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BILL ARP'S LETTER. The sage of bartow takes a LIVELY INTEREST IN POLITICS. Says Bryan Must be Elected or He Will Stop Talking. How funny and fantastic is politics. Onlv a few years ago the alliance was in full blast and had its star chamber with its signs and grips and pass words and no lawyer or doctor or preacher need apply. It rolled into office a few leaders and schemers and then went into a state of innocui.iVi desne- tude, as Mr. Cleveland would say. But it dideDt stav dead. In its dying agonies it gives birth to a child that had more sense than its daddy and they named it populist or the people’s party and invited us all in. The star chamber was abolished. The goat was dehorned and turned out to grass. The big warehouse scheme was abandone d. The railroads and telegraphs were al- lowed to run on awhile longer on their own hook, but they held ou to the free silver plank with a stubbornness that was born of desperation. By and by the southern and western democrats began to cry out for free silver and they cried so loud and so strong that they carried Chicago by storm and took the fort like a cyclone had struck it. Then came the populists at St. Louis and with great good sense and liberality said what is the difference between us; let us be brethren. You have stolen our platform, but we can all stand on it. You take the head and we will take tho tail and together we will bury these goldbugs so deep the hand of resurrec¬ tion will never reach them. But tho democrats had already attached a tail of their own and now the head has two tails that are wagged by different par¬ ties and it’s very annoying, for there is no law or constitution that allows but one. And there is the republican party, and before long there will be a goldbug democratic party, and so if this tail question is not settled the populists will put up an electoral ticket of their own with Bryan and Watson electors and it will take four electoral tickets to settle the great question of the next president and vice president. That means McKinley and Hobart, it seems to me, for the re¬ publicans always stick to their party. But I reckon the general managers know mors about this than I do and will arrange about the details. I hope so, for if Bryan is not elected I shall do like Evan Howell said, “I will take to tho woods,” or I will do like Iago said, ‘‘I will never spieak word more;” that is to say, a political word. When the late war begun I heard r. preacher say iu the pulpit that if tho Lord suf¬ fered the yankees to defeat us he would never again believe in a special providence. 1 don’t say that, but I have a superstitious faith in Bryan’s election and shall go to bed sick if he is not. I believe he was raised up to purify and reform national politics. But I was ruminating about these populists in our state affairs. It hasent been so very long since Tom Watson sold hie law hocks and burnt the bridge behind him because his party said that lawyers wero not fitten to hold office or go to heaven and were not fltteu lo get fitten. But now Tom has picked up Seab Wright, a lawyer in full practice, and is grooming him for the governor’s chair. Besides that, Seab has the misfortune of being rich, which was another unpardonable sin. But now Seab dident have to sell his law books like au idiot, nor take liis wife's money out of a national bank. The fun of the whole business is that the populists took a democrat for py deut and now have consenjiteA’ademo- joinedJthejQMnRii orat for goveruor*^§-^Wright never after he was nomi- in fact, I don’t know whether ho has joined them yet or not, nor how long he will work in the harness. For several years he hasent been consider^ a subdued working demo¬ crat. He wnsent well broke and had to be watched, for sometimes hs bucked like a broncho. But this is in bis favor, for I never admire a demo¬ crat who would go it blind and never kick at tbe pop of tbe party whip. Statehonse rings and courthouse rings havo sometimes to be broken np and it takes a man of nerve to do it. But it is funny to see the populists bunting around in the bushes for a staudard bearer. And they found a good one. I iike Seab—everybody does. He was raised iu my town and went to school with my boys and wanted (o marrv in¬ to my family connection and call me uncle, aud Seab says everybody was willing but the girl, and 6he made a mistake and said no when she meaDt yes, but he dident kuow it at the time and heloBt her. But be called me Uncle Bill the other day to show his affection. He dosent want this mentioned at all, for such things sometimes interfere Fith domestic felicity. Seab is smart, .bright, handsome, eloquent—another boy orator who wili make the “welcome ring,” as a popu¬ list said in the convention. They wanted him bad or they wouldn’t have let him bring his plank in with him. Seab carries that prohibition plank under his arm and when he stops to rest he lays it down and stands on it. rolls and that makes $750,000 a year for books. Well,of,course no sensible manlike Seab will stand on Such a plank as that. It is catch* only a little molasses spilled out to flies, and it will catch ’em. It will get every darky in this town and some of the white folks, for it is a fact that the people are tired of buying new books, Seab can straddle that plank. In fact, it ought not to be expected of a candi¬ date to cover the whole platform. No man can build a platform that will please every member of the party. There are many men of many minds and we all want as much latitude and longitude in politics as in anything eiHe. Seab knows that neither he nor the platform has any power to furnish school books, and that the legislature will never commit such an outrage. The public treasury is a thing to be sucked, but property is going down, down and of course the tax rate must go up, up, up to realize the necessary money for running the state and now our taxes are a serious burden on the people. Another catching plank is the promise to the school teachers. There are now over 6,000 of them and they want their money, and ought to have ** promptly, whether it is in the treas- «ry or not. If every teacher can con- trol his own vote and one other that make 10,000 or 12,000 votes on ti |at ^ ne - But the plank against railroad passes is a bad one. Every law-maker and public official likes to have a free pass, J t magnifies a man’s importance and flatters his conceit and rides so easy, The law makers will never prohibit them. Ou the contrary, the tendency ol legislation is to incre ase their pay an d their privileges. The last con- green voted a clerk to every member, This thing of^ picking and hawking at railroads has got to bo a chestnut anyhow and a healthy reaction has set in. If the rail- ™ a A commission doesent understand railroading in all its complicated details ^ r - Thomas does, and so does my friend Joe M. Brown. His late reply *o Mr. Crenshaw was not only admira¬ ble, but unanswerable. I heartily en¬ joyed it, and so did all impartial men. You caD’t pick up a politician out of the woods and make a good railroad commissioner out of him. It takes a long railroad education to fit a man for that office. But why should Seab Wright chal¬ lenge Governor Atkinson, or vice versa? What issues are there between them? Upon what great principles do they differ? Atkinson has made a good governor; so will Seab i( elected; so would a thousand others I could name, one of whom I am which, and so I am contented. Let the proces¬ sion proceed.— Bill Arp, in aAtlauta Constitution. KENTUCKY GOLD MEN Hold a Convention and Select Dele¬ gates to Indianapolis. The “sound money” democratic con¬ vention, held in Louisville Thursday afternoon, was attended by nearly every Ex Lieutenant leading democrat in Kentucky. Governor James R. Hindman was elected temporary chair¬ man, and then there was a loud de¬ mand for ex-Cougressman W. C. P. Breckinridge. The silver-tongued orator addressed tho convention at considerable length. He began by saying that he could not stand the Chicago platform nor sup¬ port the nominee. “The heart of Kentucky is with us,” ho said. “We were a ‘sound money’ state years ago. We lost through want of vigilance and cowardly leaders and we almost became reconciled to free coinage. But we did not look forward to a platform in which the best thing in it is the free coinage plank.” Just as Colonel Breckinridge was bringing his speech to a close a spec¬ tator in the rear of the hall yelled, “Hurrah for Bryan!” Amid cries of “Throw him out, throw him out!” the police escorted the democrat through the door. A. J. Carroll, of Louisville; ex- Governor Buckner, W. C. P. Breckin¬ ridge, of Lexington, and W. F. Bro- der, of Russellville, were chosen as- delegates from the.statetWlarge to In¬ dianapolis— — fhe roll call showed that 114 out of the 119 counties were represented in the convention. R. T. Tyler, of Paducah, and Judge J. Quincy Ward, of Paris, were named as eiectors-at large. On motion of Colonel Breckinridge the delegates to Indianapolis were in¬ structed to vote for ex-Govemor Simon Bolivar Buckner for vice president as long as they deemed it advisable. The report of the committee on resolutions was adopted unanimously. After indorsing the teachings of Jef¬ ferson, Jackson, Benton, Tilden and Cleveland, the report demands a cur¬ rency measured by the existing gold standard, which shall consist of gold with a bank currency well secured and redeemable in gold, and with the use of silver and other metals within the reasonable limits prescribed by con¬ venience and safety and to be kept at par with gold. A tariff for revenue only is demanded and it is believed to be the duty of the government to pro¬ tect the citizen aud his property from lawlessness, The recent convention at Chicago and its platform and candidates are disclaimed as undemocratic. Bryan is declared to be a populist and Sewall a subsidized shipbuilder and a high protectionist. The administration of Grover Cleveland and John G. Carlise is endorsed and the Chicago convention condemned for its refusal to take simi¬ lar action. The convention adjourned at 11:03 o’clock. At the district meetings del¬ egates to the Indianapolis convention were chosen. RAILROADS CUTTING RATES. Two River Lines Start a Hot Rate War Once 3Iore. A Baltimore special says: The rate war between the Bay line and the York River line has broken out afresh. The latter announced that it would meet the cut in passenger rates put in¬ to effect by the Bay line Ju:v 17tb, and would go under the latter’s cut in freight rates on Norfolk business. The Merchants’ and Miners’ Transpor¬ tation Company has also taken a hand in the fight and has announced that it will meet the cut of the York River Hue. CAST1LUANS MAD. THEY INSIST THAT THE SPANISH FLAG BE RESPECTED. Prime Minister’s Resignation De¬ manded Because of His Indifference. Spanish residents in Havana are up in arms against Senor Canovas del Castillo,prime minister of Spain. Cas- tillian blood has been aroused and an urgent demand will be made upon the home government for the minister's resignation. Senor del Castillo was one of the most popular members of the borne cabinet until Saturday, but now there are none who abuse him so bitterly as those who praised him then. Castillo’s remarks about a contem¬ plated demand upon the United States for an apology for the flag episode in Key West a few days ago has pro¬ duced the change. Tho Spaniards throughout the island were aroused when they heard that the Spanish colors had been torn down, trampled in the dust and made into rags, by the crowd at Key West. Nothing but a demand for an abject apology was thought of by the Spanish, and when it became known that Castillo contem¬ plated letting the matter go by without even a request for reparation tl^ am ger of the Spaniards was let looSfe. Nothing but the minister’s resigna¬ tion will appease the people. The Spaniards say that because the United States has allowed the stars and stripes to be dragged down and dis¬ graced by students is no reason that Spain should submit to the same thing. They declare that the Americans can Bubmit to as many insults as they desire, but that the Spaniards are not of that mold, and that their flag shall and must be respected wherever it floats. More than one meeting has been held since Senor del Castillo asserted that no demand would be made, and at every one resolutions denouncing the minister in the most severe terms and calling for his immediate resigna¬ tion have been passed. It is a merry mess Castillo has cre¬ ated and before the end comes he may find himself without a job. The Span¬ iards laugh at the idea that the United States would not apologize if an apolo¬ gy were demanded. They say that it would be forthcoming almost as soon as asked. Their estimate of Uncle Sam’s valor is not the highest by any means, and in support of that they cite the frequent insults to the flag of the union which have been passed un¬ noticed by the government. TO GREET LI HUNG CHANG. President Cleveland Will Welcome the Chinese Viceroy. The following program respecting the visit of the Chinese viceroy, Li Hung Chang, has been announced by Secretary of War Lamont: Earl Li Hung Chang, special ambas¬ sador from the emperor of China, will arrive in New York by the steamship St. Louis on Friday, August 28. Ma¬ jor General Thomas H. Rugsr, U. S. A., commanding the department of the east, who has been designated by the president to act as his representative, will meet him on his arrival and escort him with a detachment of the Sixth regiment, United. States cavalry, to the Waldorf hotel, where he will re- maiiL^iirfng the his stay in New York as guest of the nation. The state de¬ partment will be represented by W. W. Rockhill, first assistant secretary of state. General Ruger will attend the viceroy during his sojourn in this country, and will be in charge of all arrangements pertaining to his vssit. The president of the United States, who is to be in the city as the guest of ex-Secretary of Navy William C. Whitney, will receive the special am¬ bassador at Mr. Whitney’s residence on the day following his arrival, the secretary of state, the secretary of the treasury, the secretary of war and possibly other members of the cabinet being present. On Sunday a visit will be made to General Grant’s tomb at Riverside. Monday will be spent in a trip to the military academy at West Point by the United States steamship Dolphin and a sail under the Brooklyn bridge and up the East river. On Tuesday the party will be entertained at lunch by representative business men of New York and later in the day an opportu¬ nity will be given the Chinese resi¬ dents of the city to meet the earl by ar¬ rangements of the Chinese consul. Wednesday will be occupied by a visit to Brooklyn on tbe invitation of the mayor of that city, and in the evening the viceroy will be tendered n review by the Seventh regiment in its armory. On Thursday the party will go by the Pennsylvania railroad to Philadelphia, where suitable entertainment will be provided, and Friday and Saturday will be spent in Washington and Sun¬ day at Niagara Falls, where the vice¬ roy will be met by representatives of the Canadian government, who will escort him to Vancouver, from which port he will tail for home. 31 ANY MINERS ON A STRIKE. Shawnee Ore Diggers Quit Work Until the Scale Is Fixed. • - A‘ telegram was received at the head¬ quarters of the United Mines Workers of America at Columbus, O., from State President Ratchford, at Shaw¬ nee, stating that the entire force of miners working under the lease sys- tern in that valley, a thousand, quit Friday morning in obedience to the order of the state convention of miners held a week ago. The strike will con- tinue there and elsewhere until the scale of wages is paid everywhere in the state. THROUGH GEORGIA. BITS OF NEWS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATE, Being a Summary of Interesting Hap¬ penings From Day to Day. Governor Atkinson has respited Arthur Hayne, who was to have been hanged in Atlanta last Friday, for two weeks. The Governor’s action was taken on account of new evidence being found in the case. The new dormitory of the Industrial college at Milledgeville has been fin¬ ished aud accepted by the board of trustees. President Chappell has very appropriately ‘‘Atkinson named the new building Hall” in honor of Governor Atkinson. The old dormitory, which is an annex of tho old executive man¬ sion, will be called “The Mansion.” Recently the household goods and effects of Dave Berryman,the murderer and suicide, were sold at public outcry and brought fabulous sums. Every detached piece of the house and furni¬ ture was eagerly sought after by the crowd. It will be remembered that Berryman, near RojstoD, slew his wife and four children and then took his own life, an account of which was extensively house published at the time. The has become so offensive it has been decided to burn it, and thus blot from sight the standing monument of Georgia’s most harrowing tragedy. An application for a charter for a new the mining company has been filed in office of clerk of the superior court iu Atlanta. The name of the new company is to be the Globe Min¬ ing Company, aud a charter is asked for for the period of twenty yearp, with the privilege of renewal at ilie expiration of that time. The capital stock of the company is to be $100,- 000, and the business is to be workiug up gold and silver and other mining- property and the development of such mines as the company may see fit to purchase. The mines on which work will be prosecuted are located in Hall and Gwinnett counties. Mr. Tom Cobb, of Atlanta, has an- nounced as an independent candidate for congress from the fifth district. The full entry list in the race is now Colonel Thomas R. R. Cobb, Colonel Leonidas F. Livingston, Colonel J. C. Hendrix, and “Swamp Angel” Marion. Mr. Cobb will run practically as an independent, and be will make an effort to draw strength both from the republican and democratic candidates. Eveu the republicans in the state are footloose by the decision of the state central committee, and all the candi¬ dates will have free access to the minds of republican voters. Mr. Cobb will be likely to get all the populist strength except that obtained by “Swamp Angel” Marion. As the race now stands, it wili prove lively enough to be interesting. Railroad to Fitzgerald. President Williams, of the Georgia and Alabama railway, announces that at a called meeting of the stockholders of the twD companies, held recently at Richmond, resolutions were adopted by which the Abbeville and Waycross railroad, extending from Abbeville, Ga., to Fitzgerald,Ga., twenty-two miles, the seat of tbe soldiers’ colony, has been merged with the Georgia and Alabama railway, and will hereafter be known as the Fitzgerald branch of tho Georgia and Alabama railway. The latter company several months ago quietly secured control of all the bonds and stock of the Abbeville and Way- cross railroad, but up to the present time the Abbeville and Waycross has been operated as a separate and inde¬ pendent road. By this consolidation the mileage of the Georgia and Ala¬ bama railway is increased twenty-two miles, making a total of 362 miles op¬ erated. Telephone T Lines . Galore. . The telephone system of Georgia is to j -i be very materially i • it increased • -j m o short while. So great has been the patronage of the telephone companies that that thev they will will at at once once be^in Degin to to build build Dew lines m ail parts of the state. An important line will be built from Rome to Cave Soring to Cedartown. This n-ii • ,■ line will •n give • these towns , tele- , a phone connection with Atlanta, and will very greatly increase the system in that oart of the state Another , line will - n be , built from , Ha- -. r con to Fort Valley to Montezuma to Oglethorpe ^ to Americas. This line will mi connect a at. the above u named i towns a with Atlanta since Atlanta is already connected with Macon. Another Another line line will will be be built DUllt from irom At At- lanta to Macon, making three direct circuits between the two cities. The material for these lines is now arriving from New York and work will be commenced on them at once and by next spring they will be completed. Besides these new lines in Georgia, Opelika will be connected with Mont¬ gomery, Ala., which gives Atlanta direct communication with Opelika. The erection of these new lines gives Georgia nearly 500 miles of telephone wire. She is far ahead of maDy other states in this matter, and inside of two years, if the plans of the telephone companies are carried out, she will have as many miles of telephone wires as almost any other state in the union. Recext statistics show that the in- crease iu the crutch manufacturing in¬ dustry is keeping pace with the pro- gress in the making of bicycles. REV. DR. TALMAGE. THE NOTED DIVINE’S DISCOURSE. Subject: “The Great Trial.” * Text- We have an advocate with the Father. Jesus Christ the righteous. -I John ii., 1, Standin" ‘‘it in a court room, you say to your- seH- this bar crime has often been arraigned- oftei at this witness stand the oath has been taken; at this jurors’ bench the verdict has been rendered; at this judges anv Over and Terminer or Circuit or Su- uremeor Chaneerv. It is the trial of every Christian man for'the life of his soul. This trial is different from any other in the fact that it is both civil and criminal. The issues at stake are tremendous, and 1 shall in mv sermon show you, lirst. what are the "rounds Q f complaint; then, who arc the witnesses in the cause, and lastly, who are the advocates. thing is When a trial is called on the first to have the indictment read. Stand up then, O Christian man. and hear the indictment of the court of high heaven against thy soul. It is an indictment of ten counts, for thou hast directly or indirectly broken all the ten commandments. You kuow how it thun- dered on Siuai and when God came down how the mountain rocked and the smoke ascended as from a smoldering furnace, and the darkness gathered thick, and the loud, deep trumpet uttered the words; ‘‘The soul that sinueth, it shall die!” Are you guilty, or not guilty? Do not put in a negative plea too quick, fori have to announce that “all have sinned and come short of the glory of God. There is none that doeth good; no, not one. Whosoever shall keep the whole law. yet offend iu oue point, he is guilty of all.”' Do not, therefore, be too hasty in pronouncing yourself not guilty. The lawsuit before us also charges you with the breaking of a solemn contract, Many a time did we promise to be the Lord’s. We got down on our knees and said; “O. Lord. I am Thine now aud forever.” Did you keep the promise? Havo you sometimes stood up to the contract? Have you not faltered when you ought to have been true? Have you not been proud when you ought to have been humble? Have you not played the coward when you ought to have been the hero? I charge it upon you aud I charge it upon myself—we have broken the con- tract. Still further; this lawsuit claims damages at your hands. The greatest slan ler on the the Christian religion is au inconsistent pro- fessor. The Bible says religion is one thing; we, by our inconsistency, say religion is some other thing, and what is more deplora- bie about it is that people can see faults in others while thev can not see any in them- selves. If you shall at any time find some miserable old gossip, with imperfections from the crown of her head to the sole of her foot, a perfect blotch of sin herself, she will go her tattling, life tattling, tattling, all the years of about the inconsistencies of others, having no idea that she is inconsistent her- self. God save the world from the gossip, female aud male. I flunk the males are the W9 r sl - Now you have , heard , the indictment real. , Are you ready to plead guilty or not guilty? Perhaps you are not ready yet to plead. Then the trial will go on. The witnesses will be called, and we shall have the matter de- cided. In the name of God I now make pro- clamatiou Oyez. Oycz Oyez. whoever hath anything to offer in this trial in whicn God is the plaintiff aud the Christian soul the defendant, let him now step forth and R1 te t tlr r n T m S 0ma tr ‘u * ™ Wltness * cad w upon tae stand . in . behalf of the prosecution the is world-all critical and observant of Christian char- aetei. You know that there are people .round you who perpetually banquet on the irmlties of God s children. You may know. l you hav-lived in tne country, that a crow cares for nothing so much as carrion. Toore ^ &t out of the fluids ^ hooS ^ thi th aV °, f 1 a death, M aud ^ they 0t WhrSi S-nl n S t S J f U i' UlflS away for ^e T l mistake! i S ° H rS ° U St0p 8 i'' n La J eye aQ ? , lha fifv Wd d ! ta ^ n w + *°f* in hPhaif n,d1 thl ® S <’hrict'munV yOU k 'VU w Rhrmi thiq i l»™k „ w fffl an « mQ God,”? fA »ant L hS ilt lull i . child of he to ef imperfections. I do not knew but I am a great deal better than he is now. Often- times he is very earthly, and he talks so lit- tle about Christ aud so much about himself. ^arn T am very very to ^ltid ia Q to to tostifv testuy that that thi<* this is a a Karl bad hard Stop, O World, I with the greedy eye and heart. fear you are too much inter- ested iu this trial to give impartial evidence, Let all those who hear the testimony of this witness know that there is au old family quarrel between these two parties. There World always has been a variance between the and the Church, and while tho World on the witness stand to-day has told a great deal of truth about this Christian man, you must take it all with much allowance're- membering that thev still keep the old grudge good. O, World ofthe greedy and the hard heart, The that will do; you must sit down. second witnesss I call in this case is Conscience. Who art thou. O Conscience? What is your business? Where were you born? What are you doing here? “Oh” says Conscience, “1 was born in heaven. I I came down to befriend this man. I have lived with him. I have instructed him. I have warned him. I showed him the right and the wrong, advising him to take the one and 6scli8 s c f it tho oth©r 'ou]. X hnv© kindl«ri Jhip oj scorpion , , igh ia hls WHh a I have scourged his wickedness, and I have tried to cheer him when doing right; and y et 1 am compelled p to testify on the gtaQd tQ _ day tfaat ha ha3 sometimes rejects t j^y mission. Oh, how many cups of life have I pressed to his lips that he dashed down, and how often has he stood with his hard f r “ heet It° on the bleedin" v.?? m,.=i hrart thaJ1 of th“ Son 0 G pa iaa . have to testify against this Christian man, and yet I must, in behalf *f Him who will in no wi s« clear the guilty, say that this Christian man has done wrong. He has been worldly, He has been ne ^iectful. He has done a thousand things he ought not to have done and left undone a thousand things he ought to have done. That will do ' Con^ienee You can sit down. The third witness I call in the case is an angel of God. Bright and shining one, what do8st thou here? What hast thou to say againstthi3 maQ on trial? “Oh.” savs the angel, “I have been a messenger to bim. I hav« guarded him. I have washed him. With this wing I have defended him, and often- times, when he knew it not, I led him into green pastures and beside still waters. I snatched from him the poisoned chai- ices. When bad spirits came upon him to destroy him, I fought them hack with infinite that he has rejected my mission/ He has Though with this wing I defended him, and though with this voice 1 wooed him, I have to announce his multiplied imperfections, i dare not keep back the testimony, for then I should not dare to appear again amongst the sinless ones before the great white There is only one more witness to be called on behalf ofthe prosecution, and that is the Spirit great, tbe holy the august, the omnipotent of God. We bow down before Him. Holy Spirit, knowest Thou this man? “Oh, yes, says the holy one, “I know him. 1 have striven with him ten thousand times, and though sometimes he did seem to repent, he fell back again as often from his first es- t&te. Ten thousand times ten thousand has he grieved Me. although the Dible warned nlm, saying: ‘Grieve no.: tae r.Oiy Unos,. Quench not the Spirit. 1 Yes. h<‘ h;is driveii 3[e back. Though I am the Third Terson of the Trinity, he has trampled on Mv Mission and the blood of the Atonement that i brought with which to cleanse his soul, he sometimes despised. I came from the throne of God to convert, and comfort and saneti- fv and yet look at that man and see what he is compared with what, unresisted, I would have made him.” The evidence on the part of the prosecu¬ tion has closed. Now let the defense brim; on the rebuttal soul, testimony. bring iu What reply have voif ev’- O Christian to to this idenee of the world, of Ghost? the conscience, of the angel and of the Holy No evidence? Are all these things true? “\es. Unclean, unclean,” says every Christian soul. What? Do you no t begin to tremble at the thought 0 f condemnation? The advocates speak. The profession of au advocate is full of responsibility. In Eu;- i !iml a nd the United States there have arisen Itl en who in this calling have been honored bv thdr race and thrown contempt upon those who iu the profession have be m guiltv of a great mauy meannesses. That profes- sion be honorable as long as it has at- tached to it such names as Mansfield, and j Marshall, and Story, and Kent, and Snnh- iiv j t and William Wirr. The court room has j sometimes been thescene of very marvelous an q thrilling things. Some of you remcm- ber the famous Girard will case, where one 0 f 0 ur advocates pleaded the cause ot the jjible and Christianity in masterly Anglo- Saxon, every paragraph a thunderbolt, But I turn from the recital of this memor- a ble occasion to a grauder trial, and I have to ie \\ you that in this trial of the Christian, f or the life of his soul the advocates ar« m i g ’ A tier, wiser aud more eloquent. The evidence all being in, severe an 1 steru j usl j CO rises oa behalf of the prosecution to ma k 0 his plea. With the Bible open in his hand, he reads the law, steru and indexible, an q the penalty: “The soul that sinnetb, jt s hall die.” Then he says- “O, Thou judge and Lawgiver, this is Tame own statute, and all the evidence inearth aul Jieaven agree that the man has tinned a g tt inst these enactments. Now lot the gword leap from its scabbard. Shall a man go through the very flames of Sinai un- ginned? Let the law be executed. Let judgment be pronounced. Let him die. I d 0m . V nd that he die!” O. Chr'stiau , does it not look very dark for thee? Who w ill plead on thy side In so for- | oru a onus-? Sometimes a man will bo brought into a court of law. an 1 he will have no friends and no money, aud the Judge will look over the bar and say: “is there any one who will volunteer to take this man’s case aud defend him?” And some young man rises up aud savs: “I w.ll be nis counsel" perhaps starting on from that v0rv p 0 j n t to a great and brilliant career, Now, m this matter of the soul, as you have no ihiug to pav for counsel, do you think t hat rising. ., nv on3 wi n volunteer? Yes, yes: I sea 0 ne H« is a young mau, only thirty- three years of age. I see His countenance su ffusad with tears anil covered with blood, a nd a il the galleries of heaven are thrilled with the spectacle. Thanks be unto God, . l5Va hav0 an advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ the righteous.” Ob, Christian soul, your case begins to look better. I think, perhap-, after ill.you may not have to die. The best A ivo i ite iu the universe has taken your side. No one was ever so qualified to defend you. He i C u OW 3 all the law, all its demauds, all its penalties. He is always ready. No new tum of t „ e caSa eaa snr prise Him, and He wiU plea d for you for nothing as earnest!* as though you brought a world of treasure to jj[ S f ee t. Bis d «3 that, He has under- taken the case of thousands who were a3 tor orn as 6 you. and He lias never lost a case. Courage. Christian soul! I think that, after all, thore may be s ime chauce for you, for the great Advocate rises to make His | p] 3a . He says: “I admit ail that has been irova t against My client. I admit all ihese > ay , more, but look at that wounded hand of Mine and look at that other wound-, e j hancl an d at Mv right foot and at Mv I sft? f()0t By all them wounds I plead for his elearance. Count all the drops of My tears, C ount all the drops of My blood. By the humiliation Gcth.semane. of Bethlehem; by the sweat of by the sufferings of the cross. I , x , th . Jt h9 go free. On this arm ho hath leaned; to this heart he hath flown; in My tears he hath washed; Let on My righteous- ness he hath depended. him go free. I amtheransem. Let him. escape the lash; I took the scourging.?. Let the cup p iss from him 5 I drank it to the dregs. Put on him s&rite?f the crown. of life, for I have worn the crown iuro “* ,,tsh ^ spoken, and therdis only one mere thing the hwiirjiu^ of ^ ( i Ur t r00 U y ?i U ^ h U0 y° .'T- u ^‘ W0 Sl [ ® eac ver 9 bean ai J in a i*? a \ - , ty W ; , ‘ l!C f 13 ilool i t , 10 , ? be ron- so " r rt a )0 I 1 t t ? 03 Siveo. this soul on trial shall , . it ., b8 saved or sh ail it be lost? Attention! above, arouud. AU th3 « l »verse cries; “Hearl f. ises aatl gl '’ e3 th !f decision, i-A 1 } 6 " / 0 1S ^fi therefore,; Cdaa ^ 0 -' ,jevai ‘ to condemnation be revotced; . to them who are in Christ Jesus, f fA'A rai la my ?7 aiCd , ‘. ri , en a da’ ° °^} thsrc'is y C’® saint coming but a the day sm- o. l md3 . L ‘!: ay o£ tr i 11 a , b9 Tri at | be P low 't i * ,in ^“ r(j!ia,lt: ' vl i, b ® 1I ithe count- ln S r °ona, the woodman will . be ringing his f oot ttl9 t ^ e a A ^ e ?T lhe e:iver manufacturer W! f " haVe ' 1 be . walkmg amid ' ’f 1 , the , buzz of looms and clackmgofflying machinery, tne ooun- s ‘ 3 .‘ Jlay a - l ] 16 m bar the pleading pulpit pleading the law, tho the gospel, bls ca P ! the ,, aar ^ drunkard the blasphemar may be with reeling tne amid dh ? his o teeth. suu bl< * es - y* l gnt come.s down Lf f 1 at to ‘ in© G«irtu snud i©rsnud throbs. . Tucr© «■> ^Mle earthquata opeoa aad a ait y S i Dk9 as a « r woutd crunch a child. Mountains . ll .“ aa ^ send down their f „ ramt e cliffs in avalanche of rock. Rivers 1>ause in their ebase for the sea. aud ocean, oprearing, cries to the flying Alps and Him- jv aya ; ® ia s sbellow aud moau and snuff up 1 wift it ea^l eagles. O Great A+Thn thunders w beat ke «. and flo Sl boom s ° f “■‘burst.. “^hty Stars His shoot throne, aad (all. Th. Al- rising on declares that 1 be archangels „ r «P eat . 3 *t till all the living ^he continen.s t of dead spring their hear, and cry J? g ‘ rime shall be longer!’' to feet, on that : day will you be no ready? Oh, on the Chrl ^ iaQ win get on in his trial. Will you get off as well in yourtrial? Will Christ plead on your 31(19 or a ? ai ^t you? Oh. what will you do the i a3t 8 re it ^size, if your conscience is a ”^ l ful y0U, a ad tb ? world is against you, an and ^ t h s R°ly aa p el , spirit ® ? f . heaven is against are against and you, 0r Almighty you, the rt , is against you? Better tai s day secure an Advocate. TORCH 100 FEET HIGH. -* m,n 2 „ and Oil ‘ Well Slakes a Grand Spectacle. sce^ea ^ew nignm a-o of^“he^oS £tuiant strong accident, producer burning of gas'took derrick lire tlirn^h sevefai thousand the fha and barrels of oil When wJffi nrasuro was reduced at the mouth of sprayT the throwfn^ broke the the'"air spouting oil into P huntedTeet! it into more than on e th* spraying^ oH^formhS? Topping 0 into h KffiK g5steni?g shower, drops in the air and dens^v m hb/l while the smoke hills ascended for way mite/ above the wX/overed mountain The K sightseers, aroand who had come from ait over the region. The loss to the owners is enormous, as the well was producing *>03 barrel* a dav There was n*o way to pulout the*fi r L' -is gas and oil pressure were constant knd tha roaring heat of the flumes terrific