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inSSirS?FliORNETS t V.r. .. Lm'jm Sermons by Rev. Dr.J>lmu?e?n SmalL'Annoyancoa. .They T?at Christian Fortitude and Patience. The Lesson of Triv?aMrritations.'j This Bormon by "Div Talmngo doals with A subjeot whioh appeals to all olassea and oonditiona of mon. Ilia text is Deuteronomy vii,'.20, "Thc Lord thy God will sond tho hornot." It sooms as if tho insootilo world woro dotermiucd to extirpate tho hu man raoo. It bombards tho grain Hold H and tho orohords and tho vineynrda. Tho Colorado bootlo, tho Nobraska grasshopper, tho Now JorsoyloouBt, tho univoronl potato bootle, seem to carry on tho work whioh was bogun ngos ago whoa tho inBoota buzzod out of Noah's ark as? tho door was openod. In my?text tho hornot flies out on its mission. It is a spooios of wasp, swift in its motion and violent in its Bting. Its touch is torturo to man or beast. Wo bavo-all soon thooattlci run bellow ing undor tho out of its lancet. In boy hood wo usod to Btand J cautiously look ing at tho globular neat hung from tho troo.branoh, and while wo woro looking at tho wondorful ?oovoriDgJ wo woro struck with something that sont us i shrieking away. Tho hornet goes in I swarms. It has oaptaiiiB over hundreds, and 20 of thom alighting on ono man will produce oortain doath. Tho Porsians attempted to conquer a Christian oity, but tho olophnuts and tko boasts on whioh tho Porsians rode ^ wcro assaulted by thc hornet, so tba).1 I tho wholo army was broken up, ahd/tifo ' besieged oitywas rcsoucd. Thi.^ burn ing and noxious 'insect stuftg out tho Hittites and tho Oanflr^a?d?os from their oountry. WJiaJ^'gui arning sword and ohariot Qf^\tfar could not accomplish wfts^orio by tho punoturo of an insect. ? r^Tho Lord sont tho hornot." My Monds, whon wc aro assaulted by groat bohomoths of troublo^wo bo como ohivalric, and<wo assault thom. Wo fgot on tho high mottlod [stood of our coiirago, and wo make a cavalry ohargo nt thom, and if God bo with us f, we como out?stronger. and. better than whon wo wont in. But nias for these insootilo annoyoncoa of life, thoso fo:s too Bmall to shoot, thoso things without any avoirdupois woight, tho gnats and themidgoa and-tho flies and the wasps and tho hornetBl In other words, it is tho small Btinging annoyances of our lif? whioh drivo us out and uso us up. Inj tho best conditioned life for} somo grandjand'gloriouspurposo God has sont tho hornot. ?I romarkj in tho first place, that theso small stinging annoyances may come in the shapo of in norvous-organization. Pcoplo who are prostrated under typhoid fovors'or with broken bonos'got plontly of sysmpathy, but who pities anybody --t??nt ismorvous? Thi doctors sny and tho family say and ovcrybody Bays, "Oh, she's only a little nervous; Hint's Kill" Tho sound of a heavy foot, thc harsh dearing of a throat, n discord in musio, a want of harmony bctweon tho shawl and tho glovo on the same person a ourt answor, a passing slight, thc wind tho from tho east, any ono of ten thousand onnoyoncca, opone tho door > for the hornot. )TliOj faot is that tho ? vast majority of tho pcoplo in thia coun try aro overworked, and their nerves aro tho first to givo out. A froat mul titude aro undor tho strain of Leydon, who, whon ho waa t dd by his physician that if ho did not stop working while ho was in suoh poor physical health ho i would die, responded, "Doctor, whether I live or dio, tho wheel must keop going ( round." These sensitive porsons of whom I spoak have a bleeding sensitive ness. Tho flioa love to light on any thing raw, nnd these pooplo nro like tho Canaanites spokon of in tho text or in tho oontoxt--they hnvo n vor y thin covering and aro vulnerable at all points. ^."And tho Lord sent tho hor net." Again, tho smell insect annoyances may oorao to us in the shapo of friends and acquaintnocca who are alwavs say ing disngrcenblo things. There are somo pcoplo you cannot be with for half nu hour'but you feel ohcorod nnd com forted. Then tluro are other people you cannot bo with for live minutes before you fool miserable, lin-y do hot moan to disturb you, but they rting Vou to tho bono. They gather up all the yarn whioh tho gossips spin and re tail it. They gather up all tho adverso oritioisms about your porson, about your businoss, about your home, about your ohuroh, and thoy mako your enr the funnel into which they pour it. Thoy laugh heartily when thoy tell you, as though it wcro a good joke, and you laugh, too-outsido. ThoBO pooplo are brought to our nt tention in tho Biblo, in tho book of Ruth. ' Naomi wont forth beautiful and with tho finoBt worldly prospects into another land, but after awhilo abo oaiue baok widowed and Bick and poor. What did her frionds do whon she carno to the oity? Thoy all wont out, and in stead of giving hov common sense con solation, what did thoy do? Bead tho hook of Ruth and find out. They throw up thoir hands and said, "Is this Naomi?" as muoh as to say. "How awful bad you do lookl" When I en tered the ministry, I looked vory palo 1 for yoars, and ovory year, for four or fivo years, many times a year 1 was asked if I had not consumption, and, passing through tho room, I would sometimes hoar pooplo sigh nnd sny, "A-ah, not long for this world I" I ro ) solvod in thoao timos thnt I novor in any conversation would say anything depressing, and by tho help of God I ive kept tho resolution. Thoso peo o of whom I speak roapand bind in o groat harvest field of discourage ment. Some day you groot thom with hilarious "Good morning," and thoy ome buzzing at you with some dopresa ig information. "Tho Lord sont tho ornot." It i? astonishing how somo pooplo ?refer to writo and to say diBagroeoblo hing?. That was tho oaso when Henry I. Stanloy returned aftor his mngnifio ht exploit of finding David Livings no. When Mr. Stanloy stood boforo 0 savants of Europo and many of tho mall oritios of tho day, under protonso >f gotting geographical information, put e him most insolont questions, ho olded his arms and refused to answor. t tho vory time whon you would sup 090 all dooont mon would havo ap 1 and cd the horoism of tho man th oro ore thoso to hiss. "Tko Lord sont te hornot. " And whon af torward that ""? jSat down on tho wostorn ooast of ' a, siok and worn out, with perhaps, randest aohiovomont of tho ago in y of geographical disoovcry, thoro ?mall oritios all ovor tho world z and bu/,/, and oarioaturo and do ini, and whon aftor awhilo he got ? London papers, as ho oponod thom, t flow tho hornot, Whon I soo that thoro wo* HO matiy po?bl? In thd world who Uko to bay disagreeable, thing? anil Writo diflagroonblo thiugsi I oolhb' aL most in my woakor moments to boliovo what a man said to nio in Philadelphia ouo Monday mornliig. i wont to got tho horso at tho livory ?tablo. and tho hostlor, a plain man, said to mo, "Mr. Tal mage I saw that you proaoiiod io tho young mon yostorday." I said, "YOB." HO said: "No uto, no uso. Man's a failure" Tho small inscot annoyances of lifo somotimca oomo in tho shape of local physioal troublo whioh docs not amount to a positivo prostration, but whioh bothors you when you want to foil tho best. Porhaps it is a sick hoadaoho whioh haB beon tho plaguo of your lifo, and you appointsomo oooasion of mirth or sooiality or uscfullnosB, and whon tho olook strikes tho hour you cannot nuiko your appearance Porhaps tho troublo is botweon tho car and tho forehead in tho shape of a nouralgio twig. Nobody can seo it or sympathize with it, but just at tho timo whon you want your intollcot olearest and your disposition brightost you feel a sharp, koon, dis oonocrninK thrust. "Tho Lord sont thc hornet." Perhaps theso small? inscot annoyan ces will como in tho shape of a domes tic irritation. Tho parlor and tho kit chon do not always harmonize To got good service and to keep it is ono ci tho groat questions of tho country. Somo times it may bo tho arrogance and in considerateness of employers; but, whatever bo tho faot. wo nil aclu it thoro aro theso insect annoyances winging their way out f rom tho culinary depart ment. If thq'gvaeo of Ood bo not in tho heart of tho housekeeper, sho can not maintaiiji her equilibrium. Tho mon como homo at night and hear tho story of ' hose annoyances and sny, "Oh, these li?t?o troublos aro vory little things'." They aro small, small as Was,py, but thoy sting. Martha's nor: .vos were all unstrung when sho rushed in asking Christ to scold Mary, and there are tens of thousands of women who arc dying, stung to death by these pestiferous domcstio annoyances. "Thc Loro sent tho hornet." Those Binall inscot disturbances maj also como in tho ahapo of business irri tations. Thoro aro mon hero who went through tho 21th of September, 1800 and tim panics of 1873 and of 1803 with out-losing their balanco who arc ever j day unhorsed by little annoyances-i derk's ill mannors, ora blot of ink on ? bill of lading, or tho extravagance of ? partner who overdraws his aocount, o thc underselling by a business rival, o tho whispering of store confidences ii thc stroct, ortho making of some li Uh bad debt which waa against your judge nient; but you wanted to plcaso some body else It is not the panics that kill tho mer ohants. Panics como only onco in 10 o 20 years. It is tho constant din of thes cvoryday annoyances which is Bondini so many of our best merchants into net vous dyspepsia aud paralysis and th gravo. SVhcn our national cominero fell Hat on its face, these men stood u and felt almost defiant, but their lifo i going away now under tho swarm o these pestiferous annoyances. "Th Lord sent tho hornet." I have noticed in tho history of som of my congregation that their annoyar ces aro multiplying and that they hav a hundred whore they used to havo tor Tho naturalist tollu us that a was sometimes basa family of 20,000 wasp; and it does sooni as if every annoyanc of your lifo brooded a million. Hy tl help of God, today I want to show yo tho othor side Tho hornet is of r uso? Oh, yes! Tho naturalist tolls i thoy aro very important in tho world economy. They kill spidors, and thc clear the atmosphere And I really b licvo God sends thc annoyances of oi lifo upon us to kill tho spidors of tl soul and to olear tho atmosphere of oi skios. Theso annoyances aro sent on us, think, to wake us up from our lothag There is nothing that makes a man lively as a nest of "yollow jackets," ai 1 think that those annoyanoos are i tonded to perfilado us of tho fact th this is not, a world for us to stop i If wo hud a bed of everything that w attractive and soft and easy, wh would wo want of heaven? Wo thii that tho hollow tree sends thc horne or wo may think that thc devil son thc hornet. I want to correct yo opinion. "Thc Lord sont tho lu net." Then I think these nnnoynncos coi on us to cultivate our pationeo. In t gymnasium you find upright piral bars with holes over each othor for pc to bo put in. Thou tho gymnast tak a peg in each hand, anel ho begins climb, one inch ata timoor two inoh< and gotting his strength cultivate reaches after a while thc coiling. A it seems to mo that theso annoyanc in lifo aro a moral gymnasium, ca worriment a pog with which wo aro climb highor and highor in Christi attainment. Wc all lovo to seo pa onco, but it cannot bo cultivated fair weather. Pationeo is a ohild the storm. If you had ovorything < sirnblo and thoro was nothing moro get, what would you want with pi once? Thc only timo to oultivato it whon you aro lied about and sick ii half dead. "Oh," you say, "if 1 only had i circumstances of Homo woll to do mai would bo paliont too." You might well say, "If it wcro not for this wat I would swim," or. "I oould shoot t gun if it wcro not for tho cartridg When von stand chin docp in annoy ces is tho timo for you to swim out ward tho groat headlands of Christ attainment, so as to "know Christ i tho powor of his rosurrootion and havo fellowship with his suflorinj Nothing but tho furnaco will o burn out of us tho clinker and slag. I havo formed this theory in gard to small annoyances and vexatic lt takes just so much troublo to fit for usefulness and for heaven. only question is whothor wo shall t it in tho bulk or pulverized and gar lated. Hero is ono man who takoa in tho bulk. Ilia baok is broken or ovesight put out, or Homo othor av calamity befalls him, whilo tho ' majority of people tako tho tl piecemeal. Whioh way would you ri or havo it? Of oourso, in piooom Hotter havo fivo aching tooth than brokon jaw; bottor 10 fly blisters t an amputation, bottor 20 squalls t ono oyolone Thoro may bo a difforc of opinion as to allopathy and hon pathy, but in this matter of troub liko homeopathic doses, small pel of annoyance rather than somo km down doso of calamity. Instead of thunderbolt give us tho hornot. If havo a bank, you would a great rathor that 50 mon would oomo in \ ohooksloss than $100 than to havo dopositors como in tho eamo day, ( wanting his $10,000. In this In oaso you oough and look down to floor and you look up to tho ooiling foro you look into tho safo. Now, friends, would you nottfrathor ] theso small drafts of annoyAnoo on ; hank of faith than somo all stoggc demand upon your onduranoo? Hu ?not abor that littlo as woll os groa' it?yatitfao equally ruquira Voiit? trust in Christ for BUOCO? and foi uolivora??o fr?ni > iinpatlohb? land \\ Irritability. "Thou" wilt koop him in perfect poaoo whoso mind is stayed on theo," In tho villago of Hamelin, tradition oays, thoro was on invasion of rata, aud thoso small oroaturos almost devoured tho town and throatcucd tho lives of tho population; and tho story ia that a pipor oamo out ono day and play ed a vory flwoot tuno, and all tho vormin fol lowod Wosei', and thon ho blow a bl?st, and they dropped in and disappeared for evor. Of courso, this ia a fabio, but I wish I could on tho swoot flute of tho Gospol draw forth all tho nibbling and burrowing annoyauoos of your lifo and play thom down into tho dopths forov er. How many touohcs did Mr. Churoh give to his pioturo of "Cotopaxi" or his "Heart of tho Andes?" 1 supposo about 50,000 touchos. 1 hoar-tho'can vaa saying: "Why do you koop mo trembling with that ponoil so long? Why don't you put it on in ono dash?" "No," says Mr. Churoh; "I know how to moko a painting. It will tako 50, 000 of thoso touches." And I want you my frionds, to understand: chat it is thcso ton thousand annoyances which, undor God, remaking up tho pioturo of yopv lifo, to bo huug at last in tho . galleries of heaven, lit for angels to look at, God knows how to mako a picture. I go into a soulptor's studio and HOC him shaping a statue. Ho has a chisel in ono hand and a mallet in tho othor, j and ho gives a very gontlo Btroko oliok, otiok, oliokl I say, "Why don't you striko harder?" Oh, ho roplios. "that would shatter tho statue I can't do it that way. 1 niustdo it this way.' 86 ho works on, and aftor awhile th< features como out^ and ovorybody thal enters tho studio is charmed ami fasci nated. Woll, God has your soul undoi proocBS of dovolopmont, and it is tin little annoyauoos and vexations of life that aro ohisoling out your immorta nature. It is click, click, click! wonder why somo groat providonco doo not como and with ono stroko pro pan you for hoavon. Ah, nol God says tba is not tho way, and so ho keeps on b; strokes of little vexations until at las you shall bo a glad spootaolo for angel and for men. You know that a largo fortuno ina bo spent in small change, and a var amount of' moral character may go awn in small depletions. It is tho lit( troublos of Ufo that aro havihg moro i I foot upon you thau great ones, swann of locusts will kill a grainnV looncr than tho inoursion of throe i four oattlo. You say, "hinco I lost m j child, sinoo I lost my property, I hav boon a differont man." But you do n< 1 rcoognizo tho architecture of little ai noyaucos that aro bowing, digging, cu ting, shapiug, splitting and intorjoii ing your moral qualities. Bats int sink a ship. Ono luoifer match mr j sond destruction through a block < I storehouses. Catherine do' Medici g her death from smolling a poisonoi roso. Columbus, by stopping and as ing for a pioco of bread and a drink water nt a Franciscan couvcut, was 1< to tho discovery of-? now world. Ai thero is an intimato connection botwci trifles and immensities between not ings and evorythings. Now, bo caroful to let nono of tho annoyauoos go through your soul unr rainged. Compel thom to administer your piritual wealth. Tho soratoh o sixpenny nail somotimos produoosloc jaw, and tho clip of a most infinite mal annoyanoe may damago youforovi Do not let any nnnoyanno or porp?oxi como across your soul without its nm ing you hotter. Our national government when wanted money did not think it belit ing to put a tax on pins aud a tax buoklcs and a tax on shoes. The in vidual taxos do not amount to mm but in tho aggrogato to millions a millions of dollars. And I would lu you, O Christian man, put a high ta on every annoyance and voxation tl oomos through your soul. This mi| not amount to much in singlo casos, 1 in tho aggrcgato it would bo a gr rovenuo of spiritual strength and sa' faotion. A be? can suok honoy o1 out of a nettle, and if you havo grace of God in your yoart you can sweetness out of that which would c orwiso irritate and annoy. A roturncd missionary told mo t a company of adventurers rowing tho Ganges wcro stung to death by ? that infost that region at corUin g sons. Tho oarth has boon strowod M tho oareassos of mon slain by insect noyances. Tho only way to got pro] od for the groat troubles of lifo is conquer thoso small troubles. W would you say of a soldier who refu to load his gun or to go into tho con: beoauso it was only a skirmish, say: "I am not going to oxp?nd myammi tion on a skirmish. Wait until tl comos a gonoral ongagemont, and t you will soo how courageous I am -what battling I will do?" Tho goa would say to suoh a man, "If you not faithful in a skirmish, you w( bo nothing in a genoral engagomoi And I bava to tell you, O Chris mon, if you cannot apply tho pnnci of Christ's religion on a small scale will nover bo able to apply thom < larger soalo. If I had my way y you, I would have you possoss all siblo worldly prosperity. 1 would 1 you each ono a gardon, a river flo\ through it, geraniums and shrubs tho sides and tho grass and Hewe: boautiful as though tho rainbow fallen. 1 would havo you a bou splendid mansion, and tho bods alu be covorod with upholstory dippe tho setting sun. I would havo o hall in your houso sot with statues statuettes, and thon I would havo four quarters of tho globo pour in thoir luxuri?s on your tablo, and should havo forks of silvor and ki of gold, inlaid with diamonds and thystfl. Thon you should oaoh or you havo tho finest horsos and your of tho quipagos of tho world. Tin would havo you livo 150 years, anc should hut havo a pain^or an aoho tho last breath, "Not ouch ono of us?" you say. oaoh ono of you. "Not lo your mioB?" Yos. Tho only difToron would mako with thom would bo t would put a little extra gilt on walls and a littlo oxtra oinbroidor thoir slippora. But, you say, " does not 6 od givo us all theso thu Ahl I bethink mysolf- Ho is v It would mako foe ls and sluggards if wo had our way. No man put host pioturo in thc portioo or vcat of his houso. God meant this wo bo only tho vostibulo of hoavon, groat gallory of tho univorso t< wh'oh wo aro aspiring. Wo mus havo it too good in this world, would want no hoavon. Polyoarp was condemned to ho ed to death? Tho stako wan ph Ho was fastened to it. Tho fagot placed around him, tho fires kit but history tolls us that tho flame outward liko tho canvas of a ship stout breozo, so that tho flames, ii of destroying Bolyorrp, woro only botwoon him and his onomios. had aolually to destroy him wi tl ' lJOni?f<L;, Tho Jlam?? would hui touoU hiin. woll, my hoaror, I Mnt you to undot?tand that by God'? graoo tho flames of trial, instoad of consuming your soul, dfo only going to ho a wall ol dcfouBo and a oauopy ol' blosBing. God is going1 to fulfill to you tbo blessings and tho promises, ns ho did to Polycarp. Whon thou walkest through thu fire, thou shalt not bo bumed." Now yott do not undorstand, but you shall know heroaftcr. In hcavon you will bless God ovon for tho hornet. THE GOVERNOR AND NEWSBOYS. A Good S'ory of His Recent New York Experience. A good story about Gov. MoSwco ncoy's visit to Now York rocontly, whioh bas so far osoapod tho nowspa pors, has loakodoutin tho last fow days, and it sorvos to show tho manner of man South Carolina's Govornor is. Tho inoident occurred on tho day be foro tho naval parado. Tho Govornor, accompanied by his littlo son and Cols. Wilson, Folk, Redding, Maulding and Watson of his staff had just loft tho ootton ox.ohango and had roaohod "nowspapcr row," bound for tho bridgo to go ovor to tho navy yard, whon just at tho Pulilzor building corner they carno across a great crowd of iiowsboyB of tho "conta-world" variety, getting their supplies of tho big afternoon edi tion just issued. Thc Govornor saw tho crowd of urch ins. Ho exclaimed, "Ab, that is what I was oneo. Just look at thom; Biilcs, cotno hero, son, 1 want to show you what your fathor was whon ho was yoursi/.o." Reaching back and catch ing his boy's hand it was only a sooond or two beforo tho Governor had forced his way into tho heart of tho orowd of yolling, soullling newsboys. Ho talked with thom aud whon they found out who ho was and that ho had oneo boon ono of tho "olan," they rallied around him and tho Governor's faco was all smiles. Ho bought as many papors as I ho could carry and 0*1. Folk, who pot I down in tho orowd, did*likewise Tho boys gavo tho Governor an ovntion in their own demonstrative way and bo foro ho could bo extricated from his admiring'host of newsboys enthusiasts tho police had to go to his aid and clear a way out of it for him. rhoro was no incident of his trip to 'bo mettopolis that Gov. McSwccnoy H j ey od moro thoroughly than this. It recalled to his mind many memories of tho past and when in tho orowd ho really scorned to bo n nowsboy again himself. SENTENCED COMMUTED. Man Who Slow His "Wife's Insulter to be Freed. Gov. MoSwcenov Wcdncs'lay com muted to two years the lifo sontence of William Franks, a young whito mau convicted of manslaughter iu Laurens oounly nearly two years ago. This moans that Franks will bo discharged in February. From all tho cvidonco, tho state ments of the judge and tho jury and all those familiar with tho case, it scorns strange that the mau was ever conviotcd. Tho viotim, Mason Clark, grossly in sulted tho joungwifoof Franks, making an itnpropor proposal to ho?. Whon sho wont to Franks and told ?tim of it ho wished to kill Clark forthwith, but was dissuadod by tho appoals of his wifo. Franks and his wife had boon living at Clark's house; thoy woro about to loavo.j and tho matter was boihg discussed bo twoon tho two men, when an alterca tion occurred and Mason was killed. Judgo Buchanan recommended that a pardon bo given at tho expiration of two years of tho term. Elcvon of tho jurors signed tho petition for a pardon, certifying that there was gravo doubt as to whioh of tho men fired first, and adding that thcro would havo boon no conviction snvo for tho lapso of timo botweon tho dood and tho receipt of tho information by Frank? as to thc insult. Tho jurors regarded tho provocation vory groat. ? Ex-Senator Irby and ex-Congressman Shell wrote thc governor strong per sonal letters in behalf of tho man, and stated that his wife and cnildron woro sadly in need of his support and pro tection. Tho governor, beforo acting, had the prisoner brought up '.o his office and talked with him. He was fully satisiiod that Franks simply acted in dofonso of his wife's honor, and tho commutation was forthwith grantod.-The State. After County Officials. Tho State sinking fund commission, in view of tho numerous cases of ir regularities and shortages in county oflioial's tax collection accounts, has determined to go af tor tho treasurers, auditors and sheriffs interested in a thorough and systematic manner and endeavor to havo all such oasos straight ened out at thc earliest possible mo ment. Already thc papers in several oases havo boon placed in tho attorney vcncral's hands for such action as ho' may deem proper. The following circu lar letter prepared and sont out Friday to otlicia'.i concerned indioates how the commission in eposes to go about its work: Hy certain reports of N. W. Brooker, field agent of tho sinking fund commis sion, thcro appcur to bo nuny irreg ularities in thc books and accounts of county officers relating to thc collec tion of taxes which may result in great, loss to tho Stato and county. Tho commission, by recent action, has determined to mako vigorous ef forts to adjust these-m at tors. Tho fiold agent stales that ho (has or will) servo you with notioo of ocrtain shortages and irregularities in whioh you aro in terested. I respectfully ask your cooperation in tho effort to adjust theso nmttors without further delay. Mr. Brooker has instructions to ar rango for a meeting with you and all others concerned at your oounty court liouso at an carly day for tho adjust ment of theso matters. Your prompt attention and notion is most earnestly requested. Very respectfully, M. U. Cooper, Score!ury ot' Stato. The Same ?ld Story. A Negro named Lanham, living on tho farm of S. T. Woyman, r.'oar Pel ham's Mill, Greenville County, wont to tho field Wednesday morning with his wifo to pick cotton, loaving his two lit tle ehildron fastened up in his house. Tho houso is noar ibo river, and Lan ham was afraid tho ohildren would got out and wandor into tho stream. About noon the houso was burning, and boforo any ono could reach tho building it was in full bla/.o. Tho two ohildron oould not got out and both woro burned to a crisp. It is supposod that tho ohildron started tho firo.-Nows and Courior. A Now Crank, Kaunas has a now crank in tho por tion of W. K. Roomo, who advances tho dynamiting of saloons, distilleries and browerios and tho lynohing of corrupt offioiftlu, I . Hi iWML CRlfi?, " Vdung Woman Ravished by Nuni ber of Black Savages SOME O?THEM GAPTURED. The Law Will Take Them Speed ily to the Gallows- Shocking Story of Brutality. Carried to Columbia. A horrible crimo was oommittcd io. Darlington county, noar Lamar, Mon day afternoon, for willoh at loast throo Negroes will pay tho ponalty with thoir livos. Two of thom aro now in jail, aud if th oro is no attempt to lynoh thom made before court oonvoncs two wooks from now, thoy will bo oonviotod with out a doubt and hanged, for they havo ooufosscd tho oomniission of tho black est orimo that bas oyor darkonod tho fair namo of Darlington, if tho other party is caught ho will doubtless bo sparod tho susponso of waiting two weoks to meet his doom. Tho details of tho erimo aro too hor riblo to bo publishod, but they havo been told ovor and oTcr again all over Darlington county Monday. lt is suflioiont to say a highly respectable young lady of Lamar has suffered at tho bands of several black brutes, and sho now Hos in a dangerous condition fearfully mangled and bruisod. Tho two Negroes who aro now in jail admit tho commission of thoir fearful deed and say that it was accomplished only after a tcrriblo struggle with their vio tim and only after they had choked her into insensibility, and that when thoy loft her they thought her dead. Two ol' thom only wcro present, tho others having gono away and had not gotten back in timo to take part in tho docd as was their intent ion. Uno of tho blaok brutes now in tho ouotody of Sherill Scarborough boars on his clothing stains of blood from his vic tim, audth?8 Negro now owes his life to tho taot and skill of tho deputies who secreted him from an angry mob aud carried him to Darlington through thc 1 swamps under cover of tho darkness. Tho people aro aroused for miles around and justly so. Thc third Nogro, ono of thoso who asdaultcd tho unfortunate girl, has not yot been captured, bat he will bo if ho is in Darlington county, and if ho happens to fall into tho hanos of any of tho present searching party his hours of lifo will bo but few moro. A dispatch from Columbia says one of thc principals in tho Lamar outrage affair-lOdward Luokio, and four No groes charged with being accessories to tho foul orimo in that they stood by and saw thc deed committed and did not offor to interioro, aro now within thc walla ol' tho South Carolina peniten tiary for safo koopiug. Tho four ac cessories aro Jim Washington, Daniel and VA Mack and Lucius Stuart-an aggregation of ugly looking, sullen Ne groes, who look like Georgia turpentine toughs. Tho other principal, who is at large, is vory black; is about 18 years old, has a broad forehead; has high wido cheek bones; has a soar over his loft oyo, and his clothing was spattorcd with mud .\vhon.lastsoon. When last hoard from ho was fiooing toward Tiinmonsvillo. Tho sheriff novcr oxpocts to gos hold of him if ho is run down anywhero in this section of tho countiy. A GREAT DAY FOR MASONS. Preparations Being Mado for tho Cen tennial of Washington's Death. It is not generally known among those beyond tho pale that Amerioa's greatest President was a momberoi tho Masonic ordor, but tho fact is true nevertheless, and what io more, ho was not 21 years of ago wbon initiat?d into tho ?brothorhood, althcujh ho had reached his majority beforo ho was pass cd to tho fellow craft degree. Just in what manner tho illustrious man succeeded in hoing admitted to tho ordor boforo his 21st birthday is not rovcalod hy this historian. At the agc of 56 Washington was a ohurtor mom bor of tho Aloxandria-Washington lodgo, and in tho samo year ho consid ered it an honor to accept and faithful ly fill tho oflicoof worshipful master of tho lodgo. During this timo ho held his membership in his mother lodgo at Frcdorioksburg. During his ontiro life Washington over showed a dovotion to tho oauso of Masonry and Masons, lt was tho fool ing of veneration for tho Mason and for tho man that ?cd tho Grand Lodgo of Colorado to suggest a fitting observance of tho dato of his passing into tho ctor nal lodgo ibovo. Tho Virginia lodgo was roqucstod to take chargo of tho ceremonies. A committeo of prominent Masons from Virginia and tho District of Co lumbia havo mot in Washington to dis cuss tho proposed excroisos in comme moration for tho contonnary of tho doath of George Washington. A grand banquot and rccoption will bo given on Docombor Hth al Mount Vornon and in Washington. Tho intontionis to mako this banquet ono of tho most sueoossful affairs in tho history of Masonry. At tho banquot all Masons and thoir wivos will bo wol como, and tho Grand Masons and dis tinguished Masons from all parts of the Unitod Statoa will bo prosont. It is expected that Prosidont MoKinloy, who is a Mason of high rank, will dolivor tho address at Mount Vernon, and also recoivo with tho distinguished Masons at tho banquot. Winthrop's Attendance In a letter to Gov. MoSwooncy Presi dent Johnson of tho Winthrop Collogo at R>ok Hill speaks thus of tho institu tion: "Wo havo had a vory fino open ing of tho oollogo this soason. Tho stu dents aro better prepared for collcgo work than ovor boforo. Our sub-fresh man olass numbors only 27. Tho total onrolhuont in every dopartmont ol tho collogo thus far is <18L If wo had had dormitory aoeomodations wo would havo onrollcd 681 easily. A number of applicants from othor States than South Carolina woro rofusod admission booauso of laok of room for tho girls of tho Stato. Tho studonts aro dcoply in carnost and scorn to tako up thoir work with fino spirit." Moses' Trincos?. An oxohango says that tho mummy of tho Egyptian prinooas who found MOSOB in tho bulruihos is all allogod to havo boon disooverod and placod on exhibi tion. If tho princoss oould havo fore seen that hor ant of kindness would havo made hor a mtisoum froak, sho would probably havo loft MOSOB to ho drawn out of tho water by somebody oleo. ? TO G?VE BOHLEY A n?m I Endless Chain ?ohemo Proposed By Miss Edna McClellan. Tho Now York Jour mil eay?: "Roar Admiral Sohloy may well oount Misa Edna MoClollan among his vory warm frioiids and supporters, and if hor plan suoocods ho will havo somothiug sub stantial to bo grateful for. Miss MoClollan, who ia young aud pro tty, and tho d ?Ugh tor of Mr. and Airs. J. Wollcr MoClollan of No. 105 West Sovcnth streot, was muoh im pressed by tho trcmondous applauso for Admiral Sohloy in tho Dowoy day pa rado. Sho decided that Admiral Sohloy should hava a houso in Washington, ?na well as Admiral Dowey. Sho saw no reason why Sohlcy's admirers should not come forward with their dollars and dimes. Sho roturned to her homo and laid out a plan for tho work whioh has just been begun. She has started end less oliains to raiso dimos. Subscrip tions in all amounts will bo gratefully received, Mus MoClollan will ask Gov. Itooso volt and Misa Helen Gould to be moin bera of tho committoo to control tho fund. She will ask tho assistance of President McKinley and mombors of his cabinet, and will go to Washington, if nooossary, to sook tho aid of Repre sentatives of oougres9. Sho is vory busy writing ondlcss chain lottora to bo sont to all parts of tho country. Sho is very confident of success. _.. Sohloy'a admirers aro legion, sho knows. Sho feels like all his Irionds, that ho has never received duo credit from his government for tho splendid viotory off Santiago, and she believes they will weloomo an opportunity to show their appreciation by substantiel contributions to this fund. Miss McClellan lins not considered thc price of tho residenco to bo pur chased nor tho location, but she is con (idout that this prosout from tho poo plo ol' tho nation will bo worthy of his position as a groat naval commander. Fair Week Rates. Tho rates for tho State fair of South Carolin?., to bo held in Columbia Nov, b'th-lOth, havo been announced as fol lows: Thc Southern Passenger association has granted rates to Columbia, S. C., on account of thc Stato fair, Nov. Otb to 10th, 181)9, from all points in tho Stato of South Carolina, also from Asheville, Charlotta, Wilmington, N. C., Augusta and Savannah, Ga., and intermediato stations at tho following rates: A rate of ono brat olass faro for tho round trip, plus 50 cents for adoaisaion to thc fair grounds. Tiokots for tho goncral public, limited to continuous passage in both directions to bo sold daily Nov. ?Uh to 10th inclusive, with final limit Nov. 13th, 1899, and for fair officials and stock mon only at tho samo rate Nov. 2nd and lld, on presenta tion of cortiiicatos signed by Thos. W. Holloway, secretary State Agricultural and Mechanical society. Also rates ombracod in thc following table, which inoludo 50 cents for admis sion to tho fair groundp; tiokots at Mich rates to bo sold Nov. 7th, 8th and 9th, with final limit Nov. ll, 1899: 10 milos and under.$ 85 11 miles'and^undor 15. 90 R3 miles and under 20.1.00 20 milos and under ?10. 1.20 80 miles and under 40. 1.40 .10 miles and under 50. 1.00 50 miles and under 00.? 1.80 GO miles and under 70. 2 00 70 miles and undor 80. 2 20 80 miles aud under 90.2.40 90 miles and under 100.2.?0 100 milos and undor 110.2.80 110 miles and under 120. 3 00 120 miles and under 180.3 20 180 miles and under MO.3.40 140 miles and under 150.3.(50 150 miles and under 100.3.8o 100 miles and under 170. 4 00 170 miles and under 180.4.20 180 miles aud undor 190.4.40 190 miles and under 200. 4 00 Counterfeit Money. Tho Atlanta Constitution gives an account of tho capturo of a oountorfit ing outfit within three miles of that city. Tho "den" contained "a stook of spurious coi ns, plating apparatus with whioh to mako countoifcit coin, as well a3 silver." Tho Constitution says: "This raid and oapturo, boliovcd to ho one of tho host and most important that hus recently occurred in tho South, has solved tho my s tory of tho counterfeit silver with which thc city has boon pe riodically flooded sinco hist March. For sovon or eight months a lot of counterfeit silver dollars and half dol lars have boen floated ovor thc city, and tho spurious money was pronounced tho best that had over been put in oircula tion. Tho money, whilo a trillo light er than tho good ooin, had a genuino ring when dropped upon tho lloor. In fact, there woro few except tho exports who oould tell thc money was counter tcit without a very olose inspection." Hold Bank Robbers. Throe masked robbers ontorcd tho bank at Scviorvillc, Tonn., Friday morning andattoinptod to rob tho vault, containing considorablomonoy. Presi dent William Macmahon throw his looso money into thc safe and seized a gun. His first shot killed tho leader of tho robbers, Pearl Thurman. Tho assistant cashier, John Marshall, rushed out of asido door and shot two of tho robbors' horsos. Caldcriok, ono of tho robbors, was arrested aftor being woundod. Will Derrick, tho third robber, got on a horse and rodo a milo hotly pursuod by a posse On hoing surrounded by tho men ho Hod into a barn, whoro ho com mitted suioido by shooting himsolf in tho hoad. Tho mon aro supposed to havo como from Knoxvillo on an oarly train. Wohding of tho Blind. Probably ona of tho most romarkablo weddings ovor known will takoplaoo to day at tho homo of Mr. Goorgo W. Do WOOBO, No. fi Vine streot, Clovoland, Ohio. Do Wooso, is tho soorotary of tho blind pcoplo's asylum,. Ho is blind. Do Woeso has thrown opon his houso for tho wedding fostivitios. The groom is W. M. Mooro, 38 yoars old. Ho is blind. Tho brido is Miss Lizzie Brown. Sho is blind. Tho knot will bo tied by Justico of tho Pcaoo Dwight Palmor. Ho ?B blind. Tho best man will bo Wm. Vanderwyst. Ho is blind. Fifty guests havo boon invited. All aro blind. An orchestra composed of blind mon will play tho wedding march. Aftor tho ceremony a litorary and mus ioal programmo will bo oarriod out by blind pooplo. "I havo usodyour 'Lifo for tho Livor and Kidnoys' with groat bonofit, and for Dyspopsia or any dorangomont of tho Liver or Kidneys I rogara it as ho ing without an equal." Jamos J. Oa borno, Attornoy at Law, Boliston, Honderson 'Jo., N. C. "TBoVoi t?e?tiv?.~ A???ttlHig tel tho ?i'??livili? N?W? tho brjt?pld Of tho Lands ford neighborhood of ?li?stor county have conducted tho mu?t remarkable oloction held since the days of the glory of Athens, when there used to bo n. general voto every yoor to dotormino what ominontcitizens should bo requested to loavo. Tiio Nows says it scorns that thero has boon a good deal of blind tiger and other disordorly business about Landsford, and last week tho carnival of crime culminated in an attompt to assassinate a mule belonging to a citizon who had boon prominent as a champion of law and order. Consequent ly a neighborhood convontion was called and organized at Fudge's Storo, fifty whito men being present. Tho secretary read this notice: "It you conscientiously be lieve tho presonco of any person or persons in the neighborhood contaminates our moral and so cial atmosphere sc that it would bo bettor for him or thorn to loavo, write his name or theirs on a slip of paper and put it into tho box. If you do not so bo liovo writo it on tho slip and so voto." Managors wovo appointed and a poll list of thoso prosont was made tho polls wore oponed and tho voting was done. Thc Nows says ono citizon, who was present, carried tho precinct by a largo majority, receiving a nearly unanimous voto of his follow citizens on tho proposi tion that ho got away and stay away. Ho did not appear to bo gratifiod and did not make any spooch returning thanks for tho nattering but undosorved trib uto. It is believed however, that ho is a man who can tako a hint. Scvoral othors present re ceived liberal support as candi datos for banishment, and aro alsocxpcctod to depart "as soon as practicable." Tho only sug gestion as to their destination is that it shall bo "elsowhero." j Tho Vu tal Holling Habit. . "Apropos of tho hardships of our boys in Cuba," said an ofllcor who saw i good deal of duty on tho Island, "I'll toll you a bit of a story. Shortly after Dur regiment wont on duty near San tiago, at tho beginning of Wood's ad ministration ns governor, wo bogan to bo ablo to tako a littlo bettor caro of ourselves than wo had dono through out tho campaign. Ono of our captains -I won't mention his namo, for ho's sore about thin affair-was ft great ;rank on tho subject of mlcrohos, and took extraordinary pains to avoid their society. Ho had picked up a raw Cuban cook, and gave him tho most ex plicit orders to boll all tho wator used In tho mess, no matter whoro ho got lt. 'Doll everything wo drink,' ho said, "or I'll kick your backbone through tho top of your bat.' "Tho Cuban promised faithfully, and obeyed tho orders to tho lotter. A week or so aftorward the captain, while for aging about town, was presented with t quart bottle of champagne from ono of tho ships. Ho was overjoyed, and, securing a email lump of leo, ho hustled back to camp and turned over his prizes to tho cook. 'I want you to got up something extra good today,' ho said, 'for I'm going to ask a fow friends to dinner to help drink this wino.' At tho appointed hour tho party assembl ed, and, after serving a ropnat of stew ed beof and sweet potatoes, tho cook stalked In, carrying a steaming sauce pan half full of a muddy yellow liquid. 'What in thunder is that?' asked tho captain. 'That's th' wine, senor,' re plied tho Cuban gravely. 'I boll 'hu good deal, an' 'e most* all go 'way.' The guests roared with laughter, and tue captain was so thunderstruck ho couldn't any a word. Ho subsequently recovered himself suiliclently to grab a cleaning rod and chnso tho Cuban nearly half a mlle. Aftor that all any body had to t?o to got a fight waa to say bolled champagne. When I left the wound still rankled."-New Or leans Times-Democrat. Kemombcrcd Him "There's no use of your saying a word!" exclaimed the woman of tho house, as soon ns she 'had opened the door and glanced at tho man standing outside. "I know you." "But mu'^a-" "I recognized you ae soon as I saw you. You can't--** "Ma'am--" "You'ro the man .vho Bold mo a wash ing mnchlno clx months ago for $6.60 that wasn't worth shucks. It would n't-" "All I wanted to toll you, ma'am, ls-" "It wouldn't wash anything. Tho longor you used it the dlrttor tho ilothoa got. You couldn't sell mo any thing now if you was to pay mo for taking it. When a man fools mo once lie won't over have tho chanco to do It again. I can toll you (that. I'll sell that washing machino back to you for fifty cents. It doesn't mako any dif ference what you've got this timo. I wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole, and you can talk till you aro gray. It won't do you any good." "Madam," replied tho man, who had been dancing about impatiently, "your kltchon roof ls blazing whoro that Iron 3toYcplpo runs up and through it. That's what I stopped tc~-" "Good land, why didn't you say sn? What did you want to stand thero talk ing for when tho houso is burning up? Hun over to that grocery storo on tho cornor and turn in an alarm! Fire! Fire!"-Chicago Tribune A Georgia Amazon. Tho sootion of Glynn oounty around Sapp's atill, near Brunswiok, Ga., is ho ing terrorized by a orazy Nogro woman, who, atark naked, roama tho woods, shooting at any ono sko sccs. Already one man has fallon doad boforo a pistol shot, while two othor Nogroos, hor hus band and brother, havo boon wounded by hor bullots. Tho woman's namo is Mary ICaaon. A fow days ago sho bo camo violontly insano, stolo thc woapon with which abo is now armed and a box of oartridgoa from her husband and was ort to tho swamp. Sho is roporlod to havo boon capturod by a orowd of hor own moo, but tho two men left in ohargo of hor allowed hor to osoapo. Porsons ?;o armed in tho neighborhood and louses aro guarded as protootion for tho womon and ohildron. ? Remarkable Oase. An extraordinary foat of surgory, with tho aid of x-rays, is reported from Chioago. A small ohild was the pati ont. For two roars tho littlo ono - had bcon blind and a paralytic An x-ray print ahowod that thoro waa a tumor on hor brain. Tho skull was trophinod dirootly ovor the oyat, as shown in tho print, and tho tumor ' was romovod. Upon rcoovoring oonsoiousness tho ohild Was able to movo hor limba and in a ahort time oould see._ -I? railway building in tho Soudan thoro aro two harp playora and ono flute, playor to ovory gang of forty or fifty mon. As long aa tho music is brisk tho laborers do not seem to fool fatiguod. What Would tho business WoiM Do Without Us ? Wo know our buslnoee And wo always havo ornp'oy nient. Wo scoured our traltdt g at tho COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE, Columbia, ? C, and irould a-lvUo you to do libewlso If you desire tho bist in tho o:unlry. No other sohool has a moro thorough bunlnes? oouiso, a simpler or onlor loirned shorthand courue, or moro suooessful graduates. 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