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II I ,11 , m* r I ri?u nuri'T I.C1I1 II ? GUARDIAN ANGELS.! Rev. Dr.n aimage Says They keep Watch Over Mortals. NEXT TO;.GOD.!N POWER. They ControlZthe Destinyilofj the HumanS Race-'^ They Give^ Warning When Evil ApDroaches. The brilliant being supposed by some t-3 be imaginary are by Dr. Taloage in his sermon shown to be real and to have much to do with our everyday life. The text is Judges xiii, 19, ''And the angel did wondrously. Fire built ron a rock. Mahoah and his wife had there kindled the flames for sacrifice in praise of God and in honor of a guest whom they supposed to be a man. But as the flame rose higher and-higher their stranger guest stepped into the flame and by one red leap ascended into the skies. Then they-knew that ?was Tan/angel of the Lord. "The angei did wondrcusly." Two hundred and forty-eight times does the Bible refer-to the angels, yet I never heard or read a sermon on acgelology. The whole subject is relegated the realms mythical, weird, spectral and unknown. Such adjournment is un-Scriptural and wicked. Of their life, their character, their habits, their actions, their velocities, tne imoic gives us full length "portraits, and why this prolonged and absolute silence concerning them? Angelology is my theme. There are two nations of angels and they are hostile to each other?the nation of good angels and the nation of bad angels. Of the former I chiefly speak today. Their capitai, their headquarters, their grand rendezvous, is heaven, but their empire is the universe. They are a distinct race of creatures. No human being can ever join their confraternity. The little fthild who in the Sabbath school sings. "I want to be an angel,' will never have her wish gratified. 'They are superhuman, but they are of different grades and-ranks, not all on the same level or the same height. They have their superiors and inferiors ,and equals. I propiSi no guessiag'on'! this subject, but take the Bible for my own authoriry. Plato, the philosopher,- guessed and divided angels into supercelestial. eelestial and subcelestial. Dionysius, the Areopagite, guessed and divided them into three classes; the supreme, the middle and the last, -and ??ch of these into three other classes, making nine in all. Philo said -that angels were related to God, as the rays to the fun. Fulgentius said that they were composed of body and spirit Clement said that they were incorporeal. Augustine said that they had been in danger of falling, but now are beyond being tempted. But the only authority on.this subject that I respect says they are divided into cherubim, seraphim, thrones, denominations, principalities, powers. Their commander in chief is Michael. Daniel called him Michael. St. John called him Michael. These *? * il -LI ? aupemai Demgs are more tnorougaay organized than any army that ever marchcd. They are swifter than any cyclone that ever swept the sea. They are more radiant than any morning that ever came down the sky. They have more to do with yonr destiny and mine than any being in the universe except God. May the Angel of the Xew Covenant, who is the Lord Jesus, open our eyes and touch our tongue and rouse our soul while we speak of their deathlessness, their intelligence, their numo+ror>ortf> tlioir ments. Yes, deathless. ??-They had a cradle, but will never have a grave. The Lord remembers when they were born, but no one shall ever see their eye extinguished or their momentum slow up or their existence terminate, The oldest ?f them has not a wrinkle or a decrepitude or a hindrance, as young after f.000 years-as at the close of their firat hour. Christ said to the good in hear?n, "Neither can they die any more, for thev are eaual unto the angels." Yes. deathless are these wcncTeifal reatuxes of whom I speak. They will ee world afcer world go out but there shall^be do fadinp-of their/_own brilliance. Yea, after the-*last world ha" taken its last fl'.irV. tr.-v will be r<-?<"iv for the widest circuit thivugi iwin-usity, taking a quadrillion of aiii. * ia ?ne sweep as easy as a pigeon circl-s a dovecot. They are never sick. They arc ?eve rexhausted. They need no sleep for they are never tired. At God's command ihey smote with death, in one ni?ht. 185.000 of Sennacherib's host. but no fatality caa smite them. Awake, agile, mukipotent, deathless, :mmortal! There is only one thing that puts them to their wits' end, and the Bible says they have to study that. They have been studying it all through the ages, and yet I warrant they have not fully grasped it ?the wonders of redemption. These wonders are so high, so deep, so grand, so stupendous, so magnificent, that ^ver the intelligence f angelhood is confounucd before it. The apoitle says, "Which things the angels desire to look into." That is a subject that excites inquisitireness on their part. That is a theme that strains their faculties to the utmost. That is higher than they can climb, deeper than they can drive. They have a desire for something too big for their comprehension. ''Which thiDgs the angels desire to look into."' But that does not discredit their intelligence. No one but God himself can fully un uguiauu nu-ucio \ji igucui^iivu. If all heaven should study it for 50 centuries, they would get no further than the A B C of that inexhaustible subject. But nearly all ether realms of knowledge they have ransacked and xplorea and compassed. No one but God can tell them anything they do met kn?w. They have read to the last word of the line of the last page of the last volume of investigation and ^hat delights me most is that all their intelligence is to be at our disposal, acd, omiog into their presence, they will tell us in five minutes more than we loor-n Vmt inn roon nf oortlilTT anr. using. A. further characteristic of the seimmortals is their Telocity. .This the Bible puts sometimes under the figure of winfcs, sometimes under the figure f a flowing garment, sometimes under .1 < 4 .1 tne ngure 01 nasea icet. ji.s tnese superhumans are without bodies, these expressions are of couise figurative and mean swiftnerr. The Bible tells us that Daniel Wt.? praying and Gabriel flew from heaven and touched him before he got up from his knees. How far. then, did the aneel Gabriel have to fly in those moments of Daniel's prayer? Heaven is thought to be the center of the univere.^ Our sun and its planets only the rim of the wheel of worlds. In a moment the acgel Gabriel flew from that center to this peiiph- j I ery. Jesis told Peter he could iastant- j ly have 60.000 angels presently he call- ! { cd for them. What foot of antelope or J wing of albatross could equal that veI loeity? Law of gravitation, which J grips all things else, has no influence i upon angelic momentum. Immensities [ before them open and shut like a fan. J That they are here is no reason why j they should not be a quintillion of miles ; hence the next minute. Our bodies i hinder us, but our minds can circle the ! j earth ia a minute. Angelic beings are ' bodiless and ^ave no limitation. God { may with his finger psint down to some * ' x T Torld in trouble on tne oucmost umns of creation, and instantly an angelic cohort is there to help it. or some celestial may he standing sit the farthermost outpost of iaipiensity, and God may say ''Come!'' and-instantly it in his bos^ni. Abraham. Elijah, Hagar. Joshua, Gideon. Manoah, Pauls St. John, could tell of their unhindered locomotion. The red feet of summer lightning are slor: compared with their heg ras. This double? up at:d compr^sics infinitudes into infinitesimals. This puts all the astronomical heavens into a space like the balls of a child's rattle. This mingles into one the here acd the there, the now and the then, the beyond aud the yonder. Another remark I have to make con cerning these illustrious immortals is that they are multitudinous. Their census has never been taken and no one but God knows how many they are, but all the Bible accounts supgest their immense numbers?companies of them, regiments of them, armies of them, mountain tops haloed by them, skies populous with them. John speaks of angels and other being? round the throne as ten thousaod times ten thousand. Now, according to my calculation, ten thousand times ten thousand are 100,000.000. But these are only the angels in one place. David counted 20.000 of them rolling down the sky in chariots. When God came away from the riven rocks of Mouut Sinai, the Bible says he had the com panionship of 10.000 angels. I think they are in every battle, in every exigency, at every birth, at every pillow, at every hour, at every moment, the earth full of them, the heavens full of them. They outnumber the human race in this wori,2 Th y outnumber ransomed spirits in giory. When Abraham had his knife uplifted to slay Isaac, it was an aDgel who arrested the stroke, crying, "'Abraham, Abraham!" It was a stairway of angels that Jacob saw while pillowed in the wilderness. We are told an angel led the hosts of I Israelites out of Egyptian serfdom. It I was an angel that showed Hagar the fountain where she filled the bottle for I -l- ~ l-J T+ rrnc oa onorrtl tViaf tnnk T.lV tiiC idU. JL. u nao a.a vw*? ? out of doomed Sodom. It was an angel that shut up the mouth of the hungry monsters when Daniel was thrown into the caverns. It was an angel that fed Elijah under the juniper tree. It was an angel that announced to Mary the approaching nativity. They were angels that chanted when Christ was born. It was an angel that strengthen ed our Saviour in his agony. It was an angel that encouraged Paul in the Mediterranean shipwreck. It was an angel that burst open the prison, gate after gate, until Peter was liberated. It was an ansrel that stirred the pool of Siloam, where the sick was healed. It was an angel that John saw flying through the midst of heaven, and an angel with foot planted on the sea, and an angel that opened the book, and an angel that sounded the trumpet, and an angel that thrust in the sickle, and an angel that poured out the vials, and an angel standing in the sun. It will be an angel with uplifted hand shearing that time shall be no longer. In the great final harvest of the world the reapers are angels. Yea, the Lord shall be . revealed from heaven with miihtv an gels. Oh, the numbers and the might and the glory of these supernals?fleets of them, squadrons of them, host beyond host, rack above rank, millions on millions, and all on our side if we will have them! Men and women of all circumstances, only partly a^i Teciated or not appreciated at ?)', uever feel lonely again or unregarded again! Angels all arourid; angels to approve, angels to help, angels to remember. Yea, while all the good aagels are friends of the good, there is one special angel your bodyguard. This idea until this present J ? e i T j i I stuuy ox angeiujty j. auppuacu. iu wiaucifal, but I find it clearly stated in tbe Bible. When the diciples were prayl iog for Peter's deliverance from prison and he appeared at the door of the prayer meeting they could not believe it was Peter. They said, "It is an angel." So these diciples, in special near-. i ness to Christ, evidently believed that every worthy soul has an angel. Jesus said of his followers, "Their angels behold the face of my Father." E'sewhere it is said. "He shall give his angels charge over thee, to keep thee in thy ways." Angels shielded, angel protected, angel guarded, aDgel canopied, art thou! No wonder that Charles Wesley hjiused these words: Which of the petty kings of earth Can ho;!st a guard like ours, Eoeircjcu from our second birth With all the heavenly powers? Valerius and Rufiuus were put to death for Christ's sake in the year 287, and after tue day when their bodies had been whipped and pounded into a jelly, in the night in prison and before the nest day when they were to be ex ecuted, they both tcought they saw angels standing with two glittering crowns, sajicg: ''Be of good cheer, valiant soldiers of Jesus Christ! A little more of battle, and then these crowns are yours." And I am glad to know that before many of those who have passed through great sufferings in this Inc some aDgei oi b-od has held a blazing coronet of eternal reward. Yea, we are to have such a guardian ar.gel to take us upward when our work is d'>ne. You know, we are told an angel conducted Lazarus to Abraham's bosom. That shows that none shall be so poor in djing he cannot afford-acgelic escort. It would be a long way to go alone, and up paths we have never trod, and amid blazing worlds swinging in unimaginable momentum, out and on'through such distances and across such infinitudes of space we should shudderat the thought of going alone. But the angelic escort will come to your languishing pillow or the place of your fatal accident and-say: "Hail, i immortal one! All is well. God hath seat me to tike you hoine.,r And without tremor or slightest sense -of peril you will away and upward farther on and farther on, until after awhile heaven heaves in sight and the rumble of chariot wheels and the'roll of mighty.harmonies are heard in the distance, and nearer you come, and nearer still, until the brightness is like many morniogs suf fused into one, and the gates>?lift,'and vou are inside the amethystine walls and on the banks of the jasper sea, forever safe, forever free, forever -well, forever rested, forever united, forever w , , , r happy; ^MotiJSrs, do not think your little children co alone when they quit this world. Oat of your arms into 4%T?TV.*- r\$ rtnl'nrtCO infft a LI AX LU3) \J Ut Ui 31^ XX UUJJ iUWV 4AWM4 VUf out of-rthe'cradle into a Saviour's bosom! Not an instant will the darlings be alone between the-'two kisses?the ! last kiss of earth and-the first kiss of j heaven. '"Now, angels, do your work!'' cried an expiring Christian. Yes a guardian angel for'each one-of you. Put yourself now in accord with him. When he suggests the right, follow it. "When?he wams*youj against the wrong, shun it. Sent forth from ~ it?- j. I (jroct to Hc-Jp tyoujin mis great uatue 2gainst sin and death, accept his delivcrancc. When tempted to a feeling of loneliness and disheartenment, appropriate the promise, 4iThe angel of the Lord encarapeth around about them that fear him and delivereth them." Oh, I am so glad that the spaces between here aod heaven are thronged with these supernatural? taking tidings home, bringing messages here, rolling Kn/.L- from nm nath and eiv iog us defense, for terrific are the forces who dispute our way, and if the nation of the good aDgels is on our side the nation of bad angels is on the other. Paul had it rigfct when he said, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, acainst the ruler3 of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in Lijtih places." In that awful fight may God send us mighty angelic re enforcement I.^We want all their wings on our side, all theirswords on our side, all their chariots on our side. Thank God that those who are for us are mightier than those who are against as! And that thought makes me jubilant as to the final triumph. Belgium, you know, was the battleground of Englai.d and'France. Yea, Belgium more than once was the battleground of opposing nations. It so happens that this world is the Belgium or battleground between the angelio nations, good and bad. Michael,- the commander in chief on one side; Lucifer, as Byron calls him. orJMephistopheies, as Goethe calls him, or satan, as the Bible calls him. the commander in chief on the othtr side. All pure angelhood under the one leadership and all abandoned aneelhood under the other leadership. Many a skirmish have the two armies had, but the great and deoisive battle is yet to be fought.i^Either from our earthJy homes or down from our supernal residences may'we come in on the right side, for on that side are God and heaven and victory. Meanwhile tV battle is being set in array, and ii forces celestial?and demoniacal are c<;. fronting each other. Hear the bo :u of the-great cannonade already open (Jherubim, gerapnim, tnrones, aomi a tios3, principalities and powers tre beginning io ride down their foes, and. until the work is completed, ';Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and thou, moon, in the valley of Ajalon!" PROFITABLE FARMING. Six Hundred Dollars from an Acre of Land. At a recent meeting of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, Mr. F. J. Merriam, who runs a hillside farm near Atlanta, Ga., in the course of an inter estiDg talk made the following statement: "If a man will but stu3y his ground, he will find it to be fully as entrancing as the study of books. Through marriage I became connected with a small farm. "With my brother-in-law I broke ground in 1893 to meet the market demands in Atlanta. That jear I made only $500, but the $115 which I received from 250 hills of cucumbors convinced me that I was oa the right track The next year my sales wet up to $1," 934 29. i got 50UU Irom one acre which . had planted in potatoes. The next year, 1895, I marketed $3,329 worth of vegetables. This year I found lettuce to be the best seller, getting $791.40 on that article. It was in 1896, however, that I struck luck and gained the final conviction that there is money in the land when the farmer studies his surroundings. In that year I sold $5,068 worth of stuff, of which $764 60 came from lettuce, $583 from turnip salad and $404 00 from beets, I keep books strictly, and find that it costs me exactly one-third of whit jl raise to pay the necessary expejj?e, includin* reoairi. In 1897 nrices were lovr and the more ordinary vegetables were in demand, but even under this stringency I made $4,738.60. Of this, $529.55 came from three acres planted in tomatoes, $393.90 from beans and $329.55 from turuips. In 1898 found ihc market still depressed, but I made that year $4,794.20, of which $732.90 came Irom turnip salad and $561 from collards. This year, notwithstanding the very bad season we bad in the spring months, up to tne ist or August 1 nave sold $4,138.55 worth, $600 of which came from one acre planted in cabbage, and I intend to pocket a round $10,000 this year cut of my little farm. "Georgia soil under a system of deep plowing and thorough tillage will produce fine crops. Oar red clay subsoils are rich in plant food. The Cr og;j "Cropper" has been plowing fur >e&rs down to what he called 'the hard', snd this same hard subsoil has been absorbing ail these years the plant food from the thin layers of cultivated ground as it was packed down by the heavy rains. .:i A - J li. J _ Vn Ik. nP uluu tuuav it 10 icau^ uy me modern improved farming to yield up its riches in crops that will astonish the civilized world. "We have striking examples of this in the farms scattere here and there over the State, which apd pear like oases in the desert of surround ing barrenness. Farms where thrift isthe order of the day, and the owner looks personally after every detail, are object lessons of what we rcay expect when the community at large becomes better educated in modern farm methods. And the fact that these successful men are still progressing, that their crop! are growing larger, their land ? ? * . n. , , 1 _1 ricner ana tneir net prnt ac me ciose of the year shows a corresponding incresase, goes to prove that no limit can be placed upon the productiveness of our soil and the wealth and prosperity, as an agricultural community, that we may finally aspire to." North Carolina Tragedy. Particulars were received Wednesday of a double murder near Lovelace, Wilkes county, N. C. John Co.eman shot and instantly killed his sisterin-law, Mrs. Dora Chambers, ad then placed the gun to his head and fired, killing himself. Mrs. Chambers had been living Ltar Cole man, and the two were said to be quite intimate. Coleman's wife died suddenly last February, and there was cc?1 i.;. \u SUSpiClUU Ui 1UU1 pi*/. J.L13 oaiu luio. chambers had threatened to tell what she knew of the matter and this caused Coleman to kill her and then himself. Both leave several ohildre". The supreme court of Illinois has decided that shade trees onxfce street in front of a house belong to the owner of the house and that a tekphone comnanv whiVh thft limbs of a tree without permission wr.s iiable for damage. 1 ?? i ????a??asm \ OUE teadjSIN.THE EAST. i | | The Atlanta Constitution Endorses | Senator! McLaurin. The letter printed elsewhere, signed by the leading cotton spinners of South Carolina, is lemarkable in many respects. The purpose of this appeal is to enlist the co-operation of Senator McLaurin and his associates in congress iu |-'i viug cuc yptu uuui, ao it io called in the Asiatic trade. Ia other words, the South Carolina cotton manufacturers. recogniziojr the fact t hat they depend -upnrn the Pacific trade for the sale of their product, are anxious that we shouid occupy the position of ,;the most favored nation"' in reaching the 800,000,000 cousumers in the orient. Briore proceeding to a consideration of the political features of this letter, it will be well; to consider, as before stated, the remarkable showing it makes. Within thirty years, with no attraction to offtr to capital save those furnished" by nature, the state of South Carolina has advanced from being one peculiaily agricultural until now she ranks next to Massachusetts ss a manufacturer of cotton goods. It is claimed, with a commendable degree of pride, that this enterprising state is not only thelforemost in the south in spindles, looms and in the number of hands employed, but also, in addition to standing next to Massachusetts, that her own local mills consume fully one third of the cotton raised. The result thus achiev-( ed points to the development, within a few years, of such a condition that South Carolina will not have a single bale of raw cotton for export. . When we cocsidcr'that-South (jaroiioa is only a little in advance of har sister ?tate9 of the south, and that the time is coming when local mills will take up the cotton crop equally as well in every other state, we can then appreciate the great interest which is felt in the question of finding foreign markets. The markets which have made this cotton de\elopment possible have been f lund in the far cast. It is not long since- that a freight train pulled out from Spartanburg with $100,000 worth of cotton fabrics bound for the markets of China. It is not to be wondered at that with our purchasers standing behind reluctant ports of the Asiatic continent, we should be greatly concerned : :nout every political and military movej :iunt which may affect that trade so j vital not only to our manufacturing but l i.- ? ? J?i tu uur raw iuuuuul iuvbicsis. uuuci the conditions which have heretofore prevailed, the United States have been able to make the advances noted. With Russia and German interests paramount and seeking to bo exclusive, England has been forced, by the presence of a large fleet, to keep "open door" so that her manufacturers might reach this desirable market. It has been under this "open door" policy and taking advantage of the tolerance of England that we have been enabled to accomplish what we have. The .manufacturers ot fcoutn uaronna, after presenting^the importancG of this market, and showing the urgency for our control of the ports, plead for the "open door" policy, forgetting, apparently, that serviceable as .that policy has been in the past, it hardly comes up to the requirements of a civilized nation which should be in a position to insist as well as to claim. We cannot expect that the cordial entente which has heretofore existed between English and American merchants may exist forever. All are rr.als in tradi, and it behooves each nation to be in a posiI tion to spv.uk and act for . itself, independent of the friendship or hostility of any other nation. That treaties do not protect is proven by the admission of the cotton manufacturers themselves when they state that although such treaty rights exist, of equal opportunities in Manchuria, as a matter of fact the Russians have broken down the a 11 ? J V^UILLCSU U US LULUS Wft'l ilUU ttiU XUSUiUft in their own goods free of a tariff which other nations have to meet. What is | true of .Russia is equally true of o.her nations and it is only human nature to say that it will continue.to be true on behalf of each of them, 10 long as it ii possible. All thi* being true the declaration of Senator JlcLaurin etates the issue with singular clearness-when he says: '"PHz* rsrA/l ncitc r\f tAcn millfl VintTA -i. jj^vuuu^g vi tuvco . v found remunerative markets io China and other countries of the east, our cotton goods being peculiarly adapted for clothing the teeming millions of that warm ciimate. Their trade is the hope of this great manufacturing industry of the scuth. If it is cut off by other nations, not only tho manufacturer but the producer of raw cotton vwi)l suffer. The present advance in spot cnton which our planters are enjoying is largely due to the mills of the south. They have forced the local market above New York. With active competion in local markets, Liverpool and New York exchanges no longer fix the price of raw cotton. Can the southern people afford to sacrifice their commercial and industrial iDter?3ts for mere political sentiments? Tii*. ? ranching effect, therefore, of a policy by wr.:chour government can not only find a sale f vr Lour product abroad, but bring to our faimers an increased price for their agricultural products can hardly be conceived. In its magnificent scope it converts the government from being a mere agency of local control into a great ba>iue^a representative, which is to look af-er the interests of the people who depend upon it, not only for protection and liberty 1 . 1 il ai nome, out lor muse auvauiagca abroad which always go to skill and wealth and power. The question as to how to advance these interests is always one to be caref ally considered, but with the result of such a policy, so plainly told as in the ease of South Carolina, where it Ins found a market for the manufactured products of the state, bidding fair to take up its entire raw crop, is an object les3on which can Deitherbe gainsaid or glossed over. That which has been possible for South Carolina is equally possible for any -? t i _ otner state, ana sucn possiDuuiea are not to be thrown away by a ponpl* who are active aad energetic and who do not propose to become mere drjms io the hive of ir^n? ry. WLat are we to do? That i- 'hr- q ?'s:ion. and disguise it is as senator McLanrin cleariy shows, it must still remain political *nd employ political machinery through which to operate. In suggesting that there is a better way in sight than a mere copartnership in treaty ports, Senator McLaurin goes on to sav: The maintenance ofjour trade in the east does not necessarily mean the forcible annexation of the Philippines or the denial of the right of local selfgovernment, but when the war is ended by treaty or otherwise, for congress to settle all questions in a just and constitutional way. I do not favor the adoption by this country of a colonial policy, on/^ + Tl f ATI 1 n Ct UCUAUSC VI lug AUU. problems growing out of it. but I <le | & / 1TVM????JCnT'lii ?Ml in I n . i think thtt if possible the United States! should maintain sufficient interest in j tie isianas to oommaDCl equal trade rights with other nations in China. This will prevent for a long time the dismembership of this vast empire. England and Japan favor the integrity of the empire, but they alone cannot guarantee it against other European powers. As shown by the readiness with which the rights of treaty ports are eet aside by controlling nations, the case of Manchuria is sufficient, and it justifies the statement that '"these are feeble safeguards," and leads to the r.nnolnsion desnrihpd hr Senator Mr L&urin, that "the United States, with the control of the Philippines by treaty or otherwise, will be in a position Dot only to insist upon, but to assert its equality of trade rights in the east. Without this," says the senator, "all she can do is to respectfully but firmly protest against their violation by other nations, but as in the past, is not in a position to assert and maintain them.'? The Constitution has thus fully gone into this aubjeet because of its engrossing and absorbing importance to our But a few weeks ago, before a convention of Georgia farmers, Hon. D. A. Tompkins declared that instead-of grumbling about the price of raw cotton, wa should go forward and double, treble and even quintuple our receipt# by sending the cotton abroad ia its manufactured state Under sue*1 a condition of things, the speaker declared that the south, instead of getting $300,000,000 for her raw cotton and expending it all for hog and hominy in the west, would get nine hundred million, twelve hundred million, aye, and even fifteen hundred million instead, and f f m t?m in rr r\Annlrtfi/Mi tTTAnl/^ V* a tuuo uvi idiiuiug pvyuiaiiuu rrvuiu uu kept busy raising supplies-to fsed this grand army of consumers. Exaggerated as the statement may seem to have bean, it little occurred to those present that already one of our southern states, South Carolina, had almost reached this identical point. When that cotton state is on the verge of withdrawing her entire raw cotton product from the markets of the world in order to satisfy the claims of her own mill men, it will be seen that Mr. Tompkins indulged in no fitful dream, but that ho was seeking accomplished business results. With sueh an interest, therefore, in the markets of the orient, when provi dence nas tnrown tjs into sucn active relation, acknowledged by the whole world, that we can hold the key to the situation, how idle and futile it is to hear southern men expressing their hope that our troops, the agents and the advance guard of this mighty development, "should be driven into the sea." The sentiment is not only unpatriotic, and that would be bad enough, but it is mischieveus in its tendency to destroy the market which has made South Carolina a manufacturing state, and which has built up the system under which mills on the spot fix the price of cotton instead of leaving it, as heretofore, to cotton gam biers in New lork and Liverpool. With, our raw produts at stake, for which our farmers want high prices, which can only be gained by a multiplication of mills in the field, consuming the entire product as it promises to do in South Carolina, the question of our foreign trade, whether it be callcd political or not, stands first and foremost, and such policies must be adopted as will still further maintain and develop the growth of ouf country. All this talk about what, to do with the Philippines becomes the verdict moonshine in the face of the actual necessities of the occasion. It is very well for Massachnsett j. when she looks uoon the growing importance of Sonth Carolina, to declare herself against eastern development, but it is the height of folly for those who are to be so largely benefited to fight against their own interests. There is no desire to establish a military despotism in the Philippines, nor to deprive the people of these islands of their right to govern themselves, as soon as they can be legitiT7-" - f ol TT LLuV^lJ UWbVU iVi kJUVU C* V/VUUiViUU. Jk under all eireumstanees, it is first our duty to pres?rv? order and establish a stable eoidition of things upon the island. Then when the time comes to recognize a local government, whether it be one of complete impendence or one of alliance, there is one thing certain that we should insist upon? that this government should be friendly to the United States in all matters of politics, trade and commerce, in preference to any other nation upon the face of the globe. SCHOOLS Am) LiaTJOB PB0FIT5. A Statement Showing the Status in the Several Counties. The flnmnfcroller r?n?Ti.l h*s received M ? ? ~~#? from all the counties aave Barnwell and Spartanburg the statements of the county superintendents of schools as to the amount each eounty needs from the dispensary profits to make up the constitutional $3 per capita. Upon this statement the money now held in the treasury will be distributed. The total amount thus far reported is $18,743.37. It will be noted that nine of the counties thus far reported need nothing and cf theie there are the two m which the largest cities in the State are located. Horry county needs the llrtn'a /\f fliA ?rtn^ TTic liVU kj CUUAV V* WUV AVUV4I AAVi V ^ kUV statement by counties: Abbeville $ 213.01 Aiken 7.00 Anderson 00 Bamberg 302.60 Barnwell Not yet in. Beaufort 00 Berkely 239.20 Charleston 00 Cherokee 146.15 Chester 151.11 Chesterfield 1,047.50 Clarendon 690.84 Colleton ' 1,267.00 Darlington 00 Dorchester 72.61 Fmfkld 0C Kdgefield 262.70 Flnr^noe 178.78 Georgetown 00 Greenville 844 00 Greenwood 220.29 Hampton 1,702.00 Horry 3,663.00 Kershaw 817.30 Lancaster 1,224.00 Laurent 240.64 Lexington 1,321 80 Marion 249 75 Marlboro 47 90 Nevrberrj 66 25 Oconee 625.24 Orangeburg 85.75 Pickms.... 463.63 Saluda 919.10 Richland 00 Qr\orJ-?r>V.r?T<r Nnf; vpfc in. . ? - ' V - J ~ 3umter 00 Union 00 Williamslmrf 1,583.66 York 90.47 \ m CSITED STATES JTJEOBS: Names of Those Who "Were Drawn as j Such. The following are the names of the persons drawn to serve as grand and petit juries in the United State Court which will convene in Columbia on December 12: Grand ^Jurors?W W* Carter, Camden; J C C-Brunson, Fiorencc; J F Garner, Syracuse, Darlington; John P Able, Leesvilie, Lexington; J Syd ney Siuiih. Bay^Springs, Ciiesterfitld; J S Derrick, Leesville, ,Lexington: J 0 Ful?i(.r\ Indiautown; John T Seig nioi a, William Stork, Columbia; J C McCall,-Marion; J N Moody, Mullks, Marion; John B Riou; Wedgefield, Sumter; William Iugiiss, Charleston; Henry J Muilins, Marion; Charles E Timmons, Magnolia, Sumter; William ] P Congdcn, Georgetown; MM Hutson, j Yemase?; W- W Ramsey, Wedgefield, ] Sumter; J ~ Dargau, \DarliDgton; R B J Gatlin, Una, Darlington; C R Howe, Florence; A L Lesesne, Clover; Thomas 1 S Nipson, Summemlle. Petit Jurors?James Riley, Beaufort; J-G Morris, Lake City; James -H Alford, Beaufort; ASHartzog, Barnwell; W F Malone, Camden; E F (ruerry, St. Stephen's, Berkeley; L R Gwin, Marion; John-T Davis, Georgetown; J -A Blackwell, Darlington; Jackson W Brown, St Helena, Beaufort; GDRast, Cameron, Orangeburg; W S Dix, Barnwell; Daniel Ravenel, Gourdin's; W J btewirt, JtJennettsville; rrank JLhomas. Loxington; Paul Rogers, Mount Holly; John K Barrett, Sumter; Wm^Eliiott, ( Yemassee; 0 K Levy, Charleston; Lc-o McKay, Bennettuville; B W Rivers, Beaufort; Charles M Mason, Fores ton, Clarendon; E F Sweegan, Charleston; J G Police, Summerville; Luther c ioung, Yvalterboro; Jb iN Hagooa, t Barnwell: W G Fricrson, Jordan, Clar- ? endon; Dave Harris, Summerville: John W Thomas, Bennettsville; J B < Binnicker, Hampton; J W Lark, Co- c lumbia; Q Crook, St George; W C < Floyd, BeDnettsville; James R Wilson, ] Barnwell; J Hey ward Howard, Graham- i ville, Beaufort; James W Waring, Lex- t ington; W & Boykin, Camden. Our Taxable Property * Although all the supplementary ab- 3 stracts of the returns of personal prop- 1 erty have not yet been received at the comptroller general's- office, only a few as to this particular class of property < remaining outstanding, it is evident < that there will be an increase un the 1 total taxable property of the State? real, personal and railroad?of some- 1 thing over three and a half million dol < lars as compared with last year. From 1 fcne reiuxus ui pci&uuai .prujjeity re eeived to date, a handsome increase is ; shown. This will be considerably increased when the missing abstracts are 1 received. The figures for real ana railroad property are oomplete. It is noteworthy that, while there has been aD increase,over last year in real property, the figures show a decrease as compar ed with those of 1897. The following shows the valuation for the last four years on each of thejhree^classes; oi taxable property: REAL. 189 6 $100,976,705 189 7 101,872 706 189 8 100,427,750 189 9 101,070.141 PERSONAL. 189 6 $45,838,607 1897 47.622,543 189 8 47,730.51(? 189 9 50.471,760 RAILROAD. 1896 $23,940,162 189 7 24,142.341 189 8 24.658 004 189 9 24 805,918 The above figures show the total tax able property for 1898 to be $172,816,264, as against $176,347,828 this 3ear ?an'increase of $3.531.564 A W1EQOW uresier i **? ? "Funny thing happened to me when I was working for Blankety Blank & Co. in Chicago," said a New Orleans window dresser. "I had a big window cn Clark street that seemed as If it was hoodooed. No matter what I put there it appeared to be impossible to attract any attention, and the manager, who was keen as a hawk, began to grumble because he never saw anyIKaPtt l^vnUn ?r *n T nqefl to liT &W&ke night* racking my brains for new schemes, but It was no go. One day, when I was feeling pretty blue, I told our negro porter to clear everything out preparatory to making a big display of a special line of shirts. "He was a fat, black, trifling fellow, and I guess he must have been out at a cakewalk the night before, for he fell fast asleep in a chair in the middle of the window. I -was on the point of waking him up and giving him fits, when I happened to notice how extremely ludicrous he looked. His head was on one side, his enormous mouth htMa rnsen and his limbs relaxed in the oddest postures Imaginable; in short, he was a perfect picture of a lazy rascal In happy slumher. That gave me an idea. I didn't say a -word, but grabbing a piece of pasteboard I dashed off a sign: 'Dreaming of Our Dollar Shirts,' and stood it quietly against his knees. "Then I gently rolled up the curtain and awaited developments. "Well, the hit that window made is the pet tradition of the etore to this day. People simply blockaded the sidewalk, and you could hear them laughing a block away. The funniest part about it was that nobody supposed for a moment it could possibly be the real thing. They thought it was a clever piece of acting, or else a wonderful wax figure. That the coon was actually asleep never occurred to any one, and I stood around ?vaorf in mv -month for fear W1 til XI1J UVUiv A M ?.J the noise would arouse him. "It didn't, however, and he snored away peacefully until nearly 4 o'clock. Then he woke up with a start, and was so surprised he came near jumping through the plate glass. The spectators howled, and that night the house raised my salary. I tried to work the same scheme afterward, but it was a failure. The darky couldn't pretend worth a cent" Arc Attained lsy Birds. W9 are often asked how long different species of birds live, bnt there is ; little definite information to be bad 1 on the subject. Recently- Mr. J. H. Gurney bas brought together a number of statements on this subject, and discusses It at some length. Mr. Dresser, in his "Birds of Europe," gives an Instance of a raven having lived 69 ' years. Mr. Meade-"Waldo has in captivity a pair of eagle o-wls (Bubo max * -3 'mus), one or wmcn is ds ana me om53 years old. Since 1864 these birds iiave bred regularly, and have now ] reared ninety-three young ones. A Batteleur eagle and a condor In the '' Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam are J still alive at the respective ages of 55 , and 52. An Imperial eagle of 56, a ! goldrn eagle of 47 and a sea eagle of ] 42, aud many other birds of the age of j 40 downward, are also recorded. An exchange says it won'tdo to judge , a man by the clothes he wears. The man with the fringe about the bottom ' of his trousers, dilapidated hat and worn oat shoes, ^ay be the editor of ' ? L - ? ?? tt?V. ^ f ^ mon nrif Vi i your LUVYli U'iptJ., nu^vc Vlib wau nivu the patent leather shoes, a flashy tie, " newly pressed suit of clothes and a five cent cigar may simply be one of hia deliquent aubscribera. a\arMiimn'i i i n ru.i i nn nn 1 i qm ?01 Royal Elastic IS GROWING IN P< SIMPLY ] [t is vera in proof. It will never become lumpy. [t is the oply Perfect Mattress. [t is absolutely ncn-absorbenr. OUR GUARANTEE:?Morey will b* re a9e, ?ou are not entirely satisfied. Our booklet, with fall description, will b If your local dealer doea nct^eell them, On "exhibition at Columbia and 10th. Respectfully, Royall & Bor STANDARD COTTON WEIGHT. Jommiesioners of Agriculture Adopt Resolutions on that Line. The convention of the association of :otton States Commissianers of Agricul ,U1C m c, ICtCL' WOJCCtiLIJC JU -J.UOU a idopted the following resolution : "Whereas, the annual loss occurrir-g ;ach year in the handling of the cotton jrop, growing out of the loss of weight ind failure of bales to come to the samples of classification, which is due to ;he fact that there is no standard sys:em of weight and classification, and "Whereas, these reclamations destroy the profits of business and indirectly it is taken from the pockets of :he producers; therefore, ''Beit resolved by this convention: rhat we use our earnest and energetic efforts to bring about a proper standard if weiehts and classification of the statlj by urging legislation. '\Be it resolved, further: That we invite the assistance and co-operation jf suet exporters of cotton who realize the importance of this movement and who from experience are in a position to furnish substantial aid." Mr. Wright, assistant commissioner of Georgia, ofered a resolution, which was adopted, extending the aid of the association to protect southern farmers in the butter market by a strict surveillance of substitutes for that product. Another resolution was adopted, inTriMnor ^onifal anfl immnrrafirtTi intn the south. President Stevens was instructed to invite the following states and territories to become members of the associatian: West Virginia, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, California, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma territory, Indian territory and-Newu Mexico. A Big Tax. The revenue tax on kgacies has laid a heavy hand on Converse college. The amount left it by D. E. Converse will amount to over $100,000. The revenue law savs 10 per cent of it must be paid to the internal revenue department This will take over $10,000 out of the portion intended for the college. There seems to be no way areuad it. TTo W o e lie ff co i/iu n uvu A sto:m has been raised in the North against college secret fraternities by the drowning near Geneva, N. Y., last week of Edward Fairfax Berkley, Jr., o( St. Louis, a student ef Hobirt college. In the course of initiation in the Kappa Alpha he was sent into a canal where he lost his life. Died for a Dog. Aspeeial from Leesburg, Fla,, says that S. 0. Jones, seetion boss, wai killed there Wednesday afternoon. To rescue a net doe he ran in front of a train moving at the rate of 35 miles an hour, when the cowcatcher beam struck him in the small of the back, killing him almost instantly. His wife and children witnessed the accident. Magfeafs School of SHORTHAND TYPEWRITING COLUMBIA, S. C. This School has the reputation pf being the bett business inafUfltfitm in Sfefe. Grsddates arc holding re&nnerativB portions la mercantile houses, teaming, instwaoe, retf estate, railroad offices, &c., ra (life and other etates. Write to W. H. STyrfeat, ojrapherCojaolijls, C f>r d i kidney: 9 BLADDER, UBlNiR AND LIVER DISEAFFS, DYSPEPSIA, ISDIGiSTiOS AND O >NSTIPATIO^J POSITCTELT t T7RED BY TEE US* OF DE. HILTOjS'S LIFE FOR THE tie Ma mum. A vegetable preparation, wher?rer knowo the m 8t popular of all remedies, beelose rtir most effectual. n li r .1.1 T _ soia wnoiesaxe oy? The Murray Drug Co. Olumbia Dr. H, Baer, Charleston, S. C. OLDMMSTATE 8HITMENT IS WHAT YOt UEED ! It cares piles, eczema, car buncles, bails, sore eyes, sties and granulated ey? lids, ol sores, cuts, brai?w, barns, erysipelas, inflamatory rheumatism, corns, bunions and ingrowing toe nails. Taken internally it cnres dyspepsia, Dilions feyer, stomaeh and dJadder troubles. It is the best thin; on tie market for aU hese afflictions There is aethiag to eqcsl t for Kiiney Trouble and Colic in horses, nd all it cost is 25?_a box. At wholesale by MUar.AY DRUG CO.. Columbia, S. C Felt Mattress J 3PULARITY DAILY BECAUSE I! It i* the most elastic mattress male. < It is be'tsr than t&e beat hair mat;refs. It is everyibicg wanted in a ptxfect bed. _ -..-z It is recommended by leading pbjsitians. 3 funded,^without question, if after 30 n'ghts' e mai'ed ? d application. write ns direct. b State Fair Nor. 7th, 8th, 9th. "Oil, MANUFACTURERS, > GOLDSBORO, N. C. ' | What Would the Business World Do Without Us 3 We know oar basin ess and ire al w&yshare -v?j employment. We secured oar trafc-icgtf die i COLUMBIA BUSINES3 COLLEGE, Colombia, s. 0, and would advise yon t? do likewise if yta desire the b^t ia the e*aaaj. Nq drner .^| school has a more thorough business coutse, ~i a simpler or easier learned shorthand coarse, : or more saccaufal era!ante?. Their catalogue gives frill information as to courses of study, rates of coition, Jwscd, securing positions, aad oth-er in^ g^&tntk. '-Si Send for it and name the course wjnfed. Address, W. H. tfBWBSTCKT, 4t President. Ginning 1 A M ? aL!m A lil B J mauiimury.j The Smith Pneumatic Suction || Elevating, Ginning and Packing tystexq Is the simplest and mosi efficient on 3jia| the market. Forty-eight complete outfits in South Carolina: each one giving absolute satisfaction.? ? Boilers and Engines; Valve, Automatic and Cerl!?s. |3 My Light and Heavy Log B?ast Sato Jg| Mills cannot be equalled in action ef- 1| ficiency or price by any dealer or raami cajturer in the South. Write for prices and catalogues. V. C. Badhan. 1326 Main Streei, v. COLUMBIA, S. C. . V?' m Gome to the I State Fair 1 To be held afc COLUMBIA, I S. C., November 6th to 10th, J and we will show yon, in op eration, the most com- fl plete and mod- Jg ern ginning sys-p tern ever put onl the market. Jf We will exhibit the Mmaaif ^ System with the j|p Celebrated Eagle ?iBS/yg Cleaning Feeders 1 Liideil's Direst tascted " \J -Automatic tip, Bioo Nailer || And othe machinery. ffl It will pay all interested see our exhibit and iareiti gate the merits of the diffor-: ent machinery Tre sh?w. W. H. Bifebes & 60.. J Headquarters for Machinerjjgl and Mill Supplies, COLUMBIA, S. C. To get strong M and healthy use gj one bottle Mim-fj ray'S TROX MIX- 1 TUEE. Price 50c 9 n imp mei, jj