Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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THE MSSAGE. (Jon:inued from ps; 1.) by contract with a priv rwc csble c cM pany..., N ) single greac m1r.ia wurk w1. remains to be u::dnrzaEn .3n tr contl nent is of such cequeni tl L American people a the builing ,f r canal acros the istmus conrec.trg I North and S.uth America. Its impor tance to the ration is iry ro means lim ited merely to its ma'.eral (i Cs uponi cur tusiness proaperity, and ) et with a view to the:-e effects aiore it would be j to the last degree important for us im mediately to begin i . Wlhiie .:s bee ficial effilts would perhaps h0 t marked upon the P i.E ia ca a i gulf and South Atlan:e Iates,: also greatiy beraft C.ter e'oi is emphatically a 4or'. w icb the intere-: cf the crai:r3 --uarYy ce gin and complete sa 'n a, I am gisd to to as:.oacce to you that our ceg aais on this sub jaect witt G'reac 3in, cocdune:C on both sidles in a spiri:. otfinliess and mutual icod wui, am reiu'ed in my being able to lay le.cro the saae a treaty which, if ratifi ., wili eT:abe us to begsn preps..ious for &Z s mian cana at any t' .oe %ad whieb ch antees to this natio every rig that i it has ever ak-d I:, conaection wi:h the canal. It speedical*y provide the United SIStes alone shall do che work of building atd asumeo the re sponsibility of safega:dirg the cr ai and shall regulate its neutrai use by si nations on terms of cq lality without the guarantee or interiere..ca of any outside nation from any q iarter. THE MONROE DOCTRINE The Monroe doettine should be the cardinal feature of the foraign p)licy of all the nations of the two Americas, as it is of the United States. The Nion roe doctrine is a declaration that there must he no territorial aggeandiz )men: by any non-Americn power at th- ex pense any American power on Ameri can soil. It is in no wise intended as hostile to any ;ation in the old %orld Still les is it intended to give Cover to any aggression by one new world power at the expense of any o.er. It is sim ply a step, and a long step, toward as i surirg the universal peace of the world i by scouring the poEsbility of perma nent peacs on this hemisphere. During the past centuty other infla ences have established the permanence and independence of the smailer states of Europe. Through the Monroe doc trine we hope to be able to safeguard like independence and.secure like per manence for the lesser among the new world nations. This doe rine has nothing to do with the cmmerelal relations cf any Ameri can power save that it in truth allows each of them to fo-m such as it desires. In other words it is really a guarantee of the commercial independenes of the Americas. We do not ask under this doctrine for any exclusive commercial dealings with any other Am rican state. We do not guarantee any state against punishment if it misconducts' itself, providei that punishment does not take the form of the acquisition of' territory by any non-American power. Our attitude in Cuba is a sufficient guarantee of our own good faith. We have not the slightest desire to secure any territory at the expense of any of our neighbors. THE NAVY. The president devotes considerable space to the navy, the upbuilding of whiob, he says, should be steadily con tinued. The navy off ars us, it is de clared, the only means of insisting on the Monroe doctrine, and a strosg navy1 is the best guarantee against war. He recommends that provision be made not only for more ships, but for more men. Four thousand additional sea men and 1,000 additional marines should be provided, as well as an in crease in officers. After indorsing the naval militia forces the president says: Bat in addition we ehotild at once provide for a national naval reserve, organized and trained under the direc tion of the navy department arnd sub ject to the call of the chief executive whenever war becomes imminent. It should be a real auxiliary to the naval seagoing peace establishment and offers material to be drawn on at. once forC manning our ships in time of war. 1 THE ARMY.t C It is not necessary to increase our army beyond its present siza at this time, but it is necessary to keep it at the highest point of efficiency. The in dividual unmts who as cf!!cers and en hasted men compose this army are, we have good reason to believe, at least as efficient as those of say other army in the entire world. It is our du'y to see that their training is of a kind to in sure the highest possible expression of I power to these unit~s when. acting in combination. A general staff should be eseated'. Promotions should be made solely ~ with regard to the good of the Eervice. Congress ought to provide, the presi dent adds, for field exercises. He con tinues: to the militia and to the raising of vol unteer forces. 0ar mliia~ law is ob solete and1 worthless. The organization and armament of the na ional gusrd of the seve ral states, which are treated as militia in the nppropriations by the congress, should be made idenmic al with those provided for the reguar forces. The obligations and dut:les of the guand in time of war should be carefully de. fined and a system estr~blished by law under which the meted of prcedure of raising volunteer forces shou'd be pre scribed in advance. *THlE MERIT SYSTEMI The president indoree the merit sys tem of making appointments and says: I recommend the passage of a lawt which will extend the elsiid selviCe j to the District cf Columbis or will at t least enable the president. thtis to ex- I tend it. In my judgment ali laws pro viding for the temporary' employment of clerks should heresiter oortain a provision that they be selected under the civil service law.c It is important to have this system obtain at home, but it is even more im-2 portant to have it applied rigidly in our I insular possessions. The imnportancet of improving the consular service by( the passage of new laws is emiphasizedi. The president then turns to the In dian question. He says: We should now break up the tribal funds, doir g for them what allotment does for tne tribal lands-that is,d they should be divided into individualt holdings. There will be a transition t period durirg which the funds nil in ; many cases nave to be held intust c This is the case also. with the lads. A stop should be put upon the indiscrim ate permission to Indians to lease theira allotments. The e ffert should be stead~ ily to make the Indian work like an~y ( other man on iiis own groun .C~ '. marrisge laws of the Indians should : e made the name as those of the whitce. 1 In the echools the eduestion should be elementary and largely indus trial. ia.ked ior the St, Louis expo I Te Charleston exposition is -Zrded -o the good uill of the . The. work of tiCe Pan Ameri v expositioNois praized. ;r-c~mmended that the census of now const:utecd shonld be made pemnernt government bureau. T E POSTAL SEaTICE A tribute is paid to the roltal serv CS ad ..e ex-ensioa of free rura: elivery s carmended. The posteflee d par: : enz shou a he sustained, the president , in i s .rt to remove the abuses ecueownu wih second class mail sLention is paid to the Eitua i raa and the progress towara he?es slitaeot of peace there is re spinated Stress is laid on the im or snee oi', ur continuing to idvocate .Oderauon *12 the deaings with Uniaa ne president COLC'UdEs nis meksage as o4A..ws: The death, of Q ieen Vic oria caused be peop!e of th U.aited States decp ald neartfelt sorrow, to which the gov remont gtve fall expression When ?esidt McKinley died, our nation in urn rece.ed from every q t.rter of the ;i.-h empire. expressioana of grief and c-Vthy D- hsq sincere. The death f he Epress Dwig.r Frederick of xtmariy aiso aroused she genuine em ad y ot the American people, and this ymp:hy was cordially reciprocated :y 1termany when the president was i laaiDd. iadeed, from ev:ry quar c- o: the civilizd world we reocived t the t*me of the president's d ,ath as urar c 3s c suuh grief and regard as to cuch she hearts cf our people. In the r.iist ot ouT affi otion we reverent'y hatk the Almighty tbat we are at )?ace with the nations of mankind, 61.1. we firmly intend that our policy aili be Eu3h zs to continue unbroken hese inierna'ional relations of mutual -espec: and good will. To Be Investigated. R presentative Williams of Missis i pi Weds e day introduced the follow og resaiution, proposing a committee f irqiry: "W hereas, one E S. Maclay has writ en a 'history of the navy of the Uni ed States' which was adopted for us3 t the naval academy at Annapolie, nd "Whereas, in said history said E S. daclay denounce: R :ar Admiral Sohley a liar and a coward, and "Whereas, said Maolay is reported to iave alleged that the proof sheets con aining these charges were submititd o one Capt. A. S. Crowniushield, chief If the bureau of navigation of the navy I lepartment, and approved and acquieso i d ia by him, and "Whereas, said Mac!ay is reported to ave alleged that the s tme proofs were ubmitted to Rear Admiral W. T. impon, of the United S.ates ravy,, nd approved and acquiesced in by uim, and "Whereai, said Maclay was, at the ime of the writing of said 1inaors, and now in the employ of the navy de artment of the United States, not vihstanding the scurrilous character f the charges made by him in said his ory, and "Whereas, said facts disclose a state f things subversive of honorable con Luct and consideration among officers f the navy and employes of the navy eprtment, now, therefore be it "Resolved, by the house of repre entaives of the congress of the Uni ed States that a committee be ap-] 3ointed by the speaker for the purpose f investigating and reporting to the. louse of representatives the u-ath or aity of said statements as made by aid Miaclay, the truth or falsisy of the ,legations that the proof sheets were ubmited to and acquiesced in by eaid apt. Crowninshield, and the said R aar kdmiraI Sampson and to recommend to he house of representatives the course f action to be pursued by the . house conseqience of the ascertainment of act tt bc mnade by the said committee. Fifteen Days in a Box. A dispatc. from New York says the aan who was discovered in the hold f the Hamburg-American steamer Pa atia after having made the trip across he ocean in a box, had recovered suffi iently to be able to establish his iden ity positively. He said his name was hn Beek, and that he had livod up e about a year ago in Badapest, Hun ary The phy sicians ,,ould not allow i to tell all his story, but enough as lesreed from him and other sources sho a that Beck was a house painter n that he had come across the card of n uptown hotel in the city, this pro rietors of which have a German name. ~huh s stranger to them he wrote I ha; he could get no work in Germany j d was coming to America and hoped he hotel men could find him something e do. Then he fitted up a packing ase, paid freight charges on it and en- '] aged a carter to take it to the Ham- 8 nrg pier at a certain time. He returned e his lodgings and bored himself up fter he had provisioned himself with d z n cans of condensed milk, a bcx f prunes, three dez:n cakes of choco- 2 te, effhe la bottles and some bread. he arter called and got the box, not rowing of its living contents, and hipped it. Beck says he was in the ox until the ship reached Hobe-ken ir, a period of 15 days, when he was iund. aimest dead frem hurger, cold d trrer. He is reported to be stil iceedingly weak, but the physicians ope for his recovery. All the Crew Drowned. The tug Tatoesh, which has j at ne urned to Astoria, O:egon, reports that he British ship Nelson, Capt. Perri- c mi, turned turtle last night and went o the bottom with her entire crew. The scn left Astoria November 25. Mon sy night she was back at the river's aouth and yesterday was reported to .are shifted her cargo. She had a bsd ist to tarboard and could go on only ne tack. Yesterdiay atternoon the ug Tatocsh went out and picked up the elson, rassing a hawser. The tug tarted off shore with the ship, owing o the gaie. It was the intention of japt. Bailey of the Tatcoeh to remain rith the ship during the night. The ale that raged last night was too se ore for the vessel to witk stand and he broke from the tug and then turn d turtle, sinking a: once. In the r rkes it was impossible for the tug o render assistance to the members of he crw who were carried down and all ,erished. The Nelson carried a crew 28 meon all told. She was an old t rooden vessel. Capt. Geo. Wood, the ar pilot, was to have been placed bosre the ship last night but the ~ ~eather was too rough to permit it. apt. Wood states that the Nelson C co: over between 11 and ]2 o'clock ast ruight during the height.oi the gale. he Neson car ied a cargo of lumber nd was econigned to Capetown, South Irica, by Taylor, Ycung & Co , of~ CONFERINE APPOINTMENTS Where the Methodist Preachers Will Labor Next Year. The following are the appointmDts i tbe Souhern Methodist Churah in o atL Carolii. for next year: CIIARLESTON DISTRIC' A J Stokes, prrsidi:g eldr. Allendale-0 W fGreighton. Beaur --A B E .rle Black Swamp-A E H)ller. Chv~bhnh-Tiinity, J W. Daniel; 3thel, E 0 Wasfon, B D Lieas; ipring S reet, J C Rnner; Cumberland ud Mt Pieasant. J L 'Ehrley. Cordaeville-W A Wimberly. Cypress-C W Burgets Erhsdt-E M McKissiek G:over-W S Goodwyn. Iampton-W A B 9tts. .rieyviie- D Vaughan Uendereonville-E P qatson. M3CellarvilkJ- 0 N R'!untree. Pinopola-Vk I Patriok. PWrt Royal-S -: Booth. Ridgeland-W it Buchauan R'dgeville-R W Humphaies. Riund 0-J C Davis. Summervilh--W S Stkes. St. Getrgo-? L Kirtou. S.. PauEs-W H Marray. Waltsrboro-W C Kirkland. Charleston Part S.ciety-P A Mur sy, chaplsin. CQKESBURY DISTRICr. R A Chlild, presiding elder. Abbevie-J T Pate. Aureville-J E Carlisle. Butler-H W Whittaker. (V'kabury-H Stokes. D inalds-W T Duncan. Greenwood Station-V A Massebeau. G :eenwood and Abbeville Mills-J I Grav s Knards-W H Thrower. LowniesvillE-J L Diniel. MoCormick-S T B'ak man. M:. Carne]--H b Singleton. Ninety Six-'! M Brabham. N.wbrrry Contral-WT I Herbert; )'Noal Street, G E Edwards. N.wberry Circuit- -D P Boyd. Parksvile-J F Miller. Pboenix-J F Way. Princeton-S W Henry. Prosperty-G R Shaffer. Saluda-J C Counts. Verderl-E I Mason. Waterloc- A S Lesley. COLUMBIA DISTRICT. E T Hodges, presiding elder. Aiken and Lanley-W A Kelly. Bttesurg-J D Crout. Columbia -- Washington Street, M , Carlisle; Main Sreet, S H Z mmer nan; Green Street, R S Truesdale; rranby and Riohland, B R Turnipseed; ig!wood, J L. Mullinir; Brookland, oeter Sper. Edgefield-G W Davis. Feirfield-. R Phillips. Fort Mfttc-To be supplied. Granitev.lle and Warrenillc--J E daB~sff .y. Johnston-W S Martin. Loesvile-J F Auderson. Lewiedale-J M Lawson. Lexington-W E Barre. Lexington Fork-J La Ray. Ridgewas-M F Dukes. Upper St. Matthews-C D Mann. Winnsbr -J B Campbell. Epworth 0:phanage-W B Wharton, uperintendent; Q H Waddell, finan jal agent. Paine Iostitute-G W Walker, presi ent. Columbia Female College-W W )aniel, president. Conference Secretary of Missions rA R'ce. FLORENCE DISTRICT MI Dargan, prer~i-ing eider. Cades-Wm Ruff Cheraw Station-W La Wait. Cheraw Circuit-P F Gibson. Clyde-J A White. Darington-P F Kilgo. Darlington Cironit-T J Clyde. Epword and Limber supplied by V C Kelley. Florenct-Jno 0 Willsen. Georgetown-W M Dainoan. Georgetown Circuit-W M Harden. Georgetown mission to be suppled. Hartsville-J J Stevenson. Johnsonvile-T B Owen. Kingstree Station-H J Cauthen. Lage City-J E Rushton. Lamar .and Carterville-R C Bce ira. L-nes-L L leabinet. Liberty-R W Spirener. Rom-J A Graham. Salters-J B Weldon. Saranton-D A Calhoun. South Fiorene-0 L DuR ant. Timmonsvile-L P McGhiee. GREENVILLE DISTRICT Jno B Wilson, presiding elder. Anderson-St Johns, M B Kelley; est Ead, D W Keller; O:rville, B M obertson. Eskley and Bethesda-W E Wiggins. Fountain Ion-G C Leonard. G~eenville-Buncomoe S reet, E P 'ayor; Highland and City Mills. J~ W peake; St Paul's, T Grigsby Herbert. Greenville Cirouit-1' J White. Greers-G T Harmon. McCure-J W Bailey. North Pickens-C L McCain; J P ttaway, Sup'y. Pelz er-F H Shler. Pandieton-J E Beard. Piehens-O MI Abreey. Piedmont-P Stokee. Reidvue-J W Shld. Seineca and Waihala-G F Clarkson. Starr and Iva-R R Uagnall. Townville-8 M Jones. Traveler's R'et-J R Sej urner. Walhalla Ciroit-J I Spinks. Westminister-R M DuEose. Williamiten and Belton-A J Cau hen, Jr. Wi'Jiamstcn Cireuit-.J MI Rogers. Wf~iiamston Female College-8 Lanr er, tresidsnt. Liber ty-D A L ewis. Vieter and Bater-vile-A E Driggers. M.:RION DISTRI[CT. W C Powr, presuing elder. Bubeta-I N Stone. Bennettsville 8:ation-C B Smith. Bennettsvi!!e Circuit-J W Arisil. Brownsvile-S J Behea. Blenheimn-T C 0 Dell. Brightsvilie-W B Baker. Britton'5 Nack-J N Wright. Backsvile-W W Williams. Centenry-J S Porter. Clio and B:-ulah-A T Danlap; Jno. anning, Sup'y. Conway-J W Vlkins. Conway anid Cool Sprizgs-T B Rey elds. Dillon-C C Herbert. Latta-D. liller. Little Roek-J A Canpbell. Loris and Littie R ver-W H Xit an Marion-H E Staokhouse. Marion Cirenit and Mills-E F Scog ins. McColl and Bannettsvi!le MilE-J Welch. Mulins-A B Watron. North Marlbor-T L Balvin. North Mulins-B J Guess. Waccamaw-G W Gatlin. ORANGEBURO DISTRICT. H TB Twe, -rcidingmelder. TALMAGE'S SERMON C Dreams in Which God Appeared, to 3 Warn, Convert and Save Zen. t In this discourse Dr. Talmage dis cusses a much talked of suj 3ot, and 5 one in which all are interested. The text is Joel ii. 28, '1 will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; your old men shall 9 dream dreams, your young men shall a sea visions " In this photegraxh of the millennium 3 the drearm is lifted into great confpi- y euity. You may say of a dream that it is nocturnal fantasia or that it is the o absurd combination of waking thoug its, and with a slur of intonation you may a say. "It is only a d:eam"' but God has honored the dream by making it the avenue through which again nod I again he has marched upon the human soul, deoided the fate of nations and changed the course of the world's his tory. Ged appeared in a dream to Abimeleob, warning him against an d unlawfal marriage; in a dream to ; Jaco", announcing by the ladder set r against the sky full of angles the com munications between earth and heaver; in a dream to Jo seph, foretelling his coming power under the figure of all 0 the sheaves of the harvest bomng down to his sheaf; to the chief butler, fcre telling his disimprisonment; to the chief baker, announcing his decapita taion: to Pharaoh, showing him first the seven plenty years and then the seven famine struck years, under the figure of the seven lean cows devouring the eeven fat cows; to Solomon. giving him the choice between wisdom and r riches and honor; to a warrior, under J the figure of a barey cake smiting down a tent, encouraging Gideon in his bat 5 tle against the Midianites; to Nebuch adnazz ir, under the figure of a broken 8 image and a hewn down tree, foretell- 9 ing the overthrow of his power; to Joseph 6f the New Testament, an- 8 nounoing the birth of Christ in his own 8 household and again bidding mm fi? f from Herodic persecutions; to Pilate's a wife, warning him not to become com phcated with the judicial overthrow of I Ohrist. y We all admit that G~d in ancient times and under Bible dispensation ad- I dressed the people through dreams. 9 The question now is, does God app sar 1 in our day and reveal himself through dreams? That is the question every body asks, and that question I will try I to answer. You ask me if I believe in dreams. My answer is. I do. f The Scriptures are so full of revela- ( tions from God that if we get no com- r munication from him in areams we ought, nevertheless, to be satiefied, b With twenty guidebooks to tell you how to get to New York or Pittsburg t or L ndon or Glassgow or Manchester , do you want a night vision to tell you P ,ow to make the journey? We hav, j in this Saripture full direction in re- ' gard to the journey o:1 this life and how to get to the c sle tiall city, snd with d this grand guidebook, this magnificent directory, we ought to be satisfied. I have more faith in a decision to which I I come when I am wide awake than U when I am sound asleep. I have notic s ( d that those who give a great-deal of t their time to studying dreams get their C brains addled. They are very anxioui g to remember what they dreamed about ' the first night they slept in a new t house. If in their dream they take theP hand of a corpse, they are going to die. . If they dream of a gardlen, it means a 12 sepulcer. If something turns out ac- I cording to a night vision, they say: t "Well. I am not surprised. I dream. a ed it." i it turns out different from C the night vision, they say. "Well, t dreams, go by contraries.-' In their efforts to to put their dreams into rhy- f thin they put their waking thoughts in- 1I to discord. Now, the Bible is so full v of revelation that we ought to be satis- D fled if we get no farther revelation. C Bound sleep received great honor t when Adam slept so extraordinarily t that the surgical incision which gave him Eve did niot wake him, but there ta is no iuch need for extraordinary slum- C ber now, and he who eatches an Eve C. must needs be wide awakelI No need t: of such a dream as Jacob had, with a c ladder against the sky, when ten thous d and times it has been demonstrated r that earth and heaven are in communi cation."' No such dream needed as that v which was given to Abimelech, warn ing him against an unlawiul marriags, when we have the records of the county ( olerk's dfiise. No need of such a dream fi as was given to Pharaoh about the C seven years of famine, for now the sea- t! sons march in regular procession and il steamer and rail train carry breadstuffs ra to every famine struck nation No 11 need of a dream like that which en couraged Gideon, for all throaigh r Christendom it is annonced and ac- v knowledged and demonstrated that I righteousness, sooner or later, will get I the victory. f If there Bhould come about a crisis a: in your life up~on which the Bible does t. not seem to be sufficiently specific, go a to God in prayer and you will get aspe f caal direction. I have more faith, t ninety-nine times out of a hundred, in c directions given you with the Bible in Vw your lap and your thoughts uplifted in 0 prayer to God than in all the informa ~ tion ycu will get unconscious on your pillow. al 1 can very essily understand why the - Babylonians and the Egyptians, with y no B~ole, should put Eo much stress on g, d:eams, ard the Chinese in their holy Ia ook, Chow Kieg, should think their r, emperor gets his directions through s< dreams from God, and that Homer a should think that all dreams came from fc Jove, and that in ancient times dreams p: were classfied into a science, but why 10 do you and I put so much stress upon p, dreams when we have a supernal bookt w of infinite wisdom on all subject? W hy 3: should we harry ourselves wah dreams? i Why should LE Idystone and Barnegat b lighthouse ques:ion asummer nrefly? All dreams have an important mean- u ing. Thiey prove that thle soul is com- it paratively independent of the body. h< The eyes are closed, the senses are a dull, the entire body goes into a lech- m argy which in all languages is used as s2 a type of death, and then the soul spreads its wing and never sleep.. It p leaps the Atlantic ocean and mingles e in scenes 3,000 miles away. It travels in great reaches of time, flashes back m eighty years, and the octogananian is a e boy again in his father's house. if the ta soul, before it has entirely broken its chain of flesh, can do all this, how far cin it leap, what circles can it cut, to when it is fully liberated! Every w dream, whether agreeable or harasing, D) whether sunshiny or tempestuous, p1 means so much that, rising from your sa ouch you ought to :kneel down and say: te "0 God, am I immortal! Whence? th Whither? Two natures. My soul d: aged now-what when the door of the d: age is opened? If my soul can fly so ol far in the few hourn in which my boty al is asleep in the night, how far can it w< fly when my body sleeps the long sleep f the grave?" Oh, this power to ar ream, how startling, how overwhelm- th ing Immoal,1 immoal! Another remark I make is that o lreams are apt to be merely the eel f our daytime thoughts. I will gi' ou a recipe for pleasant drear -.. F our days with elevated thought ai nselfish action, and your dreams w ie set to mauio, If all day you a ouging ard grasping and avaricious our dream2, you will see gold that y( annot clutch aud bargains in whi< on were out Shylocked. If during t] ay you are ira-cib.e and pugnaciot ad gunpowdery of disposition, you wi t night have battle with enemies hioi hey will get the best of you. ou are all day long in a hurry, at nig on wi 1 da an of rai! trains that 3< 7ant to catch, while you cannot mol ne inchi toward the depot. If you a [ways oversuspic onl and expectant 1auit, you will have at night halluc aton of anassins aiih daggers drawx 4o one wonners tnat Rechard III., ti niqnitous, the night bfore the batt: f B;sworth Field dreamed that a hose whom he had murderid stared i im and that he was torn to pieces 1 emons from the pit. The scholar ream is a philosophic echo. TI oet's dream is a rhythmic echio. Coli idge comp:sed his "KKabla Khax sletp in a vareatic dream and, wakir p, wrote downa 300 lines of it. Ta inia, tho violin p-ayer, camposed h: 1osL wod:rful sonata while asleep i , dream so vivid that waking, he easi ransf erred it to paper. Waking thoughts have their echo leoping thoughts. If a man spend h ife in. try:ng .o wake others happy ax s heavemy minded, around his pille Le will see cripples wno have got cv heir einitch and processions -z cel ial imperials and hear the gr and msr< oIl down from crums of heaven ov, isper psrapets. You are very apt ear in dreams what you hear wha ou are wide awake. Now havirg shawn you that, havix Bible, we ought to be satisfied n, etting any lirtlier communicatic rom God, and having shown you th; 11 dreams have an important missi< inoe they show the comparative ind< endence of the soul from the bod; nd having shown yon that the majo: y of dream3 are a reeult of disturom nysical conditions, and h -v*g shoi ou that our sleeping thougncs are ai a be an eco of our waking thought come now to my fifth and most impo aut remark, and tha is to say that i capable of proof that God does som, tmes in our day and has of ten sin( he close of the Bible dispensation aj eared to people in dreams. All dreams that make you better a rom GAd. How ao l know it? Is n< -od tWe source of all good? It doi ot take a very logical mind to argi list out. Tertullian and Martin Luth< elieved in dreams. The dreams i ohn Hats are immortal. St. Augu ie, the Christian faer, gives us ti act that a Carthaginian physician wi arsuaded of the i nmortality of th D11 by an argument which he heard i dream. The night before his assai ination the wife of Julius C3as reamed that her husband fell aem cross her lap. It is possi^le to prove that God do< ppear in dreams to warn, to conve: nd to save men. My friend, a retire ea captain and a Curistian, tells E hat one night while on the sea il reamed that a ship's crew were rest suffbring. Vh aking from h ream, ha put about the shij acked in dibIrent directions, sul rised everyboay on his vessel-the bought he was going crazy-sailed c a another direction hour after hoi nd for many hours until he came i ne perishing crew and rescued the: nd brought them to New York. WI onducte4 that dream? TIhe Godl he sea. In 1695 a vessel went from Spithet ur the West indies and ran on ti dge or rocks callen the Caskets. Ti essel went aown, but the crew clan ered up on the Caskets to dis of thria r stvation, as they supposed. Bi here was a ship bound for Southamj on that had the captain's son on boar< ~his lad Lwiee in one night dreamt hat there was a crew of sailors dyir n the Caskets. He told his father < his dream. The veseel came down 1: he Caskets in ti.ne to find and to rei e those poor dying men. Who coi uoted that dream? The God of tU .cks, the God of the sea The Re v. Dr. Bushnell in his ma: eleu3 boo~k entided "Nature and ti upernt.tura1 'gives the following fat tar ne got from Captain Younti laiormia, a fact confirmed by man amiiee. Captain Yount dreame wiece one nagnt that 150 mIles awa rere was a company of travelers fa; i the anow. lie also saw in the drea: ,cks of pecniiar formation, and, tel. 2g this dream to an old hunt~er, ito uter said: "Woy, I remember tnoa >cks. Th~ose rocks are in the Carsc aley pass, 150) miles away." Usptai ~ont, imxptlied by this dream, althong tughed at by his neighbors, gathere ten together, took mules aad Diankel nd started out on the expteditior :aveed 150 miles, sawy those very roed hich he nad desorined in his drean )und the suffering onee at the foot< aose rooks and brought them backt intirm the story er Captain Youn1 Vio conduc~ed mnat dream? The Go the saow, the God of the Sieu evadas3. God has cften appeared in recuix ad comfort. You have kom~ peop] -perhaps it is some thing i state i our experience-you' Law seen poop! to sleep with boreavemems inco le, and they awaterned in perfe~ ,sigcation Decanse of wx.: tfley ha ~eu. Dr. Crarmage, one the most re arkable Lnet I ever mnec-remarksoi >r enevoience and great phiilntut jes-at Welimngio, iig:and, showe e a house wnero utec Lord had aj eared in a wonderfal dreaa to a pot oman. T.he woman was rheumatic ck, poor to the taen poinz of destitu on. Saa was waited on and cared fe y anotiner poor wansn, her only al adant. Vord camne to her one da ai tbis poor woman had aid and tb vaii or who I am speaking la lpiese upon the couch, wonderin nat would become of her. In ta .ood she feit asleep. In her dreamr me said the angel of the Lord appeare' itour her Isto tnie open air as' )nted in one directmon, and ther re mnountaine of bread, and pointes anomner direc.itn, atid there war onna:ns of butter, and pointed ii an her oirection, and there were moun ins of all kinds of worldly supply he an~e1 of the Lord said to her #man, all these mountains belon your father, and do you think h i let you, his child, hunger and dio? . Cranage told me by some divine imn iese he went into that destitute horn w the suffering there and adminis red unto it, caring for her all the wa' rough. D)o yen tell me tht tha 'am was woven out of earth'7 ano nes? Was that the phantssmsgori; a diseased brain? No. It was ai sympathetic God addressing a jpoo )man through a dream. Furthermore, I have to ay that ther< e people who were converted to God rough a dream. The Rev. John New .a, he f amwhs piet fil al Bamberg-M W Hook. Barnwell-J G Beckwith. Branchville-J D Fri( rion. (Cameror.-J C Yongue. D)enmark--G E Stokis; W H Wro ton. Sup'y. Edistc--1 J Cauthen. Eiloret-J L Tvkr. Norwsy-E H B.3okhtm O:angeburg-St. Paul's. J A Clifton :Gargeburg Cirnui!--W A Pitts. Orangz-B H R iwls. PeovidencE--B M Grier. Rwesvilc--Orangeburg and city missions, D A Praliins. Smnaks-J T Maefarlane. Springfild-J A Yangue; M W Ferguson, Sai'y. Swansea-J R Copewas'd. South Aiker-G W DAkes. Weg~ner--J K Inabiret. Elitor Southera Ucristian Advo ca--W R Richardson. ROCK HILL DISTRICT H W Bays, presiding elder Blacksbrg-N B Clarkson. B'aekstock-R W Bsrber. Chester-Bethel, G P Watson. Chester and Lancasier Mills-B G Murphy. Chester Cirouit-G M Boyd. Chesterfield-N L Wiggins. Eass Chester-J W Neeley. East Lancaster-W C Winn. Fort Hill-W A Wright. Hickory Grove-P B Ingrahim. Jcffrson-L L Bsdenbaugh. Lincaster-J M Steadman. Lancaster Circuit-J A Peeler. North R >k BRill-W H Ariail. Richburg-D X McLeod. Rock Hill-St John's, J S Beasley; Laurel Street and Highland Park, E T Adams; Manchester and Nit Holly, E A Wilkes. Van W ck--J E Strickland. Yorkville-A N BrunEson; S A Weber, Supernumenrary. York Circuit-C X Peeler. SPARTANBURG DISTRICT W P Meadors, presiding elaer. B'iimont-J G Huggins. Clifton and Cowpen-W JSynder. Cherokee-J N Isom. Cliton-J M Fridsy. Campobello-A H Best. Enoree-C B Burrs. Gaffnev-W H Hodges. Gaffuey Circuit-S 0 Cantey. Joneaville-D Hucks. Kelton-3 T Creech. Laurons--St John's, W B Danman; Laurens Mills, J T Fowler. North L.-rcns--J K McCain. Pacolet Mille-E S Jones. Pacolet Circuit-S A. Nettles Santue--IE M Merritt. Spar tanburc--Jentral, J E Grier; Duncan, M L Banks, Jr ; Bethel and Glendale, R L Holroyd. Unior-Grace Church, T E Mrris; Union Mills, E Z James. Whitmire-W B Justus. Buff ailc-To be supplied. SUMTER DISTRICT J W Kilgo, presiding elder. Bethani --S D Bailey. Bishopville--i C Walker. CamdeL--J L Stokes. Camden Circuit--G P Penney. Foreston--G H Pooser. Heath Spring-J C Chandler. Jor'tn-E L( Moore. Kershaw-R E Turrnipseed. Lynchburg- -J W Hum'bert. Manning-P B Wells. Naw Ze-or.- R Whittaker. Osweg-J H Thacker. Prnewood-F E Hodges. Rsmberts-W G Smith. Richland-- A F Barry. Santee-T M Dent. Sumter-Firet Church, R H Jones; Magnolia Street, W A Fairey. Sumter Circuit--~W C Gleaton. Wateree-R E Mood. Secretary of .E inestion-J W Kilgo. Assistant Seeratary Sunday School E litor-L F Beaty. TIEACHERY OF THE FILIPINOS, Unsaf a to Leava Ameriesn Teachers Under Protection of Native Officials. One of the teachers sent to the Phil ippines has written a letter to an officer of the war department telling of the de eit of Dative offiials ed irdieating some of the difficulties faclng the civil government. The letter is dated at Rombion and says: "A party of as, cmnsist'ng cf several teachers and Gov. Sans,- arrived at the island of Bauton, where the people turne d out to give us welcome, as the visit of the governor is always a big event. After we had taken luncheon, the teachers to be located in Banuton ad their baggage unloaded and placed in the convent, where they were to be uartered. Gov. Sins then called all the citizans together in the tribunal and gave them certain orders, after which ntrduced the American teachera. Just as we were about to leave he csll d the presidente asidt for a moment, telling him the teachers would now be left in his charge and he would be held responsible for them. At this the presidente began tc shake and tremble, urd after consideble stammering and esitation he said it woulc. be impos ible to guarantee the teachers' este "Finally he broke down and con fessed that only a few days before he iad entertained 150 insurgents and 50 ofeiers. It was then decided inadvis able to leave the teachers in such a angerous neighborhood, and the gov rnor piaced the presidente under ar est. The presidente was put in the sweat bcx and made to toli all he knew. s a result a detachment of soldiers was left at IRombion, hav7ing been hur ied there before daybreak. The detail placed the vice presidorite and secre ary under arrest, and now all three of icials in jail, awaiting trial for having heltered and furnished supplies to the nurgents." Reports are constantly coming from Laniln of the hardships irifheted upon the American women teachers. A re port fromi Taclabau is that one teacher c living with a 2hinese family, on ac ount of the refusal of the presidente o provide suitabie quarters. Miss olI star, another teacher, was ordered o a town on Leyte and a native was etailed as a coastant e.scort to protect er. She was the or.ly teacher on the aland. SOUTHERN MADE BRooMs --S am Slim in Southern Farri Magazine of Baltimore for December: "There was n article of commerce raised in the south long ago for home use only that s not iaised. now in as large quantity. That was broomeorn. The brooms were made from it at home. I never aw a broom for saie in a. store until af ter the war. I notice that some of the ater Soethern inhabitants are asking i brocmcorn can be raised in the south. hy, yes, and raised successfully and rofitably. If it could not our grand others would have been suffocated ith dust, f or every southern home in heir time was swept often and clean, ith brooms made of southern broom i2 Chrisendoi, while a profligate sailor to on shipboard in his dream thought that e a being approached him and gave him 11 aver; beautiful ring and put it up n d his finger and said to him: "Ac lorg 11 as you wear that rirg you will be pros -e pered; if you lose that ring, you will be ,n ruined." In the same dream another u personage appeared and by a strange h infatuation persuaded John Newton to ie throw overboard that ring, and it sank s inte the sea. Then the mountains in 11 sight were full of fire, and the air was in lurid with consuming wrath. While [f John Newton was repenting of his folly it in having thrown overboard the treas a ure an'other personage came through ,e the dream and told John Newton he -e would plunge into the sea and bring >f that ring up if he dereired it. He i- plunged into the sea and brought it up i. and said.to John Newton, "Here is that .a gem, but I think I will keep it for you. .e Jest you ls3 it again." And Jon 11 Newton consented, and all the fire went . out from the mountains, and all the y signs of lurid wrath disappeared from .s tho air, and John Newton said that Ie ,e saw in his dream that that valuable - gem was his eoul and that the beiog " who persuaded him to throw it over g bo.sri was Satan and that the one who - pluoged in and restored .hat gem, Is keeping it for him, was Christ. Avu n that d:eam makes one of the most w(-n y derful capters in the life of that most wonderful man. A G'rman was crossirg the Atiantic d ocean, and in his dream he saw a man W with a hanaful of white flwers, and 'r he was told to follow the maa who had that handful of white flower:. The German, arriving in Ne v Y-r, wan r ered into the Fulton street prayer .o meeting, and Mr. Lamphier, the great 'n apostle of prayer meetiogs, that day had given to him a bunch cf iuberoses. They sio.d on his deak, and at the close t of the religious services he took the tuberoses and star.ed homeward, and the German followed him and through an interpreter told Mr. Lamphier that on the sea he had dreamed of a m n with a hardful of white flowers and i as told to f low him. Saffice i; to say that through that interview and follo w ing intervaews he became a Christian and is a city missionary preaching the gospel to his own countrymen. God in acraam! it Rev. Herbert Mendes was converted 5 to God through a dream of the last judg e ment, and many of us have had soms dream of that great day of judgment which shall be the winding up of the v world's history. I you have 'rot dreamed of it, perhaps tonight you may~ s dream of that day. 'here are enough 9 materials to make a dream-enough r voices, for there shall be the roaring of the elements and the great earthquate; ' enough light for the dream, for the e world shall blaza; enough excitement, s for the mountains shall fall; enouga e water, for the ocean shall rear; enough n astronomical phenomena, for the stars ' shall go out; enough populations, for ir all the racts of all ages wilt fal into d line of one of two processions, the one ascending and the other descending, a the one led by the rider on the. white a horse of eternal victory, the other leil d on by Apollyon on the blsek charger of .e eternal defeat. The dream comes on e me now, and I see the lightnings fromi a above answering the voleanic idisturb Ls ances from beneath, and I hear the long 6 reverberating thunders that shall wake -up the dead, and all the ses, lifting up Y their crystal voices, cry, "Come to n judgment!' and all Lhe voices of the tr heaven cry, 'come to judgment I" and o0 crambling mausoleum and Westminster Sabbey3 and pyramids of the dead withi 0 marble voices cry, "Come to judg m nenti' And the archargel seizes an instrument of music which has-neve'r dyet been sounded, an instrument of Le mu~ic that was made only for one soond, eO and, thrusting that mighty trumpet Sthrough the clouds and turning it this way, he shall put it to his lip and blow tthe long, loud blaad that .shall make 'the solid earth quiver, crying, "Como -to jadgment!" d g Ihen from this earthly grossness 'quit, if Attired in stars, we jhaLl forever s. y Chain of Collars. .- A wholesale city house making cola *e lars has adopted a novel plan to in crease sales on its goods. These manufacturers have retail agencies in e first and second-class cities through t out the United States, through which n their brands are marketed. The con y sumer pays $1.50 for one dozen col d lars in a box, and 35 cents additional yjfor an "exchange ticket." The cus :tItomer returns the dozen collars soiled Swith the ticket to any dealcr who .acts as agent for the producers, and e gets a dozen new collars of any style e desired, in exchange, by the payment .- of 35 cents on every dozen. If the Soriginal box is not returned five cents h extra is charged the purchaser. The firm relaunders the collars and puts them in regular stock again and Lagain, until wear shows.--N. Y. Her ald. f Crecy Soup. S Scrape some nice red carrots and boil them in well flavored broth till tender enough to press through a asieve. Mix enough broth with this puree to make it rather thinner than the soup should be when finished. In e a smsall saucepan dissolve an ounce of a butter, stir into it an ounce of flour, a when blended add half a pint to the Ssoup; stir till it is well boiled; then -use it for thickening the soup, which SIalso should be hot. Stir together till ii it boils up: add pepper and salt if Srequircd. Should any fat be on the e surface draw the pan to the side of Sthe fire, let it cool a little, tilt the I pan towvard you and skim it eu. Serve -with bread that has been disd eth r oven till light brown and eut into ,small dice.-Washington Star. rIndiar. Hospitality. - How to stop the Indians of the 7South Dakota reservations from eat e ing each other's food is an amusing but perplexing problem with which the Indian bureau is now dealing. It is an unwritten law of Indian hospi ,tality that a guest may stay as long as he likes, and that as long as the guest remains the host must provide the food. It has become the custom jamong the Sioux, who have a feast with their two-weeks' ration as soon as they receive it from the govern -ment, to go to the more provident In dians and live on them until all their food is gone.-Indianapolis News. I Punished for Cue Church - I understand the jury stood eleven to one in favor of acquit -tal at first? Gotham-That's right; we did. "Well, how in the world did the 11 ever come around to think as the one man?" -"Well, you .see, the fellow who was alone for conviction knew the pris toner pretty well, and he told us that the fellow had a lot of interesting children, and he was forever tecHug Istories about their marvelous sayings, -so we thought it wouidnt hurt to lock him up for a few weeks."-Yon A THRILLING STORY Of the Fiendish Massacre of the Hamplon Family DURINO THE REVOLUTION. Gen. Wadi Hampton's; Aged Orandstre Was Slain by the Hand He Orasped in Fritr.dship. Stories of the Hampton family are always read with pleasure, for this family of unswerving patriotism has been closely identified with the most stirring events in State history since the beginning of the-struggle for lib erty. As he is in receipt of rumerous rcqs-s for infe rmation as to his fam ily, Ger.. Hampton has consented to let the api ended Eketch be republished. It is the original manuscript of the late - Gov. P.-rry and was first published in J ane, 183, in "Magnolia." Following is the story under the captien: - - "REVOLUTIONARY - INCIDENTS -T H E HAMPTON FAMILY." Asthory Hampton, the father -of Geu, Wrd - Hampton, was among the fi-st cmigrants from Virginia to the upper part of Sauth Carolina. He set tted with his family on Tiger river in the district of Spartanburg. In 1775 a war with the mother eountry, as Eng land was theu called, beceme i"Usa ble, and it was a matter of the t importanxe to the inhabitants o the fron:iers of Carolina to secure a peaie with the Cherokee Indians. To efeet this the chiefs of that war like- and powe-ful tribe were invited .to a "Big Talk" at some convenient town in their" nanion, Elwsrd and Preston Hampton, the sons of Anthony Hampton, wer : dle gated by their friends and neighbor~ to meet the Indians at this 'conference and endeavored to persuade them,i possible, to remain neutral in the sp proaching struggle. - But- the. British emissaries had already engaged the Cherokee -warriors to make an incur sion into the settlements in the upper part of the State, at the same time that the English fleet under Henry Clinton and Peter Parker was to attack Char leston. It is well-known in history that these movements were simultane ons. The Joung Hamptons had3jast re turned from shis talk with the Iadians when a large number of their warriors commenced their work of death and destrucion upon the inhabitantsof Greenville and Spsrtanburg. After killing the Hite family in Eanree, they proceeded to Mr. Hampion'n where they found the old gentlemian his lidy, their son Preston Hampton, a Id by the name of John Bynum, and an. in fant child of Mr. James Harrison. They approached the house from every direc tion in order to prevent any of its in mates from escaping their inhuman earnage. Some of these -Indians .wete known to both Preston Hampton and his father, and having received no in formation of their hostilities, their visif, was at first supposed to be a friendly one. They were met cordially and-old. Mr. Hampton was in the sct of shak ing hands with one of the ~ehiefs iirhen he saw a gun fire and his son Preston f all to the ground. -rhis was the tignal for an indisdrim inate mnrder. The very hand which Mr. Hampton had, but a moment be fore grasped ja friendship, now sen& a tomahawk- into his skull,. Hi wf was soon dispatched in the same man ner. The infant son of Mr. Hampton was dashed ainst'~he wil of .the house whichfit besprinkled with its blood and -brains.t John Byzzum, the lad already mentioned stood perfectly astounded amidst this mifrder'and cat nage, having .lost all presepee. of mind and making-no effort te esppne. -,t length an Indian warrior naed ...hi hand to dispatch the youth afso,~wlen the blow was arrested toy the hand o a chief, who took thd lad .under hi4O. teetion. - - Mrs Harrison, 'who wras the daughiter of Mr. Hampton, -had gone to a neigh bor's house, and on her return saw-her father's house in fiames, ;t Indians standing around it c xitting withfiend ish malignity, -the muangked bodies of her father, mother brother2 ansone lying scattered to and fro in the lard. She was goining to rush forward, in the frersz; of the moment, to' makean other victimn, when she was restrained by her husband and forced in another ditction. They sougat coneslmentin' a swamp and re m ,ined there undiscov ered until the savages left the place. The lad wvho was resoned by thie nief was taken by the Indians to their nation, and remnained with them until the treaty of 17757 when the distriet of Pendleton and Greenville wera ceded to the whites. One--article of this agreement was that the Cherokees should burrender to the commissioners all their prisoners and children taken from the homes of inhabitants along the frontiers. Am~ong those who were thus Murrendered was J ohn Bynum. He had however, been -so lorng with the Indians that it was with reluctance he was persuaded to leave them. Shordiy aft- r this massacre a large 'cd ; of the Se uth (Carolina militia un' der' the comwar~d of CoL Williams merhed into the Cherokee country brrt and destrs ytd a great many of their towns ard setlemnents. Henry Hampton. a 5 a e Anthony Hampton~ comanded iu L is body of militia an kded .vith his own hand an Irdian warrior striad ir. Preston Hampton's cot which was irmidiately recognized s the one in whtich his brosher iwas mrde-re d Eiward Hampton at the time of the murder of his father and family was n a visit with b s taile to her fanher, nadiss E .re living on the head wa trs of 1'aoette, and by this means :ciciped'the fat,: which he would other wite have shared with his family. He f erwards became a m~ost active par iaa in the cause of his country and as u tima-ely killed by the 'bloody scut" in the bosom of his family. James Hlarrnam, wi:.h the citizens enerally of that pa;. cf the country, bceght protectio~n in Prinee's Fort, were he reasined until offered an op p-runity of scnding his family into Virginia. He then devoted his own per sonal services exclusively to his coun iry and was in the battdes of Black stots, Cowpens and Eataw. Gen. Wade Bampton was, it is believed, in North Carolina when his father and amily were murdered in Spartanburg. is services in the War of the Revol, tion are too tvell known to be men tioned in sketches of this character i extra-rdinary gallantry at the ed cf a regiment of cavalry in the attle of Etitaw, assisted greatly in the ~chievemnts of that day, and his no l daring and active exertions ever3 dero contributed much to the sue ess of the American arms in South