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IT SHOULD RU LE An Especially Timely Discourse By Rev. Dr. Talmage. THE MAN FAITHFUL TO GOD Is the Most Faithful to His Coun try and to His Fellow Men. An Example From the Life of Daniel. This discourse of Dr. Talmage is ap propriate for all seasons, but especially in these times of great political agita tion. Tho text is, Daniel vi, 16. "Then the king commat:d d, and they brought Daniel and cast him into the den of lions." Darius was king of Babylon. and the young man Daniel was so much a favor ite with him that he made him prime minister, or secretary of state. But no man could gain Eush a high position without exciting the envy and jealousy of the people. There were demagogues in Babylon who were so appreciative of their own abilities that they were af fronted at the elevation of this young man. Old Babylon was afraid of young Babylon. The taller the cedar the more apt it is to be riven of the light ning. Demagogues asked the king to make a decree that any body that made a petition to any one except the king during a period of 30 days should be put to death. King Darius, not sus pecting any foul play, makes that de cree. The demagogues have accom plished all they want, because they know that no one can keep Daniel from sending pet t'ons before God for 3J days. So far from being afraid, Daniel goes on with his supplications three times a day and is found on his housetop mak ing prayer. He is caught in the act. He is condemned to be devoured by the lions. Rough executioners of the law seize him and hasten him to the cavern. I hear the growl of the wild beasts, and I see them pawing the dust, and as they put their mouths to the ground the solid earth quakes with their bellowing. I see their eyes roil, and I almost hear the fiery eyeballs snap in the darkness. These monsters approach Daniel. They have an appe tite keen with hu::ger. With one stroke of their paw or one snatch of their teeth they may leave him dead at the bottom of the cavern. But what a strange welcome Daniel receives from these hungry monsters! They fawn around him; they lick his hand; they bury his feet in their long mancs. That night he has calm sleep with his head pillowed on the warm necks of the tamed lions. But not so well does Darius, the zing, sleep. He has an attack of terrific in somnia. He loves Dan'_l and hates this stratagem by wxicL he has been condemned. All night long the king walks the flnoor. He cannot sleep. At the least sound he starts, and his fiesh creeps with horror. He is iapauent for the dawning of the mornag. At the first streak of the daylight Darius hastens forth to see the tate of Daniel. The heavy palace doors open and clang shus long before the people of the city waken. Darius goes to the den of the lions. He looks in. All is silernt. His heart stops. He feels that the very woiss has happened; but, gathering all his strepgth, he shouts through the rock, "O Daniel, is th3 (God whom thou servest continually abie to deliver thee?'' There comes rolling up from the deep darkness a voice whtch says: *CO king, live forever. My God has sent his angel to shut the lions' mouths that they nave not hurt me."' Then Daniel is brought out from the den. The demagogues are hurled into it, and no sooner have they struck the bottom of the den than their flesh was rent, and their bones cracked, and their blood spurted through the rifts of the rock, and as the lions, make the rocks tremble with their roar they announce to all ages that while God will defend his people the way of the ungodly shall perish. Learn first from this subject that the greatest crime that you commit in the eyes of many is the crime of suc .esa. What had Daniel done that he should be flung to the lions?~ He had become prime minister. They could not forgive him for that, and behold in that a touch of unsanctufied human nature as seen in all ages of the world. So long as you are pinched in proverty, so long as you are ruaning the g-antlet between landiord ani t axg ather er, so long as you find it hard woas to educate your children, there are people whio wili say: "Poor man, I am sory for him. He ought to succeed, poor rean."' But after awhile the tide turns in his faver. That was a profitable investmnent you made. You bougat jast at the right time. Fortune becomes good hamored and smiles upon y ou. N aw you are in some department successini, and y our success chills some one. Those men who used to sympathize with you stand along the street, and taey scowl at 3 ou from under the rim of their hats. You have more money or more influlence than they have, and you ought to be scowled at from under the rim of their hats. You catch a woru or ts.o as you pass by them. "Stuek up " says oue. 'Got it dishonesuy," says anotn.er. "Will burst soon," say s a thir.. Evai atone in your new house is laid on Lheir hearts. Yourfluros' flo.is wen~t over their nerves. .E ery itemu of )Oar suc cess has been to them~ an item. of ais comfiture and despair. J ust as soon as in any respect y o rise aflove y our fellows, if you are more virtuous, if lou are more wise il y ou aro more intiu~zntial, you cast a shanow on the prorpeets of others. The road to honor anti Suicces is within roach of the ene's suns. Jealousy says. "&tay down or 1l1 knock y ou down." "I. do not like you, says the snow flake to tue snow Dird. "Why don't you like me?" saAd tnre snowbird. "Oh," said trne snowfilae, "you are going up aan 1 am coming down." koung merchaats, yo.ung law jers, young cioctors, young mechanics, young arusts, y oung jarmeurs, at certainL times there are those to symprth ze with you, but now that you are becom ing a master of your particular occupa tion or profession, now is it no -v, y oung lawyers, y cung doctors, young artists, young farmerb-how is it now? The greatest crune that you can commit is Lhe crime or succers. Again, my sutj ect impresscs me with the value ot de.ciion of character in any tiepartment. Danici krew that if he conunnned his adiherence to the re ligion of the L.rai he would be hurled to the lion3; but, having set ti-s coau aswell, he sailed rant on. For the kofthat eiemnru of deecsun 01 character so emmnent in baniJt niy rien are rumned br orns w-ra sul ruia ed for the world to COmu. A greet many at 40 years of age arc not settled in any respect, beoau.,e tLcy have not haps they w 11 g west perhaps they wili go :si; pcrhaps they will not; per haps they will go North; perhaps they ma' go south; perhaps they will not; per hr.ps they may make that investment in re:i est-ste or in railroads; perhaps they will not. They are like a steamer that to1'1d go out of New York harbor, starting ion Clasgow, and the next day should change for Havre de Grace, and the next for Charleston, and the next for Boston, and the next for Liver0ool. These men on the sea of life everlast ingly tacking ship and making no head way. Or they are like a man who starts to build a house in the Corinthian style and chantes it to Duric and then completesit in the Ionic, the curse of all styles of architecture. Yoang man, start right and keep on. Have decision of charaoter. Character is like the -oldfinch of Tongain. It is magnificent chile standing firm, but loses all beauty in eight. How much decision of character in order that these young men may be Christins! Their old associates make sarcastic flings at them. They go on excursions, and they do not invite them. They prophesy that he will give out. They wender if he is not get ting wings. As he passes they grimace and wink and chuckle and say, "There goes a saint." 0 young man, have decision of character! You can afford in this matter of religion to be laughed at. What do you care for the scoffs of th-ese men, who are affronted becsuse ycu will not go to ruin with them? Viien the grave cracks open under their feet. and grim messengers push them in into it, and eternity comes down hard upon their spirit, and conscience stings, and hopeless ruin lifts up to hurl them down, vi.i they laugh then? I1:a-n also from my sur j -ct that men may take religiou into taeir woridiy busine s. This is a m ist appropriate thought a. t bia s -as a of the year, wnen so msiy a. n ar star:ing out in new entertvixcs Daiiel hai enough work to do to occupy ..x men. All the af fairs of t.te we-e iL hts bands; qaes tions of finance, questions of war, of peace; all intern stional questions were for hit. settlement or adjustment. He must '.ave had a correspondence vast beyond all computation. Tnere was not a :nan in all the earth who had more to do than Daniel, secretary of state. ard Set we find him three times a day bowing before God in prayer. Taere are men in our day who haye not a hun dredth part of D.niel's engage.ents who say they are too bu-y to b.: relig ioui. Tuey have an idea somo-v that religon wili sva.tl their woriay occupa tion, that it will trip the accountant's pen or dull the carpenter's saw or con tuse the lawyer's brief or disarrange the merchant's store shelf. They thick re linion is impertinent. They would like to have it very well seated beside them in chureh on the Sabbath, to find the place in the psalmbook or to nudge them awake when they get sleepy under the didactic discourse, or they would like toleave it in the pew on Sabbath evening as they go out, closing the door, saying, "Good night, religion; I'll be back next Sunday!" But to have reli gion go right along by them all through ife, to have religion looking over their shoulder when they are making a bar gain, to have religion take up a bag of dibonest gold and shake it and say, "Where dio. you get that!'' They think that is an imp-rtmeut religion. They would ibke to have a religion to help them vihen they are sick, and when the shadow of death comes over them, they would like to have rdligion as a sort of nightkey with which to open the door of heav'n, but religion uader other cir cumstanoes they take to be imperti nence. Now, my friends, reiision never rob bed a man of a dollar. Osher things being equal, a mason will build a bet ter waill, a cabinet maker will make a better chair, a plumber will make a bet ter pipe, a lawyer will make a better plea, a mcrchant will sell a better bill of goods. I say, other things being eqnal. Of eturse when religion gives a man a new heart. it does not propose to give him a new he~d or to inteilec tual ze him or to change a m'-n's condi tion when his ordinary state is an over throw of the philosophical theory that a total vacuum is impossible, but the more letters you have to write, the more burdens you have to carry, the more miles yotu have to travel, the more bur dens you have to lift, the more engage ments you have to meet, the more dis putes you have to rettt-, the more op portunity you have of being a Christian. If you have a thou tand irons in the fire, you have a thousand more opportunities of serving God than if you only had one iron in the fire.~ Who se busy as Christ? And yet who a mil;ionth part as holy ? T'he busiest men the beat men. All the persons converted in scripture busy at the time of their being converted. MIatthew attending to his custom house duties; the prodigal son feeding swine; Ly dia selling purpie; Simon Pet er haul ing in the net from the eea; Saul spur ring his horse toward Damiascae, going down on his law business, Busy, bas;! Daniel with all the affairs of state weighing down upon his soul, and yet three tim::s a day worshiping the God of heaven. Again I learn from this subjoct that a man may take, religion into his pol itios. DJhuiel had all the affairs of state on hand, 'iet a servant of God. He conld not have kept his elevated position unless hs hadi been a thorough plittcian, and yet all the thrusts uf efficiais and all the danger of disgrace did not make him yield one iota of his high toned reigious principle. Ho stood before that age, a specimen of a godiy politician. So there have been in our day and in the days of our fathera men as eminent in the service ot God as they have been eminent in the arniee of sta e. Sach w as B ju F. Batler, attorney general of New York in the time of your fathers. daawas John 31cLean of the supreme court of the Uaited ,.ates. Siach was Gorge Br-ges of M1assachusetts. Such was T'heouore Freiinghuysen of New Jersey-amen faithful to thw state, at he same time fa thial to GLi It is absuirn to <xpect that men who have been- imersed ia politiod 'wicdness for 39 or 4J years shall come to refor mation, and our h.>pe is in the young men w~ho are coming up, that they have patriotic principle ana Caristian prin cpleo side by side when thty come to the bailot box and cast their first vote and that they asear allegiance to the gvrnment of heaven as well as the government of the United States. We would have Bunker Hill mean less to them than Calvary, and Le xington mean lens tuaa Bcsulehem. but b::ca-ase there are baa men around the baiiot box is no reason why Christian men should re reat fro)m the arena- The last time you ought to give up your child or for sake your child is whe'n it is surround ed by a company of Cnoctaws, and the last time to sur::ender the baliot box is when it is surruunded by impurity and dishnesty and all sorts of wickedness. D~niel stood on a most unlopular platform. He stood firmly, though he demnagogues of the day hissed at him arad trikd to overthrow him. We tuiut cery our rehigion-into our polities. But there are a great many men who tiona polit;M who do not gee the im - portance of taking it into city' pitios as though aman were intel gent ab.)ut the welfare of his neighborhood at d had no concern about his o'n homne My subject a!so imprei-es me with the fact that lions cannot hart a good man. No man ever got into worse company than Daniel got int') when he was thrown into the den What a rare morsel that fair young man wou'd have been for the hungry monster,! If they has plunged at him, he couli not have climbed into a nitche beyond the reach of their paw or the snatch of their tooth. They came. pleased, -l about him, as hunters' haunds at the well known whistle come the hound, to his feet. You need not go to Nam midia to get many lions. You all have them after you-the lion of financial distress, the lion of sickness, the lion of persecu:ion. You saw that lion of financial panie putting his m)uth dowa to the earth, and he roared until all the banks and all the insurance com panics quaked. With his nostril he scattered the ashes on the d..mestic hearth. You have had trial after trial, misfortune after misfortune, lion after lion, and yet they have never hurt you if you put your trust in God, and they never will hurt you. They did not hurt Daniel, and they cannot hurt you The Persians used to think that rain falling into seashells would turn into pearls, and I have to tell you that the tears of sorrow turn into precious gems when they drop into God's bottle. You need be afraid of nothing, putting yoar trust in God. Even death, that monster lion whose den is the world's sepulcher, and who puts his paw down amid thousands of m.liions of the dead, cannot affight you When in olden times a man was to get th ! honors of kcighthood, he was compelled to go fully armed the night before among the tombs of the dead, carrying a sort of soear. and then when the day broke he would come forth, and, amid, the sound of cornet and great parade, he would get the honors of knighthood. And so it will be with the Christian in the night before heavei, as; fully armed with shear and helhet of salvation, he will watch and wai: through the dark ness until the morning dawns, and then he will take the honors of heaven amid that great throng with snowy robes, streaming over seas cf sapphire. THE MaNY SHARKS H&PPY. Thousands cf Them Parade in Honor of McKinley. More than 3 001) brokers, members of the Stock, Produce and Maritime Cotton exahangrs, paraded in New York Wednesday afternoon in celebr.tion f the election of McKinley. After the close of the produce exchange the mem bers gathered at the corner of White hall and Beaver streets where the Six ty-ninth regiment band was stationed. A line was formed, and headed by a platoon of police the brokers marched into the exchange. They marched around the fl-or waving banners and flags and cheering for McKinley and Koosevelt. An immense American flag -uspended as the brokers made advet was the sig 2al for a continuous cheer that was taken upby the throngs that cro wded t he galleries und corriders. The renditio~n of the "Star Spangled Bauner" by the b:iad was another sig nal for long cheers, lasting for several minutes. Ladies in the galleries fran tically waved handkerchi-:fs and the long din of cheers drowned the music. After twice marching eround the fboor Marshall Brainard led the long column out of the exchange and the marc was begun down Beaver street. The par a-ders were greeted with cheers from all the buildings along mne line of march and from the crowds that througed the sidewalks. When passing the cotton exchangs the cotton broke-ri rushed out, giving cheer after cheer and then form ed in line after the produce brchers. When opposite the custom house the custom house brokcrs. after giving a rousing cheer, farmed in line behiind the cexton brokers. The parade con tinued to the stock Excbange. Wild, tumultuous scenes reigned for se-veral minutes on the stock exchange floor. Many of the stock exchange members formed in line and marched with the happy and excited brokers up the street as far as Maiden Lane. A reception was accorded on Broadway, where the pirade was partially disbanded The produce exahange m.embers marched agaia into their exchange and another outburst of approval of the election of McKinley occurred That Full Dinner Pail. It cannot be denied that the victory of President McKinley and Rlepubli canism was the triumph of commercial ism in politics. It was the full dinner pail for the workingman and prosperity for everybody that was the watchword of the Republican campaign and its slogan of victory. It was the appeal of the loaves and fi-hee, and the belief of the people that a R publican adminis tration pronmised greater security for ealth already accumulated and better e4portunities for muking more. While we have not been a subscriber to this belief during the campaign, we are glad, since Brxyan had to be defeated, that the triumph of R spublicanism is comn plete. For fsur years more it is to have control of both branches of Con: gress as well as the presidency and the various gorernmental departments. Tnere is no Democratic majority in either house tocheok the wheels of Re pbican legislation, and if Rlepublican rule m-ans prosperity for the country tere is absolutely nothirg to prevent he fullest demonstration of the fact - Auusta Chroniele. On His T mbstone. B. H. Murris, a life-long Democrat, recently died in Me xico Mo , and over his grava was ereate ? a slab of marble which is inscribed this remarkable epitah: To the Memory of B. HI. Merris Di. d April 9, 1900. Kin d frit nds I've L ft Behind, Cast y our vote for Jennings Bryan. Morris was an ardent supporter of Bryan and the ideas which he repre sented, and it was his wish that if death should prevent him from taking part in the 1900 campaign he might still help in the work by this "voice fromn the tomb." The~ tomte is three feet, by one mounted en two stone bases, the second smnalier than the first. The above inscription, three oak leaves on a stem and a single acorn, are on the stone. A Fighting Preacher A York county preacher attacked a certain business block in the town of Hickory Grove from the pulpit, chara,. ttrising it as di~reputable. A young man doing business there went to to the preacher on the streets and told him to apologize or fight. The precher was game and fought but he was licked and hereafter he will be loss specific in his THE TRUTH OUT. England R joicirig Over McKin i' y's Electirn CONFESSION FROM CHOATE Who Congratulates the English Premier that He Did Not M-ke His Speech Be fare the Election. The Lord Mayor show in London Fri day was witnessed by large crowds. It consisted of the usual gilt and ermine features. The procession moved on through admiring throngs to the law courts, where the ancient ceremony of taking the oath was carried out. The new and old Lord Mayors were heartily cheered. There were no emhlematie ears, but there were mounted men clad in British uniforms in use from 1800 to 1870 A model of the gan of the Brit ish cruiser Powerful used at the siege of Ladysmith was much cheered, as were also mounted men representing India, Canada, Australia and South Africa What is probably the most brilliant of all functions in England-the Lerd Mayor's b-nquet-took place Friday evening It will be memorable even to Ameri.'nrs by reason of the following remarkable utterance of Lord Salis bury. who, in the presence of 900 guests, including Unitcd States Ambassador Choate, the memhers of the British cabinet and many of the leading men of E''gland, spoke as follows of the Ameri.ao election: "We believe that cause which has won is the cause of civilization and commercial honor. We believe those principles te be at the root of all pros pcrity and all progress in the world. Therefore, we claim that we have as much right to rejoice in what has taken place as the distinguished gentleman (referring to Mr. Unoate) who sits at my side." This was followed by loud ani pro longed cheerirg which made the gold plate on the oaken shelves shiver and the great ra7sers of the guild hall ring and ring again. Lords Salisbury's incursion into the international politics of the United States was then prrceded by an apology, in the course of which he said: ' One of the circumstances which has gratified me most during the last year is the very hearty, friendly feeling dis plared between this country and the United States. I hope Mr. Choate will forgive me if there, is any irregularity in wy expression. It is quite wrong for a s< co-ary of state to make observa tions with respect to the internal poi ties of another co:untry; but I am soon to give up my offi-e, and in view of this abandonnent, which is clone at hasd, I ho.). Mr. Choate will forgive me for expre~smg the supreme satisfaction sirh which all of us have heard d whr hea' recently taken place in the Uni-ed Sta-et." Mr. Uhoate, replying a few minutes later to the toast of the diplomatic corps, declared that Lord Salisbury had stated with such truth, simplicity and earnestness the result of the cetion that he (Mr. Chostt) would not at to-npt to add to it, althoughi he would venture to cr ngratulate the noble lord ur.on the fact that his remarks had been matie after instoad of before clee tion. (Laughter.) WITCH KILLING IN 19007 Stories Told After the Misterious MIur der of Old Woman. A few days ago, on Big 0.te: Creek, in W'est Virgina, Mrs. Boggs, aver '70 years old, was mysteriously murdered. She lived by herself, and was sitting at a window when a shotgun charged entered her body, killing her instatnly. The mystery sarrounding the murder, it is claimed, has been partially cleared away by the arrest of a man named Cot tri' who is n~ow in the county jbil on suspicion of having been impicated in dhe murder. It. brings to light a genuine case of witchcraft superst~ition. Gottrrill is under the impression that he has suf fered from supernatural powers extr cised by Mrs. Boggs. He claims that at times during the last three months he has been ridden by her all over Clay and Calhoun counties, in witch fash ion. On one ocasion the old lady's house appeared to him to be a black smith shop, and he was shoeing his horse there at niglit, when the witch appeared and told him that that would be the last night he would ever shoe the norse. Within a day or two the horse died It is said that other neigh bors of the osd lady were afdcted with the same hailucination, and that threat s were previsy made to kill her. Cot. trili refused to talk about the murder, bout talks fre ely en the wrongs he thinks he suffered at the hands of the aged woumaa. Many ease of sickness in the neighborhood were attribute to her suprenatrual influence, and on several ocoasions it is claime d a lynching was threatened, but no one could be found with suffcient courage to lead those who fancied ttney hAd oeen wronged. A CUBAN GRAB. Capitalists to Secure Control of Street Car Lines in Cuba. Following a meeting of New York, Philadelphia and Canadian cipitalists in Phiiadelphia Thursday night, Sir Win. C. Van Horn, chairman of the beard of directors of the Canadian Pacfl3 railroad, and his son, R. B. Van Horn, of Montreal, sailed from F'riday on steamer Admiral Samrson for Santiago, where they will make an tafort to secure options on all horses and trolley lines in Cuba and also on all sugar plantations in the island The de parture of the men was the result of the permanent organization at last night's meeting of the Cuba company, with a cspital of $2;),000,000. Sir William presided at the meetir~g. and the others present, besides his sou, were William L. Elkins and Triowas Dolam, of this city; 11 A. Smit~h, preei dent of the Cuba Mail Steamship com pany, and Percival Farquihar, of New York, and Dr. T. WV. Shephard and M. L. E raus, of Montreal. The purpose of the company, it is an nounced, is to secure c ntrol of all elec tric light and trolley franchises in Cuba and to est~iblish plants and systems in every crty. The purpose, it is said, will not be cmn~ned to the control of these frnehises alone, but will ulti mately takes in steam roads and also sugar plantations. The entire capital stock of the ecmpany it is said by these TBE TOP CROP GONE. The Preez and Frost Last Week Fin ished it. The Auzusta Chronicle says what cffot the cold snap will have on the top crop of cotton was the paramount issue in this part of the world Friday. This top crop has been the Eubj-ct of much speci.ltion of recant weeks and and all sts ..f4 cstimes as to what it would amount ;o have been indulged in quite lavishly by those who watch the fluctuations of the market with anxious care. The farmers who grow the cotton have been unanimous in the opinion that the top crop would amount to very little. It has been a case o: the spin ner hoping for a big top crop in order to reduce the price and the farmer en deavoring to minim-ze the top crop in order to keep up the price. Which one has succeeded is yet to be learned by the development of the crop in ques tion. There is one thirg certain about the freeze and frost of Thursday night and that is that it has caused the fu ture growth of co-uou to se: its finish in plain unmistakable terms. What cotton has reached a certain stage of maturity, it is thought, will not be in j ared if the weather continues dry and cold. The effect of such weather con ditions is to make the partly matured boils dry up L d crack open, furnish ing some cotto that will be worth the picking. But there is an end to all cotton that was too young to have this effect produced upon it. It was exprected Friday morning that the price of cotton would go up on account of the fretze and the trost, but such was not tbe case. The price remained the same as the day before. Many samples of the top crop were brought to the city Fnday and in some cases the effect had been very disastrous to the bales. Inside the bolls were a complete mush, which must certainly result in rottenness. The Manufacturers' Review figuring on the cotton situation says: "A bale in weight has become two days in value, for a bale that once brought $25 is no* worth at least $50. The smal! farmer who planted and cultivated ten acres, hoping to get from the fleecy product enough money to pay the mcrchant, the tax gatherer, and the doctor, finds a surp;us in his pocket equal to all he had expected. When this is applied to the cotton belt, it means over $200, 000. It means at any rate a clear sur pius of $100,000,000. "Such a surpius is as gratifying as it is sudden. 'Ihe world's nakedness and much unfavorable weather did it, al though the truth is, the world is com ing to want more co:ton than can be picked out. But we need not stop to consider the world's s apply. We have to deal with a $100 000,000 of surplus cotton mon ey. This cotton money does not go this year w'2olly inte the pockets of the micdl!-men, but in great part it .iii tse ble a where it belongs, in the pockets of the producers. It will flit the cotton belt with prospxr ty rod Jappine s It will fill scutherr shop: a-ed factoriesand stores with ordera, and it will pu: on foot 1:any 1:-w eu'crpri es. Tte farmer will suiberib. f.r cotton mill shares, or hrxe-t in a new' n'ighboort ood bank, or b'ld a :.rist si:1, or a better h-.me for his flamily, or lan some other im p-r vement that wil b' frui ful wd e ten cent e-tt-n dr-s nct bless an~d tmrh en the land. 'The y ear is to bo a pro-p. rous and happy 3er~r-- that imuch we knu;, at~d that is qiite enough to know at present." ARP'S GOOD ADVICE The Philosepher Says be Reconciled to What You Can't Help "Nil desperandum." "Carpe diem" D;ntdespa'r. Enjoy the day. Be re cnnciled to what you can sot help. Tha.t's goodi advice and 1 wish that we could all take it. I try to, but somne times it is hard work. When it rained all the month of June and we had a burning sun all the month of Septem ber, 1. couldn't "carpe diem." When I ponder upon the cruel and useless Philippine war a'nd the Porto Rico steal and the Chinese muddle and all the other devilment that this adminis tration has broughtu nbout, I cans i~e reconciled. When I he-ar these Miein ley men shouting prosperity it makes me hjet undier the collar. They remind we of a gang of higbway robbers who murder helpless travelers and rob them and then go off and cry prospenlty. Manufacturers of army and navy sup plies are getting rich on contract and amo cfficers in Manila -and Pekin are taking in the loot and cry prosperity. War alwa3 a brings a show of pro-perity but it is at the c-o-t of blood and tears. But still we lice in hav~e that there will come a change. If Brsan is elec t' d I know there wi!!. A':d if he is not we will be no worse off than we are now. We can't be worsted, and so we will try to be reconciled. When I was a young man I was a Democrat becu-e my father was but I cast my first vote for W. W. Clayton, who was a Whig. I was a cl'ege boy at Athens and Mr Clay:oa was so kind to ui and we all voted for him for State senator. I knew Mr. Cla3 t in for many years and always respeced him, for hehad a kind heart and was a gentleman. After his election he gave the college b ys a party one night and <specia ly kind to mc, and I hare tiever f )rgotteo it. -'Bow far that little candle throws its beams So shines a good deed in a naughty world. Before the war, when I was in my prime of manhood and had more vitali ty than sense. I was a strong par tisan and really belie-v~d that if my party didn't succeed the country would be ruined. My fath-r used to laugh at my zeal and say "Oh, no my son, the country is safe; don't Jet the politicians and the newspapeus alarm you." What a pity it is that when a mau has treas ured up a lot of wisd im and experience he is old enouch to dies! What a pity it is that we pass the best portion of our lives in lookinog afir off for happi ness when really it is near by and with in our grasr. Of course, I get excited now and then about politics, but I fight it (ef. for I realize that "domestic is the only bliss that has survived the fall." The bcst things on earth are the cheapest and most abundant. The joys and comforts of home and the fireside the showers and fruits, the akr and wa ter and sunshine, the garden, the birds and the welcome visits of kind friends and nabors. Neither wealth nor fame nor offiee will compare with these. In most cases offiee means spoils; rewards from the public crib Jadge Under wood said that one time when he was a candidate and was making a stump speech and had closed an eloquent par agraph, a long. lank countryman, who was again him, <xelaimed: Boys, he's j st sidewipin' around huntin' the or ifNrahy of a little offiue" The judge studied polities as a science a-id under stood it. One day when we were dis cusighe geat steal ot Bos. Tweed & Co., in New York, a preacher who was present r in irked: "Why all these charges aga'n-t Tweed must be politi cal lies and slanders, for they are Dem ocrats." "My innocent friend," Eaid the judge, 'ves, Tweed & Co. are all Democrats, bit my observation has been that it i, within the range of pos sibility for a D,.mocrat to steal." ?,bl itics is most demoralizing buiness, and has been so in all g-verrm- ns. Sheridan said, "There is no con!soience in gallantry or politics," and Hamle said, "A iolitician is one who would. circumvent God." Still there are some honest politicians, but they don't go about in droves. The main reason why I admire Bryan so much is because of bis honesty, his sincerity. His politi cal enemies admit that, and everybody admits that he is a very wonderful man, both mentally and physicially. If all the people could see him face to face and hear him he would be elected by a million or two majority. When a politican speaks has to be very ceare'ul what he says, but wbn a states'man like Bryan speaks, the truth comes aushing forth sponteneous. Hurrah for Bryan! I'm getting excited now, Let me walk about and cool if. Mfy wife is calling me; wants me to build a lit tle house for the Mdusoovy ducks. That will cool me :if Yesterday 'she kept me busy all the evening sifting earth and ashes and fertile for thi plants that are to go in the pit. Suie has the earth changed every fall, and my back nearly broken trday. She his some of those sharp pointed, etickety cactus plants that Carl sent her from Mexico, and I got my old h; n's s u k up getting them out of the pots and tuts Oh, my country. is there no restfor thew eked? Now here is a letter from another Mississippi girl giving a poetic answer to that scriptural enegma. Ste writes as follows: "lHizlchnrst, Miss.-I am a school girl. Can't work cut your bible pus z-es, but my dad can. My mama is a Presbyterian and my dad is a Baptist. They are taking both chances aid the that gets to heaven will pull the other in, for you know the Bible says, 'They twain shall be one flesh,' sorter like the Siamese twins. "My name is Tellie, and here is the answer to pour puzzle: Yes, God made Adam out of dust The truth of this admit we aus . Some tine before by His own wishes He made Some small and some great fishes. They had no souls or immortality. 'Now Jonah for his great rascality Was swallowed by a whale one day, Atd in its belly had to stay 'Till he repented. Then he found The Lord's will he must not question, Then was he thrown upon the ground By the fish's indigestion. The whale doth live in all the zones, In pleasure or in toil, And, in dying, gives to woman bones A ad yields to man his oil." The Mississippi girl is now ahead. Next! I am getting poetry row, wo:li without end.-Bill Arp, in Atlanta Constitution. SLY OLD LI HUNG CHANG. How the Famous Chinese Minister Proved the Guilt of Would-Be Poisoners. Many residents of Chicago will re member the visit of Li Hung Chang to thta city during the aged Chinese min Ister's tour of the United States. His rquaint observations on men and things were distinguished by wonderful shrewdness, which shows itself in everything that the old man lays or does. A characteristic story is now i circulation regarding him. He was ex gaged in a bitter fight with some of the more conservative members of the tsung-li-yamcn, when he received as a present a magnificent but, aa he had every reason to believe, a poisoned-cake. He put the cake aside and set all his to three men, of whom one at least was absolutely guilty. Li had the trio arrested and brought to him. The cake was produccd, with the remark that "politeness forbade his tasting it until the three generous donors had had an opportunity to enjoy its excel kee." Li cut the cake and one of hisseri tors handed! it to the unwilling guests. Each took a piece and ate, or pretended to eat. One crumbled the pieces and let them fall to the floor, but the other two ate calmly, without manifesting any emotion. Ten minutes and the two men begun to show symptoms of suftering. Li smiled benignantly and said to the man who had not eaten: "Your wisdom is so great that I a~m compelled to preserve your head as a souvenir to transcendent genius." The man was removed and!iromptly decapitated. To the other two the premier remarked: "The cake that you are eating is not thA one you sent, but one which I had my cook Imitate. The poison from which you are suffering exists only In your irnaginatlon. I know of no way to cure your present pain except "by letting you share the fate of your friend who has just left the room." Not to Bie Discouraged. "Polite society" Is often at Its wits' end to devise means of getting rid of people who are not wanted as callers or visitors, but who will not take a hint; for polite society cannot say in so many word'si "I do not want you to come again." A French paper re peats this dialogue between two la dies: "And so you still receive that dread ful Mine. Comeagain?" "Impossible to get her to take a hint! Do you know, the last time she called I rnever offered her a chair!" "And what was the result?" "Result? Why, the next time she came she brought a folded camp~ stool!i"-Youth's Companion. Not One. "Young Goslin Is In love with all the girls," said Wintergreen. "But what particulnxr girl Is in love with him?" asked Terwllig'er. "The girl who would be In love with him would not be a particular girl." Town Topics. -Snubs Riegr-etted. "A man can't be too careful whom he snubs." "Wha~t do you mean?" "Why, every once in awhile I've snubbed some plain people who after ward came Into a lot of money." Bloomington Pantagraph. Extinct Giants of Guam. Were there giants In the old days in our latest possession, Guam? The present races are Melanesian and Ma lay, with occasional Negritos. But these men could never have built the masshte forts that dot the Isles-forts as massive as thoe of Yucatan. The walls range In height from eight feet to forty. In one wqrll a corner stone ten feet by two and one-half by six war found 20 feet abovw the ground. How did the natives, who have left no trace of skill beyond a nrone ax or two and POWER OF WATER Bole Bored in a Bluff as if by a Can. non Bal. A little group of solid citzens was standing on Baronne street, New Or leans, watching a cleaning gang at work with the hose. "That reminds me of old days In Cal ifornia," said one of the party as the stream veered slightly and shaved off the corner of a pile of dirt. "I never realized how much force could be de livered by a jet of water," he con tinued, "until I tried hydraulic mining. It was in 1870, up on the Sacramento river. They had brought a stream down the Sierra Nevada Mountains in a big 'flume' that ended in a length of wire-wrapped hose and a six-foot noz zle with arm on the side for a couple bf men to take hold of. "They played the stream on a big bluff directly opposite, and it bored out the solid, packed foundation like living fire eating into tinder. For a dozen feet from the nozzle the water seemed like a hard blue bar and there was something strange and murderous look ing in the way it drove straight out that made by flesh creep to watch It. Several laborers had been accidentally struck by the stream and in each case the man was killed as suddenly as if hit by a cannon ball. "I remember on one occasion some rival claimant came down from Shasta and took possession of a cabin not far from the end of the flume line. Our boss, who was a big Irishman named Murphy, told us to play the stream on the place, and as we were all spoiling for a row we lost no time in obeying. I never saw such a demolition in my life. The shanty flew seven ways for Sunday and one of the fellows inside was pitched bodily through the air and landed In the river. The distance was so great nobody was hurt, and after that our gang was known as 'Murphy's light artillery.' Mark Twain draws a yery vivid picture of hydraulic mining In 'Roughing It,' and from personal ex perience I can assure you he hasn't embroidered the facts in the least." A Tornado's Freaks. John R. Musick of Kirksville, Mo., thus describes. In the Century, certain madcap pranks of a tornado which passed through tht city. "Many strange freaks were played by the tornado. In a tree-top was found a woman's hais, supposed to have been torn from her head as she was carried through its branches, yet no person was found near it. A human scalp was found three miles from the city limits, under a bridge. Notes, let ters, and papers were blown from the city into Iowa, and found ninety miles away. One promissory note of $400 was found in a field near Grinnell, Iowa, nearly 100 miles away, while clothing and papers were scattered along'the entire distance. "One woman was decapitated by a tin roof, and her child was killed near her. Some persons who were outside the rotating current were killed or in jured by flying timbers, which, like bolts from the catapult of Jove, flew with deadly force for a great distance, while others in the very center of the storm escaped with little or no injury. Perhaps the most remarkble experi ences were those of -Miss Moorehouse, Mrs. Webster, and her son. The three were caught up in the storm. and were carried beyond the Catholic church, nearly one-fourth of a mile, and let down on the common so gently that none were killed. Mrs. Webster had some slight cuts about the head, her son had one arm fractured, but Miss Moorehouse was uninjured. "I was conscious all the time I was flying through the air,' said Miss IMoorehouse, 'and It seemed a long time. I seemed to be lifted up and whirled round and round, going to a great height, at one time far above the church steeples, and seemedi to be car ried a long distance. I prayed to the Lord to save me, for I believed he could save me, even on the wings of the tornado, and he did wonderfully preserve my life. As I was going through the air, being whirled about at the sport of the storm, I saw a horse soaring and rotating about with me. It was a white horse, and had a harness on. By the way it kicked and struggled as it was hurled about I know It was alive. I prayed to God that the horse might not come in con tact with me, and it did not. I was mercifully landed upon the earth un harmed-saved by a miracle.' "Young Webster says he saw the horse in the air while he was being borne along by the storm. 'At one time it was directly over me. and I ws very much afraid I woril come in contact with its flying heels.' The horse. it Is said. was caught up and carrned one mile through the air, and, according to the accounts of reputable winseat times was over 200 feet ihnpss, over a church steeple. Many who were not in the storm say that they saw horses flying in the wind. Beyond being well plastered with mud. the white horse was unin A Fine Job. Two park laborers sat on the curb stone of the Eastern Farkway in Brooklyn eating dinner out of their pails, for It was the noon hour, and discussing their surroundings In a brogue which suggested that t'hey had n't been over very long. One of them fell to admiring the Museum of Arts and Sciences, which stands back from Ithe Parkway. "It's a folne big buildin'," he said: "an' solid enough put up to last for iver." "'Tis thot," agreed the other. "'But what Is it fer?" "To kape dead boogs an' other crachures in"said the first. "It's a museum, it is." "An' are them big letters cut into the stone above the windles the name uv It?" "I done what thim leters wud be," said the first speaker. He fellto spell I ng out the words, and presently a ray of intelligence succeeded the puzzled expression on his face. "Sure, I hay lt," said he. "Thim is the names av the contractors." "'Tis a foine job they done, anny way," observed the other admiringly. "They'd be big men In their own line wid slathers of inniocence, belike." And Patrick made a good guess, for the names graven in the stone were Aeshylus, Sophocles, Pericles, Hero Stus, Socrates, Theydides, and Demos thes. FREE BLOOD CURE. An Offer Providing Faith to Sufferers Eating Sores, Tumors, Ulcers, are all curable by B. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm,) which is made especially to cur, all terrible Blood Diseases. Persisten, Sores, Blood and Skin Blemishes, Scrofula, that resist other treatments, are quickly cured by B. B. B. (Botanit Blood Balm). Skihi Eruptions, Pim ples, Red, Itching Eczema, Scales, Blisters, Boils, Carbuncles, Blotches, Catarrh, Rheumatism, ete., are all due to bad blood, and hence easily cured by B. B. B. Blood Poison producing Eating Sores, Eruptions, Swollen glands, Sore Throat etc., cured by B. B B. (Botanic Blood Balm), in one to five months. B. B. B. does not con tain vegetable or mineral poison. One bottle will test it in an case. For sale by druggists everywhere. Large bottles $1, six for five S5. Write for free samplebottle, which will be sent, prepaid to Times readers, describe simptoms and personal free medicaf advice will be given. Address Blood But the Landlady Found She maE Overreached Herself Talk ing About It. They were seated together in a, car of an incoming suburban train the other morning, so near to The Saun terer that he could' not avoid hearing every word of their conversation, re lates the Philadelphia Inquirer. The fat woman got on the train two sta tions ahead of the thin woman. "Well, how do you do?" the latter 'began, effusively, as soon as she had dropped into the seat alongside of the former. "Why, how do you do? So glad to see you. Didn't know I had started to take boarders since I saw you last, did you?" The fat woman admitted her Ig - norance on that subject. "Well, I have," continued the thin woman. "How do I like it? Well, it has Its drawbacks; lots of 'em." "Yes, I suppose it must have," as sented the fat woman. "Boarders who grumble, boarders with big appetites and all that sort of thing." "My. talking of boarders with big appetites," rejoined the thin woman. "You ought to see the new boarder I got yesterday. A young fellow, and be seemed to have, so much money I charged him two dollars more a week than any of the other boarders. But, say, he can certainly eat. Had break fast at the house this morning. What do you think of sending out for chops three times, hot cakes twice, and cof fee, why, he must have swallowed five cups at least. Then the potatoes he ate were enough for three ordinary men. I never dreamed there could be so much food put inside of such a small man. Of course, it made me nervous all the time he was eating. Why didn't I tell him he mustn't eat so much? Why,.I don't want to lose him, don't you understand? Im mal ing money off of him, all right, but goodness knows he carries off the prize- for big eating. Come out and see him some time. It's worth your while, I'll guarantee you." "She'll be too late, madam," Inter posed a young fellow who, sitting one seat to the rear of the two women, had remained unnoticed by them. "I don't believe I'll return to your house any more. It doesn't exactly suit me, anyway. The money I paid you in Advance, including the two dollars overcharge, will pay you well for the trouble and expense I've put you to. Good-morning; I get off here." It was fully live minutes after the train pulled away from the station before the woman spoke, and all she said was: "Well, who'd a-hought it?" FRAGRANT SALTS. A Delicate and Refreshing Prepera. tion That Is Easily Made. Women of to-day are not as liable to faint as their grandmothers were, be cause they dress more sensibly and do not wear as tight dresses or as tight shoes and gloves, but it is a wise and sensible precaution to keep fragrant salts on hand, says the New York Trib une. Any salt loses its strength in a short time. The simple lavender salta are the most desirable of all perfumed salts. These are easily prepared at home. While you are preparting a por tion of these salts it is as easy to make several bottles or vinaigrettes as Coe and the cost Is smalL Procure half a dozen small, clear glass bottles, with close-cut glass stoppers if you wish. A pretty stopper costs very little, pur chased with. the bottles by the half dozen, and adds considerable to the value of the vinaigrette as a gift. It 1s desirable that a vinaigrette be small, so it may be easily carrie~d in the pocket. Vinaigrettes are often very elaborate, decorated with silver, gold and even precious stones, but a tiny bottle of lear glass with a pretty stopper is al ways in good taste and as useful a. a more ornate one. To prepare the salt, procure from a trustworthy druggis half a pound of carbonate of ammouia and an ounce and a half of the best ei of lavender. Crush the two together in a mortar, or in any dish that will mix them. Set the mixture in a large bowl, which should be put In a pan of - warm water, covered and set in a mod rate oven for about an hour. Stir the mixture several times while it is heat ing. It is not necessary for the ammo nia to be crushed fine. If it lsin broken lumps It lasts longer. Do not get In the foolish habit of using a vinaigrette continually. Case: of obstinate deaf ness have been ascribed to this cause. The salts are also said to have an Infu rious effect on the vocal chords as well as on the auditory nerves wheti used continually. Even the odor of flowers, notably the odor of violets, has been. known to cause a singer temporarily. to lose her voice. Lobster a la Newbers'. Recipes for this dish have been given by the score but there is always room for another If it is good and simple, like the following: Cook together in the double boiler of a chafing dish a half pint of cream and the yolka of three eggs, until they thicken. Put In ' them the meat from one large or two small lobsters and when this is smok ing hot pour In a gill of sherry. Cook until the mixture is hot, season with a -1 scant teaspoonful of salt and a couple of dashes of cayenne, and serve at once. For those who like it, a table spoonful of good brandy may be added. -Good Housekeeping. .Not Equal to the Efrort. Cholly-I say, Algie, who Is that viz! gah person on the othah side of the stweet? Agie-Weally,. my deah boy, you'll have to excuse me. I'm so beastly fatigued that I can't look fahtbh than the middle of the bloomis' street, donehier know.-Chi em" .S Ing Nrews. Row's This? We offer One Hundred Dollars Re ward for any case of Catarrh that can not be eured by Hall's Catsrrh Cure. F. J. CH ENE & CO Props.. Toledo, 0. We, the undersigned. haye known F. J. Cheney for the last 1.5 years and be lieves him perfectly honorable in all business transactions and financially able to carry out any obligations mades by their firm. WEST & Fa7AX. Wholesale Druggists, Toledo. 0. WALDING, KINNAN Avis, Wholesale Druggists, Toleio, Hall's Catarrh Care is taken-imter nally, acting directly upon the'-blood and mucous surfaces of the system. Price 75o. per bottle. Sold by all Drugists, Testimonials free. Hll's Famiy Pills are the best. Gainesville, Ga., Dec. 8, 1899 Pitts' Antiseptic invigorator his been used in my family and I am per feotly satisfied that it is all, and will do all, you claim for it. Yours truly, A. B. C. Dorsey. P. S. -I an: using it now myself. It's doing mec good.-Sold by The Mur ry Drug Co., Columbia, 8. C., and all dne gita. tf 2