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The Parson's limit. oi
He'd been preaching and exhorting ol
For a score of years or ao, ui
In n portion of the vineyard p(
Where the harveeting was alow;
Where the temporal enouoement '
For hia oe ageless diligence .
Wae a promise of four hundred *
For his 3 early recompense,
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Unrelenting was the ardor j
He devoted to the onu?e, , .
And though slowly came the dcllars 9
Still he labored without paute; to
Till one day they came and told him,
As he kicked against the pricks, lc
That they'r raised iBeir ctiered stipend tl
From four hundred up to six. w
Then the good man sank exhautted, tl
As he feebly made reply: 0(
"Don't, 1 prsy you, men and brethren, d<
Thus my patience overtry; tl
For to glean the four you've promised j j
Hath so warped my vital store
That 'twould kill me if you taxed me
To collect two hundred more."
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I TALMAGE'S 8EKM0N.
f The Sluggard Advised to 8tudy re
I The Ways of the Ant.
I In this discourse Dr. Tslmsge draws BI
[ his illustrations from a realm seldom ?j
utilised for moral and religious pur- ?
poses; text, Proverbs, vi, (5 8, "Go to
| the ant, thou sluggard, consider her
p ways ana do wibo, wnion, naving no \
guido, overseer or ruler, j rovidcth her J,
meat in the summer and gathcrcth her L.
food in tho harvest."
The most of Solomon's writings havo
perished. They havo gone out of exist- JV
onoo as thoroughly as tho 20 hooks of J
Pliny and most of tho bookB of .Esahylus ?
and Euripides and Varro and Qututi "c
lian. Solomon's Song and Kcoleaisstes
and Proverbs, preserved by inspiration, .1
are a small part of his voluminous pro- K
duotions. He was a great, scientist. u'
One verso in the Bible suggests that he !
was a botanist, a zoologist, an ornitholo !r
gist, an ichthyologist and know all ls
about reptilia. I Kings iv, 33, "Ho a"
spake of trees, from tho cedar tree that
is in Lebanon even unto tho byesop |
that springeth out of tho wall; he spake
also of beasts and of fowl aud of creep- 01
ing things and of fishes." Besides all
theso scientific works, ho composed ai
3,000 proverbs and 1,005 songs.
Although Solomon lived long before a!
the miorosoope was constructed, ho was
also an insootologist and watched and J
dosoribes tho spider build its suspen- ?
w sion bridge of Bilk lrom tree, oaliiog it
tho spider's web, and ho notices its 01
skillful foothold in climbing tho smooth ?!
wall of tho throncroom in Jerusalem, J?!
saying, '"The spider takcth hold with j1
ler hands and is in king's palaces."
But he is especially interested in tho
ant and recommends its habits as
worthy of study and imitation, sayiDg, ni
| "Go to the ant, thou sluggard, consider
her wave and bo wise, whioh, having V*
, no guido, ovcrdeor or ruler, prcvideth
her moat in tho rummer and gathcrcth P(
her food in the harvest." lc
But it was not until about 300 years
ago, when Jan Swammtrdam, tl o son 91
of an apothecary at Amsterdam, llol ac
land, began the study of the ant under m
powerful lens that the full force of
Solomon's injunction was understood.
The groat Dutch scientist, in his ex Jj,1
amination of the insect in my text, dis- jv
a oovercd as great a display of tho wisdom
of God in its anatomy as astrono- 11'
k mers discover in tho heavcuo and was
^ so absorbed and wrought upon by the *
wf wonders he discovered in tho ant and
f other insects that body and mind gave uC
way, and he expired at 43 years of age,
a martyr of tho great scienoo of ins-.c
one but G^jjflflBK'o fashioned
the -j thtrrm 6r "sr
^B given it suoh genius ol its wis th
dom for harvesting at tho right timo, trt
W its wonders of antenr uc. by which it fm
gathers food, and of mandibles, which, I he
^ instead of the motion of tho human jnw I io|
up and down in mastication, move from fa:
i side to side; its nervous system, its en- gc
Urging doors in hot weather for moro rif
sweep of breezo, its mode of attack and ca
defense, olosing tho gato at night ea
against bandit invaders; its purification to
of tho earth for human residence, its an
(sooial life, its republican government, cv
with the consent of the governed; its mi
maternal fidelities, the habit of thcBo ro]
creatures of gathering now and then bu
under tho dome of tho ant hillock, >1:
t seemingly iD consultation, and then ad
i departing to cxcouto their different co
| missions. n.i
But Solomon would cot commend all
the habits of tho ant, for some of them rol
aro as bad as some of tho habits of the oo'
I human raoo. Somo of theso small crca- f'?'
tures arc desperadoes and murderers, de
Now and then they marshal themselves rai
into hosts and march in straight lino wa
and come upon an encampment of their ho
own raoe and destroy its occupants, tx an
oept tho young, whom thoy carry into asi
captivity, and if tho army come back ck
without any such captivis they aro not oh
permitted to ontcr, but aro Bent forth < d
^ to make more successful conquest, ou
Solomon gives no oommendation to mi
suoh sanguinary behavior among insects thi
any more than he would bave com- thi
mended sanguinary behavior among ha
men. Theso little creatures have
i sometimes wrought fearful damage, cr
and they have undermined a town in io|
Now Granada, whioh in time may drop 901
into tho abyss they have dug for it. dc
But what aro the habits whioh Solo- ?ci
mon would enjoin when ho says, "Con cai
9 aider her ways and bo wise." First of ici
all, providence, forethought, antioipa- an
tion of coming necessities, 1 am sor ly
ry to say theso qualities are not charac hu
tcristic of all tho ants. Thrsn ?v>.
lures of God aro divided into granivcr- no
cu9 and oarnivorous. Tho laiicr are ly
/ not frugal, but tho former aro frugal, ini
While the air is warm and moving roi
about is not hindered by ico or snow- dc
bank they import their cargoes of food, wc
They bring in their caravan of provi- do
sions; thoy haul in their long train of wc
wheat or corn or oats, Tho fanners wc
are not unoro busy in July and August Yc
in reaping their harvest than aro the lot
ants busy in July and August reaping nc
thoir barvost. Thoy stack them away; of
they pile them up. They question tic
when they havo enough. They aggro th
gate a sufficient amount to last them or
until tho next warm season. When us>
winter opens, they aro roady. Mow, an
yo winter blastt! Hang your ioiolcs co
irom tho trco branches! Imbed a11 tho po
highways under snowdrifts! Knougli an
for all tho denizensof tho hills. Hun dr
gcr shutout, and plenty sits within, no
God, who fecdoth every living thing, on
las blessed tl.o ant hill. dr<
In ooDtrast with that insrotile hehavior,
what do you think of that largo
number of prosperous men and women n''
who live up to every dollar that tliry ^r'
make, raising their families in luxuri us ',u
habits and atdeath expecting some kind y?
friend to givo their daughters employ tc<
ment as music teachers or twrewritcrs *1'
or government employees? Such
parents havo co right to children.
Kvery neighborhood has speoimens of ,no
suoli improvtdonoo. Tho two words jn
that most strike me in tho text aro |Q
"summer" and "winter." Some poo 'n
plo havo no summer in their lives.
From tho rocking oradlo to the still t,K
grave it is rolontlcss January. Invalid |'cj
infancy followed by tomo crippling ac ',u'
f I It ??
J
dent ordimnc s of tytsight ordulness
' hearing or privation ?r disaster or
sfortunate environment make life
rpetual winter. Bat in moat livos
>ero is a period of bummer, although
may bo a short sammer. and 'hat ia
iw time to prov do for the fntnre.
Oae of the beet ways of insuring the
iture is to put asido all you oan for
laritable provision. You put aoruming
stone in tho foundation of your
rtuuo if you do not in your plans reiri
tho suff. rings that you may alviato.
You will have tho pledgo of
lo high hcaveus for your temporal
olfaro whou you help the hclplo?s, for
10 promiso is: "Biosscd is ho that
>nsidoroth tho poor. Tho Lord will
alivt r k m ia liuie of trouble " Then
icro is another way of providing for
10 future. If you have $1 000 a year
oorno, save $100; or $2,000 a year,
*vo $500; or $3,000, savo $1,000. Do
>u say suoh economy id moanness? I
iy it ia a vaster meanness for you to
ako no provision for tho future and
>mpel your frionds or tho world to
,ko care of you or youra in ease of bo
avomcnt or calamity.
Furthermore, go to }hc ant and condor
that it linro nnt iK-ntinn tn.
iuso it is insignificant The frigiuont
: seed it hauls into its habitation mav
; so small that the unaided eye cannot
e it, but tho insootilo work goes on,
le carpenter ant at work above ground,
ic mapon ant at work undor ground.
Dmo cfthese creatures mi* tho loaves
" the fir and tho oatkins of the pine for
10 roof or wall of thoir tiny abode, and
hers go out as hunters looking for
tod. while others in domostio duties
ay at homo. Twenty specks of the
lod they are moving toward their
anaiy put upon a balanoa would
irdly make the scales quiver. All of
work on a small scale. TVco is no
so in our rofu'ing a mission bocauso
is insignificant. Anything that God
i bis providence juts before us to do
important. Tho needle has its offioo
i certainly as the telrscopo and tho
iadc as a parliamentarian scroll You
sow what became of tho man in the
irable of tho talents who buried the
so talent irstosd of putting it to
'aotical atd accumulative uso. His
lology was of no avail.
There is no need of our wistiDg timo
id energy in longing for some other
ihero The re aro plenty of people to
) tho big and resounding woik of the
lurch and tho world. No laok of
rigadicr gcnmals or master builders or
igincers for bridging Niagaras or tun
eling Rooky mountains. For every
ig enterprise of tho world a dozen can
dates. What wo want is privato sol
iers iD tho eonimou ranks, masons not
ilauied to wiold a trowel, candidates
>r ordinary work to bo done in ordiiry
ways in ordinary plaocs. Right
hero we are there is something that
od would have us to do. Lot us do
, though it may seem to bo as unim
irtani as tho rolling of a grain of corn
ito an ant hill.
Furthermore, go to the ant and condor
its indefaiigahiencss. It by tho
icidcntal stroko of your foot or there
oval of a timber the cities of tho in
otile wrtld are destroyed, instantly
l< y go to rebuilding They do not s't
ound moping. At it again in a second
heir fright immediately gives may to
icir industry. And if our schemes of
esulne?s and our plaDs of work fail,
by >it down in discouragement? As
rgo ant hills ?s have ev< r boon oon
r\ oled will be constructed again. Fat
tur fruit in God ar.d do your duty.
st days aro yet to come. Ycu have
ivcr heard such songs as you will yet
lar, nor have you ever lived in such
and abode as you will yet occupy, and
I the worldly iTenures you ha<?o lost
o nothing compared with the opulence
at you will vet own. If you lovo and
ist uhj Lird, Paul looks you in the
ee and then waves his hand toward a
aven full of palaces and thioocs, sayg,
''All are yours! ' So that what you
il to get in this present life you will
t in the coming life. Go to work
rlif ua'qu ? r? rl vaKh il/1 -o wU ? -?
5~ .. ?. WUV4 I vuiiu nn wv;?l ) UU
n, knowing that w hat the trowels of
rthly industry fail to roar the seep
rs of heavenly reward will more than
iko up. Hersistenco is tho lesson of
, ry ant 'hill. Wasto not a mo2Et
io urelcss regrets or unhealthy
pioicg Men fret themselves down,
t no man ever yetfrcltod himself up,
akc the obstacles in you way your oo
j'jtore, as all those have who havo ac
mplishcd anything worth accomplish
;nt.
.John l'hilpet Curran, master of the
lis in Ireland, at his first attempt in
urt stammered and sat down in oonsion
and for that stammering was
risively called "Stuttering .Jack Cur
a" and b'cause of his failure in speech
s sneered at as "Orator Mum." Hut
went to work and conquered himself
d then conquered oouriroom and great
;emblag(8 whom ho thrilled with his
iquencc Soinsteadof running against
staclcsas against a stone wall he placthein
aslant like steps on which to
mnt. Hut your iruit in God and notht
can stand l.c'oro you. Hittenhouse,
e astronomer, at the start was so poor
at he figured out oeliises on a plow
ndle.
Kurt hctUiOre, goto tho ant andcODiadthat
if God honors au insect by niak5
it our instructor in important loans
we ought not to ahuso tho lower orrs
of oreation. It has boon found by
icntiHts that insects transfixed in tho
30 of a museum have been alive and in
rture for years. How mush the insect
d the. fowl and tho brute may bo right
called to suilor for the advancement of
man knowlodgo and the bcttcriuont of
c condition of the human race 1 do not
w stop to discuss, hut ho who uselessharms
any of God'a living oreation
suits tho Cr ator. Alas, fir the hor
ra of vivisection! 1 havo no cjufinco
in the morality of a man or a
imap who would harm a horse or a
It or a cat or a pigeon. Such men
imcn, under affront, if thoy dared
mid take th? life of a human being.
>u oannot make mo believe that God
>ks down indifferently upon the gailod
ok of tho ox or the cruelly our'jod bit
the horse or of tho unsheltorod cati
in tho snowstorm or the cockpit or
o bear bait'ng or t.ic pigeon shooting
.he laceration of li-.h that are not
ed. Go ?o tho ant, thou uiisorcant,
d sou how God honors it. In tho great
llcgo of the univerfO it has been apintcd
our professor. All over tho land
d all over the world there are over
Ivcn horses that ought to bo unhar
c?nd, eaged birds that ought to be put
their wings in tho froo air of heaven,
fiycs of oattlc agon icd of thirst on
e freight trains w ?ero they ought to
watered and crustac^a being broiled
vo that ought to he lifted out of the
B. Christ ohoso 1- apostles for tho
man raoe in tho first century, and
u know their names, but in tho nino
inth century ho ohosc his thirteenth
ostlc, who wrought for tho relief of
a brute creation, and his Dams was
tnry Ucrgh. In my t. xt tho ant is
t impaled, is not dead, but alive, and
tho warm fields providing her meat
the summer and gathering her food
the harvest.
furthermore go to tho ant and learn
s lesson of God appointed order. Tho
ug who taught the intsct how to
ild was geometer as wo'I as architoet.
Tho | iths inside that little home rcidi*
ate from tho door with as oomploto arrangement
as ever the boulevards of a
oitv rm'idiated from a triumphal aroh or
a flwowered oiro'o. And when they
maroh they keep perfect order, moving
in straight lines, turning out for noth
ing If a timber lie in the way, thov
oltinb over it. If there be house or barn
in the way, thoy maroh through it. Order
in arohitootural structure, order
in gevornmont, order of movrmont, order
of expedition. So lot us all observe
this God appointed rule and take Batis
faction ia tho fact that thinrs are notat
loose ends in tbiB.world. If there is a
divine regulation in a colony or republic
of insects, is thcro not a divino regulation
in tho 1 Vf J nf immnrl?l mon
woniei ?
If God oarcs for tbo least of his
creatures ana shows them how to provido
their meat in tho summer and
gathor their food in tho harvest, will ho
not be interested ia matters of humau
livelihood and in tho guidance of hu
man afairs? 1 preach tho doctrine of a
particular providence. "Are not two
sparrows sold for a farthing, and yet
rot one of them is forgotten before
God? Arc yo not of moro value than
many sparrows?" Lst there bo order
in our individual lives, order in tho
family, oid.r in tho ohureh, order in
the stats. In all the world there is no
room for auarohy.
Bit wo livo in times when there are
so rainy ola&hings. There seems almost
universal unrest. Large fortunes
bwallow up rmill fortuacs. Civilize
nations trying to gobble up barbario
nations. Upheaval of creeds and pooplo
who onoo believed evirjthing now be
Ikviog nothing. Tho old book that
Mocbos began and St. J ehn endod bombarded
fr tn foiooiitn observatories
and college classrooms. Amid all this
disturbance and uncertainty that whioh
many good j eop'e n cd is not a stimulus,
hu. a sedative, and ia my text 1 had
it?divine obscrva ion and guidanoo of
minutest affairs. And nothing is to
God lirge or small?planet or ant hill?
tho God who easily mado tho worlds
employing his infinity in tho wondrous
cort?" ruction of a spider's foot.
B.foro wc leave this suijeotlet us
thaok God for those who wore willing to
ouduro the fatigues and self Haorifiees
necessary to mako revelation of the
natural world, so re enforoing tho
Sjripiuros. If tho miorosoopo could
speak, what a story it could tell of
hardship and proverty and buffering
and perioveranco oa tho part cf those
who employed it for important dis
ooverj 1 It would tell of tho blinded
eyes of M. Strauss, of tho 11 abcrs and
of scores of thoso who, after inspecting
tho minute oljcctsof God's creation,
staggered out lroin their cabinets with
vision destroyed. This hour is a any a
professor's study tho work of putting
eyesight on tho altar of scionoois going
on. And what greater loss oan ono
suffer thau the loss of cyo.iight unless
t no loss of reason? While the telescope
is reaching farthor up aud tho
mi eroscopo is reaching farther down,
both arc exclaiming: ' Tnero is a G-.d.
aud he is infinitely wiso and infinitely
good! Worship and worship him for
ever 1"
And now I bethink myself of the fact
that wc aie olco to a season of tho
y? ar winch will allow ui to bo mora out
of doors and to ciofiout tho lossous of
the natural world, and there arc voioes
that ace ilia to say. Go to tho ant; go to
iho bird, goto the flowers; go to the
ti Id-; go to tho waters. ' Listen to the
oiatatas that drop from tho gallery of
ho tree tops No ha ;n the path whore
you walk tho lcte-oua of in dustry and
divine guidance. Make natural religion
a commentary on revealed religion. l*at
the glow of sunrise and sunset into
your spiritual experience. Lot every
star speak of the morning star of tho
Redeemer, aud every aromatic bloom
make you think of him who is the 11 si
of Sharon and the Lily of tho Valley,
and every overhanging cliff remind you
of the lloek of Ages, and every morn
ing buggets tho "daysjring from oa
high, which giveth light to those who
are in darkness, and even tho littlo
hillock built by tho raodsido or in tho
fields reminds you of the wisdom of imi
taring in temporal and spiritual things
the insootile forethought, "which hav- ,
iDg no guide, overseer or ruler, pro- '
vidcth her meat in the summer and
gatlureth her food in tho harvest."
Joint C. Calhoun's Wooing.
l'bough en ardent lover fretting at
timo's slow course until his wedding
day, John C. Calhoun wrote but one 1
letter to his swecthc&it?his protty ,
cousin, Floride Calhoun. All tho other
communications, when tho lovers were
sl'i aratod, wero made through her moth
er. Rut shortly before their marriage,
"the Great Nullificr, ' wrote expressing :
his anxiety for the arrival of the happy
day, and tho letter recently come to
light is published in tho Ladies' Homo
Journal. After giving hearty expression
to the joy he has found in her company
tho letter runs: "It gives mo much ,
satisfaction that time and absenoo
make no imprcesion on my levo for you; j
it glows with no less ardor than at tho
moment of parting, which must be a
happy ciucQ of its permanent nature.
When mere personal charms attract.
the iuij reesion may be violent but cannot
bo lasting, and it requires tho porpotual
presence of thaobject to keep it
alive; but when the beau'y of mind,
the soft and sweet disposition, tho
amiable and lovablo character eoilellishid
with innocence and ohcerfulneas <
are united to the attractions of personal
beauty, it bids defiance to time.
Such, my dear Floride, aro the arms by
which yc u havo corquercJ, and it is by .
these tho durability of your sovereignty
is established over your subject wlnm
vou hold in willing servitude. May
(iod preserve you. Adieu, my lov<;
my hearts delight. I am your true
lov>r." (
Deafness Cannot be Cured
by local applications, as they cannot
ri aoh the diseased portion of the ear. 1
There is only one way to euro deafness, j
and that is by constitutional remedies.
Doafncfri is osuscd by an inflamed oonditon
of the n ucons lining of the
Kustiohian Tubo. When this tube
gets inflamed you havo a rumbiiog
sound or imperfect hearing, and when
it is entirely closed dcafners is thn r<>. '
suit, aud unless tho inflammation can
be taken out an 1 this tubo rcsto-od to
its normal oonditioo, hearing will bo
destroyed forever; nino eases out of ten
are caused lyca'arrh, which is noth
ing but an inflamed oonditioo of the ]
mucous fu-faocs.
Wo will givo Oiio Hundred Dollars
for any otto of Deafco s (au-ed by
catarrh) that oan not bo cured by II >11 s 1
Catarrh (lure. Send for oiroulars, f'reo. '
K .1 CHENEY vV CO , Toledo, O. 1
Sold by D.ucgi ts, 75c.
llali's family I'lils are tho best. 1
After all, it tinns out that tho man .
under arrest at Oxford, Miss., was not
tho muoh desired M. 11. Kceso. Mr. ,
Ncwbold, when ho left, stated that ho
did not bc'icvo that tho Mississippi .
authorities had gotten IOopc. I'ho (
authorities there wrrrc soposiiivo, how- ,
ever, that tho fovcrnor thought it ?
absolutely necessary to at least send ,
some one to seo whathcr it was tho ,
man wanted. ,
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HONORED AT LAST.
Memorial to Henry Timrod Unveiled
in Charleston.
CAPT COURTENAY 8 WORK.
An Original Poem on Timrod Read
by Mr Henry A Austin, of
New York, Its
Author.
A dispatch from Charleston to Tho
State ?aya tho Timrod memorial was unveiled
with appropriate exeroises Wednesday
afternoon under tho auapioeB of
the Timrod Memorial Assooiation of
SoutL Carolina.
Kx-MavorCourtonay, president of the
Timrod Memorial Assooiation, presided,
and said:
Ladies and Gentlemen: We are here
assembled to dodioato with public ceremonies,
a monument in memory of
Henry Timrod. The exeroises will now
be opened with prayer by the Kov.
Bi-hop Capors, D. D.
Tho soldior priest thon made an eloquent
prayer.
Continuing Capt. Courtonay said:
Mr. Mayor: In behalf of our association,
I thank you for your presence
hero, and your participation in our
piooocdinge; wo desire, also, through
you, to thank tho honorable city oounc
1 for this ideal site, so freely granted
to rcocivo tho memorial!
"Amone their graven ihapea to whom
Thy civio wretha belong.
Oh! City of hia love, make room
For one, whose gift was song.
# ?
Fair City by the 8*?a! upraise
Ilia veil with reverent hand?;
And mingle with thine own the praise
And pride of other lands.
*
Our lips of praiae must soon be dumb,
Our grateful eyes be dim;
Oh! brothers of iho days to come,
Take tender chargo of him "
Tho unvoiling no* awaits your
friendly offices.
Mayor Smyth unveiled the monument
and accepted it in behalf of tho oity of
Charleston.
Ex Mayor Courtonay, resuming hiB
remarks, paid: The chief duty of this
oommcmcrativc hour is now discharged?the
unvoiling of tho memorial of
Henry Timrod in its oomplotonesB?
crowned by tho toulptor's art?faced
with appropriate inscriptions; in its
graceful significance as a gift from
thousands if appreciative admirers,
stands seouro on its firm base, out from
tho g'anito hills of his native State!
The end not only crowns the work, but
does somoihing more, "It is tho public
recognition of literaturo as a felt influence,
to bo commemorated bido by
sido with statesmanship, scientific in
vontion and every other form of high
public service." Tho occasion is thus
.... - u.. : - *
ntvvft U|* auuvc IUU VIIUUlliUUL UI
ptrHonal memories, which inspired it.
and marks a now period in our culture;
it declares in a foicoful way that "the
poetic literature of a land it tho finer
and purer ether above the material ad
vanoo and the events of its history."
We symbol ze, too, our intellectual
growth when we dedicate this beautiful
art work to the memory of Ilenry Timrod!
'"It is tho poet and tho artist who .
make baautiful the temple."
An original poem was then pro
nounced by Mr. Henry Austin, of New
York, as follows:
Forever fair, forever young,
Leaving her Iced Olympian hill,
The Goddess of the rhythmic tongue
Visits her chosen still.
Nol with a lou 1, tempestuous rush,
Or sudJen hash of golden wings
Descends the highest Muse; a hush
Of balmy calm she brings.
Mysterious as a spectral ship
Kmergiug from a spectral mist,
Shec-ines with fresh, with floral, lip,
By winds auroral kissed,
To him she came?that dreamy boy,
lvnight errant through the vernal camps,
Where j asmincs, in iheir virgin joy,
Heluuie perfumed "lamps."
On him she smiled in many a glen
By many a wild and weird lagoon,
Where erst the songs of Marion's men
Hang to the midnight moon.
She gave him of her grace antique
Of deeds divine, divinely sung:
She thrilled him with the surgeof Qreek
And Rome's inijestic tongue.
Deeply he felt that anoient grace,
That power, which bade the song outroll,
The song of Helen's fatal face
Aud iiector'a patriot soul.
So deeply?that in after days
To his own Troy, beleaguerred long,
Serene amid the battle's blare
lie sang a clarion song
His Troy went down, but oe r the hush
(If the spent storm jf blood and tears,
Sweeter than lilt of lark or thrush
Up tho resounding years.
His lyric music echoing flows,
Each vital note as crystal-clear
As dew of morn upon the rose,
Or l'ity's perfect tear.
I) Poesy, so tjuick to thrill
And soften e'en a foeman's breast,
Mo compass bounds thy scope and skill?
No South, North, Last or West.
The whole world trembles to thy charms;
lr chastened by thy mystic cpell,
Art rose a victor overarms
When Hermes strung the shell.
Measured by outward shows alone,
How sad our Poet's life would seem
O'ershadowed by a cause o'erthrown?
Tho chaos of a dream
>w mtrkcl for g'ief a nJ set apart!
Nay, whensoe'r the Muse is kind,
She makes a hey-day of the heart?
A May day of the mind.
Mii-Mcis eye us owd reward,
lis own rich reooinpense is Kbyins;
[tright, when the splendor of the swoid
Kusts in tho shea.h of Time.
rtius, now that Carolina c*l!s
No longer on her soldier song;
And Peace, with sweet oblivion, falls
I'pon the ''festal guns."
The lyrist of her valiant past,
The limner of her radiant land,
Receives his monument, at last,
From Carolina's hand.
Tho addross in honor of tho pool was
next delivered by l'rofessor Thos.
Iclla Torre, of tho College of Charleston.
Kx Mayor Kicken paid oloqnont tribito
to the memory of tho cldor Tim odfl,
tho grandfathor and father of tho
[>00t.
Bishop Capers pronounced tho benoliotion.
Tho raomorial is a handsome but tin[pretentious
monumont. The simplicity
>f tho memorial aooords with tho quiot,
'ctiring and modost life of Timrod.
rho base and pedestal aroof Winnsboro
granite. Tho baso is five feot square,
tnd tho pedestal and the baso meastiro
lix fcot in height. The top of (he
pedestal is twenty ioohes rquare, on
which rests the heroio sire bronze bast of
Timrod. The bust it three feet high sad
weighs about 150 pounds. It is a strik
ing likeness of the poet. The bust was
designed by Scu'ptor Kdward V. Valen
tine of Richmond, Va., from a painting
owned by Capt. Courteoay. Tho bust
was oast by the Henry B >nnard Uronzo
company of New York. The stonework
was dono at the Charleston yardB of
Mr. Thomas II. Reynolds, who also srt
the bust.
The memorial is a worthy and fitting
mark to the memory of tho South Caro
lint nn?t. tnd Inn mnnti nr. <tii
bo given to the memorial association
for its devoted labors in tho erection of
the monument The Timrod Memorial
association was organized in Movent
ber, 1898, tho object being tho restora
tion to gonoral oiroulation throughout
tho United States of tho charming
poems of tho South Carolina poet and
tho orection of a worthy publio memorial
from the realization of tho salo
of this authorized edition. It was determined
to issue 4,000 oopics and to retail
theso books at $1 50 a copy. Almost
tho entire issue was subscribed
for and a sum of monoy was realized
sufficient to pay for tho monumcct
whioh was unveiled this afternoon and
tho noooBsary expenses attending tho
unveiling exercises. A balanoo has
boon left whioh tho association will put
to uso in oaring for tho burial lot of the
Timrod familv in Trinity church yard
at Columbia. In this lot lio tho remains
of tho poet, his mother and sister.
Tho lot has not been properly
oared for and the needed attention still
now bo providod by tho Memorial association,
and probably a tablot of some
kind may bo erected on tho lot.
Tho inscriptions on tho four broDzo
panels aro appropriate and ad< <|uato.
Oj tbo south paool, whioh may bo
said to bo the front, Bicco tho bust
faces Broad street:
Henry Timrod,
Boin in Charleston, 8. C ,
December 8. 1323,
Died in Columbia, 8. C.,
October 6, 1807.
Tho west panol roads as follows:
Through clouds and through sunshine, in
peace and in war, amid the stress of povetty
and the storms of civil strife, his soul never
faltered and his purpose never failed. To
his poetic mission he w s faithful to tho end.
In life and in death he was "not disobedient
unto the heavenly vision."
The cast panel states:
This memorial has been erected with the
proceeds of the recent sale of very large
editions of the author's poems by the Tinrod
Memorial Association of South Carolina.
"Oeniu* like Egypt's monarch timely wise,
Erects its own memorial 'ere it dies."
Tho lines on the north panel aro taken
from Timrod's beautiful poem, read in
1867 at the first decoration of tho Confederate
doad in Magnolia cometTy,
and are as follows:
Fleep sweetly in your humble graves,
Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause;
Though yet no marble oo umn craves,
The pilgrim here to jauee.
In the seeds of laurel in the earth.
The blossom of your fame is blown,
And somewhere, waiting for its birth,
The shaft is in the stone.
? * ? ? *
Stoop, angels, hither from the Skies!
'here is no holier spot of ground
Than where defeated valor lies
Ity mourning beauty crowned!
ARMY SCANDALS
* The trial of Capt. J slues O. lleed,
former depot commissary at Mauila,
who was arrested about a fortnight ago
for alleged participation in the commissary
frauds, was begun hore Thursday
and bids fair to develop into a
oolebratod ease. Capt. Kctd is charged
with soliciting and receiving bribes,
and with other effioial misoondit *t.
Mr. Sihindler, manager of tho Alhambra
Cigar Factory, tobUlied that in
November Capt Hoed had told him
that Major George H Davis, who was
the deputy commtsiary before Capt.
Heed, but who was sent to tho United
States on sick leave and whose nimo
appears upon the books of Evans Co.,
Government contractors at Manilla, as
tho rojipient of $1,000, was $2,000
Bbort in his accounts. Continuing Mr.
Sohindlcr testified that the e, having
profitable contracts with tho Government,
were asked to assist in making
good Major Davis's shortago. Sohindlcr
gave Capt. Heed $1,050, which was
per cent commission on tho oirgara
sold to tho commissary department during
tho time that Major Davis was depot
commissary at Manilla
An officer named Franklin, who was
assistant commissary, testified to the
effect that on Marth 18, and following
tho direction of a superior officer, he
obt lined $1,000 from Major Davis and
paid this money over to 8ohindlor
Inspector General Darlington tcsti
fied that during tho preliminary investigation
of the ommissary scandals
Capt. Hoed admitted to him recovering
monev from Snhintllflr ...J
gavo as an cxouse that tho money to
rooovorcd was intoned to cover Major
Davis's beef shortage.
Lieut, llichard H. Town'ey, of the
navy, at present superintendent of tho
Manilla Nautioal School, testified that
as tho result of a cocfercrcj with Cipt.
Reed ho wont to see CastJe Brothers,
contractors, who supplied the oeuimissary
department with vegetables, etc,
and asked them to givo the Captain
$2,000 and It) per cent, commission on
all tho sales. Castle Brothers demurred
to this proportion. Lieut. Towoley
again went to Castlo Brothers and this
timo only askod them f jr $2,000. Cas
tie Brothers wcro reluctant to hand
ovor this sum, and Lieut. Townlcy explained
that Capt. Reed was in a posi
tion to advanoe tho interests of tho firm
and that it would bo advantageous to
Castlo Brothers to obligo him. Liout.
Townlcy testified that ho further explained
to Castlo Brothers that Capt.
Reed might allow them tho use of
Government lighters and possibly bo
less rigid in tho inspection of goods
purchased. Lieut. Townlcy said that
ho thought ?Japt. Reed was doing a
oblo thing in attempting to protect
the ohara"tor of a brother ofiioor. lie
also said that such transactions were
cot customary in the navy.
When oross cxaminod Lieut. Townley
said, rather sheepishly, that ho was
not to sure he was doing right in taking
the witness chair.
Col. Charlos A. Woodruff, chief of
tho subsistence department in Manilla,
explained tho oiroumstanoes of Capt.
Heed's appointment and described tho
dutios of tho depot commissary, not
knowing whether tho aoeounts of Major
Davis wero oorrcot or not Ilo e*
plainod that on Deoetnber 30 Castlo
Brothers aroused his suspioions by in
timating that money wasboing collected
by an officer of tho commissary department.
Later Col Woodruff sent for
Capt. Hoed, who admitted recoiving rebates
for the purpose of covering tho
delinquencies of Major Davis.
Tho testimony oi Col. Woodruff is
unfinished and other witnesses are
awaiting examination.
i
fox ^
THE t
Grove's
The formula
know just what ]
do not advertise i
their medicine it
Iron and Quinine
form. The Iror
i r i
maiana out or tn<
Groves IS the O
Chill Tonics arc
that Grove's is
are not experime
and excellence
only Chill Cure
the United States
At ttie Other Rnd,
A certain naval ollicer was ver
pompous and conceited when on dut;
One day, when he was officer of th
watch, and he could not, as \isual, fin
anything of consequence to grumbl
about, lie attempted to vent his spit
on one. of the stokers of the vesse
who was in the engine-room, on dut;
Going to the speaking tube, the oil
eer yelled:
"Is there a blithering idiot at the en
of this tube?"
The reply came quick and star
ling:
"Not at this end, sir!"
The feelings of the officer, as k
turned away with a black frown, ca
be better imagined than dcscribed.Leslie's
Weekly.
Cnn't i'nt Him Entirely.
"Dear me," sighed Mrs. Fiddlefaddk
"since they were reduced, you knov
the Waxywoddles have become mo:
plebeian. Why, their son has actuall
become a postman."
"Yes, but then," replied Mrs. Diddli
daddlo, "there's one consolation, h
route is in the most exclusive distric
so he will still have some of our be:
people on his calling list."?l'hilade
phia Bulletin.
It In Hrrninmrnilnlion,
Tom?Halloa, Bill! I hear you hav
a position with my friends, Skinner i
Co.?
Bill Oh. yes; I have a position a
collector there.
Tom?That's first-rate. Who rei
ommended you?
Bill?Oli, nobody. I told them ths
I once collected an account from yoi
and they instantly gave me the placi
?Tit-Bits.
Pnitn'n Conncnt.
She?Isn't it lovely? l'apa consent!
He?Does he really?
She?Yes. He wanted to know wh
you were, and I told him you wer
tape clerk at Scrimp & Co.'s, and h
seemed real pleased.
He?I am delighted.
She?Yes; and he said we could t
married just as soon as you were take
into the firm.?X. Y. Weekly.
Urevlljr.
"Why is brevity considered tli
soul of wit?" asked the man who as!
foolish questions.
"Because," answered the man wl
makes foolish answers, "when a ma
is short he is much more likely to t
aeute. Nothing- stimulates mental m
tivity like needing- the money.?Boi
ton Journal.
The (irrnt knliirr.
"Mamma," said the bright youn
woman, "I wonder if weksaw all tli
geysers when we were at Yellowston
park."
"I suppose so, dear. Why?"
"1 heard Mr. Pimpernickel telling
customer of his to-day that the 'Gei
ser Wilhelm was the greatest of all.'
?Philadelphia Press.
The Chtiniceil View.
"I nlwnvs thought sh? was th
most commonplace of girls."
"At any rate, alio has just done
most romantic thing."
"What, pray?"
"Married a j-nung mnn of her ow
age who is neither a coachman nor
prince."?Leslie's Weekly.
An Awful ItrvriiKr.
Friend (to amateur poet)?I see yo
are sending olT a manuscript to th
Ronton Magazine. I thought you tol
me only the other day you thoroughl
disliked and despised the editor of tha
particular magazine?
1'oet?I do. That's why I'm sendin
him my poem.?Judge.
Srnrer Yet and Hearer Still.
When you were a blushing young miss
And 1 was your dutiful swain
A smile from you savored of bliss
And n frown filled my heart with pain.
You were dear then, but now, as my wifi
Of course you're somewhat nearer;
And In paying your bills, on my life
I'd swear you get dearer and dearer.
?Chicago Dally News. ,
AT THE MATIXEE.
'I'll t* Girl Peg pardon, doe* my It a
trouble you?
The Man?I can >cr nothing else.
The Girl?Then I'll lell you what t
do. .Tust. keep your eyo 011 me, an
when I laugh you laugh when I cr;
you cry. Chicago Chronicle.
Self-Con* let ion.
The man who t.1 ik.-> about himself,
\\ ho Haunt* his "moV and "1'n.*
Hut gives undoubted proof to those
Who hear him that he lies.
?Chicago Record-Herald. 1
A Kurrlin u?l?-?l l.nttr, " \
"Shall we eloi?e, George?"
"Yes -if you think it will please you
father. Financially, I'm. not prepare
to get liiin dow n 011 inc."-? Detroit Fra
Pros a. f
V. . . C
1
"^1
^^^^^^ESCRIPTION IS
Tasteless Chill Tonic.
is plainly printed on every bottle?hence yoa
pu are taking when you take Grove's. Imitators
:heir fo rmula knowing that you would not buy
you knew what it contained. Grove's contains
put up in correct proportions and is in a Tasteless
l acts as a tonic while the Quinine drives the
c system. Any reliable druggist will tell you that
rigfna/ and that all other so-called Tasteless
imitations. An analysis of other chill tonics shows
superior to all others in every respect. You
nting when you take Grove's?its superiority
having long been established. ' Grove's is the #
sold throughout the entire malarial sections of
No Cure. No Pay. Price. 50c.
^ M< morial Day. A Bloody Battle.
y. April 20th was a sacred day A di-?p<i4oh from Pckir, dated May 1,
10 to the entire Southland. It 8 th&t * bloody ha't'f occurred
d , . r 1 r botWPCO tho U08<?-?TJ? JIDO I* h ' 0 f 89 C 8f
le was set apart for a memorial of Mat don. The Racists lost 60 inkille
the brave men who gave up all el and wounded Four Kasdao iffisers
b in defence of their homes and billed. ai d ansong tie wounded
y. . . xxr c ii *1 Gon ^erpUzki.
I. principles. We fully agree with
the Augusta Chronicle when it o m* | t
d says "there has been too much OHW iVIIllH)
| of apology by southern men, -m ? ...
^ j politicians and business men i^/OFIl JMlllS,
seeking northern favor, for the
ie position of the south in the war tftUC Mills,
n for southern independence. \ V e 7
_ hear too much about southern FTllilotW
men having fought for princi- llltC 11 U11LI
pies 'they believed to be right.' CTnllrkwo
p The inference is that while we * t?c* 11 UilL I
v.' now know they were wrong, ri
,t nevertheless our fathers were
y honest because they 'believed' .
the south was right. This is rot. DOll0r8?
e- The people of the south believe
? today the south was right, just |'l&IlCrS aiill
' as much as they believed in the
\\ sixties, and fair-minded men at \1 c? ft*V*
the north are conceding it. ACAl^Ilvyl
While southern men may frank- Ciriniv ^[0.iru
ly accept the arbitrament of O >V IIIg
* arms, and believe that it is bet- ~|_> oi
i ter to have one great united re- AXIT) J^aWS^
? public than to have two rival lurt all otW kind f d
governments in this country, workinc. machinerv \fv <W
> and whue the right of secession . ^ ? lneiT- ^ , f
may have been irrevocably set- Keant Bog Beam baw mill is
it tied, this does not determine ^'ie heaviest, strongest, and
' that in 1861 the southern states most efficient mill for the
e- went to war for wrong princi- money on the market, quick,
ides, or that in decidintr to with- accnr?t? Auom "a
? ?
draw from the Union they B. Smith Machine Company
' were rebels. The loyalty of wood working machinery,
southern men to the reunited por high grade engiuea, plain
e country needs no argument It valve?Automatic, and
.s not in dispute. But in order to,,,orli wrU me. Atl
be loyal now, it is not necessary , m J ,,T.a a,rn,i,n?
to be disloval to the memory of i ^ * ? * '
>e the brave men who fought and an<* ells
n died." V. C. BADHAM,
1326 Main St., Columbia, 8. C
2 Ginning Machinery,
seems as if they simply can't lose. _ n?r?ii ** i
? jo matter wi,at happen.? ^ Saw Mill Machinery,
"And still the people who lose, ?
,e said the amateur philosopher, "are Planinri lVTiil
c" not always happy. I know a fat a lcUllIly IVaIJA
s" woman who would like to lose about ? _ ? ,
00 pounds and can't, and it makes IVlaCllinCFy?
her hopping mad every time she **
thinks of it."-('h?cago Times-Herald. jgpJcJ^ MaCllinerV,
18 I.rnten >Ie?lltnt Ion. *? j
* ycu *""" my Engines, all Types; I
"I am Kiir.tr to church, kin<l sir," she said. I
? "rJ"u 1 *0U,J p""! Boilers, all Kinds. 1
f" "I pray, ar.tl I think up new hats," she sail
" ?Detroit Free l'ress.
j ? jt?T ix time. These are our Specialties
tand we have the most
complete and best lines
to offer.
<N. H. Gib'oes & Co., 1
MACHINERY and MILL SUPPLIES
I OF EVERY DECRIPTION. i
noLl'MHJA S <1
He?Too bad, Miss Maud, that you I.
are always engaged. I would pro- ^ f
pose to you on the spot.
P She?You are just In time, beeause \\ .
I broke off my engagement yester- 1 ? ~
day!?lleitere Welt. A
No DKTorciwe. ]|
Whoe'er the man. when plaudits gray
Resound amonK the spires and arches. \
The people shout the same "hooray!"
The brass bands play the same old ?
inarches.
"Washington Star. 8TANDING ON I
"I callfdndto0,fieen.vm"n7a;her this YOUR OWN MERITS
afternoon, remarked ( harlie, as he With a diploma of our College in your postook
a seat in the parlor. session, you need no political pull" or inDora
fluttered visibly. Iteeovering fluential friends to help yuu to success, but
herself with an apparent effort, she can stand on your own merits and advance
said, simply: "JJKI youV" purely to the trout. Ud'i it worth trying.
"Yea," replied Charlie. "lie has been For further information address,
owing our firm a little uecount for a >Tunrnunnva i.iniunci
long time."?Tit-Hits. N KVS BLRR* S BU3INES3 COLI>rtt<1
In.n Man. LEGE, Columbia, S. C.
Mrs. Linguist?1 want to get a di
voroe. My husband talks in his sleep. ? ~ - ~"l .
Lawyer Soozem?But, my dear j is R_. *_/
madam, that is no ground for di- V?\ I D ANTS
voree. There is no cruelty in? fl i .-?.??<* jCpOTON DUGS.
Mrs. Linguist?But he talks in r 3S36,, Fl.!E6,Fl,EA5.
t Latin, and I don't understand that ; A \0 ALL i\'5?CTLIFE-.
k language at all. -Baltimore American, i > - ? .. ,5 'or.:ont
6 Death to iiuecrs
i'iirlor l>l|iloinnor. : io an^ cents
o Mrs. ltrago Tell tue, professor, will ; ' ai.l. dbalerfic-.
* r i . > I iV,m \XJnr ( 40mh ro\ Cnt*K*i C a
d my daughter e\er become a great . A?i nK'OH s'D.
Y, pianist? " '
Herr Vogleschnitzle I cannot dell. ,f Pca(h Du>l not for >%1# by yoor
"But has she none of the <ju:i 1.ti<1 ,le?^ler, we will upon receipt of cents
tions necessary for a good musician?" send you the large package ly mail post"Acli!
Yah, iiiatam, she has two piid.
handls."-?Tit-Bits. April-lfi. 8t.
I '.ii 1111 c<l to Them. ... . _ _ _ _ _
Lawyer- My client wants two pen WANTEDt
The address of a few INTSLLI- J&H
"J Lawyer?Yep; sheeanprove that her GENT \OUNG TEACHERS whote
deceased husband wouldn't have gone tohools hsro closod for the season. " - '^1
* I to war at all if she hadn't made him. - AddlOSS, B. W. GXTdlNOER, ,
' CViioa rwo * Box 105, Spartanburg, S. C. j