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Of HORNETS ?ormons by ftev. Dr./talmft?e ?n Sma?l.'?nnoyances. MINOR-TR?U?L?? OF UFE. They T??t Christian Fortitude and Patience. The Lesson of Trivial Irritations.'] This sormon byDr.? Tainingo deals with a Bubjeot whioh appeals to all olasses and conditions of men. His toxt is Doutoronoroy vii,'20, "Tho Lord thy God will send tho hornot." It Booms ss if tho insootilo world woro dotcrmincd to oxtirpato tho hu man raoo. It bombards tho graiuliolds ?nd tho orohards and tho vinoynrds. Tho Oolorado bcotlo, tho Nobruskn grasshopper, tho Now J orsoy locust, tho universal potato bcetlo, seora to carry on tho work whioh was boguu ages ago whoa tho insoots buzzed out of Noah's ark as?tho door was oponod. In my?text tho hornot flies out on its mission. It is a Bpooios of wasp, swift in its motion and violon* in its sting. Its touoh is torturo to man or benst. Wo bavo-all soon thooattlo run bellow ing undor tho out of its lancet. In boy hood wo used to stand; cautiously look ing at tho globular nest hung from thc troojbranoh, and while wo woro looking at tho wondorful ?oovoringj wo wore Btruok with Homo tin it g that Bent us shrieking away. Tho homet goos in swarms. It has captains ovor huudrods, and 20 of thom alighting on ono mun will produoo oortain donth. ThoPorBians attempted tu conquer a Christian oity, but tho olophauts and tho boasts on whioh tho Porsians rode woro assaultod by 'he hornet, so that, tho wholo army was broken up, and'Wi o boaiogod oitywaB rosoucd. This burn ing and noxious 'insect stung out tho Hittites and tho Canaanite's from their country. WhajL^gVeaining sword and ohariot afufar could not accomplish was^fono by tho punoturo of an insect. ^Tho Lord sent tho hornot." My friends, whon wo are assaulted by groat behemoths of troublo ,,wo bo oomo ohivalrio, and>wo assault thom. We'get on thc high mettled [steed o? our oourapo, and wc mnko a cavalry ohargo at thom, and if God bo with us wo oomo out-stronger and' better than whon wo wont in. But alas for these insootilo annoyances of life, thoso foes too Bmall to shoot, thoso things without any avoirdupois woight, tho gnats and tho midges ?nd-tho flies and tho wasps and tho hornets! In other words, it is tho BIII?11 stinging annoyances of our Hf? whioh drivo us out and uso us up. In] tho beBt conditioned life for, somo grand?and glorious purpose God lias sent tho hornot. ?I romarkj in tho first place, that theso small stinging annoyances may come in tho shapo of (a norvous1 organization. People who are prostrated under typhoid fevora'Or with brokon bones'get plcntly ef sysmpathy, but who pities anybody - (?hat ?8??orvouB? T\\<i doctors pay and tho family say and ovcrybody Bays, "Oh, ?he's only a little norvous; that's alli" Tho Bound of a heavy foot, tho harsh dearing of a throat, a discord in musi?, n want of harmony betweon tho ehawl and tho glove on the same person ? ourt answer, a passing slight, tho wind tho from tho east, any ono of ten thousand annoyonocs, opens tho door ./for the hornot, ?Tlioj faot is that tho * vast majority of tho people in this coun try aro overworked, and their nerves aro tho first to give out. A groat mul titude aro undor tho strain of Leyden, who, when ho was t lld by his physician that if ho did not stop working whilo ho was in suoh poor physical health he would die, responded, "Doctor, whether I live or dio, thowhool must keop going . round." Theso sensitive persona of whom I speak havoablocding sensitive ness. Tho flies love to light on any thing raw, and thoso pcoplo aro like tho Canaanites Bpokon of in tho toxt or in tho oontoxt-they havo a vorv thin I oovering and aro vulnerable at nil points. ^"And tho Lord sent tho hor not." Agata* tho small insect annoyances may oomo to us in the shape of friends and acquaintances who are alway* say ing diflagrocablo things. There aro Borne people you cannot bo with for half an hour-but you foel ohoorod and com forted. Then tluro aro other people you cannot bo with for live minutes before you fool miserable, lhey do hot moan to disturb you, but they rting Vou to tho bono. Thoy gather up all the yarn whioh tho gossips spin and re tail it. Thoy gather up all tho adverse oritioismfl about your pprson, about your business, about your'home, about your ehuroh, and they mako your car the funnel into which thoy pour it. Thoy laugh hoartily when thoy tell you, as though it woro a good joke, and you laugh, too-outside. Theso people are brought to our at tention in tho Bible, in tho book of ,'Huth. ?: Naomi wont forth beautiful and with tho finoat worldly prospects into anothor land, but after awhile sho I oame baok widowed and sick and poor, t What did her frionds do whon sho carno to the oity? Thoy all wont out, and in stead of giving lier common sense con solation, what did they do? Bead tho hook of Ruth and lind out. Thoy throw up thoir hands and said, "Ja this Naomi?" as inuoh as to say. "How awful bad you do look I" When T en tored the ministry, I looked vory palo j for yoars, and ovory yoar, for four or five yoars, many times a year 1 was asV.ed if I had not consumption, and, passing through tho room, I would sometime^ hear nooplo sigh and say, "A-ah, v.v long for this world I" 1 ro Bolvod in thoso times that I nover in any convocation would say anything depressing, and by tho help of God T have kept tho resolution. Thoso peo 2Io of whom I speak roap and bind in ho groat harvest fiold of discourage ment. Some day you greet thom with hilarious "Good morning," and thoy ome buzzing at you with somo doprcss ng information, "Tho Lord sont tho ornot." It is astonishing how somo pooplo refer to write and to say di?agrocnblo ' inga. That was tho oaso whon Henry Stanloy returned aftor his magnifie nt exploit of finding David Livings ne. When Mr. Stanloy stood boforo e savants of lOuropo and many of tho mall oritios of tho day, under protonso if gotting goographioal information, put \o him most insolent quostions, ho 'olded his arms and refused to answor. t tho very timo whon you would sup O?e all dooont mon would havo np ?laudod the heroi?ni of tho man thorc ore thoso to hiss. "Tho Lord sont 6 hornot." And whon aftorwerd that sat down on tho wostorn ooast of ?a, siok and worn out, with perhaps rando nt achievement of tho ago in '"Wy of geographical disoovcry, thoro Amall oritios all ovor tho world tfSvi and bu?,/, and oarioaturo and de ni o him, and whon aftor awhilo be got o London paporfl, as ho oponod thoro, t flow tho hornot, Whon I soo that 'm , . ww;, m thoro aro ?0 matty p?bblfi io thd tali who Uko tO bay disagreeable1, thingl and wrlto .dlflftgrooablo tilinga^ I ooJhb' ql moat in wy weaker moments to b?liovo what a mau said to uio ia Philadelphia ono Mouday iiiomibg. I wont to got tho horso at tho livory stable, and tho hostler, a plain man, said to mo, "Mr. Talmago? I saw thai you proaohod to tho young mon yestorday." I said, "Yos." He said: "No uso, no uso. Man's a failure" Tho small inscot annoyances of lifo somotimos oomo in tho shapo of local physical troublo which doos not amount toa positivo prostration, but which bothers you when you want to foil tho best. Perhaps it is a sick hondaoho which has boon tho plaguo of your lifo, aud you appointsomo ocoasion of mirth or sodality or uscfulluoss, and whon tho olook strikes tho hour you cannot niako your appearance. PorhapB tho troublo is botweon tho cai* and tho forehead in tho shapo of a neuralgic twig. Nobody can seo it or sympathi/.o with it, but just at tho time whon you want your intellect clearest and your disposition brightost you feel a sharp, koon, dis conocrnmK thrust. "Tho Lord sent the hornet." Porhaps theso small?inscot annoyan ces will como in tho shapo of a domes tic irritation. Tho parlor and tho kit chon do not always harmonics. To got good service and to keep it is ono ni tho great questions of tho oountry. Some times it may bo tho nrroganco and in considerateness of om plovers; but, whatever bo thc (aol, wo all adu it thoro aro theso insect annoyances winging their way out from tho culinary depart ment. If tho'graoo of Ood bo not iu tho heavtof tho housekeeper, she oan not maintniiji her equilibrium. Tho men como homo at uight and hear tho story ol' ' hose annoyances and say, "Oh, these houio troubles aro vory littlo things'.0 Thoy aro small, small as was^s, but thoy sting. Martha's r.or ves wore all unstrung whon sho rushed in asking Christ to scold Mary, and there arc tons of thousands of women who arc dying, stung to death by those pestiferous domestic annoyances. "Tho Lore sont the hornot." Theso small insect disturbanoos may also como in tho shape of busiucss irri tations. Thoro aro mon hero who wont through tho 24th of September, 1809, and thc panics of 18711 and of 181)3 with out-losing their balanco who are every day unhorsed by little annoyances - a clerk's ill mannors, ora blot of ink on a bill of lading, or tho extravagance of a partner who overdraws his account, or tho underselling by a business rival, or tho whisporing of storo confidences in thc street, or tho making of some littlo bad debt which was against your judge ment; but you wanted to please some body else. It is not thc panics that kill tho mer chants. Panics como only onco in 10 oi 20 years, lt is thc constant din of these everyday annoyances which is sending so many of our host mcrohants into ner vous dyspopsia and paralysis and thc gravo. When our national commerce fell flat on its fuco, these men Btood ur. and felt almost defiant, but their lifo if going away now undor tho swarm ol theso pestiferous annoyances. "Thc Lord sent tho hornet." I have noticed in the history of sonic of my congregation that thoir annoyan ces aro multiplying and that they hav< a hundred whoro thoy used to havo ton Tho naturalist tells us that a wasj sometimes basa family of 20,000 wasps and it does soom as if every annoyanc< of your lifo brooded a million. By tin holp of God, today I want to show yoi tho other side. Tho hornet is of n< uso? Oh, yes! Tho naturalist tolls u they aro very important in tho world'i economy. Thoy kill spidors, and thc; clear tho atmosph?re Andi really be licvo God sends thc annoyances of ou lifo upon us to kill tho spidors of th soul and to clear tho atmosphcro of ou skies. Theso annoyances aro sent on us, think, to wake us up from our lethagy There is nothing that makes a man s lively as a nest of "yollow jackets," an 1 think that those annoyances arc in tended to perfilado us of tho fact tho this is not, a world for us to stop in If wo had a bed of everything that wa attractive and soft and easy, whn would wc want of heaven? Wo thin that tho hollow trco sends thc hornol or wc may think that tho devil send tho hornet. I want to oorrcot you opinion. "The Lord sent tho hoi not." Then I think those annoyances com ou us to cultivate our patience In th gymnasium you lind upright pf ral h bars with bolos over each other for pej to bo put in. Thon tho gymnast take a peg in each hand, and ho begins t climb, one inch ata lime or two inohe and getting his strength oultivatoi roaohes after a whilo the coiling. An it seems to mo that theso annoyance in lifo aro a moral gymnasium, cao worriment a peg with which wo arc I climb higher and higher in Christin attainment. Wo all love to seo pat onco, but it cannot bo oultivatcd i fair weather. Pationco is a ohild i thc storm. If you had ovorything d nirablo and thero was nothing moro i get, what would you want with pat once? Thc only timo to oultivate it whon you aro lied about and sick ar half dead. "Oh," you say, "if 1 only had tl circumstances of some woll to do man would bo patient too." You might well say, "If it wcro not for this watc I would swim," or. "I could shoot th gun if it wcro not for tho cartridgo Whon von stand phiii docp iu annoya ces is tho timo for you to swim out t ward tho groat headlands of Christii attainment, so as to "know Christ ni tho power of his resurrection and have fellowship with his sufferings Nothing but tho furnaoo ?ill ev burn out of us tho clinker and t sing. I havo formed this theory in i gard to small annoyances and voxatior lt takoB just so much troublo to fit for usefulness and for hoaven. T only question is whothcr wo shall ta it in tho bulk or pulverized and garn lated. lloro is ono man who takes in tho bulk. His bank is brokon or 1 ovesight put out, or somo othor awl calamity befalls him, whilo tho vi majority of pcoplo tako tho thi picoomoal. Which way would you rat cr havo it? Of courso, in piecomo 1 Jotter havo fivo aching tooth than o brokon jaw; hotter 10 fly blisters th an amputation, bottor 20 squalls th ono oyolono. Thero may bo a difforor of opinion ns to allopathy and bonn pathy, butin this matter of trouble liko homeopathic dosos, small pell of annoyance rather than somo knoi down doso of calamity. Instead of t thunderbolt givo us tho hornot. If y havo a bank, you would a great d rathor that 50 mon would oomo in w ohcoksloss than $100 than to havo t depositors como in tho samo day, er wanting his $10,000. In this lat caso you oough and look down to t floor and you look up to tho ooiling foro you look into tho safo. Now, friends, would you not grathor hi theso small drafts of annoyance on yi hank of faith than somo all stagger demand upon your onduranoe? .But mombor that littlo au well as groat pW cqtlftily ruiiuiro ?/oill? trust In Ohrisfc For sucotir" and foi' uollvora?oo frm? ? impatience l nod ul irritability. "Th?U wilt koop* him in perfect poaoo who&o iniud is nt ny cd on theo." In tho villago of Hamelin, tradition says, thoro was aa invasion of rats, and theso small oroaturos almost devoured tho town and throatcnod tho lives of thc population; and tho story is that a pipor carno out ono day and playod a vory swoct tuno, and all tho vormin lol lowod Wescr, and thon ho blow a blast, and they dropped in and disappeared for ovor. Of oourso, this is a fabio, but I wish I could on tho swoot Auto of tho i Gospol draw forth all tho nibbling and i burrowing annoyances of your lifo and play thom down into tho dopths forev er. j , How many touches did Mr. Churoh givo to his pioturo of "Cotopaxi" or 1?B "Hoart of tho Andes?" 1 supposo about 50,000 touohos. 1 li oar'tho-can - vas saving: "Why do you koop mo trembling with that poncil 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 theso touches." Andi want you my friends, to understand- chat it is theso ton thousau'1 aunoyancos whioh, under God, p-.u making up tho pioturo of yoi*"" life, to bo huug at last iu tho -g-liorics of hoavon, lit for angols to look at. Cod knows how to mako a picture. 1 go into a sculptor's studio and BOO him shaping a statue. Ho has a chisel in ono hand and a mallet in tho other, and ho gives a very gontlo stroko oliok, oliok, oliok! I say, "Why don't you striko harder?" Oh, ho roplios. "that would shatter tho statuo. 1 can't do it that way. I must do it this way." So ho works on, and aftor awhile tho features como out, and ovcrybody that cntors tho studio is oharmod and fasci nated. Woll, God has your soul under process of development, and it is tho little annoyances and vexations of lifo that aro chiseling out your immortal nat uro. It is click, click, click! 1 wonder why somo groat providonco docs not como and with ono stroke proparo you for hoaven. Ah, no! God says that is not tho way, and so ho koopa on by strokos of littlo voxatious until at last you shall bc a glad spootaclo for angelfi and for mon. You know that a largo fortuno maj bc spont in small change, and a vas! amount of moral charactor may goawm in fliuf.il depletions, lt in tho litt < troubles of lifo that aro havihg moro i f foot upon you than great ones. i\ swarm of loousts will kill a grainiic'i sooner than tho inoursion of thrco o four oattlo. You say, "Hinco I lost rn: ohild, since I lost my property, I hav< been a diiferont man." But you done rcoognizo tho arohitcoturo of littlo au noyancos that aro bowing, digging, cut ting, shaping, splitting and intcrjoin ing your moral qualities. Hats ma; sink a ship. Ono lucifer matoh ma; send destruction through a block o storehouses. Cathorino do' Medioi go her death from smelling a poisonou roso. Columbus, by stopping and ask ing for a piece of bread and a drink e water nt a Franciscan convent, was lei to tho discovery of-a now world. An there is nu intimato connootiou botweo trillos and immensities betwoon not! ing8 and evorythings. Now, bo caroful to let nono of tho.? annoyauoos go through your soul unai rainged. Compel thom to administer t your spiritual wealth. Tho soratoh of sixpenny nail sometimes produces lool jaw, and tho clip of a most infinites mal annoyance may damngo you foreve Do not let any anuoyanoo or porploxit como across your soul without its mal ing you bettor. Our national government when wanted money did not think it belitt ing to put a tax on pins and a tax c buckles and a tax on shoes. The ind vidual taxes do not amount to inuo but in tho aggregate to millions an millions of dollars. And I would ha you, O Christian man, put a high tar on every annoyanoo and voxation th oomos through your soul. This mig not amount to much in single oases, b in the aggrogato it would bo a gro rovonuo of spiritual strongth and sati faction. A bee eau suok honoy OV' out of a nettle, and if you havo t grace of God in your yoart you can g sweetness out of that whioh would ot erwise irritate and annoy. A returned missionary told mo tb a company of adventurers rowing ' tho Ganges wero stung to doath by iii that infest that region at cerUin sc sons. Tho earth has boon strowed wi tho careassos of mon slain by insect ii noyanoes. Tho only way to got propi od for tho groat troubles of lifo is conquor these small troubles. WI would you say of a soldier who rcfii? to load his gun or to go into tho oonfl becauso it was only a skirmish, Bayii "I am not going to oxpend myammu tion on a skirmish. Wait until tin comos a gonoral engagement, and tb you will seo how courageous 1 am a .what battling I will do?" Tho gone would say to suoh a man, "If you i not faithful in a skirmish, you wot bo nothing in a general engagomon And I have to tell you, O Christ mon, if you cannot apply tho prinoip of Christ's religion on a small scalo j will nover bo ablo to apply thora o larger sonlo. If I had my way w you, I would havo you possoss all \i siblo worldly prosperity. 1 would hi you each ono a gardon, a river flow through it, geraniums and shrubs tho sides and tho grass and llowcr beautiful as though tho rainbow 1 fallen. I would havo you a hous splendid mansion, and tho beds shm be oovorod with upholstery dippet tho sotting sun. 1 would havo ov hall in your houso sot with statuos t statuettes, and thon I would havo four quarters of tho globo pour in thoir luxuries on your tablo, and should havo forks of silver and kni of gold, inlaid with diamonds and a thysts. Then you Bhould o./h one you havo tho finest horsos and your \ of tho quipagos of tho world. Thoi would havo you livo 150 yoars, and should not havo a pain^or an aoho u tho last breath. "Not oaoh ono of us?" you say. 1 oaoh ono of you. "Not to your < mios?" YOB. Tho only difforonc would mako with thom would bo th would put a littlo oxtra gilt on t walls and a littlo oxtra embroidery thoir slippors. But, you say, "\ doos not ?od givo us all theso thinj Ahl I bethink mysolf' Ile is wi It would inako fools and sluggards o if wo had our way. No man puts best pioturo in thc portico or vesti of his houso. God meant this worl bo only tho vestibule of hoavon, groat gallory of tho univorso toy wh'ch wo aro aspiring. Wo must havo it too good in this world, o would want no hoavon. Folyoarp was condemned to bo b od to death- Tho stako wan piar Ho was fastened to it. Tho fagots plaood around him, tho Aros kine but history tolls us that tho flames outward liko tho oanvas of a ship stout brco/.o, BO that tho flames, ins of destroying Folyoarp, woro only a hotwoon him and his enoraios. '. had actually to destroy ' him with pOntor<Lr Tho flant?? wollig h?6 touoh him, Woll, ihy hoaror, I want you to undorstand that t by God's gi-aoo tho flames of trial, instoad or oonsutuing your soul, tiro only going to Ue a wall of tlofonao and a oanopy of blessing. God ia going to fulfill to you tho blossings and tho pj-omisos, os ho did to Polycarp. 'V/h?u thou wnikost through tho fir'o, thou shalt not bo burned." Now you do not undorstand, but you shall know horoaftor. In hcovon you will bloss God oven for tho hornot. 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 rccontly, whioh has so far escaped tho newspa pers, has loakodoutiu tholastfew days, and it sorves to show tho manner of man South Carolina's Govornor is. Tho inoidont occurred on tho day bo foro tho naval parado. Tho Govornor, accompanied by his littlo son and Cols. Wilsou, Folk. Rodding, Maulding and Watson of his stafl had just loft tho cotton oxohango and had roaohod "nowspnper row," bound for tho bridgo togo ovor to tho navy yard, when just at tho Pulit'/or building corner thoy carno across a groat crowd of nowsboys of tho "ccnt-a-world" varioty, gotting their supplies of tho big afternoon edi tion just issued. Thc Govornor saw tho orowd of urch ins. Ho exclaimed, "Ah, that is what 1 was onco. Just look at thom; Milos, como hero, son, I want to show you what your fathor was whon ho was your si/.e." Roaching back and catch ing his boy's hand it was only a second or two boforo thc Governor had forced Iiis way into tho heart of tho orowd of yelling, southing newsboys. Ho talked with them and whon they found out who ho was and that ho had onco boon ono of tho "clan," they rallied around him and thc Governor's faco was all smiles. Ho bought as many papers as ho oould oarry and Col. Polk, who got down in tho orowd, did.likowiso. Tho boys gavo tho Govornor an ovation in their own demonstrative way and bo foro ho could bo oxtrioatcd from his admiring'host of nowsboys enthusiasts tho police had to go tolas aid and clear a way out of it for him. l'horo was no incident of his trip to .ho motiopolis that Gov. McSwconoy i. joy od moro thoroughly than this. It rocallod to his mind many memories of tho past and when in tho orowd ho really seemed to bo a nowsboy ngain himself. SENTENCED COMMUTED. Man Who Slow His Wifo's Insulter to be Freed. Gov. MoSwoenoy Wcdnosday com muted to two years tho lifo sentence of William Pranks, a young whito man oonvictcd of manslaughter in Laurens oounty nearly two years ago. This means that Pranks will bo disoharged in Pobruary. Prom all tho ovidonco, tho state ments of tho judge and tho jury and all those familiar with thc ease, it scorns strange that tho man was ovoroonviotod. Tho victim, Mason? (?lark, grossly in sulted tho 3 oung wifo of Franks, making an improper proposal to hof. Whon sho wont to Franks and toldJiim of it ho wished to kill Clark forthwith, but was dissuadod by tho appeals of his wifo. Franks and his wife had boon living at Clark's hor.se; thoy wcro about to loavo and tho mattor was boibg dis?usso? bo twoon tho two men, when an alterca tion ooourrod aud Mason was killod. Judgo Buohanan recommended that a pardon bo givon at tho expiration of two years of tho torin. lOlovon of tho jurors signod tho petition for a pardon, certifying that thcro was gravo doubt as to whioh of the mon fired first, i.nd adding that thcro would havo boon no conviction savo 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 very groat. Fx Sonator Irby and ex-Congressman Sholl wroto the governor strong per sonal letters in bohalf of tho man, and stated that his wifo and cnildron woro sadly in need of his support and pro tection. Tho governor, boforo acting, had thc prisoner brought up to hisofiico and talked with him. Ho was fully satisfied that Franks simply acted in dofonso of his wifo's honor, and tho commutation was forthwith gran tod.-Thc State. After County Officials. Tho State sinking fund commission, in view of tho numerous cases of ir regularities and shortages in county official's tax collection accounts, has determined to go aftor tho treasurers, auditors and sheri ifs interested in a thorough and systematic manner and endeavor to have all such casos straight ened out at tho earliost possiblo mo ment. Already tho papers in several cases have boon placed in tho attorney poncral's hands for such notion as ho' nilly deem proper. Thc following circu lar letter prepared and sont out Friday to elli cia I s concerned indicates how thc commission pi eposes to go about its work: Ry certain roportsofN. W. Brooker, field agont of tho sinking fund commis sion, thcro appear to bo many irreg ularities in tho books and accounts of county officers rolal?ig to tho collec tion of taxes whioh may rosult in great loss to thc Stato and ounty. Tho commission, by recent action, has determined to makio vigorous ef forts to adjust theso-mattors. Tho fiold agont states that ho (has or will) servo you with notico of oortain shortages and irregularities in whioh you aro in torostcd. I respectfully ask your cooperation in tho ellort to adjust theso mattors without further delay. Mr. Brooker has instructions to ar rango for a mooting with you and all others concerned at your oounty court houso at an carly day for tho adjust ment of theso matters. Your prompt attention and action is most camostly rcquostod. Very respectfully, M. R. Cooper, Secretary of ?tato. Tho Samo Old Story. A Negro named Lanham, living on tho farm of S. T. Woyman, i.-oar Pol ham's Mill, Greenville County, went to tho field Wednesday morning with his wifo to piok colton, leaving his two lit tle children fastened up in his house. Tho houso is noar tho vivor, and Lan ham was afraid tho ehildron would got out and wander into tho stream, About noon the houso was burning, and boforo any ono could roach tho building it was in full blazo. Tho two ohildron oould not got out and both woro burnod to a crisp. It is supposed that tho ohildron started tho firo.-News and Courior. A Now Crank, Kansas has a now orank in tho per son of W. K. Reemo, who advanoes tho dynamiting of saloons, distilleries and browerios and tho lynching of corrupt oftioial?. AN AWFUL CRIMET Vdung Woman Ravished by Num ber of Black Savages SOME OF* THEM OAPTURED. The Law Will Take Them Speed ily to the Gallows- Shocking Story of Brutality. Carried to Columbia. A horriblo crime was committed iu Darlington county, uoar Lamar, Mon day afternoon, for whioh at loast throo Negroes will pay tho ponalty with their livos. Two of thom aro now in jail, aud if thoro is no attorn pt to lynoh thom made beforo court convoncs two wooks from now, they will bo conviotod with out a doubt and hangod, for they have oonfosscd tho commission of tho black est orimo that has over darkonod tho fair name of Darlington. If tho other party is caught ho will doubtless bc spared tho suspouso of waiting two weeks to moot his doom. Tho details of tho Crime oro too hor riblo to bo publishod, but thoy have been told ovor and over again all over Darlington county Monday. lt is sulhciont to say a highly rospcotablo young lady of Lamar has suffered at tho hands of several black brutes, and she now Hos in a dangerous condition fearfully mangled and bruised. Tbo two Negroes who aro now in jail admit tho commission of thoir fearful docd and say that it was accomplished only after a terrible strugglo with their vic tim and only after they had choked her into insensibility, and that whoo they loft her they thought her dead. Two of thom only woro prcsont, tho others having gono away and had not gotten back in timo to take part in thc deed as was their intontiou. Uno of tho blaok brutos now in tho ouotody of Sheri fl'Scarborough bears on his clothing stains of blood from his vic tim, and this Negro nov/ owes his lifo to tho tact and skill of tho deputies who secreted him from an angry mob and carried him to Darlington through tho swamps under cover of tho darkness. Tho people are aroused for miles around and justly so. Thc third Negro, ono of those who assaulted tho unfortunate girl, has not yot been captured, but he will bo if ho is in Darlington county, and if ho happens to foll into tho hanns of any of tho present searching party his hours of life will bo but few moro. A dispatoh from Columbia says one of thc principals in tho Lamar outrago affair-lid ward Luckio, and four No groes charged with being accessories to tho foul orimo in that they stood by and saw tho deed committed and did not offor to intcrforo, aro now within thc walls ol' tho South Carolina peniten tiary for safo kooping. Tho four ac cessories aro Jim Washington, Daniel and Ed Mack and Lucius Stuart-an aggregation of ugly looking, sullen Ne groes, who look Uko Georgia turpentino toughs. Tho other principal, who is at large, is vory black; is about 18 years old, has a broad forehead; has high wido ohock boncs; has a soar over his loft oyo, and his clothing was spattered with mud .V;hon lastsoon. When last hoard from ho was llooing toward Timmonsvillo. Tho sheriff novcr oxpoots to gos hold of him if ho is run down nnywhoro in this scotion of tho countty. A GREAT DAY FOR MASONS. Preparations Bein pf Made for the Cen tennial of Washington's Death. It is not generally known among those boyond tho palo that America's greatest President was a momberoi tho Masonic order, but tho fact is truo novcrtholcss, and what io moro, ho was not 21 years of ago whon initiat?d into tho .brotherhood, although he had reached Iiis majority boforo ho was pass cd to tho fellow craft degrco. Just in what manner tho illustrious man succeeded in being admitted to tho order boforo his 21st birthday is not rovcalcd by this historian. At tho age of fib* Washington was a ohurtor mcm bor of tho Alexandria-Washington lodgo, and in tho samo yoar ho consid ered it an honor to accept and faithful ly fill tho ollicoof worshipful master of tho lodgo. During this limo ho hold his momborship in his mother lodgo at Krcdcrioksburg. During his cntiro lifo Washington over showed a devotion to tho causo of Masonry and Masons, lt was tho feel ing of veneration for tho Mason and for tho man that icd tho Grand Lodgo of Colorado to suggost a fitting observance of tho dato of his passing into tho ctor nal lodgo above. Tho Virginia lodgo was roqucstod to take chargo of tho ceremonies. A oommittco of prominont Masons from Virginia and tho District of Co lumbia have met in Washington to dis cuss tho proposed excroisos in comme moration for tho oomtennary of tho doath of George Washington. A grand banquet and reception will ho given on Dccombor 14th al Mount Vonion and in Washington. Thc intention is to mako this banquet ono ol' tho most suooossful affairs in tho history of Masonry. At tho banquet all Masons and thoir wives will bo wol eomo, and tho Grand Masons and dis tinguished Masons from all parts of tho Unitod States will bo prosont. It is expectod that Prcsidont MolCtnloy, who is a Mason of high rank, will dolivor tho address at Mount Vernon, and also rccoivo with tho distinguished Masons , at tho banquet. Winthrop's Attendance In a lotter to Gov. MoSweoncy Presi dent Johnson of tho Winthrop Collogo nt Rjck Hill speaks thus of tho institu tion: "Wo havo had a vory lino open ing of tho oollogo this soason. The stu dents aro hotter prepared for collogo work than over boforo. Our sub-fresh man olass numbers only 27. Tho total onrollmont in ovory department of tho collogo thus far is -181. If wc had had dormitory acoomodntions wo would havo onrollcd 681 easily. A number of applicants from othor States than South Carolina woro rofusod admission bcoauso of laok of room for tho girls of tho State. Tho Students aro dooply in carnost and scorn to tako up thoir work with fino spirit." Moses' Princess. An oxohango says that tho mummy of tho Egyptian prinosss who found Moses in tho bulrushes is all alleged to havo boon discovered and placed on exhibi tion. If tho princoss oould havo foro soonthat her act of kindness would havo mtulo hor a museum froak, sho would probably havo loft Mosos to bo drawn out of tho water by somebody oleo. TO ?rVfiflOHLBY A SUM?T Endiosa Chain ?chomo Proposed By Mis-i Edna MoGlellan. Tho Now York Journal says: "Hoar Admiral Sohloy may well oount Miss Edna McClellan among his vory warm frionds and supporters, and if hor plan suoocods ho will havo something sub stantial to bo grateful for. Miss McClellan, who io young aud pretty, and tho daughtor of Mr. and Airs. J. Wolier MoOlollan of No. 105 West Sovonth st root, was muoh im pressed by tho tremendous applauso for Admiral Sohloy in tho Dowey day pa rado. Sho decided that Admiral Sohloy should havo a houso in Washington, ?ns well as Admiral Dowey. Sho saw no rcauon why Sohlcy's admirers should not oomo forward with thoir dollars and dimes. Sho returned to her homo and laid out a plan for tho work which has just boon begun. Sho has started ond less ohains to raiso dimos. Subscrip tions in all amounts will bo gratefully roocived. Mijs McClellan will ask Gov. ltooso volt and Miss Holer. Gould to bc mom bcrs of tho committco to oontrol tho fund. She will ask tho assistance of President McKinley and mombcrs of his cabinet, and will go to Washington, if nocossary, to sook tho aid of ltopro sontativos of cougrcs9. Sho is vory busy writing ondlcss ohain letters to bo sont to all parts of thc country. Sho is very confident of success. ._. Sohlcy's admirers aro legion, sho knows. She feels like all his frionds, that ho lias never received duo orodit from his govornmont for tho splendid victory oil Santiago, and sho boliovcs they will wclcomo an opportunity to show their appreciation by substantial contributions to this fund. Miss McClellan has not considered the prico of thc residence lo bc pur chased nor thc location, but she is oon (idout that this present from tho poo plo of tho nation will bo worthy of his position as a great naval commander. Fair Week Rates. Tho rates for tho Stato fair of South Carolina, to bo held in Columbia Nov. Gth-10th, have been announcod as fol lows: Tho Southern Passenger association has granted rates to Columbia, S. C., on account of tho Stato fair, Nov. 0th to 10th, 1899, from all points in tho Stato of South Carolina, also from Asheville, Charlotte, Wilmington, N. C., Augusta and Savannah, Ca., ?nd intermediate stations at tho following rates: A rate of one first class faro for tho round trip, plus 50 cents for admission to tho fair grounds. Tiokots for tho general public, limited to continuous passage in both directions to bo sold daily Nov. 4th to 10th inclusive, with final limit Nov. 13th, 1899, and for fair officials and stock mon only at tho samo rate Nov. 2nd and lid, on presenta tion of cortilicatos signed by Thos. W. Holloway, secretary Stato Agricultural and Mechanical sochty. Also rates ombraccd in thc following table, which inoludo 50 cents for admis sion to tho fair grounds; tickets at Mich ratos to bo sold NOY. 7 til j 8th and 9 th j with final limit Nov. ll, 1899: 10 milos and under.$ 85 11 niiles'and\indcr 15. 90 lfr miles and undcr 20.1.00 20 milos and under 30. 1.20 30 miles and under -10... 1.40 40 miles and under 50. 1.00 50 miles and under 00.?: 1.80 (50 miles and undor 70. 2 00 70 miles and undor 80. 2 20 80 miles and under 90.2.40 90 miles and under 100.2.GO 100 miles and undor 110.2.80 110 miles and under 120.3 00 120 miles and under 130. 3 20 130 miles and under 140.3.40 140 miles and under 150.3.00 150 miles and under 100.3.8o KiO milos and under 170. 4 00 170 miles and undor 180.4.20 180 miles and undor 190.4.40 190 miles and under 200. 4 CO Counterfeit Money. Tho Atlanta Constitution gives an account of the capture of a countorfit ing outfit within three miles of that oity. Tho "den" contained "a stock of spurious coins, plating apparatus with which to mako countoifcit coin, as well a3 silver." The Constitution says: "This raid and oapturc, boliovod to ho ono of tho host and most important that has recontly ocourrod ir .'nc South, has solved tho mystery of thc counterfeit silver with which thc city has boen pe riodically flooded sinco last Mirch. For sevon or eight months a lot of counterfeit silver dollars and half dol lars have boen floated ovor tho city, and tho spurious money was pronounced tho best that had over been put in circula tion. Tho money, whilo a triflo light er than tho good coin, had a genuino ring when dropped upon tho door. In fact, fchcrc woro lew except tho exports who could tell tho monoy was counter foil without a very dose inspection." Bold Bank Robbers. Thrco masked robbers ontorcd the bank at Scviorvillo, Tonn., Friday morning and attempted to rob tho vault, containing considerable monoy. Presi dent William Macmahon threw his looso monoy into thc safo and soi/.cd a gun. His first shot killed tho lcador of tho robbers, Pearl Thurman. Tho assistant cashier, John Marshall, rushed out of asido door and shot two of tho robbors' horsos. Caldoriok, ono of the robbors, I was arrested after being wounded. Will Dorriok, tho third robber, got on a horso and rodo a milo hotly pursuod by a posao. On boiug surrounded by tho mon ho flod into a barn, whoro ho com mitted suicido by shooting himself in tho hoad. Tho mon aro supposod to havo como from KnoxvilJo on an oarly train. Wohding of tho Blind. Prob&blyons of tho most romarkablo woddings over known will takoplaco to day at tho homo of Mr. Goorgo W. Do Wocso, No. 0 Vino stroot, Clovoland, Ohio. Do Wooso, is tho soorotary of tho blind pcoplo's asylum^ Ho is blind. Do Woeso has thrown open his houso for tho wedding festivities. Tho groom is W. M. Mooro, 33 years old. Ho is blind. Tho brido is Miss Lizzie Brown. Sho is blind. Tho knot will bo tiod by Justioo of tho Peaoo Dwight Palmor. Ho is blind. Tho host man will bo Wm. Vandersvyst. Ho is blind. Fifty guosts havo boon invited. All aro blind. An orohestra oomposcd of blind mon will play tho wodding march. Af tor tho ocromony a litorary and raus ioal programmo will bo oarricd out by blind pooplo. "I havo uBcdyour 'Lifo for tho Livor and Kidneys' with groat benofit, and for Dyspepsia or any dorangomont of tho Liver or Kidneys I rogard it as ho ing without an oqual." Jamos J. Os borno, Attornoy ot Law, Boliston, Honderson do., N. U. ' iMoi ?ie?tio?i, * A???i'aliig' t? tho Gfi'??livili? N?ws tho brjcjpld of tho Lands ford neighborhood of ?h??tor county have conducted tho most remarkable election hold since tiio days of tho glory of Athens, when there used to be a general vote every year to determine what eminent citizens should ho requested to loave. Tho Nows says it seems that there has been a good deal of blind tiger and othor disorderly business about Landsford, and last week tho carnival of crime culminated in an attempt to assassinate a mule belonging to a citizen who had been prominent as a champion of law and order. Consequent ly a neighborhood convention was called and organized at Fudge's Storo, fifty white mon being present. Tho secretary read this notice: "It you conscientiously bo lievo tho presenco of any person or persons in the neighborhood contaminates our moral and so cial atmosphere sc that it would be bettor for him or thom to leave, write his name or theirs on a slip of paper and put it into tho box. If you do not so bo lievo write it on the slip and so voto," Managers woro appointed and a poll list of those present was made the polls were oponed and tho voting was done. Tho News says ono citizen, who was present, carried the procinct by a largo majority, receiving a nearly unanimous vote of his follow citizens on the proposi tion that ho got away and stay away. Ho did not appear to bo gratified and did not make any speech returning thanks for tho nattering but undeserved trib ute It is believed how over, that ho is a man who can take a hint. Several others present re ceived liberal support as candi dates for banishment, and aro also expected to depart "as soon as practicable." The only sug gestion as to their destination is that it shall be "elsewhere." , Tho Fatal Holling llaDit. - "Apropos of tho hardships of our boya In Cuba," said nu ofllcor who saw ?v good deal of duty on tho Island, "I'll tell you a btt of a story. Shortly after our regiment wont on duty noar San tiago, at tho beginning of Wood's ad ministration ns governor, wo began to bo ablo to take a Uttlo bettor caro of ourselves than we had dono through out tho campaign. Ono of our captains -I won't mention his name, for ho's sore about this affair-was a groat irank on tho subject of microbes, and took extraordinary pains to ayold their society. Ho had picked np ft raw Cuban cook, and gavo him tho most ex plicit orders to "boil all tho wator used lix tho mess, no matter whero ho got lt. 'Boll everything we drink/ ho said, 'or I'll kick your backbono through tho top of your hat.' "Tho Cuban promised faithfully, and obeyed tho orders to tho lotter. A weok or so afterward tho captain, while for aging about town, was presonted with a quart bottle of champagne from one of the ships. Ho was overjoyed, and, securing a email lump of ice, he bustled back to camp and turned ovor bis 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 wine.' At tho appointed hour tho party assembl ed, and, after serving a repast of stew ed beet and sweet potatoes, tho cook stalked in, carrying a steaming sauce pan half full of a muddy yollow liquid. 'What in thunder is that?' asked the ;aptaln. 'That's th' wine, senor,' re plied tho Cuban gravely. 'I boll 'Im good deal, an' 'o most' all go 'way.' The guests roared with laughter, and tho captain was so thunderstruck ho couldn't sny a word. Ho subsequently recovorcd hlmsolf nufllclently to grab a cleaning rod and chaso tho Cuban nearly half a mlle. After that all any body had to do to get a fight waa to 3ay bolled champagne. When I ?aft tho wound still rankled."-Now Or? leans Times-Democrat. Remembered Him "There's no uso of your flaying a word!" exclaimed the woman of tho house, as soon ns sho ?had opened tho tloor and glanced at tho man standing outside. "I know you." "But ma'am-" "I recognized yon as soon aa I snw you. You can't--" "Ma'am-" "You're tho man who sold mo a wash ing machine six months ago for $6.50 that wasn't worth shucks. It would n't "All I wanted to toll you, ma'am, Is-" "It wouldn't wash anything. Tho longer you used it the dirtier tho clothos got. You couldn't sell mo any thing now if you was to pay mo for taking lt. When a man fools mo onco ho won't ovor havo tho chanco to do it again. I can tell you (that. I'll soil 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 ton-foot polo, and you cnn talk till you aro gray. It won't do you any good." "Madam," replied tho man, who had been dancing about impatiently, "your kitchen roof ls blazing whoro that Iron stovepipe runs up and through it. That's what I stopped to--" "Good land, why didn't you say so? What did you want to stand thero talk ing for when tho house is burning up? finn over to that grocery otoro on tho corner and turn in an alarm! Fire! Fire! "-Chicago Tribune. A Georgia Amazon. Tho section of Glynn county around Sapp's still, near Brunswick, Ga., is ho ing terrorized by a crazy Nogro woman, who, stark naked, roams tho woods, sliooting at any ono sho sees. Alr?ady ono man has fallon doad boforo a pistol shot, whilo two othor Negroos, hor hus band and brother, havo boon wounded by hor bullots. Tho woman's namo is Mary Faso n. A fow days ago sho bo oamo violontly insano, stolo thc weapon with whioh sho is now armed and a box of oartridges from hor husband and was off to tho swamp. Sho is reported to havo been oapturod by a orowd of hor own roco, but tho two men loft in ohargo of her allowed hor to osoapo. l.'orsor.s ?;o armed in tho neighborhood and muses aro guardod as protootion for tho wombo and ohildron. A Remarkable Case. An extraordinary foat of surgory, with tho aid of x-rays, is reported from Chioago. A small ohild WOB tho pati ent. 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