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A STRAME OPINION Wod juedare Ltife instrance to ie a clifit!)k -usiness P0L! CY-10LDELS' CLAIMS N0 1FIRST Mttual Life Irsurarc-e Comrany's Prcsident Makcs Startling Deciara tior. in Testimony Before Commit tee That Lite Insurance Concerns Are Charitable Enterrises Found ed tc Benefit All Mankind. New York. Suecia.-The sessions of the insurance investigating commit tee were terminated for th lweek at the adjou-nenTtt, because of the defth of S. Fred Nixon. Speaker of the As Sembiv of the Leaiature of New York. z:t his home in West field. The testi-monv did not elicit ai?yr in foro'.:ain of a sensational nature be vond what had been diseounted in the testimony of previous wituesses. The featue was the presence ab wit nesses o1 the executive omcrs of the MI ztaI Life Insurance Con:panv. These were President Riel-ard A. Me C'ror and Vice Pres-idenits Grannis an1 ill~ette While it had been hinted last week that some expenditme-s char-ed to legal expenses might have ben con tributions to campaign conmittees. it wos announced definitelv by D,: Gil lette that the Mutual Life eortribut ed ,440;O0 to the Republican na-ional committ~ee last fall, that in 190( S5. 000 was contributed and in 19C $153, 000 was -iven for canmpai-n purposes. Dr. Gilelte testilled that he paid th:se amounts personalv In s and later in the day Mr. McCurdy said tht:! while lie knew evmaign contri but ions had been moli he dii not know the amounts. He aid that no conributions had been made to cam a:cittle eornn'nes before 196i and that ne con-ribtion to State or municipal can pai-s a enver been made in this or anv other State. The conribu tio: of 2.500( to - the Censsional caPag 'U omm11rittee. Mr. MetArd.uy s kn-w nothing about metil it ca!2e (Out in the testimony last week. Vice-President Grannis knew little about the contributions to eang!i funds. but justified them on Ihe same grounds5 as President John A Mc-Call, of the New York Life. that the free silver plank ii the Demoertic phat form was a menace to the interests of the noliev-holders. When tMr. Crimmins was eal.d lie assumed the entire responsib i lity for the terms of the contracts with C. P. Raymond and Co., by which :hat f: m made such large profits. When xihe method of exlpenditure of the $25,000O items was iltguired into, Mr-. Oruan nis admitted that the general so icitor c*ould get $25.000 any time lie want ed it without aiselowmg for what purpgse he wanted it and without rendering ain account of it He further said he never knew where a cent of the money spent by the zeneral solicitor went. 2fn taking up a -datiledi list of the .copan's xpenses Dr Gillett2 said1 thait the compny las~t year paid $72.000 for leeons~ for the em oloes.It s he eustom for t- cem ~panv to furnih their eerks with inneheon Thi is a't the rate of :btlt $25 a da.. Towaird th-ce ose of the session Str. 31c-dv made the stay lling state mn'n th1 an m insurance compoany n'as not.....n intittin found.~G to make mener i-:he plicy-h hlers. r wa or nh he a greatp inhrp emrV s found ~ d to inerease and sp uais by-enets over the entire eTre as been a g-reat m sttake mnn.' he- sa - id' flabout the iea i proe thece lattter years. PeoPle iii e boon led t.o lieve.C' that the main ipurmne was to makec moncy for its p)oUCe-l der s. Ini my view. that, is not th~e punr pose of such comnpamies. hey are eleemnosiar. When a -nan :eures in a compnl~y lhe should take ij con siderattin the fact that he has enter ed a g-reat philanthropie concern i t a is in duty botund to spreaai itself, '-ven tho::h this growth prevents him -u reaiingfl as much as he expected. Vesutviu~s Alarmingly Active. Naples, By Cable.-The northwest cr-ater of VesuVius is very active. A great quantity of lava is il-iz v~down the side of thie mountain :nu columnis ot smoke are seeni asmb~ug to an in sn~ helt, sea terin. red hot ashes~ oer the district in the viemnity. Th ste E laai asumn ahirm in ortions :m theC erupition 15 n -s bel ered the erp m::e 310 'j03 For Tuskcgee. e e l a . - P bi~ O r e b m st{ 2 tule - e Ioltri:i0 !nustitate ua Alaba.. TBiitocr Wii ams Techrnically Guilty. liihmoi~ Ya .. Sp-ieia-ini the~ es ofl : dfredi i. Williams. editon o the New-s Lecadr here, who was e!"ired w viola: ion of the electiont :a w in the ery. retraed a verith of ;aivy arc :isQe1 the ameout of the fine at $1 e. at the same time expressinge the belief that Mr. Williamts v-iolated the law unintentionally and recommnend ing that the fine be r-emitted. TWO ATtEMPTS AT WRECING Train From Greenville Knocks Ob struction From the Track and the Next Train Finds it Replaced. Columbia.,N' ~ein!- Two dutstardlv attelpts to wrck passaniegr trains No. 12 amd No. I~ on tihe Colnhia branch (;f the Soumhernl were*" ma1de Sunday morning by unknown persons about two miles :nrtil of Honea Pathta. Neither of the attmeuts was sucecss fuId. Train No. 15 which leaves Columbia at 7 o 'ekck in the morning. struck a piece of iron known in railroad par lance as a bumper knuckle. which had been placed on the rail, and knocked the iron from the track. No dumage was done and the train proceeded to Belton. where trains 12 and 15 meet. The engineer of the train from Green ville was told of what had happened and cautioned to look out for the ob struction. He acordingly slowed his train down when lie approached the spot where the obstruction had been dashed aside by the first t rain and found that it had been replaced by the would-be wreckers. The train wa. brought to a standstill and the kmiuck le picked up and brought to Columbia. No one was seen in the vicinity by the crew of either train and so far as could be learned no clue has been found or no motive discovered that will lead to fixing the crime upon the guilty persons. It was stated by one w., came to Columbia on the train that Capt. G. R. Willis who is the agent of the Southern at Williamston was at Honea Path and went, accom panied by several others to the place to search for evidence and if possible to locate the person who placed the iron on the track. Rewards Ofered by Governor. Columbia. Special.-Governor Hey ward has offered a reward of .500 for the arrest of the parties who waylaid and killed R. A. McDowell on the streets of Camden last Wednesday night, and at the same time inflicted dangerous wounds upon J. W. Porter in the attempt to take his life. A re ward of the same amount had been offered by the city council of Cam den. Governor Heywnrd received an appeal from SherifY Trantham and th.is was endorsed by a number of the Imst prominent and most reliable bus iness men of Camden. among them Mayor H. G. Carison. Capt. W. M. Shannon. Mr. B. B. Clarke. Mr. C. C. Moore. Col. T. J. Kirkland. Mr. W. R. Hough. Dr. A. W. Burnet, Mr. E. D. Blakeney, Capt. E. C. von Tresekow. Mr. L. T. Mills. Mr. Joel Hough, Col. W .D. Trantham, Capt. M. L. Smith, Capt. A. D. Kenne4y, and Senator J. T. Hay. A reward of $100 was offered for the irrest of Dave Bush, a negro charged with assault with intent to rape and ighway robbery in Rich land county. Thie accused is said to be black, 5 feet S inches in height. weighs 173 ponds; s stoop shouldered, and has a swmin ing motion of the shoulders when walking. A Prolific Family. The Greenville News says: "WV. A. urry is the proud grandfather of three sets of twins and all born within the present year. There is no danger f race suicide in the vicinity of Simp-1 oville at least and President Roose velt ought to be informed of the oc mrrence, and perhaps Andrew Car egie might corntribute a hero medal. The eldest set of twins were born five onths ago. They are boys, the little ons of Mr. and Mrs. Arlington Curry. Two months later Mr. andl Mrs. WiI am Curry becames the parents of wo little girls, and three days ago Mrs. Brazier, a sister of Arlington ad William~ Curry. became the moth r of the third set of twins in the amly, one a boy and the other a girl. he children are lusty and bid fair to levelop into sturdy manhood and wo nanhood." argrave Frierson Kiled by Herbert Vaughan. Sumter, Special.-Herbert Vaughan 14. shot and killed Hargrave Frierson, 13, on the cocoa-cola platform Sun av night at 9 o'clock. The bullet mtered the right temple and came out ak of the left ear. Death was in ;taneous. Frierson is the son of A. M. rierson, D. D., president of Kendall [nstitute. Magistrate Mobley's Case. Governor Heyward has declined to emove Magistrate Jas. G. Mobley of ohnston who seemed to have excited the opposition of some ,people in ohnston by his action in regard to ;ome cotton damaged in the fire at hat place. Governor Heyward stated that there was iiot sufficient groulnd for removal. Mr. Mobley made a ~tateent in his own behalf and pre ~eted a letter from Mr. J. WV. Brown gent of the Souther~n Railway com 'many at .Johnuston, ini which the agent sa's that Magistrate Mobley was au rhorized to remove the cotton by the unsurance a~hnster. A Negro Shot. Charleston. Special.--A negro wo an, (Christine Moultrie, shot another gro ,iomaas Weathers Sunday. hie shootimng is declared by bothI *eathers and t he wvom~am to have been i ccident. but tihe reports of the wit 'esses donit give thle same version Ih soing-. d occurred in the outskirts dl n the tiani was senlt to ithe eit opia for treatmnait. End of Gillis Case. Camden. Sneeial--A final term'ina Lien ofthe Gl(illis ciase has at 'at been eahd.Te jury afIter~ a delIibera i) o 2 minutes Saura mo'1IVnmgitH 1nee averdict of V't 'iy.An 'I i'r delav. althugh onl for' a couplek a :or bis tim, was added to the istory of tecase. A peanut factory, barn and stables vre burned at Holland, Va., loss m non0. COTTON CROP REPORT Recent [cormous Consmi1tion of the Southern Mills REPORT ISSUED FOR A FULL VEAR First Census Bureau Bullctin On the Subject Shows An Aggregate of 14, 455,994 Bales, of Which 61 Per Cent. Consumed At Home, Leaving a Surplus of 9 Per Cent. Washington, Special.-The census Bureau issued a bulletin showing the production and disiribution of the cot ton of the United States available between September 1, 1904, and Sep tember 1, 1905, to oe 14,455,994 bales. Of this 61 per cent. was exported, 30 per cent. was used in domestic con sumption, leaving a sur)lus of nine per cent. The domestie consumption iaeludes 36,776 bales destroyed by fire. The exportation amounted to 8, 834,929 bales, the domestic consump tion 4,315,756 and the surplus 1,305, 309. Of the total 13,693.279 bales were included in the crop of 1904 and the remainder in that of 1905. Of the quantity consumed in the United States, 2,138.S29 bales were used in !Northern and 2,140,151 in Soutrehn mills. BANNER EXPORT YEAR. In addition to the totals given 124, 469 bales of foreign cotton were im ported into the United States during the year. The exportation for the year covered exceeded that of any previ6us 12 months by 1,144,452 bales and they exceeded t'ne average for the past ten years by 2,313,94S bales. New Orleans, with a total of 2,463,421 bales, held first rank as an exporting point, but was close pressed by Gal veston with 2,3SS.31S bales. Savan nah, Ga., with 1,290,989 bales held third place. The value of the total export was $404,209,293. The export of raw cotton was dis tributed in bales as follows: To United Kingdom, 4,043,999; Belgium, 61.151; France, 857,103; Germany, 2,115,672; Italy, 536,929; Russia. 125, 463; Spain. 289.6SS; other European oountries, 172,112; Japan, 324,668; British Nortb America. 125,407; Mexi o, 73,276; all other countries 9461. SOUTH'S HUNGRY SPINDLES. The total number of producing spindles in the United States is re ported at 24,077,524 of which S,211, 734 were in the South and 15,S65,790 in the North. Notwithstanding the great difference in the number of pindles of the two sections the con sumption of cotton is practically the ame. The annual consumption of otton per spindle in the Northern mills is 67 pounds, compared with 124 ounds in the South. The difference n the per spindle consumption indi cates that the Northern mills are spinning yarns of very much greater fineness than those turned out by the Southern mills. The large output of the Southern mills this season has been mainly of heavy fabrics to sup ply a greatly incredsed demand from China and the Orient. T6 report shows that in 25 years the production of the United States has increased from 5,755,359 to 13, 693279 bales, and that the total con sumption of cotton in this country has increased from 1.671,3S3 to 4.37S, 928 bales. Within the last five years the cotton-consumiu~g establishments of the Southern States have inereased their consumption from 1,48:3,711 to 2,140,151 bales. During these five years the Northerni cotton-consummng establishments have actually decreas ed their consumption by 1G.955 bales, explained by these mills being en gaged during this p)eriod in replacing l machinery by more modern. Collision on Pennsylvania. Milersvile, Pa., Special.-Three? men were killed, one man was injured ma a cardload of race horses were either kiled or so badly hurt that they had to be shot as the result of a col ision at the junction of the Lykens Valley branich of the Pennsylvania railroad, a quarter mile south of this place Monday. Pat Crowe's Confession. Butte, Mont., Special.-Pat Crowe has admitted that he was in Omaha six weeks ago and engaged in a pistol duel with the police, during which an officer was shot. IH1e says the polic'e fired 16 shots at him before he replied ma that he openoa fire to save his own life. He saia his sole objeet in oming here was to surrender believ ing that he had better give himself up at a distance from home, so that mn yielding to extradition he might make terms favorable to himiself with the 'ebraska authorities. Kfining at Hot Springs, Ark. Hot Springs, Ark.. Special.-Dr. G. H. Alexander was :shot and g~lied a( 7 o'clock Monday night near his home. >y Merh Jamison. Dr. Alexander and his danghter. Nora. were gomg~ home wvhen they m'et Jarnuson, who began shooting. After he ina shot Alexander he iled. The shcotmnz is said to have been the culnination of family troubles. Dr. Alexander for meri resided at Hope, Ark. Loss of $75,000,000. Liverpool. Eng., By Cable.-The Post sys that the destruction to oil r.n~erties at Baku. Russia. amounts o 75.00-000. Them Russian governI mnt, it is intimated, denies its lia biut to the propery ownecrs, but has hine that it is ylilling to issue a loan fr the purpose of makir.g good the llsses. It is anticipated that an at teot to float such a loan in London wim~ met with faiiure.. IN SO0T1 CAROLINA Occurrences of Interest in Various Parts of the State. Columbia Cotton Market. The co1tton market steady. L.o.: mniddling'. ........... ..9 Stric! low :.idt.ing.. .. .....91% Miiddling...... .. ... ... ....99 Stric I m luing.... .... ........91 Good middling.... .. . ........9%ys General Cotton Middling. Atlanta. steady.. .. .. .. ......9% Galveston, steady. ..........10 New Orleans. firm ..........10 Mobile. normal.............9% Savannah. quiet...........9% ('hlar!lesont tirm.... .. .. .. ....9% Wilmington. nominal........ Norfolk. firm.. ..J..........9% Blahimore, nominal.. .. .. ....10 New York. quiet.. .. .. .....10.25 s.4ton, quiet.... .. .. .. ....10.23 Phiiadelphia. steady. ........10.50 Houston. steady.. ..........9% Augusta. steady..........9-13-16 Menihis. steady............10% St. Louis. steady.. .. .. .. ....10% C'inciniinat i.... .... ... Louisville, firm .. .. .. .. ....10% ASKS ABOUT DISPENSARY ELEC TION. Anderson's Supervisor Submits Sev eral Questions Concerning Manner of Conducting the Election. Anderson. Special.-County Super visor S. 0. Jackson has not yet taken action in ordering the dispensary elec tion. giving as his reason that he wants the law fully construed before a vote is had on the issue in the coun tv. The election to fill vacancy in the legislature has already been ordered for the 4th of November, and under the agreement reached some time ago the supervisor stated that he would or der the dispensary election the same day as the other, so as to save ex penses. At the request of the super visor the county attorney, Capt. H. 11. Watkins, has written Attorney General Gunter in reference to the fol lowing questions: "First. Does the State of County pay' the expenses of holding elections on the question of 'dispensary, or 11o (ispensary.' "Second . Does the supervisor ap point the managers of these elections, or Is it the duty of the commissioners of State elections to appoint these managers and canvass returns? " Third, If the supervisor appoints the managers, whose duty it is to can vass returnes and declare the result? 'Fourth. What length of advertis ment. if any, c the notice of election is required?"' The delays in reaching a vote in the county ~have been many, but it is hardly probable that an effort will be made to postpone it any longer. The supervisor states that ne will act when the attorney general gives his construction of the law upon the ques tions submitted by the county at torney. Much Depends Upon It. Columbia. Special--A singular state of affairs was reported to the office of the attorney general. A defective vote had been thrown out in a muni i~al election at Blackville and upon that vote depended the election of the nCw intendant and one warden. The vote was regarded as dlefective as it named but three for wvardenis when fo-: should have been voted for. The candiates for intendent received a tie vote and two of the candidates for warden were in the same predica ment. The attorney general's office was asked as to the validity of the ballot. Palmetto News Items. The dispensary at Marion closed last Saturday, and the stock on hand was shipped to the Florence dispen sar. Ho~wever, it is said that there was very little to be shipped and the institution seemed to gain in popu larity after the election. The dispensary was voted out of Darlington county by over two to Member of the Aiken Coloney. Aiken. Special.-William R. Tray ers, who is reported as having com mitted suicide in New York was a p~roinent member of the northern cottage colony in Aiken. Mr. Travers was a reenlar visitor to Aiken for several years before tihe Highlanid ~ark hotel burnled in 1896. After the tire he beenme a pioneer member of' te cottaire colony, buying a tine ~iecC of p)roperty oni the famous Whi:sker road. He improved tils propety nnd today "Rye Patchl'' is on of t ihs handsomest places in Aiken. Johnl A. Law, who with W. H. Fleit mann af New York. W~m. Winchester, B altI.ore, and E. W. Robertson. Co ubia, composedl the executive com11 nittee of tile directors of tlhe l'nion~ i 11d Buffalo mills haPs resined{ his po Uitiol on the boarId. 1!ndividual bank1ruptcy~ proceedigs fel. :eneralQ mannlertl of t he Westernl jdliention for a receiver' for the~ com nv was also argutedl. Stole $100,000. Pittsbr'g, speela.-Tlhe startling isvery hasi been made that the Ad arim-s Ex~rvss Coma n y hias beenI vie imZi to the ext en t of 9100.(000t. 511r Bomrar Stabs Garrett. Cadsen. Ala.. Speclfl!.--B. F. Gar r Lt, a wel!l-knLown con ttor. was ser iu sl~ and prlobably fatally st. wd)' v . M. Bomar', whlo madle his cs cp. m trouble alleged as the BARTLETT TO LEAD Bay State liemocrats !Ueld a 30isy Convention DELEGATE WAS U.OWLED DOWN Was Determined to Read Sub-Plat form Which He Said Was Written by W. J. Bryan-Municipal Owner ship Endorsed. Boston, Mass., Special.-Gen. Char les W. Bartlett of Boston was nomi nated by the Massachusetts Demo cracy for governor. There were no contests for any of the plaecs on the ticket. The remainder of the ticket nominated was: Lieutenant governor, Henry M. Whitney, Brookline; secre tary of state, Henry B. Little, New buryport; treasurer and receiver gen eral, Daniel J. Doherty, Westfield; auditor, P. J. Ashe, North Adams: at torney general. John T. Leahy, Bes ton. Up to the time that James E. Cot ter of Hyde Park arose to place be fore the convention the name of Gen. Barltlett as the gubernatorial candi date, it was believed that there would be a contest. Former Mayor John H. H. McNamee of Cambridge had announced that he would make a struggle for the honor of leading the party in the coming campaign. To the surprise of the convention, however, Mr. McNamee did not make any con tset but seconded Gen. Bartlett's nom ination. The platform adopted declares for a revision of the tariff and the free ad mission of coal, iron, lumber, hides, wood pulp and other materials; it commends the "diplomatic courage and sagacity" of President Roosevelt in aiding to end the war in the far east; calls for State supervision of insurance companies and recommends municipal ownership of public utili ties. Nearly 10,000 Perished. Victoria, B. C., Special-The steam er Tartar which arrived last week from the Orient, brought news from Shanghai that the loss of life among the natives of the islands at the mouth of the Yangtse river as a result of the typhoon at the beginning of Sep tember was tremendous. The North China Daily News, of Shanghai, says: "To the east of Tabagming, two is lands, one called Yawoshwa, the other Shihiousha, distant about twenty miles from Woosubf, have suffered much from the typhoon, nearly all the inhabitants having been swept away. The islands have only been in habited for a short time, comparative ly speaking, as they are of recent for mation and are not much above high water mark. The Shanghai papers say that the damage to the Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Japan by the typhoon will necessitates the expenditure of $100. 000 for repairs. During the storm the steamer Peechili, formerly the Rio Grande du Sol. foundered near the month of Yangtse. Her crew of 54 were paved by the German steamer Albega. Pay $2,500,000 for Mexico Mines. Mexico City, Special.-Messrs. Schully. Perry and Newell. American capitalists, have just acquired for the sum of $2,500,000 a group of mining claims situated in the State of Duran go. The first payment, $1,400,000, has been placed with the National Bank of Mexico. and the balance will be paid periodically. This is the most important transaction that has been made in mining claims for several years. Lord Inverclyde Dead. Wemyss Bay, Scotland, By Cable. Lord Inverelyde, chairman of the Cni nard Steamship Company, died Sun day at Castle Wemyss, his residence iere aged 44. He had been ill for a month with pleuro-pneumonia. Lord Inverelyde 's broth, James Cleland Burns, succeeds to the title. Negro Mob Lynches Negro. Bainbridge, Ga.. Special.-News has just reached Bainbridge of the lynch ing of a negro eight miles west of here, by a mob of his own race. The negro had criminally assaulted a ne gro girl and had attempted to assault another, who cut him in the breast. H e was arr.ested by Deputies Ivey and Murkerson, wh were brmnging him to liainbridge, when they were stopped by a mob of negroes, who said they must have the negro. They got him andi forced the deputies to go away on aother road. The negro was strung u,' to a tree and riddled wit ballets. Nonie of the mob were apprehended. Ry to Build Vault in Richmond Cathedral. lHichmond. Special.-It is under sa 'd that Thomas F. Ryan. ot' New L.k and Virginin. is to have een structed in ne ha! f-ellion~ ,~~ *.r th redal he h as given t'o the [5n Catholie dioes~e oP ni.aond. an '. w'hich is now. nenrin.:~ completion. a vault to be the place of sepulture for himself. Mirs. Ryanz and the bishops of this dit-ese, to cost abhout $10,000. *U:zes Farn~ers to Raid. Dailas. Tex.. Snecial-Col. E. S. Peters, vicee-president of the Southern Cotton .\ssociation. has iss'Ced a let ter to farmers aidvising them~ to sell theinr cotton. This letter is expected to arouse ormecsmf in the So::thern Cottoni Assciat ion as the oieers; ot that orgaization. zupported by the Paonvers' union. have aidvised farmers to hold their cotton for eleven cents Colonel Peters says he believes that cotton will not go any higher, and he n prdicts a big crop. THE SUNDAY 8HOOL INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR OCTOBER 22. Subject: Rebuilding the Temple, Ezra iii., 1o to iv., 3-Golden Text, I. Cor. iii., 17-Memory Verees, 10. 11-Con mentary on the Day's Lesson. I. The foundation of the temple laid (vs. 10-13). 10. "The builders." Jes hua and Zerubbabel as managers, with the people as workmen. The people did all they could during the winter in making preparations for buiiding the temple, for great labor must have been required in clearing the ground for the foundation as well as in providing ma terials. In a little more than a year after they left Babylon. Zerubbabel and Jeshua having appointed the priests and the Levites to attend to their courses. laid the foundation. The Jeshua of verse 9 is not the high priest of verse 2, but another-a Levite mentioned in chapter 2:40. "Priests in their apparel." The elegant and beautiful official robes used by the priests in their celebrations, especially the blue and scarlet and purple robes with gold and gams of the higa priests and others, described in Exodus 39. Priesthood was an Ordinance peculiar to Israel. "With trumpets." For sum moning assembles and joyful an nouncements. "The Levites." God chose the descendants of Levi for the service of His tabernacle and temple. In the wilderness they encamped around it -is guardians, and in moving conveyed it from place to place. 11. "They sang together by course." Sang alternately, or responsively; one party saying, "The Lord is good," and the other responding, "For His mercy endureth forever." "All the people shouted." "Those who had known only the misery of having no- temple at all praised the Lord with shouts of joy when they saw the foundation laid, for to them this was as life from the dead." 12. "Many-ancient men wept." To them it was the day of small things (Zech. 4:10). The new house, in comparison with the old one, was "as nothing" (Hag. 2:3). The temple would not be overlaid with gold, as Solomon's, nor surrounded with such magnificent buildings. The ark, the tables, the mercy seat were lost. No visible glory would appear in the holy place. There were no an swers by Urim and Thummim. There was no fire from heaven. 13. "Could not discern." This mixture of sorrow and joy is a representation of this world; some are bathing in rivers of joy. while others are drowned in floods of tears. II. A tempting offer (vs. 1, 2). 1. "The adversaries." These were the Samaritans and different nations with which the kings of Assyria had peo pled the land of Israel when they had carried the original inhabitants away into captivity. See verse 9. Doubt less they were envious of the .favor shown them by Cyrus, the king of Persia. The worst enemies Judah and Benjamin had were those that said they were Jews and .were not (Rev. 3:9). 2. "Let us build with you." *This people no doubt were desirous of par taking of the privileges granted to the Jews by the king of Persia. Hearing that the temple was being built they were aware that it would be a fatal blow to, their superstition, and there fore they set themselves to oppose it But as they had not power to do it openly and by force they endeavored to do it secretly and by cunning. They offered their services, that by this they might pry into their counsels, find some matter of accusation against them, and thereby retard the work while they pretended to further it. "We seek your God." The religion of the Samaritans was a mixture of idol atry. superstition and ignorance; far worse at this time than it was when our Lord Himself declared that they knew not what they worshiped. The Samaritans were neither Israelites by birth, nor yet true proslytes. "Since the days of Esar-haddon." King of Assyria and Babylon. He is the only Assyrian king who reigned at Babylon. History tells us that he took a large number of people from Palestine to dwell in Babylon, and placed a large number of Babylonians in Palestine in their place. Those Assyrian settlers intermarried with the remnant of Iraelite women, and their descend anta. a mongrel race, went under the name of Samaritans. III. A positive reply (v. 3).. 3.. "Ye have nothing to do with us."' We can not acknowledge you as worshipers of the true God, and cannot participate with you in anything that relates to His worship. No compromise meas ures could be considered. Zerubbabel and his associates saw tiat to enter into an alliance with these semi-heath en would mean the breaking down of the Jewish institutions and a relapse into idolatry. "We-will build."' Thus was a great peril averted. They saved a nation, for the time, at any rate, from the danger of having their religion corrupted and adulterated by intermixture with a form of belief and practice which was altogether of an inferior type. IV. The work delayed (vs.. 4,. 5).. 4. "Weakened the hands." This opposi tion is supposed to have begun soon after the foundation was laid.. During the remainder of the reign of Cyrus, about five years, they did not openly oppose a work he had commanded, but dicouraged the people and perhapa in tercepted their materials for bmiding, and by bribing counselors to- oppose their application to the ministers of Cyrus for supplies or protection they greatly obstructed the design. This would be more easily done, as it is probable that Daniel died about this time ( Dan. 6:2~>-2S). 5. "U'nll the reign of Darius." This king began to reign B. C. 522. Permis sion was given to complete the build ing in B. C. 520. Sheriff Herrick and Speeches. The late Horatio G. Herrick of Law rence for many years high sheriff of Essex county, always took a keen in t'rest in the Lawrence schools, and was fc' a long time chairman of the school committee. Visiting the Saun ders schocol soon after the death of Garfield. Sheriff Herrick spoke to the pupils of the life of the late distin guished statesman, and thus asked genially: "Now. can any of you tell me wha1 a statesman is?" A little hand went up, and a litth girl replied: "A statesman is a man who make! speches." "Hardly that." answered Mr. Her rick. who loved to teli this story "For instance, I sometimes mak' speeches, and yet I am not a s:ates man." The little hand again went up, an< the answer came, triumphantly: "I know; a statesman is a man wh'. makes good speechesl''-Boston Hei IuITINEEAOH NOTES OCTOBER TWENTY-SECOND. Sacred Songs That Have Helped. Eph. 5:15-20; Col. 3:15.17. in our songs we are to "speak one to another"; we are not to think sel fishly of ourselves. If a hymn is to help us or any one else, it must come from deeper than the lips, it must make melody in our hearts. The more of God's. grace we have in our hearts, the more helpfulness will there be upon our lips, whatever we say or sing. If our singing is to be "in the name of the Lord", it must not only be in a religious meeting, but in a religious spirit. Suggestive Thoughts. A hymn will help you most if you make it help some one else. A hymn should not be sung at all unless it is -part of the worship. Often we sing merely the tune, not the words. Try reading the words over carefully in concert before the hymn is sung. The more you know of the history of hymns, the more history will they make in your own lives. Hymns and Hymn-Writers. Probably the greatest of all hymns is "Rock of Ages," written more than a century and a quarter ago, and more helpful now than ever In its long history. "To the thoughts suggested in that song we may run as to a strong tower, and are safe." "Just as I am" was written by Charlotte Elliott, an invalid and a very brilliant woman. Moody called it the most helpful of hymns. "There is a green hill far away" was written by Mrs. C. F. Alexander, a most devoted worker among the poor. Miss Havergal knew Greek and He brew, and wrote poems in German as easily as English. "I gave my life for Thee," she tbought so Inferior that she threw it Into the fire; but it fell out again. Mr. Sankey was attracted by "The ninety and nine," and cut the poem from a newspaper. At the close of an impressive sermon by Moody on the Good Shepherd, Sankey sung the now famous hymn, hastily improvising the music. "Nearer, my God, to Thee" takes on fresh meaning as we learn that its' author, Sarah Flower Adams, sung it with almost her last breath. H. G. Spafford was a lawyer who lost all his possessions in a panic, and henceforth devoted himself to re ligion. He wrote "When peace like a river" on hearing that h's four daughters had been drowned and his wife left a hopeless invalid from the shock. The Service of Song. Plan some special musical feature fcr each meeting. The society might well assist, in a body, the musical service of the mid-week church prayer meeti-g and the Sunday-evening service. Many societies do much good by - conducting song services in hospit als and similar places. EFIDTH [A!Ei[SSOIS SUNDAY, OCTOBER 22. Sacred Songs That Have Helped. Eph. 5- 15.20; CoL 3.. 15-17. From the beginning, tihe Christian church has been a singing church be cause it has been a happy, joyful church. Singing and service have al ways been closely joined. No part of the public service is worthier of more attention than is. this. No bet ter means of supplementing the stu dy of the Bible can be found than to study the hymns of the church.. Com mit to memory the hymns.. They will be a solace in many a dark and try ing hour. Music is the oldest and most natur al of fine arts.. It began with the first "lullaby" of the first mother. In the ancient Jewish church song had its prominent part and place. Ia the apostolic church it was evidence. Down through all the centuries it has been the service of song as much as of the sermon that has been hon ored of God. Nearly as many souls have been sung into tire kingdom as have been preached in.. Look a mo ment at the matter of hymn. and song.. 1. The Chd-'stlan Hyne~ is the *Highest Expression of Experience. Charles Wesley's hymns are largely biographic. Charlotte. Eliatt's "Just as I am" is the expression of an ex perlence into which she bad just come. Cowper's personal: history Is written in his "God me-ves in a mys terious way." Fanny Crosby has put her life into the hymns she wrote. When ordinary words: fall song gives expression to the deeper emotions of the squi. 2. The Hyrmn is a Means of Great Influence. Souls have been convert ed, wanderers reclaimed, and hearts uplifted more often by the singing of some hymn than by any other way. Instances are numerous where the singing of well-known and familiar hymns has been attenlded by remark able results. On great occasions the hymn is the best expressions of the thought of the service. 3. The Hymn is an Expression of Doctrine. It l'-as often been said that the hymnology of Methodism was her standard of doctrine. More than in our books of theology are found in our hymns our best expressions of doctrine and belief. The Insurance. of a common hymnal for the church es North and South will be. a com mon bond that will keep unified our doctrine and be a constant compeller of fraternity. The farmer has the rural free de livery or mails-althourh this was thought to be impossible a few years ago. Shall he not have a parcels pest? Each' year the good--oadis moemnenlt, originatin:: :>t the eities, is extending itself further into the trIing countrywatrd; soon thcy will cmt acua!ly to t-err:e the farmer's nees?2. The telephone. as a separate ru:ral enterprise, is extending itself. E:::ensional elucatioa ' enterprises ar-e recl~No furthecr anel further into the open forming distrtets. Co-oi-era tien and organizatlon movements are at the same time extending and con creting themselves, suggests the S$ie amenfi American.