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UNFAING FiRIfEN'I S ASERMON ~ULL OF H B.T THE FiLDS Showing How the attachm - Enth Ws Fult "f TndO theChurhOof d In A - Talmage which we S.-n. o 1 have been prepar ,l 'y a 1 the country. 1! is fu" 0 e fields. The text is went and came and the reaners. anl her a part of the field been was of the kindrel o The time tht Ruth . Bethlehem is hairve ce - tom when a seaf fe est field for the re ;er' up. That wa- to ',e:z -or t ep might happen to com::L tht way. there were handfus across the fieli after the :nan ha- ha been reaped. instead of raking It. as do now, it was by the cus-ton of t oe ':= le t in its place, so that the rocor comut" -- 0D that way migat glean it and -"t tdel 'en But you say. "What is the use ot al hn.m harvest fields to Ruth and Na,:: Vi is too old and feeble to g) out am-1 i. I I t le sun, and can you expect thea' Ru'th Ie o. and the beautiful. should tan her eh an - blister her hand- in the ye Boaz owns a large farm. a-lnd he goes out to see the reapers gather in "ahe '-a-. there right behind the swart I ay, -un browned reapers. he beholds a bea'iul woon vea-a ing-a woman more fit to be"- to a h:arpor sit upon a throne than to -:- p a sheaves. Ah, that was neVen at y It was love at tirst si . :z :orms an attachment for the womanly -'r- V - tachment full of undying interest to *.!e church of God in all ages, while Kuth: w zh an ephah, or nearly a of barey, co home to Naomi to teit her the :u-'e'c- "n adventures of the day. That Ruth vh Ie her n.'ice land of Moah in darkn: nd traveled. .hrouglh an undyin- a fe' or her mother-in-l-. is in tile harvest Sea o: Boaz. is affianced to one of the best families in Judah and becomes in afterttme tue an cestress of Jesus Christ. thai Lord of -glry. Out of so dark a night did there ever dawn so bright a morning I learn, in the finst plaze. fro-n this sub jec: how trouble develops character. I t was bereavement, poverty and exile that devel oped, illastrated and announced to ad ages the sublimity of Rath's character. Tat as a very unfortunate man who has no troulle. It was sorrow that made John unyan the better dreamer, and Dr. Young the he::er poet, and O'Connell the better orator, and Bishop Hall the better preacher. and lave lock the better soldier, and Kitto the bet ter encyclopedist, and Ruth the better daugh ter-in-law. I once asked an aged man in regard to his pastor, who was a very brilliant man, "Why is it that your pas:or, so very brilliant, seems to have so little heart and tenderness in his sermons"" "Well." he replied "the reason is that our pastor has never ha I any trouble. When misfortune comes upon n Un, his style will be different." Af:er awhije the Lord took a child out of that pastor s house, and, though the preacher was just as brilliant as he was before. oh, the warmth. the tenderness of his discourse: The fact is that trouble is a great educator. You see sometimes a musician sit down at an instru' ment, and his execution is cold and formal and unfeeling. The reason is that all his life he has been prospered. But let misfor tune or bereavement come to that man, and he sits down at the instrument, and you dis cover the pathos in the first sweep of the keys. Misfortune and trials are great educators. A young doctor comes into a sickroom where there is a dying child. Perhaps he is very rough in his prescription, and very rougn in his manner, and rough in the feeling of the pulse, and rough in his answer to ine mother's anxious question. Btut year n roll on, and there has been one dea-i in his c e house, and now he comes into the sickroom. and with tearful eye he looks at the dying child, and he says, "Oh, how this reminds me of my Charlie:" Trouble, the great ed ucator. Sorrow-I see its touch in the grandest painting:. I hear its tremor in the sweetest song; I feel its power in the might' iest argument. Grecian mythology said that the fountain of Hippocrene was strack out by the foot of the winged horse Pegasus. I have often noticed in life that the brightest and most beautiful fountains of Christian comfort and spiritual life have bee~n struck out by the iron shod hoof of disaster and calamity. I I see Daniel's courage best by the flash of Nebuchadnezzar's furnace. I see Paul's prowess best when I tind him on the foundering ship under the glare of the lightning in the brenkero of Melita. God crowns his children amid the howling of wild beasts and the chopping of blood splashed guilltine and the crackling fires of'martyrdcm. It took the persecutiwns ef Marcus Aurelius to develop Polycarp and dustin Martyr. It took all the hostilities against the Scotch Convenanters and the fury of Lord Claverhouse to develop James Ren wick and Andrew Melville and Ihugh Mc Kail, the glorious martyrs on Scotch history. It took the stormy sea. and the December blast, and the desolate New England coast. and the Warwhoop or savagos, to show forth the prowess of the pilgrim fathers When amid the storms they sang. And the stars heard. and the sea, And the sounding aisles of the dim wood Rang to the anthems of the free. It took all our past national distresses and it takes all our present national sorrows to lift our nation on that high career where it will march long after the foreign aristocra cies that have mocked and tyrannies that have jeered shall be swept down under the omnipotent wrath of God, who hates despot ism, and who, by the strength of his own red right arm, will make all men free. And so it is individual~ly, and in the family, and in the church, and in the world, that, through dargness and storm and trouble, men,wo men, churches nations, are developed. Again, I see in my text the beauty of un faltering friendship, I suppose there were plenty of friends for Naomi while she was in prosperity, but of nll her acquaintances how many were willing to trudge off with her to ward Judah when she had to mnke that lone' ly journey? One, the heroine of my' text. One, absolutely one. I suppose when Nao mi's husband was living, and they had pien ty of money, and all thmngs went well, they had a great many callers, but I suppose thaat after her husband died, and her propaerty went, and she got old and poor, she was rnot troubled very much vwith callers. All :he birds that sung in the bower while thae sun shone have gone to their nests, now the night has fallen. Oh, these beautiful snor:'.ower-s that spread out their color in the mnorning hou: But they are always asleep when the suan is going down: Job hal plemty of friends when he was the richest man in i'z, but wh~en his property went and the triais c-ne. then there were none so much that :'erad as Eliphaz the Temanite and Diliad the E-.::hie and Zophar the Naamat hite. Life often seems to be a mea'e garne, where the successful player pulls down ai! the othe r men into his own lap: Let suspicion :arise about a man's.. .aracter, and he becotnes like a bank in a panic, and all the imputations rush on him and break down in a da.y that character which in due time would have had strength to defend itself. There are raputa tions that have been half a en:ury in build ing which go down under one pu'-h. as avat temple is consumed by thte touch of a -"ulphur ous match. A hog~ can uroota ec ur plant. In this. world, so ful of v:risns n hypocrisy, h-ow thrillin. .t is .o -il o friend as faithful in dys: rn i days of prosperity: David ha b~ n: i~: in Ltushei; the Jews bisc Tedi Mordecai, who never fre s a: Paul had such a friend in:a iors h visited him injatil: Crs h- t a uhi h Marys, who adhered to him. on t: rs Naomi had such a one' in.m" hoci out: "Entreate menot to leite '-ee i. turn from following after thee. for wi thou goest I will go. and whte thul'g I will lodge. Thy peopl shal eypol and thy God my Go'd. ii W eeto willldie, and there wit r e uil Lord do so to me, and more also, i: aught .,7 t ., 'im o go along a - pos'e the pe'pl - i ereature too a -:zs thle dle-ert the e or thejek w detyt:1.'' It w :ev Guh Ita z. - beholdher in -.:Y t exti S w.t- 1,be a0'iLa cedl t o the Land aid become one he'It rs uf JeSus chri-t, the, \no A 1:5 i[Lnnitht a pN:1?h w :ery enrkly ends v ry n aven n. 0oh ark was" he ho :r ofeouvie:ion: lHow Sinai e u d..i.S to lurned. an.1 the. dar-s e e : Al th s o your .:it w the dark -e we tist foun-d Q!te 7h e yN- 0,1Went ito :e-1eo illin you c us ca re, t voe ..:' G addrc-sel you. Ia i -Zi the. l:mn- whosei trangres v a sin -ire cav ere. A ve y r staring in conviction, a ver . rig, enigi h ardion and thec Lope an) t"I r;:' 11 a) the g'o)pl.. I Very ..e. iner n r bllusiness or in or wri::-ue trer e sarto(,n a very ,da-k L0 em~tg. T_ flesh may., hn .b tere is a voice within. or "You must go, w, -,e: Il e gali. and we have 1 cirry ... !!n. we have to traverse the . Ama we are punde I and !liil ed cIrprese.ieuau. an7md we have to tr.: 'C ar way through' ' 10. obstacles - ur own right armu. e to 1iver. we have to climbl the, n:. aI we have to storm the castle: hu: 1),ed b God, the dany oft rest and r . w.r1 . c e. i Cu e tiptop ofthe capt ure-1 h t me we will shout the victory, I no :Iti ; wcrld, then in that world where I he r ii no, gall ro drink, nc burdens to car rv, ro bat:rs to tight. low do I know it? KnW it: i know i- because God says so. They snall huger no more. neither thirSt any more, neither shall the sun light on them, nor any heat. for the Lamb which is Iu the mid st of the throne shall iead them to a-vi oumins o' water, and God shall wipe rtl tears from their eves.'' 1' wa-s very hard for Noal to erdare the scolng o t h the people in his day, while he was trying to build tle ark, and was every totTi gizzed ablou0m t his old boar that would never oe of any practical use. Du t when the del"ge came and the tops of the mountains disapetre I like the backs of' sea monsters. an l the elem'ents. isshed ttp in fwry. chpped the 'ir hands over a drowned worlI, then Noah n the ark rejoiced in his wn safety' and en the safety of his family, anui lootkd out on the wreck of a ruined Chriit, hounded of persecutors, denied a riow, worse maltreated than the thieves on ei-her sile of the cross, human hate smack ng it.s lips in satisfactiou after it had been draining his last drop of blood, the sheeted .1ea- harzting from the serlchres at his crtxion. Tell me, 4) Gerhlsemane and G~o!*tha. were there ever darker times than those' Like the booming of the midnight sea against the rock. the surges of Christ's anguish beat against the gates of eternity, to be echoed back by all the thrones of ieaven and all the dungeons of hell. Buit the day of rewtird comes for Christ. All the pomp and dominion of this world are to be hung on his throne, crowned heads are to bow before him on whose head are many crowns, and all the celestial worship is to come up at his feet, like the humming of the forest. like the rushing of the waters, like the thundering of the seas, while all heaven, rising on their thrones, beat time with their scepters, "llalleluiab, for the Lord God om nipotent reigneth." Th at song of love, now low and far, Ere Mr~ shalli swell from star to star: That light., the breaking day whi-:h tips The golden spired Apocalypse. Again. I learn from my subject that events which seem to be ruost insignificant may be mocrentous. Can you imagine anything more u nimportant than the coming of a poor woman froma EMb to Judah? Can you im agine anythiiur more trivial than the fact that this Rluth just happened to alight-as they say-just happened to alight on that I eld of Uoaz? Yet all ages, all generations. have an interest in the fact that she was to become an ancestress of the Lord Jesus Christ, and all nations and kingdoms must look at that one little incident with a thrill of unsvoeakable. and eternal satisfaction. So it is in your history and in mine, events that you thought of no imnportance at all have been of very great mo: .ent. That casual con versation; that accidental meeting-you did Inot think of it again for a long while. But how it changed all the phases of your life: It seemed to be of rno importance that Ju bal invent-d rude instrumnents of music, calling them harp and organ, hut they were the introduction of all the world's minstrel sy, and as you hear the vibration of a string. ed instrument. even after the tingers have been taken away fro~m it. so all music now of lute and drum and cornet is only the long oontinued strains of J ubar's harp and Jubal's organ. It s eemed1 to be a matter of very lit tle importance that Jubal Cain learned the ts~s of copper and iron, but that rude foun dry of ancient days has its echo in the rat Itle of LBirmninghxam machinery and the roar andi bang of factories otn the Merrimac. It seemed to be a matter of no importance that Luther found a Bib1le in a monastery. but as he opened that Bible and the brass bound lids fell back they jarred everything. and the rustling 'of the wormed leaves was the sound ofl rhe wings of the argel of the reformation. it seemued to be a matter of no imoortance that a woruan whose name has been forgotten dropped a tract. in the way of a bad man by the name of tlichai-d Baxtel. Hle rpicked un the tract and read it, and it was the means of his salvation. In after days that man wrote a book called "The Call to the Unconverted," that was the means of bt'inging a multitude to God,among others Philip Doddridge wrote a book called "The Rise and l'rogress of .Re:igion," which has brought thousands and tens of thousands in:o the gingdomt of G od. and among othiers the grear Wilberforce. Wilberforce wrote a bookcalled "A Praetical View of Christian ity, which was the means of bringing a1 great mnuitudae to Christ. among oth ers~ Legh llichmuonh. L.i'gh ichmond wrote a trnett ca1llel "The Dai.ryman's Daughter,' which h~as bieen the means of. salvation of un converted raiirudes. And that tide of in I :uetnces starred frotm rile fa:ic that one Chris tin woma:.n droppe I a Christian tract tn the way', of liiehard Daxer th rile cf intiuence rolling on throu''gh l I'had Baxter, thtrough l''i'i Dodd-Itriaget. thiroughr the grea: Wit eerfrce, hroug tL lhlhtmond. en, Otn, o',-oever, 'ore er. ao the iutsignificant of *is worltd see, a ter all to be most momen -"n~n 1 see 'a .'y subject an illuatration ofte vat of ie '"le indurstry. Iehold 01:" ""t'er' or eating th ecarchedscor a:Ev.er osehaechan-ed, "nI with "Iba w'' "u tievr intellient wo thi st ct.In 'om failies" 'here are p erso'"cof o racealo sevice o the hout-' hold er cOmtunity. ant though there "re so "mn' woecs all ar"nd ab.out themt in the wor. teray spe"d tir timl langutishing over a new pamtt"r or butng~" into tears at ::'''gh ovr the toy 'o soe lover who 199: a H~a crrug iwkthe riarleyon ..1t0fait-: :.y IVeem to do very welwie'e are u'nder the she ter of :.....ers oue bu whe tm he -shart re c::s et "uo themuselves biits of '"1i'''e w'""'Ithe cottne out ito prac 1'a~m Te wi feel in te ~ieats, L - are - s 1.erd Cthno t:polte, y *r.: 'n g~ of 1:ile low many """I and Iw ~sn i :rcued, u eiess ou to Si- liorace e Of wh.at diil yout brc-th er die'" 'ir havin nohLinr to do,'' wa the a: .;; r. --Ah:' ' I Spinoa, -iat' enough t" kill :tiv generail of usi.' Oh. C:. it h essi in hii world. where there is mucha:e:-era to be .ilevite'l. s 1: ilarkne- to e en ghtene a: a- 1 ::.a rdns , he carriei, t1: th"r i n'V A:e dstael did a wvorld a work in h tian,::d one -!ay. -while-_ She weI- k:ave :nid 1 : 1: 1n'1 O:' wlv itie hr'l m :e- re1. an.'i I 'i -i r'1 it' : 1'6.k - llw sl con t o ti.'e ULoIt~l in -:1irihe i ' re lie.i. an n tat's irO 1 fcat t : t I h:v 1 i t l none of Wic C1 I :laak:e a e i:' uccess :lrv.'' And i:' InI Cecular- Sp' re. thiere is so nuueh to be dome. in tqpiritn:a work how Vas the tiir!lt hmell tin allond. abu swithouit 0,ne wel e cave or: We wre a Ai,i hcr, mna ha wht tatore ne Deloers cosr:Gw'l-Not sain. ultf uth.e LdSh ghe the ta.~,ad <nee eore I leairn fro-n m suet in vale of e:hnt ah Rwuth s i intan that hirvet e 11 ra have said: nThere is a straw, :)no there !I -tr: ,u whau is a strai ': I can't ge mny blrley for myself or my nother-in-bia Diut of these straws '' -Not ,sit sa I heauunia lIad. he gathered two sand:tw. and shb rut them aogether. and more thrawsluvti h le got eoihto :nake :.heaf. Puingl th1^ down, she went and gaithered more :-:r:aw: Lutil $he had another sheafl, and ainother andi unother, andl another, and tien sh< brought themn altogether, and she thraished. therm out. and she had an ep'hah of 1:irly niigh a ibushel. )h, that we night all h heianers: Elihan lurritt learned many thinrs whil toiling in a blacksmith's shop. Abererom bie. the world renowned philosopher. wa a philosopher in Scotland, and he got hi philo-ophy, or the chief part of it, while a a physician he was waiting for the door o the sickroom to open. Yet how Im any ther re in this day who say they are so bui they ilave tite for mental or spiritual imn provements. The great duties of life eros! the field like strong reapers and carry al the hour, and there is only here and ther< a fragment left that is not wortl gleaning. Ah. my friends, you could gi into the busiest day and busies: week of you life and lind golden opportunities which gathered. iight at last make a whole shea for the Lord's garner. lt is the stray oppor tunities and the stray privileges which taken up and bound together and beaten out. will a last till you with :much joy. There are a few moments left worth th< gleaning. Now. Ruth, to the field: Ma each o:e have a nieasure full and runnint over. Oh, you gleaners. to the field: Ant if there he in your household an aged one o a sick relative that is not strong enough < come forth and toil in this fe'd, then le luth take home to feeble Naoni this shea of gleaning: "lie that goeth forth an( weeruth, bearing precious seed, shall doubt less come again with rejoicing. bringing hi sheaves with him." May the Lord God s: Ruth and Naomi be our portion forever.* What are "Farmers Insututedi" The tollowing answer of Presiden1 Craighend of Clemson Colege to th< auestion "What are Farmers' Insti tutes?" should be of cot-siderable inter est to our readers: "Our object is tc bring the practical results of science ithin reach of the peopil We ar( aiming to give to the farmer the ad vantage of expert knowledge, espc ially in those departments of science which are closely related to agricul ture. We wish to bring to his aid th( work of the chemist, the geologist the botanist, the veterinary surgieonu in short, of the vast army of worker, in all lands who are toiling to subdu' the earth and to make it minister t' human needs and comforts. Wha the farmer needs-as we all need-i knowledge. Better methods of cuiti vating and improving the soil, th< best and most improved form of imple ments, the kind of fertilizer best adapt ed to each variety cf soil, the be~i breeds of domestic animals, the cultiva tion - farm crops, the results of experi me. s with new varieties of fruits anc vegetables-these are subjects in whici all intelligent farmers are interested Our institutes are perfectly imformal We hope both to give and to rceive information. We invite inquiry We pass around~ the "question box,' ad thus give every man an opportu nity to find out just what is of specia interest to him. At every institute wt gather information that proves to bt valuable at su 2ceed ing institutes Thus in time we hope to so systemizt our work as to make each man's specia: knowledge the property of all. Tnm institutes has a still higher purpose. It brings the people together. Il awakens the powers of investigation. It ought in time raise up an army oj investigators. It does something tc relieve the dull monotony, whici more than aught else is making farn life distasteful to the rising generation. It can be made an immense factor ir the life of the Southern farmer." Man Elopes With His Niece. A special to the Greenville New~s from Williamston says: A case that has excited the indignation as well at the sympathy of our town was brough1 to notice a few days ago when it was ascertained that Mrs. IR. A Bass and her four little helpiess children, the youngest an infant of six months, had been deserted~ by the husband and fa ter, who had eloped with his owu niece and gone to parts unknown. Bass moved to Wilhasmston with hi: family about four months ago (from' no one knows where) claiming to bi a veterinnry surgeon, but proved to bt a failure in that line. He then ptur chased a graphophone, mortgaged hit wife's household goods for the pay ment of it, boarded the train with giri named Emma Lyerby, his ow: sister's daughter, of Statesville, N. C.. ad left his wife and children wi'ho'u a single penny or any ting on v-hica: to subsist. Whe~n the !ac s of tae ca were made krnoc.n Mr's. Ba-s an : htie ehtldre: m7re actally found i be sudl'e:ing ior the necesaries o li: e. Our town council has tasen the cas in hand and provided relief. In the mea.ume Bas should be piunish ed i tae ex..ent of the~ aw. It a' 'aid 'raa he is nowv some where in this state and can be easily identified from the out til above deacribed. Tete girl wit whom he eloped is about 19 y ears os age. Deb'5 New schemne. Eutgene V. Debts is out with a bran' ev e chemne for aboliishin~g poverty anc bri.;ing happiness and plenty. Tut dea itsef isnot new, but tha pro psal it out it into practice is' . T e idea seeno: to b- to begina by ge:'ir; control o. te machme ry of a &se aad estab Ishing there a ':o-operative comrn~'on wealth. Having gotteni entrul c6 Stt by~ popular vote, he says: "We .il ten establish the cioperativ. commonwealth and the State gconr' ment will be in harmony with themn The idea forces itseif that Mr. Diib.' h'as been studying the rebate and comt mission feature of the South tar'aiine dispensary la4r. As a scheme fo. aboishing~ poverty ie far as those wLa are believed to havce "pjulia are e cerned, the pian is boud to be : hovrling sutcces. A Clear C::a'. President McKinley is said to hant helped out a ysnog friend who weu courting a ;ri1 l e irLeW by tellig him to tell the yo.ng lady that if . wouid like a European brda trip Y would appoint tihe youang manto let conulate as a w"edding presen'. TPi xd the business, for the~ I Peidn has been notified that Lh' wedditnt will take place in June. This is clear case of bribery, bout every'thing far in love and war ATOSLST QUARrER REPORT OF T' DISPENSARY FiOR THAT PER;OD. -inrizcft'ia.Sn(owing--A Nvt Profit of Over 0 ) H. .Iedn Mide--Figures of In ter t sth reo,1. Below -s g en in Compilete form !e quarterly reper't of the State dispen .ry which w:s prpared by th: legi lative exairn. comittee and pre sted t. Gerrr'r Elltrbe for trat. the seral assemblv at ils Thee o transmis reads as Columbia, April 27. 1897. To His Exc:llency, W. H. Elierbe, Gorerm, r: :Sir: e have met persuant to act of - neral m y and have mad, an (xainatiou of the books and ouchsf the S:ate dispensary for thc grtr eding 31st of March, 1697. We fourd the books writt 'en ups to daze ard ne-a!ly and correctly kept. We ci wekd ei all the a;ccounts and vouc-Irs ared fourd them correct ac cordi.g to the books of the original entry. W e fourd vouchers for all payments made and invoices for al goods pur chased. We also examined the rec ords of sales mnade to distensers and checked oif the statem nts showir g ithe renaittances made by county dis pensers to State treasurer. We ap per.d hereto the balance sheet showing bailac s on March 31st, 1897, alsc the! follow-ing s:atemtnents: 1. a'tement of assets and liabilities. 2 Proit :nd loss accounts. 4. Uesrned profit. T;,e difference between the State treasurer s cash balance and the cash balrice upon the dispensary books is $2,129.0S. the former be ng greater than the latter by tbat smount. This diffhrance is within $16 04 of the amount of outstanding warrants drawn prior to April 1, and unpaid by the State treasurer at that date. The abcve statements are correct, ec ccrdrz to the books. vouchers and records, Respecifu.y submitted, Ahamont Moses, .Jahn P. Thomas, ,Jr., C. R D Barns, Legislative Committee. The report re.-Ads as follows: Cotpratite statement for quarter ending Marc. 31, 1897: ASSETS. Cash in ate treasury.....$ 73.234 53 Supplies (inventor)...... 5452S.25 Merchandise,............. 98,653.93 Machinery and office fix tures................... 2,857.47 Teams and wgons...,.. 1,294.19 Pe'rsonal acc.unts........ 3,281 23 LUnexpired itsurance...... 504 93 Ex-dispensers' balances.... 7,513.96 Merchandis! in hands of conty dispensers...... 221,449_51 Total assets...........63318.03 LI.\.BILITIES Personal accounts due by State...................$ 59,28R 75 Uncsrned profits on $221, 449 54, amount of gocds in bands of county dis pens-rs end of this quar ter.................. 44.29 91 Schocol fur-d.............269,580 00 Geneal und..........90,159 37 Total liabilities.........463.31.03 Statement of prefit and loss account for gairter endirg March 31st, 1897: PROFITS. Rebates...............$ 13,676.881 Pr~o ats from beer dispensa .res...... ........... 64.3 Contrabar d.... ..........2,355 55 Permit fees............... 40.50 Gross pront on merchandise sales................... 78,721.11! Total grosz profits...$100,836.33 LOSSES. Breakace and leakage. 380 07 Constabulary............ 12 923 SO0 IFreight and express... 19,174 85 Labor............... 4,258 56 Expense.................. 3,930) 64 License................ 18 75 Supplies............... 26.867 74 Total expenses.........67,554.41 Net profit on sales of this quarter.... .... .......33,2819 Total.................810863 Cash statement for quarter ending March 31st, 1897: RECEIPTS. Balance in State iressury end of last q'uarter. $ 78,265.41 January rec ps.$11.257.47 Feb. receipts.... 102,100.48 March receipts.. 111,997.05 Total receipts for 32350 g aar-.er.....325.0 Total to account for quarter$110,620.41I DIS;UCRsEMENTS Jan disbursemnents $150.003 07 Feb disbursemuents 89,061.9t Marc i disburse ments.........98.320.85 Tot al disbursements for quarter... $337,385.881 Balance in State treeosury March 31 73,2:34.53 Tot:,l................410,620.53 STATE3IENT OF UNEARNED PROFIT. Uveariatd prcot Dec. 3.... .57,650 .63 Net accrued profit .for the pment quarter......... 46G..4269 Balance unearned last a oa . ter.................... .411,0-7.91 Net pr-nt: cn sales for pres en t quar ter............33,28 L 97( Total une arned profit this quarter............. $44,289.19 A Potteeman a 8ur-glar. A on'er com:Uication in burglaries developedi irs W ashington, D. C., re e.s. ly, w hen Policeman James E. Pece of th mjetroolitan force c a .rrested fo rabi two houses on hi o- TheO auir-rs were Mrs. Fanni Mcrilla ask' Mrs. M. Co:.ke. Bh touses are in the .s-ionable residen-c Is- c:.i The fauzilis wer~e awav at the time and Ierce iintrro-ed the p oor'u it LO ca y .way a lie and other 'orta ld valuales. Dete I ves se--d his hrou e andtdare 0oee a-out $1,5'0 worth of pluu der Pier- -'tas be non the force fourI years. He ecnfessed his guilt. but re fu1 tto say woere his booty was se Ucah of Gen. Iari.'e. A scecal fromt Fiorence, S. C., .to, H.arlee dic a' b'' 's 7~ o'clock ni.ht at t ae ?r e ol ae of '' ometm," for ~u~vOa he .~ bees c~ie-d to hi bed. He~ sa)1 -picl dark theay. ndXt -te edwes pain - s. .(a1. Vi ' ctm~. o a mi. e ~t Wes O~tlivr~w ntno Ml.ati Rath LeShoLr', residing~ onLy a short is t~ince from D- nai~dsvile. Th~e feud hsite betwetem for a 'n H The4 R1 v. lei L. Micks Prealcts GrcAt At mo-'hiric Disturbr.nc's A Inr. e d r ;, lnihe , zt - an t ,~ cor% ier to 'ra--s cas!T alrd v c t- ecuntry. All Shuld ieL a whn we usei the -,ord' we 6o rt alays mean t c--vey th" idea at dtdatger is to b e s p i-rf d Ar ordmar y r1in, with :iher tepeI r.Mure and no.derat d--i*n of ip .oasneter, teoro. . ily paking, we cAll a sr." A vr wart A: art to att'ud th e diLSUric a the two or thre fir a s of *:. . er-ding in some rapid s . n co 1r -i-hts wl foll)w the -c bai ces, beino attended by 1 ; ;rt-s%~ in aoy palts between the- 3 I an d G:h. !: A Mercury equinox is cential on the 7th, the same day as the regular ei Vuican storm peried. There will be marked ter-dency to cloudy, unrsettled d weather muchO f the time of Mercury's h pericd, which runs from the 3d to 12th, tb but the tie of urea -st and heaviest storm probabilities will be about Fri- th day, the 7th. to Tusday, the 11th. If at the; temperatura is high, air sultry. th 17itUds ea-ster'y to south'erly and baro w meter low and f-llrg dan<;rcus-m storms should not surpr lt asy s eion tb At the same time, tne disturbances ri may be harmoless and gntie. A-ple fa time atnd unmistakablc i s will be given those v-h) r'ate, if t'r. di dadic and dauberous storms are bre ing. We again remind the public or the fact that storms about this time - i the year are much inclined to repeat I Lhemselves in cycles, or ;ervals, of 'i about 12 a-nd 24 nours for several day-, ri n succasion, the hours in which the th two pericds culminate gradual!y ap- ti proaching each other until the two sc eycles come together and the general fe asturbanc breaks up in a great andjsc and violent storm. Very cool nights vi and some heavy frosts to the north ai will follow with the high barcmeter V that succe-ds thene disturbane's. d About the 13:h begirs a reactionar di pericd of change ard storm that wil ac more than likey continue cver the ci full moion on the 16.h, and into the re Valcin period central on the 18'b. a yhere are several reasons to believe that storms of nucq violence may ap 2 pcEar between the 14th end 21st. Tu-: tr moon is at perigee on tia- 16 b, saa i I at extreme Seuta declination on the is 17.n, all of which are favorable to a r, marked degree for great atmospheric ;r distu:bances. Th:. is also at the centre;ai Uf abnormal electrical and atmospheriI '.,h perturbations almost sure to result ' from the opposition of the pianets, 2( Saturn and Uranus. It is also the ime of -vear when the centrai path of the sun's magnetic power, in its swing from the tquatcr Northward, lihs in 0 an East ana West direc:ion through , ne central parts of our co'rnrient re We tberefcre admonish the prope that .o they should be raichful and cauziousi ; at the approach of all threatening 1 st storma clouds through all the central M parts of Mry. Do not worry or suffer i alarm, however-no danger may re- fc suilt, but if it should go quietly to your i cellar or other safe ret use. At such times as this a perfectly reli ri able barometer is of incsiculable value. tC Storm clouds may be appallinz in ap- f r pearance an d at toe same time be per- di fectly harmless. If the baromnerer , fi does not fall decidedly there may be heavy rhin and thunder, but dacge-r ous wind or tornadic storms will rfti o result. In Northerly sections it witl r be prudent to anticipate frosts durn nights following the passage ci stor.2a areas. Earthquake shocks need not ci surprisa or alarm any one. esp.cially?t in t'his country, during this month. ~b On and about the ~24th and 25th, re- a' actionary storm conditions will ap pear with rain arnd bluster iu many ;a sections. The month goes out in a re- a gular storm period with the moon at 0' "new" on the 31st, being the second new moon in May. A very warm te wave will be in progrees with storms b movi ng from 'Wesern A-xtremnes as the es month a oes out. But for the ooposi-ja tions of Saturn and Uranus in May, J we should expret a month of placid.- b ness. Lock for maon 11oe wea her idi any way and push your belated agri-! w cultural wor k. i st Plunged Through a Bri dge. si: An electric car in the city of POrt- b land, Ore., left the track Friday mcor nir.e and plunged through a bridge Ist which spans the slough on E~st Mor- ~ rison street. Thres people were drown ed anu fif teen more or less injured " There were thirty-four people inth car. It was ruuning down hill at a speed of fifteen miles an hour, arnd on n raching a curve fiit feet from the bridke left the track. The momentuai the car had gained carried it about 150) ieet upon the bridge, when the timbers of t be structura gave way and a rcipitated the car into th-e lagoon twenty feet below. The ccaducror, who wras on the rear platforzgshoulec to jump, bout onlyV a few. weni: abie toi aet out. The marterman jumped wheic ne saw he could not stop thae oar. We water where the car struck was only, eight feet deep, and the car was no submerged. In the fall the tructs' were broken from the saperstruct.ure0 of the car, which fact saved a number o~f lives, as the upper portion soon Ioated and allowed those w bo had r ot been stunn"ed to escape. After the car, dc had been raied it was found that an 5. ax had been broken, whica was rro DE babiy the cause of the accident. Mo torman Keifer left toe w:-eck sou aftr it occurred and has rot beto een since. He will be arre-ted.0 Gi-oalis Cottou King. H~on. Jamer . S u , of 0 le torpe, Geor is's grea-s ismr a just broker, all r cords 0fctna f a:n a single r:'a uta 'on, by se?nng -.t Maeon con- o ---, ira oue lct, or say lh e Augu. (e Caronil Tn"a co' tori was sn1l 0oi - ba-is of 0 c?ts for -d ing.r and whe-in it is al wei~bd a~.d stn-eged, Mr- Smih wilrece'e a uck for ab ';-u~tt i70,00 This woul be- a tremendous crp, even f M hr'*it is i reao-ed to~ se ro te roui all--ipd u berneetd, e eL e a. p 'p cae v-a of theC se'-e on w-hich& o.Sm. hima G-ori ia's coic 0iu: A Dsitardly Dled Trairn wreckers W1ednes lay n ii h trew the switch a~t Faw baks on te IT E.?-ston and Taas C r al Ra'i, 'te-r miles Nor-. of0 LE..sto an be~ c'~ Horm, had y 'i-u-ed; D - kgA hurt; Wahe'-'r Giles,' Po r. bc i.?ired. Ten o-thers vse r-or-'.' nahint whic. h e a s rii sto' Hw y':in me ic- n cC. u... at recai~- i anbcotu e~ noi's- L,, th *iisa ud b-en cr'ul r' moyed, ao h tie tail ere left entir~y loose aaogh ,ne -"war..ed in th-r na 'to CITY SWEPY BY WATER RUSPING Iof L!K =A * DAL WAVa. Vor One Hur urd-! Liv.- e Lot aLd Two 1j rin~jw- A7l .1-de Hommt-e.;-Cut on wwd m e- s 3-1y miw-r -1w d by jh C.*D-ud Barst. L~I Ituit I WVcre ut d:ght Wednesday r' sto, the met beautirul res: ace pertin of Gu brie, 0. T., now W a i!;od dsvastated, stzicen and de olisird dis rct T houses that sa P 1-f: ar(- top: i Tb .Ut like card- m a . x.s-aix z ir strm uad bn s-sv.,3 o resists waters 1 r 1L 0 hr r e a a Zhoucaad 'rted --ad .reek--d ots. Twoi . els peo-1-6P1il are gItar hinriL.g nu the blutl's vest of the ev -o)r 'ous'd in the homes of tire of th!e Ciy ;-hich lies, high and y on Ihe hills. A hundred or more de e uone down to watery graves and tr< ousands have lost thrir all O Fiom noon Tuesday till midnight dc eIre was an incessanit dowupour in ar id about this city, and it was fesred t at the Cu'ton Wood river, which n as already very high. would do an uch danage. But the watchers at so a bridges were surprised to see the v 7er go down and by daylight it had Cl Hen 10 feet. to Jast as Uhey were about to go off ha rty at 6 o'clcck. they were startled c14 a terrific roar from the top of the at ger valley and were soon convinced at a terrifinc Id wets cxning. Tne th -e alarm was given and policemen lie id otLers rode all over town near the du ver, rousing families and warning era to flee for their lives. Same bo ought the roar was a cyclone aad Ca ught their cav:-. only to perish a wj x moments later; others stoppe< to ve things until it was too late, and IM ry few would at first believe that Oc iy great danger was threatened. ki rIth a righty roar the flood eame an ,vn the valley a mile wide, 20 feet 0 ep in the channel and four feet ross th- entire valley. It stru:ck the y at 6.39 i the extreme soutswest, sQ ntre tae neg rots wostly live, and in K few mornents hundreas of their lit- fo f-mes were carrkd away and ry lives were lost. The r-ailrod aks are on the east bank of the riv tfo. three g.rters of a mile. Acr3ss I the valv runairg through the ty zsr part of the city, and in it is o uih of tia1 finest residence portion fel ;d a small business section, where b e ere w-ere about 20 stores, several bo ills, ivarehouses. etc. In less than Ise rnincues from the time t:te flood tir ruck the city the entire section wis I unda:ed. and within an hour the be 3er was 10 feet .--e? and hundreds I CO buildings were fli-ating sway. N't-t Pz Jy the meanmr stiurZAres, but fiae- 4 sidences, store buildirgs, a large cot- o a gin and other large structures 1] ent into ruins or flamd down the DJ ream. Oa many buiLdings were Ito en. woomn and children. From ir-dreds of trees came piteous calls W r helo. With the first rash went 72 ery bridge in the city. f.l The few boats were crushed or car- rV ed away and nothing could be done Pt help many who fell or were sweptl to om places of refuge and were I owned before the eyes of the horri m td but powerless spectators. By 9 t clock the water was 30 feet aibove the a yrmal level of the river, and the c0 ice placid stream was a ragung ton- th -r. across the entire valley. j e I'. seemed soon that people in trees I idi on roofs would be swept away and IW< :sperate measures were takren to hclo al .ean. George Willis and H. A. Piat, S:. >t b prornil ent busicess men, strippea YI ud leaping into true torrernt sisam the be~ ein channel of the river and secured hi told flat boat which was 'nloored to tree. Wi'.h thir boat they saved -cer 30 peoole- tn Eugene Gill and Walter Olds at- o1, mpted to save a family on a raft, ce ~t were carried away and barely es io pid with their lives. George Onei, to buitcher, headed a rescue party in a m stly constructed flatboat. The st~ >at capsized in the current and he m ed a hero's death. Scores of men s ere at work at the lumber yards con ta rutiog boats, and by 10 o'clock six at! ows were launched. Severel caci- or ud and were cerrie-i away, and it is an lieved that two of the mon man- b og them p'rished. At 10 o'clcck the flood was at a stand- ;s 11, a half hour it was beginning to to cede and by dark it had gone down e ent Qyi the day the telephone of re etdo :n, and as none of te ate which crossed tne main chan Ied 1 were able to get back, it was itn Io, 'sibie to. get any facts as to who had 1an rished. ot! Tnis evening a li was shot across or: th a rocket and a cable drawn ross; boats are bring ferried back Iatt d forth, and food is bein~g taken ti the hundreds of famished people on I of e blutifs and the 200 or 300 negroes on telarg~e rrick sczool house, who se hau nothiing to eat sirnce yeste:r y. Fully a score- of boats l'ave enl exstrue~ed and every part o: .tot e tlaoiced district is being patrolled tlas d all the peonole taken from places PiL danger. It is im possible to correct- Mr estimate the numbrr of draowned. ILI is g'enerall conceded that toe death m~ t wil r1eaca 100. sin A number of bodies were seen goio g dii wn the r-ver and tocight calis cande heard for help. The property loes usg il be fully $100,I.00 la the city and nit e c-ou'tr. Upl and don tL i Cat. as; '-o md valley fo enil s ever ang it Tre peops ri ..nte country. j v u e 'itn tra;.: 'oil sxdyep:t a ta a, a'-'re hav been notrains cut as- was saprdea touday. T-ve e c s. ae al i en oused as v-ei! as Ir esi le an thie city and. ccua'y are LuJ dio; all free at hotels a- d retau- prt ats were~ over a tho'u-and dollars sb::.ucribed~ by bactiess :ye. 2e 3uro tt.river, Iwo m:iles r,or3 di -e tha eye - br -e d sri t' Sre ti -z t 'd ii isu d w rr bie tlr.Whl tu~I a2:med a. cicd1Pt ner 4i o'clu or sons asa tve ty-tnree daughters. .n e onj eceasn mf-y 0- the shaaL:>ti h-ran when ' ey pas~ ir- cir-:" tie nea thadies g'o out drir a-' they ri* '-prcde by a~ gangC~ o f fra-des, br< ed a t me aav to seamper uc vry Lw u:tes. a . fl -.e C -er.te 1 teran dt ai tiLc ar -deposited w!- a a eaC a N-m n e dune Tried to E:24 ilia Lif . . Jispatch from L-ke City, S. C , the Columbia State says that Mr. mh. D. Shaw. editor of Toe Times, tt-It place. attempted suicide Wed- I shy ornr~g.Mr.Sh w w'as room ov er Dr. Williams, drug store. got up ats usuJ l Wediesdav norn 7, talked with some friend; and 'Lt in The Times office and wrote e lett- r below. He then went into 3 room, drank two or three ounces laudanum and then shot himself, e ball penetratin zthe body just above d to the right of the left nipple and is cut out by Dr. T. B. Hinnant just low the shoulder blade. When approached by a friend. he d he was only sorry he did not tko n end of it; that being dazed the laudanum he had the pistl in left hand when he thought he had u his right hand, thEreby shooting -self in the right instead of in the t breast. At this writing there is e-ry ch4ne for bis rEcovery. Below the leiter: "Must I do ihe deej? Oh, God send, - n thine angel of mercy to bear my : rubled soul away. Can it be a sin? L! spare me, forgive me, Father, to away a i'e that is f]led with pain d miserry. Is there anything for to live for? All is dark and dis k!. I have ho hope. Is there rest d peace in the grave? In a world Iarge, beautiful and wealthy, an-i t I must starve-no money, no work. teeriess and cold- seems every heart me. 1 cannot stand this straia. I ve strained every brain nerve, mus and rein in thinking of what to do d all I can see before me is dismal tress. Death does away with all s. I have some f:iends here, I be ve. I have endeavored to ( o my ty towards them. I hope that they 11 be kiud enough to dispose of my dy. Place it in "any old place," I -e not where. My trunk a:d clotaes 11 go to my two brothers and sister. 7 watch at Columbia will go to Mrs. A. Emlyn, 1107 Pendleton street, lumbia, S. C., in consideration of 2dnesses extended to me by herself d family. Williem David Shaw. tempora; 0, mores." sIr. Shaw is a son of J. Duncan aw, who was killed in Bishopville reral years ago by the well known lv brothers. Mr. Shaw has oDen several years connected wita the lumbia Register. Woman Suffrage. Viss Phoebe Couzens, who for twen years has been going from one.end te country to the other preaching i nale suffrage, has suidenly changed r opinion. "The movement is und to fail. Taree times I have :n women under fire, and as many ] es I have seen them fall, and that 1 iominiously. I presume this will t looked upon as treason, but the , nclusion is reached from long ex < rience, close observation and rare < portunities such as have been ac- 1 eded to few women. Moreover, I cok upon the outside life, impelled i necessity, as in a maj )rity ot cases F be simply exoerimental. It cannot conclusive, for the vast majority of men prefer the quiet domestic jife, ile man by nature seeks the con ts of the outer world and its theo s and gro vs therein. Woman in blic jife will never prove satisfac- I -y. She is naturally a housekeeper. vould advise all young women to i arry and become housekeepers. At- I twenty years of close observation< d experienice, I have come to the1 aciasion that women are no better in men. I find that they are about ually balanced; that there are as] may good women as good men in the >rl, and no more. Tnis true, not mie in regard to the relation of the tes, but in integrity of word, in un sding adaerence to principles theyi !eve to be right, and loyalty to the thest in man." senatori as Lobby iat. rhe Washington correspondent of4 e New York World, says that the i time lobbyist has practically disap ared from Washington; but that ti e aby business continues to go on ali Ssame. Indeed, the lobbyist is re dangerous now than ever. Int ad of bring an outsides, he is a( -mber of the senate. The corre - >dent charges tha' more than tee-fourths of the senators are paid orneys in the employ of sonc one the other of the big corporations, d they accomplish their work not perstuasion and bribery as did the timne lobbyist; but in a rashion that rather more effective. They use 'r votes. A good illustraaion is w to be seen in the consideration the present taritf til. Each of tae t~orney" senators has been instruct-s to get an increase br a re duction in ne one of the various schedules,i : they are combining with each ~ ter in suca a way as to force the aing about of what they desire. ider this condition of a ifairs the ser.-. is rapidly ceasmng to be representa e of the people; cut only the tcol the trusts and comoinations whica a affor d to pay the highest saar'es. Just as Usai.d fr. Randiall's letter frotn Washaing Sin the Augusta Caronicle states t the usuai antagomisms are crop-a .g out in the DLemnocratic party. .R andall says: "P~ersonal antago ms, on puical lines, liave becomnee niest among the hou:.e Democrats, i ce my last letter, but I tt u ;t that alt r ferences wili be n~iaden to such a a tree at least as not to impair the fuir-ess of what scourld be a united p crity. Some peopl:e seem to think t the several promninent men who 're to leadership are preparing for next coagress, but teis is counting ~ atnd eczensfl and crossiag a .;e batre coming to it. Mr. isail- ~ sa inttke wa-t' a .e, perhaaps mis .xosition is a ute.. aad diuli t one. Witn a re dexten~u; mani :aint, h-e might have gamed: his Jf pant and eated1 so gamai-uae :aiua iai eltherzirtec.- i at. y~e tat all matters of udf~erei.' '--ii sently adjust taemnselves." Hit the Engirr. he ColumbnLia State sa; a - K me at th- U zinaeu' a n i r ui -day' higf. had hi- rignt e- e 'i'eu as og as a gcose egg 4.-nu :.g tAck 4fh a stone while t* inws nani5 4 'h'iksa or tmp fllweea Car r :t and Tim ',as iu-Wten (ne A *i-. oatL icod.Tn n(.ek was t'r. e-itr :stfoce and aai unusual 'i- ,re : :uracy to strike ta man a & the C .iwas ruu ig at Juli e-a s sand stone anid a part o it *'meI fireman. Tie train wa-s stopr'. i in the bargag~e car E;: e- ~Nt-e hod his ee, b:,thed. 1I- - i-Uo oght his tr-ain in proanpuy~ en time, S 1:10) o'clock. DI~d while Het was P'raying. s--e N. Ho:t, a al k-~.nown mer .d1 Friday or his ase by the side I *;is o's ra . Head apparent U L wh1e pe lag. Air. HousetJ -n a saee - rom heart disease ite I-s sonP fas been deadt '.yta y. M.r. Houset was n:cia! tanCed to him and it had I Is cus'OM t go to the cemetery I v dayv aud place flowvers onth ~ve. H~e ~ i, ome today Or: his bi le for thateparpose. Hie had not I nlined ni feeling ill. PhOWDER Absclutely Pure. Celebrated for its reat leavening strength md healthfulness. Assures the food against dIum and all forms of adulteration common o the cheap brands. ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., NEW YORK. LYNCHED BY NEGROES. Lhe Crimes of the Victims Included Rape, Arson ard Murder. For h'.rning an old man, a child and t young woman, a criminal assault mou two girls and the burning of the iomes of the vicims, seven young ne troes were Friday night sent to their loom at the hands of an infuriated nob of nearces at Sunny Side, Walter :ounty. Texas. Last fall a gentleman rom Brenham was roYwed of $65. 1uspicion pointed to four boys namea rbomas, and they confessed to hav. ng committed the deed, and said they iad given $30 of the money to Henry )tniel. Daniel spent the money, and n Sunday evening last the four rnomas boys. according to their con fssion, decided to either collect their ;30 or kill Danil. They carriel out he latter part of the programme. lenry Daniel, en old negro, lived at Endy Side in a little hut with his tep daughter, Marie, and a 7 year old hild. Wednesday night the house as broken open, Maria Daniel and 'e child assaulted and old man Dan ::l clubbed to death while trying to pro ect those in his care. Then the body f Daniel and his insensiblestep-daugh er were thrown into the housa and he structure fired. The child was ast. into the welL The murderers hen left thinking that they had cov red up the awful deed. The tire had not attracted much at ention and when it was noticed that )Aniel and his family were missing. he charred ruins of the house were earched and the terrible truth was oon made only too plain. L-cil offi ers went. to work and were ably assist d by the best citizens of the nighbor iood. Bloodhounds were secured and hev were not long in finding the ight track. Before night tney went traight to the nlace where the Thom Ls gang resided and one by one they ere secured-Fayett Rhone, Wi 1 xates, Thomas, Aaron, Jim and Ben Chomas. The last four are brothers. 6ill Williams was also arrested. WVhen taken alt were smeared with lood. The bloodhounds worked splendidly tnd after the murderers had been con ronted with the evidence of their :rime they confessed to comnmitting :he deed. About 12 o'clock a mob >roke open the jail and took the pris >ners towards the Brazos bottom. A ittle later 40 or 50 shots were fired md the mob returned. Thbis morning, langlmrg from the limbs of a large oak, were found the bodies of six negroes. Pne bcdy of Will Gates Thomas was ,urned from the waist down. Blood iounds from all over the county ae urging back ar~d forta, but always id that one tree the centre of attrac ion. All of the bodies are there ex ept Williams, anid he is not to be ound. The shots probably explain 2is absence. An Um qual Struggle. More than usual popular interest attaches o the present war between Turkey and ' ireece. As a rule, the masses of the people >ay little attention to stories of war in the ast, and manifest slight curiosity about the elative merits of the two siues of the con rversy, or the probable outcome of hostili is. But this is not true in the present ase. The stories of massacre in Armenia luring the past year has filled Christendom' rith revulsion against the '"unspeakable urk," while the boldness of plucky little reece and the romantic records of Grecian eroism have challenged the sympathy of ations in the unequal struggle. 'A glance the military strength of the two nations," ays thbe Augustra Chronicle, "discloses the ispurity of their military strength. Accord ag to the census of iy:' Greece had but ,178.208 inhabitants, while Turkey in Eu ope has 4.750,000, and the sultan's do inion in all, not counting states but nomi ally under his rule, have a population of 7,>%.000J. In population, therefore, Tar ey is about thirteen times the larger. The reek army on a peace footing has a total of 5.'i:ja men, while on a war footing its rength is but about 82,000. Even by rafting young and old men beyond the nits of established military service it is oubtful if Greece can muster 100,000 men to her army at one time. The Turkish emy, on the other hand, is credited with a tal elireetivc force in war of 700,000 men, whom 5S:1.0o1 are infantry, 51.300 are ivary, and .51.720 are in the artillery. It easy to see, therefore, what t'ie ultimate suit of war between these t wo countries ut be, if left to figh. it out. For a timne le Greeks, strongly entrenched in mountain asses, may repel the Turks, but their over helming numbers arc obliged to overpower eir plucky foes in a coatinued struggle etween their land forces. Ilut on the sea. reece makes a better showing, and is easily perior in navaml equipument. Turkey is ractically without a navy, having no tor ejo bo~ats and noc men of war that can be 'aed with uodern w::'.hips. The Greea avy eon-'-'ts of t wo deente armor clads. iree first-class arm.ored cruiisers, and of yredo eraft, si-st-e.. elevhen third (:s eie ev nsls:hsadufeet mn u-el in this srvie.* This ::eet is nil, but efective, it- backbone consisting i tir ar"mor-elad 1 'e:--', t hree of them, the yh. Spetil and P:-ar i. of 4.S85tons h.aving been buil; in France as !ate as '.f Te effective atd whi;. the G;reek ar-thio- can lend the laini :orces has al 1tdy 'een demaonst ated in the bombard 'n' of* Preve-'. on the Gulf of Arta This 'eriority in navy is the only hope of eece to mine~ e:fective resistance against ie Turk:-. and I hould the powers leave them dis mturbeci raight introduce a factor of onb: intothectest. It will be remem ere that in the recent war between China al.1 hvan while :he fornmer n'tticia could ave namneriecdly overwihelmedi the iatter' e .taoanese navv had the war ended before hina'fully realized what was happening. i For a New Trtal. Notice has been served upon Gov roor Eierbe's attorneys that Maj. B. . Evans would move before Judge Litrica to set aside the verdict in the it for the p"'ssession of Sally, the orrel rncare, on the ground thatit was ezal antt irr -cular, and failing in na , to move for a neutv trial upon ex eptions to tne minutes of the. court. 'ni~s is all prelimiinary to the intend d ap-al to the State supreme court. -tia Cut Line wins. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroso. est ease wvas up in Colunibia one day at week. The case was brought to ar-e the charter of the system con red to de:erenine whetner certain tmeS controlied ey that system were oaraliel and conmpeting lines" and as decided in Lavor of the Coast Line n th crci court.