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Wr TALMA0E8 8BBK0N V I In Which He Shows theTtndency to I Excuse Brilliant Faults. | In this discourse Dr. Taluiage shows I that there is a tendency to oxouso bril liant faults booaufo they are brilliant, I when the same law of right and wrong I ought to be applied to high plaoeB and I low; text, Daniol iv, 33, "The same | hour was the thing fulfilled upon NebuI ohadneszsr, and ho was driven from I men and did cat grass as oxon." Hero is the mightiest of the BibylonI ish kings. Look at him. Ho did moro I for tho grandeur of tho oapital than did I all his prodeoossorsor suocotsors. Hang groat conqueror, lie strotohcd forth bis npcar toward a nation, and it surrender cd. But he plundered tho temple of the true God. Ho lifted an idol, Bel Moredaoh, and compelled the peoplo to bow down before it, and if they re fused tbey most go through tbo rodhot furnace or b? ernnohrd by lion or lion t-4 - eeB. So God pulhd him down. Ho was smitten with what physicians call lyoanthropy and fancied that he was ' a wild beast, and he wont out and pas tnred amid the cattle. God did not excuse him beosuso he had committed tho sin in high plaoes or bccau:o tho transgression was wido resoundiog. He moas urid Nebuchadnezzar in high places just as he would measure tho humblest esptive. But in our time, you know as we'il as I, that thoro is a disprsitiou to put a halo around iniguiiy if it is committed in oonspiouous plaoo and if it is wide re bounding and of largo proportions. Kvcr and rnon there hae been an epidemic of , crime in high plaoee, and there is not a stato or oity and hardly a v.llago which has not boon called to look upon astounding forgory or an absoonding bank oashior or president or tho wasting of trust fund or swindling mortgages. propose in carrying out tho suggestion of my text, as far as I oan, to scatter the fasoiuatioDH around iniquity and show you that sin is sin and wrong is wrong whether in high plaoo er low plaoo and that it will bo dealt with by that God who dealt with impalacod Nebuchadnezzar. All who proaoh feel that two kinds of sermons are ncccessary, tho one on tho faith of tho gospol, tho other on the morality of the gospel, and tho one is just as important as tho other, for you know that in thin land today thoro are hundreds of men hiding behind the oommunion tables and in ohurohcs of Joeus Christ who havo no business to bo there as professors of religion. They cxpoct to bo all righi with Cod, although they are all wrong with man. And, whilo I want you to understand that by the deeds of the law no fli-sb living can bo justified and a mere honest life cannot enter us into heaven. 1 want you as plainly to understand that unless the life is right tho heart is not right Grace in the heart and graou in the lifc;so wo must preaoh sometimes the faith of tho gospel and somotimes tho morality of the gospel. It seems to mo thcro has net been a time in tho last 50 years when this lat ter truth ceedcd more thoroughly to bo I pysented in tho American ohurohos. It tho Sabbath on on ho stylos goods had lie it a nativo us to God you od heaven against these the goods do B^^HB^BB^BBH^to they aro the and wo want you to ^B^^BQflnBf^^^^^Bbate them among their rightful owner |^BV3BB|^HVbd ^ i? &U tho pulpits of tho United ^BBfl|^^^fl^P^L3taics today rousing sermons could bo preaohed on honesty and the evils of dishonesty and tho sermons were blessed of God and arrangements could bo made by which all tho got ds which havo been improperly taken from ono man and appropriated by another should be put in the oity halls of the oountry thoro is not a oity hall in tho United Sia'.es that would not bo crowded from cellar to eu pola. Faith of the gospel; that wo must preaoh and wo do preaoh. Morality of the gospel we must jus' as certainly proclaim. Now, look abroad and see the fasoin.lU.. .1,-. .V ' imbiuun umi ?ru turuwn nrouna tlin.rent stylos of oriuic. Tho question that evory man and woman has been asked has been, Should crime bo excuse! bo oauso it is on a largo scale V is iniquity guilty and to bo pursued of tho law in proportion as it is on a small scaleV Shall wo have the penitentiary for the man who steals an ovcrooat from a hatrack and all Canada for a man to range in if ho havo robbed the publio of millions? Look upon all the fascinations thrown around fraud in this country. Vou know for years men havo been made nerocsof and piotorializod and in various w&yG prosentod to tho publio as though some times they were worthy of admiration if thoy havd scattered tho funds of banks or swallowed great estates that did not belong to thorn. Our young mon have been dazed with this quick accumulation. Thoy havo said: ' That's tho way to do it. What's tho uso of our plodding on with small wages or ineig nifioant salary when wo may go into business life and with somo stratagem aohiovo such a fortuno an that man has aohiovod?" A diiioront moasuro has been applied to tho oriino of Wall street from that whioh has beon applied to the spoils which tho man carries up Kat alloy. So a peddler oamo down from New Kngland many years ago, took hold of tno money markot ol New York, fliunted bin abominations in tho sight of all the people, defied public morals ovcry day of his life. Youogmcn looked up and said: "lie was a peddler in ono decade, and in tho next decade ho is one of tho raonarohs of the stock mar kot. That's tho way to do it." To this day tho ovil intluonco of that profligato has been felt, and within tho past few weeks ho has had conspicuous imita tors. Thero has boon an irrosistiblo iinprossion going abroad among young men ihat tho poorest way to get monoy is to oarn it. Tho young man of flaunting oravat says to tho young man of humble apparel: "What, jou only got $1,800 a year/ Why, that wouldn't kocp mo in pin monoy. I spend $.">,000 a year." "Whore do you got it?" asks tho plain young man. * 'Oh, stocks, enterprises --all that sort of thing, you know." Tho plain young man has hardly onough money to pay his board and has to wear olothos after they aro out of fashion and deny himself all luxuries. After awhilo ho gots tirod of his plodding, and ho goes to the man who lias aohicv od suddenly largo estate, and he says. "Just show mo how it is dono." And he is shown. Ho soon learns how, and. mg gardens, reservoirs, aqueducts, palaces, all of his own planning. Tho bricks that are brought up today from tho ruins of Babylon have his nam."! on them, ''Nehuohadmz/.ar, Bon of Nabo polassor. king of Babvlon*" Ho was a ?)though h^walmost all tho time H now and has resigned his position the bank or the faotory or the stored' he has more money than be ever had, trades off his old silver watoh for a gold one with a fleshing ohain, seta his hat a little farther over on tho side of his head than he ever did, smokes better cigars and more of them. He has his band inl Now, if ho oan escape the penitentiary for three or four yoare ho will got into political circles, and he will got political jobs and will have something to do with ha-bars and pavements and docks Now he has got so far along ho is safo for perdition. It is quito a long road sometimos for a man to travel before ho gots into tho romanoo of orimo. Those are oanght who are oniy in the prosaic etago of it. If tho sheriff and conetablos would only lcavo them alono a little while, they would steal as well as anybody. They might uot bo able to steal a wholo railroad, but thoy could mastor a load of pig iron. Now, I always thank Qod whon I find an ostate liko that go to smash. It is plague 6truck, and it blasts tho nation. I thank Qod when it goes into suoh a wreck it oan nover bo gathered up again. I want it to beoomo so loathsome and such an iosufforablo slot oh that honest young men will tako warning. If Qod should put into money or its representative the oapaoity to go to its lawful owner, thoro would not bo a bank or a safoty deposit in the United States whoso walls would not bo blown out and mortgagos would rip and jnrebments would rend aud gold would shoot and beggars would got oa horseback and stock gamblers would go to the almshouse. So thcro has been a great deal of fas creation thrown around libortinisci. 8oc:oly is very severe upon the impnn- I ty that lurks around tho alleys and low haunts of tho town. Tho law pursues it, smites it. incarcerates it, trios to do dtroy it. You know as well as I that 8cc:cty bocomos lenient in proportion as impurity becomes affluent or is in olovat d oirclcs, and finally society is silent or dispoBol to palliato. Whero is the judge, tho jury, tho polico officer that daro arraign iho wealthy libortino? llo walks tho streets, ho ridoa tho parks, he flaunts his iniquity in the oyestf tho pure. Tho hag of unlcanness looks out of tho tapoatricd window. Where is tho law that dares take tho brazen wretches and put their f&cos in an iroD framo of a state prison window? Sometimes it seems tome as if scoioty wore going back to tho stato of morals of Ileroulancam, when it sculptured its vilencss on pillars and temple wall and nothing but tho lava of a burning mountain oould hide tho immensity of crime. Atwhattimo Qui will rise up aud extirpate thoro evils upon sooiety I know not, nor whether ho will do it by firo or hurrieano or earthquake; but a holy God I do not think will stard it muoh longer. 1 believe the thunderbolts are hissing hot sod that when God oomo3 to chastise the community for these sins, against whioti ho has uttered himself more bit trrly than against any other, the fato of Sodom and Gomorrah will ho tolerable as compared wit h tho fate of our modern society, which knew bettor, but did worse. We want about 10.000 pulpits in Amcrioa to thunder, "All adultorers and whoremoDgcra shall hava th<-ir place in tho hell that burntth with fire and brimstone, which is tho scoond death." It is hell on earth and hell forever. Wo hive got to understand that iniqnity on Columbia heights or Fifth avenue or Beacon hill is an damnablo in tho sight of God as ii is in tho blums. Whctncr it has oanopiod couch 1 of eider down or dwells amid the putridity of alow tenement honso. God is after it in his vcngcanoe. Yet the pulpit of tho Chrslian churoh has been so eowed down on this snbj ;ol that it hardly dares speak, and men are almost apologetic wlion thoy read the Ton Commandments. Then look at the fascinations thrown around assassinations. There aro in all communities mon who have taken the lives of others unlawfully, not as executioners of tho law, and they go soot freo. You Fay thoy had their provoca tions. God gave life, and he alone has a right to tako it, and he may take it by visitation of providonoe or by an cxcoutioncr of tho law, who is his mossengcr. Bat when a man assumes that divine prerogative ho touches tho lowest depth of crime Sooirty is alert for cortain kinds of murder. If a citizen going along the road at night is waylaid and slain by a robber, wo all want the villain arrested And executed. For all garroting, for all boaticg out of lifo by a olub or an ax or a p'uog shot, the law has quick Bering and heavy stroke, but you know that when men gittllluent and high position ard they avenge their wrongs by taking the lives of others, groat sympathy is exoited, lawers plead, ladios weep, judge halts, jury is bribed and the man goos free. If the verdict happen to be agaimt him, a new trial is called on through some technicality, and they adjourn for witnesses that never 001115, and adjourn and adjourn until the community has forgotten all about it, nud thon the prison door opens and the murderer goes free Now, if capital punishment bo right, i say let tnc life of tho polished murderer go with tho lifo of the vulgar assassin. Let us havo no partiality of galiows, no aristocracy of electrocution chair. l)o not lot us float back to Darbarism, whon every man was his own judgo, jury and cxocutiouor, and tfcat man had the supremacy who had the strongest arm and tho quickest step and the etcalthicst revenge, lie who willfully and in hatrod takes tho life of another is a murderor, 1 care not what tho provocation cr tho circumstances, lie may bo ole&rcd by an enthusiastic courtroom, ho may bo sont by tho government of the United Statos as ministor to somo forcigc court, or modern literature may polish tho crime until it koks like heroism; but in tho sight of God murder is murder, and tho judgment day will so reveal it. Thero aro hundreds of young men who havo eood blond t or four plain questions? Aro your habits as good as when you left your father's house? Have you a pool tiokot in jour pookot? Ilavo you a fraudulent dooument? Ilavo you boon ex p? rimcnting to soo how aoourato an imitation you oould niako of your orn ployor's signature? Oh, you havo good blocd. Kemombor ycur fathor's prayers. Homembor your mother's example. Turn notrin an evil way. Ilavo you bjen going astray? Coino baok. Ilavo you ventured out too far? As I stand in pulpits looking over audiotcos sometimes my heart fails mo. There aro so many tragtdios prcsont, so many who havo sacrifiiod thoir intogrit /, so many far away from God. Why, my brother, tboro havo boon two -many prayers offered for you to havo you go overboard. And thero aro those venturing down into sin, and my heart aahoi to oall thorn baok. At Brighton Boanh or Long Branoh you ha\o soon men go down into tho surf to batho, and thoy wadod out far*her and farthor, and you got anxious about them. You said, "1 wondor if ^ 4._ yon than |^^-Como Come ^IB^PII^rill bo drownedt" They waved their hand back, saying, "No danger." Thoy kept on wading deeper down and farther oat from shore, antil after awhile a great wave with a strong uodrtow took them out, their corpses the next day washed oa tho besoh. So 1 see men wading down iato sin farther and farther, and I osll to them: "Come baokl Comeback! Yon will bo lost I You will bo lost!" They wave thoir hand back, saying, "No danger; no danger." Dooper down and deeper down, until after awh'.lo a wave sweeps them out and swoeps them off forever. Uti, come bao'il Thoone farthest away may oome. "Ob," you 8\y, "You don't know where 1 oomo from; you don't know what my history has been; you don't know what iniquity I havo plotted. 1 havo gono through tho wholo oataloguo of Bin." My brothor, I do not know tho story, but I tell you this?tho door of meroy in wide open. "Though your sins bo as Eoarlet, they shall bo as snow, they shall be as wool." Though you had boon polluted with the worst of crimes, though you have boon smi.ton with tho worst of leprosies, though you havo been fired with all ovil passions, this moment on your brow, hot with iniquiteui indulgence, may ba sot the tUshiog coronet of a Saviour's iorgiveners. Pleased with the news, Ihe saints below In songs their tongues employ; Beyond tbe shy the tidings go. And heaven is tided with joy. Nor angels can their joy contain, But kiudle with new fire; The eiuoer lost is found they sing, And strike the sounding lyre. THE WEATHER AND CKOP3. Tne Weekly Bulletin of General Crop Condition. Tho following is tho weekly bulletin of tho condition of tho woathor and orops issued last waok by Dircotor B?Uf r of the South Carolina section of tho olimato and crop eorvioo of tho United Siates weather bureau: Tho averago temperature for tho week cndiDg 8 a m., MomWy, July 221, was 80 degroos, or practically normal, with a maximum of 07 at Bstesturg, auu s minimum oi o<> at urtonv Ilo. The averago sunshiLO was bolow nor mal, and moro sunshino would have bcca beneficial in tho north border counties. High winds broke down muoh oorn in a few counties, on tho 14th. Tho rainfall ranged from less than half an inch to over ti7o inches, the formor in tho central portions of tho State, and central Savannah valley. Tho largor amount foil in Marlboro and Nowborry counties, while over tho eastern, northeastern, northern, and cztremo western oountics the rainfall was generally excessive, tho damaging to crops by Hudmg bottoms and lowlands, and by preventing much cultiva lion. A few points had insutfijient rainfall, and there orops aro suffering and did not improve, but over the larger portion of tin State the weather was favorable on growiog crops, causing a general and in places a marked improvement in their condition. (Jotton improved throughout tho State, and, whilo still very bin*11 is growing fan and in most piaoes is truiticg satisfactorily. In a few sections it is heavily lruitod, while some young cotton has not begun to bloom. Tho outlook for this crop is deoidely better than heretofore, although some fields remain grassy, and ail of it needs moro cultivation, but over tho eastern, northeastern, and portions of the northern oouutios the ground was too wot lor cultivation. Sea inlands oon tinuis to blight in spots. Ktrly corn is a failure in many plates, and, although somewhat im proved, is very poor generally, it is maturing rapidly in the ca->tern pur tiona of tho State. Yuucg corn, especially that planted ou stuhblo lands, looks quite promising. Oo river hot turns, where usually the finost corn is raised, tho crop will amount to practically nothing. Tobacco shared in tho general improvement, and in places has started uow growth that will delay cutting, but cutting and curing made fair progress, and some has been marketed. daect potatoes look promising, some i-lins mill tie.inir wnt nut urhiln ... <' I, ? - leston county somo ti >lda are ready to dig and to market, K'.ce is excellent, but caterpillars are destroying upland rico in Hampton county. I'cas catno up to good stands: some sections report moro than the Uiual acreage sown to peas, others less. Sugar cane and p'astures are go:d Melons arc generally poor. Tnero is widespread com plant of poaohen and grapes rotting. The Mouth of August. The following data, covoring a period of 11 years, have been compiled from the woathor bureau records at Columbia for the month of August: Moan or uuraial temperature 80 degrees. Tho warmest moDtli was that of 1000, with an avtrigc of 85 degrees. The coldest month was that of 1800, with an average of 70 ddgreos. The highest temporaturo was 106 degress on August 2Uth, 1000. Tho lowest temperature was 56 degrees on August 30th, 1806 Averago dato on which first "killing" frost orcured in autumn, November 5 Average date on whioh first "killing" frost oooured in spring, March 23. Averago for tho month, 6 85 inches. Avorago number of days with .01 of ! an inch or moro, 12. Tho greatest monthly prjoipitation 1 wasO 85 inches in 1808 Tho loast monthly precipitation was ' 0.61 inohos in 1000. Tho greatest amount of prooipitation roootdod in any 21 conseoutivo hoars was 1 30 inches on August 27th aod 1 28th, 1803. Avorago number of dear days, 11; , partly olousy days, 12; cloudy day3. 8. , The prevailing winds havo boon from ( tho southweBt. , A Foxy Skipper. A tug boat, wliilo oru'.siDg oil Sandy , Hook Monday, foil in wilh tbo Harkentino Mannio Swann from Sin .fuan, i Puorto Kioo, with about 1,200 tons of sugar on board. The tug hailed the Swann, whioh declined to bo towod into i port. Capt. Iliggins explained that ho would stand "on and of!" this port until Friday, when ho will enter with his vossol. Ho said that in remaining outside ho wculi savo tho consignees of his cargo many thousands of dollars because tomorrow I'rosidont MoKinloy's proclamation declaring tho cs'.ablishmont o;vil govornmont in t lio territory J of l'uroto liioo goes into < H cot and this . tnanifosto will institute free trado botweon tho Island and the I ailed States. t A little fivo jcar old boy was killed ? by lightning in Chester last Saturday. v Tho bolt canio in tho opon window. 1 Had tho window boon closed down thero a would have boon no danger. ????? H w tha Bltasof Rattfasnakts ard Mid Drga May BE RENDERED HARMLESS Tha R?t. Hugh F. OHvar Talla of a P??f*ct Antidote, Cors'st irg of Salt, Onlont and Tobacco. , To the Kiitor of The Sunday News: * About fivo years ago tho Atlanta ConBtitution published a letter from an i educated Indian residmg in Indian Territory, whioh was inspired by tho : philanthropic dosiro to make generally c familiar the Indians' immemorial remedy for the bite of a snake or mad t dog. 1 The claim war rnado that a porfeot r antidote oxistB in tho combination of * salt, onions and tobaooo beaten togetbor c and applied to the wonnd. If used im- a mediately and renewed every half hour } no swelling would ensue and reoovery c would bo rapid atd oompleto. llo stated a that this history of treatment had boon c uniformly true, the observation and r reoollcotion of no Indian being to tho r contrary. v Aooordiog to this Indian tradition, c going baok to rcmoto generations, in c those homely simplos a pcrfeot remedy t is provided against death in two of tho r most awful formj that can distress and c destroy us. Not all tho plaoes of hu \ man habitation are marked by the trail <j of serpents, but tho bark of iho dog is I coterminous with tho voioo of man and j his ever possible is an over-present threat of an uuspoakablo calamity to t every human be;ng. t It is peculiarly fortunate that tho in- ] gradients of this infallible euro sro al- \ most always oloso to the hand of evon j tho poorest among us. livery humble a kitchen may thus become a Pasteur in- a stituto and tho most unoulturod can t roadily bo a staff of skilful and success- 1 ful praoti-.ioners. t Sinco wo arc soicntifi:ally euro that t the poisonous, dcaih-aeaiing soorotions j whion infect tho animal bitten are e strongly aoid in their nature wo have c euggiBtcd immediately tho free use t locally and intornally of strong alkalis Soda, salt, borax, ammonia, sweet and olive oils havo boon usod with marked success in oases of suako bite. Nor should.we forgot the common people's absolute faith in alcoholic liquors and , 4-1 1! ' * ' iuu?coi? as romoaicB lor Hualce bite. Dr. .JaincH K.'ins informs tho writer, who records ii as a curious fact which will doubilesily intorost many, that tho poison of our rattlesnakes has boon } found to bo tho efficient aud most ro'.i- ( able antidoto ?o thopoi ;on of tho ccbra. For tho bite of iho ratt lesnake in localities naturally infested, thoro grows a , plant vulgarly named rattlesnake roaster < which indicates tho purpise of itscxist eoce by a fluwcr bearing tho shape of a rattlesnake's opened mouth, with faugs ready to strike. A tea is made of tho entiro p!aot and g'vou frcoiy to tho un fortunate sufferor. 1 A PREVENTATIVE OF HYDROPHOBIA. But this prolonged prologue must cemo to an end that wo may give earnest heed to a proposed plan, a suggested possibility, of a world wido pv^v^ntivo of hyd oplnbia. Dout tlerely Vome ; reader is ready to surmise the'refptition of tho rcoemmondation to cut off every , dog's tail immediately behind thfa dog's cais. Not bo, for the writer rcoogn us i that that recommendation is ?s lm praotiblc as it is rupromtly wiso. If poople will not have laws to limit tho txjansion of dogdom and so enlarge the , domains of tho harmless and helpful sheep, which touoh dircot'y tho Tiookot nerve, it is vain to hopo that decrees of extermination against tho dogs will j over issue from any law-making body oi men for tho protection of tho bipeds of whom, in theso strange, faithless days, . evory new born bipod's father and mother with true cynical Malthusian en- i thusiasm, is ready to say that the world is even n w too full. Tho subjeot matter of tho proposed preventive will prove to bs an oxompli fication, but of tho most extraordinary kind, of the often quoted, but oftenor i forgot and seldom piactioed maxim: An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of ' oure. Not to delay longer, in plain words it is credibly dcolarod that a dog can bo sterilized by an easy and almost J painless surgical operation, so that , never a germ of hpdrophobia will bo 1 bred in his boiy. Should this allega tion bo proven then tho imagination of tho greatest poet 01 painter oould not < properly portray, with hrush or pon, ' tho reliof from anxiety of tho most dis tressing kind that would be giver, to tho ^ raoo of man. Woro it mado only by ? degraded savages, oven then tho most ] eminently learned should vio with one another in asc rlaiuing even a possi bio inediouui of truth therein oon- ^ taincd. Hut it is mado on tho basis of t indubitable proofs by souio of tho most m? 'ootablo people in Srnth Carolina. ; . heeearo the Lmgsinns, whoso farni ly has lived for a century and a half ^ four miles from Kiirn Church, whioh is throo miles west of Effingham on tho j Northeastern Railway, and is the hai- L lowed spot whero Luther Rico, the oomi anion of Adoniram Judson and { founder of Columbian University, proachod his last sermon. Erwin ^ Langston, a meiibrr of this churoh, when ho died in Dccimbor, 18S-8, had rcaohed tho great ago of 8(5 years and 8 a months. His nnnd was unoloudod to tho last and his remarkable memory had ncvor been known to loso its grip a on a faot. Tho respect of all who t knew him grow w.th aoquaintanoo to ii veneration, which bocaino ovontually n blended with tho tenderness of devoted s iffeotioa. o A fow months before bis death bo told his pastor, tho writer of this and itill the pastor of his children and grandchildren aud great grandchildren, f that ho rcgardod it a oriuio too groat to o bo dosoribcd or denominated that huoian beings should bo exposed to tho langor of hydrophobia when every dog J jould bo easily roudorod porfeotly harm- li ess in that rogard. Having worn, as b lid 1'riooo Alborl, through his long a ,ract of years, "tho white flowor of a b ...vi, ?uu UUlbg KllOffC lO V fOHBcsH raro powora of observation and T coollection, ho could mako do atato- V nout an to fao.a oomiog within hia per ai looal koowlodgo that would not comriand tho attention and court the faith 1] >f any who know him. This testimony u i (Mrporamd within itsolf that of hia ti ;rcat grandfather, hi* grandfather, hij tl athor, and through tho family tradiiona evon that of remoter ancestors, aa roll aa that of ovory one of hia aona, ona in law and many of hia neighbor.*, (. o tho effeot that an operation upon a ^ iog'a tonguo, when proporly performed, rould protect tho dog himaclf a<ainst ^ .11 other doga, and all other auimala .gainst him, in tho mattorof hydropho- r na. tt TUB M0DC8 " I? has always been the custom of I >ur family and their eonneetions," said il he venerable man with front emphasis ipon the note of time, to operate on ivery dog we had, and when a young cllow got permission to marry one of >ur girls he was told at the same time hat he must learn how not to have any cad dogs around before the housekeepng started. And when a made d< g ame along our way wo just set our dot<? tfter him and they didn't take long to cako a good, safe dog out of him." ' liut some of them must hivo got )it wlule they were killing him." "Didn't amount to a row of pins. Wo u?t put tar and grease on tho bit spo s vhen they came biok home and g%' e htui an extra tine dinner that day be ides." "Hut were ytu not afraid of thorn iiivi w ?iur i "Why, nol for wo know thai every iloseed, sweet mouthed son of a bitch tad had tho worm taken out from unler his tongue." Then hedesoribed tho operation with ho grcatost minuteness and it is greaty to be regrotted that his words were lot written down immediately after. A take is made firm in the ground. Tho log is grasped by the back of tho nock md by tho hind leg*, and thrown on lis bido. His mouth is then pressed pen and kopt open by means of the take. Tho tooguo is lifted by tho operator and "at the bottom," near the oot, and in tho centre bo finds a "a idgo," whioh ho "slits" lengthwise vith a sharp knife. This slitting disdoses what is called "tho worm," wh ch ilosely resembles a yollow hammer's ocgue. Under one end of this he una a shoemaker's awl, seizes tho loos mcd end and deftly jorkB out "tho vorm," the head and front of all tho ' log's possible offences in tho mattor of lydrophobia Unlike tho Bcrpent's toison sack this "worm" never returns. Erwin Langston's testimony, tradiioual and experimental, covers at least i wo hua red years. His sons, Spenoor, , dsn and Joe, livo atand around tho old iom< stead, and tho oxpprienco, whioh s bv no nuans limited and embracas in aveiago of forty years, corroborates tnd oontiniH in ovcry particular tho 1 estimony of their honored father. L'hry are not muoh accustomed tn tho tse of the pen, preferring to "hitoh up ind pay a visit" rather than write a otter, but they wou'd cheerfully an twor, for the sako of humanity, any lueBtiocs in reason that may be a-iked ihcrn. Their postoffi jo is Eiim. S. C. Hujh F. Oliver, -Ploronca, S. C. A MURDEROUS MADMAN. 3e Kills One Man and Wounds Five Others Miohael Kclley, an insane man, Wednesday at the office of tho Robert jlarrctt Lumber oompany, in tho busi:css district, of Leavonwortb, Kansas, luui. ma iiuupio, Killing o30, probably atally wounding another, and moro or esa teriously wounding four other*, lie was hiuisolf liaaily killed by officers who tried to over power him. Thu violins: J ohn It. Qarrctt, aecd 40, junior uembrr of tho firm of Robert Garrott Lumber o mipany, diod a', hospital. Dr. McUaco, aged 30, shot in baok ind probably fatally wouuded. Police Sergeant Win Dodge, shot in 3eck, wound serious. Michael McDonald, dctcctivo, shot u leg; (-light. Jos. Falthager, polioeman, shot in land; wound slight. Ike Ueahy, a laborer, shot in tho land. Kolley had lived in Leavenworth for rears and at different times had er;agod in minor business enterpriser', tie was arrested and adjudged insane, jarrrtt and four othirs testifying (gainst him. After a year in the Toxkn asylum Kelly was released He lad been acting queorly again and had Icetarcd that he would kill tho five nm who sent Lirn to tho asylum. For wo weeks past ho has been practicing iheotiog with a revolver daily at tho fort Leavenworth range. Wednesday light hedrauk heavily. Soon alter 12 o clock Wednesday ho ippeatcd at Garrcti'soffice and without warning shot Garrett as he sat at his 1-sk. Garrett foil to the 11 ior and Ivei.y dtlieera oly firci fcur more shots uto the prostrate form. L aviug his nolim for dead, Kelly ran to the rear >f the company's lumber yard and be;an ri 1 lading bis revolver. Pre-oully in returotd to thu office to fiad Dr. HcUee, who had bean attracted by the ihontin* hnnrtini* I ?1 og his revolver, Kelly look aim at the ihysioiau and tired. The bullet struok il.Uso io tbe epino and he toppled ?vcr near where Garrett lay. Tnoa i'o'losvc i an exciting street fight ictoicu the mad uiaa and offi)ers who lame upou the tceno. Kollcy, flourish 1 ng his rivo.ver, dashed through tho umber yaru. He met Iko ilealcy, a aborcr, and shot him in the hand. A ew yards furthor on ho onoountorod ?vg ant Dodgo. The two exohatgo'. iocs as they ran. Ono bullet from volley's revolver struck Dodce in tho ' >eek, but not before thai iflioir had hot him in tho shoulder. K-Uoy kept unoiDg and was soon oonfrontod oy i >stoolive McDonald and Oflaor Fil- ] hagor. McDonald dropped Kelley with bullet in the neok. Dodge raised his j ovolvor but it failed to work and t atohing up with tho murderer, ho rushed his skull with the weapon. Kelly was carried to tho station in ] n uioontoious condition. Ho diod oon afior his arrival thore. Garrett did not regain oonsoioo9Dc*s nd died an hour after boing takon to 1 ho hospital. Dr. MoGce is still suffer- ' ng soriously and it is boliovcd he can- ' iot rooovor Dodge's wonnd is not oon- 1 idcrcd fatal, whilo tho wounds of tho s there aro slight. How a Thia? ia-n~? t ,, v vuu* vuu ituuuii'u ujuar ivowara or any case of Catarrh that oanaot bo urod by Hall's Catarrh Cure. F. J.CHEN KY A CO., Tolodo.O Wo ttio undoraignod, havo known F. . Choncy for tho last 15 years, and boiovo him porfootly honorable in all usinoss transactions and financially bio to carry out any obligations made y their firm. Yest & Truax, Wholosalo Druggists, 'olodo, O. valpino, klnmanifc marvin, Wholoalo Druggists, Tolodo, O. Hall s Catarrh Curo is takon intornalr, aoting directly up)n the blood and 1 iuoous surfaoos of tho system. Tcs 1 menials sont froo. Frioo 75o. per boto. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Fills arc tho boat. ] A man in Tonnosaeo got four ortla of wood, three gallons of oney and five coons from a sin- r lo tree. "Take care of tho for- ' sts if you want to get rich," ' ommcnts tho local paper which ( nnounces the man's good luck. , * i l THE B Grove's 1 The formula i: know just what yo' do not advertise tht their medicine it yc Iron and Quinine pu form. The Iron malaria out o f the s Grave's is the Oe*l\ Chill Tonics arc i-1 that Grove's is s?, are not experiment and excellence ha only Chill Cure so the United States. We Feed the WorldThe failure, or even the serious cutting oir of any staple crop of this country is a calamity not to our own people alone but to the world. Other nations are dependent upon the United States for a large part of their food supply and are becoming more so every year. Agricultural production in this country is so far in excess of our domestic needs that many million of foreigners look to it for their supplies. No other nation ever had such a great surplus of food products every year. Twelve countries each bought over $10,000,000 worth of our farm products last year. The United Kingdom alone! took of them to the value of $40S.ooo,ooo and Germany $1:14,- j 000.000 worth. The amount of j our sales ot agricultural products to other nations was as follows: France, $4,000,000; Belgium, $.'11,000,000; Italy ,$24,000,000; Canada, $21,000,000; Japan. $15,000,000; Denmark. $15,000,000; Spain,$10,'500,000; Cuba, $14,000,000; British Africa, $10, 300,000. Europe is by far the largest purchaser of our agricultural products having purchased last year $739,000,000 worth. The importance of American agriculture to the outside world, is impressively illustrated this year. We have the greatest yield of wheat ever known in any country. Our combined crops of spring and winter wheat will exceed 700,000000 bushels vastly more than we can consume and Europe will have to import more wheat than ever before. The wheat crop of France isneaily 100,000,000 bushels short. Germany has an even greater relative shortage. The crops in Russia anil the Balkan countries have also suffered severely. Europe will pay us an immense amount of money for wheat and j other agricultural products this' year probably more than we ever received from her before on that account. Bryan a Position In view of the persistent declaration that MrBryan is back-: ing the Ohio Democrats who propose holding another convention and putting up a bolting State ticket we <piote his own Wni'da .... 1 t..- mmi in me i iu n.'iiL number of The Commoner: "Mr. Kilbourne, the nominee for governor, is an excellent man, a life-long Democrat ami an active supporter of the national ticket in both 189i> ami 1900. He is better than his nlatform. lie deserves an should receive the vote of every Democrat in Ohio. If any of the Ohio Democrats feel aggrieved because the re-1 organizing element of the! party triumphed at the convention let them not visit their disappointment upon the State ticket but rather see to the nom- 1 nation of senators and representatives who will select a turst- 1 worthy senator. Let them see to 1 it also that the Stat" platform ! is made the primaries next time ' rather than at the convention. ' If the voters at the primaries had! i instructed their delegates to insist upon the reaffirmation of the! Kansas City platform the result would have been different." | This shows where Mr. Bryan ' stands, and should silence those who have so presistently misrepresented his position in reference to the Ohio election. If:1 ic was a resident of Ohio he would vote the Dmocratic tic ket ] straight. Knohred. "Eliphnlct," suid she, reproachfully, *1 do not. approve of such extrnvapanee. Now. when Alfonso calls, he i9 sensible. and does not come loaded | down with expensive flowers." "Henrietta." said he, calmly, "it ll.l generally understood that n knave I can't win a queen unless ho is one of the bowers." "You nre both knaves," she murmured, coyly, "but you are the ripht 1 bower and he is left," and with these 1 words she melted into his arms.? ! Town Topics. t In flie Chl!<lren'| I'lnjuronnd. Muriel Mullipnn?Rupert RafTerty ! wanted me ter elope wit' him yestiddy j afternoon. Fifl Flannipnn?Why didn't yer? Muriel Mullipan?1 wuz afraid I ivo-jldn't pit back in time fer supper.? i ['own Topics. , In Krntnckr. The Colonel?It's amnzin' how the "hildren prow! It seems like yester!ay when that boy of yours was a jaby. The Major?That's so! T can hardly ealize that he's carryln* his own corkicriwI?Pnok. laaicicss villll I UI1IL. s plainly printed on every bottle?hence you 11 arc taking wjb^n 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 acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives the Y stem. Any reliable druggist will tell you that fifnat and that all other so-called Tasteless litatir is. An analysis of other chill tonics shows per- to all others in every respect. You *g 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. Presbyterian College of South Carolina. 1 Ne*t Session opens Sept. 2tf, 1901. Special rate* to boarding students. Limited number caa be accommodated in Dormitory. $100.')0 will for boa d, room-rent matriculation, and tuition. for oliegiate year. Ft re p-of-morn and one instructor in faculty. Moral influences good. Courses of study leading to degrees of B. A. and M. A. Fine Commercial Course. Write for catalogue or information of any kind to A. E. SPENCER,Clinton, S. C. An Important Ruling "Vf j I I ? Rural mail carries must attend strictly to business. They Corn Mills, I will not be allowed to have any side line as has sometimes been 1 vtlllC 3Jl lllSy the case. They must carry mail and nothing else. The post- lCIGB JljL11I|BFS9 master general has made, the rj tt 11 order in regard to the traffic car- -F t>c? XlllllGlOj ried on by carries in the rural free delivery service more dras- rillyliCqf tic than was at first supposed. n n I Every form of outside work, -DOliGrSy I with one single exception, is - J prunumea. uarriers win be per- iiriaiiers ana I mitted to take subscriptions for _ _ newspapers and periodicals, and pg if any commission is allowed for * this they may enjoy it. A strenu- StWIYIGr SflWtt ous effort has been made by o publishing houses that enjoy T^IH the pound rates of postage to ililji loaWoj have their circulars and adver- ? - , tising mather also classed as an an vai other kinds of wood exception, but the department working machinery. My Berlins ruled against this on the R?ant Log Beam Saw mill is ground that to permit the car- the heaviest, strongest, and ries to distribute such circulars most efficient mill for the in the hope of getting some com- money on the market, quick, pensation for themselves is accurate. State Agent for H. working directly against the re- jj. Smith Machine Company venues of the postoflice depart- wood work, machiiery. Ek thahtel!Xmpubthin? houses want to distribute adver- ~ .e. va*ve Automatic, tising matter they better do so Corliss, write me: Atlas, through the mails in the regular W atertown, and Strnthers and legitmate way. The reports and Wells. coming to the department from V. C. 1JADHAM, , inspectors detailed to look up 1326 Main St., Columbia. 8. C. special cases of excessive activ- ^ ity in outside work by carriers in the rural free delivery show also another flagrant violation ^ * of the policy of the department. It was found that many carriers STtNoisTp?? had made an arrangement with ik> express companies and had small ? \ Jf WL signs nailed on their mail wagons, such as "Adams Ex- ' press Company," "United Mj) (f IsSA States Express Company," etc. -> The arrangement in such cases <?ooi> ?o?*_.wun* was to make the carriers feeders VWvi * I the express companies and they L - \V_ ^ were allowed usually a commis- V^jlr sion of 15 per cent, for all busi- \ ness originating along their routes through their agency. Ycsl They're Wanted. 1 his, agaill, works directlj Business activity crc&tffl a demand f>r agaillSt the interests of the de- business experts, and those who hold diplopartinent, patrons often sending nnw from our college ere hosine-* experts, articles by express which might Th^ h"e ll.u,et.rouh,1? nndi"* p1"68; "d . i -i a do ir^ahie keeping them hach diplomas Otherwise go bv mail. bo everj are guirantee* fitness. It's not guessCtass of business has been rilled work. and the possibility of disappointOUt, with the single exception Of raent in ,be to** tmployte, but a guaransubscription for periodicals. u,ih. lhisis justified on the ground that the postal service is intend- I Columbia Business College, ed to disseminate knowledge, j Columbia, s. c. * In North Carolina a man | W. H. NEWBERRY, President. claimed a pension because a _ twelve pound cannon hall pass- 1901. ed between his legs and shatter- ? u od his nerves, and a woman dc i lirillSH UDlVCFSlty. mauds a pension because she is qreenville s c widow of three Confederate A p Montdgae, Pb. D.', L. L.' D? PreS. soldiers whom she married dur- ? . I Two courses are offered leading to the deing Hie war. grees of Baobilox i>? arm (0. A) an?l = ?1 1 - ^-=rr Mastrr or Arts (M. i) Library and Read i , p. I a ^m I ,?, p. ing 11 oom pbyrical, Chemical and Biologi* I nt. I UUINuDLUUU cal Labors brie* J cdson-Ai.i'mni Hau, oontaiuicg Auditorium add Society Halls, LUMBER COMPANY I just comp eted and furnished at a cost of 1 twenty thouran-i dollars New Forti Room AUGUSTA, OA. Dormitora Expenses reduce! to a minimum by the Mess system. Catalogue and Office and Works, North Avoitsta, 8. C. circulars of information on re'inest. DOORS, SASH, BLINDS AND BUILDER'S Address Dr A.JP. MonUfne, ; ' Ureenv me, S, U. , HARDWARE. For rooms apply to Prtf H T.Cook, FLOORING, SIDING, CEILING and IN- Greenville, 8. C SIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN SHERIDAN GEORGIA PINE, | Teachers Agency, All Correspondence given prompt atten ' Greenwood, S C. iqu. July 2?]y DEPARTMENTS ??????????????-? Tka< ii?> Aoim'V?We supply schools. North Greeuville High School charge. We aid competent teachers in se- I curing positions. Those wishirg teachers TIQERVILLE, 8. C. and teachers wishing positions should write us at once thorough, cheap, and beautifully located. SruooL Ftirsrrrwi:?Decks, Vaps, Charts, Mountain Scenery; Oood Water; Military Globes,&c , at lowest pnos We are GenFeature, under auspices of Citadel graduate. eraj .\gents for largest factory in U. f. Local Students front eight counties Agents w?nt J. Everything strictly firstNo high school gives a more thorough c[ft8?. tourse. Diplomas awsrde i tograduate* One t>ciiooL am. Coluov Ro. ks by mail at lundred and fifty dollars worth of scholar- , publishers' prices?new auu secondhand, ihips awarded annually. We take old books in exchange for new or Board $<> 50 a month. Tuition, $9 00 to ??condhanded ones, saving half the cost (26 00 a year. J t0 j0u. We a'so supply books recently I In illustrated Catalogue will tell you all. ; ftjop-ed by the state. I Season cpens September 1*! 1901. WILL SAVE VQl T1 VIF, TROUBLE AND 3 Come to Greenvilleand telephone to Tiger- ! MONET . F. M. Sheri an, Mgr. ShjiW SCHOOL SHORTHAND I BustnTsVy tr/iUGVST/? 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