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He'd, boen proaohhig ?nd exhorting . i For a ?odre or" years or BO, In a portion of tho vlnoyord Whore tho temporal onuuoomont For bin oeaioless dlllgonoo Was a promlBo of four hucdrod For his J early VCOOIUDOBBO. Unrolontieb, tons tho nrdor, Ho dovoWd?to ?h?'eau??; ' And though slowly eamo tko do Uara Billi ho labored, without pauao; Till ?no dftylhoy e?*hO and told htm,; AB ho klokod against tho prloks, That thby'r.iccd???l ihoir Otf?r?d stipend From fourvjiundrcd \tp to bix. Then tho good man sank oxkauilod, ' As he foebly ruado voply: "Don't, I proy you, mon and brella en, Thu? my patlonoo o vor try; For to glean tho four you'vo promUod Hath 80 vrarpod my vital store That 'twould kill mo if you taxed mo To collect; two hundred moro.". -Booton Courlor. TALMAGE'S SERMON. Tho Sluggard Advised to Study The, Ways of the Ant. In this'diBOOurBO Dr. Talmago draws his illustrations from a realm soldom utilized for moral and rolipious pur posos; text, Provorbs, vi, (> 8, "Go to tho ant, thou sluggard, oon?idor her ways and bo wiso, which, having no guido, ovoroeor or ruler, provldolh her moat IQ tho summor ana gathorcth hor food in tho h ar vont." Tho moB*t of Solomon's writings havo porishodr Thoy havo gono out of oxiat enoo as thoroughly as tho 20 books of Pliny and most of tho books ofiEsohyluB and Euripides and Yarro and Quinti lian. Solomon's Song and Eoolcuiastcs and Proverbs, prosorvedby inspiration, aro a small part of his voluminous pro ductions. Ho was a groat soiontist. Ono vorso in the Biblo Buggosts that bo was a botanist, a zoologist, anoruitholo gist, an ichthyologist and know all about roptilia. I Kings iv, 33, "He spake of trees, from tho o o dar troo that is in Lobanon oven unto tho hyssop that springoth out of tho wall; ho Bpako also of boasts and of fowl and of orcop ing things and of nabos." Bosidosall these scientific .works, he composed 3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs. Although Solomon lived long boforo tho mioroscopo was oonstruotcd, ho was also an insootologist and r/ntohod and desoribes 1 tho spidor build ita ?uspon sion bridge of silk from trco, calling it tho spider's wob, and ho notioas its skillful foothold in climbing tho smooth wall of tho throneroom iu Jerusalem, saying,'-"Tho spidor t&koth hold with 1er hands and is in king's palaces." But ho, is ospooially intorcstod in tho ant and recommends its habits as worthy of study and imitation, saying, "Go to tho ant, thou sluggard, oonBidor her ways and bo wiso, whioh, having no guido, ovcraoor or ruler, providcth her moat in tho eummor and gathoroth hor food, in tho harvoBt." But it was not until about 300 years ago, when Jan Swammcrdam, tho Ron of an apothecary at Amstordam, Hol land, bogan tho study of tho ant undor poworful lons that tho full force of Solomon's injunction waB understood. Tho groat Dutch Boiontiet, io his ex amination of tho insoot in my text, dis covered as groat a display of tho wis dom of God in its anatomy as astrono mers diBOOvcr in thc honveno and was BO absorbed and wrought upon by tho '.Lw.onders ho disoovorod in tho ant and other insoot^ that body and mind gavo way, and ho txpired at 43 yoars of ago, a martyr of tho gi'oatsoionoo of insec tology. No one but God could have fashionod ' tho insoot epokon? of in tho toxt or givon it such goniuB of in nt ino t, its wis dom for haivcsting nt tho right timo, its wondors of antoneio, by whioh it gathers food, and of mandi bl on, whioh, instoad of tho motion of tho human jaw up and down in mastication, movo from sido to sido; its nervous Byotcm, its en larging doors in hot weathor for moro sweep of breczo, its modo of attaok and dofonso, dosing tho goto at night against bandit invadors; its purification of tho o nrth for human rcHiduuoo, its social lifo, its republican government, with tho oonsont of tho govornod; itu matornal fidelities, tho habit of thoso oroaturos of gathering now and then undor tho dome of tho ant hillock, soomingly in consultation, and thou departing to cxeouto thoir difforont miBoions. But Solomon would not oommond all tho habits of tho ant, for nome of them aro as bad as somo o? tho habits of tho human vaco. Somo of thoso mn all oroa turos aro dosporadoos and murdorors. Now and then thoy marshal thcmsolvos into hosts and maroh in straight liuo and como upon an onoampmont of thoir own raoo and doBtroy its ocoupants, ex oept tho young, whom thoy oarry into captivity, and if tho army oomo back without any such captive B they aro not permitted to enter, but aro sent forth to mako moro suooossful oonquost. Solomon givon no commendation to ouch sanguinary bohavior among inscols any moro than ho would havo com mended sanguinary bohavior among mon. Thoso littlo oroaturos havo aomotimes wrought fearful damage, and thoy havo undermined a town in New Granada, whioh in time may drop into tho abyss thoy havo dug for it. But what aro tho habits whioh Solo mon would onjoin whon ho says, "Con sidor hor ways and bo wiso." Pirat of all, providenoo, forethought, anticipa tion ol' ooming nooos&itios. I am sor ry to say thoso qualities aro not oharao toristio of all tho ants. The BO crea turo? of God aro divided into granivor ?U8 and carnivorous. Tho lattor aro j not frugal, but tho formor aro frugal. I Whilo tho air is warm and moving about is not hindorod by ioo or snow bank thoy import thoir oargoos of food. Thoy bring in thoir oaravan of provi sions; thoy haul in thoir long train of wheat or oom or oats, Tho farmors aro not moro busy in J uly and August in reaping thoir harvest than aro tho ants busy in July and August reaping thoir h*rvost. Thoy staok them away; they pilo them up. Thoy quostion whon thoy havo onough, Thoy aggro gato a sumoiont- amount to last thom until tho noxt warm soason. -When winter opons, thoy aro roady. Blow, yo winter blasts! Hang your ioiolos from tho trco branohotd Imbed all tho highways undor snowdrifts! Enough for.all tho donizonsof tho hills. Hun ger shut out, and plenty sits within. God. who feod?tli.cvflry living thing, bas Mossed tho ant hill. In contrant with' that inscotilo be havior,- what do you think of that largo number of pro ? por ou ri m on and womon who Hyo up to every, dollar that they' mako, raising thoir families in luxurious habits drilled cat li expecting somo kind friond to give their ?daughters employ mont as murdo tdaohora or tw po writ err) or ''government ? cm ploy ooo? 8uoh parents havo no right to obildron. Every neighborhood has spooimons of fiuoh improvidohdo. 'Tho two words that most strike mo in tho text aro "summor" and "winton" Somo poo ?lo havo no Bummer in their lives, 'rom tho rocking ora?'lo to tho still gravo it is roi on (less January. Invalid infancy followed by ?orno crippling a o frfr,Wi?iUi.^ I ip I .l.ll, .l'y.-.??. ' ll ?ldont OrdirunbSB of eyesight or dui non H of heaving or privation cr disaster or unfortunate onvironmont mako lifo a ptrpotual winter. But in most livoa i r.-ir?fi-? ?* ????v??v>/\i? ol?hiMicrh 1/llUIU IO ?. I'o i luv? v? ?. ?* .??. -. *r> j -- it .may bo a ohort oumuier, and 'hat in tho timo to prov do for tho futuro. Quo of tho beat ways of inauriog tho futuro ia to put aaido all you oan for obaritablo, provision. You put u crum bling stono id tho foundation of your fortune if you do not in your plana ro gard tho uifftrings that you may al loviato. You will havO tho plodgo of tho high heavens for your temporal wolf oro whon you holt) tho holplosa, for tho promise is: "Blossod ia ho that considero th tho poor. Tho Lord will dolivcr him in timo of tr o ubi o " Thou there ia another way of providing for the future If you have fl OOO a y oar inoomo, savo $100; oj $2,000 a year, aavo 1500; or *3,000, eave $1,000. Do you say euoh coonomy is mcannosB? I Boy it is n vaster meanness for you to make no provision for tho futuro and oompol your frionda or tho world to tako oaro of you or yours in oaso of bo roavomont or calamity. Furthermore, go to the ant and con sider that it does not declino work bo oauso it is insigni?oant. Tho fragtuont of seod it hauls into its habitation mav bo SO small that tho unaided oyo caonot soo it, but tho insootilo work goos on, tho carpenter not at work nbovo ground, the mason ant at work undor ground. Sotno ofthoso oroaturos mix tho loaves of tho fir and tho oatkins of tho pino for tho roof or wall of thoir tiny abode, and othora go out- as huntors looking for food, while others in dbmoatic duties stay at homo. Twenty spooks of tho food they aro moving toward thoir granary put upon a balnnoc would hardly make tho scales quiver. AU of it work on a small scale. 'I'.'io o is no uso in our rofutiog a mission booauso it is insignificant. Anything that God in Kia providonoo puta beforo us to do is important. Thc noodle has its oflioo aa oortainlv ns tho tolcuoopo and tho spade aa a parliamentarian scroll You know what beeamo of tho man ia tho parable of tho talents who buriod tho ono talent jnstoad of putting it to praotioal ard accumulative uso. His apology was of no avail. Thoro ia no need of our wasting iiuio and onorgy in longing for aomo other sphere. Theroaro plonty of peoplo to do tho big and resounding work of tho church and tho world. No laok of brigadior generals or master builders or onginoors for bridging Niagaras or tun noling Kooky mountains. For ovory big ontcrpriso of tho world a dozon oan didatoa. What wo want ia privato sol dierti in tho common ranks, masons not ashamed to vi i old a trowel, oandidatoj for ordinary work to be dono in ordi nary ways in ordinary plaooa. Right vdiere wo aro thoro ia something that God would have us to do. Lot ua do it, though it may soom to bo aa unim portant as tho rolling of a grain of oom into an ant hill. Furthormoro, go to tho ant and con sider its indefatigableness. If by tho accidentai s trek o of your foot or thoro moval of a timber tho cities of tho in sootilo world aro destroyed, instantly they go to rebuilding. Thoy do not sit around moping. At it again in a second Their fright immediately gi vos may to their industry. And if our ?ohoinos of iHCHulnosB and our plans of work fail, why sit down in discouragement? As largo act hills as havo over boon con struoted will bo constructed again. Put your trust in God and do your duty, best days oro yoi to como. Ycu have novor heard such songs ns you will yet hoar, nor havo you ovor livod in auch grand abode aa you will yet occupy, and all tho worldly treasures you havo lost aro nothing oompared with tho opulence that you will yet own. Ifyoulovoand trust thc L)rd, Paul looks you in tho face and then waves his hand toward a heaven full of palace? and thionos, say ing, "All aro yours I'' So that what you fail to get in this prosrnt lifo you will get in tho coming life. Go to work right away and robuild na well as you oan, knowing that what thc trowels of earthly industry fail to roar tito soop tora of heavenly reward will moro than mako up. Portdstonoo is tho losson of every ant hill. Wnsto not a mo mont in usolosa regret* or unhealthy repining Mon frot themselves down, but no man over yotfrottod himsolf up, Mako tho obstaoles in you way your oo adj utorti, ns all tho s o havo who havo no complishud anything worth accomplish mont. John Philpot Curran, master of tho rolla in Ireland, at Ins first attempt in oourt stammered and sat down in con fusion and for that stammering waa dorisivoly oallcd "Stuttering Jaok Cur ran" and b jeanne of his failuroin speech was sucerei'. at aa "Orator Mum." But ho wont to work and oonquored himaolf and thon conquered conn room and great assemblage s whom ho thrilled with his oloquonco. So instead of running against obstaoles ns against a stone wall ho plao cd thom aslant liko stepa on which to mount. Put your tnt it in God and noth ing oan stand boforo you. Rittonhouao, tho astronomer, at tho start waa BO poor that ho figured out oolipses on a plow handle. Furthormoro. go to tho ant andoonisd cr that if God honors an insect by mak ing it our instructor in important lee sons wo ought not to abusOvtho lower or dors of creation. Et has boon found by scientists that in mots transfixed in tho oaso of a museum havo boon alivo and in torturo for years. How much tho inscot and tho fowl and tho bruto may bo right ly oallod to suffer for tho ad van oom ont of human knowlodgo and tho bottormont of tho oondition of tho human raoo I do not now atop to discut?a, but he who useless ly hanna any of God's living oroatton insults tho Creator. Alas, for tho hor rors of vivisection! I havo no onfi donoo in tho morality of a man or a woman who would hann a horso er a dog or a oat or a pigoon. Suoh mon women, under affront, if thoy dared would tako tho lifo of a human boing. You cannot mako mo boliovo that God looks down indi (ferontly upon tho galled neck of tho ox or tho oruolly ourbqd bit of tho horso or of tho uusholtorod' oat tlojm tho snowstorm or tho cockpit or. tho boar baiting or tho pigoon shooting or tho laooration of fish that aro not used. Go to tho ant, thou miaoroant, and aoo how God honors it. In tho groat oollcgo of the univorro it has boon ap pointed our professor. All over tho land and all ovor tho world thoro aro over drivon homos that ought to bo -unhar nessed, ongod birds that ought to bo put on thoir wings in tho froo air of hoavon, droyos of oattlo agonizod of thirst on tho froight trains waero thoy ought to bo watored and orustooca boing broilod alivo that ought to bo liftod out of tho fire. Christ oh OHO 12 apostles for tho human raoo in tho first oentury, and you know thoir hamos, but in tho ?ino toonth oontury ho ehoso his thirtoonth apostle, who wrought for tho roliof of tho brute oioation, and his name Was Honry Bergh. In my toxt tho ant is not impaled, is not dead, hut alivo, and in tho warm Holds providing hor meat in the "ummov and gathering hor food in tho harvest. Furthormoro go to tho ant and loam thodosfion of God appointed oidor. Tho hoing who taught tho inoaot how to l...11/1 AM .....11 ??AM'I'XM?. P/W..V? nnu (uvtuv.vt nu uv.* nu mviovvvv. -fir ~ . . . . * .* ? ?? ? --? '- - TI II mi i m i i II n Et ? m i ; n ii II mi ~>n.? i Tho r A th a insidp that lit tl o h?mb raidir ato from tho door with as complote ar* rango mont as cvor tho boulevards of a city raidiatod from a triumphal arch or A flwoworcd oirolo. And whon thov maroh thoy koop porfoot ordor. moving io straight linos, turniDg'out for noth lng. It a timber Ho in tho way, thoy olimb ovor it. If thoro bo houso or barn ?mtho way, thoy maroh throughjit. Or der in arohitootural struoturo, order' in government, order of movement, or dor of expedition. So lot US all observo this God appoiutcd rulo and take satis faotion in tho fact that things aro not?t loosQonds io this world. If there is a divino regulation in a colony or ropublio of iuaools, ia thoro not a divino'rogula tiomin tho lives of immortal mon and women? * If God ooros for tho loast- of his oreaturos and bhows thom bow to pr? vido their meat in tho summor and gathor their food in tho harvost, will ho uot bo interested in mattora of human livelihood and in tho guidanoo of hu mau afairs? I proaoh tho dootrino of a [ particular providonoo. "Aro not two sparrows sold for a farthing, and yot nob ono of them is forgotton before God? Aro yo uot of moro valuo than many sparrows?" Lot thoro bo ordor in our individual lives, ordor in tho family, oid^r in tho ohuroh, ordor in tho auto, in all tho world thoro is no room for anarohy. Bat wo livo iu times whon thoro aro so many olashings. There ?roms al mosi universal unrest. Lugo fortunos swallow up mull fortuoos. Civilizo nations trying to gobblo up barbatio nations. Upheaval of oro od s and pooplo who onco boliovod ovcrythiDg now bo Hiving nothing. Tho old book that Moosos began and Sc. John ended bom barded from foiontiftj observatorios and oollcgo olassroorns. Amid all this disturbance and uncertainty timi which many good f copio n odis not a btimulns, bu? a sedativo, nod in my text I Had it-divino observaron and guidanoo of minutent, affairs. And nothing is to God Ur?o or small-planotoraut hill tho God who easily raado tho worlds um ploying lus infinity in tho wondrous ooubtruotion of n spidor's foot. Bufor? wo lcavo this subjoofclot us thank God for thoso who wore willing to . _ J ,_. u .. (.!!",.." ",..1 "..if crt?!???!! UUUlilU tlUU liltijuuu I.nv. nu... UMW.i!Iv"S nooot-aary lo mako rovoUtion of tho natural world, so roonforcing tho Soripturos. It tho inioroaoopo ooiild spoak, what a story it oould toll of hardship and provorty and eufforing and pordovcranco on tho part cf thoso who employed it for important dis oovoryl It would toll of tho blinded oyo? of M. Strauss, of tho Habers and of sooros of thoso who, aftor inspecting tho minute objeots of God's oroation, staggorod out irom their cabinota with vi non doatroyed. Tim hour is many a profousor's study tho work Of putting oyosight on tho altar of soiouoois going on. And what groator loss oan ono suffer than tho loss of oyosight unions t bo loss of reason? While tho tolo 8oopo is roaohiug farther up aud tho inhoroBOOpo is roftohing farther down, both aro exclaiming: ' 'Thoro is a God, and Lc is infioitolv wiso and infinitely good I Worship and worship him for ovotl" And now I bethink myself of tho faot that wo aro closo to a season of tho year whioh wiil allow a* to bo moro out of doors and to emf rout, tho losBoos of tho natural world, and thoro aro voiocs that soom9 to say. Go to tho ant; goto tho bird, goto tho flowors; go to tho fi old * ; go to tho wators." Liston to tho oantntas that drop from tho gallory of ho tree tops. No ioo in tho path whore you walk tho IOBSOUS of in dustry and divino guidanoo. Mako natural religion a oommentary onrovoalod volition. Put the glow of eunrifio and sunset, into your spiritual cxporionoo. Lot evory star speak of tho morning star of tho ltodoemor, and ovory aronutio bloom mako you think of him who ia tho lt si of Sharon and tho Lily of tho Valley, and every overhanging cliff remind you of t'jo Hook of Ages, and every morn ing fiuggets tho "dayspring from on high, whioh givoth light to those who aro in dark noaa,' and oven tho little hillock built by tho raodBido or in tho fiuldo reminds you of tho wisdom of uni tating in toinpoval and spiritual things tho inBOOtilo forethought, "whioh hav iug no guido, ovorsoor or ruler, pro vidcth hor moat in tho summor and gat hereth her food in tho harvost." John O. Calhoun's Wooing. Though an ardent lovor frottiug at titno'a Blow oourso until his wedding day, John 0. Calhoun wroto but ono lotter to his swtothoart-his protty oouBin, Florido Calhoun. All tho other oommuuioations, when tho lovers woro sopnratcd, woro made through hor moth er. But hhortly boforo their marriage, "tho Groat Nullifior," wroto oxprosBing his anxioty for Ihn arrival of tho happy day, and tho lotter rcoontly oomo to light is publishod in tho Ludion' Homo Journal. Aftor giving boarty expression to tho joy ho hun found in hor oompany tho lotter runs: "lt gives mo much sali&faotion that timo and abaonoo make no impression on my lovo for you; it glows with no loss ardor than at tho moment of parting, whioh must bo a happy ornoo of its permanent nature. Whon moro personal oh ?mn o attraot, thoimproosion may be violont but o in not bo lasting, and it re qui ron tho por polual prcsonoo of tho object ?o koop lt alive; but whon ibo beauty of mind, tho soft and sweot disposition, tho amiablo and lovablo oharaoter embell ished with innooonoo and ohoorfulnoss aro united to tho attractions of personal boauty, it bids do?anoo to timo. Buch, my doar Florido, aro tho arms by whioh you havo oonquorod, and it ia by thoso tho durability of your sovereignty is established ovor your subjoot whom you hold in willing sorvitudo. May God prosorvo you. Adieu, my love; my hoarts delight. I win your truo lover."_. Deafness Cannot be timed by looal applications, as thoy cannot rta oh tho disoasod portion of the oar. Thoro is only ono way to ouro doaf noss, and that is by constitutional remedio?. Doafnoes is oausod by an inflamed eon diton of tho muoous lining of tho Eustachian Tubo. Whon this tubo gots inflamed you havo a rumbling Bound or imporfoot hoaring, and when it is ontiroly cloned deafness is tho ro suit, and unless tho inflammation oan bo takon out.and this tubo rontorod to its normal condition, hearing will bo doBtroy od foro vor ; nino oasos, out of ton aro oausod l y catarrh, whioh is noth ing bub an inflamed condition of tho mucous BurfaooR. Wo will givo Ono Hundred Dollars for any oa?o of Deafnojs (oausod by catarrh) that oan not bo cured by Hill's Catarrh Cure. So nd foroiroulars, froo. K. J. OHRNRV & CO., Toledo, 0. Sold by Drugghtfl, 75o. Hall's family Ptlla aro tho hast. . Aftor all, it turns out that tho man undor arrost at Oxford, Min?., was not tho mu oh doairod M. II. Ko o BO. Mr. Nowboldj whon ho loft, etatod that ho did not boliovo that tho Mississippi authorities had gotten R?o?o. Tho authoritios thoro wore so positivo, how? ovor. that tho governor thought! it absolutely noVossary to at least sond flOmo ? ono tqffloo what hor lt was tho M?iVinr?nl io Mnnry Timrod Un veiled in Charleston. OAPV. COURTENAY'S WORK. An Original Poem on Timrod Road by Mr. Henry A Austin, of New York, Its Author. A dispatch from Charleston to Tho Btftto says tho Timrod momorial was un voilod with appropriate oxoroises Wed nesday afternoon under the auspioos of tho Timrod Momorial Association of South Carolina. Es-Mayor Courtenay, prcsidontof tho Timrod Momorial Assooiation, pre sided, and said: Ladies-and Gontlomon: Wo aro hore assoniblcd to dodioato with publie ooiro monios, a monumont in memory of Henry Timrod. Tho exorcises will now bo oponod with prayer by tho. JRov. Bishop Oapors, D. D. Tho soldior prioot thou mado an olo quont prayer. Continuing Capt. (lour to nay said: Mr. Mayor: In bohalf of our asso ciation, I thank you for your prosonoo hero, and your participation in our proceedings; wo desiro, also, through you. to thank tho honorable oity conn ed for thia idoal sito, so frooly grantod to re?oive tho momorial I "Anion? (heir grnvon limpest to whom Thy olvio wrotha bolong, Ohl City of hts love, in ak o room For ono, whoso gifi was song . * # ? Fair City by tho Boa! uprniao Ilia veil willi reverent limul F; And minglo with thine own tho praiao A ed prido of other lands. * * * Our lipa of praiao must soon bo dumb, Our grateful oyes bo dim; Oki brother? of tho days to come, Tako tender ohargo of him." Tho unvoiling nov awaits your friendly officos. ? Mayor Smyth unvoilod tho monument and aoooptod it in bohalf of tho oity of Charleston. Ex Mayor Courtonay, resuming his remarks, said: Tho ohief duty of this oommomorativo hour is now dinohorg od-tho unvoiling of tho momorial of Honry Timrod in its completeness orownod by tho sculptor's art-faced with appropriate inscriptions; in ita graooful signifioanoo an a gift from thousands of apprcoiativo admirers, stands soouro on its firm baso, out from tho granito hills of his native Statel The end not only crowns tho work, but dooa somothing moro, "It is tho public recognition of literature as a felt in fluonoo, to bo oonjinomoratod side by sido with statesmanship, aoiontifio in vention and every other form of high public sorvioo." Tho oooasion is. thus lifted up abovo tho environment of personal memories, which inspired it, and mnrks a now period in our culture; it declares in a foiooful way that "tho pootio litoraturo of a land li tho finer and purer ether above tho material ad vance end the ovonts of its history." Wo Bjmbol'zo, -t0o.-~.Ottr -V~tollo.?t&a.l growth when wo dodioato this boautiiul art work to tho momory of Henry Tijn rodl "lt in tho poot and the artist who make baautiful tho temple." An original poom waa thon j pro nounood by Mr. Honry Amtin, pf Now York, as follows: ". .. \ :? .-. '. . -.1 Forever fair, forever young, 1 < Leaving her loved Ol) mpian hill, Tho Goddess of tho rhythmic tongue Visits lier oh osen s ti lb' Not with a lott i, tempestuous rush, Or budden flash of goldoa wing* Den co H th) tho highest Muse; a hush. Of balmy calm Bho brings. Mysterious ns a spootral ship Emorging from a spootral mist, Shoo-mes with fresh, with floral, lip, By winds auroral kissed, To him aho oarae-that dreamy boy, Knight errant through tho vernal camps, . Whoro jasmines, in thoir virgin joy, Relumo perfumed "lamps." On him aho smiled in many a glen Ii y many a wild and weird lagoon, Whore erst tho songs of Marion's mon Rang to the midnight moon. y he gave him of her graco antique Of deods divine, divinely sung; She thrilled him with tho surge of Greek And Homo's nu} esl io tonguo. Deeply ho folt that ancient graoo, That powor, which bade the song outroll, Tho song of Helen's Intal faoo And Hector's patriot soul. So dcoply-that in aftor days To his own Troy, beloaguerred long, Sereno sifnid the battle's blazo Ho sang a olarion song. i Hts Troy wont down, but oo'r tho hush . Of tho spent storm if blood and tears, Swootor than lilt of lark or thrush Up tho resounding years. Ilia lyric muslo eohoing flows, Eaoh vital note as oryBtal-olear As dow of morn upon tho roso, ? Or Pity's perfeot tear. 0 Poesy, so quiok. to thrill ' And soften o'en afooman's broast, No oompaas bounds thy toope and skill-. No South, North, hast or West. Tho wholo world trembles to thy charms; la ohastoned by thy mystic spell, Art rose a viotor overarms When Hermes strung tho shell. Measured by outward shows alone, How sad our Poet's lifo would seem O'ershftdowod by a oauso o'or thro wu Tho chao;) of a dream ow mirkol for g'lof a nd set apar tl Nay, whonsoo'rtho Mute is kind, Sho makes a hoy-day of tho heart A May-day o? tho mind. Muslo is oyo its own roward, Its own rieh reoomponso is Rhyme; Bright, when tho splondor of tho sword Rusts in tho.shoaih of Time. Thus, now that Carolina o?11e ? No longer on her soldior song; And Peace, with swoot oblivion, falls Upon tho "foatal guns," Tho lyrist of her valiant past, Tho limner of her radiant land, Receives his monument, at lost, From Carolina'n hand. Tho' addreaa in honor of tho ppot wai noxt delivorod by Profoeoor Thoa dolla Tot re, of the College of Oharlos ton. Ex-Mayor Fiokou paid oloquent trib uto to tho momory of the oidor Tim rods, tho grandfather and father of tin poot, Bishop Capors pronounced tho bono diotion. Tho momorial is a handsomo but un pro towt iou n monument. The 'simpliolt; of tho memorial aooords with tho quiot retiring and modoat life of Timrod Tho baao nod podostal are of Winnsbor granite. Tho bsoo is five fest square and thu podostal and tho base nieasur K- ot in height, Tho top of th ? ? liri, <ri^ Until .i i i?.-V VVI-.IV.? j i'ii?il.in itVte'niyiV''" ' ' 1 ?tiiiniitiif'v>i?Wf'ft'VMi?,*'^?t podeafc?l ia twohty inohoa J^uftre, o? whioh rosta tho horoio slzo bron KO hua t of Titnrod. Tho bust is throo foot high and weighs ?bout 150 pounds. It ia a strik ing likeness of tho poet. Tho huit wai doaignod by Sculptor J?dward V. Valen tino of Riohmono, Ya., from a painting ownod by Capt. Courtenay. Tho bust waa oast by tho Houry B mnard Brou zo company of Now York. Tho atone work was done at tho Charleston yards of Mr. Thomaa H. lloynolds, who also act tho bust. Tho memorial is a worthy and fitting mark to tho memory of tho South Caro lina poot, and too muon orcdit oannot bo given to tho memorial association for Its devoted labors in tho emotion of tho monument Tho Timrod Memorial assooUtion waa organized in Novom ber, 1898, tho objoot boing tho restora tion to gonoral oiroulation throughout tho United SUtos of tho .charming pooms of tho South Carolina poet and tho orofltion of a worthy public memo rial from tho realization of tho sale of this authorized edition. It was de termined to isBU? 4,000 ooplcs and to re tail thoso books at $1 50 a oopy. Al most tho ontiro issue was subsoribod for and a sum of mouoy was realized sufiioiont to pay for tho inonu mo ut which was unveiled thia afternoon and tho necessary oxponsos attonding thc unveiling oxoroiaos. A balanoo hae boon left whioh tho association will pul to uso. in earing for tho burial lot of thc Timrod fivnilv in Trinity ohuroh yard at Columbia. In this lot Ho tho ro mains of tho poot, his motlier and sis ter. Tho lot has not boon proporly oarod for and tho needed attention will now bo providod by tho ?Moyional as Boointion, and probably a tablot of some kind may bo erected on tho lot. Tho inscriptions on tho four bronzi panols aroappronriato and adequate. Oe tho south panol, whioh may bi said to bo tho front, nineo tho bus faces Broad Btioot: Hoary Timrod, Boin in Charleston, S. O., December 8, 132D, Died in Columbia, S. C., Ootobor 6, 1807. Tho west panol roads as follows: Through oloutls and through sunshine, i peace and In war. amid tho stress of povott ami tho storms of oivil otrifo, his soul nov? faltered and his purposo novor failed. 1 his poetio mission hows faithful to tho om In lifo aud indoath ho was "not disobodioi unto tho heavenly vition." Tho east panol s tat OB: Thin memorial hos boon oroolod with tl proceeds of tho recent salo of very lari editions of tho author'H pooms by tho Tin. rt Momorlal Association of South Carolina. f "Qoniuu Uko Egypt's mooaroh timoly wis Err-'H its own momorlal 'oro it dios." Tho linos on tho north panol aro take from Timrod's beautiful poem, read i 1867 at tho first doooration of tho Coi foderato doad in Magnolia oomot?rj and aro as follows: Sloop sweetly in your humble graves, Sloop, martyr? of a fallon oauee; Though yet no marblo oo umn ora ves, Tho pilgrim hero to j ouse. In tho seods of laurel in tho earth, Tho blossom of your famo is blown, And H orne v h ero, wailing for its birth, Tho nhn,\ is in tho nt one. # # * '* * Stoop, angels, hither from tho skies! Ibero is no holier spot of ground Umn whore dofeated valor lies Bylmourning beauty orownedt ARMY SCANDALS Tho trial of Capt. Jomes C. Hoe formor dopot ooinmissary at Manil who was arroatod about n fortnight aj for alleged participation in tho ooi missaiy frauda, was bogun horo Thui day and bids fair to dovelop into oolobratod caso. Capt. Hoed io ohargt with soliciting and rcoeiving bribe and with othor officiai misconduct. Mr. Schindler, manager of tho A bambra Cigar Faotory, testified that Novombor Capt. Rood had told hi that Major Goorgo B. Davis, who * tho deputy oonimissary boforo Ca] Heed, but who was sont to tho Unit States on nick leavo and whoso nat appoarsupon tho booka of Evans & C Govorumont contractors at Manilla, tho ro?piont of $1,000, was $2,0 short in his aooounts. Continuing IV Schindler testified that these, havi profitable oontraots with the Govoi mont, wore askod to assist in maki good Major Davis's shortage. Sohii for gave Capt. Hood $1,000, whioh \ 2i por oont oomthisoion on tho oirg Bold to tho commissary department d ing tho timo that Major Davis was de] commissary at Manilla An officer namod Franklin, who A assistant commissary, tostifiod to off cot that on Mar jh 18, and follow tho dirootion of a superior effioer, obtainod $1,000 from Major Davis i paid this monoy o vor to y eh ind 1er. Ins pee tor Gonoral Darlington to fied that during tho preliminary in\ tigation of tho commissary Boahd I Capt. Hood admitted to him rocovor money from Sohindlor and ethers i gavo as an oxoueo that tho mono; recovered was intended to cover Ms Davis's boof shortage Liout. lUohard II. Townloy, of navy, at presont superintendent of Manilla Nautioal Sohool, tosti?od t aa tho result of a oonferono3 with C Heed ho wont to soo Castle Broth? oontraotora, who supplied tho 00mt nary dopartmont with vogotablos, and afckod thom to give tho Cap $2,000 and 10 por ont. commissioi all tho salon, Castle Brothers domu to thia propobition. Liout. Towi again wont to Cant?o Brothers and timo only asked thom for $2,000. 1 tlc Brothers wore roluotant to I ovor this sum, and Liout. Townloy plained that Capt. Hood was'in a 1 tion tb advanoo tho in toros tn of tho and that it would bo alvantagoou Cant?o Brothora to obligo him. Li Townley testified that he further plained to Oastlo Brothers that C Heed might allow them tho us Government lighters and poasiblj loss rigid in the inspection of g purchased. Liout. Townloy said ho thought Capt. Hood waa dol noble thing in Attempting to pr? , tho ohafaotor of a brothor ofiicor. also said that suoh transaotions not oustomary in tho navy. Whoa oross oxaminod Liout. T ley said, rather ohoopishly, that he not io B?ro ho waa doiiig right in lng tho witness ohair. . 1 Col. Chirlos A. Woodruff, obie , tho aubsistonoo department in Mai . explained the oiroumstanoos of < Rood's appointment and deaoriboi . dutloa Of tho dapot commissary . knowing whothor tho aooounts of A 3 Davis wero correct or not. Hi ?lainod that on Daoombor 80 C trothors aroused ' hi? suspicions b timating that mouoy waa hoing col' , by an ofdoor of tho commissary dc f mont, Lrtor Col vyoodriiff son ; Capt. Hood, who admlttodrcbolvh * bates, for tho purposo of oovqring 1 delinq?onolos of Major Davis. \ Tho teatimony o? Col. Wo<rati I unflniohod and othor witnosioi 0 _1.3."^.^l^-it- ? ' ' I know just what ye do not advertise th their medicine If) y< Iron and Quinine pi form. Thc Iron malaria out of the Grove's is thc On Chill Tonics are in that Grove's is si are not experimeni and excellence hi only. Chill Cure s< _thc United States. At tho Other 13ml. | A corfcaln naval olucoi-- was vory' pompous and conceited .when on duty. Ono day, when h? was officer of tho watoh, and ho could not, as usual, And anything' of consequence to grumble about, ho attempted to vent his spite on ono of tho stokers of tho vessel, who was in tho engine-room,'on duty. Going1 to tho spoaking tube, tho offl .er yelled: "Is there a blithering idiot at tho end of this tubo?" Tho reply carno quick and start ling: "Not at this end, sir!" Tho feelings of tho oiliccr, as he turned away with a black frown, cnn be better imagined than described. Leslie's Weekly. - ? Can't Cnt Ulm Entirely. "Dear me," sighed Mrs. Fiddl?fnddle, since they were reduced, you know, tho Waxywoddlcs have become most plebeian. Why, their son has actually become a postman." "Yes, but then," replied Mrs. Diddle addle, "there's ono consolation, his route is in tho most exclusive district, so he will still have somo of our best people on his calling list."-Philadel phia Bulletin. Uta Ileoommciidtitlon. Tom-Halloa, lilil? I hear you have position with my friends, Skinner & Co.? Bill-Oh, yes; I have a position as collector there. Tom-That's first-rate. Who. rec ommended you? Bill-Oh, nobody. I told thom that once collected an account from you, and they instantly gave mo tho place. -Tit-Bits._ l'Mim'n Contient, She-Isn't it lovely? Papa consents. He-Does he really? She-Yes. Ho wanted to know who you were, and 1 tour Ulm ?you" Wevts tape cleric at Scrimp & Co.'s, and he seemed real pleased. He-I am delighted. She-Yos; and ho said wo could be .rricd just as soon as you were taken into tho firm.-N. Y. Weekly. Brevity. "Why Is brevity considered tho oui of wit?" asked tho man who asks foolish questions. "Because," answered tho man who makes foolish answers, "when a man is short he is much more likely to be aoute. Nothing stimulates mental ac tivity like needing tho money.-Bos ton Journal. Tho Grout Kaiser. "Mamma," said tho bright young woman, VI wonder if weksaw all tho geysers when we were at Yellowstone park." "I suppose so, dear. Why?" . "I heard Mr. Pimpernickel telling a customer of his to-day that tho 'Gey ser Wilholm was the greatest of all.' " -Philadelphia Press, Tho Chnnsed View. "I always thought abo was the most commonplace of girls." "At any rate, sho has- just dono a most romantic thing." "What, pray?" "Married n young man of her own ago who is neither a coachman nor a prince."-Leslie's Weekly. An Awful Iloveiiffe. Friend (to amateur poet)-I see you aro sending oit a manuscript to tho Bonton Magazine. I thought you told mo only the other day you thoroughly disliked and despised tho editor of that particular magazine? Poet-I do. That's why I'm sending him my poem.-Judge. Nearer Yet anti Donrcr S till. When you were a blushing young miss And I waa your dutiful swain A smile from you Bavored of bliss And a frown filled my heart with pain. You wore doar then, but now, as my wife. Of courso you'ro somewhat nearor; And In paying your bills, on my life I'd swear you get rtoarer and doaror. -Chicago Dally News. AT TI1K MATINE!?S, _, >' Tho Girl-Beg pardon, does my hat trouble you? Tho Man-I can soo nothing elso. Tho Girl-Than I'll toll you what to do. Just keep your oyo on mo, ?nd when I laugh you laugh-when l ory, you cry,-Chicago Chronicle. Solf-Oonvlotlon, . The'than who talks about hJmeolf, Who'flaunts his "mo's" and "I'd,'* ,But gives undoubted, proof to tho?? Who hoar him that ho Hos. -Chicago Itocord-Iierald. A lforolinndod. I.oV'er, "Shall wo olopo, George?" "Yes-if you think it will ploaseyo?r father. Financially, Pin hot prepared to got him down on mgr-Detroit XVeo Prosa. / ?s plainly prin?cd orv every ai arc taking when you take eir formula knowing that y< o? knew what it contained Jt up in correct, proportions a acts as a tonic while the system. Any reliable druggisi f&innt and that all other citations. An analysis of othe jpcrior to all others in ev ting when you take Grove iving long been establisher >ld throughout the entire i No Cure, No Pay. Price Mi mor lui Day. April 20 th was a sacred day to tho entire Southland, It was sot apart for a memorial of tho brave men who gave up all in defence of their homes and principles. We fully agree with tho Augusta Chronicle when it says "there has boon too much ol' apology by sou (.hern men, politicians and business men seeking northern favor, for tho position of the south in the war for souihum independence Wo hear too much about southern mon having fought for princi ples 'tliey believed to be right.' Tlie inference is that while wo now know they were wrong, nevertheless. our fathers were honest because they 'believed' tho south was right. This is rot. The people of the south believe today the south was right, just as much as they believed in the sixties, and fair-minded men at tho north are conceding it. While southern men may frank ly accept the arbitrament of arms, and believe that it i? bet ter to have ono great united re public than to have two rival governments in this country, and while the right of secession may have beeii irrevocably set tled, this does not determine that in 1801 the southern states went to war for wrong princi ples, or that in deciding to with draw from the Union they woro rebels. The loyalty of southern men to the reunited country nooda no argument. It is not iii dispute. J3Ut in uiUoi ty be loyal now, it is not necessary to be disloval to the memory of the brave men who fought and died." 'I'UIB Woeful World. "Soino people," sighed the 'disap pointed one, "are BO lucky that'lt! seems as if they simply uan't lose, no matter what happens."' ' "And still the people who lose," j ?aid tho amateur philogor her, "are not" always happy. I know a fat woman who would like to loso about compounds and can't, and it makes her hopping mad every, time Hive thinks of it."-Chicago Times-Herald. Lenten Meditation, "Oh, where aro you going, my pretty maid?" "I am going to church, hind slr," she said. "What do you there, I would ?sk}jpretty | maid?" "I pray, and I think up new hats," sho said -Detroit Free Press. Ho-TQO bad, Misa Maud, that you aro always engaged". I would pro poso to yoxi .on tho pjpot. She-You are justin.time, because .I broke, off) roy engagement' yester day!-Heitere Welt; . ' No .Difference. Whoe'er tho man, when plaudits gay Resound among the spires and arches, The people shout the samo "hooray 1" Tho brass bands play tho samo old marohes. . ? -Washington Star. IC ntl ot n lloviiui.ee?. "I called to seo yo^v father this afternoon,*.', rem'arked Charlie, as He took a scat Iii. tho parlor. Dora fluttered visibly. Recovering hersolf with an apparent offori/?h?' said, simply: "Did you?" "Yes," replied Charlie. "He has boen owing our Arm a Httlo account. long tiino."-Tit-Hits. : l'tirlldloua ni nu. Mrs. Linguist-I want to got a di vorce. My husband .talka In his sleep. Lawyer Soozom-But, my dear ipadapi, that is no ground- for. .di? voroo. There, ia no cruelty ,l.u Mrs. .Linguist-Hut ho ,talks in Latin, and 1 don't undoratand that Innguago^ all.-Baltimore Amorlc?tiv Vor?o* IHolonmoy. Mrs. Brago -Toll me, profesBor, V#Tj my daughter ever become a groat pianist? Herr Yoglcschnltzle--I cannot doll. "Hut hos ?ho' none of the qualiilca I tiona necessary for a good musician?" VAchl Yah, malani, nho has two I handW^Tlt-Bltfl. v, ftntttled to Thom, Lawyor-My client wonts two pen siona. Pension A Rent-Two? j Lawyer-^Ycs; eho'ennprove that her ?lecoasod husband wouldn't have gono I to War at till if sho hadn't m'pido )iim,- ' out*..??.?? TH*9^VA.. bottle--hence you .Grove's. Imitators iii would not buy Grove's contains nd is in a- Tasteless Qinnuie, ?lr.iy?s the t will tell you that so-called Tasteless r chill tonics shows cry respect. You ;'s--its superiority d. Grove's is thc , nalarial sections of . ? . : ..' . .?'O'i liFftf I - ?OC. ~ ? ---T --.??? .. ' ."^rrrrsrr: i, A Bloody Battle. Adinpatoh. from Poklo, dated May 1, !<J saje that ? bldbdy hattlo han; ooourre'd > holwoon thp ItuBvano and 0bi?cV,9i?P?r ? Mukden. Tho Kulana.lo?t GO In kill.' od and wouuded Four ll?ssian offiooia woro killed, ard atnoog tho wounded was Gin, Zorpiizki. li KV'' SawfMlls, Corn Mills, Cane Milk. Rice Huller^; Pea Huilera, Engines, Boilers; Planers and ' ' Matchers, Swing Sa.ws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Ser geant Log Boam Saw mill is. % the heaviest, strongest, and most e?Boient mili for tho money on the market, quick, acourate. State Agent for H, B. Smith Maohine Company wood working niac)villy* V* For high grade engined, V ?Tl Bli^??M^^ A11 tomalia vj*nd - Corliss; r write mer v Atlas, Watertown, and Struth?ve and Wells. V. 0. BADHAM, 1820 Main St;\ Columbia, ?. 0. ?>-?. T.. -...... . i. ?? i -.- ...J.. ^ -~*7r<. Ginning Machinery, Saw Mill Machinery, Planing Mill Machinery, Brick Machinery j Engines, all Typ^ r, Boilers, all ICind^ ff. ly ? > :-k 'VA' H 1 These arevour 'Speoia Hies and w? have the' most/ complete and.best lines ., to offer. MAOHINEBY and Mild* 8?JPPMES OF EVERY Plj?CRIV'TX.ON. ; COLUMBIA. H 0 I STANDING ON '? ^Vith H4a?ploniavof our tVticgV?a'y?Wh?^'r fl?asion, you nood^h? pblliidal ..'puUV orMu-^ fluonMal Monda to help you to Bu?oea?, buc OM? etaml on your own morlti and .-.advance surely, to th? front, Ian't lt vtofift- try lng. . FoV ?urihor hifornifdion.rtddvosfl, :. LEGE, Columbia, 'ti,?? AM AU. M?brd'tffii io AND ; fis ? \\ ;3 If .^cath Duet IH not for n\W)W.\$pti& doaler, \^o will upon yeoolpt.'of- So ten^'; send y6u.'; th? JaVgopabkago fy : mall? %mH AprlHO. St.- . Tho. ft?dross of a fow Itft?Mfct GENT YO ITNG TEACHERS who* sohools -havo olosnd for " tho floaso AddtORf}, B, AV. Gmmo?r Box 105, Bpftstanburg, 8