The Manning times. (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, November 13, 1901, Image 4
TAL=AeR sMEION,
Dr. Talmage Shows That Good or Evil
Done Returns to Llzsr or Blast Us.
In this discourse Dr. Taizago s'owz
that the good or evil 7e do rct'rrs to
bless or blsq'; text, Isxiah , 22,1
is he that sitt:h upon the circle of the
earth."
While yet peoplc thCUght that the
world was flat and thousands of years
before they found cut that it was round,
Isaiah, in my text, intimated the shre
of it, God sitting u;on the cir-le cf the
earth. The most beautiful igure in SiL
Geometry is the circle. God made the
universe cn the plan cf a c*rc-e.
There are in the 'ou r
straight lines, sn els, r r o
diagonals, quadre , bucst o e
deuly Ie tG.
most eve'yia>rc e
gecm:tr:zng you f :-- . t c
nant, a ifnt c
curve, which is t c r e t sL dC
yourg. it had Ci as e
would hav Le ior, a cer .
An ellipse i- a circle pres's 2 01 a
tle too bard at the Sdes.
Giant's Css y, . -
what God i: ks c f :: cmsti. . rE
are over 35 000
tSgonal, ,
rccks eem to ha- = :: 0 0
and comi ass. E ye-v rmt 1! s h
moldirg rcoom, whr a
shapes, but he che.cses oac : -,pr
feraolc to al*1 ober. I -q 1-e ^L
that the Gint's Cau .
world's molding ro-, bu: 1 a!
of a great many figures Gd t,
have selected the e.rc e astIc best. "[
is he thaz sitt'h on ih 'els o'
earth." The stars in a e'rlo, he =nn
ins eirele the iuo in s c"10Io, unU
verse in a cirele and the throne of G
the center of that erete.
Appreciation cf this wCuld ercoc
the architecture oL curc cs who
shape is often a defirce ct divine su
gestion. When mon batid chu he
they ought to imitate tLhe idca ofl te
Great Architect a:.d ptit the -u ::ne
in a circle, knowing tbat the tides of
emotion roll more easiiy that way than
in straight lies. Six thou~znd years
ago God fiang this world out of his r:gat
hand, but he did not throw it out in a
straight line, but curvilinear, with a
leash of love holding it so as to bri g
it back again. The world started fro=
his haid pure and Edenic. It has beEn
rolling on through regior s of moral :ae
and distemper. How long it will roll
God only knows, but it will in due time
make complete circuit and come back
to the place where i: started, the hand
of God, pure and Edenic.
The history of the world goes in a
circle. Why is it that the shipping in
our day is improving so rapidly? A
scientifie shipbuilder says it is because
men are imitating in som respects
what the small wits deride, the old
model of Noah's ark, not as we see it in
old time pictures, but as it really was
according to the account given. Great
ships have we now, but where is the
ship on the sea today that could out
ride a deluge in which the heaven and
the earth were wrecked, landing all the
passengers in safety-two of each asnd
of living creatures, hundreds of thous
ands of pieces.
Pomology will go on with its achieve
ments until aiter many centuries the-~
world will have plums and pears equal
t~o the paradisaical. The art o-f gardien
ing wiii grow for centuries, art. af~cr
the Downings atd Mitchells of the
world have done their best in the far
future the art of gardening will come
up to the arboresence of the year 1. 1:
the makers cf colored glass go on i
proving, they may in some cent.uries be
able to make something equal to tne
east window of York mirnt~er, whici
was built in the year 1290. We are
six centuries behind those artists. bu:
the world mutt keep on toiling u::tii it
shall make the completre ciromt arnd
come up to the skill of those very men.
If the world continues to improve in
masonry, we shall have after awhile,
perhaps after the advance of centuries,
mortar equal to that whieh I sawin the
wall cf an exhamed English .eit y built
in the time of the Rmans, 1,6o0 years
ago. that mortar oda~y as good as the
day in which it was made,.having out
lasted the brick anid stone. I say af ter
hundreds of years masonry may advance
to that point.
If the world stands long erougi, tyc
may have a city as large as they nAd in
old times-Babylon, five times th -ze
of London. You go in~o the pme~.rat
of England, and y ou fiAd them ma- m
cups and vases star the st .e ofth
cups and vases exhum~e~i frm cos.:i.
The worid is not g-a iL'e O )
no! But it is swingir-;i a ec.le a U
will come around to :.be stj.ao p
tery known so long as~o na uo ?a-y
of Pompeii. Thie worud mus: keep en
*pregresneg until it makehstt teempi?e e
circuit. The carve i ia tr.e r:g a: c i
rection; the curveo will keep on Uatil ;
becomes tne Cec.
Well, now, what is irue in the n
teria? univ,:rae i --roe in Gon m
goverme: and up:iro 'i :r.
That's the me sei4 Lt Ez1Ai ia
Ai commcntato: n.r:.o i2 3so 8O'
the wneel means Go:'s pro'met ne. B-.
a wheel is of r~o n~se ne?:siso
and it is turn in :..s arou:dand a i
tur::s anoun:l is a orc-e. 'A a e?
Are we tarts ora etinm.. e
whirktd around w ~etect ?e 'L t r
the vioiima cf t~x-r e "e
Bo far frcmthat I sas s: o 1 : u &a
we ourselves start the circ e of goo or
bad actions and thiat ',-wi r-ely cone
around again to us un?- s by divise in
tervention it be hiLnered. Toose Lad
or good actions mity n.ake :he circuit of
many years, but comc back :o us the3
will as certainly as rsamt od sils on :ze
circle of the earth,
But it is sometimes the case that this
circie sweeps through a centure
through many centuries. The world
stared with a theccrac' for governmnent
-that is, God was tz~e pres.ip and
emperor set the world. People o
tired of a theceracy. They see: " -
don't want Gt d airectly interferin sith
the affairs of the worid. Give us
monarchy." The worla~ hod a moacy
From a monarchy it la going to hae
limited monarchy. Alter aw?-ile th
limited monarchy wili be given up', and
the repubiican formici governmen.. w ?
be everywhere- dominant autld r-az
ed. Then the worud wiLl get ured~ o:
the republican icim of gove:nnea
and it wili have an anarchy, wii-h is
no government at ali. And then all
nations, finding cut that man is not
capable of rignteou'sly gevar::ng msc,
will cry out again for thccracy an..
say, "Lat God come baea and c~nduci
the affairs of the world," every step
monarchy, limited monarchy, repuiblsi
canismi, anarchy-orany dd~ier.nt step:
between the firs.t theoera y an the la
theocracy or segmenits ei the gat or
cle of the earth on va en Godt ais
But do not eemm .. a~ rx cau
you cannet see the ca s- of evets
therefore cone. us o Gd . G ers
ment is going to tcrea oo.vn. ti tor
tells us that :a- ihe ma.g :,she jy ra
mids stok2U60 men two vesrs
irsg ore great stone from the quary
ed rut it Into tihe pramids. If men
:hed id can aord to work so slowly
: ,sr'o God in the building ot
'~ .odto 'Walt?
ha- t'ough G34 should take 10,
t.0 y draw a circle? Sh1ll we
t*ke Our littw watch, which we have to
wir d up every uight iest it run
hold-1 it ': besice the clock of CCr
nr.1 ses? I, acc rdi~ o tlhe Bible'.,
a !he Sed years re in Gd's sight s
e~ &.7. th-, o in to Lt'z cul
cus cth 6 000 vents oF ioc o
Ct been only t> God as :rom
Me-a to Sat-rray.
Bu; i: is often tho case that the re
u quik-r, the retUrn is mu1h
taa t i'iat. The circie is
C' r M lc:e You r-solve that
L. lw Cod you ev. In one
y'.word of co1nsel in the
- a, h shCo c . Da!
: a e wet k you give a letter of
outio .n to a young man strumliUg
in " - Daring the same week you
an exh rtion ir, a pra7cr meet
It is &1 coce. You -w'il never
pe-rh-hp , you think. A -I
a Mn cme' up to ycu a'n
Y uj o.: know me, do you?"
Y : I dde ree-mber ever
x r e u y ou ." " y ," h e a - ,
a aya re he cacer. 0::
ce dY c"e - u sce (
a da two towsyo:~-?
-se-,' x.s ' Ha sc-: '-M. i
22-. c I e,"fr "Do yo-u
0:, W P- .Mtn cnxce lao ou zrn7
,"DY u klec st
r C~~~' ~.~
Sad s y , you have th:
-dn. of mi I.- 'ann-mper a
o t a r. c m-an-3 leter Ot iD.r i
o to H m1 E a? "es,
yt. sm f ep oar a fre -
u , - s hm r- ie fro nu n a
ow a'd am givirg mZ time tophb.n
t'~ois ad z.ub; ic interests. Como
up to my hr: and seC me."
01 a )n ecOmes to3.5ou and says: "I
wtzt to Mitdu m csif to you. I
w;ot into a prayer m':eting some years
:go. I sat e-ck by the door. You
arcse to m. an exholt~tion. That
talk charwed the course of my life, atd
if I ever get to h-eaven under Gd I wil
owe my salvstion to yCu" In only
ten, twenty er thirty years the circle
s-,vept out and swept back again to your
own gratiful hcart.
But sometimes it is a wider circle and
dos not return for a great while. I saw
a bill of expen.ses for burning Latimer
ard Ridley. The bill of expenses has
these items among others:
Shillings. Pence.
One lead of fL:e fagots......8 4
osttage for four loads wood. .2 -
Item, a post...........1 4
Iem, two chains...........3 4
Item, two staples .......- 6
Item, four laborers........ 2 8
making in all 253. 8i. That wag cheap
fire, censidcring all the circumstances,
but it kindlea a light which bhone all
around tLe world and aroused the mar
tyr spiit, and out from that burnivg of
Latimer mnd Ridley railed the circle
wider and wider, starting othcr circles,
convoluting, overrunning, circumscrib
icr, overarching, all heaven, a circle.
But what is true of the good is just
s trun of the badi. You utter a slander
against your neighbor. It has gone
vrcth irotm your teeth. It will never
come baek, you thick. You have done
the man all the mischief you oso. You
rj c3 to see hiim wine. You say,
Ddn't I aive it to him!" That word
has gone ocut-that slanderous word
en its poi-onous and biated way?. You
think it wi never do you any har-n.
Bdt I sam wateting that word, and I
see it beginning to carve, and it curves
arouod, ar d it is aiming at your hemr.
Yeu had better dodge it. IL rolls inito
y.ur borom, ar d after it rlls in a word
ofan old book rolls in after it, saying,
"With who~ mes-ure ye mete it shall
be measured to you agai."
You maitreat an aged pa.rent. You
bu r.dge him the room in your hcouss.
You are impatient of his whimsicalities
nd gurrlity. It makes you mad to
har him teii the same story twice. You
~ive him icd he cannot inafticate.
You wish he was away. You wonder
if Le is goir g to live forever. Hs will
be gone very soon. His steps are
shrti and ehrar. He is going to
sop. B3 Go~i .ea ant stne: to ce-ttle
* :sta you n tat s et A tr awhile
yourn~ tye wil be :i-u an d ycur gai: will
:2 -~n'ch r.un of thY grindirg wiil
':Jw, an d o il : the same story
wi-r a:.d~ 'rur childr-n will wond-r if
-s ;o a "f~er" cn a- ce nete call
Scto M:an " f.. a ive a fea'
Jap " What o th.ose r--ugti word
-.- ' vh your childr'n are acnostung
u? e are :aa echo of ta~o very
wed yo cise in he err of your old
her orv ' e-rs ago. What is that
. un -ois' ad tour j'.s a-coe,
A geL:.imen po ing along the ave
a--as .w a e-- dr Aik hi, ist er into
a treet by th hair t.f the h~ad. T he
en ien our'c at mhia bru e;C
e.t e l .-n vore and saiQ:
D:.t hik him I airigt. For-y
e*-* Lg ts~ or::ing Icoragged ou:
my' fa mer b-y thec hair of nis heai." It
's eOia. Outer sins may be ad
jrrned to the next world. That circle
s d gqi.ky, very quickly. OTh,
wat a stupendous thougtit that the
oad a a vl we start come back to
i'! .1 you kniot that the judgu'ont
dywI be onily the pointi at which
th cr'les join, the good and the bad
cming bu to us unless divine inter-,
ven tion hizior-comning back to us with
elome cf delight or carses of eon
'ccotion.
0h I wenid like to Ece Paul, the in
vali in iary', at the moment when
Sifuos come3 to full orb, his in
flasee~ rolling out through Antioch,
:.vrug-h C(":-as, through L;stra,
tough. Corinth, through Athiees,
trouga Asiu, through Europe, through
Ar'a, through the firnt century,
1~ug five erturics, through twenty
cn omrics~, though earxh, i hrough heav
lr ndait tre wave of influence,
h.vng It-ade f 'l circula, straes his
seni. 0J, thm I would likei to see
hini! No or e ca tell the wide swoep
of :hz en:ce ot P'ui's influence save
the one who is seated on the circle of
th earth.
I shouid not like to see the counten
taee of Voite ra when his inflaences
:oes to full orb. 'When the fa.al
hemorrhzge se ed h im at eighty- three
mc~f age, -is infiae ce did not eerie.
fe most briant -an of his century,
he had used all his facahies for aesauhi
og C aintiani., has bad i-fiaence
weninxg :t-rough F ancoe, wisening
u:> :2.ugh Gr.: any widsziig thr ough
adi :~ though the 123 years th'at
megoe .cA he osed, widnning|
the great inro, until at ist
the temwhted itence of his bsle
assiet i n - : spiri:, and at that
fUl tcbn i - o 1u1i Will bc:3
b : 'v:-. a todare u
whil wit nh h )r one cn tell
ho.w that had~ ;:i ii iaoco gridled de
earth sav3 ihe or S o 7 eP d t
cirzle of the c:.rth the Lord Al
mgmt.
'-Well, now," rsy sm", "this i' some
'V~ IS 11 D 0 V ! ds ii
repcsis ra vay .F it heers an int
Grs a vry be.d o-s. We wodIA i1ko
to hac the good wo have ever dlonoi
come back to us, but the thought tha;
al' the SinS we hAve cver c)mmie.
wil cme bac to us fills us with aff
riht." My b rt- i ave to t'll You
God omn b-,k thV crcle snd WI do
so at %eu: e ul. I Can b'i-.g twe.ty
pa'g!s _ of, Se-i-ure to poethtt
WhLen 12 fOr G;-i sak forgiv-;es a
maa tLC Fis o pslife v v r o(-me
jiaLk. The wheel may re - a:d on,
but yotz tae V0t pos~Iio" b-hinra tiee
cros, ad to wh-el s .;is thc Cr'S
off from dL' c a-: fi.l a: rig' an
:les it coupi-:c ob. F' giv.
if.tr>e !T-=re-ers thirg Amano
can d is, Z r 'reomdL? f - s been
sgtie, og GZ 'i
11-Z; g U- 0 1 15 M!5'nal.,
sill r~o-, u rh~ -3 la t
.: , .u 2 : li . m o
e~ ~ ~~c a ol r Jnte.I e o^
-sl -.1 aei ersn ed
gi i re01-talsn n
fiMavla Y.: is ha sa * r1 U 0a' s
lou a~~, r', Q1O 3 E,%31.0 A -l
Zo Uo . n the mistake o
eao -(cher ,, l~a i e1.-a ov.g, and
I car ihnuz this s in re f rd iO
ms i. t. J,)hn ss-s, '1 hesr. the
of M!-- 01m Ynge! ro*uind abo.2t the
i thrje wnd a. t. and tae elders."
A;;d atain he eays, "I mmw round about
-iie throne four and tsenty seats."
Anud gi he !ass, "- q ,re '*as d rain
bo~e round abcu.; ttx throne."
Tep two former iAmply a circle, the
d3e ei ther a a.irl or a smiiroe, theI
Seals .Uci:ng each o rr, the angels f c
ing easher oder, ibe me facing ach
h00v6r, veavea Jn smpaj.,eatyr cf glory,
circum'erence of pstriarch and prphet
and apaie, "irou aerwoe of Scotch
covena ter and T tebn wlegion a d
Abigenses, circumference ow na good
of all ages, pripher? of splendor ui
magined and inmepribable, a circl, a
Bau. cver-y ciroum-eren~e muat have
a enter and wlt ir the center of this
hea achly e oruferecce? hrist-his
all the glorF, bis al the prase, hi all
tih3 crown., al heve wreathed into a
garand roua%- zboaz hi.rTake. 0f the
imper sandae ozom h s fioa an d be
hod the sm. of the spike. Lif t the
cooet n d Tieinion am his brdw a
aee whene ht s the laceration of the
thirs crownels, all heaven.e inoa
grlanderoune aroud him. Tratkeadtthe
imprial, sanha stvom h is, toe an, e
hoid th seao of te cie. if e etrhe
Eeedo he wasl ohe Laeio f
C Ois, he iur, O Coidrock, thman,
Ai other ground is shiiitinxg eand.
SO Y -io DEA T H.
A Sensanonai Murd.' Commited
to Ciumbia
There was a areat deal of exaitam at
in Columbia M1)uday over tha cen-:a
tional details of the kilinge of Wiiam
Seavsr, whinh is bala.ved to hata
groin out of the stris~e which enred
in Columbia las spriog when workmen
went there from other piaeces to "aca'o"
in the C., C. & A. shiops. The killing
occurred lrast Saturday afternoon, but
was not reporttd to the coroner until
nearly day the fullain; mcri1ng, and
it was at the ingaant tat tha sensation
ai details were orougnL c ut.
tion, Archie Mcraney is i:1, charg
ed with the kiLIus of &esver, a.5d diar
ry ,ihxn 5 nela as aGi a cssr,wie
t~e sherdf he~s a Lhs; of ctne~r name~s of
paras~ oJl-v~d to e c0Irate~ i w
btruck iast &prx;-g, Wiiim Naver &aI
Was~~ce~d. here a;nNers,
up t:Icir a:.oa in a cr'e room hovel
in t.e ohy limaits in aM aiQ Sst unpro
mea. -. u.s mo.,~ quar . A
ws.mW5L by the ?imfl1C 01 s .dNu
ed tao taju o..:emA; -.~ o d -ma
tLe ?1u1ii, ba. .Z rj .e.a y .rhe
ii -d - s..: p.s ws :.1~i.g iai
-t~er ra abou:. 11 uj.e S4i.usday
in~ at uLg .-iea LLI,re was a k..ek
og Lte cAor, anL ?a go '~ up a:.ei
t. Lie a coA.s..Ad i~ the nu
arind .a.. om c*er., alii of wLm
ic n~an .hLuo gun .mk d was hvA
th-,.e ad wvas !old, da: stn t
d waLt he tv.d -..nd - s1 he was a
ji.sah4isqj~i 3 :3607 a~a.1aGa
a iucking for t. Bgr uposed to
lva in .ene no'ase, de m~s ek::.. b
Jtinder~ to suo heW rran. a.d reinssed
to io so. dearr a ard tno noise a~id
came to the d' ?r -an h men bagun
men thenl O~ded the LI o -i .115
o: of Ltae tene or hav: . -. 'as
oo~vn out. Saa.drnly sm'eo juiapud
ovr the r.iliig ai paAi a reSvo&var
in the~ iace at o.::aver, wanie the other
ird at 1nriat Va~ ta ga2. Ria.ler
rused to th zaae sa piakes up a
hatched, when he wans suot o?ce again.
He head mine caring La tae nront
room and auohr ;-h-:t idiowed by a
hevy i.aii aad grons. Ha had fIi-n
and tri men a~eto ui2LS, ioSingjC iiun
on the Lha. as ho lay on tsne fi or. a
esr sai?a no foand Mc~ranoy and
anonere man Ia btd waen he sent to
eaea for ;nem, ano, waen he gaes
tioed .Mc~r.tm.,, :he k~atr throwv the
coverI i, &ad sad, "l am tme mran that
How TO WAsH -May shada of
blue seem to be pcecun:iriy lianie to
fae. Thern is, how~.ver, a preventive
of this, which is said to be (q2aliy
goo for all shadies or blue, from the
nalicte psic do mil to tile suade known
as bu~rs'd bins n:d and indigo,
thioun the la:ter celor :equires to
specal tr.ea:merat unles3 in trie case of
a ian or musiin, w;hen o ie :.ray prefer
to te on the safe saz, in otnea of
Siagt of lead iolvAd in a r~i: t wa
ter b zo o.: . :..y a ea na
ci. hi~e a.. ie nedinbfr
A GREAT SPEECH.
(Continued from rage 1.)
rival of the flyirg Equsdron off San.
tiago, the reasons f or its retrograde
turn westward arA, departure from off
Sariiagn, and the propriety thereof."
Mr. Rayncr referred at length to the
mseting of Commodore Schley with
*pt. Sgsbee then in command of the
St. Paul, imon the arrival of the flying
sqnadron Qff Santiago. Speaking of the
captain, ho said: "A more horest wit
ness than he never took the witness
stand, nor is there a more gallant and
cfioient cficer in the navy than he is.
Unfortunately he has gotten I:imself
into a predicament because against him
is an overwhelming array of tetimony
in Yeferer c- to the eomu unica;ioos he
held with Co rmod(r3 Soley (f San
tiao and which absolutely justfy the
admiral takirg the course he did."
Mr. Rl nor esid the scouts were thee
for the purpoce of fir.dir~g out if the
Spa.nish fleer t v in Sentiago, the ssme
urpopse that Commod-rAi Schley Wzs
thtre for. 'he' did rot find cut.
Commodore S-eI y did. They go scott
r..e and Commodore Schley is to be
co r -_ soned.
Mr. Rvtnor then refcr-ed to the de
prrrr'e' disrateh oJ My 9 wh'oh
A dvcitr (hon captair) Cotton testified
:9o ; ri. gen b.ard teBrecklyn and
in wh.idh the positive stat m-ut was
m. ai.&t th Sj a.ish fl.?e.t was in t-.e
hAbr a.t S:.ntgo and said than r its
n it rever had bcen rce-ived by
ha co-,md1re.
"IL Capt. Sigsheo had ro; raiH to
CoMmred-eC S:hiey the S--h fleet
as uobht re, Commodore seyy uever
weald have gene To ia w sard or
at iscah h-s rctregrd4 ovzmen:
M.re teant, Jaw.. Snee put a
Cxbi piret en board Schley's ship and
tat pilo:t imprEso the commodoro
ith ide - tat t'e Snsoish sHip3
ou~d not ge t in there All iiOga
Croe:d in the miind of Commodore
Sa.ey the indelible r.mprCssdcn tha'.
'be Sparilh fleeta ne',in the birbor
of Siztingo. This b uAl justified
his rveome-t to the w't. 1.very in
cident &round tbere, Capt. Jewell'e
failure to communicate, Capt. Wise's
heolate failure to communieae, Capt.
Cotton's failure to communicate, be
cuse the dispatches he received could
never ;ave been delv'red to Commo
dore Scbley at that time, as they were
dated f.erward, Capt. Sig.bee's posi
tive assurances, the palting of the Cu
ban pilot on board, every thing, may it
please the court, convered doubt to the
mind cf Commodore Schley. "I want
coal," was his cry. 'I have got to get
coal. I cannot coal here. I have
broken down c lliier.' My brother here
has interlaced that dispatch and torn it
word for word. But there is not a
fasehoed on the face of it. Commo
dore Scbley was perfeetly right in say
ing that he had a wcrthless collier, be
cause for 24 hours, according to the
tetimony of Capt. Miller, she was ab
olutely helpless. With a broken domn
collier: with only a eufficient amount of
coal en hand to get half way to Marti
nique; with the positive assurance of
Capt Sigsbee, sustained and corrobo
rated by the Cuban pilot that the fleet
was not in Santisge, he did the only
thing he could do and that was to turn
to the west for coal. But he never
went in that direction a mile further
than was necessary?, for when the weath
er cleare-d and the sea became smooth
he coaled. Then he returned to his
psition coff Santiago, discovered the
Critobal Cole:., gave battle on July
3d and struck down .the Spanish fleet,
at the same time taking from Spain her
saelent poseessions uron the face of
t e American continent."
Mr. Raynor then closed s fs llowa:
"I have now briefiy presented this
c'se s it appears to me in its gerneral
cutlice. Such a trial as this has nev1.r
to my knowledge taken plane in the
histry of the world. It seemed to my
mind~ that this case had hardly opened
i h te te:-imony of Capt. Higginson
bd fr3 it commenced to totter, and from
day to day its visionary fabric dissolved
frcm view. When Capt. Cook, their
last witness, was put upon the stand
the entire structure collapsed and now
when the witness from our own ships
and the greliant captain and crew of the
of the Oregon and Admiral Sehley have
narrated their unvaranished tale, the
whole tenemrnt. with all its compart
ments, from its fjunt'ation to its turret,
has disintegrated and lies here like a
mais ci blacken'ed ruirns.
''It has taken three years to reveal
tha truth. T here is not a single wit
ness, friend or foe, that cast5 the shad
ow of a rdfection upon the honored
Iname of tha ner y of Statiago. He has
never claimed the glory of that day.
No wcri to t~s effect ha~ ever gone
forth from his to the American poople.
The valiant Cook, the herc Clark, the
laente-3 Phiip, the irntrepid and un
daned Wtnwrigue, and all the other
er~pte, and every man at every gn,
tdL every saul on board of every ship
ac cqual participacts with AdmiraI
imme ai 6. W eoanos si~r:ke down
hi d-nu- etandteg opon the bridge of
cava g t.*' or'ire. fire of the Spanish
foe, unl the Orz-gov, as if upo'n tae
ir gi cf lightning, sped into the thick
news of this masi cariaage, 'God b~.ass
h Oreg~n.' we~ the dieer that rang
nrom Ltk to de:uk. And on :hsy went
rn Gr..hes a the ui ase, uol the
ic-e gun was fired from tho Cristchal
Cloon erd .hi despodic colors of Spain
'rcre spt from tio fre-e of her ancient
possessions. 'Well done, congratulate
you on the victory,' was the streamer
that was bent from the halyard cf the
Brookyn, and from that day to this no
man has ever heard from Admiral Sch
ley the slightest whisper or intimation
that he hast usurped the glory of that
imperishable hour. The thunders of
th Brocklyn as she trembled on the
waves have been discordant music to
the ears of the envious foes, but they
have pie-rced with a ringing melody the'
cars of his countrymen and sarnok a re
sponsive chord at the fireside of every
American horme. And what is more
than all which has been revealed in this
ese, as matchless as is his courage and
a d ss unsullied as is his honor, is his
beu:iful character and the generous
sprit that animates his soul, and the
forgiving heart that beats within his
bom. Yes, we cannot atriko him
down. Erect he stands as the Me~reg
or when his step was on his nasive
beater and his eye was on the peak of
Bn Lomnond. His3 country doea nct
wan to strike him dowzi, nor case a blur
upon the pure escutcheon of his honor.
ed name.
"Fer three long years he has suffer-id
and now, thank God, the hour o! his
vindication has come. With compos
ure, with resignation, with supreme
and uofaltering fortaude, lie anaits
the judgement of this iliustrious tribu
al, and when that deliverance comes
he can, from the high and exalted po
iion that he occupies, look down upon
i5 traducers and re.alignern and with
eultant pride exclaim: 'I care not fo
the venomous gossip of clubs and o
drawing reams and cliques and cabal
malice. I await, under the guidance of
divine Providence, the verdiat of pes
terity."
TETANUI VICTIMS IN ST LOUIS.
More Children Die After Treatment
With City Antitoxin.
A number of children have died in
St. L:.uis from the use of diphtheria
antitoxin administerel by physicians.
The following deaths were roported to
the health departm3ut Wednoday
morning: Agnes Adele Keenan nged 7
y ears, loot i rw; Frank Novak, aged 3
years, disease of the glottie; E,tie
Simn, aged 5 years, bronchitis and
jleurisy.
DR. H. Brcok, who attended the No
vak and S-mon children, said that he
used diphtheria antitoxin in both
eases. He does not remember, he saYs,
wh-nther he procnTed it from the city.
The Keewixn ouild wa; the sixth vic.
tim of tetanas followiag the adminte
iration of ciy actitnx-n for diute
ria. Her sztcr, Ver.n)as Keenan, whi
dad rt the o1.- Lop;tai lest -uday,
wz.n the secoad. Uheater Kenae, agec
11, a! d M.:aie Kt cuan, med 10, tta
tL;o remainug enadrea in the famuiy
aro sick with totanus and are not ex
pect- d to reco7er.
Five new cat:s are reportcd o chil
dea who are teriously illfrom teta
r.ua Thoe who had contrec.ed dipn'
L;.eris are not rha only ones w to are
in d'.rg-r of tetazu5 irom the in'eetid
azitcz.n. When onc child in a f.;mily
has dihaheria it is the custo-m to ino
ulat al die rtt >ih aitiloxin as a
prcventive. In this way the i;ves cf
many well childreia &3 wei as the ier
ones Elve been endangered.
R.uia ecrurtd in an indepzndnnt
iliveztigation at the Baptis. hoe i.a
have convinced Drs. A. B. Nnchols, R
U. Hars and 0. U. Moir:s hat mUe
presenue of tetanus germs in the city
arto:xin is indisputable. A guia
pig which was inoculated on Wcnes
oay night with a quantity of the anti
toxin deve:oped tetanus soon after,
and thin morning was in the final con
vulsions of the disease.
"If the antitoxin were pure," said
D. Nichols, "it Poald not have affect
ed the guinea pig. It is a suffioient
practionl demonstrazion that there
were tetanus germs in the flaid. But
to make the test absolutely conlunsive
we shall inoculate a second ptg with
the serum obtaintd from thi spinal
flaid of this one."
The Right to Protest.
The white peolie of the South have
the right to prcte-t. They have the
right to protest without bringing upon
themselves the charge of malevolence
and provincialism for narrow-minied
setional bigots and meresnery pari
sans, to say nothing about the super
tilious patronage ot those euptrior be
ings, who, liks Theodore Roosevelt,
pique themselv3a upon their fancied
;iberAlizm and enlighatenmen;. L is fall
time that the Republicaa party should
remember that nearly thirty seven
years have passed since a hostile gun
was fired in that fraternal war for
which one side was as primarily re
sponsible as the other sde, that a gen
eration of Southern men has been born
and has reached middle life since then,
that whatever dent the South may
have owed for its defeat in battle it
has payed through the pension tax four
times over accord ing o th~e most exact
ing standards of indemnity cf modern
times, and tbat, if the Republican party
wants to go back to the bloody shirt
for a shibboleth, the negro for an issue
-as the Preuidenb would indicate that
it does and as a tolerabiy uti ed press
in his support would indicate-we are
ready to meat them, ior, let it be re
membered, let it be never forgotten,
that we have made no progress to wara
pacification and unifiestion these thir
ty years-down to the administration
of William MCKinley, God bless him,
where he has gone 1-which has not been
wrueg from the Republican leaders by
the outraged public sentiment of the
good people of the North. -If the Re
publican leaders had hadi their way, the
South would still be in irons, shoed:r
straps would be domiinating out ima I
est afiairs, negro offiiass would b= lor i
ing it over cur homes and fir~ aides,
and instead of the free eneign of the
republic, the glorious Stars and Stripes,
the bloody ahtrt would be waving dam
nation from every fihgs:aff. Lhc truth
is the R-3publican leadetrs want nothing
of the Eort. fhey, like some of tnne
res; (if us, have learned a thing or tswo.
They merely seek to indoulge tnir ownr
v-.iity aca hyprociay by mi~sedianeous
abuse of th~e Southern peopie, taking
no accouat of the ost to our indnr-riea
-nd the mentce to the puii~ e order..
They have sworn that the negro-at the
Sou'Ah-is a hundred feet high, and
thiey would sick to thi: till hel:--&t tua
S>ni-:retz:s over-Laumville C.eu
Democratic Candidate.
A numour or Daoern exciarg's
hae een msvel ' t ug;i:t Aetore.1
Schley as &ei.he x; Doaimatic nim-e
for Prai-leAt, Stei a nomina.io2
wuld be a gr..at -.iotak: for the Mrcy
to, mee anu i acoe.d won d be a
grai mtAe on hceles p~m 1
iouid be Can effrt to b-iik up.aa tas
amira;'s popu arity w&au4 regard
i~r o her mere :erious condr:e iend.
Bowever excellent and popular he may
be as a nava.l cffioer, Admiral Sealey
has had no civic training and ho has
himseif deciarned that he has given no
study or attention to politicr. Besides
the nomination of Schiey on the ground
of his popularity and as ant expressed
cr implied rebuke to the official circle
which is charged with prejudice against
him would be to base tile party pros
pects upon a contention which would
raise eiemen~s or opposition not now
apparent in politics. MIany people who
conema the treatment of Sehley, or
who think he is entitled to greater
crdit than has been given him by the
Navy Department, would draw the liae
at mahing a campaign issue of him.
The Democratic parry needs not so
much the selection of a popular candi
date as a well considered and consistent
set of principles, which will commend
the crganization to the favor of the
ocuatr-y. The party has heretofore had
discouraging experience in selecting
"popular men.'' Hancook was a popU
lar leader. Bryan was an immenseir
populr man, but he led the party to
defeat and disorganis ation. Sshley is
very popular in the South, but the
sentiment in his favor is greatly modi
fed in the North. If the party is to be
mxade strong for the conflicts of the
fture i must be strengthened in its
policy and not by depending upon any
one man's perscnal popularity. It is
not. by cat ching at some popular idea or
popular hero, Dut by building upon a
roundwork of wise and sate prin ciples,
ad ridding itelf of catch-vote fads
and vagaries, that the Democracy must
expect to succeed.-Nashville Ban
EILL ARP'S LETTR.
He Defines the Differece Between
Democrats and Republicans.
"To the victora belong the spoils.'
This was tr. old war maxim of tho R,
mnan in Jauliu CTo ar's day5-Snd was
akin to that other onc, "vaa victis,"
woo unto the conquered. In 1831,
whon General Jackson was sweeping the
field and rving frcm fedral offico
every whig who had been appointed,
William L. Marcy, who was in the
United States esnste, defended him in
a great speech and pi, mulgated thst
maxim. "To the vietora belo-*g tho
:p:;ils." Marcy was a very briliarnt
statesman, but a vrry bittcr partisan.
He was governor of New Yo:k three
terms, judge of the suprcme court,
seoteuary of war u.de- P'ik. scretary
of siste undor Piece, and b. uT1 his
maxim jast as far a he 1.3 alo .01;
He deteeted the whig part and d. fi .ed
%n old line whis to 'a "acone:it-d sen
,lemani who tck a - when k :
pa.-d ard neTe: vt:-d "h DVm-er:..i
m'i net.".~
ng reCmna m 1- o 3f San o01 J , n.I
r in Ark-.ns. r, o d to meo 4:r
Arp, I'm .winQ o 80 y o'd-ae
anc my v-id 'o-man. hav e 1,7 d t, get -r
fifly-lure years; auI j*,n.d the 6 .:Cme
Buistcuch th eaFo -as r-ma
i ad ever- Se'w ieshe I *invr'
o.t~d the *' mer' io tc-:"Hs
go e s a gxa ema r'i-n
I rer"*m-kr n n sk tonb
en Whi 'ad D a -er s as q
: ':r.l B L.e.. .0 C- i a
bom R po~i acr.4u Dimo rrs
athe su edeuhy(v- n I:
ad c d oflege Tao wa-i ho cio
brea-h o-. good xLu.ners,. bu-'-. it .s
WDi z. ~ me rt iee fn th
uts a edead.Ou; o-f 165
!vu e- &a our S,;se uziverity i-.
1846, 130 of ?.p-m -r3 s .s cf Whgs.
I am still a Demooca- ani my fither
was before me, but i have aways ri
spected the grand old Whig parry of
tie south and lamented its disruption.
I still remember with pride to the
names of Toombs, Srephens, Ben Hill,
Jenkins, Dr. Miller Crawfor4, 3Mriev,
iho Halls and Hlte and Uaderz-co s
aDd Dougherys fur i knew them sit
pmrronally anLd h-ard them on t'e
stump and in the forum. But the dis
ruption had come both in church sad
stato. The Whigs ould not any le1ger
stand the company they were in-cr-j -
era Whigs beesme Republiina and af
filiated with abolit'oaiss in their poLa
cal platform-. They precipi4ated the
oivu war, and from that wia born pluu -
der and corrupiion. I do not mean to
say that all Democras -re patriotia and
honest-nor that ali Republicans are
unprinoipated and dishones"t. When
our unsophieticated preach.er Ed Arson,
said to Judge Underwood that hc eould
not believe Tweed was gaii- of Estcai
ibg all that money in 1kw Y;Irk ity,
fir Twed was a Danocnt, ue judge
tmilcd and said: "AIy dtr s r.;you
are too innocent and un-uspectring to
live in this wicked world. 1 am t wie
as old as you are a~d my observation
ha been that it is w:ahzn range osp
sibility for a Democrat to eseaL" Bat
what I do say is that the Dmerdio
pirts has mnes cocsc;.otes a.2d is los
arcer the war a Datchir'.ln ja aa
neoga kli d his fac ste and bung is
no in the hick y ard t endc during the
night-ncr. mowrning he washmi
to find that one half ci the hog was
gone. He ran around wi'd and was
very much excited ard dce~ared that
some old stitkin' aemocrat nad carried
off one-half of his beautful shore.
"'Wha; makes you thira he ws' a
demcrat?' a neigher akd."y
of course hs was a democrat-of cours3
he vas-for a republican would hav stole
do whole hog."
That's it exactly. They want it alL
B.1 A-p
PINEVILLE'S EEI6NEST EdN.
Hubbard McPeel Held Down the Re
- cord.
.Jake Diddiessb' s.ai upon the old
weeden store bcz, wi'f ndignation
loudly pronounced in the rigioity <f his
baakbone and the mearn on his tobacco
staintd lip, i~sys the Ne'v York Heraid.
"And do' you mma to tal m, Jis
Cynarty," he~ irquired3, with bentag
emphasis on cvez. word, "a th'ti'
the -ory of the mnanest mn-n :on rv'r
snes~? Why, that's no story 'eawi~e
not worthy. of the~ ccra .s ad 'o'o
rawo of P:ncville, Le? me ' l su
:story tantsr is a story-s he aroniel- cf
the measoest m:n iha:. eve aaat a
hoe or sraca.i aseese a
patch of hris. L~- -oses:n se'
uarty, your OL. eU.mya, HA ad M c
PeeX"
"Pee old ro'n-:l" exea'm"d ado
C~i . hrS. "We alwys tou ha fo a
"Yc', 'but this story h... to doey
with rei me~an:es, ad no' is r-v
rcguery, mind ycou. Ard well, to go
ho:-, a coopio y tes' ro ic~ d h.:
som inventCi oricoverer or ~eu -
I coza't knzoi s:'veh it we n ycs -a
found thei' goid could be mi. e oan o
the salt waver of the sea. Nohig hat
the e~o of the brima:g onaan, toind
that.
"'Well, say3 IHaed to hrmself,
ain't lears sait wa.et? And m'n I
make thae gold cut of mya o-' weepin's?'
"And so to orging rskes he. ~Snoh
weeping and wailing you n:.ver saw. I
thought he'd fill ihe whole of Conn Hol
low, where he lives. wnth the fiod of
his tear water.
"He ceitd for his wife, that's dead
now twenty yests-I think she'd beea
glad to have died Econer.
"He cried for his childron that
might have been if his wife had lived
longer.
"He c:iad for his oid pet mnOO:ey COW,
which hec didn't buy fromn Pete MatM
thews becausie he thought she ought to
havo been caeape wii. the h~res off.
"Hi cried 'cecause his pet palet
coud not raisi tw~a eggs inatead of
sigles d -y by day.
"He o:ied iar-der than ever and wept
more copwusly thia ever becane hie
eaudn't cry twice as hard as hte was
crying ovcr the loss of his neighbor,
Paddy Malone.
"He cried more persistently when ho
found Paddy didn't remember him in
hie will.
"He wept for his unoles and his
aunts.
"He wept for joys that were gone and
in dread of sorroWs to come, and he
scoured th.e country wide for ressons
for tears.
"And all the while he was collecting
his salt tears, in the hope of getting a
supply on hand large encug'a to make
mn r44ichann he 1wmnid tun i i
Etore to the man who mazes gold out
of the ss!t water of th e sea.
By i the 're 'a' become known
a! cVcr tha- a: of thie v:llage ss a fool
?r - a mk. as -.m ,' S naao f miser
y s s B,1 N :re a just
~~ CV-n tp ~ n.~ ne~ 'tr i. o
weeping. b7n ,o showkm- siaueq of rhoum
and he.ght b:ca-na dimmer and dim
" v o Fot into correspon -
eoc % wi-h the felloo that -n1.es the
gr-id f:cm th-e rca watc, ala then Hub
bard fcuWd out what a countrv town
fool h- was. He dumped cut his little
bot n of tetrs. and-hs! h! :!'
'Go o, J e," urged the corrr gro
cery sii-en:. daoglicg their legs
rT.. eoy or the ren -f the atoy
- .- j : every red cent Ha%
brd L5. t.: g ht pir of goid-r; ned
sp:,Is r,.u see im going 6rcu= d with
- l a ali -he g'd be gct for his sal
wet t' !"
MUCH-NAMED FEBRUARY 2
Otherwise Known Throughout the Country
as Ground Ho: Day.
February 2 is a much named day.
It is Candlemas Day, Purification of
the Virgin Mary, Presentation of
Christ in the Temple and colloquially
in England the Wives' Feast, but the
name that is possibly most familiar to
us is Groundhog Day. The celebra
tion of Candlemas is observed in the
Angelican, Roman, Greek and Luth
eran churches, its principal feature be
ing the distribution of candles and a
procession of lighted ones. It is more
than probable that it is from this cus
tom that the name Candlemas Day
originated. Some authorities claim
that the institution of the feast ante
dated the manner of celebrating it,
claiming that this festival was first
observed in 542, during the reign of
Justinan, whereas the first procession
of lighted candles did not occur until
the seventh century. Anotherauthority
while giving te honor of originating
the celebration of the d-y to Justinian,
says Pope Gelasius, in the latter
port of the fifth century, had the
first procession of lighted candles.
The ceremonies of Candlemas Day in
England have been very mtch modi:
fied since the time of the Reformation.
An order of Council, passed in the
second year of the reign of EdwardVI.,
abolished the candle carrying in that
country. At Rome, however, quite
late in our century, the candles were
blessed and distributed with much
pomp and ceremony, accompanied by
I a great procession of ecclesiastics.
I Unlike the majority. of weather prog
nostications taken, as Is a usual
custom, from these set days, Candle
mas weather signs go by contraries.
Fine weath'er betokens a continuance
of winter and cold days, while an in
clement day Is a sure promise of an
early spring and bright summer. Our
well-known name, particularly ambng
our rural and foreign population of
Groundhog Day for the second of Feb
ruary, comes from an old proverb the
early Germans brought to America
from their Fatherland, that "the
badger peeps out of his. hole on Candle
mas Day, and when he finds snow
shining he draws back into his hole."
East of the Mississippi the badger is
scarce and little known, so the farmers
transferred the mantle to the wood
chuck, or ground-hog.
EFets Coneerning Copra.
Copra, which is one of the chief pro
ducts of the Philippine islands, is the
dried meat of the cocoanut. The in
dustry, while comparatively young,
presents some unique features, and the
production of it is the outgrowth of
attempts made a few years ago to find
1some convenient method of exporting
the surplus quantity of cocoanut oil
produced in the islands. The earthen
jars In which the oil arrived at Manilila
were too easily broken to be trans
ported with any degree of safety. The
only available alternative was a crude
form of barrel made in China for the
purpose, but these leaked so profusely
that they gave very poor results.
These difficulties led to a search for a
more convenient form in which to ex
port the 'product. It was for the pur
pose of supplying this need that M.
Eduard Vidal taught the natives how
to prepare the cocoanut in a dry form
such as is known on the market as
copra, basing his process upon some ex
periments which 'he. together with
some planters In the province of
Misamis had carried on with consider
able success in the year 1882.
IThe method of preparing the copra
is a comparatively simple one. When
the nut is perfectly ripe it is cut into
halves and placed in the sun without
further preparation. In a few hours
the meat of the nut Is contracted by
the effect of the heat and becomes de
tached from the shell. The morsels
of nut kernel are then collected and
exposed to the sun for several days,
so that all the water which they con
tain may be evaporated, care being ex
ercised to guard against moisture and
dew, which would soften the material.
When the substance becomes brittle,
It is considered ready for the market.
In ordinary times it is claimed that
a thousand cocoanuts will give, in the
province of Visayas, about 600 to 700
pounds of copra, but actual experi
ence hardly bears out these claims,
the average being from 420. to 490
pounds per 1,000 cocoanuts. The copra
industry during its comparatively
short history of fourteen years in the
Philippines has attained considerable
dimensions.
He Needs a Bracer.
"Old man, I'm a gener. Yes, I'l
have a drink, bhut don't you get two for
a quarter drinks. I should feel that
mine cost 13 cents and couldn't do it.
No, I'm not superstitious, but I can't
brace up against nineteen boodoos.
This Is Friday, the 13th of January,
and I'm a marked man. I wanted to
go over to Brooklyn, and, like an idiot,
took a 'Greene avenue line' car.
"Now, there are just thirteen let
ters in the name of that line. I got on
the car and was the thirteenth passen
ger. There were thirteen advertise
ments and thirteen straps on each side
of that car. The name of the maker
of the car had thirteen letters in it.
The conductor's uniform had thirteen
buttons on it and there were thirteen
divisions on the face of the fare regis.
ter.
I"No, I don't want 'a nice cocktail.'
Count the letters in that combination
~of words. Gimme 'a bromo seltzer.'"
1But another count settled even that
drink, and he took "Milwaukee beer"
and nearly died of fright.
'Books in the British Museum.
Pepeoten ask how many books
noboy semsto know. In fact, there
are so many that it is impossible to
count them. Some years ago It was
estimated by measurement that there
were 2,000,000 books there. Since that
estimiate was made the number has
considerably increased, so that at the
present time the total is probably
nearer 3,000,000.
Where Weakness Is strength.
In many employments requiring dex
terity and quickness with the hands
women are far more valuable than
men. For instance, where the folding
of large quantities of books or maga
zines is required one woman can do as
much as two men.
Drowned in Samar.
Firt Lieut. Riobert T. Crawford, of
the Fis iaura sergeant ard five
men, hl attempting to oress the Ba
MV| 'A NEW SWINDI.. M
Or Rather, a New Form of an Old
One.
The New York postoffice officials have
detected a new form of "green goods"
swindling, and have in custody James
McAndrews, who says that he lives at
Bayonne, N. J. McAndrews received his
letters at the Jersey City Postoffice,
where he was arrested, and was ar
raigned before United States Commis
sioner Linsly Rowe and held in $2,500
bail. He deposited the cash and was
released. Inspector Snow, who made
the arrest, stated that McAndrews had
posed as a dealer-in jewelry, and had
circulated in the South and West thou
sands of his circulars and done a large
business. The first circular, which is
headed in bold type, "Barrels of Mon
ey," urges the recipients to be wide
awake, and if they want a few barrels
of money not to hesitate to accept the
offer at once. This innocent looking
circular begins with this paragraph:
"We have a lot of imitation jewelry
which you can dispose of. very easily,
The price, $1, is in each corner of the
long green printed card each piece is
put upon. These goods are gotten up
so well that no one except an expert
can tell the difference between them
and the genuine. They are a perfect
Imitation of the real goods. After a
while we will have some for sale, the
selling price printed, $2, $5 and $10.
"We will send you 1,000 for $4 cash
with order. We will send 6,000 for. $150
cash with order. We will send 12,000 for
$250 cash with order. We will send 25,
000 for $500 cash with order.
The address given Is No 34 Mercer
street. There is no such number in Mer
cer street, and IcAndrews rented a
postoffice box, at which he received his
mail.
The second circular is carefully
worded, but hints at the "green goods"
feature of the transaction. This Invit
ting bait naturally would hook the vic
tim, as it meant a piece of jewelry, s.
cheap brass pin on a white card, with
"Price $1" printed on a corner of the
card. To this McAndrews pinned .a
crisp new $1 Treasury note and a cir
cular that directly touched on the
"green goods." It Is cunningly pre
pared, and refers to the new Treasury
bill as "a fine Imitation of the real-arti
cle." It is this circular which opens
the negotiation for the alleged "green
goods," and when the victim sends a
'large sum of money he gets in return.
nothing or a case of the worthless Jew
elry, instead of a box of sawdust.
A Novel Business.
Peter A. Watson ("Wolf" Watsonjr, of
Omaha, Neb., draws a salary from the
Nebraska Live Stock Association -to
ray him for putting in his entire time
I>.illing wolves. He has reduced the
wolf census of the State so that he
can kill but 200 a year now. When he
began he killed 500 a year. Watson's
fa- her, a famous hunter, -who shot buf
falo with Buffalo Bill, on a contract
to supply the Union Pacific Railroad
builders witb meat, was killed In a
wolf chase.
The son is now fifty-ftve, as straight
os an Indian and a famous rider. He
goes from point to point where coni
plaint Is made of wolves' depredations,
iding a superb horse and accompaided
by six of his fine staghounds. Dogs and
horses run down the wolves in the~:open
prairies. Then the training shows. A
wo'f could kill one of Watson's dogs,
but the six show teari work, 'and so
divide the animal's attention'that they
are seldom Injured. Upon his huntingS
trip.s Watson carries only a revolver,
sr.d seldom needs to use even . that.
When he needs it, he needs it badly, for.
though a wolf will never attack a man -
so long as he might run, a hard-presse'd
wolf sometimes sell his life dearly.
Cnce a big gray wolf jumped at Wat
son, clawing the flank of his horse and
the rider's right leg and hand. Watson
reached over with his left hand, drew
his pistol, and fired fpur shots at the
wolf, but didn't harm the brute much,
as his horse danced about so as to spo'3
hiii ain. Watson had but one shot left.
JUe put his pistol In the wolf's monts,
and, at the risk of blowing off his own
fngers, fired. That shot finished thcr
c nmmal, after which the bleeding man
e nd horse had ten weary miles to trav
el to the nearest town. But weak as
they were from loss of blood, they toCk
the wolf with them.
New Swindling Scheme.
A street beggar, with a new schemx%
held the sidewalk in Thirty-fourth
street, withIn 100 yards of . Henry
other day. He seemed to be. doing a
thriving business,, as he. had a group
about him. Since he sat on the. flag
ging and could not be seen over the
heads of his watchers, the cause of the
gathering could not be understood
without a little Investigation. This
fact drew nyany a passer toward him.
The first thing discovered was an-nn
kempt little old man, whose expressio3
hinted that he was a bit weak of intel
lect, or to put It In the words of one
'Idler, that he "had rats In his garret."
His business Instincts were sound, how
ever. Laid first before him was a pla
card stating that he fell asleep im
Madison Square, and that his pocket
book containing $30 was stolen.
Edety he had received a portion.
of it, for spread out on the placard
were a few pennies, with an occasional
nickel and dime. With chalk the b
gar kept what pur'ported to be a ec
oning of his gains. A penny dropped.
at his feet, and was quickiy added to
his array, with suitable change in his.
figures. But a moment later a pros
perous-looking mnan pushed Into ~the'
group far enough to look over the old.
man and his lay-out, and before .turn
ing away tossed' him a quarter. t.,,
Isight of the coin greed stood out of the
old chap's every feature, and he pock
eted it. mumbling and rearranging his.
rows of baser stuff,, ,Two of vth.
urchins were quick to catch, tihe -sig
nificance of the Incident.
"Hey, Gus!" cried one; "ring up!".
The beggar understood the taunt, but.
made no change In his chalked total..
Then the other ragamuffin gave vent to'
a judicial opinion.
"He go to sleep In d'park!" he e-ex
claimed; t'ell! I guess rsit!"
Twitterly (to Snitterly, reading-nov'
el)-"And what becomes of the hero?"~
Sntterly-"I don't know his final fate,
but, on page two-hundred-and-five, It.
looks as If the heroine~ha.d him treed.
At any rate, the author states that 'at
her glance he stood rooted to the
IA Deplorable Affair.
A di arch from Leemvile says the
quit tnes:- of car tonu was broken Wed
'nesdsy when i-. was learned tl-at one of
arl leing your g men had been shot.
no nlonu -D e sff'ir happened about
thre 'rsit of Leesville ard the
resit is that 1:1 n. E. L. Aebili is Iying
i a oritical eer dision at the point of
dealh, Mr. C. W. Eo'J e of Bateaburg.
d~d the orootir". Bath rarzies are
Inhl.y cor neseted er6 :be unf~ortunate
I ffsi: is deplor eI the etizxe comn
2ualy. Mr. A bili it a ytusg man,
an s" rcey n;.a r.:;rcserted Lxrington
county in :h' &ese legisature a few
years ano Mr-. Sol~'e is cue of Bates
urg's hridin~g mer~'rta and has ex
tenive' farming intere'ts Both par
ties h-.ve always borne the name of
p ,eaceful and Ilav ai~iding ee t.zens.
THE State of Georgia paid out
'to her Confederate pensioners
last year $1;77,000 and has a com
fortable home for them in At
lanta. Hurrah forGeorgia. -
ABOUT thirty Georgia counties
'want dispensaries and have dil
ed bills in the legislature asking
fr them.