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VOLUME. VII.
CAMDEN, S. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 17, ISiHi.
NO. 14.
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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.
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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.
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' It KM l/l' OF IMC. KlIKI'AlilVS KX
ri<:iti.Mi<NTS.
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lie K\ post's t ho 31 > stories of IV a 1'Iant
I ln? iiml the U'utloiialo of Ton
Mult hi}*.
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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