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'?.jSQ y 7.-:''- .'" .* ; THE GOOD SHEPHERD , _ ? SERMON BY TALMaGE THAT PIC- j TURESGREENPASTURES. An Iutorestlnz Discourse oa ?h*plie d'a Plaid, Shepherd's Crook, Shephcsrd'a Dogt, Sa?p!i?rd'a Pasture Grounds and SJwpherd's Flock In this wintry season Dr. 'Talraagfe ?- *? ?-r>l/%TTT^n rv novtAVCi t reireaiits us? ?iiu iuugw?.Ks until we can almost near the bleating of the flocks in green pastures The text is Psalms xxiii, 1, *'The Lord is my shepherd " Wnat with post ar.d rail fences aEd our pride in South down, Astrakhan and Flemish varie ties of sheep, there is no u>e now of the old time shepherd. Such a one hadabundarce of opportunity of be coming a poet, being out of do^rs 12 hours the day and ofttimes waking-up in the night on the hills. If the stars ! or the torrents or the sun or the flo^ ers had anythine to say, he was verj aptto hear it. The Eitrick Shepherd of Scotland, who afterward toDk his seat in the brilliant circle of Wilson and Lockhart, got his wonderful po etic inspiration in tea years m which Via tmo irotn'riinn th? flurries nf Mr Laidlaw. There is oftea a sweet poetry in the ragged prose of the Scolca shepherd. One of these Scotch shep herds lost his only son, and fce knelt down in prayer and was overheard to say, *'0 Lord, it has seemed good in thy providence to take from me the staff of my right hand at the time when to us sand blind mortals I seemed to be most in need of it, and how I shall climb up the hill of sorrow and auld age without it thou may?st ken, but I dinna." David, the shepherd boy, is watch ing his father's sheep. They are pasturing on the very hills where after ward a Lamb was born of which ycu have heard much, "tbe Lamb of God; which taketh away the sin of the world." David, the shepherd boy, was beautiful, brave, musical and poetic. I think he often forgot the sh*ep in bis reveries. Tnere in the solitude he .struck the harp string that is thrilling through all ages. David the boy was gathering the material for David the man. Lain upon his back looking up at cf0*0 a-rornini-na thft sfrv to his boyish imagination the sky seemed like a piece of divine embroider^, the divine fingers working in the threads of light and the beads of stais, and he became a man and wrote, "When I consider thy heavens, the work of thy ficgers." Wiaen he be came an old man, thinking of the goodness of God, he seemed to hear the bleating of his father's sheep across many years and to think of the time when he tended them on the Bethlehem hills, and he cries out in the text, "Tne Lord is my shepherd." First I meant to talk about the shep herd's pla-'i. It would ba preposter ous for />. man going out to rough and besoiling work to put on splendid apparel The potter doas not work in velvet The servant maid does not put on satin while toiling at her duties. The shepherd does not wear a splendid robe in which to go out amid the storms, and the rocks and the nettles; he puts on the rough apparel appropriate to his exposed work. The Lord cur Shepherd, coming out to hunt the lost sheep, puts on no regal apparel, but the p^ain garment of our Jbumanity. There was nothing pre tentious about it. I ?now the old painters represent a halo around the babe Jesus, Dutdo not suppose thai thffra was am? mow halo about that I child than about the head of any other babe that was born that Christmas ove in Judea Besoming a man, he wore a seamless garment The scissors and needle had done nothing to make it graceful. I take it to have been a sack with three holes in it, one for the neck and two for the arms. Although the gamblers quarreled over it, that is no evidence of its value. I have seen two ragpickers quarrel over the refuse of an ash barreL No; in the wardrobe of heaven he left the sandals ef light, the girdles of beauty, the robes of power, and put on the besoiled and tattered raiment of our humanity. Borc-'imes he did not even wear the seamless robe. What j is that hanging about the waist of I Christ? Is it a badge of authority? Is it a royal coat of arms? No;ilisa towel. The disciples' feet are filthy from the walk on the long way and are not fit to be put upon the sofas on wmca uiey are to rtcune m, mo uic?.i, j , and so Jesus washes their fest and gathers them up in the towel to dry them. The work of saving this world was reus h work, rugged work, hard work, and Jesus put on the raiment, the plain raiment of our flesh. The storms were to beat him, the crowds were to jostle him, the dust was to sprinkle him, the mobs were to pursue him. 0 Shepherd of Israel, leave at home thy bright array.' For thee, what streams to ford, what nights all unsheltered! He pats upon Jbim the plain raiment of our humanity, wears our woes, and while earth and heaven and hell stand amazsd at the abnega tion wraps around him the shepherd's plaid Cold mountains and the midnight air Witnessed the fervor of his prayer. Next I mention the shtpierd's crook. This was a red with a curve at the end, which when a sheep was going astray was thrown over its neck and in that way it was pulled back. When the sheep were not going astray, the shepherd would often use it as a sort of crutch, leaning on it, but when the sheep were out of the way was always busy pulling them back. All we, like sheep, have gone astray, and hai it not been for the shepherd's crook we would have .e-ii?1 ICtUCUL XUiJg UVCi WilO Here is a man who is making too much money. He is getting very vain. He says: "After awhile I shall be independent of all the world 0 my soul, eat, drink and be merry!" Business disaster comes to him. What is God going to co with hiu.? Has God any grudge against him? Oh, no! God is throwing over aim the shepherd's crock and pulling him back into better pastures. Here is a man who has always bpen well. He has never had any sympathy for invalids. He calls them cau^hing, whet zing nuisances. After awhile sickness comes to him He do*s not understand wnat God is going to do with him. He says, "Is the Lord angry with me?" On, no! With the shepherd's crook he has been pulled back into better pastures. Hare is a happy household circle. The parent does not re&i'ze the truth taat these children are nly leaned to him, and he forgets from what source came his domestic blessings. ;Sicknesss drops upon those children ana death swoops upon a little one. He savs, "Is God angry with me?" No. His shepherd s croo? pulls him back into better pas tures. I do not know what would have become o? us if it had not been for the shepherd's crook On, the mercies of our troubles! You take up apples and plums from under the shade of the trees, and the very best fruits of Christian character vrj had 1 a the deep shade of trcuole. There is'no animal that struggles more violently than a sheep when you corner it and eaten holi of it. Djwn in the glen I see a group of men around a lost sh-ep. A plowman ^ comes along and seizes the sheep and \ BMawMMw?i ??m mmmmmmmmmmwmmm tries to paei'y it, but it is mo^e frightened than ever. A miller comes along, puts down his grist, and caresses the- sbeeo, and it seems as if it would die of fright After awhile some one breaks through tbe thicket. He says, '"L'st me have the ^ocr thing." S> comes up and lajs nis arms around the sheep snd it is immediately quiet Who is the Jasfc man that coix.es? It is the shepherd. Ah, my friends, b^ not afraid of the shepherd's crcok! It is TiPTfi- nn -ur.n Rave m mercv. io pull you back. The hard, cold iceberg of trouble will melt in the warm gulf stream of divine sympathy. There is one passage I think you misinterpret. ''The bruised reed he will net break " Do you know that the shepherd iD oldan times played upon these re*d>? They were very easily bruised, but when they were bruised or broken they wer^never mended. Tne shepherd could so tasily make another one, he would snao the old one and thro ' it away and get another. The Bible says it is not so with our Shepherd. When the music is gone out of a man's soul, G^d does not snap him in twain and throw him away. He mends and restores. "The bruised reed he will not oreaK." When in the o'erhanging heavens of fate The threatning clouds of darkness dwell, Then let U3 humbly watch and wait. It shall be well, it shall be well. And when the storm ha3 passed away And sunshine smiles cn flood and fell How sweet to think, how sweet to say, It h:i3 been well, it has been well. Next I speak of the shepherd's dogs. They watch the straying sheep and drive them back again. Every, shep herd has his dog?from the ncmands or the B^ble timas down to the Scotch herdsman watching his flocks on the Grampian hiils. Oar Shepherd employs the criticisms and persecutions of the world as his do^s. There are those, ycu know, whose whole work it is to watch the inconsistences of Christians and bark at tnem If one of Gad's sheep gets astray, the world howls. With more avidity than a shepherd's dog ever caught a stray sheep by the flanks or lugged it by the ears worldlings seize the Christian asrray. It ought to do us good to know that we are thus watched It ought to nut us on our guard. They cannot bit. us, if we stay near the Shepherd. The sharp knife of worldly assault will only trim .tne vines until they produce better grapss. The more you pound marjoram and rosemary, the sweeter they smelL The more dogs UUS.C ttilCJT JlUU, iliC '^Uiua.c; JUU n n i get to the gate. You have noticed that different flecks of sheep have different marks uDon them; sometimes a red mark, sometimes a blue mark, sometimes a straight mark and sometimes a crooked mark. The Lord our Shepherd has a mark for his sheep. It is a red mark?the mark of the cross. "Blessed are they that are persecuted for righteousness' sake, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven." Furthermore, consider the shepherds' pasture grounds. The old shepherds used to take the sheep upon the mountains in the summer and dwell in the valleys in the winter. The sheep being out of doors perpetually, their wool was bet ter than if they had been kept in the hot atmosphere ol the sheep cot Wells were dug for the sheep and coy. ered with large stones, in order that the hot weather might not spoil the water. And then the shepherd led his Sock wherever he would; nobody disputed his right. So the Lord our Shepherd has a lar^e pasture ground, j He takes us in the summer to the mountains and in the winter to the valleys. Warm days of prosperity come and we stand on sun tilt* Sab baths, and on hills of transfiguration, and we are so high up we can catch a glimpse of the pinnacles of the heavenly city. Then cold, wintry days of trouble come, and we go down into the vallev of sickness, want and bereavement and we say, "Is there any sorrow like unto my sorrow?" But,, blessed be God,theLord's sheep can find pasture anywhere. Between two rocks of truble a tuft of succulent promises; green pastures beside still waters; long, sweet grass between b tter graves. You have noticed the structure of the sheep's mouth? It is so sharp that it can take up a blade of grass or clover top from tne very nar rowest spot. And so God's sheep can pick up comfort where others can gather none. "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear him." Rich pasture, fountain fed pasture, fell all the Hock of the Good Shepherd! The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweet. xSerore we reac:i tne neavenxy neias Or walk the golden streets. Lastly consider the shepherd's fold. The time of sheep shearing was a very glad time. The neighbors gathered together, and they poured wine and danced for joy. The sheep were put in a place inclosed by a wall, where it was easy to count them and know whether any of them had be9n taken by the jackals or dogs The inclosure was called the sheepfold. Good news I ha to tell you, in that cur Lord the Snepherd has a sheepfold, and those who are gathered in it shall never be struck by tne storm, shall never be touched by the j *ckals of temptation and trouble. I: has a high wall ?so higu that no troubles can get in, 150 high that the joys cannot get out. How giad the old sheep will be to find the lambs that left them a good many years ago! Millions of children in ceavea i vu, wast & merry ucavcu it i will make! Not many long meterl psalms there! They will be in the m<g Drily and will run away with our song, carrying it up to a still higher point of ecstasy. Oh, there wiil be shouting! If children on earth clap ped their hands and danced forj?y, what will they do when to the glad ness of childhood on earth is added the gladness of childhood in heaven? It is time we got oyer thes6 morbid ideas of ho w we shall get out of this world. You mase your religion an undertaker planing coffins and driving hearses. Your religion smells of the varnish of a funeral casket. Rather let your religion today come out and show you the sheepfold thaU3rod has provided for you Ah, you 3ay, there is a river between this and that! I know it, but that Jordan is only for the sheep washing, and they shall go upen the other banks snow white. They follow the great Shepherd. They heard his voice long ago. They are co'o nnw?r>r-? fnlrf frns I Alas for those who are finally found outside the inclosure! The night of their sin ho wis with jackals. Tney are ihirsticg for their bl od. The very mcrnenrthat a lamb may be frisking upun the hills a tear may be looking a: it from the thicket. In June, 1S15, there was a very noble party gathered in a house in St James square, London. T-- e jJrince recent was present, and tie occasion was made fascinating by music and banqueting and by jewels. Wnile a quacrille was being formed, suddenly ail the people rushtd to the windows. Wnat is the matter? EenrvJPercy had arrived with the news that Waterloo had been fought aad that England had vroa the day. Tne danc; was abandoned, the party dispersed, lords, iadits ana musicians rushed into the street, and in 15 minutes from the first asnouncsment of the good news the house was emptied of ail its guests. 01, je 'who are seated at the banquet aga?gs?SHPag h iiwii mi'.w ipiiibhh bwhw mtjuj of this world or whirling in i:s gaye ties and frivolities, if you could hear the sweet strains of the gospel trurn pet announcing Christ's victory over sin and death and hell, you would rush forth, glad in the et.rnal deliver ance! The Waterloo against sin has been fought, and our Commander la Chief bath won the day. Oh, the joys of this salvation! I do not care what metaphor, what comparison, you have. I Bring it to me, that I may use it. j Ames shall bring cne simile. Isaiah another, John another. Beautiful with pardon. Beautiful with peace. ti * - 1 4!-: a- 4/v i oeautirui wua amxuipauuua. ui iu return to ths pastoral figure of my text, ome out of the poor pasturage of tbis world into the rich fortunes of the Good Shepherd. The shepherd of old used to play beautiful music, and sometimes the sheep would gather around him and listen Todar my heavenly Shepherd calls to you with ttevery music of heaveD, bidding vju to leave your sin and accept his par don. Oh, that all this iljck w.-uid hear the piping of the Good Shepherd. A SAD TALE OF THE SEA Nine Persona Drowned by the C?p<izlag of a Boat. The schooner Spaed :?el], C*pt, Collier, from Marco Fla . for Key West, was struck oy a squill Thursday while < lx Marquesas, 18 m.iee from K -y W?est, and capsiz-d Nine persons were drowned out of 13, ail told, on board. Among the victims were tne three children of Capt. Collier, George, Tom and Wilbur, aged, respectively, four, six and tight years, and the en tire Nichols family, Bradley Nichols and his wife, their son and the latter's wife and two grandchildren. The family was from Bridgeport. Conn Those saved are: Capt. Collier, Sam uel Cates and Jesse Green, dtes hands and R W. Bates, of Myers, Fla, a passenger The Nichols family is said to nave been well to do. All had been staying for a month or two at a small hotel kept by Capt. Collier at Marco, and they were on their way home The survivors say the Speedwell, whic i is a small vessel of about 25 tons, was making slow headway this morning against a head wind. About ? o'clock Capt. Co'lier was at the wheel and the Nichols family and the Collier children were in the cabin asleep. Suddenly a squall came up and the boat was turned ever. Collier tlie deck hands and Mr. Bates were swept into the sea, but caught the rig ging in time to save themselves. The men lashed themselves to the rigging After being there for two hours the sea subsided Then they got the dingy loose, baled her out with a hat, broke a board in two pieces, and, with these for oars, rowed toward Marquesas. After going three miles they were nn p-rhausted bv a fishing sloop and brought here this evening. Samuel Cates, one o the survivors, who was seen at his home here tonight said: "Capt Collier has been sailing for 25 years in these waters. He is not to blame. Before we.kn w it we were lifted off our feet and into the water. As for these po >r people down below they were penned n like rats. The wife of the younger Nichols rose to the skylight. I was clinging to the rigging. She waved her hand at me and that's the last I saw of her. When *e got off t^o hours later they were all deacL We did not see a thing of the children or hear a cry. We had to bale with the hat all the time we were in the dingy and often came near being stamped " Soon after being brought into port Capt. Collier and Jesse G-reen went out on the yacht Buccaneer, accompanied by & diver, to try r coyer the bodies. THE WOODS FULL OF THEM. Names of Tlioaa "Who Aspire to High Office. The Columbia correspondent of the News and Courier says ihat although it is several months before the cam paign will open there is no lack of candidates. It is, indeed, rather diflB. cult to keep up with ail of those who hare been mentioned in connection witei the various offices and in mak ing the following list of self-avowed and prospective canJidates there is no intention to omit anyone, the list be ing as perfect as it can b3 hurriedly made up. It is as follows: For Governor?Senator E L Archer, Spartanburg; Governor W. H Eilerba, Marion; S. G May field, Bamberg; A. Howard Patterson, Barnwell; 0. L Schumpert, New n "rv m?n n j . _ r? ? j oerry; u-eorge u unman, i^ageneia; R B. Watson, Saluda; G. Walt Whitman, Union. For Lieutenant Governor?M. B. McSweeney, Hampton; J. A. McCol* lough, Greenville. Secretary of State?Marion R. Cooper, Colleton; Thomas H. Rains ford, Edgefield; D. H. Tompkins, Greenwood, Edmund Bacon, Spartan burg Attorne" General?G. Duncan Bsl linger, Birnwell; H EL E^ans, New berrv; Knox Livingston, Marlboro; C P. Townsend, Marlboro; John T Rloon T}mVi]and> W "P "P. Chesterfield;C L Winkler, Ksr^haw. Superintendent of Education?Senator W. A. Brown, Marion; Arthur Kibler. Newberry; E. D Smith. Sum ter; G L. Toole, Aiken; T. C Robin son, Pickeas; T. G. White, Beaufort. Adjutant and Inspector General? Col. W. W. Bruce, Marlboro; John Black, Colleton; Col. J. W Floyd, Kersbaw; Capt. Henry T. Thompson, Darlington; Gen. R N Richb^urg, Richland; Gen. John Gary Watts, Laurens. Comptroller General?J. P, Derham, Horry; L PEpton, Sparianbure. For Riilroad Commissioner?C. W. Garris, Colleton; W. D. Majfield, Greenville; J. A. Sli^h, Newberry; H. R. Thomas. Sumter. Superintendent of the Penitentiary? H. H. Crum. Bambere: D. J. Griffith. Lexington; W A N^al, Anderson. ! The list contains the names of some who will not run and there are likely to b3 several additions to it before the entries closa Some names that have been mentioned here and there by friends, or otherwise have not been incorporated. If even half the candi dates mentioned go on the stump the spsech-making is as bad as a Spanish war. * A Fa! filial Lover. Thursday night at the residence of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs H. C. Heise, or, Plain street, at 8 o'clo^K, Miss Ellen Victoria Heise and Mr. W. A. Tanander wers unite:! in marriage. Mr. Tunander left this city two years ago and went to Johannesburg, South Africa He journeyed all the way back, 11 000 milts to claim his bride. Mr. Tanander had been very success ful in Johannesburg at his business of decorator and paper hanger, and he came back to get the girl he loved to shar8 it with him.?Columbia Register. me uaiy raraueJ Refeiring to Sscretary Long's statement that the cabinet neglected the Elaine question for the Lafce City one, the New Yrrk World remarks: 'What a supers piciure of great minds in ?c lion the r.iscreet Mr. Long has drawij: L jrd Palmerston lying on his back at cabinet meetings arid absorbing himself in blowing a feaihar up in the air is the only parallel that comes to mind." A GREAT SENSATION. A GANG OF RC33ERS OPERATE AT PONaRIA, S C. Prominent Citizens ot That Section are | Found Wlih Stolen Goods in Tnelr Possession axd are Arrested? No Telling Who are Complicated. A special dispatch to The State says the ''bottom has been knocked" out of Pomaria, and war in Cuba is placed in the background for the time being, it is well kno v7n the most daring rob b?rs. wanton bum in? of build ir.-zs have been going1 on here for s-verai Tears and little attention seems to li*va been given it, as all thought it was a band cf "'home raised J-ssie James." and none cared to strike for fear of "being struck back. So bold and dariDg had this become that goo- white men saw parties drive in the place in the bright moon light or early dawn rob and leave without even reporting the matter cr names, however well were the parties known, for fear of bodib injury or secret hurl. First, E R Hipp's store was burned, robbed first, it was thought Then the railroad depot was forcibly entered and wagon loads taken, then Srizer & Co's store robbed of several hutdrec dollars' worth. Then again the Southern railroad At this time detectives came, secured a large lot of the stolen property, but by a pernion/1 of +V?b noil. WUU3 JJI C*JL?V4 UJLV fcAAWWta w 1/U.U lOU read, "better compromise and get money than to punish the culprit " the matter was hashed, although some cf the "best citizens," or so sup posed, were implicated. Then came tbe burning of C >1. Holloway's gin house and other buildings Th-n the last, by which it is hoped the parties are trapped and broken up, was that two weeks ago. D Hi pp's large store of plantation supplies was robbed. Mr Hipp lay apparently quift, but a detective, in the guise of a "picture enlarger," came upon the scene. He found a wagon load and two buggy loads of the stolen goods in the house of Mr. A F. Riser, a former clerk; also in the barn 40 kegs of blasting powder belonging to the railroad. This was in a house near the -railroad built for that purpose. The house, was burned, and, it was supposed, the powder, too, until its finding. Mr. Riser lived with his father, a most es timable citizen and a strict church member; a well to do farmer. Goois of a smaller nature were found in other houses of men of good repute. So far, the authorities have arrested Jas. A. Riser and his three sons, A1 bert F, Joe and WiLie, and John Bickley, white, and Willis and William Baker, colored. There is no particle of doubt that there are a large number interested, and what is so astonishing, so much so, as to bor dor on disbelief,, is that some of the most well-to do farmers, men of fami j lies and strict church members, some even of wealth, are thought to be implicated and should any one "peach" on his pals, then, in that case, I can only say, "the end is not yet." Tho question the good people are asking each other is: "Whither are we drifting," when some of our best men are turning robbers and firebugs. Something About Alices As there is a great deal of war talk in the air and the subject of mines of all kinds are bain? discussed a few word? about the different kinds will not be a miss. A submarine, in the naval sense, is an anchored torpedo. It may be buoyant or placed at the bottom of a channel It may ba automatic or exploded by electricity at the direction of at operator on shore. It may be charged with gunpowder, gun cotton, dynamite or other niiro glycerine explosive Experiments JLLvt V KJ pi'jvcu buau ujiiMuutv the most effective. It furnishes gr?at nower in small bulk, is not affected by heat or cold, detonation does not ensue from ordinary shocks, and its explosive force is not dimin ished bv bsing saturated with water. At a depth of twenty-five or thirty feet below the ?hip 250 pounds of gunrotton or dynamite will destroy it. Four hundred pounds of dynamite fifty feet below the surface will destroy a vessel directly over it. The buoyant mine is the more cer tain, rpore destructive and as easily manipulated as that at tne bottom. The latter is used onlj in shallow channels. The bouyant mine varies in size from twenty four inches to f ur feet. It contains from 50 to 500 pounds of dynamite. The area of destructive ness is called the crater. A fifty-pound mine has a crater of from forty to fit ty feet A mine charged with 500 pounds h-<s a crater of sixty to eighty feet Experiment has indicated that several small mines are more effective than two or three large ones. It has been shown that a mine charged with fifty pounds of dynamite anchored thirty feet below the surface threw a column of water 165 feet in the air. This force exert/d directly undT the strongest warship in the world would have blown he? up and sent her to the bottom. The submarine mine is exploded by electricity. The position of each mine and each group is known exactly. Tne position of the ship with relation to them can be fixed with nr cisiO'?. Tf /?aw Ko <4arhof r?Qrt r\f q ship the explosion of a particular mine will attack Unless a ship is directly over a mine when the explo siOQ takes place she is not likely to be destroyed. Tne lateral force of a mine does not compare with the vertical force. A fifty pound dynamite mine exploded directly under a warship would blow a hole in her bottom and wreck her complety. If the mine was *en feet away it might disable a vessel, but she mizht escape immediate destructioa. The fuse is embedded in the charge, Usually it is mercurial fulminate. The mine is connected with the shore by armored cables. The firing battery will ignite the fuse if allowed to send a current through it. Aseond battery, too feeble to endanger the fuse, is st rone enough when flowin? through the connections to oparate a relay tbat automatically switches the firing battery. Tods sec >nd current is constantly on watch. It not onJy controls the firing current, but operates an electric signal, that promptly announces any deteriorations in the connections. The Maine could have been blown up by a buoyant mine. The exact time when the ship was over it could have been determined. Tae detonation would have followed instantaneously. The explosion of a submarine mine makes a tremendous roar, that is in marked contrast with the sharp, shattering detonation of a surface explosion. Another Atrocious Crime. An old Indian doctor and a little girl who kept house for him, have been found hanging from trees near their cabin, at the head of Irish Creek, mar Morpantoc, N, C The two went there about a jear ago, and spent most of their time in hunting herbs Threats had been made against the old man. The Country Editor Did It. I The Loud bill has been defeated. The country (ditors did it. When you come to think about, it is queer that the weeklv press was able to exel t more influeacj in a Republican congress than it recently did in the Scuth Carolina legislature.?State. ?wp??aw?i COUNTY ADVERTISING. Some Vary Sensible Bnn-ltj oa the Scfcj c% We clip the following from the Greenville News: To cut tbe prices of county advertising has become one of the settled habits of the South Caroli na legislatures. Year after year, legislators wio are as familiar with ad? a->? moffAye* r\c,*_ Vertl^IiiK raico auuubuu aiabi.010 taining to newspapers as they are <rith tne origin of tee Greek alphabet, pass laws ar d spout speeches on the subject of advertising rates. With the exception of two or three printers, not a legislator can tell the difference between an "m" quad and ail ink fountain but they take ihe floor and "tell it all" just the sf ae To the State's newspapers, the ^ounty advar tisirig amounts to something although ii has long siEce ceased to net them a large sum in cash. In many counties the advertising is done by at least two papers for one price and the pro St for each is not colossal The lepislators, should, we think, deal with the public advertising precisely as dees John Wannamaker cr any other intelligent merchant with his advertising. They should buy ae advertising space that they reed, pay a fair price for it aod stop howling. In cur opiuion, the ne ^spapers in this State demands too iitile They do entirely too much free work. They are constantly filling I inemseivea wuu wnai are piuueny advertisements but which they publish for thanks and the bill for thanks usually goes to protest. Especially is this true o' tne ccuatry weekly newspaper H-re are a few examples The South Carolina newspapers almost without exception publish gratuitously the presentments of grand juri- s These presentments are official Hccum?-nt3 If they could not obtain puolicicy, they would be stripped of half their value. To do good, their contents, or the greater part of them must reach the people and only in a small degree can they reach the people save through newspaper mediums. Has any newspaper economist in the legislator ever offered a bill to pay the county newspapers for this official ad verUsing?for which their constituents nevertheless get value received! The county newspapers invariably print the list of petty jurors as soon as they are drawn. That it is a matter of great importance to the people of a county that they should know who the jurymen are will not be denied. But there is no money in it for the newspapers. There are many other examples of free county advertising which will instantly suggest them selves to newspaper lucu. uu cictuuu years the county newspapers publish the calls for the State and county democratic conventions and club meetings. Tney amount to $40 or $50 worth of advertising. The city newspapers get something occasionally from the city political organizations but the weekly newspapers get nothing save in the rarest instances. And yet it is advertising?nothing more or less. It is not county advertising but if the county newspapers charged for it as they have a perfect right to do the money would come out of the pockets of the white people of South Carolina. The amount of free official advertising that the weekly newspapers have given the State and subordinate democratic organizations in South Carolina dur ing the last twenty five years, the that tho ogmo o jit vjl auvcx niaiug vuhw newspapers in the Jarger cities, lite Charleston, are well paid for, would probably foot up to $100,000. But it is the democratic economists in the South Carolina legislature who are incessantly on their feet to stab the humble country newspaper. The only answer to thase facts tfcat could b& attempted Is that the free matter pub lished is worth something to the newspapers as news and that otherwise it would not be published That is true but it is not pertin-nt to the argument. All advertising that is not in itself in decent and offensive has value as news The announcements of the grocer and the dry goods man have value as news. A ne ?8paper without mercantile advertising would Jack one of the chief attractions that lend news pap ?rs interest. But no merchant expects space as a gift. The railroad schedules have value as news but the railroads willingly pay for them in transportation or money or both. The I county treasurer's report which the newspapers are paid for publishing, has great interest as news. And the same is true of an advertis?ment of a bridge contract to let or of the tour of the tax collector. Bat the newspapers can not afford to publish these advertisements for mere amusement or instruction of theii subscribers. The newspapers must live. Most of them have a hard time Jiving and they die by the dozan in South Carolina every year. Yet they go on printing official documents for the fun of it and never dream of asking what is justly due them They are satisfied to remain on the defensive, although it is the truth that the press of Sauth Carolina is poor today, actually to the point that its poverty is a stock joke, and it is chi? fly on account of what it gives ? 1- ?* 1-:_~ ? away in worit, iiutcvcu ii u pecting "thankee " It is high time that the worm should turn. The Dangers ol the Deep. From March, 1840, until March 1893, 122 trana-Atlantic vessels? steamships plying between Europe and America only?were lost en route, and as a direct result of this 6,369 lives were lost. The estimate of lives lost from various other causes is 600 The number of steamships never heard from after leaving port was 17 The number burned was 9, and the number foundertd was " 12. Th9 other wrecks were caused by collisions, being washed ashore, collision with icebergs, etc. From March, 1893, to the beginning of th8 present year tne loss of life on the Atlantic has been very much less than in former years though ??? *rwrn lovrjo otAflmol'Q VlftVA hflfl I V/UO VX vn W ---? T ? ???<? serious mishaps and one was never heard fiom. Big CottJn Flic, The large cotton warehouse at Fountain Inn, S. C , owned by J. W. Givens, containing 1,300 bales of cot ton, was destroyed by fire Friday night with its consents. Tne loss is estimated at $36 000. The fire was of incendiary origin A crow bar was found near the building which was used to force an entrance. The door next to the railroad was open when the fire was discovered about 1 o'clock in the night, The sjspicion is that some teg'oes, who were fined heavily some days ago for selling contraband whiskey had a hand in firing the building as Air Givens is a member cf the town council. An Old Veteran Dead:. Gee. W. F. Talifero, a Mexican war veteran and commander of the Virginia troops during the John Brown raid, a major general in the Confederate army and an ex-judge, died at his home in Gloucester county, Va., recently. Gen. Talifero was in command of James Island atone time during the war. Asked Him to Leave. Rev. F. Weber, of Rondout, N. Y , I while assistant priest of St. Peter's German Catholic church, Rjndout, on Tuesday made treasonable and unAmerican utterances. Archbishop Corrigian has therefore asked him to leave the diocease. ' jj' LITERARY CURIOSITY Tie leje: That * legislator Wroo to an Editor. The editor of the Independent Republic and one of Horry's legislators have been having a hot controversy over one of the legislator's votes at the last session. The Republic gets even by publishing the following verbatim copy of a letter it received from tie afcrssaid legislator, and now he is probably sorry that he forgot Job's exclamation, 4'On! that mine enemy would write a bock!" for the editor now has him on the hip: to the Menev reid^is of the Indenen dent Repubel in Reply to a arctel o? Feb th24 I did voet a Gaince the the Chiles Bill wich is coated by our Ed as being a Prohibitions Bill well that is the Di -fornce that men Sea things a Bill <hat woud Give Dm? Stores <fc Mechanical the Power to Sill liquors in Sut cSc County More then Dispencry Law I would vot a Gance eney Such a Bill a Gain ef I had the chance I have the Cfcilds Bill & the E J Promost me he woud Puolish hit cSc let the Good P^pols of Horroy read hit for thare Self bui I Sea he has Not Dun hit but takes his paper to Publish me & wants to mesks the meney readers b^'eave that I am in favor Whiskey Drinkin lam oppose to eney Such a thing fce Prononce My Name as a Canidat a Gain I have not told him that I woud ba a Candidal but hit is D.>n to hurt me in futhar But ef I Shoud be in the feal I Shoud Expect My SapTt from the Good Yotars of Horrcy <fc Not from a oue Sidade E J & ef 1 dont Git the office I w 11 Not have to Go to Some other County for a Job Ynrps Z rnn S C C J Prince Feb th28 1898 The Uaury Law. There were some very important amendments to the usury law at the last session of the general assembly. The mattter is not only of general interest but of especial local interest Here is the full text of the law as it now reads. Section 1. That no greater interest than 7 per cent, per annum shall be charged, taken, agreed upon, or al lowed, upon any contract arising in this state for the hiring, lending or usa of money, or other commodity, either by way of straight interest, discount or otherwise, except upon writ ten contract, wherein by express agreement, a rate of interest not exceeding 8 per cent, may be charged. Sec 2. Any person or corporation who shall receive or contract to receive, as interest, any greater amount than is provided for in the preceding section, shall forfeit all interest and the cost of the action and such portion of the original debt as shall be dufe shall be recovered without interest or costs, and where anv amount so char? ed or contracted for has been actually received by such person or corporation, he or she or they shall forfeit double the amount received in respect of interest, to be collected by a separate action brought to recover the principal sum. Sec. 3. That the borrower, and his heirs, devisees, legatees or personal representative, or any creditor, or any person having a legal or equitabla interest in the estates or assets of such borrower, may plead the benefit of tfce provisions of this act, as plaintiff or defendant, and the same shall be effectual at any suit at law, or, in equity, and any person offending against tha oq mo cViq 11 /?r?mnel 1 ed tnnngmr on oath, any complaint that may be exhibited against him for the discovery of aDy sum of money or things in action, so chargcd, agreed upon, re served or taken in violation of the foregoing provisions, or either of them. Sec. 4. That all acts and parts of acts inconsistent with this act, be and the same are hereby repealed; provid ed, that this act shall not apply to contracts made before it goes into ef feet. Approved the 10th day of Feb' ruary, A. D., 1898 Spain Baying Warship;, A dispatch from London says Spain has purchased two cruisers- which the Armstrongs have been building for Brazil, the Amszsnius and a sister ship, unnamed, of 4,000 tons each, 23 knots and ten guns Spain is also negotiating for and will probably secure two cruisers of a similar type which have been building in France ior .Brazil, xne .amazonius is reaay for launching and her sister ship will soon be ready. The Spanish govera ment is also endeavoring to secure guns ard large supplies of anmunition in England and on the continent for immediate use. Would Slake a Goad Ore, "There is," says an Associated Press dispatch, "considerable sentiment in congress in favor of passing a bill authorizing the president to appoint from civil life a brigadier general. This sentiment is based upon the be liet and hope that the president would name Fitzbugh Lse to the post. Republicans favor the suggestions, b9lieving that it would be a tremendous political stroke. This is based on the admirable conduct of Lee and the ad miration that all parties and men here have for him." 4 Killed With a Hac Fin, A drummer was recently killed in Chicago with a hat pin. The autopsy showed not only concussion of the brain, but a small puncture which began near the corner of the left eye *nd extended far into the interior of the skull. It was not of greater diameter than the lead of a pencil. Four detectives have been detailed on the case. Bradner entered a hotel at a late hour bletding profusely and fell io me aoor. Talked Too Soon. A few days ago Secretary LoDg, of the naval department, made a statement to the effect that, in his opinion nothing had developed to connect Spain with the Maine .disaster in an official capacity. The secretary was quoted as having said that Spain had been eliminated He tried to explain that he had said nothing of the kind, and now Secretary of War Alger is trying to still further classify Mr. Long's position. A Bard Cms. The Rev. A. R. Fowler, vras recently convicted at Greenville, S. CM of forgery and seat to the penitentiary. For a time Fowler was engaged in the ministry, serving the Presbyterian church. The Presbyterians soon found him out and repudiated him and then he commenced raising money on forged papers. Strange to say DOtn bis hands were shot off and it is claimed that the loss of his hands was not accidental. Oar Minister Was In Dancer. The commisseirat officer, Opachees, who recently called at the residence in Madrid of Gen. S^wart L. Woodford, the United Slates minister t^ Spain, but was not received and who was af ter ffards sent to a military asylum, the authorities declaring that he was doubtless "patriotically mad," committed suicide by shooting himself with a revolver. -.J Hilton's Iodoform Liniment is the "nee plu-: ultra" of all such preparations in rc j moving soreness, and quickly healin? ! fresh cuts and wounds, no matter ho^/ ' bad. It will promptly heal old sores . of long standing Will kill the pcis ] on from "'Poison Ivy" or '"Poison Oak" and cure "Dew Poison." Will j counteract the poison from bites of j snakes and stings of insects. It is a j enwo /iiim t.hrrtflt \V11! 1 any case of sore mouth, and is a supe -; rior remedy for all pains and ach.es. j Sold by druggists and dealers 25 cents j a bottle. A Lady Earned to D?*:h. A horrible accideiit occurred at} Pelzer Thursday afternoon about 4 j o'clock, in wh;ch Mrs L P. BeJl losi j her life. It seems that Mrs Brll *:as j aloneat home a d when her daughter, i who teaches school left her at noop ) she was perfectly well, but on her re- i turn from school in the afternoon she { found her mother's body Ijing in the ; fire, whe^e she had fallen some time j before that, burned to a crisp. Jus:i how the accident occurred is a na; s-j tery. Tj Prite t Hivaaa. A Madrid letter says it is dtfi.aite3y reported there that a fresh Spanish : squadron destined for Cub3, is being : organized at Cadiz. It consists of four i iron clads. the Carlos v , Pelajo, A'- . fonsoXHI, and another stvjralgua- j l-oats and a trans-Atlantic stealer, j Aciiv* work is a!so proceeding up- n ; the torpfdo boat estrojers P.osptrina, Audaz and Gs?da and upon th* j torpedo boats Habana, Retamcsa ard ! Barcelo, which form the second boat! flotilla that Spain is sending to Cuba. Hook wm Acqaited. John Hook, whp killed Policeman Goss in Brookland, a suburb of Columbia, last summer by cutting his throat, was recently tried and a'q jitin T Q-ri ?VV4 iU bUUt The doctor may be a gooi old man, but even so, medical examinations anci the "local-application"'' treatment are abhorrent to every mode3t woman. They are embarrassing?often useless. They should not be submitted to until everything else has bsen tried. In nine cases out of ten, there is uo reason for them. In nine cases out of ten, the doctor in general practice isn't competent to .treat female diseases. They make a branch of medicine bj themselves. They are distinct from other aliments. They can be properly understood and treated only by one who has had years cf actual practice and experience in this particular line. This is true of Dr. R V. Pierce, chief consulting physician of the invalids' Hotel and Surgical Institute, atBuf falo, N. Y. Dr. Pierce's Favorite j r> jj - 11 xreEcripuon, a remeay ior ail derangements of the reproductive organs of women, has been in actual use for mcra than thirty years It cur?s every form of "femaJe weakness 11 "The enemy is coming:: To the fort for your lives!" E jVv When a wise man rej?Lj. \\ \ /~V ceives a plain warning )02i, L- A s-. of danger, he does not If )sTXV\AJ , wait to let it overtake ./him; he seeks every V1 I J reasonable means to \\W ^ fight it off. <w \( Disease would almost never cet the best of the avpra"? KSSSj^lk man if he was prepared to BaSr? ^ resist it, and took the natural precautions dictated by common sense. When a man's stomach and liver get upset and fail to do thei*- regular work, he can be certain that something worse is bound to follow, if he doesn't look out for himself. Headaches, indigestion, biliousness and constipation are simply Nature'-s warnings that the enemy of serious disease is coming to attack him. The sensible thing to do is to immediately fortify the system with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery. It vitalizes and invigorates the entire constitution. It helps the liver to filter, out all bilious impurities. It gives the digestive and nutritive organs power to extract nourishment from the food and turn it into rich. red. healthy blood. It creates appetite, good digestion, and solid, muscular strength. It is far superior to the mere temporary stimulus of malt-extracts. It is better than cod liver oil emulsions because it is assimilated by the weakest stomach. " About fifteen years aro " writes Mr. John McMichael. editor of the Plattsburjr, (Mo.) Leader, "I was in very poor health, had no appetite, was sluggish, and sojifeless it seemed impossible for me to do anything that required effort. Even- fell and spring tftis ill-health seemed to affect me"particularly. 'A friend advised me to use Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery asserting that it would restore me to perfect health, and make 'a new man' of me. Finallv he induced me to try the medicine. I weighed at the time about 125 lbs. I used several bottles, and upon quitting it weighed 175 lbs. Since that time my weight has varied from this to 195 pounds. A sure and permanent Jure for constipation is Dr. Pierce's Pellets. One 41 Pellet" is a gentle laxative, two a mild cathartic. LIQUOR,. OP'UM AND TOBACCO HABIT THOROUGHLY CURED. 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