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RELIGION A SOLACE
Pr. Talmago Speaks Comfortln|
Words for the Righteous.
Dl*?*ati( for Thai* Wbeaa Llrai
Bit* mur A n ?le t les?A11 la Wall
Cor tha Bcllcvrr ? Truot
Tkarenshlr la tioS.
(Copyright, 1101. By Louis Klopsch. N. T.;
Washington. Feb. S.
There lo a great solace in this discourse
ot l>r. 'l'aImage for those whosi
lirea h&TS many anxieties; text
Isaiah 3:10: "Say ye to tL?* right
bus that it shall bo well with him."
Hero is a promise for people whs
are all right, but who will coma and
get it? How many, or, rather, how I
few, people do yoxi know who ure al'
right?'- If it were asked of any assembly
that those wlio ware sinless* aliouir
risa up, none would rise er-.^pt, imbecildb
and religious cru.nkb. An accident
happened nenr CO centuries ago
that started the human raca In th?
wrong way, and wo havo not got ovei
It. We know a grtftt many spte.ndhJ
men and ap'<:ndid wotfien, but thet
will tell you that tliqy hare not alwmya
done the right thing or thought
the right thought. If It were any ol
your business, they could giro you an
Inventory of frailties and mistaken and
Infelicities that would be astonishing
Here, then, vtru sar, Is a Bible promM*
that goes a-begging: "Say ye to I
the righteous that it shall be well
with hltn."
It is my delightful work to-day to
show you thut> all the tons and daughters
of Adam and Eve may appropriate
the benedict*on of my text if
they will fir?t do the right thing. Over
hers in the next street was a man
who in great misfortune lost, nil he
had and was positively beggared, but
a letter comes from some European
city where the land rooords ave kept
announcing to him that a great fortune
is his. Now he is ?us opulent ns
he was pauperised. He do(Ts bis rags
and puts cu raepect-able attire and
moves Into a homo appropriate for n
man of vast estate. His worldly circumstances
were all wrong last year;
they arc all right this year. On the
next street Is a man who was from
perfect health prostrated, and he
seemed to bo sick unto death, but a
skillful physician took correct diagnasis
of his disease and by prompt
and vigorous treatment restored him
to his former vigor. As to his health
he was all wrong before; now lie is
all right. In these two ways T illustrate
my theme.
By sin wa have all been morally
bankrupted. Christ tha Lord from
XLla Infinite riches pays our debts and
emparadiscs ns in His mercy. From
Hia richest wardrobe He pnta on us
tho clean robe of His rlghtaonsnecs
and gives us a pnlaca iu the heavens
when, we are ready to go up snd take
It. J^pw, us to our spiritual estate, we
are ail right. We were morally diseased,
but Christ tho pv.y?'cian, by
a bath In the fountain of grace, cures
US. jXoiT n * fn nnr iniril,..1 S..H1.
we are all right. That is the war we
come to the righteousness spoken of
in the text. It is n. contributed righteouaceu,
r mndn-over righteousness,
an Imputed righteousness. The moment
you get into right relations with
Christ tLord that moment you can
^ appreciate the magnificent comfort of
the 'ext, and I defy you, In all this
great book, from the first Terse of
the flrr.t chapter of Geucsia to the
last-xerse of the last chapter of itevto
find me a passage with
higher^Kid deeper and broader and
long-r --- (-*/> l Ifaai i...jt"of the text
which is as deep as tho Atlantic ocean
half way between the continents and
high as the nun when the clock Is
striking 12 at, noon. Hut I shall be
awnmped with the oceanic tides of
this subject unless the Lord help me
to keep a foothold. "?ay to the righteous
that it shall be well with him."
Benr in mind that hut few people
can stand worldly success. Water 5b
a good thing, but too much of it will
drown. ~"\ro i* ? good thing, but too
nttieh of i*. will destroy. Lightning is
a good thing, but too much of it dazxles
and blinds. Success is a good
thing, but too much of it. has overwhelmed
many for this world and the
next. If it were best for us, we would
all be millionaires, live in palaces like
the Athambra and be as personally attractive
as Cleopatra appeared to Antony.
But most of folks could not
endure encli superabundance, and it
Is absolutely necessary in order te
keep them right that nine hundred
? ? - - and ninety-nine men out of one thousand
should find life a struggle It
keeps them out of mischief. Af'cr
Adam vms ejocted from the premises
where by ten minutes of employment
a day l^e could keep the garden and
dress it the best thing that could haprif?n
to Vtiro tea* esr>%vA- ?*---*
r ? ?? - CO. WU4JJUH1UI1 to vrorK
and fight. The ground that bloomed
w^h spontaneous flowers and milled
with harvests that owed nothing t?>
Slow ot hoe booamo hostile, and bramlo
was substituted for rose, and the
panther growled whore before he
fawned, and horn and fang and hoof
became belligerent. That F.denic ejectment
shows ua as nothing else ever
could that Idleness or only a few minutes
of employment a day nre doom
and overthrow. Put it down among .
your blessings Instead of your tulsfortunes
that you have to work hard
with brain tri hand or foot or all three
of them.
How many men do you know worth
$250,000 who ere devout and reusecrated
and humble and generous and
employing their moans for the world's
redemption? You could count them
up on the fingers of your two hands,
even If by aocldent or war you had
lest one or two of your lingers. As
to the realm of personal attractivetru,
how many women radiant of
countenance and graceful of form do
you know who are unaffected and nat- *
MARK TWAIN'S LATEST.
One of the Keenest Satires He Ever
Wrote.
In Tho North Amorioan Iloviow for
February Mark Twain publishes ono of
tho keenest satires that ever oarno even
from his pon. Tho article is ono of the
most caustio reviews of tho imperialist
policy and tendencies of tho administration
that wo have seen. Mr. Clemens
takos as his themo "Tho Person Sitting
in Harkncss.'1 Ho charges President
MoKinley wiih playing "tho European
fame, >no Chamberlain tame," and
playine v>viiy. Of tho president's
famous utt rar.ee about "criminal aggrcBsion,"
ho says:
"The memory of that fino saying wi'i
be rutlivcd by the remembrance of cc
act of his but one?that he forgot i* '
within tho tw. . .cmcnth, and its honor ,
able gospel along with iv." In tho
opinion of the satirist tho 1 m^hiod
heathen for whoso "good and^^^^" j
wo are making such rxcrti^^^^^^^k
pusslcd by our "-tra^g^. ,
i?) ff Ul iMffy plow W?
(tr* Oed, wlsf (htir beauty f?r tks
betterment of the world end not for
solftsh purposes? I only tako tha risk
of asking tho question and leave to
jou tho riak of answering it. Thaaa
things I aay to show you that in order
to have tho promiso of tho text fulfilled
in your caao it is not necessary
you havo phenomenal worldly success.
Notice also that God gives the
righteous tho power to extract good
out of evil and by a divine chemistry
to change the bitter into the sweet
and the harmful into the beneficial.
The promise that it shall be well with
jou does not imply that jou are to be
free from trouble. There is no escape
from that. We all have family relations,
and some of them will be making
exit frem this world, so that bereavement
Is the universal inhefttance.
So aleo is financial loss. The
difference between the prospered and
those not prospered In the difference
in the amount they can afford u lose.
The more wealth a man baa the more
he can lose, but one man can afford
to tote a million dollars where another
man cannot afford to lose one dellar.
On larger or smaller scale all
suffer financial loss. Amid the rapidity
of the revolutions of the wheel of
fihtlenal and international Issues
fhO&etary perplexity is as common as
day or night.
So also misinterpretation and slander
came to all who live active lives.
Our actions, thoroughly h*?nest and
above board, may csmo und?r suspicion.
Every courtroom at every tcTm
of court*hears illustrations ef the delusion
of what is called circumstantial
evidence. Innocent men are fined
or Imprisoned or electrocuted because
f an anfertnnate conjunction of
events. What is true in eenrtreoms
is true In all circles ef domestic or
social or political or official life. Too
have been misunderstood and misrepresented
or will be misunderstood and
misrepresented. Then how can m.T
text be true? My explanation ia thie:
The man without any divine grace in
his heart find* ia theso troubles irritation
and uabalief and melancholia
and despair. A Christian man flnda is
them mjbmlsnion and enlarged views
and divine support and reeonaccration.
Bereavement to the worldling
brings bard thoughts of God and a resistance
eo violent It dares not fully
express iteelf. Bereavement brings to
the Christian the thought of heavenly
reunion and a snore complete laying
held ef God. and a moie tender nnnre
elation ef the divine presence, and
deeper gTatitude that we were permitted
to have the departed ?no so
long1, and a more lively sympathy for
the sorrow* of other* and another evidence
erf God's love, for "wV><*rr. the
Lord loveth he ebasteneth."'
financial lose, which I jnst now enld
Is an e to conic, neTcr breaks up a
man who has strong faith In God. In
t?st cavea it la a loss of surplus or It
is the banishment of luxuries. Moit
of the wants of the prosperous classes
are artificial wants. The late Mr. Armour
of the 5H0.00O.OCn estate pointed
to one of his clerics on ordinary salary
and said: "That man his a better appetite
than I, sleeps bet'.er sight* and
enjoys life more than I do." Oh, the
gigantlo miseries of these who have
too inuoh I A men in Solomon's time
expressed as philosophic and reasonable
a wish as any man of those times
or of our times. His name was Agur,
and he offered a prayer that he might
sever have a auperabundance or a
deficit, crying out: "Qive me neither
poverty nor riches." On the one aide
ha had seen the awful struggle of the I
poor t? get food and clothes and shelter
and to educate their children, and
on the other aide ha had seen the
gouty foot and the lndigestJan. and
the Insomnia, and the anxiety about
largo investment*, and the threatened
paresis often characteristic of those
Who are loaded up and loaded dawn
with too many successes. Those peop'e
who are generally culled the masses?that
le, the most ef folk*?have
the things absolutely nrceseary for
their well being. They have no Murllloeon
their wnll, nor a "Belshazrar's
Feast" In the dining- room, nor a pair
of sorrel* at their doorway.
Kut they fcavo something which these
EviperabundastW supplied seldom have.
They have belter health because, be41
rr isnnswellfl.-l *? 41 1 11
...{, vxu^iuiu iv n jiin, wicj |rri me
necessary exercise, atid, their diet being:
limited to plnn food, they do not
suffer from midnight salads nnd nre
not victimized by rare caterers. They
retire for wholesome sleep at the very
hour in which others aro leaving their
homes for ths dance or the card pnrty.
They still eloep the last sleep Just at
well iu the plain graveyard ae those
who have over them en arob of sculptured
grnutte iu awrtliest n core pells
or most hictonoal abbey.
The reason eo marry people are miserable
is because they do not let well
enough alone. They are in oue occupation
and eee Its Annoyances and so
Change to another occupation and And
as roanjr annoyance*, if not more.
They lire la can piaco and know its
uncomfortable environments and move
tarto another plane rvLiob has fast as
many limitations. Their investments
yield them four per cent, and they tell
out to make inveetmcnte that will
yield ten per cent, and lose all. Bettor
settle down and stop fretting about
yourself and the world.
Do any of ua fully reaiir.e the feet
that Ued gives us three things in nnlimited
supply, although no formula
of prayer that I ever heard recognises
them?water, air and sunlight? Water
by the rlverfoll. Water by the lake/ah
Water by the oaeanful. Some fer ablation,
some for slaking of thirst, some
for baptistery, some for fountains and
aquariums. I never appreciated what
a wemderful thing rtUr ia nntU last
tfiunmur t Ktun^ hr 11.?? fomtoln. W-l?
? y VOlWid
and araund ths emperor** palaoe at IV
tarhsf, Russia. I bad been familiar
wttb tbia ?'ondaj Jul element of nature
from childhood, having been born on
tbe banks of thu beautiful Rarltan and
as s barefaeted buy dabbled In the
brook near my father's bonse. bat I
- *xrrsmr. * srd.iirndwwaMBB?aotw.?u
grotd and Uodlinoss." IIo oonoludes
by cxpouding tho faots of tho caso in
tbo following words:
"Tlicy lock doubtful, bat in reality
they aro not. Thero havo boon lies;
yes, but thoy wero told in good causo.
We bare beoD troaohcrous; but that was
only in order that real good might como
out of apparent ovil. Truo, wo havo
orushed a deceived and oonfiding people;
wo have turned against tho weak
and tho friendless who trusted us; wo
havo stamped out a just and intelligent
and well ordered republic; wo havcl
stabbed an ally in the back and slapped
the face of a guest; we havo bought a
shadow from au enemy that hadn't it
to sell; we have robbed a trusting friend
of his land and his liberty; we havo invited
our eloan young men to shoulder
a di: credited musket and do handit's
work under a flag whioh bandits havo
been Booustomod to fiar, not to follow;
wo havo debauohed America's honor
and blackened her faoo beforo the
world; but each detail was for the best
We know this. The bead of every stato
and soverignity in Christendom and DO
^ ' ?*
i ?? r
mr rwSHfl ?atfl Iut summer
wiUr m?14 4* la play, ar la Strang*
oaprlcs. or baautlflcatlon, or whei
limbing tha ladder of tha light, 01
whan skillful workmen took hold of II
to toaa it. or whirl it, or shape it inte
erowna, or hoist it into columns, o>
spring it into arches, or lift it ints
stars, or turn it into crescents, or build |
it into temples. You forget you eve*
saw the less glorious waters at Chat?
worth, England, or Versailles. Franco (
as you stand m the balccny of the pah
aco overlooking the Finland gulf, bewildered
and transported as you look
at the one display called the tioldeo
Stairway fotiutain. The water rolli
down orer 24 steps one foot high and
20 feet long. All of these 24 steps an
covered with sheets of burnished gold
8ilver step of the water ou stairs ol
gold! What a glee of liquids! Rolling. (
dashing, foaming, enrapturing splen* i
dors! Chorus of floods! Poetry of wa* ]
ters! Doxology of torrents! Rut that
whioh most impressed me there and (
elsewhere is the abundance of water j
the fact that there are so many wateri
that the continents can aitord to throw (
them away into the aea, Hudsous and (
Ohios, Oregons and Ama/.ons, Rhine*
and Danubes and Volgas, and so ibun- .
dant that the earth can afford to hav*
ita oceans evaporate into the heavens !
Mediterraneans and Atlantics and Paciilcs.
Dow rich the earth is with wa- ,
teral Best beverage af all the cations
for after the richest banquet with tht '
richest beverages everyone wants at '
least a alp of it?water, cool water '
God descended water! 1
With still more abundance Is the ait 1
distributed. An earth full of it. A sky '
full Of it. Swiftest and strongest eugis '
cannot fly so high as not to have it in <
the nostril or under the wing. And <
what affluence of sunlight! Noonebut I
tha infinite God could dispense so much I
of it. The golden candlestick set on
tha blue mantel of the heavens! So I
great that the Almighty is compared to i
it, the psalmist crying out: "The Lord
God is a mb." It is high time that w ,
reeoguizs in our liturgies snd in our
formulas ef prayer the three most 1
abundant blessings of the universe .
which OTllii t? nil.
Seme scientists are now discussing |
the opening of communication l>c- ,
tween our earth nn<l the planet Mara. ,
Experiments are being made, but they (
will not auccced. We cannot build a i
fir? large enough to attract the at' ,
tentlon <rf that world or lift a lens
powerful enou gh to see any response I ,
lntenrtetler. We do not positively
know that that world i? aceupled by
living beings, or that If it is occupied
communication with them would bo
desirable. Tt might not be so good a .
warld a? this, and thus communiontiwn
with it would bo debasing. But
I rejoice to know that Heaven is in
touch with other worlda, for their '
Improvement and a depot for glorious 1
arrivals. It is ? thoroughfare between '
tbia world end that world and a cotnIrg
enu going perpetual. Going out o '
tlrla world Is an natural as oomiug Into
It, bnt the one la with pang and '
the other Is with rapture if we art *
fitted for the uplifting process. It
hall be well with you. Now, do not ;
get so frightened about that asthma ?
or that cough or that Influenza or '
that threatened pneumonia. The 1
worat thing that fatal disease can i
do is to usher you into coronation snd r
enthronement. It shall be well with f
you. Take as good care of your health s
as you can, have all the aanitary laws, 3
keep in this world as long aa you "j
are permitted to stay and then when 1
the heavenly call cornea be glad to go.
I do not oare much about what your q
"last words" are going to be. People
put too much emphasis oa "last
words.", I woud rather know what
| your words are now, in days uf health v
and with mental faculties in full pla^ ^
| ?your words of kindness, your words ,
f sympathy, your words of helpful- ,
ess, your words of prayer. So lire ,
that If you do not say s word during ^
the last day of yxrur Ufe there will bo
o doubt here about the place of your 1
destination. Yon will go right into
saintly, prophetic, evangelistic, npos- \
tolie, cherubic. M-raphic, nrchangclio. 5
deific presence. )
It shall be well with you. Mother,
you vrlll go right up into the posses- 1
aion of the babe that the scarlet fever 9
or croup took out of your arms, a
sorrow that still stings you, and you ?
often say she would now be ao ninny f
years old if she had lived. You will *
go into the presence of the old folks,
for I hope you are of Christian an- e
cestry, and you will find that they
have no dimness of sight or halting ^
gait that requires a staff, for they
have taken n draught from the fcun- 1
tain of perpe-tual youth that springs
from under the throne of God. Ob, 1
the tollsofel companionship of He??en k
in which you shall entorl It shall be 3
well with you. I ring this hell of 0
emancipation and triumph. I like the a
way the sexton rings the bell of the
old country meeting house. 1 used to I
stand and admire him palling the u
rope of that bell. H? rings It a good t
while, ee that every farmhouse within
fire miles hears it. Ho may halt a a
moment to take breath end give the
sweet.iwunde time to stir up all the t
echoes of the hills. And when ho la l
eld and net strong enough to pull the t
rope any more, then he site and lietens
while hie yon rings the church
bell. Bo my text, seems a bell of invitation
and victory. I began to ring ,
it la the opening of this discourse. I
hope to ring it as long as I live, and |
may thoso who come after ns keep
m ringing it till those farthest off
from God shall come into the great 1
temple of Gospel comfort and all the
weary put down their burdens at its
altar and find that pence which the 1
world ean neither give nor take away.
Three times more I ring it. It Bhall 1
be well! It shall be well! It shall be <
welll 1
Net Uf souSahle.
Taaohcr?Aad why ahould w? ef
dearer to rlie by our one cfforti?
Jehoale wi?t?'Cause there's do tallIn'
whan the alarna clock will go
wrong.?.Baltimore American.
Christendom, including our congress
end our 60 stato legislatures, aro mom- J
bers not only of tho ohureh, but also of
tli 3 Blccnings-of-Civilization trust.
(This world-girdling accumulation of j
trained morals, high principles and ,
Justice cannot do an unright thing, an
unfair thing, an uogonorous thing, an ,
unoloan thing. It knows what it is ,
about. Givo yourself no uneasiness; it
I is all right." I
Mark Twain could not havo found a ,
better subjcot for satirn and nobody |
oould havo handled it with the roathing ,
I severity exhibited in tho artiolo from '
which wo havo quoted.?Atlanta Journal.
(
A Mean Monster.
The Atlanta Journal says: Bceauso
sho ooul 1 not tio hor hu-band's h) oo to i
suit him, Mrs. Boaulah I'owell, accord- i
ing to allegations make in hor petition i
for divorce filed Wednesday morning in i
tho suporior oourt, was baatcn by her j
husband, Thomaa C. Vowell. At other <
' times her husband was txircmoly uruol
| to tier, she charges, and nho oitca this i
ono iustarioe as showing his treatment {
I of hor. She also alleges intoxication. <
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A FAMOUS STORY.
The Horse Swappers as Depicted
in Georgia Scenes.
HOW BLOSSOM WAS FOOLED
When He 8wapped Builet ard
Oave Three Dolla s to Boot
for Another, Kif, the
"Critter "
In the "Georgia Socnes" is the typisal
picture of horse swappicg in the
olden days, which nay prove interesting
to tho present generation.
It is tho story of how Yellow Blos om
bantered Peter Ketch sod was
properly ought. Yellow Blcscro he
licvcd that he w?s just a "leetlobit" of
the best man at a horse e wap that "ever
trcd in shoe leather." After describing
Bullet. Blossom's horse, and Kit,
;fce "critter" owned by ^eter Ketoh, at
>omo length, tho Btory prooeeds as folows:
"I tell you, man," proeeoded Yellow
Blossom, "he is tho btBt live hors that
vcr trod the grit of Georgia Bob Smart
(bows the hcrso. Come here, Bob,
tnd mount this horse and show Bullets
xotionp." Hero Ballet bristled up
ind looked as if he had been hunting
Bob all day long and had just found
im Bob sprang on his back "Boo
>o-oc 1 ' said Bob with a fluttering noise
>f the lip*, and away went Bul'ot
is if in a quarter rsco with all his beau
i'8 spread in hand-onon stylo
"Nowfc'ch him ba^k/'said Blossom
Bullet turned and oain>> in prett) muoh
h he wert out
"Now, trot him by," Bullet reduo
1 his tail to oustomary, sidled to the
;ght and left fairly, ar.d exhibited a"
east three varieties of trot in tho thoit
pace of fPty yards
"Make him pane." B b commenced
witohmg the bridie, and kioking at tlo
i me time These inconsistent- m ivo
rents chviouply and n ost natural?
'BoonccPcd Bullet, for it was impost i
>'e for h m to learn from the method
*botfcerhc to prcoeid or stand
1*11. He started to trot and was to d
hat wouldn't do. He att? mptrd ? can
rr, and was ohcckcd again He stopel
and was urged to go on Bu'let
ow lushed into the wide field of ex
erimer.t ar d struck out en a ga:t of
in own that completely turned the
i*hios on his rider an I certainly d
f ?vrd a patent. It seemed to have dc
ived its elcmonts from tho jiv, th*
r.inuot and the co'illioQ. If it **s not
i pace in it. to man would veno
oall it anything else; so it passed off
0 the satisfaction of tho owner.
4 Walk him!" Bullet was row at
K mc arain, and he walked as if money
ras staked cn him.
I be strarger whose rame 1 after
yards learned wa? Peter Ketch, living
ixamined Bullet to kia heart'seonteot,
itderrd his son Neddy to go and bring
p Kit. Ntddj t oou appeared npon
1 t a well formed sorrel of tho middle
iz , and in g^od order. 11:6 tout
'rumbles threw Bullet cnlirrlv in the
hade, thoug) a glance was suffi jiont to
?ti fy ady one that Bullet had the
cided advantago of kim in point of
ulellcct.
After a few banters, Peter Kctoh is
luotfd:
"Ntddy take a conple of sticks and
leal on that hogshead at Kit's tail."
N< d made a tremendous ri'y r,g at
rhich Bul'ct took fright, brc\o his
uidle and dashtdoff ingrard stjle, and
?m!d have stepped all further ccgotia
iocs by going homo in disgust had not
i 'rsvelcr arrested him and brought him
nek; but Kit did uot move
4'1 tell you, gentlemen," continued
^tir, "he's tho ecarie?4 horse you ever
aw He ain't as gcnle as Bullet, but
io won't do any haim if you watch him.
shall 1 put him in a cart, g g or wagon
or je u, straDger? He will cut the same
lapcr thorn he does hero, lie's a niontrous
tuenn horse."
1'u'iug all this timo Blossom was ex
mining him with the nicett sorutiog.
laving examining his frame and limbs
to row looked at his eyes.
"He's got a curious look out of his
yes," raid Blossom.
'Oujes tir." t aid Peter, "just as
> ind a bat Blind horses alwa>s have
lear eyes. Mako a motion at his ej cs
f you please, sir."
B'o 6om did so, and Kit threw up
lis hcud, rather as if something pricked
tim under tho chin than as if fearing
, Mow Blossom repeated the experiment,
and Kit jeikcd baok is consider
,blo a-tonishmeut.
"Stsno blind, ytu see, gentlemen,"
mocctdtd Polcr, "but she's just as
;ocd to travel of a dark night as if she
lad c>cs."
"Blamo your buttons," said Blosloir,
"if I like them eyes.
"No," said Peter, 4'nor I eithir. I d
atherhavo them made of diamonds,
ut they'll do?if they don't show as
nuoh white as Bulltt's."
"Well, said Blossom, "make a pass
it mo."
' No said Peter, "you mado the bancr;
now mako your pass."
' Well, I'm never afraid to prioo my
Torso. Ycu must give mo 125 to boot "
"Oh certainly, say $60 and my sadl!o
and bridle in. Here Neddy, my ton,
ako daddy's horse."
4 Well," said Blossom, "I've made
uy t a^B, now make youra."
"1 am for ahort talk in horse swap
ar d thf roforc always tell a g( ntleman at
>nou what 1 moan to do. Yon must
jive iro $10 "
1110880m swore absolutely, roundly
tnd profanely that ke never would vive
boot.
'Well," aaid Peter, "I didn't eare
about trsdiDg; but you rut auoh high
shines, that 1 thought I'd like to baok
you oui, and l'vo done it. Gentlemen,
you see l'vo brought him to a hack "
"Coruo old man." eiid Blossom,
,'1'vo been Joking with you. 1 begin
to think yon do want to trado.
Therefore, givo mo $5 and tako Built t.
I'd ratht r lose $10 any time than not
mako a trado. though 1 hato to fling
sway a good herno..'
"Well," said Peter, 4,I II bo asolovcr
is you are. Just put the $5 on Bullet's
jack, and hand him over; it's a trado.'
Blossom 6woro again, as roundly as
Deforo, that ho would not give boet. and
laid ho: "Bullet wouldn't hold $5 on
us baok, nohow. But as I bantered
?ou, if you say an oven swap, here's at
pou."
"I told you," said Peror, * l'd bo as
ilevcr as you; thorefore, lioro goos $2
noro, just for trado's sako. Give mc
13 and it's a bargain."
Blossom repeated his formor asscr.ion,
and hero partite stood .for a long
lime, and tho bystanders; many wore
sow collected, began to taunt both par
.ies. Aftorsomo timo, howevor, it was
protty unanimously dooided that the
)ld mau had baeked Blossom out.
At length Blossom swore ho "nevoi
.vould bo baokod out for $3, after b?n
coring a man," and aooordingly they
jlosed the trade.
"Now" ?mid Blossom, as be bended
Peter tbe $3, "I am a men that, when
be makra a bad trade, makes the most
of it until he oan make a better. I'm
for no rues and after olapg."
'That's just my way," raid Peter:
"1 never goes to law to mend my bargains."
"Ah, you're tbe kind ot a boy I love
to trade witb. Here's your hoss. old
man. Take the and saddle brid'e cff him,
and I'll strip yours; but lift tbe blanket
easy from Bullet's baok, for ho's a
mighty tender backed boss."
Tbe old man removed tho saddlo, but
the blanket stuok fast. Ho attempted
to raiFA it nil ltnll?t Vinir?<) v.ir
? - ?>*1V ? k/vn VU UIUiOCIl| I
switched his tail and g*vc signs cf biting.
"Don't hurt him, old man," said
Blossom arotily, "take it off oasy. I
am, perhaps, a leotle of tho best man
at a horse swap that ever oatched a
ooon."
Deter continued to pull at tho blanket
more and moro roughly, and Bullet
became moro and moro cavortish, insomuch
that when the blanket camo i tf
ho had>rcaehcd tho kicking point in
good earnest.
The removal of tho blanket diBoJoscd
a sore of BuIIoi'b backbone that Eeem
cd to have defied all modioal skill, it
measured t?*x full inohos in length, and
four in breadth, and bad as many feat
urea as Bulict bad motions. My heart
siokencd at iho tight, and 1 felt that
tho brute who had boon riding lvm in
that situation deserved tho htlier
Tho prevailing feeling, however,
W8s tlat of mirth The laugh bccaras
loud and general at tho old man's ex
pense, and rustic witticisms were
liberally bestowed upon him and his
lato purchase Those Biosaom continued
to provoke by varioui remarks. Ho
asked <he<>ld man if ho thought Billet
would lot $5 lio on his baok. Ho declared
most s riounly i h at ho had owoed
that horse throe m <mhs, and hid never
discovered before that he bad a sere
back, "or ho never would Jirve thought
of trading him, e'c., 'to "
Tho old man biro it a'l with li.i most
I hilosophio compe suro He evinced no
astonishment at his lato discovi rj, and
made no replies, hut his own son Ncdd>
had not disciplined i is leelings
quite i>o well. liio?ycH opened wider
?ud wider. From the fi st to the last
pull of the blanket, and whe n tho whole
sore burst upon his view, a-toaishuient
and lright seemed to o.n.eud for tho
mastery of his ooun'enanec As tho
blanket disappt arud ho stuck nis hand
into his breed es pockets, he-aved a
docp sigh and lapsed iuio a profound
re'etie, from which Le was ooly arouscu
bv tt>o cuts ai his 'a* her. Ho bore
i he in as long as ho ccuio, ?nd when he
ooulO control himsolt no longer, he began,
vi h a certain wildncss of cxpros
t-iou, wtiioh ?.avo a peculiar interest to
wnat lie uttered: "His back's mighty
bad off, but dod trot my s^ul'if he a put
it to daddy as bad as he minks bo lias,
for old Kit's blind and dtcf, I'll be dod
trot if he ain't."
"The dovil he is," ea'.d Bksiom.
"Yes, dod trot my soul if he cin't.
Y ju walk htm and tee if he ain't. His
eyes don't lock like it, but he'd just
as leave* go again the houso with ) ou,
or in a ditch is anyhow >ow, you go
try him ' The laugh was now turned
ou B osKom, and many rushed to test
the hdelity of the little b .*ys report.
n. n? tipiriacnis eeiaoiisueu lis trum
beyond oontrov. r y.
"Neddy,"' haul tie old man, "you
oughtn't tj try aud make people did
ooutcuicd wiih their things, 8 ranger,
don t mind what tlo little Loy sajs. If
you can only get Kt rid of thent little
failings, you'll find him all sorts of a
horse. You area little the best man at
a horse swap that ever 1 got hold oT,
but don, t fool away Kit. Come, V.oiidj,
my sou let's bo moving; the stranger
seems to be (reMing snappish."
I A Pathetic Story.
At the close of his masterly speech
in favor of the pat-sage cf the child la
bor bill by the State Scnato on Thu-s
day Sena'or Marshall of Kichl&nd County
related tho following pathetic story:
A policeman who knew that I was deeply
interested in this child labor qucs
lion, o&rne to ino aud said: "I want to
tell you what 1 saw tho other evening
1 am intruded not to allow ohildrcu to
play ball under tho elootrio lights for
fear that they may break tho shades.
One night, as I was on my beat near
the mill district, a lot of littlo boys
were p'aying ball. I to'd iht-m that
they must stop Oao of the littlo fol
lows rnado bold to speak to mo. lie
said/We fellows woik in tho mill ail
day and if wo do not play in tho night
wo never will have a chance to play
ball. We arc not like tho other boys
who can play in tho day. Wou't you
pleaso lot us play on? " The kind
Hearted polioeman eaid,''Well? if that
is so, you can play on, but bo careful
not to break tho lamp shades." ilc
then laid: Every child must havo its
playtimo. In all well regulated sohools
of this day ohildrcn are allowed to go
out and play constantly. Their minds
aro diverted frcm their school books
and, by this play, they aro enabled to
progross and improve in their studies.
What a sad fact it is that littlo chil
dren arc abut up in our mills from six
in the morning to six in tho evening,
with do opportunity of going out to
play Lor even getting a breath of fresh
air. 1 appeal to you an fathirs who
lovo your children to do unto these
mill children an you would havo your
own chilcren done by. You may kill
this bill and the fresh winds will blow
from heaven the bright sunlight for you
and I, and for your ohildron and mine,
but not for the child who works in the
factories of South Carolina
After Mor? Inlands.
The MoKioley administration seems
to have an imatiate appetite for territorial
expansion, though tho man at its
head in his inaugural address solemnly
warned his oountry to bowaro of tho
temptation of '"Territorial aggression."
Not satisfied with tho acquisition of
i'orto ilioo and Hawaii, thopuroha oof
more than 1,000 islands on tho other
sido of tho world and kohemos for viitual
if not actual domination of Cuba, tno
imperialists aro planning to got hold of
tho Danish West Indies. Negotiations
' for tho purohasoof thoso islands, begun
some months ago but brokon off by a
ohango of ministry in Denmark, aro
! said to havo loon rooponod with tho
prospoot of consummation. Germany is
said to desiro tho Danish West IndicB,
but thoro is littlo ovidcnco that she
J has made any groat effort to socuro thorn
They aro cf littlo uso to Donmark and
" if wo aro willing to pay her prioo for
them wo can havo them. What next?
' ?Atlanta Journal.
Tho Next Step.
Tho South Carolina houso of rcpro;
sontativos by a voto of GG to 32 killed
i tho ohild labor bill to prohibit ohildron
. under 12 years of age from working in
i ootton faotorios. This was about tho
i voto in the general assombly of Goorgia.
Li will now bo in order, for tho
South Carolina homo of reprcaontatives
to pass a bill for tho protootion of
t "wild English and Mongolian pheatanti."?Maoon
Nowa
; . i
~ r//f ?
Grove's'
The formula
know ius>t what vc
J *
Jo not advertise th
their medicine it y
Iron and Quinine pi
form. the I ron
malaria out ot the
Groves is the Or
Chill Tonics arc ir
that Grove's is s
arc not experimen
and excellence h;
only Chill Cure s
the United States
Xo Free Passes.
Mr. otan'and's hill to repeal the Kw
agaiit-t loVlio tfficirs ridirg on free
passc? on railroads w?r ukeD up in ibe
Senate on Tuesday week.
Mr. Biice wanted to str;k < ut the < naoting
words. lie thrugh the law should
remain on the statute books. There
may be ocoas'oaal violations of the spirit,
of tho law. but bo did not believe the
people wanted tho law repealed. Ho
thought tho bill was generally regarded
as a joke.
Mr Stanland, tho anthor of the bill,
said tho statute had been on the books
for ten yearB and if any attempt had
ever been msd j to enforce it he had
never heard of it. Ho thought it a
reflection upon every member of the
legislature for tho law to remain?it
Bimply meant the pcoplo thought we
oould Bot be trusted. Ho did not beliovo
any member could be influenced
an to his voto by a little thing liko a
ra lroad pass. He reviewed the oircum
stances leading up to the cnaotment of
the law and t aid it stood as a monument
to tho times when faotional differences
divided the people, and he
wanted it wiped out, as we have buried
all onr differences.
The ayes and noes were called on the
motion to ntrike out the enacting words
and the bill was killed by a voto of 13
to 12, as follows:
Ayes?Barnwell, Blakeney, Brio",
Caughman. Douglas, Oairrs, Glonn,
Graydon, Gruher. lleredoo, Miote, Sarra?t,
Sullivan ?13.
Noe-1?Aldrich, Appelt, Goodwin,
Hay, Henderson, Udertoo. MoDormott,
Sharpc. Staokhouse, Stanland, Waiker
-12
Tho ami free t a-s law remains on
the htatuto books.
Fearful Famine in China.
Kepotts received from Singan-fu all
agree that the famine in the provinces
of Shu si and Shensi is one of the worst
in tho listory c f Chira All inform*
tion on the subject is necessarily from
Chinese sources and is fragmentary, bat
'.V.% ?i? k'.'. '.u i\>t ri?u.e rYiec't"
picturing a condition of affairs that 16
calculated to irouso tho sympathy of
the world for the stricken people, [t
is estimated I,at two thirds tf the peo
pie aro without sufhoiont food or the
means of obtainingit. Theweathcris bitterly
cold and this adds to the miftrj
of starvation. Thcro is little fuel in
either prvoinces, and the people are
tetricg cut the woodwork of their
houses to obtain fuel to keep themsol
ves warm. Oxen, horses, degs and other
animals used by the farmors to aid
them in their work in ordinary times
have pratcically all been sacrificed to
satisfy hunger. For three years the
orops have beon failures in both provinces.
There was more orlcssfamino
in previous seasons, and tho people
were in poverty wl en tho winter began
Their condition has since been growing
stoadily worse Letters assert that cannibalism
is now practiced to a eonsiderablo
extent. Li Hung Chang in conversation
with Mr. Conger, tbe American
Minister, said that the peoplo were
reduced to eating human flesh. Many
of them were selling their women and
ohildrec to obtain money with which to
buy food for the remaining members of
their families. Infanticide is alarmingly
oommiD. I'arents driven insaoo by
want and tho erics of their ohildron foi
food, which they arc unablo to provide,
kill the little ones rather than be forced
to listen to their onos of distress and tc
see their sufferings.
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that
Contain Mercury
as mercury will surely destroy the tense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
tho mucous surfaces. Such anticlce
should never be used except on prescrip
lions from reputable physicians, as the
J . I : 111 . # ? a
uaiuagu moy win uo n ion ioid to the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufaoutural by
F. J. Choney & Co., Toledo, <_> , contains
uj mercury, and is ttkm inter
ally, acting directly upon tho blood and
mucous surfaces of tho system. In buy
ing llall's Catarrh Cure bo euro youcd
tho genuine. It is taken internally, and
mado in Tolodo, Ohio, by F. J Chenoy
& Co. Testimonials fieo.
Sold by Druggists, prias 75o. pei
bottle.
Hall's Family Fills are tho best
Burned to Death.
A uispatoh from MoCormick to th<
Augusta Chronicle rays: 1'ho littli
six year old daughter of our folios
townsman, Mr. Tom Korgauior had the
misfortune fo moot with quite a sac
^ . V. \1T?J J i-- at
uubvii ii cuucsuny uiuruiug. r?no Wl!
landing too near a firo built out io the
jard when her clothing oaught firo ant
sho was so scveroly burned boforo th<
firo oould be extinguished that deathro
suited at 4 o'olook this morning. Fverj
effort was mado by her physicians t<
aavo her but tho most that oould b<
done was to reliovo in a nwasuro hoi
sufferings. Mrs. J H. Harmon, i
neighbor who was tho firHt to reaoh her
was severely burned in makiDj
a heroic effort to extinguish tho dimes
Don't Liko Fat Friars.
The teas from tho 1'hilipiarn i
tl at the native Catholics in tbo dis
triot of Hinondo in Manila are diratic
find and throaten to separate from th
churyh. It is explained that they hav
no grievance against tho ohurch itseli
but to the friats?the fat friars, it i
iroaumed, though not of tho Mark Hat
na stripe.
tEST PRESCRIPTION IS
Fasteless Chill Tonic.
is plainly printed on every bottle?hence you
nt are taking when you take Grove's. Imitator?
eir formula knowing that you would not buy
ou knew what it contained. Grove's contains
Lit up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless
acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives the
system. Any reliable druggist will tell you that
iglnal and that all other so-called Tasteless
nitations. An analysis of other chill tonics shows
upcrior to all others in every respect. You
ting when you take Grove's?its superiority
aving long been established. Grove's is the
old throughout the entire malarial sections of
No Cure. No Pay. Price. 50c.
To Purity Politics. KowVlilltt
Senator E William K ('handler, OC* W ? I H.I09
who has ju9i been d? fea'ed f> r r -eleo- / a * m * I I
lion to the senate, as, he ohar^es by a v.orn tVlilK
ra lroad corpiratiou id this Male, hat, ?, #
introduced a bill in 1 h : bh au 1 r-h bit- Ijit itp V/I 1 I I ^
iog corporations chartered by the U nt iTXIIIo?
ed 8 atee from 111 >k'o< onninbu i. u* to I > 1 J 11
campaign funis r>b- ed ?ha? 1 e hao lei CO a 1 111 I C I
partio'iiar y iu uiinu in t' c m?t c S?n- _ _
ator Chandler said: ' I he great evil of Ppu IlllllfM'S
the expenditure ?>1 artst sum of money k' *
in controlling poli it a is not individual iwyitiAa
contributions, although it is true that ftJiLlc^lllCo9
men of many oiiluous like Senator |-v .
Clark of Montana eculd aff.rd 10 mate IjOliCrS
larger c intributioi b to ooutrol aoelio *
lion than manv corpoiatione. But sceb P|o nnpc Utlil
individuals are few To eonirol oo-* lmiCl o HI IH
rorations in this reapcc: it in only m m . *
neoetsary to provide 1 hat no oirpora 31 ftXC5llCI*S?
tion 6hali ooniribute from its corporate
funds in connection with any political ^kYVlTK^ ^'1 \Vw
elto ion Tbo praotioi of corpora<ioo ** C5 kvjcl vv a y
nnr.trihnti.m. I ? - - ?
tun grown up hieco 18U6 Tnrte con Kip Saws,
triluiioDi have te n undo in nearly all *
cases directly from ti e ir?a?urirBof the and all other kind* of wood
oorporatiocs by vo?e* of ?h *ir direoiora working machinery. My Serana
have Uen male to both polittoal , * r? "1? :n s
psrtiert m 1 geant Log Beam Saw null is
the heaviest, strongest, and
Commits Suicide. most efficient mill for the
A cabloKiaiu received fio>u United money on the market, quick,
Siatts xiD'ster Uuoter, at Gumma accurate. State Agent for H.
(J.ty . aua.har s,anc/ B Hj r ?. B. Smith Machine Company
SecnUry and Ct fc-ce of ti ? Uul'.ed , . . , . 1 J
State L gation thor<a, oomaiiited ?a c de wood woi king machinery,
by sioo iog h>w9c f id mo m a h H? For high grade engines, plain
suffered a loog ii:oe-<9, a .d u is u< dir slide valve?Automatic, and
tood that tbo a>t w?a coumi ted in a o0rliss, write me: Alias,
tctupoiary kb.*rraiou ot m1 id. >lr ,.T , . ,
Bv.rouJe appoioitd lion M?*?aohu VYatertowit, and Struthers
eettp. tc'ng a s n of a former chi f of and >\ ells
the d plouiatio bureau of tbe Slate I) - V. 0 BA It HAM,
partQunt H.I was ?p}o ntcd l0 the 1H2# Main St.. Columbia 8. C
oonsu ar service as consul to Uaiavta in
May, 18117 and wo aipnoicd to Tlir |rinCD lUnCCfi J
Guaumaln Ci J on June 1U last llti |tlt LLAKILIi IRUllU. 1
parcms art' r?.?idrni of Wa-hicgton. i
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F T Dmnestic "
Sewiug Machine
L?^,H? It Leads in Workinanuhip, B> auty,
V^.,. rv. ^ Capacity, Strength, Light Itnnn:og.
^ -d. \ Kvery Woman Wants Una.
"TJLD NORTH STATE OINT
MENT, the Great Antisepli. Alu,chment Needle. and
Healer, cures Plies Ecrema parta , g' , Machlne,
Sore Eyes, Granulated Eyelids f n T
CarbunCes, Sells, Cuts, Brni. when 0?Lrin? u^dle. seud
es, Old Sores, Bums, Corns ? ?
-r,' r x i m ti sample. rrlce 27c tier down.
Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails. nn.t* m
Inflammatory Rheumatism, P0?1***
Aches and Paius, Chapped 1
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It is something everybody L _
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i ror eaie Dy an druggists and " ** i
r dealers. At wholesale by 1219 Taylor Stret-i,
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bteam Dyeing of every L*ue. Ch*ae. Hege.'Liddeit ?od H^h
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for onr new price list and Mrt*\i2hi??ry
circnlar All work gnar Karquhar Threshers and llnvin Drills
anteed or no oharge. Diaeion Saws and riles
rucrltws raokiags. :*tev?as Srwer
Oilman's Steam Dye Works
Kg an Woodworking Machinery
1810 Main Street "Queen of the South" Orlsi Vl.lt.
| Kel;ey Dup'ex Feed Mtlle
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t applied, as anything on the market. 111*1*Q If'a
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