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Cyclones,' ^p^madc Some days ago I heard a minister ?j gc us s oyolotaes, hurricanes, ?to., gai I listened eagerly itt get ali pea. ,11,1e information from his sormoo, thinking, o' loorse, he' had made a thorough stndy of tbejsobje'et and jouW tell wjhat some of us wanted to hear, namely, the why and where fore, i lt WAS no $?80redit to his research or learning, perhaps, that, he left me ,herebe found me, in don so iguor 4ace of why God, sends floods^nd tor padocB on some seotions and fails to Bike t?e visitation general and I find jpyself continually asking: "Wert ?Hbo eighteen guilty on who? fch? tower of Siloam feMM Tho divin? fe?Boaed in a oirolc. God didn't send cyclones, he said, but God petuiitted them. He chas tised the erring children of ben, not because He wanted to do so', but be cause He told . them He would chas tise them if they disobeyed His law. He illustrated thusly: "A father tells bis child is the morning if you IQ SO ?nd so, I'll fldg you when night comes; and the child disobeys and the fogging goes on. So with God. He njs: "If you disobey. I'll send the trills on you" ond tho tricia oome Eatons. 1} If there was a distinction or a dif ference in his ideas about God's de Eexees and God's permissions, I fail ed to catch either. When I reached orne I hunted np the Book of Job, there I remembered o verse whi?h ds this way: Thy soAs and thy daughters were sting and drinking wino in their ldest brother's house* and behold ere carno a great wind from the wil ernes? and smote the four corners of 6 house, and it fell upon tho young en, and they are dead," and the essenger added, "I only nm escaped one, to tell thee." It should bi* remarked in this nnection that nothing was said ut the daughters' fate', but it is derstood that the one person es iped and he (or she) brought the ews to Job. The herdsmen had just been over wered by the SabcanB, whom Dr, dam Clark thought were descendants I Abraham, by Ki tur ah, the servant roman of Sarah, and but one messen er was spared from the massacre by ese blood-thirsty Sabeshs, and he o to Job with the bad ne ?vs. While is messenger was even then breath IB with his race and escape, from the inrderers, -acthef messenger rushed ?to Job, and cried out: "The fire God is fallen from heaven, and j Jh burned up thc shes? and the ants and consumed them, and I ?yam escaped alope to toll thee." ridently a fire like that of Mt. Po .) . ; ' ' ..''" ? Tho third messenger rushed up ut that time to tell howTthe Ohal ns had fallen on the camels and eaned up the drove, and he ' was the ly ono Who -'escapad alone to tell" | sews. While the agonised sufferer . was ivering with distress the messenger et mentioned reached him to tell of o cyclone, the hurricane or tornado stover it may be ?allc?, and I was io.uB to see how far the modern aober agreed with Dr. Adam Clark, o emphatically sets the damage wn to the '"Prince of the power of e air," a polite or euphonious title old satan, who had obtained God's ission to martyr Job, except that life must be spared. ?The modern preacher did not men-, n Dr. Clark or Mr. JJTesley (who feed with Dr. Clark), or oven satau, hough in thc hook cf Jeb wc ure d that "when the sons of God came present tbernsfllvs? before th? Lord, n carno also among them," and an told tjho Lord that ho "had been ng to and fro in thc e: th end from king up and down in it/* and he ntcd to try his prentice hand on to Bee what Job would do when Lord put forth his hand and bed all Job hod. And the Lord Qed over overyining to satan except t he must not hurt Job. ter Satau bad devastated Job's tie ranch (for that's ; what it wes) the tornado, or cyclone and hur Qo had followed tho Babean and Idean assassins, and blown down Soe house (tho eldest s<,*i'e houso) Lere all job's children Were eating drinking; and the "fire of God' ' fallen from beaven and burned up dead sheep and the shepherds, Job still ujpright and held fast to bia grity. Then a loathsome disesse ked Job. (Dr. Clarke's notion tW, Job had smallpox). H?H e reproached him in this extreme it of grief, po ver ?y and physical tn played bia -tramp j so to speak, to make Job rc iou? in ?j/iiit toward tho. Lprd .ighty, when bia wire urged him. ?es andHiirricanee. ?5 We all know what a discussioniol lowed, how Job pleaded his ease, and. how his eriiios chided him for at tempting to plead his case, and with tbif much said, I will dismiss that part of tho subject for others to ex plain. , fl ' But what about the winds ?hat smite a neighborhood , or section of country, as they gathered over Gaines ville,, or thoflood from the skies that raised little Pacoiet river sixty feet high and within four hours timo swept out a new chancel, tossing- stone, brick, mortar, timber, steel beams and mammoth sills about like .broom straws on so ocean? mid what ?boat that "Fire of God" that consumed Job's sheep and herders, and fell on the city of St. Pierre? Why not confess that we know nothing about it all, and say that these mysteries are hidden from us that God reigns and in His own good time .we will understand it "Be still and know that I am God," says Jehovah. Some contend that wo live under the feign of law, that everything is ' moved and has existence under'this reign of law, but I want to know if earthquakes and the "Fire of God" and the floods from the skies and the tornadoes are legitimate sequences of this reign of law? -Like the principle of life in the vegetable and animal kingdom, who knows what this low is, where it is lodg ed, or what becomes of it, except that it is the mystery of God, and we must j wait to bo informed until He is ready ' to make.it known, in His own good time. Perhaps these things aro hidden be cause mortal minds could not contain the knowledge, and live. We have no explanations on this subject which explain. We must truBt the goodness of God-and wait until we are disencumbered of mortal hindrances, and after seeing through a glass darkly, in the mortal state, we shall see it as it is, in the immortal hereafter. _ Who knows anything per se^ about electricity? We see that electricity ia near akin to lightning. Franklin and Edison, with many others, were alive to these exhibitions of power vrhen they touched this awful foroe and brought it to the help of mankind. We are in the dim twilight of elec trical knowledge-the day dawn may be long hindered; who knows? #?lo one place we read in the Bible, *'fcbe Lord reigns--let the oarth re joice." In another, "The Lord reigns, let the people tremble." Out of do"?^ -ed darkness the light o? truth and the potency of facts will como, either in time or eternity. We arecumbered about with tho clayey ves sel in which the immortal spark is hous ed. When the clay pitcher is broken the clear light will shine about us as when. Gideon's pitchers were broken to show the light.-Mrs. W. H. Felton, in At lanta Journal. In Good Company. The members of the Druid Park church \Vere very exclusive, says Lip pinoott's. Before anybody could Join the church there was a rule which re quired "the applicant to present him self to an examining committee. A favorable report from this committee was required before the. applicant could be presented to the church for membershiu. Solomon Dunn, a black smith by trade, went before the com mittee. Hts'- was promptly turned down. Gossip attributed his failure to his lack of sooial standing, though tbs comuntieo's decision was to: the effect that tho applicant be Instructed 1 to ''go abd make the acquaintanoe of tho Lord." Three weeks later, noth iog daunted, Dunn again sought thc committee. The chairman of the com mitteo asked; "Well, Mr. Dunn, have you see the Lord?" "?.have," replied Mr; Donn. "Well, tell the committee aboutit," said the chairman. "I told the Lord," spoke up Mr. Dunn, "that I had been trying to get into his church for two or *.hree months, but somehow'I couldn't make it; and tho Lord told me, brethren, not te mind about that, because he had been trying himself to get in here 9ml tho ?ast three years and hadn't been able io *??M?esd." - ? -n?n? rn ^ Yo Care a Sela fa Oas Day Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All druggists refund the money. If it fails to oure. E. W. Grove's signa ture iu on eaoh box.' Price 25o. - Thore is nothing new under the sun except the methods of expressing - When a man talks very much abont his bank it is a sign his account is ovcrds\'w~?. i GleTelaad's Candidacy Ab?cr?. I Wasaingtou, JUDO 19.-"Tba maa j who ia closest in this world to the mind and hoar! of Grover Cleveland knows that there is not an idea in the ono nor au impulso in the other that impela or persuades bim td contem plate without vepugaanoe the suggest ion of his becoming for a fcuria time, the D?mocratie candidato for Pres* dent." This was thc remark mude to your correspondent last, night hy George M. Bailey, of the Dallas, Tex., News, a well known Washington correspond ent, who has Just como from the horns of the former president at Prinoeton, N.J. "That man," added Mr. Bailey, Mi? Grover Cleveland." Mr. Bailey spent yesterday after neon with Mr. Cleveland and is today sending his paper an account of the visit. The correspondent believes Mr. Cleveland deeply in earnest ic two things. The first, that his name shall not be considered in cOnneotioc with the Demooratio nomination The eeooiuf is his hearty desire for th< unity of the party and sucoess of Dem oorstio principles. I&'v?he following statement was madi by Mr. Cleveland: "I have never spoken to anybod on the subject of a fourth candidacy have never written to a single polit cal friend on? way or another, nc have I been written to or spoken to b them. There is not a politioal lead? of any prominence endeavoring to a< vance any movement to nominate n in any state, so far as I have been a vised, nor do I anticipate that ai such offer will bo made by any lo adc prominent or obBOure, in any loo ali cf the. country. . "In thia respect the situation more than pleasing. In earnestly c siring the Demooratio party to becoi strong and united as of old, commit! to the simple traditions and sound pr cipl?s which made if aggressive s victorious, no thought of perso: interest has disturbed me. "I have on several occasions wi in a year undertaken to perform labor which usually falls to the j vate in the ranks, but there has lurked within me the hope of any ward save tho consciousness of I ing made an effort to assist in bring about salutary conditions in the ] Mr.^ Cleveland, Mr. Bailey a would talk no more of polities, but response to a remark that BOU tl people were pleased with what he reoently said on the raoe quest the face of the former preen 'kindled with interest as he sab was indeed gratifying to him to k this. Ho said ha had reoeived 1 dreds pf letters convoying kindly timents from the southern pe since ho had spoken ->n tho raoe % lem, and. believing ho has fairly prcoiated the difficulties with w the southern people had alway contend, it was all the more a p ing reflection that ho had the < mendation of people for whom ho [ever entertained re speot and adi tion. .There was some talk attempte the correspondent to elicit an exp ion on tho subject of tho latest tude of Mr. Bryan and Editor Wi son toward Mr. Cleveland, "but,' MrL Bailey, "he would not talk i that. The inference was unmi able that he did not intend to di with notice any personal anime stans from those sources." Gcstinuiag, ' Mr. Cleveland sa "It is perfectly absurd to su for an instant that I have any ? to re-enter publio life. Nor h remotely entertained the th since I lett Washington, moro six years ago. The matter is i from my thoughts as it was in when, all must admit, it wa? not in my thought or sight. 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To prove it' cures, sat Blooa Balm sent free and pr< writing Blood Balm Co., Atla Describe trouble and froo mei vice sent in sealed letter. Sold in Anderson by Orr-Gr Co., Wilhite & Wilhite am Pharmacy. _ _ . - Tho conditions o? cone always caay. Wo havo but awhile, enduro awhile, boliov and never turn bock.-Simms WW ^M4. tim* ?j tx* A Story That May Be Fiction, Bat Which Coala Be True. "No," said the lawyer, "I shan't press your claim against that man. You can get someone else to take. the ease, or you can withdraw it, just as you please/' a "Think there isn't any money in ur "There would probably bo a little money in it; bat it would ooma from the sale of the little house the man occupies and calla his 'home/ But ? don't want to meddle with the matter anyhow." "Got frightened out of it, eh?" "Not at all." "I suppose the old fellow begged hard to be let oil?" "Well, yes, he did." v "And you caved in, likely?" "Yea." ' "What in creation did you do?" "I believe I shed a few tears." "The old follow begged you hard you say? "No, I didn't say so, he didn't speak a word to me." "Well, may I ask whom did he address in? your hearing?" "God Almighty." "Ho took to praying, did he?" '. "Not for my benefit in the least. You see, I found the little house ea sily enough, and knocked on the outer door, whioh stood a jar, but nobody heard me; so I stepped into the little hall, and saw through the araok of the door, a cozy sitting-room, and there on the bed, with her silver hoad high on the pillows, was an old lady, who look ed for all world just like my mother did the lest time I saw her on earth. Well, I was on the point of knocking .gain, when she said, 'Como, father, now begin; I am all ready.' Down op his knees by her side went the old white-haired man, still older than his Wife, I should judge; and I oouldn't have knocked then for the lifo of me. Well, he. began. First ho reminded God that they were still his submis sive obildren, mother and he, and, no matter what he saw fit to bring upon them, they should not rebel against his will. Of course, it was going to be hard for th era to go out homeless in their old age, espeoially with poor mother so sick and helpless; and oh, how different it might have been if only one of the boys had been spared! Then his voioe kind o' broke, and a thin, white hand stole from under the coverlid, and moved softly over his snowy hair. Then he went on to re peat that nothing could ever be sa sharp again as the parting with Chose three so>na-unless mother and he should be separated!. Bat at last he fell to cornford-? himself with the faot that the good Lord knew that it was through no fault of his own that mother and Iii were threatened with the loss of their dear little home, whioh meant beggary and tho alms house-a plaoe they prayed to be de livered from, if it oould be consistent with God's will. And then he quot ed a multitude cf promises concern ing the safety of Jiose who put ?hair trust in the Lord. In fact, it was the most thrilling plea to which I over listened. ' At last he prayed for God's blessing On those about to demand justioe. Then the lawyer continued, more slowly than ever, "And-I-believe I had rather go . to the poorhouse my self tonight than to stain my; hands and heart with the blood of such persecution as that." "Little afraid to defeat the old man's prayer, eh?" "Bless your soul, man, you could not defeat that prayer. I tell you ne left it all subjeot to the will of God; but he olaimed that we were told to make known our desires to him.. But, o* all the pleading I ever heard, ?hat moved me tl s most. You seo, I was taught that kind of thing myself in my ohildhood, and I was seat tc hear that prayer I am sure I don't know-but I hand the case over." "I wish," said thc client uneasily, "I wish you hadn't told me about* the old man's prayer." "Why so?" "Well, because I want the money the plaoe would bring. I was taught ?he Bible straight enough when I was a youngster, and I hate to run Counter to what you tell me about it. I wish you had not heard a word about it; and another tim? I would not listen to petitions not intended for my ears." The lawyer smiled. "Hy dear fellow," he said, "you are wrong again.* It was intended for my ears and yours too; and God Almighty intended it. My old moth er used to sing about 'God moves in a mysterious way,'I remember." "Well, my mot\er used to sing it too," said the client, and he twisted the claim papers in his fingers. "You eau call In the morning, if yon. like, and tell 'mother and him* the Claim has been met." * "lu a mystcrions'way,'* added the , tah If O 3R. X ?&? ( rite Kind Yon Ha? i - A married man should never talk j in his sleep uelcss be is ?sore of what ho is going it say. XJltVJ?ilX. The Law Department of the I? ?South Carolina College. Iruaddition io thc regular Icc euros by the professera- of law of tho South Car olina Cotiese. the trustee? and faculty are pleased to bc ablo to? announce for the cornier ?errfou a very attractive ?erleg .-ot lectures to ba* contributed by soma ot the leadlo? metabera ot the Beach and Bar ot South Carolina. Among, those who have contented to deliver one cr more lecture* to the law claasee of the College are: Hon. Charles H. Bimouton, U. 8; Circuit Jude?; Hon. William H. Crawley, JJ. H. District Judge; Hon. Y. j. pope. Chief Justice of South Carolina; Hon. c. A. Woods, Associate Justice; Hon. Bugen? B. Cary, Associate J nat ice: Hon. Edward McCrady, Hon. J. c. Sheppard. Hon. Q. Duncan Bellinger, Hon, a j; Simp son. Hon. J. P. Carey, and Hon. Andrew Crawford. 0 . The trustees and faculty feel that tn securing the appliance of these dis tinguished judges and lawyers they have accomplished something that wiU provo of the greatest bene?t to those taking the law course in the South Carolina College. The number of those enrolled In the law department during the last two yea?s has been tho largest In the history cf the college, and the hope ls entertained that the prospect of these additional lectures may still further Increase the growing number of law students. Tho great value of the training af forded by schooln of low has been too thoroughly demonstrated to render necessary any arguments in their sup port. The day of preparation for the bar by solitary study in a lawyer's*! office has practically passed. Everyone familiar with the working of a law school must have been undressed with the increased interest and zeal (Kai roi , suit from the mere association of young j men who have come together for tho I common purpose of studying law. The f daily discussions of questions of law, not only with the professors, but also with each other, beget an enthusiasm for the law which possibly. In some In stances, could never have been acquired otherwise. The advantage of attending a profes sional school lp thc State In which a man is to. practice his profession is* In no case more obvious than In that of a lawyer. Besides tho, familiarity gamed with the decisions and statute law of the State, the friendships that he forms at such a school add very materially to Mi future usefulness as a citizen. The career of. lawyers as a class is more opt to be of a public nature than that of -those engaged In any other profession or business. Not only are ail of thc judges of the State drawn from the bar, but the occupants of the legislative and executive offices are alBo drawn very largely from the same source. Aa so many of the members of the legal pro-' fesslon are naturally destined to public, careers, lt ls of no little Importance that the young men who have decided to become lawyers should come into .close touch with other young men of their own State who have chosen the same life-work. The most lasting friendships are not I Infrequently formed-during the part of | a man's life that ls usually devoted to preparation for the bar; and lt is un fortunate If this period should be spent in a State other than that in which he ia to live. Several years spent at a pro fession . school in another State some times And the student so completely out of touch with the young men of his own State that When he returns to ?practice his profession he finds himself laboring under a serious disadvantage, which in some instances is never over e?me". *fs . A law school, however, should be patronized not alone by those Intending to practice law. There is hardly a call ing in life for which one would not be better prepared by having taken a course In law. Almost everyone who has made an earnest study of the law will agree with Burke that it is a "science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding than all other kinds of human learning put together." The hope is indulged, there fore, that the attendance upon the law school of the South Carolina College may. include some who have not de termined to make law their profession. Columbia as the capital of the State -presents many advantages for thc law. student. The sessions ot the Supreme .Court Af the State, of the State Circuit Coarta, and of the Federal Courts, give bim frequent opportunity to hear argn-1 meats by the leading lawyers of the State, and to witness the practical ad ministration of the principles cf ' the law. In prosecuting his studies ho will also And-that having access to the law library ot the Supreme Court, as well as'to the College library, will be of the greatest value to him. Trouble From a Hot Box. A negro preacher down South bas discovered the real cause of tho recent volcanic disaster. Re says: "De earf, my friends, resolves on axels, as we all know. Somefin' is needed to keep the axels greased; so when de earth was made' petrolyum was put ioside for dat purpose. De Stundard Oil comp'ny comes along au' strax' dat petroleum by boriu' holes in de earf. De earf stix on its axles an* won't go round no more; den here is a hot box just SB ef de earf wuz a big railroad train-and den, my fr?en', dore is trouble."-New Yorjc Tribune. Aro You A Goosing Mother1? Are You Expectant? MOTHER'S FRiEND ^Natui*. and ??horten In if labor. 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