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I ART OF FRIENDSHIP? 'f, f Or. Talrhage's Sermon oh Making Ahd Keeping Friends. A COD GIVEN REGULATION. fcr * Ardent Friends ar^d Ardent Enemies. Cover Up the Faults and Extol the Virtues. The Hearty Hand-I i>i iais.c ai iu uo ? Great Value. The obtaining of good friends, which most look upon as a matter of happv * accident, Dr. Talmage in this sermon shows to be a matter of intelligent selection; text, Proverbs xviii, 24. '"A man that hath friends must show himself friendly." - - About the sacred and divine art of making and keeping friends I speak? a subject on which I c ?'er heard of any < one preaching?and yet God thought it of enough importance to put it in the middle of the Bible, these writings of Solomon, bounded on one side by the popular pslam of David, and on the other by writings of Isaiah, the great to.est of the prophets. It seems all a matter of haphazard how many friends we have or whether we have any friends at all, but there is nothing accidental ' about it. There is a I-'w which governs the accretion and dispersion of friendships. They did not "just happen so" any more than the tides just happen to rise or fall or the sun just happens to rise or set. It is a science, an art. a God given regulation. Tell me how friendly you are to othJ T ?? "--11 V ers, ana jl win ten ^uu nun lutiim; ^ others are to you. I do not say you will not have enemies. Indeed the best way to get ardent friends is to have ardent enemies, if you get their enmity in doing the right thing. Good men and women wiil always have enemies, because their goodness is a perpetual rebuke to evil, but this antagonism of foes will make more intense the love of your adherents. Your friends will , gather closer around you beeause of the j \ . attacks of your assailants. The more your enemies abuse you the better your coadjutors will think of you. The best friends we have ever had appeared at some juncture when we were especially bombarded. There have been times in my life when unjust assault multiplied my friends, as near as I could calculate, about 5U a minute. You are bound to some people by many cords that neither time nor eternity can break, and I will warrant that many of those cords were gristed by hands malevolent. Human nature was shipwrecked about 59 centuries ago, the captain of that craft* one Adam, and his first mate running the famous cargo aground on a snag in the river Hiddekei. But there was at least one good trait of human nature that waded safely ashore from that shipwreck, and that is the ^ disposition to take the pare of those unfairlv dealt with. When it is thorough ly demonstrated that some one is being persecuted, although at the start slanderous tongues were busy enough, defenders finally gather around as thick as honeybees on a trellis of bruised honeysuckle. If when set upon by the furies you can have grace enough to keep your mouth shut and preserve your equipoise and let others fight your battles, you will find yourself after awhile with a whole cordon of allies. Had not the world . m . :?1 "D?1 given to unnsi on ais arrival a,i< jl aicotine a very cold shoulder there would not have been one-half as many angels chanting glory out of of the hymnbooks cf the sky, bound in black lids of midnight. Had it not been for the heavy *- and jagged and tortuous cross Christ would not have been the admired and m loved of more people than any being who ever touched foot on either the eastern or western hemisphere. Instead therefore ol gr icg up in despair becruse you have enemies rejoice in ' the fact that they rally for you the ^ 7" most helpful and enthusiastic admirers. In other words, there is no virulence that can hinder my text from coming true. "A man that hath friends must \ show himself friendly." It my ambition to project, especially upon the young, a thought which may Demgniy snape aestiny iur me here and the hereafter. Before you show yourself friendly you must be friendly. I do not recommend a dramatized geniality. There is such a thing as pretending to be en rapport with others when we are their dire destructants and talk against them and wish them calamity, Judas covered up his treachery by a resounding kiss, and caresses ui<ij uc ucmyuiauai. the mythological Cerberus, the three headed dog of hell barking at us, than the wolf in sheep's clothing, its brindled hide covered up by deceptive wool and its deathful howl cadenced into an innocent bleating. Disraeli writes of Lord Manfred, who, after committing many outrages upon the people, seemed suddenly to become friendly and invited them to a banquet. After most of the courses of food had been served he blew a horn, which was in those times a signal for the servants to bring on the dessert, but in this case it was the signal for assassins to enter and slay the guests. His pretended friendliness was a cruel fraud, and there are now people whose smile is a falsehood. Bofore you begin to show yourself friendly you must be friendly. Get your heart right with God and man, and this grace will become easy. You may by your own resolution get your nature into a semblance of this virtue, but the grace of God can sublimely lift you inte 1 it. Sailing on the river Thames two vessels ran aground. The owners of one got 100 horses and pulled en the grounded ship and pulled it to pieces. The owners of the other grounded vessel waited till the tides came in and easily floated the ship out of all trouble. So we may pull and haul at our grounded ^ ~' hvaAm*.* A/V OA f if inf A uuma.li uitbuic aim wj iu mw u&ir j te? condition, but there is nothing like j tbV oceanic tides of God's uplifting | . grtfee. If. when under the flash of the Holy Ghost, we see our own foibles and defects and depravities, we will be very lenient and very easy with others. We will look into their characters for things commendatory and not damnatory. If you would rub your own eye a little more vigorously, you would find a mote in it, the extraction of which would keep you so busy you would not have H^^much time to shoulder your broadax and ^k&fort? sP'ifc UP beam in your jabor^eye^j^^^nnsna^^^m en exploring the characters of i ftjou meet, and I am sure you wil[ Bte&ingin them fit for a foundaHfclicess. Rfte to come to your counBknd a few days. Thank H?0ut^300n of a beautido you do? Hteee out un I Iff?WijwTfc ' Isyea keep Vour fine stock, end here are j the Durham cattle find the Gordon set- i ters. and the high stepping steed! by [ pawing and neighing, the only langu- j age they can speak, asking for harness j or saddle and a short turn down the road. ! Then we go back to the house, and you J get me in the right light, ana snow me the Kensetts and the Bierstadts on the wall and take me into the music room and show me the birdcages, the canaries in the bay window answering the robins ! in the tree tops. Thank you! I never enjoyed myself more in the same length of time. Now, why do we not do so 1 "? ' * - - 1 . - witn tne cnaracters 01 otaers. ana suow the bloom and the music and the bright fountains? Oh, my friends, better cover up the faults and extol the virtues, and this habit once established of universal fripnHlinpss will as fiiisv as it is for a syringa to flood the air with sweetness, as easy as it will be further on in the season for a quail to whistle up from the grass. When we hear something bad about somdbody whom we always supposed to be cood. take out your 1 * ? -1 - - itT .i t I lead pencil ana say: ijvi uiu see. i Before I accept that baleful story against that man's character I will take off from it 25 percent for the habit of exaggeration which belongs to the man who first told the story then I will take off 25 per cent for the additions which the ? spine01 gossip in every eoiiiujuuii<.> has put upon the original story; then I will take off 25 per cent from the fact that the man may have been put into circumstances of overpowering temptation. So 1 have taken off 73 per cent. But I have not heard his side of the story at all. and for that 'reason I take off the remaining 25 per cent. Excuse me, sir. I don't believe a word of it.'' Now, supposing that yon have by a divine regeneration got right toward God and humanity, and you start out to practice my text. {?A man that hath friends must show himself friendly." Fulfill this by all forms of appropriate colii+nfinri vmi untitled that the i head is so poised that the easiest thing on earth is to give a nod of recognition? To swing the head from side to side, as when it is wagged m derision, is unnatural and unpleasant; to throw it back invites vertigo, but to drop the chin in greeting is accompanied with so little exertion that all day long and every day you might practice it with out the least semblance of fatigue. So, also, the structure of the hind indicates hand shaking; the knuckles not made so that the fingers can turn out, but so made that the fingers can turn in, as in clasping hands, and the thumb rKvidpd from and set aloof from the fingers, so that while the fingers take your neighbor's hand on one side the thumb takes it on the other, and, pressed together, all the faculties of the hand give emphasis to the salutation. Five sermons in every healthy hand urge us to hand shaking. Besj-les this every day when you start out load yourself up with kind thoughts, kind words, kind expressions, and kind greetings. "When a man or woman does well, tell him so, tell her so. If you meet some one who is improved in health, and it is demonstrated in girth and color, say, "How well you look!" But if, on the other hand, under the wear and tear of life lie appears pale and exhaused, do not introduce sanitary subject or say anything at all about physical condition. In the case of improved health you have by your words given another impulse toward the robust and the jocund, while in the case of the failing health you have arrested the decline by your silence, by which he concludes, "If I were really so badly off, he would have said something about it." We are all, especially those of a nervous tempera- | ment, susceptible to kind words and discouraging words. Form a conspiracy against us, and let ten men meet us at certain points on our way over to business, and let each one say, "How sick you look!" though we should start out well, after meeting the first and hearing his depressing salute we would begin to examine our symptoms. After meeting the second gloomy accosting we would conclude we did not feel quite as well as usual. After meeting the third oui sensations would be dreadful, and after meeting the fourth, unless we suspected a conspiracy, we would go home and go to bed, and the other six pessimists would be a useless surplus of discouragement. We want something like that spirit of sacrifice for others which was seen in the English channel, where in the storm a boat containing three men was upset, and all three were in the water struggling for their lives. A boat came to their relief, and a rope was thrown tn nno nf tlipm and hft refused to take it, saying: "First fling it to Tom. He is just ready to go down. I can last some time longer." A man like that, be lie sailor or landsman, be he in upper ranks of society or lower ranks^will always'have plenty of frienks. \Vhat is true manward is true Godward. We must be the friends of God if we want him to be our friend. "We cannot treat Chsist badly all our lives and expect him to treat us lovingly. I was reading of a sea fight in which Lord Nelsoncaptured a French officer, and when the French officer offered Lord Nelson his hand, jNelson replied, ' ".b'lrst give me your sword, and then give me \our hand." Surrender of our resistance to God must precede God's proffer of pardon to us. Repentance before forgiveness. You must give up your rebellious sword before you can get a grasp of the divine hand. Oh, what a glorious state of things to have the friendship of God! Why, we could afford to have all the world against us and all other worlds against us if we had God for us. He could in o mlnntfl Vilrtf nut +liic nnivnrcp finfl in I another minute make a better universe. I I have no idea that (rod tried hard when he made all things The most l brilliant thing known to us is light.and for the creation of that he only used a word of command. As out of a flint a frontiersman strikes a spark, so out of one word God struck the noonday sun. For the making of the present univers. I do not read that God lifted so muche as a finger. The Bible frequently speaks of God's hand and God's arm and God's shoulder and God's foot; then suppose he should put hand and aiuand shoulj -1 ?--i i.- -i. l L? uer anu iuui, lu ucmust veiiaiuu, nuat could he not make? That God of such demonstrated and undemonstrated strength you may have for your present and cverylasting friend, not a stately and reticent lriend, hard to get at. but as approachable as a country mansion on a summer day when all the doors a;:>.l windows arc wide op^n. Christ said. ';I am the door."' And he is a wide door, a high door, a palace aoor, an always optii uuui. My 4-year-old child got hurt and did not cry until hours after, whon her mother came home, and then she burst into weepiug, and some of the domestics, not understanding human nature, said to her. *;Why did you not cry before?" She answered, ,;There was no one to cry to."' 2soww I have to tell fcvou that while human sympathy may ^kibr'ent. divine sympathy is always Blfcfck- Give God your love, and his help; ve<ir repentance, and Lave bis pardon. ..God a friend? Why, that means SiJ your wo'inds medicated. all your soi?*jws soothed, and if some sudden catastrophe should hurl you out of earth it would only hurl you out into heaven. If God is your friend, you cannot go out of the world too quickly or sud ueuiy, su lur as \uur u?n uup^iucjo 10 concerned. There were two Christians who entered heaven. The one was standing at a window in perfect health, watching a shower, and the lightning instantly slew him. but the lightning did not flash down the sky as swiftly as his spirit flashed upward. The Christian man who died on the same day next door had been for a year or two failing in health, and for the last three months had suffered from a disease tnat made ths nights sleepless and txie days an anguish. Do you not really think that the case of the one who went instantly was more desirable than the one who entered the shining gate through a long lane of insomnia and congestion? Tn the one case it wa? like your standing wearily at a door, knocking and waiting and wondering if it wilLevcr open, and knocking and waiting again, whiie in the other case it was a swing -Kil. J i. mg open 01 mu uour ul uie m?i< wuui of your knuckle. Give your friendship to God. and have God's friendship for you. and even the worst accident will be a victory. How refreshing is humau friendship, and true friends, what priceless treasures! When sickness comes and trouble comes and death comes, we send for our friends first of all, and their appearance in our doorway in any crisis is re-en foreement, and when they have entered we i;ay. '*Xow it is all right!'' Oh, what would wc do without personal friesds, business friends.faraily friends? But we want something mightier than human friendship in the great exigencies. "When Jonathan Edwards, in his final hour, had given the last goodby to all his earthly friends, he turned on his pillow and closed his eyes, confidently saying, "Now where is Jesus of Nazareth, my true and never failing Friend?" Yes, I admire human friendship as seen in the case of David and Jnnafhan nf Paul and Onesinhorus. of Herder and Goethe, of Goldsmith and Reynolds, of Ceaumont and Fletcher of Cowley and Harvey, of Erasmus and Thomas Moore, of Lessing and Mendelssohn, of Lady Churchill and Princess Anne, of Orestes and Pylades.each requesting that himself might take the point of the dagger, so the other might be spared; of Epaminondas and Pelopidas, who locked their shields in battle, determined to die together, but the grandest, the mightiest, the tenderest friendship in all the universe is the friendship between Jesus Christ and a believing soul, yet after all I have said I feel I have only done what James Marshall, the miner, did in 1848 in California, be'fore its gold mine* ^ere known. He reached in and put upon the table of his employer, Cf ptain Sutter, a thimbleful of gold dus'. "Where did you get that?" said his pi oyer. The reply was, l1 got it this mornr ;g from a mill race from which the water had been drawn oif.:: But that gold dust, which could have been taken up between the finger and the thumb, was thp r>rrmh#><?v and snecimen that reveal ed California's wealth to all nations, and today I have only put before you a specimen of the value of divine friendship, only a thimbleful or mines inexhaustible and infinite, though all time and all eternity go on with the exploration. STATESMANLIKE ADVICE GIVEN. Mi> -fc'eatnerstone urges unarmed Support of Gov. Ellerbe. To the Editor of The State: Please give me a little space in your columns that I may say a few words in reference to the recent election. In the first place, I desire to thank my friends all over the State for the many kindnesses and courtesies shown me during the campaign and for the large vote they cave me on the 30th August and the 13th September, *rom the bottom of my heart I appreciate their kindness and support. I shall endeavor so to conduct myself that those who voted for me shall never L cause to regret it. 1 have made the best fight that I could. I have made it upon the high-1 est plane of which I was capable. I When I entered the racc I was conscious that I was advocating what was right. ? The campaign has but strength j 1 T V* nTTA rtA eaeu mat cuusuiuusucbb. j. h?.*c uu regrets?my conscience and skirts are clear. In the second place, I would urge my friends , and supporters not to become discouraged. We have made a good fight. We have fought upon high ground and for the sake of principle. We have nothing to be ashamed of. Better things are in store for us in the future. Right must and will triumph in the end. Go to work in earnest for the cause that you love. Be more in earnest than ever and in the future the good results are bound to come. In the third place, let me urge my friends to be true and loyal to the incoming administration. By your earnest cooperation and support it can be made better. It is your duty, as good citizens, to stand by the law, so long as it remains the law, no matter how bad it may be. We have had enough * ? n ,r n i strife and bitterness in ooum uaroiiua. We must get together and bolster up our officers and assist them in the discharge of their duties. It is not the part of good citizenship to abuse and villify those in power. On the contrary, the good citizen, no matter whether he belongs to the minority or che majority, will, after he has made his fight, rally to the support of those by whom he has been beaten, and assist them in the execution of the laws. I, therefore, urge my friends to throw s.side their disappointments and preiudices and act as true Carolinians ougt to act. For those who have fought me upon principle, who have been fair and have used no improper means, I have nothing but the kindest feeling. They have simply done what they had a right to do. Those who have fought me from :.mproper motives and have used doubtful methods will find punishment enough in the accusations of their own consciences. I have nothing of the "sore head" about me. 1 shall not "sulk in my cent." I am ready and willing to do all in my power to benefit and help old South Carolina. Very truly, C. C. Feathcrstone. Laurens. S. C.. Sept. 16. 1898. Three Men Drowned. Henry Lester, proprietor of the Princess Ann cottage at Virginia Beach, and two of his guests, T. 6. E. Dixon of Chicago and Arthur McLaughlin of Newark, X. J., were drowned "Wednesday while bathing at the beach. The bodies of the first two were discovered floating on the water by Assistant Keeper Xedgett of the Cape Henry lighthouse, while driving along tne I shore. ?1 - * ? ?~i,?' ?~i vr ii?f? > -MniBi: iCk" fie. 'CROP CONDITIONS, The Regular Weekly Weather anc Crop Bulletin. WHATTHECROPS ARE DOING What the Observers All Over th( State Report to Headquarters. The Information Consolidated. The following is the weekly bulletii of the condition of the weather am crops of the State issued last week b: Section Director Bauer of the Soutl Carolina bereau of the United State: o nfl nTf\r\ c^rrutn >1 ^Cl. CAA y iJV/1 ' iVyU. The opening of the week was ver: warm, and the last of the week unsea sonably cool. The meau temperature for the week was 73 degrees, and th< normal is approximately 75 degrees. Over the central counties heavy lo cal showers occurred, but over the re mainder of the State the rainfall wa generally light, with, however, a con tinuation (during the greater portion o the week) of the cloudy weather hereto fore prevailing. Thd average rainfall for the weel was 1.14 inches, and the normal abou 1.27 inch. The latter portion of the week wa dry, generally clear, and with coo northeast winds?conditions favorabL tor seasonable iarm work, such as hay ing, picking cotton, and stripping fod der. A slight improvement was noted ii portions of the State in crop condition owing to better weather, but there i still lack of sunshine and dryness Farm work, while still backward, ad vanced rapidly in some localities. Late corn doing well, fairly well now Ripe corn not yet housed, and som< rotting and sprouting in the husk. Fod der pulling practically finished, an< but little saved in good condition. Cotton picking was hindered and de layed over a large portion of the Stat' and much open cotton was weather _: i T ^xi. . j j stamen, ueatgn to uie grouna, or ais colored by mildew,, while reports o seeds sprouting in the bolls, and rip bolls rotting, continue to come from al sections. There is much open cottoi in the fields, and good weather for pick ing prevailed at the close ? the week No improvement in the condition o the plant itself is noted, it being nearl; dead in many places from rust. Se: island cotton is opening and picking i under way, but the general condition o this crop is not promising, especiall; for a top crop. T7*__l _ 1 i 1 l. T i. 1 jciany nee narvesi nas at last uegun but some is sprouting in the shock; up land rice is fine, and ripening. Ther is promise of a large crop of peavin and other hay. Sugarcane, peanuts and sweet potatoes are doing finely. correspondents' reports. AiL'pti?Smvprn* ftain flhrmfc half t.hi week, cool the latter portion; fodde all gathered, and fully half rained scarcely any cotton picked, cane an< potatoes doing well; turnips a ba< stand; rice fine.?J. F. Lyles. Anderson.?Iva: No change to re port; still having frequent showers, am all crops daily suffering further dam age.?T. C. Jackson. Bamberg.?Govan: Cotton sheddin; off all top crop, and doing badly in ever; way; picking getting on slowly on ac count of rain; peas, cane, rice and po tatocs are fine.?Geo. Mather. Barnwell. Blackville: Continuec rains and lack of sunshine still furthe injured the cotton; hay and pea vines are getting over ripe, very littL harvested; peanuts and peas very prom ising; remarkable growth of sugar cane Gr. D. C. Lange. Beaufort.?Hardeeville: All crop ruined, except sugar cane, by recen siorm; estimates cannot De gotten a until water recedes, as yet it is impos sible to get around even on horsebacl to make an approximate estimate o damage: corn is rotting in the fields cotton badly stained weather won permit gathenng.?J. S. Coburn, Sr. Ti ?1? 1 ? tv i:_. T? i -Derseiey.-jriuupuns. r requeue auu>v ers and cloudy weather have cause< contined shedding of cotton; cottoi opening rapidly, but picking hinderec by rain and cloudiness; same cause als< injured peas and potatoes.?Thos. P llavenel. Charleston.?Charleston: Had fev days of sunshine this week; many far mers are busy putting in, or getting ready to put in, fall beans; all farn TCArl- V>j?r>L-wflrrl?TV Sahlman. Chesterfield.?Cheraw: The past 2( days of excessive rain have done mud damage to all crops, more particularly to cotton, causing it to rot, sprout anc shed badly, young corn in lowlands turning yellow, otherwise not seriouslj damaged by recent freshet; more sun> shine this week, and all crops mucl improved.?E. M. Wells. Colleton.?"White Hall: Weather favorable for repairing damage by freshet last week; river banks repaired, and on lower river the handling of damaged rice is under way but up river freshel has not gone off entirely.?W. E. Hasi.~n ? IvUH. Darlington.?Society Hill: Cottoc rotting and sprouting in the bolls from continued rains: corn made, and is a satisfactory yield; sugar cane very promising; rice ripening; crab grass hay never finer; pea vines injured by excessive moisture; sweet potatoes a good crop.?J. J. Lucas. Dorchester.?St. George's: If the enrmnrr week turns out fair, one-half of the cotton will be picked; over half of the crop is open and damaged by the recent bad weather.?L. A. Harper. Edgefield.?Poverty Hill: The week has been very damp and disagreeable, with some rain and very little sunshine cotton rotting badly, even after it has been picked; corn that was blown down is rotting and sprouting.?K. L. Bunch. Florence.?Jeffries: The past week has been unfavorable to harvest cotton; cotton is damaged by the rain, onesixth is losi by falling out; haying un der way, out it is a snort crop on lowlands.?L. S. Bigham. Greenville.?Simpsonvillc: Rainy and cloudy during the week; cotton shedding and rotting; what cotton has been picked is damaged; open bolls blued; no good fodder saved yet; potatoes fine; large yield of sorghum.?S. T. Moore. Greenwood.?Greenwood: Cotton has the rust badly; opening slowly; the crop will be short in this county.?M. M. Calhoun. Kershaw.?Camden: The weather continues wet and has caused considcrshln rl.imrxrr to ^nt.tnn; it is rnttinj* in ?w ? j - - ?^ O the boll: rains prevent picking and beat out a lot damaging it; the weather is not favorable for pulling fodder.?B. Ammons. Laurens.?Barksdale: Fodder gathering is about over, with very little good fodder saved; cotton opening rap i ? i _ v .: j. luiy. ana is ueiug picKeu auu guinea: pea crop and -late corn are very good: fruit all rotted.?S. B. Garrett. Lexington.?Ella: Much fodder was damaged by rain of 7th; nearly all cotton is in a rough condition, rotten and i*taia:SSPmi ~M t 011 I sprouted, picking will be rushed; peas : arc fine; beautiful grass for hay will be cut if weather favors; peanuts and potai toes are good; turnips growing rapidly. ?S. S. Lindler. Newberry.?Little Mountain: The latter half of the week too wet for gathering col ton or fodderl much fodder rotted in the fields; cotton still shedding and rotting in the boll; hayi ing retarded; with favorable weather large crop of pea vine hay will be made; much late corn blown down.?John M. Sease. 31. D. Orangeburg.?Bowman: Showers till Thursday, fair weather since: cotton j picking is very much retarded; some j hay has been cut. but not cured satisfactorily: good weather is anxiously /I t o \ v.i 1 ' awaited tor haying, as very nttie gooa 1 fodder was saved in this vicinity; rice s crop is very fine and turning out well. ?B. 0. Evans. Pickens.?Loopers'. Lack of sunshine ruined nearly all our corn fodder and ^ what was pulled was rotten; cotton is 2 damaged fully one-fourth by the wet. cloudy weather.?AY. X. Hughes. Saluda.?Travis: The weather con* tinues unfavorable for picking cotton and pulling fodder: very little sunshine ^ this week, yet it did not rain much; a great deal of late fodder to pull yet. ?Jas. M. Forrest. Spartanburg.?Hillsville: .Not much ^ rain, but clovdy weather is injuring cotton and corn; fodder pulling very nearly finished, but was saved in poor i condition; turnips poor.?J. M. Cale vert" ^ Sumter.?Shiloh: Tlie past week has been very unfavorable for picking cotton aad very little has been picked as yet; it is lotting in the bolls; peas and potatoes arc doing very well.?S. C. Turbeville. Union.?Santuc: The heavy rain of the 7 th caught and damaged a large quantity of cord fodder; corn not up to expectations, yet in places it is good; ' open cotton was badly injured by dirt and stain; many bolls only half -open, i and lint blue from mildew; outlook gloomy; peavines and grass for hay, very fine; turnips not doing well.?E. " W. Jeter. Williamsburg.?Chapman: The week generally has been favorable for har? vesting cotton and peas; late peas have imnrrtrorl cinco tlin roins j chufas, potatoes and ribbon-cane are doing well: cotton seems to be turning out very light since picking has begun; some good hay has been saved this i week.?D. N. Johnson. York.?Leslie: "Weather still unfair voiable for cropsj^ fodder pulling about done, very little good fodder saved; on ? account of rain, very little cotton pick, ed; crop badly injured from rotting, * bluirfg, and sprouting in the boll; ii weather permits, the deficiency in fod'[ der can be supplied by peavinc and g other hay.?D. T. Leslie. e TERRIBLE HURRICANE. Hundreds of People Killed and Thoue sands Are Rendered Homeless. - 4 T 1 . "1 1 1 . . .1 r A i/onaon aispatcn says aavices naa ; been received there late "Wednesday 3 night to the effect that a terrible hur1 ricane had swept over Barbadoes, in the windward group of the Lesser Antiiles. The dispatch says two hundred i people had been killed and forty thou - sand rendered homeless. According to thi> latest reports from g St. Lucia, the storm which broke upon 7 the island Sunday night developed al most unprecedented violence, being ac companied by a tidal wave and tremennmis rflins Nnmprnns landslides were 1 caused, and many houses, bridges and r cocoa estates have been destroyed. At ~ least 12 lives have been lost, e Gaudaloupe, the French island in - the leeward group, has experienced heavy weather. Nineteen deaths are reported, and there have been destruc3 tive landslides. t I A Knof Telor?/1 /vf Sf. Vin " XJk. 1/VttU Ai Vlii. AJUV Ak;il?UV* V* ?W V. AU t cent, 100 miles west of Barbadoes, ar rived "Wednesday at the Island of Grec nada, and reports that St. Vincent has f experienced the most violent and de; structive cyclone ever known there. t Kingston, the capital of St. Vincent, is totally destroyed. It is estimated - that 300 lives have been lost in that 1 island, and that 20,000 people are home1 less. The bodies of the dead are be1 insr buried it trenches. Thousands are > starving or being fed at the public ex pense. The amount of property destroyed in r St. Vincent cannot vet be estimated. Every small house is down and many ' large buildings including churches, 1 stores and almost all the state buildings. Three large ships are ashore on ) the windward coast, and many smaller l vessels .ire stranded. J I The Beggars at Habana. ? As predicted, the streets and public r places of Habana have again become crowded with beggars since the closing 1 of the uoup kitchens. Nothing could be more ridiculous than the statement ' of Civil Governor Fernandez de Castro - that want and distress have disappeari ~A TV, ! opening of these kitchens during the - blockade still obtain in the same de gree, and the beggars are no better off today than they were then. The rais1 ing of the blockade did not have the 1 effect of reducing prices which continue 1 excessive for the poor. The Maine Election. In Maine, to be exact, the Democrats 1 polled about the same vote they polled in 1S94, while the Republicans lost 20 ; percent, and their plurality forgovern; or in the whole State will be about 23.000 as against 39,000 four years ago. The New York Tribune has become * 11 CCT) 1. 1? *1 _ _ J ? alarmed Decause nepuDiican ieauers of capacity have this year fouDd some occasion to fear the prevailing impression that Kepublican success was certain every-where, owing to the war/' And the New York Evening Post which fondly hopes for Republican success, is not sure the next house will escape the control of what it calls a "Bryanlsed Democracy. Before and After. The elections in Oregon and Rhode Island were held before the return of | the troops. In both cases the result showed large Republican majorities. The elections in Maine and Vermont were held after the return of the troops. In both cases the result showed a tremendous falling off in the usual Republican majorities. Ti e logical sequitur is that Alger did it. There have been about 100,000 volunteers ordered nms tcrcd out. most of whom live in northern States. When they get home the Republican party may look out for trouble.?State. The Louisville Post says a party of fishermen found a man and his family up the Tennessee river who had never heard of the war with Spain. The man wouldn't believe it until a newspaper }h rewports from the battlefields was produced and read. The poorly informed native said his lack of information was due to the fact that he hadn't "bin over to cown for purty nigh a year" lnf'iiii'1 ? III'TVI III THE HORSE SWAPPER. A Most Laughable Tale From the Georgia Scenes. In the ;'Georgia Scenes" is the typical picture of horse swapping in the olden days, which may prove interesting to the present generation. It is the story of how Yellow Blossom bantered Peter Ketch and was properly caught. Yellow Blossom believed that he was just a '"leetle bit" of the best man at a horse swap that: 'ever trod in shoe leather." After describing Bullet, Blossom's horse, and Kit, the 1 'critter'' owned by Peter Ketch, at some length, the story proceeds as follows: ,;I tell you, man." proceeded Yellow Blossom, ;:he is the best live horse that ever trod the grit of Georgia. Bob Smart knows the horse. Come here. Bob. and mount this horse and show Bullet's motions."' Here Bullet bristled up and looked as i; he had been hunting Bob all day long and bad just found him. Bob sprang on his back. ;:Boo-oo-oo!" said Bob with a fluttering noise of the lips, and away went Bdlct as if in a quarter race with all his beauties spread in handsome style. "Now fetch him back," said Blossom.' Bullet turned and came in pretty much as he went out. "Now, trot him by." Bullet reduced his tail to customary, sided to the right and left fairly, and exhibited at least three varieties of trot in the short space of fifty yards. '"Make him pace." Bob commenced twitching the bridle, and kicking at the same time. These inconsistent movements obviously and most naturally disr-nnwrtpd ttnllAt. frir if. wn<; imnnssihlfl for him to learn from the method whether he was to proceed or stand still. He started to trot and was told that wouldn't do. He attempted a canter, and was checked again. He stopped and was urged to go on. Bullet now rushed into the wide field of experiment. and struck out on a gait of his own that completely turned the tables on his rider and certainly deserved a patent. It seemed to have derived its elemonts from the jisr, the minuet, and : the cotillion. If it was not a pace it certainly had pace in it, and no man ; would venture to call it anything else; ' so it passed off to the satisfaction of the owner. 1 "Walk him!" Bullet was now at home again, and he walked as if money ' was staked on him. The stranger whose name I after1 1 1 T* _ j. _ __ TT _ j. - "L T r waras learnea was reter iveicn, uaviug examined Bullet to his heart's content, , ordered his son Neddy to go and bring up Kit. Neddy soon appeared upon Kit. a well-formed sorrel of the middle size, and in good order. His tout ensemble through Bullet entirely in the shade, thouge a glance was sufficient to UMIIa^ V>A iiujr UUC tlldt UU11CI/ UDU bAM* ut cided advantage of him in point of intellect. After a few banters, Peter Ketch is : quoted: r "Neddy, take a couple of sticks and . beat on that hogshead at Kit?s tail." [ Ned made a tremendous rattling at . which Bullet took fright, broke his I bridle and dashed off in grand style, . and would have stopped all further negotiations by going home in disgust [ had not a traveler arrested him and i brought him back; but Kit did not . move. "I tell you gentlemen," continued . Peter, "he's the scariest horse you ever i saw. He ain't as gentle as Bullet, but he won't do any harm*if you watch him. Shall I nut him in a cart, riff or wagon for you, stranger? He will cut the same caper there he does here. He's a monstrous mean horse." During all this time Blossom was . examining him with the nicest scrutiny. Having examined his frame and limbs he now looked at his eyes. ' He's got a curious look out of his eyes." said Blossom. 11 1 Tfc_.L ((*. i. ? i "un, jTes, sir, saia recer, just as blind as a bat. Blind horses always have clear eyes. Make a motion at his if you please, sir." Blossom did so, and Kit threw up his head, rather as if something pricked * ?' . ? i ii ini? : mm under tne cnm tnaa as u leariujj a. blow. Blossom repeated the experiment, and Kit jerked back in considerable astonishment. ''Stone blind, you see, gentlemen," ! proceeded Peter, "but's he's just as good to travel of a dark night as if he had eves." "Blame my buttons," said Blossom, "if I like them eyes." "No," said Peter, "nor I either. I'd rather have them made of diamonds, * .1 1- mP j.1 J >i. Dut tcey ii ao?11 mey uuu l suuw as much white as Bullet's." "Well, said Blossom, "make a pass at me." "No," said Peter, "you made the bante::; now make your pass." "Well, I'm never afraid to price my horse. You must give me $25 to boot." "Oh, certainly, say $50 and my saddle ar.d bridle in. Here Neddy, my son, take daddy's horse/' 'jW'ell," said Blossom. "I've made my pass, now make yours." "I'm for short talk in a horse swap and therefore always tell a gentleman ?* nrViof T moin YVvn roust. give iae $10." Blossom swore absolutely, roundly and profanely that he never would give boot. "Well," said Peter, "I didn't care about trading: but you cut such high shines, that I thought I'd like to back you out, and I've done it. Gentlemen, you see I've brought him to a hack." ''Come, old man," said Blossom. "I've been joking with you. I begin to think you do want to trade. Theretnra nr?TTO m<s !?!n flrif? Bllllftt. I'd rathe:: lose $10 any time than not make a trade, though I hate to fling away a good horse.'' "Well," said Peter, "I'll be as clever as you are. Just put the $5 on Bullet's back, and hand him over; it's a trade." Blossom swore again, as roundly as + li.it Trm 1/-3 I ' r?nf ortvo Vinnt UCi U11/J LHO.U UV TTUUiU |?uvv ?*? v MVWf and, said he: <;Bullet wouldn't hold $5 on hi:; back, nohow. But as I bantered you, if you say an even swap, here's at you." ;I told you," said Peter, "I'd be as clever as you; therefore, here goes $2 more, just for trade's sade Give me $3 and it's a bargain." Blossom repeated his former assertion : and here the parties stood for a long time, and the bystanders, many 1\/-kyo r> fa fonnf >YJULU >VCiC Lixjrr waicvi-vU} w vuuuv both parties. After some time, however, it was pretty unanimously decided that the old man had backed Blossom out. At length Blossom swore he ' ne ?*er would be backed out for $3, after bantering a man," and accordingly they closed the trade. coi/^ Rlnccnm oc lie Jtet V ?T CUiU JL/AVUUVUAj Peter tlie $3, "I am a man that, when he makes a bad trade, makes the most of it until he can make a better. I'm for no rues and afterclaps." . "That's just my way," said Peter; "I never goes to law to mend my bargains." ':Ah, ,j*ou're tbe kind of a boy I lore to trade with. Here's" your hoss, old man. Take the saddle and bridle off him. and I'll strip yours; butliftupthe blankets easy from Bullet's back, fcr be s a mighty tender- backed hoss. The old man removed the saddle, but the blanket stuck fast. He attempted to raise it, and Bullet bowed himself, switched his tail and gave signs of biting. ''Don't hurt him, old man," said Blossom archly, "take it off easy. Iam perhaps, a leetle of the best man at a * ^ - ^ . i -l . J 11 norse swap mao ever catcnea a coou. Peter continued to pull at the blanket more and more roughly; and Bullet became more and more cavortish, insomuch that, when the blanket came off he had reached the . kicking point in good earnest. The removal of the blanket disclosed a sore on Bullet's backbone that seemed to have defied all medical skill. It measured six full inches in length, and four in breadth, and had as many features as Bullet had motions. My heart sickened at the sisrht. and I felt that the brute who had been riding him in that situation deserved the halter. The prevailing feeling, however, was that of mirth. The laugh became loud and general at the old man's expense, and rustic witticisms were liberally bestowed upon him and his late purchase. These Blossom continued to provoke by v/vwio-nlre TTA O clr^/3 fhA /\]/1 ^ (XI IU UO igiuaiiXCt XXV Iiuv viu man if he thought Bullet would let $5 lie on his back. He declared most seriously that he had owned that horse three months, and had never discovered before that he had a sore back, ''or he never would have thought of trading him. etc. The old man bore it all with the most philosophic composure. He evinced no astonishment at his late discovery, and made no replies, but his own son Neddy had not disciplined iiis teelings quite so well. His eyes'Opened wider and wider. From the first to the last pull of the blanket, and when the whole sore burst upon his view, astonishment and fright seemed to contend for the mastery of his countenance. As the blanket disappeared he stuck his hands into his breeches pockets, heaved a deep sigh and lapsed into a profound reverie, from which he was only aroused by the cuts at his father. He bore tliem as Ions as he could: and when he could contain himself no longer, lie began, with a certain wildness of expression, which gave a peculiar interest to what he uttered: "His back's mighty bad off, but tod trot my soul if he's put it to daddy as bad as he thinks he has, for old Kit's blind and deef, I'll be tod trot if he ein't. "The devil he is," said Blossom. "Yes. dod trot my soul if he ein't. You walk him and see if he ein't. His eyes don't look like it, but he'd just as leave JJU tilC UUUSC mw juu, u; iu a ditch as anyhow. Now, you go try him. The laugh was now tnrned to test the fidelity of the little boy's report. A few experiments established its truth beyond controversy. "Neddy," said the old man, "you oughtn't try and make people discontented with their things. Stranger, don't mind what the little boy . says. If you can only get Kit rid of them little failings, you'll find him all sorts of a horse. You are a leetle the best man at a horse swap that I got hold of but don't fool away Hit. Dome, ?se<iay my son. let's be moving; the stranger seems to be getting snappish." Hilton s. Iodoform Liniment is the "nee pins ultra" of all such preparations in removing soreness, and quickly healing fresh cuts and wounds, no matter how bad. It will promptly heal old sores nf "Will kill the nois-' VA ?Z x; on from Poison Ivy" or Poison Oak" and cure "Dew Poison." Will counteract the poison from bites. of snakes an stings of insects. It is a sure cure for sore throat. Will cure any case of sore mouth, and is a superior remedy for all pains and aches. Sold by druggists and dealers 25 cents a bottle. A Fine Spectacle. Mount Vesuvius is now presenting tha grandest spectacle since 1872, due to a violent outburst of activity. The central crater and a number of new mouths are vomiting lava and ashes. Three imposing streams are flowing i down the mountain side, burning tie chestnut woods at the base of Monte I Snmma. neaviv reaching the observa tory, destroying part of the Funicular railroad leading thereto and threatening the barracks of the carabineers. The American army chaplaL j, says a Manila dispatch to the New York Sun, has started Protestant services in private buildings. This is the first time that such services have ever been held in the Philippines. Saw Mills. If you need a oaw mill, any size, wntt me before buying elsewhere. I h&ve the rao8t complete line of mills ef *bj dealer or manufacturer in the South Corn Mills. Very highest grade 8tone?, at unusualIt low prices. TT UUU" U1 UlUg Machinery. Planers, Moulder*. Edger, Re-Sawi Band Saws, Laths, etc. ' Engines and Boilers/ Talbott and Liddell, Engleberg Rice Hulier. in stock quick deliver;, low price.?. \\ (. ilADfi A Als 1326 Ifaio Street. * *>?.rv a?,, s . (HILTON'S 9 U-K K5.>K THS UVii ^NrjBJ KIDNEYS, as its name imparts, I* a stimilator snd re?ui*.*<r tofl ;h-5?e or^aas. Is the best after 9| mt'.cUi medidue to aid digestion 9H i'Tavern* de^cuclies. Our & jy Acts tbeKld-?; nuys within T&lny mln iuw afiet ?wn<T. relieving acnes In tiwjS xSHE *** ' " 'u) ByS back from disorder of the? eor-^n aBi gaua. i-Uillevea all stomacfc |B in-able*. Is entires vegetable, H fgf ;#c, . Oc and 91 (K? a bottJe. 6olc H 35; y generailj, ac?J b. TlieK jpEK 5durta\ L-'rcg Co-, Columbia, S.B, { 1|? i-: H Bear, Charleston, mM j Sold by dealers generally and by THE MURRAY DRUG CO., Columbia, S. C. * .V * ~ - : . ,1. ~ ~ A Happy Home 1 is utcr-a ?8<J tcn-foid go?'l Muhhj. M?k tfc* L'ost of 'ifn by procuring ? pood Pi A.N* If Hi '??!? Mtisic ^ a ^fyuir? ^nrtiiinoe. an<' keei * - - " ? .. V L ^ your raa-iT'-v *> uuuj j. 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Two 60 saw Pratt gins, feeders and condensers, good order, $100 each <)ne 70 6iw Pratt fin feeder and condenser, \ good order, $120 Two 60 sair Manger feeders, g">cd order $ 5 -\ 'hie60 saw Winship feeder, good ordi-r, $16 <>i e 50 saw Van Winkl* feeder; gcoi ordei $12 60. < >iie 70 uw Pratt feeder; good ord*r 520 - . Oue 70 saw Pratt condenser, good order $2v . ; ",v ENGINES AND BALERS. Oue 20 H. P Atlas ?ngine and 26 EF, P. porI .-vi- 1?.? ??OKn _ UHflV UUUCI lvuij/icw;, ^wu v?uvi| ywv. One 25 H. P. Liddeil ecgine aod 25 B. P. Atlas return tabular boiler complete, good order, $275. . One 12 d. P. portable boiler, fair order $76 One 16 H P Qeiser engine and boiler on wheels, good order, $100. One 4H P engine and bciler on skid-, fair ?. order, $50. One 6 E P Vertical engine and boil r, ro 1 1 .. A fTK ./ ^ caj-quuarj > |uuu vrucr, Oae 20 H P Toxer engine and boiler on skid* good order, $400. p One 20 H P Erie engine and return tabular jlgS boiler ;n rood order, $250. _ , . One 20'H P Lombard return tubnLtr boiler, good order, $100. MIS ELLANEOOS, ! ^ 3 One Tdbott Ponj saw mill, fair order, $l(dV ^ One Goodell & Waters 24Nfcurf*cer $75. jW ^ Two Bots cotton presses, good crder, Ur each. The above oflered subject to prior HjJTWrite os quick. Unusually low roioes on new machinarv. all kinds W. H. GpES & CO. i ^^Ne*r Union. Depot,< Colombia S C. S. C, Agenti^Liddell Co,, Charlotte. N. C. Take Care of 1 Your Property, '? Save money by keeping yom ? Grins in thorough. repair. Yon get better results please tlie public and savft vonr - ^ OWN TIME AND LABOR. Fourteen years practical experience in the ELLIOTT GJN SHOPS a.i Winnsboro, S. C., ^ is a guarantee of good work. - Send your gins at once to the undersigned, W. J, ELLIOTT, ! M COLUMBIA, S. C. Located adjacent to Mm SB From Maker Direct ftfl m ?? ffc y 9 Is always Good, always (?Si always Satisfactory, alway^^^^HIM 38B lng. You take no chances M II *??*. somewhat \m cheap, poor piano, bat Is aj wx cneapesi id me en a. ? No other Hiffb Grade reasonable. Factory prices? buyers. Easy payments. Tw ^ g?r???A Cfc, ?a Sew Y^j WHY NOT After repeated failTHE ures trying so-called -1 KEELY cures and cheap cures CUKE? be cured at THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, tfftEESVlL' K 80UIK CAROLINA. (rue only neeiey institute in tne -ttaw ) ^ I vr*A-*e^t3-ta!rrtiL, ' <jK2S'? ?''* ?''%? i