The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, May 18, 1898, Image 4
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DP..T.4MA2E DAWS ALES SN FROM
A RUSTIC SCENE
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tic Bible scene D: a m. this
sermon draws prC:i;a slag
lesson! :or all c'ass o' e .e. The
text is Excdus iii, 1. 'ow Mcses kept
the fcct o1f Jet L th r in law.
the priest cf Md
In me soutLeastern ps. r: o Arabia a
man is sittiog by a I s an arid
counIry and water :s sctre?, so that a
well is of greAt valu sr d il:cts and
herds are driven vast distances to have
their thirst slaked. Jetb-'o, a MIidian
ite sheik and priest wts so fortunate
as to have seven daughters, and tey
are nractical girls. ar:d yunder they
come driving the sheep and cattle and
camels of thir father to the waterinr.
They lower the tuchets and then pull
them up, t'e water ploshing on the
stones and chilling their feet, ar d the
troughs are filled. Nk ho is that man
out there sitting uncorcerned and
looking on? Why does he not ccw e
and help the women in this hard work
cf drawirg water2 Bat-no sooner
have the dry lips ana paetirg rnstrils
of the flecks begun to cool a little in
the brimming trough c the well t'an
some rough Beenii stherds break
in upon the scene, a7d with clubs snd
shouts drive hack the animals that
were drinking ad atfrigot these
girl. until they fly in retreat, and
the flocks of these ill monnered she.
herds are driven to the trougns, taking
the places of the othter llxks. Now
that man sitting by the wel begins to
color up, a.:d his eye flashes with in
dignation, and all the gallantry cf his
nature is aroused. It is Moses, who
naturally had a quick temper anyhow,
as he demonstrated on one cccasion
when be saw an Egyptian oppressing
an Israelite and gave the Egyptian a
sudden clip and buried him in the
sand, and as he showed afterward
when he broke all the Ten Commard
ments at once by shattering the two
granite slabs on which the law was
written. But the injystice of this
treatment of the seven girls sets him
on fire with wrath, and be takes this
shepherd by the throat and pushes
back another till he falls over the
trough and aims a stunning olow be
tweed the eyes of another as ne cries,
"Begone, you villains!" and he hoots
and roars at the sheep and cattle and
camels of these invaders ari drives
them back, and, having cleared ie
place of the desperadoes, he told the
seven girls of this Midianite sheik to
gather their flccks together and bricg
them again to the watering.
Oh, you ought to see a nght between
the shepherds at a well in the orient
as I saw it in December, 1890. There
were here a group of rough men who
had driver the cattle may miles and
here anther group who had driven
their cattle as many miles. Who
should have precedence? Such clash
ing of buckets! Such hooking of
horns i Sun kicking of hoofs! Such
vehemence in a language I fortunate
ly could not understand! Now the
sheep with a peculiar mark across
their woolly back:, were at the trough
and now the sheep of another mark.
Itawas one of the most exciting scenes
I ever 'witnessed. An old book de
scribes one of these contentions at an
eastern well when it say's: "One day
the poor men, the widows and the oi:
phans met together and were drivmng
their camels and their flocks to drmnk
and were all standing by the water
"'side. Daji came up and stopped them
all and took possession of the water
for his master's cattle. Just then an
old woman belonging to the tribe of
Abs came up and accosted him in a1
suppliant manner, saying: --B9 so1
good, Master Daji, as to let my cattle,
drink. They are all the property I
possess, andlIlive by their miik. Pity1
my flock; have compassion on me.
Grant my request and let them drink."'
Then came another old woman and]
addressed him: 'On, Master Daji,1
I am a poor, weak old woman, as you,
see. 1Dume has dealt hardly with me.]
It has aimed its arrows at me, and its:
daily and nightly calamities have de-j
stroyedall my men. I have lost my
children and my husband, and since<
then I have been in great distress.
These are all that I possess., Let them
crink, for I live on the milk that they]
p roduce. Pity my forlorn state. I
have no one to tend them. Therefore
grant my supplication and of thy
kindness let them drink.' But in this
case the brutal slave, so far from
granting this humble request, smote2
the woman to the ground.'
A like scrimmage has taken place at
the well in the triangle of Arabia be
tween the Bedcuin shepherds andi
Moses championing the cause of the,
seven daughters who had driven their
father's flocks to the wateribg. One
of these girls, Zippcrah, her name
meaning - little bird," was captured
by this heroic behavior of Moses, for,
however timid woman herself may bs,
she always admires courage in a man.
Zipporah became the bride of Moses,
one of the mightiest men of all thei
centuries. Zipporah little thought
that that morning as she helped drive
her father's ficcks to the well she was
plendidly deciding her own destiny. t
Hdshe staid in the house while
the other sis: daughters of the sheik 1
tended to their herds her hife would
probably have been a tame and un]
eventiul lif e in the solitudes. But her1
industry, her fidelity to her father's1
interest, her spirit of helpfulness,
brought her into league with one of
the grandest characters of all history.]
They met sat that samous well, and
while she admired the courage of
Moses he admired the ilal behavior
of Zipporah. -
And you will have to go down be
fore you go up. From the pit intoi
which his rrothers threw him and the
prison in which his incarcerated him
Joseph rose to be Egypusan prime
minister. Elijah, who ws~s to be the]
greatest of all the arncient prophets;
Elijah, who mnada Ksing Ahao's knees
knock together with the prophecy<
that the dogs would be his only un
dertakers; Elijah, whose one prayer<
brought more than three years of
drought, andS wh.>se otner prayer<
brought drentching showers, the man<
who wrapped up his cape of sheepskin
into a rotl and with it cut a path
through ragirng Jordan for just twot
men to pass o'er, the man who withi
wheel of tire rode over deat and
escaped into the skies without mortu -
ary disintegration, the man whot
thousands of yerrs after was culedt
out of the eternities to stand beside
Jeasus Christ con Mount Tabor when<
it was ablaze with the splendors of
transfiguration - this man could look
back to the time when voracious and
filthy ravens were his on Jr caterers.
See also in this call o: 2oses that
God has a great memory, Four hun
dred years before he had promised the
the deliverance of the oppressed Israel
ites of Egypt. The clck of time hasI
struck the hour, ar d now Moses is
called to the work of rescue. Four
hundred years is a very long time, but
you see God can remember a promise
400 years as well as y ou can remember
400 minutes. Four hundred years in
tade to t2em, .d we may exoect
fulillmert in cur heart ard life
b!essitgq that were predictcd to our
Lhristian ancestry centuries ago. Yoru
bave a dim remembrance, if any re
membrance at all, of ycurgreat grand
rn:her, but God seen those who were
:n their knees in 159S as well as tacs'
on their kne.es in 1S11. ar-d the b'esr -
Engs he promised the former and th-eir
descendants have arrived or vill ar
rive. While piety is n-. hereditary it
.s a grand thir z to have had a pious
ancestry. So GLd in this cbapter ca is
ao the pedigree of tte peo.le wi-ca
Moses was tc. delirr, c d los% it cr
dered to s.y t- iat. -The Lord G:
of your fathers. thet. Gd of Aarshaizt
the Gcd of Isiac a- 13 of Jacb, I
hath sent me u-o Yvu-" 1! li
tbought be divinel accurate, ct rrV
ask, what are we doing by pra e' andt
by a holy li:e fr- ':: redemp n cf
the next 400 years? Our work JA "ot
only with the people of the latter part
of the nineteenth century, but with
those in the cicsing of the t mntieth
century, and the closing of the txen
ty first century, the clcig cf the
twenty second century, and the cios
ine of the twenty-third century. For
400 years, if the world continues to
s xing until that time. cr if it drops,
then rot withstanding the ir. fluence
will go on in other latitudes and long
itudes of (oad's uni7erse.
No one realizes how great he is for'
good or for evil. There are branch
ings out and rebounds and reverbera
tions anct claborations of indloence
that cannot be estimamej. The 50 or
100 years of our earthly sts is only a
smalL part of our sphere. The tlip of
one wir.g of the destroying angel thai
smote the Egyptian oppressors, tie
wash of the R:d seaover tne heads of
the drowned Egyptians, were all fui
ailents of promises four certuries
old. And things occur in your i1fL
and in m'ne that we cannot acount
ir. They may be the echoes of 'LEst
was promised in the sixteenth or sev
enteenth centu ry. Oa. the p-olonga
tion of the divine nemor3 !
Notice also that Mcses was SO yeais
of age when he got this call to become
Israelitiah deliverer. Forty years he
had lived in palaces as a prince.
Another 40 years he had lived in the
wildtrness of Arabia. I should not
wonder if he had said: '-Take a
younger man for this work. Eighty
winters have exposed my healta.
Eighty summers -have poured their
heats upon my head, There are 40
years that I spent among the enervat
ing luxuries of a palace, and ther
follow the 40 years of wilderness hard
ship. I am too old. L t me off.
Setter call a man in the f rties or
fifties and not one who has entared
upcn the eighties." Nevertheless he
undertook tte work, SInd if we want
to know whether he succeeded ask the
bandoned brick kilos of Egyptian
tsknasters, and the spl:ntered ctario.
wheels strewn on the oeach of the R 'd
sea, and the timbrels which Miriam
lapped for the Israelites passed over
and the Egyptians gone under.
Do not retire too early. Lire Moses
yc.u may have your chief work to do
after 80. It may not be in the high
plaes of the field. It may not be
where a strong arm and an attiletic
foot and a clear vision are requirec
btut there is something for you yet to
io Perhaps it may be to round coff
he work you have already~ done, to
emonsmrate the patience you have
ben recemtrending all your lifetime.
Prhaps to stand a lighthouse at the
:nouth of the b..y to light otners into
iarbor. Perhaps to sho w how glorn
mus a sunset may come after a stormy
ly.
If aged men do not feel strcng
mough for any thing else, let them sit
tround in our churches and pray, and
erhaps in that way they may accctn -
lish more good than they ever cd
. the meridan of their life. It makes
.is feel strong to see aged men and
women all up and down the news,
;heir faces showing they have been on
he mountain of Lransfiguration. We
want in all our churches more menI
ike Moses, men who have been
;hrough the deeps arnd climbed up the1
;helled beach on the other side, We
want aged Jacobs, who have seen
adders which let down heaven into
heir dreams. We want aged Peter-.
who have been at Pentecosts, and aged
Pauls, who have made Felix tremble.
here are here and there those who
eel like the woman of 90 years who
aid to Fentenelle, who was 85 years
f age, "Death appears to have for
otten us." "liush." said Fontenelle
~he wit, putting his finger to his lip.
~o, my friend, hou have not been
orgotten. You will be called at the
ight time. Meantime te bolily cc
upied.
Let the aged remember that by ir
~reased longevity of the race men .are
iot as old at 60 as they used to be at
i0, not as old at 70 as they .used to be
i0. not as old at SO as they used to be
it 70. Sanitary precaution bet ter un
terstood; medical sCience further ad
ranced; laws of health more thorcuga
y adopted; dentistry continuing for
onger time successful mastication;
iomes and churches and court roms
Lud places of business better ventilated
-all these have prolonged life, ann
ne and women in the close of this
entury ought not to retire until at
east 15 years later than in the op--n
ng of the century. Do not put the
arness off until you have fough: a
ew more battles~. Think of Moses
tarting out for his chief work an oc
ogenaian; 40 years of wilderness life
fer 40 years of palace life, yet j tst
>eginning.
There lies dying at Hawarden, Eng
and, one of the most wonderful men
hat ever lived since the ages of time
>egan their roll. He is the chief citi
an of the whole world, Three times
iss he practically been king of Great
ritain. Again and again coming
'roen the house of commons, which be
iad thrilled and overawed by his
alcquence, on Saturuay, on Sunday
norning reading prayers for the peo
ie with illumined countenance and
>rimmng eyes and resounding voice,
aying: "I believe in God the Father
amighty, msker of heaven and earth
tod in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our
ord,"
The world has n other such man to
ose as Gladstone. Tne church has no
ther such champion to mourn over.
shall never c. ase to thank God tha'
mn Mr. Gladstone's invitation I visited
iim at Eawarden at~d neard f rom his
>wn lips his belief in the authenticity
f the Holy Scriptures, the divinity of
sus Christ and the grandeurs of;he1
world to comne. At his table and in.
,he walk through his grounds I w.as
mpressed as I was never before, an d
>robaly wilt never t~e again, wit h
he majesty of anature all consecrated1
o God and the word1's betterment. In
he preser~ca of such a man wnat have~
hseto say wao pro.ess o i ha
>r religion is a p2u. n-m.us a:;:d
eak and cowardly and unreasrt be
ffair? Matchless William E. Glad
tone:
Still further watch this spectacle o&
renuine courage. No wonder whena
toses scattere.d the rude shepherds lac
woni Zipporah's heart. What mat ter
a it to Moses whether the cattle or the
;even daughters of Jethro were driven
~rom the trougns by the rude herds
nen? A stnse of pustice nlrea Lts
ourage, and the wor~d wants mare of
Lhe spirit that will dare almost any-i
thing to see others righted. All the~
time at weils of comfort, at wells of
water.
steu n aI
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And ;1:0 - -62"
ili further in i c
t" at if C-C as ay V . w r
you t c "a h e ' ju r .
was Eyp r~dAa'.s 1 e
W!thc their e-owd-dp uti ~ n
man the L-r :: a at I
southern 2om of the tr-al c' Ara
b i t h ~ e r c ks im r;. r:. If:
chepe: d who k-,. L-"ncz nfJ
re, -is fa 'er ini h pi
shi -k. S3 God -.; ,. iudithd
take you o-t froa 1,6. i t
huma: race if he wa-as i anyt L
especaI. There ,s cn!c jaa (:wr.
qualified. OcuEr mIn .a cIurage
ike Vos-.. o0:-r 'I
taleliso M .' , :
a r iheir isras J
ofltr mnei wer- a tslsNr
but n,3 !t:eA -d6-eu:
qua'itafs :n he ee'.cp r
Mloses., srkd God , wz-- o-.aK 's no mi,;s
rightplc D> ::c! fea: y-u wil k
e d IG :d c ant liI Uta C, t,
y-jL!r na-me, T aU: fe.t Ur s, y Cou ty M
perhmni.L ara ;o r c-%o'.:.rA
and in what .d or ci-y or aro
neizhborihooa or ouse e
will not have t,) senad out sc -u's
Explorers t> fitd --our r ce
place of stoppinz, a d whn he -n
Noa he will rake it as pin thst he
means you as h made iz plaia that hei
needel Moses. He calLed r:s name
twice, as afterwsard wh-n he caIled
the great apostle to it.-' gehtiles
called twic3, saying "Saul. Saul," aud
when he calkld the troubld iise
keeper he ca'lhd her twice, saying.
MrLha, Marth a," td w-Ea he cai
ed th1 prop""t to niS i-S he e 1l 1
Lirn twice, sayingz -Sokuci, Sme.
and now ,-hen h -.ants a _e.ive-er
hcalls tw.c-, s.'Vi-:g " seM -s_ ".
Y s, if GA has anything for us to Jo
he wi-l c_-11 us twice by nan:e. At the
frst announceanent of cur n'me we
nay think it posioe that we misun
d'rstod he sound, but after he c:'JIls
us twice by name we k'now he meaus
us as certainly as when ne ittce ::p -
tIe names of Saui or Martin er S.am
uel or Moses.
You see, relgion isa tremencus
ersonality. W\e aHl have the general
call of :alvition. We hear it in
songs, in s-rmons, in pra lers. We
hfar it year after vear. Bt after
awhile, tLrcugh our own suddtn a nd
aarin in or t ath f a ply
maite, or a zeno1nmate, or a collen
mate, er :he dece"ise os a Uusia-ss
partner, or thea 'c~'~i of a r.C.' dc
ceighbar, w"e Cte e--eel call t
happiness. and w'e knowi~
mears us. You have~ totie the
ia which Gd calls us tiaT.
ailures of in;'es'ueni' t -o s ch T"
es, two persecutats, t'o 'erean
mnts, two di~Se. 23es e'
Stiil further, noic ta " : e 1. c'
Moses was -'ite i' .eters f firi.
On the Sinas' reiu u'.thr"i
thrn cush ca?led'"-e 'c""sci rar an
brittle, sand it e-asly g'c dowa tu
tcuch of tea llimn. It cra ~e a'd
sees one of thes ba' on -- . ga
soeloek at io t ' orat no e i"
burnirg, yet clu-uplir.:; no la p~iri
ng no stem,~c eyt r"" no .tnes.
was a s'xpena' u-a tire tha did 't
ng bush wasthe erl.
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ters of fire. Miisters get thaer c.l to
preach in Jetters on pgap l:pa.a
ment or typewrittenD,i 'cu i does no
amount t muca'uti'''' c- td
next call inletter of ~" dr. -i will
not amountlto muc i1 --use uls~-' ui
ti some where nea';"you id ci t r -'ing
busb. It :'ay be 'ons: aunnz
misortune. It may b Ic andi bu'u
g in the fire cl .he worlk scoria
hate ormi::repesent~ati-Y. Bs' 6 ~
en to the crackiia" 0- the urnin
bsh!
Oh, what a fa-e- naung u' and inspr
ig character tthis Moses: H r-tem
all other stories campar d wa t's U:
grahy of Moes. Fr-om th 'i
f her bth nz house o. .he
lhtranuti, daughb'er of Paaran, se
ba~ in the ti'a.iu tradie c' papy.ri a
leaves made water tzght b iuen
hs infatntile cry is neard~ among li
mrle p.lacas, and pr.nrexne hus
tom wita thetr luiiabe' ; or am en b
the roadside drop their wora to Icos
oa him when as a boy '. rass:-d, s:
beuti'ul was he; tsvo bo'.Lvis pu
fore his infant eyes fr enic to ae..a
nsti ate his wisdomn, th onbrv
:ontaining rubies and the' ote: c::n
taining coals of fire, sutlicien .'ywi
was he to take th ea~s; ~ Da a:in
lydirected, iLe took .te cal and pua:
them to tis mo~u'.t, :.n h s to'gu
was burned, and~ he was I-fa s -~
merer all his days, so tha' h .i decate-i,
:n Eodous ir, 1U. "I am cia v ofj
pech and o& sloto e ufo and oni
'antil he set tirmi foot amxmg the emU n
biing basalt, and ~ts ear wsntda
nea by thsunderouas "'su sa ~alt
the reclief of the Lrsemes who wr
cour~seI becauie with"ou' 'coppeu
.traW wLtey wm re. r, ' a Lom n
brcas, the s o-y U. taeir 'ppremon
foanQ catsd~ed on tm~~-.: tou of.R
ere atThetet x an . w-- 'ssme
wereipteed by venom'ous ser nf si
sen crates cf ibi~e, : ~ eds y
iig birds, .i tla L ~ iya j in t l
aost could mac s~al. I~ a thus
surprisng Use e.nemyi, w-o ' g' ti
hey ust ua an e: r':-. to avo~.
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a 'un b _at Nashvi'le and th(
ujir er-r Windom steamed up
a t a-:cr f'' Cienfuegas early
Weissday~"? morrir w'ith orders tc
ecb!C' car~reire Havana with
nt o deCb.J This task was ac.
em d bu ry after a tErric
r u wr~hips ard sever
a thouwd & In toops, whic]:
: s lay ccrcea'ed br
le ire o::s dbre st work s. On(
r ar z a si. namre R bgan, of thE
: . i;!ed in one of tht
t ma! bea's, ard six othei
o s e v, rely wotnded. In ad.
i,umbe.r on Doard th'
di - iz:cr wcunds
ia aftr he arrival of t:e war
Sci ti Cilr-fue- -s, four boats wer(
u: ched a.,d truceeded in shore for
th e tjrp-se of gapwiing for the cable
in crde" to cut it. The warshipslay-t
about 1 01 0 vares or more off the har
jor. I. -as observed that the Spanis!
:rkops id assembled ashore, but il
sesno krown thatheavy gunshac
bcen pl ctd in a masked battery anc
-h&, the old lignthouse, far cut on s
c of iard. bad been transformec
into a fo:-m:dable fort. When thf
jrrmanders of the Marblehead anm
'he Nashville called for volunteers tc
man ine bstsz ard cut the cab!e, thf
Lie!:. 1. 1R W'asiow, 'of tt.
Us., t- k cmizaad of the Na.h
- . s Te siore surroundini
e etranc: of tie harbar was firs
thel;ed -nd then the boats prcceedrc
a. T e wrA of tiding the cabl
,as s-owly and cautiously proceeded
witn. Ls cable was ceep in the
chaunel and was fcund with ddfficul
0Y. We the relays of the canle ha<
.nei setereA whea the Saaniard:
oned tire.
~ .Le marines ii the boats replied a
Urc?, and a machine gun from thi
'orard la uch s;nt in a stream o
b.iikts, whue heavy stiells from thi
warcbips drove the Spaniards firo
,i:e r 1b pi.s at tme shore, many ol
tiem se, kiag refuge in the lightbous(
for;, wLich was afterward torn t(
pieces by a shell from the Windom.
As Ltere were great numbers of Span
ia'ds in and benind the fort at th<
4 m: taere is uo doubt that many ol
1he= were ktiled.
Nita desperate courage the Ameri
can sailors remained catmly at thei
pcits a;d suc::ceded in dragging ul
:.e second relay of the cble and sev
-iinz it. ,even men badly woundet
was the count, and one of them, Rea
gan, u:ed while on tie way back t<
Lhe snip. Lieuteuant Winslow wa.
shot in the band, a number of other
were mcr. or less iajured.
Oa tue N&.shville Captain Maynar
was standing forward, with an ensign
vhen a Spinish bullet passed througi
the tns;gas shoulder and struck May
nard on the chest, near the heart
wounding him only slightly. Ta<
Marblehead was strucK scores of timu
by builets from machine guns, an(
the Nsiville suff-red to about thi
.me extent. Tre Windom also hat
many marks of the fray. Her shell
blowing up tie lighthouse and scatter
ing the Spaniards in all directions
enId the !attle.
C U N3FOR OU-d 5.;LD. .R .
Fri. Kind UTacio shim Wd Arml His volan
ters With.
It :s stated by the cilisers of th'
quarermaster general 's bureau tha
e.x wecRs from now the governmen
wiui be able to clotie and equip 100,
000 mun for the field. Tue most im
toorst diticuity lies in the matter o
r.ilu. At present Unele dam har
oarly tcere than a stiic:nt numbei
,iax mdern rifl~s for the reguilar army
??e mihuas of the states are arie<
witQ the old-fashioned Springfield
And:,ia?ilar out of date weapons. Whe:
it is said that a Spring fid r:ls shoot
25 bu?neis a minute with a range of 4,
Guu yarcs, against 40 shots a minute a
6,000U yards fr tne nleW regulatior
Krag-Jorgensen a very imperfect no
uos is gived of the ddferencs of effac
.iveness between wne two weapona
lhe d fferenne iles mainly in the in
c~ad'danger space" where the
Krag Jorgenseis um~d. Tne velocity
o. tue paj~cule lired by the Krag
Jrgenees is ao great tfnat its coursi
is .nrouUgh tue air is nearly horizoatil,
so tha. ? wouta kiui a man who stooc
.v nae~ e weea the muzzle of the
an laa d.s.aac of Laree miles. A
Sprxmgt ti. nutiet. on tne other hant
ag a-. il l at t wo miles, bun if proper
y aun.u or sucn a range, .would gc
o.:er the nead of a man standing
21 a way. Tne w at department nat
already ord exed luO,00--Krag-Jor
geses aa in is benieved that thes4
.epos can cie turned out at the rate
o 1,000 a day whea all the resources
,i the anA arm factories are lully
uz~d. iiaie mnust, ea..se, ho wever,
bfre th t rat: '.i produc.ion is am
ta:d. andi amaniiine a large part 0.
sur troops mlit ?iave to get along WitnJ
oinek Lumnur guns. Nearly all of tne
iitantry (ii ine imuuia are armed wit
soci~noe.d i of 45 catioer, while the
Axvary are pro vmted wima Sprinfil
Reigton, dyencer, and Stiarge car
ciics Oi 45 anu 50 caioer. mne sup
p.y o: aamm~unition for the rifles will
ue pieliuf i, tne Franstord arsenal in
iauauepmia is no.a turxiiug out 150
uu cartr.dges a cray for the Krag
Juraecser ak.a lte uou:put will pres
adyL1 rean 3003,U0 p~r diem. Many
oa tui yriaaneat rartes and caroines,
we- repjiaced wban K~rag Jorgensens
wiu proucaciy pass into tne haas oJ
ne taban auixiuaries.
Tne nti artulery used by troops
vill cosa m?amny of 3 2 inch breect
.teilg rLiles, waich tirow proj:ctiles
egh.Lg 16i poaunds a dis.ance of four
Inies. .10im ut tne states posse si some
f inese cam ndus and 31 states nave one
r more Ciatng guns.
Kahid by LighLtnn.
A lightning bolt dealt death to a
rowd of negro gamblers Sunday af
rnocn a: (2olumtia. A't~rwards at
ine b.ase or a iaree and handsome tree
could be seen the bjdits of two of the
s cung negoroes stretchmed ou.t upon the
ground cold and stff. In the hand of
e nvis tightly clasped a deck of
pising carC'. It was a dreadful pic
ure to gaze upon and many negro
wmen stood about and talked to each
>. e, takin g the pcsition that it was a
mani~estation of Divine vengeance
mun those who disregarded tbe Sab
Si day and playei cards onSuaday.
tae cro , Jit was said, had been
coi'caps sme distance a way
nierain canie up and they ad
uarad under the big tree to get shel
rlt udo to play a game of cards
C.et l N u oapolia, the Panal sec
ar f ae,d:-clares the Vatican
o'p- desires prayers for, the speedy
nclicu.ion of peace, but in the event
coLtied w at he will ask the bless
igs of he aven on the Spanish arms.
T-i glo:ious Commodore Dewey
rs uttermy destroyed the Spanish
l :t n the Pacitie Oceao, and has
~au the Failipine Islands from
naia. Toese isiaads o ver which the
tars and sir ipes no v float are richer
AN LMPO..TAN. CASt.
A Trt iat'e ofthe Law in a fereros to
Lynching.
A case was tried at the recent term
of the Court of Common Pleas for
Orsngeburg County that is of general
interest. It was that of Isaac Brown,
administrator of Lawrence Brown. It
was a suit for damages against the
ccunty, since Lawrence Brown met
death in January last year under cir
ci ir stancf s wnich suggested lyr ching.
Circumstautial evidence brought out
at the trial went to show that he was
.ynched becs.use he was believed to be
a firebug and that the destruction of
ruch valuable property was due to
him. The following paper, picked
up rear the scene of the alleged lynch
ing, was cifere. in evidence by the
plaintiff, and was admitted, notwith
standing the obj -ctiors of the defend
an t:
S"Notice to all whom it may concern
-Judge Lynch's court Is in session
tonight for the protection of our pro
prt.y. And by the help of God we
I will convict and execute any man,
woman or child that tries to destroy
our property with fire. We will pro
tect our homes and our property, and
i our neighbors shall no; suffer loss
I from the hellish 'firehugs.' Let this
) be a warning to others. Citizens."
I The county submitted no testimony
> in its behalf; but asked the court to
dismiss the case on the ground that
the law unitr whick the action was
orcught only contemplated an action
where the person lynched was taken
from the custody of public officers by
the lynchers. Judge Aldrich said tte
I question in his mind, was "whether
Site act and constitutional provision
I were designed to stop lynching in
general more than to stop the conni
V 3Lce of officers of the law in per
I mitting lynching or not preventing
i it." His constru.tion was that both
sections of the act should be takcn
t together, and they referred only to the
lyxching of prisoners or persons in the
' nands of officers of the law. As the
) testimony aid not bear out facts suffi
cient to base a verdict for the plaintiff
in the face of the above ruling of the
court, the jury was directed to find for
the defendant.
Why nust it DoWS liks Us.
The Atlanta Journal says that in no
other country outside of 8pain is pop
ular feeling so strong against the Unit
ed States as it is in Austria. The ex
tent and bitterness of this feeling is
not by any means due wholly to the
fact that the queen regent of Spain is
a1 Au trian archduche3s; Austria
his an accumulation of grievances
i against our government which cause
I her to sympathize intensely with Spain
L in the present war.
The record goes back as far as 1823
L when Russia, Austria, Prussia and
France formed the Holy Alliance and
appeared to move against the South
, American republics which had recent
i ly thrown off the Spanish yoke.
5 While Austria was only one of the
four powers which formed this league,
Mettemich, for many years the master
spirit of Austria, was more responsible
for it than any one else and when
President Monroe warned the Holy
alliance that it must not interfere in
- the western world Austria took much
greater offense than any of the o~her
allies.
t This feeling was still strong in 1846
t when the rebellion in Hungary oc
curred and received so much sympa
thy and encouragement from the pec
Spie of the United States. The ova
tions given to Kossuth when he came
to this country in 1851 aroused Aus
trian ire to a still higher pitch, and in
i 1853 an event occurred which intensi
s fled even further the anti-American
-animosity in Austria. This was the
rsuofKoszta by a United States
.man of war.
Koezta, one of the Hungarian ra
bels of 1849, escaped to the United
-States after the war, took the prelimi
nary steps necessary to secure full
citizenship in this country, but while
in Smyrna, Turkey, in 1853, on busi
ness, was seized by order of the Aus
trian consul and put on board the
Austrian frigate Huzzar, in that port.
Captain Iograham, commander of the
American sloop of-war St. Louis,
learning of the affasir, sailed to the
place where the Austrian war vessel
was stationed, de manded Koszta's re
lease, and declared that if he were net
given up by a certain hour that day
Lse would be taken by force. The
St. Louis was instantly cleared for a
fight. This frightened the Austzians
into surrendering Koszta to the French
consul, and he was released and bailed
(or the U~aited States.
Tivelve years later when the United
States .refused to countenance the
usurpation of Mexico by France, Aus
tria had a fresh cause of complaint.
Maximiliam, brother of E nperor
Franz Joseph, whom Louis Napoleon
had drawn into his Mexican scheme
and placed on.the throne, was captuzr
ed and executed. Instead of charging
his death to Napoleon the Austrian
government and people held the
United States responsa~le for it. So
there has not been a tim. in seventy
five years when Austria has not had a
quarrel with us. That she w.>uld be
against us in this war, so far AS her
feelings and hopes go, was to o , ex
pected. ________
Mzdsred Bia ohild.
Coroner Dukes and Dr T. A Je-f
fords were called on i.. u~u.y to
hold an inquest upon a y oung child
about fif teen months old on Mr. J. J.
Quiatlebaum's place, on Limestone,
aoout eight miles from Orangeburg
the result of which is that William
Sheppard, colorei, is n1o in jail
charged with murder. Vne physician
four d horrible lash a inds on the
body of the child, ben:des en the
stomach, apparently mace 'y violent
pressu-e or stamping. Sit oird is
the step father of the little v.. '.n and
got into an ugly humor about s'me
domestic matt-r and proceeded to
avenge himself upon inn-.c-nee, an~d
when the mnot'ier and wif ,r.drtrokz
to interhue Lurned L.is ag- r upa)L Lr
also, givirng her a severe beating.
Notwithstanding this, however, she
tried to shield Sheppard in her testi
mony before the inquest, but being
warned gave all facts. Tne jury re
turned a veridict of mu-der agains~
William Sheppard, and he was at once
arrested and is now lceked up.
Spanish Spy suteldes,
George Downing, alias Rawlings,
the man arrested las Sunc'ay under
suspicion of being a spy in the ser
vice of Spain, hanged himself at the
Washington barracks Sunday, shortly
after ^ o'clock. A towel and a silin
handkerchief were used as the in
The Royal Is the highest grade baking powder
known. Actual tests show it goes one
third fartbcr than any other bread.
I
POWDER
Absoutcly Pure
nomYA "10C sC- c., NEy.
A OCattOlle Address.
The archbishops of the CV r,.e
church in the United States hE v,
sued an address er dorsed by Mvi,.
nor Martinelli, the papal lef,.t U,
this country. The address breat. a
the spirit of the loftiest patriotis:n 4 a
is one of the most - Lq.... -,L appesal s
that has been made to cit'z ns 0' this'
country since war ?ir.p" v , -
clared. Tne arcLrooza, z., Lv k
Catholics in the UaiLed %t stes:
"We are not now engaged in a war
of section against, secuon, or e.ate
against state, out we are united as crne
man against a foreign enemy ana a
common foe. If, as we are taughat by
our holy church, love of coua.ry is
next to luve of God, a duty imposed
on us by all laws human aid divine,
then is our duty to labor aLd to pray
for the temporal and spiritual well
being of the brave who at e battling for
our oeloved country. Le us faitnful
ly beg the God of battles to crown their
arms on land aid sea with victory
and triumph, and to stay unnecesary
effusion of blood and speedily to re
store peace to our beloved iana a-d
people."
This is a noble sentiment nobly ex.
pressed. We are a t war with a Cath
olic county, but cur flag willihave no
more devoted followers,; no more val
iant defenders than our fellow-citiz-r s
of the Catholic faith. At a great Cath
olic gathering in New York last week
Bishop McQaaid made a stirring ad
dress, in which be said: "This na
tion is now at war, and with a Cath
olic country. This is our country,
and we will stand with it, ready to
shed cur blood. The Catholics of the
United States will be the first in the
struggle." These words were ap
plauded to the echo by the large as
semblage of Catholics to which they
were spoken. They express the feeling
and determination of the millions of
Catholic citizens of the United States.
Fue at Bambarg.
A special dispatch from Bamberg to
the State says a destructive fire occur
red there Thursday night. It origina
ted in the livery stable of D. H.
Counts & Co., and was discovered at
8.30 o'clock. The d weling house cf
Mr. W. F. Patrick and a small house
belonging to Mary Guignard, a colored
woman, were also burned. Several
stores narrowly escaped burning, and
the gocds in them were badly dam
aged by water and removal. The
losses are covered by insurance. Mrs.
W. F. Patrick died at 9 o'clock
Thursday night. Toe circumstances
of her death were peculiarly sad.- dhe
has been in a dying state for weeks.
She had to be carried out of her burn
ing house and died a short while af
terwards. Great sympathy is felit by
the whole town for the doubly he
reaved family.
Expired in Chnrch.
A special dispatch from R~cc Hill
to The State says services at the First
Presbyterian church Sunday morning
were suddenly closed by a sad .calar
ity. Mr. Andy B. Smith, president
of the Telephone company and presi
dent and treasurer of the Eectric
Light company, and one of &ck
Hill's prominent business men, sud
denly threw up his hand, gaspe d, fell
back over the seat anud was dead be
fore he could be carried out of t.'e
door near whicha he was sitting. T wo
physicians were by him and he had
every attention, but tono avail. He
never spoke or made any noise. Mr.
Smith was as well as ever when comn
ing to church and conversed cheerful
ly with friends on th a way. He was
about 41 y ears old and married.
Gross Earnirg of Bai~r Jads
The railroads are having good busi
ness these days in the transportation
of men and munitions of war and the
business of the present time stows a
gratifying increase ove r the corre
sponding time, last 3 ear. The grcess
earnings of 33 roads for: the fourth
week in April as made up from re:urrs
seceived by the United State Investor,
were $6,331,254, ag ainst $5,100,399 for
the fourith week in April,,,1897, an in
crease of $1.230,855. TI iety--wo
roads show increases, and one de
crease. Since January 1, the roads
referred to above earned $80,681,882.
an increase cf 10,762,9C8 over the $69.
918,979 reported for the cornespording
period of 1897. For the lcnger pira d
all show increases. During the umon
of April 32 roads earned $20,143,6(5,
an increase of $2,751,716 over the $17,
391,889 reported for April, 1897.
spanish Flee; L :ca ea
The Spanish fiet has oeen located
at Cuaracao, which is about twelve
handred miles east of Cuba.
THE Louisvlle Cour:er-Jou:-a fin s
-more to admire in Admiral Deway
than his fighting qualities. I' say s:
"Admniral Deewey is a Chevalier Bay
ard of sailors. To refrain from firing
upon a powerful shore battery be
cause the crowded city of M!atila was
in exact range was as genero'm: an act
as ever honored a. warrior in fik heat
of battle. The whole s-ory oa the er.
gagement shows that the American
commander while a vt ry iaunderbolt
of war was as cool and calculating as
if he were maneuvering 1 is iguedrcn
..f Bar harbor."
THE New Eoglsnders have b~e4
thrown into a state of terror almost.
by the fear that the Spanish tleet will
swoop down upon that coast and <'e
stroy the summer resorts and small
pleasure crafts in the waters therc~
about. They are making urgent ap
peals to the naval department for prc
tection.
HosoR Rear Adm'r a S.impson f 2r
releasing the Spanish lieutenant
who was -captured while trying to
reach his wife and a baby he had never
seen! We can afford to let such
prisonera go.