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f Saving op nations.
Dr. Talmage Tells of the Sacrifices
of Our Savior.
Ba Speak* of Gethaeeaaae aa It Appeared
to HIn?Sermon from tha
Text i "Ye Are Uougkt
with aa Price.*'
lCopyTl?ht. 1901, by Louts Klopsch. N. T.J
Washington, March SL
In this discourse Dr. Talmage shows
the Messiauio sacrifices for the saving
of all nations and speaks of
Gethsemane as it appeared to him; I
text, I. Corinthians 6:20: "Ye art)
bought with a price."
I Your friend takes you through his
Jt valuable house. You examine the
. f arches, the frescoos, the grass plots,
\ the fish ponds, the - conservatories,
the parks of deer, and you say within
yourself or you say aloud: "What
did all this cost?" You see a costly
diamond flashing in an earring, or
you hear a costly dress rustling
across the drawing-room, or you see
a high mettled span of horses harHH
nessed with silver and gold, and you
begin to make an estimate of the
T value.
WJ The man- who owns n large estate
cannot instantly tell you all it is
worth. He snys: "I will estimate
bo much fot the house so much for
the furniture, so much for laying out
tho grounds, so much for the stock,
so much for the barn, so much for
the equipage, adding up in all making
this aggregate."
"Well, my friends, I hear so much
about our mansion in Heaven, about
^ its furniture and the grand surroundings,
that I want to kuow how much
^ it is all worth and what has actually
been paid for it. I cannot complete
in a month nor a year the magnificent
calculation, but before 1 get
through to-day I hope to give you
. the figures. "Ye are bought with a
_ j price."
Tbo first installment paid for the
clearance of our souls was the ignominious
birth of Christ in lletlilehem.
Though we may never be carefully
looked after afterward, our advent
into the world is carefully guarded.
'We came into tlie world amid
kindly attentions. Privacy a"nd silence
are afforded when God launches
an immortal soul into the world.
Even the roughest of men know
enough to stand back. But I have to
tell you that in the village on the
aide of the hill there was a very bedlam
of up -oar when Jesus was born.
In a village capable of accommodating
only a few hundred people many
thousand people were crowded, and
amid hostlers and muleteers and camel
drivers yelling at stupid beasts of
burden the Messiah appeared. No silence.
No privacy. A better adapted
place hath the eaglet in the cvrie,
hath the whelp in the lions' lair. The
" exile of Ileavn lieth down upon
^Btraw. The first night out from the
palnce of Ileaven spent in an out ?
bouse. One hour after laying aside
the robes of Heaven dressed in a
wrapper of coarse linen. One wo\ild
have supposed that Christ would have
ma'de a more gradual descent, coming
from Heaven first to a half-way
world of great magnitude, then to
Caesar's palace, then to a merchant's
palace in Uniitee, then to a private
home in Bethany, then to a flslicxman's
hut and lust of all to a stuble.
No! It >vas 011c leap from the top
tho
of~the
arv in lle^ffl^Cii and drive away the
camels. Pass on t hrough tho croup of
idlers and loungers. What, O Mary, no
light? "No light," she says, "save that
which comes through tho door." What,
T Mary, no food? "None," she says,
B- "only that which was brought in the
? saclc on tho Journey." Let the BethloW
hem woman who has come In here with
' kindly attentions put back the covering
from the bnbe that wo may look
upon it. Look! Look! Uncover your
head. Let us kn ;el. Let all voices bo
& hushed. Son of Mary! Son of God!
I Child of a day! Monarch of eternity!
? In that C3re the glance of a God. Omnipotence
sheathed in that Babe's
arm.__T.hat .voice to be ohanged from
the feeble plaint to the toue that shall
wake the dead. Hosanna! Ilosanna!
Glory to God that Jesus came from
throne to mnnger that wo might rise
from mnnger to throne, ami that all
the gates arc open, and that tho door
of Heaven that once swung this way
to let Jesus out now swings the other
way to let us in. Let all the bellmen
of Ileaven lay hold the ropo and ring
out the news: "Behold, I bring you
J^? glad tidings of great joy, which shall
be to all people, for to-day is born in
the city of David a Saviour, which is
Christ the Lord!"
The second installment paid for our
bouI'b clearance was the scene in Quarantnnia,
a mountainous region, full of
caverns, where are to-day panthers
and wild beasts of all sorts, so that
you must now go there armed with
knife or gun or pistol. It was there
that Jesus went to think and to praj',
and It was there that this monster of
hell?more sly, more terrible, than
anything that prowled in that country
?Satan himself, inot Christ.
The roso in the cheek of Christ?
that Publiue Lentullus, in his letter to
/ the Roman 6enate, ascribed to Jesus?
that rose had scattered its petals. Abrur
atinence from food had thrown him
Into emaciation. A long abstinence
from food recorded in profane his
tory is that of the crew of the
hip Juno. For 23 days they had nothing
to eat. But this sufferer had fasted
a month and ten days before he broke
fast. Hunger must have agonized every
fiber of the body and guawed on the
stomach with teeth of death. The
thought of a morsel of bread or meat
gnust have thrilled tho body with something
like ferocity Turn out a pack of
men hungry as ( hrist was a-hungered,
nd if tlicy lind strength with one
Whnt. Tt. Wmihl Ilr?
Tho sum collected by the internal revenue-bureau
under the provisions of
the war rovenuo act, from -Juno 13,
1898, when the act, went into effect, to
February 28 1901, was $281,311,515.
This Hum of money would bavo built an
intor oceanic canal, openod tho arid
landB of tho wost to cultivation bya system
of irrigation and made navigablo
every doBirablo waterway in tho country.
And who will dony that theso investments
would havo been better ones
than tho war for whioh this money haH
been spent in the far cast??Atlanta
Journal.
They Aro Chummy.
A Washington dispatoh to tho Charleston
Post says Senator MoLaurin of
South Carolina, who is still in Washington,
was at tho White House Tuesday
afternoon, and had a talk with
President McKinlcy about some South
Carolina matters. Tho Senator stated
tha* there wan nothing in his talk with
the President of publio interest. Since
the adjournment of Congress tho Sena
tor has beon a frequent caller at tho
Whito House. It is understood ho will
will leavo Washington for South
Carolina within a short timo now.
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y?il thfy would deVouf you hi I kid. 1
It was in that pang of hunger that
Jesus was accosted, aud satan aaidt
"Now, change these stcnee, which look
like bread, into an actual supply of
bread." Had the temptation come to
you and me under those circumstances
we would hare cried: "Bread it shall
be!" und been almost impatient at the
time taken for mastication, but Christ
with one hand beat back the hunger
and with the other hand beat back the
monarch of darkness. O ye tempted
ones! Christ was tempted. We are
told that Napoleon ordered a coat-ofmail
made, but he was not quite certain
that it was Impenetrable, ao he
said to the manufacturer of the coat-'
nf.ttiuil "Pnf it n 11 unw vrtiiraal f n nil
let us try It." And with shot after
shot fired from his own pistol the emperor
found that It was just what it
pretended to be, a (food ooat-of-mail.
Then the man received a large reward.
I bless God that the same coat-ofmail
that struck back tho weapons of
temptation from the head of Christ
we may now all wear, for Jesus comes
and says: "I have been tempted, and T
know what it is to bo tempted. Take
this robe that defendod me and wear
it for yourselves. I shall see you
through all trials, and I shall see you
through all temptation."
"But," says Satan still further to
Jesus, "come, and I will show you
something worth looking at." And
a fter a half day's journey they came to
Jerusalem and to tho top of the temple.
Just as one might go up In the
tower of Antwerp and look off upon
Belgium, so Satan brought Christ to
the top of the temple. Some people at
u great height feel dizzy and a strange
disposition to jump. So Satan comes
to Christ in thut very crisis. Standing
there at the top of the temple, they
looked off. A magnificent reach of
country. Grain fields, vineyards, olive
groves, forests and streams, cattle in
the valley, flocks on the hills and vilages
and cities and realms. "Now,"
says Satan, "I'll make a bargain. Just
jump ofT. I know it is a great way
from the top of the temple to the valley,
but if you are Divine you can fly.
Jump off. It won't hurt you. Angels
will catch you. Your Father will hold
you. Besides, I'll make you a large
present if you will. I'll give you Asia
Minor, I'll give you Chtna, I'll give you
Ethiopia. I'll give you Italy, I'll give
you Spain, I'll give you Germany, I'll
give you Britain, I'll give you all the
world." Whut a temptation it must
have been!
The third installment paid for our
redemption was the agonizing prayer
in Gcthsemane. As I sat in that garden
at the foot of an old gnarled and
twisted olive tree the historic scene
eame upon me overwhelmingly. Those
old olive trees are tho lineal descendants
of those under which Christ stood
and wept and knelt. Have the leaves
of whole botanical generations told
the the storv of our Lord's agony to
their successors? Next to Calvary the
solemnest place in Palestine is Gethscmane.
While sitting there it seemed
as if I could hear our Lord's prayer,
laden with sobs and groans. Can this
be tho Jestis who gathered fragrance
from the frankincense brought to His
cradle and from the lilies that flung
their sweetness into His sermons and
from the box of alabaster that broke
ilia iniw mm .lesns me comfortcr
of 13eflian3', the resurreotor at
Nain, the oculist at Bothsaida? Is
this tho Christ whose frown is the
storm, whose smilo is tho sunlight, the
spring morning His breath, the thunder
His voice, the ocean a drop ui the
tip of His linger. Heaven a sparkle on
the bosom of His love, the universe the
'' ViVA-'Of. ? s fill 1 tTTe
Christ who is able to heal a heartbreak
or hush a tempest or drown a
world or llood immensity* with His
glory? Behold Him in prayer, the
globules of blood by sorrow pressed
through the skin of His forehead!
What an installment in pnrt payment
of the greatest price that was evar
paid!
The fourth installment paid for our
redemption was the Saviour's sham
trial. I call it a sham trial?there has
never been anything so indecent or
unfair in any criminal court as was
witnessed at the trial of Christ. Why,
they hustled him into the courtroom
at two o'clock in the morning. They
gave llim no time for counsel. They
gave him no opportunity for subpoenaing
witnesses. The ruffians who
were wandering around through the
midnight, of course thay saw the arrest
and went into the courtroom. But
Jesus' friends were sober men, were
respeetnble men, and at t hat hour, two
o'clock in the morning, of course they
were at homo asleep. Consequently
Christ entered the courtroom withtno
ruffians.
Oh, look at Him! No one to speak a
word for Uitn. I lift the lantern until
I can look into His face, and as my
henrt beats in sympathy for this, the
best friend the world ever had, Himi
self now utterly friendless, an officer
of the courtroom comes up and smites
llim In the mouth, and I sea the blood
stealing from gum and lip. Oh, it was
a farce of a trial, lasting only perhaps
an hour, and then the judge rises for
sentence! Stop! It is against the
law to give sentence unless there has
been an adjournment of the court between
condemnation and sentence, but
what earcs the judge for the law? "The
man has no friends. Let Him die,"
6ays the judge. And the ruffians outside
the rail cry: "Aha, aha, that's
what we want! Pass Iliin out here to
us! Away with Him! Away with
Him!"
Oh, I bless God that amid all the inj
justice that may havo been inflicted
liniil! 11R lit this Xi'nrlfl WO )>ov* ?. vl I?J ?
sympathizer. The world cannot lie
nbout you nor abuse you as much aa
they did Christ, and Jesus stands today
In every courtroom, in every
house, in every store, and saysi "Courage!
By all my hours of maltreatment
and abuso I will protect those who are
trampled upon." And when Christ forgets
thnt two o'clock morning scene
In \iark Hanna's Town.
Tom L. Johnson's success in boing
elected mayor of Mark Hanna's town
shows the vsluo of a Htrong personality
and tho usefulness of convictions. Tho
Honorablo Tom is a froo trador and
single taxer in national polities and
advocates ' > cents faros on municipal car
lines. Ho has mado money out of strcot
railways, bat now that ho is a millionaire
does not appear to be averse to tho
people profiting from municipal rail
WAys. His stand on this matter alono
is enough to cxidain his election along
with tho defeat of all other Domooratic
candidates ?Tho State.
After a Long Absence.
Twenty-nine years ago, when t,hc family
of 8. (3. Richard, Esq., was residing
in Newark, Ohio, tho youngest son,
John, then a boy of 17, ran away from
home, and, until Wednesday, when he
canio to HcllefonUine to look for his
parcntH, nothing has been known of his
whereabouts. Ho has been asoldior of
fortune, and has lived in California atid
Mexico during almost all of his 1-ng
stay away from homo and friends. Ho
was almost ovoroomo to learn of tho
death of his mother, which occurred
s weral years ago.
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kiii th# fctrokd bi thr t-ufllan ofl thfl
mouth And ths howling of the un?
washed crowd then He will forget you
and me in the injustices of life that
may be inflicted upon us.
Further I remark: The last great
installment paid for oursredemption
was the demise of Christ. The world
has seen many dark days. Many summers
ngo there was a very dark day
when the sun was eclipsed. The fowl
at uoouday went to their perch, and
we fell a gloom us we looked at the
astronomical wonder. It was a dark
day In London when the plague was
at Its height, and the dean with uncovered
faces tvere taken in open curls
and dumped in the trenches. It was
a dark day when the earth opened and
Lisbon sanV, but the darkest day since
tho creation of the world was when the
carnage of Calvary was enacted.
It was nbout noon when tha curtain
began to be drawn. It was the swinging
of a great gloom all around tho
heavens. Clod hung it. Afc when there
is a dead one in the house jou bow
the shutters or turn the lattice, so
God in the afternoon shut the windows
of the world.- As it Is appropriate to
throw a blaclc pall upon the coffin as
it passes along, so it was appropriate
that everything should be somber that
day as the great hearse of the earth
ro'led on, bearing tho corpse of the
K5?.g. A man's last hours are ordinarily
kept sacred. However you may
have hated or caricatured a man, when
you hear he is dying silence puts Its
hands on your lips, and you would
have a loathing for the man who could
st.nnd by a deathbed mkking faces and
scofllng. But Christ In His lust hour
cannot l>e left alone. What, pursuing
Him yet after so long a pursuit? You
have been drinking His tears. Do you
want to drink His blood? They come
up closely, so that notwithstanding the
darkness they can glut their revenge
with the contortions of Ilis countenance.
They examine His feet. They
want to feel for themselves whether
those feet are really spiked. They put
out their hands and touch the spikes
and bring them back wet with blood
nnd wipe them on their gnrments.
Women stand there and weep, but can
do no good. It is no place for the tender-hearted
women. It wants a heart
that crime has turned Into granite.
The waves of man's hatred and of hell's
vengeance dash up sjgainst the mangled
feet, nnd the hands of sin and
pain and torture clutch for his holy
heart. Hud ho nut been thoroughly
fastened to the cross thoy would have
torn Him down and trampled Him
with both feet. How the cava'ry
horses a relied their necks and champed
their bits and reared and sniffed at
the blood! Had a Roman oflicer called
out for a light, liia- voice would not
have been heard in the tumult, but
louder than tho crash of spears, and
the wailing of. womanhood, and the
neighing of the chargers, and the bellowing
of the cruclflers, there comes
a voice crashing through?loud, clear,
overwhelming, terrific. It is the groaning
of the dying Son of God' Look,
what a scene! Look, world, at what
you have done!
I lift the covering from the maltreated
Christ to let you count the
wounds and estimate the cost. Oh,
when the nails went through Christ's
right hand that bought your hands,
with all their power to work and lift
sad write! When the nails went
through Christ's -right foot and
Christ's left foot, that bought your
feet, with all their power to walk, or
run or climb. When tho thorn wo.iit into
Christ's temple, that bought your
brain, with all its power t.o thjnk and
plan. When the spear- cleft Christ's
your heart, with all
Its power to love and repent and pray.
When the Atlantic cable was lost in
1S65, do you remember that the Grent
Eastern and the Mhdwnv and the Albany
went out to find it? Thirty times
they sank the grapnel 2% miles deep
in water. After awhile they found the
cable and brought it to the surface.
No sooner had it been brought to the
surface than they lifted a shout of exultation,
but the cable slipped back
again into the water and was lost.
Then for two weeks more thev swept
the sea with tlic grappling hooks, and
at last they found the cable, and they
brought it up in silence. They fastened
it this time. Then with great excitement
they took one end of the cable
to the electrician's room to see if there
wore really any lifo in it. and when
they saw a spark and knew that a message
could be sent then every liat was
lifted, ntui the rockets fiew and tho
guns sounded, until all the vessels on
the expedition knew, and the continents
were lashed together. Well, my
friends, Sabbath after Sabbath Gospel
messengers have come searching down
for your souls. We hare swept the aea
with the grappling hook of Christ's
uospei. Again ana again we nave
thought that yeu were at the surface,
and wo began to rejoice over your redemption,
but at the moment of our
gladness you tank buck again into the
world and back again into sin. To-day
we come with the Gospel searching for
your soul. We apply the crose ol
Christ fleet to see whether there Is any
life left in you, while all around the
people stand, looking to see whether
the work will be done, and the angela
of God bend down and witness, and,
oh, if now we could see only one spark
of love and hope and faith we would
send up a shont that would be heard
on the battlements of Heaven, and two
worlds would keep Jubilee because
communication is open between Christ
and the soul, and your nature that has
been sunken In sin has been lifted Into
the light and joy of the Gospel.
Hard on the Goat.
"And, shure, they tell me your liooeband's
very litherary?"
"That he is, lndade."
"That he devours Ivery thing In the
way of a book or a paper that cooins
to the houee."
"fchure, he does."
"And vot In the name of goodness
does the poor goat get to ate?"?
Yonkers Statesman.
Too Sensitive.
A prominent citizen of Wilmioglon.
N. 0 . had a fight a few days ago with
a Philadelphia man who objeotod to
the Wilmington oitizen casting Admiring
glaooos at tho 1'hiladolphia man's
pretty wifo and her glad olothos. The
Wilmington citizen says his wife called
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mn miuuviuu n? mu i>runy w?'Hi worn
by tho Philadelphia lady, and the Philadelphia
man thought tho Wilmington
oitiren was staring impudently. An unprejudiced
judgo would say that the
Philadelphia!) is too big a fool to co
servo to bo the hmband of an attractive
woman.?Tho Stato.
Can't Beat Him.
Carter H. Harrison has boon reelected
mayor of Chioago for tho second
time aod will this week commerce
J his third term as tho ohief executive of
I tho city His official plurality ever
' Judgo Klbridgo llanooy, tho K publican
nrmtnee, is 28 257 votos. Tho to
| tal vo?o of the city is: Harrison 156,852;
II vncoy 128,695. Iq tho last
mayoralty cleo'ioo tho voto was, Har
rison, Democrat, 148,496; Carter, Ko
publican, 167 357; Harrison's plurality,
41,059.
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IKILLEt) HIS FRIEND
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And EmploT?r With CMorotmm
Whita H? Slept.
A VERY STRANOE CASE
Hew a Pair of Villians Planned
to Q?t th? MontT of
a M lliona'ro in
N?wYmk.
Without the slightest quaver in his
we.I uuuiu'.ael vo?o? and a up aying do
outwaid sign or' regret or remorse,
('haries Jones, morciary aud valet to
tho l?to Wui. M?rsh Hiee, oonfessed
Wedi e.sday ia a Now Yoik ooutt under
oath that he had uodea the life cf hie
? tp| loyr and hentfaolir with obloro
form. Tho confession was tho oliuiax
ut a remtraablo recital id which was
laid baro tho dolails of an alleged tubtlo
conspiracy whioh had for its oljoot
the so sure of throe million dollars in
oash and n> got iable soouriliea and tho
conversion of thrco millions io realty
to tho allegr d ohief conspirator 1 here
Was a dramatic force in tho dir. o'dish
and minute attention to detail with
whioh Jones approchrd the tragedy?
the moment when ho covirid the faoe
of tho Bleeping nan wi'h the natural, d
ntpkin ai.d then waited for hiui to die
The srlf conferred nurdcrer told the
p'ory of tho alleged 11 >t from i's iter
pliou Tho capital onme ho oomuiittcd
snd all tl e minor e ff -d-os that p e
ctd d it wtro. ho d-cl?r d, at the in
Muaiinn a< d dirtcior: of Albert P.
Parick. It was Patrick, he ra d who
o nerivr d I he i lea of f rrgmg a will and
f .tying transfers and conveyances li
was Pa :i k who induced two p rsons
to wities-" tho forgid signature*. ll
was Patrick who determi n d that 11 no
ehou d dio end it war Patii k who
sought fo have him killed slowly a id
ihcn, btconitDg impatioot, determined
uion quick aotioD. And, according to
Jones, rtma ksble as it maj seem. Mice
never knew Patrick curing his life
time, ai d dtvi r taw him but oi.ee
According to this remarkable confession,
Pair'ok told Jones th^t the eld
u ao was lasting too long, thai he must
U? I'UV UUb IU lliu w |4 > ttl UU'C, I II 211.
.Jones should do the work and that
thir.! would rcslly be no harm in it be
oau^c Iliac had poisoned his own wife
ycsrs ngo ard deserved punishment
Joins defcribed Lis return to Mr
llic's apartment* and the discovery of
the niilitota-ro sleeping peacefully in
bed; ho told of his steaUly search for
a nat kin and the fashioning of it into
a com-shape as directed, ho said, by
Patrick lie cctaued the story of the
pinning of a sn ail ppomcc at the point
of the cone, ihen he told of saturating
the napkin and sp-mgo with ohioroform
an 1 holding itover bis own nos
trils to test its effect. Jones lacked
s raight into the oyt-6 of Assistant Lm
tiiot At'crney Oaborno and eon-inuod
his 6iory without a bnak, wi.houe a
trcn.orin ki? voice. He discribts hi-)
approaob to the bed witti tbo saturated
napkin in h'shai.d; of the flight from
llie ro'-ro; ? f iho weary wait of 30 minutes
tnaccoidaic: wi h Patrick's al
leged inUruotiout; at the < xpiration of
the half hour ho returned aud found
Ktce dead. Ho then threw open tne
windows to free the r< om fr< m the'odor
of ohlorofoim telephotel to Pthiietl
that K'cs was dead sent for a poysi
cian and tr-V'n, af'tr expressing his
grief alt ho lo#s of so good aod kind
an employer he said he went to bnd
and fell into a sound sleep.
Patrick, nte-u-cd by tho witneps of
being the areh-ciiaiinal, ln-t?ncd to tho
' nitmss with attention and occasion
ally made notes of the testimony. Not
evin tbo remarkable witness on tho
stand was more o> ol, calm and col
bclcd tl au this retuarble prison-r
Patrick's land was firm and steady.
Uo displayed neither anger, fear nor
resentment. When Jones reached tho
description of the murder of tho sleeping
man, Patrick merely stroked his
beard and leaned hack in his chair,
ftni-ftrnn}lv rliplif lv Kt? ihr? ro
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eital of thp details.
Charles F. .Jones, 11 ce's valet, whan
put on the ttand said he 1 a i wi rkod
i as store k oper at the Capital hotel,
, Houston, Te* , owLcd by 11 cj. Ho
met llico in 1896 and l ad been K'co's
secretary, valet and general u iltty
man. Ric?. he said, moved to Now
York in 8ej t imber, lSi*7
i Witness first mot Pati.ck in November,
1891) l'a rick leprosented him
> self as aeomm-.rcial man fn.m Tcx*s
and wanted to see Rico. Rtou was in
> bed at tao lime and Pataick introduced
' himself as Mr. 8mith.
1'airick at that time. .Jones said, bad
1 a lorg talk with witness lie a-ked
' whether Rioe bad a legal roprcaentativ
t in this city and showed himself inquisitive
abtu'. tho affairs of tho old
millionaire.
In Dtoember, 1899, witness swors,
Pairck first aiproached him about the
' diawmg of a will Joics was to draw
tho rioumcnt on his typewriter and
got R:oo to sign it when his mind was
tot quite clear.
Jones told Patrick tbo signing of tho
will might bo arranged but that it
would be more difficult to obtain witnesses.
Patrick proposed they should try to
get the witnesses if the will of 1896.
.Jones afterwards approached Weathcrbee,
tbo clerk in Swenson & Sons of
fioo to pel him to act as a witness.
Wcatberbco re'used and threatened to
tako Jones' "bead off" if be dan d to
suggest any fiaudulent schemes against
11.00.
Jones said: "Patrick wanted mo to
be a witness to tho will but I refused
1 was very anxidns to beoomo beneficiary
under tbo will, though. Pat
. rick said this wouid never do as there
would be a suspicion of unduo influ
onco attached to tho will which therefore
would not be admitted to probate."
' Patrick then said ho would arrango
for witnesses and mcntionod Moycr and
Short.
At tho afternoon session Jones paid
llioo had HDDie j npers to excouto and
-Jones took them to Patrick's office
where he met Short who at Patrick's
request had beooma a commissioner of
doeds for tho Stato of Texas. Short
' went to Hico's houso and exeoutod tho
papers.
"Was tho will you saw in Patriok's
office dated before it was shown to
Meyor?" asked Mr. Osborne.
'No, it wan mado in March, but was
not dated until Juno'10. Mr. Patriok
told mo ho dostroyed it on tho Monday
night following tho doath of Mr. Kioo
When tho signatures of Mojcr and
Short were to bo taken as witnesses,
Patrick told mo it would bo woll to
have them uso tho name ink as was used
by Mr. Kice, and I took a bottlo of Mr.
Kioo's ink to Patrick's office. I have
not soon that ink bottle sinoo."
Continuing Jones said Meyer and
Short were at ltioe's flat on Juno 30 to
witnots ocrtaio papers for Kioe.
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"Did Mr Patrick etef do toy lejal
work for Mr. Riot?" a^-kid Mr. Osborne.
"He did Dot."
"Did Mr Hioe sign any .will on Juno
30, during <ho iimoM?>y?r aid Short
were in t"ho apartment?''
"He did not. 1 was thoro all the time
and I did not see him sign any will.
Had be signed ono 1 would hivo known
it."
Jones then testified that somewhat
later, at the rcuueat of l'atriok. he wrcto
on his t>powriter "tho ' assignments
transferring Rioo's. property tflfPatriok
'IV r'.ck askod mo," witness oontiou
el, "whether I did think oM Rice was
living a little too long fur our purposes.
1 said I thought so. lVrick suggested
we put him out of the way. L suggested
Dr. Curry, but Patrick said
Dr. Curry would uot do anything of tho
kind."
"Patrick," 'witness went ob, ' suggested
that Jor.us got laudauui from a
drug store at Cooov Isl and for tho t url<o.?e
of pieioniig R oc."
Wimoss then went on to say that he
proeured piston from his bro.hcriu
'iluat.
"What did you gc ? '
' Chloroform ana Uudium."
"How was the potto a bent? '
"It was soot by < xpress. A small
"package containing tho " poison catno I
think, by tho American Kxpross
' Did you sign a receipt?"
"I did "
Jones te-itifi d that he t'clit er. d. tho
poison to Patrick about three weiks
boforo tho death of Mr. Rice
> Jones then went on to testify that
Patrick hid ue vi r been, introduced-to
Kieo up to tho time if tho latter s
death
"As far as 1 kan?," Joies said,
"Rioo never saw Patrick but once. This
wa-< an evening Whtn Patrick o&lled ou
mo. Rioo, against bis custom, was up
la'o. Ho looked in the parlor and -ai
Patrick, who was there. Ntxl morning
ho asked who tho hald-hcadrd man
with tho rid beard war. I told Mr.
R oo it was a frierd of niioc "
Mr. O.borne then referred to tho assignments
transferring tha p-operc-y of
Mr. R oo to Patrick, wbio'i were exooutid
on S< 11 tnbi r 7 h.
Jones was bai ded adeid for indentifioation.
He said it was witne-s<d by
Meyer on September 7.
' D.d Mr. Rioo sign any general as
signment on that day?"
"Ho did not."
Tho witness said Mr. R oe prepared
all his meals himse f "Witness was
then shown tic geteral assignments
transferring a'l property of Mr Kia<
to Patrick. Jodch testified tb&t Rico
did not sign the assignments.
"Jor.cs, will you slate all the convcr
nation that took jUce between y?.u and
Patrick tu ngard to getting Rioo tut ol
the way?" said Mr O.borno.
"About the end of August,"' witncsl
. .1 "U. .i.L ..L.J 1--. I l
ic|/n(ut * a.ncft uiu wueuu'r i
had gottcu the laudanum from the druj
store at Coney tslaad. 1 said I had nol
but that 1 had made some other arrange
u:ent to get tho poison. Pat.ick thot
told mo to give Uieo sapolio as ttaj
would break him down. I told Patrick
1 c< u d not do that, hut i loid him 1
had se me mercurial pill which l)r. Currj
gave nio Patrick hail I ought to give
them to H'oo. I to'd Patrick 1 touk
Dot do so without taking them m>n :l
in hiB jrescn.'o Thau do so,' Patrick
taid,, 'it. won't do you any harm.' 1
toekscuio of the i ills in' UiooB presence
and then loft the 1 ottie of pills on the
dresser Kico took some. This broughi
on a severe eliarrkoea, whioh weakened
him, but aftlr to foi over this attaoli
the mtrcury sooni^d to do him good.'
Witness also s*id that by ihe Rami
method he got lt'cc ti take srmo mer
curial table s wktoh Patr ck gave htua
' Would Kioo take anything yot
took?"
"Yes, and he would never tako nied
ioine unless 1 first lock some in hi
presence All mtdiaino that was sen
him 1 had to taste when ho saw it."
Jooes then related what to, k plac;ot
tho ti a y of tho death of Mr Hoe
' l -av Patrick at h s hou-e," paid he
' He told mc to let him know if Kiei
grow better. Ho would then get fron
hib office a bottle of oxilis acid, he said
to quickou ltioe's neivo.."
Ktce got bot;?r and about noon hi
wanted to get up. Ho taiked cheerful
ly about going downtown and secmei
much inn roved. Jones said he couh
not get Hioo to take the oxalio acid
lie men telephoned Pa'rick to nice
him at luncheon at a r. s auraot on Sixtl
avenue rear Fiftieth street.
"1 mot him iliore," J ones continued
' Patrick gave mo tbe bottle of chlo
reform. He told mo to saturate a tow
el in chloroform anil leave it over hit
face for about 30 mitHiti St He ran
Rioe would probably Uugji, bui that
should Lot be soared as that woult
only show that the poison was begin
ning to work and that it would soon b
over.
"I did a* Patrick told me. I heturnct
homo, took a napkin and satufated i
with ch'oroform. 1 put it on my owi
faoo first ard then put it over (ho fact
of Mr. Rijo and left tho room. 1
walked up and down in the hall sov
t ral limes, l'he bell rang scvera
times. 1 did not open tho door. Fifi
ally a^tor about half an hour I wen
into Mr. Rico's room 1 raised th<
window, took tie rapkin and (owe
away from hisfacoand placed them but!
in tho range where 1 burnt them
4'1 sent a hail toy fur I)r. Curry, tell
ing him that Mr. llico nat very bad.
wont to tho telephone to tell l'atri:l
that Mr Rioj was pretty near gone
When J>r. Curry eamo. Patrick wa
with him. 1 told them Rtoe was dead
Do-d! Oh. my Gid, doitjr, that is ttu
worst thing that could have happcnct
to me!" Faid Patrick.
.Jones said Patrick on the day folio*
ing took ohargoof the apartments. Ot
that day, Jones testified, at the requcs
of Patrick, ho made out the oheokB foi
$-5,000 and 135,1)00 respectively, or
Swenson & Sonssnd tho Fifth Avenui
Trust company. Jones said Patrick aim
took ohargc of | lf>0 in hills and eight o
nino dollars in silver from a drawer in th<
millionaire's writing desk. Jones sait
Pat rick also took away two gold watchei
and all privato papers of Mr. Ricj.
An Election Row.
United State J D.strict Attorney Ho
soir, whilo at prceinct No. I, of thi
twenty fifth ward, St Louis, Wednesday
was wounded in tho lefc arm by a straj
shot Gred by one of a gang of regroos
Mr. R ;sior had oballeDgod tho voto ol
ono of a crowd cf twenty or more nc
groos. An officer started wtth tho al
legcl ropcater to a patrol box. 1 hi
prisoner's friends dosed around tho of
floor, fired forty or fifty shots for th<
purposo of intimidation, and rolcasoc
tho prisoner. Aftor the negroes hac
fHoaped, it was found that Mr. Kosiei
had been wounded, not seriously, how
cvor.
Takes tho Oath.
The war dopartmont Thursday re
oeivod information from (ion. Mao
Arthur that Aguinaldo has taken the
oath of allogianoo to tho I aited Htatee
under tho termi of amnesty offered by
Gon. MaoArthur by dircotion of tho
proaidont.
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Grove's 1
The formulJ i
1 * \
know, just whji.c* yo^
do not advertise tht
their medicine it ye
Iron and Quinine pu
form. The Iron
malaria out o f the ;
Grove's is the Ori
' Chill Tonics arc im
that Grove's is su
are , not experiment
and excellence ha
only Chill Cure so
the United States.
THE STATE STJMftBR SCHOOL I
Some Facts About It That Will b? of
'Inteseit <
The fo'lotyicg information about th?
annual S'ato eummcr sohool to bo held
?hi-s jear at Convorso college, Spartanburg,
has been isEUcd by the State
supsrintendont of eduoation:
It is still two months and a half he-,
fore the opening of the third session of
the State summer school for teachers,
but the linos of work to bo offered have
b -en deflnit ly determined and most of I
r the proposed instructors hav.o beeu j
engaged. .Already tho teachers oQtbu
State are. making their pl^ns fcr attending
the,school, and many boards of
trustees are taking action looking to
aiding their teachers"hi attend. Super,
intendent MoMahan regards tho* pros,
pects of tho soheol as most satisfactory
, aod'furnishos the following information
which will bo given in greator detail in
tho announcement of the ooursos of instruction
soon to bo issued and dis[
tributed to tho teachers:
Kreo hand - drawing will again be
- tadgbt by Prof. Jas. William I'attisou
, of tho Chicago institute, four lady ms[
sistants. . _
r A course. inlSouth Carolina history
* and ono in general history wilt be given
by t'rof. R Means Davis of "fhV Soujh
, Carolina college. That in S.uth Caro
lie a history will bo parficu'arly ''live,"
stressing the personal elomcnt in our
[ politics of tho past.
r A oour.iQ.of conversational, personal
, ro-jiintsocDces on South Caroling his
I t-ry w;ll bo given by Dr. James H.
f Carlisle.
- Dr. J. I. McCain of Erskine college
[ will toaon English grammar with spooial
rcfcronoe to Duohlcr'a grammar
, recently adopted bv the Slate-board for
i use in tbo public-schoolst Courses in
I English literature will be given.by Prcf.
- .St. James Cnmmingsof the Cilad-1.
' 1 The effort to introduco into the pub
j die eokocU the teaohing of sight sing
"lng will be continued by oontinuirg to
offer tho toaohers the opportunity tot
be themselves instructed in this an. |
Tho ioM'uitor this year will be Dr.
H. Petir.s of Converse oollegn. As!
i heretofore, tho musical director will ;
3 orgaDizoa chorus, whose entertainments t
will prove tb'P means of amusement aa
, wt>':l as oulthre. The grand otgan in
the pew auditorium will .contribute. to
mako thco choruses uirgnificv;nt.
3 Prof. W. C. A. Hammcl of tho Mary3
land State normal sohool will continue
tho oourao bo admirably begun last
year in ecbool physios and in manual
3 training. The latter work (to wbieU a
largo number of teachers were neoesl
sarily refused admission last year) ho
1 will be ablo to plan on a larg.-r tctLr,
aa ho will bribg with him an assiqiL
sot trained in his methods.
3 Prof. J. V. Lewis of Clomson col-'
ltgo- will teach physical geography,
using Tarr's book, which has been preeorjbed
for tho 4>yblic schools by the
State board. Fryo's Boography will Xe
9 taught by Superintendent Prank Evanfl
j of . Spartanburg cits schools; and
[ Superintendent i. L * Hughes of
^ (ho Gree'uvillo oity schools will givo
a oourse in sohool gcorgrapliy, globe
3 making, oto., along tho lints which
proved sp practical and popular last
j year. .This oourso will be fuller than
t last .year and Vill inolude certain facts
3 of history related to the geography
3 study.
I Prof. Marshall D.' Earie of Furmmn
university will 'teach mathematics,
1 Prof. A. G'. Humbert of Wofford will
- bavo-ohargo orf L?tin and Groek.
I Kindtrgarten principles and primary
a methods will bp taught by Miss MinI
nio Macfeat of Winthrop ooilcge, and
i Miss Sarah Withers of the Chester
graded sohooli. M>ss Sarah Chandler
- of tho Spartanburg city sohools wi '
I illustrate primary methods with a c'.nss
i of small children. Nature study will
. bo in charge of Miss Sarah C. Thurston
s of (he Columbia schoolsCourpes
in podagogios and sohool su
) pervision will he "given by Prof. Wai.d
1 law of South Carolina oollege and Superintendent
W. II.- Hand of Chester
Li| A(irf) CuKnAla Me lamna X. lIti/?L?n
. wuvvtu 4-4 I . 1/ auiVO Li. 11 UHIl'jr,
i inspectoa of schools of Toronto, (Jant
ad a, will probably give a week's course
r of lectures.
i
Some Facts for Fanners.
r Present ruling prices for ojottori to lo
3 delivered in the fall months will not
j justify more than 0 to 6 1 2 cents tor
s tho farmer". It generally happens that
when so iniloh cotton is coming to mar
kot in the fall months prices shrink, so
it is within tho rango ' possibilities to
see 1-oont cotton again thij fall, if tho
3 prosotit tendency of priocs bo niaintain1
ed. Farmers should always rcmcmocr
i that.
11,000 000 bales at 5 oents means
f 1275,000,000.
10,000,000 bales at' fV'oents means
. $300,000,000.
) 0,000,000 tales at 7 cents means
. $315 000,000. . .
> 8 000,00 bales at 10 dents means |
i 9?uy,uuu,uuu. .
[ The smaller the prop tho better arc
r the returns per aore".
Spinners are roduorng consumption
bccauso they ctimplnin of slack trade
and high prioos for coHon. Lot tfcd farmer
roduee his product acoordiogly, and
in plaoo or the extra amount of cotton
lot him plat?t grain, potatoos, vegctai
hies, watermelons, cano, sorghutu and
i rio where possiblo Diversification
has already abundantly prospered
i southern farmors. Kcop it up. - Allan- |
a Journal.
art, -^11... .,1 ... . ..?. v ..nr, l MM ?^
tria^ Ch^^/ fi
ESr PRESCRIPTION IS
tasteless Chill Tonic. T
s plainly printed on every bottle?hence you
a are taking when you take Grove's. Imitators
rir formula knowing that you would not buy
>u knew what it contained. Grove's contains
t up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless
act$ *as a tonic while the Quinine drives the
;ystem. Any reliable druggist will tell you that
tjinaS and that all other so-called Tasteless
Stations. An analysis of other chill tonics shows
iperior to all others in every respect. You
ing when you take Grove's?its superiority
ving long been established. Grove's is the
>ld throughout the entire malarial sections of
No Cure, No Pay. Price, 50c.
THE MASSING OP A NATION. April Fool Hoax.
Repcr.ers have been to'd of an April
After a Huidrtd Yi&tb if Continual fcol hoax at Granitivlle. whieh teems
ttt # ? v o vi* to have been ooo of the best in years.
. ;- Warfare Achin Submits Tbo big 8mokc6t?ck for the new mill is
South 'Africfc, China and the Philip- u?'- it very tall and irnpoking Mr.
pines are not the only oountrics where Sam T. Denning, who in at work in
war is in progress. In different parts if Oraniu viMe, procured a suit of old
iho World campaigns of long standing clothing, stuped it o*ierully and, duaro
beiDg oirricd oa daily. Some of xing Sunday night. o?u-ed it to be rusihcin
have Utvor been heard of in this pcrded from the top V\ hen the populacouniry;
others have been forgotten. tion started to ?o'k on the morning of
Uudor iho later hoid oomes Aohin, At'ril 1 th.ey B*w wh*1 ?PP??r>.d to bo ?
where for years the Dutoh havo been tan hanging from the ohimr cy top The
striving to tubjugtio the natives, a 6*ure was perfectly gotten up Sensation
raoe so important ihat at one time its r*n h'fh for a ooupleof hoirs, when the
rulers riceivtd embassies from tie fi&uro wai cut down and the hoax ixgreatebt
potentates in Europe, that of '?*.<^ Hut the tic** h?dgott<n out
England included. and for two days pe? pie tramped in from
Achin is probably tbo most war rid the outlyirg sections to no ?ho man
den Sia'.e in tie world. For ahundr wl o t ad been hmged or who h*d hangyears
it has known bat littlo peaco, td him nW from the big laokistack.?
flist with ouo laad, th.n with another, Augusta Herald.
but principally with the Datch. Tbo
e.td of this protracted war is, however, War Everywhere,
believed to bo within sign at last. War f? e.iug is inu Die in Japan. It
During the last throo years tho Dutoh is thr. a i md in KuSbia anil Germany,
havo won repeated victories. Batoeilik, But ao,u%l war exists wi?h Gtoat Britho
strongest forttliud garrison of the tain and the Uoited S atcs While
Ao.iinoso, is hard pressed, and its there is uneasiness in several of the
fall is ixpooted to result in the sur- South Am. r.oan S.atcs that may lead
render of the native*. to hostilities. This is the most lament.
A raoc tl at can resist for a number able condition for the begtnairg of a
of years a well organized invasion of new century which many of the statesEuropean
troops is worthy of aomo non and philoto.h.rs txpettcd would
attention. 1 he oountry is situated in be the inauguration of universal peace
tho north of Sumatra. It is the oply There is no net d ?o despair, however
Stato in the island that b*ii 1 remains forthere is a tremendous revulsion
independent of the Dutoh, but, as al- against war. That is hoptful for the
ready forah&dowcd.. its indopend- peace of Christendom?Newport News
cnco appears t be now doomed. The Herald.
population numbers about 328,000. ,
Before its decline, which comment)-. ^ HIT* III
cd early in the eightoenth century, j\J | ifA H
Aohin close touch commercially
with England. It wis tho port of Aohin IVTl 11
that London merchants dirooted their V-/villi H
trade
ihc Indies. Qaocn E.ixabtih sent oonthe
King
and James 'D w
the
m. u^:ch, who lived in e^oh luxrious
ho h^idtod mt t^u
To day there __ fl I
the Kthg's palace a Rll
cannon
^ I hey were
to ruler of Achin. Tney still
tear ?Uo foundci'd name and the dato -^, ' .
i>??i.i> into.iied upon them. Jr iaiierS ailll
3 j coDb'iieraJc, in fact, was Achin t ^kw
one time power that to reduce Malacca % 1 q Ms* V| awo I
it fitted out au armada of no fewer JL?Xcl,Ll^Il"l Sj HH
than' five hundred ships,* hundred of kj * H
which were larger than any then used 111O* J^aWSa 9H
in Europe. The ships carried sixty O "
thousand oien, with the King himself l?it\ Cu ij'iin
cammed. iVl]) Utlu S,
iMoreovsr, at onetime, Aohin pro- n r flfl
duc-d uiore gold than any other ooun 1DQ all Other kinds Of wood
try in the east, excepting perhaps working machinery. My tier- flH
Jaian. Ono chronicler fixes ths an geant Log Beam Saw mill is
nual output at 512,000 ounces. For the heavie8t strongest, and
tiftyeight years lcuaale sovereigns ro- . ' ..." , '
igded, anu the foreign residents in most efficient mill for the
Achin believe, thought erroneously, money on the market, quick,
that the td^tcn of Sheba wa9 Quoen of accurate. State Agent for H. H
Acb*m B. Smith Machine Company H
Cg"?ldTmXtfh wood working machinery, g
Arabic oha.aoters called "mas.;- * or high grade engines, plain
| tiri-ai ktretches of the interior have slide valve?Automatic, and
not yet teen explored, but from tha Oorliss, write me: Atlas,
seaward two gigantic voloaoio rncun- Watertown, and Struthers H
tains rising to a height of about 11,000 , w ..
feet are v.sibie. and W?11S. UArao a HO
Though otcj powerful enough to V. C. BADQAM, ^gH
drive the 1'ortugucs out of tho island 1326 Main St., Columbia, S. C.
and to have a tket and an army that
were ihc envy ul legcr ouuotiics. Achin
has slowly orified into tha limbo of Clnoinrr 1VT n r>binr>*nr ^Mfli
lorgou.n O aies, and lo* appears Co v?iiiuiiig xiac*V/HlHd J 9 HHMj
stined to disappear from tho map al- ^
j together. I Saw Mill Machinery, |R
After tho Railroad Commission. r*i ? ^9s9
; T a?.., who 1. 00.. coo Planing Mill H|
Itribntor (0 the .Spartanburg Herald, M^pVlinPrV fl R
; gays: So far as our state railioad com- lUclvimiDl j ? B
I mission is oonccrno it is a fraud of iho nfl^B
tir.ot ftwer. Unless a ohauge is made Rpjplf Mnphlnpru flBa
iu 1I0 iu.iiibcrsliips, the commission h?d Iv>rv mcivlllllCl j ^ SKWl
bettor bo abolished When I ran my ? . 11m ^BBflH
I saw in 11 i nepr lomap, 1 >?*s made by LllffinBS) 3.11 1 VP6S| 9
th< ton to pay more than one . 1 B
third the mooey I teleived for ? oar- BOllerS, all Kinds. I 9
load 01 lumber fur simply hauimg 11 11 '
miles. 1 furbished tho timber and out KHH
and baulod tho logs from the woods to . fl 9
my mill. I ihon oarried tho lumber two These are our Spooift lties A B
miles ana a half to the railroad on wag- and we have the most flflflB
ons and had to both load aDd unload complete and best lines ^Hflfli
it on and from the cars. All the rail- Offer
road did Was to couple up that car and fl H
drag it fl miles, and as I have already pf II fffllllfiCC & CO 9
stated, the road took more than one- " WiUMvo ? fljKSfffl
third of the gross proceeds, of my lumher
fur this Blight setvioe. i complain- MACHINERY and MILL SUPPLIES
od moro than ouco to our board of com 96
ImiBsionen about this ou'rage; bat nw TPVTOV TOE?n?Tf>TTmff 9 9
nothing was done, and I finally had to * ^ h.\ r,K\ Dhhthl I 11().N.
ecu my saw mm. ino railroads not ixj ui a u n HBrH
only pay the salaries of our board of tUutMnlA, o. L?'
railroad commissioners, but thoy are .Hfflffi
furnished froo ' transportation; and I
am told the tacmWr/ajreoften five* nQTTIflKTQ! PositionsII^^^M
l'alaco earn stocked with liquid and llUijll lUilO! N n>. t ??8b|K?|
other reireacments with trained ser- WM N0 tJDjeci.* H
\ants to wart ou thim to oavoit < vor Fledge to secure our grain ten poei^J H
thn Rta'o SJ 'ion hacked by $5000' Courses unr
I celled. Good board cueap. Enter
. .. . . lime. Open to both sexes. Send now
A UOOti UnO. free catalogue. Address,
The Danville Reriater telle a Btory COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE,BfSlliB
of a 1 ago county, \ trginia, farmer who
lost his knife while barreling potatoes T1T ,. ' ' H
having sold h'-< or op to a Now York Mewborry, 1 resident. jg|
t^riu. Next ^jod time ho thought ho
would get soiuothing extra, no ordered WANTRD
his peed potatotH from a Michigan firm. " ***" affiSRHEgraj
When be epetied the barrel, ho found Tho ftf # fjjw lSTVM ffi
his le:..? o1 knife, and also found that GKNT YOUNG TEACHKR3 w^H jS
ihi-hiilT * Im rnof i p<t Bohc>o,8 h^? ^??d *<* th? " I
I which ho himself had sold some months Addrea., B. W. Git*in<!ErXPBBBS
?*r ?ox ln-'> Spartanburg, S. fl $