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r / ) L (iud 41 11 tl Our Native l.ninl. VOLUME. VII. CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, ISiHi. NO. 14. 1 IlKV. DR. TALMAGE. 1IIK NOTED DIVINE'S SUNDAY DISCOURSJE. Textki "Thoy drew and liftoil up Joseph x>ut of the pit aiA^sold Joseph to tho lshmael itos for twenty pi 0000 of silver."? Oenesis xxxvJl. , 28. "He is governor over all the land of Egypt. tmioBig xlv., 20. Youcuuuot keep a good man down. Ood has decreed for him 11 oortain point of olova tiou. Ho will bring him to that, though it ??oat Him a thousand worlds, Yon sometimes ilnd man fearful they will iu>t bo properly upnrooiatod. Every majvcotvies to l?o valued ' m plat what ho is worrh. You cannot writo ttf itt up, and you y.*onot writo him down. These facts aro poworfully illustrated in my hubjoci. It would be an insult to suppose that you wore not all familiar with the life of Joseph ? how his joalous brothers throw htm into a pit, but seeing a oaravan o* Arabian merchants trudging along on their cantol*. with spices and gums that loaded the air with aroma, sold their hrothor to these mer' ' ohauts,. who carried him down iuto Egypti Joseph thoro sold to I'otlphur, a man of in fluence and office; how by Joseph's intog, Irlty ho raised himself to high position in the roalniuntll, uuder tho fal?o charge of a vllo ^ wretch, ho was hurled into tho ponitentiarv; how in prison he commanded respect and confidence; how by tho interpretation of Pharaoh's dream ho was freed and became tho chief man in tho reulm, the BismaroK of hiscontury; how in tho time of famine Jos eph had tho control of a magnificent store house, which ho had tilled during woven years of plenty; how when his brothers, who nad thrown him into the pit and sold him into captivity, applied for' com ho sent them Homo with the beasts of burden borne down under the heft of the corn sacks; how tho Hlnnffnlnst their brother, which had so loin* been hidden, came out at last and was re turned by that brother's forgiveness and kindness, the only revenue h? took You sew, in the first place, thai: tho world Is compelled to honor Christian character. Poliphnr was only a man of tho world, yet >1 osoph roso in ids estimation until all the affairs of that great house were com mitted to his oluirge. From his servant no honor or confidence was withhold. When Joseph was Iu prison, ho soon won the heart of the keeper, and though placed there for hoing a scoundrel, ho soon convinced tho jailer that he was an innooont and 'trust worthy man, and released from close con finement he became general superintendent of prison affairs. Wherever Joseph was placed, whether a servant in tho house of Potlphar, or a prisoner In tho penitent iary, he. became the first man everywhere, an 1 is an illustration of the truth I lay down, thai . the world is compelled to honor Christum character. There are thoso who afToot to despise a religious life. They speak of it as a system of phlebotomy by which the man is bled of all his cohrngoand nobility. They say ho has bomeaued himself. They pretend I to have no more confidence In him since his conversion than before his conversion. But all this is hvpOrerisy. There is a great deal of hypocrisy in tho church, and there is a great deal of hypocrisy outside tho church, it is Impossible for any man not to admire uud confide in a man who shows Jhat he has really become a child of Clod and is what ho professes to be. You cannot despise a son' - ot the Lord Ood Almighty. Of course wo have no admiration fortheshamo of religion. I was at a place a fow hour.* after tho ruf fians had ?ono Into tho rail train and c:e man led that tho pnssontfers throw up their arms, and then these ruPdans took thwpooket books, and satan comes and suggests to a man that he throw up Ids arms^n hypocrit ical prayer and prctenslohftirra then {deals his sou). For tho more pretension of relig ion wo hnvo abhorrence. Jtedwald, tho king, after baptism,- had an altar of Chris tian sacrifice and an altar for sacrifice to ihjvils, and there are many men now at* tempting tho xamo thing ? half a heart for Ood and half a heart for tho world ? and it Is a dead failure, and it is a caricature of re ligion, and the only successful assault over made on Christianity is tho inconsistency of its prof<?sors. You may havo a contempt for pretension to religion, but when you bohold tho oxcollency of Jesus Christ coimo out in the life of one of His disciples, alf that thoro Is good and noble in your soul ri^Os up into admiration, and you cannot help it. Though that man he us far beneath you in estate as the Egyptian slave <^f whom wo an* dls couuiufs *.w> "i.iolllli his ruierr, by an me ? vocable law of ^your nature. Potiphar and Tharaoh will always osteoua Joseph. When Eudoxio. tho ompress, threatened Chrysostom with death, ho made the roply, '?Toll tho empress I fear nothing but sin." 8uch a scono as that compels the admiration of the world* There was something in Agrippa nnd Felix whioh demanded their re spect for PaUl, tho rebel against government. 1 doubt not they would willingly havo y!;od ed their office aod dignity lor a thousandth part of that true heroism which boamed in tho eye nnd beat iu tho heart of that uncon querable apostle. Paul did not cower before Felix; Feli.v oowered before Paul. Tho infi del and worldling aro compelled to honor in thoiv hearts, although they may not eulogize with their lips, a Christian firm in persecu tion. ohcerful in poverty, trustful In losses, triumphant in death. I find Chrlstiun men ? fn all professions and occupations, nnd I find Lhom rcspocteil and honorod and successful. John Frederick Oborliu alleviating Ignorance and distress; Howard passing from dungwon to laaaretto with healing for tho body and soul; Elizabeth Fry going to the profli gacy of Newgate prison to shako Its obdur acy as tho angel cauio to tho prison at Philippl, driving open the doors nud snap ping loose tho chain, as well as tho lives i)f ihousands of followers of Jesus who have devoted themselves to tho temporal and spiritual wolfnro of the race aro monuments of tho Christian religion that shall not orumblo while tjio world lasts. A man said to mo iu tho cars: "What is religion? Judg ing from the character of many professors of religion I do not admire religion." I said: "Now, suppose wo went to an artist in tho jtity of Home, and while In his gallory asked him, 'What is the art of painting?' Would ho take us out in a low alley and show us a nn-ro daub of a pretender at paintings, or Would ho tako us down into the corridors and show us tho Kubens, nnd tho Raphaels, and tho Micha?l Ang?!o?? Whon wo flskod him, 'What Is tho art of painting?* lie would point to tho works of theso great majors nnd say, 'That is painting ' Now, you pro pose to find tho more curicature of religion, to seek after that which is the more preten tion of a holy life, and you mil that religion. I point you to tho splendid men and women whom this gospel bus niessod and lifted and crowuod. Look at tho mastorplecos of dl?Ino grace if you want to know what religion Is." We learn also from this story of Joseph that tho result of persecution Is elevation. Had it not been for his being sold into Egypt ian bondage by his malicious brothers and his false Imprisonment Joseph never would have become a governor/ Everybody accepts the promise, "Blessed are they that am per-; secuted for rlghtoousness sake, focthelrs is the kingdom of heaven," but ibe^ do not rtallzethe fact that this prhiolple applies to worldly as well as spiritual success. It is 4rueinall departments. Men rise to high official positions through misrepresentation. Public abuse is ailthat some of our public men havo bad to rely upon for their eleva tion. It has brought to them wUmt talent and exeoutivo foroe could not have achieved. Many of those who are making great effort for place aod power will never suoceed JuM because they are not of enough importance '1 to be abused. It is tho nature of men? that * is of all generous and reasonable men? to gather about those who are persecuted aud defend them, and thoy are apt to forget the fault of thoec who are the subjects of attack . while attempting to *rive ^k tl^^ander -? CTX- Ti!l>u<nmoff WTffgyKfr<Jh. HeTen BHrk, the Scotch martyr, standing with hei ; boa band at the place of execution. said: "Ho? >?tnd. let us rejoice to-day. We hare lived together many happy voai-. Thialsthohap piost time of nil our 1 i f??. Vou syow? two b> bo happy together forever. JK\ hrnvo n?Vw. la* bravo. 1 will not nay 4Ooj? 1 nlghy'fo^yQ'u, for we shall soou bo in the piugdotA ^1* out Father together." PorseouOon snows tluv heroes and heroines. I go ihto another de partment, ami I Hud that those de nominations of Christians whloh haVc nr*?n, most abused havo spread tho most rnoidly. No good man was ever moro violently maltroated than John Weiloy ? belhjd an I caricatured and r.'<andorod until OMtS day ho stood in % pulpit ii^ London, /And a man arose in tho fcudiouce uu I said, "Vou were drunk last night," and John woaloy said: "Thauk God. tho whole catalogue is now complete. I havo beon charged with every thing hut that!" His followers won* hooted at and maligned and called l>y every de testable name that infernal ingenuity could invent, but the hotter tho persecution the more rapidly they sptaad until you know what a great host thcy\J\avo become and what a tremendous force for God and the truth they are wielding tho world over. It was persecution that gave Boot! and to Prcsbytorlnnlsm. It was porseoution that gave our land first to civil liberty and after war^ to religious freedom. Yea. I might go Ximher back. and say it was persecution that gave the world tho great salvation of the gospel. The ribald -mockery, the hungering and thirsting, the unjust* charge, the ignominious death, when all tho force of boll's fury was hurled against the <?ros<$. was the introduction of that religion which is yet to ho the earth's deliverance and our eternal salvation. Tho State .sometimes sai i to the church. "Come, tako my hand, and 1 will help von." What was the result? The church wont 1 ack, and it lost its estate of holiness, and itihwamo ineffective. At other times tho StatoVaid to tho church, ''I will crush you." Ayhat has boon the result? After tho atornit havo spent their fury tho church, so tnr irom having lost any ol its force, has {norohs?d and is worth inllriiloly more after the assault than before. Road all history and you will find that true. Tho churoh is far more indebted to tho opposition of civil government than to it>? approval. Tho fires of the stake havo only boon the torches which Christ held in His hand, by the light of which the church has inarchol to her present glorious position.. In the sound of racks and implements of torture I hear the rumbling of tho ifospol chariot. Tho scaffolds of martyrdom havo boon the stairs by which the church mounted. Learn also from our subject that sin will come to exnosuro. Long, long ago had those brothers sold Joseph luto Kgvpt. They had made the old father bolievo that his favorito child was dead. Thov had suppressed the crime, and it was anrofotfkd secret wall kept by the brothers. But suddenly the secret is out. The old father hears that his soji i* in Egypt, having hOon sold there by the malice of his own brothers. How their cheeks must have burned and their hearts sunk at the flaming out of this long suppressed crime. The smallest iniquity has a thousand I toivruos. and they will blab out exposure. Haul was sent to destroy the Canaanitcs, their shcop and their oxen, but when he got down thero among the pastures ho saw some fine sheep and oxen too fat to kill, so he thought ho would steal them. Nobody would know it. ,JIe drove thnao stolen sheep and oxen toward homo, but stopped to rooort to tho prophet how ho had exe cuted his mission, when in the distance tho sheep began to bleat and tho oxen to bellow. Tho see rot was out. and Samuol said to tho blushing and confuted Saul: "What moan* otb tho bleating of tho shoop t lint 1 hear and tho bellowing o? tho cattle?'^ Ah, my hearer, you cannot keep au iniquity still. At just tho wrong time tho sheep will bloat and tho oxen will bellow. Achan c innot stoil tho Babylonish garment without being stoned to death, nor Arnold betray his country without having his neck utreichod. Look over tho police arrosts. 'I liesO .thiovos, theso burglars, theso counterfcitors, these highwaymen, these assassins, they all thought they could . bury their iniquity so Qeop down it would never coiuo to res urrection, but thero was some shoe thftt.an sworod to tho print in the soil, somo fhlse keys found in their possession, somo bloody knifo that whispered of tho death, and tho public indignattou and tho anathema of outraged law hurtad them into tho dungeon or hoisted them on the gallows. Franois J., king of France, stood counsel ing with his officers how he could tako his nrmy into Italy, when Ameril, tho fool of tho court, leaped out from a corner of tho room and said: "You had bettor bo consult ing how you will get your army back." And it was found thr?j"raneis I., and hot Amocil, was the fool. <Ulstoad of consulting as to tho bast way 01 gomug mio siu, y<?i nun bottor consult as to whether you will bo abio J to get out of It. If tho world does not es-. pone you, you will toll It yourself. There la an awful power in an aroused conscloncc. A lilghwnvmau plunged out upon Whito flold jis ho rode along on horseback, a sick of mouoy OOpbe horse ? money that ho had raised for ofphan asylums? and tho high wayman put his hand on tlio gold, and Wbitoflold turned to him and said: "Touch that if you dare; that belongs to tho Lord Jesus Christ." And in rufilan slunk' into the forest. Consilience I Conscience! Tho rufl.'an had a pffctol, but Whttefleld phook at him the flng<6r of doom. Do not think you can hide Any great and protracted sin in your heart, my brother. In an unguarded mo ment it will slip off the lip, or some slight action may forthe moment set ajar this door that j'ou wautod to keep closed. But sup pose that in this life you hide it, and you g?t along with this transgression burning in your hcftirt, xw a ship on lire within for days hindcis the flames* from bursting out by keeping down the hutches, yet at la?t in tho judgment that iniquity will bla::o out before God and the unlvere. Learn also from this subject that thero is an Inseparable connection between nil events, however remote. Tho universo is only ono thought of God. Thoso things which seemed fragmentary and isolated nre only different parts of that yreat thought. How far ripiwt seemed these two events ? Jo- j soph sold to the Arabian merchants and his rumrship of Egypt ? yet you seo in what a mysterious way God connected the two Into ono plan. Ro tho events are linked together. You whp eroaged men look back ami group together a thousand things In your life thnt or.co soiyned isolated. One undivided chain of events roaches from the garden of Eden to the cross of Calvary, and thus up to tho kingdom of heaven. There is a relation be tween tho smallest insect that hums in the summer air and tho archangel Jh his throne. Ood can trace a direct ^ncostral line from tho blue jaf1 that mm spring will build its nest l( the tjjg behind tho house to some >b?"Wock of birds which, when Noah hoisted the ark's window, with a whir and a dnfch of bright wings, went out to sing over Mount Ararat. Tho tulips that bloom in tho garden this spring wero nursed by tho snow/lakoa. The farthest star on one sl<l?? of the universo could not look toward tho* farthest star on the other side of tho universe and say, "You are no relation to me," for from that bright orb n voice of light would ring across tho hoavens responding, "Yes, yos, woaro sisters." Noth ing in God's universo swings at loose ends. Accidents nre only God's way oi turning a loaf In the book of His eternal decrces. From 'Our cradle to our grave there Is a path all marked out. Each event In our life is con nected with every other ovent in our life. Our losses may be tho most direct road to our gain. ? Our defeat and our victory are twin brothe.-s. The whole direction of your life was changed by something which at the time seemed to you trifling, while some occur rence whioh seemed tremendous affeoted yd\i but little. God's plans are magnificent be* yond all comprehension. He molds us and turn* and directs us, and we know it not. Thousands of jr?>a rs are to Him aa tho flight of a shuttle. 'Ike most terrlflo occurrence does not make Bd tremble The moat trium phant achlaTeuiM does not lift Him into rapture. That one great thought of Ood goes out through flif centuries, and Nations rlee mastery, linking event to erMtau} eentory to century. To God th?y are airSJfee event, one history, one plan, one development, one system. Great and nvtrvo'ous are Thy work a, T.ord God Almighty! t whs yours ago in Now Orleans at tho exposition rooms-, when s .a telegram was sent to the President of tho United Rtateg, at Washington, and wo waited ^soaio tlftoon or twenty minutes, and then tho (President's answer came back. ami tho pro .siding olficor waved his handkerchief, and flW signal waa aont to Washington that wo I wftro roady to havo tho machinery of tho ox Yposltion started, and tho President put his \lnt;o? on thoolootrio button, and instantly tho iVcat Corliss wheal be^an to tnoyvrumhlini*, riunbTtmj, rolling, r^fn&vltwns overwhelm ing, and 16?UQO-pooip!n clapped and shoutu 1. Just ono flnfifor at Washington started that vast machinery, hundreds and hundreds of miles away, and I thought then, as f think now, that meu sometimes touch influence^ that respond in tho far distance, fortv yonjf from now, lift v years from now. 1000 x<yjr fj-ore now, 1,000.000 years from now^*?ne toy<Mi sounding through the ai?os. /\Ve also leafrn from this story thu*f<roprloty of lay! net up for tho fqtuiv^fuirlni! tho seven voars of plenty Jojwfm prepared for tlio famine, and when^x (tamo ho had a crowded storehouse, Jrno life of most men in a worldly rckooot ? divided into years of plenty and famine., YIt is seldom t tint any man passes throijsrfi life without at least so von years of yldhtv. During those seven years your busings hears a rich harvest. You eearoely kn/(w whoro all tho money comos from, it ewnes so fast, rflver.v bargain you make seenp to turn Into gild. You contract fow l>a/ debts. You are astonished with largo dividends. You invent inoro and more capital. /You wouder how men can bo ? "itMiit wltyu small business, gathering in only a few nundrod dollars while you reap your thousands. Those arc the seven years of p'ent v. Now Joseph has time to proparo for the threatened fainin ?, for tonlmosl every man there do come seven years of famine. You will bo .sink, you will be unfortunativ yon will bo defrauded, there will bo hard times, you will bo oisappointe I, and if you havo no .storehouse upon which to fall back you Way l>o famine struck, Wo have no admiration for this d?nybirc oneself all personal comfort and luxury* for tho mere pleasure of hoarding *up, this grasping, grasping for tho more pleasure of seeing how large n pile you can got, this always being poor hocauso as soon as a dollar c;>>u#s in it is sent out to see if it can And another dol lar, so thai it can earr$ it home on its back. Wo havo a contempt for all those things, but tlioro is an intelligent and noble minded fore cast which wo love to seo in men who have families and kin tired depending upou them for tho .blessings of education and home. God sends us to tho insects for a lesson, which, while thoy do not stint themselves in tho present, do not forget tlv>ir duty to fore cast tho future. "Go to tho ant, thou slug gard. Consider her ways, and bo wiso. which, having no guide, overseer or ruler, provideth her meat in the summer and gath ereth her food in the harvest." Now. there are two ways of laying ui> money. Ono ot these is to put it In stoek and deposit it in bank an J invest it on bond and mortgage. Tho other way to lay up money is giving it away. Ho is the safest who makes both of these investments. There arc in thin houso me?i who if thov lose ov *ry dollar th?y have in the world would bo mill ionaires for otornity. Thoy made tho spirit ual investment. Jbit tho man who devotee none of his gains to tho eause of Christ aud looks only for his own comfort and luxury Is not snfe, I care not how the money is invest ed. If o acts as tho rose if it should say: "I will hold my breath and none shall havo a snatch of fragrauoo from me until next week. Then I will set all tlio garden afloat with my aroma." Of eourso the ros?. refusing to breathe, died. But above, all. lay up treasures in heaven. They never depreciate in value. They never are at a discount. Thoy nro always available. You may feel safe now with your $ 1 000 or $2000 or ?10.- 5 OOO or *2<r,000 income, but what will audi an Income be worth after you aro doad? Others will get If. Perhaps some of them will tpiarrel about itboforo you are buried. Thoy will bo so impatient to get hold of tho will they will think you should be buried ono day soonor than you are buried. Thoy will bo right glad when you aro dead. Thoy aro only waiting for you to die. What then will all yourearthly accumulations ho worth? If you gathered it all in your bosom and walked up with It to hcavon's gate, it would not purchase your admission. Or, if al lowed to enter, it could not buy you n crown 9 f a robe, and tho poorest saint in Ilea von Would look down at you and sny, "Whoro did that pauper como from?" May we all havo treasures in heaven. Arnon! COMPRESSED FOOD FC'fl " SOLDIERS. A Kim<-(1 In Trying *?? ?*<?? v?> ffUn to Mnln tain Them on the Smalleal Amount. A board Is now mooting at tlio War Depart ment. Washington, trying to solvo. for tho bonoflt of tho army, tbo probJom or hew to malntaiiv/i soldlor strong au<l heal t by upon tbo smallest possiljlo amount of food. Tho way tho matter will ilnajly bo settled will, of course, bo by mcanj of eompreased food. Thoroarosft many dlfTeront variolios of this material that It will be a diflleult mattor to soloct tho best, especially in view of tho great number of rocommendations which havo been made by the Major-Oenernl commanding the army, the Commi&sary Gen eral of Subsistence and tho Hoards which wore assomblod sorno months ngo in tho sev eral departments to make suggestions as to the character of an emergency ration for tho army. * Tho report* of thoso Boards wcro accom panied by samples of the food thoy recom mond, and tho room in which tho IJoard re cently appointod is sitting is littered with any quantity of food product?, all of the oompmsscd type. PLENTY OF HAY IN THE COUNTRY' JCoportA from 1'olnts Throughout the I. ending State*. Reports from points throughout tbo lead ing hay States and Canada, received during the present week by tho Hay 'lYade Journal, of Canajohario, N. Y., indicate that about t went y-llvo per cent, of tho marketable hay is still to come forward. In the face of tho short Crop of last year, the paper says this is considered a large perceitage, but as grains of all kinds havo brought low prices, farm ers have used grain and course fodder, of which there was an abundance, and fed sparingly of hny. This, together with largo shipments into tho seaix>nrd markets from Canada, accounts for the present surplus. Advanced priced of 92 to f:)- a ton over Inst sea-son havo drawn to the markets an ample supply, and, as Canada has about thirty per f?ent. of her crop still on hand and warm weather is approaching, tho scalo of priccs is being barely maintained. TO TRAIN PIGEONS FOR WAR. Homing Blrdi to Be Utilised by the Navy , department. Secretary Herbert, of tho Unitod 8tates Navy, added a novel chapter to our naval strategic tactics when bo signed tho order adopting a messenger pigeon service for coast defense*. Many hundreds of homing pigeons are shortly to be dbtributed In groups among about twenty different points along the At lantlo Coast. Here they will bo kept in coops antil educated to regard their now quarters as permanent noroe*, to whloh ttoey will rmum when liberated from vessels ply ing the seaboard. Having been thus domes ticated they will be placed aboard ooastin/i vessels and o\refally trained to find their homes without losing tires. The coops will all be plaoed in telegraphic connection with Wasnlngton. Two Dsad la a Baralag Boom. James F. Flynn and Miss Josephine Man wsrs found dead la the latter's room bed In the room wan oc. Hps. It Is Relieved that Flynn kUi?d the woman and tilsaeelC Miss Manning's family lived in Topsfleld Mass. Flynn ?w a wldowsr. NO LOAFING AND DRINKING. / V ~ -/'? l'O !*!<: KIN AS A MORAL IN snu riox oxi<Y, County Dispensaries Amenable (o the State lloartl No Speculation on Hot ties. The following circular has boon sent out by the Stnto Hoard of Control to county dispensaries: /, . The dispensary law undor which you have hitherto worked boeniuo a nullity (Jwflu* :-5 1 ?t of March, aud you arc now operating uipler a now law, enacted by the recent Legislature, and under that net you aro ainonablo solely to the State Hoard of Control. The board in composed of tlvo members, who are charged with a general management of the dispensary business, and from whom yo'.i^\^ill hereafter rooeivo all orders au^instruetions. You must Bond to tHp State lJoard of Control (ami ltyt to tie Commissioner or State Treasurer) the following: All o&rderti for liquors, boera and wines; all invoices of empty bott'es nliippod by you, with bill lading attached; all claims for shortage on in voices and all invoices needing cor rection. Your wefkly statement of sales and cash acqount and duplicate remittance to State treasurer, your monthly reports on forms "A" and "II" mid your quarterly reports must also be Rent to the Statu board of con trol. You must remit op Monday of e.sch week to the State treasurer. To no one else must you send any reports, save the original weekly remittance blank to the Stato treasurer. When your orders for shipmonts are received by the State board of control, they will bo turned over to the commis sioner, whoso duty it will be to ship them and solid you invoice for same. I>ut if any corrections are to bo made or shortage on any in voiced claimed you must report the samo to the State board of control, and not to the com mieioner. "Ship no more empty eases, and also rofrain froi;i shipping empty bottles until further orders Irom the board. You must not speculate on your bottlo purchases, as the rule allowing you to purchase is for the benefit of the parties selling, and not for your profit. This ripe will be strictly enforced. /"The State Board of Control are /nalterablo in their determination to Rigidly enforq*} the dispensary law, and they expect you to live up to every feature contemplated in the act. Tlioir administration of the law will bo dono fearlessly and without fnvor, and, wo hope, always tempered with jus tice. The trust reposed in you is a most importaut ouc, and you are charged with the sacred task of pre serving the morality of that class of your community that is'addicted to an intomporato use of intoxicAnts, by rigidly euforciug the provisions of a law which clearly contemplates a bet terment of the moralB of the peoplo by minimising the use of intoxicants by all, and absolutely placing them, so fnr< nn L in your power, beyond tho reach of inebriates and minors. "You must not ailow any loafing or drinking on your promises, and your hcArty co-Operation in our efforts to faithfully carry out the true spirit and intention of the dispensary law will ro ceivc our approbation." A MOONSttlNKIt PAIIDONED. Ho Tried to Sofyve Sentence but Jailer Wouldn't H.vve Him. A peculiar case whero tho President was obliged to come to tho relief of a man who^fied, and for a time in vain, to go into Jfiil and sorvo his sentenco, camo to light in the routine presenta tion of pardon cobcs. J.* Reuben Phillips was tho man and for 'working in a distillery without any sign' ho was arrested by revenue agents and sen tenced by tho court in South Carolina to three months in jail. That was at tho September term of court la6t year and for.fiome reason, maybe to pormit the njmi to harvest his httlo crops, tho judflO in his sentence provided that the term of imprisonment Bhotild not begin until the first of January of this year. Tho rest of tho story is told in tho President's endorsement upon tho case which is as follows: "Gynted. Tho prisoner was sen tcnccdVto three months imprisonment, to begin January 1, 1896. On that day ho rcpArtcd at tho jail for the purpose of entering upon his term, and was re timed admittance, because hiscommit ( ment papers had not arrived. For t^is reason ho did not begin his form ujptil February 19, 1890. If ho liad been admitted on tho day his sentence re quired, his term would have expired beforo tho presont timo. In view of this fact, and tho pitiable condition of his family, and upon the recommenda tton of tho judge, this pardon is granted." Mutt Pay Telegraphers as Agreed. In tho United States circuit court at St. Louis, Mo., Judge Caldwell Ordered Receiver RiHtlne of the Colorado Midland to comply with the contract made by the road with the employees of the telegraph department. 'J i la 1892 the telegraphors along the line se cured a contract with the road, agreeing wfth them upon a schedule of pay. June 1, 1896, the road, along with the San ta Pe system, went into the hands of ars> ceiver. and George W. Rlstlne was appointed a special receiver for the Colorado Midland.. The telegraphers assert that Rlsttoe refused to recognize the contract and eat consider able from their wages. The contrast, after specifying the pay and time, Mad that it sfcssM he lm ferae ???!? anutlim uuaiuuM be formed which w#nld be satisfactory to b&th the road and the employees. In view of the tact that the receiver had abrogated tbeooo tra<* the telegraphers laid the matter before J edge Caldwell. CON KKDKHA I K I'KNSION KltS . Largo Meeting ot'Votrans Throughout tin* Slate. Tho Pension Act passed by t ho last Legislature is meeting with general approval ami aside front providing for an increased pension, has done a splendid thing in causing rousing mooting** of Confederate soldiers to bo hold throughout tho State. In some of tho counties tho reports aro that as many as live ami si\ hundred sur vivors nu t to elect tho representatives of tho veterans on tho pension boards. Tho feature of tho now law which looks to tho veterans having repre sentation on tho boards that pass upon tho applications is especially favored by tho old Boldiora. Tho reports from all parts of tho State show that these meetings have boon happy affairs. It must havo boon a glorous thing for a crowd of five or six hundred men who havo braved tho struggles of tho "Lost Causo, " and who wore onco compan ions in war; to get together by tho hundreds. Homo of the meetings thai wore hold to select tho representative* of tho veterans on tho boards formed regular organizations to take up suob matters as may bo of importance, and Holocted historians who aVo to prepare and read war papers at stated periods. Tho State has given ?100,1)00 th if war for distribution among tho veter ans, and has made special provision for those who are totally disabled on account of the war. The veterans now being represented on the boards aro in a position to set that tho money given for distribution holds out. It is to be roniomborec that by confining tho roll to those whe aro strictly entitled to the pension each of those on the list gets a largoi pro rata share. The Comptroller General's oflleo if being flooded with applications foi blanks on which to apply for pensions. There has boon a large supply ol blanks. printed, and they have already been sent to tho county auditors, who will hand them to all applicants. (Ion. Farley is giving some attention to the work that is being done on the Confederate roily, and the Confederate war history that ho has in hand. lie has opened bids for the publication of tho rolls and hopes to havo thorn all printed cn tho appropriation. It is Baid by somo that tho rolls cannot possibly bo printed with tho amount appropriated by tho General Assembly. It it is found that all of tho rolls can not bo printed for correction, it is likely that those that are most likely to bo correct in any way aro to be givon preference, and those known to bo more correct will l>o -rateffod to the best informed men of tho particular command. It is estimated that tho rolls will show about sixty-two thousand names, but this is purely n guests, as no exact count has yet. been made and it will bo a very difficult matter to get tho exact number of men this Htatc gave to tho war, 011 account of tho transfer of mon from one command to another and names appearing two or threo times and then, of course, as time goes 'on, tho rolls will not show all who oniistod and perhaps many a bravo soldier's name will never find its way into tho annals of tho "Lost Causo." Tho his toric part of tho work will no doubt bo ready for publication by tho time tho General Assombly moefs again and it will bo asked to make an appropriation to4havo it printed. TIIjLMAN IN KENTUCKY,. In His Speech at Lexington lie Toll How Cleveland, Carlisle, Wntter son and Newspaper** are Ituluing the Country. fc^onator Tilltoan, of South Cnroliun, mado his first speech in KoDtacky in tbo Lexington auditorium. Tho audi ence filled tho house, a great many ladies being present. Ho paid little about silver, dovotiug nearly nil his time to Secretary Carlisle, President Cleveland, Henry Wattersoh and tho press of tho country. Jn referring to Mr. Wattorson bo said ho pitied him; tbat ho h(*<Tfor\vfars taught tru^r .De mocracy to Koutuckians, but "when hiB master told Ijiin to undo the good' work ho had done, ho did bis bid ding." Ho assertod that ho would rather cut his throat than remain in such employ longer. Ho said be had always been a Democrat, and his all ocators beforo him, "but if Carlisle aud Cleveland are to set tho paco for Democrats, I will declare myself to be no Democrat." Ho praisod Senator Blackburn for remaining in tho silver ranks, and criticised that wing of tho party which caused his defoat. He told his bearers that they were cowards to allow tho sound money Democrats to remain in power, and that they would bo forovdt ruined if they permitted rings of tho various counties to send delegates to 'the State Convention who would pass resol^jtTt>ns endorsing Carlisle for President. f f ? CONDITIO^ vjTwIjjTEB GRAIN, Tliere Was Lets Killing hy Cold Weather than Usual. The United States Department of Agrioul- i J^ure report on condition of winter grain, J April 1, 1896,' composed of consolidated re port* from townships, county and State cor respondents show a condition of winter wheat In nine leading States a* follows: Pennsylvania, 64; Ohio. 66, Michigan, 82: Indiana, 70; Illinois, 81; Missouri, 76; Kansas, 88; California, 91: average, tor the entire eoontry, 77.1; last yeur, 81.1 1. The condition ?i rye was in New York, 91; Pennsylvania, 78; Winsconsin, 77; average for the entire country, 83.9. Dry weather at seeding time, from which scarcely a oountv was 'exempt, largely retarded or prevented germlastlofe Throughout the winter Mia producing region, the "winter coveriagSrt saow Was ex ceptionally scanty. Bye suffered la most States less than wheat. ftrouto In early winter aad alternate freezing and thawing 8gfBgasrBf. lig ima 1 westward, .there wae less .winter killing thaa oeuel, owing to the mild season, aad promt eoadltloas are reported favorable. Bsssisn fly reported Jm a very few counties sloag Ike SOUTH CAROLINA i TEA PLANTING. * - % ' It KM l/l' OF IMC. KlIKI'AlilVS KX ri<:iti.Mi<NTS. * ? ? ? ? ? lie K\ post's t ho 31 > stories of IV a 1'Iant I ln? iiml the U'utloiialo of Ton Mult hi}*. # \ ?r O j I >r. Hhepard, of Summervillo, has iMStiOii a pamnhlet entitled '"May Ton bo Profitably drown in tho ttoutherji States?" in which tho subject in in orfi interestingly discussed, an 1 tlio HI lowing extracts theretrom will provfl^ profitable reading: 1 Dr. Hhcptird shows t lint tho estab lishment of a producti vo ton garden involves wry considerable expense. A well appointed gar dun, of good ({Utility and of largo loaf production, nit It few vacancies and oi vigorous g.owth, n sutliciont body of reliable laborers, and and a suitably equipped factory co?t n groat deal of money and attention. A well appointed ten garden implied fa jvovabio conditions of soil and exposure to sun, with protection from wintry blasts and tho ttvoidaiicc > 1 Mngnnut jwater about thtft rnotct of tho plant. Cioad tpmlit v means that tho plants have been ruitdd from tho bent, seed attainable or capable of being grown in tins local climate. Tho Assam variety unquestionably leads. It derives ite name from the northeastern province of British I lul in, which was wrested from Purnuth early in thin century. Its leaves tire btighv preen and largo, often attaining a length of hovou or more inches and broad in proportion. Few regions elsewhere appear to be favorable to tliogrowth of this variety, although long ago the forests of those jungles have givon place to well ordered tea gardens, where tho indige nous plants bask in itill sunshine, a requisite for tho remunerative produc tion of tea crops. Tho attempt is being made at Pino hurst to cultivate some of this variety, but tho severe weather ( lo degr.eos Fahr) to which this section of South Carolina is liable makes success less probable and it may be that fully hardened and woody plants are capable of enduring such extreme cold and that by grafting or othorwiso a slightly lower typo may bo obtained for suc eessfnl use. At tin; other cxtrcmo is tcio Chinoso variety. It is a low, Imshy shrub, blow of growth, adapting itself to a great range of climate and capable of with standing frost, snow and ioo. The leaves are of a dark green color, tough and small. Intermediate bctwoon the Assam and Chinese types stand the so-called "Hy brids" and reproducing in ther count less varieties the characteristics of both tho parent sorts, it has been observed at Pinohurst how few tea plants are uot Buscoptiblo of great improvement iu form, productiveness and quality by liboral cultivation. It is generally hold by English authorities that those HybridB 'which stands nearest by origin and in their nature to the Assam are to be moro highly prized. In this connection Dr. Shopard pro ceeds to show tho advisability of plant ing only tho boat seod iu eufcb' locality and then explains fully what is meant by A ?'Hush" in tea culture. As regards temperature be thinks the best climate for tea is a warm one, ranging (luring the year from 45 to 90 degrees Fulir, without ftuddon variations or severo wind storms, and tlio ruin fail should bo abundant and evenly distributed throughout the year. The tea plant is an enormous focdor. If the soil docs not afford abundant food artitlcal enrichment must bo ro - sorted to. Liberal fertilization aug ments not only the quantity but im proves tho quality of the leaf, as has been demonstrated experimentally at Pinehurst. ' Tho picking of tho loaf in n'garden of *w<?ntyfivo acres will kegp a forco of my twenty-live t^iildren almost^contin uouely busy during tho season. With patience and attention colored chil dren in tho Southern States quiokly iearn to perform tho task Hutisfaetorily. (u tho earlier flushes they are taught to pick only tho unexpected leaf bud at tho end of tho shoot (tho Pekoo tip.) For tho present only black teas are undo at Pinohurst, and consequently a briof description of what is uecestm ry for their mauufagturo must suflico. The first stop is tho withering of tho fresh leaf. This is effected by thinly spreading out tho the leaf on the floors *nd trays, so that evory pound shall cover about ton square feet. As eaoh pound of flnishod tea represents i 1-5 pounds of fresh leaf, it will bo soon that an output of ono hundred pounds of dry tea per diem requires about 1,000 squaro feet of withorin&aarface. The purpose of withering iitto render the fresh leaf snsceptiblo of being 'ollod without breaking. As it comos jo the factory it is crisp and olastio; riHtttq bent it immediately resumes its former shape. Withering requires ? light, i airy room. A fow hours lometime* suffice for tho change. When sufficiently witborod the leaf has lost iWWlaeticity and feels like an rid kid glove. _ _J He folly, explains tho rolling ?fxd oxidation and their effects. In the rolling a capable man can handle thirty pounds a day; a "Little Giant" rolling machine can do aa much in half an hour, and takeetho labor of one male to accomplish it. The total oost of a factory suitable | for daily production of fifty pounds dried tea may be estimated at 91,500 j te 18,000. Dr. Sbepard is in constant .raoeipt of letters of iaqnlnr aa to the ex pea si ves'eas of tea production and theae ha aa fully aijd explicitly aa po In cloning ho further nays: ^Thus far wo hnvo established at I'inohnrat very fair tea gardens from choioe im? ported and Japanese scod, and from them liavo produced both green and blank teas of a quality which readily commands one dollar o.r more in the retail market. The gardens havo few vacanciea and the plants a luxuriant growth. The hardier sorts have a most luxuriant growth and 4ho quality ol tho product and its reception by the public entirely meet our fullest anti eipatious. But not enough oxporionoo lias boon gained to form an estimate of its gen eral prpduetivcueBfl per aero of tho gardena; nor can any positive state ment be given aa to the suooohs of the two linea of experimentation to imJ prove tho gonoral quality of the plauts i>y importing different varieties of tho K more tender sort, until that varioty nLo found whioh combines tho utmost quality with tho ability to atand thin climate, or by direct propagation of cuttings and graftings to roprodnoo the West individual planta in tho already eatubliahed gardous. That obstacle!* in this experimentation was expeetod, but there has been enough success ho far to warraut itp coutimi? anco. 4, V? l: \ l l i KK-tiKO:* JIL'IjIjKTIN' Of the South Carolina Weather I)u? reau for Woelt Mn<!ln? April 4. Tho general weather conditions (lut ing tho .pant week favored tho fanner iu tho preparation of lamia for plant ing, but during tho latter portion of tho week woro generally unfavorable for germination of seeds ami growth of r vegetation. V Tho mean temporaturo for tho Stato was about 62, tho normal for tho same period ia approximately 5'.). Tho first lour days were oxtruuioly wi;rm, which eouditiou ended iu general thunder showers during tho evening and night of tho llrst ( Wednesday,) and was lollowed by falling temperature, to tho frooz-iug point over tho western por tion yf tho Htato ou Friday (old.) Light frost was general on tho morn ing of tho 3d and 4th (Friday and Sat urday,) but fruit and vegetables woro apparently uninjured by it. Tho highest temporaturo roportod was 93 degrees at Shaw's Forks, Aiken county, ou March 31st. Tho lowest 30 degrees^ atllcid, Greonville oounty, on the morning of April 3d. Minima temperatures of 32 degrocs woro re ported as far eastward as Orangoburg county on tho morning of April 3. Tho rainfall during tho past week came in one series of thundor showers during tho evoning and night of April let, and was quite general over the , State.- Tho rainfall was for tho, most / part light, but at Greenville and Little / Mountain tho measurements woro 1.89 / and 1.38 inches respectively. The/ avorngo amount of all places roporting ' rainfall was 0.66 inches. In a few localities tho rainfall was heavy enough to wash lands badly. Tho crop season, and vegetation in genoral, is backward, owing to the pre vailing cold weathor during the mont(T of March. Tho germination of earljt planted seed was slow and such fioro,. potatoes, etc. , that ynSro up were nip-1 pod by the frost of IFriday but not en-' tirely destroyed; The dryness of the * grounds has also been against rapid germination or growth, nor were the rains of the week sufficient to remedy this adverse condition. Corn planting hadTbeen jmshod iu " tho caster? half of the State* and gen^ eraRy bpgiin. 'elsewhere. The ground is dry enough to permit tho planting of bottom lauds as well aa uplands. Ground is quite generally prepared for cotton, but aa yet little haa aot ually (boon , planted except in the southeastern counties where, consid erable haa been planted, jJftrt of which is of tho sea island variety. Wheat is looking well/generally and : free from insects, except in Orange burg county, whore hessian fixes have a appeared. ? ? . Tho general conditio^ of fall oats is good, and but two correspondents, both from tho same county, report poor stands. Like all other vogota tion oats are making slow growth. Tho trnck farmers along the coast roport early ? Vegetables ready for shipment, but that generally the po&- , sou is lato; eighteen days lato one (cor respondent states. J. W. Bauer, Seetion Director. I TKLKGRAPHIC TICKS. " j ? - Two hundred Matabeles killed by aq explosion of dynamite in South Africa^ . Thomas Jefferson's birthtiay celei bratod at Monti cello, Va., by distin^ gujshed Democrats. j Wm. Graves, of New York, files * petition for mandamus compelling Secretary Carlisle to deliver Eim $100, 000,000 of 90-yeor 4 per cent, bonds. Mayor Strong has vetoed the Great er New York bill. At Dannemora, N. Y., Josef Zelame), murdoier of Tereaa Kamora, was electrocuted at Clinton prison. ^ 1 Tho Atlanta Exposition Company will sell tho buildings of the Cotton States Exposition at publlo auction on May 7. 4 . 1 A Duotown special to the Knoxvill* Journal says that John Smittfand Ben Wsho&Kfell 200 feet into^bafW?t the copper mines. Smith JR kill el\ and Wehunt wa^ fatally hurt; ' W. - W.. Oilrw^Aol im-cnville, S. O., was found 'de*4 is Washington in bis office, tt it aup posed tbatift was a ease of eedatiU 4 J". E. Pappar. distiller and rao*borte " a deed of trust to the Trust and Vault' ton,., K y. - The large whisky flm la Kaw m llle WaUUmiJ down its forcafreok educed fits from 1,700 dixninished