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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