Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1885-05-21

promotion Of tgs 9olitifal, sofla(
5. O., THURSDA
house on the last Friday of each month, for
prayer and religious conversation. This
monthly meeting, begun by Campbell, was
carried on by the ministers in the commu-
nifty for ten or fifteen years.
1t may be interesting to trace the subse-
uuent history of Mr.. Glendinning. 1t is
short but tsad. When the monthly meetings
began he approved Of the work. The other
ministers, however, not thinking it proper
to ask him to take part in the exercises, he
grew melancholy. In other words his insani-
ty developed rapidly. He took up strange
notions. One was that the Individual who
could not sleep all night without turning
over was not Christian. Another wild no
tion that took possession of him was, that
on particular day would be the day OF
Judgment. His wife seems to have lmbibed
his notion on thissubject. This would seem
to indicate that both were the subjects of a
strange infatuation, which is not insanity in
the usual acceptation of that word. After
time, he set out to visit the seven churches of
Asia. What became of him do not know.
That Rev. James Glendinning would 60
crazy, is, while sad thing, not very
strange thing. Stah thing has, if not Oft
en- occurred, at least sometimes happened.
It is, however, a marvellous thing that God
would begin wonderful awakening of sim
ners through the instrumentality OF a crazy
man.
The effects of the awakening which took
place at Oldstone, Antrim county, Ire
land in 1925 is felt to-day, think l may
say in every State and in every county in
every State of the United States of Ameri-
ca. It is felt wherever there is a descend
ant of a ScotchIrishman. 1t was this revi-
val, as it is called, that fixed, if it did not
plant, the Christian religion in Ulster Prov
ince. Prior to this there was in Ireland
something that family and only family re-
sembled the Christian religion. After this
Antrim and Down counties became fountains
from which streams have issued to bless not
only Ireland, but the whole world. Ulster
Province became an asylum for the persecu-
ted Scotch-Irish and nursery in which were
reared men who were the prime factors in
making America the land of civil and re-
Iigious liberty. The American constitution
is one of the many outgroWths of the Old
stone revival. A very large per cent. of
the population of the United States are
the descendants of those who were brought
savingly under the influence of the religion
of the Bible during the revival begun by
James Glendinning. In many cases they
were, before converted to God, desperadoes
who, with sword in hand and usquebaugh
in their stomachs, would have thought
nothing of enc0untering whole town on a
market day.
BARTHoLDI's GREAT STATUE new
wonder which is being loaded on the French
Transport Eere for shipment to this coun-
try, is the largest statue in the world.
Some idea of its magnitude may be obtained
from the fact that forty persons found stand
ing room within its head. A six foot man
standing on level with the lips only just
reached the eye brow. While workmen
were employed on the crown of the head
they seemed to be making huge sugar
cauldron, and they jumped with ease in and
out of the tip of the nose. Fifteen people
might sit round the flame Of the torch,
which elevation can be reached by spiral
staircase within the outstretched arm.
The London Ne,cs, speaking of it says:
"It is out and out the largest statue of mod
ern times. The COLOSSUS of Rhodes was
nothing to it. 1t could carry the Bavaria
or the Hermann in its arms. 1t towers to
the skies from the yard of the Rue de Chaz-
struction, and the view from its coronet
sweeps clear Of the six story houses and be-
yond the walls of Paris"
The weight of the stupendous statue is
440,0 900 pounds, of which 175,0OO pounds are
copper and the remainder wrought iron.
1t is expected to arrive in New York about
the 25th of May, where it will be erected on
Bedloe's Island, this being the location Sc
lected for it by Gen. w. Il. Sherman, who
was appointed by the President to make
the selection. When placed in position it
will loom up 305 feet above tide water, the
height of the statue being l5l.2 feet, that of
the pedestal 81 feet, and foundation 52.1O
feet.
This imposing statue, higher than the
enormous towers of the great Brooklyn
which is the loftiest in the city of New
York-higher in fact than any of the colos-
sal statues of antiquty-by its rare artistic
proportions, as well as by its stupendous
dimensions, will add another to the won
ders of the world. AS to its artistic merit,
the pose, stride, and gesture, with its clas-
sic face, are pronounced perfect; the drapery
is both massive and fine, and in some parts
is as delicate and silky in effect as if wrought
with fine chisel on the smallest scale.
The conception and execution Of this great
work are due to the French sculptor, Bar
tholdi, who has devoted eight years of his
life and most of his fortune to it, and whose
generous impulses prompted him to make
such gift TO the United States.
MODERN TORPEDO WARFARE.-At the
time of the Austro-It Italian war, in 1866, the
Austrian Government made the greatest ef-
forts to put its ports in a state of defence
against the attack of the Italian fleet. Tor
pedoes in large numbers were sunk therein,
and all the commandants of these mari
time places were ordered to exercise very
great vigilance. The torpedoes are placed
in several concentric lines, quite near each
other. They are sunk to certain depth be-
low the level of the water, and at the sur
face give no sign of their presence. Each
of them is connected with a wire with the
post of observation situated at a sufficiently
high point on the coast to allow the port to
be seen well. The room, which is quite
large, is dark. In the wall there is lens
that faces the port. The luminous rays
from the exterior traverse this, become re-
fracted and pass into prism, which directs
them upon sheet of ground glass lying
horizontally upon table in the centre of
the room. According to the we'll known
laws of optics, an image of the port is form
ed upon the glass. Black points marked
upon this image indicate the exact site of
each torpedo, and all these points bear num-
bers that are reproduced upon the keys of
keyboard. 1t is only necessary to press
one of these keys with the finger to put the
corresponding torpedo in connection with
tho o1ootr;o bottor1y th rotIrb tho infprmo6i-