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HAMPTON HONORED. Veterans March in a Body to the Old Hero's Home. MEMORABLE OCCURRENCE Oen. Hampton Much Affected by the Oreat Tribute Paid Him. Bids His Men Farewell While Defending Cause. Wade Hampton, who has been de scribed by Gen. Gordon as the greatest man the State of South Carolina cver produced, was honored Thursday as but few men are ever honored on this earth. It is rare that it falIs to the lot of man to have such tribute paid to him by hundreds of men, each of whom is himself a hero. Gen. Hampton was much affected by the remarkable demonstration of affection and regard made by the grizzled survivors of many a bloody battlefield and dashing charge; so much so that towards the end of the address to his men his voice was faltering, and he spoke with diffi culty. His heart was full to overfb )w ing. It was a sight that those who witnesssed cs never forget. It car ried to all the lesson that honor, chivalry and integrity have a reward that no other qualifications can pro oure. It was about 5:30 o'clock when the Confederate veterans in the city fell into line at the intersection Gervais and Main streets for the purpose of marching to Gen. Hampton's home and paying tribute to him. The proces siou was headed by Gen. Walker and staff and Adjt. Flenniken of Camp Hampton, bearing the division colors, and Col. J. Fuller Lyon, commanding the Abbeville regiment, bearing the tattered colors of the Tenth South Carolina regiment. Just in front were Messrs. Asher Browne and C. D. Eber hardt of the Columbia orchestra, best ing the kettle and bass irums. Fol lowing the veterans were the Sons of Veterans, headed by Commander Huat and staff. In the procession of the vet erans also marched several of the fair sponsors. The old soldiers marched cut Gervais streets upon the north pave ment, and the line was over four blocks -nearly a half mile-in length. A number of Confederate gray uniforms were to be seen in the procession. As they passed a residence upon Gervais street a party of ladies and - gentlemen gave three cheers for the old boys. At Gen. Hampton's residence there were chairs upon the piazza, and the members of Wade Hampton chapter, Daughters of the Confederacy, occa pied them. Near the centre sat Mrs. Waring, Miss Martin and Mrs. Kohn, the committee appointed to confer upon Gen. Hampton the Southern Cross of Honor. Gen. Hampton was talking to Gen. John B. Gordon when the beat of the drum was heard. The two generals immediately said fare. well, and Gen. Gordon going out, jumped in a carriage and lelt. Gen. Hampton then stepped out upon the portico and soon Maj. Hart met him and warmly shook his hand. The gen eral soon afterward sat down in a large arm chair, as the marching column ad vanced. On his left lapel Gen. Hampton were a reception committes badge; on the right was a beautiful Confederate badge. As the veterans came up, Gen. Waiker entered the yard and came upon the por tico, warmly greeting Gen. Hampton, who had risen to receive him. He was -followed by the division sponsor and her maids of honor and others. The veter ans linedup outside the fence, ten to fifteen deep. In front of the portico, in the yard, were a number of little children. Gen. Hampton remarked that he wished he had "horses for all those men out there." As soon as Adjt. Holmes came upon the piasza Gen. Walker turned to the veterans and exclaimed: "Comrades, we have come to call on the greatest of all South Carolinians, Wade Hamp ton, I want you to welcome him with a good old Rebel yell. Now give it to himi, boys!" This was done in fine style. Then Gen. Walker said: "Y~ou boys all know that I have been saying too much already, and, besides, I think that this presentation should be made by one who followed the great cavalry leader of South Carolina all through those four years: I have therefore, se - lected Maj. Hart, of Hart's battery, to present you to our great chieftain." cheers.) MA. HAR. Maj. Hart, of Yorkville, of the cele brated Hart's battery then spoke as fol lows: Gen. Hampton: You have heard that yell before, and you heard it in days when it meant something more than a tribute of love and affection to you; when it meant terror to those who stood before it. It is my pleasing privilegeto present to you the assembled survivors of two immortal Confederate armies-the one of Northern Virginia, led by the im mortal Lee, and the other the army of Tennessee. which followed the peerless Joseph E. Johnston. These are the men who stand before you this evening, and who for four years carried on the point of their bright bayonets the argument for southern independence and the prayer for liberty. But well did they perform their mission. There are stand ing before you this evening men who stood before the red-mouthed cannon at Malvern Hill and at Cemetery Ridge. These banners, scme of wich we saw this morning, and some of which I thiAk are here, have flashed upon scores of battlefields before you, the great leader. I see men here who followed Lee's great line of soldiery that were nearly always invicible; men who fought under Hill, and Early, and Jackson and Beauregard. I see before me men who followed Joseph E. Johnson at Frank lin, and who on a scre of battlefields from Lockout Mountain to Atlants, fought Sherman and nearly always re pul'ed him. i, Gen. Hampton, there are men stanatng here who followed your knight ly blade upon a hundred battlefields; wherever you led-for, sir, you always led wherever there was fighting to be done. Applause.) There are men here woo were with you when you took command of the Confederate cavalry in 1864, and where at Hawes shop you planted its dismounted lines be fore the advancing corps of Hardy and Sherman and wrenched Rietmuord from their grasp with an insign11icarat !ittle bocy of dismounted cavalry. The ecuOtse of these men then was that you had been reenforced. That was always their ex cuse; but, sir, there was nothing in it. And so, sir, when Sherman met you at Trevalian Station, where the Enfield rifie was in the grasp of the cavalry men instead of the useless sabre, Sher man as he rode away from the field Hampton's calvary, out that it was re- o enforced by Early's division of infaniry b and that their combined forces were too great for him. But, sir, you know that you. with a force less than half as great as his own, had compelled him to re- y tire from the field in utter disorder. t And now, comrades, I present to you i a chief ian worthy not only of your ad- 1 g miration for Gen. Hampton has always o had that; not only of your love and af fection, tor he won that long, long ago, but worthy of the highest meed of praise a that man can bestow upon his feilow man. I present to you one who has, done more for South Carolina in peace. in war, and again in peace than all the orators and all the strtesmen that ever came before or after. When in the dark days that followed disaster and defeat to our arms it was he who stands before you this evening, that lent that hope and courage to the hosts of invin cible manhood and womanhood-If I may say it-of South Carolina that car ried victory when defeat seemed almostt the only result of the campaign. It was due to the sagacious statesmanship and the true courage of him that in a campaign which required greater cour age than war, when South Carolinians fought for their liberty a second time that a victory was gained. Gen. Hampton, these men come to pay their respects to you. They love you, they honor you, and as yonder sun which is setting in the west marks the decling hours of a peerless day, so these battle-scarred heroes bafore you, with I their g.zay hair and wrinkled faces, in dicate the declining day of their man hood. But such as it is, sir, it is yours, and yours forever. c WHAT HAMPTON SAID. C Loud cheerq followed this speecb, and there were Lebcl yells as Gen. Hamp ton rose and facod his soldiers. There were cries of "Hampton." Gen. Hampton placed his hand on his right breast and quiet prevailed as he address the great gathering as fol- t lows: My Comrades: I have indeed, as Maj. Hart has said, heard that Rebel yell often before and when I hea d it from my own men, from the men whom I had the honor to command, I knew that we- were safe. I think it is one of the British roets-who says: "The kites know well The long league's swell That bids the Romans close." e I might paraphrase this by saying: I The Yankees knew well - t The long league's swell s That bids.the Rebels close. My old heroes I hope it neve will be i forgotten. I hope it will be transmit- 1 ted to your children and to your cbil- c dren's children-if.not for them to use s to tell how it used to ring from the 6 forests of Virginia, how it rang from I Gettysburg to the west and how it al ways told of men who were willing to 1 die for their southland, to die for truth, for honor, for manhood, for 8 chivalry and for a great truth. 1 want 4 you to try and teach to your children i and to your children's children that T ours was not a lost cause. I want youe to tell them that we were fighting for the right. George Washington was at rebel but Lee was not. When Great Britain recognized the independenes of this country she did not reengniz3 the independence the United States but of each sovereign State as independent and sovereign. There were 13 inde pendent an~a sovereign States. Tney fournded this union and they had the right to withdraw from it whenever they chose so to do. We were Dot suo cesful-it is not given to mortals to command success. You have done more-you have deserved it. And now in your decling years and when mine have extended long be yond the period 'allotted to man, you, my old comrades, whom I loved, whom< I trusted and with whom I felt asi safe as I do now, I want to say to you all that all the love you have given me has been more than reciprocated; that all that 1 have ever been able to do for you, for any one of von, or fori South Carolina, has been more than repaid by the honors you have unso licited conferred upon me and by this the crowning honor of my life. I may not see you again. I remember a story of an old bishop who when ready to retire from public life went to the ab bot and said: "Father Abbot an old man whose heart is broken by the storms of state is come to lay his weary bones among you." That is all I shall ask of South Car olina-a few feet of earth where my kindred for six generations are rest ing. And I am proud to say that one or more of each generation since they JI were known in South Carolina has filled a bloody grave for South Caro lina. (Applause.) I claim no credit for that. Every South Carolinian who was true was willing to give his blood I and his life for the old State. I am sure that I was willing to do so. I think I can say so to you, my men a that I never turned my back upon any f of you when your faces were turned 5 toward the enemy. The greatest honor o that I felt during the war was once when I came upon a poor private who 3 was dying. I~stopped beside- him and ( he said: "I am happy to die fighting and I am proud to die fighting under ti you." I pray that God will bless you and 2 will give you peace and prosperity, 2 give it to the old State, give it to each a one of you and that you will go home a and tell your kindred that you have. seen your old comrade and that he thanks you for them. Again the Rebel yells burst forth asI the general ceased speaking and sat down. Some one then cried for Gordlon but .~ Gen. Walker told hi~n that the old l Confeds had done more than the Yan I t kees could ever dc-their coming had i g made Gen. Gordo'n run. A PRESENTATION. Taking in his hand a bneautiful wreath b of magnolia leaves Adjt. H- ines then v addreszed Gen. Hampton thus: Gen. Eampton: Your comrades comn e to y ou t-oday bringing hea:-ts full of love and words of esteeru and praise and rev- 13 erence. They come also nce'ring a si pe gift which they want you to ihang i he room y ou m oet frequenay sit in se that as often as you in~y iife your eyes toward it you may recal the cn who never once in war or in peace faite: d in their love for you. This wreath ir made of leaves from a tree that grows in your native Stare. That tree was transplanted from the State of your an L estors. It was transplanted from the b Dismal swamp of Virginia and ros grows in the 3 a::d of Likur. Col. Julius Bakc, who, himself gat'tend thes leaves sa they were twst~c itto 'b wreath by Mrs. Isaaes, whose fath served in Texss and~ in the U. nftda States navy. We have Eected the leaves for these two reasons, and w~~ ae bond them with rioben of the bue and white of your State-the S:at that wili be known hereafter for all time as the State of its savior, as Wade Hapt n's South Carolina. lja td soldiers whose enthusiasm was oundiess. Gon. Hampton rose anl said: My friends want to say that I aank you for the love and kindness ou have shown me and to assure you hat this wreath shall long hang so that I can so control it the last look I ive on earth will be on that memento f your kindness." THE CROSS BESTOWED. Mrs. Clark Warring then in a most ppropriate manner expressing the most atriotic sentiments presented the authern Cross of Honor to Gen. [ampton, and had set down so that his ttle grand daughter could put it on is coat for the Wade Hampton chap ,r. This was done, and Maj. Hart aned cver and kissed the little girl. 'he general said he felt like kissing the ear women. Just here MaIs Marg-ret Flinn, spon Dr tor Camp Hampton camae up with a eautiful floral design presenting it to de general, and naively said, "Aren't ou going to kiss me?' The general arrendered and did kiss her then and erc. while the soldier.3 cheered. A final rebel yell was given, and then n informal reception was held on the itzza, the soldiers crowding the one ver the other to shake the aged hero's and. WE AT HE& AND CROPS 'acts About the Climatic Conditions of thePast Week. The following is the weekly bulletin f the condition of the weather and rops of the State, issued last week by )irector Bauer of the South Carolina eetion of the climate and crop service f the United States weather bureau: The week eading Monday May 6th, veraged warmer than usual, being the rst week of the season with tempera ares above the norreal. Maximum emperatures of 90 or above occurred enerally on the first three days of lay, with an extreme maximum of 96 t Blackville on the 4th; the minimum r the week was 40, at Greenville and Engstree, on April 29th, on which date. ight frosts occurred at numerous oints, but without doing any material amage. The rainfall for the week was very ight, and confined entirely to the west rn counties bordering on North Caro ina. The ground has become dry over e eastern half of the State, where here is a marked deficiency in the sea nal rainfall, while over the whole tate rain is needed to stimulate plant rowth, to germinate recently planted eeds, to facilitate transplanting to acco and to soften the baeked and rusted soil so as to permit young proats to come up. Track is suffering everely for rain, and yields have been. 1aterially diminished by the drought. V'lheat and oats also would be greatly enefitted by showers at this time. Cern improved in appearance, stand nd color, although stands continue :enerally p.or and broken. Late plant ogs are coming up better. Corn has Aot been planted over the western ounties, and bottom lards are now eing prepared for corn. O ver the cen ral and eaistern counties, corn is re eiving it first cultivation, but it is mall for seanoa. This crop needs ain at present. Cotten that was recently planted in: omir~g up nieeiy where tne soil is loist, but over two-thirds of the 8 ate vas necesary~ to replin; fromz oae bali o two tirds of thie cotton that was lanted provious to April 15 h. Seed votinues scarce, and there is a div r iy of opinion as to thse ,ffect of so uch replanting, some corre~pondents ting a decrea::e in the aer.eage, whiie any of them believe the acreage will ot be materially decreased thereby. ~ianting is about finished. Saa island otton is dwarfed, and muon replant ng in necessary. i'ooacco transplanting is delayed by rought, and it is not more than two hirds finished, although some farmers ,re setting out plants and watering hem. Rice is doing well. Wheat has mproved and is heading. Oats vary reatly in condition, but in moat locali es continue promising, although gen rally heading low. With many ex eptions, peaches, pears and and plums ill be plentiful, but apples are less >romising. Truck shipments are comn >aratively light. Strawberries are 'ipening generally. Gardens and rastures need rnin. Melons have poor tands, and much replanting has been one. Few ins cots, except Coloerdo eetles, on white potatoes, have made heir appearance.' S wee t potatoes not ing in beds. Leduced Rates via Southern Railway. TO CHICAGO, ILL. On accunt of International Conven in B. Y. P. U., of America, Chicago, 1., July 25:ih-28th, Southern Railway ill sell round trip tickets to Chicago nd return, from all points on its lines, t rate of one first class standard fare r the round trip. Dates of sale July 2cd, 23rd and 24t, hinal limit July 1st, 1901. By depositing tickets (in person) with Ir. F. C. Donald, Joint Agent at hicago, between July 25th and July 0th inclusive and on payment of fee of ty (50) cents at time of deposits, an xtension of the final limit to August 4h will be granted. The Joint gents' offices will be located in the ain terminal depots at Cnicago at -hich passengers arrive. TO 3IILWAUKEE, WXIS. Account Annual Meeting, Grand ,dge, B. P. C). Eks, Milwaukee Wis., uly 23rd-25th, 1901, Southern Rail ay wul se-li round trip uickets to Md aukee, Wis., and return from all ints on its line, rat rate ci one regular :t class fare for the rouad trip piu.3 3 00. Dates for sale July 20Jta, 21st .d 22.2, final 1.mit July 2&h, 1901. Lfu of fl sy (50) cents e in be chargedl y J.,int Aget at Miuwaukee for: udistion ci return portion of tuckets'. For detailed itnformation as to rates, ,seculcs, reservations, etc., call on or dress any Age-it et the Sou:hern ainy, or its connections. W. Hi. Tayioe, A. G. P. A,, Ausanta, Gia. A Humble Apology. i "We feel that an spoicgy is due,"ecx ains the Editor ,i "h Spiketown bza, to the estimable you.;g wo an whou tesces at theO sOcoihouse, inl i~riet No. 5. Tikrough the wretched uder of a worthle-s tramp printer nom we trusted with the setuing up of item jaec ss we werr clonius the 'ons for our las: wee's cd:tion we Lrc iade to say that 'Miss Raiby Mc n~e 1;, tne handsome and popular se?-.r in tre Rigg's neighborhood, is e roud p):sec:or of an elegant :-cwv ackicberd.' We wrote'blackboard.' We have net beard the expression l it iet enough for y ou" yet, but we e liv'ng in m.,rtal dread of hearing it TEUTH ABOUT GRANT. A Sentimental Story That is Not !i tained by Facts. The following timely article is a co munication recently published in t Atlanta Constitution: Elitor Constitution: Not long a you "rerroduced by permission fr< the New York World's Sunday Mai zine" an artide by Mrs. Jeffer; Davis on "'The Humanity of Grant Mrs. Davis h: ,ertainly depend upon imaginaticn tnd hearsay in t1 euology oa Gra7t. Speaking of t sword story o:'! Appomattox, she sa "General Grant i not keep it a! trophy, but respc ally returned it the hand whic a ..a made its fame dathles!; as t.hat of Excalibur." Grant's Memcirs, vn ume 2, page 4c he says: "The much talked of sa rendering of Lee's sword and my ha! ing it back, this and much more ti has been said. about it is the pur romance." It was pure romance abo Grant receiving the siword, and it f< lows that it was not "respectfully i turned." In his memoirs, Gen. Grant says ti Gen. Lee ;:old him that in the Confe crate army the cavalrymen and art lerists owned their own horses. Ge Grant was of opinion that the war v about ended; ;hat most of the Confe Erates were small farmers and wot not be able to make a crop withc "the aid! of the horses they were th riding." He said to Gen. Lee abo the horses: "The United States did r want them, atd I would, therefore, i struct the offi-ers I left behind to i ceive the paroles of his troops to I every man of the Confederate ar who claimed to own a horee or mi to take the animal to his home." Frc this it will be seen that Gen. Grant, j cording :o his own satement, was i fluenced by two facts in allowing t Confode:.ates to retain their horses wit: The horses were the private pro crty of the soldiers, and "the Unit States did not want them." This me& that the horses would have been tak if they had belonged to the Confed< ate States, or they would have be taken anyway if the United States h wanted them. This hcrse story has been told :)ften that no doubt some persons I lieve that Gen. Grant sent Gen.. Leo soldiers home on horsebaak, but that not the case. When the surrend came Gen. Lea had only 7,892 infant with z.rms in their hands. Before the payroles were made o stragglers enough came up to run t number up to about 25,000. Of the about 5,000 were cavalry and artillei Then at least 20,000 men had to wa home, and were not beneficiaries Grant's mragnanimity. The men w did ride home were allowcd to ke their horses only until they got in go condition. Then treasury ager swarmed thro'gh the country and c, ried off every horse that had the bra: U. S. or C. S. on it. But this did 1 satisfy them, for they took away eve horse that some triding negro won say had been in the army. When it oomes to magnanimno treatment of Confederates, Grant is t to be classed with Sherman. We Benjiamin F. Batler states that t.he was an agreement between Sherman a his leading officers to provide a ship Charleston for the esaape fromt coun:ry df Jefferson .Davis and su of his cab'ineL and others as chose go with him. ft is a iact that Sherman propos to allow the men of Johnstoni's ar: wh> suirendered at Greensboro to ta their guns and go home as if no y had tr~ker. plac2. He said he woi rathe:.- have the paroled Confederal control the south than see it turn over to 'egro rule. Mrs .avis should write no m< such articles for newspapers untile is sure of her facts. Robert B.._Hemphill. A SOL DIEflS BIBLE. Something that Nay Interest So: C onfederate Veteran. The following was handed The St: for publication while the Confederal were in Columbia last week: To the Veterans of South Carolina: I have in my possession a Bil which was evidently the property some devoted Christian soldier w had the distinguished honor of bei one of your noble band of heroes di ing 1861-1865. As you have assembl in our city to meet again face to fat to face with those whom you ox stood shoulder to shoulder at Gett burg, :Pe nn., and on many oti equally trying occasions, I thought pubishing this article I might be al to return this Bible to those to wh< it rightfully belongs. If the one ti once owned it has passed "over t river," I will gladly return it to ai relative claiming the samn. E E. Calvo. 526 Elmwood Ave., Columbia, S. The acaompanying beautiful lix are wrtten on the fly leaf; Lines written in memo'ry of my mc intimate friend and messmate, Liet A. T. Traylor, who was killed at t Battle cf Gettybourg, Penn., on the of July, 1863: Oh, friend! forever loved, forever dear; Wat fruitless tears have bathed thy hon ed bie:r! what sighs reechoed to thy parting brea While thou waatruggling in the pangs death! C0uld tears retard the tyrant in his cour Could sighs avert his darts relentless fcr Could youth and virtu~e cltim a short deli Or beauty charm the .spectre from his pr Thou still :had'st lived to bless my achi sight, Thy comrade's honor and thy friend's light. If yet, thy gentle spirit hover nigh Tee spot, w here now thy mouldering a lie. Here wilt thou tread, record on my heart, A grief too deep to trust the eculptor's art. No marble marks thy conch of lowly sleep, Butr living stratues there are seen to weep; Adlicuon's cemblance bends not, o'er tl tomb, Atdlction's self deplores thy youthful doel 'w'hat though thy sire lament his failing lii A mother's sorrows connot equal mine! Though none, like thee, her da ing hour y cheer, 'set otuer offspring soothe her anguish he; But who with me shall hold thy form place? rhine image what new friendship can effac Ah! none a mother's tear will cease to flo lime will assuaze an infant brother's ,ove; Lo ,1l, save one, is consolation known, While solitary friendship sighs alone. Jnveil thy bosom faithifal tomb, lake this new treusure to thy trust, and give these sacred relics room Lo .umber in the silent dust. 'The Newport News Herald sa "many olerks, waiters, offies boys, ax ~ypwriter girls are said to have mad ~otunes in a day in the Wall stre pcutii. For every one of the ittle fortunes many hundreds of pe tna have lost earnings they couldi dzo.rd to spare. 80mc of them will I n poverty, ethers will be in despairi lhat's the other side of the gambler later On. There'll be kicks about the heat, Later on; ' There'll be growls from all we meet, Later on; Every fellow will decare ' hat's it mighty hard to bear he And will wish for chilly air, Later on. g They will oft express regret, Later on, a- When their browa and cheeks are wet, DO La! er on, . That rude jibes they used to fling ed At the backwardness of epring, is And they'll yearn for winds that sting, he Later on. y: High the mercury will rise, a Later on. to And Old Sol blaze in the skies, as Liter on: In All electric fans will whiz, 4, All the soda founts will fizz, ir- But the heat will fairly sizz, Lat er on. at They'll be sorry that they growled, a5t Later on, ut And at fuel dealers scowled, l- e Later on, .e- For the man who sells them ice Will exact a heavy price at For a measly little slice, d. Later on. - Bear in mind that 'twill be hot, Later on; As Comfort vainly will be sought, So w Later on; 8o when springtime days are cold Id Don't about the weather scold, ut For there'll be heat uncontrolled, en Later on. ut ot TALKAGES SERMON. et Sermon from the Text. "There is fly None Like That; Give It Me." te m In this discourse Dr. Talmage calls 10- the roll of influences once antagonistic "- but now friendly to the gospel and en to courages Christian workers; text, I p. Samuel xxi, 9, "There is none like that; ed give it me." ns David fled from his pursuers. The en world runs very fast when it is chasing )r- a good man. The country is trying to en catch David and to slay him. David ad goes into the house of a priest and asks him for a sword or spear with which to s1) defend himself. The priest, not being e- accustomed to use deadly weapons, tells ).'s David that he cannot supplv him, but is suddenly the priest thinks of an old er sword that had been carefully wrapped ry up and laid away-the very sword that Goliath formerly used-and he takes ut down that sword, and while he is un h wrapping the sharp, glittering, memor 813 able blad it flashed upon David's mind 7- that this is the very sword that was Ik used against himself when he was in of the fight with Goliath, and David gan h1 hardly keep his hand off it until the eP priest has unwound it. David stretches oi out his hand toward that old sword and ts says, "There is none like that, give it ' me." In other words, "I want in my own hand the sword which has been ot used against me and against the cause ry of God," So it was given him. Well, Id my friends, that is not the first or the last 'sword once used by giant and US Philistine iniquity which is to come et into the possession of Jesus Christ and fl- of his glorious church. I want, as well ree as God may help me, to show you that many a weapon which has been need at against the armies of God is -yet to be he captured and used on our side, and I oh only imitate David when I stretch out to m1 hand toward ilsat blade of the Phii istise and cry, " There is none like that; ed give it me!' nly I remark first that this is true in rei he gard to all scientific exploration. You ar know .that the first discoveries in ild astronomy and geology and chronology :es were used to - battle Christianity, cd Worldly philosophy same out of its laboratory and ont of its obsevatory and re said, "'Now, we will prove by the very he structure of the earth and by the move ment of the heavenly bodies that the Bible is a lie and that Christianity as we have it among men is a positive im position." Good men trembled. The netelescope, the Ley den jars, the electrie batteries, all in the hands of the Philis tines. But one day Christianity, look~ te ing about for some weapon with which es to defend itself, happened to see the very old sword that these atheistic Philistines had been using against the le truth and cried out, "There is none like of that; give it me." And Copernicus and ho Galuei and Kepler and isaac Newton og and Herschel and 0. Mr. Mitchell came ir- forth and told the world that in their ed ransacking of the earth and heavens se, they had found overwhielming presence ce of the God whom we worship, and s. this old Bible began to shake itself from er the Koran and Shaster and Zendavesta by with which it had been covered up and >1e lay on the desk of the scholar and in >m the laboratory of the chemist and in the at lap of the Christian unharmed and un he answered; while the tower of the mid 2y night heavens struck a silvery chime in its praise. Worldly philosophy said: "Matter is C. eternal. The world always was. God did not make it." Christian philosophy es plunges its crowbar into rooks and irds that the world was gradually made, and t if gradually made there must have been t. some point at which the process started. he Tnen who started it? And so that ob 2d jeotion was overcome, and in the first three words of the Bible we fnad that Moses stated a magnificent truth when r- he said, "In the beginning." Worldly philosophy Esid: "'Your SBible is a most inaccurate book. All f that story in the Oid Testament, again eand again told, about the armnyof the .y, nothing in the coming of the locusts ty; like an army. An army walke, locusts ng fly. An army goes in order and procession, lccusts without order." le- -Wait," said Cnristian philosophy, and in 1863 in the southwestern es part of this country Christian men went out to examine the martch of the locusts. There are men right before mes who must have noticed in that very Lart of the country the comirng up of the lceusts hke an army, and it was found 7y that all the newspapers unwittingly ns.de of them as an army. Why ? They 'a secm to have a commander. They march li ke a host. The halt like a host. Nc ill arrow ever went in straighterfight than tne locusts come, not even turning e; aside for the wind, If the wind rises, er the Iccusts drop and then rise again ,af ter it has gone down, taking the same e.line of march, not varying a foot. The 'old Bible is right every time when ii speaks of locusts coming like an army; wo.rldly philosophy wrong. Worldly philosophy said, "All that story about the light 'turned as clay to the seal' is simply an absurdity." Old time wordly philosophy said, "The light comes straight." Christian phi losophy says, "Wait a little while," y and it goes on and makes discoveries d and fiads that the atmosphere curves e and bonds the rays of light around the it earth, literally "as the clay to the seal." e The Bible right again; worldly phi r losophy wrong again. "Ah," says Il worldly philosophy, ''all that allusion in te Job about the foundations of the earth ,. is simply an absurdity. 'Where wast 's thou,' says God, 'Wnen I set the fona no foundation." Christian philosphy Ccmzs and finds that the word as trans lated "fcundations" may be better translate: "eockets." So Dow see how it will read if it is translated right, "Where wast thou when I set the sockets of the earth?" Where is the sccket? It is the hallow of God's hand -a socket large enough for any world to turn in. Worldly philosophy said: "What an absurd story about-Joshua making the sun and moon stand stil! If the world has stopped an instant, the whole uni verse would have been out of gear." "Stop." said Christian philosophy; "not quite so quick." The world has two motions-one on its own axis .and the other around the sun. It was not necessary in makirg them stand still that both motions should be stopped-only the one turning th-e world on its own axis. There was no reason why the halting of the earth should have jarred and disarranged the whole universe. Joshua right and God light; infidelity wrong every time. I knew it would be w:ong. I thank God that the time has come when Christians need not be seared at any ecikntific exploration. The fact is that religion and science have struck hands in eternal friendship, and the deeper down geology can dig and the higher up astroromy can soar all the better for us. The armies of the Lord Jesus Christ have stormed the observatories of the world's science and from the highest towers have flung out the ban ner of the cross, and Christianity now from the observatories at Albany and Washington stretches out its hand to ward the opposing scientific weapon, crying, "There-is none like that; give it me." I was reading of Herschel, who was looking at a meteor through a teles::ope, and when it came cver the face of the telescope it was so powerful he had to avert his eyes. And it has been jast so that many an astronomer has gone into an observatory and looked up into the midnight heavens, and the LOrd God has through some swinging world flamed upon his vision, and the learned man cried cut: "Who am 1? Undone! Unclean! Have mercy, Lord God!" Again, I remark that the traveling disposition of the world, which was ad verse to morals and religion, is to be brought on our side. The man that went down to Jericho and fell amid thieves was a type of a great many travelers. There is many a man who is very honest at home who when he is abroad has his honor filched and his good-habits stolen. Thereare but very few men who can stand the stress of an expedition. Six weeks at a watering place have ruined many a man. In the olden times God forbade the traveling of men for the purposes of trade be cause of the corrupting influences at tending it. A good many men now cannot stand the transition from one placa to another. Some men who seem to be very consistent here in the way of keeping the Sabbath when they get into Spain on the Lord's day always go out to see the bull fights. Plato said that no city ought to be built nearer to the sea than ten miles lest it be tempted to commreice. But this traveling disposi tion of the world which was adverse to that which is good is to be brought on our side. Thess mail trains, why, they take our Bibles; these steamships, they transport our missionaries; these sailors, rushing from city to city all around the world, are to be converted into Chris uaaa heralds and go out and preath Christ among the tesa.hen nations. The guspels arc infinitely multiplied in bta'uty and power since Rabinson and Taompson and Burckhardt have come back and talked to us about Siloam and Capernaum and Jerusalem, poiming cur to us the lilies about which Jesus preached, the beach upon which Paul was sh~pwrecked, the fords at which Jordan Was passed, the Red sea bak on which were tossed the carcasses of the drowned Egyptians. A man said: "I went to the Holy Lagd an infidel. I came back a C.hristian. I could not ihelp it." I am not shocked, as some have l:een at the building of railroads in the Holy Land. I wish that all the world might go and see Golgothra and Bethlehem. How many who could not afford mule teers now easily buy tickets from Con stantinople to Joppal Then let Chris tians travel! God speed the rail trains and guide the steamships this night panting across the deep in the phos phorescent wake of the shining feet of him who from wave cliff to wave cliff trod bestormed Tiberius. The Japanese came across the water and see cur civi lia stion and examine our Christianity and go back and tell the story and keep that empire rocking till Jesus shall reign. Where' er the sun Does his successive journeys run. And the firearms with which the infi del traveler brought down the Arab horse man and the jr.ekals of the desert have been surrendered to the church, and we reach forth our hand, crying, "There is none like that; give it me!' So it has also been with the learning and elcquence of the world. People say, "Reiigion is very good for aged women, it is very good for children, but not for men." But we have in the roll of Christ's host Mczart and Handel in mueaic, Canova and Angelo in sculpture Raphael and Reynolds in painting. Harvey and Boerhaave in medicine, Cowper and Scott in poetry, Grotius and Burke in statesmanship, Boyle and Leibnitz in philosophy, Thomas Chal-2 mers and John . Mason in theology. The most brilliant writiegs of a world ly nature are all aglow with Scriptural allusions. Thrtu~tn senatorial speech and through essayist's diecourse Sinai thunders and Calvary speaks and Si loam sparkles. Samuel L. Southard was mighty in the courtroom and is the senate cham ber, but he reserved his strongest elo quence for that day when he stood be ?.ore the literary societies at Prince ton commencement and pleaded for thre grandent of our Bible. D~sniel Webs ter won not his cicf garlands while re sponding to Hayne nor when he opened the batteries of his ekcquence on Bunker Hu1l, that rocking binai of the American Revolution, but on ttat day when in the tamous Girard will ease he showed his affection for the Uhristian religion and eutogirzed the Bible. The elcquence and the learning that have been on the other side come over to our sidie. Captured for God! "There is none like tha:; give it to me." So also has it been with the picture making of the world. We arc very anx ions on this day to have the printing press and the platform on the side of: Christianity, but we overlook the en graver's knife and the painter's pencil. ?he antiquarian goes and looks at pic tured ruins or cxamines the chiseled pillar~s of 'ihebes and Nincveh and P\nmpeii arnd then comes brek to tell us of tue beastliness of ancient art, and it is a fact now that many of the finest spceimens--merely artistially consid ered-of sculpture and painting that are to be found amid those rules are not fit to be looked at, and they are locked up. How Paul must have felt when, standing amid those impurities that tared on him from the walls and pave ments and bazaars of Corinth, he preached of the pure and holy Jesus. The art of the world on the side of ob seenity and crime and death. Much of the art of the world has been in the possession of the vicious. What to unclean Henry VIII was a beautiful picture of the Madonna? What to Lord Jeffreys. the unjust jadge, the picture of the "Last Judgment?" What to Ne ro, the unwashed, a picture of the bap tism in the Jordan? The art of the world on the wrong side. But that is being changed now. The Christian ar tist goes over to Rome, looks at the pie tures and brings back to his American studio much of the power of these old masters. The Christian minister goes over to Venice, looks at the "Cruaifixion of Christ" and comes back to the Ameri can pulpit to talk as never be fore of the sufferings of the Saviuor. The priva'e tourist goes to Rome and looks at Ra phael's picture of the "Last Judgment." The tears start, and he goes back to his room in the hotel and prays God for preparation for that day when Shrivelling like a parched scroll, The flaming heavens together roll, Oar Sunday school newspapers and wails are adorned with pictures of Jo. seph in the court, Daniel in the den, Shadrach in the fire, Paul in the ship. wreck, Christ on the Cross. Oh, that we might in our families thin.: more -of the power of Christian picturs1 0. e little sketch of Samuel kneeling in prayer will mean more to your children than 20 sermons on devotion. 0 ae pa tient face of Christ by the hand of the artist will be more to your child than 50 sermons on forbearance. The art of the world is to be taken for Christ. What has become of Thorwaldsen's chisel and Ghirlandsja's crayon? Captured for the truth. "There is none like that; give it me. So I remaik it is with business aeu men and tact. When Christ was upon earth, the people that followed him for the most part had no social position. There was but one man natdraily bril liant in all the apostleship. Joseph of Arimathea, the rich man, risked nothing when he offered a hole in the rock for the dead Christ. How many of the mer chants in Asia Minor befriended Jesus? I think only one-Lsdia. How many of the castles on the beach at Galilee en tertained Christ? Not one. When Peter came to Joppa, he stopped with one Simon, a tanner. What power had Christ's name on the Roman exchange or in the bazaars of Corinth? None. The prominent men of the day d:d not want to risk their reputation for sanity by pretending to be one of his followers. Now that is all changed. Among the mightiest men in our great cities today are the Christian merchants and the Christian bankers, and if tomorrow at the board of trade any man should ge& up and malign the name of Jesus he would be quickly silenced or put cut. In the front rank of all our christian workers today are the Christian mer ohants, and the enterprises of the world are coming en the right side. There was a farm willed away some years ago, all the proceeds of that farm to go for spreaaing infidel books. Somehow mat ters have changed, and now all the pro ceeds of that farm go toward the mis uionery cause. One of the finest print ing presses ever built was built for the express purpose of publishing infidel: tracts and books. Now it dot s nothing out print Holy Bioles. I believe tsaa the time will come when in commercial circles the yoice of Christ will be the mightlest of all vuics and the ships of i'arshish will tiring presents and the queen of Sheba her glory and the wise maen of the east their myrrh and f rank. incense. I look off upon the business men of this land and rej Aico at the pros pt c that their tact anu ingeaulty and talent are being brougat imo the service of Christ. It is one of the mightiest of weapons. "T-iere is none like taat; give it me." Now, if what I have said be true, away with downheartedness! If science is to be on the right side and the travel ing disposition of the wor.d on the right side and the learning of the world on the right side and the picture makiz g on the right side and the business acamecn and tact of the world on the righi side, thine, 0 Lord, is the kingaom! Oti, fall into line, all ye people! It is a grand thing to be in snch an army and lid by sues a commander and on the way to such a victory, if what I have said is true, then Christ is going to gather up for himself out of this world everything that is worth anything, and there will be nothing but thesBer-nleft. We have been rebels, but a proelsma tion of amnesty goes forth now frc m the throne of God saying, "Whosoever will let him come." However long you may have wandered, however great your crimes may have been, "whosoever wi, let him come." Oh, that this hour I could marshal all the world on the side of Christ! He is the best friend a man ever had. He is so kind, he is so ov ing, so sympathetic! I cannot see how you can stay away from him. Come now and accept his mercy. Behold him as he stretches out the arms of his sal vation, saying, "Look unto me, all ye ends of the earth, and be ye saved, for I am God." Make firal choice now. You will either be willows planicd by the water course s or th1e chaff which the wind driveth away. Volumes of Them. How many volumes they would fill What tomes of pondrous weight. The smart things that we do not think To say until too late. --Philadelphia Press. His Reason. "What makes you put so much of your writiimin dialect ?" "Well," answered the novelist, "it is a sure way of pleasing a great many people who are so proud of being able to gu~ess the pronunciation that they don't bother about the sense of it all." -Washington Star. Making Himself Popular. Friend (to saloon keeper)-Why do you treat your friends so of ten, Bans? Hans-Vell, -r see, I rant ash many of dem ash possible to surrount mine piervyen I'm det und gone, und I t'ouight maype dey might pe more apt to do it if I ox dem to surrount some of it yen I'm still alife. See?-Judge. In the Children's Playground. Muriel Mulligan-Rtupert Rafferty wanted me ter elope wit' him yestiddy afternoon. Fifi Flannigan-Why didn't yer? Muriel Mulligan-I wuz afraid I wouldn't git back in time fer supper. Lown Topics. rn Kentucky. The Colonel-It's amazin' how the children grow! It seems like yester day when that boy of yours was a baby. The Major-That's so! I can hardly realize that he's carryin' his own cork screw!-Puck. Brotherly Adice. Miss Fuzzle-I want to break mv en gagement but don't know how to ~do it without driving the poor fell-ow to sui aide. ILittle Brother-Why don't you let him see you in curl papers just once? -Titaita.C Taylor Convicts Himielf W. S. Taylor, former Governor of Kentucky, who is charged with complicity in the murder of State Senator Goebel, has pur chased fine residence property in Indianapolis. His friends an nounce that he has received as surances of pro?tction and has determined to make Indiana his home in the futtfre. The New port News Herald, an ably con ducted independent newspaper, says "this is a notable case of self- incrimination. It seems well nigh inconceivable that a former Governor of a large and impor tant Commonwealth of peace able and orderly people, having enjoyed all the rights and privi leges of statehood under a con stitution and exercising all of the forms of law for over a century, could be guilty of so foul a crime as that of the assassination of a rival candidate and thena legal contestant for the gubernatorial office. But that is the self -in criminating attitude of former Governor Taylor. Goebel was murdered and not only did Tay lor, who occupied the place of chief executive at the time, make no effort to avenge the crime, but he potected those who were accused of committing it. When they and he were indicted they all fled. "Taylor has not returned. He refuses to submit to trial, to en ter the jurisdiction of the State courts and has been protected from extradiction by the Gover nor of, Indiana, who has refused to honor the requisition of Ken tucky. Some of his friends have been convicted and sent to th6 penitentiary, some of them be came witnesses for the State and! have been released, while others with Taylor. are still fugitives. Meantime although former gov. vernor Taylor has been living safely in the bounds of Indana, protected by the refusal of the Governor of that State to honor a requisition for a man charged with complicity with a murder' he would iiot buy property there till assured that he would not be subjected to arrest. "It is stated now that the as surance that Governor Durbin will not honor a requisition for his return to Kentucky has not come directly from the execu tive, but so positively that Tay lor feels that there is no proba bility of his being surrender ed to the Kentucky authorities and he has invested $9,OOin a home in one of the mostfasbin able districts in Indianapolis. The inevitable conclusion is that Mr. Taylor isguilty, at least,uf complicity with the murder-of Goebel. He is indicted for'that and there was testimony at the trial to the efiect that the aas sination was suggested by him and that he knew it was tobe committed. The man who -re-9 fuses to face his ac-cusers in court and demand and obtain the same protection from the State and the same justice from. the courts that his friends-re ceived is either several kinds ofK coward or he is guilty. Hle con victs himself. On the contrary,. if he were as brave as innocences inspires a man to be. he would4 risk -any sort of danger-ther is none in fact-rather than rest under the awful charges that are standing against him among a people of whom he was the. chief executive." The Southern Baptists. The Southern Baptist conven tion now in session in Newr Or leans is one of the largest and: most notable religious bodies-. that assembles in this country says the Atlanta Journal. This: is its 46th session and the atten .dance is unprecedentedly large. - Ex-Governor Northern, one of the most eminent Baptist lay-: men in the country, who presid ed over the last convention, has been honored with re-election. The reports submitted show that the past year has been one of great prosperity for the southern Baptist church. It has increas ed largely in membership, has. built many new churches, im proved many old ones and exi tended both its domestic and foreign work very largely. For foreign mission work $156,000 was raised, an increase of $16, 000 over thefund for the previous year. The committee on mis sions has asked for $200,000 with which to push its work in Cuba and it will undoubtedly be provided. The convention sent $3,000 to the Jacksonville suf ferers. Representative Baptists from all parts of the south are attending the convention and its proceedings will certainly promote the interests of the southern Baptist church. The religious statistics of the census of 1900 have not yet been com piled, but the census of 1890 showed that in the United States there were no less than 4,364, 407 Baptist communicants and' the number has increased greatly since that time. In 1890 the Baptists in this country had 32,145 ministers and 60,969 churches. No other church in this country, except the Meth odist, had more preachers and mnore churches. The Souti-ern Baptist convention is famous as a business body. It has been said that no better conducted parliament can be found any where and its proceedings are always interesting even to those aot specially concerned in Bap :1st work. An Odd Remedy. A phnioian who has recently re .ured from Persia says that the ua :ves still b~liere that human tears are reme2dy for cqrtainl cironio diseases. Et every funteral the boting or mourn ri ten~ is one or the chief features of he cemm~c:;. Esa>h of the mourners s re-etctdwith a sporgo with *hioh .ohc~e a.:e and eye and aftsr the ura hs pon'ges ar3 presented to - be priest, why sqcz2s the tears into