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mmiraimro . i IKSil AJID fTS CONSEQUENCES. .! V i - *'* By Bm. CHARLES M. 8HELD0I. Author of "In BU SUp*,” "Th* Crucifixion cf PhQip Strong" "Maloom Kirk," El*. (Oop/rtfhi, 1900, by Adrmnc* Pmbl till lag Oft. J Mr. Hardy hurried down toward the tenement where Ward Scoville lived, revolving In his mind aa he went along plana for his future happiness and comfort , „ ‘Til deed him the place where be lives and arrange It In some way so that be won’t have to,go to the hos pital or come on the county when his * poor wife Is gone. It will be the best v I can do for him. Poor fellow! Wbal a shame I did not come down Iasi Be kitted hit wife tenderly, and the clung to him,'tabbing. night! And hla-wlfe a hopeless In valid and the oldest child only 4 years old, Mary said!” He was surprised as he drew neat the house to see a group of men stand ing there outside and talking together earnestly. As Mr. Hardy came up they of means—! put this mao In deadly peril upon a Sunday In order that more money ml&bt be made and more ha* man selfishness might be gratified. 1 did It And this man once saved my life.. I am his murderer, and no mur derer shall Inherit the kingdom of God.” « So the wretched man prayed there by the slda of that cold body. Yet the world today goes^un with men In high places who have It In their power to change the conditions that exact Sun day labor from thousands of weary men and drive the commerce of the world nofoss the continent at the cost of that priceless thing, the soul of man, in order that Ihe owners of rail road stock and the men who get their salaried living from It may have more money. What! Is It net true that every Sunday In this land of Christian homes and hearts many and ninny a well fed, sleek, seif satisfied, well dressed man, with a high salary and well established social position, with a luxurious homo and money In the bank, goes to church and sits down In a softly cushioned pew to listen to the preaching of the gospel, while within hearing distance of,the services an express train or a freight thunders by upon the road which declares the dl^dends that make that man’s wealth po^ilble? On those trains are groups of coal be grimed human beings who' never go in side a church, who never speak the. name of Cod or Christ except In an oath, who lead lives that are aa desti tute of spiritual nourishment as a des ert of sand and rocks and who are compelled to labor contrary to God’s everlasting law of rest In order that man may have more to feed his body and Indulge his passions! Do not tell ns It Is necessary labor. It Is labor for the making of qa°rv money. It does not need to lie done. The-community could dlsjiense with It. and In the sight of Cod It Is a wicked use of human flesh and blood and souls, and the starved spiritual natures of these men will come up at the judgment day be fore the men who had’It In their power to say, “Not a wheel shall turn on these tracks Sunday even If we don’t make a little more money.” Money or souls! Which U worth rndfr In the thought of the railroad corporation? Let the facts make answer. Mr. Hardy did not know Just how Jong hf, N kjp:v-h;v) there ty that, bare room^At nut hc'nrdse wearledly" and came out.- but Ids prayer had not re- CHAITER IV. ^^ l*** 8 - Ith* wertv "fr^jdjdd him. X*4i‘ surgeon glanced at barely cmT ^1 Inquisitively, but asked no ques- ’Well, Stevens,’’ Mr. Hardy Inquired of one of the men. recognizing him as one of the employees In the casting room, “how Is Scoville this morning?” “Dead!’’ Mr. Hardy reeled as If struck In the breast with a heavy blow. , "Dead, did you say?" . “He died alnnit an hour ago,” said one’tof the other men. “The surgeon was late In getting around, and after the amputation It was ascertained that Scoville had received severe Internal Injuries.” “Was he conscious?” Mr. Hardy ask ed’the question mechanically, bat all the while his mind was In a whirl of remorse. “Yes; up to the last moment.” Mr. Hardy went up to the door and knocked. A woman, one of the neigh- J bors, opened It and he went In. The] sight stunned him. The dead man Ipid J been removed to a rear room, but fils p, wife lay upon the very same ragg<*d lounge Mr. Hardy had seen In his j dream. The surgeon was bending over ( her. The room was full of neighbors. 4- The surgeon suddenly arose and, turning atnuit. spoke In a quiet but de elded tone: "Now, then, good people. Just go home, will you,.for awhile! And sup pose some of you take these children along with you. You can’t do anything more now and your presence disturbs the woman! Ah. Mr. Hardy!” be-ex claimed, seeing the manager. "Yon here? This Is a sad business. Come, now, ladles, 1 must ask you to retire.” Everybody went out except the sur geon, the poor woman's sister and Mr. Hardy. He drew the surgeon over to ed a shock at the very first, and he "fHhnbiedwidiefiny. '***' ~ ir "Well, you see,” explained the sur geon, “Scoville was n dead man from the minute of the accident Nothing could have saved him. When the acci dent happened. 1 was down at Bayvllle attending the men who were Injured In the wfeck last Sat unlay. I telegraphed that'-l would come at once. But there was a delay on the road, and I did not . get here until 3 o’clock In fhe morning. Meanwhile everything bad been done that was possible. But nothing could save the poor fellow. This shock will kill his wife. 1 doubt If she lives through the day.” . • "What will be done with the cbll- dren^’ , Mr. Hardy asked the question mechanically, again feeling the need of time to think out what was best to be tlons. The sick woman was In a state of semlconsclousness. Mr. Hardy's rook, her alster. sat listlessly and worn eui bj the side of the lounge. The sur geon .‘rapidly gave dlrectAjns for the use of hiiiue medicine and prepared to gn. Home of the noighltors called, and the surgeon lot two of the women come In. Just as the two men were going out together, Mr. Hardy still absorbed In his great desire to do something of Imitortnuce for the mother and her Children, his minister, Mr. Jones, ap peared. lie looked surprised at seeing Mr. Hardy, Inquired the news of the doc tor and at once asked If he could see the |MH)r widow. The doctor thought It would do no harm. Mr. Jones whisper ed to Mr. Hardy: '“Hhe was a faithful member of our church, you know.” Mr. Hardy did not know It, to his shame, he confessed.. This sister of his In Christ had been a member of the same church, and he had not even known It If shf had happened to sit on the same side of the building where ae sat. he would probably have wonder- , ed who that plain’ looking person was, J dressed so poorly. But she had al ways sat back ou the other side, being | Mr. Hardy walked away, feeling aa . . .. . if the ground were heavy under him. It was now 10 “clock and the day Wbmt \ r > all compared •eemed to him, cruelly brief for the wJtb ufe wh ,^ ha( , ^ '7* The featurct of the dead man were fixed in an expression of despair one of a few poor women who bad been attracted Into the church an(\ been comforted by Mr. Jones’ simple piety and prayers. » The minister kneeled down and said a gentle word to the woman. Then, as If In reply to a low voiced request he began a prayer of remarkable beauty and comfort Mr. Hardy wondered as done. The surgeon shrugged Ids shoul- * he listened that be could even have Work be had to do. Ha entered the office, and almost the first thing be saw on his desk was the following letter, addressed to blmNhut Written In S dis guised hand: Mr. Ilnrilv —1!« In the canting room don't o**d no lookfnf after, but mayba tha neVt pot of hot Iron that MVloiim will be o«it tha ofDa If you tbiok* ac have btxllri but no aola torn# morning you arid wakr up belevlng another tblnf. We ain’t ao reef led an lum tuppoaea. Better look to bouae and employ ipeeul patrol; if yon do we will blnk bil face for him. * There was no signature to this threat ening scrawl, which was purposely misspelled and ungrammatically com-, posed Mr. Hardy had received threats before ami paid little attention to them. He prided himself on bis steady nerves and Iris colitempt of all such methods used to scai-e him. Only t, coward, he reasoned, would ever writa an anony mous letter of such a character. Still this morning he felt disturbed. Illls peculiar (Circumstances made the whole situation'take on a more vivid coloring. Besides all that, he could not escape the conviction that he was In a certain sense resifonsible for the accident In the casting room. It was not his par ticular business to Jpspect machinery. But his attention had been called to It. and he felt now us If he had been crim inally careless in not making the In spectlou In the absence of the regular officer. An investigation of the acel dent would free Mr. HardyrfHtn legal responsibility, but lu the sight x>f God he felt that he was morally guilty. At this moment Mr. Burns came In. He looked sullen and s{>okc lu a low totm: “Only half the men are back this morning, sir. ^coville’s death and the Injuries of the others have had a bad effect on the men.” .. Mr. Hardy’ crumpled the letter nerv pusly in his hand. ’ “Mr. Burns'. I would like to apolojlze_ to you for my neglect of the Injured men. Who are they and bow badly are they hurt?” Burns looked surprised, hut made answer, -deacrHilug briefly the acci dents. Mr. Hardy listened intently with bowed bead. At Inst he looked up and said abruptly: "Come into the east lug room.” They went out-of the office, |tassed through the repairing shops aud entcr- -ed lb.- found! \ <l>'|4!irtmciii. Kverf'on that bright winter niofiilitu. with the air outside so eh-nr and cool, the atmos phere In this place was murky and close. The forges in the blacksmith room at'ilo- farther end gloWcd through {he smoke and diiM like smoldering piles of rubbish dumped hero and there hy ehaiH-e u|m>ii some desolate moor aud stirred.By ill oinetn-d demons of the nether world. Mr. Hardy shudder ed qa he thought of standing In ftneh an atmos|,io*ro sll «Imv to work at severe muscular toll. He n-called with sharp vividness u request made only two mouths before for dust fans which had proved successful in other shops aud which Mould remove a large |»art of the heavy, coal laden nlr, supplying fresh nlr lu FOCpIni-e. Tin* company had refused the request and had even said through one of its officers that when the men wore out the eom|tauy could easily get more. Mr. Hardy ami the foreman paused at tbi> entrance to the casting room where tfir men had b*-en injured the day In-fore. A few men were working sullenly. Mr. Hardy nak«*d the fore man to call the men together near the other end of the nstm; he wanted to say something to them. He walked over there wldle the foreman spoke to the men. They dropped their tools and came over to where Mr. Hardy mas standing. They were mostly Scandi navians and Germans, with a sprin kling of Irish ami Americans. Mr. Hardy looked at them thoughtfully. They w ere a bard looking crowd. Then he said very slowly and distinctly: “Y’ou may quit work until after Seo- vilh-’s funeral. The machinery here needs overhauling.” v The men stood impassive for a mo ment. Finally a big Hum- step|M-d up and said: . , ’ , “We Im? no miJidi-d to quit work K-k- AW m» <-a» uffof4l4G—Ukvo- ders. He was accustdiued to scenes of suffering and distress continually. "Orphans’ home, I suppose,” he re plied laconically. A movement aqd a moan from the woman called Mm to her side, and Mr. Hardy, left alone, he thought a mo ment, then stepped over to the surgeon and asked him If he could go into the other room and see the dead.man. The surgeon nodded a surprised assent, and Mr. Hardy stepped Into the rear room and closed the door. He drew back the sheet from the face of the man and looked down upon |L Nothing In all ills experience had ever moved him so deeply. The features of the dead man were fixed. It seemed to him,.In amex- presslon of despair. Mr. Hardy gazed steadily upon It for half a minute; then, replacing the sheet, he kneeled down by the side of the rude bed and prayed God for mercy. thought this man dull In the pulpit. He sal down and sobbed as the prayer went on and took to himself the conso lation of that heavenly petition. When Mr. Jones rose, Mr. Hardy still sat with hla bands over his face. The sur geon was called out by some one. Then the minister, after making arrange ments with the women who bad come In for the funeral of Scoville, started to go out, when Mr. Hardy rose, and they went away together. “Mr. Jones,” said Mr. Hardy as they walked along. “I have an explanation and a confession to make. 1 haven't time to make It now, but I want to say that I have met God face to face with in the past 24 hours, and I ant con scious for the first time In years of the ihrensely selfish life 1 have lived. 1 need your prayer* and help. And I want to serve the church and do my duty there as 1 have never before done tfc'-NrffM? |itiiw! Mr. Hardy looked at him and replied quietly: “The-wages will go on Just the same w hile you are out,” There was a perceptible stir among the men. They looked confused and Incredulous. Mr. Hardy still looked at them thoughtfully. ■ Finally the big Dane stepped for ward again and said, speaking more respectfully than be did at first: “Mr. Hardy, we be thinking maybe you would like to help towards him the Sr, j uu O Lord,” be groaned In bis remorse, i It. I Bare not supported your work aa “lay not the death of this man to my ^ shoqld.- 1 want you to tblnk of me charger’ Yet.’even.aa he prayed, he M 1 ’* ready to help In anything could not drive back the thought which m y Power. Will you accept my apol- cbased across the vnyer: “1 am thla r ° r contempt of your request a man's murderer. 1 Issued the order ago* I will come Into the meet- compelling the Sunday work. I 1 refused Thursday night'and help In any » week ago to Inspect the retorts which ! were declared unsafe, on the ground' thaf It was not my business. 1 com pelled this man to worlrwnder the fear of losing hla place If he refused to work. I compelled him to work on the I day In which God has commanded feaglon, a member of the church, g man way possible. Mr. Jones’ eye* filled with tears. He grasped Mr. Uardy’a band and said simply: “Brother, God bless yon! Let me he of service to you In any way I Mr. Hardy felt a little better for the and ftwemd mtth .hla. minister at tbt next cofn+r. going down to his office. “A’o, no thanks/ I’ll do something more.” family of the dead and others as be hurt. lH6een ’pointed to take up purse for poor fellows injured. We all take baud in’L My brother be one lose bis tfta eyee-? . .... .I.' Tl . ' A tear actually rolled down the grimy cheek of the big fellow and dropped Into the coal dust at bis feet Mr. Hardy realized that be was look ing at- a brother man. choked down a sob and putting bla hand In hla poqket pulled out all the change he bad and poured it Into the Dane's* hand. Then, seeing that It was only g4 or (IS, he pulled out bis purse and emptied that of Its bills, while Burns, the fore man. and-all' the men looked pn In stn- pefled wonder. ^ Oora.” ' ed In that, gas polsenhd aepulchsr? He could not banish from bla mind the pic ture of that face os It jooked to him when he drew back the sheet and look ed at It. Heliurrled back to the office through the yard and sat down at the well worn desk, The mail bad coma In, and half a dozen letters lay there. What did It all amount to, thla grind of bnsl- ness, when the heartache of the world called for to much sympathy? Then over him came the sense of bis obliga tions to bis famlly-^Clara’a need of a father’s help,' George going to the bad, Attee lfr-Wfed of- eympathy, bla wlfp weeping even now at home, the church and Sunday .s^QPl where he had been of so little use, Jbe family of Scoville to be provided for, the other Injured men to be visited, improvements for the welfare of the men In the shops to be looked after and the routine of htk bnslness—all these things crowded. In upon him, and still he saw the face and heard the voice of Eternity, “Seven gays more to live!” He sank Into a reverie for a moment. He was roused hy the sounding of the noon whistle. What, noon already? So ■wlftly had the time gone! He turned to bis Tlesk, bewildered, and picked up bla letters, glanced over them hurried ly aud then gave directions for the an swers of some of them to his Impatient clerk, who had been wondering at his employer’s strange behavior this morn ing. Among the letters was one which made his Hieek burn with self re proach. It as an Invitation to a club dinner to be given that evening in bon or of some visiting railroad president It Mas Just such an occasion as be had enjoyed very many times before, aud the recollection brought to mind the number of times he had gone auay from his home and left his wife sitting drearily by the tire! How could he have done It? He tossed the gilded In vitation fiercely Into the wastebasket ami, rising, walked Ids room, tbinkiug? thinking. He had so much to do and so little time to do It in! He thought thus a moment, then Ment out aud walked rapidly over ttrthe hotel where he Was lu the habit of getting lum;b when he did not go. home. He ate a little l^friedly aud (lieutautened out. As he-was -going upon tjw* side walk two young men came iu and jos tled against him. They were smoking and talking In a loud tone. Mr. Hardy caught the sound of his own name. He looked* at the speaker, and It was the face of the young man he had seen In bis dream, the one who had Insulted George and struck him afterward. For a moment Mr. Hardy was tempted to confront the youth aud inquire Into his son’s habits. “So,” he said to himself after a pause; ”1 will have a good talk with George himself! ' That will b« the best.” He hurried Itack fo the office aud ar ranged some necessary work for hla clerk, took a walk through the other office, then went to the telephone aud calh-d up the MU|terlutenib-ut of the Sunday school, who was a bookkeejier In a clothing house. He felt an Intense desire to arrange for an Interview with him os soon as posidMe. Word came Itack from the house that the superln tendeiit had been called out of town by serious Illness In bis old botne aud would not be liaek until Saturday. Mr. Hardy felt a disappointment more keen than the occasion soenn-d to war rant. He was conscious that the tiint was very brief, lie had fully made'up bis mind that so far as In him lay he would redeem his. selfish past. and make a week such as few men ever made. He was Just beginning to real ize that circumstances are not always lu our control. \Yc arc obliged to wait for time to do some things. We cannot redeem seven years of Molflwhne*a with seven days of self denial. The death of Scoville revealed to Mr. Hardy his powerlcssW** Jn the face of certain poHsihlliJIes. He now feared that the su|)criutcndcnt would fall to return In time to Mt him confess to him his just sorrow for his lack, wf service in the under that impulse w rote a letter that expressed In jiart how he felt. Then he Jotted down tl»o following* items fo be referred to the proper authorities of the road*, Item f. The dust In the blacksmith shop and lu the brass polishing rooms Is largely unnecessary. The new Ku- glefiri*^revolving rolling fans and ele vator ought to l>e Introduced In ttotb departments. The cost will 1)0 hut on Item to the road ami would prolong the life and mid to the comfort of the em ployees. Very Important. Item 2. Organized and intelligent ef fort should be. made hy all railroad cor porn tlons to. lessen Sunday work In shops am) on the road. All perishable freight should he so handled as to call for the services of ns few men on Sun day as possible, and excursion and pas Benger trains should be discontinued except in cases of unavoidable neces sity. Item 3. TbeHnspection of boilers, re torts. castings, machinery of all kinds, Should he made by thoroughly compe tent and responsible men; w ho shall an swer for all unnecessary accidents by swift ami severe punishment iu case of loss of life or limb. Itcfi 4. Iu case of injury or death to employees, if Incurred through the nog;, lect of the comphny to provide safety, It should provide financial relief for the families thus injured or stricken by death aud so far as possible arrange for their future. Item 5. Any well organized railroad could, wljh pjjdtir to its employees, have upon its staff 'of salaried men a corps of chaplains or preachers whose business Is would Ik* to look after the religious Interests of the employees. ruder till- last ituui.Mr. Hardy wrots In a^ footnote. "IMseuss feasibility ql ttis wfth Mr. B.. influential director.” BILL ARP AS AN EDUCATOR ABOUT Tt*K DAYS AND MON UH. He Tells Howlbey Got Their Name* and Then Diacntsea Other Matters jgf laltvts’. —-.■■■■/—e—i<*-*—t— 'We know very well how there came t) be seven days in a week. These days Jtd not have any names for many cen turies except by their numbers, as the drst day and second day, etc., but in course of time the Scandinavians gave ^hem names tn honor of their gods, the mn and moon and Saturn and Woden tod Thor, etc. -Woden was their great est goo and Thor was the god of the clouds. Wednesday used to be Wod- eosday and Thursday was Thursday. They believ* d tbatThor made tnundtr oy picking up two great mountain* In the sky and clapping them together and that he was ten miles high and his arms twenty miles long. But the di- v sion ot the year into months and bt w and when the months got their names is not generally known to the young peo ple, and perhaps will not be until some- bpdy tells them. 1 was thinking,i^bout this month of April and bow it got its name from a Latin word that means to open,” because during this month the earth begins to open for the seed to come up and the grass to grow and the ouds on the trees open into leaves and tl >wers. Young people should know nat away back before the Christian era there were but ten months and the year ended with December and oegun with January, because their god J*nus was aduub.e laced god and with one face looked back at the old year and with the other looked forward at the new year. That was pretty and appro- riate. Before the reiguof Notua, Jan uary and February w^wa nut la the be ginning of the year, but tbo^e old K > man emperors and tbe-old popes uid what they.pleased with time, and stf January was made tbe first moiitn to please Janus. Then Xuma trantpi-s'-d February to p'esse Lipercus, another- god who they said was the she wolf .Lat suckled Kjmulus and K-mus in a cave, and the Kernses established a yearly festival in honpf of this she Wul! »nd called it Februes^rhich means ex piation. March.was named in honor of Mars, another goo, and the 2.j.h of March was the beginning of the year for 2 000 yearr, not only with the K> ma s’, but with n^sny Christian nati n . indeed, it was not changed from tn.s listUctiun until the year 1752, and it eems lu mo a pity that it ever wa« changed Tn*- time uf toe vernal equl- oor, the 21*tof March, seem.- more like Y new .year had come than dots the joid oleak’midwinter of the first day •jl January. Tne next month tu April wa* n»m>d o honor of apoiber god or goddess | vaults .amid Malar, wnb was the mother of tieieury. Then came June, a namt ;ivea in bont'r of Junius, the god of youth. Then 'cAffio tbs OtBe^ four Booths. September, Ojiob r, Novein; oer and December. G<n1s a»d godde-sst s iad given out 1 reckon/ But later on ands of peoplq had yard sticks and weights and measures, they were not exactly alike. Many yardsticks were a tr fli short and there were scales to buy by and scalps to sell by and so with peck me-asures, and half bushel mean ures. lor thero were dishonest mer chants men ur n l reckon Mrera are some now. Tbe first foot meksure is said to have been the exact length of an ancient Human emperor’s foot. Ti.e first inch was the length of three grains of English barley, which, it is said, Is the mc»t uniform in six') and length of any grain in the world. They took 1U8 grains out of a pile and laid them in a line touching each other and cal ic'd It a yard, add oee-thirty-sixih part of that line was an inch, and so*we have the old table of three bar ley corns make one inen, twelve inches one foot and so on. When my wife wishes to cut up shirting or calico Into certain lengths she measures it by bold ing it out at arm’s length from the tips of her lingers to her nose and declares she does not miss it a quarter ot an inch and skys it is more correct than three barby corns or ap emperor’s foot. What a time yhenieople of the world have had in getting things set tled down to a uniform condition. And they are not all settled yet. We have not yet agreed on our war with the Fnilippines or the English war with the Boers or the tan IT on Porto K.co or whether McK nley is a tippler or is Dewey joking about the Presidency or who is governor of Kentucky. There are ever 200 dilTgrent kinds of religions in this country. There are seventeen kinds of Mcthcdistt), thirteen of Bap- tisis, twelve of Presbyterians, six of Homan Catholics, .six of Adventists (pur of Quakers, ten of Mennonites, seven ot Lutherans.- two Episcopalian, oesides Dunka^, Universalists, Mor mons, Spiritualists, and many others too tqdious tn njentioti.V All «of these profess to- be Coristian %iurches and declare they can prove their faith by the Bible. JiButsiid ti e world rolls on and'the- years with it. Toe seasons come and go just as they have for ages. Ther is no variation in the works, of God Sometimes 1 w eh that like Him ! eou’d be poised away up in the Heavens and look down upon tbe wand and see it turning over and roiling' onward in il»urb:t,rl would want eye* that would scrutinize everything upon it. . Bttiics and blood and carnage and the dead and dying and tbe mourne'’B and the -uirts of the churche* and bear the Sabbath bells and the preachers’ ser mons and see happy children going to school and the* f armers pi iwtng In the fields and the -cattle uHpon a thousand mils and the never fct>*asing ru»n of pet»- Dte tn the street- of the great cities ard the gold piled up in the bankers' r can growwlth- out - Potash. Every blade of;^| Grass, every grain of Corn, all Fruits . - - /i. and Vegetables must have it. If finough is supplied you can count on a full crop— « if too little, the growth will be "scrubby.” Send for our book* telling all about composition of fertilizers best adapted for all crops. They cost you nothing. GERM AN K ALI WORKS.g 3 Nassau £t.. New York ard tbe poor aid wretched In the slums and the thousands of convicts* in the prisons and the firo* and funer als and the barquets and ships at sea and here anu thero a wreck and all on board enguifed. Yes. I wouid wish to -!ee It all just oace—life aid death, bappia.ss a>.d misery, ssmu and sio- Jut.us 1 < ar iinagiDiu l,t- was a god uers !■ imo vast .nd cl at. • a new month and calieit u would lik-' to c' July and Augustus C-> ar did the esme [ the universe an thing »iiu caiied it AugusC Uf course i lb** spheres and b> y bed to rob ihu other months of I sod r.de upon .omc of .hair days iB ord -r to get Ibese ] no .*o uontus in. Now. my young fru ads, just think of u, how toe civ ilia .-u Christian aufid has bqeo Impost U Upon Qj superstition. Every day lathe week .lid a.uiort every month m the year kaleidoscope. Turn l :mb higher still and -ee J listen to the music uf -i <ar among tbe stars the planets and—welt, I don't believe I would. Uo the whine I would rather stay at horn > and wiyk to the garden and eat nay own asparagus for dinner and take my evening nap and anon bear a fa'olila' voice remark : “ William, the flour is oatneu in honor of some imaginary gPo ■ out and'so is tb< mat the bt albeo pt op:e aorsbippud. can l sec all the Faill preached a grand sermon when 1 witi^ my humo. <exald k> them : " Wi.o tolly aorship oteft dcclart worshipped I ermou when 1 m ye Ignor- j 11 unto you.’ I Not omy did we gel (rum them the-1 names uf days and months, hut to* name, of ail the planet* except one. i and that )s the earth tha’. we -ive upon | tl.»w faithfully they did worship their gi-df.. Hi w lojal were they to Jupiter. I the god uf all gods, wbutn Ihry imag ined -at upon a throne on the lop ul vlourH O 'topus. an imaginary mouo- .*!q (ar up in Iho IK-avens, and froni | there overiuoked and blessed the cb 1 dreo ol men. L >ve is Iho foundation oi 3 .oracler uf ever) god whether real u r i msgiuary It is worthy of re mein , branco that alt thn historic nation- | wi r-biped go * wton they bellcvac ui be good. ’ Nj peop u have ever wor I thiped a gpd who did not iove add care fur the children of men. There were god* of evil, too. but the people did not love them. They feared them 1 sugar. misery l lot. aov am g>ad 1 am content Bill Am* mi; kclipsk op* niK si s Interrailng and Instructive • lie Coming AeironomU-al D*. James II. Gar isle, of M Got.ege. has sent tbe following Notes on K«ent. ilfjrd I.UU-S : IM nit l< jf the tun, especial y the > lake p ace, to -the News rays. At Milan, 1'adua, etc., the excite ment was equally great. "Long live the astronomers was the cry when the rose colored tlames burst forth on the bright groifnd of tbe corona, during the total obscuration. Two hundred years previously many of the inhabitants of Faris hid themselves in caves on the - mere announcement of an eclipse of the sun, which was toial in that, city. In July, 1842, in the south of France, horses attached to vehicles came to a decided stand, and no exertions of the drivers, though backed by the wbiri could induce them to proceed until tbe sun nau again appeared. Cattle in tbe field* congregated together immediale- fy $fier darkness ame on. as if in ap prehension of an attack. Dogs In parti cular appeared to have been sensible of some unnatural event, bowling piteous ly during the .deprivation of the sun's rays, or bawtilv set king some place of safety. * * * The birds in the tree , n .-ar Lodi, suddenly ceased singing at the momen’ when the total obscuration came on. * * * A~t M lan the bees quitted their hives in great numbers soon after sunri-e, but returned to them in ba-to immediately the last rays of the sun bad vanished. The astroffomers who can predict an eclipse a hundred years in advance, cannot tell whether u little cloud may nut suddenly form a half hour before tbe ihrfTttng moment hiding all the wonderful spectacle from their eyes. Man is a strange compound of wisd&q^ and Ignorance, uf strength and weak ness ! “Alas the human mind's at fauft; Fur still hy turns it claim*. A notWenrsa that ntav exalt, A liitl> ue*« that -homes. Of sitength aud wfcakuest tjll comhined, l iimpoundtd of the mean and grain!. And trills* thus mav shape the u.wnl, t hat could a iem|>esi stand !’’ Wofford College. J* U. C- rmm ■ - — Willla n F. Cody-—who i* better known as “Buffalo Bill,” is now eo- , gaged in a great commerc al enter- ! urise. He is said to be backed by Geo. Mile* an i tome weH known capita'ists of the Ki»t In the pr»j-ct of eru tiog a el 000 (Xkl smelter al Grand Eicamp | meat. Wyoming- Tne work involved | the planning uf an irrigation Kchcine of some proportion*. A remarkable I coincident *n this connection is that it ' *a* through this ‘Very country that I Cody Was Chasing Sitting Bull nearly twenty five years ago, and I* in sight iof ‘the »put where the Custur mas- i -acre occurred. —Women physicact have es ahlisbed themselves all ov-‘r Ktssia and they have achieved a re*pectod position on t c one a and Courier: Louis X Y of Franee | ITlo-1774) asaeu or comaiauded one ol tbu French a* t trooomer- to find out when be could hope to see a total eclipse of the s m A list of eclips 1 ’* was laboriously pre pare!. If the King had lived to this cav in Paris he would never have |,e.i lie coveWd privilege. The coming ici'ustwill not be total in Paris. Ii. 1847 a central ee lpsw* pa*-ed over Par!*, out the disk of tbe moon was u o smao | to Side nil tbe face of the sun, it being just as *e fear the powerof Satan ouw Tne origin ol macy thing* of every day I poly ao annular eclipse use In tbf busintss of Ilfs la a curious| W.llsotneof the o dest resident* in and interesting study.. - For io»lai.co, (jhuru-sUni tell of the total eclipse in wno estaoiishetFthe enact length of ac November 30? A reference to the [TO Bl. CONTIN —Jhe Sahara la obi a barren waste, as Is i opularjy supposed. Not fbng aeo Pere were 9 000,000 sheep, 2,000 - 000 goats and 260,000 cametl lb the oases mf. —Senator Clark, of Montana, owns beet sugar factory l 'in California If!’*** NUU *^UV,Yr\JV UVlUriB IU l Algerian Bahpra alhne: arA the oai furnish a million and a hat? date palt dollar coin of gu.d or a bushel of m These things haven't been fixed so very long. The nations have been working m them for centuries acd they w.*l out finally agreed ( n until about 150 years ago During tbe reign of King Getrge IV the house of parliament In L todun was burned up aud tbe stand ards of weights and measurve was ourned up with it anu it took years to reproduce them, for although thous- Every farmer knows that to kill weeds he must go* to the roots. - To cut the weed off -on the sur face, means that the weed is still left to grow. Jt’s just that way with boils, ul cers, eruptions, pimples and similar diseases of the flesh. To cure them you must go to the roots, down into the blood. Mere surface treat ment never gets rid qf the disease. It will come l»ack at the first opportunity. It is to its won derful power in the purification of the blood that Doctor Pierce’s Golden Medical Discovery owes many of its triumphs of healing. It cleanses the blood thoroughly, elimi nating all the refuse matter and' clears out the waste and jroisorprtis particles which clog the Jrody arid so foul the flesh. It eradieate^-frprii the blood the conditions whiclrofhakc disease possible. The.-rtkilt is-'fliat diseases die out like fires that-rtfe unfed. There is no niedicinejor the blood which h>-“just,aa good” as “Golden Medical Discovery/* Accept no substitute. “ I feel it mv duty to-write to vmi of the won* ■ai*- on my rietrt ear. ami ffijr hUsxt was hadlv out of order* 1 tried lotfll doctor* but with no good result* 1-in lily. I wrote vnu the particular*4w- my <a*e. sod vmi advised - T.oldcn Medical UtsooverV/ which 1 began to take From the first l*)ttie I began to feel better, aud when 1 bad taken eight tint He* the sore was healed up. I wish yon succeusd' . - ' ^ ■ Free. Qn receipt of 21 otie-cent stamps to pay expense of mailing only. Doctor Pierce’s Common Sense Medical Adviser, 1008 pages, ■ paper-bound, will be sent binding send u stamt will soon navi the rare privilege of bo leg pleased and elarlit.d, even awed, bv this great object lesson. The moon’s dark shadow will crus* our Elate May 28, to a path about fifty miles wide, nearly parallel to our seacoast and a lit tle above the middle of the State. Take a m»pof South Carolina, :ay a ruler touching Newberry and Winosboro ■ Draw aslraigbt line between ihx-se two •towns, prolonging tbe line ea!on way to tbe edve of Georgia anu North Caro lina. The centre of the moon’s shadow will move very nearly aloffg that line passing over Lancaster. Draw a line on each tide of that line parallel to it about twenty-five milts distant. - That belt will very nearly cover tbe section on which tne eclipse will be total. It is striking to see jio'w many towns will becyv. red. The upper llnf run* very near Abbeville, Laurens, Union, York/ vilie : the lower to H Jgf field* Xc-xing- "ton, Columbia, Camden, Bmnettsvil'e. This total'"Belt will be prolonged to tbe Gi^ World, ending in Northern Egypt, near the H^d Sea. it is safe to predict that this eclipse will be honored' by a more numerous company of expert gazers than ever Studied any similar phenomenon, la the two minutes of tha total eclipse many questions will ho a*ked of the sun anu muon. - Some will probably be answered and yet the answers wilt sug gest newy questions, thus illustrating the saying that as we enlarge the cir cle of light we only enlarge tbe sur- roui'ding circle of darkness The newspapers, Our great public educators, will prepare old and young to look intelligently on tbe wonderful spectacle. Our officials in the national observatory have issued an instructive pamphlet with maps. ^ The following description of a total eclipse of tbe sun, by Prof.’J. Hussell Hind, of the iljyal Astronomical So ciety of London, is worth quoting just now : During tbe eclip?e of 184ineariy the whole popu'a ion of some of the princi pal cities of Southern France and Italy, which were upon the central line, turn- 9d out to view the rare phenomenon of _ a total deprivation of the sun’s light in uie daytime. At Paris Mr. Ballcy*aays, ■"there was an unusual shout, whfeb made tbe welkin nug,” at the cocc u siqn of.the eclipse ; and M. Arago, who observed at Perpignan, says : Nearly twenty thousand persons covered the terraces, ramparts and other eminences about the place and that an astounding bout from tbe multitude announced the Some of them are employed >>y tbe gov -rnmeot, and since lari year are eotltled to a |>eot!oo. Man/ of them occupy position* as country physi cians, school physician*, physician* for the p.tor aoi as surgeon*, for the municipal ambulance system, etc. Dr. Hathaway Treats All Diseases. UN Method ln>ariahly fure* All Catarrhal. Bronchial. Lung, Stom ach, Liver. Kidney and Other Com plaint*, a* Bel! .as Ail UNchm-* and Mcakne**eM of Women. v** M -i 1« , r v* aw '... ■ - extcn-ivc practice, cuv ermir a |wrl<Hl of more tliunjujean.lielias l* *•11 calicit u|M4U*to treat aii laSnpcr n( diseu.scs .of men * and women and aiutiK the whulu line uf Immau ailments he ha* been uniformly sue cessful. . a. I>r. Hathaway’s me tliod of treatment get. directly at the seat o» tbe trouble. jKirlfie* the bloud tunes up the whole system and neutralizes tbe poisons which o Purifies the Blood produce the diseased condition*. *11 Diseases - Yearly he ri’stores to perfect mps shout iromt cxtlaOiocA 'health thousands of sufferers Treated. f roln Catarrh. I5ron<‘liitls. As- thma. May Fever. I.urig Cbmplaints. Stomach. Uver and Kidney Diseases, Piles, Tumors, Can cers. Eczema and all tnanner uf skin affm-tlons _ . Dr. Hathaway also treats with ‘ i, *® ascs0 ' tin* greatest success all fho*e Women many distrcssliu; weaknesspivand ulsuastfii by whicn. so many women :tre afrilctcd rin-Vninai I,r Hatha way'suffices are fit toil BlOoinoai W|th all t , 1(1 |at ,« t electrical and appliances, other appliances, in the use of which,' as well as the interoscojic ne has world wide fame as an e\i>ert. All of the medicines ii'-ed by J)r. Hathaway are compounded In tils own laboratories, under his personal direction, md sjiecial remedlcsa.ro prepared for cacti In lividual case according to Its requirements. Dr. Hathaway has prepared a series of scif-ex a tn Inatb mbln 11 k s Blanks. applying to thedlffercntdi*4-;isc^ ■which he sends free > on application: No. t. tor Men: No.2, for Women; No. for Skin Diseases No. 4, tor Catarrhal Diseases; No. t. for Kidneys _ . 41 Dr. Hathaway makes nocharpc itonsultation f or . consU |t;i(ion at cither tils Free. office dr hy mall. , J. NEWTON HATHAWAY, At. D. 'si Dr. IlatliawHZ fit Co., • ttB'KSoiftti Broad Street, Atlanta, Us. MK.HTION THIS fAI’KU JVHK.V WHITING. Examination PITT’S Cure* dyspepsia, indigestion, and all stomach of bowel troubles, colic or cholera morbus, teething troubles with children kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts 0 sores, risings or felons, cuts and but ns. It is as good antiseptic, when locally applied as any thing on tne market. Try it and you will praise it to others If your druggist doesn’t keep it, writs to Pitts’ Antiseptic Invigorator Co. THOMSON, QA.. si CARPENTER BROS., 1 v--L- v; ■H