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M-?GION A SOLAC? Dr. Talmage Speaks Comforting W?rde for tho Righteous. Discours* (or TIIOHO Whoa? MT?I HIWO Jinny Anxtetlc?~>AH I? Woll g&? tb? lidhvor - Truat Tboroutfltlr lu Clod. iCembVht, iwi, by Louis Kiopach. If. r.? V/ashinslpn, Fob. ?. There I? a grreait solace In thia dis cours? oi Dr. Talmag? for those whoB? UTO? havo many anxieties; text, Isaiah 8110s "Say ye to th? right ?d?? that it ?hall b? well with him." . Her? is a promise for people who aro all right, but who will como and ?et it? How many, or, rather, hov* few, people do you know who aro al' right? If it wore asked of nuy assem bly that those who were sinless- should ri?? up, non? would risc oxoopt imho tile? and religious cranks. An ac cident happened near 60 centuries ago that stnrtnd.tho human mee in th? wrong* way, and wo havo not got ovei it. Wo know a great many splendid men and splendid women, but thot will tell you ihnt they have not al ways done the right thing or thought the right thought. If it were any oi your business, they could giro you an temmtery of frailties aud mistalcss and Infelicities that would bo astonishing, Hera, then, you say, is a Bibi? prom ise that goes a-begglngj "Say yo te lite righteous that it shall b? well wi tlx him." It ls my delightful work to-day to ?how you that all the son? and daugh- I ter? of Adam and Ev? moy appropri ate the benediction of my text ii they will flr?t do tho right thing. Ore* her? in the next street wm a man who In great misfortune lost all he had and was positively beggared, but a letter ooxnea from some European city whero tho land record? are kept announcing to him that a great for tuno ie his. Now he is ns opulent na he Wfte pauperized. He doff? his rag? and puts on respcctablo attire and movos into a homo appropriate for a man of vast estate, lils worldly cir ouinstanoc.s were all wrong last year; they ar? all right this year. On the next stroot ls a man who was from perfcot health prostrated, and he ?corned to bo sick unto d-eath, but a skillful p?ij?lo?ivu took correct diag nosis of his disease and by prompt and vigorous treatment restored him to hia former vigor. As to bis health he was all wrong before; now he is all right. In thee? two ways I illus trate my thorne. By oin we have all boon morally bankrupted. Christ the Lord from Hie infinit? rlohes pays our debt? and emparndlses us in Hin mercy. From Hia H?htet wardrobe Ho put? on us tho olean robo of His righteousness and gives us a.palace in tho heavens when w? are ready to go up ind talco lt. Now, ns to our spiritual estate, we . ?re nil right. We were morally dis eased, but Chrlat tho physician, by a bath in tho fountain of grnoc, ouros ns, Now, ns to our spiritual health, we aro all right. That is- the way we como to tho righteousness spoken of tn the text. It ls a contributed right eousness, a made-over righteousness, an imputed righteousness. The mo ment you got into right relations with Christ the Lord that moment you can npprcointo the magnificent comfort of tho text, and I defy you, in all th!? groat book, from tho first verse of ..tho, first chapter of Genesis to the Inst verso of the last chapter of Rev elation, to find mo n passage with higher and deeper and broader and longer comfort than, that of tho text, which is as deep as tho Atlantic ocean half way between the continents and high aa the sun when th? clock is striking 12 at noon. But I ?hall be swamped with tho oceania tides of this subject unions the Lord help mo ? to keep a foothold. "Say to the right eous that it shall bo well with him." Bear in mind that but few people ?an stand worldly success. Water is a good thing, but too muoh of it will drown. ITIro is a pood thing, but too touch of it will destroy. Lightning is A good' thing, but too much of it daz Eles and blinds. Success is a good thing, but too much of it has over whelmed many for this world and the ?ext. If it wera best for us, wo would ?ll be millionaires, live in palaces like tho Alhambra and bo as personally at tractive as Cleopatra appeared to An tony. But most of folks could not endura such superabundance, nnd lt ls absolutely neoesnary in order to keep them right that nine hundred and ninety-nine men out of one thou ?find should find lifo a struggle, It keeps thom out of misohief. After 'Adam was ejected froni the premises .where by ten minutes of employment ,?k day ho could keep the garden and v?!dr?it* it the best thing that could hap ."' pen to him wno compulsion to work and fight. The ground thnt bloomed with spontaneous flowers and rustled with harvests that owed nothing to plow or hoo beoams hostile, and brain Silo was substituted for rose, and the panther growled where before he ?fawned, and horn and fang and hoof -?ibScam? belligerents That Edenio eject ment shows us ns nothing else ever could that idloness or only a f?w min ...ttte? of employment a day ar? doom ^^>O??rthiow. Put it down among yojtfr blessing? Instead of your mis fortunes that you have to work hard with brain or hand or foot or all three ?f them. How many men do you know worth $2?0,000 who sro devout and conse crated and humble end generous and ?employing their means for the world's redemption? You could count them up oar? the fingers of your two hands, even if by accident or war you had test one or two of your fingers. As to the realm of personal attractive MS?, how many women radiant of count enanco and graceful of form do you know who aro unaffected and nat: Tillman on Child Labor. Tho following lottor from Sonato Tiiuuan oxplains itself: . Unitod Statos Bonato, Wa?lrngton, I). 0.. Doo. 5, 1900. Mrs. JKliraboth L. Baldwin, Ono of tl King'f- Daughters, 1815 N. Gatos Si Ooluirhia. S. 0. Dour Madam: I havo your lottor Deo. 2d. I sjmpathizo heartily in tl effort tn provont ohildron hoing put work in factories at suoh an oarly ag and would gladly soo an aot pannoo ! tho genoral assombly suoh as tl Kine's Daughtors had introduood ls sossion. Ohild labor suoh as you dosoribo mu result in rapid dotorioratfou of tho subjected to it, and I bid you Go speed in your oifort to soouro login! lion that will prevent it. Tho dovolo mont of tho ootton mill industry Bouth Carolina has boon phonomox and thoro is a disposition on tho pe of the leglslatuTO to lot woll onoui alono, at least for tho prosont, but tho good women of tho Stato will ta tho mailor in hand and systomatioal organizo and go to work thoy will suoooBflful in the long run, fetal ?T?MMW* udl ftow >.> Hr* Goo\ using beauty ??r th? bttUriutmt o? th? world ?ad not Xor selfish purpose?? I only t?ko th? risk of asking th? question ?nd l?avo to jrou th? risk o? answering- it. These thing? I say to show you that in order to h?V? tho promis* of tho text ful filled Itt your cese lt io not necessary ?ou har? phenomenal worldly success. Notice ?IBO that God give? th? righteous th? power to extraot good out of ?vii and by a divine chemistry to ohang? th? bitter Into tho sweet and th? harmful into tho beneficial. Tho promise that lt ?hall he well with you doe? not Imply that you are to bo fro? from trouble. There ls no escape from that. Wo all haro fnmtly rela tions, and ?orno of them will be mak ing exit from this worjd, so that be reavement is tho universal inherit ance. So also is financial loss. The difference between tho prospered and those not prospered is the difference in the amount they can afford to lose. Th? more wealth a man has th? more he can los?, but ono man can afford to lose a million dollars where anoth er man cannot afford to loso ono dol lar. . On larger or ?maller scalo all auffor financia! !os?: Amid tho rapid ity of th? revolutions of the wheel of national and international finance monetary perplexity 1? as common as day or night. Bo also misinterpretation and slan der ?ame to all who livo notlve Urea. Our aotlons, thoroughly honest and aboTo board, may como under sus picion. Every courtroom at every term of court hear? illustrations of the de lusion of what is called circumstan tial ovidence. Innooent men ru o fined or imprisoned or electrocuted because of an unfortunate conjunction of .rents. What is true in courtrooms 1? truo in all circle? of domestlo or Bocliil or politioal or official lifo, You hare been misunderstood and misrep resented or will be misunderstood and misrepresented. Then how cnn my text be true? My explanation is this: The man without any divine grace in his heart finds in these troubles irri tation and unbelief and melancholia and despair. A Christian man finds in them submission and enlarged view? and divino support and reconsecra tion. Bereavement to the worldling brings hard thoughts of God and a re ?istance so violent It dare? not fully express itsolf. Bereavement bringo to the Christian the thought of heavenly reunion nnd ft more1 oomp)?t* laying hold of God, and a more tender appre ciation of th? divine presence, and deeper gratitud* that we wt re per mitted to have tho departed ono so long, and a more lively sympathy for th? sorrow? of others and anothor evi dencio o? God's love, for "whom the Lord loveth ho ehastonsth." Pinanolal los?, which I just now ?aid 1? sure to oom?, never breaks up a man who has strong faith in God. In most oases it is a loss of surplus or it is tho banishment of luxuries. Most of th? wants of tho prosperouo olasses ar? artificial wanto. The late Mr. Ar mour of th? $60,000,000 estate pointed to ono of his clerks on ordinary salary and said i ''That man ha? a better ap petite than I, sleeps better nights and enjoys lifo more than I do." Oh, the gigantic miseries of those who have too muoht A man in Solomon's tim? expressed as philosophic and reason able a wish aa any man of those times or of our times. His nam? was Agur, ?nd ho offered a prayer that ho might nover have a superabundance or n deficit, crying out: "Give me neither poverty nor riches." On the one aide no had soon th? awful struggle of the poor to get food aud clothes and shel ter and to oduoate their children, and on th? other side ho had seen the gouty foot and tho indigestion, and tho insomnia, and the anxiety nbout large investments, and the threatened paresis often characteristic of those who are loaded up and loaded down with too many suocesses, Those peo* plo who are generally called the mona ds-that ls, th? most of folltir-havo th? things absolutely necessary for their well boing. They have no Mu rilloson their wall, nor a "Belshazzar's Feast" in tho dining room, nor a pair of $8,000 eorrels at their doorway. But they have something whioh those superabundantly supplied seldom have. They have better health becauso, be ing compelled to walk, they get the necessary exercise, and, their diet be ing limited to plan food, they do not suffer from midnight salads and aro not victimized by rare caterers. They retiro for wholesome sleep at the very hour in which ?thors aro leaving thoir homes for tho dance or the osvd party. They will sleep tho last sleep just as well in the plain graveyard a? thos? who har? over them an arch of soulp turod granite in costliest necropolis .r most historical abbey. The reason so many people ar? mis erablo is booaus? they do not let well enough alone. They ar? in on? occu pation and BOO its annoyanaos and so change to another occupation and find as many annoyances, if not more. They liv? in on? place and know it? unoomfortablo environments and move into another plao? whioh ha? just a? many limitations. Their investment? yield them four per cont, and they ?oil out to maka Investments that will yield ten per cent, and los? all. Bet tor settle down and stop fretting about yourself and th? world. Do any o? its fully realise th? feat that God give? us three things in un limited supply, although no formula of prayer that I ever heard reoognizes them-water, air and sunlight? Water by th? ri vorf nil. Water by th? Inker ul. Water by the ocean ful. Some for ablu tion, some for slaking of thirst, som? for baptistery, som? for fountain? and aquariums. I never appreciated what a wonderful thing water is until last summer I atood by tho fountains before and around the emperor's palaeo at Pa? torhof, Russia. I had bean familiar with th!? wonderful element of natur? from childhood, having been horn on tho banks of the bonutiful Karita* and as a barefooted boy dabbled In th? brook near my father's house. But I io of Ito to o W ho itit tat BO id<? 1? P in ml ut *h. if ko ly bo I do not know what ftotivo suppor I can givo you, as my duties boro v?il not allow mo to bo in tho Stato whoi tho logislaluro is in eosaion, but what over influer.no my nanio may give i your? to uso AB you soo flt. Thoro aro to agonoios you havo t oonibat--~<ho mill owners who omplo: tho children booftuso they got thon for small wagos, and the paronts wh aro oarlopfl of thoir ohild's wolfaro, fl that it ia earning somothing, Tory oi ton to support tho adult in ldlonoso. Tko working of ohildron, of tondo yoars, in mills injures thom both phy nicftlly and mein tally, tho good sonso c tho Stato will ?0 declaro wh ono vor th question is properly prosontod. Washing you Godspood, Yours vory sinooroly, (Signod) H. It. Tillman. Death in Tho Storm. During ft sovoro snow storm in Live poolsomo tolophono wiro? foll in tho Loi don road and ornoo into oontaob with a ovorhoftd oleoti io wiro. Two poop woro killed and 14 injured. tttrtff rcallE?fl ?util last snmmtr w*. viator ?ould do in play, or in strang* oap/loa, or beautification, or whes .limbing'tho ladder o? th? light, OJ ?when skillful workmen, took hold of ll to toss it, or whirl lt, or shape it into crowns, or hoist lt into columna, 01 "spring it into archeB, or lift it int? stars, or turn it into crescents, or build lt into temples. You forget you evei' ?aw the lesa glorious waters ct Chat? worth, England, or Versailles, France, as you stand in thc balcony of th? pal* ace overlooking the Finland gulf, be* ?wildered and transported SB you loos at tho one display called the Golden Stairway fountain. The water roi!? down over 84 steps one foot high and SO feet long. AU of these 24 steps art covered with sheets of burnished gold Silver step of thc water on stairs ol goldi What a glee of liquidai Holling, dashing, foaming, enrapturing splen* dors! Chorus of floods! Poetry of wa?, terni Doxology of torrents! lint thal which most impressed rn? there and elsewhere is the abundance of water, tho fact that there arc so many wateri that the continents can afford to throw them away into the sea, Hudsons and Chios, Oregons and Amazons, Rhine* and Danube? and Volga?, und so abun dan t that the earth cnn aft'ord to hart Us oceans etaporale into the heavens Mediterraneans and Atlantics and Pa? olflcs. How rich tho earth is with wa ters! Rest beverage of all thc nations, for after the richest banquet, with thi rlehest beverage? evoryono wants at least a sip of it-water, cool water God descended water! With still more abundance is the ali distributed. An earth full of it. A ?ky full of it. Swiftest and strongest engl? cannot Ay so high a* not te have lt in the nostril or under the wing. And what affluence of aunUghtl No one but the infinite God could dispense so much of it. The golden oandlcstiok set on the blue mantel of the heavenal 80 great that the Almighty is compared to it, the psalmist orying out: "The Lord God is a sun." It is high tim? that w\ recognize in our liturgie? and in our formulas of prayer tho three most abundant blessings of tb? universe which come to all. Some scientists are now dismissing the opening of communication be tween our earth and the pl a not. Mare. .^Experiments nra being made, but they will not succeed. Wo ennnot build a fir? large enough to nttraot the at? tant ion of that world or lift a lens powerful enough to ace any response interstellar. Wo ?lo not positively know that that world ia occupied by living beings, or that if it is occupied communication with them would ba desirable. It might not be so good a world AS thia, and thus communica tion with it would bo dobnaing. But I rejoice to know that Heaven is in touch with other world?, for their Improvement and a depot for glorious arrivals. It is a thoroughfare between this world and that world and a com ing and going perpetual. Going ont o thia world ia as natural as eomtng in to it, but tb? ono is with pang and the other is with raptur? if we ar? fitted for the uplifting procoss. It .hall be well with you. Now, do not get so frightened about that asthma or that cough or that influenza o* that threatened pneumonia. Th? worst thing that fatal disease can do is to usher you into coronation and enthronement. It shall bo well with you. Take as good care of your health as you can, have all the sanitary laws, keep in this world as long as you are permitted to stay and then when the heavenly call comes be glad to go. I do not caro much about what, your "last words" aro going to be.--People put 'too muoh emphasis, on "last words." I woud rather know what your words are now," in days of health and with mental faculties in full plaj -your words of kindness, your words of sympathy, your words of helpful? ness, your words of prayer. So live that if you do not aay a word during the last day of your life there will be no doubt here about the place of your destination. You will go right into saintly, prophetic, evangelistic, apos tolic, cherubic, seraphic, archnngello, deifio presence. It shall be well with you. Mother, you will go right up into the posses sion of the babe that the scarlet fevor or croup took out of your arms, a sorrow that still stings you, ond you often say sho would now be so many years old if she had lived. You will go into the presence of the old folks, for I hope you are of Christian an cestry, and you will find that they have no dimness of sight or halting gait that requires a ?taff, for they nave taken a draught from the foun tain of perpetual youth that springs from under the throne of God. Oh, the blissful companionship of Heaven In which you shall entert It ehall be well with you. I ring this bell of emancipation and triumph. I like the way the sexton rings tho bell of the old country meeting house. I used to (stand ?nd admire him pulling the rope of that bell, ne rings it n good while, so that every farmhouse within five mlle? hears it, He may halt a moment to take breath and glv? the sweet sounds time to stir up all the cohoes of the hills. And when he ls old and not strong enough to pull the rope any more, then he ?its and lis tens while his son rings the church bell. 80 my tn vt, seems a bell of in vitation and victory. I began to ring it Li the opening of this discourse. I faope to ring lt as long as I live, and may those who come after us kesp en /luffing it till those farthest off from God ahall come into tho great templo of Gospel comfort and all the weary put down their burdons at its altar and find that peace which the world can neither give nor take away. Three times more I ring it. It ehall be weill It shall be weill It shall be well!_ Wot Dspendabls. Te ache v-And why should we es> deavor to risc by our own efforts? Johnnie IVISJ-'CRUSO there's no Ull in' when the alarm clock will go wrong,-Haltlmoro American. t Soldiers In the Philippines. 1 Tho offioisl report of Ooh 01iarlfl9 ll 3 Greonloaf, ohiof Burgoon, recently put . lisnod, oontains nome intorosting an s offioisl faots about tho mortality an sioknoss among our troops in tho Pail ippinos that merit, attontion. Ho call 0 attontion first to tho faot that on Jul 9 1, 1?0O, thoro woro 375 dif?oront poe! 1 in tho islands eaoh requiring a floparat 0 garrison, and that snob greatly dil P tributed troopa neooBBitatod a niuo * largor modioal foroo than would bo r< quirod to eorvo tho samo numbor < r troops oonoontratod at a fow pointa. Ii Bayas if Tho "flick roporta" show that fi 0 Hovon months, from January 1,1000, < July 31,1000, tho ratio of "nonoffc tivos" avoragod 8 84 por oont. In Jun 1000. whon tho strongth of tho am was 63,284, tho number of "non-effo tivce" was 6,503, or 8 70 por oont. 1 January, 1900, tho tot?, strength wi 63,428, and the numbor of "non offo r. tlvcB" was 5,590, or 8 81 por oont, ] j. tontmnl diBoasos (including typho n. fovot) oaufl? 35 por cent of ibo tot 10 disabilities, malarial fovor 23 por 00 and wounds about 10 por oont, It Om CARJANISHES* UH AVES THE MIDDLE OF A TRAIN, AND THE CONDUCTOR 18 BAFFLED? . Train Couples Again, and Complete* Its Tourney With-Out Leaving It?? ?JDHU ei..,">-1 -v__ tho Conduotor Toll? tho Story* The mo3t remarkable of all railroad accidents occurred ou tho Chicago & Alton railroad near Atlanta, 111., when ft loaded car jumped out of n freight train and lodged lu a ditch and tho train coupled up and roached Ita des tination without tho crow either know ing that an accident had occurred or missing tho car from tho train. Charles Bragncll, of Roodhouso, Iii.,' tho oouductor tho train, tells tho story. He sftys: "When I delivered my train I waa told I was a car Bhort. I thought a mlstnko must have been *mado hi checking me np. I WAS called up for an explanation. Tho clerical record* showed plainly enough that I had tak? en out of East St. Louis a car of hard cool that I had nover dollvered. I had lost it somo placo between Kost St. Louts and Bloomington. I couldn't ex? pia in it. We had made up a heavy train, put two engines in front of lt and a caboose behind it, and when I delivered it would havo sworn that lt Btood just as wo had made lt up, and Hint every ear left or added along tue line was accounted for. "The next morning ono of the passen ger crews reported a coal car wrecked lu I he ditch near Atlanta. When it was looked tip lt proved to be the car I lind lust. Tho superintendent asked me why I had not reported thc wreck. It was nows to me nnd lt was news to the whole crow. Wc knew nothing about it. It seemed impossible that it could have occurred and not liavo boor, seen, but it did. If I had rend of such a thing happened upon another road I would not. have behoved lt. "Tho onr that jumped out of my train wns the.clovcnth behind the engine. It was loaded with hard coal and I sup pose wo were running something over twenty miles ah hour when tho car jumped out. The train ws coupled up with automatic couplers, and when the car loft Its place the twelfth car, Just behind it, caine up and coupled on nt the rear of tho tenth car." Tho Chicago & Alton experts have agreed that this remarkable loss of a car out of the mlddlo of a rapidly-run ning train of twenty-one loaded cars can be explained in but one way. The flange of a front truck wheel upon tho esr wrecked is broken, and jual below whore the car lodged the ties uro marked as though by a car off tho track. Tho couplers catch with whot ls commonly known as "the Indian grip," catching automatically. ' Whon the flange of the coal enr broke, lt la reasoned, tho car left thc track at that end and uncoupled Itself from tho car ahead by pulling one of the couplers, or hands, below tho plane of tho other. At( the same timo the couplov nt tho ot lier end sank below the plane of its mate and uncoupled the car there, and, by .uno peculiar wrench, tho uncOu pied ear wns shot out of the tralu und fell fifty feet from the track, while the ralninen were all unconscious how near they lind been to a bad wreck and death. It ls related among railroad men that an occurrence very*like that at Atlanta happened years ago on the Lehigh Val ley. where a car left Its train and rolled down a long embankment and into a thick underbrush just leafing lu early summer. The trainmen did not see the car go and lt was not known that they had lost lt until tho train was checked up nnd a car proven missing. In a lit tle while the greening vegetation en tirely hld lt and ?tho disappearance 6f the car of valuable merchandise be- . carno tho chief mystery qf hie roqd. j When tho leaves fell in the, autj^ji^ cor wa? found and tho freight whlco J filled lt was recovered with very little j loss. The lost car of the Lehigh syns not, though, as remarkably lost ns. the Chicago & Alton car, for .tho Lehigh car was the lost upon the train and could easily escape, whlje the Chicago & Alton car left the middle of the train. Aristocrats In Trade. The Duke of Northumberland, the heir of nil the Percys, with a direct de scent from one of William I's favor ites, has a reputation for excellent but-' ter, says Tlt-Blts, and the ducal brand ls In great demand within a radius of many miles from Lyon House, Brent ford. The most noble tho Marquis of Ripon, has an ideal dalry at his seat, Studley Royal; and Its products, yellow buttor and delicious cream, are sold In two dairy shops, one In Leeds and the other In Ripon. Another marquis still botter known In tho world of trade ls IiOrd London derry, whose coal ls as unimpeachable as his family escutcheon. Timo was when the Karl of Hardwicke, ns Viro count Royston,, was ft cigar merchant. Ile has now transferred his energies to Capel Court, and ls half stock brok er and half newspaper ownor. The Earl of Harrington supplements his Income from 18,000 acres by the profits of a green grocery shop at Char ing Cross, to which the fruits and veg etables grown at his Derby seat, El vaston Castle, find their way. ' The Earl of Ran furly has for many yenrs been an active and successful fruit grower at Moldura, Vitoria. His farm there ls tho envy and pride of the fruit colony, and Its condition is duo very largely to tho Earl's own per sonal work on lt. - Tho seventeenth Earl of Caithness has been literally nursed ns a former, and ls prouder of his American ranch, covering over twenty square miles, tho fruit of his years of hard work, than of his Earl's coronet. The last Earl of Seafield was a balllf and small farmer In New Zealand, nnd his successor, the young Earl of to-day, Is also engaged lu Industrial pursuits at Oamaru. Tho late Viscount Hampden, when he was released from the exacting post of Speaker of the House of Commong turned his attention to milk and buttery and his Glynde dairy was noted for-Ita excellence. "George," sha hissed, "do you know anything that reilocts on the lifelong Integrity of my fnthert" "Do yon think," bo grimly answered, "that I would tackle him Cor yomr hand it 1 dirtntr estimated that 44 poy cont of tho total non-c??ootivo fovoo BU flora from diooaao whioh ia provontablo by improved sanitation. All sioknoss ia tho Philip pinoB, as in othor tropioal oountrios. produces an oifoot on tho gonorai ooonomy, says OoloDol Gfponloaf, that doon not follow similar ?ioknoB? in tho tomporato rogions, sapping vital forces which aro not roatoro? by natural pro* 00BB0B. Tho ofloot of illness is cumu lative, tho patient booowing disablod permanent ly. A prvtiont imtforing from miliaria is sometimes ourod by removal to a sanitary point in tho island, but oven af tor rooovory roi nf cation with malaria frequently follows, and in many iestancoB man oithor dios or has to bo invalided home. Rheumatism is praotio* ally incurable, while completo reoovorji from intestinal disoaflo is ararooxcop tlon, In tho language of tko August? Obroniolo this is a bright outlook foi the pension roll of tho future, not tc spoak of tho thousands of hohltlwihnt torod mon who are to bc roturnod to this country after thoir novvlco in tin Philippine:!. As regards tho propel food to bo used in tho tropics, tho ollie! f?nr? to Bown * Philosoph??. A playful guet of wind oatno alonft and ploked off his hat. It wne of th? straw brand, vlntngo of 1900*, alreudy out of dote, although still quite pro* ?entablo in appearance. That hat just got up on its rim and bowled merrily along the sidewalk, whllo the usual number of feet and caneo were thrust out to cheek its progress. ?'Never mind," called out the owner ot the hat, cheerfully, "i'm going that way, anyhow." So-he walked on lu the hat's wake without any hurry aud overtook it within a block. Then it rolled into a gutter, which was dirty. This would have disconcerted anyone oxcept a philosopher. "Never mind," ?sid ho again, ns he gave tho hat' a careless brush and pitt it on his head. "I was going to get a new hat to-morrow, uuyhow!"-Chi cago Tribune. Th? Beat-Loved Womnn, The world loves A true and noble woman moro than tho greatest beau ty that ever lived or tho most brilliant Intellect. Within tho memory of every one there aro noble, womanly lives, which have been dearer and bet ter to us than the most brilliant wom en of history. Not for the beauty of a Helen of Troy or a Cleopatra, nor for tho brilliancy of a George Sand or a Joan of Aro would wo sacrifice these lives. Indeed, if we had to choose between ono or the other, we would wipe from tho slate of history thoso historio characters rather than destroy tho sacred influences of a noblo mother, sister or wifo which havo slmped and formed our careers, j-A. 8. Atkinson, M. D., in Woman's Home Companion. Jamnion'i Cleft Mountain. In Jamaica th ero 1B a mountain, between Kingston and St. Thomas in the east, on the south Bide of thc is land, whioh bears tho name of Judg ment mountain, or Mount Sinai, be cause of tho awful catastrophe which occurred there in 1092, by an earth quake. In the distrlot of St. Andrew only one houso was left standing. A mountain some 4,000 feet high was cleft perpendicularly for 800 or 1,000 feet from the summit, ns smoothly cut as the housewife's knife could cut down through a cheese. Tho slice of the mountain thrown oiT covered 1,000 acres in its fall, burying houses and herds and flocks and 13 persons.-N. Y. Times. Voi ar!(?un IHnln find Flaues. Birds aro big enters. The much admired robin can givo points to most of his kind. Ho can easily manage two-thirds of his weight in earth worms in a day. The common pigeon goes one better. Ho consumes his own weight in grain within a day. Fish aro great gluttons. A single American bluefish linn been known to kill and partially devour ton great cod, each as big ns himself, in rapid succession. London Mail. Siana. "I shouldn' be surprised if I done sold dat mule aftuh all," remarked Uncle Rasberry. "Is you got any offers?" "No. But I's gwlnter git one purty soon. Deacon Thompson stops hyuh every yuthuh day an' was'es half an hour telliu' mo 'bout whut a no 'count animal lt is. An' de deacon docsn' put in his time wifout'n he's got an oh? Jeot."-Washington Star. ft'Addlnar for Footmen'* Cnlyes. "i.V.'9JD3 ?i the greatest, essentials, with regard to the recommendation of--a' London footman ls not only his height, but tho size and form of his legs. To suit the needs of those who have not been gifted with a well-formed leg the livery-makers supply artificial calves whioh pad out the legs to a respectable size. A pair of these pad? eout about $1.28.-N. Y. Post. lint et ?oort One. "What are you bxiying ah those traps for?" "Doctor's orders. He toll? me I need a little recreation and insists that I should go duck-hunting with him." "Huht Seems to me that's a sort of quack remedy."-Philadelphia Press. No Consolation There. "There, now, Clara, how would you like to bo theso people who can't get home from Paris because their funda gave out?" "Well, dear me, Clnrence, they are better off than we ore, whose funds gave out beforo we got started."-In dianapolis Journal. A Sad Cns?. Mrs. Hogan-Thot little ephalpnne av a Jerry Horrigan muBht be a bad penny entoirely. Mrs. Duggan-Ph wy? "Shure, he's bin th' manes av makin' his poor wolfs a conflr-rmed husband bater."-Puck. Her ICxplamatton. George-How is lt, Cousin Cidra, that you gav? your age to the oensus enumerator as 22, when wo were both born In the same year and I am 31? Clara-Oh, that is easily explained. You have lived muoh faster than I.-. Chicago Doily News. How It Impressed Her. Old lady-Just think,- only one mis sionary for 10,000 cannibals. Young Lady-Dear met They must have very small appetites or very big missionaries]-Woman's Journal. Bat Hot Sufiwr-Conted. A man who marries a disagreeable woman for the sake of her money swallows a bitter silver-coated pill. Chioago Daily Nows. Womnn'i ?rent Poaseaalon, Men havo strength, but women har? taotWshicago Daily New*. Burgoon pointa out that tho "soldio oravos and goto, in ono way if not an othor, (ho food ho has boon aoou?tomc? to eat at home and oats it frooly. H wanta moat twico or thrice, a day an ho oata bacon or usos it in hia ooo-kin who no vor ho can got it. He will no uso rioo oithor aa a ataplo or as an ac ccBBory to his diot." Tho ratio of doatha from dine ap oomparofl with tiiono duo to wounds i about it to 1, and tho rato of moralit ia 26.7 por thousand por annum. "A time progroBBoa," deolaroa. tho ohio surgeon of ibo army of oaooimjdori "and the mon booomo moro and mor debilitated by tropical sorvioo, tho mor marked will bo tho ratio of doutha. Th noit-proyontable ,diaeaaoa 'will booom more severo in typo and moro intraol able.'1 Wo would advino our youn mon bofero thoy volunteer for nowie in the Philippinen to study tho ntato monta abovo made. po you oatoh oold easily? Dr. Saw yer'fl Wild Cherry und Tar oure oold In 24 hours. It Veliovea tho irrl tationof the throat and hoad and prr vento Pneumonia. A Oi'i'M ?tojoimlcr. A well-known business wan who ls afflicted with th* unfortunate ami'too painfully common delusion that he poa? Besses unusual literary attainments, especially in the line of poetry, 1s an in veterate smoko r. The other day he was complaining of nervousness to a friend, upon whom he has inflicted many Of his productions, ?nd he attributed his condition to an overindulgence In to b?ceo. "Yet," he added, "lt helps me out wonderfully in my literary work. My old pipe ls a great soother., Do you know that often when I am lost for an in spiration nil I have to do is to light my pipe und the most' beoutiful word pic tures come to me. Actually, I don't be lieve I could write without my pipe." "Well, for Heaven's Bake, stop smok ing," quickly interposed the suffering friend.-Detroit Free Press. Thlnklnic Ucqtnlred In Architecture. Ono very great drawback to good architecture is in thc defective edu cation of many of our architects. Some of them have never learned to think in tho terms of their material. "Design" is thc divinity of the prac titioner; "rendering," the fetich of thc student. Thc sketch !s essential ly at thc bottom of the activity of ?ither. But good architecture rest? on a basis of logic: it calls for straight thinking applied to materials and carried on in materials. But these, by reason of new scientific dis coveries and new mechanical appli ances, become yearly more discordant and incongruous, and thc logical de fects that have been apparent ever since architecture ceased to bo a liv ing ort, 400 years ago, are daily grow ing greater still.-Saturday livening Post. Way? of the Lord Illftltop. . Dr. Mundell Creighton, tho present lord bishop of London, gets about with remarkable alacrity, and crowds more work into a day than a smart journal ist. Ile rarely has time to prepare his speeches carefully, and many of them are made up in his carriage while on the way. His letters avernge GO a day,< or nearly 22,000 a year, and these are all read and answered. Then Ihero are committee meetings, ordinations-in fact, it would bo easier to catalogue what tho lord bishop of London does not do than what he does. He is not a teetotaler, he smokes, he likes a good play, and he spends his holiday in lit tle Italian villages, where he throws work to the winds, and prowls about the hills doing nothing. - Chicago Times-Herald. Chinese I.iiiiumuvo it Fnrnilox. Paradoxical though it may sound, we ore strictly within the limits of ac curacy when we say that Chinese is, flt the same time, the simplest and most difficult language in the world; most simple from the absence of t h o tc gram matical rules and inflectional forms which vox the student of European languages, most difficult becauso of the combination of different languages, andi nil known as Chinese. The "book" Chinese is never spoken, while the col loquial in written form would merit the supreme contempt of the average Chinese student and supercilious schol ar.-Lipplncott's Magazine. It Would Flt. .I am very much afraid," said the purchaser, doubtfully, as he surveyed himself and the clothes in the glass, "that this suit is too large for me." "Eet is too large now," said Abra ham Isaacs; "dat I viii acknowledge, but ven you vears dat sult'outslde you viii feel so. big dat it viii be a porfeot flt."-Detroit Free Press. fQxplOntve Spirit? of Ammonia. The fnot that spirits of ammonia and Wood alcohol ave both apt to explode in hot weather is not generally known. A. miner who recently picked up his bottle of ammonia to uso for a wasp sting had one eye permanently injured by the explosion of the ammonia while shaking the bottle preparatory to ap plying it to the sting.-Chicago Chron icle. The Very Lntcat. Sunday School Teacher-God first made tho world and all the beasts and the birds. Now, what was the last thing ho created? Willie Green-Why, I guess it's the brand-new baby that carno to our house Friday. I ain't heard of any thing later.-Philadelphia Press. . A Chip. Mark-I saw that little boy of yours to-day. Burroughs-Did you? Think he's like me? "Very much." "Do you, really?" "Yes; he askod me for some money." -Philadelphia Press. Slow About Gofnff. "It lins always been ray rule," said Mr. Boram, "to spend as I go." "Indeed," exclaimed Miss Sharpe, glancing significantly at the clock. "In that way I suppose you have saved considerable money." - Philadelphia PreBB. On the Contrary. Vane Olory-I hope Swainston said nothing about mc the other night, old chap? Cecil Swarvc-Not a word, old man. In fact, we had quito an interesting little ohat.-Judy. HU aift-antlo Intellect. She-What aro you thinking about, Harry? He-Nothing. "Aren't you afraid of overtaxing your brain, dear?" - Detroit Free Pre sb. A Wall from Kxperlenee. Carter^- I'll tell you what it is, old mp.n, wife beating is an awful thing. Marter-Maybe, but I don't think it's half as bad as having a wife that you know you can't bent.-Boston Courier. Paying the Piper. Earl Itoborta says ho will noed overy soldier ia South Afrio* for tho noxt two Ivo mon thu and will ?Bk tho house of common for 1350,000,000 during tho onsuing financial yoar, in addition to what had already boon votod for the war. And yot iOngland has 1,003.005 paupers to support by public taxation. Evidently tho British stfttonmnn hag nomothing to think ovor Just now. PITTB? AKTISEPTIB III?! Oura* La Qrlppe, dyapopaia, lndlgasiloi and all stomach and bowel troubles, ?olio OP abalara mortui?, tithing troublai, with afeUdren, bldnoy trouble*, bad blood a*d all werta of lores, risings or felons, cats and barns. It la tm goodantbjeptlo, Whoa loaaU; applied, aa anything ou the market. ; Sty U and yan will praise lt to ether? If your druggist deas n't keep it, write to MURRY pUVOt COMPANY, OOMJMKIA, 9, G ; : ; \ vj' -? Mutt Go to Prit on Tho Charleston Post says William E. Brooso bf Asheville, N. C., formerly of Charleston, whore ho was conneoted with prominent banks, must go to tho United States penitentiary for a term of ton years for fraud* ulont transactions in the ad ministration of tho First Nation al Bank of Asheville, of which ho was president. Breese was convicted in tho Federal District Court of North Carolina two! yoars ago, but made appeal to the Circuit Court of Appeals. A decision has now been handed down in this court, " remanding tho case to the District Court with order that sen tonco he pass ed. . Unless tho case is appealed to the Supreme Court, Breese will bo sent to the penitentiary. Tho Post says Breese is well known in Charleston, whore ho was born and raised. Ho was also well-known through Wost ern North Carolina, whore, by reason of his position as presi dont of the bank, he had exten sive connections. Ho was quito a ligure in Asheville during tho ton years or so of his bank's .operations, and made large in vestments in real estate. The exposition of his criminal trans actions caused a great sensa tion in Asheville, and the fool ing against him was very strong among his many victims. Since the trial and pending decision of his appeal, Brceso has been liv ing at Brevard, N. C.? bail bav in g been granted him. This isl the end of a sad chapter in the I lifo of a man who started lifo with the brightest prospects. Coal Burners. Tho oonburuption of ooo! by tho big A.Ui\i.t:o st( amera is an ut renting mt )eot<f study. Tho fnstcbt ptasreg r stoancr in tl o wold in tho D iutml, land, uhich 1 m o ade 684 union a day, with 9 ooDtuniniion of 670 tone of ooa1, aim- BC a ton a milo, vvhilo tho Kaiser Wilholm has Rindo 53C milpa oo 600 tsir.a nf "st. 1 T?k~ rVtltt< riki-li ?JO -x .wuij ... vvs. ..... uuuiruMuuu r ou itub louder than thc Kaiser Wilholm, or (?80 feet, and ono foot wider. It has s dis placement of 23 OOO tons and onsincs of 35,000 hone p?w< r, whilo ibo Kaiirr Wilhelm is of 20,000 tonn and 28,000 horse pow er. Trio Luoinia. tho queen of thc Cunardrrs, urn kop f)G2 miles on 475 tons cf ooah Tho bt Pani, tho fatn? at American ship, made 640 m>loa on 30ft tor s of coal, which ahna-a ho* exnomivo fa?-t mi-amers aro. For evory additional tu lc of spot d cho conuimp tion cf ooal mu?t ho gr? a ly icc oaind Bumed to Death. A dispatoh from McCormick to tho Augusta Chronicle ?aye: Tho little sixjearold dauuhter of our fellow townt-uuaD, Mr. Torn Kcgemor Iud thc miBfortunn to meet with quito a sad doath WodncBday m ming. Sho wa* a anding too near a oro built out in tho yard when fror-clothing oj-uttht thc ?nd ?ho was HO B( V'Tcly. buri o<l before the (he could ho ex'incui hod ?hat d a*hrc su'tod at 4 o'olook thia morning. Fvery eifoit WAH mado by her phybicians to aavo her but tho moat ihat-could bo done vns to roliovc in 4. moaauro her sufferings. M rn, J li Harmon, a neighbor who wa? tho first to roach her, 40H eevcroly bumed \ in making a hcro:c (Hort to extinguish tho flamop. Tho Moral. Tho CharloBton Post fays Sotator ? Oaimaik of Ten no seo, who was ro j oeiiily oh eted to Miooocd Sena*or Tur ley, wa?, six j oars ago, tho editor of u Mjnphii paper. Ile put tho pip. r in oi position to the ooovr- r-Bmau of the dist i iot and t at f.o tlotnau uocur< d Carmack's die ni h sal lrom tho editorial chair. Tho dr piBcd cdiior then went in to heat tho oooRrcosmao on his own grtund, and ho suooeedod, defeating I him for tho nomination on tho first trial, though tho congressman was considered all powerful io tho distriot. Aftor eorving two tenon in tho houao, Carmaok was olootod to tho sonato, a m n th ago, and will luke his Beaton tho 4'.h of Maroh. Mon-mot key with tho oditor. Beware of Ointments for Catarrh that Contain MOT our y as morcury will surely destroy thoiooao of (mell and oomplotoly dcrango tho whole t.j ste ni when entering it through tho muoouB ?urfocos. Suoh antioles ?hould ne vor bo used exeopt on proscrip tions from roputablo physicians, as tho damago thoy will do u ten fold tn tho good j ou can possibly dorivo from them. Hall's Catarrh Cure, manufaou'urod by fc\ J. Chenoy & Co., Tolodo, O , oon tainb no mcroury, and ie tiken inter ally, sating directly upon the blood and muoous Burfaoos of tho systoin. In buy ing Hall's Catarrh Cure bo turo you trot thc genuine It ia token internally, and mario in To'odo, Ohio, by F. J Chenoy & Ce. Testimonials ftoo. tioJd by Druggists, pi io J 76O. per bottle HaIPp Family Pills are tho boat Passed tho, Sonato. Thc ohild labor bill passed the 8 n ato on Friday, the voto hoing as fol lows: For thc bill;-Aldrioh. Blatancy, Brant! ry, Br'cc, Oaughm n, Qhno, Gru ber, Henderson, JHjdriok, liotrton, Manning, Marshall, Mayfield, MoD.ir mott, Mocro, Ragsdalo, Williams-17. Against tho bill:-Appolt, Brown, Dean, Donnis, Douglas, Gaines, Good win, Horndon, Hough, Livingston, Mower, Barratt, Btanland, {Sullivan, Talbird, Walkor-16 Ortman the EXpress 8t6am Dyeing of erery description. Steam, Nap thu, Frenoh ?ry and chemical cleansing. Beia? foy our now price Hst sad circular. AU work:E|ar' unteed or BO charge. p% OrtniBH's Steam Dys Werks 1810 Main Street ?OLUM3BIA, 8. O . A. Vi Ortman? Proprietor. SawMills, Coi ii Milis, Cane Mills, Ric e Hullers, Pea Hilliers, Engines? Boilers, Planers and Matchers? Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kindn of wood working machinery. My for geant Log Boam 8aw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for the money on the market, quiok, accurate. . State Agent for H. B. Smith Maohine Company wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain Blide valve-Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and Struthers and Wells. V. 0. 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Gibbes & Co., MACHIN KR Y and MILL 8UPVMK8 8(14 ttt-rvftis Street, OOLUMBIA. H. O Murray's Aroma tie louth Wash VV hi tenn tue Teeth Cleanses, the Mouth SwwHeno th?* Breath The Murray Drug Co-, COLI MBI A N 0. OLD NORTH BTATB OINT. MENT, the Great Antiseptic Healer, ouyes Piles, Koeema, Sore Byes, Granulated Eyelids, ?arbuno?es, Bolls, Outs, Bruis es, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, Inflammatory Rheumatism, Aohoa and Pains, Chapped Han&s and Lips, Erysipelas. It is something everybody needs, Onoe used always used; For sale by all druggists and dealers. At wholesale by THE MURRAY ?RUO CO., Columbia, B C For Infanta and ?Mlor??,