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RELIGION EXALTED. Dr. Talniage Draws a Sermon from tbo Words of Job. plidourao on tho Latter's COWMUVISOU . ot Rolltflou mi tl tko Uouutiiul t Crystal-I'OWC? of tu? ?-Go?i>ol. [Copyright, 1901, by Louis Klopsen, N. T.J Washington, Oct. 6, ! The cherin of on exulted religion is by Dr. Talmoge lu this discourse il lustrated and commended; text, Job, Rb: 17: "The crystal cannot equal it." Many of the precious Btoncs of the Bible have como to prompt recognition. But for tho present 1 take up tho less tvalunblo crystal. Job, in my text, compares saving' wisdom with a speci anov. of topaz. An infidel chemist or ?Mineralogist would pronounc/i tho lat her worth more than the former, but Job makes an intelligent comparison, looks at religion and then looks at the orystal and pronounces thc former RS of far superor vuluo to tho latter, exclaiming, in the words of my text: "The crysta' cannot equal il." . Kow, lt is not a part of my scrmonio Cosign i to depreciate tho crystal, (whether it be found in Cornish mino op Har/, mountain or Mammoth cavo or tinkling among the pendants of tho chandeliers of a pulucc. The crystal ia tho star of the .mountain; it is tho queen of tho cave; it is the eardrop of the hills; it linds its heaven in tho dia monds Among all tho pages of na tural history there ls no page more in teresting to mo than thc page crystal lography. I3ut I want to show you that Job was right when, taking re ligion in one hand and tho crystal in tho other, he declared thal the former ia of far more value and beauty than the latter, -recommending it to all tho people and to nil ages, declaring: "Thc crystal cannot equal it." In tho first place, 1 remark that ro liglon is superior to the crystal in ex actness. That Shapeless mass of oriya* tal against which you accidentally dashed your foot is laid out with moro exactness than any earthly city. ,Thcro aro six styles of crystallization and all of them divinely ordained. Every crystal has mathematical pre cision. God's geometry reaches through it, and it is a square, or it is a rectangle, or its a rhomboid,, or in ?orno way it haB a mathematical figure. Now, roligion beats that in the simple foot that spiritual accuracy is more beautiful than material accuracy. God's attributes aro exact, Ood's law exact, God's decroes exact, God's man agement of the world exact. Never counting wrong though ho counts tho grass blades and th* stars and tho .ands and the ?yeles. His Providence never dealing with us perpendicular ly when those providences ought to be oblique, scr lnterly when they ought to be vertical. Everything in our life arranged without any possibility of onlstnke. Each lifo a six-headed prism. Born at tho right time; dying at the right time. There aro no "happen so's in our theology. If I thought this was A slipshod universo, I would be in de spair. God is not an anarchist. Law, order, symmetry, precision, a perfect square, a perfect rectangle, a perfect rhomboid, a perfect circle. Thc edge of God's robo never frays out. Thora aro no loose scv?.'.. in the world's ma chinery, lt dio not just happon that Napoleon was attacked with indiges tion at Borodino so that he became in competent for the day. lt did not just happen that John Thomas, thc mission ary, on a heathen island, waiting for an outfit and orders for unother mis sionary tour, received that outlit ond those orders in a box that lloated ashore, while the ship and tho crew that carried tho box were never heard of. I believe in a particular provi dence. I believe God's geometry may be seen in nil our lifo more beautifully than in crystallography. Job was right. "The orystal caunot equal it." Again I remark that religion ia supe rior to tho orystal in transparency, |We know not whsn or by whom glass (was first discovered. Beads of it have .been found in the tomb of Alexander Severus. Vases of it aro brought up from the ruin? of Herculaneum. There were female adornments made out of it 8,000 years ago-those adornments found now attached to the mummies of Egypt. A great many commen tators believe that my text means glass. What would wc do without tho crystal? The crystal jn the window to keep out tho storm and lot in tho day; tho orystal over tho watoh, defending its delicate machinery yet allowing us to seo the hour; the crystal of the tel escope, by which the astronomer brings distant worlds so rear he can in apeot them. Oh, the triumphs of tho crystals in tho celebrated windows of Rouen and Salisbury I Rut there is nothing so transparent in a crystal as in our holy religion, lt io a trans parent region. You put it to your eye and you seo man-his sin, Iiis soul, bis destiny. You look nt God and you ase something of tho grandeur of His charaoter. It is a transparent reli gion. Infidels tell us it is opaque. Do you know why they tell us it is opaque? ?t is bocause they are blind. "Tho natural man receivcth not the things of God, because the}' are spiritually dis concerncd." There is no trouble with the crystal. The trouble is with tho ?yes which try to look through it. ?We pray for vision. Lord, that our ?yes might be oponed I When tho eye ?alve.cures our blindness, then we find .that religion is transparent. Tho providence that seemed dark . before becomes pellucid. Now you find God is not trying to put you down. Now you understand why you loot that child and why you lost your property, lt Avas to preparo you for etornal treasurer And why sickness came, it being tho precursor of im tnortal juvenssocnoe. And now you v Tho Tributo of Tho Sea. Lloyd's annual return of VOHHOIS lo&t and condemned ?hows in a Striking form tho prodigious tributo that is olaimed cvory year by tho nea, Tho loss of lifo is not givon, but no leon than 702VOSBO1S of upward of a hundred lona wore reported last year ns abandoned, burned, miesing, in oolliaion, wrocked or foundorod. To this vanished Hoot must bo added 146 voenelu which worn brokon up cr oondemned. Tho total tonnago lost at noa is upward Sf half a million-tho equivalent of 500 ovaft of a thousand tons apieoo. Wo wondor tho underwriters aro busy. Diod from Fright. Mrs. Ben, C. Perkins, wifo of tho jailer at Sholbyvillo, Ky., io dead ai the result of shook and fright suffered Wodnceday morning, whon a mob at taekod tho J ?il and lynohod two no trocs At that time Mm. Perkins was ll with a nervous attack and, Dr.' W. V. Baird, her physiolan, doolarop that tho raid of tho lynoh?vs i<i rocponpiblo for tho roman's doath, fi :05?5?$jf ?ndoratand why they Hod about yo; ?nd tried to drive you hither and thither. Ii was to put you in til? glorious company, of mich mon aa Ig natius, who, when he Wont out to be destroyed by tho lions, said: "I am tho -wheat, and tho teeth of tho wild hean ta must flrtft grind mo before 1 can become pure bread for Jesui Christ." Or tho company of such mea as "that ancient Christian martyr" ! who, whew standing lu tho midst 01 tho amphitheater waiting for th? lions to como out of their eave and destroy him and tho people in th? j galleries jeering und shouting: "The' j lions!" replied: "Let them como onl' and then, stooping down toward th? cavo where the wild beasts were roar ing to get out, again cried: "Let them como onl" Ah, yes, it is perse j cation to put you in glorious com pany, and while there are many things that you will have to postpone to the futuro world for explanation 1 tell you that it is tho whole tend ency of your religion to unravel nnd explain and interpret and .illumine and irradiate, dob was right. It ia a glorious transparency. "The crys tal cannot equal it." 1 remark again that religion sur passes tho crystal in its beauty. The lump of crystal is put under ibo mag nifying glass of tho crystallograph er and ho seos in it indescribable ex quisiteness-snowdrift and splinters of hoar frost and corals and wreaths and stars and crowns and constella tions of conspicuous beauty. Tho fact is that crystal is so beautiful that 1 can think of but one thing in all tho universe that is as beautiful, and that is tho religion of thc Bible. Na wonder this Bible represents that re ligion ns tho daybreak, as the opplo blossoms, ns the glitter of a king's banquet. It is the joy of tho whola earth. Teoplo talk too much about their cross and not enough about their crowns. Bo you know that tho BlbTu mentions d' cross hut 27 times, while it mentions a crown 80 times? Ash that old man what ho thinks of re ligion, ile has been a close observer, lie has been cultivating an csthetio taste. Ile hus scon tho sunrises oi half a century. Ho has been an'carly riser. Ho has boen an admirer ol cameos und corals and all hinds ol beautiful things. Ask him what ho thinks of religion, and ho will tell you: "It is the most beautiful thing I ever saw. The crystal cannot equal it." Beautiful in its symmetry. When it presents (loci's character, it docs not pr?sent Him as having love like a yrcat protuberance on one Bide of His na ture, but makes that love in harmony with His justice-a love that will ac cept all those who come to Him, and a justice that will by no means clear tho guilty. Beautiful religion In tho sentiment it-implants! Beautiful re? ligion in the hope it kindles! Beaut ful religion in the fact that it proposes to garland and enthrone and emparadiso un immortal spirit. Solomon says it is a lily. Paul says it is a crown. Tho Apocalypse says it is a fountain kissed by the sun. Ezekiel says it is a foliaged cedar. Christ says it is a bridegroom come to fetch home a bride. While Job in the text takes up a whole vase of precious stones-thc topaz and tho sapphire and thc ohrysoprasus-he holds put of this beautiful vase just ono crystal and hollis it up until it gleams in the warm light of thc eastern sky, and he exclaims: "The crystal cannot equal it." Oh, it is not a stole religion; it ?snot a stupid religion; it is not a toothless hag, as some seem to have represented it; it is not a MegMorrili?s with shriv eled arin come, to scare the world; it is thc fairest daughter Of God,1 heiress of ult His wealtli; her cheek the morn ing sky, her voice tho music of tho south wind, her step the dance of tho sea. Conic and woo her. The Spirit ami the Bride say come, and whosoever will, let lum come. . Bo you agree with Solomon and say it is a lily? Then pluck it and wear it over your heart. Bo 3011 agree with Baul and say it is a crown? Then let this hour be j-our coronation. Bo you agree with tho Apocalypse and say it is a springing fountain? Then come and slake- tho thirst of your soul. Bo you belicvo with Ezekiel and say it is a foliaged cedar? Then como under its shadow. Do you belicvo with Christ and say it it a bridegroom come to fetch home a bride? Then strike hands with your Lord and King while 1 pronounce you everlastingly one. Or if you think with Job that it is a jewel, then put it on your hand like a ring, on your neck like a bead, on your forehead like h star, while looking into the mirror of God's word you acknowledge: "Tho crystal cannot equal il." Again, religion is superior to the crystal in its transformations. Tho diamond is only a crystallization. Car bonate of lime rises till it becomes cal cite or oragonite. Bed oxide of copper crystallizes into cubes and octahed rons. Those crystals which adorn our persons and our homes and our mu seums have only been resurrected from forms that were far from lustrous. Scientists for og? s have been examin ing' these wonderful transformations. But. I tell you in thc Gospel of the Son of God there is amore wonderful trans formation. Over souls by reason of sin black as coal and hard as iron God, by Ills comforting, grace, stoops and says: "They shall be mine in the day when I make up my jewels." "WhatI" say you. "Will God wear jewelry?" If He wanted if, He could make tho stars of the heaven His belt and havo thc evening cloud for the sandals of His feet, but He docs not want that adornment. He will Bot have that jewelry. When God wants jewelry Ho conics down and digs it out of the depths and dark ness of sin. These souls aro all crys tallizations of mercy. Ho puts them on, and Ho wears them in the pres ence of thc whole universe. He wears them on the hand that was nailed, over the heart that was pierced, on rVith this injury, by a thoughtless iportpman, the bird hud (lawn ?croas vith her moflfcftgo. and, true to instinct, ho bird had dolivorcd h?r mosstgo. Ihorily after tho homoooming tho bird lied." Catarrh Cannot bo Cured /Uh LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as hoy cannot rcROh tho seat of tho dis ABO, Catarrh ?B a blood or oouotilu ional ditifftfin, and in ordor to otue it cu munt, tako internal remoOios. Hall's Catarrh Cure ia i&ken intornal'y, and ots diroolly on tho blood and muoous urfaooa. Hall's Catarrh Caro ia not quaok modioino. .lt wan prosoribod y ono of tho best physicians in this nintry for years, and is a regular prc oription. It is oompoeod of the host inios known, combined with tho boat lood purifioro, aolim* directly on tho tuoous surc?os. Tho porfoot oombi ation of tho two ingrcdionta is what ..oduopfl f.uoh wonderful >.\uulln in our ?g' Catarrh. Send for testimonials co. Jf. O'. OnKNJBV & (10., Props., Toledo, O. Hairs Family Pills aro tho host. . ', i>y-.? th? <:eiiipi?s that Wore stiingV "Thtf, shall bo minc," saith tho Lord, "iii tho dav -when 1 hinW ?1? ..... ^-....-^ .< Wonderful transformation! Whero sin abounded grace shall much moro abound, The eu-bon becomes t)io sol itaire. "Tho crystal cannot equal it." Now, 1 have no liking- for those peo ple' who aro always cnlurglng in Christi an meetings about their early dissipation. Do not go into the par ticulars, my brother. Simply uay you were sick, but mnko no display of your ulcers. Tho chief stock ih trade of some ministers and Chris tian workers scorns to bo their carly crimes and dissipations. Tho num ber of pockets you picked and tho number of ch tokens you stolo mnko very poor prayer meeting rhetoric. Besides that, it discourages other Christian people who never got drunk or stole anything, But it is pleasant to know that those who wcro far thest down have been brought high est up. Out of infernal serfdom into eternal liberty. Out of darkness into light. From coal to the solitaire. "Tho crystal cannot equal it." But, my friends, the chief trans forming power of thc Gospel will not bo seen in this world, and not until Heaven breaks upon the soul. When that light falls upon tho soul, then you will see the crystals. What a magnificent setting for these jewels of eternity I 1 sometimes hear people representing .leaven in a way that is far from attractive to mo. It eccms almost a vulgar Heaven ns. they represent it, with great blotches of Solor and bands of music making a enfcuing rocket. John represents Heaven ns exquisitely beautiful. Three crystals! In ono placo he says: "Her light was like a precious stone, clear ns crystal." In another placo he says: "I saw a pure river from Under tho throne, clear as crystal." j In another place ho says: "Bcforo ! tho throne there was a sea of glass clear as crystal." Three crystalst John says crystal atmosphere. That means health, Balm of eternal June. What weather after thc world's east wind! No rack of stormolouds. Ono breath of that air will cure tho worst tubercle. Crystal light or. nil tho leaves. Crystal light shimmering on tho topaz, of the temples. Crystal light tossing in the plumes of tho equestrians of Heaven on whito horses. But "tho crystal cannot equal it." John says crystal river. That means joy. Deep and ever roll ing. Not ono drop of xho i'otoiuno or thc Hudson or the Bhinc to soil it. Not one tear of human sorrow to embitter it. Crystal, tim rain out of which it was made. Crystal, tho bed over which it shall roll and rip ple. Crystal, ils infinite surface. But "thc crystal cannot equal it." John says crystal sea. That means multi tudinously vast. Vast in rapture. Itapturo vast as tho sea, deep as tho j sea, strong ns the sea, ever changing ns tho sou. Billows of light. Billows of beauty, blue with skies that wcro never clouded and green with depths that were never fathomed. Arctics and antarctica and Mediterraneans and ?tlanttcS and Bacilles in crystal lino maguitieencu. Three crystals! Crystal light falling on a crystal river. Crystal river rolling into a crystal sea. But "tho crystal cannot equal it." "Oh," says some one, putting his band over his eyes, "can it be* that I who havo been in so much sin and trouble will ever come to those crys tals?" Yes, it may bc-it will be. Heaven we must have, whatever we have or have not, and we come here to get it. "How much must I pay for it?" you nay. You AN ill pay for it just as much as the coal pays lo becomo tlie diamond. In other words, nothing. The same Almighty power that makes the crystal in the mountain will change your heart which is harder than stone, for the promise is: "I will take away your stony heart, and 1 will give you a heart of llesh." "Oh," says some one, "lt is just the doctrine 1 want. Cod is to do cvciw thing, omi I am to do nothing." My brother, it is not the doctrine you want. The coal makes no resistance, lt hears the resurrection voice in tho mountain and it conies to crystalliza tion; but your heart resists. Thc trouble with you, my brother, is the cool wants to stay coal. I do not ask you to throw open the door and let Christ in. 1 only ask that you stop bolting and barring it. .My friends, we will havu io get rid of our sins. I will have to get rid of my sins, nnd you will have to get rid of your sius. What will we do with our sins among the three crystals? The crys tal atmosphere would display our pol lution. The crystal river would be be fouled with our touch. Transforma tion must take place now or no trans formation at all. Uive sin full chance in your heart and the transformation will be downward instead of upward. Instead of crystal it will be a cinder. In the days of Carthage, a Christian girl was condemned to die for her faith, and a boat was bedaubed with tar and pitch and lUled with combustibles and set on lire, and the Christian girl was placed in the boat,and the wind was off the shore, und the boat floated away with its precious treasure. No one can doubt that boat landed at the shore of Heaven. Sin wants to put you in n fiery boat nnd shove you ott in an opposite direction-o if from pence, off from Cod, off from Heaven, ever lastingly oft', and the port toward which you would sail would bc a port of darkness, and thc guns that would greet j'ou would bo (ho guns of despair, and tho flag? that would wave at your arrival would be the black Hags of death. Oh, my brother, you must ?ither kill sin or sin will kill you! It is no exaggeration when I say that any man or woman that wants to be saved mny bo saved. Tremendous choice! A thousand people aro choosing this mo ment between salvation and destruc tion, between light and darkness, be tween charred ruin and glorious crys tallization, i A Fatal Fight. At Palmyra, London oounty, Ala., )r. Strickland, a phyedcian in that lo ality, and T. Bavnos quarrollcd and larnoo shot Strickland twioo with a ifltol. Strickland thom soouro.dalong oantling on tho ground noarby and bo oro Barnes could got, out of his way hit itu over tho hoad, killing him in stan ly. Strickland is mortally wounded, loth of tho mon woro highly rcspcotf d iti/ons of their community and had eon oloso frionds. Tho oauso of tho roublo io not known. Its Last Message. "A pathotio mpsflago," says tho Kon oboo (Mo.,) Journal, "waa roooivod y Dr. Gould of Brookland rooontly, ?om that lonoly plaoo oallod Matini is. Di, Gould has a systom of pigo ns, which oonvoy mossagos from thoro > tho mainland, and on Saturday thoro imo a pigeon to tho homing loft at anani'* Harbor, convoyin? news of to serious illnoss of Mrs. 10. ?\. Young, he oilont mofisougor that flew aorofts /onty milco of sens to Tenant'? Har ir .was found to have sovon No. 1 tot imbedded in her body aud winga. A GENERAL PLAN Of ?yat? malic Instruction ? f Pu Ho School Trt?ichwt? OO?NOTOBE ADOPrfeD ? Stat? Supomvandent MclVUhan Endorses lt and Ins'rucs nil Counties to Do Uk wa*, 8tato Suporintondont of Education MiMahan, who ia' <vor alivo to an;/ thing that will tond to i ni provo ?ho got oral oondition of tho publio t ohm,Jo of tho State, is now ondonvorkg io havo tho ounly superintendents in augurate in oaoh county of tho Stato the pl&u for tho training of tho toaoli ors (ha* Ins hean PO fiuocotsnfully been putin opoiaUou inthisoounty by Supt, Wa??aoo. Tue*day Mr. MoMahan issued tho following circular lotter viii oh is being sent lo every oounty keporintondont of odueaiion iu (ho State, aud which is pu bli shed in oidor that thc toarhtro l?i?y tho sooner get a full oxplarm-.i u of what io txptoted of them: D.-ar Sir: lu ore or lo nf.aidt tho teachers in puUibg imo ope: a ion tm OOU?HO of tti.dj-o-peolally lei fellow icg ibo fcusgoatien hi to olas^itlv'a'.ii'n. piotriimuo ai.d primary ?o'k, it would lo vol) if j ou oould pro vid o for thtiu seuio tort of sjoiciuatio i*?tru'Hiou through ?bo sob?n) jonr on S*t urde y's, onie or twieoa mouth, to bogiu at ouoo. Thin Hjfttom ha? i ocn inaugurat ed in several oount??s, t ha f ? pori ii lo n'4 - cute and (lie r boards hoing axioufi tobritgall tt o cohoola into a well er gaeizod (-jBtoiu, we 1 graded, aed vre ll laugh". Thosei teachers io whom tho ot un ty ?eat is aooefaillo n?a mot ihr re en ono Satuid:-.y in eaoh womb; oihor groups of teaolieru aro ir-btiueicd at. other points in tho oounly mof t f.ooca tiblc. For ic stat oo In R'obland county, at tho initial ?ncoticg in Co lumbla Iftut Saturday, thirty five IP?.oh ere were proBont; next Sjuurdov Supt. WailavO ard bis RSeutatitS will m.ot tho (cachen ia thu Iowa p?r! of tho county at Eaitovor, and tho folio wit/g Sa I nt day tl.oy will mcottho tc.icb'iro tn th) upper part of tito ct u at y al. Cauijp Qiiuod-threo groupt- for thin couLvy. Hero ibo tesol,er?? *ro borne iuttruo'cd in arithmetic, Ecglith and Landon's "Teaching ano Ol aso M?uag? monb." Spt'oial attention ia given to ibo 1 roblcm of gradin;; llij so'iools. al rah)? lng tl.o daily pi carani mo, ai. d kef ping thc smaller ohildien pu fi ably O?oupicd. Sx uieoUrgfj eli o ubi bo nqu o lof o?.ch group ol (oaobers botffoen new ?nd tho dose of tho eohcoi your. Tho wcik thould begin this month. The law requites that (ho row book-i le used as each tohool tow opens ard ti\e gradation bo undo a.3. prosorib d iu tl o oourao cf atu?y paraphier by the S'alo board. Every eofcool nm?fc con form, ar.d at li o f nd of tho a* 8iion wo oro to report to tho legi ala-ute tao tumbcr of children in oaoh grado |n eaoh oounly. Regular teachers' moetivgf? ut;dor tko authority ot tho county board t?&t only auftiflt thc teaohcru in tho orgosi Kation Nnd management of their i-oho^s ao uoll ao in thc botter mae tc ry cd orr tt?u branches cd study, but biinp; th.-m un dor ino di i odious ol thc county mp ( rioiondcjt v/i oro ho cnn hs; mot them in the proper a ceding of schools iogis icrrf and rendorirg of tho roper ts ro quired, no that I ore af ur ibo st&tiuios ot tho county wi l bc moro aocurato aid tho couuty superintendent bim rad-o bia anuil report with compara tivo ca- o. The toheolo of a oouaty rr? ihun brought into a sj e.ttm, and-tho toachera'f0(1 tho helpful stimulus of oontooN with oo workara, nil havieg more defloito ends in viow. Amahor benefit io that vro follow up tho in 3truotion of tho lant s muir, or sohool ?iud preparo for (hat of tho noxt woid tho lona of spasm'otlio effort end budd up tho teaohp.rs by omtiuuouu instruction, ,pot ooly thcorolioal but praotical. Whilo Ihavor.Ov yet as?urano of ibo fundo to oomponta'o thc ihm ru.ito ri; Lh?t will bo needed to ossiit you, 1 ?nu pw miso to roimbuteo thom for tho tioociisary expenses of tiavol, co., I am uro that all progreesivo education arc >o intoresiod in tluo work that io your mun ly as olsowhoro they will g adly jontnbuto their btrvJcoi. (1) Will jour beard approvo tho plan Vlfd adopt a lulo that tho teacher? .hail attei.d at the plaocA desigeatod ny tho County superintomlout and ?hall lo the woik aa rcouiioo? (2) If so, would yiu approve thc fol lobing named a> yours a.obtabtfc V (3) CMI J OU obtain tloir actvioos ?t{.ou ibo urina statod in thin lotte/? You will bppreoUto tto noed of hav iog similar ui?truotion givon to your r-egro tcaoliers. lneomocf tho ooun .mn competent negro instruotois bavo jocn Bi ourcd. Cnn you uut find euob \ negro ii H'.iuotor for tho negro to?oh ri o' your oouotv? If he ooly iratruots hom iii keeping tho fctatistio3 required in ibo regitiicrs and in making a proper :cporfc to you, it would rolicvo you of ho innumerable anuoyancos from vhioh, when yon como lo ?riako your report to this cflho, you now suffer. African FdragO Corn. Tho Columbia Stato says tho Itcv. A. 13. Q'iiok, pastor of tho Wesley M. E. ) Ii m oh of that city, brought to Tho Hato cllioo Thursday, a novelty in tho ihapo of tomo ears of Afrioan forago torn. Thcso oars very much vc BC m bio .ur Indian oom in appoaranoe, but here ls praotioally no cob and oaoh of ho kernols is oovorod with a kind of muk which sorvos tho samoonds no f od ; 1er, so that in oating tho oom a hono ,ots his roughnoss at tho same .timo, .'his corn has boon oxpotimontod with n South Carolina during tho last four oars and bau boen found to do oxool jntly woli. Ono point in its favor is hat it not only doos not roquiro a vory urtilo soil, but aolually doun bost on iuds of modium - iohncss. It is in mded to put somo of it on exhibition b tho Stats fair, in tho hopo that tts onoral introduction into this cou ry tay bo promoted. As it poosot ll io good qualitios of our Indian oom ul many others besides, Buoh an hav ig tassels lilied with grains of oom id yiolding four blados of fodder to ich Joint, it is at least worthy of a lal by our farmers. "MA," said tho littlo four-year-old, I saw something mn across the tohon floor thia morning without any in. What do you think it was?" Tho nhor guessed various legless wot rn? d things, and then gavo it up, when o littlo follow Bald, "Why ma, it was dorl" Y i" KILLED ?O??UTBEN. ?Mu?uimt?u Her Fami?y, InouiOTUft Four Husbands Mrs, A. J. Witwor, a widow residing in Dayton Ohio, bas boon arrested by tho polioo at tho instigation of tho coroner and is hold a prisoner at central station ponding an investigation into vory Borioua okargos. Mrs, Witwor, tho police say, is suspeoted of fourtoon murdorp, tho list including four hus bands, ?vo ohildron, ono sistor and four mombors of difforont familioB in which sho was employed as housekeeper. Tho ast suppose d vi ot i m was hor sistor, Mrs. ! Anna Pugh, who died n wcok ago undor.1 mjstououe oiroumstanoos. An autopsy porformod nt tho requost of Mri. Wit wer'o mother, who carno horo from Do troit, is said to havo disclosed tho pre sonoo of arsonio aud copperas in the stomach. Following oloscly upon tho destli of her first husband, Fred Sohwo ger, canto aoooidiug to tho polioo de partment data, tho death of hor ohil dron. Tho second husband died sud denly Bcvoral yours after tho wodding and tho ohildron of this marriage died in rapid suoooesion. Her last husband, A. J. Witwer, died last April. In eaoh iustaneo doath was nome what suddou m d all wore strangoly alike. Tho prisoner ?B forty-sovon yoars of ?go and formerly livod in Middlotovn, this stato. Shu bas two sons ia ibo Philippines and a sister, it is stated, I in a Now York asylum. No oonotiv ablo motive for tho ouapootcd onuics hfts boen dieolosod. Drugs wbioh were ! found in tho houso oooupiod by Mro. j Witwtr aro in possession of tho polioo and will bo oxamincd. I Tho third husband of Mrs. Witwor was William Stowo, who diod at Middle' ! town undor suepioious symptom?, it is stated, of antonio poisoning. Mr. Stowe's death at that timo orcatod a sensation and? was tho uuujeofc of an investigation by tho ooroner lt was ohortly after Mr. Stowe's doath that Mrs. Witwor carno to D*yton. Sho j ohortly cfcorward nssumo? tho duties of housokoopcr for Charles F. Keilor, a widowor. Keilor diod sudconly and tho infoimatiou ai ooo gained by tho ooronor ounoerniug Kollor's death is that his nilmont was similar to that of a poison tffcoted by poison, Sho next aotod as housekeepor for John A. Wenz, an oast oud druggist. Wo ti/, died in Soptombor ono year tgo. Tho dootors attributed hid death to blood poisoning, but now tell tho doro- ! ncr that they wera dissath>fi?d wi:h ; their diagnosis at tho timo. Two iro.itha before Mr. Web zs doath his lour-year old son diod suddonly. Mrs. Stowo utx; roBidod with a Mr. and Mis. Gablor, on Bost street, ltivordalo. These two p or lons diod suddonly, and tho ooronor now says that their sioknoss was of tho naturo of arsonioal poisoning. A IiEPUBLICAN ROW. Di aa Writes u Warm Letter to Sena tor Hanna R. M. L?rnor, tho Nows and Cou ricr oorrospondont from Washington, has a co ni deal of intorcst in his letter to that papor this morning. Among othor things in thu matter of tho New berry postOlli30. As tho president had said that ho would Uko to ooufor with tho Deniooratio roprosontatives in tho matter of Southern appointments, Congressman Luinier oallcd on the presidout. Ho told tho president that ho would bo glad to mako a looommon dation if a demoorat was to bo appoint od, Tho prciidont uaid that ho would ap puiut a Republican if a good man could tm found but if no muh man oould bj looatcd ho would appoint a Djmoorat. R. O. Stowarc who is said to bo a cousin of tho president in spoken of for tho position, and i& said to bc acceptable to Mr. Latitud*. Wmlo tho white Ru putdicm oontingonii from Sou .ii Caro lina WM burying ha cucts and gottiDg together on tuc poico basin o vcr tho ooihotorship Doa? too oolorod leader from Darlington, wno loudly denounc ing tho aouon of Sonator lianna in debignating John G. Da per J to ropro scut South Dardina on tho Ropubli oan national committee, vice Wooster, dcooanod. Tho dosignation of Mr. Capers it understood to mo?n that ho is to bo tho Republican chief in South Carolina duriug thc Roosevelt udniin?? tration a pout-ion to whioh Doas aspired. So indignant is Doas at Sonator Hnn ua's aotiou that thc distinguished chair man of tho Republican national oom mittoo will in a fow hours rooeivo tho iollowing oommunioat;on from D?as. Washington, Cot. 7, 1901. Hon. M. A. Hanna, Uloveland, Clio-My doar sir: I havo just ro UL i \ ed your most romarkablo lotter from Clcvoiand Onio, uudor dato of Ootohor &. Tho arbitrary atops which you have taken to appoint Mr. James ti. Capora to fill tho vacancy on tho national Ru}, uoiioau committee for tho Stato of South Caroliua occasioned by tho death of tho Hon. E. A. Wo bs tor, hus not only surpia&cd bat st if tied mo, 1 solemnly protest against this unwar ranted lnioriorcLoo ayn UH tho rights ot' thc republioan oxouutivo oommittco of tho State ot South Carolina and further, I proposa to resiut your ap poiiitmontiu every legal way possible. Suoh a high handed proootding will bo recen ted by tno oommittoo ot whioh 1 am ohairman. Aa a ?nattor of princi ple 1 propose to load in tho moven,ont, i would like to call your attontion to tho prooodouoo alreaoy established in Mabuaohumtts, New Jorsoy, North Da kota, and abu) to my personal knowl edge in South Caroliua. The loyal ro publioans of thc stato will oonaidor tho apboinimont an outrage." Tho Cotton Crop. Tho convention ' of Cotton States Commianioucrs of Agriculture rooontly mot at Hot Springs, Ark. A roport of tho oommittco on uniform fertilizer, guarantees and laws was tho foaturo of tho session. It rooommonds to tho iogislaturcs of tho oouou Statos that a law bo passod similar io that now in foroo in tho Stato of Georgia, whick praotioally bars tho lo nor grados of fertilizare from tho mtrkots. Tho esti mate of tho commissioners of tho cot ton orop for 1901 is 9,500,000 halos, f ho ostimato is basod on govornmonf md State roports and tho obsorvation >t tho oomui'iflionors, Pursuant to a resolution passed by tho association a lommittoo of six was appointed by tho mair to appear bforo tho congressional >ostal oommittoo and rcoommoud that di priutod mattor and soodi mailod by ho agrioulturAl dopartmonts or tho li?tes of tho union go through tho nails free. , In Catawba County, N. C., a family f fivo persons diod soon after heartily sting boiled dinner. On oxami?ing bo pot in which tho vogotablos wore ooktd it was found that two small roon gwtor snakes had boon hiddon i a oabbago, ' oscaping notico, and that mir poisor/ had causod tho deaths, OVER DIPLOMATIC T# | '.). ...-... 1 ' ' - ?i?s?u^ t?o Trlod In 'Valu Io JRxplain Hi? Pooullar Actions* Mr. Meokton was gazing at his wiro with that luuno and amlablo ilxlty which comes into man's face whoa ho hos bcon napping and is ashamed of tho fact "Leonidas," sho suid sternly. "What is it, my dear?" ho inquired, aa bo straightened himself up lit his sleepy hollow chair. ?'What is tho matter?" "Nothing ls tho matter," bo said, growing red lu tho face. "I haven't intimated that there waa anything wrong, haye I?" .'No. But you havo been behaving rather queerly. Just uow you gavo a llttlo start nud exclaimed. 4Xcs, Hen rietta* I agree with you, perfectly.' " "Well," answered ho, apprehensively, "there isn't anything in that to toko exception to, is Ibero?" "Ave iou sm? you meant it?'* "livery word of it." "You had given tho matter duo com Biders Mon boforo you spoke?" "Certainly. Do you doubt it, Henri etta?" "Oh, no. But I can't help attaching some significance to tho fact that I hadn't uttered n, word during the ten minutes previous to your enthusiastic Indorsement of my sentiments." "Well, to toll tho truth, Henrietta, I lw.il been asleep, and something a woko me, ami 1 naturally supposed-that Is to say, I took it i'or granted"-and then ho gave lt up.-Washington Sfar, Tho Ktornal Fitness. "You-you want to seo mo?" said tho business man, as ho turned in bis olllco chair at tho entrance of a stranger. "Yes, slr," was tho voply from tho well-dressed, prosperous-looking caller. "I loft your house half an hour ago." "H'm I Ono of my wifo's relatives brother or something?" "No, slr, I nui a tramp. I called there to ask for au old coat, and sho hunted mo up this outfit-overcoat, business suit, hat, shoes, everything. Th?se things must have cost you at least $50." "Nearer $100,' growled tho business mun. "Don't doubt it but you soo tho Ox I'm in? There ls mich a thing us tho eternal illness of things. I can't go around striking folks foi a nleklo in uo such rig-out as this." "N-ol" 1 "And no ono would think of asking rae to carry out lushes or shovel snow." "Well?" "Well, you'll havo to glvo mo a Job or I shall have to return tho clothes." The morchaut scratched his bead, sighed heavily, mid, ringing his bell, ho said to the boy who answered it: "Joseph, toll Mr. Markham to put tiltil gentleman to work nt $15 per week and advance him as fast as his talents and attention to my Interests seem to deserve." Hard to Hxplalu Away. "I gave you a parrot ns a birthday present, did I not, Matilda?" ho asked. "Yes; but surely, Albert, you aro not going to speak of your gifts as if-" "it was young and speechless ut tho time?" i ? "Yes," with Increasing wonder; "and It has never been out of this parlor." , "Thero are no other young ladles ia this house?" "No, thero nie not." "Then why-why when I kissed your photograph in yonder album, while walting for you, did that wretched bird imitate your volco, and say, "Don't do that, Charlie; please don't.' " -Tit-Bits. Harmloss Microbes. She was shy of tho germs In tho wa . ter, I She bolled and killed thom by stonm; She was shy of germs In tho butler. And microbes that flourish In cream; She was shy of tho germs in the sir loin Of germs In the marrowfat bono; She was shy of germs on her money And Kevins that you meet at tho 'phone; ? She was shy of germs nt the playhouse' Of germs on tho ear transfer Blips; But she wasn't a blt shy of tho mi crobes, If there were any on Archibald'slips. -Chicago Nows. Washed Him Out. "I sei that a Kansas doctor Med tho other day to commit suicide by eating n cake of soap.' "And how did they save him?" "I understand that they found -him when he wns almost gone, but conclud ing that while there was lifo there was soap they attached a stomach pump to bim and gave bini a denn start in life." -Chicago Times-Herald. Sarcasm. "Sny, CliImmy, ain't yov rader young ter bo goln' Inter long pants?" An Kur For Aspirates. " 'Tain't only English people drop their aitches," snld a little boy to tho now teacher. "I never heard no Ameri can pronounco tho aitch In my name." "What ls your name?" asked tho tendier. "Johnnie," said thc little boy^-Harp cr's Bazar. Uottor Than Medicino. "Abai" shouted Hie patient triumph antly ns he rushed Into tho doctor's of llcc. "I've cured that Insomnia now. 1 sleep Uko a top." "How's that?" "I leave that loud golf suit of mine In another room when I go? to Ded." Detroit Fiv>o Press_ Cruel Olrl. . "Ah, Mirabelle!" he sighed. "May 1 not hope that you will bo mino for over?" "If you wish to hope that Jong, Mr, Soph tie," sho replied. "I don't sup? poso I could stop you."-Philadelphia Press. A Huno Vlotlm. Sho-A faint heart novar won a fair lady, you know. He-N-iio, and a faint heart novor got away from ono either.-Judge. Ono Step Above Ilca-?lOf?. Borrowing is but ono step above kegging.-Chicago Dally Nows. One Man'* AV ?ml um. She (oftor tho proposal)'-Aro^ou' in favor of a long or Bbort engag?? mont? He-If you can cook I'm In favor o.f :)a short ono. If yem, onn't w.o h?d. botter mako it doug enough to onabla, you to learn.-Chicago Daily Now?.1 K ? .? . v.' Mico Yous- Shnfiow. J?al?o friends ar? Uko your shadow -only with you in. sunshine.-Chica? go Daily Nowa. Win mu uuuu D vn Dill For nil forint of fovor tnko JOHNso tlmoB nottor Hum ?jnlnino nnO doon ii <lo lu 10 day?. lt'? ?nlondld OUI?H uro mudo by quinine COSTS 50 CBN C?NaUi b?TJDlKS. I Some Interesting Statistics of South Carolina's Population. It appoars that thoro woro in S mth Carolina ut thc time of tho oonsus tf 1000,127,306 native wbito males of vat inp; agc and 2,070 foroign whi*o malo* of voling age, a total of 130,375, whil< tl,ero wcro 152,800 negro innlori of thir age a; d 90 other colored, a total of 152, ?50. In only 10 ol the 40 ooun'ios of South Carolina havo tho whites a larger pop ulation than tho not roos. Thcbo ooun tics aro Anderson, Chxrokeo, Okobttr ftold, Greenville, llorry, Ltrctster, LexiegtOo, Oooneo, I'iokeno aod 8a. r tisiiiurg, Hut in two oilier omnties, Marion and Voik, tho negroes aro so little iu excess ?l to mako it om tom that, willi their hrger pioportion of females, they would bo in a voting mi ccii'y oven if Ibero wcro no lonriaiiou on ibeiv f.ui?tago. j, lu 1800 th<ro wcro 14 incorporated Cities and towns of 2,500 inhabitants ad moro. Of ihoBO six had whito ma jorities-Anderson, Florones, Qzoon villo, NbWoer.ryj Hook Hilt and Spartan* burir, ui>tl eialit ht.? ut gc j maJorUios -Bcaulort, Camden. Cliarles'on, Ohos tcr, Columbia, Gooigotown, O.ai.go burg and Barnier, In 19?0 the number 1 of towns of thia B Z J Iud increased to ] 20, of which 13 had whito mt-j'uitics' and 7 negro luv jamies. Tho J3 wore > Abbeville, Andorran, ?hobter, Colum bi?, 'Partington, Gaffney, Greenville,1 Gleenwood, Laurens, Newberry, Hook1 Hill, Bgaitnnburg aud Union. Tho 7 roro Aiken, JtWuforo, Charleston. Fiorcnoo, Georgetown, daugeburg and ?u?it?r? ibo ii flneuco of factories in inoroas ing tho wi.-i to population of municipal itic-u ii? well illustrated hero, lihoh of! tho towns and ci.ioB whoro tho whitci have a ixr-j.-iily aro oonsidmablo col l?n mauulaclutiDg plaoes, whilo only one of tho seven in which tho negroes ha'.o rn? j on ties h/.d any aotton mills at tho time ol ibo 001.sup-?ho Seato. Foreign Merchants hr Pekin. X'rioQO Ciiing has tv rit ton to tho init iait.'ti cf 'ho pu .m? ri quodling a lum diawa! iran i'd. in ul' ino foi ol g a busi m?t establishments. Hosa?o nial Pe kin ia not a trealy potty th at forcigu business heusen t ave been illegally es Ubliohed litre and that ali such should bo moved to ireaty perts, lio desires tho ministers to scouro their removal. Tho mioicicro fcavo arr^ntrod. a meeting j on tho request of Dc'. Mumm von i Schwanzmnioih to endeavor to ogroo upon joint reprcbculuiiono in opposi tion to Prince Unit g J demand. A con troversy regarding tho payment of oo ?.roi ty foreign morel) ac tn appears to havo precipitated t'?o if.suo. Ooo for eign bouse doing a lar,jo buaiuoas with Lliu Chinaao objected to lim oulroi tax, arguing that tho goods were for tho uao A tho legations.' Prkoo Ohing pointa jut lint j^o^ds req tired by tho loga ions cnn bo orocred by them from :r?ai,y perla and whoa 1.0 ordered aro .0?, (iiuiabio. Thu foreign business jomn.aM'.y iii P.. km, s linc uga &uuil, t ilupu'uiofc. Its irj;>euoo ii caden t, i a] 0 tho Oamfoi't ft?d oonVlhiin?o o>' ina <;?.--;:-oco ?ed \ia Kic.-b ra hop ) their it'isiil* ?jay now no dofiuUvli sett lcd, A Desperado. A di--.patch from Madison, Flt., eoya A1 li Junes, tho nergo desperado, who . il.vd tv/tj people nod seiiou?ly wound cl several others Friday, han beon icovrily removed from t?ia'oounty to Lson.county and ia now in Jail ai fal abasar?. Ho H wounded in uoa'ly a uz.u il.c.a ena ia expected to dio. Lj?ta last night a mob of would-ho yi.ohcra appeared at i^il and demanded bo tt'gco, bu', ho haeji bc*.n removed inly a chort whilo boforo. Anotbo.r ito oC Jjnos' v?cu'm.4 had died, A.-:dir i;u, tho <.vhito men who v/ao huntiug kihi f-hot down by thoouilitv ay ho was ncoping up on a bird. This makes hroo .deaths to cato. >. "O&HOAKia'S do nil clalniod foi' them indr.ro a truly >Tondorful medicino. Iliavoofton visliud tor 21 mod Iel 110 pleasmu n> tnko and nt last M yo found it In Cnscurots. Sirco takinu tlioin. my >looil lins boon purified and my coniploxlon luis tm ?roved wondorrully and I icol luuol? bolter In ovory ray." ?1 K.I. UAI.LU: li. HV.LI. A itu, Luttrell, Tonn. CANDY CATHARTIC TRADE t/WIK nCOISTeRCO Plonnatit. Pftlntftblo. Potont. Tnsto Good, no 3ood, flovor 8lokon. Woakon, or Oripo. 10o, 35c, GOO. ... CURE CONSTIPATION. ... Iler||nft Ren|rdr Company, CMcitRO. MontrtM, KewVork. 81> ^A"T??-Rfl?* Bold and frnftrantood by all drug i3U0 I Unl5fll> RlBta to CU UK Tobacco Habit. The World's Greatest Cure for malaria. X For all forma of Malarial poison ing tnko Jollimont chill and I'ever Tonic. A taint of Malarial poison ing in your blood niounsmUcry and frtllure. Bloodmoulolnonoun'touro Malarial poisoning. Tho antidote for lt 1B ,loh NOON'S. TON IC. Oot a hottio to-day. ?-faa-?b-M?6?- i ? iiwiMWij? m?rmnwwhww goets 50 Gonio l? |t goree. Do you stifler froro Indigestion, X)ya popsia, Want o'f Vppolito, Losa of Strongth, Laok of Knorgy. ?0 ? Toko a fotr dosoj of Feel Badly? HY'S 11 A Qonulno D?t?od T?rt?O. Hl-rMUniUY mW ? Co. OolumbU, S. C MM m ^SCH0O|.??iSM0RTHAriD hould attend a oollogo with an - eut?bliahod spiltatlon. A diploma' fsoia ?onverao Conj ? lor.clal.SohQol maVia'1tv?i^y to. aeoUfo. Ibo ?et ^cftitlons., Thorough worki boat ?quip icut; positions guaranteed. ? Addrnas ?. NY? CM?NOKU. t?^tvtanburg, N?J&?|it AND VtmiH TONIC, lt la 100 J, ulYL1,0 d,vy w.,mt ulow ?minino cannot In ut Wklniiconlruflt .to tho fooblo uuroa TS IP ir cui<esf our bpao? is greatly ino eased,^and to bui'd up tho largest business ?ollego lu tho Q UK AT 80UTH at onco, wo multo these Utt-!i hoard-?f ratos for a ehort timo only; allow absolutely freo sobolarsbips to few; to others, wo will pay railroad /aro, furnish ? flloo work for part tuition, aooopt notos, furnish cheap board nndscouro posuhns. For full information, hoad now to tho Columbia Business College, COLUMBIA, 8. 0. t Will Cost You Only Que Cent to find out about the "Rex'*. Mattress; tho quality, the guarantee, the prices, and t the sizes. Drop us the pos tal, simply say "Rex," and sign your name in full, giv ing address. i n FALL h^rom tho STYLES. From tUo UP-TO-DATE,) Carpet House. 16A7 Alain [Carpet House.l Columbia, Slroct, I I SO MUTUAL CARPET CO. Writo us for aamploB of anything in our lino. Qoods shipped onywhoro ia tho Stato froo of frolght. Wo are ol- . waj a busy. No dull days with us. Whon in.Columbia, oome and seo us. Any body oan show you tho plaoe. LUMBER__CQMPAMY, AUGUSTA, OA. Omen AND WOHKS, NOUTH AuouurA, 8. 0. DOOUS, SASH, BLINDS AND BUILDER'S HARDWARE. FLOORING, BIDING, CEILING AND IN SIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN -r--GEORGIA PINE, All Corroapoadonoo gWou prompt' alton lion. July 2-ly (Successors to O. P. 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