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TH iceS GRIE Dr. Taimage D ceu: s: r C;,ist an. h C u c. THE MOST E AunFUL Flowesandl nh it-:hy theavi&r Pck ,he Chicest Fist- T-e ? -,ay of Salvaticn. This sermon Dr. Tlrage seds fr; y a halting place :n ':is j&uttey th:c:us the volley s ef Swizrrihd. it seems to have been prepared n:.l t : am aroma of a garden t u rT text is Song of S1 come into my garden. The Bible is a great ptxet. We have in it faultless rhy h.i and bid imatoigtry and startlirg atite ais:.d raptu:ous lyric and sweet pastoral ad instructive narrative a-:"d dsvoional psahn; thoughts expretscd in sta le more solemn than that o# wrUgomdry- were bold than that of iton. n.ore terrible than that of Dnrte, nore natu-:.i tLan that of Word:worth, x; re in:p soned than that of Folick. imee tc:er thar that of Cow-er, m"re weird tinr; tht of Spenser. This gnat p.eai brirgs all the gems of the erh i:to its eoronet. and it weaves the tntrmes of judsment into its garlands and pws eterr:al har monies in its rhythm. Everything this book touches it makes beautitul, from the plain stones of tie un u r t ra-h ing floor to the daugh;ters dN.m i ing the troughs for thc ea:''. om the fish pools of Hebhbon up to e ldi ibt pr'sitg Go: With d:a- .a-n' - storm s::z whirlwind and Job s imanery of trion, Arcturus and tiL Ieia-es. ily text kans us into a sCe e of sum mar:edolenee. The 'urle has had a great many beautiful garden e. Charle magne added to the glory of his reign by decreeing that they be estabiiehe d all through the rear deciding even the names of the i -.rs to ro planted there. Henry i at Montpellier established gardens of bewitching beauty and luxuriance, gathering into them Alpine, P;:enean and French plants. One of the sweetest :-pots on earth was the garden of Shenstone, the poet. His writings have made bat lit tle impression ou the world, but his garden, the "Leasowes," will be im mortal. To the natural advantages of that plaoo was brought the perfection of art. Arbor and terrace a-.d slope and rustic temple ani reseivoir and urn and fountain here tad their erowning Oak and yew and hnz-i put f,,:th their richest foliage. There was no life more diligent, no soul more iugenicus than that of Sheirstone, a:.d a I that dili gence and genius h-: brought to t adornment of that oae tre aued soot. He gave ?300) fr it. He sold it for several thousand. And yet 1 am to tell you today of a rieher gardun than any I have mentioned. it is rhe garden spoken of in my art-the goe of the church, which belons to Ci t, for my aext says so. He bought It, he planted it, he own it and he shall have it. Walter Scott, in his out lay at Abbotsford, ruine-d his fortune, and now, in the crimson flowars of thoso gardens, you can alm~ost think or imagine that you see thes blood of that old man's broken heart. The pay ment of the last ?1u0,000 sacrificed him. BtIhave to tell y ou that Christ's life and Christ's death were the outlay of this beaatdful garden of the church, of which my text speaks. Oh, how nmany sighs and tears and rangs a- d agonies! Tell me, ye women who saw him hang! Tell me, ye executioners who lifted him and let him down! Tell me, thou suu that didst hide, ye rocks that fell! "Christ loved the church and gave him self for it," if the garden of the church belongs to Christ, certainly he has a right to walk in it. Come, then, O blessed Jesus, today. Waik up and down these aisle and pluck what thou wilt of sweetness for thyself ! The churah in my text is approprpri ately compared to a garden, because it is a place of choice flaters, of select fruits and of thorough irrigation. That would be a strange garden in, which there were no fbwers. If no where else, they would be along the borders or at the gateway. The home liest taste will dictate somnething, if it be only the old fashioned hell' hock or dahlia or dafidil. Batt if there be larger means tr?en y ou will find the M1exican cactus and blazing asalea and the clustering oleander. Well, now, Onrist comes to his gantien, and he plants there some of the bright est spirits that ever fl owered upon tne world. Some of them are violets, in conspicous, hat sweet as heaven. You have to search an' find them. You do not see them very otten perhaps, but youz find where they have b-een by t1he brightened face of the invalid and the sprig of geranium on the sta::d and the new window curtains keepin g out the glow of the sunlight. They are perhaps more like the ranuneuius, creeping sweetly along anmid the thorns and briers of life; giving ktss for sting. And many a man who has had in his way some great niack roet of trouble has found that they have covered it ali over with fiowery jasmine running in and out amid the cre-vices. The~se flow ers in Christ's gardtn are not, like the sunflower, gaudy in the iight, but wherever daiksess hovers over a soul that needs to be comiorted there they stand, night bloongn escuses. Bt in Chirist's garden there are piants that may be better compjared to the Mexican cactus-thorns without, ioveliness with in-men vwith sharp pc nt-s of charaocer. They wound almost cv ry one that touches them. T hey~ are hard to han die. Mien pronounce the-m nothing bat thorns, but Chri-t lov- thez, notwith standinir all their sharnsessesi. Man a ma has had a very harda grouna t~o cultivate, and it has only ucea through severe trial that he has raise ven the smallest scrap of grac. A very harsh minister was talki1ng to a very placid elder, and the placid elder said to the harsh minister, "Docrtor, I do 'sh y ou would control your tcei-." "Ah" said the minister to the eher, "I con trol more temper in five uinutcs than you do in five years. There are others plannted in Chrisit's garden who are alway s ra~iant, always impressive, more like the roses of deep hue that we oealml-a y tiid cedLkd "giants of battle; the \ri L -1 er St. Pauls, Chryse tona, W. eles L a1i maers and Sattueila iL . W h~1at in other men is a spark ina ti~em i.s a conflhgration. Whn.- -i -e ,they sweat great drops of blo. ' iL'-they pray, their prayer to& Ste. When they preach, it is a Pezntee.s. Wrten they fight, itris a Thenmatylae. When they die, it is a mar: rdon. Y ou tind a gre at many roses in the gardens, but only a few "gianits of batte. 'M~en Ra=, "Why don't youhhv nre of t.em in : re cur-. s a>, "Why don't you I y Ie it the world m;e Humboldts ,ti wellingtnts? God gives to some ter Taents, to others one. In this garden of the church which li-.t has planted also find the snow dirops, beautiful but cold lookiug, seeua inlLy another phase of winter. I mean those Christians who are precise in their tastes, uni- passioned, pure as snowdrops and as cold. They never shod any tear, they never get excited, they never say any thing rashly, they never do anyt"ing prci-pitatelY. Their puh:es never ? r. ,:h ir nerve sever twitch, the' ir i'tiOon never Dos ever. Th..} live lorm.r that u'1ost coo >, but their li, is is a minor key. Tiev never rue up to "C" above the I in their musie oF life they have ; tecato paaces. Christ planted .hM in thtchurch, and they must be of some se: vie or they would not be ire: rowdrops-always snowdrops. B:it I have not tc ' you of the most beau;iiul fiwer in alp this garden spok en of in the text. If you see a century plan;. your emotions are sarted. You say, -Why, this flower has been a hun dred years gathering up for one bloom, .nd it will be a hundred years more he f.;re other peta's will come out." But I have to tell you of a plant that was I waherirg up from all eternity and that 1.o wars agI pu. ftrth its bloom nev er to wither. It is the passion plant of thc eoss. Prophets fcreteld it, Bethle hemshepherdslooked upon it in the bud. the rocks shook at its bursting and the dead got u; in their winding sheets to see its full blem. it is a crimson flower -blood at the roots, blood on the branches, blood on the leaves. Its perfume is to fill all the nations. Its breath is heaven. Come, oh winds from the north and winds from the south nnd winds from the eat and win;ds from tne west and bear to all the carth the sweet ineling savor of Christ, His worth if all the nations knew, Sure the whole earth would love him too. Again, the church may be appropri atd yconpartd to the garden, because it is a place of fruits. That would be a strance garden which had in it no ber rie-, no plums or per s or apr:cots. The coarser fruits are planted in the orchard or they are set out on the sun ny hillside. But the choicest fruits are kept in the garden. So in the world outside the church Christ has planted a great many beautiful things patience, charity, generosity, integrity. But he intends the choicest fruits to be in the garden, and if they are not there then shame on the church. Re ligion is not a mere flower-ng senti mentality. It is a practical, life giv ing, healthful fruit, not posies, but ap ples. "Oh," says somebody, "I don't see what your garden of the church has yielded!" Where did your asylums come from? And your hospitals? And yer institutions of mere;? Christ planted every one of them; he planted th. vi in his hard -n. When Christ gave bight to Bartimeus, he laid the corner stone of every blind asylum that has c':'r been built. When Jhrist soothed the demoniac of Galilee, he laid the cornerstone of every luaatic asylum that has ever been established. When Christ said to the sick man, "Tak-e up thy bcd and walk," he laidi the corner stone ol every hosp'ital the world has ever seen. When Christ said, "I was in prison and ye visited me," he laid the cornerstone of every prison reform association that has ever been organized. The Church of Christ is a glorious gar den, and it is full of fruit. I know there is some poor fruit in it. I know there are some weeds that ought to be thrown over the fence. I know there are some crab appte trees that ought to be cut down. I know there are some wild grapes that ought to be uprooted, but are you going to c estroy the whole grden because of a little gnarled fruit? You will fled worm eaten leaves in Fontainebleau and insects that sting in the fairy groves of the Champs Ely sees. You do not tear down and de stroy the whole garden because there are a few specimens of gnarled fruit. I ad mit there are men and women in the church who ought not to be there, but let us be just as frank and admit the fact that there are hundreds and thousands and tens of thousands of glorious Christian men and women holy, blessed, useful, consecrated and triumphant There is no grander col letion in all the earth than the collec tion of Dhristians. There are Chris tian men in every church whoise religion is not a matter of psalm singing and church going. Tomorrow morning that religion will keep them just as consis ten and consecrated in their worldly cupation as it ever kept them at the communion table. There are women with us today of a higher type of charae ter than Mary of Bethany. They not only sit at the feet of Christ, but they go out into the kitchen to help Martha in her work, that she may sit thiere too. There is a woman who has a drunken husband who has exhibited more faith and patience and courage than Ridley in the fire. He was consumed in 20 minutes. Hers has been a 20 years' maryrdocm. Yonder is a man who has been 15 years on his back, unable to feed himself, yet calm and peaceful as though he lay on one of the green banks of heaven, w'tching the oarsmen dip their paddles in -the crystal river! W y, it seems to me this moment as if St. Paul threw to us a pomologist's catalogue of the fruits growing in this great garden of Christ -love, joy, peace, patience, chareter, brotherly kindness, gentleness, inercy; diorious fruit, enough to fill all the baskets of earth and heaven. It has seeI. as if Jesus Christ took the best. Fromn many of your house holds the bcst one is gone. You know that she was too good for this world. She was the gendlest in her ways, the deepest in her affetion, and whe-n at last the sickness came you had no faith in medicines. You knew that the hour of parting had come, and when, through the rich grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, y ou surrendered that treasure you said: Lord Jesus, take it. It is the best we have. Take it. Thou art worthy." The others in the household may have been of grosser mold. She was of the finest. The heaven of your little ones will not be fairly begun until you get there. Al the kindnesses shown them by im mortals will not make them forget you. Tnere they are, the radiant throngs that went out from your homes. I threw a kiss to the sweet darlings. They are all well now in the palace. Te erippled child has a sound foot now. A little lame child says, ")la, will I be lame in heaven?" "No, my darling, you .von't be lame in heav.en." A little sick child says, "Ma, will I be sick in heaven?" "No, my dear, you won't be sick in heaven.' A little blind child says, "Na. will I be bind in heaven?" "No, my dear, you won't be blind in heaven." They are ali well there. I notice that the fine gardens some times have high fences around them, and I cannot get in. It is so with a king's garden. The only glimpse you ever get of such a garden is when the It i not so wi-h this ir'ai. rids Kings garden. I threw wid1te o ptn t'm ate and tell Sc-u all oci u it. uono'pav in rel. iie \1 '! won"r 4 rma. C'ho -; nw ! a de sad a garde., t'n) a ' . ric . the iden c-i the Nti 's . Yu h e found it b'et G' ?chionk. . So i:a hwit v'tioor b . Ill ,l nue ali :e t or e I ug.. Iie it.,r us ::th: r , a when, we re-.d his poetusA Bt:u jon t the :: e hi i on heA a "' . Whlex in the midst of hhfes - tiiirs hie c nfrpnt,Cd a 11 o..ki:: a ad he saw iituself : d said: ";ere 0iat. is true. I lcuk jc :n CI w r up in body. nd ii and picea.rs Sas. of Setone. -f whret ad he told youi at the bain-ltains of ix:: ser mon. He s at d loa:td ' pt. Doer and said: "'I hav, lst mi y n a aost happnes. I n a tiry -:cn envious a-id frattilc an c ap n rt around me juslt a., it beone sa mas usanl to do "f 0 .e weary souls, come1. into Christ's garde~n today and plck a iittle hearts ehse,. Christ is the only rest and the ouly pardon for a perturbed spirit. Do Sou not thick cour chance has almost coeni? You men aod waeen who have been waiting year after yearfor some good oppoyrtunity in which t" ac"-st Chbrist, but hlave po st pone d it 5 lu. 2;) 30 year:, d. you i t feel as if nov our honor of diverac,ce anid rar don and sa nation h::d come -? 0 main, v h sat grud} e hart thou agaii S: p soni titit tho u wilt riot ft it b:' saved? Son~e years agoc a ve-se: struck on the reeks. They had otnyonet afeboast la that hftoit the pa;sser'gers and crew were gettirce ashore. The ves-el" had foun~dered arnd was sinkin:g deeper atd deeper, and that one boat could rot take the passengtrs very swiftiy. A little Sirl stood on the des naiting f':r her turn to get into the boa. "T re boat Came at d weet, e"n.- wev, .it her turn did not eem to eJ.e. After awhile s:e e-uld w'"o loe r. and she leaned on the t:.r. and then sprang into the sea cryiuz t. thes be it iran: -Save me c<xt: :ve we next Oa, how flauy have g lu' ashore into God' mercy, and yet .m arc cang:ng to the wreck of .iu! O-v;rs br.ve oa e- pted the parotin of Chriur. but you are in peril. Why not this moment make a rush for y jo-r immortal rescue, crying u:,til Jius shall hear you saod heaven and earth ng w:th the era 'Save me next! Save me nex.!" Nw is the day of saivatiou! Now! Now! New York's Vote William E Curtis, v riting to the Chicago R -cord, says before Senarnr Mnderson, R-publi'an sailed for Eu rope last week, he told a friend that oe had seen and heard enugh during his .tay at saratoga and Nesc York city to convince him that the Republicans were not goi"g to have a w-lkover ins that state. "aj*1:ities change very ,uddcnly in New Yrk," he said, "I you wi eximiee the po itical almnacs you will see that the carnidate of one prty has been eieotcd by a lar e n; j )rity one year and the oandidrae .of another party b, a inl'aar aprity the next, wih'out -any rev o appa"re'.t to the outsider. Foem v. na: 1 piced up in gossipiug arisong politcians of ~oth piartiest herc andi at Saraosa, cotiaied General Shadercson, "and fron, wnat 1 gsthered from ti. lawyers I met at the meeting of the B .r a-so cition, I am eeviuced that Croker intends to carry the stale for Bryan if possible, and t~a'. he is pledged to do0 so. Eery'body familiar with New York polities know.3 wha t tat mns, and the Republicans of the state "Lould be fally advised of iLhC danger. Battle Fisgs Returned. An incident out of the ordi::ary occur red at the reunion of the Fort y-sixth Ohio Volunteer infantry at W-ibine ton, a suberb of Column us Ohio, Wed nesday. The colcr.s of the Thirteenth Louiiana regnment were returned to a committee cof t he surviv'rs of that old organization. Th'e fhg.s were captured atEzra court house, just outriaec of At lanta, during the war and have been in the relic room of the state capital at Col umbus for years. Du~ring the reunion, Judge David Pugh made an addres, and turned the flhgs over to a committee composed of Snepherd D. hlrris, John A. Landry and James EI. Brown of New Orleans. Governor Nash was present and piarticip 'ted in the exercises. Alaska Indians Starving The secretary of the tre'.sury has re eeved advices from Alaska, con~fi.-ming the renorts that a most detlorab:e con dition exists amnong Indians aiong the coast from Cape Nomne norts.ward. The treasury efniis are po-.vrless to ren der any aid to the suerers owing to the fact that the department has L~O available funds for such a purpose, but Gn. Spaiding has written a letter t> the war department, whieh has a tund that can be cr-awn upon in emjergeney eases ,ike the present, re commenul~g that food be suppliedi atnd di3'ribaited under the dirction oi ainy of the army oiciers in charge of the troo'ps mt:tiou ed there. The treasury uc;imtment wlfurnish surgeons. Wholenale Poitoui~nZ. Dr. S. J. Love, who re'stded near Longs stort, in Guxion eiti ry, L3. eieoout 3 olocekTturnday'a tCe-c ron the edeets otf arsenie pois.>axios A. force of thre-thers took dinner I Dr Love's and aft*:rward the d Ieo' 'mi hy and five oft the threshers " wretn seriou-ly ill, the doctor " d.i"g, others 'are jet tick. atid 0o:ureui may foilow. Pnysicians say thte - feets are thoec of arseui' x'oioni' ad it is believed a w ho-sxe muirde was attemptedi by putting the pe;1on into the food eaten a: dmnner. Tnr is no clew to the perp;etrator of t:e deed. The comoiu::y i- 0 w' o I up over the miatter. Can't Etcap3 the Crow-is Bryau left Wh~eilingr, W. Va , ier Chicago Friday minoig. !!e ad en deavored to keep his route a '-eret, hot at Cambridge tlere was axmmbad a rowd of severat hundred people. who demanded a speecih of the caCdid.1aTe. Mr. Bryan spoke for three xmuutas, onfining himnself to the trusts alonrg the Eame .incs he used in former speeches. Hie said that no oue cuuld exuect remed'ial it gislation from the Republican party, which deannds to a ar~e extC~ut upon t bese combinations or capa'gn cautribtion-:. H: sate hat if the'working man did not ki:.a how to vote in order to hurt the tut he should watch the way the tru-t mn..g ates voted and then vie the other way.v He was cheered adapade during his remarks. Gainesville, G a.. Dee. 8, i1h93 Pi~tes Antiseptie invorto' k een used in my family and 1Impr fetly satisfied th~at it is ' and w'i do all, you climr for it. Y x stuy P. S.-1 am us=iug it. nowr myself. t's doing trc goo~d.-Sold by The Mur ry Drug Co .Counmia , S. C., an all A EORT COTTON CROP. if the Farmers Are Wise They Will Get Good Prices. A dispatch from Galveston, Texas, :ss c- .on is se liing for a higher price at the depots in Texas than Septemher contrae- are q otcd at New Yoik. Tb iaU -a not got control of the tpwn er1p, :-:d the speculators have n . te e.Lt:-l of the erop. The crop :it ,rmn. it is one of the latest in ma33y }-rs SuIh c.aton as is on the roarket is ": T.ic a read u e t ifrom S4 tO 9 e i poud in th e iuterior. The ople is '-xc d!erit and the Hiat of ex tra rdiary good color. The nottou is slow in appearing that it is difiie'ilt to teal how long this de mand will continue, but for the present at least th.e planter is scught by the buyer, and n-:t the buyer by the plant er. Pickers are rather scarce; the rains of this week have stopprd field work and it looks like a further checking of the movement, making the crop later than ever. Cotuon men a-c pcrplexe-d as to how the chatsw hctween the o'd crap and the new is to be bridged. There are ath-rs here for all th'e cotton obtainable in the first half of September at 91 cts.f. o h, Galveston. Local dealers are inclined to think the interior peoplie will take their time about markctie: this crop. L soiuer= & Flint, cotton factors and bu.ers. said to-day: "CLtton is sellinz in the interior tosns of Texus at 8i eerts or a trifp: ighe-r. There is a pronouneed de tand, indicatiog that there are a great suany eo;a'e:ents for early shipment t b., filed. " Tee suppi is no. qipxd to the de m i, : d :t is the producer who is fix og the p i and the bus er who is do imC ttbe bd dag. -T he planters of T. x i are in better -ha- e to market cotton slowly than .iy have ever been before. No one :an tell what they will do. "They are well informed as to the needs of the world and the general out look for the c-op. l'hey expect good prices. Too lit tie of the crop hae come into sight for !-peculators to get hold of any of it. Such as is coming along is rushed to the s:abo rd for ircm'aiate shipment." Ea-tace Taylor, of Young & Higgin, English cotton buyeis. said: *Nvar befc.re were the farmers in .ueh a positi.tn to dictate prices. It Feees they are doing it now, and will ecotinue doing it for some time. 'The needs of the trade are such and he condition of the crop is so tender hat the planter can practically control lho situation until frost." WHAT NEW ORLEANS SAYS. A dtspatch from New Oricans says he openinu ot the new season fieds the *totton pla- tars in a position to dictate the pries at which their cotton .hall -ell. This is the consensus of opinion ;mong th-; lcaaing cotton men of that warket. "The planters have only to market uheir cou'on slowly and jadieiously in .rder to g.et at least-t Ttn cents a pound for it," e~id W. P.- Ber.vn. the leader of the buli aide in this market. "PChe planters hold the key to the ~itua;;on," he replied, when asked -rhetbor the new crop was in the hands of the speculaters or the planters. The interior is bare of cotton, stocks at ports are unprecedentedly small, there- is little or no cottoa alaat for Liverpool atnd not likely to be for several Aeeks. Liverpool is almost tare of stocks and the visible supply has reached the famirne stage. "All of these facts strengthen the hand of the ptlanters, to say norhing of the lateness and bhortness of the crop The Chinese situati.mi has improved, so that it need no longer be feared." Aahton Phelps, an acknowlcdged au tfority, told the Commercial coires pondent that he believed that the plant rs would control the situation and dictatec prices. "There is a cotton famine," he said, "The visible supply of American cot ton on September 1. 1900J, will be, in runtt figurtes, 6)0,00)0 bales. "It is ten years since such a condi tion of exhaustiain has been seen. On Septmber 1. 1S90, the American visi ble stood at 543,00J0 bales, but the an nal consumption was not then more han S,000.000 bales, whereas it is now arger by something like 3.000,000. The ptresent supply is, therefore, rela tively mutch smaller. "As to the invisible supplies, all the .urrounding facts lead to the belief that rhey are p actically it The een ,umptioa during 1S99-19)00 may be ekoed at 1t).7Z0,000j bales, even with the curtailment arising from the Chinese war. "If a rduction of 750.000 he made to allow for less favotranle conditions, reoirements of 10),000,t000 for 19tJ0 19"1 tiu-t still be faced. In order to e rea-toably safe, 61)0 000 bales should ne a dd to the vist ble and 40)0,00)0 to ih invh le~n supply. It is thus~ fairly certain thatuhe world needs an Am~nezican crop of 11 000,000 b to sati'sfy i:s nee-ds for the ensu i'tg 12 - ,ths. 'le crop is an exceed ircliy un-.ven one. 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Write for free samiplebottle, which will be sent, prepaid to Times readers, describe simtoms and personal free medicaf advice will be given. Address Blood Balmr Co.. Atlanta, Ga. Vies Virginia Safe. Judze John H. Holt, D)emocratie candidate for governor of West Vir ginia. was in Washington last week ani expressed the opinion that his state wouid go Democratic at this elec tio. A national, state and congres sinal ticket comes before the peo pl. Hie says the defeat of one masthe defeat of all. Judge He saiys that the Republican poll of West Virginia showing a large majority in their favor is all bosh and was conected to bolster up the weak kneed Republicans in the state. In West Virginia, he says, imperialism LIGHT AS UUK FOR AZSLES. Experiments Show That Sunshine WIll Alleviate the Severity of Disease. Recent experiments indicate that the sun may be a potent remedial agent in the case of persons attacked with snallpox, scarlatina and measles. These experiments were made by Dr. Finsen, of Copenhagen, and Dr. Chatiniere, of St. Nande, and so novel were they that they have aroused a good deal of dis cussion among the members of the Aca:cmy of Medicine in Iaris,says the Mw York llerald. Dr.Chatiniere a short time ago treat ed 12 children who had measles accord ing to his new method, which is scien tifically known as phototherapie. Red light was the only cure which he used, and this he made serviceable in the fol lowing manner: On the windows of the sick room he hung red curt ains and on the tabie near each bed he placed a lamp which gave forth a red light. He acted thus because he felt satisfied that the irritation of the skin in cases of measles is due to the chemical rays of the solar spectrum, or, in other words, to the ultra violet rays, and not to the so-called caloric or heat rays. If this were not so how account for the fact that the pustules and scars are es pecially deep and marked on the face and hands, which are the very parts of the body that are most exposed to the solar rays? The result showed that he had not erred in arriving at this con clusion. His little patients rapidly re gained their health, and the virtue that lies in red curtains and red lamps is being extolled by many physicians. Impressed, like Dr. Chatiniere, by the fact that the influence of the solar rays is especially manifested on the face and hands of patients, Dr. Finsen conceived the idea of subjecting per sons suffering from smallpox to the in fluence of ultra-violet rays, which reached them after the light had been filtered through thick red curtains. The result was that the little vesicles or bladders gradually disappeared and the patients did not suti'er from the customary fever and, furthermore, were netpockmarked. Theultra-violet rays, indeed, in the case of these pa tients produced the same effect as the red light in that of Dr. Chatiniere's, the most no-table token of their efficacy being the absence of fever and the rest lessness and the gradual disappear ane of the eruptions before coming to maturity. It was also noticed that the rays had a marked effect on the mala dies in so far as they affected the bron chial tubes. Dr. Finsen's method of cure has been introduced Into France by Dr. Larat and is being used not only in cases of smallpox, but also in cases of certain forms of skin diseases. HOW TO DRESS WELL. A Woman's Identity Should Not Be Sacrificed to the Taste of the Dressmaker. If a woman is afraid to decide about her own style, let her get. an artist to tell her what it is, and what she can vt'ear to the best advantage, says the Ledger Monthly. flavinig ascertained her style and the colors she should wear, then she should never deviate from them. She must strengthen herself to ignore wonerful bargains in the wrong styles and colors, and prepare herself even to endure a certain amount of nionotony in her wardrobe. But her reward lies in being invariably well dressed and in having an air never to be acquired by sinking one's iden tity in the nondescript taste of the average dressmaker. A business w"oman Is wise to select some one standard color that best suits her-say brown, or navy blue, or gray-and then, having bought the principal garments in this tone, to buy all others In harmony with It. It affords a woman a wonderful op portunity to appear smartly dressed on the least possible outlay. And it is remarkable how many pretty varia tions can be found to prevent any one color scheme growing tiresome. It Is a.' excellent plan to begin this sim.ple msthod of good dressing when girls are quite young. It cultivates their taste to a very great degree and enables them, as they grow up, to dress well with but little thought or money. What a wise precaution it would be to give every girl her own pin-money, however little, and teach her to be self-reliant, for it is a, sad fact that it is usually the woman who has the least ability to dress wel) who thinks most about her clotheCs, always strug gling for e'feets, and doomed to fail ure: while the woman or girl who un derstands herself, her style, color and the courageous art of selective shop ping can get the largest returns for her time and. trouble. The consciousness of looking well Is pretty sure to bring repose of milnd and manner-an attitude In which a woman is best calculated to meet the social and business world at her best. Served Him Right. Ie carefully prepared the small gar dea plot, while his wife, deeply inter ested In his labor, stood watching him. After he had put in the seeds and smoothed over the bed, his wife took his arm to accompany him to the house, and en the way s-he asked: "When will the seeds come up, John?" Laying his hand caressIngly on her shoulders, the smart man sai:. "I don't expect them to come up at all, my dear." "You don't:" she explained. "Then why have y-ou gene to all that trouble ?" With a smile that springs from su perior knowledge he answered: "The seeds won't came up, but the plants and flowers will, by and by." Yet he was wrong; for his neigh bor's hens got Inte his garden, and the seeds did come upe- pfliier'a Weekly. Grover Expected The Washington correspondent of the atlanta Journal says: "It is believed hat in a few days G:over Cleveland ill issue a statement declaring for Bryan, and urging all his x:iends to vote or thc Nebraskan. There is a persis ent rumor to that effect. It has e'iused panic among the Republicans. Some ~ime ago Clevoland and his old cabinet ad a conference. The subject under ~onsideration was not given out. It was evidently politics. Since then [-Seretary Olney and Ex-Postmaster )enerai Wilson have gone to Bryan. [ looks like Cleveland will do like sis. He cennot swallow imperialism." That Vermont Stump. The Washington correspoedent of the Atlanta Journal says Senator Proctor, >f Vermout, was one of the earliest cal ers at the white house Thursday morn ng. He had a conference with the presi et and frankly-told him that the loss in .he Republican vote in Vermont was due o gold D'emocrats going back into the egular Democratic fold. The same ~esult will be witnessed in the Maine lectin. NO TI1ME. No time, do we say-for a helytul thought To lighten the burdens of hearts that ache? No time for encouraging, cheering words. That are healing balm to the hearts that break? No time, do we say--for a kindly act. For the comfort and sunshnle of a song? No time for the tenderness that is life, As careless and heedless we pass along? The tender words we neglect to speak To the hungry hearts we so fondly love, Yet the tenderest words go up to Cod And each flower we give wii blossom above. Still we grieve our own by hasty words And acts that in vain we try to forget Then beautiful things we say of our dead And cover with flowers our vain re gret. Oh, pray, to the living give time each day In some way to gladden the lonely hours By the touch of a hand, a smile, a word 'Tis the living who need our kindness and flowers. -Ruth Reid, in Detroit Free Press. TATTERS 0 By Helen Frances Huntington. kbrom the Hm,' .uurnal. New York. iteprinted by Special Permiaelun.j A N INEXPLICABLE instinct had guided Jimmy through forbidden grounds direct to Ted's library door, where he stood, cap in hand. a decently clean, solemn-faced boy of 12, with a little grizzly mop of a dog wriggling apologetically at his heels. "Ilis name's Tatters, an' he kin sit up an' da.nce an' sing.' said Jimmy. Whereupon Tatters "sat up" and peered axtiously through the ragged dun-colored fringe that veiled his bright black eyes. For the rest he was the most dejected, forlorn little crea ture that ever begged his way through s hard and thankless. world. "What are you two doing here?" Ted demanded, coldly. "Please, sir, worr't you take 'im in?" Jimmy entreated. "The Home's sendin' me to Kansas an' the man what's hired me won't take Tatters. You kin have 'im fer a dollar." "But .1 don't want him," Ted an swered, heartlessly; at which Tatters dropped his smudgy paws limply and turned to Jimmy, with a look of hope less appeal which said, as plain. as hu man speech could do: "Why is the hand of every man turned against me?" "le eats so little you'd never miss It," Jimmy explained, persuasively, "Tatters promised, mutely, to eat still less if Ted would take him, and Ted's heart wasn't proof against that last. appeal. He patted the little towsled head good-naturedly and assured him that he should have abundant food and a roof to shelter him as long as he behaved in a fit and proper manner. I have never owned a dog in my life, he explained, deprecatingly, "but I'll take Tatters and do the best I can for him." The leave-taking consumed half a minute. It was plain that the dog suf fered most acutely; but he had been made to understand that it was all part of the inexplicable fate that had branded him as a vagrant. When the door closed behind Jimmy he ran about from window to window, till he found the one overlooking the avenue where he sat very still, watching the lessen ing figure of his late master until his breath blurred the pane hopelessly; then he whined softly until Ted be thought himself of his promise and carried him out to be bountifully fed and groomed after the manner befit ting his adoption.. Shorn of his long disguise-the grime and soot of plebeian association-he was a handsome dog with a s&ilver-grny coat, a little black dust-brush of a tail, a~ curly, shapely head, and the kindest eyes ever set in a canine face, deep, midnight black, shot with coppery lights that gave him a look of human intelligence. The longer Ted looked at tat winning little face, the longer he wanted to look; it was so wvise, so ten der, so impressibly grave. "Tatters," said Ted, put ting his hand under the silky uplifted chin. "I'm go ing to be very good to you always, and 'in return I want you to be very good to ome one else. Come, let us go and see her, and you'll know why." She sat on a couch'-beside a sunn.y window, her hands folded idly over an open book, her eyes fixed unseemingly on lu.minous space. Ted affected not to notice the deathlike transparency of the flower-like face; he proceeded cheerfu!!y to introduce Tratters to his new mistress, and Tlatters "sat up" very prettily until he was lured by the look in Nadine's eyes to move a step closer and put his paws on her knees. "What a dear little fellow," she said languidly, taking his face between her thin hands and looking down into his dark, beautiful eyes. "I never thought I should like a dog; but. this one looks almost human. Is he really mine? Oh, thank you. Ted." For the first time in many weeks she smiled g'enuinely, and was interested. Ttters pu/zled his brain sorely about Nadirne's inactivity,. and atfter patient endeavor to rouse her, he wer t to 'red for an explanation. And it seemed so human to tell this faithful. lit tle friend what was wvearing out h~s own heart. "The doctor gave her Iroublde a long, hard name. T1atters." said he, "aud he thinks ;tere's one chance in a hu n dred that she mnay be cured; hut 1' kow bet ter. Sh'n's very youingr barevy 22, buit sorrow has aged her more in a single' hour t han a whole lifetime of oy coulnd have donie. No. ste dos' rightly belong to tus. lc ahe eanme to uls longr ago when she was~ a little gil and ther'e nte'ver was a time vwher' I didn't love. hr. 'moret' thIiana a yore et'e in the wide war0.~ -the was always 'very goad and sneect t mr and sucha happy. bright; lint:e gir'i. ut3 ;~ me Diot. lic was a fine feiown, too. Ut not qluile good enoutgi: for' Naitre. ile was very fond. of her, tac she was htop pier' still tutil the other woman camte. Such a wo man, TIatter : an auiu as nn angel-yo u couldn't idae htim a if yon could see her. Nadine ciln' blame him., either, but. 'it 'oke herL har;. They say people somtim es ut live even that trouble. but' it in't tue rot with a nature like iers. If youtt could only help her to frt, jus fo a little while. Tfatters, I'd :0 you os koug as I live." TJatters kept his ebar.p fat..hit~y but it wvas vain to hop'e for .s:eees: where human mnuayit had aed 'ed helpedi evade the- dret:Cd- el::::x by reading all the nes:sot~acrs -arefully befre Nadine saw ithem a cuard~ against her seeing mntio tof hi I. turn, for wvhich she wva iebed nd u..i - el. as a tiy::g man longs to b)e si :b She put eff tile sonthw ci.a tiit Iy by day, and nreattntm ewv~ neaker. paler and- sadder; and-T'etan Tamr s. went about watching her~ wit h tr..ou' ees. Wiinter cnue with a1 rush of icy air ones n urryttG sou"tuwi. rd climes. The others could not, well be spared from the busy round r,f socia life, so Ted went, with his mother and Nadine. The world h shrouc:ed in white vestments tthrough which the train plowed a Irrow track bearing them farther and :arther from their ae customed scenes. Tatters sat in Na dine's window looking wistfully out. of the window at the flying panorama of skeleton trees and hedges till the traiu stopped at a wayside station. Ted took him out for a little walk, and he scudded. along the narrow path sniiling the frost v air delightedly, and present ly disappeared uider the car v.heeis, be caught up by someone on the op posite ie Ted: heard a man's coaxing voices: "Hello, my beauty! Look, Tess, ia't that a perfect little beauty?" The a swer was a delightedi little feminine exclamat.ion, then a lady steppcd: out of the coach and confronted him, fol lowed by Dion, who 'coked very wan and weary beside that rad.iant vision. Ted looked into her face and forgot everything but the thought. that, Na dine munt, not see them. He got pos session of Tatters and walked the length of the train and back before he dared to confront Nadine, and! he train pulledoff witha few preliminary shucks when he swung aboardi the amoking car. He sat staring dully before him, until he was recalled to a realization of things tangible by a keen sense of nu pending danger. There was a shriek of escaping steam. a sickening crunch of wheels, an explo sive crash, then he was seized by some blind force and flung down amid the debris of a wreck. Tatter's doleful lit tle whine recalled Ted's scattered senses. He woke to find himself lying in a poor little roadsidle hut, where they had carried the deadJand wound ed. Dion's wife lay not an arm's length from his couch, and besidehim sat Nadine unhurt. . "It is not fatal?" Dion asked in a husky whisper. The doctor moved away very softly, but the dyiug woman read the bitter truth in his eyes, and' shivered with mortal terror. "Dying:" she cried, incredulously. "Oh, no. It simply isn't possible! it can't be; why should I be chosen when so many others don't- care to live! Oh, no. not I; life is far too sweet to die!" Tatters whined and, h"ust his nose close to Ted's face, and he opci:ed his eyes and smiled understandingly, then the clear, tuneful voice broke the deathly silence again. "Dion, if it should be true! I am afraid to die with an unconfessed lie on my soul. It was all my fault that she left you. I want ed you to believe Nadine unfaithful. You'll forgive me, Dion, won't you. It was because I loved you so-and she couldn't have cared one hundredth part .as much as I do. You loved her, didn't you, Dion? Yes, I knew, but I tried to -forget. If I should die you will marry her. Dion, I love you so that 1 wish only for your happiness. "But I will not die, Dion, 1 will not!" :the young voice trailed oft in half a sob, then woke again very faint and tremu lous, like the echo of distant music. "How d.rk it hvas grown!" it mur iured. "Have they left us alone at last, Dion? Come closer, I cannot see you-" There was no more sound or motion from the darkened pallet; the long lashes fluttered down and lay like rays *of darkness on driven snow, and the childish lips parted in a faint, sweet smile upon which death had set his holy seal as if God had, forgiven her guilty soul. IRoses everywvhere! Stately bride roses under a fringed canopy of maiden hir fer-n, long-stemmed beauties. queens of hearts in such lavish con fusion that Tatters wasobligedito walk very circumspectly through the maze of blossoming stutt to the window where Ted stood with folded, hands. breast high, to a rose bower-. There were white-rose petals on the sidewalk leading to lie front entry and three. little urchins were chattering de lightedly over their trophies of an easy conquest. Tatters found a little bare space on the window~ and looked out too, but failed to discover anything of signal importance. So he frisked about until Ted roused himself and took the fluffy little head between his palms anc smiled with the pathetic cheerfulness of complete renunciation. "All the fuss and flurry' is over at last. atters," he said. "and nowv we've go9 to take life in hand and make some thing out of it. We shall be very happy. too-not quinte as happy as Nadine arnd Dion. perhaps: s till you have mec and l have my work. Nadine? Well, Tatters. she (:oesn't need either of us now." SOLDIER'S PAROLE. Is Uderstood a a Purely Voluntary Contract Duriag Active Servtee. Parole, it must be understood, Is a purely voluntary compact. The cap tr is not obliged to offer to parole his prisoner-the prisoner hs not obliged, and cannot be compelled, to give hIs parole. If he does so, he will probably be released on pledging his word not to serve during the existing war. If he refuses he will remain captive until the war is over or until he can make his escape. The usual parole pledge extends only to active service against the en emy. A prisoner released on parole is not breaking his contract if he drills recruits, quell.a civil commo tions or fights other enemies. A soldier taken prisoner has no au thority to pledge himself never to serve against a particular enemy. He cannot throw off thuB lightly the duty he owes his sovereign or country, and If he make any pledge it, must be con fined to a limited time. Moreover, if a prisoner should make a pledge not approved by his own gov ernment., he is bound to return and surrender himself to the enemy. In the British army a soldier can only give his parole through a com missioned offieer. Even a noncommis sioned officer or an officer of inferior rank cannot give parol. for himself or for his mhea withiouT permission from his commaadaxg officer. The U'nited State. authorities, by the way, give greater liberty to parole than Is the case wits .the British army. A captured prisoner who has vio lated his parole may be punished with Extinct Gia.nta of Guam. Were there giants in the old days In ur latest possesalon, Guam? The resent races are MelanesIan and Ma lay, wIth occasiona1 Negritos. But these men could never have built the massive forts that dot the Isles-forts as massive as those of Yucatan. The walls range in height from eight feet to forty. Ia one w~ela corner stone t en feet by two ad one-half by six was foundi so feet abov' the ground'. Kow did the natives, -'wb have left no trace of skill beyond ?. at*one ax or two and' n' iom spearhed, 1-ear those mighty A GREAT SPEECH. The Hcpas and Amrbitions of the Laboring Men, WHAT BRYAN SAYS ABOU TIT. The Secret Ballot the Working Man's Protection and Power. H w He Ought to Use It. W. J Bryan's Labor Day speech at Chicago is attracting a great deal of attention. There were a number of truthful declarations in it that were "from the shoulder," as the sport would put it, and which are now being re quoted throughout the country. He points out, in striking manner, why the laboring man demands consid eration. "The first thing to be consid ered is the laboring man's ambitions; what are his aims and his purposes, for what is he striving? The animal needs only food and shelter because he has nothing but a body to care for; but man's wants are more numerous. The animal complains when it is hun gry and is contented when its hunger is appeased, but man. m (e in the im age of his Creator, is a three fold be ing and must develop the head and the - hcart as well as the body. He is not satisfied with mere physical existence; n. ither will he be content unless all a eLu-s of adva'ncem.nt are open to him. His possibi.ities must be as un imited as his aspirations." With "Why should the man who eats at a well supplied table foreet the man whose toil furnishes the food?" as a teat, be points out what labor organ ization has aecmrlishcd for the public good and for the laborer. Among those accomplishments he recites: "'he la bor organization has be"-n a consistent and persistent advocate of the doctrine of arbitration; although it is difficult to see why the burden of this reform should be thrown upon the laboring man. Surely the employer, if he would take a ci.mprehensive view of his own intcrestt, wouid be as much benefited by arbitratiou as the empleye, and be cause every prolonged content between labor and capital brings interruption to business and pecuniary loss to those who are in no way respon'ible for the disagreement, society in genera' is even more interested than employers or employes. Tbe desire for justice is so univcreal that the public can be de pended upon to support the finding of an impartial board of arbitration as certainly as it can support the suo cessful contestant in a lawsuit. The court of arbitration is one of the cer tainties of the future, and when it is s' cured and perfected, we shall wonder why its coming was dclayed solong." Principal among the aeh:evements of labh-r cr scizntiou, be designates and stresses this: "The labor organization has been foremost in advecating the reforms which have already been secar ed. Several years ago the secret ballot was demanded by the wade earners for their own protection Tiuat ballot has bcn obtained, and through its copera ins thee who toil for individuals or crporationzs are able to protect their political rights and to use the ballot ac cording to their own judginents. This is a long step in advauce " He discusse~s the hurt of the black list; the unlawful resort to i, junction; ae endorses labor's planning to direct legislation; points out why labor must fear trusts; and compliments labor on its stand against a large standing ar m. He saia: "Without a large percen tage of the laborin~g v.o:e, no party can win an election in the Uaited States. The men, who work fojr wages can, by throwing their votts on the one side or the other, determine the pality of t his count~ry. They need not mach in narades; they need not adorn them elvs with the iosignia of any party, but on election day their silent ballots can shape the destiny of this nation, and either bring the governument back to its ancient landmark or turn it into the pathway followed by empires of the old world." ETIQUETTE OF THE DANCE. A Few Things That Should Be Known by Every Devotee of Terp siehore. The etiquette of the ballroom or the private d'ancing party ought to be fa miliar to all who attend such diver sions, but, if so, its observance is far from universal. A few general rules should always be borne in mind, says the Chicago Chronicle. When a man is presented to a young woman at a dance he usually says al most at once: "May I have the pleas ure of this dance?" After dancing and walking about the rooms two or three times the young man may take the girl back to her chaperon and plead anoth er engagement, or, better, she suggests that he take her to a place near her mother or chaperon. The lady is the one to first Intimate her desire to stop dancing. ' If a man holds a girl too tightly she should drop her hand from his shoul der so as to bring it between her part ner and herself. If he does not take the hint let her stop dancing at once under some pretext so evident that he may realize her displeasure or disap provaL. A chaperon should not be lacking in personal dignity; nor should she dance while her charge is unprovided with a partner. A girl should be attentive to her mother or her chaperon, presenting her friends to her and occasionafly stopping to say a few words. Both young men and maidens should be careful to remember that their dan cing engagements must be kept. A girl must not refuse to dance with one man under some pretext and then dance with another; neither should she dance with the same man more than two or three times. A young man invited to a house should dance as early as possible with the daughter of his hostess and pay them every possible attention. Illinois is Democratic. The Chicago Daily News says: "lIlili nois is for Bryan and Alsebuler, ac cording to a poll of the state which the - Democrats have nirde, from which See retry Nelson, of the Democratic state committee says that practically com plete returns have jutst been received. Contrary to general expzectations, Al schulr is said to have run only about ven with Bryan save his own county of Kae, where the poll showed that e is exceedingly popular. This fail ure of Alschuler to run far ahead of Bryan is thought to be due to the fact hat no poll was taken in Cook county n it is right here in Chicago that Al chuer's chief strength is suppased to ie, the bulk of the Jewish vote, which s considered solid for Alsohuler, being