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A RAi)iANT CHR1IST Talmage's Aralys a C t~ (fthk'ii iu CH R!ST!ANS URGE Emuatce thu Qua sriiS' which Were L fe ar'i M jsti-s ei Jesus. In this srm'ro n, v .;I i T , sends from Pa i. ,' : o'iaracter of the Sai a -, Jhristians to ex. ne which wtre e earthly life. T 9, ".Now, it: a spirit cf Chrit There i. noii' c L , o snulot ce ~'..pV o:hers iappy. ; te.ner or euxo:-er" u rm IlIt t er-C we N ad V s o aew appreciation of pr r . 1 o o Lure. We wi~ h we ea'~ self balanee. We r who bear then riei out acy perraec ourselves that c :;" trol we may Dow have, ." 1 come, untr th e ; -we wit! be nui. ck : the wrong thL ' . will then be aii fact that an evil tatit I" ua will grow into largex1 o a: that an iiquity net eo:rt,;t . h - come the grandi ther e - r eration of iniquit':s without the srnee o: :r: gle and auwid the ant> a. . peratiiets c+' ife are ;:u , worse instead of bet& . Now, the treuble theory abroad in rte wri . s a aisposition ea: it b d e ' says, "I am iriscion in a ogr. a:: i can't helpit. Ano ier mu ta , I am revefgctul n:tural, ad'. I car: L help it." A mar: says, - N: Lt u sive, and 1 can't ilp 1,." Ad' h. l . the truth. No mns e.au es.r c. position. I never k:-e. a T -: :- ,; of resolution to chaget nip but by his grace G'd c : e a'ay that which is wrong an- } ut c tiat which is right, and I kot aL . .ou know people who since tneir con:ao:en are just the opposite of what they u:-et to be. In otter .oids, we may ty tfle spirt of God have tie c:sI orition of Jesus Christ ipiated :n vur disposi tion, and we must bate it none or we will never see heaven. ii aey rnau has not the disposition f ,,s c msh he is none of his." In the first piace the s .nt or '.:t was a spirit c genUeuce. :to.e: he mace wrattl uttocnes .W'rl Pnarisees ana L', poeries. but the .o of his woras were kieu a?.d a:ntle a: Iovirg and intlensive aid atu:.e.: When we conbuer the :::L tan .t e t,::, omnipotent and could have torn to pieces his assailants, the xone r Is greater. We often be-r tn. j er eeut, : and abuse of the woziU sc.uce ;i' ia: not hop' it. t..nit e.aa> 'L i ' Er~r i euid nave he4LU i. LeUe sil~et who always siay oti -. a roughm rashed into hib piese'nce id exajberto on him until the peepei t.gge3 tLe mother to take them away. luvaics so sore with wounds that un:y e*nia cut bear to have any one eu Lear themn begged Uhrist juist to pum ~s uana upos the wound ano sootie it. The naomLer with the siekeat cbild was watling to put the little one in Chlrist's anus. S righteous people rushed into his pres ence with a woman ot deta::ed ctaracter and said, "iNow, annihilate her, cLIast her, kili her." Jesus looaect an her acia saw she was sorry and repe utu, ane he looked at themu, and tie s.s they were proud and arrogant amd liait. and he said, "Let him that. 12 wn~hout sin cast the first stone at the her.' A blind man sat tiy the ways ide making a great ado about his iasei of visiou. They told him to hush ap arna not bother the Mister. Christ stooped to him and said, "What siit thou that I do unto theO ' Gentleness of voice, gentleness or manner, gentleness tf Life. We all admire it whether we have any of it or not. Just as the the mnuun tain bifi and the scarred crag Moe to look cown into the cairn 1as e at thetr feet and as the stormiest wlnitr leves to merge into the sunshrny sjynzg, so the nat preeipitate ann iu; uve. aniO iraecible nature loves to -uansa oi the genuteness et thrist. Hew litle we nave of ii! How intile p'al-ice la treating with enemie!. Vi e L-.e m'u hitti. of the gentieness ci CrinS we are not fit for Uhisu5LanI weik hair a ue We do not know how to celiuo:t tue bereft or to encourage the ails.tarLeLeC or to take care of? te poor. L&cu our4 voice of sympathy is on tie xwruz pitch. My sister had her amim put cut ol joint, and we were in the couOIt) i"t" the neighbors canme in, anth were. all syauletie, auna they Llia holdi o the arm and punied mngntias Lui ice anguishiwas intolerau.a; out iue a-nt did notgo to ispiace. ineti t.e oiL country acetor was SCC iunah came in ana wiah one icuen at w as all right. He knew just where to pt L1 finger an just loi to t-nac me coi We go out to our Chnsuau a n s toa roughi a hand ann too umm thetic a nmannt r, anc we faa? in t ur work, while some Ctrnstiazi i?. the. genierness of Chnist, comes aloI g, i~uts his hand ei syn mpathy on theo sore spot -the torn h~ganmients are healeil and uLe disturbedr bones are rejoiu. OUa, 1c: this gentleness of Chnist. The dew of one summer right will ae complish more good than 50 Caniioeani whirlwinds. how imponoiaut at is that in going forth to serve Chrnst we fae sonme thing of his gentieness! 1s t aat the way we bear ourselves wcatn we are assauhed? The ruse is an eye for an eve, a tooth for a iooth, ctort bor re tort, sarcasm for sarcasni. Giv him as much as he sends! After a-.hile you look up into the face of UCri?t, and you see his gentleness. and~ yu say, 'Well, now, I miust do differeat ly." TIhen your prod heart sais: "Now you have your enemy in a coraer. You will never get him in a coruer again. (3hastise nim, and ther io le umn go." So we postpone the gentieness Ut unrist. D~id you ever know any d:fl culty to be heaied iy axrcy or 1iyj;m cnnsm? About 45 y ears ago tne 1'res bytenian church wa Spiit into tne iAC school and the old echool. tihe chastn got wiaer and wider. The miost out rageous personalities were it.du!gecn in. Go~od men on one side auaiLue-auzed. good men on the other side. V ider ao wmcer the chasm got, a--.l 1ft awile some good peopie truaote tack, and they begau to exs. a the aitlculties, amAd so as u1 ~i r ences were he-aed, sad ;-1 na they shook hands and sie ue en to' LJ one forever. n ' you." He -'-.'Far the sight of you."I nn, "I never want you to to mV house a in, [ill i u say, "- ruat you U But :oute day the siiit e t int' yn. A you 1y rot r. Lvce lrc - c et t i ? ir to qtuaire!. e vnet. and let i. ai s t r , a cru1sard re .. , }.t :aggermeg or his hicoueh? \ \den his brain. But et hit know yo3 4 a awful strugle he abit, and you let a, t y'u have been ae eie w h; were down i' d i hs who by t'e grec"; of S t-r: rescued. He hear, your r n to that sym ythy, cu. You cannot recdd the o ato an,' thit.g better. You m-y a trs t imt something bJetter. ' lhe (rr lear c*omes out fro-a its hid t I - s, - I will a:oa-e this s - Ad it blows upon the sea, t. is aroued or a four-.h u, et)nt the entire .r awhile the moon and piaeid. It shines he ocean begins ,o t " a -s all te highlande, thne rodv i. The ht art throb tt it mta tst the heart ir worlk. The storm the Whole Alantie; te . ;' "Ard I." said Christ, *be -. will draw ail men unto C a alsoone of r .e-y. \,, y -irg mran evr arted u- wth -o brin + p:Jset s i-t .Y. u wi , it if 1e hed neen a.i ~ wrldly siwbiiion n he g'e to the sick he r....... d.. the vstest fort tune I of his iac With his power to popu 1h .rz-r a nd ma-netize the .hccu g *ate gained eth . No orator ever wun ea h might have on - ril and syntagotgu aqd oy the sta-ide. No *e got :ueb a reputatio "e.r a' he ueni.t have o0 e .pert r.ntd is wonder fui cures befre the Roman aristocracy. it ay ih'se thigs to let you know what l'aui naat when he said, "ie pleased not hs, f, a;d to show something of . e venders of his self sacrince. All ~W'. peyaer together could not have thrown Christ into the manger if he had r,,t ch1.sen to go there. All satan ie strtwtth could not have lifted C hrit upon the cress if he bad not ehcted hir.=elt to the torture. To save our race frotmi sta and death and hell be :}"a .! . rro w5 of this world and . Re of eternity. HLow much of .:" ci -aarte have we? ih i- e scrifi-e? It is my lsinga o- jurcy to saveyou from i jy liftingt a great uum b:r f pounds t. save you from the aw Itui strain. It is a ubtraction from m1 c~mfoit aod prosperity so that tr.- m z art addition to your com 6 ::eipoprty. Hay much of a ath a Mighit not I rather say, -j.w ital ha1 ve we. Two children -t riher ar~ sister-were pass!ng own ihe read They were both very destitu'e The ld had hardly any gresat an. Hi sister had a coat t~t she had cu-'groxn. It was a very cla day. Sh said, "Johnny, come ui der the e* t " ': 0s o," he said; sh sad it will btretch!" Hie comes ui'der the coat. but the co'at would not strtch. So she took oft the coat and p h i ohim. Self sacrifie pure and siie rist taking off his robe to lotbe cur nakedness. Selt sacrifice. I hav noti' a:.y of it, norhave you comn pr.a wi 1.h.-.< The sacrifice of the I y.n of Go. Christ walk'.d to E.nrnaus, Christ wak'd from Capernaumn to Bethany, (hrist walked from Jerusalem to Goi goha. How tar have you and l walked fr Chrit? His head ached, his heart ached, his back ached. How much have we ached for Christ? Tre disposition of Jesus was also a dispostion of humihity. The Lord of erth and heaven in the garb of a rus tie. He who poured all the waters of the earth out of his right hand -the Amzon and the Euphbrates and tbe Oregen and the O)hio and the Missis wriv-bending over a well to alk a mrartan woman for a drinc. He who p~read the canopy of the heavens and She ear h for a footstool, admitting a, I:e hal not where to lay his head. - e a nes carots t he loucs are, 'ala 1L with -ur.e feet Iiuhi:g the temp Cin ero rt- and w:ing the spray of heso from't his sa~d, then sa di d*wu * the e'in beside his 'is ts wip the .-weat tr'om his b.row a' Jecacart fnter ;hbp. Taking ttne i o ' deth? off ihe heart of Lszarus n brakn ue cbain of the grave .gaio-t the ~marse of the tomo and *e wIg out with Mary and :biar' th "ithot any 1rore pretvnstonr than a plailn eniz.: gol'g oult in the subur b a. vi'ge to spend the evening Jios tidas to Lf gh he wre' a nJ, body. Nick caed. Sated with pu 'icans and i. iers. K ng of heaven and earth aig uis' robes a thei dust. H 'wnuc f tha~t humihty hav - we? It e e a' fw more dhars than ether peo e'or saiu a li.tl iiigher position, *n.Q" owC e tr! We go aruuod want iseer a to, know thetr place and *y -i no t th great Babylon that I Bve bltfor thie nonor of my kingdom A~~ by the night of my strengtL?" Who ha~s aeything of the humility of The~ disposition of Christ was also the spirit 0f prayer. Prayer on the mountains, prayer 01 the sea, prayer among the aick, prayer everywhere. Pryer for little childreni: "Father, I thank thee that thou hast hidden these hins from the wise and prudent and re'veald them unto babes." Prayer for his friends. "Father, I will that they he with me whiere I am." Prayer for Me enemes, "Father, forgive them; ov knowv not what they do." Prayer it ntioUn "Thy kingdom come. He onlttle of tha: spirit you and I have. c. sa our knces get tired. Where ish ial full of odors which are the " kee 4 ur mind ten minutes on a praecr withlout v:,ttderirq? Nit you, 0 1 O, tha we rnight ha-;e the *pirt of payer whieb was the spirit of Chit.W want more prayer in the famri;, more prayer in the church, more prayer int the legislative hall, mare prayer among t he sick, more prayr among the aged, more prayer as ng th?e yCo~mg. Trie great advance ie' cf the chuirch is to be in that diree Wh'ile the council of Nurembetc was cig h ediet that gave the church edm.artin L ither wavs asay '. 'a by hianself prasang fo'r at aeompl?icnt. Though there ttc rviace where the ccui..' tni bled and the room ivhere Alar? i.ar was praying, mLrt: rose from his kr: e complished: t, -4 tory vic c - 'iirect lir e of cait n ra t* .he throne of God. o tha it a hO said of us as it :, ad of Lutther. 'le got what he -ka 10: ~Weweit, like Da-iiel, to pray wih our 'ace to.aar 1the holy eity. We want, like Stephen, to mav gaziginto heaven. We want, like puli caa, to pray smiting on the heart of conviction. We want, like Cn:ist. t pray, the Christ wt' emiA h heart of all its lifeb.nd ftrd th- filled it with the sorr.mw t'h w-e , 1 he agonies of all nations Cold mountains anr. th-- mui. ht :.i: Witnessed the ft rvor ot his pr yer. The spirit of Chri t, I re lastly. was a spirit -f hard work. Net one lazy monent in all his "ie. OV t!'er he was talkieg to the Dshermen on the oeac' or preachini to the sailor3 on Ihe dock or admmi-uricg to the rus tics amid the nmouttaios or speneing an evening in Betihany. aiways busy for otherr. With hand:, heart, head busy for others. llewirug in the Nazar:-th carpenter shop, reachir.' tte ase htw to walk without c-uth, s. eurig tce chiid's fits, prnviatog rttions t r :e Itungry host. Busiy, busy, bu-_: T hardy ruet who umie.i the net out c. the s-'a tited wj- h tl1.und.:rior i raeure', the sieCherds who hut.eu up grassy pio's for their fl .eks to nihbbe at, the I niporights peiudiug away in the dry docks, the winemiakers of Eosledt din ping the juices fron the cat and pour ing them into the goa'skis, were not more busy than Curi-t. B;y, busy for others. From the moment ie went out of the caravanary of 10thlehem to the moment when the cro s t'lug d into the seeker on the tloody mount, busy for etters lies that rem ind you of yotur:*li? It does not remt.I iiim: of spelf. if we lift a :urdten, it oii't be light. If we co wocrk, it mun r popular 11 we :it in te p it mT Ce svit-, 1 f we move in a sphere ot use fulnesa, it must :e br:li :tt. if we have to take hold of a lal, give u= the light end of the leg. in this way to heaven fan us. r>ak us, sing us to sleet. L-tt, us up toward heaven on the tips of your lingers under a ailken sunshade. Stand out of the way, all you martyrs who breasted the fire! Stand out of the way and let this colony of tender foo:ed modern Christian come up and get their crowns! W hat has youar L:'rd done to you, 0 Christian, that you should betray him? Who gave you so mu -h riches that you can afford to despise the awards of the faithful? At this moment, when all the armies of heaven and earth and hell are plunging into the conflict, how catn 3 ou desert the standard? Oh, baksliden Christian, is it not time for you to start anew for God an1 anew for heave'? N.w, I have shown you that the n-U ostion of Christ was as;irit '.4 gentle ness, a spirt of self-sacr;li :c, a spirit of humility, a spirit of prav er, a spirit of hard work-iv-e poiss. \1 ill you reuemtber them? Ar; you ready now for the tremendous at.neuoe-ment of the text? -if any man have not the spirit of Christ, he is none of hs.' A re you ready for that statement? Can we standi up and say, "Yes, we have the spirit of Christ-? Not one of us can make that answer to the full ques ti->D, y et I am to declare to you there is no discouratgement in thms subj 'ct for Christian people. You have iie seeds of this character pian:ed in your soul. "It doth not yet apear what we shall be." You might as weit blame an acorn for niot being an oak of a thousand J ears as to blame s oun~elf be cause you are not equal to Christ. You have the implantation withmr ',ou which will enlarge and develop into the grandest Christian character, and there is no discouragement in this t-at for you to try to love and seivi the Lord. Aim high. Snecathe not your s .ord until you have &ained the last victory. Climb higher and higher until you reach the celestial hills. Crowns bright and radiant for all the victors, but death to every deserter. Hanna on Trusts. Senator Hanna took hold of a live wire when he undertook to handle the trust question and the harder he grips it the more he burns his fiugers. Hie was quoted recently as saying that the rust issue wa~s a farcc because the're are no trusts in the country. This started a howl of deri:-ion from adl quarters, and now Hanna undertakes to explain his meaning tztus: "When I sad that there are L.O trusts in tne~ meaning of the law 1 di~d not say that there are no combinations of capital, nor <iid I. say that there are no combi nations of capital tnlat w'ork injus.ie to the poopie and harmu to tii. couuri. in the strict mer~nicg oi the lay of this country, its ever, tere aro no truts. dielitton oE the w:.id 'ltudC aed ito will see that i .m er .ed rgL'TI.a: statmentD hss the :Lnn ,f bJu g ihei igent, whieu tthe acciaratio taa acr are 1:o trosa ackea, tuut it couct help Setnator Hauna party very u. if iiide.d it .iues not put th~e Rep~ub:s eam, in a very serious posiuien. The Irciny of Fate. The Convention of Spanish War Vet erans cenuc~ued its buemess otecitbg at Wsauinton Wedreada-:., with about twenty mitnbeis present The chief item of inter :.t in catusection w'ith the election ~of :.ie-:rs was the election t Col. James Hi. Liliaan, of Soutn Caro lna, as senior vice commnander-in enif. 3ajor d-arold Mlegrew, o'' Indiana. h1ad been nominated for the office, but wthdew and su~stituted the tname of Gen. Joe Wheeler, who received four votes in the balloting. The convention decided on a uniform of mixed blue and gray, as ty pical of a union between the North ani South during the Spani:h war. The folio.sing officers were le ted: Commnaoder-ii-entef, Gen. Necson A. M1iles; senior vice cuimmander'-n chief, Col. James ii. Tilman, South Caroina; junior vice commander-in enief, ol. Win. H,. Husbeli, Ne.w York; inspector general, (Col. Frank II iarringtoni U -utedi Sates marine corps; jadge advo.cate genecral, 31sjx Charle Mliller, Ouio; suxrgeon gen erai, I). Cifford Cos, I Gited States navy. Charleston's Water Supply. The =peci.al comxitec from the city council that has in ear the work of providing Jharleston wiha new water supply has been ini scssion ali day. It is untderstood tat thec new enterprise has been defiatitely provided for-. i'::e scheme is to brirg water hero from the Edisto river at a cost estimxated to be $1,500000. The upply to b. gurrau teed is 7,000 000 gailons per ay. The comn uit ee deeliues to give outny thigt for publication be:.r it. *xort s made to the e tu'ie clt iw nIerstood~ that the L .itios hv been~j sueesful ard that Charleston will be given an abundant supply of ur nraer within teexmtew months. ALL WIPED OUT. The Filip:rivs Kils or Carpures one =rtire Cc mpary Op UNITED STATES TROOPS. Ti Corrpany was Recruited in Atlanta, Ca. S'pp'osed Gurb'at Viale bes Sad to b4 Captured. Gen. 34!aArthi r F'ridzy cabled the war dc'urament fro:u M1anila that on Sept. 11, Capt D.vtrcaux Shields with .il net of X. 1. h Cety ninr'in voin '. or infntiy, ieft Santa Cruiz for Tr rij+,s. Notlin<r has teen heard f in hi: si:cc and it is cupposed that the entirr- party, including Cap-. Shield-, has betn cspn.uredl with many killed and woundeu. fbe cablceram follnws: Nanila, Se pt. 2S A^jiant Gencral, Washingn*: '.pt. 11, tX crt. irev - Shild,1 1 :a.n i:o. F, fueoy riuthrigimnent S. V. I.. ere pos;-a corp man, ecft Santa Urez. Marindutuc, l., in boat Vilalobes for Torre; jos iute'dtng to return overlaud Santa Cruz. Have he,-rd iothing since from Shields. Scarcely doub. eitire party captured with uja:y kled, wounded. Shiehis among laer. 1uformati'mi sent by et ter uiro otmnmrnding <tli Cr at B an, datt.d S:pt. 20h, reei.e, Sept 24. consisted 1f rumors through, natives orktown and tw-) ur.btlats, Anderson (e lurel Tniriy eighth inuantr;,) two c.)mpanica Thirty igthth ilfantry, sent .Marinduque i> mmediate'.y. Andersen coriris tirst r.oort as to eipture but t.a e p . : t) iv':e dctais present w aerea',u-s .i .a s'd party, names I ki:led ai.d ounded. IThis information probabIy a ailaole soon. Auderson has ori:rz cow uu cn" .,perations immr-diate iy and mne reetle-sly until Shield-' 1arty rese ud. A'1 troops expected son.. Ltn ill b- sent Meiiuduque if nteceaar cle ar up situstion. NaeArthur. The Twenty-ninth infantry was Te. cruited at Fort M31Person (Atlanta, Ga ) Capt. Shields was lieutenant colo nei of the Second 31is issippi during the Spanish war. lie was made cap tain in the Twenty-ninth icfautry July 5, 1S9) He was a resident of Nathez, Miss., where his Aifen:>~W resiues. The scene of this latest reverse is a small ialand lying due s)uth of the southern coast of L'z)n and ab~ut 300 mi!es from Maniza. 3Marinduqie is about 24 miles in diameter and was garrisoned by two small detachments of United States troops. One of these vas at Voae on the west coast of the ?,land and the other was at Santa Cruz, the principal port on the north side. Capt Shields appears to hate started from Santa Cruz on a gunboat for T,:rrcy jo.s, a small ceast port and it is inif-rred that the boat as well as the brdy of troops under that etlicer has been cap tied, for the disparth makes no ret erence to her return. The Anti-Lynching Law the anti-iyt ching law of this state making the county responsible for damages to the fatully of the victim, has re~eived another black ey e. Oa~ January 4, 1897, isaa: Bchon a negro, was found haagog to the railroad croas i:.. at Stillton, Orangeburg county, his neek broken and his oody' ridhd with bullets. Brown's father brought suit against the county for damages last year, but the jury promptly brought in a verdict for tne county. The verdict was set aside by Judge Gage, and another trial of tthe same case has been had last week, and anoth~er verdict readered for :be eaunty ot Orangeburg. Tai defense etfered no testimony, rely it g upon the tailulre to prove a lynching ~aen they contended rupired the con currence of a niob or a mu titude of persons. Bachanan, the p:esiiing judge, dharged the j iry that a uncains might be conmmitteil by a mou or by any person er persons, but the charge appears to hae ha i no effect on the jury. A mnotionf for a new trial will be made, but this second verdict sho-.s conclusively that the anti-lynching prov~sions in the constituuion of 1893 is a dead failurenojar as it provides daages i or tue heirs of the victiL., thougha it is admitted that in its primary obj:et, the suppression of lyneaing in th~s state it iias bee-n Jargely tue FREE BLOOD CURE An Offer Providing Faith to Sufferers Eating Sores. Tumors, Ulcers, are all curable by B. B. B. (Botanic Wlood Bar,) which is made especially to cur, all terrible Blood Diseases. Persisten, Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes, Serofula, that resist other treatuients, are quickly cured by B. B. B. (Botanit Boodi Balm). Skih Eruptions, Pinm pes, Ried, Itehing Eezema, Scales, Bisters, Boils, Carbun-les, Blotches, Catarrn. Riheumnatismi, etc., are all d'ue to bd blood, and hence easily cured by 1. B. B. Blood Pois:m p'roducinle E- ting Sores, Eruptions, Swollen gands, Sre Thoa et. cue 0by B. B B. (botanic Blood Balm). in one to ie months. B. B. B. does not eon tain ;egetable or mineral poison. One bottle~ will test it in an case. For .ae by druggists everywhere. Large bottles S1, six for five 55. Write fur fee sam-plebottle, which will be sent, p:epaid to Times~ readers, describe suptomns and personal free medicaf avice will be given. Address Blood Ban Co., Atlauta, Ga. No WmPi A LLOWED' -John XV B- okwalter, in hi. hook, "Threugh Siberia," sau: "Speaking of horres, there is a a notable ia-v in effect, in mst of thie large Bussi>.n towns con eernin th-:m tiat deserv-es sp-cial men tion. AmUOLo the curious thng that arrest the atteotio.n on arriving in Mo+ cow is the entire absence of whips aon~ the drive~rs of cabs, carriages and all tonts of vehicles. On inquiry. I x as inired rba* there is a law proj ibing their us'e I. don't believe tere i< a sinle whi in use in Mol-O cow. The ececllent caudition of the hor-e; atteers the benetit of this humane laa. N-uhieg can ex.:eed the beauiy of the sleek and weell-nr',tmed hYrses ued in the~ carriages of \10s004." Gorman Sees Victory. Et-Senator Gerimans believes that Bc an anid Stevestson will win. "I do not believe either party hats made a anvas~ which would warrant a con euon as to the probable result of the leciio," he said to a reporter. "It is several weeks befo3re the election and campaigns run more or less [in waves. There isi a drif t-a very decided drif t in favor of the D~eiaerats, which jtusti fies the hope that Bryan will be elec ted. Political conditions seem much BILL ARP'S RUM!INATIONS. Tihreec of the Old Philosopher's Friends Died the Same Day. Hiow like a but erily our thoughts flit brom fiawm r to fi.,e(r, feedingt uporn ti ever- eanij' t.ental fotds. SogIe tun s t iy .,oar to heaven or nesti :'uot g t: tars. but their homue is here :morneg sur peop.!e, our friends ard Wr'drd.' and the concerns of our daily life. W ho has net wordered how he came ti be thinking of this thing or Oat. and traied it back to something wholly irrekeviat. but lnading on by siarios lines. Bat a little while seo [ was s:idly thinking about the tuddei death of three mre of my good friends -f:iends t: h"ai I l..ed and everyhodv lov d who knew thee. Mr. lo:re. (f Aub:n'r: C !t na t. if .lanta, ?tnd of ' of R.meni . lec us on i ue de'. 'iT y were good3 tren. a:d t - rd :as ::adc hcuer by their I was tirin especially about Dr. to ictchiiC, the !reacher, whose jur oey an.d st;na-ion was so suddenly ebani'ed, for he h-d bought his ticket for TaluIh Faili, there to sr-end his vasaiojn. and -oas to t-,k, the' train o.:!ae. lHe rose fr'zne h;is bed at :, id :t 3 he wa de a: and his spirit :ar~.Z 'avnward. Tniuen 1 thought ab:lu Mi l ib':uld's lin:s, that fit :o woli: well we: wet' h-ie hn lerng itcether. In ulear at d m: - oudy w atier: T:': lan:l to pi, .. - hr- fr:iernli re dear. P-haa twiicost at rhe or t(,"r. Thvn -teal awtt--:ive litta, warning: C;hrooe 'nine cown tirme, Sryr not n~righ , hut in some brighier !i1 iE gradl rntrrin .' Then I rumirnated about that won erful wr man. lI-'w she was the first to write soy books for the children ard hb.rmrs for th- ci urch, ard how her ife wa spent in tie schoolroom among ic childrer that she loved. Ard then I rrcalkd tiat beauti'ui hymn that she "louw h-eA the rightcous when he dies, When sinks the wesry souil to rest, how mildly hea n the c'n-ing eves, How g"ntly heaves the expiring hrenst" And then I thought of the words of Balham, upon which that hymn was tounded: "Oh! may Idie the death .f the rightenuQ. and may my last end be like Iils " And this reminded me of the other words of Balaam: "What hatd (ol wrought?" That was the first mrssage sent over a telegraph wire It was rent from Wa-hicaten to Baltimore, by Miss Anna Elisworth, the daughter of the commissioner of ratents. She had been very kind to Profes.-or I rse, ard. be had promised that she should send the first message. This was sent, on the 24th day of May, 1844, and two days 14mr the second mes.age was sent from Baltimore to Wehireor., annouucing that James K. Polk hd been nominated for pres' dent. I remrmber all this, for I way in celtee then Bat still the people vera inerectlulous, and waited for the mail train to bring the news. Then I ruruinated on the hard lot of great in ventors, and how Morse spent all of his siali estate and received but little en courarercent, being so utterly poor that he had to go without food at times for swnty-f:.ur hours, atrd bow he pleaded with cor~gress for three years in vain for an appropria'ion to help him per feet and build a line to Baltimore-and how at the vecry last, when he was iu decpair and had given upc all hope, con gress did at rainia~ht, on the last day of the session, pass the bill for $30, (00, ard Anna Ellsworth came run ning to him in delighted haste and told him the good new-:. What an agon izing life he had led during all these years, for he had been refused help at home arcd had been to England and to France in search of it and found it not. Now just think of it. After he had built his first lines and his success ar~ e.tabli'hed he offered his patents ti he Uited States for $100 000. ar.d it refused. and he was c rwsraiced to sell :o private partiec an invectioni thcat soon came to be WOith (r,e hurndrea milihons But he died full of years and full ci honirs, and even France nade him a docation of 4f06.000 franes What a wenoierful mian---prrhapc, the gratest all around mnin that ever fived--for he was a painter of dis tine ton ard renown, the pupil and the peer of Allbton and We st, and the city of Charleston was his best friend and paron, and has now his portraits of Monroe and LaFbyette. He was a sculptor, an archirect. a philosopher and a poet, and he rould have reaehed the top in all had he r.ot become so a sorbed in h-retssing tise lightning As a teatter of courvi he was~ kept in liat caton severn '.-ars, a:.d other parties ried to steal his invention. hut the Supreme Court of the United States didi finaliv attirm ev.-rgii rhs~t he larimed. He died in 1872 in his eighy-first y'ar. Here nmy thouJhts rested for awhile. and then raurnocd to D):. Goetchins and the many other friends who have zone baPre and have left me almost aloue. H~os for.dly our minds cling to the friends of our youth-ouir sch-ool mates and collee mates-an~d every ow and tien we h'e;'r of another who has droppta <ut of line, and like the barcer in a bab.r op -Li Father lite whispcra "rest "My dear o'd frid Jiu- Waren 4til lives to cet me~. v~ic'n *-re i, ands- does Ches. Howad and~ Dr. Alo:nd'r arnd his brahler and F.a r. .ell. Thenr I re caled the r-raoi ancd boc~utiful wer~s of Ing.s spoken in his cui-gy on Senator Beek: "The r';-ht to live is, in human es'imation, the most escred, the a~ost ianioabic, the most inalien ab e. The joy of living is such a splendid and luminous day as this is inconceivable. To exist is exultation. To live forever is our sublitmest hope. To know, to lee to achicve, a t umph is rapture. sad ';e- we :rn l 'in dr c' e;c of dca.u Aihu a trial or oppo.Jrurity of defense, with no knowlede .ef the accuser or the nature adcause of the accusation; without being confronted with the witnesses against us. we have been summou~ed to the bar of life and condemned to death. There is neither exeulpatiou nor ap peal. The tcnder mother cries pas sionatly for mercy for her first born, bt there is no eletmeney. The craven felon sullenly pray for a moment in which to be aneled, but there is no re prieve. 'The soul hopelessly heats its wings upon the bars, shuddere and dis %ppt ars. "Bet the death of a good man is net an inconsolable lamentation. It is a strain of triumph, and he may exclaim with the Roman poet, 'Non omnis Moriar,' arnd turning to the silent and unknown~ f-utture can rely with just and reasonable confilence upon that most imresive assurance ever delivered to the human race, 'HeI that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and whosoever liveth and be lieveth in mc shall ncver die.'" .r. Irngalls might havec added one more shadow to his dark picture of death by saying that he not only con demned us without trial or witnesses or would not even give the date of cur ex ecution nor the manner of it. We are to die, that is certain, but when or how or where we know not Think of Dr. Goetuhius, dressed at 2 o'clock with pleap:t a^t ipaions oa rest at Tal 1ula4, amid the s-'ynd of failing waters that oothe the Soul, but within an hour h. was a be'les. . lififclss corpse. Senator Ingalis was a gif:ed man not a word p-iarer. but a thought en graver. For years he was our enemy and harbored pr(judices against our people, but after he had visited T'xas and studied the negro and his race traits, he returned home and declared that he was unfit and unworthy of free de-m or any politioal franebise. But cnough of this. Now letme add that up to this date I have received one hui:dred ard Seventeen copies of he pcm that I asked for, and the number increases with every mail. f'hey have con from every Southern themselves to plcase me, but I have had to stop, for my old eyes are weak and my hand gets tired. I can only thank them all at once, and say how grateful I am that to many know what I did not know. It humbles my pride and takes away so-ne of my vanity. Some of my ecatered friends give the autt,r-h-p to Miss Fiora Hastibgs, Q1itein Yeterib's msi of honor, and une to Ge'rg' -i. Prentice, a-d'one to S S Prentis, but the large maj rity :re or, rr, et is naming Charles Ml. kay ElI was rorn in Prin, Scotland, ia 1812 aid d:i'irg our civil war was tb': America co'rr pouecat of i Lordcn Tim's. He cadly stood fiat amor g the n-:re E&g,9' poets, n" w, tLe autht r of many prose works. BILL AR'. WIND PRESSURE IN TROTTING Secret That Has Been of Great Benefit to Many Very Shrewd Drivers. "Not one man in a hundred', even among professional drivers,seems to ap preciate the importance of taking ad vantage of the wind," said an oldidriver the other day, relates the Chicago In ter Ocean. "I have studied it for years, and many's the time it has been worth dollars and cents to me in driving a race or in showing a horse to a buyer under the watch. Not long ago a man came here to see a mare in my stable, with a view to buying if she could show a quarter in 35 seconds. The wind hap pened to be blowing good and strong from the west, so I raid to him as I took the mare out on the track for the trial: I'll just move her.slow through the home stretch here so you can see her way of going, and when I get around the turn I'll step her fast up the back stretch.' Well, it wasn't any trick at all for her to go that quarter with the wind in 33 seconds. Mr. Buyer never tumbled, and I got my price for the mare. Now, if I had tried to show the first quarter down the home stretch, going against the wind, she couldn't have trotted it in 0:38. Another time away back in the first part of April I drove a green trotter a quarter one day in 0:30/x. It caused a big stir, and lots of people who timed the trialsaidIwas a fool for doing it so early in the sea son. They didn't notice that my horse was going before a stiff wind. I didn't say anything to them, but I say to you that it was easier for that horse to trot that quarter In 0:30%/ than it would have been to drlve him a quarter the other way of the track In 0:6 Yet if he had trotted over the same ground the other way in 0:36 nobody would have thought it was worth talking about. "I learned to take ads'antage of the wind when I used to d'rive races on the kite track at Independence, Ia.," con tinued the trainer. 'I remember one time I had' a lile soft-hearted mare that couldn't go the last end of a mile to save her neck, and she was entered in a race against some game horses of greater speed. I thought I would be lucky to get fourth money.. One of those prairie winds was sweeping over the kite almost In the faces of the horses as they went away. I happened to get off right behind two of the good ones. They were fighting for the lead and~ trot ted together like a team. Pret ty soon I noticed that, while they ap peared to be laboring, my mare was go ing easily. For a moment I couldn't Iunderstand it. Then it struck me that she was in a good position where she was protected from the head wind, which the horses in front of her had to breast. I just let her trail until we got tround past the turn, where the wind caught us the other way. Then I turned her loose. The good horses were exhaustedi and my little soft-hearted mare stepped right away from them in the race home. I've won many a race by those tactics since then. "By the way, did it ever strike you that the secret of Ed Geers' style of driving a race is right there in the way he has of protecting his horses from the wind? Geers nearly always drops behind the pole horse, you know, and trails until he strikes the home stretch ; sometimes until he is half way down the stretch. I don't know whether he does it intentionally, but he gets his horse in a position where the at mnospheric resistance is next to noth ing. and there he stays while some body else breasts the wind. To my mind it accounts for a great deal of Geers' success. Even on a still day a horse trotting a 2:10 gait has to plow through what seems like a strong wind, and a mere gentle breeze seems like a gale when you're going against it. "To go hack to the kite track at In dependence, I remember one day when the wind was whistling over the prairie George Starr set out to drive Direct a mile against time. He went down the half in something like 1:01. with the wind, of course, and' lots of folks thought he was going to knock the world's record into a cocked hat. I don't remember how fast the mile was -not much better than 2:10, though. When he struck the hend wind he wilted, and before he got. to the wire he was so tired that he couldi hardly put one foot before the other. He just staggered home like a dead one, though no gamer horse was ever foaled. I've seen many another game one do the same." Letter. in London. The traveler is interested In gettIng his letters promptly. At his London hotel there are 15 deliveries a day. He may drop a card in a post box at eight in the morning, get an answer at noon and mail a reply which will get to his friend before evening. Within the las three years, whenever the post office bill has come up In the house of repre sentatives, there has been discussion as to the practicability of the pneumatic dispatch. One might as well discuss the practicability of the telephone. They would smile at such suggestions in London or Paris, where a slight ad dition to the postage will secure a rapid delivery' by pneumatic dispatch. An other great convenience In the postal system abroad Is the method of paying money orders. One is not obliged to ge i half mile to a branch, or three miles to the central post offce, to get his' money. The postman who brings the order brings the money with him. You receipt for it, and that is the end of it. Makes the food more del ROYAL p~so GOw: SOME GIANT SCALES New Ones That Will Weigh a Load of 150 Tons. Everybody is perhaps aware that the large scales upon which entire freight cars with their loads of many tons are weighed are considered immense, but with all their immensity Uncle Sam has gone all the railroads in this coun try one point better, says the Washing ton Times, by installing at the navy yard one of the largest pair of scales in the country. This machine can out weigh the largest railroad weighing machine by fifty tons. and its results must be accurate to the pound, while railroad scales are considered good enough if they approach anyw,.ere near fifty pounds of being correct. The new scales are placed on the track go ing south from the great gun shops and just opposite the forge shop. They are forty-eight feet long and twelve feet wide, and rest upon a cement base built upon long piles. The ground is somewhat low, and it was necessary to utilize the services of pile drivers to secure a stable foundation, which is one of the requisites of an accurate weighing machine. The cost was about $1.200. Much of its fine and sensitive balanc ng , ,paratus was manufactured for special use in the new machine, and the completed structure is considered a n:udel and marvel of modern mechan ism and American ingenuity. In order to illustrate the accuracy of the counterpoise of the machine to a reporter the superintendent of the yards and docks picked up a half brick that was lying on the ground near by and tossed it on the huge platform of the machine. He then consulted the long brass lever in the reading box along the side of the scles and found that the record of the of the brickbat was just a pound. Turning to the reporter he said that the machine was so sensitive that 't could weigh anything from a pound of sugar to a trio of 13-inch naval guns. and weigh them accurately, though it will probably eke out a long existence at the famous gunshop without having the chance to weigh an ounce of the former. The capacity of the new scales Is 150 tons, or double the ca pacity of the old scales, which has just been replaced. A 13-inch gun weighs about 5tons. and it can be readily seen that the new scales can weigh two of the monsters, reclining on a forty-eight foot track, and not tax its capacity to any great extent. All the new guns of the navy yard will be weighed upon these colossal scales. Story of "The Lost Chord." In London. in the early part of this decade. Col. Wentling was a frequent visitor at the houses of many of the nobility, and became acquainted. through his excelent knowledge of mu sic. with many of the best musicians of the English metropolis. "It wr.s while there." said Col. Wen tling. "that I first heard the story of the birth of 'The Lost Chord.' a song that has been sung in every quarter of the globe, and which will live forever. If ever there was such a thing as in spiration. the song was inspired. "There are very few Englishmen who do not remember Fred Sullivan, the :.reat comnic star and brother of Sir Arthur Sullivan. IHe played in all the oriinal Gilbert and Sullivan operas. nnd has never heen equalled. He wvas later followed by George Grossmith. "One day Sir Arthur Sullivn wvas no tified that his brother Fred was very ill. H~e made every effort to reach the house where his brother was lying at the point of dleath, but arrived too late to see him alive. The two brothers were devoted to each other. and the blow was a bitter one for Sir Arthur He was closeted with the body of his brother for two hours. at the expira tion of which t'me he (ame down stairs and went to the piano. Throwing the instrument open he began to play. and the bar. 'The Lost Chord.' was evolved. The composer sadly put his new com position on paper and stored it away. "The song is the wail of a throbing heart, the grief of desolation. All through its beautiful harmony can be heard the strain of grief. So profound an Impression did the association of the song with the death of his brother make on Sir Arthur that he is said to have, even at this late day, an aversion to hearing it performed. New York Sun. IA Quaint Ceremony In Mladrid. The Queen Regent held at the palace in Madrid the ceremony of the investi gation of eleven Grandees of the first class ,who have succeeded to Duke doms. Marquisates and Earldoms cre atedl between the years 1368 and 1610. They were invested in the order of their precedence, the Duke of Medina Coeli, the Premier Duke and Premier Peer of Spain. possessing twenty titles and ?1.504'0 in'come. coming first. fol lowed by the Marquis Astorga, Count Oropesa, Dukes Arcos. Luna, Aling. Huesar. Baena and Arnon, the Mar quis Santa Cruz and Count Castrillo. The Queen stood surrounded by the high dignitaries and ladies of the court in the royal anti-chamber, where the new Grandees, accompanied by their sponsers, who are Grandees of the samp class, were successfully ush ered in by the Lord Chamberlain and the Lords-in-Waiting. All the Grandees present uncovered when a new Peer entered. and remained so until the sov ereign said to the new Grandee. "Cov er your head and speak." which he had to do in a short discourse on the merits of his ancestors who preceded him in title. After the investiture the Grain des passed before the Halberdier Guards drawn up on the palace stairs, In order that the Guards might know them and pay them the usual honors when they enter the precincts of the palace. where alone they have the right to remain uncovered in the presence of royalty.-Pall Mall Gazette. "To prove my love," he cried des perately, "let me tell you during how many weeks I have scarcely closed my eyes in sleep, during how many days I have eaten only-" Here, with an imperious gesture, she waved him to silence. "Statistics prove nothing'" she said. Ah. but what a cold dictum! It was like an icicle plunged into his throb bing hear'-Detroit Journal. Little Edwin-Mamnma, what is liquid Mamma-I don't know. Ask your pa pa. He's always going out between the acts "to get a little air." Cracksmen in Spartanburg. Thursday night after midnight some burglars endeavored to force open the safe at the Palmetto Roller Mills, Spar anburg, in which was some money and a quantity of valuable papers. The front and side doors to the mill were forced open, and two drills were driven several inches in the front of the sate. The burglars were evidently frighter cd away or made too muchi nome,. for the left the mill without eractv the safe er takiog any thing. The weather continues hot and sultry, but winter will be alon after awhile. IAKI NG EPOWDER lous and wholesome. Of 00., hewl ORM. KING OF MEXICAN GAMBLERS. Don Filipe Martel pays $1,000 a day License, But Has Made Millions. When. a few years since, the Mexican government sought to abolish gamb ling throughout the land, the measure was vigorously opposed, not only by .the profession itself, but by many of the richest and most influential citi zens of the republic as well, the latter element declaring that in the event-et--4 their being prohibited from their be loved and inherent pastime they would remove .to some domain where their rights and predilections would be re spected. The authorities, however, de termined not to be outdone, yet not wishing to disregard outright the des mands of the sporting fraternity, con-. ceired the idea of fixing a license, the exorbitance of which would be pro ductive of the same results as would prohibition. A law was therefore e tablished requiring every gambling re sort to pay a daily license of $1,000. The result was that on the same day the ordinance was announced the gambling houses throughout the coun try promptly' closed their doorsall but one. Don Filipe Martel had calm ly waited until the last of his contem poraries had gone to the wall, where upon he presented himself at the Tax Collector's office in the City of Mexico and, depositing $1,000 in cash, modest ly requested a license. The amazed of ficials could scarcely believe their senses, but the coverted document was nevertheless forthcoming, and by nightfall it had been noised all, over the city that Martel's establishment on the Calle de Cante would be open that evening as usual for business. The effect of this display of nerve acted as magic upon those who had opposel the reformatory measure. That night Martel's place was thronged with the wealthiest sporting element In the city, and the profits of the estab lishment ran far into the thousands. The following day others, stimulated by the success of the bold venture, i took out their license and endeavored to resume, but to no avail. Martel had won the patronage and support of the players at a stroke and was quickly left in sole possession of the field. As time went by his phenomenal success continued, and one after another he established branches in various por tions of the city, for each of which he pays an additional thousand dollars 11 cense. When, eventually, It became appar ent to the city administration that Martel was there to stay, and possibly not unmindful of the immense revenue he was paying into the municipal treasury, the authorities became recon ciled. They even added to his prestige - by arnointing a deputy inspector for each of his establishments, whose duty is to see th-tt no unfair methods are resnrted to by either the management or players. T'p to the present period Felipe Martel has acquired a fortune of over $2,000,000, and the average daily expense of conducting his establish monts is the incredible sum of $40,000. -St. Louis Globe-Democrat. A Tropical Ceremony. 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