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A Ll HT HU i ?A. ^Missionary T)cliixh( Chi Tho following lotter has been r< - ceived by ? relative from Kev. S. C. Todd, who i- will known in this sec lion, and who went us a missionary to China last I>eccmbor : Macao, China, F< h. J'1. HMM. i;< loved l'rit UUH " Helpers together by prayer l< i us"-2 Cor. Ill, (Greeting; We have beeu in China un weeks tulay, and as we recount the many blessings nur hearts wish that you, who have so often carried us tn the Throne, might unite with us in thanksgivings for the gracious an swers He has given j "'ir jct ?lions. He so directly manifested His will in moving hearts to provide the funds for our coining, and gave us such rest and peace, that wc knew we were moving at. His command when we turned our faces to the laud of Sinini. We little thought, however, that He would BO soon thrust us into active service, on tiie contrary wc seemed to face lonely months over the language, with Mrs. Todd quietly going in and out amongst the homes of the women, and then opening work after a year or two when we had mastered the lan guage sufficiently to speak in it. But God planned otherwise! We came to Macao because ce could hero become more easily climatized, and at tho same time have good facilities for language study. But God purposed something more when He direoted our steps to this beautiful seaside resort. He thought of Macao's seventy-five thousand souls! For a number of rea sons other missionaries had passed Macao by, and with the exception of a small native Churoh, composed largely of Christians who had moved in from surrounding places, there was no work being done. When we saw the wonderful opportunities and ap parently ripe conditions for aggressive work, it began to dawn on us that God had not only sent us to China hut had stationed us at Macao, and that He had thrust our party at once into a largo open door. And as we have followed on, many timos we had to exclaim, "Surely God works in a won drous way." On our arrival we spent the night at a hotel, and early the next morn ing began looking for a house, which we easily Becurcd, though many said it would be diffioult. The very first ono that wc looked at proved just suited to our needs; largo enough for a chapel, native workers and a mis sion home combined, and in close proximity to thc Chioeso quarter Wre were really "in camp" for sev eral days, thc furniture which wo brought from San Francisco being de layed in Hong Kong, but wo were glad enough to have pallets of steam er' blankets and beds of reclining steamer chairs since wc had a homo in China. As we opened our trunks they rc minded us of Noah's Ark. There were carpenter's tools, hardware, sheet-iron stoves, orookery, groceries, musical instruments, kodak supplies and household goods! And it did seem that tho ends of the earth had mot together on our dining table; butler from Australia, milk from Switzet land, nuts from California, syrup from London, and rioe and tea from China. We were forcibly reminded, when we received our Chinese names,' how completely opposite is everything Chic?eO to all that we have been ac customed to at home. Yes, so far as the Chinaman ?B concerned, you would never be known by your for eign name, and if in no more you must be Chinese in name. We write the sir-name last and the given-name first, and instead of "Mr. Smith" they say "Smith Mr." As in the Bible, names have a meaning, and they are chosen with a beautiful thought in view. They gave Miss Winn one meaning, "gentle love," Mrs. Todd's stands for a oombinatioD, "forest, lily and precious stone," and mino signifies "generous heart." Ono of the first problems of the new missionary is the language, and at first it seemed a? if this strange tongue could best be described as "Babylon confusion." "But its bark is worse than its bite," and now after two months of study it does not seem so dreadful. We have been fortunate to secure ono of the best Chinese teachers. Could you see him with his robes, polish and politeness, you would think that you had never seen before a real Chinese. The Ameri can laundryman is as muoh unlike a /representative Chinese as our "broth er in black" is a Southern gentleman of the old Behool. Already I have intimated that God here thrust us into an open door. Scarcely before it dawned fully on us we found ourselves surrounded by a work of rapidly growing proportions. Be fore we were really unpacked visitors 'ROM CHINA. ed With J Iis Work in caine, our belongings were new and of tilr&'jgc character lo them, and these opened man> RU opportunity for a fiospel nie-sa.-i. !. w;.s nut many days bu foro then w re souis bowing in our parlor calling ? n -J' sus for mercy. Um our hearts hungered fora larger ministry,au'i so a large room on .>nr fir.-t ll mr, opening iuimedialely upon thc nt rect, was sealed and handbills circu lated announcing nightly meetings. To our great delight it was Ulled th? | lir-it night, at the second service every J seat was taken. For several days \ more seats were bought only to he I more than filled at the next service; I linally every available space was oc cupied, and still the main aisle wai packed with eager listeners. Wc en largcil a doorway and brought au ad joining room into use for the women, and put all the children on the stair way leading to our second Moor, and stilt the room overflowed. The native Christians said, "we have never seen anything like this in Macao before," and our teacher, a heathen with much light agaiust him, told ny wife, "These crowds must he the work of thu Holy Spirit. Knowing thc power of music in America we have brought it into play hero. Mr. and Mrs. Munroe, mission aries from New Hampshire, who came over on thc same ship with us and who y, ive rooms in our houBe, are good musicians, and, she on thc organ and he on the cornet, besideB their vocal duets, coupled with Mrs. Todd's or gan, have helped us much. Their duets aro, of course, in English, but that doer* not matter, the melody and charm of music is there. So'jetimo I may write you a de scription of one of our preaching ser vice!.', but here I can OD:, say the j preacher doosn'tgo to sleep, he doesn't know what will happen next, and ho is always prepared to have the thread of his discourse interrupted if not broken, for many things can happen in a Chinese audience, oven to the explosion of a hunch of firc-crackcrs under a seat near tho pulpit. Wo have had some help from tho native brethreu in thc Bcrvicos, but the burden of thc work has been on Mrs. Todd and myself. I cannot yet speak in Chinese, but she interprets my 1'itiglish i ato it. Night after fright we havo sought for definite results, and God has not withheld them. Many havo stood tor prayer and then came to our par lor for thc after-meeting, whon they aro personally dealt with. How many have been saved Cod only knows. Some eighteen have professed faith in Christ, but time is necessary to prove how many of these have really received tha new birth. In some case conviction has been very deep. Uno young man said, "ii. seemed as if my heart was struck open;" anoth er, "my many sins frighten me;" while another has said, "I am BO wicked." Some of their testimonies aro BO solid that wc cannot but believe that God has gathered some real trophies here. Ono said, "lt was so dark in my heart before, now it is very differ- j ont:" another, "What the Biblo says is true about tho heart being hard. I heard thc gospel a long time but it seemed to make no impression on me, but now it seems that God has emptied my heart and is now filling it up." And only two days ago a man from the country told us that ho had gone home and torn down his idols. Great joy fills our hearts that hun dreds have heard thc gospel from our little ohapel in thc last few weeks. We are known in many places in the oity, and it is not uncommon to hear the mea and boys say, as we walk along the streets, ''Jesus people," "talk Jesus." But oh, tho needl Seventy-five thousand Chineso in this oity and our chapel praotioaliy the only aggressive gospel agenoy amongst them. Would | that others might join us in this wide open door. The longer I stay in China the more I am impressed with the vastly greater opportunities here for service than at home. It seems abso lutely necessary, if we keep up with the work already in hand, that we havo others to join us from the home land. Pray mightily, beloved, that young people will stop into the place of opportunity and blessing and join us within the present year. We also need to circulate literature giving tho mossage cf life throughout the entire oity. If any would like to share in this work of sending workors to the field, or through the printed page, you can send your contribution to Mr. Frank L. Mallary, a splendid ohrist:.on business man, of Macon, Ga., who kindly acts as our American treasurer. (If you should send it direotly to us let it bo in New York exchange, for we oan easily get that cashed hers.) Inquirios oan also bo ma. addressed to Uro. Mallary by those who may wish to j ?in it) this needy ??Id. We would he delighted to have a letter from you: messages from the homeland bring us much cheer. He sure to write on thin paper and put a live cent stamp for each half ounce. The address is 'Macao, China." Let mc say that one of our sweet est hours of service in far off China is when we bring the names of those who "hold thc ropes" for us in Amer ica, together with many we have known and had blessed fellowship with in other days. And to know that many carry us to God each day lifts our hearts over many a barrier and makes the servie?; here the sweet er. Moth Mi>s Winn and Mrs. Todd join mc in warm Christian greetings to you. and bespeaking a continued share in y?;:jr intercession^ at the Thr me of ! ?race, A s ever, 1 am, Your brother in thc (j o s pel of Christ, tSam'l. C. Todd. VYlieut Superseding Klee. A strong point made by thc 11?)ur mill magnates of the west is that, when any considerable number of the millions ?if ('bina shall call for Hour the entire wheat growing area of thc world will not be Buflicient to supply the demand. "Even if all Japan should become a Hour-eating people." he said, "the whole available supply of the l'aci?c coast would provide this commodity for only ??0 per cent of thc population of that. Kingdom." There is likelihood, too, that a greater portion of the inhabitants of Japac will acquire thc habit of using flour. It was represented to the Mikado by his ablest advisers that, in modeling thc Japanese army on the latest mili tary standard of the modern Powers, the im; rtant matter of diet had been overlooked. Not only had all modern nations a standing army, but food for these formidable hoots consisted in great measure of wheat produots. Rice eating regiments, it was feared, might not bo able successfully to con tend with a foe whose sinews were built of wheat. Japan, to be up-to date, must maintain not only a big, well equipped and well drilled mili tary force, but its soldiers, like the men of arms of other ?ands, must eat flour. So an imperial edict went forth recently; and now every soldier in tho army of Japan gets a daily ra tion of Oregon, Washington or Cali fornia flour. This ukase of the Em peror will mark thc beginning of a very important chapter in commercial history, for this mandate ou the part of tho Mikado has already greatly stimulated thc demand in the kingdom for wheat products, the people being alert to keep abreast of whatever is decided to be progress along modern lines.-Booklovers' Magazine. - mm m mw - Few florists raise their own elec tric light plants. Without* Music is Eke unto your using some other COOKING* . . . . . .COMPOUND ead to ?JUST AS GOOD" AS Palmatina 1-w When You Cen PALMATINA 'THE PUREST VEGETABLE FAT ON THC MARKET t . THB WESSON COMPANY am ?MVAmaa.oa? , I Woman dunged Herself. I'ickcoa, A[?ril 17.-Thc reported suicide Saturday was that of a woman -Mrs. Lizzie Goudson. She came to I'ickens county from North Carolina about two years ago. She and her husband had beeu separated for some time and it is thought that the brood ing over her uuhappy domestic rela tions caused her to take her own life. She had threatened to commit suicide on two other occasions. The woman took due precaution to conceal herself. Since her separation she had lived with her married daugh ter. While the daughter and her hus band were away at work .-onie distance from the house the woman darkened her room with heavy quilts. Her lit tle grandson was with her hut she sent him away on an errand and when he re turned he found his grandmother suspended from a rope that had been thrown over the joist. The frightened boy ran to the held and told his father and mother and ttiey hastened horne. The coroner's inquest was held yes terday a ming by .Magistrate C. C. Howland of Central in the absence of the coron?. . The inquest resulted in a Gading ? accordance with the facts. -The S ?ate. - mm % -i - At l irst Sight. _ j Thc lady orator, a tall and angular | female, was holding forth on the equality of the sexes and the rights of women. "Made from a rib!'' she cried. "It is a canard devised by wicked men. Now, do I look as if I had been made from a rib? Do IV Can anybody say that I war? What kind of a rib was I made of? I pause for a reply, if there be one." Here a small, unimportant-looking man roBO and bowed, and said gently, "Yes'm, I think you are made from a rib." "You do?" she retorted, shaking a lean finger in his direction, "you do? You are another of the mea who wish to elaim credit for everything, aie you? And so you think I was made from the rib of a mau?"' '"No m," was the solemn answer; "from tiie rib of an umbrella.'' A Costly Nod. One day when Speaker Cannon was plain Congressman Cannon a friend met him at thc Capitol scowling as he was folding up a letter. "What's the matter?' asked the friend. "Letter from a constituent saying he'll never vote formo again," replied Cannon. "What have you been doing that dis pleases him?"' "I can't imagine. Failed to recog nize bim and ask after his family at.d the crops the last time 1 was oui there, I suppose. You see, we're very home like and democratic outour way. I'm supposed to know the first name of every votccr ir. tho district. Wheo 1 walk along tko street I always kuow I'm losing votes uuless 1 uod cveiy fe ten seconds and speak four times a minute. Got into trouble once wi h it, too. "Just arrived at the station and was walking up the street one warm afternoon when 1 caught sight of an old citizen through the opeu window of a tumble down building back of a wagou shop. Hu is an auctioneer by profession, but I didn't know he was working at it then. Nodded to him pleasantly and passed on. Half au hour later a truck drove up to my house and dumped a second-hand bed stead and six broken chairs in the yard. I demanded an explanation. SVhy,' said the driver, 'you bought 'cm at the auction as you come up thc street. Old Plunkett was ask ing who'd go the five, and you went it. Here's the bill-two and a quarter.' I paid, and we used the stuff for kind ling-wood."-Chicago Record-Herald. - Although the sea covers three i fourths of the earth's surface it does not provide in the same proportion for m?n's wants. Oaly about three pe cent of the people in the world gain their living direotly from the sea. ICILL THE The worst disease the world has ever known, and the greatest scourge to the human race, is Contagious Blood Poison. One drop of the virus of this most horrible nf all diseases will pollute and vitiate the purest, healthiest blood, and within a short time after the first little sore appears the system is filled with the awful poison and the skin breaks out in a red rash ; the glands of the groins swell, the throat and mouth become ulcerated, the hair and eyebrows drop out, and often the entire surface of the body s covered with copper-colored splotches and sickening sores and erup tions. Contagious Blood Poison is us treacherous and elusive as the serpent. You may be carrying it in your veins with no visible evidences of its existence ; for wi.ile mercury and potash seem to cure and all external signs disappear, the dis ease is doing its destruc tive work within, or the patient is constantly harassed by returning symptoms and unmistaka ble traces of the blood poison. Thousands of physical wrecks and chronic invalids from the effects of Blood Poison know the uncer tainty of the mercury and potash treatment-that it stifles but does not kill the serpent. As long as there is life in the serpent there is danger in its fangs ; and while your blood is tainted there is danger of infec tion. Safety lies only in crushing out the life of the loathsome disease and killing the serpent. For many years S. S. S. has been known as an antidote for Blood Poison. It is a remedy composed entirely of vegetable ingredients, and we offer $x,ooo for proof that it contains the least particle of mercury, potash or other mineral. It thoroughly purifies the blood, improves the appetite and diges tion, and tones up all parts of the system. In chronic and long-standing cases of Blood Poison, S. S. S. acts promptly and without leaving any bad after-effects. Write us about your case, and our physicians will advise with* ont charge, and we will mail you free our hom ?-treatment book tell ing all about Contagious Blood Poi?cn and its different stages and symptoms. TOE SWtlT SPSCiHG GO., JtttJUtTA, G?U After suffering twelve yeera from ContaKlouB Blood Poison, and trying: the best phyaioiana obtainable, and all the patent mo ? ici no o procurable, and s te ad ily continuing to grow woree, I gave up all hope of reoovery, and phyaioiana pronounced my case inourable. Hoping agrainat hope, I tried S. 8. 8. I improved from the firat bottle, and after takln? twelve waa oured Bound and well, and for two years have had no return cr symptom of the vile disease. Warsaw, N. O. H. M. REGISTER. AFTER THIS DATE We Will Not Retail Fertilizers And Acid Phosphate to Any One. We do this for the reason that we are represented here by Merchants, and it will be much letter for all pf the retail business to pata through theil hands, thereby saving a lot of confusion. We therefore respectfully ask our friends to call on OSBORNE: & PEARSON. ? ' OR '. ' DEAN & RATL?FF?: Or any other one of our representatives here or any adjaoant town? We ara represented at tv*ry Townin the up-countiv, and hope to nerii your con tinued liberal patronage. . ; OUR GOODS ARE FIRST CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT And the jresulta show that there is none superior in quality. mm wiswn m Tyjisumctism I j Treacherous and Prove Fatal. Delay May GET IT OUT OF YOUR SYSTEM NOW. Will do thc work quickly, effectively and without any injury to the digestive organ?. In fact, it will leave you in much better condition every way, for it cleanses the blood of poisonous lactic ana uric acids that cause rheumatism, kidney troubles, in digestion, boils, chronic constipation and catarrh, and the germs that leave one an easy prey to malana and contagious blood poison. It is not only the greatest blood purifier, but hundreds of relieved sufferers testify that it does one thing that no other remedy doe9 CURES RHEUMATISM. "GETS AT THE JOINTS FROM THC INSIDE." AT ALI. DRUGGISTS. BARGAIN SALE OF PIANOS UOUBD -TO YOU. - They Nunn'?* cfc Clark.g 5 00 Newman Bro?. 5 00 L. Gilbert. 10 00 Chickerintr. 10 00 h'M id ?fe Cu matoo. 15 00 These are Cash prices and vou take them away at your own expense aro worth lourfo'd what we ask for them. * Bacon cfc Raven.$45 00 Cbickering. 45 00 Nunn'? & Clark. 45 00 Fischer. 60 00 A. II. Gale. . 05 00 P Chiokering. . 65 00 aChlckering. 75 00 Tbs last Beven munni Pianos we will sell you on easy monthly payments and |1 deliver ss you mav direct. We have other fine Pianos at prices above those rf mentioned' up to $1200 to sell you at low prices on terms to suit, y Call on or write us. P THE C. A. HEED MUSIC HOUSE, H ANDERSON, S. C. ft To Stove Special attention is invited to a new shipment of ACORN STOVES AND RANGES Which we have jU8t received, and which includes the very latest patterns both coal or wood, adapted to the requirements of thia market. If you require anything in the Stove or Range line we solicit an oppor tunity to explain the merits of THE ACORN. We also carry a complete and up-to date line of TINWARE. WOOD EN WARE and HOUSE FURNISHINGS. Guttering, Plumbing ard Electric WiriDg executed on short notice Yours truly, ARCHER & NORRIS. LANDRETH'S Fresh Garden Seeds. ORR, GRAY & CO. I -M ii v : P? D. S. VAN DIV BR. J. J. MAJOR. E. P.,VANDIVER^ *J VANDIVER BROS. & MAJOR, A> -! DEALERS IN - ft i Ilk Carriages, Buggies, Wagons and Harness^ bu l . . Sh 1 WE have tried to give you as liberal treatment ? m? as it waa possible for UB to extend, and now we i ^ ask you, one and all, to be PROMPT in your ?p^ SETTLEMENT with us. Please bear thia in gat mind, and Bettie the very earliest day possible, hus and greatly oblige *Qe drei If you Need a BUGGY welhave them Cheap. B A Yours truly, into VANDWER BROS. & MAJOR. S? ? ? g . ? ; S gga that Blooa jg Ammoniated si ** . . ?en r Fertflizer ? he. gi We are selling Armour's Guano and Acid, and have a fe1 'er of more cars of our contract left. hee^j If yea want high grade Blood Ammoniated Goods seet ag. AT 0? CB. V?NDIVER BROS. ^ yAisfi sf? Tiir Tii&r Notice to Creditors* ad no Nil l!H ll? I HE" I I RH t~ ALL, persons having demanda agai? o dow ?'WM 1^9 BREE? I I all b tho Es'at? of C. E. Johnson, deoease 0 jfty : * uro hereby notified to present thoi f , f For Obiing Carrig ?X'?y?.? kito? .nd B?^*^o w tolmye ^ jjj^ fc^aSSSj^ ?gg them ready for sei vice in Maroh 28.1004 40 B 8, "icing pretty weather. We have a BAW MER S * fe V. ^ff tine lot cf material and plen- ?*. wost healing salve tn the worjj |Q tm ty good, reliable help and ^ LOTS FOR S?LE. gg?? I?L ?^^etwi r 8IT?ATW orTauTnsar Kor^Xt with repairs oil lOl Yehlcl?. Stree*. Five oilnmea* walk OonjMc^e|j^ ' ?? amm.nnm Anply to J. P. Cllnxscalcs, IntelUfienff PAUL E. STEPHENS, offiUw I