The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, April 12, 1899, Image 4
AN EASii l0TER
Dr. Talmage Draws Inspiratior
from the Field.
ANGELS OF THE GRASS.
Lessons Whicth the Flowers
Bring to the Anxious. the
Dispiritd and the Be
reaved.
In this Easter Derreo. D-. Tah.ac
interpretb the message which :he ow
ers bring to the anxious, the dispirit(u
and the Lereaved; tex:, Luk- xii, 2S
"If then God so clothe the grass,
is today in the field, and tomorrow is
east into the oven. how n:ueh mor,
will he clothe you, 0 ye of littl~
faith?"
The lily is the que'en of Bible flow
ers. The rose may have disputed her
throne in modern times and won it, but
the rose originally had only fye petals.
It was under the long contmuea and
intense gaze of the world that the- 1oSe
blushed into its present beau:y. In
the Bible train, cassia anid hysop and
frankinecense and myrrh anud Spikenard
and camphor and the rose follow the
lily. Fourteen times in the Bible is
the lily mentioned, oly twice the rose.
-The rose may now have wider empire,
but the liv reigned in the tim.e of V-4
ther, in the time of Solomon, in the
time -f Christ. Caesar had his throne
on the hills. The liY had her throne
in the valley. In the greatest sermon
that was ever preached there was only
one flower, and that a lily. The Bed
ford dreamer, John Bunyan. entered
the house of the interpreter and was
shown a cluster of flowers and was told
to "consider the lilies."
We may study or reject other sciences
at our option-it is so with astronomy,
it is so with chemistry, it is so with
jurisprudence, it is so with physiology,
it is so with geology-but the science
of botany Christ commands us to study
when he says, "Consider the lilies."
Measure them. from root to tip of petal.
Inhale their breath. Notice the grace
fulness of their poise. Hear the whis
per of the white lips of the eastern
and the red lips of the American lily.
Belonging to this royal family of
lilies are the li:y of the Nile. the Japan
lily, the Lady Washington of the sier
ras, the Golden band lily, the Giant
ily of Nepaul, the Turk's cap lily, the
African lily from the Care of Go~d
Hope. All these lilies have the royal
blood in their veins. But I take the
lilies of my text this morning as typi
sal of all flowers, and their voice of
floral beauty seems to address us saying
"Consider the lilies, consider the aza
leas, consider the fuchsias, consider the
geraniums, consider the ivies, consider
the hyacinths, consider the heliotropes,
consider the oleanders." With defer
ential and grateful and intelligent ana
worshipful souls, consider them. Not
with insipid sentimentalism or with
sophomoric vaporing, but for grand and
practical and everyday, and, if need be,
homely uses, consider them.
The flowers are the angels of the
grass. They all have voices. When
the clouds speak they thunder, when
the whirlwinds speak they scream,
when the cataracts speak they roar, but
when the flowers speak they always
whisper. I stand here to interpret
their message. What have you to say
to us, 0 ye angels of the grass? 'Ihis
morning I mean to discuss what flowers
are good for. .fhat is my subject,
What are flowers good for?
I remark in the first place, they are
good for lessons of God's providential
eare. That was Christ's first thought.
All these flowers seem to address us to-'
day, saying: "God will give you apparel
and foo~d. We have no wheel with
which to spin, no loom with which to
weave, no sickle with which to harvest
no well sweep with which to draw water
but God slakes our thirst with the dew,
and God feeds us with the bread of the
sunshine, aud God has appareled us
with more than Solomonic regality. We
are prophetesses of adequate wardrobe.
"If God so clothed us, the grass of the
field, will he not much more clothe you,
o ye of little faith?' Men and women
of worldly anxieties, take this message
home with you! How long has God
taken care of you? Quarter of the
journey of life? Half the journey of
life? Three-quarters the journey of
life? Can you not trust him the rest of
jhbe.way? God does not promise you
-anything like that which the IRoman
emperor had on his table at vast. ex
pense-500 nightingales' tongues--but
She has promised to take care of you. He
has promised you the necessities, not
the luxuries-bread, not cake. If God
so luxuriantly clothes the grass of the
field, will he not provide fer you, his
living and immortal children? He
will.
No wonder Martin Luther always had
a flowex on his writing desk for inspira
tion! Through the cracks of the prison
floor a flower grew up to cheer Picciola.
Mungo Park, the great traveler and ex
plorer, had his life saved by a flower.
He sank down in the desert to die, but,
seeing a flower near by, it suggested
Ged's merciful care, and he got up with
new courage and traveled on to safety.
I said the flowers are the angels of the
grass. I add now they are the evangels
of the sky.
If you ask me the question. '"What
are flowers good for?" I respond, they
are good for the bridal day. The bride
must have them on her brow, and she
must have them in her hand. The
marriage altar must be covered with
them. A wedding without flowers
would be as inappropriate as a wedding
without wusie. At such a time they
are for congratulation and prophecies of
good. So much of the pathway of life
is covered up with thorns, we ought to
cover the beginning with orange blos
SODS.
Flowers are appropriate on such Oc
casions, for in ninety-nine out of a
hundred cases it is the very best thing
that could have happened. The world
may criticise and pronounce it an in
aptitude and may lift its eyebrows in
surprise and think it might suggest
something better, but the God who sees
the 20, 40. 50 years of wedded life be
fore they have begun arranges for the
best. So that flowers in almost all
cases are appropriate for the marriage
day. The divergences of disposition
will become correspondences, rockless
ness will become prudence. frivolity
will be turned into practicality.
There has been many an aged wid
owed soul who had a carefully locked
bureau, and in the bureau a box, and,
in the box a folded paper, and in the
folded paper a half blown rose, slightly
agrant, discolored, carefully pressed.
She put it there 40 or 50 years ago. On
the anniversary day of her wedding she
will go to the bureau, she will lift the
box, she will unfol'd the paper. andu to
her eyes will be exposed the half blown
bud, and the memories of the past will
-h upo her a a tea wil drop
POU the iewer. :-l -Udiy t i
tautLieured, and thcre is a stir in the
dust of the autLer. and it rounds out.
td it i, full of life, and it begins -o
treiuble in the procession up the church
aisle, and the dead music of a half cen
tury ago cone:. throbbing through the
:i), and vanlished faces reappear and
riaht hands ate joined. and a manly
-voice pronises. -I will, for better or
fur worse. ana i e wedding march
auuders a salvo of joy at the depart
ai crow. but a si'gh on that anniver
- dav scatters the scene. Under
the deep retoned brcath the alt. Ahe
er the calv'ratulatin- groups arc
,eat t , ada tlbere is nothing left but
a tremblinzi hand ho.lin.g a faded rae
Iud, ' liC is put into the paler anti
hen into the box, ana thme 1,ox carefal
y p iaced n the ureau. mid with a
harp, sudden click of tle lock the
scne is over.
Ahm frnd';, let not the prophe
iesk of the SOwerSon your wedding day
* e raise proi Be blind to each
.her's fault. )Make the most of each
it h . excellerce-s. Remember the
vows, the ring on the third finger of the
ieft hand, and the benedietion of the
I calla lil'es.
I you ask me the question, "What
arc flowers good for?" I answer, they
,Are good -o honorand cornfort the obse
'muiCS. The worst gash ever made into
the side of our poor earth is the gabh of
the grav(. It is so deep. it is so cruel,
is e miurable, that it needs some
thing to cove it up. Flowers for the
ca-Ke, flowers fur the hearse, flowers
for the cemetery. What a contrast be
tween a grave in a country churehyard,
withti the fence br'-ken down and the
tomb.tone aslant and the neighboring
eattle browing amid the tiuleiu stalks
and the Canada thistles, and a June
MUorniing in Greenwood. the waxe of
roseate bloom rolling to the top of the
mounds and then breaking into foam
in: crests of white flowers all around
the pillows of dust. It is the differ
ence between sleeping under rags
and sleeping under an embroidered
blanket. We want old Mortality
with his chisel to go through all
the graveyards in Christendom, and
while he carries a chisel in one hand
we want old Mortality to have some
flower seed in the palm of the other
hand.
"Oh." you say, "the dead don't
know: it makes no difference to them."
I think you are mistaken. There are
not so many steamers and trains coming
to any living city as there convoys com
ing from heaven to earth, and if there
be instantaneous and constant com
munication between this world and the
better world, do you not suppose your
departed friends know what you do
with their bodies? Why has God
planted goldenrod and wild flowers in
the forest and on prairie, where no hu
man eye ever sees them? He planted
them there for invisible intelligences
to look at and admire, and when invisi
b!e intelligences come to look at the
wild flowers of the woods and the table
lands, will they not make excursion
and see the flowers which you have
planted in affectionate remembrance of
them"
When I am dead, I would like to
have a handful of violets-any one
could pluck them out of the grass, or
some one could lift from the edge
of the pond a water lily-nothing
rarely expensive, no insane display,
as sometimes at funeral rites. where the
display takes the bread from the chil
drens' mouths and the clothes from
their backs, but something from the
great democracy of flowers. Rather
than imperial catafalque of Russian
czar, I ask some one whom I may have
helped by gospel sermon or Christian
deed; to bring a sprig of arbutus or a
handful of China asters.
It was left for modern times to spell
respect for the departed and comfort
for the living in letters of floral gospel.
Pillow of flowers, meaning rest for the
pilgrim who has got to the end of his
journey. Anchor of flowers, suggesting
the Christian hepe which we have as an
anchor of the soul, sure and steadfast.
Cross of fl1'wers, suggesting the tree on
which our sins were slain. If I had
my way, I would cover up all the
dreamless sleepers, whether in golden
handled casket or pine box, whether
a king's mausoleum or potter's field,
with radiant or aromatic arborescence.
The Bible says, "In the midst of the
garden there was a sepulcher." I wish
that every sepulcher might be in the
midst of a garden.
lIfyou asked me the question, "What
are flowers good for?" I answer, 'For
religious symbolism." Have you ever
studied Scriptural flora? The Bible is
an arboretum, it is a divine conserva
tory, it is a herbarium of exquisite
beauty. If you want to illustrate the
brevity of the brightest human life,
yout will quote from Job, "Man cometh
forth as a flower and is cut down." Or
you will quote from the psalmist, "As
the flower of the field, so he perisheth;
the wind passeth over it, and it is gone."
Or you will quote from Isaiah, "All
flesh is grass, and the goodliness there
of is as the flower of the field." Or
you will quote from James the apostle,..
"As the flower of the grass. so rhe
passeth away." What graphic Bible
symbolism:
All the cut flowers will soon be dead,
whatever care you take of them. Though
m'orning and night you baptize them in
the name of the shower, the baptism
will not be to them a saving ordinance.
They havme been fatally wounded with
the knife that cut them. They are
bleeding their life away: they are dying
now. The fragrance in the air is their
departing and ascending spirits Oh,
yes: Flowers are almost human. Bot
anists tell us that flowers breathe, they
take nourishmeaIt. they eat, they drink.
They are sensitive. They have their
likes and dislikes. They sleep, they
wake. They live in families. They
have their ancestors and their decend
ants, their birth, their burial, their cra
die, their grave. The zephyr rocks the
one. and the storm digs the trench for
the other. The cowslip must leave its
gold, the lily must leave its silver, the
rose must leave its diamond necklace
of morning dew. Dust to dust. So
we come up, we prosper, we spread
abroad. we die, as the flower-as the
flower!
Chageand decay in a'.1 around 1 see;
O hu h changest not, abide with me:
Flowers also afford mighty symbolism
of Christ, who compared himself to the
ancient queen, the lily, and the modern
queen, the rose, when he said, "I am
the rose of Sharon, and the lily of the
valler." Redolent like the one, hum
ble like the other. Like both, appro
priate for the sad who want sympathi
zers and for the rejoicing who want
aqueters. Hovering over the mar
riage cerem ony like a wedding bell or
folded like a chalet on the pulseless
heart of the dead, () Christ, le-. the
perfume of thy name be wafted all
around the earth-lily and rose, lily
and rose-until the wilderness crimson
it-to a garden and the round earth turn
into one great bud of immortal beauty
laid against the warm heart of God
Snatch down from the world's banners
egeand lion aad put on lily and rose,
lily and rose
Uut, my frieu4ir, 1we1 have no
zrauder use than when Cin Easter iorn
ing we celebrate the 7canimation .f
Ch ist froi the caracombs. The tiv
ers spell resurretin... There is not f
k or corner iU 11 the building 1-ut
is tou1ched with the ncn! The
mn carrier spes it) the tonb If
Christ, and they dropped spidce all
arouand abi-u:- the tombh and fromii tlhese
spices have grown al! the tlowers of Eas
ter imoiru. The two white robed ange-s
that hurled the stone away fromu the
door of the toib liurled it With such
violence down the hill that it rushed
in the door of the worhi's :epulcher.
and uil Hions of fi agments came forth.
1lowever labvrinthine the nmuso!i
ium. however costly the sarc'phagus,
however architecturally arand the :c
erololis, however beautifully p-arterred
the family grounds, we vant them all
broken up by the Lord of the resurree
in. The forms that we laid away
with our broken hearts tault rise again.
Father and mother. the!y mius, eiONe
out. 1usband and wife, they IIItt
come out. Brothers and I-s , they
must come out. Our darling children.
they must come out. The eyes that
with trembling fingers we closcd must
open in the luster of resurrection morn.
The artus that we folded i ndeath must
join ours in ermbrace of reunion. The be
loved voice that was hushed mlust bo
returned. The beloved form iui it
corme up without its infirmities, with
out its fatigues. It must comne up.
Oh, how long it seems for soie of you!
Waiting, waiting for the resurrection.
IHow loug. how long! I make your bro
ken hearts today a cool, soft bandage
of lilies. : comifort you this day withi
the thought of resurrection.
When Lord Nelson was burid in Nt.
Pail's cathedral in Londot, the he:trt
of all England was stirred. The pro
cession passed on amid the sobbina of a
nation. There-were 30 trunipeters sta
tioned at the door of t he cathedral, with
instruments of music in hand., waiting
for the signal, and, when the illustrious
dead arrived at the gates of St. Paul's
cathedral, these 30 trumpeters gave one
united blast, and then all was silent.
Yet the trumpets did not wake the
dead. He slept right on, But i have
to tell you, what 30 trumpeters could
not do for one man, one trumpeters will
do for all nations. The ages have roll
ed on, and the clock of the world's des
tiny strikes 9, 10, 11. 12. and time shall
be no longer!
Behold the archangel hoyer:ng! TT
takes the trumpet, points it this
puts its lips to his lips and then I
one long, loud, terrific, thunderou -
verberating and resurrectionary
Look. look! They rise! The de
the dead! some coming forth fron :he
family vault, some from the city , -
tery, some from the country grave., trd.
Here a spirit is joined to its body. and
there another spirit is joined to anD ier
body, and millions of departed spirits
are assorting the bodies, and then re
clothing themselves in forms ra int
for ascension.
The earth begins to burn-the bonfire
of a great victory. All ready now for
the procession of reconstrueted human
ity! Upward and away! Christ leads,
and all the Christian dead follow, ba
talion after battalion, nation after na
tion. Up. up! On, on! Forward, ve
ranks of God Almighty! Lift up your
heads, ye everlasting gates and let the
conquerors come in! Resurrection!
Resurrection!
And so I twist all the festal flowers
of the chapels and cathedrals of all
Christendom into one great chain, and
with that chain I bind the Easter morn
ing of 1899 with the closing Easter of
the world's history-resurreotion! May
the God of peace that brought again
fro.m the dead our Lord Jesus, that
great Shepherd of the sheep, through
the blood of the covenant, make you
perfect in every good work to do his
will.
Beauties of Divorce Law.
The more we see of the workings of
divorce laws in other states the proud
er we feel that South Carolina has no
such law on her statute books. Re
cently over in Savannah a divorce ease
was tried that shows this law up in its
most disgusting and degrading aspect.
The case was brought against Judge H.
D. D. Twiggs by his wife. Mrs Twiggs
was a Miss Cornelia Dennis, of Char
leston, S. C., and married a man in
Greenville by the name of Harrison,
from whom she got a divorce. Accord
ing to the facts as we find them in the
Charleston Evening Post the story of
the marriage and after life of Judge
and Mrs. Twiggs is as sensational and
romantic as Rider Haggard could have
imagined. Judge fwiggs was a prom
inent lawyer in Augusta, with a large
and happy family. His fame as a crim
inal lawyer permeated the entire coun
try. Mrs. Twiggs was then a resident
of Charleston, S. C. She wanted a di
vorce from her first husband and en
gaged the judge as council. Ie was
successful and the divorce wt e iante~d:
but, Cupid had been at work and .-ui-'
Twiggs emerged from the suit to fird
himself in love with his fair clhent. He
at once set about freeing h'mself fromt
his first union; he went to Dakota and
secured a divorce. Then he and his
new love were at once united. Thcy
moved to Americus, G a., then located
there, remaining two or three years.
Mrs. Twigg3 was the social queen of
the toiwn. 1Her beauty, her brilliant
intellect and many accomplishments
gave to her the admiration of all ac
quaintances. Then came sensations.
challenges, talked of duels, internal
strife, and so on, until Judge Twiagr
decided to change his residence to Sa
vannah. It was thought that they
were living happily together and that
peace and tranquility reigned supreme
in their home. But it transpires that
they have been separted since last fall,
and Mrs. Twiggs seeks a total separa
tion with alimony, allegiug as her
grounds eruel treatment and brutal
abuse. But behind this divorce suit
there is a story that Mrs. Twiggs has
found a "new love" in the person of a
distant relative-a young man of prom
inence and wealth. We can not vouch
fr4 its truth, but we know that it is ao
ing the rounds and is credited by many.
Could anything be worse than this!
How any man who believes in the
sanctity of the home and marriage re
lations can favor a divorce lhw U, K s
face of such facts as above set i. rd is
beyond our comprehen-i-n.
TuE navy depaitment is beuding
forth every energy to the hurrying of
ships and sailors to Manila. It is in
answer to a telegram that was received
last week from Admiral Dewey. The
admiral explains that with the force
at hand, it is impossible for him to
patrol the Philippine islands, or even
those on which the war is being waged
with suc-h vigor, sufficiently close to
keep out arms and ammunition. It
seems that the Filipinos have ilenty of
money and the conditions are such as
to make the proposition of sellingr enn
traband of war an inviting one. The
probability is that all the avalable na
val force that can be spared from this
oa-itry will be sent to Mauila.
Butia! of t'e Heroes Who Died
for their Country.
AN EVEN 7~ AT ARLINGTON.
Thre2 Hundred and Thirty.Six
Forms Laid to Rest. The
Pre.sident and Other High
Officials There.
Whih fulli Imiu:or-s of wa;:r. Upon the
Ciest of tof southern slope of
Ar ingtoc cemetery 'Thursday af
t'rnoon, t natkioi. represcoted by
P'ra~ident vvKiley. :is cabinet and
tler inhdmaianes (f the govern
ten, the cmaiiig general of the
army and other distinguished officers,
all the regular and militia organizations
of the i triat and a vast concourse of
15i,00 people. paid the last tribute of
honor and rcspcct to the bodies of 336
oiliccrs and men who gave their lives
C-n dis:at batefilds for their country
during the Spanish-Auiericau war and
who were Thursday imustered into the
aile nt armly that slceps in the last biv
onac 6f the brave. The spot selected
ii tle newr additioni to the cemetery
looking out upon the broad sweeping
PO tom:e. Ii this burial lot, which
covered two cares in extent. in parallel
rows the wouden to'xs containing the
caskets were ranged, st parated by great
munt0:ids of etrth. Over each box an
American tiag, was draped. There was
NO particular order in the disposition of
reniaiu:.. thougi. an exception was made
inl the caset of oTicers. The boxes con
ta.icin the boiies of Capt. Edgar Hu
bert. of the Eighth U. S. infantry:
ie. L 1. Darnett, Ninth U. S. in
aUtry; Lieut. Wi. Wood, Twelfth U.
S. infantry: Lieut. R. S. Turman,
Sixth U. S. infautry, and Lieut. Fran
cis Creighton. U. S. volunteer signal
corps, were placed at the head of the
line of graves, immediately under the
eye of the presidential party. Of the
others fully 70 per cent. are ide':tified.
kbout 2U per cent. are wholly unknown
.#r known by the regirrant to which
they belonged. A platform had been
erected, enclosed with flags and draped
in mourning to accommodate the dis
tinguished personages in case of incle
meut weather, but the day was an
ideal one, and the platform was
practically unoccupied. Long before
the arrival of the military thousands of
people had surrounded the enclosure
where the dead soldiers lay.
At 2:30 the presidential party, which
had been caught in a jam at the Poto
mae bridge, from which it required a
dozen mounted police to extricate them,
reached the enclosure. They were fol
lowed by Gen. Miles and his staff, the
military escort. As they arrived the
solemn strains of the Dead March in
Saul silenced the vast assemblage, and
with heads bared the crowd stood at the
graveside while the presidential party
advanced and the military dispositions
were made. The military was under
the comm-and of Col. Francis L. Guen
ther, antd consisted of the District Na
tional Guard, the light battery with two
Hotchkiss guns, a battalion of naval
militia and the regular troops from the
arsenal at Fort My ..r.
The troop's were formed upon three
sides of a rectangle and files of soldiers
were march'.d into the ranks of the
dead. F'iankin'r the open space at the
head of the grass were the red-coated
artillery men who were to fire the last
salute and on the left was stationed the
Fourth artilknoy band.
The presidient, accompanied by Sec
retary Gage. Secretary Long, Postmas
ter General Smith, Secretaries Hay,
Hitchcock and Wilson, Assistant Sec
retary Taylor, G-en. Corbin, C-en. John
M. Wilson and Col. Bingham, came
forward with uncovered head and took
his place in the open space facing the
graves. Hie was followed by Gen.
Miles and his staff ini full uniform and
other distinguished guests, including
some of the representatives of fereign
countries.
Just as the president arrived a pa
thetic incident occurred when aged Mr.
and Mrs. O'Dowd pressed through the
lines and placed a bunch of roses on
the casket of their son, John O'Dowd,
of the Seventh infantry. The parents
of' Lient. Wood also came forward and
deposited a beautiful wreath of flowers
and the sword of that gallant officer
upon his casket.
lImmedliately the band broke out in
the sweet strains of "Nearer My God
to Thee." and Post Chaplain C. WV.
Freehand of Fort Monroe. in the eccle
siastical robes of his office, with Rev.
Fathier McGee of St. Patrick's church,
followed by three purple gowned aco
lytes. advanced to the graves and the
:uileral services began. They were
'.er: sim ple butt very impressive.
11-. F-reeand read the military com
mnitty ser- - of the Episcopal church
beginning wih \Ian' that is born of
womain" and ce-elding with the prom
ise of heaven ecined in the words "'I
a:n the resurci,,. and the life." As
he pronounee the'ic~ w ld/at to dust,
earth to earth," the sodirs at the side
of each grave eruabl-d a ehod of earth
upon each easkt. The vast coneourse
bared their heads to thle solemn w.,rds
and scene and thousands joined in the
Lord's prayer.
Rev. Father McGee then consecrated
with the churchly power invested in
him the earth into which the bodies of
thle Catholic s.ldiers were pclaced.
Moantinme from Fort Myer, booming
down the wind. caine the dull crack of
a gun every half hour and the national
ensirns on the staffs there and at the
Lee mansion wore run down to half
mast. As soon as the religious services
had been conlcltuded flanking detach
ments of the Fourth and Fifth artillery
fired three ear-smashing, soul-uplift
ing volleys and in the solemn hush that
"taps. Thle last ri ous and military
rite~s to the del- her s .cere over andi
the '-ni t adie military
d . a the- work of actual in
tement t f \ . each of the cas
kets we gh ome .~MO pounds and re
quirecs eigh-t mien to handile it. it will be
two or three days before all the bodies
are in their graves.
Wircless Telegraphy.
The United States war department is
to make a test of Marconi's system of
wireless telegraphy over a six mile space
within a few day!. One instrument
will be located on top of the depart
merit building in Washington, and the
other at Fort Myer. a near-by military
port. Should the exp~eriment prove
successful. it is understood that the
systemU will be at oncce adopted by the
signal service ot the army. In that
event, t isc>ssible that the new nmeth
od of sinlig will be employed in the
Philippines before the end of the eamn
paign ther-.
PROMISES TO FILIPINO.
The American Commissioners Issues
a Proclamation.
The Nc-s York Journal's Manila cor
respondeut says the cardinal prinei
Ples of the Pliilip:.ine conm::ssaoners
proclamation are:
First-The supremacy of the United
States must and will be enforced
throughout every part of the archipela
go. and those who resist it can accom
plish no end other than their own ruin.
Second--To the Philippine people
will be granted the most ample liberty
and self-government reconcilanie with
the maintenance of a wise, just, sta
ble. effective and econoIical adminis
tration of public affairs. and compati
bit with the sovreign and international
rights and obligations of the United
States.
Third-The civil rights of the Phil
ippine people will be guaranteed and
protected to the fullest extent; relig
Lous freedom will be assured and all
persons shall be equal in the eyes of
the law.
Fourth-Honor, justice and friend
ship forbid the use of Philippine people
or the island they inhabit as an object
or means of explbitation. The purpose
of the American government is the wei
fare and advancement of the Philippine
people.
Fifth-There shall be guaranteed to
the Philippine people an honest and ef
fective civil service in which, to the
fullest extent to which it is practical.
natives shall be employed.
Sixth-The collection and applica
tion of all taxes and other revenues will
be pleed upon a sound, ecnnomical ba
sis, and the public funds will be applied
only to defray the regular and proper
expenses incurred by and for the estab
lishment and maintenance of the Phil
ippine government, and such general im.
provements as the public may demand.
Local funds will be used for local pur
poses.
Seventh-A pure, speedy and effect
ive administration of justice will be es
tablished, whereby may be eradicated
the evils arising from delays, corrup
tions and exploitation.
Eighth-The construction of roads,
railroads and similar means of commu
nication and transportation and of
othr public works, mAnifestly to the ad
vantage of the Phili, nine people will
be promoted.
Ninth-Domestic and foreign trade
and commerce, agriculture and other in
dustrial pursuits, tending toward the
general development of the country, in
the interest of the inhabitants, shell be
the objects of constant solicitude and
fostering care.
Tenth-Effective provision will be
made for the establishment of schools.
Eleventh-Reforms in all depart
ments of the government, all branches
of the public service and all corpora
tions closely touching the common life
of the people will be untertaken with
out delay, and effected conformably
with right and justice in a way to sat
isfy the well founded demands and the
highest sentiments and aspirations of
the people.
An Arrant Humbug.
A special diopatch to the Chicago Tri
bune from Omaha, Neb., credits J.
Sterling Morton, formerly a member of
Cleveland's cabinet, with the intention
of forming a new political party, which
he declares will be the greatest politi
cal organization since the formation of
the Republican party. Discussing the
proposed new party and the sidelights
likely to develop therefrom, Mr. Morton
says: "I have the utmost faith in the
plan. A party will be organized July 4
that will stand for conservatism pre
eminently. No doubt the platform will
contain some elements common to all
parties; but the .keynote will be conser-.
vatism. There is a vast field for the
new party's operations. The late war
and its monotonous issues, the struggle
of the two great parties over bimetallism,
the rise, the decline and absolute decay
of Populism, all these elements contri
bute to a situation as pregnant as those
which gave birth to the Republican par
ty on the approach of our civil strife."
If J. Sterling thinks he can humbug
anybody with his new fangled mana
gerie he is mistaken. He was one of
the most active of the Assistant Re
publicans in 1896, but he sees that the
dodge that was used then will not work~
again, so he gets up a new scheme to
humbug the people in the next election
with the hope that it will aid as did the
gold bug Democratic movement in
1896 in the election of a Republican
President. Of all the political quacks
and humbugs that have come to the sur
face in the last few years J. Sterling
takes the cake. But his race is run,
and he ought to try and reconcile him
self to the fact. Like his old political
boss who dicovered him and imposed
him on the Democracy he is a back
number. He may quack occasionally
as above, but he is a back number all
the same.
The Christian Endeavor.
The following reduced rates have
been fixed for those who wish to attend
the meeting of the Christian Endeavor
at Union April 19, from junctional and
principal points named:
Abbeville.....-. ....-. ......$4.30
Anderson.......... .-........ 465
Augusta...-..-. ........ ...... .50
BAn nettsville......--......-2.95
Blacksburg..-.-...-........-.-..3.00
Calhoun Falls.... .. ........ 4.90
Camden....... ....... ...- .-. 6.50
Carlisle ........... ........... 65
Catawba Junction. ..... .... .2.65
Charleston.................. 9.10
Charlotte....-.. ....... ......4.S5
Cheraw....- ... ..- .... ...... .70
Chester....... ....... ....... 1.50
Clinton........ ......- ..- ....2.15
Columbia....... ....... ...... 3.25
Darlington....... ...... ......6.70
Denmark.......... .......... 6 00
Fairfax........ ....... ....... 710
Greenville....... ...... ....-. 3.00
Greenwood.....- ... ......... 3 6
Lancaster.......... .......... 3.00
Laurens....... ....... ....... 2 85
Newberry............... ..32
Orangeburg...... ...... ...... 6.00
Prosperity......... ......... . 2.75
Rock Hill.................. 2.45
Spartanburg......... ......... 1.50
Sumter........... ......... 5.50
Yorkville...b.........-.....,.2.65
Tickets to bsodA pril 17, 18. 19
and 20, with final limit April 24, 1899.
Ironclad forms not required.
Ex-MaYR Strong of New York, told
the Credit Men's Association of that
ity the other day that he had lost less
money dealing wita firms that were not
worth anything than with those that
were reported to have large capital.
This is but another illustration that
after all, honor and not money is the
safest thing to bank on and that in al
loting credit it is the man rather than
th money which should be looked a
NOTED SURRENDERS.
THEY HAVE BEEN A FEATURE OF
ALL GREAT WARS.
The Two Fanions Ones That Occuvred
During the Revolution-Evon the Great
Washington Was Forced to Surrender
Once-Some Other Instances.
The surrender of tht- Spanish army
under General 'Toral at Santiago was
one of the biggest events of the kiad,
as regards nuibers, that nr.ve ever
occurred on this continent. Siall de
tachients of troops cooped up in a
fortitied lae are often comapelled to
surrender during a war. lnlt whel
whole arnies give up the (nil is gen
(rally in sight.
There are miauy imOs sut.renders
in our national history. Thimre werC
two notable on-s durin"g the 'evolution,
one in the middl of the war -md one at
the end. At Saratoga, on October 17,
1777. Ihurgoyne surrendered to Gates
0,01) men. 5.i00 muskets and a large
(uanliltity of amnnunition aml ennol.
le began his invasion of th" colon'es
from Canada in . iune. intit ing to go
down the IlIds.mi ani spar:te New
England from New York.
On October 1.), 1781. Cornwallis sur
rendered 7._.00 men to Washington,
which ended the war. The shins and
3.501) seamen were turnel over to the
French.
There was a surrender in this war
which is fit to be ranked with .he Ala
mo and rL ort Pillow. Fort ;riswold,
defending New London. Conn.. was
surrendered to Arnold. thr traitor, by
Colonel LedIyard. Th he commandant
and his sixty men were put to the
sword after they had given up their
arns. This was in September. 1781.
The raid on the New England coast
had been undertal:en by tlhe British
with the hope of diverting Washing
ton's attention from Cornwallis.
Even the great Washington was
forced to surrender once, thougn not in
this war. It was in the French and
Indian war, and Washington was com
mandant at Fort Necessity. His forces
had shed the first blood of the war.
having defeated Jumonville at Great
Meadows, forty-five miles from Fort
Duquesne. Two months later Wash
ington himself was defeated by De Vil
iers at Fort Necessity, which h.e had
built at Great Meadows. At the end
of ten hours' hard fighting Washing
ton yielded upon condition that his
troops should get the honors of war.
Our war of 1812 was marked by two
notable surrenders, one of which was
not at all to our credit. This latter
one was Hull's surrender of Detroit.
and with it all of 'Michigan territory.
Hull's soldiers were hot with indig
nation, as they were anxious to ;ighr,
and did not get the chance. Hull w:s
exchanged later for thirty British sol
diers .and tried by court-martial for
treason and cowardice. He was con
victed of cowardice and sentenced to
be shot. but was pardoned by tha
President.
The surrender of Barclay's fleet on
lake Erie to Perry partly atoned for
Hull's deed and gave the Americans a
chance to get back what they had lost
through Hull. Perry's message to the
president, "We have met the enemy,
and they are ours," is a classic among
military despaches.
The 'Mexican was was marked by
the surrender of no large armies. Am
pudia gave up 3Mopterey in September.
184. Tampico surrendered to Captain
Connor, of the navy, in November,
1847.
The Castle of San Juan de Ulloa. which
defended Santa Cruz. surrendered to
Scott and Connor Mfarch 27. 1847. At
this time 5.000 prisoners and 500 can
non were taken by our army. The City
of M1exico, having been evacuated by
Santa Anna. was occupied by the Am
erican troops September 14. 1S47.
The M1exican war was preceeded by
the Texan war for independence, in the
course of which the Alnmo, at Bexar,
garrisioned by Texans. was surrender
ed to Santa Anna. No sooner had the
Americans laid down their arms than
they were murdered by the treacherous
MIexicans and those of Spanish de
scent.
The civil war was terminated by the
surrender of Lee at Appamatox Court
House on April 9. 180.>. Twenty-six
thousand men laid dowvn their arms.
This was soon followed by the surren
der of ,Tohnston, with 29.924 muen; Tay
lor. with 10.000: JTeff Thompson. with
7,454, and Kirby Smith with 20.000.
FIGHTING BOB'S TITLE.
An Incident in His Career While at An
napolis.
".Fighiting Bob" Evans earned his
title the first year at Annapolis. lHe
has made good his claim to it since
ears before lie became skinner of the
Iowa, but "-Fighting Bob" vwas tacked
to him as a cadet. At the time he was
sent to the naval academy there was a
rtule of the institution which forbade
the decoration o-f the walls of the ca
det's headquarters by hanging pictures
ter'eon or in any way improving upon
the fureisl~ing of the cells. The objiect
was wise andl twotold. It sought to
prevent t e boys from becoming soft
and luxurious and to head off any ex
pensive riv.ilry in the way of outfitting.
In a word, the end dcsired was to pro
duce hardy and democratic naval of
ficers. Young Evans' fond mother.
like all good women, was a christian.
and with her sorn's academy equip
ment pancked a framed motto-a quo
tation from the scriptures, so the le
gend runs.
The first act of Rtobby D. upon his
assignment to quarters was to nail his
motto to the wall. Hie was told to re
move it, but declined. The 'contumae
ius younster was reported from one
officer to another. but resisted argu
ment and command alike. The nar
row martinets of tile academy resolved
to expel him, and orders were at once
issued to that effect. The story of the
war spread and at last an officer in
Lincoln's cabinet intimated very strong
ly to the faculty that they would do
well to overlook tue effence. Preach
rs were beginning to predicate
sermons upon the noble cadet wht
perferred expulsion to taking down
the scripturail text, and, as the
politician said. .the chances were that
if the young man were dropped the
authories of the academy would not
last long afterwards,. as public symt
pathy was with the hoy. it was in this
war that FEvans became known as
T HE XWisconsin legial' ture ? hae adot
ed a queer sort of bill.c evi-itly for
the pur pose of luirrying~ up justicL.Thie
bill provides that no judg shall re
eive his s;Jary until lie has nae an
ath that no cae' submitted for decis
ion has remained undecided for a periodl
of three months. The Wisconin leg
islature evidently thinks more of the
quantity of justice than mnality.
Rev. Sam Jones writing to the At
lanta Journal says he has found the sa
loon man's paradise in Tfoledo. Ohio.
It is very little larger than Atlaa
and yet has 8410 saloons. By the way.
one Sanm M. Jones is mayor of that de
letable city, but it was not upon his
solicitation the I~-r. am went to work
upon the miayor's constituents. It
seems that all the preachers are op
posed to the mayor and his methods
-and the saloons are for him.
ITHE rovernmect's otnicial dea:throll of
the Spanish war shows tat in the armyx
the killed and mortally wa aied num
bered only 451, while no less than ~.
7 7, cr nearly twelve tis asamany.
died of disease. In the navy seventeen
men were killed and one died of wounds,
IAIN
P0WIDER
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Makes the food more delicious and wholesome
ROYAL SAVm POwCEq Co., 4EW YORK.
THE AWFUL PANIC AT CANEY AMERICAN HEROISM.
The Frenzied Inhabitants Thought They BRAVE ACTS THAT WON FAME, RANK,
Were to be Butchered. PRAISE AND MEDALS.
The sc;-nes and actions in Caney
aftc'r the battle are in a measure ex- Soie Gallat Deeds of Days Gone by
ilaied by the impression that. fot- Generail of To-day Who Dstinguished
lowing the taking of the town, the in. Theselves on Former Battlefields
vading force would loot. commit mur- I Conspicuo-ug Acts of Many officer
der and rapine. Immediately after oc- Rtcnond P. boson sank the Merri
cupation of the hill upon which the mac and won plaudits and promotion.
fort is situated by our forces, the fren- I both. It Is a curious fact
zied inhabitants began rushing up the
hill to make peace with the victors. forgc'ts a bo th ac
I went down into the town with a heroe bo tit oo ts
sergeant and eight men, with instruc- have grown gray-hend(d.
tions from Capt. Allen of the calvary There are wen of high rank who
to turn out all the Spanish Soldiers wr t the front in the late war with
could find and break up their arms and Sl ain who v 'o
send the soldiers up to the fort. !nd niedais of honor by deeds hailed
General orders had been issued for- in taci way with as ieh acclaim as
bidding anyone except this small gtard was the act of 1lobson and his mates.
to enter the town. as there was thought et who to-day ottside of a few griz
to he a great amount of fever. and al- zled veterans reneibers anything
so because it was still occupied by the about what tie specific act was?
defeated Spanish under arms.As we I y clinldng a tree General Shafter,
went down the trail across the river :11. 1 1;7, won a medal of honor.
we met a procession such as I never He was badly wounded. nad to avoid
expect to see again. Hysterical won- b - a passing surgeon, who
en. paralyzed with the fright of the ht feared wotl' order him to the rear,
whole long day; children of all sizes ho climbed a tree. Then he came
screaming with terror and clutching down. and with hardly a leg to stand
their mothers' skirts for protection on he fought all day, and Congress
from men who had killed their fathers gave him his medal.
or brotners, as far as they knew with- General Nelson A. Miles, May 3.1803;
out cause. Some little ones, witn eyes was in command of skirmishers as
wide open in mute wonderment of it Colonel of the Sixty-first New York
all; men of all classes; soldiers who Volunteers. They were holding a line
walked indefinately with no excuse, of abattis against a horde of the ene
while others declared they were forced my. is a big man and makes a
into the Spanish ranks. fair mark. Yet to encourage his men
One poor frightened woman of about he kept jumping on an eminence and'
fifty years was carrying another, evi- exposing himself, inspiring his follow
dently her mother-a woman who must ers by hisvoice. He fell, tipaliy, badly
have been eighty or more. She was wounded. le wears a medal of honor.
in her nightclothes, having just been Brigadier-General Guy V. Henry,
taken helpless from her bed. The whom te soldiers love, led his brigade
younger woman was carrying, or real- in an awful charge at Cold Harbor
ly dragging her, by holding her on her One horse went down under him. He
back, having the arms over her shoul- mounted another and led on. Th6 ene
ders. The older woman was much tall- my's brea 3Lworks were reached and
er and her bare feet dragged upon the General Henry spin I his horse at
jagged rocks in the path while she the obstruction and with its ridr fel
moaned and cried incoherently. These in the enemey's lines. The place was
people were not of the poorest class, carried. Henry was promoted and vot
but evidently well to do. I stopped a ed a medal.
couple of Spanish soldiers and had the General Lloyd Whoaton's act at Fort
women carried to their houses, and Blakely, Alabama. April % 1S65, was
assurred them that no harm would officially called "distinguished gaflan
come to them. try." He was leading the right wing
One young woman rushed frantically of his regiment across the open to
up to me, as I came into the town, and ward the fort in the face of a terrific.
thrust a jewel box into my hands, and fire of musketry and artillery. Reach
as she did so she lifted the lid and ing the* place, le sprang through an
showed me that the contents was ambrasure from which bullets were
really valuable, begging all the while raining. He was the first man to enter
that I spare her life. When I closed the fort. He wears his medal of honor
te box and handed it back to her, modestly.
saying that I did not want it, she look- General Arthur MacArthur received
ed at me in an inquiring way to see if a medal of honor when he was a subal
she could make it out. She did not tern in a Wisconsin regiment The
understand that sort of soldiering, and troops were charging ill) the bullet-.
she fully expected to purchase her swept slope of Missionary Ridge. Tbe.
safety. It all would have been im- color bearers were being picked off
mensely funny had it not been so ex- one after another. At a critical mom
tremely pitiful. One woman came up ent the flag fell from the hands of
very mysteriously, and after looking wounded sergeant. MacArthuk grasP
about her most carefully, produced a ed the staff and in a few moments
murderous looking sheath knife from planted it with his own hands on the
under the folds of her skirts, telling c T e in the f f th
me that it belonged to a Spanish sol-reeaignmy
dier who had concealed himself in her GeeaHeyC.MrimatFt
house, to which she led us. lkyAam.wsConeofc
I started up a side street, over some oe ros ihhsmnh a m
trenches filled with Spanish dead,painl witgfo tte rdro
when a beautiful woman came rush-chreFialheskdpmiio
Ing down moaning, and now and then t 't:g'aedo res n a
muttering a frenzied prayer as she tl og i i atdt ~~l
lasped a little crucifix. Hecr long 'h" eldhingrsonnef
black hair was falling loosely about 'tems eoccagsee ae
her shoulders and she presented a piti-Hewsroodanwaginoe
ful picture of despair. I tried to conm- h easwiheeyam fie
fort her thinking that like the rest, :oesacac own
she was merely hysterical, but little Gnrl0 .Hwr' ihigdy
by little I made out her story, and rovbulewsathefntee
it was sad indeed. Her husband, a he's edigr1io~ evcsfr
Spanish soldier, had been killed while teslir.H er ~a n
defending her honor from ai drunken a'i'an mpy lev.H lda
aflicer, and she begged me to go with cag Tu ,ldars h hl
her, and so I followed. I found a icofte nmysle. blt
pretty room. but in great disorde", src i r bv h lo.H
showing a terrible struggle, the tabeledo.Te'arewsscssu
overturned and the clothes pulled off tisenHwad aldtoheh
he bed; on the floor, clutching a cornerpiaanhdhiaractof
of a blanket, was the dead body of a Gn onR ~okwo ne
Spanish soldier, who, from the dirt and ilswsaPotRcnerrce
t'rime, had been in the trenches dur- ~ tmdlo oo.Teeaecm
ng the (day. At his head was a single ~rt~eyfwofcr hhv.Gn
candle burning, placed there by his rlrokhwvwstretms
devoted wife, and on his breast lay a avne nrn o aln odc,
:rucitix. The moment we entered the adseii cso esnlcuae
room the woman dropped at the side of H ~na ak tGtybrasa
the body. moaning and praying. It ~Sotyvaaadti tr tCl
was pitiful.-James F. J. Archibald Habr
in Leslie's Weekly. Gnia elyMrinwo h
MAN A FIGHTING ANIMAL. fecBor.hsnmdabter
Prince Albert's Dream of .teace Has Xny hyit rmCpant a
Been a Bloody Or~e. irGnrl idwr e'ie o p
Man is a fighting anina.l. After ~a cso alnr tGtybr
4,000 years, according to Biblical dathdifrrtbtlswchoo
eronology, two highly civilized na- lcuptth tieotefalo
tions have just oeen flying at one an- ch nd
other's throats. The most enlightened
nations in the world, the United StatesHEGTALH.
of America, has been engaged in war,
variously stated to be for "the paci- ~dWsSrrs' otanWoG
fiato o Cb,""tefredm o meGaiat Dedsof DaysGonby
Cuba."al"the annexatWhn DfsCuba."a"a
Spmn ot o ta Weter Heispere" tllsofnp in nt on Ofticerp.
bee eherve both.rItof th curioous fact
and ~war t revngetteeMaie." . standrrinsnthe
Univrsa eae i a reamofhe forget alf the u Tthea speiy hotel one even
persn, Abert th Price cnsor- eroesg befor. twheroes taemselres
who as iportd fom Grmanint hboed rivat romy-he ith ary
Etigandto otiinu th roalTaheen re een odupt hihiandh
veri~wnrline-belieredtinnpeace.aAe the watd
bitionn.whoayearsalfta wontadyancement
nerldd te awnofpeae:tha tere lanid iedals ockt honr out aeeshiler
after ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ i theirg fwrwoidnvrbe z to way match fro much strckairea
let o Ths ws in183. Ye in ad thned ct oitelyson the sis aer,
1S nglad waed wr aginst Yets who tnkdhandoutigde fia ciwgr.z
sia;in Gshewagd wr aaintzTe ecter swmese anythen
Peisia i 1S he adeblod unlik caout watdsi the speihe actdies?
wate in ndi, crshin thmutny y "Who n w as tt manerha Satero
thete inH183asFrance, talydand,'aid'toatcoid
~tt~rlbecae egagd inwar beIn slot now, eptin thatge, ah
t~1the nite Staes etere u he earledi, rtuornd hm toMherlad
thea~il in1S rusiavaquihe "ecllmbe a'l te. when lie s"caid
4Luttl in ~o Enlanllegn hr tedor. aidt hardu wo' feeg o bign
wir'm~ii'~tAbsinir; i iT~lFrtw' weneral XNelon tA e. Miles.3183
iti G"may ngaedinther loy 'Thw dvs in com ad was tkrhersons
~tru~he n 174 Eglad we~'u Voluastee~o~rs.Te were oling cagrin.
w'iin theAshatees in S77 usoi abaitt'is gainstnayorde thepede
lan~lmbegan hes'iZuaubwar'ainand makes a
land ombaded lexadriaand air mark. het to aoloura e forme
at war ineTonkingumpnngfion('nieaiaencePtn&
Japa wet towar in ~fi Grece exposing himself, iCnspiring his foldi
ers y hi vo ifll, excusey meador
Theseed.re a wewrof mthalwarshtnor
have takeniplacer-neheeralsGuy V.fHenry,
centuy. nt to entinoth aeesoldier yo, aid brgae.
minr arsinhal-cvily-d cnu: t: in ' an:awful chreate soldie onceo
OneothAeic ~ hos et onude i.H
Sociey~W tia mounitedirotrs and te pnThene-r
woma canotgetintosocetyiny's~ b re theirk duwtere woulhd nd
tas Cv- aaic~the ecofeme f th obostcadlionancd withsha rin-fl
eo'~ ~a .is dwn t tie tird ino sthe'to em'sh lines fThesae mas
re"tr'-d~ne.Whmc Sc s nt ~w~carried.~" ' Her spcromte nd tot-o
~o th sixh kno. T~ is Ge'neral PLly Wheaon'shy ato akrt
perta'J ~ trte.." He w-as ading- the ifrmghemin
heknw -..of-- hi reimn across traopnsao
oward the fort ' in they cenof a ti
- - IS~i5 i tctfire1 of muske:.tr and~s atllery tReyh
lit the"bhcd oerna the'tmplcoce, h , sprand accepteda
m raining. He was the first manetouenter
ii-" theeforhreeedroassmiiedmedalofhonor
an qua amun ci sut ubbd Oc"~Gener'ia-- Arthur Macthr recid
bab chstities nsantrelefin te'rnv in-'' -a Wsoni week. imentTh
cas o a ol oaIh lugsor cugh-tr ops were ching up thembllet