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GUARDI AN ANGELS. Rev. Dr.-l alrnge Says They keep Watch Over Mortals. NEXT TO.GOD.IN POWER. They Control:the Destiny.fofj the Human] Race.- They Give'& Warning When Evil Ap Droaches. The brilliant being supposed by some t- be imaginary are by I. Talmage in his sermon shown to be real at:d tolhave much to do with our everyday life. The text is Judges xiii, W, Aud the angel did wondrously. Fire built on a rock. Mahoah and his wife had there kiud.ed the tlims for sacrifice in praise of Gcd atd in honor of a guest whom they suppsed to be a man. But as the 11ame rose higher and-higher their stranger gue.t stepped into the flame and by one red leap ascended into the ski.s. Then they -knew that-was 'an angcl of the Lord. "The angel did wondr, u-iy.' Two hundred and forty-eiul r t ime: does the Bible referto ti-e atg-, yet t never heard or reai a eriii'oi on aniCel ology. The whole suljeer is relgegateo to the realms my tlce weira, spctra. and unknown. Such adijournment is un Scriptural and wiektd. Of their life, their character. their habits, their actions, their velocities, the Bible gives us full length portraits, and why this prolonged and absolute silence con earning them? Angelology is my theme. There are two nations of angels and they are hostile to each other-the na tion of good angels and the nation of bad angels. Of the former I chiefly speak today. Their capital, their headquarters, their grand rendezvous, is heaven, but their empire is the uni verse. They are a distinct race of creatures. No human being can ever join their confraternity. The little child who in the Sabbath school sings, "I want to be an angel," will never have her wish gratified. They are super human, but they are of different grades and-ranks, not all on the same level or 'the same height. They have their su periors and irferiors and equals. I propt s: rio guessing-on- this tubject, but take the Bible for my own authori ry. Plato. the philosopher, guessed and dirided angels into supercelestial. eelestial and subcelestial. Dionysius, the A reopagite, guessed and divided them into three classes; the supreme, the middle and the last, and each of these into three other classes, making nine in all. Philo said .that angels were related to God, P.., the rays to the sun. Fulgentius said -hat they were composed of body and s:irit. Clement said that they were incorporeal. Au gustine said that they had been in dan ger of falling, but now are beyond be. ing tempted. But the only authority on this subject that I respect says they are divided into cherubim, seraphim, thrones, de'aominations, principalities, powers. Their commander in chief is Michael. Daniel called him Miehael. St. John calk~d him Michael. These supernal beings are more thoroughly organized than any army that eve marched. They are swifter than any cyclone that ever swept the sea. They are more radiant than any morning that ever came down the sky. They have more to do with your destiny and mine than any being in the universe except God. May the Angel of the New Cov enant, who is the Lord Je sus, open our eyes and touch our tongue and rou~e our soul while we speak of their death lessness, their intelligence, their num bers, their. strength,-. their ..achieve ments. Yes, deathless.' They had a cradle. but will never have a grave. The Lord remembers when they were born, but no one shall ever see their eye extin guished or their momentum slow up or their existence -terminate. The oldest of them has not a wrinkle or a decrepi cuo r ahindrance, as young after 6,000 years.aa at the close of their first hour. Christ said to the good in hea von, "Neither can they die any more, for they are equal unto the angels.' Yes, deathless are these wondetful creatures of whom 1 speak. They will see world after world go out but there shall be no fad irr-o' their:,wn brilli ance." Yea, after theulast w-orld iis taken its last fi-r.M *r will he r-d: for the widest emrut tungh ir' -u sity, taking a quadrillion of rui - one sweep as easy as a pigeon cire - S a~ dovecot. They are never sick. They are neve rexhausted. They need no slee p for they are never tired. At God's com mand ibey smote with death, in one night, 185,000 of Sennacherib's host. but no fatality can smite them. Awake, agile, multipotent, deathless, 'mmortal! There is only one thing that puts them to their wits' end, and the Bible says they have to study that. They have been studying it all through the ages, and yet I warrant they have not fully grasped it -the wonders of re demption. These wonders are so high so deep, so grand, so stupendeue, so magnificent, that even the intelligenece of angelhood is confounded before it. The apostle says, "Which things the angels desire to look into." That is a subject that excites inquisiticeness on their part. That is a theme that strains their faculties to the utmost. That is highe'r than they can climb, deeper than they can drive. They have a debire for something too big for their comprehension. "Which thingcs the angels desire to look into.' But that does not discredit their intelligence. No one but God himself can fully un derstand the wo:ders of redempntion. If all beaven should study it for 50 centuries, they would get no further than the A B C of that inexhaustible subject. But nearly all other reabas of knowledge they have ransacke& and explored and compassed. No one but God can tell them anything they do not know. They have read to the last word of the line of the last page of' the last volume of investigation and what delights me most is that all their intel ligence is to be at our disposal, at d. coming into their presence, they will tell us in fiye minutes more than we can learn by 100 years of earthly sur mising. A further characteristie of the seim mortals is their veloeity. This the Bible puts sometimes under the ficure of wings, sometimes under the figure of a flowing garment. sometimcs under the figure of naked feet As these superhumans are without boda. these expressions are of' course figurative andi mean swiftness. Tbe 8ilie tells us that Daniel was praying and Gabriel flew from heaven and touched hrim 'Ie fore he got up from his knees. ilowv far, then, did the angei Gabril hav t fly in those moments of Iluiel's pray or? Heaven is thouzht to be the cea ter of the univere. Our sun arnd its worids. in a mem.,ent the ar .- Gar el flw irom that vater to this peiih e. d ess told i 'eter he coutd in tant I 'v 60.0-0 angels presentif he call d fer therc. What foot of antelope or win of albatro)s could equal that ve kivy Law of ravitatimn, which Lripz allthrgs e6; ,, h no inluence uI.2n alelie miouiientuml. Imm uc uenities before tlien open aid hut like a fan. I That tiey are here is no reason why thev should iot be a quintillion of miles henee the ncxt nnintvue. Oar beldies indr u-, but ,ur .inds can e!irele the eat in a mtctlite. Anelie beings are bil 1 ad have no linmlation. God Tu With his tingrV p o cit i wln to SOmte -vid inc trouble on the o Iutmst li is of creation. aitld irstanty an angene e.'hurt is there to help it. r Snme eclcs tial iay be standin- at the farthcraost OutnOst of incvensity. and God nay say --Comel ati1 i*-stantly it in hi basnm. Abraham, Ii-ih H acar Joshua. (i i cor. 3aroahlauls St. J. hn. couli tell 1f their tint itdre l'iotion. The red Ieet of -u:'uer iihtai : are slow compared with tI. er e.- rs. TIhis dIuble-ip a1 em'rr s4 1 i f'tism nto inticitesimals. This puts all te astrolin cal' heavens into a siace like the Lali o acild s rattle. This min ,l:es isto one the here and the there, he nw and the t Len. the beyond and tIIe v Onde.r. An ulh r renark I have to n-ike oin 'ertin" these iilus'rious imno, tals is that they are tMultitudiums. The ir een-us has never been - ken acd no one but ( ; d knows how no. y thcy are, btt all the Bible acceunts .-:eot their iotmense numbers-- coicpanics of thec. rctimncits of them, armies of them. mountain tops haloed by them, skies populous with thcm. John speaks of angels and other being; rouncd the throne as ten thousand times ten thousand. Now, aceording to my calculation. ten thou'sand times ten th'ousand are 100,000,000. But these are ouly the angels in one place. David counted 20.000 of them rolling down the sky in chariots. When God came away from the riven rocks of Mount Sinai, the Bible says he had the com panionship of 10.000 angels. I think they are in every battle, in every exi gency, at every birth, at every pillow, at every hour. at every moment, the earth full of them, the heavens full of them. They outnumber the human race in this world. They outrnumber ransomcd spirits in glory. When Abrahamhad his knife uplifted to slay Isaac, it was an angel who arrested the stroke, erying, "Atirahamn, Abraham!" It was a stairway of angels that Jacob saw while pillowed in the wilderness. We are told an angel led the hosts of Israe.ites out of Egyptian serfdom. It was an angel that showed Hagar the fountain where she filled ti - bottle for .the lad. It was aa angel , at took Lot out of doomed Sodom. It was an angel that shut up the mouth c-f the hungry monsters when Daniel was thrown into the caverns. It was an angel that fed Elijah under the juniper tree. It was an angel that announced to Mary the approaching nativity. They were an gels that chanted when Christ was iurn. It was an angel that strengthen ed our Saviour in his agony. It was an angel that eneouraged Paul in the 3lhditerranean shipwreck. It was an angel that burst open the prison, gate after gate, until Peter was liberated. It was an angel that stirred the pool of Siloamn, where the sick was healed. -It e~srn ancel that .John saw flying throudc the midst of heaven, and an an eel with foot planted on the sea, and an sogel that opened the book, and an angel that sounded the trumpet, and an anuel that thrust in the sickle, and an nti that poured out the vials, and an angel s:anding in the sun. It will be an angel with uplifted hand swearing that timne shall be no longer. In the great final harvest of the world the reap ers are angels. Yea. the Lord shall be reveaed from heaven with mighty an gels. Oh, the numbers and the might and the glory of these supernals-fleets of them, squadrons of them, host be yond host, rank above rank. millions on millions, and all on our side if we will have them! M1en and women of all circumstances, only partly a; ec iated or not appreci ated at a!'. ciever feel lonely again or unregard td aga in! Angels all around; angels to approve, angels to help, an gels to remember. Yea, while all the good augels are friends of the goc-d. there is one iprecial angel your body - guard. This idea until this present study of an'gelogy I supposed to be fan iful, but I find it clearly stated in the Bible. When the diciples were pray ceg for Peter's deliverance from prison and he appeared at the door of the prayer meeting they could not believe it was Peter. They said, "It is an an gel." So these diciples in special near rees to Christ, evidently believed that every worthiy soul has an angel. Jesu, said of his followers, "Their angels be hold the face of nmy Father." E se where it is said. "lHe shall give his an gels charge over thee, to keep thee in thy ways." Angeis shielded, angel protected, anatl guarded. angel cano pied, art thou: No wonder that Charles Wesley L aued these words: Which of the petty kings of earth Cart h.et a guard like ours. Eneircied fmt our second birth With al: the heavenly powers? Valerius and liufinus were put to death for Christ's sake in the y ear 287, and after tne day when their bodies had been whipped and pounded into a jelly, in the night in prison and before the next day wnen they were to be ex euted, they both thought they saw an gels statnding wiith two glittering crowns. say ing: 'Be of good cheer, va liant soldiers of ,Jerus Christ! A lit tle more of battle, and then these crowns are yours " A nd I anm glad to know that before many of those who are passed through grc at sufferings in this life some angel of God has held a blazing coronet of eternal reward. Yea, we are to have such a guardian angel to take ua upward when our work is dine, o know, w r told an angel conducted Lazarus to Abra ham'fs bosomn. That shows that none shall be so poeor in da ing he cannot af ford'-angelic ceort. It would be a long way to go alone, and up paths we have never tred, anid amid blazing worlds swinging in utiimaginable momentum, out and on thr'ouch sne-h distances and across such inticiitudes of space we should shudder at the thought of going alone. But the angelic escort will conme to your languishing pillow or the plla(Ce of your fatal accident and -say: "Hail. im mortal ene All is well. God hath et ace to t ike you homue. ' Andi with at tremor or l.itest sense of peril u will away and u"" ard farther on and fartier on, until after awhile h eaven heaves in -ieht nd theo rumble of cha 'it wheels' ard te rolli of migthty hcar umnies are~ heard in tile dhtnce. and ea'ree' you c''ce, andt nearer "ti! until th bc riL .tne is-1 likemay muornig fl. fused i nti ~o, and2 the tates. lift, and 'iou are inside the anwthy~ tine walls and on the Lcaks of tiCe jiger sea, forver safe, forever free, forever well. happy. Mothers. 3.o not think your little children zo alone when they quit this world. Oat of your arms into angelic arms, out of sickness into health, out of. the cradle into a Saviour's bo som! Not an instant will the darlings be alone between the-'two kisses-the last kiss of earth .and-the first kiss of heaven. 'Now, angels, do your work!" cried an expiring Christian. Yes a guardian angel for each one-of you. Put 3 ourself now in accord with him. When he suggests the right, fol low it. When-he warns-you; against the wrong. shun it. Sent forth from God to help Lyouin this great battle against sin and death, accept his deliv ciance. When tempted to a feeling of loneliness and disheartenment, appro priate the promise, "The angel of the Lord encampeth around about them that fear him ard delivereth them." Oh. I am so glad that the spaces be tw'en here and heaven are thronged g ith these superueturals taking tidings honi, bringing messages here, rolling back obstacles from oui path and gir inc us defense, for terrific are the forces wiho dispute our way, and if the nation of the good angels is on our side the nation of bad angels is on the other. Paul had it iight when he said, "We wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, Paainst the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places." In that awful fight may God send us mighty angelic re enforceiuent! ~We want all their wings on our side, all their swords on our side, all their chariots on our side. Thank God that those who are for us are mightiertlian those who are against us! And that thought makes me jubi lant as to the final triumph. Belgium, Yu know, was the battleground of Eng Iland and-France. Yea, Belgium more than once was the battleground of op posing nations. It so happens that this world is the Belgium or battle ground between the angelic nations, Lrood and bad. Michael,. the comman der in chief on one side; Lucifer, as Byron calls him, orMephistopheies, as Goethe calls him, or satan, as the Bible calls him, the commander in chief on the other side. All pure angelhood un der the nne leadership and all abatdoned anzelhood under the other leadership. Many a skirmish have the two armies had, but the great and decisive battle is yet to be fought.,Either from our earthly homes or down from our super nal residences may we come in on the right side, for on that side are God and heaven and victory. Meanwhile the battle is being set in array, and forces celestial-and demoniacal are c. fronting each other. Hear the bo m of the'great cannonade already open -i: Cherubim, seraphim, thrones, domiL tions, principalities and powers Lre beginning.to ride down their foes, arid, until the work is completed, "Sun, stand thou still upon Gibeon, and tho i, moon, in the valley of Ajalon!" PROFITABLE FARMING. Six Hundred Dollars from an Acre of Land. At a recent =eeting of the Georgia State Agricultural Society, Mr. F. J. Merriam, who runs a hillside farm near Atlanta, Ga., in the course of an inter esting talk made the following state men t: " If a man will but study his ground, he will find it to be fully as entrancing as the study of books. Through mar riage I became connected with a smal farmn. With my brother-in-law I brok ground in 1893 to ~meet the market de mands in Atdanta. That year I mad only $500. but the $115 which I receiv ed from 250 hills of cucumbers convinc ed me that I was on the right track, T'he next year my sales wet up to $1,h 934 29. I got $500 from one acre which '. had planted in potatoes. The next year, 1895, 1 marketed $3.329 worth of vegetables. I'his year I found lettuce to be the best seller, getting $791.40 on that article. It was in 1896, however, that I struck lu:-k and gainec the final conviction that there is money in the land when the farmer studiet his surroundings. In that year I sold $5,068 worth of stuff, of which $764 60 came from lettuce, $583 from turnip -alad and $404 00 from beets, I keep books strictly, and find that it costs me exactly one-third of what I raise to pay the necessary expense, in luding repairs. In 1897 prices were low and the more ordinary vegetables were in demand, but even under this stringency I made $4,738.60. Of this, $529.55 came from three acres planted in tomatoes, $398.90 from beans and $329.55 from turuips. In 1898 found the market still depressed, but I made that year $4,794.20, of which $732.90 ame f rom turnip salad and $561 from collards. This year, notwithstanding the very bad season we had in the spring months, up to the 1st of August I have said $4,138.55 worth, $600 of which came from one acre planted in cabbage, and I intend to pocket a round $10,000 this year cut of my little farm. "Georgia soil under a system of deep plowing and thorough tillage will pro duce fine crops. Our red elay subsoils are rich in plant food. The ( o g "Cropper" has been plowing fur 3 ears down to what he called 'the hard'. and this same hard subsoil has been absorb ing all these years the plant food from he thin layers of cultivated ground as it was packed down by the heavy rains until today it is ready by thie magic o modern improved farming to yield u its riches in crops that will astonish th civilzed world. We have striking ex amples of this in the farms scattere here and there over the State. which apd pear like oases in the desert of surround - ing barrenness. Farms where thrift is the order of the day, and the owner looks personally after every detail, are object lessons of what we reay expect when the community at large becomes better educated in modern farm meth os. And the fact that these success ful men are still progressing, that their rops are growing larger, their land richer and their net prfit at the close of the year shows a corresponding in cresase, goes to prove that no limit can be placed upon the productiveness of our soil and the wealth and prosperity, as an agricultural community, that we may finally aspire to." North Carolina Tragedy. Particulars were received Wednesday of a double murder near Lovelace, Wilkes county, N. C. John Coeman shot and instantly killed his sister in-law, Mrs. Dora Chambers, and then placed the gun to his headl and fired, killing himself. Mrs. Chambers had been living aiar Colc man, and the two were said t.> be quite intimate. Coleman's wife died suddenly last February, and there was suspicion of foul play. Itis said Mrs. chamers had threatened to tell what she knew of the matter and this caused Coleman to sill her and then himself. Both leave several children. The supreme court of lilinois has deelded that shade trees on the street in front of a house belong to the owner of the house and that a telephone com pany which cut the limbs of a tree without permission was liable for dam OUR TRADE IN.THE EAST. The Atlanta Constitution Endorses SenatorlcLaurin. The-letter printed elsewhere, signed by the leading cotton spinners of South Carolina, is iemarkable in many re spects. The purpose of this appeal is to en list the co-operation of Senator Mc Laurin and hi; associates in congress in preserving the "open door," as it is called in the Asiatic trade. In other words, the South Carolina cotton man ufacturers. recognizing the fact tbat they depend upon the Pacific trade for the sale of their product, are anxious that we should occupy the position of "the most favored nation" in reach-ing the SOO,000,000 consumers in the ori ent. B-fiore proceeding to a consideration of the political features of this letter, it will be well to consider, as before stated, the remarkable showing it makes. Within thirty years, with no attraction to offtr to capital save those furnished by nature, the state of South Carolina has advanced from being one peculiaily agricuhural until now she ranks next to blassaclusetts as a manufacturer of cotton goods. It is claimed, with a commendable degree of pride, tat this enterprising state is not only the! fore most in the south in spindles, looms and in the number of hands empliyed, but also, in addition to standing next to Massachusetts, that her own local wills consume fully one third of the cotton raised. The result thus achiev ed points to the development, within a few years, of such a condition that South Carolina will not have a single bale of raw cotton for export. When we consider'that.South Carolina is only a little in advance of her sister states of the south, and that the time is com ing when local mills will take up the cotton cropequally as well in every other-state,-we can then 'appreciate the great-interest which is felt in the ques tion of finding foreign markets. The markets which have made this cotton development possible have been fhund in the far east. It is not long since that a freight train pulled out from Spartanburg with $100,000 worth of cotton fabrics bound for the markets of China. It is not to be wondered at that with our purchasers. -standing be hind reluctant ports of the Asiati', con tinent, we should be greatly concerned i'ut every political and military move at which may affect that trade so vital not only to our manufacturing but to our raw product interests. Under the conditions which have heretofore prevailed, the United States have been able to make the advances noted. With Russia and German interests paramount and seeking to be exclusive, England has been forced, by the presence of a large fleet, to keep "open door" so that her manufacturers might reach this de birable market. It has been underthis "open door" policy and taking advan tage of the tolerance of England that we have been enabled to accomplish what we have. The manufacturers of -South Caroli na. after-presenting the importance of this market, and showing the urgency for our control of the ports, plead for the "open door" policy, forgetting, ap parently, that serviceable as that policy has been in the past, it hardiy comes up to the reanuirements of a civilized nation which should be in a position to insist as. well as to claim. We cannot expect that the cordial entente which 1-as heretofore existed between English and American merchants may exist for ever. All are rivals in trade, and it behooves each nation to be in a posi tion to speak and act for itself, inde pendent of the friendship .or hostility of any other nation. That treaties do not protect is proven by the admission of the cotton manufacturers themselves when they state that although such treaty rights exist, of equal opportuni ties in Manchuria, as a matter of fact the Russians have broken down the Chinese customs wail and are rushing in their own goods free of a tariff which other nations have to meet. What is true of Riussia is equally true of osher nations and it is only human nature to say that it will continue to be true on behalf of each of them. so long as it is possible. All tnis being true the declaration of Senator McLaurin states the issue with singular clearness when he says: The prodacts of these mills have found remiunerative miarkets in China and other countries ot' the east, our cotton goods being peculiarly adapted for clothing the teeming millions of that warm climate. Their trade is the hope of this great manufacturing industry of the scuth. If it is cut off by other na tions, not only the manufacturer but the producer of raw cotton will suffer. The present advance in slt citton which our planters are enjoying is large ly due to the mills of the south. They have forced the local market above New York. With active competion in local markets, Liverpool and New York exchanges no longer fix the price of raw cotton. Can the southern people afford to sacrifice their commercial and indus trial interests for mere political senti ments T'o f : aching effect, therefore, of a policy by a.->h our government can not only find a sale fir our product abroad, but bring to our faimers an in creased price for their agricultural pro ducts c.an hardly be e~nceived. In its magnificent scope it converts the gov ernment from being a mere agency of local control into a great beii.a-s rep resentative, which is to look af:er th'e interests of the people who depend upon it, not only for protection and liberty at home. but for those advantages abroad wi.hI alwayss go to skill and wealth and power. The question as to how to advance these interests is always one to be carefullyeconsidered, but with the result of such a policy, so plainly told as in the case of South Carolina, where it his found a market for the manufactured products of the state, bidding fair to take up its entire raw crop, is an object les~on which can neither be gaiasaid or glossed over. Th at which has been possible for South Carolina is <qually p)ossible for any other state, and such possibilities are not to be thrown away by a people who are active and energeti an d wtbo do) uot propose to become mnere~ ir<:; s in the hive of i' -; r'. ma are we to do? Tha- i. 1 "pi ne, and disguise it n , , as Snator McLaurin clear ly shows, it must still remain political and employ political machinery through which to operate. In suggest ing that there is a better way in sight than a mere copartnership in treaty ports, Senator McLaurin goes on to say: The maintenance of 'our trade in the east does not necessarily mean the forcible annexation of the Philippines or the denial of the right of local self government, but when the war is ended by treaty or otherwise, for congress to settle all questions in a jaist and consti ttional way. I do not favor the adop tion by this country (of a colonial policy, because of the vexed and threatening problem growin out of it, but I do think that if possible the United States should maintain sufficient interest in the islands to command equal trade rights with other nations in China. This will prevent for along time the dismembership of this vast empire. England and Japan favor the integrity of the empire, but they alone cannot guarantee it against other European powers. As shown by the readiness with which the rights of treaty ports are set aside by controlling nations, the case of Manchuria is sufficient, and it justifies the statement that "these are feeble safeguards," and leads to the conclusion described by Senator Mc Laurin, that "the United States, with the control of the Philippines by treaty or otherwise, will be in a position not only to insist upon, but to assert its equality of trade rights in the east. Without this," says the senator, "all she can do is to respectfully but firm ly protest against their violation by other nations, but as in the past, is not in a position to assert and main tain them." The Constitution has thus fully gone into this subject because of its engross ing and absorbing importance to our people. But a few weeks ago, before a con vention of Georgia farmers, Hon. D. A. Tompkins declared that instead of grumbling about the price of raw cot ton, we should go forward and dou ble, treble and even quintuple our re ceipts by sending the cotton abroad in its manufactured state Under such a condition of things, the speaker de clared that the south, instead of getting $300,000,000 for her raw cotton and ex pending it all for hog and hominy in the west, would get nine hundred million, twelve hundred million, aye, and even fifteen hundred million instead, and thus her farming population would be kept busy raising supplies to feed this grand army of consumers. Exaggerated as the statement may seem to have been, it little occurred to those present that already one of our southern states. South Carolina, had almost reached this identical point. When that cotton state is on the verge of withdrawing her entire raw cotton product from the markets of the world in order to sat isfy the claims of her own mill men, it will be seen that Mr. Tompkins in dulged in no fitful dream, but that he was seeking accomplished business re sults. With such an interest, therefore, in the markets of the orient, when provi dence has thrown us into such active relation, acknowledged by the whole world. that we can hold the key to the situation, how idle and futile it is to hear southern men expressing their hope that our troops, the agents and the advance guard of this mighty de velopment, "should be driven into the sea." The sentiment is not only un patriotic, and that would be bad enough, but it is mischievous in its tendency to destroy the market which has made South Carolina a manufac turing state, and which has built up the system under which mills on.the spot fix the price of cotton instead o4 leaving it, as heretofore, to cotton gam blers in New York and Liverpool. - With our raw produts at stake, for which our farmers want high prices, which can only be gained by a multi plication of mills in the field, consum ing the entire product as it promises to do in South Carolina, the question of our foreign trade, whether it be called political or not, stands first and foremost, and such policies must be adopted as will still further maintain and develop the growth of our country. All this talk about what to do with the Philippines becomes the verdict moon shine in the face of the actual necessi ties of the ocession. Itis very well for Massachusett 3, when she looks upon the growing importance of South Caro lina, to declare herself against eastern development, but it is the height of fol ly for those who are to be so largely benefited to fight against their own in terests. There is no desire to establish a mil itary despotism in the Philippines, nor to deprive the people of these islands of their right to govern them selves, as soon as they can be legit i mately fitted for such a condition. But, under all circumstances, it is first our duty to preserve order and establish a stable condition of things upon the island. Then when the time comes to recognize a local government, wheth er it be one of eomplete independence or one of alliance, there is one thing certain that we should insist upon that this government should be friendly to the United States in all matters of politics, trade and commerce, in prefer ence to any other nation upon the face of the globe. SCHOOLS AND LIQUOR PROFITS. A Statement Showing the Status in the Several Counties. The comptroller general has received from all the counties save Barnwell and Spartanburg the statements of the county superintendents of schools as to the amount each county needs from the dispensary profits to make up the constitutional $3 per capita. Upon this statement the money now held in the treasury will be distributed. The to ral amount thus far reported is $18, 743.37. It will be noted that nine of the counties thus far reported need nothing and cf these there are the two in which the largest cities in the State are l..eated. Horry county needs the lion's share of the fund. Here is the gratemient by counties: Abbeviile..............S 213.01 Aiken................... .00O Anderson................... 0( Bamberg.... ............ 302. 60 Barnwell.... ....... ..Not yet in Beaufort........... ..... ..00 Berkely............ .....- 239.20) Charleston.................. 00 Cherokee...... ..........146.15 Chester............... .. 151.11 Chesterfield ... .... .. .. . 1,047.50 Clarendon................. 690.84 Colleton................. 1,267.00 Darlington.......... ...... 00 Dorehrster................ 72.61 Fairfitd................... Of Edgefield.. ....... .... .. ..262.70 Florence.................. 178.78 Georgetown.. .. .... .. ......00 Greenville........ ........844 00 Greenwood....... ........ 220.29 Hampton........ ........1,702.00 Horry.............. ....3,663.00 Kershaw................. 817.30) Lancaster................1,224.00 Lauren........ .. ......... 240.64 Lexington...............1,321 80 Marion.................. 249 75 Marlboro...... ...... ....- 479 Newberry.................. 6 625 Oconee................... 625 24 Orangeburg................. 85.75 Pick mns...... ............ 463 63 Saluda............ .....919.10 Richland................... 00 Spartanburg...........Not yet in. Sumter..................... 00 Union...................... 00 Williamsburg .... .. .. .... .1,83.66 Yok.......... 90.47 UNITED STA TESJURORS. Names of Those Who Were Drawn as Such. The following are the names of the persons drawn to serve as grand and pe tit juries in the United State Court which will convene in Columbia on De cember 12: Grand -Jurors-W..W- Carter,. Cam den; J C C-Brunson, Florence; J F Garner, Syracuic, Darlington; John P Able, Leesville, Lexington; J Syd. ney Smith. Bay-Springs, Chesterfield; J S Derrick, Leesville, .Lexington; J 0 Fulmorz, Indiantown; John T Seig nious, William Stork, Columbia; J C McCall,'Marion; J N Moody, Mullins, M1arion; John B Rion; Wedgefield, Sumter; William Ingliss, Charleston; Henry J 31ullins, Marion; Charles E Timmons, Magnolia, Sumter; William P Congdon. Georgetown; M 31 Hutson, Yemase-; W- W Ramsey, Wedgefield, Sumter; J G Dargan, -Darlington; R B Gatlin, Una, Darlington: C R Howe, Florence; A L Lesesne, Clover; Thomas S Nipson, Summerville. Petit Jurors-James Riley, Beaufort; J.G Morris, Lake City; James H Al ford. Beaufort; A SHartzog, Barnwell; W F Malone, Camden; E F Guerry, St. Stephen's, Berkeley; L R Gwin, Mar ion; John -T Davis, Georgetown: J A Blackwell, Darlington; Jackson W B-own, St Helena, Beaufort; G D Rast, Cameron, Orangeburg; W S Dix, Barn well; Daniel Ravenel, Gourdin's; W J Stew Lrt, Bennettsville; Frank Thomas. Lkxington; Paul Rogers, Mount Holly; John K Barrett, Sumter; Wm Elliott, Yemassee; 0 R Levy, Charleston; Leo McKay, Bennettsville; B W Riv ers, Beaufort; Charles M Mason, Fores ton, Clarendon; E F Sweegan, Charles ton; J G Police, Summerville; Luther Young, Walterboro; E N Hagood, Barnwell; W G Frierson, Jordan, Clar endon; bave Harris, Summerville: John W7 Thomas, Bennettsville; J B Binnicker, Hampton: J W Lark, Co lumbia; Q Crook, St George; W C Floyd, Bennettsville; James R Wilson, Barnwell;J Heyward Ho ward, Graham ville, Beaufort; James W Waring, Lex ington; W E Boykin, Camden. Our Taxable, Pro Although all the supplementary ab stracts of the returns of personal prop erty have not yet been received at the comptroller general's. office, only a few as to this particular class of property remaining outstanding, it is evident that there will be an increase in the total taxable property of the State real. personal and railroad-of some thing over three and a half millioa dol bdrsas compared with last year. From the returns of persotial property re ceived to date, a handsome increase is shown. This will be considerably in creased when the missing abstracts are received. The figures for real and rail road property are complete. It is note worthy that, while there has been an increase over last year in real property, the figures show a decrease as compar ed with those of 1897. The following shows the valuation for the last four years on each of the.three. classes-of taxable property: REAL. 1896... .. .. ...... ...$100,976.705 1897..-........... .. .101,872 706 1898.... ...... .... ...100,427,750 1899............ ..... 101,070,141 PERSONAL. 1896......... ....... .4.3. 1897 ....... ........ ... 47.622543 1898.......... ..... .47,73'.510 199.................. 50.471.780 RAILROAD. 1896.................$23,940,162 1897.................24,142.341 1898............ ....24.658.004 1899.... .... ..... .. ...24 805,918 The above figures show the total tax able property for 1898 to be $172.816, 264, as against $176.347.828 this s ear -an increase of $3.531.564. A. W11100W Drebser's a-i' me "Fnn thing happened to me when I was working for Blankety Blank & Co. in Chicago," said a New Orleans window dresser. "I had a big window on Clark street that seemed as if it was hoodooed. No matter what I put there it appeared to be impossible to attract any attention, and the manag er, who was keen as a hawk, began to grumble because he never saw any body looking in. I used to lay awake nights racking my brains for new schemes, but it was no go. One day, when I was feeling pretty blue, I told our negro potter to clear everything out preparatory to making a big dis play of a special line of shirts. "He was a fat, black, trifling fellow, and I guess he must have been out at a cakewalk the night before, for he fell fast asleep in a chair in the middle of the window. I was on the point of waking him up and giving him fits, when I happened to notice how ex tremely ludicrous he looked. His head was on one side, his enormous mouth wide open, and his limbs relaxed in the oddest postures imaginable; in short, he was a perfect picture of a lazy rascal In happy slumber. That gave me an idea. I didn't say a word, but grabbing a piece of pasteboard I dashed off a sign: 'Dreaming of Our Dollar Shirts,' and stood it quietly against his knees. "Then I gently rolled up the curtain and awaited developments. Well, the hit that window made is the pet tradi tion of the store to this day. People simply blockaded the sidewalk, and you could hear them laughing a block away. The funniest part about It was that nobody supposed for a moment it could possibly be the real thing. They thought It was a clever piece of acting, or else a wonderful wax figure. That the coon was actually asleep never oc curred to any one, and I stood around wth my heart in my mouth for fear the noise would arouse him. "It didn't, however, and he snored away peacefully until nearly 4 o'clock. Then he woke up with a start, and was so surprised he came near jumping through the plate glass. The spectators howled, and that night the house raised my salary. I tried to work the same scheme afterward, hut It was a failure. The darky couldn't pretend worth a cent." Age Attainedl by Birds. We are often asked how long differ ent species of birds live, but there is little definite information to be had on the subject. Recently Mr. J. H. Gurney has brought together a num ber of statements on this subjiect, and discusses it at some length. Mr. Dresser, in his "Birds of Europe," gives an Instance of a raven having lived 69 ears. Mr. Meade-Waldo has In cap -ivity a pair of eagle owls (Bubo max mus), one of which is 68 and the oth r 53 years old. Since 1864 these birds have bred regularly, and have now reared ninety-three young ones. A Batteleur eagle and a condor in the Zoological Gardens at Amsterdam are still alive at the respective ages of 55 and 52. An imperial eagle of 56, a gold'n eagle of 47 and a sea eagle of 12, ad many other birds of the age of 10 dwn ward. are also recorded. An exchange say sit won'tdo tojudg( man by the clothes he wears. T1'L nn with the fringe about the botton: >f his trousers, dilapidated hat anc voin oat shoes, may be the editor of Tour town paper; while the man witl. le patent leather shoes, a flashy tie. ewly pressed suit of clothes and a five ent cigar may simply be one of his de STANDARD COTTON WEIGHT. Commissioners of Agriculture Adopt Resolutions on that Line. The convention of the association of cotton States Commis;ianers of Agricul ture in a iecentmeeting in Atlanta adopted the following resolution: "Whereas, the aucual loss occurring each year in the handling of the cotton crop, growi g ont of the loss of weight and failure - t bales to erme to the sanu ples of claiitication. whieh is due to the fact itt thluro is no standard sys tem of Wi t and classificaion, and "Whe:eis. tLese rcdamations de stroy the peis of biasiness and indi rectly it ztaken fr.n the peckets of the pr.A ii r; theref r,. "Be it r, :ve i by tibis e evention: That we ute our earnest aud cuergetic efforts to bring about a proper standard of weights and classification of the staple by urging legislation. 'Be it resolved, farther: That we invite the assistance and co-oDeration of such exporters of cotton who realize the importance of this movement and who from experience are in a position to furnish substantial aid." Mr. Wright, assistant commissioner of Georgia, offered a resolution, which was adopted, extending the aid of the associ.tion to protect siuthern firmers in the butter market by a strict sur veillance of substitutes for that pro duct. Another resolution was adopted, inviting capital and immigration into the south. President Stevens was in sfructed to invite the following states and territories to become members of the associatian: West Virginia, Virgin ia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, Tennessee, Ken tucky, Missouri, California, Arkansas, Arizona, Oklahoma territory, Indian territory and New Mexie-o. A Big Tax. The revenue tax on legacies'has laid a heavy hand on Converse college. The amount left it by D. E. Converse will amount to over $100,000. The revenue law says 10 per cent of it must be paid to the internal revenue depart ment. This will take over $10,000 out of the portion intended for the college. There seems to be no way around it. Geo.S.Hacker&Son SAasCTUs ords an == Doors, Sash, Blinds, Window and Fancy Glass a Specialty - / A The Kind You Have Always in use for over 30 years, All Counterfeits, Imitations periments that trifle with Infants and Children-Exp What is C Castoria is a substitute for and Soothing Syrups. It is contains neith~er Opium, i' substance. Its age is its gu and allays Feverishness. It Colic. It relieves Teething and Flatulency. It assinilk Stomach and Bowels, giving The Children's Panacea-Ti CE NU INE CAS"1 o Bears the Tll Kid You a In Use For 0 THE CAROINA GI THOMAS WII COM~MISSION 159 East Bay - Wml. ElH ol 209 Ea - DEALE Paints, Oils, Glass, Varnis: Tar Paper and ] Headquarters for the Celebrated3 Mil nd angine Oi1s and Greases. THE' Bank of Manning, MANNING, S. 0. Transacts a general banking busi ness. Prompt and special at tention given to depositors resiling <ut 'f town. Deposits solicited. All collections iLve prtoit atten t ion. Ba;ines- hours fr-om 9 a. ;.u. to 3 p. I. JOSEPH SPROTT, A. LEVI, Cashier. President. BOARD OF DIRECTOBS. Y LEvr, J. W. McLEOD NN E. BROWN, S. M. NEMSEN, JOSEPH SPROTr, A. Lv. To Consumers o1 Lager Bee r The Germania Brewing Company, of Charleston, S. C., have made i rangements with the South Carolina .tte authorities by which tLey are enab!el t., :! or-ers Ir nt cl nsantrs for shipinit . f Le r in any quantity tt the following lpries: PiLts, patent stopper, GWe. per dvzco. Four dozern pints in crate, s.'.N per Crate. Eighth-keg, $1.2-5. Quarter-keg. $2 25. Half-barrel, $1.50. Exports, pints, ten dozen in larrel, 61J. It will be necessary for consomoers or parties ordering,to state that the Leer is for private ecnsumption. We offr special rates for these shiptents. This beer is guaranteed pure, made of the choticest hops and lit. aIUd is recommen-led .y the medical fraternity. Send to us for a trial order. GE1EMANIA Brewing Comnany, Charleston, S. C. W H E N YOU COME TO TOWN CALL AT WELLS' SHAVING SALOON Which is fitted up with an eye to the comfort of his enstomers..... HAIR-CUTTI14 IN ALL STYLES, SHAVING AND S H A M POOI NG Done with neatness- and dispatch.. .. .. .. A cordial invitation is extended... J. L. WE LLS. ought, and which has been ias borne the signature of s been made under his per upervision~ since its Infancy. io one to 4.wceive you in this. md Substitutes are but Ex md endanger the health of rience against Experiment. ASTOR IA astor Oil, Paregoric, Drops Harmless and Pleasant. It rphine nor other Narcotie arantee'. It destroys Worms cures Diarrhoea and 3Wind roubles, cures Constipatfoit tes the Food, regulates the -healthy and natural sleep. e Mother's Friend. ORIA ALWAYS Signature of_____ vm Alway Boght er 30 Years. OCRY COMPANY SON, President. E0 00E2$ r o MERCHANTS. - Charleston, S. C mes & Co., stay. 7rOlN. S- cO-, i ad~ Brushes, Laterns, uilding Paper. -- u.itorand of..Cvlinder. Planing