
whom they hold responsible as the au
thor of their misery.
It is feared iu some quarters that the
famine and tho callousness ol the Gov
ernment to the existing conditions will
precipitate a revolution. It is believed
that the starving people will stop at
nothing lo secure some recognition of
their rights. The Holy Synod proposes,
as a means of preventing an outbreak,
to contribute money and precious stones
from u number of the rich monasteries
to relieve the needs ot the most serious
cases. Many of the villages are more
than half depopulated through this
dread'ul scourge, but where it will end
and what the result will be uo one cau
tell.
the CAUSES ok the distress.
The. present condition of the Russian
Empire is not attributable alone to the
failure ol the crops. Various causes
have conspired to produce existiug re
sults. Since the emancipation of the
serfs iu 1801 the agrarian question has
been a matter ol great import to the peo
ple. It is a vexed question und one very
difficult ot solution. To a studcut of the
evolution of the empire the present dif
liculty is not altogether a surprise. No
other result could be expected from the
system ol land tenure which to-day ob
tains in Russia. The liberation of the
serls was eUcetcd not so much from a
humanit?r) tu feeling as from economic
considerations.
That emancipation has utterly tailed
to realize the expectatious of both par
ties to the transaction, uo one cau deny.
The so-called liberation of the peasant
has not brought him either prosperity
or happiness, for at present, he is vir
tually under as great a bondage as he
was iu the time of Nicholas.
In 1802, wheu a division of the laud
took place, but a small portion was
allotted to each peasant?scarcely sutli
cieut for his needs ut the time; but uo
provision was made lor the probable in
crease of population. As time passed
the peasant Sound himself with a large
family ou his hands, but with uo extra
land to till whereby they could be main
tained. As a consequence, the surplus
population drifted to the large cities,aud
in lime formed an immense proletariat
which represented nearly all of the vices
and but few ol the virtues of the nation.
It is this e'ementof the Czar's domain
which causes the Government the great
est uneasiness, but as yet no remedy
has been devised lor its prevention.
People must live, and if the land will
not yield them adequate, support?or,
rather, if insuili.icnt land is given llictn
on which to maintain au existence?the
only alternative left them is to seek the
more busy haunts of men and cast their
lot with the struggling crowd.
Since their liberatiou the great bulk ot
the peasantry have been iu a condition
not many removes from actual starva
tion. Even the official press is forced
lo acknowledge the fact that the people
arc lu a far worse condition than they
were he lore their emancipation.
the evek-inckkakinc? MISERY.
The terrible and ever-increasing mis
ery of the millions ot the Russian peas
antry is a blot on the escutcheon of tho
Government which time can never wipe
out, aud which, to a great extent, justi
fies the discontent a: d rebellious nature
of tho people. Then, again, when a
crisis like tho present arises and no ade
quate provision is made for the emer
gency the people would be little less
than human did they not take, the law
into their own hands, as many of the
poor creatures whom 1 have just de
scribed have done.
The burden of taxation is also very
great, and to meet it the poor peasant
is compelled to uive two-thirds ol his
lime to labor outside of his own litilo
plot of laud. This he is obliged to do,
as his portion of the soil does not yield
sutlic.ent lo enable him to exist aud at
the same time meet the demands of the
Czar's ollnials. Instead of serving one
master, as lormerly, they have now be
come the prey of those tyrants.
It not infrequently happens that this
H\htem of taxation is carried to such an
extent that the poor peasant, unable lo
meet the demands ot these human vul
tuies, sees the bumble home which his
put lent toil has reared gradually slip
irom his grasp* First his horse, if he
owns one, will be seized (or payment of
taxes, then one by one. bis household
goods will disappear until finally the
home itself is taken. These tchonovniks
(olllcials) having no fear of punishment,
systematically carry **n their work of
spoliation.
As 1 have said elsewhere: "Each
Governor is an autocrat iu his province;
each chief of police is au autocrat in his
district; each police is an autocrat in Iiis
canton, and each CoSSSCK lieutenant is
au autocrat in his village." The poor
peasant lives, sutlers and dies under this
terrible regime, and the world never
learns of bis misery. It is only when
such conditions as at present obtain in
Russia, and when the secret can uo lon
ger be kept, that the oilier nations learn
into what .icpth of human suffering and
sorrow tho peasant is at all times
plunged. Judge, then, ol his lot in tho
present slate ol affairs!? NSW York Re
corder. _
The Kentucky Alliance Divided.
Louisville. Ky.,Sept. 25.?The Par
mors' Home Journal, for nearly a year
tho oltlcial organ of the Farmers' Alli
ance in this State, has given up its con
nection with that organization. Tho
reason assigned is that the Alliance
wishes to go into politics. There are
two factions in the Alliance in Ken
tucky upon this question of joining the
People's Party, and at the Slate meeting
at Ehz'ibethtown on November 10
there will bo a sharp contest between
the two for tho election of State ofllcers
who are opposed to political action by
the Alliance.
SERIOUS BUSINESS f"OR CHILE.
A Military ?inr.nl I'Ihci ?I Aromitl tho
United States Legation,
New York, Sept, 28.-Tim Herald's
Valparaiso special this morning says
news of serious import reached here
from Santiago yesterday. It is to the
effect that the leaders of ( he Juuta have
for the last few days adopted a course
which has had the result of harassing
Minister Kotau. The Junta has 09CU
trying for sonio time to induce Mr.
Egan to give up all thosu who have
sought refuge in the United Slates
legation. Tho Junta has gone even
further than this. It has put forth the
claim that it has the right to arrest any
one, no matter of what nationality,
who may be found on the street or any
where else outside ot the walls of the
legation. In keeping with its claim, a
number of foreigners have been placed
under arrest. Among them are three
A hum ic ins. The matter went so far
that every person having occasion to
visit tho legation was ordered to obtain
permits winch allowed them to go to
the place. To enforce this rule a force
of police was put on guard outside the
legation. This lasted uutil laxt Friday,
wheu Minister Egan entered a must
vigorous protest to the whole proceed
ing. His manner was so earnest that
tho police were withdrawn. It is said
tliac he referred ihe whole matter to
the authorities at Washington.
A HASTILY OALLEl) CABINET COUNCIL.
Washington, Sept. 28.?Diplomatic
complications have arisen between the
United States and Chile -how serious
cannot now be Stated, but siilliciently
grave localise a hurriedly called consul
tation at the executive mansion Ibis
morning between the President and his
chief advisers in the State and Navy
Departments. The consultation lasted
until after 12 o'clock, Secretary Tracy
remaining with the President until
l o'clock. Acting Secretary What ton
also had official papers. He said, in
answer to a question as to whether
matters had assumed a set ions phase
in Chile, that he could not say anything
on the subject.
In ollicial circles the news from Chile
that a cordon of soldiers had been placed
around the house of the American min
ister, that entrance could only be ob
tained to it by passport furnished by
the Junta, and that American citizens
were being arrested on the streets of
Valparaiso, was cousidered serious bus
incss, and whilo no official conlirmation
of the uews can be obtained, it is gen
erally credited. It is known that as
far back as last Friday a long cipher
cablegram was received at the Navy
Department from Capt. Sen ley, in com
mand of the United States steamer Hal
timore, in Chilean waters. A copy of
this was sent to the State Department.
Since then cablegrams between the
State and Navy Departments have been
passing with increased rapidity, but the
contents of nono of these communica
tions have been furnished the public.
Oeu. lloultoiuer CoimiiltH Sulcldo.
UUUSSBLS, Sept. 30.?C?en. Houlangor
committed suicide to-day by the grave
of Madame Do Honnemain, who died
recently iu this city. Madame Do Hon
nemain has been known as the mistress
of the dead general. She accompanied
him to England alter his llight, from
France. The general had been gloomy
and nervous recently, but the tragedy
was wholly unexpected. This morning
ho drove, as usual, to the cemetery with
his niece and secretary. Heaving them
outside, he entered and after standing
some timo at the tomb ho shot himself.
Some workmen who heard the shot
summoned the keeper, who recognized
the corpse, and informed the general's
niece, who was so overcome that she
fainted. Tho body was taken In the
carriage to police headquatters and
then to the residence of tho general.
The French minister was notified and
tolephoned the news to Paris. A large
crowd quickly surrounded tho house
where the body lay. One of the men
working in the cemotery says the gen
eral was palo and sail as he entered, but
his manner did not attract attention.
The men were hidden from the general's
view where he stood. After about
three quarters of an hour they heard a
pistol shot and rushed to the spot whore
they found the general dead with the
revolver in his hand.
Tiviilve Klr<-iiien Crunlied.
Minneapolis, Minn., Sept. 25.- At
2:30this aftern oon lire broke out iu the
live-story frame building of M oore oi
Co.'s machine shops, located on Tenth
avenue, South and Third streets und iu
a few minutes the building was envel
oped in (lames. Half an hour later a
terrific explosion took place, and the
(lames shot high above the top story.
Twenty employes In the third story had
a very narrow escape, barely reaching
tho stair in time to descend to the
ground. The flames were communica
ted to the elevator, and the immense
structure seemed to burn like tinder.
At 3:20 p. in. the walls of tho elevator
fell with a tremendous crash. Twelve
firemen were on ladders against the
wall, and all were precipitated Into the
debris. All were rescued alive, but
nine were scriousiy and three fatally
hurt.
Inciuidlnrv Miller.
Chicago, Sept. 22.?Emancipation
day was celebrated today by the colored
people with a mass meeting and picnic
at Osgood grove. Thomas K. Miller, of
Heaulort county, Sout h Carolina, was
the orator of the day. lie eulogized
Abraham Lincoln, and speaking of the
South said: " The new South is a fact.
The child, is however, Ill-formed. It's
blood is tainted; It is strong, but lacks
endurance. It is as much your duty to
day to assist tho nation iu training and
developing this partly spoiled youth,
as it was your duty late in the lit ties to
educate through your patron saint, the
nation up to the paint of the emanci
pation of the slave and the preserva
tion of the Union. Omit P, and (be
work will have to bo done over again
in t he same ?i ay as it was blushed at
Appomattox."
Werkly Col ton Niatlftilc?.
Liverpool,Sept. 21 - -The following
are the weekly statistics: f?tal sales
of the week 17,000 bale*, American 30,
OUO. Trade takings, including forward
ed from shipside 511.000; actual export
5,000; tofal import 20,000,American li.
(XX). Total stock 711,000. American 51(1,
000. Total afloat OO.OOO, American 80,
000. Speculators 4,000; exporters took
2.&00.
Cannibalism in ItOMla,
London. Sept. 20.?The horrible
story of Cannibalism among the Rus
sian peasantry is more than continued,
for in some ol the alllicted provinces it
is said that starving humlies, giving up
all hope of rescue, arc prolonging life by
devouring their helpless Infants.
rut KlKhU on th? floor.
CLEVELAND, Sept. 26,?The Repub
lican couuty convention 1.0-day was one
{oi the most turbulent in the history of
the party iu this county. Tho delegates
quarreled onlhotloor, and two flst tights
added excitement to the proceedings.
COTTON PAST REDEMPTION
REPORT OF THE WEATHER BUREAU
FOR LAST WEEK.
Nearly All tit?? Cotton Will ???< Ifurveatetl
i>? November l*?Intere>>tlna Kt'|ti>ri?i
from I Ii? Viirluux Count le*..
Columbia, S. 0., Sept. 88.?'Follow*
ing Is tho weather crop bulletin of the
I South Carolina Weather Bureau for the
week ending Saturday:
The total amount of rainfall during
the week WHS apparently below the nor
mal and badly distributed;temperature
and sunshine above the avert*ge, and
very favorable for the opening and pick
ing of cotton, and harvesting of hay
and pea vines.
The following are extracts from a
number of crop correspondents, most of
whom fully corroborate my last report
as to my statement that the condition Of
the cotton crop was 20 per cent, below
that of an average:
Clarendon County- "I have seen this
week several farmers from as many va
rious sections and it is estimated that
the t orn crop is unusually line. Cotton
crops have generally succumbed to the
effects of the excessive rains, and it is
believed thttt fully 33 per cent, has been
destroyed. It Is almost safe to say that
nearly all the cotton will bo harvested
before Novomber."
York County?-"So far as we can tell
the cotton crop is about 25 per cent,
short of last year."
Kershaw County?"The excess of
moisture uniformly throughout the crop
season (grow lh)caused a luxuriant weed.
The high temperature during the past
week, with continuous sunshine, has
caused 'scalding'- the leaves turn yel
low und bolls opt n pormaturely."
Edgclicid County?"Cotton on low
grounds have been bonefltted by the dry
weather. Uplands h ive been injured a
good deal, and the cotton has lost from
shedding and the rorcud opening of im
mature bolls. Late cotton will make a
poor yield. Crop lost since last report
20 per cent."
Fair Held County?'The wann, dry
weather has been beneficial tocottou,
which is opening in line condition."
Fairtleld County-?"Tho condition of
the cotton crop is very unfavorable. 1
usually make twelve bales to the plow.
1 shall not make over eight, aud my
crop is better than many of my neigh
bors."
Chester County?"The last seven days
have been favorable in every way to all
crops, especially cotton."!
Union County "I he past week has
been an unusual week for the tanners,
allowing them to save much line forage.
Cotton crop will not be what many had
supposed, below Ihe average."
Union County?"Havehad an oppor
tunity of seeing many crops. Collen
seriously injure,I, and will bo at least
25per cent, below an average."
Alken County? "Excessive warm
weather has opened the bolls of youug
cotton beton? they were tally matured,
and caused the plant to shed its leaves
badly."
Barn well County "The cotton is past
redemption. The stalk is universally
dead, and no (op crop at all. Seventy
live per cent, is open, nicking is pro
gressing rapidly, ami is being marketed
as fast as ginned. With good weather,
crop will be gathered by 1st November."
YVillinmsburg County "No top on
cotton, and il is tit least ~2T> per cent.
Short0)1 the average, Corn has not beeu
injured, pease good, potatoes good. The
past ten days has been very favorable
lor gathering cotton, and good progress
has been made."
Hampton County "Corn 25 per cent.
Increase over 1800, cotton IK) per cent,
decrease, potatoes HO per cent, and pease
10 per cent."
Orangeburg County?"Tho cotton
crop on clay lands is short at least 30
per cent, and on sandy lands 50 per
cent., from continuous and excessive
rams during August and the first part
of this month."
Lancaster County "The cotton erop
has beeu injured by too much ram (lur
ing August and 1st September, also by
cool weather. There cannot be more
than U0 percent, of an average crop.
There is no 'top cotton,' and the bolls
are few and wide apart on body Of Stalk,
Corn good."
Marlboro County- "The heavy rains
in August and eight days iu September
showed eight and one-half inches of
rain, which put a llnale on eol t^a on
sanuy lands. The favorable weather of
September or an early frost will make
but little difference, as there are no
young cotton bolls to make."
Darlington County "Weather for
past week has been, except a local
shower Wednesday alter noon, all that
could be desired. The rain on Wednes
day only slightly damaged the color of
open cotton, but benefited turnips and
did no! affect other crops."
Darlington County "Tho hot, dry
weather of the past ten days has caused
cotton to open rapidly, and increased
the purl receipts abnormally. In many
fields Ihe cotton is nearly all open. Tho
Staple per cent, short Of last year. Corn
is as good as ti.e land will produce."
New berry County- "The corn crop
dot snot need ram. Our cotton crops
are much poorer than has been report*
ed. All the top crop wu8 shedded off
altei the rains iu August and the first
week in September, and l do not think
it possible lor tiiis county to make over
7."> per cent, of a lull crop."
Berkeley County "We have had too
much rain for all crops. It has been
dry for a week, favoring cotton Open
ing Slid picking, drying out provision*!
and favorable to hay making."
Kichland County "the cotton crop
is badly injured. The young cotton
has little or no fruit on it. With the
most favorable season and late frost it
will not be over 00 per cent, ol an aver
age crop."
llichlund County -It is dlfllcultto
say how much the cotton crop has bei u
damaged. 1 made last year 70S bales of
cotton. 1 am almost sure that my erop
will not yield over 300 bales. My com
crop is line." A. I'. liUTM-SIt,
Observer Weather Bureau.
Announce** in Convention.
B KU I. IN, Sapt. 23, Professor Win*
schied, of Lelpsic, who belongs to one
or the most noted Catholic families of
that city, has announced his conversion
to Protestantism, coupled with the
state nent that the professor attributes
the change in his religious views to his
disbellel III the authenticity of the gar
ment known as the Holy Co.it, which
is now on exhibition in the cathedral
at Troves, and bis conscientious scru
ples against, supporting a church that
would lend Its sanol Ion to such an ex ?
hlbltion,
Pour American*. Murdered.
Panama, Sept. '-'">. Advices from
Peru report the murder of four Ameir
can explorers on the river Munition.
They wereCalifornians prospecting lor
gold. Tho party consisted of live, but
one, owing tp illness, had to return.
The others were murdered In cold blood
by the natives, who mistook them for
ecclesiastical emissaries and spies, ..*.

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