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A GREAT SPEECIL President Roosevelt's Warm Greet ing-to~the Southern People. WHOM HE CLAIMS AS HIS OWN. Hie Pay High 'Tritbute to the Conat*ed crate soldiers andt says lie is Proud of Their Valor. There were scenes of the wildest en thusiasm in the auditorium on the ex position grounds Wednesday. The president of the I.nited States re ceived a grand ovation 'rom the Caro linians and others gathered there. The audience was ist representatiVe of the culture and thought of the stouth. The auditorium was brilliant ly and yet tastefully decorated with the flag of the city of Charleston. with the flag of the State of South Carolina and with the flag of the na tion, which is one in spirit and in sym pathy. As President Roosevelt said the people have been saying. "This is a reunited country," and repeating that expression for years, not because they knew that in every way the sec tions had been reunited, but because they hoped so. There is now no need to repeat that trite saying, because we all know that now all strife and bit terness is ended. The president entereil the hall at tended by Capt. F. W. Wagener, president of the exposition. Instant ly every one in the great auditorium sprang up, and amid the waving of hats and flags the yells of enthusiasm drowned the grand strains of the 'Star Spangled Banner," from the First Ar tillery band. The president was also attended by his special military aide, Capt. Kollock, of the famous Charles ton Light Dragoons. The president was escorted to the seat of honor fas tooned with towers and decked with the national colors. By his side sat Capt. Wagener and others who occu pied prominent places were Philander C. Knox, attorney general of the United States: Gov. McSweeney, Gov. Aycock, of North Carolina and Mayor Smyth of Charleston. When Capt. Wagener arose to form ally open the exercises, he was given an ovation which must have made his heart glad. Finally, when he was permitted to speak, he said that he was happy to see the way in which the people of Charleston had appre ciated the visit of the president. He referred to the fact that a new era ap pears to be opening for Charleston, and that former conservatism is giv ing way to broader sentiments. At every mention of the president's name the crowd burst forth in tumultuous applause. Capt. Wagener presented Gov. McSweeney, who was received with cheers. The governor had a well written speech. During the course of Gov. McSweeney's speech he was interrupted by a cry of "Hurrah for Teddy," and it was fully two min utes before Gov. McSweeney could go on reading his speech. NORTH CAROLINA'S GOVERNOR. Gov. McSweeney then presented Gov. Aycock of North Carolina, and as the two governors stood side by side, that old joke must have suggested it self to every mind present, for the au dience cheered again and again. When quiet was restored, Gov. Aycock began an extemporaneous speech, the first sentence of which caught the crowd, and he was frequently inter rupted with bursts of applause. He is much beloved in his State, and there were many North Carolinians present. In referring to a statement of Gov. McSweeney that "there is no north and no south," Gov. Aycock exclaimed "and yet there is in a finer sense a south and a glorious south." He spoke of the valor of the people of this section and declared that it required four years of suffering to cool the hot blood of the people of the south. President Roosevelt showed that he enjoyed Gov. Aycok's declaration that this is not a reunited country, for the south never got out of it, and now that she is back, she will help to put down secession whether it be in this country or in the Philippines. In conclusion he said that he was sure that Mr. Roosevelt would rather be president of a people proud of their history than of a people ashamed of their history. The ovation which Gov. Aycock received was a fine triba ute to his eloquence. To Mayor Smyth of Charleston was assigned the distinguished honor of introducing President Roosevelt. H~e said in part: "Today, Mr. President, your pres ence here, your gracious coming to this city by the sea, where first the flash of gun and roar of cannon inau gurated that awful stru!ggle between brothers of the same household, tells us, not only that this war is over, not only that the bloody chasm is filled up, and forever, obliterated, but that over it, and upon it. brothers' hands have built a union of States more lasting, more indestructible than ever before, because it is cemented togeth er with the blood of our best and of our bravest, who laid down their lives in defence of their rights, and for their country, whether they wore the blue or whether they wore the gray." SHOOK THlE BUILDING. Again the crowd arose and gave cheer after cheer until it seemed that the building would be shaken from its foundations, until the flourish of the bugle corps restored order. From the first the audience caught the whole story of Theodore Roose velt's life. That lithe, active frame, the powerful neck and jaw, the large, firm and resolute mouth, all of these characteristics had been told of time and again, but there was a certain impulsive, earnest motion of the en tire body which showed the spirit of the man more than anything else, ex cept his wonderfully expressive mouth. After a few introductory remarks, Mr. Roosevelt said: "I have but one complaint against the governor of North Carolina. and that is that he's gone and cruelly said first a number of things I wanted tt say myself. But never mind that; I'll go ahead and say them anyhow.' He then proceeded with the speech he had prepared. It was delivered in an easy, declamatory style, with a Yery peculiar emphasis. and an accent not unlike the beautiful Charleston inflection. Hie paid gldowing~ tributes to the south. O)nce he said: " As you have said. governor," (turning to Gov. Aycock). " the kind of blood that stays hot for four years is pretty good blood. The kind that cools o:r quickly Isn't worth much.' Again in referring to Governor Ay coc-k's reference to the se cession in the Philippines. th~e presi dent said that in selecting a vice .m-erno fo,. that territory, he had i ll pr Tru t hestluth of course w-: r the south, rt n n tlerners alik. prud f :. rret deeds Of course Pi'den leel ispoke eily aIi m aUe few referencevs to t.e 1:ut script wic-i he lield n his lift and used itai . T President sai: 0RIi"'ENT 1:r - It is to met at -: Speak~ ~ ~ I eert;I orIe a e01 urI m ot i a a: r hrer I (an C1 cli your Stlat k sh i k! r aind nobler rbzlhi. v-hich makes each foot of A merc:111 soll I a SL' th e p)ro'perty of all Americans. 11ISTORC CIHARLESTON. Charleston is not only a typical southern city: it is also a city whoek history teems with events which link themselves to American history as a whole. In the early colonial days Charleston was the out post of our peo ple against the Spaniard in the south. In the days of the revolution there oe curred here some of the events which. vitally atfected the outcole of t he struggle for independence. and which impressed themselves imost ae1l upon the popular mind. It was here that the tremendous. terrible draina of the civil war opened. With delicate and thoughtful couri c sv you originally asked me to come 13 tii's exposition on the birthday cf I Abraham Lincoln. The invitation not only showed a tine generosity andI manliness in you, my hosts. but it also emphasized as hardly anything else could have emphasized how comple'e iv we are now a united people. The wounds left iv the great civil war. in comparably the greatest war of mod ern times, have healed: and its mem ories are now priceless heritages of honor alike to the north and to the south. The devotion, the self-sacri tice. uie steadfast resolution and loft y daring, the high devotion to the rig-ht as each mian saw it. whether north erner or southerner--all these quali ties of the mien and women of the early sixties now shine luminous and bril liant before our eyes. while the mists of anger and hatred that once dimmed them have passed away forever. A UNITED NATION. All of us. north and south, can glory in the valor of the men who wore the blue and of the men who wore the gray. Those were iron times, and only iron men could fight to its terrible tinish the giant struggle between the hosts of Grant and Lee. To us of the present day, and to our children and children's children, the valiant deeds. the high endeavor. and abnegation of self shown in that struggle by those who took part therein will remain for evermore to mark the level to which we in our turn must rise whenever the hour of the nation's need may come. When four years ago this nation was compelled to face a foreign foe. the completeness of the reunion became in stantly and strikingly evident. The war was not one which called for the exercise of more than an insignificant fraction of our strength and the strain put upon us was slight indeed com pared with the results. But it was a satisfactory thing to see the way in which the sons of the soldier of the union and the soldier of the Confed eracy leaped eagerly forward, emulous to show in brotherly rivalry the qual ities which had won renown for their fathers, the men of the great war. it was my good fortune to serve under an ex-Cofederate general, itallant old Joe Wheeler. who commanded the cay ary division at Santiage. TIUlWTE TO MICAII JENKINS. In my regiment there were certainly as many men whose fathers had servedl in the southern, as there were men whose fathers had served in the north ern army. Among the captains there was opportunity to promote but one to tield rank. The man who was sin gled out for this promotion because of conspicuous gallantry in the field was the son of a Confederate general and was himself aZ citizen of' this, the Pal metto State: and no American otticer could wish to march to battle beside a more loyal, gallant and absolutely fearless comrade than my former cap tain and major, your fellow-citizen. Micah Jenkins. GEN. LUKE WRIGRT. A fewv months ago, owing to the en forced absence of the governor of the Philippines. It became necessary t~o nominate a vice-governor to take his place-one of the most Important p laces in our government at this time. I nominated as vice-governor an ex Confederate, Gen. Luke Wright of Tennessee. 'It is therefore an ex-Con federate who now stands as the expon ent of this government and this people in that great group of islands in the eastern seas over which the American flag tioats. Gen. Wright has taken a leading part in the work of steadily bringing order and peace out of the blooy chaos in which we found the islands. Hie is now taking a leading Ipart not merely upholding the honor of the flag by making it respected as the symbol of our power. but st ill more in upholding its honor by unwearied labor for the establishment of ordered iberty-of law-creating, law-abiding civil government-under its folds. The progress which has been made under Gen. Wright and those like him has been indeed marvelous. In fact. a letter of the general's the other day seemed to show that he considered there was far more warfare about the Philippines in this country than there, was warfare in the Philippines them selves: It Is an added proof of the completeness of the reunion of our country that one of the foremost men who have been instrumental in driving forard the great work for civilization and humanity in the Philippines has been a man who in the cix il1 war fought with distinction in a uniform of Coni federate gray. UNITY OF PURUlsE If ever thie need comes in the future the past has made abundantly evident the fact that from this time on north-' er and southerner will in war know ol7 the generous desire to strive how eah can do the more effect ive service Ifor the flag of our common count ry. IThe same thing is true in t he endless work of peace, the never-ending work! of buildlng and keeping the marvelous fabric of our industrial prosperit y. Thie upbuilding of uny part of our country is a benetit to the wvhole. and every such effort as this-to stimulate the re sources and industry of a particular sect ion to the heart iest support from every qtuarter of the Union. Thor oughly good national work cani he done only if each of us works hard for himm self, and at ihe same t ime keeps ( on stantly in mind that he niust work i con junct ion with ot hers. -rrE- wvis-r 1NI)i>s. You have made a partleucalam eltort in' your exposit ion to get into tuich withi the West Indies. This is wise. The events of the last leumr years have shown us that thet West Indies and the Isthmus must in thle futunrc occp ai\d far larger place in our nat ional policy than in thme past. This is proved b yth negotiations for thle purchase of he Ianishm islands. thbe acq1uisil lin of Puerto Pico. the preparationl for bunid ing an !sthm ian canal. and. tiInally. b the changed relations whlichm lhse years have produced between; us and FRtEE CUB1A. As a nation wve have\ a especia iht to take honest pride in what g have done for Cuba. Our cri es abroad andi of home have intsisted that we nvr intended to leave the island. 2ICome .: irec repuluv and we WCum wei'~ i Ihe isla l es the cont o I !w.ir O'wn governmenI(I1t It WIIol he 'erc diHllIult to find a paraill in the -on' t of a y1 ot IC great Si ate thaat 15 ocupid u'. '. position 1 s ours. We ha\e %c .ur nI ad don(' ou. bered.e moreoverI. that af : i r.( years' occupat ion of t!e ' we '* urn it over to the Cubans m i i** 1rendit ionI han it ever has heen l! I h. centuri- of Sanish rle. Ih ha-, a direct earig uPOn ou' 'w' welfare. Cuba is SO near to is hat we can never he indifferent to nis-overnmnent land disaster within its Ats. The mere fact that our adi n strat ion in t he island has iminimizd he danger fromt ihe dreadful scoirc >f vellow fever, alike to Cuba and to mi-Iselves. is suliciellt to emphasize lhe comnmunitV Of ilt erest between us. But t here are other interests whieh 'ind 11 together. Cuba's posit ion nakes it necessary that her political -eiat ions wit I us should diter from ter polit ical relat ions with other pow yrs. This fact has been formulated by Is and accepted by the Cubans in the Plaitt amieidments. It, follows as a orollarv that where the Cubans 1it.ve hus assimied a posit ion of peculiar re at ionship to our political syst em they nu1st s imilarly stand in a peculiar re ationship To our econom-lic syst em. We have rightfully insisted 1upon uha adopting toward us an attitude i~tfering politically from that she depts toward any other power; aind in return,. as a matter of right, we nust give to Cuba a diiTerent-thaL is i better-position economically in her rela t ions with us t han we give to ot her Dowers. This is the course dictated by solnd policy. by a wise and farsighted view of our own) interest. and by the pOsition we have taken during the past 'our years. We are a wealthy td xowerful country, dealing with a much iveaker one: and the cont rast in wealth m1d strength makes it all the more our :tv todeal with Cuba, as we have al realy dealt with her, in a spiri': of large generosity. THE EXI'OSITION. The exposit ion is rendered possible bcauise of the period of industrial prosperity through which we are pass lg. While material well-being is nev 2r ali-sulticient to the life of a nat ion, vet it is the merest, truism to say :hat its abserce means ruin. We need to uild higher life upon it as a founda ton: but we can build little indeed un less this foundation of prosperity is leep and broad. The well-being which we are now enjoying cai be secured nly through general business pros perity, anW such prosperity is condi ioned upon the energy and hard work, the sanit v and the mutual respect, of all classes of capitalists. large and small, of wage workers of every degree. As is inevitable in a time of business pros perity. s.)flme men succeed more than others. and it is unfortunately also inevitable that when this is the case some unwise people are sure to try to appeal to the envy and jealously of those who succeed least. It is a good thing wnen these appeals are made to remember that while it is difficult to increase prosperity by law, it is easy enough to ruin it. and that there is small satisfaction to the less prosper ous if they succeed in overthrowing both the more prosperous and -.hem selves in the crash of a common disas ter. Everv industrial exposition (,f this tpe necearily calls up the thought of ecomplex social and ecoaomic questions which are involved in our present industrial system. O ar as tounding material prosperity, the sweep and rush rather than the mere march of our progressive material de velopment, have brought grave trou bles in their train. We cannot afford to blink these troubles, any mora than because of them we can afford to ac ept as trute the gloomy forebodings of the prophets of evil. The:.e are great droblems before us. Thcy are not insoluble, but they can be solved only if we aporoach them In a spirit of resolute fearfessness, of common sense, and of honest intent*ion to do fair and equal justice to all men alike. We are ertain to fail if we adopt the policy of the demagogue who raves against the wealth which is simply the form of embodied thrift, foresight, and in telligence: who would shut the door of opportunity against those whose en ergy we shotuld especially foster, by perlizing the qualities which tell for success. Jtst as little can we afford to follow those wvho fear to recognize injustice and to endeavor to cut it out because the task is difficult or even if performed by unskillful hands-dan gerouS. CAP'TIAL AND LABOR. This is an era of g'reat combinations both of labor and of capital. In mnany was these combinations have worked for eod: but they mutst work under thelaw, and the laws concerning them must be just and wise, or they willl in vitably do evil: and this applies as much to the richest corporation as to the -most powerful la bor union. Our laws must be wise, sane, healt hy, con ~eived in the spirit of those wvho scorn the mere agitator,the mere inciter of 31ass or sectional hatred; who wish just ice for all men: who recognize the iced of adhering so far as possible to the old American doctrine o:f giving Le wvidest' possible scope for the free xercise of individual initiative, and vet who recognize also that after com 'inat ions have reached a certain stage it is indispensable to the general w~el are that the nation shouid exercise >ver them. caut lously and w:.th self restraint, bitt lirmly, the power of su pervision and regulation. " EQUAL RIGHTs TO ALL. Above all, the administration of the roverment, the enforcement of the laws, must be fair and honest. The laws are not to administered either hn the interest of the poor man or the interest of the. rich man. They are simply to be administered .austly: in the interest of justice to each maln, be lbe rich or be lhe poor-giving immuni tx to no violator, whatever form1 the xiolation may assume. Such is the ob igation which every public servant takes. an~d to it he must be true under penalty of forfeiting the respect both af himself and of his fellows. When he had concluded, Presdent Roosevelt did not walk deliberately jown the steps to the elevated -plat form ut trotted down briskly and turned to graciously acknowledge the ration which was the outburst of the feelings excited by his concluding words, "'proudl of the southy Of course I am." Superstiitious Negroes. A dispatch from Anderson says a negro woman employed as a cook in lHon. J. M. Sullivan's family. told her m~olovers a startling story Thursday night.' She bad gotton the story from somne of tihe negroes about the city. Acording to her tale an arigel pass ed over P'eizer a few days ago and left word with a whlite man tiere that Jugment lmay' was coming just thirty days from that time. This man, whese name could not be learned, was in Anderson Monday, and told the news to some of the negroes about the city, and they have told it to each other with great eagerness and a great many of them believ'e it. This is the story the woman told her employers. and as she is an ordinarily; truthful woman there seems no dobiut that the negroes-r some of them at least re worksd up over the r'epor't that "Jugdment l)ay is coming.'' It is said that many of the more supersti tkious are greatly' exercised. over the story. They accept in good faith the yarni that an angel told a white man ai 1va-e th nexv of the coming 3WWERARD 0UNDP. President Roosevelt Givei a Grand Ovation by the People. HIS APPRECIATIVE REMARKS. IncidIentalII e Puits inl Gootl Worti forthie E~xpiosition. G;iven Flo4w ers frorn His MNot her's Play-round. President Roosevelt'shomeward trip from Charleston to Washington was one grand ovation, which pleased him no little. At nearly every station he was cordially greeted by crowds of people. The train stopped at only a few places. but President Roosevelt never failed to make his appearance at the rear end of the train and greet ed the people by biwing to them as the train sped by When the train reached Columbia from live to six thousand people vere at the depot to greet the President and wish him God speed upon his journey back to the nation's capital. The welcome given was hearty and whole-souled. and the response of the president was one expressi;e of the enjoyment of the trip to South Caro lina, and appreciative of the gather ing in Columbia, of the welcome given him in Charleston and of the great ex position. The president was in a rol licking good humor, and he left upon all the impression that he is a plain American citizen, devoid of afiecta tion. glad to shake an honest man's hand. that he is a man (if force and yet full of good nature and humor. As the train rolled in the depot and stopped between the two walls (if people President Roosevelt was stand ing in the doorway of the last coach, a smile on his face, and he raised his silk hat and repeatedly bowed ac knowledgements of the vigorous, and hearty cheers given him. As the train stopped the South Carolina college boys gave one of their college yells ending with "Roosevelt," and the pro nunciation on the second zendition. By this time the crowd was dense about the end of the car, which was inclosed with a brass balustrade. THE PRESIDENT'S SPEECH. The cheering continued until the president leaning forward attempted to speak several times. Finally when the cheering ceased sufficiently, he ad dressed the crowd thus: Ladies and Gentlemen: I thank you most heartily for your courtesy in com ing forward to greet me this afternoon, and it is only one of the expressions of the invarible courtesy with which I have enjoyed every moment of the three days 1 have been down here. I think I was a pretty good American when I came down. and I am a better American as I leave your borders. And let me in closing ask of you now to sup port to the best of your ability the ex position in Charleston, and I ask that not only of you but of all our people in the union. It is a great tribute to the energy, the forethought, the business enterprise of the people of Charleston, that they should have planned and have built so really beautiful exposition and they deserve all the help they can possibly have for it, and I wish them well, and I wish you well, and I thank you for the way yo~u have treated mec. Many by this time had gotten near enough to the platform to hand up fowers they ha~d brought. There were many bouquets of violets, no end of wild flower, and some thought ful people sent up a magnicent bunch of calla lilies and a box of crab apple and dogwood blossoms, and yellow jessamine gathered at old Barhamvil'e near Columbia, the site of the institu tion at which the president's mother had been educated. Several times the president asked if the lady who had sent the box was present.Mayor Earle and the alderman of the city shook hands with the President, wvhom he greeted most cordially. Then it was that a season of general handshaking began, and continued until the police had to clear the space about the car in order to allow the locomotive to couple to the train. * As rapidly as posible the president would shake ands with all who could force their way to the end of the car. M1Rs. ROOSEVELT. There were calls for Mrs. Roosevelt. The president stopped handshaking again, and turning to the door soon conducted the charming first lady of the land out upon the platform. Mrs. Roosevelt smiled sweetly and bowed. and in her hand were some of' the flowers sent up. The president quick ly said: "This is Mrs. Roosevelt, and as she cannot speak I will speak for her, and thank you for your reception." There was laughter, and the college bos gave "three time three" for Mrs. Roosevelt. The handshaking then continued. Finally there appeared a lady with a handsome boy in her arms. ~ The lit tle fellow was holding up his hand. and was still some distance away when the president's eye rested upon him. He waved all back exclaiming. "Ah, I'm going to shake the little one's and. Bring him on." Then he add ed to the crowd, "I have a half dozen of those myself," exciting more laugh ter and cheers. TnE DEPARTURE. After this incident the president continued to the very last to shake hands with all who reached him. Mrs. Roosevelt leaned over and shook hands cordially with several ladies. Occasion ally the president dropped bright and pleasant remarks, and repeatedly lhe warned the crowd not to push or shove: that ladies were near the car. There were a number of city police about the car, but their service were not necessary save to clear a space just before the train pulled out, with the president and Mrs. Roosevelt re maining on the rear platform. and waving to the cheering crowds. Shocking Tragedy. A shocking tragedy occurred at Everett. Wash., Wednresday evening when Mrs. Shepard RI. Bucey. wife of the assistant cashier of the American National bank, killed her husband, their four-year-old son and herself in a fit of insanity. When assistance ar rived at the house the clenched hand of Mrs. Bucey retained the smoking revolver. In the parlor lay the form of Mrs. Bucey', shot through the heart. By her side was her four-year-old boy, Eugene, with a bullet hole through his head. in the dining room ad joinig the parlor: was Mr. 8ucey's bod' with two bullet holes behind the left ear. Mr. Bucey came nome from the bank about 6:30 o'clock and every thing seemed pleasant. Shepard R1. Bucey was assistant cashier of the American National bank and one of h most renspceongm men of the TALMAGES SERMO1. HE.Siira ndi Eventful Place. .ilent Once for Thirty Minutes. 1-i the fullowing dsEcourse, prepared by Dr. Talmage before his illness, a vivid glimpse of "the splendors and gories (if heavenly life is presented: texl. levelation viii, 1. "There was silence in heaven about the space if half an hour." The busiest place in the universe is heaven. It is the center from which all good influences start: it is the goal at which all good results arrive. The l;ib represents it as active with wheels and wings and orchestras and processions mounted or charioted. But my text describes space when the wheels ceased to r.ll and the trumpets to sound and the voices to chant. The riders on the white horses reined in their chargers. The doxologies were hushed and processions halted. The hand of arrest was upon all the splen dors. "Stop, heaven!" cried an omni potent voice. and it stopped. For thirty minutes everything celestial stood still. There was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." From all we can learn it is the only time heaven ever stopped. It does not stop as other cities for the night, for there is no night there. It does not stop for a plague, for the inhabitant never says, "I am sick." It does not stop for bankruptcies, for its inhab itants never fail. It does not stop for impassable streets, for there are no fallen snows or- sweeping freshets. What, then. stopped it for thirty min utes? Grotius and Professor Stuart think it was at the time of the destruc tion of .Jerusalem. Mr. Lord thinks it was in the year 311, between the close of the Diocletian persecution and the beginning of the wars by which Con stantine gained the throne. But that was all a guess, though a learned and brilliant guess. I do not know when it was, and I do not care when it was, but of the fact that such an interreg num of sound took place I am certain. " There was silence in heaven-abut the space of half an hour." And, first of all, we learn that God and all heaven then honored silence. The longest and widest dominion that ever existed is that over which still ness was queen. For an eternity there had not been a sound. World making was a later day occupation. For un Imaginable ages it was a mute uni verse. God was the only being, and as there was no one to speak to there was no utterance. But that silence has all been broken up into worlds, and it has become a noisy universe. Worlds in upheaval, worlds in congela tion, worlds in conflagration, worlds in revolution. If geologists are right-and I believe they are-there has not been a moment of silence since this world began its travels, and the crashing and the split ting and the uproar and the hubbub are ever in progress. But when among the supernals a voice cried, "Hush:" and for half an hour heaven was still, silence was honored. The full power of silence .many of us have yet to learn. We are told that when Christ was arrainged "he answered not a word." That silence was louder than any thunder that ever shook the world Oftentimes when we are assailed and misrepresented the mightiest thing to say nothing and the mightiest thing to do is to do nothing. Those people who are always rushing into print to get themselves set right ac complish nothing but their own cha grin. Silence! Do right and leave the results with God. Among the grand est lessons the world has ever learned are the lessons of patience taught by those who endured uncomplainly per sonal or domestic or political injustice. Stronger than any bitter or sarcastic or revengeful answer is the patient silence. The famous Dr. Morrison of Chelsea achieved as much by his silent patience as by his pen and tongue. ie had asth ma that for twenty-five years brought him out of his couch at 2 o'clock each morning. His four sons and daughters dead, the remaining child by sunstroke made insane, the afflicted man once said, "At this moment there is not an inch of my body that is not filled with agony." Yet he was cheerful, trium phant, silent. Those who were in his presence said they felt as thougl1 they were in the gates of heaven. Oh the power of patient silence! iEschylus, the immortal poet, was condemned to death for writing something that of fended the people. All the pleas in his behalf were of no avail until his broth er uncovered the arm of the prisoner and showed that his hand had been shot off at Salmis. That silent plea liberated him. The loudest thing on earth is silence if it be of the right kind and at the right time. There was a quaint old hymn spelled in the old style and once sung in the churches: The race is not forever got By him who fastest runs Nor the Battel by those peopell That shoot with the longest guns. My friends, the ;ossing sea of Galilee seemed most to offend Christ by the amount of noise it made, for he said to it. "B~e still:" Iheaven has been crowning kings arid queens unto God for many centuries, yet heaven never stopped a moment for any such occu rence, but it stopped thirty minutes for the cornation of silence. "There was silence in heaven about the space of half an hour." Learn also from my text that heaven must be an eventtul and active place from the fact that it could afford only thirty minutes of recess. There have been events on earth and in heaven that seemed to demand a whole day or wooe week oo whole year for celestlal consideration. If Grotius was right and this silence occured at the time of the destruction of Jerusalem, that scene was so~ awful and so prolonged that the inhabitants of heaven could not have done justice to it in many weeks. After fearful b)esiegement of the two fortresses of Jerusalem, An tonia and Hlippicus, had been going on for a long while, a Roman soldier, mounted on the shoulder of another hurled into the windowv of the temple a tirebrand, and the temple was all atlame, anid after covering many sacrilices to the holiness or God the building itself became a sacri fice to the range of man. The hunger of the people ini that city during the be Isiegement was so great that as some outlaws were passing a doorway and inhaled the odors of food they burst open the door, threatening the mother of the household with death unless she gave them some food, and she took them aside and showed them that it was her own child she was cooking for the ghastly repast. Six hundred priests were destroyed on Mount Zion because, the temple being gone, there was noth ing for them to do. Six thousand peo pie in one cloister were consumed. Ther were 1,100,000 dead according toJorepnhus. Gritius thinkrs that this Was the cause of silei.ke in heaven fot half an hour. If Mr. Lord was riglh. and this silence was during the Diocle tian persecutions. by which 844,00C Christians suffered death from sword and ire and banishment and exposure. why did not heaven listen throughout at least one of those awful years*. No! Thirty minutes: The fact is that the celestiai programme is so crowded with spectacle that it can afford only one recess in all eternity. and that for a short space. While there are great choruses in which all heaven can join. each soul I here has a story of divine mercy peculiar to itself. and it must be a solo. How can heaven get through with all its recitatives. with all its cairtatas. with all its grand marches, with all its victories? Eter nity is too short to utter all the praise. My subject also impresses me with the immortality of a half hour. That half hour mentioned in my text is more widely known than any other period in the calendar of heaven. None of the whole hours of heaven is measured off. none of -the years. none of the centuries. Of the millions of ages past and the millions of ages to come not one isespecially measured off in the Bible. But the half hour of my text is made immortal. The only part of eternity that was ever meas ured by earthly timepiece was meas ured by the minute hand of my text. Oh, the half hours! They decide everything. I -ain not asking what you will do with the years or months or days of your life. but what of the half hours? Tell me the history of your half hours and I will tell you the story of your whole life on earth and the story of your whole life in eter nity. The right or wrong things you can think in thirty minutes, the right or wrong things you can say in thirty minutes, the right or wrong things you can do in thirty minutes are glori ous or baleful, inspiring or desperate. Again. my text suggests a way of studying heaven so that we can better understand it. The word "eternity" that we can handle so much is an im measurable world. Knowing that we could not understand that word, the Bible uses it only once. We say "for ever ani ever." But how long is 'for ever and ever?" I am glad that my text puts under our eye heaven for thirty minutes. As when you see a great picture, you put a sheet of paper into a scroll and look through it or join your forefinger to your thumb and look through the circle between, and the picture becomes more intense, so this masterpiece of heaven by St. John is more impressive when we take only thirty minutes of it at a time. Now, we have something that we can come nearer to grasping, and it is a quiet heaven. When we discourse about the multitudes of heaven, it must be almost a nervous shock tc those who have all their lives been crowded by many people and whc want a quiet heaven. For the last thirty-tive years I have been much of the time in crowds and under public scrutiny and amid excitements, and I have sometimes thought for a few weeks after I reach heaven I would like to go down in some quiet part 01 the realm, with a few friends, and foi a little while try comparative solitude. Then there are those whose hearing Is so delicate that they get no satis faction when you describe the crash ol the eternal orchestra, and they feel like saying, as a good woman in Ilud son, N. Y., said after hearing m< speak of the mighty chorus of heaven. "Thant must be a great heaven, but what will become of my poor head?" Yes, this htlf hour of my text is a still experience. 'There was silenc< In heaven for half an hour." You will find the inhabitants all at home. Enter the King's palace anc take only a glimpse, for we have only thirty minutes for all heaven. " that Jesus?" "Yes." Just under thc hair along his forehead is the mark 01 a wound made by a bunch of twisted brambles, and his foot on the thronc has on round of his Instep anothem mark of a wound made by a spike, and a scar on the palm of the right hand and a scar on the palm of the left hand. But what a countenance! What a smile! What a grandeur! What a loveliness! What' an overwhelming look of kindness and grace! Why, he looks as if he had redeemed a world! But come on for our time is short. DC you see that row of palaces? That is the A postolic row. Do you see that long reach of architectural glories? That is Martyr row. Do you see that immense structure? That is the big gest house in heaven; that is "the house of many mansions." Do you see that wall? Shade your eyes against its burning splendor. for that is the wall of heaven, jasper at the bottom and amethyst at the top. See this river rolling through the heart of the great metropolis? That is the river concerning which those who once lived on the banks of the Ihudson or the Al abama or the Rhine or the Shannon say, "We never saw the like of this for clarity and sheen." That is the chief river of heaven-so bright, so wide, so deep. But you ask, "'Where are the asylums for the old?" I an swer. "The inhabitants are all young." "Where are the hospitals for the lame-?" "They are all agile." "Where are the intirmaries for the blind and deaf?" "They all sec and hear." "Where are the almhouses for the poor?" "They are all multimillion aires." "Where are the inebriate asy lumsy-" "Why, there are no saloons." "Where are the graveyards?" "Why. they never die." Pass down those boulevards of gold and amber and sap phire and see those interminable streets built by the Architect of the universe into homes, over the threshold of which sorrow never steps and out of whose windows faces, once pale with earthly sickness, now look rubi cund with immortal health. 'Oh, let me go in and see them:" you say. No, you cannot go in. There arc those who would never consent to let you come out again. You say, "Let me stay here in this place where they never sin, where they never suf fer, where they never part.." No. no: Our time is short. our thirty minutes are almost gone. Come on! We must get back to earth before this half hour of heavenly silence breaks up, for in your mortal state you can not endure the pomp and splendor and resonance when this half hour of silence is ended. The day will come when you can see heaven in full blast, but nopnow. 1 am now only showing you heaven at the dullest half hour of all the eternities. Come on: There is something in the celestial appearance which makes me think that the half hour of silence wvill soonl be over. Yonder are the white horses being hitched to chariots, a'nd yonder are seraphs fingering harps as if about to strike them into symphony. and yon der are conquerors taking down fromn the blue halls of heaven the trumpets of victory. Remember we are mortal yet aind cannot endure the full roll of heavenly harmonies and cannot en dure even the silent heaven for more than half an hour. Ihark! The clock Sin twer of heaven begins to stri: 'and t12ilala hAur is ens.- i )esc'r.": Come back! ( nn (on t i I v,--rkis den- S~nke alt ier o r hm-dens. I'Floht a lItt I ci 11'Au ill iLS "u.: , i take it world without end. Ibit 110W Will you Spriu(l theC "irt half hotar of our heavenly citizenship afteryot h.vc gone in to stay After your pro)strat .(on before the tlirone i worship of him llwho made it pooible for vou to get there at .al 1 thinik thei rest of your tirst halC hour ni heavem will be passed iin receivintg your reward if you have been faithful. I have a strangely beautiful book containilng the pictures of the medals struck by the English government in honor of great battles. These medals are pin ned over the heart of the returned ] heroes of the army on great occasions, the royal family present and the royal bands- playing-the Crimean medal, the medal of the mutiny, the Victoria cross, the Waterloo medal. In your first half hour in heaven in some way you will be honored for the eartly struggle in which you won the day. 1 Stand up before all the royal house of heaven and receive the insignia while you are announced as victor over the drafts and freshets of the farm field, victor over the temptations of the Stock Exchange, victor over pro fessional allurements, over domestic infelicities, victor over menhani's1 shop. victor over the storehouse, vic tor over home worriments, victor over physical distresses, victor over hereditary depressions. victor over sin and death and hell. Take the badge that celebra tes those victories through our Lord Jesu-; Christ. Take it in the presence of all the galleries. saint ly, angellc and divine, while all heaven chants, "These are they who came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb." Thv saints in all this glorious war SIhalkconquer though they die; They see the triumph from afar And seized it with their eye. The Outlook for Congress. Mr. E. G. Dunnell, the veteran Wash ington representative of the New York Times. sends his paper an interesting article on the outlook for next fall's congressional elections. Mr. Dunnell thinks the chances favor the Democrats winning the next House. In comment ing on Mr. Dunnell's article The State says lie is a mugwump in politics and represents a paper that supported the Republican national ticket in the last two elections, which frees it from the suspicion of presenting this forecast for tlhe purpose of encouraging the De moc racv. At the beginning of his article Mr. Dunnell says that the Republican na tional congressional committee will un doubtedly plan its campaign to hold, if possible, all the States that now re turn solid Republican delegations, but that a little consideration of the politi cal conditions of some of them will show the difticulty of accomplishing this. On the other band, Mr. Dunnefl thinks that the States now solidly rep resented in the house by Democrats will. Colorado possibly accepted, re main as anti-Republican as they were in the congressional elections of 19043. Colorado has showed symptoms of change, and Nevada may be swerved to one side or the other. As to the now solidly Republican States we quote Mr. IDunnell as follows: The Republicans will be confronted with a great task to hold their line of 19) solid States. In California there is ighting ground. with the chance of capture by the Democrats of one dis trict at least. Connecticut, which re sponded in 1884. 1888 and 1892, to ap peals for a revised tariff, may prove again to be tillable political soil, and give to the D)emocrats two or more of the five members the State is entitled to chose. Delaware is held by the Re publicans by an uncertain tenure Mary land, with recent Demnocratic recov ery of lost ground, can scarcely be re lied upon to elect an unbroken Repub lican delegation. West Virginia, al though tending to become a Republican State, is territory worth the attention of thle Democratic managers, and Wis consin, with the tariff as an issue, is apt to break the row of representatives, now all Rapublicans, fromf that State. Here is a list of the States referred to in the foregoing observations: In the Fif tv-seventh congress the Re publicans held "solid" or unbroken del egations from 19 States, as follows: California ...........................7 Connecticut........................ 4 Delaware.............................1 Iowa................................11 MIain...............................--4 Mfaryland.............................6 MIichigan............................12 31innesota ...........................A New IHampshire.................... - North Dakota......................1 Oregon .......................-.... Rhode Island.................... South Dakota.......................... - Utah..........................1 1 er mont........................... Washington.......................... - West Virginia .................... Wisconsin.........................10 Wyoming... ......................1 Total........................ ...---.81 Thle Democrats chose unbroken dele gations in 13 States as follows: Alabama..............................9 Arkansas...........................6 Colorado............................ Florida............................... Georgia.............................- 11 Idaho. ............................... 1 Louisiana ...........................6 Mississippi. .........................A Mont ana............................. 1 Nevada... ..... ..................-1 South Carolina.................... Texas................................... 13 Virginia ............................. 10 Total.................... .......... 76 Broken or divided delegations were elected in 13 States, viz. R. Op. Illinois... ....................... 11 11 Indiana....................... 9 4 Kansas.......................... 1 Kentucky....... ................ 2 9 Massachsetts.................. 1 3 Missouri.................... 2 13 Nebraska ..... ................ 2 4 New .Jersev..................... 6 2 New York ..................2 12 North Carolina............... 2 7 Ohio......................- 1 4 Pennsylvania................. 26 4 Tennessee ................... 2 8 Totai........................1 82 If there were no substantial dissatis-' faction withl the course of thle Repub lian party Mr. Dunnell estinmates thlat tle Fifty-ceighlt congress would sho0w. in comparison wih tile Fifty-seventhl.C tle following changes, allowance be ing made for the increased mnembelrshlip of tie body to be elected next Novem 57t ii Cong. 58th Cong.4 Re puiilean 199 199 Oppos i. ionl 158 187 Repblicani majority 41 12 He says however, that tiis "pre- i s~uptiv'e" majority of 12 cannot lie 1 depended Oil unider present con~dit ions. it is. to uise his words. "based upon as supt ions that cannlot really govern' in 902. inasmuch as the present con gress was eiected at the same tuime thlat tle vote for president was cast and many Denmocratic candidates, some of r tlei in New York city, were defeated( ..-cats of hei idntifention with * al probai th.' iat the election V'd9 er net .i I e a.eci el by the r ;Lc 4rm or by anarss tenden e.'l or n::w a. e:..<pessed in the : - rms : uside of 'safe' :. inl l :iGe on to say that "re t hi.ston. :'g:is-; the )emoerats S t k :efore th1 s not an xtraordUnarv one. In the Forty-third ongress the Democrats had 92 mem ers. the lRepublicans 194. with 14 in lependents acting chiefly With the )eiocrats. In ti. ele.:tion that hose the Foti -fourth congress. which -ame~ ini 1075. Ii-eimocra ained 76 neners. holding 1;i me aibers to 107 ecired i thivr oopone:ls. with a Democratic mio:1v of -6 in the meuse. Tie lepublo icans regained the ionise I the Forty-fty congress. but ost it again inthe Fon y-sixth and ortv-seventh. 'Then the Democrats )vercan the Republican lead. gaining 3 seats in the elections of 1882. This ead was held until 186. when it was ost for a session. the lemocrats re ;uming it in the Fifty-second congress )y gains ol' 7- seats, and holding it vitti a reduced majority in the Fifty bird congress. In the light of this iistory the probm- presented to the )cmocratic managers should be in ;piring: to the Republican managers lie task of averting defeat must ap >ear to be prodigious." The Columbia State. which is a close )bserver of political events, says Mr. l)unnell's -reasoning is thoroughly ound and we do not think can be suc ssfully contested. To our mind there s the strongest probability that the lemocrats will secure the next house >y a safe majority and we would not )e surprised if the majority should rove a great one." RESTAURANTS FOR POOR. Proposal at New York to Supply Well Cooked Food at a Minimum Price. The propos-ai to supply wholesome, well-cooked foonl to the poor at a price which, while Cheap. wouid yet make such a system s; -.upporting, is to be revived in New York. An effort will be made to impress the cminnng admin istration with the advar.:ages which the city would gain if it-went into the restaurant business. Just who is be hind the scheme cannot be ascer tained, but one of the names men tioned in connection with it was that of Rev. Dr. William S. Rainsford, rec tor of St. George's church. "I doubt whether it would be feas ible for the city to urdertake the open ing of eating places for the poor," said Dr. Rainsford. "It might be said with equally as much force that the'city, should conduct grocery and butcher shops. But what I have contended for a dozen years is that the workingman should be provided with more. oppor. tunities for social enjoyment. It'is well known that I favor the opening of saloons within. certain hours on Sundays." Can Find Kiddm Treasure. George Otto, a well-known business* man of Egg Harbor City, N. J., has become. the envy of his neighborhood by boldly c!aiming that he knows the exact location of the buried treasure of the pirate Capt. Kidd. The ty'wn is in a flrry of excitement and num bers of Otto's friends have tried .to gain his secret in order -to make aX dash for the hidden gold, jewels and diamonds. supposed to be wrorth mil lions of dollars. Mr. Otto state's that ten years ago an old woman-then 84 years old-confided 1he secret to-him self and his son. The old dame- told the cxact location of the treisure, which corresponds with that given in. a letter recently found. For years people have searched for the treasure along the shores of this river, but without success. Almost Buried Alive. An Alabama man returned to life. just as they were lowering him into the grave. This may not be escaping by the skin of the teeth, but, says tne Cfago Record-lle'rald, it's getting out of a pret:y b.4 K7ole. There is a smallpox scare in Eng land, and an inger.icus vicar in Kent has devised! "vaccination concerts" for the hop-gatherers. A band plays in a big tent, arnd in a smaller tent are vacciation officers,~while the vicar and his assistants go through the audience urging the desirability of vaccination. The State Fair. Charleston and other cities in this State will have an opportunity to bid for the State Fair this year. _It is claimed that Columbia does not offer the fair a sufficient amont of financial support and for that reason the com mittee at a meeting held in Cha'es ton Wednesday, has called -for bids from other cities. The resolutions adopted are as follows: Whereas, the fair grounds, ...in the citry of Columbia, S. C., are not in the proper condition, and the buildings on said grounds are getting allapidated; and Whereas, this society is put to con siderable expense annually to keepin repair the buildings and grounds, to rent the race track and to erect new structures, and Whereas, the society has to furnish all the money from its own treasury for these purposes, therefore be it; Resolved, That the State Agricul tural and Mechanical society of South Carolina will consider any proposition from any city in this State, to hold its next annual fair in that city. Mail Stolen at Denmark. The Augusta Herald says "passen ;ers coming to Augusta from Den mark Thursday morning bring news f the robb'ery of the United States mail at that place on Tuesday night. The Florida special passing Denmark throws Out the mail pouches on the platform to be transferred to the train ;oing to Augusta. It seems that the ustom has been to allow the mail pouches to lay on the depot platform nattended until the Augusta train irrives, without any particullar atten tion being given to them in the mean time. Tuesday night it was thrown >f the special as usual, but when the rain hands looked for the pouches to ut thenm on the Augusta train Wed *iesday morning they' were nowhere to e found. A search was instituted Ld the bags were found a short dis ance from the Denmark depot cut. >pen and their contents gone. Post aster Smythe was asked about ther obbery Thursday morning, but could. ive no information concerning it and aid he had no idea what the contents. f the pouches stolen was."~ Strike and Lockout. The lockout of all mill operatives: n the Augusta district which was. breatened by the Manufacturers' essociationi in retaliation for the tike Monday of employes of the fing Mills went into effect Wednes lay forenoon. They include the lants at Aiken. Vaucluse, Granite -ille. Warrenville, Bath, Langley and iearwater, which employ in the graate 10,000 men.