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VALUE OF MILLS. The State Board Completes I:s Important Wor k. NO NOTEWORTHY INCREASE, Except In the County of Richland The Complete Statement of all Classes c f Mliis. The . te board of equalizntion charged with the fixing of assessments for taxation on cotton mill, oil mill, fertilizer factory, hosiery mill and such property. In uaking the assessments the board adheared to its adopted plan of fixing the valuation at 60 per cent of the market value of the bonds at a stocks. The work was vary arduous. In the statement of the cotton mills published below several mills will be found with no figures given. This is because of the fact that work has jnst bee-n started on these mills and the property is for this year being created as real propert. on the books of the several ocunty auditors. One or two mills had not sent in their sworn statements as to stock and bonds. These were assessed on the figures previously returned by these mills, the 60 per cent. basis be ing applied. Below is the complete statement of the assessments placed on the cotton mills of the State in comparison with the assessments heretofore made by the county boards. The most notable in crease is that of the Olympia mill in Columbia the jump being from $200, 000 to $1,131,000; the total increase of valuation on mills in Richland coun:y is represented by the difference be tweed $886,802 and $2,675 940; the in crease in the mill property in the city limits being $631,950. Here is the statement: Assessed As fixed by State by Co. board. board. ABBEVILLE. AbbeviLe ................$ 247,908 $ 225,000 AIKEN. Warrenville ............ 273,00) 303,215 Graniteville ............ 594,000 621.621 Aiken..................... 220,800 337,035 Langley.................. 472,400 452,081 ANDESON . Anderson............- 385,170 377,400 Pelzer..................... 972,000 950,000 Piedmont................... 277,200 240.000 Wiliamaton............. Cox Mfg.................. 27,600 30,000 Belton.._..._.. ....... 246,000 240.000 Orr ..................... 240,100 240,000 Pendleton................ 6.000 x6,220 Riverside................. 47,4;.0 32,080 BAMBERG. Bamberg................ 71,370 40,000 CHARLESTON. Vesta..................... 130,920 GAFFNEY. Gakney Carpet Co...... 42,84. 50,000 Cherokee Falls C...... 132,000 163,325 GaneyMfg.. 532,800 451,461 Linestone.............72.000) 75,000] CHESTER. Springtein. .......... 9,000 Cedar Shoals....... Monetta Mills.......... 60.400) Wyli.................... e60 000 Eureka................72,000 102,560 COLLETON Colleton............... 70,200 60,300 DARLINGTON Hartsville........... . 15,000 . Darlintaton.......... 276 000 177,000 EDGEFIELD. Edgefreid.............. 72,480 FAIRFIE LD. Fairfield.............. 79,740 50,000 GREENTILLE. Bzedmont Mfg. Co... 514 800 341,200 American Spin. Co. 109,460 87,14C Moneaghan Mills.......2,800 52,475 Carolina Mills........ 24000 24,040 Reedy R. Mills...... 107,025 95,6355 Huguenot Mills....... 48,750 36,440 Putnam Mills..........18760 18.760 F. W. Poe Mfg. Co. 221,205 233,480 Pelham Mill.......34,425 Mmll Mfg.00........... 209 286 106,310 Brandon Mills........ 30,005 30,005 Oak Lawn Mfg.Co... 13,585 13,585 Fountain Inn Co........ 45000 25,000 Franklin Mmll........ 19,000 GREENWOOD.' Greenwood Cot. Mills. 109,650 85,000 Grendel Mil.......... 210,000 200,000 KERSHAW. Camden Cot. Mil.... 74,166 82 58] DeKalb Mfg. Co..... 24000 20,000 LANCASTER Lancaster Mills........ 111,300 103 095 LAURENS Clinton Mills........... 90,000 67,370 Iaurens Cot. Mills... 294,000 240,000 Gold'uille Mfg. Co... 18,000 LEXINGTON. Lexington Mfg. Co..... .500 25,000 Leestille Mfg. Co... 15,000 SaxoeGoth Mills........31500 2.5,000 Middleburg Mills... 27,270 35.000 Columbia Mills..... 13,250 MARION. Ashby Cotton Mills. 10,000 10,00C Dillon Cotton Mills. 69,780 65,00C MA RLTBORO. Ben'ts'viile Mfg. Co. 32.000 76,00C Bed Bluff Co..........11,75 Ieeman Mills.......... 40,40 40,40( Mochol Mfg. Co........ 120000 81,125 Marie Mfg. Co......... 72,000 40,931 NEWBERRY. Newberry Cot, Mill.. 282,000 800,00( OCONEE. Courtenay Mfg. Co. 180,000 130,00( Senaca Cot. Mills... 30,000 The Cheswell Mils.. 12.000 75.32( Walhalla Cot. Mills. 74,226 75,00( ORANGEBURG. Orangeburg Mfg. Co. 120,000 100.00( Orange Mill............60,720 50,72( PICKENS. Norris Cotton Mills. 126,276 49,254 Liberty Cotton Mills. 9,360 Ealey Cotton Mills. 34,848 58,841 RICHLAND. Olympia Mills.... 1,131,000 200,0 Palmetto Mills........ 70,100 25,101 Granby Mills......... 480,000 300,45' Capital City Mills... 64,240 51,60 Columbia Mills...... 068,000 200),00 Riehland Cotton Mills 273,600 109,65 SPARTANBURG. Clifton Mfg.C0...... 1,020,000 1,021.52 Arkwright Mills..... 141,600 I54,00 Mary Louise Mills- 7,500 Enoree Mfg. Co.... 288 000 308.00 D E Converse Mfg. Co. 231,300 252,05 Cowpens Mfg Co..... 36,) -0 44 1" Victor Mills......... 222,600 245,00 Saxon Mills ......... 41,259 6i8,3 The Pelham Mills... 117,000 84,37 Whitney MfgCo-..... 236,25th 141,12' Fingerville Mfg Co... 30,000 37,.7 Tneapan Mills....... 201,70 23l,85 Arlington Mills ....... 12.000 Beaumont Mills........ 42,000 4.520 Valley Falls Mfg Co. 30,100 52,70 Woodrufi Cotton Mills 23,4(,0 28,00 Spartaa Mills ........ 750,000 740 79 Pacolet Mills ........ 40,000 808,504 Tnman Mills..... Fairmont Mill......... 45,200 45,20) SUMTER. Sumter Cotton Mills. 23.124 14 40' UNION. Monarcb. Cotton Mills 60 00) Alpha Cotton Mills. 36,4000 30,00) Union Cotton Mills. 625 000) 625.001 Glenn Lowry Mtg Co 60.000 Buffalo Mfg Co ....... 72.000 Locrthart Nills...... 399,000 259,004 YORK Arcade Cotton Mill.. 69.498 e69.7:; Manchester C~t'n M ls 110 292 1 16.551 Fort Mill Mrg Co.....54,9(0 50t 'j Mifort MilEs ........... 37;032 40 t. Sutro Mills............ 18,3116 18,31' Yor Ctton Mill. 103,56:0 94.45) Clover Cotton MiP9... 1?2,6 i1) 119.400 i b. Cohe Co., Trus 20.100 21,00 Victoria Cot'on Mik i9 WuO :35-000 Iligh'.and 'rk " fg Co 12-,000 12.5,000 THE OIL MILLS. neb The bosrd unanimously adopted the %it assessment find by the committee en t oil mills pro;erties. The assessments pit: are given here in comparison with the pro county boards' figures f, follows: wer Fixed Assessed cats by County by State ar.d Boards. Board. dec ABBEVILI.E ho McCormick ........do Lowndesviile............ . $16.000 9,.00 use AIKEN. M: Aiken Industri Ia....... 20.1 12 510 the Kentwood Mfg.------ .- "'00 ANDFItSON . 1)tA ( O exe P"endleon........ ------- 10 000 10.800 -he Hor el Prha ..--- . em :015 Ji o t -12.00 13800001 .io r: c ...............1 0 138 0 C Exceeor .... 10 500 16 5)3 Pal Anidenon 0. F............ 10,500 ' ,S-u ws Wii imston 0 & F...... 8,000 ide Eim e ros ............-.... 6,500 wa: Farmers.................... 11,150 15,000 tak BAMIBERG ma The Cotton Oil............ 10,125 15.0 0 fo IBARNWELL Southern................... 16,000 CHARLESTON. Charleston ................... 70 000 South Carolina............ 10.000 CHEROKE E vi:tori .................... 14,500 12,0:0 tO 1 CLARRENDON t.c Farmers.............. 50,000 20,000 mi Manning 0. & I......... 20,500 fa CHESTER. ab' T J Martin................ 18.000 tir. DARLINGTON 0a-lington................ 21,G50 43,350 Pee D e 0 &I............ 15.001 , Hartsville ............... 20000 EDGEFIEL) Edgofield 51f-..--- 18 000 .O. FAIRFIELD Fairfield U. & F.......... 13,125 FLORENCE Florence ..........--... - 13.0~0 lice GREENVILLE. s0 South Carolifia........... 43 340 lan Saluda............... 6,290 6,290 pol The Farmers C . & G... 7,800 i r Simpson Mfg, ............ 9,450 9,450 Fountain Inn.............. 8,185 ati Greers 0 & F.............. 7,075 7,075 bro GREEN WOOD. 't Coronaca ..............--.. 11 000 11,000 NinetySix............ 7,225 6 000 mo Greenwood ......... 24 00) pea Farmers'................... 33.350 Iou KERSHAW. Atlantic ..........---.--... 36,000 tak LAURENS bic Gold'ille Mfg -......----- 7,000 tiol Clinton Mfg............... 6 000 the Gray Court................. 4,000 6.000 L-rens 0 & F ........... 27,000 Wei MARION At hby ........ .... 10,000 we Dillon .......... . 21,000 MARLBORO Atlantic ... 18 000 the NEWBERRY. Newberry.......... 27,000 OCONEE. Saneca...... ......7,200 ORANGEBURG. O:angeburg.... .... 15 000 t St Matthews W & M 14,400 15,000 er RICHLAND y Southern.......... 60 000 cr South Carolina..... 60,000 ap PICKENS. Liberty........... 5,500 6 000 CIO Esley .. ......... 5,180 7 515 Di R C SALther......... .7.650 SPARTANBURG. . Cot Woodruff .. ....... 14,000 12,000 doc Produco..............31 200re Clross Anchor.. .....8,400 7,920 rhe Farforest......... 11,200 11,000 . Campoibello.. .. . ... 7,000 6 000 Cawpene. ..... 6 000 ab Tger Shoals..... .15,400 18.000 ahi SUMTER Atlaotic.......18,000 UNION. Union ...... ..........11,664 T THE FERTILI'4ER PLANTS. i The report of the commite3 on the !at fertilis r cmrpanies' property was un- ing animously adopted. Some increases in over the returns were made. The~ An derson plant was raised from $33,905 to $44,8S50; the Virginia Carolina Chem-. ial compariy plant at Beaufort from $87,460 to $138,000; the V. o. (C., plant in Cherokee c'unty from $35,505 IS :o $47,340; the V. C. C., plant in Dorbester from $32.000 to $42.665, and tr e V. C. C. plant in Greenville from $55,145 to $86,250. t The Southern Railway. the T he Southern railway's recent re proFa for the fiscal year ended June 30, me 1901, is of general interest as it relates miu to the operations of one of the greatest Ta' railroad systems of the country. Tie average number of miles operated for so the yest, including the St. Louis divis- Th' ion, was 6,612, as against 6,306 miles inb in the previous years. The mileage dus operated at the close of the year was 6,728 miles, as against 6,431 at the of cose of the Irevious year, an incease su of 297 miles. Both the gross anid net wa: re ceipts of the system show a very large thc increase. The gross earnings for 1901 the were $34. 660,482.18, against $31,200, 869.89 for 1901, an increase of $3,459,. JaE 612. gat The operating expenses and taxes Sp: were $24 343,625.09 for 1901 and $21,. ma 831,446.86 for 1900, an increase of l $2 512,178. 23. The net income from h operations was in 1901 $10,316,857 09, cit: against $9.363,423.03 in 1900, an in- sta crease cf $947,434 06. The net income mii from other sources increased $179,900.- ed 43. In 1901 interest and rentais * amounted to $7,275,062.96, against fro $6,755 442.30 in 1900, an increase of $504,085 96 leaving a balance for 1901 at of $3, 540,500.04 for 1901, against $2,- be: 917, 2.1 .50 for 1900, an increase ofin $623,248,54. rai In 1901 the number of passenersra carried was 7,437,404 against $6,728,- an 63 in 1900, an increase of 10 53 per w en:. The freight trsffc amounted to 14,121 81 tons in 1901, against 13,674. 044 for 1900, an increase of 3,27pe cent. The paseenger earnings in 1901t $10,966,974.71, against $9,904,280.53 be in 1900, an iaerease of 10.73 per cent. bo: Ttie trewht earnings in 1901 were tb $22,203 533 82 in 1201, against $21,- b 05, 426.27 for 1900, an increase of W 5.26 per cent. There was an increase a of 7.58 per cent in net earnings, an in- P crease of 6 57 per cent in net earnns b per mile and an increase of 8.82 per cent in net earnings per revenue train a mile. All of these to-npanisons are ab made for the fiscal years ending June ed 30, 1901 and June 30, 1900. The " shwing is a very fine one both as to iscreae of traf!e and revenues and " )inicates able mLanagement. The phy- ds sial condition of the great system was Id nevr so good as it is now. b th Indian Relics. Ia: The recent tibods in Eaet Tennessee tu have unearthed many things in the way ti of Indian relics, akeletons arnd other thine which tend to th~row light on his- ed t.r Near Chucky City, Green county, th< the deep soil of the botom lands was T washed off, revealiag parts of the old on or.a of Davy Crock:.t, the famous ers Tenncs see pioneer. 'lho Gd-fashion, Det deu';e ch~mw;, built of store, which t inve wn ml and carried cff smuke item wZ e fix; where was ecoked vension fLr pe th hurgry family of the famous hunter Wa an p ermsst well presemvd, in1 IcKINLEY AS2ASSINATED (Contioned from page 1.) es to the naval sni about on a level h it. pon arrival at the exposition hos 6l the second bullet wound was Led. The walls of the abdomen e opened but the ball was rot lo -d. The incision was bastily c'osed after a hasty consultation it was ided to remove the patient to the oe of President Milburn. This was e, the automobile ambulance being d for the ; urpose. Arrived at the burn residence all parsons outside medical attendants, nurses and the eills immediately concerned, ware iudtd and tie task of probing for bullet which had lodged in the ab en was begun by D:. Roewell ke. When the news of the crime telephened to the home of Pres at Mi burn where Mrs. McKinley resting immediet steps were en to spare her the shock of a pre ture statement of the occurrer c: be B the true condition of the presi t coald be ascertained. Guards *e stationed and no one was per <ed to approash the house. Ven it was decided to remov3 the sident frm the exposition hoepital he Milburn residence the news was ken to Mars. McKinley as gently as ht be by members of the Milburn lily. She bcre the shock remark well and displayed the utmost for de. GREAT EXCITEMENr. hile the aoundea poesident was be borne from the expeni'ion to the burn residerce between rows of on bers with bared heads a far difder spectacle was being witnessed rg the route of his assailants j~ur irom the scene of his crime to po hearquarters. 'The trip was made ntiokly that the prienner aas safely ucd within the wide portals of the cs station and the doors closed be an; ore was aware of his plesenoe.. 'he new, of the attempted assansin w had in the meanwhile been spread adcast by the newspapers. Like Ifire it spread from mouth to th. Then bulletins began to ap r on the boards along newspaper tes and when the announcement made that the prisoner bad been en to police heac quarters, only two Aks distant from the newspapes tee l, the crowds surged down toward terra:e eager for a glimpse of the toner. At poiico heacquar~ers they - met by a strong cordon of police, ech was drawn up across the pave at on Pearl street and admittance denied to any but officials authc ;d to take part in the examination of prisoner. n a few minutes the crowd had wn from tens to hundreds and the: e urn quickly swelled to thousands il the street was completely blocked h a mass of humanity. It was at s juncture that some one raised the cf 'Lynch him!" like a flash the was taken up ani the whole :.roevd, f ignited by the single ma cl thus ilid. reechoed the cry "LYNCH HIM!" ' HANG HIM!" ier the crowd surged forward. naer the throng became as new ar sl swelled eaen moment the sway multiuie. The situation was be 2ing critical when suddaly the big >r were flung open and a sqra-d of erves arr ived with solid front Grove crowd back from the curb, then oss the street and then gradu~dly eeded in dispersing them frors u the erntrance to tne station. .By s time there was pro'bably 50,(00 pso asembled in the vicinity of Pearl, zeca, Erie streets and the terrace. c:owd was so great that it beesane easary to rope cff the entire street ~ront of poltee heaciquarters and at a Shour the police were still partull in the streets in the neighbor hood quads of three or fovr. LUKE A DIME NOVEL. Account Given by 'he Resis tentca Le aders L dispatch from Tampa Faa., says tirteen of the abducted leaders of striking cigarmakers of Tampa, .have returned from exile. The n who camposed the central corn .tee of the Resistencia Ucion of npa, arrived here on a small fruit ooner, the Gertrude, of this port. ty were marooned on a barren, un abited isle off the coast of Hon 'as, and had by an unexpected turn fortune, escaped death from expo e and starvation, and mnaie their rto civilization and safety. The an rities at Washington have instructed United States district attorney at konville, F.a., to make an investi ion. The party consisted of six zniards, six Cubans, and one English n. The Cubans and Englishman, ever, were naturalized American zens. The stories they tell are sub ntialy the same, differing only in ir details as to the violence resort to by their abductors. uis Barcia was taken, at midnight, m the bedside of his wife, whose ouchement had taken place three s before, and whose death has since in reported. He says he was forced o a closed cosmage and taken to a iroad station, where he was put into electric car, of which the lights e cut, the current having been shut Eight of his comrades, who had nsimilarly captured, were put with uself into the rear compartment oi car, and taken to Ballast Point, a miles west of Tampa, on Hills ough Bay. Pour other members of Resisencia Uzion had previously n taken through the wroods in a gon to the same place, where a tug aited them. a.fter a brief conference at Ballast it the thirteen men were dragged yard the tug and a start was made, id the derisive farewells from the luotors on the dock. Tne tug head f or the schooner Marie Cooper, ich was riding at anchor in the cam with all her sails set. The men re trantferred to the schooner un a heavy guard. This was on 'lues night, August sixth. A stif reze soon carried them down the bay out to sea. They were told that zy would be landed on English soi!, erough away to prevent their re a t the United States for a long ) the seventh day land was sight and the captives were informed that :ir destination had been reache: , e men were larnded at night. each receiving $5, a box of soca crack two small hame, and three casao *f, andn~bout a gain of water. Tne Ga then re'turned to the sehcener, nh immediately set sail and d'sap ired in the <iisance. For da~ys they ndered along the beach, husband A SUMMER SERMON. Discourse Full of the Breath of Hils and Fields. Dr. Talmage Applies His Text to the World in Which We Live-The Need of Olive Wranches in Every Day Life. [Copyright. 1901. by Lou's Klopsch, N. Y.] washington, Sept. 1. This discourse of Dr. Talmage is full of the breath of the hills and fields and is a summer sermon: text, Nehemiah viii, 1Z, "Go fcrth unto the mount and fetch olive branches and pine branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of thick trees to make booths." It seems as if Mount Olivet were nmoored. The people have gone in to the mountain and have cut off tree branches and put them on their shoulders, and they come forth now into the streets of Jerusalem and on the house tops, and they twist these tree branches into arbors or booths. Then the people come forth from their comfortable homes and dwell for seven days in these booths or arbors. Why do they do that? X ell, It is a great festal -time. It is the feast of tabernacles, and these peo ple are going to celebrate the desert :ravel of their fathers and their de liverance from their troubles, the ex perience of their fathers when, travel ing in the desert, they lived in booths on their way to the land of Canaan. And so these'booths alobecame high ly suggestive-I will not say they are necessarily typical, but highly sug ;estive-of our march toward Heaven and of the fact that we are only liv ing temporarily here, as it were, in booths or arbors, on our-way to the Canaan of eternal rest. And what was said to the .ews literally may be said figuratively to all this at. ience. Go forth unto the mountain and fetch olive branches and pine branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of thick trees to make booths. Yes, we are only here in a tem porary residence. We are marching n. The merchant princes who used to live in Bowling Green, New York, tave passed away, and their rest ences are now the fields of cheap merchants. Where are the men who i0 years ago owned Washington and New York? Passed on. There is no ass in our driving our stakes too Seep into the earth; we are on the march. The generations that have preceded us have gone so far on th.t we cannot even hear the sound of their footsteps. They have goa e aver the hill, and. we are to follofr them. But, blessed be God, we are not in this world left out of doors and unsheltered. '1here are Gospel booths or Gospel arbors in which our souls are to be comforted. Go forth auto the mountain and fetch olive branches and pine branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of thick trees and build booths. Well, now we soereadyto construn a ospel arbor or Gospel booth, and ow shall we construct it? Well, we must get all the tree branches and build. According to my text, wev must go up into the mount and bring olive branches. What does that mean? The olive tree grows .n warm climates, and it reaches the height of 20 or 22 feet, a straight stem and then an offshoot from that litem. And then people come, and they strip off these branches some times, and when in time of war the general of one army takes one of these olive branches and goes out to the general of another army, what ioes that mean? Why, it means un saddle the war chargers. It means ang up the war knapsacks. It is but a beautiful way of saying, Peace' Now, if we are to-day going to ucceed in building this Gosp:1 arbor we must go into the mount of God's blessing and fetcht the olive branches, and whatever else we must have we must have at least two olive branches, peace with God and peace with man. When I say peace with Go I do not mean to represent God as an angry chieftain, having a grudge against us, but I do mean to affi:m that there is no more antag onism between a hound and a hare, between a hawk and a pullet, be tween elephant and swine, than there is hostility between holiness and sin. A~nd if God is all holiness and we are all sin there must be a treaty, there must be a streltehing forth of olive branches. There is a great lawsuit going on now, and it is a lawsuit which man Is bringing against his Maker. That lawsuit is new on the calendar. It is the human versus the Divine, it is ini uity versus the immaculate, it is veakness versus omnipotence. Man began It. CGod did not begin the law suit. We b egan it. We assaulted our aker, and the sconer we end this part of the struggle, in wnich the finite attempts to overthrow the in finite and omnipotent-the sooner we end it the better. Travelers tell us there is no such place as Mount Calvary, that it is only a hill, only an insignificant hill, but I persist in egling it the mount of God's divine mercy and love, far grander than any other place on earth, grander than the Alps or the B:imalayas, and there are no other hills as compared with it, and I have noticed in every sect where the cross of Chrisa is set forth it is planted with olive branches. And all we have to do is to get rid of this war between God Bnd ourselves, of which we are all tired. We want to back out of the war, we want to get rid of this hos tlity. All we have to do is just to get up on the mount of God's bless ig and pluck thes.e olive brantceeI encuntering a humain being or sight ing a sail. Their small stocks of provisions fin-1 aly gave out and the water supply was cxhausted. They had almost giv- I en up the fight when they were dis covered by an Indian, who brought them a'd, and took them to the main !and, and guided them to the planta tion of a Mr. Bruno, where they were well received. rheir immediate wants 1 were supplied and they procured a smsll boat to take them to Truxillo. They were told by Mr. Bruno, that I from the description they gave of the island, they had rvidently been landed 1 near the mouth of Plantation river. BEFORE the Beaumont discov ries the annual production of i in this countryv was about 6'0,00( 0,1000 barrels. Thi rty wells at Beaumont now produce 1. 500,100 barrels a day, or as much in 4v' days as the whole country previously yielded in twelve months. 'Th is comparison gives an idea of the immensity anti the importance of the Texas oil Aelds. and wave them before the throne Peace through our Lord Jesus Christ! Oh, it does not make much differ once what the world thinks of you but come Into the warm, intimate lowing and everlasting relationshii with the God of the whole universe! That is the joy that makes a hal eluiah seem stupid. Why do we wani o have peace through our Lord Jesup 2rist? Why, if we had gone on it [0,000 years of war against God we :ould not have captured so much a 3 sword or a cavalry stirrup of v-isted off one of the wheels of the 3hariot of his omnipotence. But the moment we bring this olive uranch od and all Heaven come on our side, Peace through our Lord Jesus (.wrist, nd no other rind of peace is worth nything. But my text takes a step further, mnd it says, Go into the mountair ind fetch olive branches and pine branches and palmbranches. Now, the halm tree was very much honored by the ancients. It had 360 different uses. The fruit was conserved, the sap was a beverage, the stems were ,round up for food for camels. The base of the leaves was turned intc bats and mats and baskets, and from the root to the top of the highest eaf there was usefulness. The tree grew 85 feet in height sometimes ind it spread leaves four and five feel long. It meant usefulness, and i1 meant victory-usefulness for wha1 t produced and victory because i1 was brought into celebrations o: triumph. And oh, how much we wan1 the palm bran-1 es in the churches of Jesus Christ at this time! A reat many Christians do not amouni to anything. You have to shove them off the tracn to let the Lord'. :hariots come along. I know the old plan was, the plat cow is, in regard to worldly invest, ments-you hear it, merchants tel ou-do not put everything into one thing, do not put all your eggs intc one basket. But I have to tell yot in this matter of religion you hac better give your all to God and ther et in yourself. Oh, says some one "My business is to sell silks ani :loths," Well, then, my brother, sel: silks and cloths to the glory of God And some one says, "My business is to raise corn and carrots." Then ny brother, raise corn and carrots tc the glory of God. And some one says, "My business is to manufacture horseshoe nails." Then manufacture horseshoe nails to the glory of God There is nothing for you to do tha1 Fou ought to do but for the glory o God. Usefulness Is typified by the pain tree. Ah, we do not want in the church any more people that are merely weeping willows, sighing inte the water, standing and admiring their long lashes in the glassy spring K'o wild cherry, dropping bitter fruit We want palm trees, holding some thing for God, something for angels something for man. I am tired ani sick of this flat, tame, insipid, sa'ti slippered, nambypamby, hightytight religion! It Is worth nothing for thi: world, and it is destruction for eter nity. Give me 500 men and wome! ully consecrated to Christ, and we will take this city for God in three ears. Give me 10,000 men anc women fully up to the Christia: standard. In ten years 10,000 0: them would take the whole earth foi od. But when are we going to be in? We all want to be useful. Ther< is not a man in the pews that doe: not want to be useful. When are we going to begin? But the palm branch also meani ictory. You all know that. In al ages, in all lands, the palm branel means victory. Well, now, we are b: nature the servants of satan. H< tole us, he has his .eye on us, he wants to keep us. But word come: from- our Father that if we will tr' to break loose from this doing o: wrong our Father will help us, ani we look the black tyrant in the face and we fly at him, and we wrestle him down, and we put our heel o! his neck, and we grind him in the aust, and we say, "Victory, victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!" 0] what a grand thing it is to have si! nder our foot and a wasted life be lnd our backs. "Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven and whose sin is covered." Do you not think we had bette; begin now to celebrate the coming sictory? In the old meeting house at Somerville my father used to leac |he singing, and he had the old fash ioned tuning fork, and he woulc strike it upon hi.. knee, and the! put the tuning fork to his ear te atch the rIght pitch and start thu ymn. But, friends, do you not thinl we had better be catching the pitcl of the everlasting song, the song o rictory, when we shall be more tha3 congnerors? Had we not better be gin the rehearsal on earth? "The3 shall hunger no more, neither thirsi any more; neither shall the sux ight on them, nor any heat. For the Lamb which is in the mist of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them to living fountains of waters; and God shall wipe away all tear: from their eyes." But then we must have that other olive branch, peace with man. Now it is very easy to get up a quarrel 'here are gunpowdery Christians al. around us, and one match of provoca tien will set them off. It is easy enough to get up a quarrel. But, my rother, do you not think you hac better have your horns sawed off' ad not you better make an apol ogy? Had not you better submit to i little humiliation? "Oh," you say, Tuntil that man takes the first stel will never be at peace with him Nothing will be done until he is read3 to take the first step!" You area pretty Christian. When would thi world be saved if Christ had noi taken the first step? We were in the Can't Bar All. St. Peter-Did you ever do anything 'cry bad? Fair Arrival-I-I smuggled a few aces through the customhouse. St. Peter-Oh, well, come in. We :an't get along without women.-N. '. Weekly._________ Another Opinion. "Do you think bachelors ought te ec taxed?" asked Willie Wishington. "No," answered Miss Cayenne. "I ink the girls ought to make up 'urses and pay them bounties for not naking homes unhappy."-Washing on Star. Too Miuch of a Good Thing. Jimson-What became of that man who had 27 medals for saving people rom drowning?. Dock Worker-lie fell in one day vhen he had them all on. and the veight of 'em sunk him.-N. Y. Week . _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Jus't His Wany. Mael-I sometimes think thai lharlie doesn't love me-he acts sc Ages-onsense1 When he act! wrong. Christ was in the right, alT right and forever right. And yet He took the first step. And instead of going and getting a knotty scourge with which to whip your antagonist, your enemy, you hau better get up on the radiant mount where Christ suffered for His enemies and just take an olive branch, not stripping off the soft, cool, fragrant leaves, leaving them all on, and then try on them that Gospel switch. It will not hurt them, nd it will save you. Peace be with God, peace with man. If you cannot take those two doc trines, you are no Christian. Blest be the tie that binds Our hearts in Christian love: The fellowship of kindred minds Is like to that above. From sor-ow, to!l and pain And sin we shall be free. And perfect love and friendship reign Through all eternity. But this evergreen of my text also suggests the simple fact tha.t religion Is evergreen. What does the pine branch care for the snow on its brow? It is only a crown of glory. The winter cannot freeze it out. This evergreen tree branch is as beautiful in winter as it is in the summer. And that is the characteristic of our holy religion. In the sharpest, cold est winter of misfortune and disaster it is as good a religion as it is in the bright summer sunshine. Well, now, that is a practical truth. For suppose if I should go up and down these aisles I would not find in this house 50 people who had had no trouble. But there are some of you who have especial trouble. God only knows what you go through with. Oh, how many bereavements, how many poverties, how many persecu tions, how many misrepresentations! And now, my brother, you have tried everything else, why do you not try this evergreen religion? It is just as good for you now as it was in the day of prosperity. It is better for you. Perhaps some of you fee al most like Muckle Backie, the fishers man, who was chided one day be cause he kept on working, although that very day he buried his child. They came to him and said: "It is t indecent for you to be mending that boat when this afternoon you buried your child." And the fisherman looked up and said: "Sir, it is very easy for you gentlefolks to stay in the house with your handkerchief to your eyes in grief; but, sir, ought I to let the other five children starve because one of them is drowned? No, sir. We maun work, we maun work, though our hearts beat like this hammer." You may have had accumulation of sorrow and misfortune. They come in flocks, they come in herds, upon your soul, and yet I have to tell -you that this religion can console you, that it can help you, that it can deliver you if nothing else will. Do you tell me that the riches and the gain of this world can console you? How was it with the ecclesiastic who had such a I fondness for money that when he was sick he ordered a basin of gold pieces brought to him, and he put his gouty hands down among the gold pieces, cooling his hands off in them, and the rattle and rolling of these gold pieces were his amusement and entertainment. Ah, the gold and sil Iver, the honors, the emoluments of this world, are a poor solace for a perturbed spirit. You want some thing better than this world can give. -A young prince, when the children came around to play with him, re fused to play. He said: "I will play only with kings." And It would be supposed that you would throw away all other solace before this regal sat isfaction, this imperial joy. The hill of Zion yields A thousand sacred sweets Before we reach the heavenly fields Or walk the golden streets. City of eternity, to thy bridal halls From this prison would I flee. Ah, glory! That's for you and me! My text brings us one step further. It says: "Go forth, into the mount and fetch olive branches and pine branches and myrtle branches and palm branches and branches of thick trees." Now, you know very well I make this remark under the head of branches of thick trees-that a booth or arbor made of slight branches would not stand. The first blast of the tempest would prostrate It. So then the booth or arbor must have four stout poles to hold up the arbor or booth, and hence for the building of the arbor for this world we must have stout branches of thick trees. And so it is in the Gospel ar bor. Blessed be God that we have a brawny Christianity, not one easily upset. The storms of life will come upon us, and we want strong doc trine; not only love, but justice: not only invitation, but warning. It Is a mighty Gospel; it is an Omnipotent Gospel. These are the stout branches of thick trees. Well, my friends, you see I have omitted one or two points net be cause I forgot to present them, but because I have not time to present them. I have shown you here is the olive branch of peace, here Is the pine branch of evergreen Gospel con solation, here the palm tree branch of usefulness and of victory, and here are the stout branches of thick trees. The Gospel arbor is done. The air Is aromatic of Heaven. The leaves rustle with the gladness of God. Come into the arbor. Come into the booth. I went out at different times with a fowler to the mountains to catch pigeons, and we made *ur booth, and we sat in that booth and watched for the pigeons to come. And we found flocks in the sky, and after awhile they dropped into- the net, and we were successful. So I come now to the door of this Gospel booth. I iook out. I see flocks of souls flying hither and flying thither. Oh, that they might come like clouds and as doves to the window! Come into the booth. Come into the booth. rne crow is the eviu genius or tne turtle just as of the diamond-back and other terrapins. When the warm days of spring come and the female terra pins and turtles leave their beds in the marsh, the crow goes on guard, know ing that a season of feasting is at hand. Both terrapins and turtles seek the warm, sandy uplands near the shore to deposit their eggs. A hole is dug several inches deep and from 20 to 30 inches oblong, while eggs are deposit ed and then the nest is filled or covered with sand. ]lavin~g neatly piled the sand over the eggs, the turtle raises herself just as high as is possible, then comes down with a heavy thud on the sand. This is continued until the sand is quite hard, when the eggs are left for the sun to hatch. In the meantime the crow has been on guard, and by means of his sharp bill and strong claws the work of breaking into the treasure house of the unsuspecting turtle is quickly accomplished and the feast is soon over. The crow is con sidered by many to be the greatest en emy the diamond-back has. It is an easily established fact that the crow destroys thousands of the eggs of all kinds of terrapins, not making an ex ception of the diamond-backs.-Balti. Better If 8e Had. Coming home rather late one night, old Jones discovered a country yokel with a lantern standing by the kitchen door. "Young man," said he, "what are you doing here?" "I've come a-courting, sur." "A-courting? What do you mean?" "Well, rm a follower of Mary, the kitchen maid, sur." "Do you usually carry a lantern when you are on sueh errands?" asked the old man, sarcastically. "Yes, sur, always." "Don't tell me such nonsense. You had better be of quickly - courting with a lantern,' indeed! In my young days I never used such a thing." "No, sur," replied the yokel, sidling off, "judging by yer missus, I shouldn't think yer did."-London King. Turns Flank on Monitress. It was at an exclusive South side boarding school and the young women pupils in the institution were at din ner. The preceptress was a task mis tress of the most rigid sort and al ways paid special attention to the manners of the young women at the table. She laid down the strictest rules and she compelled her pupils to obey them to the letter. On this occasion she espied one of the young women wiping her knife with a napkin. "Would you do such a thing as that at home?" asked the preceptress, sharply. "No, indeed, I would not," replied the young woman. "We have clean knives at home."-Chicago Chronicle. Unique Concert-Old Violins. According to a German correspond ent, a concert was lately given in Ber lin which has a unique interest on account of the instruments used for the occasion. The first iteu on the programme was played on violins for merly possessed by his royal high ness, the late duke of Saxe-Coburg Gotha. They were a Stradivarius of 1723, a Rueggeri of 1667, an Amati riola of 1680, and a Techler violoncel lo of 1703. Other violins were: One formerly belonging to the earl of Falmouth, a Carlo Bergonzi of 1733; a 1723 Stradivarius, made for and owned by the king of Spain; Lord Nelson's Amati of 1648 and his Sane tus Serafin of 1712. Voilin bows used were made by Tourte, and former ly owned by Vieuxtemps,Leonard and Paganini, and the Vuillaume bow, for merly owned by De Beriot and Prince de Chiniay.-N. Y. Sun. Heavy Rainfalls. Exceptionally heavy rainfalls often occur, sometimes with disastrous ef fects. For periods of five minutes rain falls have occurred at Bismarck. N. D., at the rate of nine inches per hour, at Jacksonville, Fla., at the rate of seven inches, and at Galveston, Tex., at the rate of 61/ inches. In periods of 60 minutes rain has fallen at these three stations at the rate of over two inches per hour; at Galveston at the rate of 21/ inches. One inch of rainfall is equiv alen t to 27,154 gallons of 226,000 pounds on each and every acre of the wetted area. Rainfall at the rate of nine inches per hour represents a fall of 33, 900 pounds, or 4.073 gallons, per min ute per acre. In five minutes, such a rainfall would cover each areauf four square miles with 51,000,00 gallons-a quantity much in excess of the daily consumption of the city of Washing ton.-Washington Star. An Unexpected Result. An amusing episode occurred at a political meeting at Lavendon dur ing the general election. After hear ing the speeches of the candidate and his supporters an aged conservative from Wolverton mounted the plat. form and caused some mystery by dra matically holding aloft a walnut, when he proceeded to say: "This is a political walnut. The rough shell represents the radicals; the next, the thin, bitter skin, is the liberals, and the kernel represents the good conservative." A man in the audience cried out: "Now crack it." The Wolverton tory did so, when, 1o and behold! the kernel was rot ten! The admixture of laughter and chagrin that followed may be imag. ined.-London Spare Moments. Chinese Fun. A man asked a friend to stay and have tea. Unfortunately, there was no tea in the house, so a servant was sent to borrow some. Before the latter had returned the water was already boiling, and it became neces sary to pour in more cold water. This happened several times, and at length the boiler was overflowing, but no tea had come. Then the man's wife said to her husband: "As we don't seem likely to get any tea, you had better offer your friend a bath!' -History of Chinese Literature. Rare Astronomical Event. The sudden blazing into view of a star previously invisible ranks among the very rarest of astronomica] events. Only 14 times since men first bgan to write down records of the skies has such an occurrence been chronicled; and but once before have astronomers found a "temporary' star rivaling in splendor Anderson's recent discovery in the constellation Perseus.-Science. Hopeless. Jack-Hello, old man! What makes you look so glum? Jim-Edith-Miss Sheeroff-has re fused me; she doesn't care at aui for me. "V ho told you?" "She did, of course. Why, what do you mean?" "Oh, she told me some time ago that she never hoped to make you understand it."-Harpcr's Bazar. Scored Heavily. "I wish to ask you one question," said the Sweet Young Thing. "Go ahead," answered the Savage Bachelor. "Being a woman, of .course, your question is something personal." "'What I want to know is this: Are you so mean because you are a bachelor, or are you a bachelor be cause you are so mean?"-Indianap ols Press. One ot Them. "D~o you suppose," asked the fair Eulalla McGillicuddy, "that the lower creatures ever have any amuse ments?" "Well," repied Jason P. Simpson, "I have heard of a fish ball."-Detroit Free Press. They Don't Speak Now. Ida-I want to have sonme picture. taken. Can you recommend a photog rapher? Ada-Flashem! I've heard that he has a way of making the homeliest people look absolutely handsome. Philadelphia Evening Bulletin. Decrease in English Arrests. Since the outbreak of the war in South Africa, a marked decrease in the number of prisoners up for trial at the assizes has been noted In England. Little Japanese Cook. 1 0, he was a perfect jewel-her little Japanese cook! So watchful and at tentive! He wrote in his little mem orandum book all her instructions, so there could be no mistake. His cui sine? Incomparable. His manners? Divine. But, like all good things and perfect jewels, he had to go. He begged the privilege of calling and say good-by before sailing for his na tive land, and in due time his card was presented by the footman with a "Ph. D."after his name. Madame foundhim in full evening dress and some foreign decorations. He informed her that his degree had been conferred by a cele brated German university, and that he had been in America to obtain at short range material for a book on the man ners and social customs and the daily domestic life of the upper-class Amer ican people. At first inclined to the horrors and hysterics, madame Snall yielded to the humor of the situation and forgave the former cook his amaz ing duplicity. If I am not in error she invited him to dinner to inveigle her husband into the joke.-N. Y. Press. Cooperation in Farming. The Dane thoroughly understands the value of cooperation. Butter was at first made on every farm, but part ly owing to the difficulty-of procuring trained butter makers, partly to the smallness of the farms, Danish butter was at first of uncertain quality and fetched a low price in England. So the goahead Danish farmer combined with his fellows, and at the present day almost every parish has its coop erative dairy. On an average 150 small farmers combine together to es tablish a dairy,. subscribing between them 21,000, that is eight pounds sterling each, this being enough cap ital for a dairy of 850 cows. A coop erative society has also been formed for organized egg collecting for ex port. Local societies are established all over the country, whose members engage to deliver fresh eggs. They, are lined five pounds six shillings for, every bad egg delivered after fair warning.-London Express. A Chinese Choir. A church choir, couplete in all its parts and composed exclusively of Chi nese vocalists, accompanied on the or gan by a young Chinese matron, is one of the unique practical sights sad re sults of Christian efort in Sen Fran cisco. Of course it h-s required years to accomplish this result, but in those years the zeal and hope of Rev. L 3. Condit and his missionary wife have known neither flickering nor-wavering. As a result, Dr. Condit presides Sun day after Sunday at the services in the Presbyterian church on Stockton street; a Chinese congregation eom posed of men, women, children and in fanta in arms attend for worship, ead now sufficient advance has been made to have the music of the service ren dered by a double quartette of male and female voices. - San Franoise Chronicle. Gambled Away His Front Stairs. One of the most extraordinary me mentoes of gambling mania is to be seen to this day at B'oughton hall, the resience of the marquis of Cholmon-I deley. This is a blank space where the central flight of steps leading to thee entrance hall should be. The hall att one time belonged to Robert Wrsipole, earl of Orford. Lord Orford was a tre mendous gambler. One of his feats was to gamble away that particular liight of steps. The winner carted them off, and they have never been re placed. The effect of the blank space is most singular.-London To-Day. New industries in Palestine. One of the Zionist movements In Vienna is an effort to establish indus tries in Palestine. Among those being considered are fez and basket making and the manufacture of textile fab ries;- clothing, paper, chemicals, matches, machinery, bricks and tiles. The production of wines has been one of the Zionist developments and has proven successful, large quantities of A Palestinian wine being exported an nually-N. Y. Tribune. Might Need a Size Larger. Towne-liello! Where did you get the iiew tile? Browne-Won it from Jinks on a het. He's got to give me a wine supper to night on another bet. "fl'm. Don't you think It would have been wiser to wait until to-morrow morning to select the hat?"-Philadel phia Press. Russians Stay U7p Late. The Russian people are not fa-vorable to the old adage early to bed and early to rise, etc. Even in the country dis tricts the czar's subjects like to sit up late o' nights. In the great capitals the principal streets are generally crowded often to the small hours of the morn irng. Many of the theaters do not open till midnight.-N. Y. Post. Beautiful Ancient Statue. The Greek inspector general of an tiquities states that the bronze statue of a youth recently discovered at Cer igo, in the Ionian islands, dates from the period of Phidias, and is the most beautiful relic of antiquity yet brought to light.-Chicago Inter Ocean. Cruel GirL "Ah, Mirabelle!" he sighed. "May I not hope that you will be mine for ever?" "If you wish to hope that long, Mr. Sophtie," she replied. "I don't sup. pose I could stop you."-Philadelphia Press. A Sure Vietim. She-A faint heart never won a fair lady, you know. He-N-no, and a faint heart neyer got away from one either.-Judge.' One Step Above Begging. Borrowing is but one step above begging.-Chicago Daily News. One Man's Wisdom. She (after the proposal)-Are you in favor of a long or short engage' ment? He-If you can cook I'm in favor of a short one. If you can't we had better make it long enough to enable you to learn.-Chicago Daily News.. Like Your Shadow. False friends are like your shadow -only with you in sunshine.-Chica-, go Daily News. Time and Beauty. Time is an expert beauty slaughter er.ChiagoDailyNews. Swedish Land Arrangement. In Sweden they have a land arrange ment of this kind. The farmer will1 give a tonant so many acres of ground,I provided the tenant will give him soj many days' labor for so many yea, the labor to be paid as wanted.--N. Y. Sun. Warned in Time. Tired Tread well-Hold on; don't go to dat house fer grub. Saunitering Sim-Why not? "I seen a delivery boy takin' a snow shovel in dere yistady."-ChicaoQ gre.-ema