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llf^ ' | AN EASTER SERMON Dr. Talmage Draws Inspiration Igijjf;--. . from the Field. 5 . p.---*.. ANGELS OF THE GRASS, Lessons Which the Flowers >' Bring to thelAnxious. the DispiritedTand the Bereaved. In this Easter sermon Dr. Talmage * ?A -4.. 4-ltsv wiAff Art-A ATC interprets tuc nu>vu era brine to the anxious, the dispirited and the oereaved; text, Luke xii, 28, "If then G-oa so clothe tbe crass, which is today in the held, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, how much more will he clothe you, 0 ve of little * faith?" # The lily is the queea of Bible flowers. The rose may have disputed her throne in modern times and won it, but *V>,? i-iri<rir>ollv imr? ntllv fiv'P Totals. < 11^ iV'?^ VWb iUWJiJ ?r ? - ? 4. It was under the long continued and intense gaze of the"ivorid th.nt the rose blushed into its present beauty. Tn the Bible train, cassia and hyssop and frankinecense and mjrrhand spikenard and camphor and the rose follow the lily. Fourteen times in the Bible is the lily mentioned, only twice the rose. The rose may now have wide empire, but the lily reigned in the time of Esther, in the time of Solomon, in the time of Christ. Caesar had his throne on the hills. The lily had her throne in the valley. In the greatest sermon that was ever preached there was only one flower, ana that a iily. The Bed ford dreamer, John Bunyac, entered the house of the interpreter and was shown a cluster of flowers and was told to ''consider the lilies." We may st^Hy or reject other sciences at our option?it is so with astronomy, it is so with chemistry, it is so with jurisprudence, it is so with physiology, it is so with geology?but the science of botany Christ commands us to study when he says, "Consider the lilies." Measure them from too' to tip of petal. - Inhale their breath. Notice the gracefulness of their poise. Hear the whisper of the white lips cf the eastern and the red lips of the American lily. Belonging to this royal family of lilies are the li y of the Nile, the Japan Kly, the Lady Washington of the sierras, the Golden band lily, *.he Giant ily of Nepaul, the Turk's cap lily, the African lily from the Cape of Go)d Hope. All these lilies have the royal blood in their veins. But I take the lilies of my text this morning a3 typical of all flowers, and their voice of floral beauty seems to address us saying "Consider the lilies, consider the azaleas, consider the fuchsias, consider the geraniums, consider the ivies, consider the hyacinths, consider the heliotropes, consider the oleanders." With deferential and grateful and intelligent and worshipful souls, consider them. -Net with insipid sentimentalism or with sophomoric vaporing, but for grand and practical and everyday, and, if need be? homely uses, consider them. ^ The flowers are the angels of tlV grass. They all have voices. TVhen the clouds speak they thunder, when tlae whirlwinds speaic tcey scream, L- when tie cataracts sjsesk they roar, but % when the flowers'speak they always whisper. here to interpret \tfieir message. vThat have yon to say tdrnS^O ye angels of the grass? I his morning I mean to discuss what flowers aro good for. That is my subject, What are flowers good for? I remark in the first nlace, they are good for lessons of God's providential care. That was Christ's first thought. All these flowers seem to address us today, sayiDg: ' 'God will give you apparel and food. We have no wheel with which to spin, no loom with which to weave, no sickle with which to harvest no well sweep with which to draw water but.God slakes our thirst with the dew. and God feeds us with the bread of the <?w?_ sunshine, and (rod has appareled us with more than Solomonic regality. We are prophetesses of adequate wardrobe. "If God so clothed ns, the .crass of the field, will he not much more clothe you, 0 ye of little faith?" Men and women of worldly anxieties, take this message home with you! How long has God taken care of you? Quarter of the journey of life? Half the journey of life? Three-quarters the journey of life? Can you not trust him the rest of the way? God does not promise you anything like that which the Roman emperor had on his table at vase expense?500 nightingales' tongues?but he has promised to take care of you. He has promised you the necessities, not the luxuries?bread, not cake. If God so luxuriantly c othes the grass of the c-1 J _m T ueiu, v?ui iic uuv yiuviue ioi )vu, iiio living and immortal children? He ? will. No wonder Martin Lather always bad a flowei on his writing desk for inspirax tion! Through the cracks of the prison floor a flower grew tip to cheer Picciola. _ Muago Park, the great traveler and explorer, had his life saved by a flower. He sank down in the desert to die, but, seeing a flower near by, it suggested God's merciful care, and he got up with a?%/3 yt/^1 i-k/3 a r? f a eo'pafrr UCW *au wa?uicu j lx ty I said the lowers are tbi angels of the grass. I add now they are the evangels of the sky. If yon ask me the question, "What are flowers good for?" I respond, they are good for the bridal day. The bride must have them on her brow, and she must have them in her hand. The marriage altar must be covered with them. A wedding without flowers would be as inappropriate as a wedaiDg without music. At such a time they are for congratulation and prophecies of good. So much of the pathway of life is covered up with thorns, we ought to ?over the beginning with orange blossoms. Flowers are appropriate on such occasions, for in ninety-nine out of a hundred cases it is the very best thing that could have happened. The world may criticise and pronounce it an inaptitude and may lift its eyebrows in surprise and think it might suggest ' * r # j _ 1 iiT.. . J i_ sometaiDg Deuer, out me v.ruu who sees the 20, 40, 50 years of wedded life before they have begun arranges for the best. So that flowers in almost all oases are appropriate for the marriage day. The divergences of disposition will become correspondences, rockless ness will become prudence, frivolity will be turned into practicality. There has been many an aged wid" . owed soul who had a carefully locked bureau. *nd in the bureau a box. and, in tjfcie box a folded paper, and in the folded paper a half blown rose, slightly agrant, discolored, carefully pressed. She put it there 40 or 50 years ago. Ob the anniversary day of her wedding she will go to the bureau, she will lift the box, she will unfold the paper, and to her eyes will be exposed the half blown bud, and the memories of the past will rush upon her, and a tear will drop | nP?n the flower, and suddenly it is [ tra?sfigTired, and there is t stir in the ! dust of the anther, and it rounds out, i and it is full of life, and it begins to ! tremble in the procession up the church I . j ? j _ 1._ii? j aisie, ana tne aeau music ui ?t nan ueu: tury ago comes throbbing through the j aii, and vanished faces reappear and ' right hands aie joined, and a manly | voice promises, "I -will, for better or ; for worse," and the wedding march j thunders a salvo of joy at the depart* I iDg crowd, but a sigh on that aoniver| sary day scatters the scene. Under | the deep retonea breath the altar, the ; flowers, the congratulating groups are ! scattered, and there is nothing left but ; a trembling hanu holding a faded rose; bud, which is put into the paper and then into the box. and the box carefully placed iu the bureau, and with a -1 ?1?u ,i1/v 5>u<ir?J? suuuuu v;nv;a. vi tiiv iu^?v iu\; ! sccne is over. Ah, my friends, let not the prophej cies of the fiowcrson your wedding day be raise prophecies. Be blind to each I other's faults.- Make the most of each I other*3 excellences. llemember the j vows, the ring on the third finger of the j left hand, and the benediction of the | calla lil;cs. I If you ask me the question. "What I are fiowcrs good for?" I answer, they ! are Jjood to honor and comfort the ohsei rmios. The worst cash ever made into | the side oi' our poor tar;h is the cash of j the grave. It is so deep, it is ?o cruel, i it is so incurable, that it needs some| thing to cover it up. Flowers for the caskct, flowers for the hearse, flowers for the cemetery. What a contrast between a grave in a country churchyard, with the fence broken down and the tombstone aslant and the neighboring cattle browsing amid the mullein stalks and the Canada thistles, and a June morning in Greenwood, the wave of roseate bloom rolling to the top of the mounds and then breaking into foam- ? -? liig Uitrsta Ui. uyncio aivuuu the pillows of dust. It is the difference between sleeping under rags and sleeping under an embroidered blanket. We want old Mortality with his chisel to go through all the graveyards in Christendom, and while he carries a chisel in one hand we want old Mortality to have some flower seed in the palm of the 'other 1 J iia.au. "Oh," you say, "the dead don't know; it makes no difference to them." I think you are mistaken. There are not so many steamers and trains coming to any living city as there convoys coming from heaven to earth, and if there be instantaneous and constant jommunication between this world and the better world, do you not suppose your departed friends know what you do with their bodies? Why has God planted goldenrod and wild Sowers in the forest and on prairie, where no human eye ever sees them? He planted them there for invisible intelligences to look at and admire, and when invisible intelligences come to look at the wild flowers of the woods and the table lands, will they net make excivslon and see the flowers which-j^n have planted in affectionate^membrance of flaggy? v* ' ssssiSSF I an* "dead, I would like to TifVlote?one nn<? i M - -cv*. v AV/avwm M?Uj v**v J|^2^RSuck them out of the grass, or jmw one could lift from 'the edge the pond a water lily?nothing rarely expensive, no insane display, as sometimes at funeral rites, where the display takes the bread from the childrens' mouths and the clothes from their backs, but something from the great democracy of flowers. Rather than imperial catafalque of Russian czar, I ask some one vrhom I may have helped by gospel sermon or Christian deed; to bring a sprig of arbutus or a handful of China asters. It -was left for modern time.s to spell respect for the departed and comfort for the living in letters of floral gospel. Tk*n o n * o__ .I . riJiow oi nowers, meaning rest ior tne pilgrim who has got to the end of his journey. Anchor of flowers, suggesting the Christian hope which we have as an anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast. Cross of flowers, suggesting the tree oil which our sins were slain. If I had my way, I would cover up all the dreamless sleepers, whether in golden I handled casket or pine bos, whether 1 a king's mausoleum or potter's field, with radiant or aromatic arborescence. The Bible says, "In the midst of the garden there was a sepulcher." I wish that every sepulcher might be 111 the midst of a garde n. If you asked me the question, "What are flowers good for?" I answer, "For religious symbolism." Have you ever studied Scriptural flora? The Bible is an arboretum, it is a divine conservatory, it is a herbarium of exquisite beauty. If you want to illustrate the brevity of the brightest human life, you will quote from Job, "Man cometh forth as a flower and is cut down." Or you will quote from the psalmist, "As the flower of the field, so he peiisheth; the wind passeth over it, and it is gone." Or you 'will quote from Isaiah, "All flesh is grass, and the goodliness thereof is as the flower of the field." Or you will quote from James the apostle, "As the flower of the grass, so he passeth away.'' TVhat graphic Bible symbolism! All the cut flowers will soon be dead, whatever care you take of them. Though morning and night you baptize them in the name of the shower, the baptism Will UUt UC LU LLLCJLLl <J SCtViU^ UiUIUttiUJC. They have been fatally wounded with the knife that cut them. They are bleediDg their life away; they are dying now. The fragrance in the air is their departing and ascending spirits. Oh, yes! Fiowers are almost human. Botanists tell us that flowers breathe, they take nourishme it, they eat, they drink. They are sensitive. They have their likes and dislikes. They sleep, they wake. They live in families. They have their ancestors and their decend ants, their birth, their burial, their cradle, their grave. The zephyr rocks the one, and the storm digs the trench for the other. The cowslip must leave its gold, the lily must leave its silver, the rose must leave its diamond necklace of morning dew. Dust to dust. So we come up, we prosper, we spread abroad, we die, as the flower?as the flower! Change and decay ia all around 1 see; 0 thou who changest not, abide frith me! Flowers also afford mighty symbolism of Christ, who compared himself to the ancient queen, the lily, and the modern . 1 1 1 ii-r queen, ine rose, wnen ne said, "I am the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the valley."' Redolent like the one, humble like the other. Like both, appropriate for the sad who want sympathizers and for the rejoicing who want banqueters. Jlovenng over the marriage ceremony like a wedding bell or folded like a chalet on the pulseless heart of the dead, O Christ, let the perfume of thy name be wafted all around the earth?lily and rose, lily and rose?until the wilderness crimson into a garden and the round earth turn into one great bud of immortal beauty laid against the warm heart of GodSnatch down from the world's banners eagle and lion aad put on lily and rose, lily and roie. i eS " mam i 'r? nnwao'iri Ti '>' Sm . j i But, my friends, flowers have no | grander use than when on Easter morn- j ing we celebrate the reanimation of j Chiist from the catacombs. The flow- j j ers spell resurrection. There is not a j | nook or corner in ; 11 the building but : : is touched with the incense. The wo- j I i.j ; -l. l ' I men carried spices to ine iomo 01 ! Christ, ana they dropped spices all j around about the tomb, and from these j spices have grown all the flowers of Ka? ; ter mora. The two white robed angels i I that hurled the stone away from the j ! door of the tomb hurled it with such j violence down the hill that it crushed : j in the door of the world's sepulcher, j | and millions of fragments came forth, j j However labyrinthine the mausole- j \ um, however costly the sarcophagus, i j however architecturally grand the nei cropolis, however beautifully parterred | the family grounds, we *ant them all broken up by the Lord of the resurrection. The forms that we laid away with our broken hearts must rise again. Father and mother, they must come out. Husband and wife, they must j come out. Brothers and sister, they ; must come out. Our darling children, i they must come out. The eyes that i ! i 11: c .5 i .4. i j wiiii ueiuuiiiJg uugers v.e ciweu u;u>t open in the luster of resurrection morn. The arms that we folded i ndeath must join ours in embrace of reunion. The beloved voice that was hushed must bereturned. The beloved form must come up without its iofirmities, with out its fatigues. It must come up. Ob. how long it seems for some of you! Waiting, waiting for the resurrection! How Ion?, how lout! I make vour bro ken hearts today a cool, soft bandage of lilies. I comfort you this day with the thought of resurrection.When Lord Nelson was buried in St. Paul's cathedral in London, the heart of all England was stirred. The procession passed on amid the sobbing of a nation. There were 30 trumpeters stationed at the door of the cathedral, with instruments of music in hand, waiting for the signal, and, when the illustrious dead arrived at the gates of St. Paul's cathedral, these 30 trumpeters gave one united blast, and then all was silent. Vof. t-Tie tminrmof-Q nnf wnl-A t.hf* dead. He slept right on, But I have to tell yoa, what 30 trumpeters could not do for one roan, one trumpeters will do for all nations. The ages have rolled on, and the clock of the world's destiny strikes 9, 10,11, 12, and tiD:e shall be no longer! Behold the archangel hoyenng! He v takes the trumpet, points it this "r-inputs its lips to his lips and then !. one long, loud, terrific, thunderoi: reverberating and resurrectionary blast! Look, look! They rise! The 6 a?i? the dead! some coming forth fro:w the family vault, some from the city cemetery, some from the country graveyard. Here a spirit.is joined to its bodv. and there another spirit is joined to another body, and millions of departed spirits are assorting the bodies, and then reclothing themselves in forms reliant .'for ascension. The earth begins to burn?the bonfire of a great victory. All ready now for , the procession of reconstructed humanity! Upward and away! Christ leads, and all the Christian dead follow, batalion after battalion, nation after nation. Up, up! On, on! Forward, ye ninl-o nf fi-nrl A1 mlaVifw ' Tjift, nrv vnnr heads, ye everlasting gates and let the : conquerors come in! Resurrection! Resurrection! And so I twist all the festal flowers of the chapels and cathedrals of all Christendom into one great chain, and with that chain I bind the Easter morning of 1S99 with the closing Easter of the world's history?resurrection! May ; the God ef pease that brought again fram the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood ot the covenant, mate you perfect in every good work to do bis j 1 -will. Beauties of Divorce Law. The more we see of the workings of 1 -i . _ _ ^"L. J divorce laws in omer states tne prouder we feel that South Carolina has no such law on her statute books. Recently over in Savannah a divorce case was tried that shows this law up in its. most disgusting and degrading aspect. The case was brought against Judge H. D. D. Twiggs by his wife. Mrs Twiggs was a Miss Cornelia Dennis, of Charleston, S. C., and-,,married a man in Greenville by the name of Harrison, from whom she got a divorce. According to the facts as we find them in the Charleston Evening Post the story of the marriage and after life of Judge and Mrs. Twiggs is as sensational and romantic as Rider Haggard could have imagined. Judge Twiggs was a prominent lawyer in Augusta, with a large and happy family. His fame as a criminal lawyer permeated the entire country. Mrs. Twiggs was then a resident of Charleston, S. C. She wanted a divorce from her first husband and engaged the judge as council. He was successful and the divorce was granted;' but, Cupid had been at work and Judge Twiggs emerged from the suit to find himself in love with his fair client. He at once set about freeing himself from his first union; he went to Dakota and secured a divorce. Then he and his new love were at once united. They moved to Americus, Ga., then located there, remaining two or three years. Mrs. Twiggs was the social queen of the tovn. Her beauty, her brilliant intellect and many accomplishments gave to her the admiration of all acquaintances. Then came sensations, challenges, talked of duds, internal strife, and so on, until Judge Twiggs decided to- change his residence to Savannah. It was thought that they were living happily together and that peace and tranquility reigned supreme in their home. But it transpires that they haveb^en separted since last fall, and Mrs. Twiggs seeks a total separation with alimony, allegiug as her grounds cruel treatment and brutal abuse. But behind this divorce suit there is a story that Mrs. Twiggs has found a "new love"' in the nerson of a distant relative?a young man of prominence and wealth. We can not vouch for its truth, but we know that it is going the rounds and is credited by many. Could anything be worse than this! How any man who believes in the sanctity of the home and marriage relations can favor a divorce law in ihs face of such facts as above set forth i3 beyond our comprehension. The navy depaitment is bending forth every energy to the hurrying of snips ana sailors to Manila. It is in answer to a telegram that was received last week from Admiral Dewey. The admiral explains that with the force at hand, it is impossible for him to patrol the Philippine islands, or even those on which the war is being waged with such vigor, sufficiently close to nnf ormc o tv> tv. n ~ - T*. ~wwr V??v W11U auiUiUUiliUU. 11 seems that the Filipinos have plenty of money and the conditions are such as to make the proposition of selling contraband of war an inviting one. The probability is that all the available naval force that can be spared from this country will be sent to Manila. i OUR NOBLE DEAD. Burial'of the Heroes Who Died for their Country. AN EVENT AT ARLINGTON. Three Hundred and Thirty-Six Forms Laid to Rest. The President and Other High Officials There. With full honors or' war, upon the crest of the southern slope of Arlington cemetery Thursday afternoon, tie nation, represented by President MeKiuley, his cabinet and other high dignitaries of the government, the commanding general of the army and other distinguished officers, all the regular and militia organizations of the District and a vast concourse of 15.000 people, paid the last tribute of honor and respect to the bodies of 336 officers and men who gave their lives on distant battlefields for their country rlnrinir Snaniifi. Amori.i<in wop on<^ who were Thursday mustered into the silent army that, sleeps in the last bivouac of' the brave. The spot selected is the new addition to the cemetery looking out upon the broad sweeping Potomac. In this burial lot, which covered two acres in extent, in parallel rows the wooden boxes containing the caskets were ranged, separated by great mounds of earth. Over each box an American Sag was draped. There was no particular order in the disposition of remains, though an exception was made in the ease of officers. The boxes containing the bodies of Capt. Edgar Hubert, of the Eighth U. S. infantry; Lieut. L. I. Darnett, Ninth U. S. infantry; Lieut. Wm. Wood, Twelfth U. S. infantry; Lieut. R. S. Turman, Sixth U. S. infantry, and Lieut. Francis Creighton, U. S. volunteer signal corps, were placed at the head of the line of graves, immediately under the eye of the presidential party. Of the others fullv 70 r>er cent, are identified. About 20 per oent. are wholly unknown or known by the regiment to which they belonged. A platform had been erected, enclosed with flags and draped in mourning to accommodate the distinguished personages in case of inclement weather, but the day was an ideal one, and the platform was practically unoccupied. Long before the arrival of the military thousands .of people had surrounded the enclosure where the dead soldiers lay. At 2:30 the presidential party, which had been causrht in a iam at the Poto mac bridge, from which it required a dozen mounted police to extricate them, reached the enclosure. They were fol1 lowed by Gre". Miles and his staff, the military escort. As they arrived the solemn strains of the Dead March in Saul silenced the vast assemblage, and with heads bared the crowd stood at the fravesidft irhile nrpsi^Anfia] nartv advanced and the military dispositions were made. The military -was under the command of Col. Francis L. Guenther. and consisted of the District National Guard, the light battery with two Hotchkiss guns, a battalion of naval militia and the regular troops from the t _ A- TV a arsenai at x on; luyer. The troops were formed upon three sides of a rectangle and files of soldiers were marchad into the ranks of the dead. Flanking the open space at the head of the grass were the red-coated artillery men who were to fire the last salute and on the left was stationed the Fourth artilleiy band. Thft nresiriAnt ktr Sor? retary Gage. Secretary Long. Postmaster General Smith, Secretaries Hay, Hitchcock and Wilson, Assistant Secretary Taylor, Gen. Corbin, Gen. John M. Wilson and Col. Bingham, came forward with uncovered head and took his place in the open space facing the graves. lie was followed by Gen. Miles and his staff in full uniform and other distinguished guests, including some of the representatives of fereign countries. Just as the president arrived a pathetic incident occurred when aged Mr. and Mrs. O'Dowd pressed through the lines and placed a bunch of roses on the casket of their son, John O'Dowd, of the Seventh infantry. The parents oi' Lieut. Wood also came forward and deposited a beautiful wreath of flowers and the sword of that gallant officer upon his casket. Immediately the hand broke cut in the sweet strains of ; 'Nearer My God to Thee,'" and Post Chaplain C. W. Freeland of' Fort Monroe, in the ecclesiastical rnhr?3 nf hit! office wit-h T?ev Father McGee of St. Patrick's church, followed by three purple gowned acolytes, advanced to the graves and the funeral services began. They were very simple but very impressive. Rev. Freeland read the military committal service of the Episcopal church beginning with "Man that is born of woman:! and concluding with the promise of heaven contained in the words "I am the resurrection and the life." As he pronounced the words i:Dust to dust, earth to earth,'' the soldiers at the side of each grave crumbled a clod of earth upon each casket. The vast concourse bared their heads to the solemn words ; and scene and thousands joined in the Lord's prayer. Rev. Father McG-ee then consecrated with the churchly power invested in him the earth into which the bodies of the Catholic soldiers were placed. Meantime from Fort Myer, booming down the wind, came the dull crack of a gun every half hour and the national ensigns on the staffs there and at the Lee mansion ..ere run down to half mast. As soon as the religious services had been concluded flanking detachments of the Fourth and Fifth artillery fired three ear-smashing, soul-uplifting volleys and in the solemn hush that followed the salute the bugle sounded "taps." The last religious and military rites to the dead heroes were over and the presidential party and the military departed, living the work of actual interment to follow. As each of the caskets weigh some 50.0 pounds and requires eight men to handle it, it will be two or three days before all the bodies are in their graves. TT7;?^i rr.l -1 tfixcicfis j-eiegiapny. The United States war department is to make a test of Marcoci's system of wireless telegraphy over a six mile space within a few days. One instrument will be.located on top of the department building in Washington, and the other at Fort Myer, a near-by military post. Should the experiment prove successful, it is understood that the system will be at once adopted by the signal service of the army. In that event, it is possible that the new method of signaling will be employed in the Fiiiiippines before the end of the campaign thera. / 2 PROMISES TO FILIPINO. i * ' I1 The American Commissioners Issues i a Proclam ation. I l The New York Journal's Manila cor : j respondent savs the cardinal prinei j Dies of the Philippine commisssoners' i J proclamation are: j First?The supremacy of ihe United ' j States must and will be enforced ' throughout every part of the archipelago, and those who resist it can accomplish no end other than their own ruin. Second?To the Philippine people will be granted the most ample liberty and self-government reconcilable with the maintenance of a wise, just, stable. effective and economical administration of public affairs, and compitiblc with the sovreign and international rights and obligations of the United States. 1 hird?lbe .civil rights or tne J Philippine people will be guaranteed and protected to the fullest extent; religious freedom will be assured and all j persons shall be equal in the eyes of the law. Fourth?Honor, justice and friendship forbid the use of Philippine people or the island they inhabit as an object or means of exploitation. The purpose nf the American government is the welfare and advancement of the Philippine people. ; Fifth?There shall be guaranteed to the Philippine people an honest and ef- 1 fective civil service in which, to the ! fullest extent to which it is practical, natives shall be employed. Sixth?The collection and application of all taxes and other revenues will , Via nnon a nmirirl Af?-innrr:ir>al I sis, and the public funds will be applied i only to defray the regular and proper expenses incurred by and for the establishment-and maintenance of the Phil- 1 ippine government, and such general im- ' provements as the public may demand. Local funds will be used for local purposes. Seventh?A pure, speedy and effective administration of justice will be established, whereby may be eradicated the evils arising from delays, corruptions and exploitation. ' Eighth?The construction of roads. 1 railroads and similar means of commu- 1 nication and transportation and of J othr public works, manifestly to the ad- j vantage of the Philippine people will j be promoted. Ninth?Domestic and foreign trade : and commerce, agriculture and other industrial pursuits, tending toward the 1 erpnpral rtavplrmmfrnt of the nonntrv. in i the interest of the inhabitants, shall be the obj ;cts of constant solicitude and fostering care. Tenth?Effective provision will be made for the establishment of schools. Eleventh?Reforms in all departments of the government, all branches i rv-P cotth/>si ?ani^ !ill cnmrtra. i tions closely touching the common life i of the people will be untertaken with- 1 out delay, and effected conformably { with right and justice in a way to sat j isfy the well founded demands and the ^ highest sentiments and aspirations of ] the people. < An Arrant Humbug. \ A special di?patch to the Chicago Tri- 1 bune from Omaha, Neb., credits J. * Sterling Morton, formerly a member of j Cleveland's cabinet, with the intention { of forming a new political party, which ( he declares will be the greatest politi- i cal organization since the formation of the Republican party. Discussing the proposed new party and the sidelights i likely to develop therefrom, Mr. Morton I says: C4I have the utmost faith in the < plan. A party will be organized July 4 that will stand for conservatism preeminently. No doubt the platform will' contain some elements common to all parties; but the keynote will be conser- ] vatism. There is a vast field for the new party's operations. The late war ' and its monotonous issues, the struggle of the two great parties over bimetallism, the rise, the decline and absolute decay i of Populism, all these elements contribute to a situation as pregnant as those which gave birth to the Republican party on the approach of our civil strife." If J. Sterling thinks he can humbug ( anybody with his new fangled mana- i gerie he is mistaken. He was one of T the most active of the Assistant Re- ^ publicans in 1896, but he sees that the , dodge that was used then will not work ? _ T - a _ ? I again, so ne gels up a new scneme 10 ? humbug the people in the next election s with the hope that it will aid as did the ] gold bug Democratic movement in 1896 in the election of a Republican President. Of all the political quacks : and humbugs that have come to the surface in the last few years J. Sterling takes the cake. But his race is run, and he ought to try and reconcile himself to the fact. Like his old political boss who dicovered him and imposed him on the Democracy he is a back number. He may quack occasionally as above, but he is a back number all the same. A story from Chattanooga. Tenn., x"L _ "L * i. contains details 01 tue uiggest aiuiy frauds that have yet come to light. The story is to the effect that thousands of pounds of beef, hams and bacon were condemned by both commissioned and non-commissioned officers, and people both in the army and outside lined their pockets with thousands of dollars. The plan of the swindles was to buy skippers that were cultivated for the purpose, principally by Negroes, place those skippers on meat that was perfectly sound, have the meat condemned, and then sold. After the sale they would shake the skippers off, and sell the meat at good prices to wholesale grocery houses in Chat tanooga. It is possible that the story may turn out to be a slander; but that it is true is not improbable. The government's official deathroll of the Spanish war shows that in the army the killed and mortally wounded numbered only 451, while no less than 5,277, or nearly twelve times as many, died of disease. In the navy seventeen men were killed and one died of wounds, whiie not a single man died of disease. The Wisconsin legislature has adopted a queer sort of bill, evidently for the purpose of hurrying up justice. The bill provides that no judge shall receive his sdary until he has taken an oath that no case submitted for decision has remained undecided for a period of three months. The Wisconsin legislature evidently thinks more of the quantity of justice than quality. U.P-Y. Sam Jones writing to the At lanta Journal says he has found the saloon man's paradise in Toledo. Ohio, j It is very little larger than Atlanta i and yet has 840 saloons. By the way. ! one Sam M. Jones is mayor of that de- j lectable city, but it was not upon his [ solicitation the Rev. Sam went to work j upon the mayor's constituents, it seems that all the preachers are op- 1 posed to the mayor and hii methods | and th? saloom ar? for him. 1 Jk SPAIN'S BLOCK HOUSES. ( Strategic Value Extolled by American j V) Army Officers. j -] What is known as the "block bouse j a system," started throughout nearly the p /-\1 rt r-v4* PiiVirt fV?A Crinninwlo ?T> tV>0 ! A ?.uvic \jl uuua u^y mc vio tuw . ^ beginning of the trouble with the in- j ? surgents. called forth the admiration j V and unstinted praise of the most ex- j '' perienced officers of our army, par- j j: ticularly those who were strategic en- ; ^ ough to note the care with which these j C hnstilv pnnsirnftpf? forts h.irl hppn r,lac- ! C ed. It was a revelation to many of lis, j (J says a correspondent to note the mili- j {_' tary keenness of the Spanish officers (j who had the work in charge. ( > Every straight path we rounded into q and every trail our men entered in the p province of Santiago de Cuba was , , found to be commanded at its extreme j end by one of these block houses, | ^ perched on a height overlooking the ; U whole line of advance. Had the Span- j C iards been possessed of sufficient cour- I b age to have occupied and attempted to j Q hold all their block houses situated be- j tween Siboney and Santiago our nd- \ jvances would have involved a much ; jJ greater loss of life and time. Forru- j ^ nately most of them were vacated be- j ^ fore we reached them. ~ Owing to the* peculiar style of "fight- j r ing" carried on by the Cubans this i K block house system was found to be j > the best. and. in fact, the only way of j jl successfully preventing the insurgent i y advances and cheeking their depreda- ! tions. If once a small body of men I ^ came down from their caves in tne j , hills to a road they were practically at j 1 the mercy of the Spaniards. Retreat j along the path would bring them under j the guns of another block house; a aash up the hills on either side of the x road would also have been impotent because every movement of such a % nature would be covered from one of > the two forts. . a The Spaniards found that the great- "a; est difficulty in the maintenance of p these block houses was in keeping the men who occupied them supplied with food and ammunition. The ammu- j nition itself came in small quantities ] on various ships and was distributed ' every few weeks. In getting material to the scattered block houses the * greatest danger was run continually, s: balf a dozen Spanish soldiers probably forming the sole convoy for a great d quantity of supplies. The Cubans > watched for these periodical visits and j often made short work of the carriers. While the block house has been de- ^ ifvrlhorl oa <1 it ic in ronlitv fort of no mean strength when com- j bated only by rifles. To artillery, of i' course, such a structure would be a mere mouthful: b-- in withstanding IJ rifle shots and in earring out the pur- ? pose for which it was built there can i be no question of the great value it | must have proved to the Spaniards. ' These forts generally range from fourteen to eighteen feet sauare and ire built to a height of twenty-six feet )f the heaviest yellow pine timber obtainable, backed in most cases with 5ld boiler-plate metal. The main room i s twelve feet high, with its floor sunk / 'our feet below, along a slit flush with ^ the outside stonework. This slit is generally from three to four inches svide, and through it the Spanish solliers pointed their rifles in every direction. The upper room, perched on top of the lower roof in Chinese pa- f ;oda fashion, was used more for lookjut purposes, hut it was also provid- ^ vl with a slit similnr to thnt hplow r ivhich, when occasion demanded, could r ye also used for firing purposes.? In parts of the country which the in- * surgents -were known to occupy in o lumbers a block house contained from c :wenty-four to thirty men. The four jides of the lower chamber each hold " ;ix firing stalls, somewhat similar in juild to the stations used at rifle com)etitions in our own country. But generally sixteen men formed the sole force of each of these forts. Berlin is one or tne most eosmopun- ^ tan of European cities. Though it is the capital of Germany, only 37 per :ent. of its inhabitants are German by birth. The Tunnels of the "World. ^ If all the tunnels of the world were ? placed end to end they would reach ^ i distance of 514 miles. They number c about 1,142. . Portuguese Peasants. H Eighty per cent, of Portuguese peas- j y ants can. neuaer reau nur write. I a :?. !a: Ex-Mayor Strong of New York, told j ;he Credit Men's Association of that ; A ;ity the other day that he had lost less I ^ noney dealing witn firms that were not | f( Forth anything than with those that | * vere reported to have large capital, j |j rhis is but another illustration that j ifter all, honor and not money is the 3 safest thing to bank on and that in al-! A + 1*1 O VI t /IV* 1 "1 1 T"l i U 1/1 LI w lb 10 tliu uuau IcLlllCJL LX^au I he money which should be looked at. m i > r ? w assess 1; 1_J A&t er nvn? i_ Ij THIS jRIgh Arm Sewing J j Fully guaranteed for ten yeai i r.ill the latest attachments, bea | imeitfcod wood work. Price SI8.0C 2Jloney refunded after 30 days bs not as good as the $40.00 to $o sold by agents. Send for circulars and state w I XC.o tiro f(vr KnTflif.f1 I -Waitings, earpets, Sewing Baby Carriages, etc. I Address IIIO & III2 Bro< i " - . The Christian Endeavor. The following reduced rates have eeu tixed for those "who wish to attend se meeting of the Christian Eodc-axor i t Union April 19. from juuctional and ' riocipal points named: ibbeville $4 30 inderson 4 05 Lugusta 0.50. ennettsville 2.95 n _ . i_ > AA nacKsourg o.u'j 'alhoun Falls 4.90 'arnrlen 0.50 j 'arlisle 03 ; "atawba J unction 2.05 harleston 9.10, harlotte..' 4.85 heraw 6.70 hester iinton 2.15 | olurabia.. 3.25 ; Arlington 0.70! 'enmark 0.00. airfax 7.101 reersville o.OU reeuwood 3 65 tan caster 3.00 aurens 2 85 ewberry 3.25 rangeburg (5.00 'rosperity 2.75 lock Hill 2 45 partanburg 1.50 urnter 5.50 orkville 2.65 Tickets to be sold April i7, 18, 19 nd 20, with final limit April 24, 1899. ronclad forms not required. Society's WaysA Missouri paper announces that a oman cannot get into society in Kan-. is City unless the decollete of her; own extends down to the third knob ; n her backbone, while she is not ad iitted in New York society unless it xtends to the sixth knob. This isimortant if true. How to Get Rid of Hawks.?Mr. j 1\T RIoL-oIot nf T.on Herman saw bat the following plan for killing! awks is all right, as he has tried it i ith success for several years: Take a! mal) quantity of syrup and flour, and ' lake a thick paste of it. For forty or i fty chickens add to the paste a portion ; f strychnine about the size of a grain : f corn.. Take a spliter, pick up the j hicken rub the paste on the back of its j ead, and put a little dry flour over the j aste, which keeps it from sticking to' I . _ 1 . _ r. _M1 l..i i l-_ I ne neo. it win jast two orxnree weess. : Ir. Blakeley says that he has killed ine hawks a week by this plan. Write Quick ?TO THfcc; or catalogue. Free scholar- j hips oil easy conditions to hose who write soon. Rail- j ov, nA uau XCLi o paiu. vyuLoa.i ^otes accepted. Can pay part >f expenses by working in the | ollege office. Address, men-; ioning course desired, W. H. NEWBERRY, Prest j j I I "We are State Agents for and make PECIAL1Y of equipping improvec lodern ginneries with the celebrated? Serray Ginning System, | ?/?* ? ? J Li^ di.LLipitTDt aiiU UC3H. VUHWU giuu^u n this system commands a higher mar- j et price than any other, and the ma- j hinery itself is a marvel of simplicity i We control for this State the improved ; Iurray Cleaning Feeder, which is | nquestionably the best gin feeder eve ! et invented. Parties contemplating; purchase of machinery of this kind : re invited to correspond with ns. Machinery and Mill Supplies oe ; ll kinds at lowest manufacturers rices. Now is the time to place your order j )r a threshing machine; buy the best, i e sell it?the FARQUHAR. ?. H. GIBBES k CO., COLUMBIA, S. C. tate Agents for:?Liddell Co.. Eagle ! Cotton Gin Co., A.. B. Farqnhar Co. 1 i i Machine |? fitted with ^ Machines^ The Padgett Furr id Street, * >' - - J':' / \ *' : ' "5ci - J Machinery. CONTRACTS TAKEN TO FURNISH COM?PLETE EQUIPMENT FOR? Boiler Floor Mills. * ?RE PRESENTING .THE? . Richmond City ill Works, One or t'li 1 i 11'i;::; Flour >IiU .vii.'uaif/ u on :?ncr/-and fu/ia.j esp ;ri3 i;ii >Iiiiits, I am prepared to build mills on the most improved plans and at prices to compete with any one in the trade. V s guarantee _ the products of our mills to equal the grades of the best Western mills. Before placing your .orders write to me. I also handle a complete line of Wood Working Machinery: Saw Mills, Eugines and Boilera, Corn Mills and Machinery in general. Having been established in business here for sixteen years. I have built up my trade by selling the very highest class of machinery, and am in a better position to serve the interest of my customers than ever before. V. C. Badham, Charleston. South Carolina. ?THE? . '. ' . 1. --;Z I#- -I-.. neeiey Institute, Corner Vandsrhorst & Smitii Sts. Charleston, SouthCarolina THE ONLY KEELEY INSTITUTE t*t m;in nm a mn 11M TOTi dT&TA. 0- fi-i-e' Oi-~ecf te Purchaser , IA ^goo i ' ? & 8 iPlaiio { . | If rfit I?si a g? ia? vfc- . ? . . "; il'ftiroe J?? ami give ??? H eo<"?ss ?? U ?s JSst. ' .r..^/"!ra",i S~?-H ?s isssg;^ s*?ya. ? m. HgA S-I .. 3 , -r... ~ .nr^ A Dan nt?a* oBI m * i gutt m The vexation. g| I Mathushekl ^ Is always Good, always Rellabloi .? always Sittirt'uctory, always Lasting. You take no chances la buy- nM ?2 Inc It. ffil ?? It costs somewhat _.#ore than a aBB ?2 chertp, poor piano, but is much the ^3 ?? cheapest in the end. jjvv Noother Hisb Grade PJanosoldao JSj 3croocAnoKlA. &V?y?fr*rxr tr*TAtft.il m jftv buyers. Eisy payments. Write n*. ?g M * LUDDEfJ & BATES, 2g Samnnah, Go., and >*ew York City* J|fJ Address: P. A. PKESSLSY I 1 COLUMBIA. S. 0. waaJm* iAINS! M THIS ELEGANT . to. 8 COOKING STOVE % cia nn Has 17x17 oven, four S incli )t holes: large flues and guaran- I i ed .1 good baker. We lit this ov<> up with forty pieces of ware 1; eluding the latest stove ware. To advertise our business we If ^ H; ill sell this No. "8 Cooking Stove, : ;ted with -<0 pieces of ware for $10.00 CASH. I liture Co. Augusta, Ga.