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f a'i?lage'o Oortltortlnp: Words to Those In Declaring Years. tTfcRNAi. KfcHTtNU PLA?E. Helpful Thoughts Suggested v by the Invitation to Abide Overnight In an Orien tal Vitlage. In thia Boruaon Dr. Talmago dio ooureoa upon tho invitation givon to Christ to Btay ovornight in tho oriental village and makos BOUIO consolatory suggestions. Tho toxt ia Luko xxlv. 29, "Abido with us, for it is toward evoning." Two villagorB, having^ oonoludod inoir errand in JoruBalom, h?vu started out at tho oity gato and aro on thoir way to Emmaus, tho plaoo of their rosi oonoo. Thoy go with a sad hoart, Jesus, who had boon thoir admiration and thoir joy, had boon baeoly massa orod and ontonibod. Aa with sad faoo and brokon hoart thoy pasB on thoir way a stranger aooosta thom. They toll him thoir anxiotios and bitterness of soul. Ho in turn talks to thom, mightily expounding tho Scriptures Ho throws over thom tho fascination of intolligont conversation, Thoy forgot tho time and notioo not tho objoots thoy pass and before thoy aro awaro ha re como up in front of thoir house Thoy paueo boforo tho ontranco and attempt to porsuado''tho Btrangor to tarry with thom. They proas upon him thoir hospitalities. Night is coming on, and ho may moot a prowling wild boast or bo obliged to Ho unsholtorod from tho dow. Ho oannot go much farther now. Why not stop thoro and oontinuo their ploasaut oonvoraation? They take him hy tho arm, and thoy insist upon his ooming in, addressing him in tho words "Abido with us, for it is toward ovoniug." Tho lamps aro lighted, tho tablo is aproad, pleasant sooiolitios aro onkindlcd. Thoy ro joioo in tho prosonoo of tho strangor guest. Ho asks a blessing upon tho broad they eat, and ho hands a picot) of it to oaoh. Suddonly and with over whelming powor tho thought jlaBhos upon tho astoundod pooplo-it is tho Lord I And aa thoy sit in breathless 1/ Wondor, looking upon tho resurrootod \ body of JOSUB, ho vaniahod. Tho in I torviow omi od. Ho waB gono. With many of us it is a bright, sun shiny dav of prOBpority. Thoro is not a oloud in tho sky, not a loaf rustling in tho forest. No chill in tho air. But wo oannot oxpoot all this to last. Ile is not an intolligont mau who expects porpotual daylight of joy. Tho sun will af tor awhilo noar tho horizon. Tho shadows will longthon. Whilo I speak many of us stand in tho very hour do- ? scribed in tho toxt, ' For it is toward evening." Tho request of tho text is appropriato for souio in ovory com munity. For with thom it is toward tho ovoniog of old ago. They h.avo passed tho moridian of lifo. They aro - aoiuotir^*" . startlod to Uvirik how old they'?ro. They" au\.fj, however, liko othors to remark upon it. If othors suggest thoir approximation toward vonorablo appoaranoo,thoy sav, "Why, I'm not Bo.old of tor all." They do in ,. dood notice that thoy cannot, quito as 'i nm o h as orioo. Thoy oannot walk quito " so fast. Thoy oannot road quito so ?roll without speotaoles. Thoy cannot so easily rooovor from a oough or any occasional ailmont. Thoy have lost thoir tasto for morrimont. They aro surprised at tho quiok passage of tho yoar. They say that it only seems but a little while ago that they wcro boys. Thoy aro going a littlo down hill. Thoro is somothing in their health, something in thoir vision, somothing in thoir walk, somothing in their chang ing associations, something above, something bonoath, somothing within to romind thom that it is toward ovon ing. Tho groat want of all suoh is to havo Jesus abido with thom. It is a dismal thing to bo gotting old without tho ro javonating influonoo of roligion. When wo stop on tho down grade of lifo nud soo that it dips to tho vcrgo of tho cold river, wo want to behold somo ono near who will help us aoross it. When tho sight IOBOB itB power to glano? and ?;athorup, wo need tho faith that oan Ilumino. Whon wo fool tho failuro of tho ear, wo need tho oloar tones of that voioo which in oldon timos broke up tho silonoo of the deaf with cadenoos of moroy. Whon tho abtuen of death how down wholo forosts of strength and boauty around us and we aro loft .in solitudo, wo ncod tho dovo divino moroy to sing in our branches. When tho shadows bogin to fall and wo feel that tho day is far spout, wo need most of all to supplicate tho bent licit, ni Jesus ia tho pray or of tho villugcrs, "Abide with us, for it is toward evoning." Whon tho night of tho soul carno on and all tho donizons of darknoss oamo riding upon tho winds of perdition, who gavo etrongth to tho soul? Who gavo calmness to tho heart V Who bioko tho Bpoll of infernal onohnnOnont? He who hoard tho rcquost of tho villagers, "Abido with us, for it is toward even ing." Ono of tho forts of Franco was attaokod and tho outwoiks wcro taken boforo night. Tho besieging anny lay down, thinking there was but littlo to do in tho morning and that tho soldiery in tho fort could bo easily made to sur render. But during the night, through a baok stairs, thoy CBoapod into the country. In tho morning tho besieg ing army sprang upon tho battlements, but found that thoir proy was gono. ' 60 whon wo aro assaulted by templa tion, thoro is always somo Bcorot stair by whioh wo might got off. God will not allow us to bo tempted nbovo what wo aro chlo, but with ovory temptation will bring a way of ofioapo that wo may be ablo to boar it. Tho prayor of tho toxt i? appropriato for all who aro anticipating sorrrow. Thu greatest folly ovor known on tho earth is tho tondonoy to borrow trou ble. But thoro aro timos whon ap proaching florrow is so ovidont that wo nood to bo making special preparations for its ooming. Ono of your ohildron has latoly booomo a favorito. Tho ory of that ohild striked deopor into tho ; hoart than tho ory of all tho othors. You think moro about it. You givo it more attontion not booauso it is any moro of a troasuro than tho othors, but booauso it is boooming frail. 'J boro is somothing in tho cheek, in tho oyo and in tho walk that makes you quito sure that tho leaves of tho flower aro going to bo soattcrod. Tho utmost nursing and medical attontion aro in effectual. Tho pulse booomos fooblo, tho complexion lighter, tho stop lighter, tho Stop weaker, the laugh faintor. No moro romping for that ono through parlor and hall. Tho nursory is dark ened by an appronohing oalamity. tho hoattfoois with mot mini anticipa tion that tho Bua is going down. Night Speed? on. it is toward tvouing. YouJmVo long ifijoiflctt In tho oftM rj( ft t?lt?the?. . VoU HAV? Uond ?Vory* thing to make her laefc days happy, ?ou havo run wltlupilok foot to wait upon hor ovory warn. Ilor pr?souco baa boon a pcrpolual blessing in tho housobold. But tho fruit gathorois aro looking wistfully at that trco> lier soul is ripo for hoavon. Tho Ratos aro roady to flash open for hcrontranoo. But your soul shrinks at tho thought of Boiaration, You oauoot baro to think that Boon you will ho oallod to tako tho last look at that faoo whioh from tho first hour hae looked upon you with aflootion unoh?ugoablo. But you soo that lifo ?B obbiog and tho gravo will soon hido you from your sight. You sit quiet. You fool hoavy hoarted. Tho light is fadiug from tho sky, tho air is ohill. lt is toward ovo ning. , j. Trouble is an upotbocary that rnixos a groat many drafts, bittor and sour and uausoous, aad you must drink some ono of thom. Troublo puts up a groat many packs, and you must oarry ono of thom. Tluro is no scandal so thiok ?nd. weil adjust hut eenie thorn will sttiko through it. Thoro is no souud so swootbut tho undortnkor'a sorow drivov gratos through it. In this swift shuttle of tho heart somo of tho throada must bronk. Tho Journey from Joruaalom to ICiuwaua. will soon bo oudod. Oar Bible, our common sonso, our obsoi ration, roitorato in tones thal wo oaunot mistako and ought not to disrogard, it is toward evening Oh, thou, for Jesus to abide with ubi Ho swootons tho oup. Ho cxtraota tho thorn. Ho wipoa tho toar. Ho hushos tho tempest. Ho Boothos tho [ soul that flics to him for Bholter. Lot tho night swoop aud tho lCuroolydon toss tho soas. Lit tho th un dorn roll. Soon all will bo woll. Christ in tho ship to sootho his frionda. / Christ on tho sea to Btop its tumult/ Ohrist in tho gravo to soattor tho darknosa. Ohrist in tho hcavous to load tho way. BlosBodall su?h. His arma will onoloso thom, IUB graoo oomfort thom, his light ohoor thom, hia aaorifloo froo thom, his glory onohant thom. If oarthiy estato tako winga, ho will ho an inoorruptiblo treasaro. If frionda dio, ho will ho thoir rosurrootiou. Staading with UH in tho morning of our joy aud in tho noonday of our prosperity, ho will notforaako UB whon thc iuatcr has faded and it is toward ovoning. Tho words of tho text aro pertinent Lo UH ull from tho fact that wo aro near ing tho tvoning of doath. I havo hoard it said that wo ought to live as though oaoh inomont was to bo our last. I do not boliovo that theory. As far as proparation is ooncernod, wc ought alwayB to bo roady, But wt oanuot always bo thinking of doath, foi wo havo duties in lifo that domand oui attention. When a man is soiling gooda, it is his buB?noss to think of th< bargain ho ?B making. Whon a mar ia pleading in tho oourta, it ia his dut} to think of tho intoroBta of his olionts Whon a olerk ia adding up aooounta, i ia his duty to koop bia mind upou hie figuroa. Ho who lilla up his lifo will thoughts of death ia far from boin) tho highoststylo of Christian. I knov a man who uaod ofton to Bay at night wish 1 might dio bjfoio morning!1 Ho ia now an infidel. But there" a?. timoa when wo ean and ought to giv oursolvo? to tho oontomplatiou of tha solemn monmot when to tho soul tim enda and oloruity bogins. Wo mus go through that ono pass. Thoro is u rouudabout way, no bypath, no oircui tous route. Dio wo must, and it vyil ho to UH a shameful ooouranoo or timo of admirablo behavior. Oa frionda may 6tretoh out their banda t koop ua biok, but no imploration 01 their part can hiudor us. Thoy niigh oller largo rotainora, but doath woul not aooopt tho foo. Tho broath wi] fail, and tho oyoa will oloso, and th heart will atop. You may hang th oouoh with gorgoous tapoatry, hu what dooa doath oaro for bed ourtaiaa You may hang tho room with tho linos works of art. but what docs doath oar for pioturos? You may fill tho houa with tho wailinga of a widowhood am orphanage-dooa death mind wooding This ought not to bo a doprosain thorne. Who wants to Hvo horo foi over? Tho world hos always troatc mo woll, and ovory day I fool loss an less Uko oooldiog and complaining, bu yet L would not want to nm ko thia m eternal rouidonoo. I lovo to watch th oloudB and bathe my soul in tho blu Bea of hoavon, but I oxpeot whon th firmament is rolled away aa a soroll t Bco a now heaven, grander, highor an moro glorious. You ought to bo wilJ ing to oxohongo your body that ho headaohea and sido aohos and weak nosscs innumerable, that limps wit tho atono bruiso er fosters with th thorn or flames on tho funoral pyro c fever;), for un inoorruptiblo body an an oyo that blinka not before tho jaspe Katoa mid tho groat whito throne Bu Dotwcon that and thi? thcro is an hou aboui, whioh no man should bo rcokion or foolhardy. I doubt not your oom ago, but 1 toll you that you will wai something botter than a atrong arm, good aim and a trusty oword whon yo como to your last battle You will1 noo a heller robo than any you havo in yoi wardrobe to koop you warm in thi plaoo. Oiroumatanoca do not mako so niue difference lt may bo bright day whe you push off from tho planto or it inti bo dark night and while tho owl is hoo ing from tho forest, lt may bo apiini and your soul may go out among tho bio soma, applo orchards swinging thoir ooi aora in tho woy. lt may bo wintorar tho earth in a Bnow shroud, lt inayl autumn and tho forent? not on Aro \ thc retreating year; doad naturo la out in state It may bo with your wife hand in your hand or you may bo in Btrango hotel with a servant faithful I thc last. It may bo in tho rail trai ohot ol? tho awitoh and tumbling in lot reverberation down tho ouibankment eraahl craahl I know not the time; know not tho modo, butlhodaysof o lifo aro hoing oubtraotod away, and \ Bhal 1 oomo down to tho timo whon i havo but ten days loft, then niuo day thou eight days, thoo aoven days, B days, five days, four days, throe da} two days, ono day. Then boura, thr hours, two hours, ono hour. Thon or min utos loft, fivo minutos, four mi nu ti throo minutos two minutos, ono minni Thon only scoonds loft, four sooom throo ?ooonda, two Booonds, ono sooor G ono! Tho ohaptor of lifo ondodl T book oloaod! Tho p?laos at rost! T foot through with tho journoyl T hands oloaod from all work. No wc on tho lips. No broath in tho nostri Hair combed baok to Ho undishovel by any human hands, Tho musol still. Tho norvos a ti 11. Tho lungs oti Tho tonguo still. All still. You mig put tho stothosoopo to broaut and lu no sound. You might put a spoaki truuipot to tho oar, but you could i wako tho doafnos?. No motion, throb. No lifo. Still! Still! On earth with many of you tho ov< ing is tho happiest part of tho 2d hou You gathor about tho stand, You ti and laugh and sing. You rcoount t day. You plan for tho morrow. Y tho tell of t>\?b d*y that lo tflO/goal ht whloh you fUb, ?hd HS yb'u take out your vvatolf or look at tuy.- dopoondirig aun you thf?l with tho thought thit it in toward dVoning, So death comos to tho disciple t What it tho sun of lifo ia about to not V Joaua ?ft tho dayspring' from on high; tho psrpntntd raorni?g of ovory ransomed spirit. What if tho darknoss oomcs? ?/OBUS is tho light of tho world and of hoavon. What though this earthly honan does orumblc? Jesus has preparod a houso of many mansions. Jo tm? ia tho anchor that al way ? hold H. JcBua is tho light that is nover oolipsod. JOBUS ?B tho foun tain that ia nover oxhaustod. JOFIH is tho ovoniug star, hung up amid tho gloom of tho gathering night. You aro almost through with tho abuso and backbiting of onomios. Thoy will call you uo moro by evil names. Vour good dccdB will not longer bo misintorprotod or your honor blobed. Tho troublos of oar th will ond in tho folioitioB of heaven I Toward ovoniug! Tho boroavomontB of oarth will coon bo lifted ! You will not much longor stand pouring your grief in tho tomb like Rachel weeping for her children or David mourning for Absalom. Broken hoart bound up. Wounds hoalod. Toara wipod away. Sorrows terminated. No moro sounding of tho dead march ! To ward evening. Death will oomo, sweot as slumbor to thc oyclids of tho babe, aB full ratioua to a Btraviug soldier, as ovoniug hour to tho oxhaustod work man. Tho ?ky will take on its sunaot glow, ovory cloud a flro psalm, evory lako a glassy mirror; tho forest? transfigured; dolioato mists climbing tho air. Your friends will annouuoo it; your pulsos will beat it; your joys will ring it; your lips will whisper it: .'Toward ovouing." OF INTEREST TO FARMEKS, The Condition of tho Crops in the Cotton Bolt. Sootion Direotor Iilytho, at Now Or loans, gives the following summary of tho weather and crop conditions in tho cotton bolt during tho past week: Tho moan temperature for tho wook was again markedly abovo tho normal at all stations in tho cotton bolt, tho oxooua ranging from 4 d"groos at Now Orleans and Uorpus Ohriuti to 12 do groes at Nashville. During tho last two days, howovor, tho lomporaturo in Toxas waa bolow normal, txoopt near tho coast lino, nod tho oool wave is rapidly sproading t-outh and east. No rain foll in Toxas until during tho laat two days of tho wook, whoa light showors ooourrcd at a fow t-oattorcd stations. louisiana, Arkansas, Missis sippi and west Tonuossco wcro abo nr ac ti <! illy without precipitation until Friday, aftor which plentiful BIIOWOIB ooourrod. O for that portion of tho oot ton bolt oast of tho States named abovo showers wero roportod at soattored plaoos throughout tho Nook, and dur ing tho last two days woro quito gon oral. Louisiana-Woather conditions high ly favorable for har?o?tiu{ lioo, piokirg cotton aud ripening cane; showors Fri day and Saturday bonotioial to oaiio and vegetables and improved oonditioo ot ground for all plowing and seeding. Cotton picking woll advinood and in ? looaliti.is int ro than half gathored; vf '?ht and gonorally no top oropis A fow mills bavo startod, but ug will not bcoomo gonoral ' ist decade pf Ootober; cano premisos a largo tonnage; soma fall planting hoing done, llioc threshing is progressing rapidly and turning out satisfactorily, but a largo portion of tho orop is yet in tho Holds in shook or stack, and a considerable aoroago has not yet been out. Texas-Rainless week over nearly tho wholo of tho State, favorablo for gath ering crops, cotton pioking rushed, piokors scarce, carly cotton all open, pioking half oompletcd in plaoos, on laud orop very spotted and almo-it a failure in some localities, good in others, yiold as a wholo considerably bolow tho avcrago; rico harvesting progressing, yiold good; oom gathoring continues, yiold bolow avorago; wheat sowing commenced; sugar cano matur ing, orop good in plaoos; fall truck gar douing progressing along tho ooast. Oklahoma Tum tory-Cotton pioking progressed rapidly under favor?b'o conditions, wiih yields running from one-third to ono-half halo por nore; muoh damage dono by roecnt rains, but orop st ill in fair condition; pioking about half dene, but delayod by soar oity of piokcra. Arkansas-Light rain gonoral on 6th and 7th: cotton pioking progressed rap idly anti undor favorablo conditions; most all will bo picked within from 2<j to 30 days, general outlook for littlo ovor half crop. Mississippi-Cotton continues toopoo and is being picked rapidly, half ot tho orop gathorud in many plaoos, yield grows lighter ss the season advances, showers cheeked opening ami retarded pinking slightly last of week; peas, po tatoes and turnips improved by rains; corn gonorally a MU .di orop. Alabama-Warm aud wot woek. rain fall oxoos?ivc in some eastern and southern oountioB, retarding pioking of cotton, which will practically all bo gathered in tho noxt two wocka, with vory light yield; considerable oom housed; all minor crops satisfactory; fall plowing being pushed, with indi cations of a largo acreage being de voted to whoat and cato. Georgia- Cotton picking progressed favorably io mont northern counties, but Was retarded nm. IO staple some what injured in portions cf middle and Bouthorn nootions by too muoh rain; whoro not damaged by rooont laius tho quality of tho staple is good. Florida-Copious raina growly im provod oano, Bweot p?tateos and vege tables, but delayed work and did somo damago to c?tton, tho bulk of which will bo piokod by tho 15th, tho top crop will bo light; oitrus trees and pineap ples aro doing well. South Carolina -Continuod warm, with light rains in oastom and wostorn and heavy in oontral portions; oottou pioking intorruptod, bolls opening slow ly, but littlo loft in tho fields, now growth startod, blooming frooly in places, but unlikoly to ripen; soa island improved rocently ; (Ino crop of Juno rioo hoing harvostod. North Carolina-Light rains from 1st to 6th, but insufiioiont in amount, fol lowed by fair, vory warm woather; fall plowing still backward, but prepara tions aro undor way for largo orop of winter whoat; pioking ootton delayed firat wook, but pushod towards tho OIOBO, will bo oomplctod within two wocks; no top orop. TonncBSOo-Warm, dry woathor fol lowod last of woek by good rains in middle and wostorn division; cotton in bottoms oponing slowly, pioking in full progrosu, and tho orop, whioh is gonor ally short, is hoing gat herod rapidly; preparations for whoat sooding progres sing well and considerable arcas nlroady plantod; muoh oom out for for?go; minor lato oropa doing fairly woll. ? Plain Statement it) thejt*o?ple of Tho ?tato : .1 FROM COLUMBIANS - i Abeu* a Constitutional Amend ment to b* Voted on {hat Means Much to Somlo Cities. Tho following is tho text of; n oom munioation adopted rooontlyjby tho oity council of Columbia and.qont out to tho newspapers of tho St&to with tho rcquoBt that it ho puhlisho^, It is a matter ot .cho groatcBt importanoo to tho pcoplo of Columbia andisevoral other citioain tho Stater - City Council Chambor, Columbia, S. C., Oot. 9A?900. Dear Sir: Tho constitutional con vention of 1895 was oompo??d of as ropreBentativo a body of inon'as ovor asaeinblod in tho State oapiiol. Uirains, progress and profund doliporatiou marked tho consideration of ci,Oh sub joot as it aroBO. Tho dobalosi arising upon tho various provisions adopted by that august body will go down'in his tory roploto with wvsdojn a>$ fore thought. To nono of tho provisions of tho constitution thon adoptod can moro just endoraomont bo given than to tho propelled amondmont of seot?Qn 7 of Artiolo VIII qualifying tho limitation as tomuuioipal bondod indobtodnoss as oontainod in scotion 6 of Artiolo tV, thorcof. To many of tho pooplo of tho Stato this proposod amondmont is nov ol, aud so it is hore inserted for tho purnoso of informing tho public gonor orally, aud of onoouraging (particular ly on tho part of tho momhors of tho gonoral assembly) a discussion of ?B moritB in tho county papors throughout South Carolina, to tho ond that it eau bo intolligontly votod upon inj tho on suing general oleotion. Tho proposod amondmont is na fol low?: Add to tho ond of sootion 7, Ar tiolo VIII this proviso: "Provided that tho limitation imposed by this Bootion and sootion fi, Artiolo IV, of thia con stitution shall not apply to bonded in dobtoducBB inourrod by tho oitics of Columbia, Rook Hill, Charlostou and Fioronco, whoro tho proooodsof said bonds aro applied eololy for tho pur ohaBO, establishment, maintonanoo or inorcaso of water works planto, eowor ago Byntoms, gas and olootrio-light plants (whoro tho ontiro xovonuo aris ing from tho oporation of auoh plants or sifitoms bhall bo dovotod solely and oxolunvoly to tho maintonanoo and op oration of tho samo, and whoro tho quostiou of inourring auoh indebtedness is submitted to tho freeholders and qtialitlod voters of auoh municipality, ns provided in tho constitution upon tho question of other bounded indobtod noss." This proposed amonduient to tho constitution ia of vital importanco to thooity of Columbia whoso population comos from almost every county in tho Stato. Growing with a rapidity that ia without a parallel in tho statistics of this Stato, her toomiog stroots and busy .marti aro tho wonder and admi ration of all. Tho Stato at large ?hares willi her citizens in tho prido engender ed by tho growth and ^pronjiso ol tho oapital of South Carolina. Thcro aro but two thiugs vitally essential to tho enoouragomont and fostering of this wondorful growth-a eowerago systoui and a waterworks plant whioh togeth er, it is ostimatod, will cost our manici pality a half million of dollars. To raise that Bum, so ncocBsary to tho woll being of all tho people, wo umst appeal to tho intelligent voters of this oniire Stato to voto solidly for this proposed amcudmeut, for the reason that Columbia is alroady onoutnborod with a debt far in excess of thc consti tution debt-limit. Honoo upon fail ure to carry tho proposed amendment at tho polls, our only rcoourso to pro sorvo and l'ester tho magnificent on ward march of our oity will bo to plaoo those System? in tho hands of private parties, and tn it course is oondomncd by every ooonomio nuihoiity, based upon tho olosost btudy ol results. If tho pooplo of tho Stato drive us to this alternativo, wo must uooopt it oven at the risk of its boooming dis astrous to our woll-boing and advaooo mont; for Columbia cannot koop pnoo with her growth and tho inoroascd donsity of hov population, so as to proporly guard her health nnd oomfort. without tho building nnd dovolopmont of thoKo systems at an carly day. Sho fools tho need of them every hour. Her wnsto plaoos, silent remiudors that BIIO was mado to expiato tho allcgod sin of sooosbion. a/o fast filling up with hand some buildings whioh aro briojj orcotod by tho people Irom thc different sections of our Slate-pooplo who aro coming into our midst iu recognition of tho faot that tho united patriotism of tho good pooplo of South Carolina will pr?vido tho moans for this municipality to work out in ita own way its aspiration to bo ce?te tho prido, as well as thc capital, of tho Stato. That end, so devoutly to bo wished for, oan bo accomplished if your pa per, and tho other papors of tho Slate, will editorially ndvooate this moasuro. Remember that not only dooB tho legis lature moot hero annually, but that tho hospital for tho insano is herc, besidod tho Stato penitentiary, aH wol) as other Stato institutions, all of whioh will bo dircotly benofitod by thoso proposed improvements. Wo uro sending thia circular Icttor to caoh of tho papers in tho Stato with tho oaracstly oxprosfiod hopo that it will bo publiahbd and commented on by all of tho advoeatos and supporters of progronn throughout tho common wealth. V?.ry roflpeotfully, F? S. Eulo, Mayor. T. ll. (libbos, Chas. C. Staploy. Fatr Candidates There is a hvoly raoo for tho posi tion of Stato librarian. Tho legisla ture will oloot in January. There aro nlroady oight ontrios, with a numbor of oountios to hoar from. Tho oandi daios so far in tho flold aro tho follow ing: Mies Luoio Barron, Manning; Mrs. P. L. Moiton, Columbia; Misa BCBB?O ?wingo, Groonvillo; Mis? Sallie Fouoho, Ninoty-Six; Miss Maggio Connor. Wain poo, llorry ooun ty; Miss Blanche O'Neal, Columbia; Miss h M. Ayoook, Mount Williog; Mrs. S. C. Oason, Abbovillo. Can't Fool Hanna. ; Senator Pettigrow, of South Dako ta, Wed ?enday issued a publie ohallongo to Sonutor Hanna for a joint dobato In South Dakota or olsowhoro on tho sub joot of trust?, amior plato contracts, and tho govornmont polioy In Porto Rloo, (Juba, and Philippi ne?. Uanna says ho will/ pay no attontion to the ohallongo. \ iti^l lu tfaor/Bndorsed By* 0?i( $? Not By McKinley. Acting Soorotary Moikoljohn of tho war department has sont tho following, lottor to Hon. W. J. Bryan: . Gov. ii, ?9?U. "Dear Sir: In tho proas reportsi yoa torday of your addross at Tipton Ina., in whioh you roferrod to tho ovortbrow of hurnau slavory in tho United States resulting from tho suoooss of tho armies of tho Uniou, j ott' oro also roportod as Haying in that connection : "Wo fought thou for tho adoption of a constitutional amendment that providod that uo man oould own a Blavo, and yot hoforo tho Philippino war io ondod wo havo tho Sulu treaty, whioh rooogoizos slavory." "Pormit mo to invito your attention to tho following extract from tho lottor of tho scorotary of war to Maj. Qon. Otis, commanding tho Unitod Statos foroos in tho Philippi bo islands, uador dato of Oot. 27, 1899: "Tho president instructs mo to ad vino you that tho agreement signed Aug 20, 1899, botwoon Brig. Qon. John O. Batos, roprosontiug tho Unitod States of tho ono part, tho sul tan of Jolo, tho Dato Rajah Muda, tho Dato Attiok, tho Dato Ualbi and tho Dato Joaknain of tho other part, is confirmed and approved, subject to tho aotion of oougroHB providod for in that olauso of tho troatyof pcaoo botwoon tho United Statos and Spain whioh provides "tho oizil rights and tho polit ical status of the nativo inhabitants of tho territory horoby aodod to tho United Statos shall bo dotorminod by ooogrcss" nnd with tho understanding and reservation, whioh should bo dis tinctly oommuuioatod to tho sultan of Jolo, that this agrcomcnt is not to bo doomed in any way to outhorizo or givo tho consent of tho Unitod Statos to tho oxifltonoo of slavory in tho Sulu arch ipelago, a thing whioh is uiado impossi ble by tho thirteenth nmondmont to constitution of tho Uoitod Statos. "It is probably unnooossary to oall your attontion to tho faot that in tho absonoo of tho approval of tho prcsidont it is iinpossiblo for us to 'have tho Sulu treaty' or any other troaty. "Very rospcotfully, "G. D. Moikoljohn. "Hon. W. J. Bryan. Peoria, ills." Blt VAN HEl?LY. W. J. Bryan took oognizanoo of tho letter sent to him by Assistant Scoro tary of War Moikoljohn and proparod a reply to it. Tho roply says: "1 am in receipt of your favor of tho (Uh in regard to tho signing of tho troaty. lt is truo that tho prosidont, two months after tho signing of tho troaty, sent to Qon. Otis tho instruc tions whioh you quoto. You will noto that tho troaty, or agroomont, as tho prcsidont desoribos it, was confirmed and approvoi subj.jot to tho aotion of congress and tho only exooption that ho mado wnj that in rogard to artiolo 10 rolating to slavory. You oan but know, how over, that Binoo tho prosident sent thoa?) instructions, tho Republican party, with tho approval of tho admin istration, has adopted tho theory that tho constitution docs not folio iv t in: flig, and, tberoforo, tho Thirteenth amend ment doos not intorfero with slavory in tho Sulu archipelago. "Tho Puerto Rioan law assertB tho doctrino that tho pooplo of Puerto Rioo oro boyond thu protoolion of tho con stitution and oan be govornod by thc ar bitrary aud unrestrained power of tho prcsidont and ooogrcss. If thc consti tution itself cannot reacli tho Wost Indien, how oan the Thirteenth nmond mont find its way aoross tho Paoifio into Asia? Tho president does nob ropudiato Artiolo 13, whioh roads as follows: 'Tho United Statos will givo full protection to tho sultan and his subjocls if any foroign nation should attorn pt to imposo upon thom.' "In viow of tho faot that tho presi cnt in his lottor of aooopcanoo do laros it dangerous for us to agroo to drotoot a Christian ropnblio in South Africa, would it not ho wiso for him to withdraw tho agroomont to protect a Mohammedan island in tho Philippines? Tho agroomont docs not ropudiato Ar tiolo 14, whioh reads as follows: 'Tho Unitod States will not soil tho island of Sulu or any othor island of tho Sulu archipelago to auy foroign naton with out tho oonsont of tho sultan of Sulu.' "If wo bought t.ll tho Philippino islands from Spain without tho consent of tho inhabitants ia it fair that wo should agreo not to sell any of tho Sulu islands without tho consent of tho sul tan? In other words is it moroimpor tant that a sultan's wishes should bo considered than that tho interests of tho rost of tho pooplo should bo ro gardod? Very roKpcotfuUy yours, "W. J. Bryan." nestor's "Weekly Statement. Secretary Hester's wockly statement issued today showman in?renlo in tho movement into sight compared with tho sovon days ending lids daio hut your of G9,000 bftlcB, .a dooroaS'j undor?tho name days year hoforo la?t of 40,000. Por tho 62 days of tho season that have elapsed tho aggregate is bohind the 42 days of last year 93,000, and be hind thc samo days? i oar boforo laBt of 97,900. Tho amount brought into sight during tho past woek has boon 480,678, again&t 417,439 for tho samo seven cays last year. Tho tot.il movo mont for the 42 days from Sopt. 1 to" dato is 1,730,687, agaio?t 1,823,923 last year and 1,823,074 year bolero last. Tho movement sinon Sept, 1 shows receipts at ali United Statos ports 1, 234 234. against 1,231,980 ladt year and 1,301,656 yonr boforo hist; over laud across tho .Mississippi, Ohio and Potomao rivors to uorthoru mills and Canada, 75,892, against 136,979 and 92,082; interior stocks in exocss cf those hold at thc oloso of tho commer cial year, 215,656, against 265 899 and 270,477; nouthemmill takings, 174 8t)5, against 189,059 and 163.835. Foroign exports for thu week havo boen 205,502, against?152,117 laat yoar, makins: tho total thus tar for tho Boa son 726,569, against 737,108 last yoar. Stooks at tho soaboard and 29 loadiag southern intorior centers have increas ed 140,050 bales, against an inorcaao during the oorrosponding poriod last soasou of 156,353. lnoluding Btooks loft ovorat ports and introior towns from tho last orop and tho number of bales brought into sight thus far for tho now orop, tho supply to dato is 1,853,121, against 2,442,821 for tho sanio poriod inst yoar. Cotton Growors Aoftivo President Wilhern, who has boon travoling tho State in tho in tho inter ost of tho ootlOQ Qrowors' Asaooiation says tho movemont is hoing enthusias tically supported. The oonvontlon to moot in Columbia during tho State fair will be largoly attonood. A Striklnor, Faot. Ono of tho most striking fan tn o tho oampaign is that New York, whioh gavo a ltopublioan"majority of 268,000 for McKinley four yoars ago oan bo considered "doubtful" today, A GALA TIME, ?rOfXt Pr?paration? fox* tli? Comi?p; State Fair. BOWE PROMINENT tfEAT?RES. Tho Military Encampment and Other ?ttraotionB to Ploaso tho People in Thousands, Columbia, Oot. 13.-Spooial: Ooh Thomas W. Holloway, tho vctoran sco rotary of tho Statu Agricultural and Moohauioal Sooicty, la in high spirits over tho prospoots of tho coming fair. Ho roooivos tho applications for spaoo foroxhibits, and (ho number of suoh appliotions already in hand indicates an ox?o?t aud varioty of artiolos that aro well up to tho standards of tho boat y oars in tho history of tho sooioty. Tho outlook is for a most ozoeiieat ex hibition of tho products of our fields aud faotorioB and aleo of tho industries of other commonwoalths. On ovcry hand thoro will bo sight) tointorost tho pooplo in attoudanco. How many will oouio cannot now bo estimated. But thoro will bo an iuinionso orowd. Thoro will bo othor attraotions besides thoso of tho fair itsolf. Oonspiouous among thoso will bo tho "Military onoamp mont" arranged for tho Seato militia undor tho dirootion of Adjutant Gou oral Floyd, Tho number of commands already listod for tho onoampmont as sures a grand SUOOOBS for a foaturo that is dooidodly amongst tho most attrac tive and popular of all. Twenty com panion of infantry aro eoming, thoso to coustituto two rogimonts, of ton oampanios oaoh, ono rogiment to bo oommandod by Col. Wilit, JOOOB of this oity and tho othor by Ooh JVM. Boyd of U roo rivi Ho. Tho O h armaton battalion, commanded by Major Honry Sohaoto, will also constitute a part of tho infantry foroo. Two eompanios of Naval Militia, ono from Charleston and ono from Beaufort, oaoh with its Cat ling-gun. will add to thc military foroo. There is a probability that tho Gorman Artillery of Chnrloston and tho Edgo tiold Hussar H will also swell ibo num ber of volunteer soluiur? who will bo hero for fair week. On Wednesday thoro will bo a oom potitivo drill. Throe cash prizoa nro provided for tho companies that shall partioipato, $300, $200 and $100. Tho judges (whoso nanua cannot now bo given) will bo nihooru of tho regular army of tho Unitod States Besides this company contest there will bo an individual contest, ia whioh tho prizo will bo a handsome silver souvonir. This prizo will bc contostod for an nually, provided that tho individual winning tho samo in throo suooossivo oontosts shall thereafter hold il as hit) own or as a company prize to bo con tostod for as may bo afterwards dcoidod. Oa Thursday thoro will bo a rovicw of tho troops by Governor. MoSweouoy and his statf, a ai?ht that will bo enjoy ed by all tho thoutauds of mon, women and ohildron who shall witness thu martial pagoant. Spooking of tho military it inuit bo noted that tho oadots of Clemson Col loge aro expected to attend for ono day at loast. Tho splendid drill, thu sol diet ly bearing and tho admirabio de portment-of thoso youthful mon at arms havo attraolod notioo whoncver they havo attendod tho fair. Thoy will bo woloomod by tho people of South Carolina, hero assorabl?d for thoir> an nual carnival. There will bo plenty of fino musi?. Tho First Artillery baud, stationod on Sullivans Island, will bo engaged for tho wcok, and tli3 band of tho Seoond iiogimout of militia, whoso members all live, at Sumter, will attend tho on oampmont. FOOTBALL. Thc e.onual football contest for tho Stato champiotship is sohodulod for Thursday of fair wock Tho two olevonB will bo tho Clemson toam and tho South Carolina (Jollogo team. Both teams aro in neuve and careful training, and somo fino play is cxpeotod. Ckom son holds tho championship now and is determined to koop it. At tho came timo tho Carolina boys aro ambitious to boar off tho palm of viotory, and will du I hoir very bent. ON* T?lt? ST lt E?T S. Tho oity ta r association will supple munt tho i'u'.r and tho pleasures of tho fair grounds with a stroot exhibition every afternoon, aorobatio performances, tight-ropo walking and othor foats of expert performers livery evening at Hyatt's Park, Colum bia's attraetivo suburb, thoro will bo a varioty ?how of a high class. Tho electric railway roaohos tho park, and thoro will bo ampio arrangomonts for tho transportation of tho thousands who will go. "ifINK PK0SPE0T8." Nobody doubts tho grand suoooss of our fair this year. Columbia is ready for bea visitors, and they will all havo a jolly good timo. How's Thia? Wo ofter Ooo Hundrod Dollars Ho ward for any caso of Catarrh that oao not bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Cure F. J. OH1?N1?Y & CO. Props., Toledo, O Wo, tho undersigned, hayo known F. J. Cheney for tho last 15 years and bo liovou him porfootly honorable in all businoss transaothms and financially able to oarry out any obligations mado by thoir firm. WKST & FRUAX, Wholosalo Druggists, Toledo, O. WALDINO, KINNAN ic MARVIN, WholoBalo Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cure in takon inter nally, aoting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaces of tho systom. Price 75o. per bottle. Sold by all ? Druggists, Testimonials free Hall's Family Pills aro thc bcBt. A Hearties Wife. Mrs. Alioo Wharton Coro has in structed her attorneys to tilo ton dam ago suits against Norfolk, Va., booAUSo sho was forced to resign as tcaohor in ono of tho public schools. Tho board loamed that Mrs. Coro had boon soorct ly marriod in Baltimoro, and marriod women aro not wanted as toaohcrs in Norfolk. Mrs. Coro offered to got a divoroo, as sho foll that sho nocdod hor plano moro than her needed hor now husband, bot tho board was flint heart ed, and would havo nothing but tho resignation. To Punish Ohiuene A response tu tho Gorman demand has boon tonmnniitod to Li Hung Chang. This says that Ying Nico, proflldont of tho ?onnorate, Yan? Yl, assistant grand soorotury and proaidon of tho civil board, and Chao Shu Chiao, prosidont of tho board of punishmon, will bo decapitated, that I'rinoo Ohwang Duke Tsui Lan and Primo Yih will soutoncod tn lifo imprisonment, and1 that Prinoo Tuan will bo ba ni shod to tho imporial military postroads on tho Siborian frontior as > a further punish ment for aiding tho Boxers. Tito tana o' the ?ky, (WHtteti ttt AohvMc, N. 07) Mtfus/?ini? that ol hob tu tho" k\?<i llotvd ol high hakea wboro tho stars BOO thethaolvea lu tho ?ky; Vluirl vtwioya or beauty amt ^vOi^&SI^^H Whero earth aeeroa up oloboto tho heaven abovo You can hoar Ibo'faint ebhoea of ?oraphlra foot And tho muaioal boat Of tho heart? of tho angela-tko songs Ihoy repeat lu their oadouoea aweetl ? / ' . w. A, wdd world of mountains thal drift into '..drcarnc? Tho rip y lo of rills and tho d*ahhiR of otrcama That bing to tho ?cal Ami tho boan a and tho gleams That lure you to gardens of beautiful droamal Of beautiful dreams that hayo lifted your soul To tho thu udor'o high roll I Whore you altp from lifo'a oaro, ?ud ita oureo ?nd oontrol, With tho joy in your soul. m. God crowned with old glory thceo moun tains; Ho panted Thu aky reaching hills in thoao valleys on* olvan ted; Thean Btreams io tho holtowa by myatory haunted Thean oaks that still wavo their grcon ban . nora undaunted, And daro tho atorm'e (bundor!...sad pians of pratao Mountains-rivera, atill ralao To tho hoavon abovo thom, whilo roso-aoont ed way? Wroatho tho beautiful days! IV. 0, land of allboauty-lovod Laud of tho Sky, Whero Love breathon "Good inoraiug,1' and ? never "Goodbyl" Whoro Bong on eaoh wit 1 wind io molody rovea And timos tho bright a lops of tho gods of (ho grovoal Tho Toto of (ho morning la v/hito oa (hy breast: Thou art orowned-thou art bloat Crom tbo seas to tho oast aud tho seas to the weat With tbo roao-wroath of resit F. L. 8. Battery Fork, Aahovillo. N. 0. (Atlanta Con nt it a lion, Sopt. 2'?, 1000.) Botraying Pons. "Killed by a letter" wno tho signlft cuut heading or a Havana newspaper over an article tolling of cx-Mlnlstor De Lome's fall. This legont would be an appropriate epitaph over tho politi cal graves of many public mon. Tho rivalry betweou Hamilton, tho loader do facto of tho Federal party, and Adams, the leader do Jure, Incited Hamilton's letter during the campaign of 1S10, arraigning Adams, which was ouo of the causes of "the rupture and overthrow of that party and tho triumph of Jofferson and tho Democ racy. Hamilton's lottere attacking Burr wore tho Cause of the duel In which Hamilton lost hts lifo. Jefferson's lotter to his old neighbor, Mazzel, in 1796, in which, by pretty plain. implication, ho traduced Wash ington and other mon whom tho Ameri can people honored, kept Jofferson de nying and explaining for many years, his historic lotter to Van Buren on this subject having boen written shortly beforo his death and . twenty-eight years after the Mazzel epistle was pen ned. Tho reservation and publication of Jefferson's "Anas; 'or dally, wbtch is really a sort of fetter to posterity, with its spiteful/ assaults on the memory of . Hamilton and other emin ent men, showed an amazing lack of discernment on Jefferson's part, and hap called out from oil his creditors and biagrnphors OXCURCS which accuse, "Never write a letter," said Talley rand, "and never burn one that you receive." If Nicholas Biddle bad ob served the nest' part of this injonction the fate of tho United States bank, over which he presided, wou\d prob ably have been different. Jackson would not have been able to perform that second labor of Hercules in slay ing the bank "hydra," and the politics of the '80s would have lost one of its most picturesque episodes. An interesting and usually level headed personage, Biddle, had what Juvenal called on "Incurable itch for writing," and this led him and his in stitution to their doom, defeated Clay and tho national Republican party in 1832, and, as one of the consequences of tho bank's overthrow.- brought on tho panic of 1887. The "Rhea letter" precipitated the contest of 1880 be tween Jackson and Calhoun out of tho Huo of succession to Jackson's poli tical heir, dwarfted Calhoun from a national to a local figure, and turned him to the partisan metaphysics out of which were evolved nullification and that morbid and wire drawn political philosophy in defonse of slavery that brought on the war which destroyed slavery. I Tho "Star-Kyed" a Cook. "Years ago, when I belonged to n coterie of young cavaliers In New York City." said Col. Homy Watterson at Cluimberlln's, "I designed tho dish now generally known as lobster a la New burg. I gave my idea to Charlie Del monico, and he saw that lt was cn riled successful execution. John Mcculloch was Ono of us, and to John ls due tho appearance of broiled live lobster Jn the East. Ho had caught on to tho epicurean way of preparing it during his stay in California. In after years I attained some fame as a manipulator of certain dishes, terrapin, perhaps, be ing my masterpiece. "Curiously enough, all the newspaper stories hnvo given mo credit for being nn artist in the preparation of oyster stews, but my experience with the bi valves ls limited. I always left them to John Chauiborllr., while he would not allow any one but myself to attend to tho diamondbacks. "I can't begin to tell you how much of th lu ingredient or tho exact quantity of the otbor to put with the terrapin, but I know how to blond thom nil in an Instinctive sort of way, and ?'vo never yet found the man who didn't admit that my cooking was of tho highest order."-Washington Post. "Now," said tho enterprising inter* viewer, "pienso read thle over and hold! up your right hand?" "But," said the publio man, "this ls merely an interview." That's all it ls now. But I thought lt would be a good thing to he appoint ed a notary public. 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