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THE B BLE UR Mi DR. TALMAGE'S SERMON ON THE FRUITS OF PAPADiSE. The First Orchard Descrlb-d l, Al - Beauty and Pezf cdon-The Lreson c 1's Creation Before the Fieh at- Bide Solcmn's Orchards aid G -dewe. Dr. Talmage finds the d:: in all the dominico:.s of ta -a world. and this ser:m - - ligion in the me s: rad _ t ness. The text is G - - fruit tree yi_. kind." It is Wednesi: dise. The bira opening piece r first swit untl ie rfy The solar and na d break throue he ik, t of the world's r. : Thursday. Before h : v light, but it was e: r . 1 phorescent nnt, no: c or moon. But the c :, mologicii pecd:io.::.s c., \V N d nesday-irst t'he lomrs d fruits. The veil of fo) sa there stand the orchards Wch: sudden maturi'y of the r:..I time pear frees must h"e t v o before they bear fru- t, a; i trees three years, and apple tras years, but here intatl a cm orchard sprins into: branches bearing fruit. The i. forces, which .ave betn n :hi worst to destroy the fruits fr , years, had not yet begun their inta sion. The cureulio had not ye: st _ng the plum, nor the caterpillar hurt the apple, nor had the phylloxera plague, which has devastated the vineyards of America and France, assailed the grapes, nor the borer perforated the wood, nor the aphides ruined the cherry, nor the grub punctured the nectarine, nor the blignt struck the pear. Tnere stood the first orchaid with a perfection of rind, and ex quisiteness of color, and a luscious ness of taste, and an s iluence of pro duction which it may take thousands of years more of study of the science of fruits to reproduce. Why was the orchard created two days before the fish and birds and three day before the cattle Among other things, to impress the world with a lesson it is too stupid to learn that fruit diet is healthier than meat diet, and that the former must pre cede the latter. The reason there are in the world so many of the imbruted and sensual is that they have not im proved by the mighty, unnoticed fact that the orchards of paradise preceded the herds and aviaries and fish ponds. Oh, those fruit bearing trees on the banks of the Euphrates, on the Gihon, and the Hiddekel? I wonder not that the ancient Romans, ignorant of our God, adorned Pomona, the goddess of fruits, and that all sylvan deities were said to worship her, and that groves were set apart as her te-nples. You have thanked God for bread a thou sand times. Have you thanked him for the fruits which he made the first course of food in the menu of the world's table-the acids of those fruits to keep the world's table from being insipid, and their sweets to keep it from being too sour? At this autumnal season how the or. chards breathe and glow, the leaves removed that the crimson or pink or saffron or the yellow or brown may the better appear, while the aromatics fill the air with invitation and reminis cence. As you pass through the or chard on these autumnal days and look up through the arms of the trees laden with fruit you hear thumping on the ground that which is fully ripe, and throwing your arms arcund the trunk you give a shake that sends down a shower of gold and fire on all aides of you. Pile up in baskets and barrels and bins and on shelves and tables the divine supply. But these orchards have been under the assault of at least 60 centuries-the storm, the droughts, the winters, the insectivora. What must the first orchardi bave been ! And yet it is explorer's evidence that on the site of that orchard there is not an apricot, or an apple, or an olive nothing but desert and desolation. There is not encugh to forage the ex plorer's horse, much less to feed his own hunger. In other words, that first orchard is a lOSt orchard. Ho w did the proprietor and the proprietress of all that intercolumnia tion of fruit age let rich splendor slip their posses sion? It was, as now, most of the or chards are lost-namely, by wanting more. Access they had to all the fiz trees, apricots, walnuts, almonds, apples-bushels on bushels-and were forbidden the use of only one Lree in the orchard. Not satisfied with all but one, they reached for that and lost the whole orchard. Go right down through the business marts of the great cities and fird amnong tae -weighers and clerks and subordinates men who once commanded the com mercial world. They had a whole or ::hard of success, but they wanted just one more thing, one more house, or one more country seat, or one more store, or one more railroad, or one more million. They clutched for that and lost all they had gained. For one more tree they lost a whole orchard. There are business men all around us worried nearly to death. The doctor tells them they ought to stop. Insomnia or indigestion or acting at the bas~e of the brain or ungovernable nerves tell them they ought to stop. They real ly have enough for themselves and their families. Talk with them about their overwork and urge more pru dence and longer rest and they say: "Yes, you are right. After I have accomplished one more thing that I have on my mind I will hand over my business to my sons and go to Europe and quit the kind of exhausting life I have been living for the last thirty years." Some morning you open your paper, and, looking at the death column, you find he suddenly depart ed this life. In trying to win just one more tree he lost the whole orchard. Yonder is a man with many~ st les of innocent entertainmient and amruse ment. He walks, he rides, he pils tenpins in private alieys, the has boks on his table, pictures on his wall :-nd occasional outings, concerts, htaUes, baseball tickets and the innuuue rable~ delights of friendship, but Le wants a key to the place of dissilute convoica tion. He wants astociation wi:h s.>re member of a highf famyas reckless as he is afliuaent. He wants, inste ad of a quiet dah oath, cne of carousat He wants the stimulus of stron g drinks Be wants the permissions of a preili gate life. The one Inemberszi- tue one bad habit, the- n- carou~a:, robs him of all the jossibilit es a nd iIuo cent enjoyments La1 fole~l aspira tions of a lifetime. By one m:uut a M of forbidden fruit he loses a whole or chard of fruit unforbiddens. You see what an expe:si-e -: -is sin. It costs a thousarnd time i more than itis worth. As some of abU kind of quadrupeds and all kinds of wa~ed creatures passed before our proge'nor that he might announct a n tme, fraozn eagle to bat and from lion to nos I suppose thera -were in parad sespel mens of every kind of fruit tree. And in that enormous orchard there was not only enough for tae original fam ily of two, but enough fruit flli ripe to the ground and was never pic keitup tonsupply whole tonsn ndr vilago-e a... id i h v . a C: chn !a !+ c: o or a :fn a I erld callt by na1ni2 p'itie ared r Ihieois to do so, : .!d a n d sei chame -:t. 11ih u 0'~ie a1-el t i reiin Hapyyurefmn K.. can make others Xap . Mae j one person h..pov e'vny day an'. :I years you wt' have mnade . I eople happy. I like wat Welling 1on said after the battle of Waterloc and when he was in pursit of to Frenc with his advance guard anc Colonel Harvey said to him, ".General you had better not go any farther fo you may be shot at by somre strag1ei from the bushls.'' And Welingto' Ireohed: "Lst them fire away.Th ia battle is won and myi.'e is of no Snow." My friends, we oiuht never tc be reckfess, but i troug the par doning and rescuing grace of Christ, yon have gained the victory over sir and death and hell, you need fear nothing on t.e earth or nder th earth. Let all the sharosbooters Ta perdition btz-a..ay. You may ridt on in jy truphntn . Religion fo: the funeral. O, oes:' But rehig:or for the wcddng brea.fast. R ligior for the brightest spring morning ant autumn's mlost gorgeous sunset. R?a ligion for the day when the stocks ar uo jast as mch as when stocks ara down, Rein on' whe respiration 1b easy as wet as for the last gasp, whe temperature is normal as well as when it reaches 104. It may be a b :ldthing to say, but I riskit that if all people, withut respect to belief or character, at death passed into everlasting happi ness, religion for this world is sue a luxary that no man or woman could adfordto do without it. Why was it that in the parable of the prodigal sot the inger ring was ordered putuoon the returned vanderer's hand before the shoes were ordered for his tired feet? Are not shoes more imocrtan1 for our comfort than Ewnger rings Oh, yes: Btit it was to impress the world with the fact that religion is a luxury as well as a necessity. put a ring on his hand and shoes on hisfeet.' If in sermonic, or exhortatory, or so cial recommendations of religion we put the chief emphasis on the fact thal for our safety we must have it whn the door of the next world is opened, poor human nature will take the risk and say "I will wait until the door begins to open. Bait show them the radiant truth, that the table of God' love and pardon is now laid with all the fruirts which the orchards of God' lov.e and par dn and helpfulness cat supy and they will come in and sil down with all the other banqueters, terrestrial and celestial. 02, fetch or the citrons and the apples and the wal. nuts and the pomn ranates of Sjlo mon's crcha~rd. But having itroduced you te Adam's orchard and carried yct; awhile throuzh Solomon's orchard, at to take a walk with you :hrough Piiat s orchard of three treeso~n a hill 70 feet high. ten minutes walk from the vate of' Jerualem. Afte I had rea ihAt cur great n" ben drive" out oftefrs ri ard. I nadeu my mndn that he L1rd wold no e' deate intat way. pi sned by the f r ot-a ne r be rovde sn a tid-.re for thepisomi I said. "Where i; the ot der tree that will undo the work of that treed Waere is the other orchard that will repair the damage received in the alr& o-chard ? Aa~i I read on until I found m :ihty for cur as this one had re't for ruin, and as the one. tree in Adatn's orchard hads brnces iaden with te red fruit of carnage, and the 1balE fruit of sufferig, and thespotted fruit of decay, and bhe b itter fruit of disap pointmnent. I found in Pilate's orch ard a tree which, though striorped of all its leaves and struck throui.h by ar iron bolt as long as your arm, never theless bore the richest frait that was ever gathered. Like the tree of the first orchard, this was plian ted, blossomed and bore frut all in one day. Paul was impul* sive med vehement of nature and he ad hld of that tree wihboth arms an isoo it 'tite ground all around looed ikean rchrd hevmorning a ter an autu'nnal eg'anox and, carefu est he s ep on some of the frt, gata eed un a ba ketful o. it for the Gai tans. cryin1g ca: nTe i uit of the sprit is love, joy, peace, long suifr ness, temperan.e. The other two trees of Pila-e's orcard were load~d, the one with thIe harn fruis of obur acy andu th te with the 'ender fruit f"re"etaue, but the cetr tree she erte se o ht hr .ild c'T'wre isP in .1d F' ndhen". ajd at a of Lad :.1 :. ote Jr iC " avlo c:nm: dlaus c'''ra a: oy m ar Lo t w .m i .-li. n-u m :. . J u bl~~~~~~~aL f.hll e n hn o e r is ci a w s ..o . .- . of :: : 1 h 1Joh~u's orchr'--d . Johnt ". r,. _ ): i. sk)C. o e .d.broughi :3 ', '.2 - h r' n s c s a "d ' the t" 1r d .tillrJ. How. murcat ..s e"ra i ad h ch vas : tr s on each side .. a ; er. u ii d ;rrd frn other orerd's lt:he fct that t' e trees bore 12 na : f fru s. Variety i : 7 o r eatrnity wita notiog ut ma s:c. Nt an eter nity of rr-cession rn white -orse' . Not an eternity Of pluckiez fruits from the tree of lire. But lt manner of varieties, and I will :ell you of at least 12 of those varieties: Joy of di ine w:snip, j)y over the ;,ctorics of t c Limb wno was slain, j)v over: the repeutant sinners. jy Gi recount ing our o vn rescue, joy of embracing old friends, j)y at recognition; of pa triarchs, apostles, evangeists ana martrs; j-y of ringing harmonies, joy of reknitting broken friendshios. joy at the explanation of Providential mysteries, j y at waiking the boule vards of gold, joy at looking at walls green with emerald, and blue with saphir, and crimson with jaspar, and allsh with amethyst, entered thrcuza s"iogin:g gates, their posts, their binges, and their panels of rich est pearl; joy that there is to be no subsidence, no reaction, no terminus to the felecity. All that makes 12 dit ferent joys, 12 manner of fruits. So much for variety. But if you tage the other interpretation and say it means 12 crops a year, I am with you still, for that means abundance. That willi I be the fdrst place we ever go:t into where there is enough of everything, e'-ouh of health, enough of light, enu-2gh of supernal association,enoug n of iove,encugh of knowvledge, enough jo)y. The orchards of this lower world put out all their enerzies for a few days in autumn, and then, having yielded one crop. ibeir banners of foliae are dropped out of the air and all their beauty is adj >urned uutil the blossoming of the next May time. But 12 crops ia the heave:ly orchard dur-1 ing that which on earth we call a year mean abundance perpetually. While there is enougn of the pomp of the city about heaven for those who like the city best. I thank God there is enough in tne Bible about country scenery in heaven to please, those of us who were born in the country and never got over it. Now you may have streets of gold in heav-. en. Give me the orchards with 12 manner of fruits and yielding their fruit every montnl, and the leaves of the trees are for "the healing of the nai~ions, and there shall be no more carse, but the throne of GAd and of ?e Limb shail be in it, anid his serv a'' s shall serva him. and they shall se hsi n his name sall bei rno night there, and they need no ca die neither light of the sun, for tne Lord God giveth tnem ligne, and th shall rei,?a forever and ever." J3.. just think~ ci a plaice so .brilint tha rue u rnar sun shall be rem~ov--d frmte mi;ntie of the sky beuse i: too feebole a taper. YLt mos: of al eae.B thr rems.a: a urpasprx reaa ~.i we want tge i'':> tha-. ce~uury. 'n earthly pas pot ish a personal raatter, telitug ou neight, ou' girth, the color of ou har oar fetures, our commiexion anda por c your~ p .yrt, ror e 0 get in on"'se Lsch one ox usfo aisel eeds cx divne sipzatare wri 'ten b the wour.&d handi ofth So~.n of Gd, to get 'itthe heovenlyI orchard, under the la branches of! which in God's good ti.ne we may meet the Adamn of the fiest orchard, arnd the So lomou of the second urch ard, and the St. John of the last orch ard, to sit dow-n und'er the tree of whic's the church in the bock of cau-I ticles speaks wnen it says: "As the apple tree among the trees of the wood, so is my beloved among the sons. I sat down under his shadow with great delight, and his fruit was sweet to my taste." And there it may be found that today we le-arned the danger of hankering after' one thing more, and that religion is a lux.ury, and that there is a divinO autidot; for all p:>iscus, and that we had created n us an apnetite for heavnn, and that it was a wh'olesemie and saing thing for us to have discoursed on the P> mology of the B:ble o- God among the orchards. The Rtennement of Cruetty. The lautry and ref::~nn wcaem phasized the unnaturmd cruelty o .te Re man cDapro fl:d their counterr ini the crcnicles oftheNmelukes a::a Nero id ano slCv. kinswh unte -n.ri - tae vi ~ ex 0al moa... re ha t to 7J 'a'* waU o i atr Th y' gutnAn-, was- now t take .: the rei::-ns of power irsf. T ities -nd prnel gift. T..o vii w s cos-*y dises s-:. a.on sees todayin the ritsh nusn~n rii~- inrste with (re. s e nb ew d i w pa k :3 bit :1 'i Er -siftZprg 1.e'rr-oo~ u irsd":rntt cou c-CK L;7~ MERZHAN'vTS. c*:re reates 'orcd. of t' , (Iitu l cirFiu -s :c :ratter of ' es ;. ~ ~ f r-" r . o r i :-e i: Cd thn of tos aes i, i .im ...'r s an ~l fa :in wi n Se, she it bid to be ) *'v ct.e or L~a ?e . '.of to.iA J a! * " c, e' d to o'-a S ...) 267 ' 1*~t > n . 'ciS_ fl CO e scc cor' or'ron cianmeucing -;n b iutss" nny county of this "a aer' h 'day of January in a'y year. the capital er personal pro ~ ty em ployed in which si:all rot hava bees previcusly listed fer tax ti i- --id county for such year. shal witi' :, days after commene ing suc"h bsiness report to the audi tor of the county urder oath, the average aiount of Ihe c3pitai intend ed to be e-. loyed in such business from the time o. the commencement to the first day of January next en suiug." Section 2tS (217: "It shall be the duty of eaca county auditor to ascer tain the names of all persons com mencing any business in his county after the first day of January annually whcse capital or property employed in such business was not l ated for taxa tion in his county for the~then current fiscal year." Where parties, as defined in section 229, have engaged in the business of a merchant since January 1, 1897, and have not made report to the county auditor within 3U days, as provided in section 2t7, you will at once furnish your county supervisor with a list of such names, who will proceed against same as directed in section 209 revised statutes 169:3 Respectfully, L P. Er oN, Comptroller General. There is a statute which provides :hat in case such returns are not made on time that the party or corporation be sued in the name of the c-unty supervisor. Mr. Epton, as the follow ing circular will indicate, intends to seek the cooperation of the county auperisors in the work of getting re turns from merchants: Columbia. S. 0., November, 1897. -, Sunervisor- County: Dear Sir: Your attention is directed to 2t3 (218) revised statutes 1893, w hicn is as follo ws: 'Ii any person, company or corpo ton shall commenc-t any business in any county of this State after the first day of January in any year, the capi tal or property employed in which shall not have been previously listed for taxation for said county, and shal not wihin 30 days thereafter make such report to the auditor oisaid coun ty es required in section 2t37, he or thov shani forfeit and pay the sum of $100, which shall be collected by civil action in the name of the county su. ervisor and paid into the county reasu:y for the exclusive benefit of the conuty and proce-ss in such cage may ismi. out of the court o' conmon &il of te coumyv la which such us - ss was -'om'mence-1, directed to the proer otiicer and be served in anr co:ty o' the St'e " *setuy L P. ErroN, Comp tro ler General. Mr. E1 a s-t':t that the statute e,:i-r t'o *-l.: at returns has not been gene av enforemi and that it seemns to boe *r. ost dji' llt matter to gct its prorvsion reem'~izad. ma' ar sea-e r&!ming. E itor Ne xs a ad Co~uritr 'Wulist itu *ou1nbia inst we on thei State Fir ;rrounds, in the midst of a great '-raad ' met an old boyhood :ompaion, r. Da i. Rush, now arnninOranebrg County, and mcid'a- IVdane ni n how he had setde u his frning operations thisZ year I wa's utobfcunderi at his re'. S aid~ r: "I had in 1' acres :> c t o w whih mat e 15J baler, aversg ma -de 3 bales or at the rate of 936 punds lint per scre. Imrade enough c'r e to last m o:- t wo y ears. I raade my ow'n atupply of wheat, cane syrup nd rice. and whilst rmy neigh'bors but fail were not sow'iog oaits, I put in to svark sowing them, and ha,. mlade 4 bushels per acre A day or so ago I sold my neigW'bars seven hundred bushels for se'd. I made great quan tities of potatoes, and actus IF sup plied from my s:rmoke house all the auids on the ulauie without the pur chase of a slagie pourad." Said I, "G:cod gracious, Davre, you must be -rtcin thae 0lankea. "Oh, no," nii he; -it is every word the truth." If he says it is tihe truth it is the truth, and that is ali that can b'e said. Tcere isrouse to doubnt it. I shall 2xpect yout to carry out your promise to send a Reoorter "" to E'oree to get MAr. Rua- n~eit-"ds m'ore~ fully an'dto <rive a~ad on-i-c. "le lyadd- that Iab- ii. at t1he \*'a t.1 scad your Rapr~e to sur t'a I u ic a - ter. T.J Mons Onin ;ecini.e Ky.New car eun edes w~e mplyedin. ." i'it-pe. y'e pr*-r to is .a 1.ev aige agod del, fr th fore l'heyoug wmenwaled at of' ah -o hg dag' an have notur TJ C'=.TTON GROWER\Vi S. A. CALL FOR DELEGATES FROM I OUT- RN STATES Thte WVork kFrom w.-Freri1:. t Willborn Aki Gov'rnor itrb, to Have O:h.-r G;v -rner,+ Nami, Delegates. Wi-en the Cotton Gro ers' con vention met here during Fair week it as re 1z:d t'L h would be much time ,or the seiecion of de"e es to the cor vention t;a' has been cal1d: to met next month in Atlata. P:de:it Wlborn does not wish to t.. selection of iele estesf sm anrv of tre counties or da who wih to attend the eC i v). be w lcone I. h:" ever, des-ird that every t::ate h :ad Le -ell *ep sente, and o .. :s ce. t: .t:. W;ilb-- .ha ad S. dr d ":i letter to Go. Ei1eroe asking :!im! t) 'leve -he outirn ;,;vert;es ram- .ichai.s to th ov i. Po -stKilorn incomliac1 C oi b. S. C o.15197 To etton Gro-,ers of the St3uh: A? a re and enthusiastic m~etire tth cotun grovert of the State of S -)uti Car.ina wherein all sections of this state weie represented, it was resolved that e":ery State in the South be invited to send delegates to a con vention to be calel to meet iu Atlan ts Ga , Dec. 14, 1897 The purpose I of thois convention is to organize the co.ton growers of the South, thereby securing unity of action in the market in; and sale of this great staple, also to devise ways and means by which we may be able to break and throw off :he shackles of business slavery that now biads us. With foreign ex changes dictating the price, we can only expect ruin and distress in the future. We can achieve independence only by organization. With a view of securing an ex change of ideas and perfecting an or ganizition which it is hoped will re sult in good. I have been instructed to call a convention of delegates from all the cotton growing States to meet in Atlanta, Ga., on the 14th of Da cembar, 1S97. All who are interested in this cause are most earnestly requested to co operate. The governors of the cotton growing States have been asked to se lect delegates and all State orgaiza tions interested in the prosperity of the cotton growers are requested to name and secure the attendance of delegates at this general convention. J. C. WILBORN, President South Carolina Cotton Growers' Association. President Wilborn has, in the fot lowing letter, asked Gov. Elerbe to seek the cooperation of all the south ern governors: Columbia, S. C., Nov. 19. 1897. His Excellency, W. H. Ellerbe Gov ernor of South Carolina. Dear Sir-Will you kindly ask the governors of the cotton growing Sta-es to app int delegates to the Cot Growers' convention which has been called to ineet in Atlanrts, G.i., Dec. 11. 1897? The purpose of'this convention is to consider the marketing, sale and p:- c: of cotton atd to devise some plan, if possible, by which the produc ers of this great staple may receive a pri-e above the cost of production. We realize that concert of action among tbe farmers of the south is es sential, therefore I urge that earnest, Ipractical farmers be appointed from each State. The representation we Iwould ask for is one for each cong~res sional district and two from each State at-large, to assemble in Atlanta, Ga , Dcc 14 1897. With the hope of your kind co-operation, I am, most respect fully, J. C. W ILBoRN, President South Caroliaa Cotton Gro weds Association. Gov. Ellerbe has already indicated his intention of doing what he could to help ti-e cotton growers aiong in their work -Columba SLtt. D.on't Losve the ontry. The strange infatuation for c ty life, which has seized the county, is one o thte worst signs of the times. It used to be, especially in the South, that the country was the seat of the wealth, the intellizence, and the besr. social life~ of our' neople. But times have changed. The old planatations have been, for the most part, deserted, ard a cnstant exodus has been going on frons the country to the city. The gliare and glamour of the cr-owded miort have exercised an unwonted fas ciz ation upoc the minds of our peo pie, and thousands have Itcked to the city. We believe, however, that this mania for city life has reached its height, and that erelong we will wit ness the return of hundreds to the farms and plantations which so much need the touch of intelligent, well di rtcted industry. The exigencies of the situation will demasnd the deple tion of our crowded centers, and idle hands will find useful and profitable employment in that oldest and most essential of all occupations. agricul ture. This will be a glad day, and will mark the beginning of a new and better order of things. It has ever been true, that county life is best suited to the growth of those higher and better qualities which go to make up sturdy manhood and virtuous woman-hood.- And when our people get back their old time love for the country and return to build up the waste placer, we will see seain the solerndid civil'ntion of the Oid Stand by the farm, and build up around the country home. Develop there a social life so attractive that the din and noise and stir of the city wil not be needed to give it interest and vivacity. There are more inteili gent farmers at work in the South now than we have had for many years past and there is a greater opening in t -t neld than ever before. There is -;t a great deal of hardship, privation do sutierfug among those who' rush ' the town . With industry and ecou av these could all live lives of comn ..r. atnd? iu -pndece on the farms Don' leae te r -ural districts. There isth nrai nm of man. Fe 1 in a 'uesth tra.p. I . Wis val, a capitalist of Boston. fo i; ; he bas-ment of the Grand dV niet, and vas 'ound WVednesday annng able to move ab.out, but s .eeals and un~conscous on acount of i.i arv to his brain. The hospital phy cia-as deue upon an operation, a d tesuiwas tr~Lepnn in the 3 :, dition. Wi-li was soppog a 'eA agon'Htel, arnd was trying to enter' te dr~uz store in the building hi ead. producing concutsion of the bran ined by a Tram. A. whi- mran was run over and in ed by a freight train in Charlotte, N. a. Toursay mnorning, while drunk and asleep on the track Cards on the body identinl-d him as Dennis Cannon of S-,racuse, N. Y. The body was burled at the county home, the au thorities being unable to hear any hagw from his relatives or friends. When v U !reet aha f-et)b Ih;ke .ud it bi M e tl:s h' Shakes le tith y1. u. T -.'s tie worst o !f ti c e u T'j have no se.tf courtesy. C .d Camlrona will tell ypou: ;l : ooutit Andrew sot irto New York recentivc on the s amrship Y.c'tsu with part of h i; fet jeg aln-es s! nu'bp d e to the fact that a s'r ar hd x.cone co inti ?Jte wjtb 1i:. mo n- d A ndr bottle aSero hurt Camneron i-s . dos i - . H_ i th.e emaior of the Err M . :re t f . h d', -,'' n aa cetrlisca:_ E " as :er: to Vera Cruz to insoec t orre of t airs te-e, aind it w~s the eo ata rce o he sT .. Fir tt e .e tens t as no. a s h a o. Ti ertl t:'S ra i :e B. kan CLern 16 ther c e ca.e. Trmere icoren : beat a sit ~ aonm airqwied meon Soeghtcd slo e atu:o te brtacm,~ lie ware a metal rh.:t, a raober -awt.J t,.;:rubber being a g:aa tter of al 1ach thici,, and regu ar diving b oos On the bettaio of each ocot was 2 pounds of kead. Carreron wa)s aligbe tweetn some of t'he piles v: hen he saw a shado,v above him. It neq sired only one glance to see that the substance of the shadio-.v was a. shark tea feet long. He made straight for Cameron. The di er tried to get out of the way, but could not. The shark struck him a powerful blow on the left leg, and tried to turn him over at the same. time. Cameron drew his diver's dirk, which has a blade 18 inches long. He plunged it into te belly of the shark. Tne sea tiger, returning the compli ment, sank two large sets of teeth into Cameron's leg. Cameron, not to be outdone, slit the shark from his mid dle down to the tail. But the shark kept his grip on Camero?s leg and bit througn the rubber suit, crushing the bones of the knee. The shark rose to the surface and floated there, lying. When Came ron was pulled to the surface he was so weak that he could not climb into the boat, but he said, "I killed him, didn't I," He was cared for by Dr. Feral, in one of the Mexican hospitals. He :s now in the Sailor's home, in Cherry street. New York. . Boys are Bargiars. A sp:cal dispatch from Greenville to the Columbia State says the police of that city Thursday made an arrest which they believe will lead to the ap prehension of the gang of burglars who have been so active for the past three months. The officers have all along said it was a crowd of boys with Jesse James notions and it turns cut that there has been in existence a gang with an oath to murder the first one who turns informer. It was on the night of Aug. 7, that the Hum phrey's shoe bonanz2. and Felon's hock store were broken into. From the first a lot cf money was stolen and Fei'on missed numerous gold pens and boxes of ci gars. Night before hast young Com modore Peigler, with a companion, was seen dragging the Springwood ccmetery iaie and today Peigier was ar rested. The police found fifty gold pens and several boxes of cigars in the .akt:. Peigler this afternoon confesse d to have known the g oods were in the water, but denies any participation in the robberies, of which there have been a number since the gang began work. The police say there are at least five boys in the gang, but one of them has left town. Peigler is being urged to inform on the others, but refuses to do so. He is about 21 years old and the son of a well known and energetic shoemaker. The citers have had him and others under suspicion all the time and other arrests may be expect ed soon. His p:-eliminary will be held saturday. Caroeen shooting. IThe Su.:ter correspondent of The 1State says. Eaglish Cooper, the 1t vear old son of Capt.-Eii M. Cooper, who lives near Mayesv ille, was pain fully wourded in the head Wet nes day by a pistol bill fired by a recki ess Robert Singl.etary arid another raegro Iwhose name could not be :eare d we passing rileng a road in a wagon anid on neaiirg Miss Brearley's school, o-f which young Ccoper is a pupil, a dog ran out anid began barking. The un known negro tcld Sinigletary to shoot the dog. He oulled his pistol, pre sum ably to do so,~buxt a corey of partridges flewy up and he fired inro them instead. The bail went into the open window of the school house and s'ra~k you ng Co~oer in the back of the head, wo was' fortunat-ly bending over his desk. which caused the bullet to glance upward, thereby causing a painful scalp wound. The little fello'v was rendered utnconscious for some time, but the physicians attending him do not apprehiend any serious results from the wound. Bath of the negroes were captured and they at first denied the. shooting, but later Sing letary confess ed that he fired the shot. They were bound over for trial at the next. term of court. They Mast Get Married, Jacob Burkhart, of St. Louis, the father of four beautiful grown-up daughters, Lired of the long courtship that seem necessary to mnarriage nowa days. has given his daughters teir chusice, either that they must all be married oefore Decemboer 1 or leave their home to make their own way inl the world. Mr. Burktart says there is too much dilly-dailying and court ig among your~g people, and nas n~o use for the young mlea who part the'r hair inthe middle and call upon young wome ih no intention of marrying them. "Mty daughters hav"e been cour ted er-'ou-h to bea nrrid ong ag , he said, "ard the ust either get r-ari'-d at once er shit fou tem sele. M-an shi"e i ou .en i fu and acoipli-c dughters, eiter tstagOit W wh0 they c"ll ta i art. heelU: MisEa 1a 1o ma r. Allt~t th .ich sa 'he wil huethirhoe and e t''ra toer 0 va *u ultimaium. rant. wo!. er-ers brI , iaII varmuis kid o il i-n1. Ua dr e- i ri~t- Ida.shde cat-h Saira fa ~r of co-r wee "r.u'd in the oudth. .rt p.-ng r Our rsnera. t is a.. . " :~s i 'pc fro N ' Yot !- le. 2 h'a :ihe I "i rp)ato crop of d 'I ans '.roge; si r.'rej a is <i xc.iu -d here is a yi "' ne::r y a third in the elof the crC, whilf is " auality" as awhoe is "grea~ly dttlcient. Connt- and towrshiO returns from is ;added, sho 7 a yi-d o' oniy 174. (0u bush'-- as a-irs: 1 , 00 us lsl y a -,e.snd 2-7,. 18, Ti state tr 'rt i:.r U-t ber 18:37," inseId ^,C ::::. dep ri ;ra t cf agric lture, a In the articl. e ltin, to irish patatoes it is rited, 'tat 'a marked decline during the me.aand tite exc:eeding lyl aers f 61 G points i th:e -uaan oa n - e repr'd. This~ coudioit t i a-d, is 201 pois ts b Yo Cth cdion en~ OcL0 1 lat y : r ; is 1;.'; poi ts c'.,in tr+ u;r:;ge 0cto.ber co:nditions for the last tea year , and is .- io:est O..:ier Cti~ion wituin u':een years, excelt in ihS7, when the cos as a fraelion lower than at jresent. The builetia adds that the conditious reported iLd. cte less than half a normal crop inl "Main, New Hampshire, Vermuont, 0::io, Indiana, Illinois and Missouria, but little more than half acrop in Uassachusetts, Rhode Island. Ccnnec ticut. Genreia, Tennessee, Kentucky, Io'ta and Kansas. 2nd 1 si than tw thirds of a crop in New York. Peu;a sylvania, Arkansas and West Virgin ia.', In this state things we assume that the farmers who shall have the first and best and most Irish potatoes :o sell next year will find their posi tion a pleasant and prc fi'able one. Farmers in South Cirolina can regu late their plans and planting acc:.-d ingly. The indications all are that the first Irish potatoes that are sent to market command unusually good prices. Meeting of Cotton Growers. Preparations are hein- rapidly mrde for the holding of the convention of the cotton growers of the southern States in Atlanta on Dec. 13. This convention has been called by these in charge of the recent convention held in Columbia in consequence of the sc tion taken at -that tine. President Wilborn of the State Farmers' Alli ance, who was president of the State convention is confident that the gather ing in Atlanta will b3 a most repre sentative one. The following was is sued by Mr. Wilborn Monday: By direction of the South Carolina Cotton Growers' convention, which assembled in Columbia Nov. 10, 1897. I hereby cell upon every cotton grower and each person interested in produc ing cotton to assemble at their respec tive county court houses on the first Monday of December for the purpose of effecting a :ermanent organ zstion to joai is with the other southern States in taking such action as will enable the cotton growers to in some way better control the production and sale of the ctton crop of the south and in some measure obtain the full market value of this great staple crop. J. C. WILBORN, President of S. C. Catton Growers' Association. Mr. Wilborn fears that the cott~on growers in the various States will not have time to meet and elect delegates to represent them at the convention because of the nearness of the date so pointed and he will ask Governor El serbe to write a personal letter to each of the governors of the other southern States asking them to appoint tw~o delegates at large and one from each congressional dihtrict in their respec tive States. The several governors will be asked to appoint men who are direct lv concerned in the matter and such :nen oflyV The coming convention will dousbtless attract widespread at to::tion both in the northi and the'scu h and the result of its deliierations will be awaited with no little concern, par ticularly by those who manipualate th price of cotton. A Borrible Death, A h'oble accident occurred Friday riza in Cearleston on the corner of Has Istreet and Maidei L m:-, oy whichi H-.ry Hey i ward, a colored sir.emnan iin te employ of :he Caariestoin Light mI Power comnpany lcst his ii's. Es ;'-ard w a tning ca ao arm of a ~oe drawing a wire, when to ge't a i-tmer i'-ip ne leaned forward and in don so his body canme in contact wth the otner wire of the circur~it The eavy charze threw him in a reclin 'ng psition on thro litV wires and w a uti right Latd M;ill ti-'2ly gr.ap ing thbe w ie e pie.: inl a fe w wer s He did not hav'e en his gi- v-s at e time and his realigence c ;used 1is death. The n~rrrile sight c f the un fcrtuoate man beirg raasr~ was wit nessed by a numb-r of people He hung on the ->:ires with his body lii sh iag a blue tire for a bout three 2~iautes, av which uimn awrd was ootten to :hr power hou~ie u ed the ci c iut was shut otf. Tie siers odor of hur ing A il filled. toe atmosphere. Tle~e were very fe w propie who could stand the sight and several passers-by be cae ili frot nerely taking a ain glance at the unfortunate man s z zbng on the wires. Th~e fo:ce from the power house reach ad the scene in about tive minutes when a rope was attached to Hey ward's body and he was lo-wered to the ground and sent home in the police patrol wagon. The wires burnt ceen iuto the lAsh at the several ulaces oan his body and hand. The bones of his hands wer' - x osed to the wirt s The shutting Ott ci the current caused an accident at the Academy of Music, where the K t Hearn company was exhibiting. A. Japanese equilibrist was pertorn.; at the too ot a pole and as the ste e was suddenly thrown in darkness th: perormer fell to the bor The Ja panese susta'ued a feV painful e --k I. b-a WS.ate i)'i A Nor"crer Praises Lee Rie43. H~r SoddardJ says in -.h E n ail sra Exprese: "To-.rv :he norh ?as wel-l as tne ~o~ those . r r-ien G- - -aes o La.:u i aacf prity~ a .dp-ty,~ . ar..2 beacoce, .- ,:1 -t-s "r bu r e-v of the man-, no-: er ---te i- a inte- art fth nre.t whichL give asturanc'e of Jck F,' a- Wa LI T. - Ai. list*er sayc: Jack i as:enrater ate ia visiting ee~tu o thec~utry thinyear. :n ler sus here yae buen tso or me v~ry it visit 'ions, but no tiiafo-ut L ist year a killing frost :am 0:1 0:nober 19, which was some wh .tbatd shedle titne, tne reguai ton period being about the GLu. We Royal mnakce the food pure, wholesome and delicious. 1QYAL Al POWDER Absolutely Pure POVA EAK: 0'CER CO., NEW YORK. CORN LAND j iUGAR BEET LAND. S.me snDa stiora fir ?he Consideratlion of the Fa m d. The New Castle, Indiana, Courier rp rits a meet''2 in that city last week cf the farms-s of the surrcunding neighi.brhood to hear an address from Prof. Wiley, of the United States de psrtment of agr:cul!ure, on the sub ject of sugar beet culture. The meet ing was compcsect of e.resentative farmers, and was large enough to fill the court room, and the new industry is regarded with great interest by the farmers generally throughout the Middle States. Prof. Wiley, it is briefly explained, 'gave an instructive talk." Among other things that he said of general interest was that while some soils were better adapted than others to the growth of sugar beets, "any soil that was capable of producing good corn would produce good beet, having the r. quisite percentage of saccharine matter, if properly prepared and well cultivated." He laid much stress on the importance of deep ploughing, in order to give the plants the proper downward growth, and of thinning out the plants as to get the best re sults. One point that he made de serves special notice. The sugar beet crop, he said, is not an "easy" one to raise. That is, it is not a crop that raises itself," and no lazy or slovenly farmer is likely to succeed with it. Another interesting point, and one that will be new to most farmers, we think, related to the effect of the best crop in improving land and enhanc ing its value. In discussing this part of his subject Prof. Wiley stated that in the northern part of France, the great wheat producing section of that country, the annual average yield of wheat had increased from seventeen to t wenty six bushels per acre, and that the value of lands devote'd to beet cul * re was "far in excess" of that of lands in other localities. The pulp fron the factories, he added, is "in valua ble as a food for cattle, sheep and hogs, the finest milk and butter in all Europe being made in those districts where the cows are fed on beet pulp." With a beet sugar factory at New Castle, he declared, "the farming lands within a radius of several miles, if no w worth $100 an acre, would wish in five years be considered cheap at $200.'' These facts and suggestions, says the State, may prove interesting and useful to some of the farmers in South Carolina. Corn can be growen and is grown in every part of the State, and the sugar beet can be grown, accord ing to Prof. Wiley. on any land that. produces gogd corn. Among the re quisites for a successful beet sugar tactory, which he mentioned, were 'an abundance of good water and plenty of limestone." Good water aboutds in the State, and there is plenitly of limestone mn some of the counties at any rate. Tne main re quiranent besides these two is plenty of be-ts. Of the right quality, and the vers tirst question to be decided for any locality' is whether it will pro d Jce good beets. That is a question wdich only f armers of the district can decide. It is noted that at the meet ing in the Indiana county many of the farms rs who were present exhibited specimaen beets which they hid grown tii year for purposes of experiment. It would appear to be highly de sirable f~r like experiment to be made in every part of South Carolina. A cron that will double the value of landoutrightt, thnat will increase its produc-iveness for other valuable croos, and that wvill s rve to establish an imnporiaat aar.cultural industry br a des the one for whicki it is especially employed, is worthy of the thourhtful atteu tion of farmers ia S~utn Caroli na. It is poss:b e, indeed, that tnere may oc some Carolina rais-d szgar beets on exhibition at the State~ Fair. We hope there willbe, as object 1+s ss of this kind are far mncrs effective than arguments. If there a:e none this year, we may s'ill hope that there will be a goodly exhiibit next year. The cr0p is surely destined to bezooe, in t'ie near future, one of tni mnost imnrtant crops in the c'ountry. It rn ty sff ord a large i l d for agricul tiral enterprit's ]n 8>u'.h Carilina. We should not neglect it while other, a a richer, States are giving it so large a measnre of attention. Greait Fire in Londin A fire s'a-rte d in L andon, E i land, on list Frity a't-raioon at one o'clock edc tu"ad untt after four o'clock $erdi'y trrorn'n;. The district rav -.ed oe t;e tire is bounded hr AMders ..me, R d Cross, Milenkad court and B-ad ord avenue, at.d includes he i'eraizcdiat treets Je si- Haza .&l, Well, E imut~d. Je wia Uiresent P.ais alle-. Cripple Gee churchi oad Wod 6rcet -q-ur., Ma;rk Weil xtrt N uch*! sq'u re atnd Forra -treet Uae buwadred and fifty wqre~ uss re~ cutted with a loss of $25. U0 F0 I is the iggest fire l-a Loa THE New York Evening Post says *at one thing which has been made p aiu, especially by the result in Io a, Y de nopelessness of keeping up 2seperate Populist organization Many members of that party detested the fusion with the Bryan Dzao crats in the presidential contest, and vowed that they would never sup port such a coalition agsin. These "middle of the rosad" men put up a ticket of their own in Iowa, an expect ed that it would receive a good many votes, but the movemement '"petered Out,' until it had become ridiculoue, ee before election day. It is as obvi ous to old Populists as it is to old Ddm ccrats that nio third organition is ikely to amount to anyth'iag under prsent conditions, and t is force the roelr, as well as the latter, to choose Ot '.eean the Rpublicans and toe Bry anites who ho e got control oi the nocrati o:-ainatinnl.