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TALMAGE'8 BE&MOlf | In Whioh He Intrt duces Hope to the Invalid and Erring ones. In this disoourso Dr. Talmago would lift people out of despondenoy and bring something of future Joy into earthly depression. Tho text is Hebrews vi, 19, "Whioh hopo." There is an Atlantic Ocean of depth and fullness in the verse from whioh my text is taken, and I ouiy wade into tho wave at the veanh and tako two words. We all havo favorite worda cx pressivo of;delightor abhonoaoe, word* that easily find their way from brain to lips, words that havo ia them morn ings and midnights, laughter and tears, thunderbolts and dewdrops. In ail the lexicons and vooabularios there arc few words that havo for mo the attractions of tho last word of my t<xt, * "Wbioh hope." There havo in tho oouree of our life been many angels of God that havo looked over our shoulders, or mot us on the road, or chanted the darkness away, or lifted the curtains of tho great iu turo, or pulled us baok from tho prooipiocs, or rolled down upon us tho rap turous musio of tho heavens, thoro is one of thcBO angels who has dono so muoh for us that wo wish throughout all time and all otcrnity to oolobiate it ?the angel of Hopo. St Paul makes it tho oontcr of a group of thrco, saying "Now abidoth faith, hopo, charity/' And, though ho says that charity is the greatest of tho three, he does not tako one plume from too wing, or ono ray of lnstor from tbo brow, or ono aurora from tbo ohcck, or ono melody from the voice of tho angel of my text, "Wliioh hopo." That wao a great night for our world whon in a Bethlehem caravansary tho Infant Royal was born, and that will bo a great night iu tho darkness of your bouI when Christian hopo is torn. There will bo chanting in tho skies ai d a star pointing to tho Nativity. I wilt not bothor you with the hu?;k of a definition and tell you what hopo is. When wo sit down hungry at a table, we do not want an analytical discourse as to what bread is. Uand it on; pass it round; givo us a slico of it. .John speaks of hope as a "pure hopo." Pet6r oallsit a "lively hopo." Paul stylis it a "good hopo," a "euro hopo," a "ro^ joioing hopo." All up and down tho Biblo it is spoken of as au anohor, as a harbor, as a hoimoi, as a door. When wo draw a ohcck on a bank, nu uiuat iiavu ruiorancu ui 1:1c aaiuuui of monoy we have deposited, but Hope makes a draft on a bank in which for her benefit all hoaven has been deposited. Hope! May it light up every dungeon, stand by every sickbed, lend a helping hand to overy orphanage, loosen every ohain, caress every forlorn soul and turn the uupicturcd room cf tho almshouse into tbo vestibule of heaven! How suggostivc that mythology declares that when all other deities fled tho earth the goddces llopo remained I It was hope that revived John Knox when on shipboard near the ooast of Sootland he was foarfully ill, and he was requested to look shoreward and . asked if he know tho village near tho ooast, and ho answered, "1 know it well, for 1 seo tho steeple of that plaoo I where God first opened my mouth iD pubiio to his glory, and 1 am fully pcrsuaded how weak that over I now ap pear I shall not depart this lifo tili my / longuo shall glorify his holy namoin tho samo place." His hope was rewarded, and for twenty five more years ho proaohed. That is tho hope which sustained Mr. Morrcll of Norwich when departing this lifo at twenty four years of ago he deolared, '*1 should like to understand tho secrets of oterchy bofore tomorrow morning." That was the kind of hope that the corpora! had in tho battle when, after several standard bearers bad falleo, be sefzid tho rflag and turned to a lieutenant colonel and faid, "Jf L fall, tell my dear wife that I die with a geod hono in Christ and th*t 1 am 'lad to give my life for my country." That, was the good hope that Dr. Goodwin had in his last hcur whenhoBaid: "Ah, isthiedeath? Liov hevo i dreaded as an oncmy this smll ing friend!" Many have full assurance that all is right with the soul. They are as sure of heaven as if they had passed the pearly pauols of tho gate, at though they were already seated in the temple of God unrolling tho libretto of the heavenly ohoristcr. I congratulate all suoh. I wish I had it, too?lull assurance?but with me it is hope. ' Which hope." Sinful, it expects forgiveness; troubled, it expects relief; bereft, it expects reunion; clear down, it ex peots wings to lift; shipwrcokid, it cxpeots lifeboat; bankrupt, it ixpcetH eternal richc6; a prodigal, it ixpects the wide open door of the father's farmhouso. It docs not wear itself unt hv looking backward ; it always lo ks forward. What ia too mo of giving bo muoh time to the rehearsal of tho past ? Your mistakca are not corrected by a review. Your losses oaunot, by brooding over them, bo turned into gains. It ia tho future that has tho most for ub, and hope ohccrs us on. We have all committed blunders, but docs tho oalling of tho roll if them mako them any tho less blunders? Look ahead in all matters of usefulness. However muoh you may have accomplished for God and the world's betterment, your greatest usefulness is to cimo. "No, says some ono, "my health is gone," '"No," saya some one, "ray money is gono." "No," eays some one, "tho most of my yearn are gono and therefore my usefulness." Why, you talk like an infidel. Do you suppose that all your capacity to do good ia fenood in by this life? Aro you going to be a lounger and a do nothing aftor you have q lit this world? It ia my businota to toil you that your faoulticH are to be enlarged and intensified and your puiih oationa for usefulness multiplied ten fold, a hundredfold, a thousandfold. la your health gono? 1 hen thai is a sign that you aro to enjoy a celestial health oomiared with winch too moat jocund and hilarious vitality of earth is invalidism. Aro your fortunes spent? Komember you are to be kngs and queens unto God and how muoh more woalth you will have when you reign forovor and evor. 1 want to son you got your hoavoDly woik ^ on'v t'10 fcl ready to work We 'n here, but will i here. Heaven will around. ! ho '.nhabitaeH, "Tiny " Why rose gSffilsBBiBlBM fatigue1' Why hero is no night B you after ;ia8 beor ht and velooi- 1 w * * ?r.' d 1 t r I 1J_ iL.i 1.1 < i a a i _ woiitti tan, uta ours, uavo hupcuiou m oood to b? ran uod, perhaps saved by our o< (JhrUt or by some plan that Uod has 01 thought out for other worlds as wise, as h; potont, as lovely, as tho atonement is v< for our world. The laainess which has d< ourscd us in this world will not gain it tbo land of eternal activities?so much w tonio in the air, so muoh inspiration ia ti tho sooiety, so muoh aohievoment af- ei tor wo got tho (hackles of the flesh for- is over cif Do not dwell so muoh on op- b portumties past, but put your emphasis ou opportunities to como. Do not al count tho battles lost, but Boour your ii mut-kot for victories to oome. b Aoi 1 not right in saying that okr- 01 nity oan do more for us than can time? p What will wo not be ablo to do when o our powers of locomotion shall be p quickoned into the immortal spirit's a speed? Why should a bird have a u swiftness of wing when it is of no i<n- T porianoo how long it shall tako to m >ke d its aerial way from forest to forost and > we, who have so much more important b (rrand in tbo world, get on so slowlj? f< Tho roebuok outruns us, tho houndB o aro quiokor in the chase, but wait until Uod lets us loose from all limitations ti and hindermonts. Then wo will lairly C begin. Tho starting post will bo tho ti tomhstono. Leaving the world will bo tl graduation day boforo the obief work of n our aunts! and spiritual oarocr. Hope 01 soes the doors oponing, tho viotor's foot g in stirrup for tho mounting. Tho day a breaks?Aral flash of the horizon. Tho fc iims'ion of hope will be an evorlasting gi mission, as much of it in tho heavenly & r< reafU-r as in the earthly now. Shall it wo liavo gained all as soon as wo enter li realms celestial?nothing more to loarn, li 10 other hicghts to olirnb, no now an- h thorns to raise, a monotony of cxistocos, p the ssrno thing over and over again for ai endless years? No! More progress in * that world ih?D ve ever mado in this ii Hope will s'acd on tho hills of heaven 1< and lock for over brightening land tl scapes, other transfigurations of oolur, ti ce* glories rolling over tbo eoono, now a celebrations of viotoriosin other worlds, k heaven ribing into grander iioavens, it seas of glass mingled with fire, bccoui w iog a more brilliant glass mingling with * a moro flaming firo. "Whioh hope." ' New, lot mo introduce this fooling gi iDto tho l.ves of somo who aro at limes \ 1 1 m _ v % uupuicaa. mf.ro is a laiuiiy wtioto fon ol has g?ne wrong. Father and mother it havo about given him up, bo seems eo gi headlong, so ungratoful, bo di'sipatcd, d and tho old follca do not know half tho story of moral preoipitntion. lie has j, ceased wriiing homo, but thoy hear of 01 him through people who liko to carry f( bad nowB. and every time tho report is 01 more deplorable. He swoars, ho gam- h bloe, ho drinks, he roch into an tho j, shambles of sin. Hi b former employer y pays thero is no hopo for him, and all j, ourside the family agroo in thinking ho ?? will ncvcrrefOiOj. Tho father and mother tj havo not quite givon him up, aod theso q, words arc to strengthen their hope. That boy is goiog to oo mo back. You el have a hold on him that ycu must not tl relax. Through prayer jou may win r( tho eternal God for your aido of tho jc struggle. You must enlist all tho hoa ^ venly deminiotb, ohorubim and scrap \j him and archangel, in the movement to save your son. Some day or eomo ? eight ho will oall a halt to his iufam js ou3 practices. Something will happen pj to him, as happoncd in a Now York 0I hotel to a fob of ono cf the most dis- a, tinguishod clergymen of Sootland and H< ono cf tho queen's chaplains. "When S( oan I sec you?" said a distinguished u; looking young mm at oloao of oue of j, my scrviocs in Brooklyn tabornaolo. I p] said, "You osn boo d e now. ' Hcaaid: y "No; I want a private conversation with jcu at your own houso. When o*n I come?" I said " Tomorrow night." ?c "Your name?" 1 esked. Ho gave mo lfc his came, tho exaot name of hia father, whoso ntrno was known an 1 is known through the Christian world, though u' ycais ago he departed thislifo, ltoturn- 1 ing home, 1 took up a book of which " his father vai the author, and in tho *" picture at tho opening of tho book 1 1V found that tho jourgmaa had roost fc markedly his father af?.a uros So 1 Mas ? suro there was no dcooption. ^ Oj the following ovaning ho oamo. or Ho said that ho was the blaok sheep of fo ttio family Hook. Ho had wandered It tho world over and boon in all kinds th of wickedness, but a few nights before, la after reading a letter from his mother m Scotland, ho had rotired for bleep, ov but in the adjoining room he hoard p? some young men in auoh horrible con vernation ho colud not sleep. Ho was re shocked as ho had cover before boon by U? the talk of bad men. Ho arose, struck jn a light, took out the letter from hia bo mother and knelt down by his bodsido by ar.d raid, "O Lord, God of my mother, th havo mercy on mo!" He said that sinoo yo that prayer ho was entirely changed th 9uu iovoa wn*t he botoro hated and \a hated what he before lovrd and asked no what I thought it all meant. I ropli- or od, "You have bcoomo a Christian." th He said ho might be called at any lirno jn to leave the oity. I never saw him again, butitceemcd to mo that he had th turned bis back upon Lis wioked past and had started in tho right direotion. thi And it may bo so with your boy. Write bo him often. Toll him how you arc all thinking or him at home, and, it may 00( be, your lotter in hand, ho may call up- ja on his mother's Cod to help and savo WA him. Hope, you of the gray hairs and mc wrinkles! Heaven has its thousands 6U, of souls who were on jo as thoroughly QC wrong as jour boy is. They repented, he( and they are with tho old folks in the ho healthy air of tho oternal hills, wlioro ha they may booome young again. Ilopo on, and, though you may never hoar of your son's reformation and others may think he has left this life hopolcss, who ' knows but that in tho last moment, ph after he has ceased to speak and boforo i!u his soul launohos away, rour prayer tio may ha7o been answored and ho bo ono thi c? tho first to rncot you at tho shining Li I gate. Tho prodigal in tho parablo got me 1 orno and sat down at the feast, whilo del the elder brother who never lift the old noi plao?, stood pouting at tho lack door 0ot and did net go in at all. igii To another class of persons I intro- the duco t^c angel of Hope, and they arc to the invalids. Porhajs after longwatoh- 0pc ing or overwork or toweriog griof your 0d vi iuui n/avcui la rumea. i'ertoaps uut yuu havo a 'hidden disorder that the Wil world knows nothing about ani which tho you cannot with any dolicaoy apeak of. Rq<] Perhaps it may bo a rheumatism that bra distorts and inflames or a neuralgia ft|a( which runs its sharp knife along tho prii temples of your forohcad. Perhaps it Phi i &n indigestion causing food which is 0na a rcouperr.tion to otht r< to becomo a tho torture to you. Perhaps it is an in eomnia which keeps you ae wide awake at I'd o'clock at night as at 12 o'olook at noon, and hour after hour, like one 1 in tho Bible times, you ory, "Would mai Hod it wcro morning.' to t Tl.o?s pessimists do not realize that are two inventions of our times arc going to Mic make it poasiblo under Qod to bring this rain wliolo world into salvablo and millennial twii ra&dition within a fow weeks after those ter, two inventions shall bo turned into the of t lervioo of God and rightouRness, as they cnt< vsli be. I rcfor to tho telegraph and able ho tolcphono. If you think that God pom dlowod thoeo two inventions to bo ing / do merely to get repid information J jnoirning the prioe of railroad stock* ! to oall ap friend and make witb j im a business engagemeot, you have a try abbreviated idea of wbat osn be one and will be done witb iho6o two istruments. The intolligenoo of the orld is to bo expanded, and oivil'non will overcome barbsrinoo, and illitraoy will bo extirpated, and tbe proiu10 will bo literally ful&Mod, "A ration urn in a day." Let Hope say to the foreboding: Do II yoa oau with with Biblo aod epsllig book and philcsiphio apparatus, at toil with the sunlight in your faoos r your efforts will bo a failure Tho allot in tho tkv is not another phase f tho night, but the first sign of ap roaohing day, whioh ie as sure'to oome s tonight will bo followed with to >orrow. Things aro not going to ruin, ho Lord's hosts aro not going to bo rowned in tho K d Sea of troublo. liriam's timbrel will p'.ay on tho high anka "Israel Delivered." High hope or tho homo! U:gh hoyo fur the huroh! High hopo for tho world 1 I introduoe the aogcl of Hopo to Iiofo who have through dcooase lost Ihristian friends. "How oould I flod aetn," says a boreft soul, "up there in tie land of .the multudinoua?" You lay find them by inniiry, by heavenly joort aud by uofai'iog ?ion:ory of tho uard at tho gate. "And ho carried io a'-ay in tho spirit to a groat and igh mouutsin and shoved mo that roat oity, the holy Jerusalem, do lending out of luavoo from God, hav)g the glory of Gcd, and her light was ko unto a stone most preoious, even ko a jasper atone, clear as crystal, and ad a wall gr.at and high aud hid wo'vo gates and at tho gates twelve ogels." So, you see, thrro will bo an gel guarding eioh gato. As you go i ark tho armed guard. IIo saw your >ved one pass through a".d will know jc direction to tako and by what folictin or in what atreot cf gold in tho tansioti pri parod. Tho 11 jseed (Jhribt nows whero your drpartod lovoi ono i, and he wi:l tell you if no ono olsa ill. Fifty ways of findiug out the horoabou'H of your asoendod one. Hut will I surely know him when I ot there, for ho will bo so changed? ' cs, for you will be ju?t as much haoged, and the old affinity will assort self. Tho soul bo as easily distinuishod there as oa earth tho body is intinguisbed by the body. Open that oloscd instrument of inusio i your parlor that has cot been played n sinoo tbo hand of the departed player >rgot its cunning. Put up before, you a tho masio board tho notes of the ymn of Isaacs Watts and sing "There i a Land of l'uro Delight' or James Lontgomory'a bvinn, "Who Aro Thoee i Bright Array?" or Fi'inore Hennott's Sweet Ilyo aod Byo" or "Jerusalem io Golden." Tako some tune in the laior kov "Arirl'' nr "Mntinf Pi" kh. ' Whilo You play and sing the gel of llopo will stand by you and lrn tha loaves and j >in in tho raptu>us rendering Reunion with the ?ved and lost! Everlasting reunion! o farewell at tho door of any mansion I o goodby at any of tie twolvo gator! 0 moro datk apparol of mourning, but bite robo of cxhaltaiionl llopo cow 1 on its knees, with fioo uplifted, but lopo there will be on tiptoo or book ning you to follow, saying: "Come nd bear the ohoirs singl Como aed :c tho proocssion maroM Como and :o tho riv:r cf lifo roll I Como with to over tho hilis that rise into ever isting heightB." Celestial Aljis and [iuialayas hoisted into other Alps and Umalayat! Frcm this hour cultivate hope. Do > by reading ail the Scriptural (rouses of the world's ooorug Kdonizition d doubt if you daro tho veracity of 10 Almighty when ho says he will ake tho (lcsort roseate, and tho leop d and tho kid will iio down in the ime pasture fio!d, and the lion, oeasing t bo carnivorous, will bcoomo grarninorous, eat ng "Btraw tiko an ox," and iptilian venom shall ohango into harm ssness, so that tho "woanod child lall put his hand on tho ooika'.noo's ;o, and there shall be nothing to hurt destroy in all God's holy mountain, r tho earth Hhall bo full of tho know dgo of the Dord, as tho waters oovor io sea ' So much for tho world at rgo. Then oullivatc hope iu regard to your fn health, your finanoia! projrity, ycur own longevity, by seeing >w in other poopio God mercifully verses things and brings to paia tae i icxpootod, reuieiLb.iiiug that Wash gton lost more battles than ho gained, it triumphed at tho last, and, farther, i 1 making sure of your eternal s. fcty rough Christ Jesus, undorstiud tha. { u aro on tbo way to paleois and i rones. This life a span long, endiag j duration of bliss that neither human i r aruhaDgclio faculties can measuro 1 estimate?redolotoo of a sprit gtime i at novor ends ard fountains tufi ig < tho light of a sun that never sots, i ?y God thrill us with anticipation of is immortal gloe I "Which hope ' i I said in tho oponicg of this sui jeoi j n inv text was only tho wave on the < ich, wbiio the wholo vereo from uoh it is taken is an ocean. But the zan tides ato coming in, acid tho sea getting so deep 1 must fall baok, ( dicg out as 1 wadjd in, for what I >rtal can stand ho'.ore tho mighty ; rges of tho full tiio of eternal glad ; sh? "Kyo hath not socn r.or ear \ ard; neither hath ontorod into the ( art of man tho thiogs which Qod t th prepared for them that lovo him." 1 1 The Liberty Bell. 8 Tho building oreotod by Philadcl- r, iaon tho grounds of tho douth Crro v a intorstate and West Indian txposi , n has been oomploted. It ooit more t in $20,000. '1 ho arrangomohis tor i Oerty Bell, which is to bo ono of 0 ) prinoipat attractions of the 1'nila f phta budding, to Charleston havo v . yot boon decided upon bpon by the M inoilmamo oounruittoo. It was tho ornal intention of the committee to tako ? i historic rolio to that oily in time 3 have it in plaoo when tho cxpdsition || mod, but this idoa has boon abandonand tho bell will not bo removed i! after tho beginning of 11)011. It 1 be accompanied on tho trip by all n members of tho speoial oo.-nmittoo fc( I perhaps by other mombors of both n nohos of council. A program will f > bo arranged for short stops at the t< QOinAl nifioa *r\ri ? ? r? ?...vJ HUU unuo uutvtucU I dl iladolphia and Charleston so as to c1 bio rosidonts of those places to see if liberty boll. oi ? 8 Archives Lost. tl leport is madj in Pittaton, Pa , that >y papers of the greatest importance w he eiiy govornrncn' aro missing and _j behoved to bo in the pocket of rf ibael Langan, whoeo body, with 57 w ore, aro cr tombed in tbo ill-fated U) s shaft. At tho time of tho disas- ar in 18!>6, Langan was acting Mayor fj ho oily, and a fo? hours before ho m ired tho mines had rcooivod valui papers. There is no hope of over strating tho fallen rook and rtojv- yo oithc* body or papers. to / \ > , MAXIMS FOE TBS OIEL IV LOW. Wit* Conclusion* Tha? Hav* Been Born of Experts noe. Yon Jovo for yourself, and if ycu u>Try, you seal the destioy, happy or arotohed, of your own life. Thore? fore, never marry for othore. Marry for yen sake. ? Lot no human b*!ng, however dear 10 ycu, havo a right to violate tho true ioat'not cf your heart, or put a constraint on jcur lovo. Only be oarefu-; d* not imagino that you are in lovo before you havo trloi all tho tests which may oenvinor you that vou reallv ?? V? - - 1 ? v. a uu ui ->/ vv uuiy too liallo to mistake a oaprioe, a fanoy, a romantio day dream for true love. First love is seldom true love. A whole serios of light fanoios which have been mistaken for love have often been foilowod by the earnest passion of a life. The oredulity of womon on tho sub jeet of being lovod is very great. Tboy often mistake a little admiration for a particular rogard, and on this foundation build up a oastle in the air and fill it with all the treasures of their brightest hopes. It is aaror to bo vary skeptical on the subject of being loved; but if you make the mistake, take all the blame on yoursolf and bsto your dignity by socrooy, if you cannot keep your heart from loving. Men will always be polite, attentive complimentary and paying yon all sorts of little flatteries, both of words and aoiions. Adept *htm quietly and calmly, as yuur right, but never soom to give more weight than in niuo oasrs cut of ton they have. Hurry no oourtship into au orgagemoot, and never make an engagement from whioh yon cannot honorably withdraw. When you feel peifcotly sura that you love a man, there aro many subile ways for you to lot him know it. 1 have always failed to uoderstacd why woman should not choose their husbands and why only unmarried reigning queens oan do so 1 do not sco why they shou d not propose. Of oourse, thoy should do so in a manner quite different from that in whioh men propose. Hit very ofton a girl oan mako her ohoico from a oirolo of admirers, giving tho needed encouragement to tho ono she prefers, and deciding for herself her life's destiny. There are men, and very ifton tho best, too, who aro shy and need oncouragomont, inasmuch as it should be remembered that the men who dcolare their love in some beautiful languago r ro those who love least truly. The real lover is a stammerer. If tho woman whom ho lovos should return his affection, sho should givo him all tho discreet encouragement sho oan. Bolter marry a man of this sort than a Thomas Carlylo, who spent his life writing sweet love letters to his wifo and never suosecdod in saying a pleasant thing to her and in making her happy when in her proscroe. If ever you receive from a man a love lotter worded in most eiquisite style, full of poetry and prcfesTona of doep Itltnhmnni i 4 ? 1 - J *l ? .oav 11 iiji X'ltJlUU wu?l uiid has had a long cxpeyiotoi in such letter writing. There is not a singlo )*uan, really and truly in love who would not bo ashamed to r ead, especially tobinve road aloud a letter ho has written "Jo the objeot of his affection. i Never toll any ono tl|*t you have re jictcd the advanoos of fuoh and Huoh uinn. ' The man who boasts cf his conquests a cod: the man who boarls of tbo?e ho his not cot mado is a our aod a sooundrol. The woman who b';as'.a of tho offers sho k so refused is a woman that lacks refinement aod tact, After all, there is very little difference between the qualities of a perfet gentleman and those of a perfect lady. Advocating Good Roads. G n. M. 0. Batler is inttrcstirg 1 iuisolf actively in tho good roads movement in South Carolina. Uscogn'sing tho great importance of this progressive movement, he has thrown tbo weight of his personality and influence in its behalf, llo is not simply lending it the moral support of his approval, but is actively at work in the cause. Ho proposes to advooato the adoption by tho ucxt session of the legislature of a bill to mako tho Siato railroad oommissioners also ojinmissinners of publio highway. Ha says tho public roadways aro soared? seoond in importanoo to the State's railroads, and tho commissioners might well tiavo supervision of both. Their time is rot fully oouupiod with the railroads, snd they might greatly improve the publio roadways of Carolina by sys iomatiziog the county work and establirhmg a gonoral plan that will enoour ige permanent improvements, the use >f tho best material, and the wisest notbods of road construction. The \ugusia Cbroniolo very rightly says h s is certainly an important enterprise, and ono worthy tho best efforts )f Carolina's host men. Robbed and Murdered. A story of murder and robbery oomos 'mm Van Wrnk * fn v-i ? ? ?wn uillUO UUIUf* v ck Hill on the Georgia, Carolina and Northern railroad. The body of Polly VloKinnoy, a well to do colored woman, ?43 fouod in tho rai Dad oat thrceI'jirtcrs of a milo from her home. The >ack and left side of tho skull was iroken and tho nook was broken also. Tno wounds wero evidently from a tiok, as bloody splinters wero found tearby. My tho tido of tho body two luarters of frrshly slaughtered beef ?ero found. Tho bosom of tho doad roman's dross was open. Two sots of raoks led from the body and kooping ogothrr to tho oreok about one-fourth fa distant. After going up tho stroam or a short distance they separated and root in opposite direotions. Tho body ras found about sunrise this mornicg y t *o oolorrd sootion hands on their 'ay to work. Thoir names aro Jako iprings and Cy Miasoy. Whon found h i body was still warm. Stenographers Wanted. A Washington paper reports: "Any lalo stenographer of fair ability oan scure a position n the 1'hilippinos at sa'ary of $1,200 a yoar to start on. 'bo oivil soryioo commission is unable > supply tho demand for stenographers nd typewriters for tho insular sorvioe, eery eligible ono who has boon oblinoi up to this time having boon sent 9 to Manila with an appointment, peoial oiaminationi were hold iroughont tho oountry recently to get en for thoso positions, and ODly ."14 indidates qualified, hivcrv man who ou!d accept a position in tho Philipinos was appointed at onco." Women e ruled ou! btcauso thoy aro "not ntod in tho Hast." Tho oandidates ust ho botwoon tho agos of 10 and 40, id tho salary of $1,200 is raised to ,400 if the probationary poriod of si* oaths is passed satisiaotorily. Have you paid for your papor? If 1 >u havo not, don't you think you ought I ? Tho prin'.or roods his uionoy. 1 - mw A FATAL W&10X A Scene of Indeaoribabla Confunion and Horror A fatal wrrok occurred on the Santa Fe Railroad, one mile west of Franoonia, Arizon, a siritoh station 20 miles east ot Needles, (Jal., early Wednesday. Seven trainmen were killed, t'?ree passengers and 14 trainmen injured. Limited trains, bound eastward and westward, crushed togother while running at full speed. Tho eastbound train was drawn by engines, while the westbound train had but one locomotive. The trains were orushed and blown to pieces by an explosion wnioh followed the oollision. Both tra<ns weio made up of vestibule oars of the heaviest kind, and whilo they itojd tho tcrrifio shook woll and proteoied tho passengers to a great extent, srvoralof oars took fire at onoe and burned up. The dining oars, one on each train, ono Pullman and two oomp .trite oars were destroyed. ico oonjsiOQ in Mid to have boon duo to adit regard of orders by tho orew of iho west bound train, though full partiou'ais on this point aro as yet laoking. From all accounts, however, it in gathered that tho oast bound train had ordors to tako the siding at Franoonia and await tho passing of the west bound flyer, whioh was running two hours late, and tryiwg to makeup time. The east biuod train failed to reaoh the siding, and, as the west bound train did not wait for i., tho two trains oame together without warning and with an awful orash. The boiler of tho west b<und engico is said to havo exploded immediately after tho orash, scalding to death those of the engine orew who had not boon killed outright. A eoone of awful confusion followed. Tho massive engines piled up in an indesoribablo mass of broken and twistod s'eel, while the toalding steam huog in a dense, suifooating olould ovor tho dobris, from whioh tho agonising cries of the injured and dying engineer oonld bo hcaru. The heivy Pullmans and ocmposito oars jammed the dining and baggago oars upon the heated pile of debris, carrying death to tho dining oar orows and sotting the oars afire. From tho meagre detailaof thesoones gathered from tho passongers, it is learned that the sleeping oars, with one or two exoeptions, suffered slightly, and as a result tho passongers were af fordod comparative immunity from injury. So far as loarnod, only three passengers, all from California, suffered injuries of a revere oharaoter, the terrible results of tho wroek being confinod almost entiroly to the train orews and tbo employes of tho dining oar seiviee. Tho west bound limited oarried a full passenger list from eastern oitic s, lut it appoars nono were injured. Bridal Superstitions. Relative merits of the various months with regard to ma*rimoDy are Bet forth in tho old rhymo whioh runs: "Marry when tho year is new, Always loving, kind and trno; When February birds do mate You may wod. tor dread your fate. If you wed when Maroh winds blow, Joy and sorrow both you'll know. M uiirry in iipru when you can, Joy for maiden and for man; Marry in tho mon-h of May, You will surely ruo tho day; Marry when June rosos blow, Over land and sea you'll go. They who in July do wed. Must labor always for their bread. Whoever wed in August bo, Mauv a chance are sure to see. Marry in Semptomber's shine, Your living will be rioh and fine. If in Octobor you do marry, Love will oome, but riches tarry; If you wed in bleak November, Only jov will come, romember; When December's snowa fall fast, Marry, and truo lovo will last." Of tho days in tho woek, Wednesday ia the best and Saturday the worst on which to get married. The old rhyme runs: "Mondty for wealth, Tuesday for health, Wednesday tho best day of all, Thursday for crosses, Friday for losses, Saturday no luck at all." If wo aro to believo superstition, a bride's happiness depends not a little on what sho wears. "Something old and something new, something borrowed and something bine," ie invariably regarded by brides. Aooording to an old rhyme: "Married in white, You havo chosen all right. Married in grsy, You will go far away. Married iu black, You will wish yoursolf back. Married in red, You bad bettor bo dead.. Married in green, Ashamed to bo seen. Married in blue, You'll always be true. Married in pearl, You'll livo in a whirl. Married in yellow, Ashamed of tho fellow, Mariiod in brown, You 11 live out of tOWD. Married in fink. Your spirit will sink." Charleston (ireat Show. Tho Atlanta Journal ver?> truly says tho South Carolina and West ladian exposition is a big utinoand represents a big thing. It ii tbo designation of what will bo ono of the largest aad moat interesting expo-itions evor held in tho south. Tho people of Charleston have supported this ontorpriso with a liberality, cnthns'-asni and unanimity that doss them honor ard insuri* stmoss. Tho exposition is heartily or dorscd also by South Carolina generally and tho surrounding states fool a genuine in terest io it. Tho preparations arc already so near completion as to insuro a very handsome show from tho start Wo are reliably informod that exhibits for tho exposition aro arriving at the rate of fifty oar loads a day. Thoy como from cvory part of tho country and ro present all the loading industries. Tho collective exhibits will form a fine study and will have a v.-ry stimulating otToots toward the development of South Carolina and tho louth genorally. Charleston is making amplo preparations for tho host ot visitors whom she is reasonably exp oting. There aro few more beautiful cities and the historio metropolis of South Carolina will , bo at its best throughout tho entire poriod of the exposition. Uleven Hurt in Collision. Kleven people wero iojurrd in a ool- I lision Thursday night botweou an aa 1 oimmodation and freight train noar i (Jhunohula, on tho Mobilo and Ohio i road. Only ono, a negro riroman named < Collins, is bolievod to bo hurt. There < wero four oars of stook attached to the 1 freight trained *od most of it was ' killed. 11 I OVERCOME IN A M INE And B li?v?d to Have Died fr m Fire D?mp, INVESTIGATING! D8A8TER. Tho Mine Inspictor cf Weat Virglnla Among the Parly Beli?v?d to Have P< r shad in Ul.. a im? mifio. A dispalch from Blucfield, W. Va , says at clcvon o'clock oo Friday morning Superintendent Walter O M alley, of the Pocahontas oollorics oompany, along with Stato Mine Inspector William Driest. A. S. Hurst, ohiof coal inspector for tho Castnor, Curran & Bullitt oompany, of Philadelphia, Robert St. Clair, chief coal inspootor, Morris St. Clair and William Oldham, nubooal inspectors, Frazior G. Boll, Mining Engineer Cardwcll, manager of tho Shamokin Coal and Coko company of Mavbury, W. Va., composing a party of oight, ontorod the vent main of the Southwost Virginia Improvement Company's oollerioa for tho purposo cf examining the true situvion in regard to the reoent explosion and firo in tho Baby mine, and up to this hour (12 midnight) have not beon hoard from. It was supposed that tho Baby mine proper had boon cut cff fr,m tho west mine for the purposo of operating tho west inino. The larvo fan in tho west mine had been started at an oarty hour this morning and ar 11 o'olook today it was thought that all gase* originating fnm fire ia tho Baby mine ha-l Lo foracd from the maiu p rtion a-d it vraa ooosidercd safo to enter. A' G p. ra a party consisting of experienced miners >od by Assistant Superintendent Kitg entrred the mino to rescue tl o loa* p:rty of eigh', but at G.45 thoy returned, having onoountcrtd ruoh quantities of blaok damp as to make it imp <st itdo to enter any distanoo into tbo mine. Sup.t. King was oompletely overcome b/ the gas euoountered and is now in a critical condition. A oonsu'tation is now being hold in the oomj a ty'a offiovs at Pooahontss of iho difierent mining experts from tho Flat Top field, these experts having been rushed to Pocahontas by special train this afternoon All cffortB arc boing und to reovver tho bodies of the inop.-otiug party, bu' co hopes arc entertained that any of them will bo recovored alivo. Tho secretary aad treasurer of the Southwest Virginia company is dtroctiy in ohargo of a'ii movements at tho mines. Tho firo that original / started in the Baby mice last Thursday morning and which was supposed to have been under oontiol is now burning furiously. All members of the lost party are prvUiteat in the o al fijlds and the exoi cment niw (retailing at Pocahontas is intf se, bu-ioess having been prsotioally suspended. Ail me ubers of the patty arc married, some having large l amtlica. A SHi RT COTTON CROP. Ovtr Ea.f Million BaDs Leas Then L&st Tear. The Gulf Port Tradirg cimpany has ser t cut a compilation of statistic sll< girg to give a c^rrrot estimate (.f the ccttcn crop of 1901 2 We have ro way of j tdging of the nuouracy of il c o figures, yet they are present, a and thoso interested may make their own deductions. Tho report, which shows that tho crop ihis seasr.n will be 6hort of the crop of 1900-1901, sajs iu part: "At the it quest of a number of our friends among tho mill men to submit to hem the result of our oirouiar t f n qiiry of November 2, withregari o the yield of tho cotton orop of 19)11902, we herewith tuhmit our isiima'e The same is based on information received between the 4'h inst , and this date from 203 oil mills all over the co'-ton belt. We add at the sam>t time tho yield of last sear so as to show cle*r'y the in ore see or dcereac of the d;ff r cut States." No. Biles No B iles last this S'ason Season. Alabama 1,000,000 1,100 000 , Georgia 1,295 000 1 430,000 ] Louisiana 719,000 790,000 , Mississippi. .. 950 000 1,400 000 i TeDnesseo 350 000 350 000 i Arkansas 702 000 025 000 < Florida 45 000 37 000 ' N.rth Carolina . 542,000 492,000 ' Sruth Caiolica 911,OOt) H50,(i00 Texas 3,809 000 2,700 000 10.383.000 9.764 000 loorcaso. Decrease. Alabama 100,000 Georgia 125 000 Louifiara . 71 000 J Miesitsippi 450,000 Teonc83et' i Arkansas 137,000 1 Floiida 8 000 \ North Carolina 50,000 South Carolina 61 000 I Ttxas 1,109,000 1 746,000 1,365,000 "This shows that the pr.srut orop will br 619,000 bales sfortof the crop J of last season. "A great number tf tho mills report that owing to tho exceptionally tine weather in October, and early Novem ber. tho crop has boon hatvestod ho r i? t_ t . 1 uuiufBiaiivciy tuuon iasttr, ftt.il has a!s> been nmkoted on a rouih . more liberal realo than in past ye?r*. Tho re porta tnako mention of tho faot that tho crop is very light, and that front has oocu'icd in tho last days a of Ootobor and early this mo .th prct B ly generally all pver the ootton boh, with ?he exception of south Texas.^ fi Killed the Steward. l Tho British bark Uirnan Wood, from " Kio .Janeiro, in ohargo cf Mato Boo, ar / riyed at Mobilo Fa day and ropt r.s that on Nov 18.h the oaptaia, named Mor- $ ris, killod tho vesel's steward. Tne bodv was buried at Bra. '1 ho oap'ain kept his oabin, paring up a; d down. When informed that 8?nd Island lig'it was sighted NuV. 22, he gavo the mate tho ooursa, pioked up a sof lead, jaunp od ovtrboaid and was drowned Made a Haul. si Announcement was made Friday that r< tho Bauk of Liverpool had been vio m tint /.id by a trusted bookkocpor to a lM largo amount An official statement lu issued by the bank says that through the dishonesty and betting transactions of a bookkeeper they may loso j:170,H)0. The Bank of Liverpool's sbaren fell ?1 on the stook exchango today, fl The defaulter has not yqjt been arrost- I 3d. J I The World's Greatest Fever Medicine. 1 1 3 For nil form* of fever take JOHNSON'S CHILL. AND FBVBft TONIC, it is 100 I 1 jl bettor tban qulnlno arid does in a siugio day what alow quinine cannot B ^ do^lii todays. ^ it's siduuuid cures ure in striking contrast to the ruble euros ^ Orangebut g Collegiate Inist it i it o, J Considered by -roiuioeut eJuoators ;he beat Ci Eld rational College i>t the State. Gives personal, individutl attention to student*. '1 Hasr large student body representing the States of Geo- gta. Florida, North Caro- B Una, Virginia and South Carolina. IIm a loi g list of please 1 patrons. I Expense.?Board $7; Tuition $4; Music 5'i I HlMIMMBtlUAiagl?good rooms. J A. H. MILLER, Pro* dent, B Oratgsturg, 8. C. fl Gold and Silver in 1900 B The report of the director of 1 tlie United States mint shows ix 117; 11 nnn4 Van 1 that although the war in South I* Will vOSI 1UU 1 African has reduced the pro- M duction of gold in that section fl-iltr flnsx Pont B from $73,000,000 in 1899 to $9,- UClV Ulie belli 1 000,000 in l'JOO this loss has been Jw in part offset by a gain of $14,000,000 in this country and in to find out about the ' ' B I Canada, and the world's product still aggregates the handsome j Mattress; the quality, the total of f257.000.000, or double gllarallt lhe prioe. and the aggregate ten years ago. As & the industrial uses of gold are the siz^s Drop us the posthought to call for barely $125,-, . b 000,000 a year, there remains as tal, simply say "Rex," and B much more to expand the cur-. . .n . rency of the gold using conn-1 81?n y?ur name in full giy- j^M tries. This expansion is equi- J jn^ address. I valent to an increase of about 2 B ]>er cent a year upon the present i ? . jfl supply. In regard to silver the : i, p II ji n I :' ^cr wot)il1 & Mattress Co. 1 by ounces, wus a triHe greater I than ever before, though its j P^IZfiT S C commercial value was of course ' _______ ' B|H less than a decade ago. During I Tur YOUNGBLOOD I the last year, however, says the ' ^B report, the price of silver ad- LUMBER COMPANY- B vanced from 59 cents an ounce H to 00 cents, the cause of the in- auousta. oa. ^B crease being England's pur- ?r,,CB A*D No* a.jqotta, s. c. Ml chase of $30,000,000 worth of Pours, sash, blinds and builder s H silver bullion for coinage into hardware. rupees. These purchases, it is flooring, siding, ceiling abd inrenlarked,. * see^ni to restore side fimshino miurcu m ' ? luutu iu aomewnere near her p_" ^ fli old position a customer for GEORGIA PINE* silver." All vorroaponlonoo given prompt alien Swindler Arrested. Uon- Jul/2-iy ^ J)hn Li. Bcrtholf, Dcarajer of <he ' Eastern division of the Western Uni.m j P ft I A^LW AR^MCQ Telegraph Company, at the Jersey Civy. "WLtmfli" Ww "" ? 1 n C H MB was arrestod Thursday on tho cha.ge l|nM.1...i.M. BB that no was oatrving on a "green HardWarC) UOQipany. M goods" businesa. The c iniplaint was (Suitors to C. P. Poppenhelm.) B made Vy Chief Poliee Murphy. T police have in their possession several Waolaaaloand Retell Dealers in? M circulari sent to tho South and Witt A r.ma immnniiiAn and they o'aim that they oan show fiat ArmS' Ammunition, Agncul^^H the telrgraphio replies from the pro* tUPal Implements k&nd ptotive viotims went direct to Bertho f Won't Run for Congress. Ha rd ware_M Gov. MiSwoeney when atkod Fridij of Every Kind and D"%sription. ^^^M by a Stato reporter tho plein quest -r for" r~ice9, ^ SB as to whether hewoiiW bo ia tber.ee Ki a . . Charle8tODt 8 c MM tor congrits in thn Seoond district next .MM tuimcr, in tciordanco with the etniios * going the r*uncs of the press of the ? _ T l~ ??4 cmirv a Stale, emphatioally declared tl at bo ^ALL bTYtiES. I would cot. He said: "Please say that UP-TO-DATE L am not and will not be a cacdidate 1617 Main Carpet Houae. Columbia, for congress from tho SteoLd oong'os- .Street, j 8C fl^R ^Znl l!' tru'A ' MUTUAL CARPET CO. Mm M ' Write na f <r samples of anything in (*3 The World's Greatest "" ,1"p,',d "J"1" " H tho State free of freight. We are alfri Cure for malaria. i ? ways busy. ISo dull day* with ua. When ?V'- For all forms of Malarial poison. in Columbia, oome and aee ua. Any- I CM ln( Lake Johnson's Chill anil Fever , Ionic A taint of Malarial poiwn- body can show you the place. BF- lcslnyotirblondmeanBmlscryanil failure. Blood n.edlclnescan'tcure Jr J Malarial poisoning. The antidote _, ... , j for it is johnson's tonic. EE-M MEDICATED CIGAR!S"^^^^H m ' ;ct ? bottle LKi?y. AND H goiti so c>c? |l ii Com. EE-m smoking tobacco, i For uiaa of tobaooo that suffer with Ca ^t&rrb. Asthma or Urunotutis. vVe guarantee H an absolute and permanent cure of Gat arm , ...... aud u is the only known remedy for for Hay^^^^HH Ifa u fi T r J] lt your druggist or grocers does not keep " " write EE-M co , Atlaata, Ua., for the aam-^^^^MOj pie. Trade supplied by Mubbay JUato Co., ."dc wn.,1 oue hundred more studints at Columbia, S. 0 , and Ubrr Urlq Co., Cnar* H B nice to come ami complete our business or lesion, 8. C. ihortband courses and accept good positions _J^hBB immtdiately after graduatiug In ordtr to ??????? :*Te all an opportunity to grasp ihi? special (T* 0 OA Will purchase a first-class, sin^^DH|Hfl iffer at once, we will pay full railroad fare, mQ nil g'a bug <y Haruem. guarauteet^^^BH^B ml late good uotes ir cflice work as pari to be wen made and up to datejHB^^^^H payment of tuition: also secure cheap board. Nothing cheap or shoddy, but a Harness Write at ouce for full information. will last, tieut any wuere by Express l> O T? iffl sent wan order. Or will ship by Columbia Business College, fre*lu 11 *b '9 co COLIMBLA, S. C. Box dU7, Orangeburg, t. W. H. NEWBERRY, President. $2,500 00 IN GOLD GIVEN AWaT^HbH| ? . aas a For thn 10 our agents besides ibe regular ccmima-^^HHB Aaents Wanted ~ ?** '?- ? i~..sv?~ VM> opvuuivi iiUO UUiil f.l ~ L.it-ts Ur UOOKS for 11HH. No big prize* Booker T. Washington." but bvekv aoknt g?is a.?n.)i^r Written t>y himself- Everybody buys; agents business record oaok of luieotfor. iir^HVS^HHKHR ire now making over #100 per month; best sampleoase outtit only 86 oeau, de^H Hj >00k to sell to oolored people ever published. Order outfit and seuuie cnotoe otfl H Write for terms, or send lit cents for outQt atouce. Address 0. E. md begin at once, l'leaae uiention tnis ^UwV^BM90H9eHB >aper. Address J. L. NIOUdLD, ??? AUanta, Oa. HEAL THYSELF. MBB .... ., .. .. 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F P da when qua ity and workmanshin t? mn. * * . * - .vi>i'<'iue, ix>?? or Strength. L*okof^H Ule.re^' , &c? Take a few dose* of Mail orders w.U reoeire prompt and care ^MHBV "svu-an n?ua.j?.i.r.. MURRAY S IRON iMRE,BH VJl Main St.. Columbia, S C. A Uamnine Blood Tonio. ffljMH \ 950 INVESTMENT THE MURRAT DRUJ ??- Columbia, That w111 pay ~ ,25 to S100 DIVIDENDS MONTHLY MBI,? fflj Is a tborooBb, praotloal Oulnm or Are you suffer1: g from unnatural 9B 9B Shorthand training at, oba'ges. We will cure you in i days or ri-M^% StoKKK' BUSINESS COLLEGE, fund y >ur money. Take Dr Mahley's Write or call for Catalogue]and full jeotio^; prioi 60 ieach, sent any where on particulars. ceipt of prioe. CHS. A. SO H A Fit Kit, 100 ^Kgbrafi?j|S ;iw KINO ST., .Charleston, S. C. Cross St., Baltimore, Md. ' 1 * ,? ..I , ?? A YOUNG MAN | Educate for Business . . . jHWaa^ kould attend a college with aa eatablisked ?ittii? "ay 91 puiaiion. a diploma from converse Com Charleston Commercial School I eroial Nchoo masee it ewy to seoure the Mt ptaitiout. Tkorougk work; best et|ut|>- (Y M C A Building.) . v vjggjpiM ent; positions guaranteed: KING Street, Ckarlttlon. 8.0. i Address B. W. OhTSlNGbiR, Send for Catalogue and terms. ' Spartanburg, 8 C f 'cV ^ a|gj|igyi mmp""*hiski s {*?? ?rrsJ | College honwai court s.enogT^^ffli " Columbia, 8.'c. P*"-) ^uidtrnt. ft a. M. WOOU.IY, M. O.. Atlanta. On * J jil ^