Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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EVENING AT THE OLD HOME. Bark to the hallowed hill* which child hood knew. Hade acred {round by memortca aweel and true. I wandered lutl**?!y one summer day. I blotted out the w.ute oi many year*. Folded the pj^r< that were *tained wit! tear*. And fanned I but a child .it play. But when the evemarf came and twilight fell Above the gray-roofed home I loved *r well. And xtill no voi-e called from the vine clad door. I went .** only thcv can weep who know. The loving voice* of lone a*o Will call them t'r >ai their childish *p?rti no more. ?Beth Whiwon. in th>. New York Sun. Abel Mitchell's * to Luastww. | Mr Tal? ef Capid's Triumph, j { tt BKIi MITOHKLL called to bit /\ typine. "You m."y go. Morrbi," he said. He did noi < look up from the pa per a be fore him. The young woman turned to th? clock with a little start of surprise It was only 4.:to. Hut she quietly pui on her hat and with a murmured good bight left the room. Abel listened to the departing ru?tl( of her skirts with a thoughtful expres alon. Then* was a sensible girl, a girl who never grated on his feelings, n f?rl who asked no useless questions She had reached aa age of discretion If Jta was determined to marry a pooi girl, why eould not he have taken one like Emma Morris? Abel opened a heavy envelope and <lrvw forth a folded |Uper. "Jim never wax confidential witl mc." he grumbled. "iVrhap* I didn't invite his eontideixv. I don't kuow Now he has disol?eyed rny direct com mand. That can't '>e overlooked When be told mc about this Kiri. I said 'Wait.' 'How Ion*:' h* asked. 'Until yon reach years or discretion!' I cried, and turned away. Jttn is twenty-four Twenty-four! And I married at tweu ty-one! Ye*, ami rati away, too! Bui it was different with me. My fathei hail nothiaz to icire me. I was quite independent, lie was glad to have mc shift for myself. Jim's father is a rich man. Jim's father has glren him pounds tv he re my father begrudged me pennie*. Jim owes ftie Cllal obedience. He has disobeyed me to hit bitter co*r." He unfolded the pap?r that he had taken from the envelope and ran hit keen, gray eye down tin* closely writ' ten lines. "He has given up his father for a pretty face." he murmured. "Let him stand by the consequences, Who Is she? Who is *he? It matter? not. No doubt they trapped him Into this marriage. 'A rich man's son,' thej / chuckled. But they'll find they're fooled. 'Father,' he said. I am to t?e married to-morrow night. Will yoti tome with me to ?be wedding?* I turned on my heel. Then I looked hack. 'You know the price you may pay?* I cried. 'Yes. father,' he said, with hi* head high up; *1 know. Goodby. and God bless you.' He asked a blessing on me! Ha. ha. ha! That'i <00 rlcn! But he'll get evil for good s this time. I'll cur him off with a shill lag. Let him sup on herbs for a while That'll take the veneer from love'i young dream. I'll draw up a new will at home to-night and have It witnesed before I sleep. And to let him knorc wnai oik loonsii mnry ess cost Dim. i i wrl*e him a letter?a letter he cat show to Ms new relatives That's tht thing?the letter." He bent down with his bead apoc bis band and his eyes upon the paper A rustle of skirts in the doorway drew his attention. He did not look up. II was a way he bad. "Ah. Miss Morris." he said, "bad gain?" He bad quite forgotten that he bat est ber home. The young girl in the doorway dit not answer. Her bright eyes were flxet upon the old inan. She expected hln to look up. If be hati done so he woult hare seen a charming vision. She was a very pretty girl?dainty and neai from the crown of ber new hat to tin tips of her uew allot"*. But be did no look up. . "Just in time." lie added: "I want t< dictate a letter before you go." ? He paused, and the young girl, as li eized with a suddcu fancy, quletlj stepped into the room and seated ber elf at tbc typewriter. "You have been with u* so long. Mlsi Morris." the old man continued, "thn we view you as a contldential agent Besides, this will 1m> public property very sr.on. 1 am going to write to mj son. Last night lit* married an un known girl against my wishes. I an goinz to' tell him that 1 wash ui; hands of him and bis: that to-night change my will, cutting him off witl a single shilling. Are you ready?" The girl at the typewriter gave th< Instrument a preliminary click or two "James Mitchell," began the old man "as you have seen tit to disobey me. t< cast my fatherly wishes in my teeth, desire you to know that I have n< Wish to hold further communication with you. While I cherish the itnpren ion that yon were lured Into this uc liannv mttivUfSA. " The typewriter stopped. "Unhappy marriage." the old raai repeated, and the clicking reconi tnenced. "yet I cannot accept as an; excuse for your uudutlful conduct. Tc night I change my will, and you run, rest assured that your name will b passed over with the smallest posslbl financial consideration. I prefer t have you understand this here an low. It will prevent you and you new friends from cherishing auy fals hopes. This is all I have to say and n reply will he expected. ABEL MITCHELL." The young girl drew the sheet froi the machine nnd. bringing It forwan laid it on the old man's desk. Alx glanced It through.. "A beautiful copy," he said. and kn bis brows. The girl at the end of the desk e: tended her hand. u "If you have no objection.'' jbe auie " I i if {ly wild, "I will dellrer It to him in per[ HOD." I The old man looked up nt the 'air I fare (tending over bim. ' j " Vhj, who tre you?" he cried. "I am Alice Mitchell." snid the yonng girl. ' Mitchell*' repeated Abel dully. "M-my son's wife? And what?" t But the Ugly wort is would not rome. He could not utter them in the light * of those gentle eyes. "Will you be seated?" he lamely added. I"Th?nk you-no," said trie giri. ~i bnve but a few word* to nay. They will not detain you long." v Abel's gaxe droppcl to (be letter and the will, and a sarcastic smile twisted bis mouth. "No. no." the girl quickly added. "I have not come to plead with you. You | are quite wrong to imagine such a 1 thing. And you were quite wrong, too. ! to insult me as you did in that letter." 1 lie looked up again quickly. There were tears in the gentle eyes. And 1 there was a glint of fire in tbem. too. i "You Insulted me. and you insulted i my dear father. I hare no mother." t 8be paused a moment. "When you insinua'ed that my fafhet was mercenary in this matter you did t him a cruel wrong. He was bitterly . opposed to our marrying without your l consent. I disobeyed my father, too. . But It was not for your money. Thi? 1 letter will bring us no surprise." ? The old man dropped his eyes be. neath the reproachful gare. I "Perhaps I am hasty." he slowly i said, "but the provocation was great." . Then he added quickly: "But knowing as you did that I opposed the wed ding, and your father opposed. It. too. why did you permit yourself to marry my boy?" I "I could rnnke it clear to you. 1 think." said the girl gently, "if you i loved your l?oy." The old man trembled. If he loved his hoy! All that was near and dear to him?all that was left to him of kith and kin. The babe that a dying wife had solemuly placed in his paternal " Im Irtfml Hla Imv! He drew a louj; breath and stared hard at the blank envelope on the desk before him, "And now." said the young girl, "1 : only want to add that I think Jim was . quite wrong in crowing your withe* , He might have waited. I wanted him , to wait. But he Is so proad?so selfi willed. I am very sorry that 1 should i he the means of separating you. and I? I I am quite sure I am not worth the . great sacrifice my dear?my husband? . has made." AM was quite sure there were tears [ in ber eyes again, but he did uot look i up. "Where is Jim now?" he asked. Then be smlbvl grimly. "And why are you i not enjoying your ? your wedding tour?" "There was a vacancy in the bank , where my father is employed," said the , girt, "and father secured it for J'rn. , ills duties began to-day. Perhaps we , will take our wedding Journey later. , We hare to look out carefully for the i main chance now. you know." [ "And you didn't expect to fall liack I on my sovereigns," said the old man. "Not a penny of them," quickly replied the girl. The old mun fidgeted in his chair, j "And why not?" he asked, i "I think you understand," said the I girl, and her gaze dropped to the letter . on the desk. "Does Jim know you are here?" ( "No. At least he didn't know I was I coming. Father will tell him to meet I me ?t the corner at 5 o'clock. I must r go." I "Wait" said the old man quickly. , He looked at ber searchingly. She met , bis Raze with u smile. Her mind was on Jim. , Abel deliberately put the will back la Its envelope and tbe envelope in its f pigeonhole. Then be picked up the t letter In Its unaddrexsed envelope, tore it Into minute particles and tossed them . into tbe waste-paper basket. "I've changed my mind," be softly I muttered. He pulled dowo bis desk cover with . a bang and reached for bis bat. "There," he said, "I'm ready." Then he added: "Will you give me your J arm, my dear?" As they passed through the doorway ' he paused. "I tlilnlr A lire" ho n.-iiil "thnt volt ] and I are going to be very good friends. And now we must buut up Jim aud take hira borne wltb u*."?New York ' News. ' An Autoiaobll* Clock. r Carriage clocks. Jjesldes bardly being * up to tbe strain of automobillng "Red Devil" fashion, do not look beavy s enough to fasten to these later more 1 massive machines. Hence tbe automobile clock. r Very large and strong is tbe clock t part proper, tbe movement being strict* ly reliable. Its face is a great convex 1 rock crystal, which magnifies both tbe * bauds and figures tremendously and I makes tbem plain at a glance, even to II the most excited, wildest-eyed chauffeur or cbauffeuse. e A handsome black patent leather case ' holds this desirable tiuie-kt4per. and l. th?? nrl<*? in 12.V Thin doesn't seem 0 cheap, perhaps, to tbe person who 1 tiuda trouble enough paying trolley 0 fares, but for those who invest in elec0 trie record-breakers it's another story. iI* A Toy Telephone. A toy store novelty is in tbe shape of a telephone. The outfit is complete a and costs $0.50. I- Iu addition to the two "hello" ends, y which look like those of any well-regu> lated telephoue. there are the two dry y cells, ISO feet of wire uud staples and e screws complete. e From the house to the big doll boufes Arcntin. 4*hll?1t*A?tt liUVn nil tllrt I'llVIl it d serve* admirably, or fn?m mother's ir room to the nursery or play room, or e from tbe house to the stable. At the o store selling it oue is in constant use from the ttrst Door to tbe baHement. It is a clever, high class toy, and ? so very useful. Belter yet, it is of <loI. mestic make. So plcasiug to the young. ?1 pters, too, because It's just like those used by their elders. it Belgian railroads have added to their c- trains ladies' smoking compartments, where ladles may smoke without intrut slea by uieu. ' ? \ ? IINOR EVENTSOF THE WEEK= WASHINGTON ITKV8. President Roosevelt. it is expected, will appoint Attoraey-Oeneral Ktiox to the Supreme Bench when Justice Shiran retires, probably in Octolwr. The War Department bought from Ilerr Ehrhardt. a gunmaker. of I>us. seldorf, the right to rearm the American field artillery with his new piece. Wireless tele.*rapbie tests are to in* made between the Washington Navy Yard and Aun.-tpolis: four systems will b?* trie*!. Tbe report of Admiral Bowles, the Chief Constructor. ?hown slow progress lu increasing the fighting strength of the navy. The Commissioner of Internal Reviimt at?n? lx> taken lm riiui* "i uv? * u %< ? ? mediately for ihe collection of taxes due from banks on tliclr undivided profits. OCR ADOPTED ISLANDS. The War Department is investigating frauds by which Filipino watermen have swindled the Government out of large sums in unloading vessels at Manila. Moros in Mindanao resumed attacks upon the Americans, and General Chaffee believed an active campalgu against the native* a necessity. The fourth anniversary of the capture of Manila, surrendered to the American forces on August 13. 181)8, was observed as a general holiday. DOKKSTIC. Congressman John 8. Williams and a United States Marshal fought iu the street in Jackson. Miss. The Bible Conference at Northfield. Mass. ended after one of the most successful sessions In its history and with the largest attendance. No contest will l>e made over the will of Charles L. Fair, according to Hermann Oelrichs. speaking at San Francisco. I'retty Rebecca Albin. of Winchester. Va., committed suicide after a love romance of two days. John Henry, a wealthy steel manu* facturer. of Carnegie. Pa., was crushed to death by a railroad train. Charles Johnson. colored. was lynched at Waluut Grove, Miss., for assaulting a white woman. Palmer S. Mostly whk elected Governor of Chickasaw Nation. I. T. A striker wast shot dead in a clash between strikers and deputies at Nes* quebonlng. Ph. A double wedding with mother and daughter as brides took place at Leavenworth. Kan. Judftv' Hawn married (ieorjje W. Miller, sixty-seven years old. to Mrs. Martha IIHms, Hfty-two years old. nnd lieorge \V. Martin, tlftyflve years old. to Bertha M. Hehus. twenty years. Figures given out by the Tax Department show that the wealth of banks m New York City has increased $58,000,000 since last year. Senators Quay and Penrose agreed to meet a citizens' committee of Wllkesbarre and do what they could to settle tha anthracite <-oal strike. Mississippi River interests want a dam across the river at Keokuk. Iowa. Wilberforce Ogden, who had been missing from his home in Chatham. X. ' J., for the last ten days, was fouud bid ing in bis rather's stable. The promoters of the McKinley mem orial bare abanuoueti uoi*> ui i-himur the amount originally fixed as the cost of the monument to Ih> erected to the memory of the dead President. Fishermen along the shores of the Atlantic have been catching sharks In swarms. Boston's tax rate this year is $1.48 on the $100 It was announced that the Long Is)* and Kailroad Company was about to expend $20,000,000 for abolishing grade crossings and for other improvements. Cleveland (Ohio) merchants. In response to an appeal from the Board of Health, will refrain from giving out dirty money. Smoke from forest tires along Puget Sound is so thick that navigation is difficult VOBSIOK. A terrible storm swept over tb? South African count; two barks were among the vessels wrecked, twentythree men being drowned. The commander* of the foreign war ships iit Pflerto Caliello. Venezuela, reached an agreement with the comaianduut of the port as to protection of foreigners should the place be bombarded. The Shah of Persia arrived at Dover. Englaud. from the Continent, and wa? received by the Duke of Couuaught. The Persian ruler exhibited great nervousness on this his tfrnt sea trip. Hear-Admiral Douglas, one of the British Lords of the Admiralty, ar- 1 rived at St. John's, X. F.. to discuss the French shore fishery question with the French naval commander in those waters. The body of Dr. l-argiu. Chief Judge of the Berne Court, was found at tie.' | bottom of a precipice of .Mount Dom. lu the Swiss Alps, which he had climbed. The seventy-second birthday of Emperor Francis Joseph was celebrated at Vienna with a review of IMUMWl troops, illumiuatious of the city aud the grunting of amnesty to all prisoners undergoing sentence for lese ma|este. A 1/ondou paper published an Interview with Miss Deacon. In which she denies that she was enguged to the Uermau urown i-ruicc. The I'ope held a great Name Day reception lasting au lioiir. seemed uncommonly vivacious and showed no fatigue. Kclaiions between Brazil and Hull via were strained because of the Acre question. Hordes of discharged soldiers are clamoring for employment in Kngiand. Kuormous crowds viewed the body of General Meyer at Brussels, Belgium. It was embalmed and will be taken to South Africa. There was a wreath from Oom 1'aul Kruger. who refused to attend the funeral. The decision of the Cuban House not to lease or sell a fort res* will have no effect Upon the action of the Uuited States In acquiring naval stations. There was rioting iu three villages before the last nuns' scIi.mjI in Brittany , was closed. 'll*Jlll..tn tinri-liiiiUMl tln> , riillpt'IUI f? IIMMIII I'M. -w ? American yacht Uucle Sam and turned It over to the (Jermaii navy to facllltale practice in handling small boats. King Edward gave u gold crucifix an a coronatiou present to Westminster Abbey. ' Welsh miner* voted $30,000 to aid the ' cr ui strikers in the United States. " r.T#>?> - "fz- v*" GAMBLING IS PROHIBITED Secretary Shaw s Order to the Treasury Department Clerks. fhm Kmnloje* iUdurtd In H?l?ry ??o Tranafnrr?d lUnoii* of Over Inrful( m la Fok*r? Borrnwttri W irned. Washington. I>. C.?There in to lie nn end to pok?r ami to the playing of the racc* by clerks in the Treasury Department. All sanies of chance ami all gambling are to be abolished. Secretary Shaw has Issued a general edict against practice* of thin sort by ?-V?rks io the department, where each person employed has great financial re*|>onslhility. Consternation has been caused in the department becauae'of the recent reduction of salaries of thre* clerks who have been too fond of poker, and who have also been transferred to positions of less ini|H?rtanct. In case of a repetition of the offenre tbejr will be dismissed from the service In one instance a clerk who had been drawing a salary of $180o a year was reduced to $10(N). He and one of the other clerks were employed in a bureau where the curretiey of the country is handled. The wifp of the man who was reduced to $1000 called at the Treasury several days ago and requested that part jf the salary of her husband lie paid to her. as she was actually deprived of household necessities. Another of the clerks wrote to the Secretary < omplaininc that a clerk owed him $1." anil would not pay him. The ck>rk alleged to owe the mnney ntnte<l thnt hr .mil tin* complaining limn had l>een in the lialiit of going out of the city each afternoon to play l>oker. that they had lost considerable money, and had a difT?reu(v as to n proper division of tifMr losses. Invcstigaton revealed thnt three elerks used to take a trolley car out of the city nearly even afternoon to play lioker. neglecting their families to in dulge in the game. They would probably have lieen dismissed altogether hut for consideration of neglected wives and children, so tln-y were re duced ami transferred. Others of the clerks have been in the habit of "plnying the race*" at the tracks, through the pool rooms, and clue where. These clerks never seem to win and nre perpetually borrowing money from their fellow clerks, which they do not pay back. Mr Shaw has his eye on this evil also, and is going to take measures to stop the borrowing mania among the Treasury "sports." A number of these have been warned to stop Itorrowlng or get ready to leave the deoartment. FIVE LIVES LOST IN FIRE. Two Vonwi anil Three Children Burned to Death In X*w York Cltr. New York City ?In a tenement fire on the oust side 1*0 women and throe children were hnrned to dentil, another woman was burned severely about th?body and faoe and a man ha<l throe rib* broken by jumping from a window to the pavement. The injured woman is Mrs. Rosa .Moses, aud the name of the man who I 1.. I\flno<in|?if9 A TVntrifl ft JUIU|#?-ll I* .?n?n? </i ! ?. ?? ? named Mrs. Hannah Ralotbln could not Ih? found after the tire. and it is bo lieved that one of tlie burned bodieg found was hers. Nathan Lietiowitz reported to the po Moe that bis four children. Moses. .In lius. Louis and Sallie. respectively three. five, six and eight yearn old were missing. and a seareb of flit buildlni; resulted in the finding of tin badly burind bodies of two children, supposed to be Llebowlts's. The l*>d> of an elderly woman also was found The damage to property is estimated at $4000. NEW YORK F?? CHIEF LAID OFF. Croker'* Jtcpliow Snapcnilcil Pram Untj by CominUiioner Stantl*. New York t'ity. Kdward Croker. Chief of tin1 New York City Fire l>e part nu nt was suspended from duty by F!re Commisnloner Sturgis. Mr Croket. who is a nephew of Richard I Croker. bad been absent on a vacation, but returned to the city unexpectedly saying lie did- *o to resume' hi# duties ou advice of bis attorney. Mr. Croker said this advice wa* given l>ecause his nnme bad been men tioned in connect lou with the hearing of charges against Chief of Construe tion Ryan, of the department. Thf Chief found bis bowks had been car ried away. Tcxw Shephrrtl Killed by ft Meteor. Ramon Cruise, a slieplterd, wa? at ruck ou the bend ami killed by a fragment of a meteor while herding hi* I flock near Kllis, Texas, in Kdward* Couuty. Karl of Dmitry Sworn In. The Karl of iHtdlcy was sworn in a? Lord Lieutenant of Ireland till silcces sion to Karl t'adogan. resigned*, in tin Council Chamber of the Castle, in Dub 1 in. Urp) Creamery Failure. The fa'iure of tin* Klsin Creamer} Company. opera! in? lllo creameries it three Wwtlwu States, wax reported with lO.Wio creditors. mostly farmers. Hnow on Mount TVultin(tan. At Mount Washington. \ II., rnit turned to snow. ami there was half at inch of snow on tin* ground, with ilit thermometer at thirty-four. Hollar Kiplo*lon Kills Three Men. The I toilet in Simpson's saw mill a' New Liberty. 111., exploded. killing <?uj Roberts. J hiim* Jeffords and l.cstei Johnson, and live others an* serlouslj injured. Cmlahjr* S?ll Their riant*. The Cudahys have tinaiiy accepted the terms of tin* Packers" Trust anc huve agreed to sell their plants, locates at South Omaha. Cudahy. Wis.; Chi cago and other places, to tin comhlua tiou. Tin* amount involved iu tlie dea is said to lie *21.<IUU.II0M. Thief KImU Forty-right Diamond Kin|i A thiet sluli from ilit* show window of the j?*w??lr>* establishment of A. A Webster ?V ?'o.. in Brooklyn. N. Y.. t tray routaining forty -eight solitain diamond rinsr-s. valued at Miuitr Mention. Brooklyn has signed First Baseman Jones, of York. !'?. Branstield ean hat well either right handed or left-handed. Tenuey. Long mid < 'arnoy have re signed with Boston for next year. IMtcber .lark Taylor, of <*hieago, '? one of the best pinch hitters in the pro fession. " * *" ' - - luti.nltif tntopotfl II II lia* MIUHIWiru |'w,....... ...... in u anil ?w!iilarating s|?nri liki lawn tennis, the |?iiil' |m)|i^ fnil l?ndoiK at l^u?t uiic bit of adtuirubb work. \ i.? A "r'; " ' *, DB. CHAPMAN'S SERMON A SUNDAY DISCOURSE BY THE NOTEG PASTOR-EVANGELIST. A LMI tovtoaiwA Pletir* to NuUrplttt. Which Dr Chapman Kn(r>it>-Th? AwfolntM o Mac Without Christ. New York City?The Rev. J. Wilbu Chapman. D. D.. the popular pastor of th< Fourth Presbytoriiin Church, who ia re markablv succe*.tful as an evangelist; haj prepared an interesting sermon upon thi subject "A Lost Saviour." It is preache< from the text. "They have taken away Lord." John 20: 13. One of the masterpieces in the Louvn presents to us a picture of Christ upon tlx cross. His head is upon His breast; un derneath His arma the httle birds are fly ing for a place of refuge, and in the deep ening shadows there is seen a womai kneeling with loving lips and hand: pressed against His bleeding feet. Travel sre stand before this painting with tear-we :heeks and go away with burning hearts tf I were an artist I should paint a com rnion .lieee arith this text as the theme would not put tears upon her cheek who speaks the word because the flowini of tears would prove a relief. When wi eannot weep our grief is severest, but would represent her with agony in he eves and deepest sorrow in every expres # 1 # T' 1 ?T h'ahM nitin lion or oer mcc. n i the nob ax she cries out, "They have takei away ray Lord." I have aeen the diatrca of a mother bird when her little one wa gone, the desoair of*the deer when its com panion wan killed, the agony of the wif when her husband wax taken, the snrroi of a mother when her baby wax dead, bu this text represents all these distresses pu together, and we have a story which can not be expressed in words. The apeaker is Mary Magdalene, one o the inhabitants of Mazriala, she who wa poaseased of seven devils. She was th sinner fn the house of Simon, the Phari aee, who washed the Saviour's feet witl her tear*, anointed them with preciou " * 1 .J t U ttfifK oinrmenc ami t??vci*ru >u< ...... ~. When Simon object* the Ma?tcr rebuke him with the'story of the two debton one forgiven much. of the other little. Sh became one of the Attendant* of the Ma? ter. She followed Him from Calvary t Jerusalem to the scene of the crucifixion Early the third after the crucifixion, witl the wife of Cleophas. she goes to the *er alcher to **e Hi* body. She find* the torn! moty, and then crie* out in a^on'* "The have'taken away my Lord." What change there i* wrought in Marv Mairda .'ene. She has been a winner of the worn ?ort% Tradition makea her a servant ii the home of am in the place where ah lived, but ahe ha* become a Mint, nni wherever the goapel has been preached he ?tory ha* been told. What a Saviour w have; One who call* out the be*t there i in n* always. Saul, of Tar*u*. by nature i bitter and rrucl. but he catche* a vision n Christ ar?d become* gentle a* a woman, d< livering hia message with tear* of real aoi row because of the lo*t condition of th world. Peter ia an ignorant fiaherman, bu cmtche* .t vision of his Maater and become ane of the ereateat preaehera in the world' hiatory. The thief on the cross ia profant and doubtless causes Chriat a new, pang r I %gony wttn nu proianity. uuui lummn m head he catches a vision of that b!este i face and cries out, "Lord, remember me." ' ? I. Kindred texts. T have been looking n J the Bible these past day* and have bee greatly interested to see how many kit dred subjects to this are to be found i God's word. First, Adam and Eve. They are in pan dise; everything about them is beautifu Even God Himself nw that it was ver good. The music of the birds is the sweel est, the fragrance of the flower is the best there is no curse upon Eden, when suddet ly the cloud appears, the moving of th serpent is heard and there is a grea ehange. Adam and Eve are dnven thithe from the garden. Genesis 3: 23-24, "Then fore the Lord <>od wot him forth from th Garden of Eden to till the ground froi whence he wan taken. So He drove ou the man, and He placed at the gate of th Garden of Eden cherubim and a flamin sword which turned ever* way, to kee the way of the tree of life." Second, the Ark of the Covenant. Thi was a small cheat overlaid with gold, foe and a half feet long, two feet nine inchc wide and the same measure in heightl Within it were the tables of the law. I was carried bv the priests as occasion n quired from place to place. So sacred wa it that it was death for any one to loo upon it but the prie.?ts, and so it was can fully covered. It represented to them th viaible presence of Jehovah. It was cai ried about by the children of Israel o their travels through the desert aa the entered the channel of the Jordan, an waa taken thirteen times around Jerich in six days, but now the Philistine* bav come up against the children of Israel an the ark ia taken. Old Eli is waiting fc tidings of the conflict. His seat ia by th ifad side that he may hear the mot speedily. At last there is a great shout c horror, and a man of Benjamin is aeen rui ning, with his clothes rent and earth upo his head. Then* is trouble, but who ca imagine the extent of it. Liatep to him a he cries out, ''Israel has fled before th Philistines," and the uce of old Eii palei Hophni and Phmeha* are slain, ana th old man begins to shake in an agony, bii horror of horror*, the ark of God is taken I. Samuel 4: H, "And it came to pa* when he made mention of the ark of Go that he fell from off the seat backward t the side of the gate, and his neck brak and he died; for he was an old man an beaw. And he had judged Israel fort yeara." Tell ua that the aun will not ubin again. that the tain will not fall, that th tan are Head, that the moon will refua to ahine, but you will bring to ua no auc tiding* a a came to Israel when the new waa earned that the ark waa taken. It i aa if God had departed from our own lane It ii an awf-il thing to be without bop and without <S>?i in the world. Third, the Lo*t Bible. During the reig of Joaiah, who began to reign when he wa eight yean old. the repair* to the tempi were begun, and in the midat of thi* wor the book of the law waa found. 2 Kins 22: 8, "And Hilkiah, the high pricat, aai unto Shaphui. the acribe. I have found th book of the law in the houao of the Lord. And Hilkiah gave the book to Shapha and he read it Thia waa doubtleaa th vry l>ook which Moaea had commanded t be placed in thu nacred apot. Deuterc I .vi ..T.1,^ IwwtL- |a, nomj til. I a AC mm ww??w vi ... and put it in the side of the ark of th covenant of the l*ord, your God, that i may be there for a witness against thee. It might have been rare Irmly mislaid or i may have been maliciouslv concealed, bu what a narrow escape. However, we nee not tremble, for He who cared for Mom when he wu in the ark and for Hi* owi Son when He wa* cradled in the mange will care for His book. "Heaven am earth ahall pis* away, but My word sha! never pasu away." However, some of u bye lost our Bible. We have lost it 1* cause we have been absorbed by fiction o worldline**, or we have permitted *0111 in to liiy hold upon u*. We have lost 011 Bible, ami if we have our position is as tu as Mary in the garden when she *ai<i "They have Liken away my Lord." Fourth. L?st Fellowship. Luke 2: 42-4.' "And when He was twelve years old the went up to Jerusalem, after the ciutoti of the feast. and when they had fulHIIet the days, as they returned, the child Jcsu tarried behind in Jerusalem; and JoM.'p! and His mother knew not of it. But they supposing Him to have been in the com panv, went a day's journey; and the sought Hun among their kinsfolk and at quaintanfe*. And when they found 11 ir not they turned back again to Jerusalem seeking Him." Mary and Joseph liav made a journey to the feast and they ar homeward bound. As they move out fmi: Jerusalem up toward Galilee thev are bus with the scene* about tbem, doubtless cor versing with those who are traveling wit them, when suddenly they begin to iool about for the child .Jesus. Where can li he"' Every search fails to locate Mini Wearily thev trudge Kick to Jerusalcni and there they find Him with the win men! Many of iu have lost fellnwshi with our Saviour. Time was when w were close to Him. whet we walked ii sweetest communion with Him, hut not we have been busy about other thiii|C? am we have lost the old joy. I<et us lean from the lesson of this morning that if w [ have mimd itcp with Jtun w muit go r back to Jerusalem, or that i*, the place where we lost Him and begin over again the old life of peace and jov (}od pity the ' man who ia crying out in^ hia heart to-day I if not with hi* lips. "They have taken awav my Lord." Fifth, a Lost Saviour. Matthew 37: 3-5, i "Then Judas which had betrayed Him, ( when he ?aw that He waa condemned, ref tinted himself. and brought again the thirty pieces of silver to the chief priests and elder*, saying. "I have sinned in that r I have hctraved the innocent blood. An<f : they said. What is that to ua? flee thou i . to that. And he caat down the pieces of | , nilver in the temple, and departed, and t , went and hanged h;#tself." Yon have ? j seen a storm held back by the force of the ( . wind, when *uddenly the wind reased and ? the storm would break with all it* fury, t ? Tbia was like Judas. I doubt not in all i ? hi* following after Jesus that again and j . again be w.v* filled with the desire to be c tnie to Christ, but the time passes and he | is false to the appeal of his conscience, and ( , suddenly the Master withdraws from him t ? and all the itorm of his awful spirit of be- t t?..I kmlra nnnn him. and Judas hann f I himself. TTiei* are some of ua who have t been muting Christ. for thia spirit has in- r fluenced ua We arc persuaded of Hia di- f vine character. Some day Hia divine hold , upon ua may be broken. It would be an - awful thing for ua to have to say. "They J have taken awav rav Lord." i n. r The test again. Let ua now think toh gether especially of Christ's c*re. There t are some texts very like it in the Bible, m n for example. 'Take not Thy holy spirit * from me." "Restore unto me the joy of s Thy salvation," "Without God, without i- hope in the world." for only those can *pe predate Mary's position who have been in r the same place with her. and the most of t us have been there, and there have been t times without number when we felt that i. all was lost, that our position was hopeless. Notice first of all the weakness of f Marv't faith. If she had but stopped to a consider she would have remembered Hia e word that He must rise again. If in the j j. dark hour of trial we would pause for a jno- j \ h ment to think of His message* we shall be c .. delivered from this awful fear. Oh. that I " i. God would strengthen our faith in the j 4 hour of trial. Notice also the strength of I i, her love. Nothing could keep her away I c from Christ; the Jewish soldier* had no j i. terror for her; she would sec Hm body, for o *he loved that. There are certain things that cause as to lose conscious fellowship h with Christ. First, physical weakness. Whenever the b body it weak be sure to watch and pray, y for the devil will easily overthrow us at a this time. Second, weakness of faith, but since faith t is the gift of God it becomes weak only n because of lack of exercise, and it is not j * neceMary that any of us should fail be- ] r] cause of this. 1 r Third, sin. "Bleued are the pure in ? heart, for they shall see God." It is not 4 riven to great minds alone to see Him, nor 4 great hearts to feel Hfs presence, but td , ,f pure hearts, and this blessing ls within the j reach of u* all. III. ! e Oh. to have no hone. What if we should it lose Christ, what i dreary world thid would | s be. Let us inline Him as taken out of > >. ?- ?i _:?u ?u:? 1.i I t PI at V, ?itu null VlliO nuuiu ituumau ? ?. "Christ in the Garden," "Christ before Pi* 1 if late," and every other painting that has 3 in gone to enrich the galleries of the world. ' d Suppose we have Him taken out of music, 1 ' the music of the Old Testament would go, ' for they sang of the Saviour to come; the 1 p music of the New Testament would be bann ished. for He is the theme of the Psalms. i- All the mu?ic that is worth singing in the < n world's history would depart from us. for 1 He is the subject of our praising. Sup 1 l- pose He were taken out of literature; the j I. best books in the world are either written ' y directly concerning Him, or have been inb spired indirectly by His matchless love. I! ] ;; He were taken out of preaching there is no ' i- man in all the world that could hold a con- j e gregation for any length of time, for men < t delighted to hear concerning Christ, and j r without Chriat the meaaage would be ai < ?- mounding brass and a tinkling symbol. I c What if He were taken out of our living. I n Men who do not call themselves religious j it yet believe in Christ and flee to Him again ' e and again in the hour of temptation and 1 g trial, and without Christ thev would be j p like a boat upon the sea, rudderless and ' helpless. What if He were taken out of I is our home*; how could we live when the \ ir ha by goes away and the mother's heart is < t breaking. ? "Oh, to have no hope, no Saviour, t How dark thia world would be." H There is a story written by Dr. Henry , f Van Dyke entitled "The Lost Word." It , * gives an account of one Hernias, the son of , *' Demetrius, who became a Christian. Be- ( e cause of this his father, a man of large i ! - ?- l_: u- v. . ' wcailfl, uisinncrucu mm. lie unumn n disciple of John, and at last wearies of , I this dtscipleship, and utterly discouraged 0 he wanders back in the vicinity of his old 0 home. There he meets a magician, who 5 reads his fortune in a leaf, and finally promises if he will give him but one word ^ out of his vocabulary that he will restore * him to the old joy that once was bis. The ^ promise is at last made, and suddenly Hermas is in his home again without the one '* word, and the oae word is the name of his n l/ord. He finds his father dying and the n old man welcomes his return and cries out, - "My son, when you left me you found e something that made your life beautiful. ' Mine has been a failure; will you not tell me * what I must do now, for I am to die." and , unconsciously the boy began, "Father, you must believe in " an.i behold, the word j had cone from him. He had parted with ? it, and he stands shamefaced in the presence of his dying father. He marries i j beautiful girl, and God gives him a lovely " child. Ther are seated one day in the ' garden with their hearts overflowing with ? gratitude, when the wife suggests that they ? kneel down and express their thanks for f* all iheir treasures, and again he brains, "We >hank thee, oh " and speech fails 1 him, for he has sold his Lord and he cmI* not even recall H's name. He is a comprt J itor in the ehsriot races ana wins the prize. c but car??s nothing fpr it, because Ins li*irt is heavy. He takes his little son in the | chariot with him and whirls about the , '* course. The horse* become unmanageable ? ami fli* child in thrown from the chariot anil seriously injured. Nearer dead than J ali\e Ic is carried back to the palace, and the father kneel* down by his bedside. ,? There n no hope now except in prayer. He crii? out. "Spare him. on. spare him, n oh " and there is no word to till the e place, for he ha* sold hia Ix>rd. Then tud? denly hM old master, John, appears, and *' after tears of repentance he is restored * again t.? Ins priceless position. Is this not * an iliustr ition for many of us who have in an unguarded moment because of our love for the world and our desire for power : pai ted with Him who alone can satisfy j the soul. It is an awful thinic to be without Christ. Cod save us from the cry of * Mar)*. "They have taken away my Lord." Transform**! Through Cripple. II A worker in a Manchester alum teils (he s story of a whole familv completely changed ' > by tii<* power of a deformed child Tiie < r father was a navvy, the lads were coarse 1 e and uncouth, and the mother, overworked ' r and fir from strong, had fallen into untidy ' ri habit* Hut there was born into that home I. i >M|?jiied child, and that deformed baby 1 was the means of drawing out the swnpa >. thy and love and tenderness of th" whole j y family. ii The man nuroed and petted his child of 1 I an evening: the boys made playthings for s her. wid snowed their affection in all sorts ' Ii of pleasant ways; the mother kept the win * dow ciean. that her child, pillowed on the > table, might look out on the court The y visitor declared that she witnessed a com- 1 ' pleti* transformation in the family-an le" vitmg and refining process went right 1 i. through the whole household. ' c Foundations of Chrlitliniljr. .. Sixty years ago the man who perhaps i more than any other has directed the trend ( , of Christian thought?Frederick Koberoon i i, - ?|iokc these words: "The change in a na- < , timi'* heart in not to be effected by the in* , rii'ion .?f a taate for arti*iit- grate. Other ' imrnl.ition ran nu man lay than that xvhifh ) p i!? laid. which h C'hn.?t .Icon. Not .irt. but I he cro** <?f Christ?the earthly life of dis t. ci|?!in?; and .??!r ?crilicp for Hid jwke. Sim* tl plot manner*, purer liven, more #olf denial, v more earnest ?yni|>athy with l hone in noed j of heln and liiiht. nothing short of tit.it can n lay the foundation* of the Christianity e which u to be hereafter ueeu and broad " FHE SABBATH SCHOOL NTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER 7. latjactr Tk* Prepbat Like ?im, Dnt< III., 9-M?Goldaa Text, Jafca *1.. ?Maaory Twm, a th? Dajr*a Lmn. 9. "Not learn to do." In Terse* 1-8 th? ighta of th? pricata and the Leritea hare Men mentioned. "After the nbominaiona." Pr&rticea connected with idol tror >bit* ir? flftm r*IM abomination* ia thl )la Testament. la the ylhr day* of the * wcred history there mi no enemy no sub le, no insidious, no difficult to meet as naric and soothsaying. Only by actual >ronibition, on pain of death, could the :aae be met, and under these circumstance! here is no need for u* to apologue for the )ld Testament Ian- "Thou shalt no; suffef i witch to live." Kx. 22: 17. At this hour he witch doctor, with his cruelties and rauds, ia the inoubus that rests upon all he semi-cirilized or wholly uncivilised peo>le of Africa. "Of those nations." Die egis'ator prohibits the various supcrsti ions by wnich the heathen nations of Ca> taan had sought to explore the future and o test the will of the Deity. 10. "Pass through the fire." The aacriicing of children to Moloch (Lev. 18: 21) a again forbidden. Moloch waa the idol of he Ammooites. His statue wai of brass ndrested on a pedestal of the same metal, iis'arms were extended in ,the attitude of mbracing those who approached him. His vorshipers dedicated their children to him, tnd when thi* was to be done the statue ras heated by a fire within and the infanta vcre either shaken over the flames or >assea mrougn ine nesiea arms, 10 :n?urw he favor of the pretended deity. "Divinaion." In Ecekiel 21: 21 several kinds of livination arc mentioned. It is the proended forecast of future events, or diseor- i Tj" of what is lost or hidden, as by super* latural aid. "Obserrer of times." fiec R. /. One who draws omens from the clouds, >r divides days into lacky or anlucky. Enchanter." Serpent charmer. Divinaion by serpents was common among the icathen. ,;Wit?h." Probably those who >y means of drugs, herbs, perfumes, et??., ire tended to bring-certain celestial influ nces to their aid. The term witch is usuillv applied to women. 11. Charmer." Hebrew "spellbinder." )ne who binds by incantations; protend* o subdue some dreadful enemy. ''Consoler." etc. One who consuite a sorcerer, or ritch. Not only are the sorcerers them.elves condemned, hut those who patron is* hem. or have dealings with them. "Wis ird." A knowing one. A male witch. 'Necromancer." One who seeks from or nqtiircs of the dead, such as the witch of *!ndor. There is s distinction between no* romancy and sorcery, enchantment, etc. The first ia an effort to gain information rom the dead or from demona; the other* elate to the creation of evil through ipirtual influences. 12. "These things." All these are only ipecies of the same genua. They are false jrophets. They pretend to po??esa supernatural powers, to foresee the* future, to >rotect from evil, to havt.communion with laity. "An abomination." The thinps ' nentioncd and those who do them are ilike detestable to the Lord. "Because of hese," etc. The Canaauitish nations are ibout to be driven out and destroyed be* ausc their forms of worship hare bccomt 10 corrupt and degrading. ? m'| 18. "Thou shalt be perfect " Separated rom sin and worldly customs and wholly levoted to God. God's people arc to be ft listinct people and not like the nations iround toem. So to-day the requirement* >f the gospel are nothing short 01 a perfect leart and a blameless life. 15. "Will raise up." Will send into the irorld in due time. While the people are orbidden to use heathen methods to learn :hf will of their deities. Moaeo assures Israel that God will provide them a pro)het or pronhet*. whereby the will of .Telovah will be clearly revealed. "A pro [>het. various opinion* hive Men expressed regarding this passage. Some bold that the passage refers exclusively to the Messiah, others think it has reference to the entire body of Hebrew prophets, while still others believe that it contemplates both Christ and the "order of true prophets whom OJod commissioned to instruct, lirect and warn His people." "Like unto Me." It is evident that this refers to Christ, for in many respects He alone waa like unto Moses. Chap. 34: 10. 1. In hi* mediatorial character. Moses is expressly railed a mediator in Oal. 3: 19. 2. Christ iras like Moses in the peculiar excellency >f His ministry. 3. In the signs and woniers?the miracles which He wrought. ComDare Deut. 34: 10, 11 and John 15: 24. 4. [n his communion with God Moses spoke cvith the Lord mouth to mbuth (Num. 12: 1-8) and knew Him face to face. Compare Fohn 1: 18. 5. In 'his being the founder if a new dispensation. God never romtraa ioned any human beings to give laws to mankind but Moses and Christ. 18. "Aeeordine," etc. See this request in Ex. 20: 19. The thought of the verse is. Let not Jehovah speak any mofle directly to us; let us have a prophet to announce to us His commands; let this awful splendor of the manifestation of God cease; we :annot bear it; we shall die. 17. "Well spoken." The Lord approved if their request and spake no more directly with them, but nut His words in the mouth of His prophet. 18. "Will raise them up." This promise sra* fulfilled 1500 years afterward, and both Peter and Stephen expressly apply it to Jesus Christ. Acts 3: 22. 23: 7T 37. 19. "Will not harken." M-fh is deaf and blind in the things of God. To his need and to the remedy he is alike insensible. His ear is open to worldly advice, but to the gospel he is a perfect statue' without life. "I will require it." That is. God will visit the disobedient with severe punishment. Acts 3: 23. The direful consequences of unbelief in Christ and di?reeard e ff* a I _ ? t. __ _ i ? u riis miHion. me .jevun peop(e nave >een oxoeriencinK for more than '"ft) year*. 20. "But the prophet." etc. Thw waning given to false prophet* show? that what bas been said in verses 15-19 rr.u?t in som? respects at leajt apply to the Hebrew prophet* that were to succeed Moses. "SHall die." Such a prophet must He regarded as i blasphemer and be put to death 21. ' How shall we know." It i* often 4ifficult to discern betwesn the true and the false, but "facts and fulfilment are the test." The prediction which does not accord with the facts is not from (Jod. Ooi is truth whether He reveal* Himself in nature. science, history, or His written word. ?nd He cannot contradict Himself. The reason there seems to be a contradiction lometiraes between science and the Bible ii because of our lack of knowledge. 22. "Presumptuously." Impudently asncribimr his own vain and lying fancies to (lod. "Not he afraid." Tint is. of his predictions or threatening]* Mlslttor Killed Woaus. The Rev. Charles Hilt, for five years a 7>n<restational minister in small mining town* in Parke and Clare counties. Indi?na. has confessed that he tired the shot hat killed the widow Smith at the mining nsn of lien wood, fifteen rears a*o. She wan stepping out of the door of a leighbor'* hoiwe when .* bullet <truol: her ind "he fell dead. Three boy* nhixKinK at t mark mmc distance awav were arretted, sut the bullet that i-aiued the death wa* loo Urge for their guns. The widow'* ?on iv.u under auspirion, ai it was Mid he ob:ained considerable property by the deatn >1 his mother. Tm? Unv \fp Hill that lie waa hooting .it the mark with x young man tamed William Trager, and that he fired :iie fatal *hot. He ha* many friend* and i* prominent in Odd Fellowship in th? mining communities. A Vast Wnnlfr Hoclety. The Vienna Arbeiter Zeming declare# the recent a*?a*?ination of official* in Ru*ki.i to Ik? the work of .1 vast *.?cret revolutionary no'-ictv. which embrace* tiie whole ?f the etnnire and number* lO.'MK) member*. who are drawn from evcrv < ' * o: f<ociety. The nooictv ha* ample fund* and h well organized. and every memlwr of ii ha* ?worn to give hi* life, if required. for the cau*c. 1 ax on I'oatera. Po*ter* and adverti*er*' board* pay * tax m Ile'ci'im. The minimum i? a halfpenny. The tax brines ?n WVWO a year. I a .