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Thronghr this Wo~! This disccur e is a Um-s Tre sentation Of hLg tc many !!vee, and Lr. T -tsge p <S f r merciful interPreiuc', C human be havior. The t~xL is Josi aa iii, 4, ' Ye have Lot pasecd ths way heretsfore." In December, 18S9, I wdcd the river Jordan and, although the current was strong. I was abie to Iearup szsip9t it, tut in the time of spring frphet, when the snows on Mount LRsnov melt, nothing but a mirale w-u.e en able any one to erats t:as river. I. was at the daliercus e O Joshua and tbe ( e o e arm uttered the. wo.f r-y to de people who eC-:- eo- s 0 the Jordan. No :1 t - TeC g Ve say but 1il1 f e o a 1 V I oOestsion we dIsccu-sed c c mag I *d - piling up of the ts:crs zo cryl barricad.. We orly sp 4F the marca to the brink of the rivcr. No thiDg has over ocoured in h iwry. The ark of the o&rant wasa bn liant cbest of aceoia wcod. cver. with g.id, on ths top IF _.~'a we two wingea fiturez i:::rg ec c. r. was five "fet !er7 and t,-Iee feet w-. Poles were t 'h through the rny a the side. and by the To:s t ak vss lifted. This spkndid box to e carried three qurrters ot a mile aizead of the hosts of Israel on the wsy to the crossing. That distance between the box and the advancing thousands muit be kept because of reverepte. Th ere was a sanctity in that divine symbol that they must observe by keeping three-quarters of a mile away. They must watch that giittering box and fol low, otherwise tney would lose their way and Dot arrive at the right plae for orcssing. They had never been there before, and they must be guided. For that reason, Joshua utters the words of my text, 'Ye have no; pissod this was heretofore," and the subordi nate cfficers at the head of the regiment repeated it. "Ye have not papsd this way heretofore." What was truthfully said of the an drent Israelites may be truthfully said of us. We are making our first and last journey through taia world, it i2 possble, as rome of my good friends be lieve, that this world will be corrected and improved and purified and foris ed and emparadised as to climate and soil and charaser until it shall be come a heaven for the ransomed, but I do not think it, I have an idea that heaven is already built somewhere. Our departed friends could not wait uL til this world is fixed up for saintly aid angelic residence. Having ones gore out of the world, I do not think we will come back, except as ministering spirits to help those who remain in the earthly struggle or perhaps to lock at the wondrous spectacle of a bu.n'g planet. But, leaving that theory aside, we are very sure that we are for the first time walking the earthly pilgrimage. "Ye have not passed shis way before. Every minute is a new minute, every hour a new hour, every century a new century. Or~hersfolks have gone over the same roa we are traveling, but it is our first trip. New appea:ances, new temptations, new sorrows, new joys. That is the reason so many lote their way. They meet scme one on'the road oX life and ask for direction,and wrong direction is given. We have all been perplexed by misdirection after asking the way to some place we wished to visit. Some one said to us. "Take the first road to the right arnd. hrrving gone a milec on that roadl, take the first road to the left, and you will soon reach your destination." We took the advice, but our informer forgot a turn in the road or forgot cne of ae roads leading to the left, and we took the wrong roa d and were lost in the woods, and night came on, and we were put to great irritation and troubie. The fact is I b?-ue no one for mak ing lifetime mistakes. I pity them in stead of blaming thaim. There are so many wrong roads, but oniy one right one. You cannot Li nidlife draw unn your youthful experirnoess for wisd---m ter midlife is to entirely diferent from youth. You cannot in oma ace draw upon niidiife experiences, for the two st-ages of existenoe are se diverse. Wnt is wiedom for one man to do would be fayliy for another to undertne~. A man o nerve and pluck is not qualinied to ad vise a man timid and sainkig. An! achieveraent that would be easy for you misht be impontible for mnc. BHn man advice is ordinarily of ziinie val ne. Pa~ctle review their owin rucesce or failures and then tell us dat bert for us to do, not realizinr that cur cir cumstances are different, our tempers ment is different, cur phycieal and mental and moral capacities different. Most of the great mistakes that have been mades have been made under hu man advisement. So, also, it may be said to every na tion. 'Yo have not passed this way before." Our own republio is gong through novel experiences. Coud wisest statesmen twenty years ago have prophecied present conditions? Every president every congress, has new criczos to meet and new questions to settle. So prophecies made about condition~s in this country fifty years from now msy turn out as fst unerne as the prophecies, made fifty years ago by the grat.es; of American statesmen waen he deciated on yonder Capitol hill that it wa: un wise to think of civiliu tien or pros perity the other side of the R&cky mountains, and according to his beiief the Pacific coast would be the perperual abode of barbariags aid mountain !ious, and we must not think of arnnexingJ those forbidding regions. Many prophecis in regard to our na tion failed and many prophecies conern ing its future u-iii fal beeavse it is tr~v eling a new road. Every step it take on that road is a novelhy. The opinica of a MIonroe or a Je fierson in the iar pat is not of as much -value asth opinion of our wisest men now. H~ ould- men know in 1823 wh-at it wouild be best for this naion to do in 1901? It is belittling as well aunwise f-a ctr statesmen, wao are quite equal to the statesmen of the pas and who have, in adaition to the natural talents of their predecessore, attainmenti-'. knowied;e that were impossible in :r-y decade ou our own, to depend on advice of mon who have been cead threc q-trtere of a century. in ali other thins rne world advanced. Can it be th~a inl stat s ship it has gene back ar d that this opening of the tweerueth cmut mas consult the openi'g zl .Ic sinment century? "Ye hava not yed tilis way before." Yea, our entire world :' on a ne patnway. It may~ be w>ir in the same old orbit as w-hen b h lo the Amighty the universe was gr -hie with worids, but ih hs o rcA: volear'e firea and ?Lhei wih t.Cl waver -d w-oudt upon by elnmatoie changs-eities sunk ad saddtd L,. world than that wMch c s ' the time c 3:1n ad 7..i cheg nr'tii the hour of its ae 011. Of .I'si e-u: ul World, tlh is usw--rid, thi a~a world, :r*y by sSid. ' Ye have Lot pa..ed isway W hat is the pis .ical use of ths sua Jeet? Itstead (f pnttig !a ml2Zch i stress upon bumin advice and i'to~d of vk'rg of the . what e e W-o to I d,,. f ol!aw the divinc ltd&rg4 as Lt m-n OF j, S! ul cowed ti golden ieded c C 0i sCoei, wh:c? was 'he symbol cf t i-e p0e1rec. N.; human, i aderIp. Joshu. not co: iog th hia colorels and lieu crants. bUt co'sut'rg with Gokh04 e G :-"vidul, the G d nation5, -4 eo0- f wories r thnxe quarters cf a mile dis :n . m ,e zk omred fbor and rm clumnof J ua'stroops - ahing revrenca for e A m g: y. They needd to learn tia --o- of reverenee, as we all need to learn it. Irmorenco his cr3ed all ;1.:or., and none more t-a' ou: o u. >eDe:cnee in the uto of God'd nace asr you it rot on t!e :trct:: and i E Dc al zroap3, ar.-i ij nct & p-zfze Rrd so-tcrs thcu;ht necenrary to ro inI ecosity? Irrverenio fo :he Srip ur., the p rco:oty of th- e-ble o e0 introduccd inte most frivous emenation end irnadeinirth pny.-i ng. Irroveren:e for the oath in court room cr custom house or !*gislative iall by the conventional and mechani Cal mode cf its administration. Irre veience for iho holy Sabbath by the way it is broken in pleasurable excur sien and careutal. Irreverence on tbc part of children for their parents, insolence being substitwed for obedi ence. Irreverence for the rulera, which inducts vile otrtoons and aussination. Irreverence in church during prayer, measuring off song andscrmon by cold, artistic or literary criticism, and in prayer time neisher bowing the head nor bending the knee nor standing It one dcas in the presence of earthly ruicr, thus showing more rerpect for a man than to the King of kings. We ask not for genuflaxions or circumfi b ions or prostrations, but when prayer is effered iet us either bow the head or band the knee or let us in some way prove that we are not indifferent. In how many pliees have pre;umption and foolh.rdiness taken the place of rever ence.! That three quarters of a mile between the chest of acacis covered with gold and rounted with wings-a rymbol of the divine presence-and the marching regiments of Joshua unggests a reverence that is woofully lackin'g in social life, in legislative hall and religi ous astemblage. A farmer went to the wheatfied, taking his ron with him The child said: "These stalks that stand straight up mutt have the best grair.. Those stalk* thAt bend over can not be worth anything." Then the faher broke off two of the tops of the etalks srd said, "Child, that one that bends clear cver has the grain." It is the soul that hows in deeiest reverence which it the best soul. But though Joshua's host observed the three quarters of a nmile command, they followed the ark, and you will do well to follow the divine leading, as the path you treed now has not yet been trcdden. "Ye have not passed this way before." Many of you arc suffer ing from just such n:oyr oss as have not occurred in a!! your itory. Ther have been meanness practiced upon you r you have reeived slights or you are the subject of misaterpr~'atios or you are mn the midet of Eore diiappoint ment-s er there -,demands made upon your strengih aind time more than you can me-et or some phycical ailment is laying siege to your castle of health or you are under embarrassmen~ts that you ecannot mention even to rearoset friends. You say: "Well, I navsr saw anything like this. I never expeed such tre-.t ant si dis. I never thoteght it pos sible to be placed in such ciroum etances." And when you cay all that yu are only transisting the words of my trx-. In .o your own phrasialogy. If y ou U i suffered something like this before, ycu woZU have kno-wn what to do, but here is a flnk movement for Mh you are not ready. As ycu have hed no exposience of t's kind tg n which to draw for wis dmn and as you cannot fully state all the circumstances to any human est, g- to God and tell him all about it. He knows already, but it will relieve y ou eu. help you if you tell him. That is what 'he h'as been doing ever rince the world got into trouble by diwobedieut shiron the barhs of the Eiphrates. i in the first obapter cf the Bibl!e- we eno tho gate through which .he woes of de world entered, in the third cbap tr of the B.b'e we aee the opening of te g:te arougha which they are to be dr:ven out. Promises by she scores ard hundreds and thousands. Bacri icial lambs fore-.elling the Lamb of Qd. Rock stricken into gushingnfloda, typical of the tact that the world's thrst is going to be slaked. Pillar of fre hoisted above wilderness march. Sar of hope over birthplace in a barn. epulchers rant open. Trumpets cf do liverance sound'd. All heaven to take prt in the rescue of our planet. Thne irnanite God listening wih an est i which a whisper 10,000 miles away is as aud~ble as thunder. Porhaps it is a bereavement. You hsve feh sorrow for these who lost chi1l drn or thought you did, but now thst the sorrow has come to your own nur ery is is a different thing. You never could have imagined the silences about ~he heuse now that the little feet are ~uiet and the infant voice has ceased its prattle. What a sensation at even tide with no one to put to bad! What toys put away to be loohed at on anni verary dsys! How Christmas day is shadowed and the world is changed! Gt over it? You never can get over it in this world. Perhups it is your &st sorrow. "Ye have not pasted this way before." God gant that you inay never p as this way again. But foilow the rk, and it will lead you -.o --ivors of corsojabion. You wili ind that ycur cnild has gone into n heavn of children, a land where chil en are in vr~st majority, a rcmre of infant souls to one mulry or wominly tcui, for the vast mnajarby of the raec d e in~ iancy. 1t is the exception wen p'vple ive to grw up. He:.ven a 1ua arou:-d for chislren. Palaces f - n au quiees? Oa, yes! But wha wid'e nalis of pleasure, what ga des~ ot del'ght what rapo-ures, such as on earth wx-- bs! andu kite and heep 'sey '-ever ..-! Let them go, mother. You cn trust -him in the -land of mnuci -d fbters. 'nh front door~ ot that w a"sl ho e wvas oe*d by- h-im wh n'd, "Sa "r-.h....e- ..stoc com . me an.d forb:d W:roci, for- -- -: 'o:::'ist hear thei "' ek feet or neisr ar? Wh a' rouas ofg'a - I! Wha -- ---er of eten- gle-e!T Foier e;ek a-dct, ill ld yu to -*o co ig into the rensi-ss of theI to~e Wvore you wii never pert. As our srrowt r new our j ,ye are new go~ auL cur expor~eees are new. nO.rlf is or l... g dioer of-. athi., Boa CC1i 70 not w did no(t C-2 r s- 1n 1 C w~ty befote. r%~:.s Gr r-Ces. Y u .oo et ti r zm~ f, r elc i -3. c:1 Y >U a. :1 -- oU Ey meratnce, S4 ycou couM! Sf u : r , t; ,t ~rqtiUeisps to bz only a P oC ~rd Wn1e theri' is a po'ib1-i' tht you my r,ua s: more sevc r ycn are t! .L ked, b-.t w'en you can r Luri. o m-re adv'auFges yu a-, er'mpd. Hire is a mvinu '. v helped in political ekvali-n. V- be:h time! c-mes f!,r the cop'~tto be relr.tee., r-- are n-ot en-y Ie.,;d h !p. b'e scii receive prtmir' c' ' :: ico Yu tave fi und oVt that Y U Sti dIo the right ti..g nlot - h :p to ro ) o e ai X, a:. beesur is the Y. An 9 m 1' s iO dn Pe7i n v ::. L) avc.,,, Wasi:ton, orB d -Sy .V York, or T mont saet Bnor, ;.our "yz..c.. '. the l vuare Lvak.r fo iur~c andemrdd andi r'nt. Pep .. y' No 0--. Lo e om'. &h not -- u'e. 0'. the btlndof Ais n 185-2 r. muad E-gi" ~army r-n to him and gve lam dr L A! th3 cap"'ia x running b? to ja Iin-h raiment the woened sol dier shot hiin. Almo-:t a1 is gubes have proverba sotting farth this perver sity. English proverb, "Bring up a raven, and it will pick out ycr yps." Arabic preverb, "1rat the present a brZak the dish," Italian proverb, "The azr, after havl-g drunk, givei a kick to the bucket." An old prverb -9ys, "If God -ern to bz is- complacent es to carry u on his back to Romn, we would nft thank him for hi pains if he did not -sko set Ts down in an easy chir." Yon will never be hrppy in this wotll if yu do not do ail the good you can and look for no respon give gratitude. All the dartage I did a man who is my enemy was to take him froim a position whore he received $700 year salary iato a positioa where he has ever -ince received $2, 500 a yar. He never forgave me, but hsa pursued. me with a pen vitriolio over since Thc worst enemy you ever had is the nmat you introduced and favored ani hlped. But be not disturbed or even irritated. You are no better than your Lr.i. If the porli had had any thaakful aplr preciation of hie co *ir g. it would hzvm flled that Bsthlohem c>.ravansary wict. flowerc which bloom there clear on int the De,3em'2er mor3th, and Hcroe, in stiad of aticmpting his death, woul. have sent a chariot to fetch ti o inan: to the pailce, and tho oyer and terminer of Pilate's courtroom would have pro nouncea him not gu-ity, and instiad of r 'i'd a crown of thor:s it solid have been a coronation, with all thz might? onea of the carth kneeliig as the foot of his throne. Another desecvery that snririses us beause we nad not pas-:ed this way be fore is the fact that if two be in ;uerrel or in war with ciach other the one who is the most wrong is the htardelst and the alowest to nsabe up. Wh~o wrotO them l irow Lot, bnt I cut thos two lies out a~d purto them in my screp book twrenty yeaZa ago, for the words are so st rikingly tr ao: Friveness to the inja.red does belong, Buthey no'er pardoa wno hs~vo done the wrong. We saa~ about the great disoverieni of tiis ago, bat tthe electric power, the steam power, the t;escop'ie and micr> ecop'c power, but do not say anything aboutfle ditoweries WC al maie 1bs: y year and day by dlay. Theres ar, surprises all the time. It is a new road w are travelir4. "Ye hsve not puse d tis way beforo." Bat closely allied is the other faet whc w;e hinted at in thie opening ht wo will not pa~s this we agun. lnms is our only opportunity for coing crtsiu tiuags that ,.ugc te be done. Onsi ies Ihere are grids we oughIt so soine, tu~nger we ought to fed, o ad that we cusht to m~m i.id words tha: we ought to ep~aki, gna?ous daods we ougt to parform Ad! th' : You ana I do towanc mnang :is world b t er, d happier we mant do very soo2o .vr do at ail. Jahw a hi 'rcoat tver camne back ove c'e my des rr'e marni2g towsed :ho crJ-sin c. tne Jordan. The 1Wpras of LZ?e taadat or vme b=re fee: of e en ?dle s8we in whst Cirection heC m' goig, buit nsvn did the impisy: of the a-a o1f any one of thea do.. tai~ .he br- tI uned. We are alt iig eternity to om.'. Tiere is no rea.r.. Akr:noac an fieit would not be o 8impo)rtet; i we oculd truthfully say:- "I will be bsk hr~re arain. Th thamgn . ineg~eet now I will cao the next time I c.:mo. I wul be reincarniated, and I mit r:umne my earshly obiigations. Having then moro knowledige than I have nor;, I wz11 dicsrge my earthiy duties bener than I can now disonar~e tal. I co not gve solcen farewvell to these obig a ions and opportunities, but a ein nd cherry Goodby until I see thes~ &ain." No; we onnot say tha. Th re miil be no new arnd co:rseted editin of he volum:a of our emblyt *vib. ..r wo make exit fromi the sa'e at th coe ofi the fi th act we en re-ent How mny mdlin' f pepe aCi.V M and died I knoo not, ta ; aute nu mn race wiso ha~ve gone c' y e'ven persons that I now tninL of zave re turnd, the ton of the wido w at Z ire phath, the young man of Nain, the ru! r's daugnte r, TJabitas, Ea .e ,Lt. srus aod Christ. Among & a the a-ss to come I do not suppne there will be one more who will iura 'o ths i' having oinee left it. Lord B:.on ta'd that he who shall diecovr :.h way to :oaeimyrrh tolubl by uma' blood wai diezover imm~ral ife on ear'th. but no se cL d:scovsey win vr be made. With vwhal rgg:ive ery hora f our edl~y extsenci It is ad aa. it pt-.sde to teo"swe dele by the mnak of woaves still so be ound in :na ianad, and sde direction of our infiane, hever EQge. wdi leave a mark that wi:l Int forever. At this point I sak you to notice the fct tha-a my text doce oot call atte-ion to he crossing cf the Jordn, r't toik way hadin shLreto. W~e ad1 thi.k m'ch of our ce'nn of the Jordan whn the ar ci o2t lif it a ded, th'- inds to th-cois' . What you 'n I ned m-ost to ecs ouished r * on of the ro wo m rmaing de 1 ': i/ o ' ii E bneei at to Qe. We wil die rett ilwe igt. Tant wa a .gorious. thn ta s~i we'.n dyn fom his "e'~rde i bate. Sannr m s t .ndig by adviscd him .0 :to sth a ocur:-t in dyiing tat he had *hen dating hL liet-n To this he ren ad "-entlemen~ and rei:o -Mo,.; I ahar yo all vey kindly fcr your anxious care and con ,r1 about me, but the men who h-.s een cnsbied to endeavor to liv3 well fo. ~r care years pa3 ca' never need to saet now h.w to die we!l for a quar Lar oft saha W! a. an asurdity it wou'd ha7e be(n f or J.ashua and his men to have ,rd ade ot.ha r queetion; like these: "0o; can we Cro.a the Jrdan if we g't ihere? Will ret the water be too <e-p to Allow u3 to made? WAI w not 1: be so sa-urated thst aV may lose our 1 -es by cx osuro? How many of us na swo? HEd we better not wAit until the anrvzni freahet has Eubsided?' No suruh folly d d they commit. They were eh !! &oinous ab.ut the way tb at they n- p- ed before" anl were ig ncrant of andl o keep their eyes on the y~dn coverei eoacia box, wing mount cd. whien ws the ark of the covenant. 0 hrsrer, )r a bthering :.u. your eit fri .zbintzy scenes! B, the graoo of Gd get your hesart right and then go shnd. If the Lord t.kes care of you clear or to the bank c. this side of .de r.ver, I think you can trust him to take you from b::nk to bank, from the w.illows on this side the stream to the plm:: on the other side, i ram the la, t kisS of sorrowig ones on this side to the V!3-e, tly, cherubic. s rap'1, deilo, on tha other side. Keep -.-ur eye on the ak, ard, whatever be tim ytu wil J throughi all right; One Ede~r morning Msseena. the ma. sha' of France, appeared with 18,000 a' mid m-n on the heights above the tovn of Foidkiroh. There were no arms tO dend te town, and the inhabitants wecre wild withL errer. Then the old dean of the chera cried out: "My brothers, this is Easter day! We have been depending on our own strength, and that fails. LAt us turn to God. Riog the beills and hMva sorvice as usu at." Then the bells ra-g out sweetly Sad mghtily from the church towtrs of Feldkirch, ard the people thronged to the hou-es of prayer fer wership. The sound of ths bells made the enemy think that the Auttrian army had come in to a;ve the place, and Mssen% and his 18 000 soldiers retreated. By the time ihe bells hsd stopped ringing there was not one soldier in sight. 83 put your trust in Ged, and when hosts of troubles and temptations marsh for your over throw ring all the bella of hope and faith and Christian triumph, aad the threatening perils of ycur life will fall back, and your deliverance will be cale brated all up and down the skies. The Gad who ld you through the way you never parsed before will be with you at all the crossings. We Will Oatch Up. 'he New Now Y.rh evening Post, a paper long recog idz z as much mero de voted to the intorests of cap-tal than to those of labor, remarks: "The sentenne to impriaonment pronounced upon San tiago Igiesias by a Puerto Rican court for the crime of conspiracy-a conEpir aoy to raise the wages of laboring men in the island-jsrves to point out some of the responsibilitica which expansios has brought in its train, It is raid that Span:sh law, which is still in forcs in the island, makes a combination to raise w'ges a crime, as it was in Eng issd in a- time of the Tudore. if this be true tha low must be repealed and Mr. Iglesias pardoned at ce. in the taking of these steps there may be samo orkwardaeea, but there meust be no waste of time. if we hs~ve annoxed a la of barbn~rous medieval statutes, which deprive me-n of their liberty for tho exercise of a natural right to im prove tair condition-men who are udar our flag and entitled to claim the advantages of our civilbzation-ihose staines must be stamped oat like yel low faver or any other sronical, plagae. The wage-earners of the United States should Eake action on this subjact, and make their voices heard in congees. They have the strongast motives of solf intenest to come to the defense of their fellow-workers in Paetto Rico." This is all true, but if the Evening Post will waie a little whie we will oatth up, be cau, as Tee rStae points our, "the tens eney of iooderai judicial practie f or several s-ears has been toward reviving practically what The Eveuing Post ayles as b:.rbahrous and medim.1d doe trine." The Old Mill The first of the attrastiona one sees as they enter the Midway of the Expo nosio~to; which i.s nowr open in Charles on is theo r-stic tudding Lcm whore ranters targ oiuners or ina.It gr~ai turbine wneel, churning the wa ma~ that run dawn the long mill race. Al ter one %a paid the millar his ac mis sie'n feoe i ters a boat thait ses:s six peplo and e~tarts on a thrillitg ride trough the lung tunnael proglid by .Le rashirg waters. hnto pitch dark ets die boat ;;iides and one instincs ivey c~ulchos his parsnar, generally- a retty lassie. The wonder is which way we are going, for the stream twists ad turnea; suddenly from out the tun nel you come to a typical Southaern scane, a cotton plantation, with its ne go pickers. Then piunging ,into a iong tuLnel darker than the blmekest nigut iou hear the swift swi::h of the water as your -boas rapialy rides d awn the tii race and you oams to tne see oAd sone, representing tGrace Churen, New York, and one nears the smta mlodiy of ats calmes. Down the raida ~-- awntly glio until :uu cao to the poar re:ios with its iceberge e-nd po lar bears, ar.. iea pail oinr reeneu ever arnd anon as "Samanrlh&" used to &i.y, unuil you ghlde swiftly by Brook lyn Bridge by moonlight, a romantic, beauuful picture, and then out again through tunnel after tunnel, going swif t-r, swifter as the waters whinl a:d Loam arcuerd your boat, until once mere you land on the Miaway, only rar:y to try it again and again, espe c:lly if icu hsve the charming lasse beftementioned wi.n you, and th e does not musd how long the daik tunnels are. The Great Ice King. The csld wrve, wrhich fo:r the lrest wek has covered the sau h, Saunrday equied all previous recor'.s for the ri: 20 days of the month of December se:the year 1884 ard lowerirng ini ..me localities si! former minimum temperature readings, As far south as the -Louieiana and gulf border intense cold prevauis, though no aerious dam ae to ve;;etables has beent reported Some erow fell in Naahvile early Fri ay morning, the mercury droppiag to 2 riegrees belonr a c, the thermometer mitra there in Chrattar'oga No reri:.us interrup..ion has occurred. to to traBi furthor than~ beats playirg frm Memphis are tied up by hasy fi g river ice The ce'ntre of the bh ares moved tssiw.rd from Texas Friio.; aight, casiun ocitr woathor-in the' reh-ostrn Atlantic States, fol -ad > ritr temrporaturs. Tne fol l~ow i-iamum tempneretures were re "-rted F'riday nignt at 9 o'clock: Mo ile 26, Mintgmer', Ala., 20; New Grcn,32; Mmcphi, Teonn., 16; Ku xvile, Tienr., 10; Chattanooga, Ten., 12; Charlotte, N. 0,, 24; Ra'i, N. '., 22; Jaeksnvilio, Fia , 24, ampa, Fl. 42; Atlinta, Ga, 1. THE TEACHERS. Bright Pr spect (f Their Meeirg in Columbia. WRITINO FOR QUARTERS. Superlntendent cf Education Mc. Mahan Oivas State Teachers Some Points About the S. E. A- Programme. -Tbe Columbia State says as the time draw's rearer the prospects for a very Eamessful gathering at the S. E. A. aurunI coLVntion in Columbia grow brightar. Eaca mail now brings many irqries from teachers and educators L every part of the south, and it looks very much as if the attendance will be first-elae. The statement was made Wednesnay that nearly all of the- high priced rwoms at the headquarters hotel Wright's-have been engaged already. Among tho;e who have signified their intention of being here may be mon tioned .he Uoited ststes commiaioner of education, Dr. W. T. Harris, who hAs already engaged his quarters at Wrigh;'s. Ano'.her edueatr t.f note from a distance will be Miss Le.nard, who was the prineipal of the original Winthrop Normal school from which Winthrop college grew. She is now visiting at Winthrop. Attention should also be called at this time to the fact that when "elum bia secured the sesions of the S. E. A. for this year the eommittee promised a membership of 30O from South Caro lina and undertook to collect the mem berbhip fee of $2 from each of the new members in aavance of the mooting. The now members all over the Siato are now sending to Stiperintendent of Ed ucation J. J. Monahan, chairman of the committeo cn membership, this amount. He hopes that there will be none to delay, and urges a prompt re mittal. Mr. MeMahan is particularly desir ous that South Carolina be largely rep resented. In speaking of the pro gramme he expressed the hope that all of the leading and-presive teashers of South Carelina wout be present, as he was sure that eariain of the disons sions would prove of special interest and value. e following were spe cially referred to: The Atst paper on the programmo Thursday eve ing, Dto. 26, is "Skillful Einetional Leadership in the South," by Dr. Charles D. Molver of the North Carolina State normal. Dr. Mclver is one of the strongest educators of the south, and very effective as a public speaker. Friday evening there will be as ad dress by Dr. J. L. M. Curry of the Pea bcdy board, who 's known everywhere. Although now quite aged, Dr. Ourry is still one of tho best orntors of the world. It is a privilege of one's life to have beard him. His address will be on his favorite theme: "Free Sehools for all the Peopla." Baturday evening another of the mosa distinguished educators in the south-of national reputaiion-will speak, Dr. Chgrles W. Dabusy of the Uni'rcrsity of Tennessee. His subjaot is the most vital of the present ay, "The Problem of Our Public Bobe.o." There three men are not only diatin guished educators, but men of affair~ and public rpeakers. The afternoon will be given to the meetings of the several departments of the association. All the college pro fossors in the State, and all of the col lege trustees, too, should attend the discussions of the department of liigher education. Teachers in high Echools should make an eff art to attend also. "One of the greatest problems before us in South Oarolina," he says, "is to draw the line between the colleges at~d the high schools, and bring them into proper relations." Friday afternoon Chancellor Hill of the University' of Gecorgia will speak on "The Relation ol the U.~iversities and Colleges to the Pabl:c Schools." Profersors of the Uciversity of Vir glaia and other disunguished instii~u tion ryl aCoipse in the discussion of this r~u j ct. Sa'urde afternoon Chancellor Kirk latd of Vanderbiit university wil sptok on "I'he Corelation of the Uolleges andi stuo Prepara~ory Seiools in the South err. Sta:.et." He *qill be followed in the diseusnion by Vice Chencellor Y.TiL gins of Smaneo aod Presiddnt Wood csra s the Sou'bh Orolina coll.ge." The Charlesten Exposition The State Press Aesociation met'in special session in Oharleston on list Thurs'ay to take a look at the South Carolina Inter-State and West Indian Expoition now being hold in that city. Two days were very pleasantly spent in taking in the sights and the trip was enjeged by all the members and their wives and daughters who attended. Most of the editors stopped at the Argyle Hotel, which has jat been re buit, and is an up-to-date note in every paricalsr. It is under the manage mrnt of courteona, pleasant gentlemen, and w~e unaesitaLingiv advise our p2o pie to go so the Argyle if they want a go e stopdsng p'a'n. Thursday morning the party was met at the hotel by the reception commit tee, composed of representatives of the Exosition, the local press of Charles tn and the cis of Charleston and taren to the Erpouition grounds. T'he editors were first taren to the auditorium, where addresse'i of welcome were made by Maj. J. C. Heuiphill on behialf of the Char eston prees and the Exposition, Dire f r General Jno. H. Averill on behalf of the Exposition, and Mayor J. Adgar Smytho for ths city of Cbarleston, and resprnded to by Prodident E H. Ani, en behalf iof th'e Asrociation. Governcr MSeeey was also called upon and repa-ded briefig. The Emposititon is a big affair, an d, whe:2 it is fully completed will be the lrgest Exposition ever held in the South, and, in fact, one of the largest ver had anywharc. Th is beautifu!y located on the banks of the Aheley river Te grounds have been artistic lly laid off, and the whole thing presents the apearanee of a big flower garden in which :narble palaces have been plsoed and en'3ircled av a beautiful river. Te-Eight Drowned. T 'steaner Kanewha Bsll, which ru's beaween Charlestown and Mont gomery, W. Va., went over lock No. 3 at Pint creek on her down trip Thurs day aight, broke in two and is a a wrek. Eight of the crew, all deck l ads trnd roustabout, .were dro~wned. All the officars of the boat were Ea7ed but s'm-e of them had narrow escapes. The r'-r has bean high for several days. Thors was a furious current at the lock and the pilot was unable to control the boat on approaching' it. The Calvert, another boat owrned by the Calvert Bros., went to the rescue of the He Claims That He Was in Command at the Santie go Fight. The objection of W. T. Sampson to that part of Admiral Dewe3's report of the Schley ccurt of itquiry in whici be ssys that Schky was in command at the battle of Santiago and is er.titled to the credit for'te victory, wa. fi edgiyh Secretary Long Friday. Tho docum3nt follows: "As crunsel for Rear Aimiral Samp eon, we have the honor to r, quest that the department strike out, or epeifial ly diaspprove, of that portion of Ad mirai Deney's opinion fled in connee tion with the procoedirs of th2 SmI.ey court cf irqiiry in wtci he s:aze that his vi<w would be th at Commo dore Sehkcy wzs in ebaclue command at the naval battle of Santiago. Cem modore Schley was not in comand at that battle. "The President of the United S atrs and the Navy Department had d cided that Admiral Sampt.on was in comrean:id of the ba- L zad Schiley was eccnd in c~mmand. -e quos:on as to who commanded at SweJigo wrS not re. Iorred to the cOu.c for coLsideration, and the cvai-ci bearitg on the poin. was ex,.!v.6e!. Sahley vs not ;a cOm mand at zhe bttie. The disposition of the fore:s at the b gL1niiLg of" Lo b.:t? tie, sccording to 4ch.ey s on7u azte ment, piaces dSmpson in command. "The B:ooklyn and thie V xan were the we6trnost8 ships of the fl -er. 'The Indiana ana Glouce-ter waro Eastcrn most. The New York was nearer bothi than was the latter sod the Brooklyn, and notably at the time when the In diana was hsavily engaged, at the ba ginuing of the actan, and whenthe Gloucoar was eigagtd wiih tho Faror and Pluton." "Schley eays: 'The Indiana and Gloucester were k-er to yeuz ships than to the Br.sekl;in.' We hav, then, the caso of a fi-st rn regular fozination, with a commacder-in-oatef within eig. nal distance and clotcr to a !rgo num ber of ships than his secnad in c.;m mand. "It is true that the commandr in chief could not have resched ths most distant ves3ols by signals exe:pt by causing them to be reported by an in termediats vo!s:1, an entirely urnal courge, but it is equally true that the secored in command could not lave reached the remote vessels of the fiset (mamely, the Indi3a and the Glouces iar) without likewise repeating the signals. In this state of affairq thbe traditions of the cavy and customs of the sea place abscluto command and full re.povsibility in the !ecioroffi-er. "The Brooklyn's maneuvers tiurirg the action destroyed any claim that Sohley might have had to coaznad. The floding and opinion .show th.1t, t) avoid dstnger to hin own ship. hli ma neuvered without warning to the rest. of ;he rquadron and in disregard cf the fleet formzazion. "The q-ation as to who comnande% at Santiago was not refenred to the ocurt for consideration. E idence beer ing upon that point was ecuded. If Schiley was in cjnmmard, Aoemira~l damp son wa: not, and if the q-tesion wase to be considered by the court, turely Sampen wras cntitled to a iiearing, which was repeasedly refused him. "Th~e language of the pro!;t ei cludes tho qaamion as to whao com manded at tne batdle. IL direets the court to~lrquire into the conduct cof AdnAiral Scnisy, not iu~o his stas.us or s to whether he wa in comd and to re*port it s conclusion upon his can duet in connction wah rlao Santiago campaign." A Fatal Runaway. The S-ale says Mr. J. L~ Crab~ree was accidentsally killed in L z ng-on county Wcedndy eveisng. T' m fir happened 11 miles frum C olu'b s on t he Sauda road. Ho 1 hd he't n n0 luimbia durinig <he day and wa re urn irg to his home. Whan near Mr. John Shuk:'s 0he hono~ beco fr iene and ran away. The vsgen a'un a shnmp and .he body ofthe wasgon as oveitnrjed. pinair4 Mr. Crabome un der it and causing his dcath. Hiis b-dy was found there r.az. m -riaing by D:. Shaler. Mr. Urabtree cae to LexiLg tan cousty from Krn~t-ky it 1895. iner, and two LSal criidien Eunivn him. Killed Three Hien. Wayne 1) rma, an 18 year i:d boy, sOL Lsee neow t deda in :, a0 at the mi.ia; uv of DaeVO, Ky., F.l c ay cve-inig. Es~ ase p'y di-y a:,th Davyr nin~e and the ziegrat d be;;uo their hohiday celebration. Diueken ness was visible on ev~ny hand and when about a dez-,n o: ine big black: entered E:gne Dye's saloonl on thle leading s~reet, revolvers in hand and demanded that ni! the whites witi re tiro, the troubie bean The~ nartnder steppe~d imoW an sojaiding room for is pist:oi accd all rthe other wnn~eu eave o man my.ae a run to get away. Drnon a!:hough being aimezt a 'oma strange in Lbhe town was rnervy and r-ictd to obey the cocmm.nd' to c-p.t nt~ he pulled his rev;lve:: .a - a t sk sing iie hlad r.hot thr e2 cf so n-gr..s t o ce~ a-.d che~ oi.hera w~ ze .: : I ver are Ltm Booten, "'ar." WV.:ts at d H:rr? Ged all residen:3 of tie ca. Hurled Five Hundred Feet. Rote Russell, r.young dLito man employed at t!h Usien Cps:er mine at Goid Hti, N. 0., m~et a 3 ge e~ Yhnusday afsnrrcon. Y ,an. Rasi3~ had baen worsian s the bett:- of a 5(00 fact shaf-3, wii-h five other apice, of th mise, ses d ug up buckna of ore. At 5 o'clock :Ue mon wh md up t~s lan. shif: oZ hand: for the day got in th'a buoka and give the sigcal to the haieen s the to. dHe was tiikiwg to rouie cuo ad enrolcediy al lond sie hcis.t to get beyond co:;rai. Is consequatly ii; th "ppr head" out and resi domman' 520 feet to ni. death. His L'idy mea lbrou.3 tip a'ter wearda a z::re rase o jtiy. Death of an Old Man. M.Huh McErone l& . lie m~cbrn i: th.e c.osiag hon-.s of th Eighteenth, lived through the Nine teenth, and his lie pa ved zmry gentl with the dying of te~ n-at yea:r of the ITwentieth cesaury. IL is aiost beI yond ccocption that mancod e in three cet.ne. bu :o w7:3 .u of Hugh bieE'rcr~', for he a bors on Novem'.r 2, 179S ta v~r, Ia fore.,103 yearte old. At h r o of M1r. Jon. R Alion, the~ city aud r Mayor Ecrl3 h.'d the c't b~, reie 103 times yesterday at noon, and A was a fit tribus~ to one w'co 'e. eva the city for may years in au hum ble, yet exacting and trustworth'y position Clumbia State Thie World)s Great For all forms of fever take JOHNSON imes better thnn quinine and does in do In 10 days. It's splendid cures are ir made by quinine. COSTS So CENT Orangeburg Col Odl .NGEBI A Hig-Ioned Ohristian Iostitn'ion. Considered by promiaeat e4ucators the Educsres aIoDg all dnes. Develops intei.eot.and character. Giv.s personti. individul stten'lon to Has a ls ge student body representiog I lina, Virginia and South (arolins. ra r g list of pleased patr.us. Epe- Vard $7; Tuition $4; Mus] iandbsie Bailding::-good rooms. THE IVTL GRVICE. An Xx41llnt Gpp)rtun117 for Our Young Zen. Nnrly every day gorze new Ce71 er vis, c:aminaion ;s bzirs ordcr-d for colutt!Is and du-ire th rest tro montba a rpiondid. oorway is off 6 ed th yo-, am of -iY . An arvJels appared ii Te RTl rd some tIme ag) oi4 ont .h' -dran ages-cou g n hvaj in th oivII aer vic so si~oo the Presiden; isld to ha, very avcraie to etragent civ SClvice lavE, these opportun'ies have itecroaged. OL D- cmber 11 an ecriinionl vW ordered to kake piace htre #or ihe p,si tion of a-gits-t astrocomer. The Waliary wa $1800 a yesr, and not &I eingle a;p~waiaon was fMied from this city. There are other examinationv, hxw ever, and the following is a psrtiail iis o! thos to be hold in this oity: On December 30 and 31, and exam> Da0io. will ba held for n heatin and ventilaine draftsman. Salary $1,200 per !ear. 0a January 2, 3 asd 4, 1902. su ex sminaticn will te held ftr a m - c* dr.ftsre a. $1.200 per year snary. O. hJ.nusr; 7, 8 and 9, a era.nIus tion for a hall ersftsmin and an intz preter of the bllvak ianguage will ba held. January 21, 22 and 23, they will hold one for an irriga-.ioa ;assinaus xad irrigation eogkeer. At tbe same ;imi a miria draie man will be seleased. January 21st, one will be hcld for an sistant in ,de dividion '.' on 6orOy. Azy o,z.a of h I U Jioa Smei who can mn.t %he r qznmmnts can make appliestion to th-s vA service commissioner in Wadhington and they will reco:ve the nceasary informati~n. -Columbia Recori. A moral Lectare. Miss Upperten-They say there is a great deal of misery among the poor. ' Miss Gotrez-Well, it's their fault. There is Reggy van Pelt, for instance, -with o iny $1,00 a year, trying to keep a yacht and a stable of horses ao wonder he's miserable.-Fuck. * Then Ee Dedgeu. Whe says I car.r.ot Te.t my bills? Of 11bels that's the worst! Why. sirs. I meet them every day Uniris I see them first. --Philadelphia P'ress. NOT LIKE MCTER. Mother en--You're all right, my dear, but you cant lay eggs like mother -csed to lay.-Chips. The Excption to theo Rtc.e "When a woman is telling anything she always adds a little to it," re marke dthe observer of events and things; "except it is her age which she happens to be tellirng."-Yonkers S atesmfanl. Not Always Necessary. "I tell you it takes a mighty smart n uId shrewd man to iccumulate a large fortune these days." "Oh, I don't know; not while heir esses are so easily satisfied as some of them seem to be."-Chi-cago Post. Geod Cause for Beductlen. Doctor-Why have yVou deducted a qu:arter from my bill? Patient-That is for the six cigars you broke when you thumped my chest.-Philadelphia Record. Paradozical. "Is love blind?" "So they say." "Well, how can they say love at Erst aisyht ?"-Chicaxo Daily News. May Go Free. A epecial to The Charlcte Obever| from R3.ich, N. 0, sayo a sensationali turn i-. toc notad cone cf the Ir~hre golz briek swindlers new in the penitentiary' was taken tciAhy when Jnd.:e Purnell cf the Uai'ed States district court isRued I n erit oi' habens corupus, renrte Deer mber 28 The putition al!eges that them mn 'wre convicted of a crim ~ nac.vercd by Scate sta'utes and are hetad in violation of the 14th~ amesnd mert. The men~ have becen in the peni *.ntsrv seversi d:-as, their esse hevvirgI b:e7 eminred by the snprin- carrt What's Better ; Or more appropriae as a Birthday or IXmas Gift to father, brother, sweeth:;rt or son ths". a box of Lx P ANTO CIGAS,. $2.25 box--oLge prepaid. Order direct an:1 get fre'sh geo~ss at lcwes! prica. FRE~D 3. SOLO.MON & Ci)., Celunioia, S. C. A Business. Education Free. The L.ARGEST, BE.S:' FOUl'E9 and MUS U iN LUitNI'A( BUelN~dd COL LEGE~ in the Caro in-as.. Boad, Beis and Tui:.ion umy be~earn el by any energetic young man or lady in a ho r. time by work at homne. For psrticu lars adhresa G~hVSR3i CJ'dMERCIAL SCHOOL, Snd for Ctoue, Addreus Wv. H. Mnefeat; (Oneial Court MATIAs BuITNSS COI.LEGI, COL UMB.IA, C. S CHILL AND FEVER TONIC. It is 100 ! single d.y what slow quinine cannot striking contrast to the feeble cures S IF IT CURES. egiate Institute, Ti, e. 0. best Co-E lunonu Collge in the State. tudenits. he Staes of Georgia. Florida, North Csro o $3. A. H. MILLEtR, President, Orzrgburg, S. 0. h Will Cost You 0iy One Cent to find out about the "Rex" Mattress; the quality, the guarantee, the prices, and the sizes. Drop us the pos tal, simply say "Rex," and sign your name in full, gi.-y ing address. k\9t m d3~6 tt~1 ~ Pelzer, S. C 749 FALL rrom tho STYLE UP-TO-DAT _ _ 1517 Main 1015s. -tumbia, street, s a MUTUAL CARPET-O. Write us for amples of anythg in our line. Goods shped anywhme in thette offrht. Wea - waus busy. No dull days withus. When in Coumbs, come and see un. Ay body can show you the plae. THE YQUA2NLOOD LUMBER COMPANY AuGusTA, GA. OmenC aiDD Woaxs, Noasr Aser. C. DOOB.s, BA6H, BINDS ALD BUILDRE 8 _ H ARD WARE. FLOOBIN~G, SWDING, CiILING A~IN SIDE FINISHING LUME lI-N --GERGIA-PIN, AUl Gorrespetd6uoe gives praimpt Att The World's Greatest Cure for M1aara.X ingi trs ke JOh1nons Cittil C Tone: A taint of Mahrirolpoison j( nin your bioad means miser'y and fa kre. Bioodedicnesantoue * Yalarial poiir.g. -The anlti'iOt It is )osus4ow#s T oVwC. r esis5 tgats f t eres WANTED! We want one huadred more students at once to come anid complete our business or shorthaad courses and accept good posam imdiately After grIinein~g -In order to r~ive all .nr opp.,rtuniey te grasp this seeoial oler at once, we widi pay fal railroad fare, *i1d ta.ke good nufes 4.r e~lce work as part * pa~ymenZt 0f tuititL; also acre oheap board. Wri..e . Ia for Ltu dr.na..ion. - Columbia Business Colleg'e, - 00LU'dBIA, .8. 0. W. H. NEWBERRY, President. EEM- MEDICATED CIGARS AND EEMt- SMOKING TOBACCO, For uses-of tobacco that suffer with Ce tarrh, Asthma or Bronchit.is. We guarsamee a~n absointe and permanent cure of Caarrh ar~d it is the only known remedy for for Hay F ever. If your druggist or groeere does not keep it -vrite 9E-M co., Atlant., Ga., for the saar ple. Trade supplied by 'ricn Duv. Co., tumivrbia, s. U., and iGama iDave Co., Jhar .4?.. .C. 09~f Will purchase a first-class, sin ,MIfIgle bug ans.ganed Nohig cheap or shoddy, but a Harness that wizl last. Sent any where by Expres 0 D)I if $1 0i is se with order. Or will ship by freight ii$6 90 is sone with order. P &P dARNE2S 00; Box 3u7, Orangeburg, 8.0C. Agents Wante d '"'o Booker T. Washingtod." Writton'by kimsett- Every body bays;. sats. are now mrizg over $100 per month;. best book to soii to colerad peope ever published.. Wfrite for torts, or ied .1 cents for outfit rd be~ a. ence, Piease mention this. paper. Add rees J. L. NICHOLS, A tats, Ga. HEAL THYSELF. You can do0 so by getting one or our Fam - ly Medicine Cases, anid "Thbe Home Pnyl oian." These are "Active Principle" (not whol Meiciesaul Phlysicians use them for q t andl sure result. No. 10ase $5.00, No. 2, Case $3.00), tx o free with either case: eachn Case owner entitled to free 003 suittin from this oimce. WXrit for fre s.'mpies of ouir "After Dinner Pill," It cured. Stomach and Liver diseases. Agents Waat edJ TH3~ HOME iEMEDY CO 619-650 Aunteil 'Ifdg., Atlanta, Ga.. Are you Bsneirg frsm unnatural dis do;o W~e wdl suro you in 8 days or re fond peur oney. Take Dr Mahley's In ieco;' prie 50 eseh, seat anywhere on rs ot.pt of priae.. CH S. A. sCliAFLEE, 1000' - mas Gifts. (The stooetor figh (lraae G~oods for suc~h purgese can not he excelled i2 U. 8. orOa adsn when qua iry and workma~nchip 1a jon sidecred. Mil ordero will receive prompt and icare fal ettention. SYL 1r24 Min St., -