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VOL. V. MANNING, OLARENDON COUNTY, S. C., WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 1889. NO. 33. LUST THEIR WAY. 'Sermon by Rev. T. DeWitt Tel mage, D. D. Lessons Drawn From the Sending Away of Sarah's Servant, Hagar-Importance of People Staying in the Sphere For Which They Are Intended. The subject of Dr. Talmage's recent dis course was: "People who have lost their way." He took for his text: "And God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water, and she went and filled her bottle with water, and gave the lad drink" Genesis xxi. 19. The eloquent preacher said: Morning breaks upon Beer-sheba. There is an early stir in the house of old Abraham. .There has been trouble among the domes .tics. Hagar, an assistant in the household, and her son, a brisk lad of sixteen years, have become imprudent and insolent, and Sarah, the mistress of the household, puts her foot down very hard, and says that they will have to leave the premises. They are packing up now. Abraham, knowing that the journey before his servant and her son will be very long and across desolate places, in the kindness of his heart sets about put ting up some bread and a bottle with water in it. It is a very plain lunch that Abraham provides, but I warrant you there would have been enough of it had they not lost their way. "God be with you!" said old Abraham as he gave the lunch to Hagar, and a good many charges as to how she should conduct + journey. Ishmael, the boy. I suppose bounded away in the morning light. Boys always like a change. Poor Ishmael! He had no idea of the disasters that are ahead of him. Hagar gives one long, lingering look on the familiar place where she had spent somany happy days. each scene asso ciated with the pride and joy of her heart young Ishmael. The scorching noon comes on. The air is stifling and moves across the desert with in sufferable suffocation. Ishmael, the boy, begins to complain and lies down, but Hagar rouses him up, saying nothing about her own weariness or the sweltering heat, for nothers can endure any thing. Trudge, trudge, trudge. Crossing the dead level of the desert, how wearily and slowly the miles slip. A tamarind that seemed hours ago to stand only just a little ahead. inviting the travelers to come under its shadow, now Is as far off as ever, or seemingly so. Night drops upon the desert, and the travelers are pillowless. Ishmael, very weary, I suppose, instantly falls asleep. Hagar, as the shad ows of the night begintolap over eachother -Hagar hugs her weary boy to her bosom and thinks of the fact that it is her fault that they are in the desert. A star looks out, and every falling tear it kisses with a sparkle. A wingof wind comes over 'he hot earth and lifts the locks from the fevered brow of the boy. Hagar sleeps fitfully, and in her dreams travels over the weary day, and half awakes her son by crying out in her sleep, "Ishmael! Ishmael!" And so they go on, day after day and night ter night, for they have lost their way. No path in the shifting sands, nosign in the burning sky. The sack empty of the flour, the water, gone from the bottle. W' hat shall she do? As she puts her fainting Ishmael under a stunted shrub of the arid plain she sees the bloodshot eye. and feels the hot hand, and watches the blood burst jng from the cracked tongue, and there is a shriek in the d of Beer-sheba: "We s I hall Vitf 'c,-u ar eve de strong enough to hesE her son cry in vain fora drink. Heretofore she had cheered her boy by promising a speedy -end to the journey, even smiled upon him when he felt desperately enough. Now there is nothing to do but place him under a shrub and let him die. She had thought that she would sit there and watch until the spirit of her boy wouldego away forever, and then she would breathe out her ownlife on his silent heart; but as the boy begins to claw his tongue In agony of thirst, and struggle in distortion, and beg his mother to slay him, she can not endure the spec tacle. She puts him under a shrub and goes off a bow shot, and begins to weep until all the desert seems sobbing, and her cry strikes clear through the heavens: and an 'angel of God comes out on a cloud andlooks down upon the appalling grief and cries: "Hager, what aileth thee?" She looks up and sees the angel pointing to a well of water, where she fills the bottle for the lad. Thank God! Thank God! I learn from this Oriental scene, in the first place, what a sad thing It is when peo ple do not know their place, and get too proud for their business. Hagar was an as sistant in that household, but she wanted to rule there. She ridiculed and jeered until her son, Tahmael, got the same tricks. She dashed out her own happiness and threw Sarah into agreat fret; and if she had stayed much longer In that household she would have upset calm A braham's equilib rium. My friends, one-half of the trouble in the world to-day comes from the fact that people do not know their place; or, finding their place, will not stay in it. When we come into the world there is a place ready for us. A place for Abraham. A place for Sarah. A place for Hager. A place for Ishmael. A place for you and a place for me. Our first duty is to find our sphere; our second Is to fill It. We may be born in a sphere far off from the one for which God finally intends us. Sextus V. was born on the low ground and was a swineherd; God celled huh up to wave a scepter. Ferguson spent his early days in looking after the sheep; God called him to look after the stars, and be a shepherd watching the flocks of light on thehillsides of heaven. Hogarth began by engraving pewter pots; God raised him to stand in the enchanted realm of a painter. The shoemaker's bench held Bloomfield for a little while; but God called him to sit in the chair of a philosopher and Christian scholar. The soap boiler of Lon don could not keep his son in that business. for God had decided that Hawley was to be one of the greatest astronomers of England. On the other hand, we may be born in a sphere a little highet than that for which God intended us. We may be born in acas tle, andplay in a castle conservatory, and feed high-bred pointers, and angle for gold fish In artificial ponds, and be familiar with princes; yet God may have titted us fsor a carpenter's shop, or dentist's shop, or a weaver's shuttle, or a blacksmith's forge. The great thing is to find just the sphere for which God Intended us, and then to occupy that sphere, and occupy it forever. Here is * man God fashioned to make a plow. There is a man God fashioned to make a constitu tion. The man who makes the plow is just .as honorable as the one who makes the con stitution, provided he makes the plow as well as the other man makes the con stitution. There Is a woman who was made to fashion a robe, and yonder is one in tended to be queen and wear It. It seems to me that in the one case, as in the other, God appoints the sphere; pnd the needle is just as respectable In His sight as the scepter. I do net know but that the world would long ago have been saved If some of the men out of the ministry were in it, and some of them who are in it were out of It. I really think that one-half of the world may be divided into two quar ters-those who have not found their sphere, and those who, having found it, are -not willing to stay there. How many are struggling for a position a little higher tbn that for wnlch God intended them. The bondswoman wants to be a mistress. Hagar keeps crowding Sarah. The small wheel of .a watch, which beautifully went treading its golden pathway, wants to be the balance wheel, and the sparrow, with chagrin, drops into the brook, because it can not, like the eagle, cut a cince under the sun. In the Lord's army we all want to be brigadier gen erals. The sloop says: "More mast; more tonnage; more canvas. 0, that I were a top. sail sconroauligdbi~raCnr steamer." And so the world is filled with cries of discontent, because we are not will .iug to stay in the place where God put un and intenided us to be. My friends, be aol too pnmnd in do any thing Godtellsyou todo. For the lack of a right disposition in this respect the world is strewn with wandering Hagars and Ishmaels. God has given each one of us a work to do. You carry a scuttle of coal up that dark alley. You dis tribute that Christian tract. You give $10,000 to the missionary cause. You for fifteen years sit with chronic rheumatism, displaying the beauty of Christian submis sion. Whatever God calls you'to, whether it win hissing or huzza; whether to walk under triumphal arch, or lift the sot out of the ditch; whether it be to preach en a Pentecost or tell some wanderer of the street of the mercy of Christ to Mary Magda lene; whether it be to weave a garland for a laughing child on a spring morning and call her a May queen, or to comb out the tangled locks of a waif of the street and cut up one of your old dresses to fit her out for the sanctuary-do it and do it right away. Whether it be a crown or a yoke, do not fidget. Everlasting honors upon those who do their work, and do their whole work, and are contented in thesphere in which God has put them; while there is only wandering, and exile, and desolation, and wilderness, for discontented Hagar and Ishmael. Again: I find in this Oriental scene a les son of sympathy with women when she goes forth trudging in the desert. What a great change it was for this Hagar. There was the tent and all the surroundings of Abraham's house, beautiful and luxurious, no doubt. Now she is going out into the hot sands of the desert. 0, what a change it was ! And in our day we often see the wheel of fortune turn. Here is some one who lived in the very bright home of her father. She had every thing possible to administer to her happi ness. Plenty at the table. Music in the drawing-room. Welcome at the door. She is led forth into life by some one who can not appreciate her. A dissipated soul comes and takes her out in the desert.s Iniquities blot out all the lights of that home circle. Harsh words wear out her spirit. The high hope that shone out over the marriage altar while the ring was being set and the vows given and the benediction pronounced, have all faded with the orange blos soms, and there she is to-day, broken hearted, thinking of past joy and present desolation and coming anguish. Hagar in the wilderness. Here is a beautiful home. You can not think of any thing that can be added to it. For years there has not been the suggestion of a single trouble. Bright and happy chil dren fill the house with laughter and song. Books to read. Pictures to look at. Lounges to rest on. Cup of domestic joy full and running over. Dark night drops. Pillow hot. Pulse flutter. Eyes close. And the foot whose well known step on the door sill brought the whole household out at even tide, cryin g: "Father's coming," will never sound on the door sill again. A long, deep grief plowed through all the lightness of domestic life. Paradise lost! Widowhood! Hager in the wilderness. How often it is we see the weak arm of woman conscripted for this battle with the rough world. Who is she, going down the street in the early light of the morning, pale with exhausting work not half slept out with the slumbers of last night, tragedies of suffering written all over her face, her lus terless eyes looking far ahead as though for the coming of some other trouble? Her parents called her Mary, or Bertha, or Agnes on the day when they held her up to the font, and the Christian minister sprinkled on the infant's face the washings of a holy baptism. Her name is changed now. I hear it in the shuffle of the worn-out shoes. I sie it in the figure of the faded calico. I fin<T it="e'lin iiaitsof .he wroe 6iine countenance. 'Not Mary, nor Bertha, nor Agnes, but Hagar in the wilderness. May God have mercy upon woman in her toils, her struggles, her hardships. her desolation, and may the great heart of Divine sympathy inclose her forever. Again: I find in this Oriental scene the fact that every mother leads forth tremend ous destinies. You say: "That isn't an un usual scene, a mother leading her child by the hand." Who Is it that she Is leading? Ishmael, you say. Who is Ishmaelt A great nation is to be founded; a nation so strong that it is to stand for thousands of years against all the armies of the world. Egypt and Assyria thunder against it; but in vain. Gaulus brings up his army; and his army is snmitten. Alexander decides upon a campaign, brings up his hosts and dies. For a long while that nation monopolizes the learning of the world. It is the nation of the Arabs. Who founded It! Ishmael, the lad that Hagar led into the wilderness. She had no idea she was leading forth such dest-inies. Neither does any mother. You pass along the street. and see pass boys and gIis who will yet make the earth quake with their influence. Who is that boy at Sutton Pool, Plymouth, England, barefooted, wadin'g down into the slush and slime, until his bare foot comes upon a piece of glass and he lifts it, bleed ing, and pain-struck? That wound in the foot decides that he be sedentary in his life, decides that he be a student. The wound by the glass in the foot decides that he shall be John Kitto, who shall provide the best religious encyclopedia the world has ever had provided, and, with his other writings as well, throwing a light upon the word of God such as has come from no other man In this century. 0, mother, mother, that little hand that wan ders over your face may yet be lifted to hurl thunderbolts of war, or drop benedico tions. That little voice may blaspheme God in the grog shop, or cry: "Forward!" to the Lord's hosts, as they go out for their last victory. My mind to-day leaps thirty years ahead, and I see a merchant prince of New York. One stroke of his pen brings a ship out of Canton. Another stroke of his pen brings a ship into Madras. He is mighty in all the money markets of the world. Who Is he? He sits to-day beside you in the Tabernacle. My mind leaps thirty years forward from this time, and 1 find myself in a relief association. A great multitude of Christian women have met to gether for a generous purpose. There is one woman in the crowd that seems to have the confidence of all the others, and they look up to her for her prayers. Who is she! To day you will find her inthe Sabbath-school,while the teacher tells her of that Christ who cothed the naked -and fed the hungry and healed the sick. My mind leaps forward thirty years from now, and I find nmy.self in an African jungle; and there is a missionary of the cross ad 'essin~g the natives, and their dusky conntenances are irradiated with the glad tidingsof great joy and salvation. Who is he? Did you not hear his voice to-day In the first song of the service? My mind leaps forward thirty years from now, and I find myself looking through the wickets of a prison. I see a face scarred with every crime. His chin on his open p-aim. his elbow on his knee-a picture of despair. As I open the wicket he starts, and I hear his chain clank. The jail keeper tells me that he has been in there now three times. First for theft, then for arson, now for murder. He steps upon the trap door, the rope Is fas tenedI to his neck, the plank falls, his body swings into the air, his soul swings off into eternity. Who is he. and where is he? To day playIng kite on the city comutnons. Mother, you are to-day hoisting a throne or foring a chain-you are kindling a star or dicginig a dungeon. A ::ood umuny years ago a Chrisiija:ni uwther sat teachniug lessons of religion to lher- child ; and he drank In thouse lessons. She never knew that Lamphier would come forth and establish the F'ulton street prayer meeting, and by one meeting revolutionize the devo tions of the whole earth, and thrill the eternities with his Christian infiuence. Lamphier said it was his mother who brought him to Jesus Christ. She never had an Idea that she was leading forth such destinies. But, oh, when I see a mother reekless of her influence, rattling on toward destruction, garlanded for the sarifie with unseemly mirth and god. lessness, gayly tripping on down to ruin, taking her children in the same direction, I can not help but say: "There they go, there Ithev go-Hagar and Ishmael "' I tell you thcre arec wilder desorts that lUeershecba in S-,.y of the anmestic ccs of thi day. Dissipated parents leading dissipated chil dren. Avaricious parents leading avarl-. cious children. Prayerless parents leading prayerless children. They go through every street, up every dark alley, into every cellar, along every highway. Hagar and Ishmael ! and while I pronounce their names, it seems like the moaning of the death wind-Hagar and Ishmael ! I learn one more lesson from this Oriental scene, and that is, that every wilderness has a well in It. Hagar and Ishmael gave up to die. Hagar's heart sank within her as she heard her child crying: "Waterl water! water!" "Ah," she says, "my dar ling, there is no water. This is a desert." And then God's angel said from the cloud: "What aileth thee, Hagarl' And she looked up and saw him pointing to a well of water, where she filled the bottle for the lad. Blessed be God that there is in every wilderness a well, if you only knew holy to find it-mountains for all these thirsty souls to-day. "On that last day, on that great day of the feast, Jesus stood and cried: "If any man thirst, let him come to me and drink." All these other fountains you find are mere mirages in the desert. Paracelsus, you know, spent his time in trying to ind out the elixir of life-a liquid which, if taken, would keep one perpetually young in this world, and would change the aged bnek again to youth. Of course, he was disap pointed; he found not the elixir. But here I tell you to-day of the elixir of everlasting life bursting from the "Rock of Ages," and that drinking that water you shall never get old, and you will never be sick, and you will never din. "Ho, every onte that thirsteth, come ye to the waters." Ah, here is a man who says: "I have been looking for that fountian a great while, but can't find it." And here is some one else who says: "1 believe all you say, but I have been trudging along in the wilderness, and can't find the fountain." Do you know the reason! I will tell you. You never looked in the right direction. "0," you say, I have looked every where. 1 have looked north, south, east and west, and I haven't found the fountain." Why, you are not looking in the right direction at all. Look up, where Hagar looked. She never would have found the fountain at all, but when she heard the voice of the angel she looked up, and she saw the finger pointing to the supply. And 0, soul, if to-day, with one earnest, intense prayer you would only look up to Christ, he would point you down to the supply in the wilderness. "Look unto Me all ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved; for I am God, and there is none else." Look ! look ! as Hagar looked. Yes, there is a well for every desert of be reavement. Looking over the audience to day I notice signs of mourning. Have you found consolation? 0 man bereft, 0 woman bereft, have you found consolation? Hearse after hearse. We step from one grave hill ock to another grave hillock. We follow corpses, ourselves soon to be like them. The world is in mourning for its dead. Every beart has become the sepIulcher of some buried joy. But sing ye to God, every wil derness has a well in it; and I come to that well to-day, and I begin to draw water from that well. If you have lived in the country, you have some times taken hold of the rope of the old well sweep, and you know how the bucket came up dripping with bright., cool water. And I lay hold of the rope of God's mercy to-day, and I begin to draw on that gospel well sweep, and I see the buckets coining up. Thirsty souls! here is one bucket of life! come and drink of it: "Whosoever will, let him come and take of the water of life free ly." I pull away again at the rope and another bucket comes up. It is this prom mai n elgure for a tj-n joy cometh in the morning." I lay hold of the rope again and I pull away with all my strength, and the bucket comes up bright, and beautiful, and cool. Here is the prom ise: "Come unto me, -all ye who are wery and neavy laden, and I wi1 give you rest." The old astrologers used to cheat the people with the idea that they could tell from the position of the stars what would occur in the future, and if a cluster of stars stood in one relation, that would be a prophecy of evil; if a cluster of stars stood in another relation, that would be a prophe cy of good. What superstition! But here is a new astrology, in which I put all my faith. By looking up to the Star of Jacob, the morning star of the Redeemer, I can make this prophecy in regard to those who put their trust in God: "All things work together for good to those who love God." I1 read it out on the sky. j rend it out in the Bible. I read it out in all things: "All things work to gether for good to those who love God." Do you love Him iHave you seen the Nyetan thes i It is a beautiful flower, but it gi ves very little fragra:ce until after sunset. Then it pours its richness on the air. And this grace of the gospel that I commend to you this day. while it may be very sweet during the day of prosperity, it pours forth its richest aroma after si down, and it will be sun down with yen and mie after awhile. When you come to go out of this world, wdil it be a'desert miarch or will it be a fountain frvour so~ul! A Christian Hindoo was dying,. and his heathen comrades came aroundl him and tried to comfort him by readingr some of the p ages of their thieolegy, but lie waved his hand as much as to say: "I don't want to hear it." Then they called in a heathen priest, and he said: "If you will only recite the Numtra it will deliver you." Heu waved his hand as much as to say: "'I don't want to hear that." Then they said: "Call on Juggernaut." He shook his head as much-as to say: "I can't do that."~ Then they thought perhaps he was too weary to speak, and they said: "Now, if you can't say 'Juggernaut,' think of that god." He shook his head again, as much as to say: "o, no, no." They then bent down to his pillow and they said: "In what wvin you trust?" His face lighted up with. the very glories of the celestial sphere and he cried ot, rallying all his dying energies, "Jesus." 0 come to-day to the foun'.aan-the foun tan open for sin and uncleanness. I will tell you the whole storyv in two or three sentences. Pardon forall sin. Comifort for all trouble. Light for all darkness. And every wilderness has a well in it A PLAGUE OF SAND-FLIES. The Citizens of Dubuque, Iowa, Tortured by an Invasion of the Pests. CHICAGO, July 19.-A dispatch fronm Dubuque, Iowa, satys: Thi~s city is just recovering fronm an invasion of Mormon flies, such as was never before known. On Wednesday night these pests camne up from the river in great swarms, and gathered about the gas and electrie lights so that people were compelledl to abandon the streets. Mornmng news papers and telegraph offices were comi peled to close their windows and doors to escape torture. These pests spring fron the sand beds along the river, and are sometimes called satnd-flies. Thiey are about an inch long, with broad wings, and spring into existence ini a few hours. After flying about the lights for one night they cease to exist. Along tihe levee buildings were covered so thiek with these pests that nothing could be seen buxt a writhing mass of inseet life. In many places along thme streets thmey we- three inches in dleptht where they had fallen dlead upon the pavement. The st'eh fronm their b iod ie. was un b aablehht, andl the healthb antihoritijes hado tle tillensive masst5. End of the Carnegie Strike. The contest between the Carnegie firm andl the t wentyv-live hundred men of thme lomestecad Steel KVorks has ended in a compromise. The settlemientt was brouight about by a con ference between Mr. Car negie's; represetatives and~ a comminittee of the Amalganmated Association of Iron anI Steel Workers, whose wvhole power would have been brought to the sup port of the Homestead strikers but for the happy eniding of the dispute. Slhe result emuphatsizes the advantages of a resort to arbitration ini any dlispu1te be - tween: employers andl their workmen. For :' short t ime the danger was in:i ,,emt o a protracted struggl. STATE TEACHERS. OPENING SESSIONS OF THE STATE TEACHERS' ASSOCIATION. Meeting of the Executive Committee. List of the Pedagogues Present-Mayor Rhett's Address of Welcome ana Prof. Britton's Graceful Response-An Able Address by President Archer-Other In teresting Exercises-Dr. Grier on 'The Claims of Mediocrity." (From the Columbia Daily Register, July 17.) The annual convention of the South Carolina State Teachers' Association met in this city yesterday in the chapel of the Columbia Female College. The chapel was very tastefully deco rated, the stage being beautifully adorned with cut flowers, reflecting credit on the ladies who had made this work a labor of love. At 10:30 o'clock a meeting of the Ex eeutive Committee was held, but two members thereof, Prof. Archer and Prof. Clinkscales were bresent. The annual report of the Treasurer, Professor Britton, was submitted, with the endorsement of the chairman of the executive committee as to its being cor rect. and was accepted. Quite a dis cussion then ensued as to the member ship of the asssociation-as to exactly what constituted membership-the final result being the adoption of a motion of Professor Banks that all teachers who had or should pay their dues during the meeting should be declared members. The association was called to order a few n:inutes after 11 o'clock by the president. Mr. Ienry P. Archer of Charleston, who anounced that I)r. Elli son Capers would conduct. devotional ex ercises. Dr. Capers read from the thir teenth chapter of it. Matthew, and in voked the Divine blessing. THE ADDRESs OF WELCOME by Miayor John T. Rhett was delivered by that gentleman in a foreful manner. PROF. BRITTON's RESPONSE. Prof. Edward E. Britton of Brunson responded on behalf of the association. The annual address was delivered by President H. P. Archer of Charleston. and its delivery occupied nearly a half hour, bemng attentively listened to, and its many telling points were well re ceived. OTHER EXERCISES. At the conclusion of his address President Archer announced the follow ing committees: On constitution and by-laws-A. R. Banks, A. MeP. llamb;, W. N Mar chant. W. P. hIall and P. 11. Russell. Prof. E. E. Britton was later added to this committee. Resolutions-Frank Sheridan, John I G. Capers, P. N. Lott, D. M. McIver, C. A. Seabrook. Nominations-W. S. Morrison, S. R. Mellichanp. W. D. Schoenburg, J. B. Duflie, W. M. Whitehead. Next followed an excellent address by lion. .James H. Rice, State Super intendent of Education, on "The Ideal Teacher," treating the theme in a man ner to show his thorough acquaintance athalyl ~ ~ 1 -,Npeai tilh iit necessary to make up T i ideal teacher. Prof. D. B. Johnson was down on the pro'grammie( for a paper on "Teacher Training," but was not present, being in attendance on the meeting of the Na tional Teachers' Association at Nash ville. A letter from Prof. Johnson was read stating his regret at his inability to be present, and Dr. Joynes of the Board of Columbia School Comimissiones, ex plained that Prof. Jolnson bad not one to Nashville of his own motion but had been instructed b~y the board to go there. The next paper read was an exhaust ivec discussioni of "Technical Training for Public Schools" by School Commis siner John L. Weber of Charleston. This paper was discussed quite gener ally, among those making remarks being W. N. Marchant, Prof. Britten, Cl. Jno. P. Thomas, Praf. E. S. Joynes, Dr. J. W. Flinn and others. Some of the speakers (dissented very stronigly frmi Mr. Weber's views. The association then adjourned, after annonnements by the President. "THEfl CLAIMS oF M!EDtoCRITY." TIhe above wais the t henme of an ad aress byv the Rev. Dr. Wim. M. G3rier, President of Erskine College, Due West, deivered at the chapel last ntighit before an atudience which severely taxed the accommadations of the ball. Second Day. Thte associationi was called to order by President Archer at 9:30 o'clock 3 ester lay morning. The proceedings of the day were op.ened with religious services coducted by the Rev. Dr.. Win. M. Grier of Due West, the 28thi ebapter of Job beinig read anid tihe Divine blessing invoked. The regular exercises of the day were then commenced with at) admirable ad dress by Prof. J. G. Clinkseajles of the Female~ College, his su1 ject being "Tachers on Stilts." "sCHOOL DISCIPLINE" was the suibject of a paper read by Mr. Edward Carroll of Charle~ston. In that essay the author advocated corporal puntishment as the most edicacious in enforcing d isciplinte in school because it was the most available. The next paper read was an excellent essay on "Physical Science as a Part of the School Curriculum." by Mr. W. H1. Witherow of Whinnsboro. Mir. Edward E. Britton madec a mo tion that the following telegram be sett to the Secretary of the National Teachers' Association, now in.sessionl at Nashville, Tenn: "The South Carolina Teachers' Association, now in session, seds greeting to tile National Associa tion. Read St. Matthew, eighteenth chap tr, first four verses." After somne discussion the motion was carriedl and the message ordered sent. Mr. Mellichanmp, editor of the Caro lini &-hool Journad, was allowved an op portuity to speak on "School Litera ture." IHe called attention to the claims of the Journal upon the teachers for suport, and suggested that the maga zie be taken under the control of the assint ion. At . the .concluisioni of Mr. Melli I hat thle JIourna/ he declared the oilicial organ) of the alssociationt, whereupttlon Mr. B~rit 14to mov4 I to amnd hby referrimg he imatter to a committee to arrange teris on1 which the imagazinec could be fostered by the association. After some disussion' the whole matter was finally settled by the adoption of resolutions offerted by suiperintendent J. HI. Rice. in which thte association endorsed the four u andl promuised it the support of the assocition1. Dr. Joynes stated that President Me Bryde wats prevented from being present by~ idilsposition; lhe was authorized to eitedl ani invitation to theC teachers to visit the campus and1 inspect Science l all bet weeni 5 and 6 o'clock. The D)oe tir also stat ed1 that he had rceived an vace copy ot the iep)ort of h~r. W. S. HaL. on "Mann..1 Trainimr in the School," which would be read at Nash ville that day. It was a strong paper, and expressed entirely opposite views to those advanced by Mr. J. L. Weber before the association. He gave notice of an intention of reading some extracts from Dr. Harris's paper if the association wished to hear them. Mr. Morrison insisted on a previous motion of his that the time be given to a discussion by the County School Com missioners on how to improve the public schools. This discussion was participated in by School Commissioners John T. Green of Sumter, J. G. Capers of Greenville, D. H. Russell of Anderson, W. H. Sharp of Lexington and Mr. Houser of Orange burg. The discussion was marked by the evolving of numerous and pertinent plans for the improvema t of the publfe schools, and the participants dis played much enthusiasm upon both the necessity of improvement and the great possibilitiesof educational advancement, with a proper reform of existing methods. The matter of redistrict ing was brought up, as was also the lengthening of the school term, r'aising of additional funds in districts by taxation or subscription, and the Act passed by the Legislature at its last session providing foi the estab lishment of graded schools was gener ally commended. The drift of educational matters in the State as indicated by the remarks of the School Commissioners is that of a pro nounced and general improvement along the whole line. Mr. 11. Sheridan next read a paper on the 'Relative Responsibility of Parents and Teachers in the Training of Children" which was without doubt one of .the ablest papers read during the meeting. The paper was not discussed, and after the consideration of some matters of routine, the meeting adjourned until 8:30 last night. The chapel was well filled at- the re assembling of the association last nightt and nearly two-thirds of those presen were ladies. The Rev. Dr. 0. A. Darby, president of the Female College, deliv ered an address on the "Higher Educa tion of Women," which was not only in structive but very amusing in portions. Doctor Darby took the ground that while young women should be given all the advantages necessary for the obtaining of higher education, they ought not to be made to take the same course of study as young men. The Doctor said that the young ladies' education should be with some special reference to their most likely life-work, which was to make a home for some young man. The women were wanted to make homes and always would be. Then let their training be of suen a sort as, while improving them and develop ing their mental powers, it should make them cultured wives and worthy mothers. Third Day. Yesterday was the closing day of the eighteenth annual convention of the South Carolina Teachers' Association, which, all things considered. has been ZIirmOst icattirl-at1es-rt-mie' 1ag ever held by the association. Dr. S. Lander of Williamston opened the session with prayer. An invitation was received from the superintendent of the penitentiary for the teachers to visit that institution. The following papers were then read: "The Schools of my Youth and Man hood," by B. F. Bailey of Beaufort. "Methods in Teaching," by Wm. S. Morrison of Greenville. "How can Teachers Secure the Co-op eration of their Patrons?," by J. F. Brown of Johnston. These papers were all valuable contri butions to tihe fund of information as to educational matters, and were all a~tten tively listened to and well received. Mr. Marcbant of Graniteville proposed the following resolution, which was re ferred to the committee on resolutions: '-Resolced, That we, the teachers, do not approve tne present manner of granting certificates to teach, and do recommendl that dil teachers be0 exam ined every two years, and be required to secure 90 per cent. in every study to obtain a first grade certificate." Prof. E. E. Brittoni read a telegram fromi the Intendant of L-aurens, in viting the State Teachers' Association to old their meeting. next year in that town. The dispatch was signed by Mr. L. E. Irby, anid Prof. Britton made a strong argument in favor of the accept ance of the invitation, stating that the town would extend the warmest hospi tality to the teachers if they would meet there, and instanced Laurens's behavior on similar occasions in the past. The selection of the next place of meeting was, left to the executive com mittee. Mr. Morr-ison of Greenville read a tel egram from the Paris Mountain Hotel, inviting the association to hold its next meeting there, and offering board at $1 er day with a rate of transportation of 5 cents each from Greenville. introduced Governor J. P. Richardson as a silver-tongued orator, and also as a friend of education. The Governor's address was greeted with applause at frequient intervals and in matter and delivery, was one of that eloquent orator's most happy efforts. on motion of Prof. Kennedy Comp troller General Verner was voted the priviliges of the floor and invited to ad dress the assembillage. General Verner strove to be somewhaf facetious as to the difficulty of following so eloquent a farmer, being himself hut a lawyer. lie saidl the great obstacle in the way of progress in education in South Carolina was the want of money. It might, in that connection, be interest ing to many of his hearers to learn that with 60,000 people Charleston, during the last year, had paid but $1,500 in poll taxes, while the County of Spartanburg, with but 40,000 population, had paid $5,000. There was food for thought in tis fact for the friends of education, who wished to see the funds for its pur poses increased. Ex-Governor Bonhiam was extended the courtesies of the floor and asked to speak, but with thanks for the honor he begged to b~e excused rom making an y address. VARIOiUs MArrEis. In a discussion as to the manner of granting certific-ates which arose over Mr. Marchant's resolution previously given ,Mr. Marchant thought the crop of teachers too large: at the present rate there would soon be enough to teacTh twenty millions. HeI (lid not. think cer tificates should 1)e extended. The reso lution was not adopted, however. Dr. D~arlby expressed great pleasure at having had the association meetings at the Female College, and hoped the as sociation would always meet in Colum bi. He offered tihe use of the chiapel for next year's meeting. Mr. Marchant expressed tihe opinion that it would be abs~d for the association to mneet any where else. Columbia was the best piace nd only propr plar-e for the meetings, and he. for one, wanted to come back again. The committee on nominations sub mitted the following report: "In ac cordance with what we believe to he a precedent established at the last session of the association, to make annual changes in all its cfficers, a course which, in the opinion of your cuomnit tee, is for tfe best interests of the organization, we submit the following nominations: President, Rev. Wm. M. Grier, D D., of lue West: vice presidents, B. F. Bailey of Beaufort, E. S. Joynes of Columbia, J. B. Patrick of Anderson, Edward Carroll of Charleston, F. Curtiss of Aiken, J. G. Baird of Winnsboro, Patterson Ward law of Darlington; secretary and trea surer, J..Fleming Brown of Johnson; executive committee-L. B. Haynes of Leesville, W. H. Witherow of Winns boro, H. G. Sheridan, Sr-, of Orange burg, J. L. Weber of Charleston, J. C. Cork of Ninety-Six. The point was raised that Dr. Grier, the candidate for president, and Mr. Haynes and Mr. Curtis, also nominated for office, not having paid their dues, were not members of the association, according to the resolution as to mem bership adopted by the association. A reading of the list of members by the secretary proved this statement to be correct. but the point was not pressed, a friend of Dr. Grier paid his dues, and the report of the nominating committee was unanimously adopted. THE SCHOOL COMMISSIONERS. The following resolution was, at this point, offered and adopted: Resolved, That the School Commis sioners of the State are .earnestly re quested to join our body and in their various Counties to increase the mem bership and advance the interest of the association. The following reported by the com mittee on resolutions were adopted: The eighteenth annual convention of the South Carolina Teachers' Associa tion, on the eve of adjournment, would put on record its sense of the many pleasant obligations under which it is brought by its present session in Colum bia; therefore, be it Resolved, That the South Carolina Teachers' Association express to . the Rev. 0. A. Darby its appreciation of his cordial invitation to hold this eighteenth annual convention of the association in Columbia, and tender him our hearty thanks for the use of the beautif'il hall of the Columbia Female College. Resolced, That we record our grateful acknowledgment of the many courtesies extended us by the city of Columbia, the president and faculty of the South Carolina University, the members of the press, and the railroads in the State. Resolved, That we have been both benefited and encouraged by the pres ence and the addresses of His Excel lency, Governor Richardson, State Superintendent of Education James H. Rice, and Comptroller General J. S. Verner. Resolved, That to the able president of this association, Superintendent H. P. the patient and courteous manner in whiq he has presided over the delibera tions of this body, and our appreciation of the energetic and faithful work of the secretary and treasurer during this session. Resolved, That the committee provided for in the constitution be instructed to memorialize the Legislature to make it mandatory upon the school commis sioners to hold institutes. And that all the public school teachers of each County be required to attend,or to furnish the County Board of Examiners a satisfac tory reason for failure to do so. Resolved, That inasmuch as it is agreed that no financial responsibility will be assured, the Carolia &h-/ool Journal be nmade the official organ of the South Carolina Teachers' Associa tion and that in accordance with thme suggestion of Mr. Melliehamp, the fol lowing gentlemen be appointed as asso ciate editors with him: H. P. Archer of Charleston; WV. S. Morrison, Greenville; J. G. Clinkscales, Columbia; A. R. Banks, Rock Hill; L. B. Haynes, Lees ville; Patterson Wardlaw, Darlington. Resolved, That the committee, whose duty it is to publish the proceedings of this convention, be instructed to pub lish the same as part and parcel of the C'arolina School Journal, and not se pa rately, if satisfactory financial arrange ments can be made with the publishers of that journal for the extra work and material required. Resolved, That the attention of the executive committee, to be selected for the ensuing year, be called to the s-ubject of systems of marking, and that the com mittee, in arranging a programme for the next year's meeting, give the sub ject such place aswill sccure a full dis cussion of the same. A resolution proposed by a School Commissioner entering protest against the Blair bill fell on unheeding ears aiid was not adopted. The I-esolution in regard to requiring the attendance of teachers on institutes, as originally proposed, -provided for an addition of five per cent. to the general average of all teachers able to certify that they had attended at least one in stitute3 durinig the year, but this p~ro vision was stricken out. President Archer congratulated the association upon its success and bespoke a continuance of the good feeling and kindly assistance he and his associates had received for their successors. He hoped all would work hard for the growth, prosperity and welfare of the organization. He thanked the members for the high honor conferred upon him in electing him to be their president for the past year, and wished the association and all its members a hearty God-speed. At the conclusion of Mr. Archer's remarks the association adjourned sine die. Sam Jones Outdone. We are very sorry for the Rev. Sani Jones. He took out a patent for bring ing religion into disrepute with prompt nss and despatch, and we freely adhnit that lhe succeeded beyond our expecta tions. But the great West has an evaungdist who c-an give Jonmes odds and then~l beat him in the use of billingsgate. This is what lie said, as recorded in the Xe braska Stale Journal: "Yes (biting a large chew from a p~lug of black tobacco and expectoratoig with marvellous accuracy in the eve of a slmberin'g dog), I've been a-getting there with both feet lately. Thle last town I stopped at I raked in twenty con vert-s in one night, and you bet that's big wvork. I get right down to 'em and let 'em know that if they don't waltz up to the mourners' bench and get religion they'll be'everlastingly in the soup, and I generally fetch 'em." If any of our fashionable New York churches are in want of a pasiter her PLAYED IN GREAT LUCK. Millionaire Reschler Wins $35,000 at Long Branch. -Lox( BRANCH, July 14.-Millionaire "Jim" Reschler, a well-known Western man, who was a partner of ex-Senator Tabor in the Little Pittshurg. won $35,000 at faro last night in the Pennsylvania Club House, and he will start for the West in the morning with a check for that amount in his pocket. He played from !5 o'clock in the evening till 5 o'clock in the morning. Illis luck was extraordinar from the beginning. Reschler came to Long Branch early last week to see an old friend, who lives on the Rumson Road. Early yesterday afternoon he dropped into John Daly's Long Branch Club. He did not intend to play, but after looking aroand he bought a few cheeks at the faro table. He finally lost about $700 and stopped. He strolled over. to the Pennsylbaii Club and concluded to get even.. There were only a few people in the rooms when he entered. Tossing a thousand dollar bill on the faro lay-out, he said to the dealer: "Give inc checks for that." lie was handed five stacks of choco late-colored chips, at the valuation of $10 a chip. When he sat down he wanted to know the limit. "Two hun dred dollars to doubles and a hundred to cases," replied Dealer Pete Smith. Reschler planked the limit down right away, and the first turn that was made for him he "whipsawed." Then he won bet after bet, and the table in front of him was covered with piles of checks. Uil got warm during the evening and took off his coat and called for a bottle of wine. He plyed no system and kept no tab card, as the faro-bank fiends do who believe in the efficacy of "three on a side," or a'"single out," or a "double out." He simply put checks down in spots where fancy moved him. About the only card he couldn't beat was the "case" ten. The ten-spot took his money every time. "Hang that 'Case' ten" he said once. "I can't beat it to save my life." About 11.30 he asked for a bigger limit. "This makes me tired", he said. "Give me a decent limit, so that I can bet a few dollars. Make it $-500." The house assented, and his checks went down in big stacks. 'He never rose from the chair he had taken when he first came in. His play attracted quite an audience. The other gamesters stopped tempting the goddess to look at him, and at midnight he was the only player at the table. About 3 o'clock in the morning his luck began to change, and lie lost almost as steadily as he had won. Fifteen thousand dollars' worth of cheeks were returned to their fold in the rack. He yawned when the hands of the clock pointed to 5, and observed that it was about time to quit. "See how much there is there," he said.to the dealer, as he placed stack after stack of the valuable ivories on the lay-out. The dealer counted the cheeks over in piles of twenty each. They called for $35,000, and a check for the amount was given to Reschler. cigar. "Conic and see us again," said Tom Jolly, pleasantly. Neither Jolly nor Edward Marks, who are.running the club, now that Phil Daly has retired, lost their placidity during the whole evening. "Well," said Reschler, "this visit of mine has been pretty expensive tor you." "Oh, that's all right," responded Jolly. "You'll give us our revenge some time, won't you?" "Why, certainly," sai~d Reschler. "Il come back later in the season arid take another whirl." Reschler is an old Western gambler. His face is of swarthy hue and a big gray mustache covers his upper lip. He is medium sized, and his age is some thing over fifty. When he was only a boy lie caught the gold fever and lef-t his hiome in Arkaiisas for California. He struck luck in the mines, and, wheii he wa yet a youth, was worth a good deal of mioney. He gamibled it away and made more and then lost. So he went up and down for about twenty years, but he became one of the best knowvn mining experts in the West. Ia 1878 lie got dead broke, and de ided to go to Denver. Hie left a wife in Sarn Francisco. Denver did rno better for him. He drifted to Leadville in 179. Hlis wife died, and Resichler got away down on his luck. He had to go cleaning out "The Little Church" saloon for a living. An assayer named Metcalf heard of him as a miner and employed him. He worked for a small salary for a time, and theii bought an assay outfit and started out for himself, lie located near ex-Senator Tabor's little store in Wi'd Horse Gulch. Tabor sold anything from a needle to a miner's outfit. Rcschier fell in with Pete Finnerty, a miner, and they started prospecting to gether. Resebler readily recognized signs of gold, but they could not strike a lead. Fmnally their supply of provisions gave out. They went to Tabor anid asked for a "grubl stake." HeI flatly re fused at first, but Reschler told him of signs of gold hec had seen and Tabor ielded. Theyc went uip the mountaim side, ate the food and then filled up on the contents'of a black bottle. When they awoke in the morning, their throats parched, and their heads aching, they decided not to travel further, bt to diig where they were. When they had been at work a few hours with out finiding anything, Finnerty threw down his pick and declared that he would wvork no longer. Reschler per severed. A little while afterwards lie called to Fininerty, and held up a bit of rock. They hurried to an assay office and found that the ore was worth $30,000) to the ton. That was how the Little Pittsburg Mine was discovered. Tabor took one half and Reschler and Finerty thie other, and before the mine was exhiaused they took out $30,000,000 worth of gold. A Case of Big Head. Monroe Singer, a ten-year-old mu latto, living in Texas, has one of the most pronounced cases of big hieadl yet known. The dhimenisions of the head arc as followvs: Cireumfrencee. 31 ; in. ehes: fromn banse of skull to to p of fron tl bni. 33t inehes. Ile is forced to re maini in a r-ecumnbent posittion all the time owmng to his~ inability to sulpport the weight of his head. Sonme dime mu seum will probably put him on exhibi tint. Five Men Killed Instead of Three. CmCe;O. July 19.-.It is now supposed that tive men, instead of three, were killed in the explosion at the mill of the R. B. Stone Lumber Company yesterday. When the Coroner wvent to the Morgue this morniug. to hold ani inquest it was ilsovered that the bodies which were suposedl to be those of Engineer King and~ Laboret Doller were the remains of unknown personis. King aiid Doller are mising, arnd their boites are supposed to be in the debris of the building. KILRAIN AT HOME. ENTIRELY RECOVERED FROM HIS FIGHT WITH SULLIVAN. He Talks Freely About the Mil and Be lieves He Was the Victim of Circum stances-He Was Not Properly Trained and Was Not in Fit Condition to Fight the Big Boston Bully. BALTIMORE, July 17.-Jake 4ilrain, the pugilist, who *rrived in Baltimore yesterday afternoon, has entirely recov ered from the effects of his battle with Sullivan, and looks in even better eon cition than on the day he left Baltimore for the fighting grounds. He does not Show a mark of any kind. In speaking about the great fight, Kilrain said squarely that he was whipped, but thought that he was largely the victim of circumstances. When asked directly if he thought he had been drugged, he said: "No, I don't think I was dragged. If I had been I couldn't have stayed as long as I did." Johnny Murphy, when asked the same question, answered, mysteriously, that there was something wrong, but that for the present his tongue was tied,, but when the time came he expected to make some important revelations. "What have you got to say about itchell?" the reporter asked. "Well, he was not very attentive, to say the least," was the reply. "If you ever fight again, Jake, would son have Mitchell for your trainer?" "No, I don't know that I would. But [ don't know that I will fight any more. [ think I have had my share of it." In speaking further about the fight, Kilrain said: "I weighed 185 pounds xhcn I went into the ring, and all te alk about me only weighing 168 is"all osh. I knew I had not been properly rained, and was not in fit condition to ight Sullivan', but if I had not gone into - 'he ring people would have said I was a toward, and I meant to fight if I was filled. The crowd there was against me, mnd the referee, I think, while a square nan, was partial to Sullivan and knew iothing about the rules. Both he and. he crowd were all the time telling me o go to Sullivan, and I went, knowing would only be knocked down. Of ourse the referee had no -right-to ay a word, and under the rules I ould lave run all around the ring; but there vas no one but little Murphy here to oach me, and I blindly went up and ook my medicine. The fact, though, hat I was knocked down repeatedly but iot knocked out shows that Sullivan's errible blows did not have the power ome people suppose they did.I could have tood up longer, but Donovan threw up he sponge in the excitement,being afraid would get-killed. My blows, for some eason or other, did not seem to have Lny force. My arms seemed numb, but vbat was the matter I don't for the life f me know. The sun there had a ter ible effect on me, my back being one iig blister after the fight. Why, itchell went about the ring with his water complaining all e about the heat." NO DANCING IN GEORGIA'S CAPITOL The Senators Vote 22 to 9 Against It at the Dedicatory Reception. ATLANTA, July 15.-The galleries of the State Senate of Georgia were filled to-day by ladies of fashion, who had as sembled to listen to a debate which had great interest for them. This is the first session of the Legislature in the new Capitol. Magnificent arrangements were on foot for a dedicatory reception. The Senate was asked to grant the use of its chamber for the purpose on motion. of Senator Bartlett. Senator McCarty threw in a bomb when he moved to amend so that no dancing should be al lowed. This was on Friday last. To-day the matter came up for action, and, as the society peonle of the State had been preparing for the ball, had given orders for their dresses, and $j5,000 had been raised by the commiittee, they were in attendance to hear the result. The Sena tors, by a vote of 22 against 9, pro nounced against dancing, both round and square. For a -while the proceed ings resembled a Methodist camp meet ing. The praying people won, and the dancers were completely discomfitted. The Summer Meeting. Col. Thomas W. Holloway, Secretary of the State Agricultural Society, fa vored THE REGIsTER with a visit yester day. From him was learned some in teresting details a~sto the arrangements made for the suminer meeting of the State Agricultural Society and the State Grange at Pendleton on August 7th, th and 9th. Among the essays to be read are the foowing: "The Value of Cotton Seed Meal as Food for Stock," by Professor W. B. Burney; "The Preservation of. Land by Terracing vers'us Hillside Ditch ing," by Thomas J. Mc~ie of Edgefield; "Forage Crops." by Thomas J. Moore of.. Spartanburg; "Grape Culture and Wine Making," by .J. Jonathan Lucas of So ciety Hill. The Hion. Jeremiah M. Rusk, United States Secretary of Agriculture, has been invited to attend and to deliver an ad dress, but has not yet been heard from. Reduced rates have been secured on he Richmond and D~anville roads, and on the Coast Line, the price of tickets tor the round trip varying with the dis rance from three to four cents per tnile. In addition to the other attractions there will be a stock show on August th, and a fruit and flower exhibition vill be held during the meeting. All delegates who expect to attend should notify Hion. R. W. Simpson at Pedleton so that arrangements for their entertainment can be made. Colonel Holloway would esteem it a favor for the County papers of the State o extend this notice through their ~olums.--Colum~bia Register, 17th. She Got It. They were sittintz on the piazza that ~aeduthe sea. watening the wvhite-sailed achts as they crossed the moon's tracks, hen he suddenly said: "I think it must be delightful sailing >n such a lovely night." "Oh! lovely, I should think." "I wished I owned a yacht for your ~ake. I would take you satiling every light." "-That wvould be just lovely!" "What kind of a yacht would you refer-a steam yacht or a sailing "I think," she murmured, as she lanced around, "I think I would like a ittle smack." She got it. LExINGTox, Va.. July 19. -The Vic oria Furnace at {o~sh m, wh ich h isbn de for fiv-e yeiu's, is again mn bho~t and