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A Ro?rot, Oh, fl?uW wobul h&vOB?ou, whilo; thoy woro oura, Tho gvaoo of tlivyrj forever piimiod away? liad wo but felt thoboauty of tho ?owore That b!oom?vl for UR-boforo thoyknew do* cay; Could w? havo know A how wo shouhl yearn in vain For looks and smiles no moro to great our Bight, Or how tho fruitless (oars would fall Uko rain For hours of sweot oominunlon, vanished quite; Their worth lo us-had wo but bettor known, Thon had wo hold (hom dearer, whilo our own, Had h opt uoi.no aalTOgo from tho joys o'or thrown, Aud lonoUnossitsolt has found us loss r' mc! -Agnes Maulo Machar, In Century. TALMAUK'B HERMON. Dr. Talmage's Di?oourso on tho Orowth and Perfection of Christianity. Although Dr. Talmago was hindered from attonding tho groat annual moot ing of tho ChriBtain Endoavor sooioty at Oinoinnati, his sormon shows him to bo in sympathy with tho groat movo mont; toxt. Amos ix; 13, "Behold tho days como, saith tho Lord, that tho plowman shall ovortako tho rooper." Unablo booauso of othor important dutios to aooopt tho invitation to tako part in tho groat convontion of Christian Endoavororo at Oinoinnati, bogun last wook, I proaoh a sormon of. congratulation for all tho mombors of that magnificent assooiation, whether now gathered in vast assomblago or busy in thoir plaoos of usefulness, transatlantic and oisatlantio, and as it is now harvoBt limo in tho holds and sioklor aro dashing in tho gathoring of a groafc orop, I find mighty Buggostivo noss in my toxt. It is a pioluro of a tropical elimo, with a soason BO prosporous that tho harvest roaohoB olear ovor to tho plant ing time, and tho swarthy husbandman busy cutting tho grain, almost fools tho breath of the bersos On his shoulders, tho horso hitched lo tho plow, prepar ing for a now orop. "Behold tho dnyB como, saith tho Lord, tho plowman shall ovortako tho roa por." Whon is thal? That is now. That is this dav whon hardly havo you dono reaping ono harvost1 of religious roBult than tho plowman is getting roady for anothor. In phraseology oharged with all vonomand abuso ond oarioaturo I know that infields and agnostics havo declar ed that. Christianity has oollapaod: that tho Bible is an obsoleto book; that tho Christian ohuroh is on tho rotrcat. 1 shall answer that wholosalo ohargo to ?ny. r Botwoon 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 fin doavors Bworn boforo high hoavon that they will do all thoy oan to tako Amoroa for God. Europo for God. Asia and Afrioa for God-are not tho sign most ohooring? Or, to roturn to tho agrioultural figuro of my toxt, moro than a million roapors aro overtaken by moro than a million plowmon. BoBidos this, th ore are moro pooplo who bolicvo in tho Biblo than at any timo in tho world's oxistonoo. An Arab guido was loading a Kronen infidel across tho do nor t. and ovor and anon tho Arab guido would got down in tho sand and pray to tho Lord. It disgusted tho Kreuch in ?dol, and after awhile, aa tho Arab got up from ono of his pray Ors, tho in fid ol said, "How do you know thoro is any God?" And tho Arab guido said: . "How do I know that a man and a oamol passod by our tont last night? 1 know it by tho footprint in tho sand. And- you Want lo know ' how I know whothor thevo is any God? Look ot tho sunsot. Is that the footstep of a man?" And by tho same process you and I havo oomo to undotstand that this book io tho footstep of God. But now lot us soo whothor tho book io a last year's almanao. Lot us soo whothor tho ohuroh of God is a Bull Itun rotroat, muskets, oantoons and haversacks strewing all tho way. Thc groat English historian Sharon Turnor, a man of vast loaming and groat ao ouvaoy, nota olorgyman but an attornoy as well as a historian, givoa this ovor wholming statistic in regard to Ohris . tianity and in regard to tho number of Ohristains in tho different oonturios; In the furet oontury 500.000 Ohrislians, in tho second oontury 2.000,000 Chris tians, in tho third oontury 5,000,000 Christians, in tho 'ourth oentury 10, 000.000 Christians, in tho fifth oontury 15,000 000 Christians, in tho sixth oon tury 20,000,000 Ohristains, in tho sovonth oontury 21 000,000 Christians, in tho eight oontury 30,000,000 Chris linns, in tho ninth oontury 40,000,000 Christains, in tho tenth oontury 50, 000,000 Christ ians, in tho olovonth oon tury 70,000,000 Christians, in tho twolth oontury 80,000,0000 Christians, in tho thirteenth oontury 75,000,000 Ohristains, in tho fourteenth oontury 80,000,000 Christiana, in tho fiftoonth oontury 100,000,000 Christians, in tho sixteenth oontury 125,000,000 Chris tains, in tho Boventeonth oontury 155, 000,000 Christians, in tho oightconth oentury 200,000,030 Ohristains-? do oadonoo, a? you observo, in only ono oontury, and moro than nude up in tho following oonturios, wmlo it is tho usual computation that thoro woro at tho oloso of tho ninotoonth oontury 470,000,000 Christians, making us to boliovo that boforo this oontury is clos ed tho millennium will havo starlod its boom and liftod its hosanna. Poor Christianity 1 What a pity it has no friends! How lonesome it must bo! Who ?ill tako it out of tho poorhouso? Poor Christianity! Four hundred mil lions in ono oontury. In a fow wooks of this yoar 2,500,000 oopios.of tho Now Testament distributed. Why, tho oarth is like an old castle with 20 gatos and a park of artillery roady to thundor down ovory gato. Soo how heathendom is be ing surrounded and honoyoombed and attaokod by this all conquering gospel, At tho boginning of too ninotoonth oontury 150 missionaries ; at tho oloso of that oontury 84,000 missionaries and nativo holpors and ovangolists. At tho boginning of tho ninotoonth oon tury thore woro only 50,000 convert?. Now thoro aro ovor 1,000,000 oonvorts from hoathondom. You all know that an important work of an army is to plant tho batteries. It may Uko many days to plant tho bat torios, and thoy may do all tho work in ton minutos. Thoso gospol battorioa aro hoing planted all along tho soaooasts and in all nations, lt may tako a good whilo to plant thom, and thoy may do all their work in ono day. Thoy will, Nations aro to bo born in a day. . Hut just oomo baok to Christendom and rooognizo tho faot that during tho last ton years as many pooplo havo oonnootod thorn sol vos with ovangolioal elm rc hos as -oonnootod thomsolvos with tho ohurohos in tho first 50 yoars of last oontury. So Christianity ia falling baok, and tho Bible, they Bay, is becoming an obso loto book, I go into a court, and whor ovor I find a judgo's bonoh or a olork's dosk I find a Biblo. Upon what book oould thoro ho uttorod too solemnity of an oath? What book is apt to bo put in the trunk of tho young man as ho loavos for olly lifo? -Tho Biblo. What shall I find in nino out of ovory ton homo in this oity? Tho Biblo. In ?ipo out of ovory ton homo In Qhrlotou? dom? Tho Biblo, VoHrdro wroto tho propheoy that tho Biblo in tho nino toonth century would booomo extinct. Tho oontury is gono, and I havo to toll you th*t tho roo"? tn whioh Voltairo wroto that prophooy not long sgo was crowded from ll J or to ceiling with Bi bloa from Switzerland. SuppoEo tho oongross of tho Unitod StatoB should poss a law that thoro shculd bo no moro Biblos printod in Amorioa and no Biblos road. If thoro oro 00,000,000 grown pooplo in tho Unitod State?, thoro would bo 00,000, OOO pooplo in an army to put down o? oh a law and dofond thoir right to road tho Biblo. But supposo tho oon gross of tho United 8 tat os should mako a law against tho roading or tho publi cation of any othor book, how many pooplo would go rut in such a orusado? Could you got GO,OOO,OOO pooplo to go out and risk thoir lives in tho dofohao of Shakospoaro's tragedies or (JInd stone's tracts or Macaulay's "History of 13 o' gland?" You know that thoro aro a thousand mon who would dio in tho dofonso of this book whoro thoro ia not moro than ono man who would dio in tho dofonso of any other book. You try to insult my common sonso by telling ino tho Biblo is fading out from tho world, lt is tho most popular book of tho conturios. How do I know it? I know it just a?i 1 know in rogard to othor books. How many volumos of that history aro published? Woll, you say 5,000. How many oopios of another book aro pub lished? A hundred thousand. Whioh is tho moro popular? Why, of oourso, tho ono that has tho hundred thousand circulation. And if this book has more oopioB abroad ia tho world, if thoro arc it vo times as many Biblos abroad as any othor book among civilized nations, doos not that ?how you that tho most popular book on oarth today is thc word of God? "Oh," say pooplo, "tho ohuroh is B oollootion of hypooritoB, aud it ie los iog its powor and it is fading ont from tho world." Is it? A bishop of-tbc Mothodiut ohuroh told mo that that do nomination avoragos two now ohurohos ovory day. In othor words, thoy build 730 ohurohcB in that denomination in s y oar, and thoro aro at loast 1,500 nov* Christian churches built in Ainorioi ovory year. Doos that look as thougli tho Christian ohuroh wero fading out, .ts though it woro a defunctinstitution^ What stands noarost to tho hearts ol tho Amorioan pooplo today? I do not oaro in what villago or what oity ot what neighborhood you go. What if it? ls it tho pastoffioo? Is it th< hotol? IJ it tho looturing hall? Ah you know it is not! You know, tba1 that whioh stands nearost to tho hcarti of tho Amorioan pooplo is tho Chris tian ohuroh. You may talk about tho ohuroh bo ing a oolleotion of hypooritoo, bu whon tho diphtheria swoops your ohil dron off whom do you sond for? Th postmastor, tho attornoy gonoral, th hotol koopor, aldorman? No. Yo1 sond for a rmuistor of this Biblo rolig ion. Aud if you havo not a room i your house for tho obsoquios, who building do you solioit? Do you say 'Givo mo tho li cost room in tho he lol?" Do you Bay, "Givo mo tba thoatcr?" Do you say, "Givo mo tba publio building whoro 1 oan lay m doad for a littlo whilo until wo say prayor ovor it?" No. You say. "Giv us tho houso of God." Andifthoroi a song to bo sung at tho obsequioi what do you want? What docB an] body wont? Tho "Marseillaise Hymn? "God Bavo tho Qaoon?" Our ow grand national ai rr No. They wai tho hymn with whioh thoy sang tho old Christian mothor into hov la sloop, or thoy want sung tho Sabbal school hymn whioh thoir littlo girl sar tho last Sabbath aftornoon sho was oi before sho got that awful sioknoss whit broke your hoart. I appoal to yoi common Boneo. You know tho mo ondoaring institution on oarth, tl moat popular institution on oarth toda is tho ohuroh of tho lord JOBUS Chrie A man is a fool that doos not rooogni it. Tho infidols say: "Thoro is gro liberty now for inildolo; froodom platform. Infidelity shosvs its pow hom tho faot that it is ovory v/hovo t< orated, and it oan say what it will Why, my friends, in?dolity is not ha so blatant in our day as it was in t days of our fathers. Do you know th in tho days of our fathers thoro wc pronounced ii. ii ids in publio au tho ty, and thoy could got any politic position? Lot a man tcdiy doola himself antagonistic to thu Christi roligion, and what oity wants him i mayor; what state wants himforgov< nor; what nation wauts him for proi dont or for king? Lot a man opec proclaim hinuolf tho enemy of O glorious Christianity, and ho oanr got a maj jnty of votos in any stato, any oity, in any country, in any wa of America. A distinguished infidol yoarsago r ing in a vail oar in Illinois said. "Wi has Christianity ovor dono?'' An ?. Christian woman said: "lt has do ono good thing anyhow. It has kept infidel from boing governor of Illinoii A j 1 stood in tho sido room of tho opt houso of Pooria, Ills., aprominontgt doman ot that oity said, 1 o?n Uli y tho Boorot of thattromondous bittoin against Christianity." Said I, "Wal it?" "Why, said ho, "in this v houso thoro was a groat ooavontion nominate a governor, and thoro w thrco or four candidates. At tho sa timo thoro was in a ohuroh in this o a ?Sabbath sohool convention, and happened that ono of tho mon who \ in tito Sabbath sohool convention \ also a moinbor of tho political oonv lion. In tho political' convention namo highost on tho roll at that ti and about to bo nomina tod was tho na of tho groat ohampion infidol. Til was an adjournment botwoon bath and in tho aftornoon, whon tho no nations woro boing mado, a plain far1 got up and said: 'Mr, Chairman, t Domination must not bu mado. ! Sunday sohools of Illinois will dol him.' That ended all prospoot of nomination." Tho Christian roligion is mightier day than it ovor waa. Do you th that suoh a soono oould bo onaotod i as was onaotod in tho dayd of liol piorro, when a shamoloss woman olovaiod to tho dignity of a goddoss oarriod in a goldon ohair to aoathor whoro inoonso was burnod to hor pooplo bowod down boforo hor a divino boing, sho taking tho place tho Biblo and God, whilo in tho ridor of that oathedral woro ona suoh soonoB of drunkenness and bauohory as had novor boforo 1 witnossod? Do you think such a tl oould possibly ooour inOhristondon day? No. Tho polioo of Washing or of Now York, or of Paris wi swoop upon it. I know infidelity m a good doal of talk in our day. On Adol oan mako groat ozcitomont, bi oan toll you on what prinoiplo it is is on tho prinoiplo that if a man ju ovorboard from an oooan linor ho m moro oxoitoment than all tho 500 stay on board. But tho faot tim jumps ovorboard doos not stop tho Doos that ?rook ibo 500 pacagera? It rual'Oii great excitement whon A IHR? jumps from tho loo turin g platform or from tho pulpit into inudolity, but doon that koop tho Biblo or tho ohuroh from carrying millions of passongors to tho shore of otornal safoty '( Thoso oppononts say that sotonoo is ovorooming religion in our day. Thoy look through tho spootaoloB of tho in fidon soiontists, and thoy say: 11 It is imposaiblo that this book bo true Poo plo aro Anding it out. Tho Biblo has got td go ovoiboard. Soionoo is going to throw it overboard." Do you boliovo that tho Biblo aooount of tho origin of lifo will bo overthrown by inftdol soion tists who havo 50 differont theories about tho origin of lifo? If thoy should all como up in solid phalanx, all agree ing on ono sandmont and ouo tho Ky, Eorhaps Christianity might bo damaged, ut thoro aro not 60 many differences of opinion insido tho ohuroh ni outsido tho ohuroh. Oh, it makes mo siok to soo thoso literary fops going along with a copy of Darwin under ono arm and a oaso of transfixed grasshoppers and but toilhs un er tho othor arm tolling about ! tho "survival of tho fittost" and Hux loy's protoplasm and tho nobular hy pothesis! Tho faot is that somo natu ralists just as soon as tboy find out tho difforonoo bctwoon tho foolors of awn jp and tho horns of a bootle begin to pat ronize tho Almighty, whilo Agas?iz, glorious Agassiz, who novor mado any protonsioo to b ing a Ohristian, puts both his foot on tho dootrino of ovolu tion and says: "1 soo that many of tho naturalists of our day sro adopting faots whioh do not bear observation, or havo not pasted undor objorvation. Thoso men warring with oaoh other-1) irwin warring against Laraaroh, Wallaoo war ring against Copo, ovon Horsohol de nouncing Fcrguoon. Thoy do not agreo about anything. Thoy do not agroo on thu gradation of tho spooios." What do thoy agroo on? Horsohol writoB a wholo ohaptor on tho tho orr irs of astronomy. lia Plaoo doolaroa that tho moon was not put in tho right plaoo. Ho oays if it had boon put four timos farther from tho earth than ?it is now thoro would bo moro harmony in tho uoivorso, but L:onvillo oomos up just in timo to provo that tho moon WAS put in the right plaoo. How many ooloro wovou into tho light? Sovon, says Isaao Nowton. Throo, says David Brcwstor. How high is tho aurora boroalia? Two and a half miles, says Lias. Ninety milos, say othor Boion tists. How far is tho Bun from tho oar th? Sovonty-six million miles, Bays Laoallo, Eighty-two million, Bays Hum boldt. Ninety million milod, says Hon dorson. Gao hundrad and four million milos, says Mayor. Only a little diffor onoo of 28,000,000 milosl All split up among themselves - not agrooing on anything. Horo thoso in fidel soiontists havo im paneled thomsolvos as a jury to deoido thia trial botwoon Infidelity, tho plain tiff, and Christianity, tho dofondant, and aftor being out for oonturios thoy como in to rondor their vordiot. Gen tlemen of the jury, have you agreed on a vordiot? No, no. Thon go baok for anothor 5G0 yours <vud deli borate and agroo on something. Thoro is not a poor misorablo wrotoh in thc oity prison tomorrow that oould bo oondomnod by a jury that did not agroo on tho vordiot, and yot you oxpoot us to givo up our glorious Christianity to pleaso thoso mon who oannot agroo on anything Ah, my frionds, tho ohuroh of Jesus Cari?t instosd of falling baok is on tho advanoo. lam oortain it is on tho advanoo. I soo tho glittering of tho swords; .1 hoar tho tramping of tho troops; I hear tho thundering parks of artilfery. O Gad, I thank thoo that I havo boon porwitton to seo thia day of thy triumph, thia day of tho confusion ot chino ouomiosl 0 Lord Ged, toko thy sword from thy thigh and ride forth to tho victory 1 I am mightily cnoouragod tcoauso I fina, among othor things that whilo this Christianity has boon bombarded for cont mies infidelity has not doatvoyod ono ohuroh, or crippled one munster, or up rooted ono verso of ono ohaptor of all the Biblo. If that has boon thoir ihagnifi oont rooord for tho oonturios of tho past, what may wo oxpoot for tho futuro? Tho church all tho timo getting tho viotory, and thoir shot and sholl all gone And thon I find another most on ouraging thought in tho faot that tho secular printing prosa and tho pulpit soom harnosscd in tho sarao team tor tho proclamation of tho gospol. Every banker in this oapital tomorrow, o vor y Wall stroot banker tomorrow in Now York, ovory State stroot bankor tomor row in Boston, ovory Third stroot bankor in Philadelphia, ovory bankor in tho Unitod Statua and ovory mor ohant will havo in his pookct a troatiao on Chrtstianty, ,10, 20 or 30 passagoa ot Soripturo in tho reports of sonnons proaohed throughout thc laud today. lt will bo so in Ohioago, BO in Now Or leans, so in Charleston, so in Boston, BO in Philadelphia, HO in Cincinnati, so everywhere. I know tho traotBooiotios aro doing a grand and glorious work, but I tell you th tr o is no power on earth today equal to tho fact that tho American printing press is taking up the sermons whioh aro proaohod to a fow hundred ora fow thousand ptoplo, and on Monday morning and Monday ovo ning Boattoring that truth to millions What an onoouragomont to ovory Ohris tian mani Tho you havo notiood a moro sig nifioant faot if you havo talkod with people on tho subj oct, that thoy aro gotting di ignited with worldly philoso phy as a nutter?f ?omfort. Thoy Bay it does not amount to anything whon you havo a doad ohild in tho house f hov toll you whon thoy wor J aiok and tho door of tho futuro soomod oponing tho only oomfort thoy oould find was tho gospol. Pooplo aro having domon stratod all over tho land that soionoo and philosophy oannot aolaoo tho troubles and woos of tho world, and thoy want Homo othor roligioo, and thoy aro taking Christianity, tho only sympa thotio roligio'n that ovor oamo into tho world. You just tako a scion tifio conso lation into that room whore a mothor has lost hor ohild. Try in that oaso your splondid dootrino of tho "survival of tho fittest." Toll hor that ohild diod booauao it was not worth as muoh as tho othor child ron. That is your "survival of tho fittost." Just (ry your tr an soon do n talism, your philosophy, yoursoiccoo, on that wtdowod soul, and toll hor it was a goologioal nooosaity that hor compan ion should bo takon away from her, just aa in the oourso of tho world's his tory tho mogathorium and tho iohty osaurua had to pass out of oxistonoo, and thon you go on your soiontifio con solation until you got to tho 'sublimo faot that 50,000 000 yoara from now wo ourdolvos may bo soiontifio spooi mons on tho goologio sholf, potriflod spooimons of an oxtinot human raoo. And aftor you havo got all through with your consolation, if tho poor aili to ted soul is not oraz )d by it, wo will nond forth from any of our ohurones tho plain oat Ohristian wo havo and with ono half I hom of prayer and roading of Soriptttro i premisos tho toara will bo wiped away, i and tho houso from floor to oupola will ! bo Hooded with tho oalmnoss of an In I dian aummor sunset. Thors is whoro I doo tho triumph ot Christianity, Pcoplo aro dlsatlsnod with ovcvyihing ol no. Thoy waut God. Thoy want Joaua Christ. Young man, clo not bo asbamod to bo a friend of tho Biblo. Do not put your ii m II i'J in. your vest, as young men some timos do, and swagger about talking of tho glorious light of naturo and of there boing no nood of tho Biblo. They havo tho light of naturo in India and China and in all tho dark plaooB of tho earth. Did you over hoar that tho light of na turo gavo thom comfort for thoir trouble? Thoy have lanoots to out and juggernauts to crush, but no comfort. Ah, my friendo, you had hotter stop your skoptioism. Suppose you aro put in a orisis liko that of Col. Ethan Allon. I saw tho aooount and at ouo timo mon tionod it in an addroas. A doecood&nt of Ethan Allon, who is sn infidol, said it novor occurred. Soon after I re ooivcd a lottor from a profoasor in ono of our oollogos, who ie aho a dosoondaut of Ethan Allon and is a Christian. Ho wroto mo that tho incido nt ia accurate; that my atatomont wa3 au'.'.outio and truo. Tho wifo of Colonel Ethan Allon was a very oonsooratod woman. Thc mothor inatruotcd tho daughtor in tho truths of Ohristianty. Too daughter siokouod and was about to dio, and aho said to her fathor: "FA th or, shall I tako your instruction or shall 1 tako mothor's instruotion? I am going to < ) now; I must havo thia mutter decided." Thai nun, who had boou loud inhta in fidelity, said to his dying daughtor. "My doar, you had bottor tako your ino thor's roligion." My advioo ia tho Baoio to you, 0 young man! iou know ho iv religion oonifortod hor. You know what H ho aaid to you whon sho waa dying, You had bottor tako your mother's ro ligion. J_ FRANCE'? NAVY. WIM Crst Si x y-Tw) Millions Nf xt Year Tho naval oxpondituro of Fraooi f? r 1001 ia officially proposed to bo $62,520, 000, whioh at ii ret Bight seems to bo IOBS than in 1901, but if it ia takon into ao oount thu tho ooat of maintaining tho marino infantry and artiliory, amount ing to about $5 400,000, baa boon trans ferred from tho navy to tho ministries of war and tho Colonios, it is found that tho monoy that Franco intooda to apond upon tho navy during 1902 ia in reality $2,300,000 in OXOOBB of tho naval ox ? ondituro? of tho ourront yoar. lt is a mattor of serious considera tion for tho Fron oh who thor thoy aro not aponding upon thoir navy moro than thoir national rosoiiroos warrant. Franco has now pilod up a dopt in volving an annual ohnrgo for intorost of noaily $200,000,000 or, in othor wolds, ovcry man, woman and child in Franoo has now to pay $5. por annum for interoct on tho National dobt. Tho army oosts tho oountry $132,000,000 a yoar and tho total expenditure for 1902 ia officially proposod tobo $750,000,000. Moroover, roflootions upon tho Fronoh oonsus oauso ronowod unoasi nosa. Last mm oh, tho population m round numbera was 38,600,000, boing an inoroaao of only 330,000 sinoo 1896; and ovon this mongro result is moally aooountod for by Paris and its suburbs, whore tho ineroaso has boon 292,000, duo principally to foreign immigration, so that ia tho rest of Franoo tho popu lation has boen augumontod by only 38,000 during tho last flvo yoarsi That is to say, for military and nava] jjpt$? poses tho population is almost stat-.on ?ry, and in this, rospoot. FxA?P.o,,fcUvt,!8~ alouo. among tho. groat nations of .Europo. Uudor thoso conditions, M. Jaur?s, tho sooi?list loader, and mtny advanced thinkors among tho radicals and radical socialists, hold that is is impossiblo for Fiance to havo at tho samo timo a navy and army of tho first rank, simply bo oauso sho has not tho rosuroej Of men and monoy to maintain both. Discipline ofitlie Wood Pile. Every human malo min who poaaossos ovon n lingering taint of tompor should koop an ax and a wood pilo somewhere handy, that ho may rush out and work off his wrath whon it waxes fioroc. Thoro is nothing in this vain old world that will sond a man baok to his ap pointed work with a moro wilted oollar an'l a truor oomprohonaion of himself than thia minutos' wrostling with a i'ull llivurod ax. Ho oan uso it BO fiercely in tho wood that all tho fury of his nal uro, all tho hato that ho fools for for his oncmy, ho oan infuso into tho ax h Andie, and how tho chips will fly I Not vary artistically, probably, but thoy will fly. And proaontiy it begins to dawn upon tho man that ho is feeling moro oalm. Evidently ho is oxporiono ing a chango of heal. Ho does not hato hid onomy at all. Ho chango-} hts a tro ko and bogins to chop on tho sys tem of Italian penmanship-tho up atrokes hoavy and tho down ones light. Ho rather loves his onomy now. At last ho puta all his falling strength in ono terri ita blow. Ho miaaos his tip with tho ox and amitos tho ohopping block with tho handle. A tinglo, as though ho had swallowod an alarm dook, goos from elbow to hip. and baot again, tho ax drops from his powcrlo3s hands, and a woak, limp, nervolcss, perspiring, trembling, gasping ho stag gers to tho houao, lios down on tho first thing that looks liko a lounge, and is roady to dio. Thoro isn't a foar br a 1 fault in his boat. Doatn has no torrors, ? and lifo has no temptations for him. ; He has ohoppod out all his basor na turo, and ho ia just as otheroal and spiritual as ho oan bo on this nido of jordan, lt is a groat mcdioino. How's Thia? Wo off or Ono Hundred Dollar Howard for any oaso of Catarrh that oannot bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Curo. F. J. CH KN WY & CO , Tolodo.O. Wo tho undersigned, havo known F. J. Chonoy for tho last 15 yoars, and bo liovo him porfoolly honorable in all business transactions and financially ablo to oarry out any obligations m ado by thoir firm. WK8T& TRUAX, Wholoaalo Druggists, Toledo, O. WALBINO, KINMAN& MARVIN, Wholo salo Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Cur?is takon internal ly, aoting dirootly upon tho blood and muoous surfaoos of tho systom. Tes timonials sont froo. Prioo 75o. por bot tle. Sold by all Druggists. Hall's Family Pills are tho boat. Big Trust Formed. Nows ou mir ming tho report of tho consolidation of all tho OOtton seed oil mills in tho oountry was ?eo?ivod Fri day morning, Thoro aro sovon of suoh mills in Now Orloans, tho largost of whioh are tho Southorn Standard and Union. Tho oombinod output of tho sovon is about 80,000 barr?la por yoar. Whilo diapatotios from Now York stato tho capital stook of tho cotton sood oil trust io bo $50,000,000, prtvato infor mation roooivoi horo is $100,000,000. Now Orloans manu oa o turon moro ootton sood oil than any othor oity io tho oountry oxoopt Houston, Toxas. whioh, hy tho way, only has four mills, but they aro vory largo. JblLL ABP QTJOIEB BEECHER. The Noted Miniate* Jsed Cuno Words and the Hot Weather Caused lt. Thin horrid, torrid weather reminds mo of what Henry Ward lioeoiior unid iu LI? church ono Bwollorlng day iu July. Ho took no text. Ho wilted tau perspiration from his brow and looklog Boloinnly at tho largo con gregation, eaid: "It I? hot tod?y. It ls damned hot. It Ie OB hot aa holli Evorybody waa amozod and ?hooked until ho addod, "Thal ls tho language I hoard two young mon uso at tho door of tho ohuroh au 1 pnssod thom. My jour g friends, it is not as hot ns holl." Thou in a low, earnest tono bo pioturod tho torments of holt and tho cor tain fato of tho wicked until tho atmosphoro of tho ohuroh soomod to bo cool and pleasant in comparison.Tho ladies ofasod to movo their /HUB and ovorybody was mill and eolomn os a funeral, lt was soinothiug liko Jonathan Ed wardB at Northampton when ho got his boor ers BO wrought up and alarmed that they groanod ia fear and grasped tho posto and braoca to koop from uiuklugiulo hell, and an othor proaohor in tho pulpit begged Mr. lid words to stop, "?top, Mr. Ea ward?; atop now and toll them of tho nioroy abd lovo of God." What wonderful powor is in tho words of au eloquent, earnest, man. Mr. Poocher was all of that-a gifted, oloquont man. I heard him pronoh twico boforo tho war and was profoundly impressed. I looked upon him as tho impersonation of tho mau of God, Later on, when ho began his vindictive, war upon tho South and said that t?harp a tifien wero bottor than Bibles for .lohn Brown in Kansas and il was a orimo to shoot al a slavo-ooldor and midd him, 1 wonderod at my infatuation with tho lutin and exclaimed with Isniah, "How aro tho mighty fallon." Aud still lalor whon Tilton ohurgod him'w it Iv alienating and seducing his wife and it took two mouths to try tho otuo and Ibo jury two days to make up a verdict, willoh virtually anio, "Ho is not guilty, bul ho mus? not do eo any moro," I WOB mortified at my own woaknota in bo oomiog his idolator and resolved to worship no mnn whiloho lived A great man's char acter cannot bo mudo up until after ho is dead. But I was ruminating how ooBy il ls for a youngman to Bay damn and pnninit, I'll bo damned, and ovon to toko the namo of dod in vain. Damn is a moro convenient and ex pro&sivo word than dogon or dingoation or blamed, and il ?hows a defiaooo of tho dovil and a solf conceit in tho man who uaos lt Bul it ia a very handy ex piel ive. and when a young man gola in tho habit of using il ho raroly reforms. Ho knows that it is not good manners, for JIU does not nae it in thc pres onoo of ladies or proachorB or bis patents. NevortholosB there aro Bomo good people who think damn it without saying it. I hea d a a good etory tho othor day on Col. Livingston our mombcr of CongroiB from tho Atlanta distriol. Last Bummer ho was soul over tj Weet Virginia to speak and holp tho Domo orata in thoir'oanvasB. lie ventured into a pretty hot llopublioan town and was har anguing and oleotrifying a largo nudionoo, nud while soaritying tho Republicans and thia fighting administration a soft, half dono Irish potato took him korzip right between tho oyes. It knooked oft' his sj, colaci?n and Untidied into ninth all over his daisie coun tenance. It surprised and shocked him of eour.no. Recovered his glasses he wiped tho sticky Bluff from his.faoo and Bald with ox olted tono, "My friends, I have bcon-I havo beon a conni ?tc nt-a co unis to at morabor of tho Prosby terian ohuroh-tho Presbyterian ohuroh, I Bay for moro than-moro than fifty years-yes, tifiy odd years, aud have triod to ?ive-li iud to lifo ia harmony a?lk all mes wi'h all mon, but if tho dirty, dogonod, dad blamed puppy who throw that potato will eland up or raino hts right hand 1 l.bc-dad 'blasted if I dont atop speaking long enough to como down and lick tho.hair and hldo oil* of him in two minutes by tho olook." Aa no body roBO ov raised a band iho colonoh emt Hi ed bis broken remarks, but doe lures Dial ho never oimo BO noar cursing since ho joined tho churoh. This toing of 'cursing ia of vory ancient origin. ' Sometimes lt waa dono by proxy. Balak,"tho Mtg of Mono,' hired Balaam to curso Israel, ana Boroo of us votorans romero berthon wo; foo, wanted to hire a oussin man to expend bur w .-nth upon thqYankooa. Peter oursod and swore whon accused of be ing onojof tho dinoiplos. Ii is probablo that ho enid "I'll bo daranod if 1 am." or porhapa worse. Sjldiota und-sailors havo In all egos boen profano-tho very class that aro in greatest peril and should havo tho ?roatest reverence for their Maker. Uncle Toby aaya "Our army eworo terribly in Flanders." And Uno o Toby himne'f sworn an oath whon ho found thobiok aoldier lying and dying at his goto. "Ho shah not die, by God," ho said, and tho accusing spirit flow up to heaven with tho oath und blushed as ho gavo lt in. The recording angel aa ho wroto it downdroppod a tenr upon the word and blotted it out tor over." fhot is beautiful, iacat^iti^ Verily, charily hidoth a multitude of nins. ? But this is enough on this auhjeot. It is too hot to work in tho gardon and BO I get in tho shado of tho vines on my verandah and ruminate Judge Griggs, our honored mem ber of Congress, IOIIB mat etory on Colonel Livingston and he told another t h it will mako tho out mon forgot that it is hot, for they novor got too old to enjoy any story thal has a prolty woman in it. Ono of tho last casos brough L boforo ibo jtulgo was a young uiiso phistioatcd country boy who waa charged with an assault upon a bonnio country girl in that ho hail caught her at tho spring and hugged and kisukod hoi* against her will. Hoi' mother saw it from ber piazza and hoard hor Boream and Baw him run away to tho field H boto ho WOB plowing. Sho was very indignant, and prosee, ned nim. Sho was tho vilucsa and BO waa thc girl, bul tho girl dident seem very vindictive, bho e.iitl he didont hurl her but took her by surprise. Sho had filled her buokot and was about togo back whoa ho caught hor and bugged hor and kissed hi r right on hor mouth. Tue solicitor closed his cabo. Ibo rouug man wai put up to make bia statement, aud all ho ?aid was thal Bho lookod so sweet and protty ho could not help it, and ho didont believe that Miso Molly was vory mid about it nohow, for Bhe wont oil'sluging of a byrne "What hymo was abo Binging? uekod tho judge. "I don't know," ho said. "What byrne wero yotrsing iug, Miso Moll;? asked tho juago,* Hbo smiled and said it was "The Lord Will Pro vide." The judge chargod tho jury vory mild ly, and told thom linn an assault impliod malloo, oto , but as the jury oouldnlt soe waero tho malice oamo in, they cuno book with this vordiot. "Wo, tho jury, lind tho defendant not guilty, nsthoro was no malice or hate in it, mid wo rooommond him to tho moroy of tho oourt." Thia etory rominds mo of John Rlloy's vor diot in tho Puns case. Good old John Kiley, the foreman of Tho Homo Courior's pressroom for yoars and years and tho foreman of tho jury in tho ca?o of tho Htato against Ronni lita Posa for hog Bleating. PUBS had boen BiiBpected of kilting Wallis Warron's ihoato ns thoy ran in tho woods, and so Wallis laid for him and ono ovoning about duak, when ho hoard a rllloBhot, ho siippod up and caught Pasa in tho vory not of pulling tho shoat in a Book. Wallia uldontgo to tho war and manag, od to flavo his Btook. Pass went, and loft his wifo and throo littlo children to the moroy of God and the community. Whon ho returned ho found thoro was nothing loft lo liXo on, and ono of tho children had diod. Judgo Wright volunteered to defend him, and inlroduood no evidence, but had tho last speech. I will nevor forgot tho fonder pathos of that speech -his pioturo of a "poor soldior returning home to find doiolation and despair. Ho novor alludod to tho ovidonco, bul had tho jury and tho oourt in tears. Tho judgo oh avg. od thom as fairly ns ho ooiOd; and ihoy ro lirod. Ina bnof limo tb oy oamo in with this vordiot: "Whereas, tho lato, unhappy war reduood many of our bravo aoldlors and tholr families to want and povorty by reason of whioh they wero forood ot time? to wandorln tho woods for suoh gamo as Choy could find n ordor to koop tho wolf from the door and tholr little onos from starvation; therofore, we, tho Jury, find tho dofondoutnot gullly. John Hi loy, for c m a 1. ?.By graolousl" said Wallis, "thoy found Pase guilty and then pardoned him," Judgo Wright nover lost a coso whore ho had tho lait spoooh and a woman or a poor man waa his ollont. But it is gottlng a littlo ooolor now as tho eua nears tho horizon. I must stop and turn tho water loose- on my gardon. Tho oily hm no water motors yet, and I cnn steal writer with impunity, but an tho nigger proaoher THE I Grove's ' Thc formula know just what y do not advertise tl their medicine if ) Iron and Quinine p form. Thc Iron malaria out of the Grove's is the Ol Chill Tonics are i that Grove's is 5 are not cxperimcr and excellence h only Chill Cure 5 ihc United States. said lo bil Hook, ??You musont bo ootohed stcaUu' chickens-ootohed, 1 H\y." BIMI Ari'. THE WEEKLY CROP REPORT. Director Bauer Soy's it Was the Most Favorable Week of tho Soason. Tho following is tho wookly bulletin of tho oondition of tho weathor ard oropa in. tho Stato, issued Wodnosday by Diroolor Bauer of tho South Caro lina sootio.1 of tho olimato and orop sorvioo of tho Unilcd States woathor buroau: Tho wook ending Monday, July 8. avoraged slightly warmor than usual ovor tho western, northorn and control portions, and sliKhliy cooler over thc southeastern. Tho dailey maximum ranged botwoen 86 and 08 dogreos, while a minimum of GG was noted at Groen villo on tho 1st. Thoro waB moro than tho usual amount of bright HU nulli no. l(hily in tho week, acd again noar its ol OHO, thoro woro scattered s ho worn, heaviest in tbo contrai and south eastern oouotio?, with a maximum rainfall of 1.99 inches at St. Goorge, while over tho northorn and western j oouutios tho wook was gonorallv rain loos. ThoRO oonditions of high tom poraturo abundant funshiDo, and ab sence- of rain, nu.do this tho most fa vorable wook of tho soason for cultiva tion, novcrtholoss, many fiolds romain grassy, and it will rcquiro ob loast an other wook of dry woathor to oloan thom. Hain is noodod gonorally for tho crops, ?nd to ?often tho soil csosoially olayey land that driod out hard, and broaks doddy undor cultivation, llaio is also noodod to provont further injury to orops that wero damagod in ridding thom of grass and woods. Cotton mado a slight and gcnoral im provement, oxoopt so* island, that im proved decidedly. Tho plants aro un usually small for tho soason, and aro growing slowly, eopeoially ou sandy {oils, whoro their condition is oxoop ionally poor. Blooms aro noted ovor tho wholo Stato, but cotton is not blooming as profusoly as it should at this coason. It is roportod that tho orop as a wholo oannot possibly attain a normal oondition, however favorablo tho woathor during tho romaindor of tho season may bo. Tho oom orop oan now safely bo oharaotorizod as tho poorest in many years, and over oonsidorablo arcas will approximate a failure Oom, with aomo exceptions, has nlondor stalks, is tassolling low, and not caring woll. Planting bottom and stubble lands con tinues. Tobacoo shared in tho gonoral im provomont during tho paBt wook, but is st'll very poor. Cutting and our iog is woll under way in all districts. Rico mado marked improvement, bub has not fully recovered from tho ill ill' iota of tho ex(icnsivo Juno rainfall. Peas aro hoing extensively planted ia with oom and on stubble fiolds. Sumo have ootno up to good stands. Applos, poaches and pears continuo to drop extensively, while poaches and .grapes rot as thoy ripon. ' Tho labor situation han not improvod, and oontinuos to bo a uor-ioua factor in this year's farm ?conomies. Big Fire in North Carolina. Ono of tho most destructive fires in tho history of tint town broko out Thursday aftcroojn at 2 o'clock in tho MoDougald Furniture store and tho wind wai so favorablo that it scorned tho ontiro town waa doomed. A rough oeitimato places tho loss at $06,000.. Tho northern portion of tho town is in ruins. No ono has any adoquato idoa as to how tho firo originated. Tho lo.?HIS and in surance aro eetimatod as follows: M. A, MoUougald; two stores and stook, lota $14,000; ono half insured; ll. 10. Loo, two storo buildings, livory stable and stook of goods, Joss $10,000; G. M. Wright, stook $'100, msuranoo $200; H. O. Covington, two stores, loss $2,000, insurance $1,200; D. O. MoNoill, stook, $3,500 ; Suthomland & Morgan, $900, inauranoo $500; W. 1>. Jamos and A. A. James, throo stores and goods, $19, 000, insuranoo about $5,000, J. S. Mo Douflio, loss $13,000 stook insuranoo $13,000; J. O. Morgan loss $2.000 stook J. B. Gowan $600, and W. P, Evans, storo and stook $1,500, insuranoo $2,? ooo. Ydsl They're Wanted. Duvtnoss activity croates a demand for buelnoBS exports, and those who hold diplo mas from our oollego aro business exports. They havo little- trouble finding plaoos, and no trouble kooplng thom. ?Snob diplomas are guiranteos fltnoss. It's not guess? work, and the possibility of disappoint mont in tho new employee, but a guaran* toe from us to your ability. for fud information, aend now te the Columbia Business College, COLUMWAi B. O W. H, NEWBERRY, President Tasteless Ch is plainly printed on every ou arc taking when you take icir formula knowing that y rou knew what ft contained, ?ut up in correct proportions s acts as a tonic while tho system. Any reliable druggis *Iginat and that all other mitations. An analysis of oth superior to all others in e iting when you take Gro\ laving long been establish? sold throughout the entire No Cure, No Pay. Pric< Presbyterian College Noxl BcBBion opoo8 Sept. '2(1, 1001. 8pe mim bor orin be aooominodatod In Dormitory matriculation, ?nd tuition, for Collegiate j in faculty. Moral inlluonooo good. Coure M.A. Fino Ccmmorolal Coureo. Write f What the Kations Owe Ari avticlo summarizing tho national dobts of tho various countries of tho world appears in a recont publication from tho bureau of statistics. It shows a total of thirty-one billion, a sum that is utterly inconceiv able, and which lhere is about as much chanco of tho world over paying as there is of elect ing a Southern man President next time. On a basis of per oapita dept tho following in teresting and instructive figures aro given : In tho Australasian colonies the debt amounts to $203.90 for each individual. Tho citizens of Honduras each carry $219.00. The peoplo of France' strain under a per capita debt of $160.01. In Urguay it is $148.00; in Portugal, $143.82; Argentinia $128.86; Spain, $95.63; the Netherlands, $90.74; Belgium, $76.03, and Great Britain, $74. 83. Our burdens, much as we m are comparative! v easy to bear, being only $14.62 por capita, though in Mexico the per capita debt is but $10.84 The. debt of the United States in 1836 was only $33,000, 000, and in 1800 was but 04,000, . 000, but in five years it had soar ed to$2,760,413,671.43 tho legacy of our groat oivil war. Tho British, -national -dobt io oyor four billions, but like the United States, Great Britain still ex pects to pay principal as well as interest, or, at least, has no thought of repudiating it oven if it is never paid. Franco still struggles to pay the interest on her entire national debt, but at least three-fourths of it is regar ded as irredeemable, while Spain, Italy, Turkey and Aus tria-Hungary aro practically bankrupt countries. Nobody expects tho debts of these na tions to be paid. Tho only ques tion is, will they be able to con tinu?lo pay the interest? War isa groat debt builder, and if Uncle Sam over wants to seo his national dobt wiped out ho must so to it that tho peaco treaty | which ho sighed at The Hague j boars. botter fruit than that which has immediately follow ed tho peaco conference. SUMATRA widows aro tied down by an iron-clad custom. When the husband dies the widow erocts a flagstaff at her, front door and flings a Hag to tho breeze. As long as the flag ? romains untorn she must wear widow's weeds and keep in se clusion. Tho moment a rent, no matter how small, appears in tho Hag she can lay aside her woods and accept the first offer that comes. NKGKOKS throughout tho state are said to bo showing consider able interest in tho Charleston exposition. Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers* Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and JJMatchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Ser I geant Log Beam 8aw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for tho money on the market, quiok, aoourate. State Agent for H. B. Smith M??hi?e Company wood working maohinery. For high gr^de engines? plain slide valv?-Antpraatio, and Corlis?, write me* Atlafy Watertown,, and Strutherp and Wells. V. 0. BADHAM, 1890 Hain -St., Columbia, 8. C ottic-hence you Grove's. Imitators ou would not buy Grove's contains ind is in a Tasteless Quinine drives the ?t will tell you that so-called Tasteless cr chill tonics shows very respect. You 'c's-its superiority \ 2d. Grove's is the malarial sections of e, 50c. of South Carolina. olal ratos to boarding studonts. LlniUoi r. $?100/)0 will pay for boa'd, rooui-ront tear. FWo professors and "ono instructor - icaof study loading to degrees of B. A. and ! or oataloguo or Information o? any kind to ? A. E. SPENCER, Clinton, B. C. Mortem {Method*. First Burglar-How ye gittin*,ori? ! Second Burglar-Bully I Doln' firs' I rate. Robbin' doctors now. J jus'ring i th' bell late at night, an* tell 'em Mr?, I Astorbilt ls fallin* in a faint, an* they mus' run fer her life, "Bnhl You're way behind the times. Qntolc.as a p'liceman sees a man run bin' at night ho arrest? 'im as a sus picious character, I wait till thoy grab th' doctor, an' then I go In nu' rob th' house."-N. Y Weekly. Interchange of Co nfl ?lo net?, ".And now, my boy, don't havo any secrets from your father. What aro your collego debts? Don't bo afraid to tell mo tho sum total, to tho lasfl cent." "I won't, father. The wholo amount ls $5,327.50." ; "I thank you for^your confidence, . my boy, aiid I will bo equally frank, You may pay those debts tho bes* way you can."-Chicago Tribune. A Cameo. I The carpot ls bobbing 1 ! And flapping on high, ?: ' IThe strawberry's throbbing . ? , In dumpling and plc. -N. Y. Herald. IHOIOIIT OP OAiusiiisssNrass, j "HeavensI Whore did your parrot learn to swear so horribly, Mrs. .' Jones?" "Oh, I forgot to take him from tho room While Mr. Jones was looking for his collar button."-Chicago Ameri*. can. 'Grnppltitar-Iroiis o< SuaoeiiB. ? Life ls uphill all the way If you climb, and wish to stay Where you aro, you'll have to uso, . Like all linemen, w&U-aplked shoes. \ ~Detrolt Free Press, ? ? ? i Kind Not Yet tn Slglif. Yeast-I' just ?nw your wife lu the . other room. Crimsonbeak-Talking? "Yes; I heard hor say, an I passed, that she had arrived at a conclusion." "Well, she hasn't dono anything of the sort. She's talking yet."--Yon ker's Statesman. A Minto. "Well," she asked her old- bachelor brothor, as she took tho baby away from him, "what do you think of the dear little darling, anyway?" "Oh, I dunno," ho said, "I guess, mebby it'll do to raise." - Chicago I Times-Herald. Silent Crlttolntn. "Sho ls very nice and all that; pui'; ?ho is altogether too orlttcal." "I assure you she never Bpcaks Ot you birt in the kindliest way." "P'raps so; but every time I see hor she gives me the impression that my frock do UK n't flt J"-Brooklyn Life. T^E YOUNGBLO?D LUMBER COMPANY AUaUSTAiQA. Omen ANO WORKS, NORTH AUGUSTA, S. G. D00R8, SA8II, BLINDS AND BUILDER'S HARDWARE. FLOORING, BIDING, CEILING AW> IN SIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN -GEORGIA PINE.- . AH Correspondence given prompt atten tion. July 2-ly