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TALK AGES ?Kftft?ii. Dr. Talaiag? Arraigns People Who Livo Boyond Their Mean?. In thia disoouruo Dr. Talmago shows tho oauaoa of tho groat tinanoial dis? turbanooa whioh tako plaeo evory fow yours and arraigns tho pooplo who livo boyond their mo ??B; toxt, Jeremiah xvii, ll, "Au the partridgo sitteth on eggs and hatehoth thom not, so ho that (ettoth riohos, and not by right, shall oavo them in tho midst of bis daya and at his ond bhall bo a fool." Allusion is hore mado to a woll known faot in natural history. If a partridgo or a quail or a robin brood tho eggs of anothor spooios, tho young will not stay with tho ono that happonod to brood thom, but at tho first opportuni ty will assort with thoir own spooios. Those of us who havo boon brought up in the oountry havo soon tho dismay of the farmyard hon, having brooded aquatic fowls, whon aftor awhilo thoy iutnblo into thoir natural olomont, tho wator. So my ?ext suggests that a man may gather undor his wings tho proporty of others, but it will aftor awhile osoapo. It will loavo tho man in a eorry prodioamont and mako him fcol vory Billy. What haB oausod all tho blaok days of financial diaastors of tho last GO ' y oars? Somo say it is tho orodit sys tom. Smoothing baok of that. Somo Bay it is tho spirit of gambling ovor and anon boooming opidomio. Somothing baok of that. Somo say it is tho Buddon Bhiinkago in the valuo of soouritics, which ovon tho most honost and intel ligent mon could not havo forosoon. Somothing baok of that. I will givo you tho primal causo of all those dis turbances. It is tho oxtravaganoo ot modern Booioty whioh impols a man to ?pond moro money than ho oan hon estly make, and ho ?eos into wild speculation in ordor to got tho moans for inordinate display, and somolimos tho man is to bl anio and aomotimos his wifo and oftonor both. Five thousand, dollars in como, $10,000, $20,000 in oomo, is not enough for a man to koop up tho stylo of living ho propones, and thoroforo ho ?toora his bark toward tho maelstrom. Other mon have suddenly Bnatohod up $50,000 or $100,000. Why not ho? Tho prosont inoomo of tho man not hoing largo enough, ho must movo oarth and holt to oatoh up with hia noighborB. . Othors havo a oountry Boat; so must ho. Othors havo nn ex travagant oat?ror; BO must he. Othors have a palatial residence; so must ho, Extravaganoo is tho oauso of all tho defalcations of tho last 00 years, and, if - you will go through tho history of all tho groat panios and tho great tinanoial disturbances, no soonor havo you found Av tho story than right baok of it you will find tho story of how many bersos tho man had, how many onrriagos tho man had, how many roeidonoos in tho ooun try tho man had, how many banquots the man gave-always, and not ono ox ooption for thc last 60 years, oithor < dirootly or indirectly oxtravaganoo thc CMUQO. < Now for tho ologanooB and the rob no ni on ta and tho decorations of lifo. I oaat my voto. Whilo I am considering this subject a basket of Howers is hand ol in-flowers paradisiaaal in thoii boauty. Whito calla with a greer background of begonia. A olustor o? h?liotropes nestling in some geranium . ', .' Sopal and perianth boaring on ..their ^?.:V:tho;3??tkfl of God's finger. Whon ) soo that baskot of flowors. thoy por Su Mle nm that Qed lo voa li canty nhl v^^y rtdornm?nli and doooration, God migh havo mado tho oarth so as to supply th< gross domanda of aonao, but loft it with out .adornment or attraction.. In a to ai of- the variegated colors of tho Boa . sdns tho earth might havo worn an un ' . changing dull brown. The trco migh have put forth its fruit without tin prophooy of loaf or blossom. Niagari might havo como down in gradual doa coot without thunder and winged spray Look out of your window any morn ' lng after thero has been a dow and se whether God lovoe j owola. Put a mys tal of anow undor a mioroacopo and so ? what God thinks of arohitcoturo. Go? commanded tho priest of olden timo t< havo his robo adornod with a wrcatl of gold and tho hem of his garment ti be ombroidorod in pomegranates. Tin oarth sloops, and God blankots itwitl tho brilliants of tho night sky. Tin world wakoB, and God washes it fron tho burniahod laver of tho sunrise St I havo not muoh pationoo with a mar who talks aa though doooration anc adornment and tho elegances of lift are a sin whon thoy aro divinely recom mended. But thoro is a lino to bc drawn botwoon adornment and dooora tions that wo can afford and thoso wt cannot afford, and whon a man orossot that lino ho bocomoB culpable I oan not toll you what is extravagant foi you. You oannot toll mo what is ox travagant for mo. What is right for : queen may bo squandering for a duchess What may bo ooonomioal for you, i man with largor inoomo, will ho wicket waate for mo, with smaller inoomo Thoro is no iron rulo on this subject Evory man boforo God and and on hi? kneos must judge what is oxtravaganoo and when a man goos into oxponditurei boyond his moans ho is extravagant When a man buys anything ho oan no pay for, ho is extravagant. Thoro aro families in all our oitiet who oan hardly pay thoir rout and win owe all tho merchant 6 in tho neighbor hood and yot havo an apparel unfit fo thoir oiroumstanoosand aro all tho timi Bailing BO noar shore that business mia fortune oran attaok of sieknons pro paros thom for pauporism. You knoy vory woll thoro aro thousands of fami Hos in our groat cition who stay ii neighborhoods until thoy havo exhaust ed all thoir oapaoity to got trusted They stay in tho neighborhoods un ti tho druggists will lot them havo n< moro medicines, and tho butchers wil Boll thom no moro moat, and thu bak oro will Boll thom no moro broad, am tho grooorymon will soil them no mer. sugar. Thou thoy find tho region un hoalthy, and thoy hire aoarman, whou they uovor pay, to tako them to som now quarters whoro tho merchants, tin druggists, tho butchers, tho bakors am tho grooorymon oomo and givo thor tho host rounds of hoof and tho bon SUgAra and tho bent, merchandise of al sorta until they find out that tho onl compensation thoy mo going to got i the acquaintanoo of tho patrons. Thor * ?re thousands of suoh thieves in all ou big oitios. You BOO I oall thom hy th right namo, for if a man buys anythin ho doos not moan to pay for hois athiol Of ocurso aomotimos mon aro flung c misfortunes and thoy oannot pay, know mon who aro just as honost i having failod as other mon aro honoi in succeeding. I supposo thoro is hart ly a man who has gono through lifo hi thoro havo boon Bomo timos whon 1 has boon so hurt of misfortune ho ooul not moot his obligations, but all that put asido. Thoro aro a mubitudo < pooplo who buy that which thoy novt intend to pay for? for whioh thoro ia r roasonablo expectation' they will ovi he able to pay. Nowjf you havo booon oblivious of honoiity and moan to d fraud, not save tho morohantas muohi you o?u? Why not go nonio day to bia ?toro and whon nobody in looking Just abouldov tho hem or tho sparorib and in m?doflt ailonoo atool away? That would bo lesa oriminal, booauaa in tho other w*y you t*ko not only tho man's gooda, but you tako tho limo of tho morohant and timo of hia accountant, and you tako tho ' timo of tho mopflongor who brought you tho gooda. Now, if you must atoal, otoal in ? way, to do ?a littlo damage to tho trader aa poasibio. John Randolph aroao in tho Amorioan ronato whon a question of national finanoo waa bsing disouseod, and, atrotohing bimaolf to bia full hoight, io a nltrill voico ho oriod out,."Mr. Chairman, I bavo diaoovord tho philoso pbor'a alono, whioh turns ovorything into gold-pay an you gol" Sooioty has got to bo rioonstruotod on thia Bub j ot or tho araaona of defalcation will continuo to roport thom aolvca. You havo no right to rido in a oarriago for which you aro hopolooalv in dobt to tho whoota right who furnished tho landau, and to tho borso denier who provided thobloodol spau, andie tho hame a 3, makor who oapanaonod tho gay stoods, and to tho livoryman who has providod tho atabling, and to tho driver who, with rouottod hat, sits on tho ooaoh box. Oh, I am so glad it ia not tho absoluto ncoosBitios of lifo whioh send pooplo out into dishonoatioaand liing thom in to misfortunoa. lt ia almost alwaya tho superfluities. God haa promised ua a houEO but not a palaoo; raiment, but not ohinohilla; food, but not can vasback duok. 1 am yob to BOO ono of tiloso groat defalcations whioh is not oonncctod in somo way with oxtrav ganoo. Extravagance aooounts for tho dis turbarlo of national finanooa. Aggroga tiona aro mado up ot' unite, and wh?n ono half of tho pooplo of thia country owe tho other half how oan wo oxpoot ?nanoiil prospority? Again and again at tho national elcotion wo bavo had a spasm of virtuo, and wo said, "Out with ono administration and in with an othor and lot us havo a now doal of things and thon wo will got all ovor our perturbation." I do not caro who is pro&idont or who ia aoorotary of tho treasury or how muoh broads tull J go out of tho country or how muoh gold is '-- - .1 ... ii 1 ...^ ' lA?.n ?l? Xl Aim llJUIUligu UIIVI' nv ?v>>... vu ?"J dobt9 and it bcoomoa a gonoral thoory in thia country that mon must buy no moro than thoy oan pay for. Until that timo oomoo thore will bo no per manont prospority. Look at tho perni cious oxtrAvaganoo. Tako the one fact that Now York ovory year pays $3.000, 000 for thcatrioal amuaomont. Whilo onoo in awbilo a Henry Irving or on Edwin Booth or a Joseph Jcllarson thrills a groat audionoo with tragody, you know as woll as 1 do that tho vast majority of thoaters aro OB dobasod as dobascd thoy oan bo, as unoloan as un clean thoy oan bo and as daninablo as damnable thoy oan bo. Throo million dollarsj tho vast majority of thoso dol lars going in tho wrong dirootiou. Ovor a hundrod millions paid in this country for oiagaTS and tobacco a year. About $2,000.000,000 paid for strong drink in onoyoar in this country. With suoh oxtravaganoo, pornioioua oxtrava ganco, oan thero bo 'any pormanont prospority? Businoaa mon, cool hoad ed businoBa mon, is suoh a thing a poa aibility? Theao oxlravaganooa alao aooount, as I havo already hinted, for tho positive or i mon, tho forgeries, tho absooudings of tho offioers of tho banka. Tho Btoro on tho busiuoaa alrcot awamp od by tho rosidenoo on tho fashionable avonuo. Tho fathor's tho husband's oraft oapizod by carrying too muoh do mostio Rail. That is what springs tho leak in tho merchant's money till. That ia what oraoks tho pistols of tho sui oidea. That ia what toars down tho banka. That ia what stops insurance oompamee. That is what halte thia nation again and again in ita trium phal march of prospority. In tho pros onoo of tho Amerioan pooplo so far ati I oan got thoir attention I want to ar raign thia monster oureo of extrava gance, and I want you to polt it with your Boom and hurl at it your anathe ma. How many f >rlunos ovory year wrook od on tho wa/drobo. Thinga havo got to suoh a pass that whon wo ory over our sins in ohuroh wo wipo the tears away with a $150 pookot handkorohiof 1 I show you a domestic tragody in ii vo aots: Aot tho first-A homo, plain and beautiful. K ?tor nowly marriod pair. Entor oontoo mc lit. Enter aa muon hap piness as over gota in ono homo. Aot tho aooond-Entor disoontont. Entor desire for largo oxpondituro. Ea onvy. Entor Joalousy. Aot tho third-Entor tho quoonly drosBinakcrrf. 10 A tor tho Kreuch mil liners. Entor all costly plato and all groat oxtravaganoos. Aot tho fourth-Tiptop of aooioty. Princoa and prinoossos of uppor tondon Heating in and out. Everything on a largo and magnifioont soalo. Entor eon torapt for othor pooplo. Aot tho fifth and laBt-Eutor tho aa oignoo. Eotor ibo shoriff. Kater tho crediton!. Eater humiliation. Eator tho wrath of God. Eater tho oontompt of so oie ty. Enter ruin and doath. Now drop tho ourtain. Tho play is ended, and tho lights aro out. I called it a tragody. That is a mis nomer. It io a farco. Extravagance count s for muoh of tho pauperism. Who aro thoto pooplo who in you have to holp? Many of thorn aro the children of parents who had plenty, livod iu luxury, had more than thoy nooded, spent all thoy had, spout moro, too; then diod and loft their families in provorty. Somo of thooo who oall on you now for aid had r.n nuooatry that Buppod on burgundy and woodcock. I could namo a Booro of mon who havo ovory luxury. They f-moko tho best cigars, and thoy drink tho finest winos, and thoy havo tho grandost surroundings, and when thoy ilio thoir fam'ilios will go on tho ooid oharity of tho world Now, tho doath of suoh A man ia a grand larcony. Ho swiiidlos tho world as ho goori into bio oolTin, and ho dosoives to havo his bono sold to tho modio?l museum for anatomical BpooimoDB, tho prooocda to furnish bread for his ohildren. .1 know it onto oloso. 1 did not know but somo of you in high dudgeon would got up and go out. You siana it wolli Sonio of you mako a groat awash in lifo, and after awhilo you will dio, and min isters will ho sent for to oomo and Btand by your oofiio and lie about your oxool lonooB. Hut thoy will not como. If you Bond for me, I will toll you what my text will bo: "Ho that providoth not for his own, and ospooially for thoso of his own housohold, is worso than an infidel." And yot wo find Christian mon, mon of largo moans, who sometimos talk elo quently about tho Christian ohuroh and about ci viii z ?Mon, oxponding oyory thing on thomaolves and nothing on tho oauso of God, and thoy oraok tho back of tlr ir Palaia Royal plovo in trying to ludo tho ono cont thoy put in tho Lord's troasury. What an apportionniontl Twonty thou sand dollars for oursolvos and ono oont for God'. Ah, my friondff, thia oxtrava ganoo aooounts for A groat doal of what tho oauso of God suffors. And tho dosooration goos on, ovon to rSVY? Viirtraiji rii*ii ?f'ity-*fr i Tr r '?'r -.r^-1'^""^'^*' tb? funeral d?y. You know vory woll that thoro aro mon who dio solvent, but tho oxponsos aro so groat boforo thoy got underground thoy aro insolvent. Thoro aro familias tba' gointoponuryio wiok od rosuonsn tn tho demands of this dav. They put in ouskot and tombstono that whioh thoy ought to putin broad. They wanted broad; you gavo thom a tomb stono. ' Ono would think that tho last two obligations pooplo would ho particular about would bo to tho physiolan and tho undortakor, Booauso thoy are tho two last obligations thoso two professions aro almost always obos tod. They send for tho dootor in groat hasto, and ho must oomo day acid .night, fhoy eond for tho undortaker amid tho great solomnitios, and ofton thoso two mon aro tho vory last to bo mot with oom ponsation. Mord?ante soil goods, and tho goods aro not paid for. Thoy tako baok tho goods, 1 am told. But thoro is no roliof in this oaso, Tho man spont all bo had in luxuri?s and oxtravaganoo whilo ho lived., and thon ho goos out of tho word and has loft nothing for his family, nothing for tho obsoquios. and as ho goos out of tho world ho stoats tho dootor s pills and tho undortakor'o slip pers. I was roading in a Now York pa nor an aooount of tho obsoquioB in a family of very moderato oat uto, and tho aggrcgato was $3,000. A man in Now York of modorato OBtato dios. Ho Imo livod in oxtromo luxury. Ho doparto this lifo. Tho family, desirous of kooping up tho magni?oonoo, ordora tho following things; thoy woro produood and ncvor paid for to thia day: Caskot, covered with Lyons Yolvot, .Hilver moldings.$ 860 Heavy plaited handles .: 00 Solid silvor plato, ougravod in Roman letters. 75 Ton Huon scarfo. 160 Floral decorations. 226 Music and quarlotohoir at tho houoo... 'IO Twenty carriages. MO Thou 16 other important expenditures amounting to. 330 Making an aggrcgato of.?1,870 Aud all that to got ono poor mortal to hia last homo and novor paid foi 1 Bwin died his family I ! Swindlod tho world I Ho is swindling it now. It is ono of tho groat curses of this day, tho oxtrava ganoo, tho wiokod extravagance, of tho OOtintry. And thon look how tho oauso of God is impoverished. Men givo so muoh sometimos for their indulgences they havo nothing for tho oauso of God and religion. T ,v on ty-two million dollars ox pendod in this country a year for reli gious purposoal But what aro tho twon ty-two millions expondod for religion oomparod with tho huodrod millions ox ponded on oigars and tob?ceo and thon two thousand millions of dollars spont for rum? So a man who had a fortune of $700,000, or what amounted to that, in London spont it all in indulgences, chiefly in gluttonies, and sent hither and yon for all tho doliaaoioa and ofton hada moal that would cost $100 or $200 for himself. Then he was reduced to a guinoa, with whioh ho bought a raro bird, had it cooked in best stylo, ato it, took two hours for digostion, walkoa out on W ostini ns tor bridgo and jumpod into tho Thamos-on a largo soalo what men aro doing on a email soalo. Oh, my fnonda, lot us tako our stand against thoextravaganoos of society. Do not pay for things whioh aro frivolous whon you may lack tho necessities. Do not put ono month's wages or salary into a trinket, just ono trinket, Koop your credit good by seldom asking for any? Pay I Do not starvo a whola yoar to af ford Ono BqMiSalifc^ buv a coat ol' many ooldr/rahd thon, in six months bo Out at tho elbows. Flour ish'not, as somo peoplo I liavo. known, who took apartments at a fashionable hotel and had ologant drawing rooms at [ taohod and then vanishod in' tho night, not ovon loaving thoir compliments for the landlord. 1 toll you my frionds, in tho day of God's judgmont wo will not only have to give an aooount for tho way wo made our money, but for tho way wo spont it. Wo have got to loavo all tho things that surround us now. Alas, if auy of you in tho dy ing hour felt Uko thc dying actress who asked that tho casket of jowols bo brought to hor and then turnod thom ovor with hor palo hand and said, "Ala?, that I havo to loavo you so soon I" Bottor in that hour havo ouo troasuro of hoavon than tho bridal trousseau of a M ai io An to i notto or to havo hoon Boated with Cali gula at a banquot whioh cost its thou sands of dollars or to havo boon carried to our last routing plaoo with senators and prinoOB as pallbearers. Thoy that consecrate thoir woaltb, thoir timo, thoir all, to Ged shall bo hold in everlasting remembrance, whilo I havo tho authori ty of this book for announcing that tho namo of tho wiokod shall rot. DISPENSES ?ND CLEKKS Have Their Salaries Raised By the State Board. Tho d?rootors of tho Stato disponsary rooontly rosrrangod tho salaries of dis ponacrs. In many oasos thoro woro no changes, and in no oaso was thoro a rcduotion . Tho inoroasos wcro based upon tho inoroaso of business during tho lineal year 1900 and tho first half of 1001. Tho following aro tho disponsora whoso salarios aro to bo increased with tho amount of monthly salary stipu* lated in enoh case: Adam's Run., $10 to $50; Andorson, $75 to $80; Biflbopvillo, $05 to $70; ll rtokBburg, $50 to $55;Ohornw, $05 io $70; Chartoaton (Perm val), $05 to $75; Darlington, $75 to $80; liuiawvillo, $50 to $00; Port Motto, $35 to$10; Gaffney, $05 io $70; Goorgotown, $75 to $83 33; Hampton $37.50 to $10; Kershaw $00 to $05; J i in easter, $00 to $05; Lexing ton, $45 to $50; Livington, $35 to $10; Luray, $25 to $30; Manning, $70 to $75 M ?rion, $05 io $70; Mayoavilto, $84 io $50; Wonoka' Cornor, $40 to $50; Mount Ploabaut, $50 to $55; Olar, $30 to $35; Piokous, $33 33 to $37. 50; Hidgoland, $35 to $37 50; Saluda, $50 to $55; Sonooa, $50 tu $55; St; Goorgou, $40 to $45; St Stephens $25 to $30; Summer, vdio, $00 to $05; 1'oddvillo, $35 LO $15; Union, $70 to $75; Varnvillo, $30 to $35; Wagoger, $3'5 to $37.50; Walhalla, $10 to $15; Williston, $10 to $42. 50; Winnsboro, $00 to $05. Tho dispensers' oloks who got rnisoa aro: Andorson, $40 to $50; Hamberg, $20 to $30; Barnwell, $30 to $35; Cam don, $35 to $40; Charleston (Percival), $40 to $11.60; Darlington, $40 to $50; Gaflnoy, $30 to $35; Grooovillo (Hill), $40 to 45; Kershaw, $30 to 35; Lancas ter, $30 to $35 Manning $30 to $35 Orangoburg, $40 to $50 Summerville, $30 to $35; Winnsboro, $30 to $35. From tho statomont of tho hoard tho disponsary at Goorgosown 'doos moro business than any othor singlo inst! tution. Tho Andorson disponsary oomos oloso to that at Georgetown. A Nob lo Charity. Lewis Elkin, a Philadolphiau, has boqucathod two million dollars to os tablish a homo for disabled romalo sohool tcaohors. Mr. Elkin sorvod for twenty years on tho board of oduoation, and was thus brought in sympathotio touoh with tho toaohors. Noxtl COTTON HAT?WSU??D"~ But the Outlook for a Corn Crop ir Gloomy, mt *.??. ..:?" " J . ,l ...? I . ?i . . . -i nu loi'utviug io vuu wuu&iy uuuaiiu of tho Kondition of tho wo ? thor and tho orops issuod Wodnosday by Diroo tor Bftuor of tho South Carolina nco tion of tho olimate and orop sotvloo of tho United Statos woathor bureau: Tho wook onding 8 a. m., Monday, July 15th, had noarly normal tompor aturo, but was -slightly ooolor than usual ovor tho southoastorn portion, whom thoro was also a do?oionoy in sunshine Tho wook's maximum was 100 at Blaokvilln on tho 12th, and tho minimum was G5 at Groonvillo and Snartanburg on tho 9 di, 10.li and 11th. Thero was ono BovOro looal storm in PiokoQS oouuty, and thoro woro high, drying winds during tho middlo of tho wook throughout tho Stato. Showers woro frequent, and some quito hoavy, aloug tho southoastoru coast and ovor tho northeastern ooun ties, and thoro woro light soattorod showora olsowhoro, but gonorally throughout tho Stato thoro was no rain until tho 14th, whon showory oondl ti oaf) provailod over tho wholo Stato Rain was badly noodod for all orops, although tho absonoo of rain was fav orablo for oloaning orops and giving thom muoh noedod oultivation. 8omo holds aro still grassy, and will oithor bo abandonod or allowed to mako what thoy will in tboir foul oondition. ..'*, Colton improvod undor oultivation, and, although still vory small, looks hoalthy and is fruiting bettor than last wcok. Most of tho holds havo beon oloaned of grass, and tho planta ar? growing slowly. lu plaoos ootton oon tinucs to havo a yollow color, and thoro aro roports of shedding leaves and squaros. Bea island is thriving, but tho plants aro dwarf od, and blight is prosont in spots. Old oom is oxtromoly poor and will soarooly mako half an avorago orop, whilo lator plantings aro moro prom? ising. Bottom land oom is praotioally a failuro. In oortain widoly soparatod sections tho oom orop is oxoollont, but its avorago oondition is low. Tobaooo out tin i? and ouring made rapid progresSi To localities an tm provomont in oondition is noted, -whilo gonorally tho orop romains poor and infoiior. Rico is thriving and responds to oui tivation, but in Oolloton oounty cater pillars aro doiug groat damago. Mol ons aro only beginning to ripon and will havo pior yiolds. Sugaroano, sor ghum and peas aro doing niooly. Swoot potatoes look promising. Tho dry weather oaused pastures to lail rapidly. Poaohos and grapos aro still rotting, but not so oxtonsivoly as horo toforo. ApploB oontinuo to drop. Coming Thia Way. Tho Atlanta Journal says: Stophy loma, a oattlo disoaao, 'whioh has for merly boe n confined to Toxas andothor wo o torn statos, linn mado its appear anoo in north Gloorgia in tho neighbor hood of Lost Mountain, and a largo, numbor of oattlo aroaifootod by it. Tho fir6t symptoms of tho disease aro a swolling of the animals esos, whioh turn whito. The pupil oontraots into a small ball and tho oyes havo a tond-, ency to bulgo from thoir sookots. Tho animals appoar to bo orying, and tho flow of aequoous hum?r. scows', to iioald; tho hair from tho faoo. . Tho. animal' finally booomos totaljy blind and it y .iiOt lYblo-lo flied'yr w?tof. 'Ktn?U/ - it *<>. thou ooh'Bidorod a kindness to kill it and: not allow it to wander around tho fields unablo to tako oaro of. JUaolf. Thc remody bf tho disoaso is to isolate tho caso and uso antisoptio Washos. Also, to koop tho animal from tho light as that aggravates tho diso ano. Br. Henry Gt. Oomoo, of Atlante, was sont for' oovoral days ago to visit tho ooo li on whoro tho disoaso was disooverod and ho has roturnod bringing with him a hoad of a oalf that was affootod. Lightning's Terrible work. At 3:30 o'olook Tuosday aftornoon, during a sovoro olootrio storm, Honry Davenport and Ez?ll Harvoy, two in dustrious farmoro living throo milos abovo Williamston, who woro at work in tho Hold, took sholtor from tho rain undor Bomo pinos, whon thoy woro struok by lightning and both killed in stantly. Tho bod ios woro romovod to Mr. Davenport's ros?d?c.no an hour later and Dr. Prank M. Landor did every thing possiblo to ro&usoitato thom but thoir lives woro oxtinot. Mr. Davon* port wan 41 yoars of ago and loavos a wifo and oight small ohildron, tho old oat boiog but 14 yoars old. Mr. Harvoy was 26 yoars of ago aud loavos a wife with throo ohildron, tho youngost hoing a babo two months old. By that fatal bolt ll ohildron aro fathorloss, two wives aro widows and two homos aro wreokod. How's Thia? Wo ofter Ono Hundred Dollar Reward for any oaso of Catarrh that oannot bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Curo. F, J. OHENEY & OQ\, Tolodo.O. Wo tho undorsignod, havo known F. J. Ohoncy for tho last 15 yoars, and bo liovo him perfectly honorablo in all businosB transaotions and fimnoially ablo to oarry out any obligations mado by thoir firm. WE8T& r??Ax, Wholosalo Druggists, To lodo, O. WAL?INO, KINMAN? MAUVIN, Wholo salo Druggists, Toledo. O. Hall's Catarrh Curo is takon internal ly, aoting dirootly upon.tho blood and muoous Hurfaoos of tho system. Tes timonials sont froo. Prioo 76o. por bot tle Sold by all Druggists. ; Hall's Family Pills are tho boat. Filipino's Offer. In a statement for tho pross Thurs day Win, J. Bryan givos his version of tho story tint Aguinaldo promised him finanoial ntsistauoo in his oampaign of a yoar ago. Mr. Bryan says it was whilo ho was in Now York that two Filipinos^ Bout a request to confer with him. Ho dooliuod to moot thom and sont a friend to explain that ho did not think it pro por to hold a oonforonoo. Tho Fili pinos said that Aguinaldo was willing to issuo a proolamation promising to lay down arms, in oaso of Mr. Bryan's olootioo, and also was willing to oon tributo to tho Domoorat oampaign fund, but Mr. Bryan rofusod to con sidor oithor proposition and did not ro quiro thom to furnish any ovidonoo of thoir right to roprosont Aguinaldo. Atfcackod by Strikers. Tuosday aftornoon threo of tho non union mon who have taken tho plaoos in tho Southern Railway maohine shops at Columbia mado vacant by tho strife ors woro attaokod whilo roturning homo by six mon, throo of whom wore strik ers, Tho namos of tho non-union men aro Edgar Marshall, .10, X. Allman and tho latter's brothor. 10, X. Allman lain bod and is thought to bo badly hurt internally. Ho was foiled to tho ?round by a brlokbat and then ki ok o tl. 'ho other two men wcro struck in tho faoos by their assailants and knocked down, Pbyaiotaus in New York ?re Using tho Ii?cihu? Tho ftuooofH aohioved in tho trdat 11.-. L. iL. IIA t.:.' riOUli Ol UOaiO UIDURQUO Ujr mu ni^u? nv quonoy, or ohoinioal, rays of tho doo trio light is attracting tho attention of many persons in various pures of tho world, ifixporimonts havo doinonsta tod, it is said, that tho rays destroy, among othor things, tuborolo bacilli, and oauoo dilation of tho oapiliirios, with oorroaponding oiroulatory ohangos and moronsod nutritivo aolivitv. Sonio of those oxporimonts in photothorapv, ospooially thoso mado by Dr. Noils lt Ifinson of Ooponhogon, havo arousud wido-oproad oommont. Ho is tho in ventor of tho tubo which board his samo, In this oity a numbor of pby sioians aro usiug tho Fitsen tubo and othor apparatus for similar purposes in troatiag oortain aifootions. Gao of thoso physioianss is 1)/. Margaret A. Oioavos. Aooording to a roport Dr. Finson had offootod up w> Dooombor 31, 1899, 311 ouros out of 462 oasos of lupus vulgaris In tho Finson light dopartmont of tho London Hospital tho nunibi r of oasos of lupus vulgaris troatod oaoh day is about ono hundred. ? Quoon Aloxandra was instrumental, it is said, in hav ing this mothod of tioating oortain dis oasos tooted io tho London Hospital. Not only has tho lupus vulgaris boon suooosufullv troatod by tho uso of tho Finnen tubo, but redout ulcor and oan oor. It is said that tho most conclu sivo result in tho uso of tho Finson tubo has boonaohiovod in thotroatmont of lupus vulgaris. In tho troatniont of tuberculosis, of pulmonary tuboroolosis, asthma, bron chitis, anaemia, noutitis, rheumatism and suoh skin diseases as aono and psoriasis, Dr. Cleaves usos a oabinot. Tho oabinot contains au ordinary wiro mattress cot, which is mado up as a bed, and on which tho pationt reclines. Tho current is takon from tho Kdison inoandosoont mains at 120 volts pres sure, and oaoh lamp takos about 10 amporos at 50 volts, tho romaindor bo ing co ii s urned in tho rheo i tit. Tho zinc lining is paintod whito to faoili tato tho roflootion of light, and as tho pationt lion at rest in tho bath ho is bathod, it is said, tn a ?ood of iight from sources of 4,000 total nominal oandlopower. Tho oyos of tho pationt aro proteotod by moans of oolorod. glasses. Lor tot and Gonoud of Lyons, Franoo, aro two of tho loading photothorapou lists of that oounlry.-Now York Tri buno. SECOND CLASS MAIL MATTER. Important Order Issued by Postmaster General? A spooial from Washington Wednes day says Postmastor Gcnornl Smith to day signed three orders amending io important particulars thrco postal reg ulations ef?ooting sooond class mail matter. Tho ohangos will oifoot swoop ing and radical reforms in tho dopart mont practices and mot-hods of treating this olass of mattor. Tho fitst ordor amonds So dion 276, whioh is tho gonoral definition, so as to exclude from tho sooond olass publi carious whioh havo tho oharaotoristios Of books. This amondmont is in tho?o Words: ' Periodical publications heroin re* forrod to aro'hold not to inol?do thoso haying tho .oharaotorisbioa of booka, '$?jl&V:;i*!Vlj)b.' '; as,, oonoiat of ourront Pl t? ?t S3 iff ipr both, (aot excluding advertising) and conform to tho statutory oharao ieristes of sooond olass mattor." / Tho sooond ' ordor amonds Sootion '281 in sovoral particulars tho prinoi pal ono hoing that publi cations, tho subscriptions to which aro notfoundod on their valuo as nows or litorary journals, and whioh by the gonoral UKO of promium or other oonsidorations in tho form of ohances to win prizes, etc., to induoo subscriptions, in offoot oir oulato at apparontly a nominal rato, will bo cxoluded from tho second olass. Tho ossontia) paragraph of this is as follows: "Tho subscription prioo must bo shown by tho publication, and whon lt appoars from tho oontonts, or from tho extrinsic induoomonts offorod in com bination with it, that tho oiroulation of tho publication is not founded on its valuo as a nows or litorary journal, and that subioriptions aro not mado booauso of suoh valuo, but booauso its oil ors of morohandios or othor consider ation rosult, in off dot, in its oiroula tion at apparontly a nominal rato, suoh publication does not oomo within tho requiromonts of tho law for aoooptnnoo es sooond olass mattor.' \ Tho third ordor amonds Sootion 301, so that insold oopios of sooond olass publioations may not bo roturnod at tho pound rato to nflws agents or to publishors. An explanatory statomont given out at tho dopartmont rogarding tho ordor says: Tho notion of Postmastor Gonoral Smith is rogardod as highly important. It is ovidonco of tho purposo of tho do partmont to a-1 min'-'tor tho law as it js strictly and properly and that abusos whorovor found will bo eradi cated. Looso and indifferent interpre tation heretofore is responsible for tho loos of many millions to tho govern ment, lt is boliovod that when tho ( ll jot of tho changes is thoroughly es tablished many postal improvoinonts will follow, and ono cont lotter post age will "bo mado possible " Bolmved Badly. Gov. MoSwooDoy roooivod a lottor Friday from Shoriff Jno. lt. Logan of York oounty tolling him of tho vory poouliar action of a North Carolina shorilf. Sorao timo ago Shoriff Logan I asked tho North Carolina thoriff to arrest for him ono James Ltndar.y, a nogro, wantod in York oounty for mur I der. Tho shorilf at Nowton, N. C., i did arrest Lindsay and notified Shoriff i Logan, stating that tho follow was willing to o one without a requisition. Tho South Carolina shoriff had already informad tho North Carol ii a ofiioor that thoro was no roward for tho nogro. Shoriff Logan soul a deputy on to bring tho nogro baok, Tho North Carolina sheriff rofusod to givo him up, saying that ho would not do so without a ro ward and threatened oven to turn tho nogro lopso. Tho doputy oamo baok without his man. Then Shoriff Logan informod Gov. MoStvoonoy and Friday requisition papors wore immod upon tho governor of North Carolina and Shoriff Logan is to go ou to Newton himsolf. Gov. MoSwoonoy will probably report tho vory roprohonsiblo oonduot of tho North Carolina offioor to tho governor of North Carolina for suoh aotion as ho may doom propor. Freight Trains Coriido. A hoad ond oollision botwoen two lo oal freight trains on tho Missouri/Kan sas and Texas road nour Wymark, I, T., kilted five mon. and three others wore fatally iojuroa. Tho dead aro:/Joe, Morris. Pardons; Jamos Lovillo, brake man, Parsons; .Frank Fitzgerald, brake man; two unknown tramps. WHB? CON8?QN;ES M?? to?vfi Tho Stato K iilroad OommUsion Adopts Now Storage Rales. Tbs 9!?.to r?iIroid o?,ir,.,-i??s?irtn?r Fri day mad? pubiio its now storago rules. Tho commission has boon work ing on tho mattor for somo - timo and has gono ovor ?ll tho rulos of tho aouthorn Slates. Thoro havo beou sov crnl conferences with tho railroad ofti oialsand tho ofliicrs of tho oar scrvioo oBBOoiation, Tho now rules aro oin bodiid in tho following notion of tho board: Whoroas an aot was paesod by tho gonoral asbombly of South Carolina at tho regular sossion of 1901,-and thero aftor approved by tho governor on tho 15th day of February, A. D. 1901, au thorizing and requiring tho 'board of railroad oominisaionors, ''to fix and prosoribo a sobodulo of maximum ratos and ohargos for storago mado and ohargod by tho railroads doing busi noBB in this Stato, and to fix what timo aftor tho rcooption of froigbt at plaoo of destination euob ohargos of stotago shall bogin" and for othor purposos. Now bo it Rosolvcd, That wo tho board of rail road oomraissionors do by virtuo of tho authority oonforrod by said aot, fix tho following rulos and maximum ratoB for storago charges to apply to all freights storod by tho railroads doing business in this Stato: 1. All froigbt roooivod for dclivory is nul j oo t to storago regulations. 2. All paokago freight not romovod by ownoro from tho min tody of tho rail way company, within sovonty two (72) hours aftor logal notioo of tho arrival thotoof baa boon- given to oonsignoo, oom puted from 12 o'olook of tho day following tho dato of suoh notioo of ar rival,' ebrdl there aftor bo Eubjoot to a ohargo for Htorago? ab sot forth in m?o 1 of tbono regulations. 3 Prompt notioo nindi bo given to oonsignoos of tho arrival of freights, and tho said notioo must show dato of its issue, and tho timo allowed for re moval without ohargo for storage. 4- Tho maximum ohargos for tho Btorago of freight by tho railroads whoo storod iii tho warohousos of tho said railroads in this State, shall bo as follows: For tivo days and undor, 1 o?nt por hundred pounds por day. For 10 days and over 5 days; 6 oonts por hundred pounds. For 20 days and ovor 10 days, 8 oonts por bund rod pounds. For 30 days and ovor 20 days 10 oonts per hundred pounds. For 40 days and over 30 days 13 oonts por huadaod pounds. For 50 days and ovor 40 days, 15 oonts por hundred pounds. Eabh additional wook and fraotion thoroof thereafter, 1 cont por hundred pounds. Tho minimum ohnrgo for any ono shipment sholl bo fivo oonts. Not moro than $1 por day shall bo chargod for any ono consignment set in excess of a oar load. 5. A consigne, living four milos or ovor from tho dopot, and, whoso froigbt is don tin od to his residence or plaoo of bu?inoBBBQ looatcd, shall not bo subj cot to storago ohargos ailowod in tho nb oyo rulos until a sufficient"timeihivs otab'Sod aftor*'riotioo for sa?d' -cpueigVttfS?' tff* rbv moyo eoU^gp??sQTOi&? s?teroisci ^or, dinary diligonoo. ( ... C. Shipments dotr?i??o?tli?bftUSf} billed to ordor, and awaiting billi! bf lidfhgof inahru?lione as to disposition, ship nionts hold fot .want of billing instru?r tiona, shipmonts- hold for. inupootion, obanyo of billing or for any other pur poso, by owner or his agont aro sub oat to storago ohargos, and if suoh freights aro forwarded to any othor point aooruod storago will bo added to tho billing as baok ohargos. 7. Tho ratos heroin prosoribod ato maximum ratos, but theso regulations will not bo bold to bo violated, if lower ratos mado by tho roads provided that all uhippors at tho sarao point aro assossed similar ratos without dioorimi nation. 8. Logal holiday and Sundays shall not bo takon into aooount, in reckon-, ing tho 72 hours horoin. ailowod for re moval of freight without ohargoB. 9. Doo diligonoo on tho part, of tho shipper or oonsignoo to romovo freight promptly shall bo doomod by tho rail roads a BUlhViont ground upon whioh to remit storages ohargos aooruing by reason of bad woathor or impassiblo. roads. 10. Froight and storago ohargos must bo billed in soporato Horns though thoy may bo billod on tho samo shoot. J. 0. Wilboro, Chairman. 0. W. Gards, J. H. Wharton, CommisBionors. .1). P. Duncan, Soorotary. In spoaking of tho now storago rules Commissioner Qarris, who has givon tho mattor muoh study, Friday said : "Tho now rulos praotio?ly double tho freo timo ho iv, to foro ailowod by tho roads, investigation discloses that tho freights romovod, upon whioh ator.ftgo has herotoforo boon assossod, havo^'ro mained from ono to GO days of tho storago period within tho custody of tho roads, making it vory fair to esti mate 20 days as an avorago poriod upon whioh storage hau boon ohargod on freights. For this avorago poriod tho oommtssionors soalo shows a 50 por cont, roduotion. "Tho intorcst of ohipporn who livo at a distaooo in duly oared for in rulo 5, whilo rulo 9 muk?s inolomont woathor and bad roads au clement of oondaidor ation in reckoning timo. "Tho oo m mi s? i on had b of oro it tho railroad storago rogulations in force throughout tho south and wost, thus enabling it to give South Carolina a sot of rules oarv?d from tho best prao tioos of tho wholo oountry." Aftor a Doeporudo; Shoriif Martin has eoht s posse to tho wild oountry above Charlo-,to: tosoaroh tho swamps for William Johnson, a col ored dospurado, who has tho sootion in a wild stato of torror. Johnson iv wantod for mordor. ? A day or two ago ho killod William Barns without pro vocation, and threatened to kill any of tho 1 tutor's friend j if thoy interior rod. Tho earoo morning ho shot anothor negro named Smith. Saith, and a crowd wero playing tho gamo of skin. Johnson said that if his card rho wed somobody would bo killed, and a fow minutos later when ho was forced to drop out of tho gamo ho drow his pis tol and borod a bolo through Smith's body. Aftor tho shooting hp tossod his hat on tho ground, drow anothor pistol and ordered all tho playors to do* posit their oanh in tho hat. Thoy did so in quick ordor, As soon as ho had pookotcd tho monoy, Johnson, fired a vol loy to provo to tho nogroofl that ho mo an t bust nos n, and thoo Walked away. When ho killed Burns tho ?)nstnblos in tho neighborhood stated om his trail, but thoy thought it wisor'to lot him go. Tho posso from tho oily'is making a oarofnl soatoh for tho dospor *do. Presbyterian Noxt Bosaiou opona Bep.t. 28, 1901. "?poo! number can bo aoooram?datcd tn Dormitory. M&trloulatlon, omi tuition, foy'Collegiate'-yt In fWmltv. Moral lnfluouoca aood. DA??! M. A. Fin? Cotomer?l?l Co?fw. Write fr NEARLY ?UNK BY A KI VET, Little Thing Nearly Caused the Lois of a Steamship. Tho id range?t ?tory I ever hoard of tho BOP. related to a connor rivot whioh was acoidontally left in tho bilge on tho bottom of tho ship by tho buildore, bo tween two riba, whoro it rollod baok and forth with tho motion of tho voasol until it had worn a holo through tho platos, says tho Ohioago-Record Horald. This romarkablo ovont took plaoo off th?; ooast of Jora. Some years ago a VOBSOI loaded with guano worth sevoral thousand dollars caught Aro in tho south Paoiflo, and was abandoned by tho captain and orow, who oamo aahoro in tho small boatB and roportod tho disai tor. "Jae*" J?yro, of tho firm of W. R. Graos & (Jo , Now York, to whom tho guano was oonsignod, is a dating follow, and detorminod to savo that oargo if posaiblo. Ho know that guano would not burn, and it was his opinion that tho hulk of tho ship might bo found floating somowhore at aoa and tbo valuablo oargo recovered Ho, thoroforo, ohartorod a small lOiglinh (ramp that hspponod to bo at Callao, nod startod out to searoh for tho doro lict. Aftor cruising for two or throo wooka ho found her, just as ho had expected, tho woodwork burnod to tho wator's odgo, but tho hull sound as a dollar aod tho oargo all right. Thoy towed her into Callao, but tbo day t of oro roach ing that harbor tho tramp thoy had charter?d begin to fill vory rapidly and tho pumps could soarooly koop her afloat. Thoy narrowly osoapod sinking with all on board. Tho leak was a mystory. Thoy bad mot with no aooi dont and thoro was no reason tosuspcot anything wron;; with tho platos, for tho | Rhin had baan in dry dook shortly bo ? foro sho left Livorpool, and was rated Al, boing only botweon two and throo years old. Thoy managed to got hor (o Callao, only by tho greatest exortion, and many a (imo thoy' foorjd thoy could hot koop hor afloat BO long. Whoo tho ship wont into tho dook and was examined, it was found that ono of her platos about tho oontor had worn through. Further investigation domomtrated that tho damago had boon dono by a little ooppor rivot whioh bad boon acoidontally loft in tho bottom and had rollod bnok and forth over thc ssmo spot to of ton and so long that tho iron plate had boon worn through. Tho mis ohiovous rivot was thoro, and waa takon out and pfosoivod as a ouriosity. Shipbuilders toll mo that this' is not an uncommon thing. It is al woy? cus tomary, tut a prooaution to- make a through search of tho bottom of a now ship for vivo td and ooppor fillings and other l?oso metal. Ooppor fillings aro especially dangerous, bcoauso uudor cor tn in conditions thoy ato apt to sot up.a'littlo galv?nio battory and do an immonso amount of danmgo* . |||| / Got Stuck/, " . $Ati Kingman, Km,, ono, of tho jOh?r?ihoo has j.utvt boon rofutniahod and .ono of tho pow?o?Vi?od wlth a .Hie oo*t of varnish,' aaye tho Kansas City Jour nal? S-.Vino varnish w?a Kuppo?iod to bo dry, b?t on Sunday tho wholo oongr'o gation found itself glued to tho soats. When tho people, aroso it sounded Uko a bunch of oattlo pulliag thoir soat out of ot iff mud, abd on oaoh fioat thoro was loft a lot of lint pulled from the garment i. So mu oh of this lint was loft that it is eaay to distinguish tho sitting plaoo of oaoh person, and all of tho po wo must bo sandpapered and varnished ovor." - An Infernal .Machine. John J. Klook, om ploy cd as a olork in tho offioo of tho Brooklyn board of fiublio works, Thursday received a queer ooking obj cot through tho mail. YVhilo he and lid ward Schroeder, a draughts mm, woro opening tho paokago, it sud donly oxplodod. Sohroedor's right hand was blown off by tho blast. Tho paokago was found- to bo an infernal maohine. Benjamin B Roaonbloom a draughtsman, omployod in tho samo offioo, was arrostod o barged with hav ing sont tho maohino. A Foolish Story. A story sent out from Washington tho othor day, and printod- in sevoral nowspapors, was to tho offeot that tho Kopublioan party was getting ready'to "abandon its old-timo ponsion polioy at no distant day and ropo al all of tho existing ponsion lawn." Thoro nover wad a moro foolish hot woathor story. The Ropublioan party stands in too doadly feat of tho Grand Army of tho liopublio and tho ponsion attornoys to mako any radical ohango in tho ponsion laws. . "You ?ak for my daughter's hand, ah? You'll find lt a pretty heavy ono, young, man. Sim's just broken a plato over her mother's head I" - Ally Sloper. Their Drenmn, Bald hos "Wife, you're crowned with you? beauty; ']No oho.cnn disputo mo In that." Said sho: "If you'd but do your duty . . I'd bo crowned besides with a now hat." And that night when thoy both slept,upon it. "What visions their light ?lumbers Alli Bhe had a sweet "dream of a bonnet" And ho a bnd dream of tho bill. -Leslie's Weekly. tieft* for All Conoorned. Comedy-I notldod you In tho aw dlenoo last night. What"did you thin)?, of my part? Critoek-It suited you. Comedy-What did-you think tho best .thing I got ol?? Critook-Tho stage.-Philadelphia Press, , llor?lo A'rcntmtint. Marjorie--Sho is ono ot tho hnrdoat. worked girls In tho olty, Madgo-Why.v what does ?he do? Marjorie-follows tho directions In the Si?nday papors showing how to mako her faco beautiful,-Town T?a los. An IBxnert Opinion. "Our now cook la way up In hld* tortoni ?ov?la.- Yesterday she had a warm discussion With my wife over the fate of Joan of Aro." "Knew ali about tt, did she?" "Yo?. Sho'a something, of a stoak burner hcvaolf."--Cloveland Plain Dealer. - Ono iyrly. to Oe* IlldTof lt. "You say my wlfo has swallowed some foreign Bi.bntanoQ, and you ca?*t seem tb teach lt, doo'tor?" - "That's it, exactly." "Welli1 what oan wa'do^dootor?" "I would reoommond six days pu an aoaan Utter.*'-Yonkers Btatosmaur j "of~~ lal ratos to boarding studont?. LlruHod ' ? 100.00 will fay for boa'd, vooiA-rout aar. Fire professor* nhd oho Instructor kanfaliirlu 1WHn" Aat**naA e\t tt. A. fttld roftlalogno or information of any, kind lo OOS I NE SS M Ar (AO t Hwrr MAvr THORov? 6?8l? BooK^KttHa Yds! They're Wanted. Hun 1 neaw activity oroates a domnnd fir business exports; and those who hold, diplo-. nuvi from our oollego aro business experta. They havo Httlo troublo Anding plaoos, and no troublo kooplog them, Sjoh diplomas aro gu?ranteos fitness. It's not guess work, mid tho possibility of disappoint mont.in tho' new emptoyto, but a guaran-' too from us t> your ability. For Aul Information, tend now to tho Columbia Business College,- . .COLUMBIA, 8. 0. W. H. NEWBERRY, President. Saw Mills, I Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and Swing Saws, Kip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My 8 er.> - geant Log Beam Saw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for the money on the market, quiok, aoourate. State Agent foi H, B. Smith. Machine Company, wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide valve-Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown* and Strathorn and Wells. . > V. 0. BADHAM, Tim Main St., OolwmMa, ?. C ; AUQUSTfl.'Cfl. OP?IOH AND Woniis, Non-ru AUGUSTA, 8.' O. DOORS, SASH, BLINDS AND BUILDER'S HARDWARE. FLOORING, BIDING, CEILING AND IN SIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN -GEORGIA PINE, AU Co ri-o a po nd oixoo gi von prompt atton ?on. July 2-ly AddroBs, B. W. OUTSINORU, Box 105, . Spartanburg, 8. C.. SaWsCHOOl'' SHORTHAND Actual Dusin^a^^A/zy/^T^ fif?. Tho Epworth League. Tho International Epworth Loaguo oonvontion wnioh assembled in San ' Vranoiso > Thursday for a sosston that oontinucd through to July 21 ropro* . oontod a mighty roligioua.organization and ono that has hal a romarkablo hin tory. It was ott omi od by dologatos j from ovory nt ?to and torntory of tho Union and from all parts of tho world. Tho loaguo takos ito nanto from tho villago and rootory where tho father of < John and Charlo* Wosloy lived ahd laborod and whor? tho groat fouudor of Methodism passed hisyouih. Tho Ep worth loaguo has att?inod its prosoht groat proportions in a remarkably short timo. It was not founded until M ty 15, 1.889, whon its ftr.it organization was had ip Contrai o'ntroh, Clevoland, O. The modost oburoh in wbioh tho original Epworth loaguo mooting waa hold has boen replaced by ooo ti tho largost and mon beautiful houses of worship in Amor?o?, cnllod the Ep worth . Mtnnrial. Oontributions for this struoturo woro mado bv M thodiala in all patt:! of tho United Statoa. Tho ? first mooting: of tho rop'rod'ontativoa o{ tho prosont organization was held imt 8t. Louis in May, 1891, aud dologatos '> from 5.572 ohaptors attoniod, That eonvontion proparod a mo morl al to tho gonoral gonforohoca of thoMothodisfc ohuroh, north and south, asking tho rooognition of tho Epworth leaguo aa part of tho rogulnr ohuroh organization. This waa granted. rowdily and tho loaguo hon grown matvol?UBly. It has! ^x?;V tended among Mothddiata in. 'ovetyY, country of tho world, ,;h?a onlargod and diversifieddfio eoopo of Us work, baa onlistod a vast. army of mombora whoso zeal is famous and has booomo.a mighty pQwor for good.-^Atlanta Jour* n?l. fu; Goos Up for Lifo* ^vaiepatoh from' Manila enya OOH.* Aquino, who haatboflh proved to bo rosp?naiblo for tho mdrdor of ftvo o>p>, ?ve poldtoTii of tho Twotfth IJtutod Statoa infantry, h?a boon aotonood to imprisonment to* "lifo. ? Many n?uvp wurdorord havo boon hanged or ihtv. prisoned.