The Horry herald. (Conway, S.C.) 1886-1923, April 01, 1897, Image 1
VOL. XL
" ietf and Nine." j
" *
how Mr. Sankey Composed a Hymn that
Has Been Sung the World Over.
IT WAS DONE BY INSPIRATION.
1(n Original Name Was Tho Lost
Sheep, Hut Mr. Moody CliaiiKotl
It.
Tho story of tho 14 Ninety and Nino " 1
Illustrates apsly how great an effect
may grow out of a small cause, and
what surprising i owor may bo exerted
in tho world hy oven so trilling a thing
as a hymn tune. Tho other day, just
before his departure for California, 1
Mr. Saukcy talked to mo for an hour 1
or more about tho 44 Niuoty and Nino,"
and could have gone on, no doubt, for
hoars longer without exhausting his 1
memories and anecdotes connected
with this most remarkable revival
song. Tho " Ninety and Nino" is al
ready of man's ago, for it came into the
world in tho fall of INT.'l, a few months
aftor Mr. Moody and Mr. Sauxey began
thoir first revival campaign in Kngland.
For three months thoy had
been laboring in Scotland and were
just leaving Glasgow for Edinburgh
when a trilling incident, occurred
which resulted in tho birth of this
famous hymn.
As tho two evangelists wero waiting
for thoir' train at tho Glasgow station
Mr. Sankey purchased a copy of The
Christian Age and Light, a penny religious
paper, which ho hud never
hoard of, hut thought ho would glance
ovoi on tho journey. This paper ho
laid carelessly on tho seat of the railway
carriage, paying no further heed
to it till thoy wore some distance on
tho way, when want of occupation
tnado him take it up and bog in turning c
its pages. Mr. Moody meantime was 1
busy in hiH cornor of tho carriage with v
his correspondence. 1
As Mr. San key read ho came upon 1
some little verses tucked away at the
bottom of a column and published '
anonymously. It is doubtful if he J
would have noticed the versos at all, 1
had not the first two lines caught his 1
eye, but they had strength in them, c
and so ho read on : 8
8
"Thero woro ninety and nino that t
safely lay t)
In the shelter of the fold."
So it began, and Mr. Sankey followed t
down iho linos, while the express for t
Edinburg rushed on at sixty miles per v
hour. t
" Hurrah !" cried Mr. Sankey, bring- c
ing his hand down on his knee in his
characteristic enthusiasm : " I've t
found the hymn I've been looking for !:
for years." I
"Yes?" said Mr. Moody, absently; r
" what is it ?" v
" It's about a sheep." u
" A sheep ?" s
" Yes ; a sheep that was lost on tho o
mountains and carried homo by the '
shephord." 8
" H'm, h'm," said Mr. Mood>, not t
paying much attention ; " road it." c
Mr. Sankey did read it, and ho put
fooling into his words, for tho beauty fc
of tho verses impressed him, but when v
ho looked up ho saw that Mr. Moody \
had heard nothing of tho reading, v
being lost in his letters. f
" All right," said Mr. Sankoy to r
himself; "he'll hear that hymn later i:
on;" and cutting out tho verses from t
tho paper, he put them away carofully ti
for futuro use. I1
A few days after this they held a c
great revival meeting at Edinburgh at j
tho Free Ahsembly hull, which was I
crowded with the best people of tho 1
city. Mr. Moody spoke most eloquent- r
ly on tho good shepherd, and then v
followed a line address by Dr. Horatius 11
Honar, tho author of " I Hoard tho ^
Voice of Jesus Say Come Unto Mo and
Host." As Dr. Dinar finished thero j;
came over tho meeting that stillness '
and solemnity which indicates deep |
spiritual feeling. Those are golden '
moments in tho evangelist's work. 1
Honding down from his pulpit toward a
Mr. Sankey, who eat at his right by 11
the little me loci eon, Mr. Moody said :
" Mr. Sankey, have you anything to
sing on thin subject as a solo?"
Kir. Sankey hesitated. He could
think of nothing directly jn the subject
except the twenty-third Psalm,
which had already been sung three
times that day by the congregation.
They must have something else. Like
a Hash it camo to him: "Sing the
song you found on the train." But his
second jthought was : "How can I sing
a song without a tune?" Meanwhile
the audience was waiting in silence.
"Sing the hymn you found on the
train," camo the thought again, this
time imperatively. I wonder how
many men would have dared such a
thing as this at such a moment. Mr.
Sankey opened his little scrapbook of
solos, found the newspaper slip which
ho had cut from the paper, laid it
before him on tho rack of the melodeon,
and then, aftor a moment of
silont supplication, struck a full chord
and began to sing. What notos ho
sang ho did not know, nor what chords
he played; ho took no hoed of harmony
nor of the laws of musical progression.
Ho was not thinking of such things.
He was thinking of that poor, torn
sheop on the bleak mountain side, and
of tho good shepherd who searched
for it through the night and brought
it home. And what ho sang was tho
joy that swolled in his soul, tho hope
that was born, the love for those who
suiTered and needed holp. And somehow
ho got through the first stanza.
And then as ho paused and played
some chords on tho molodeon, waiting
to begin the second stanza, he knew
that every heart in that vast audience
was with him ; that every breath was
held in expectation, and the thought
camo to him : " Can I sing the second
stanza as I did the first; can I remember
the notes ?" and ho concentrated
bis mind once more on the effort and
began to sing again. And so he went
through tho five stanzas, and tho
audience sat still as death until he
finished with the last glad shout:
l< A _ 1 A 1 1 J 1 1L.
Iiiu i buu nn^uiH wuuuu ruuuu buu
t'iroao,
Hojoice ! or tho Lord brings back his
own !" i
When it was all over Mr. Moody
eatno down from the pulpit, and, resting
a hand on Mr. Saukey's shoulder,
looked with wonder at tho newspaper
clipping. " My dear friend," ho said
with emotion, " whero did you get
that song ? 1 never heard anything
like it."
"That," said Mr. Saukey, " is tho
hymn I read you on the train?tho one
you didn't hear."
Aud thus tho tuuo of tho " Ninety
and Nino" was born into tho world, a
t,uue which has gone literally around
the world. And as it was sung that
day in Edinburgh by inspiration, so it
has been written down in tho hymn
books, aud so it has boon sung iu tho
many languages, and no note or chord
of it has over been changed, nor would
Mr. Sankoy consent to the slightest
change, not to please all tho musical
critics in the world.
"Tho critics say they can see nothing
in tho tunc of tho " Ninety and Nino,"
said Mr. Sankoy, smiling. "Thoy
can't account for it j success ; that is
beeauso critics, with their rules ami
theories, muko no allowance for inspiration
of tho soul."
It is interesting to note that in the
great gathering which thrilled at this
lirst singing ol tho " Ninety and Nino "
was a woman, back iu ono of tho galleries,
who was made very happy by
Lho singing of thoso words sinco she
recognized in them tho very verses
written three years before by her
jistor, who was now dead. And after
the servieo she tried to speak to Mr.
San key and thank him for what he
had done, but the ci ush of people was
,00 great, and it was only 011 receiving a
otter from this lady that tho evangelist
came to know of this incident
ind learned tho name of tho author of
die hymn. That name is Elizabeth C.
Jlephano.
After the lirst success of tho "Ninety
indNinu" there came many requests
o publish the hymn, but Mr. Sankoy
lid not consent to this for u long timo,
diinking to got hotter results by keep*
ng it exclusively for their meetings,
ispecially as they were going into a
>art of Scotland where tho words
vould bo particularly appreciated.
\nd many a time during subscouent
nontlis ho had tho satisfaction of
teeing in tho groat open-air gatherings
which they held grizzled, woathorjeaten
shepherds, men of tho inounains,
who had come from long disances
with their staves and rough
dotbes, standing there with tears
treaming down their bronzed cheeks
liivy nsii'iiiu bU tiiu hiui v ui
he shepherd and tho lost sheep. That
ippoaled to then) us nothing elso could.
Oddly enough tho name by which
.he hymn is now known is not tho one
>riginally givon it by Mr. Sankoy,
vho preferred to call it "Tho Lost
Jheop." But for some reason the
pening words wore tho ones that took
dr. Moody's fancy, and, in giving out
he hymn, he would always say : " Mr.
iankey will now sing tho Ninety and
^ine.'" Several times Mr. Saukey
eminded Mr. Moody that tho song
vas about tho lost sheep, and not
ibout tho ninety and nine that were
afo in tho fold, but Mr. Moody would
mly smile and say: "Never mind,
Tho Ninety and Nine' is a good name,"
ind so at last Mr. Sankoy had to change
,ho name and it became what it is tolay.
To tell of tho wondorful effect this
lyiun has had upon men and women
vould be to multiply instances to till a
'olume. A single one may be given
vhich is doubly interesti' g from tho
act that it occurred during tho first
evivul meeting held by Moody and
>ankey in the United States aftor thoir
wo years' sojourn in Ungland. Tho
neetlng was at Northfield, Mass., Mr.
doodv's home, and such an immense
srowd had gathored that tho church
:ould hold but a small part of it.
''armors with their families had come
11 from all directions, and tho streets
icar the church wero blocked with
vagons and vehicles. Mr. Moody manned
to make his way into tho church
hrough a back door, and, coming
orward on tho platform announced to
he congregation that, as they were
ar less numerous than those who were
vaiting outside, tho service would be
leld in the open air in front of tho
jhurch. Then there was a groat
crumble to get out with much chagrin
miong those who had come early for
food seats.
After a splendid service of prayor
ind exhortation Mr. Moody turned to
dr. Sankoy and usked him to sing for
he first Limn in Amnrien thn livmn
vhich had been 80 wonderfully blessed
n Kngland, the "Ninety and Nino."
\rid, seated on a narrow platform ir.
ront of the church, with his littlo
pelodeon before him, whore it had
)oon carriod from within, Mr. Sankoy
>egan to sing the familiar w jrds. It
vas an impressive moment: the people
stood with heads bared iilling the wide
treet before him and stretching away
>n either side as far as ho could seo.
Still under the spell of Moody's power,
hey listened as the evangelist of song
iftcd up his voice, it was a beautiful
lummer's afternoon, those late still
lours wlion evening is coming on and
laturo is so beautiful. Mr. Sankoy sang
is perhaps ho had never sung before,
ind the music of his voice swept across
-he valley on the calm evening air,
lounding over the Connecticut river,
lowing at thoir feet, and was heard
m the hills opposite a mile away, and
.here in a cottage on one of these hills
>at a man who was in a state of anger
,oward his fellowmon, out of sorts
with everything. Ho was a well-known
jharactor in the vicinity ; ho did not
aelieve much in ohurchgoing, and
jelieved, least of all, in Moody and
Sankoy, whom ho regarded as arrant
humbugs, chiolly beeauso ho bad grown
jp with Mr. Moody and years before
had workod side by side with him on
t-he farm. And tho idea that sensible
people, his neighbors and the members
of own family should waste an afternoon
going to hear this man preach
was too much for his serenity. They
wore fools, and Moody was a fool; that
was the man's attitude of mind as he
sat on his verada.
And then a strange thing happened.
Suddenly this man beard distinctly
the words of tho " Ninety and Nino"
coming to him from across tho river.
" And although the road bo rough and
steep,
I go to the desert to find my sheep.
I go to the desert to And my sheep."
Those words he heard and all the
others up to " lUjoioe, for the Lord
CONWAY
brings back His own." And although
bo tried to drive these words out of
his head they kopt ringing tbero a 11
that night and the next day and for
days to come. And then, somehow,
they got iuto his heart and begau
making troub.o thero. And do what
no wouiu no couiu nut forget them.
The outcome was that r..o weeks loiter
this hard-headed reprobato (so ho was
generally regarded) went to a prayer
meeting in the very church whence
these words had come to him, and
arising to his feet told tho people what
had happened and asked them to pray
for him. And from that day ho beeamo
a zealous member of Mr. Moody's
congregation, aud could not do enough
to show his gratitudo for tho change
that had been wrought in him. For
eight or n>ne years he served Mr.
Moody as his powers best permitted,
carrying trunks back and fortli between
tho station and tho seminary,
attending to the mails and making
himself useful in other ways. And
whenever Mr. Sankoy would come, to
Northtteld this man would oomo forward
and grip his hand and ask him to
please sing tho "Ninety and Nine."
One day ho lay on his doathbed, it
was again a Sunday afterno >u, and it
happened that this day was the one
appointed for tho laying of tho corner
stone of tho now Congregational
church. And again Mr. Moody was
conducting a great open-air meeting,
but this time Mr. Sankoy took no part,
being merely seated in tho congregation.
At tho close of his address Mr.
Moody, acting on ono of his characteristic
impulses, called to Mr. San key
and asked him to sing the " Ninety
and Nine" while tho congregation
bowed their heads in prayer. And us
Mr. Sankey camo forward, somewhat
disconcerted, for ho had no melodeon
to accompany him, Mr. Moody said :
" Never mind tho melodeon, get up on
the corner stone and sing tho " Ninety
and Nino.'"
Mr. Sankey did so.
And at this moment tho siek man
across tho river turned uneasily on his
bed and said to his wife : " I hear tho
singing, open the window."
llis wife thought Ins mind was wandering
and tried to quiet him.
" No, no," ho persisted, " I am right,
I hear singing, open tho window."
Then slio did open tho window and
tho dying mau heard once more and
for the last time tho words of tho hymn
he iiad loved so much, tho hymn that
had meant so much to him : " Rejoice,
mr me l^ora urines naex ills own."
AliL. SORTS OF PARAGRAPHS.
Gatherings IVoin Our Exchanges on
Various Topics
?A Mississippi man is at work
on a Hying machine which, lie says,
will settle tho mystery of the North
polo.
? Florida alligator stories aro frequent
,but the latest und best is that
of a saurian that entered a garden and
attacked a woman who was hanging
clothes on aline. Her husband came
to the rcscuo and settled matters with
a shotgun.
?Tho German agricultural papers
make the remarkable statement that
tho imports of American apples into
the German empire last year were
more than twenty times as largo as in
any previous season, tho shipments in
1890 having amounted to 110 less than
0,000.000 double centners?tho centner
being equal tj a hundred weight.
?It is said that Governor Johnston,
of Alabama, will appoint twenty'delegates
from that State to attend a
Southern insurance convention to be
held at Southern Pines, N. C., on
April 28th and 29th. The object of
tho convention is to boycott tho various
Northern and foreign comp anies who
aro taking money away from tho South.
?Ex-Senator David 13. Fii'l says of
President McKlnley : " Ilo isastrong
man, of force and clear ideas. lie Is a
strong partisan, and I see that some
people-have been criticising him for it.
That is foolish. He has always been
aggressive and no one can expect him
to change now. He is man of ripe
experience, and his knowledge of men
and alTairs will stand him in good Htead
now."
? Near Kuthorfordton, N. C., Mat
Davis and a man named Matthews met,
and were disputing tho depth of tho
river. To satisfy themselves, they
unuresseu unci vent in, out still could
not agree, whereupon thoy got out
their knivos and went at it hot. Matthews
was pretty badly cut up in the
face and oh the head, Davis receiving
several ugly gashes. Matthews was
carried home and is not expectod to
live. Davis has not been seen since.
?Thero is more rain from September
to March than from March to
September, because the temperature
of tbeair is then constantly decreasing,
and thero is, therefore, a greator condensation
of tho vapor into water,
which falls as rain. Between March
and September, on tho contrary, tho
temperature of tho air is constantly increasing,
and, with this increase, its
power to hold vapor. Bonce, thore
is less precipitation during that season.
?Tho Pennsylvania prison roport
has sumo interesting statistics relating
to tho condition of the convicts in
tho penal institutions of that State.
In 189G thero were received in the
penitontiary (>23 convicts, of whom -192
had attended tho public schools and 38
had been pupils in private schools. Of
the total, only 91, or less than 15 per
cent, were illiterate, while four-fifths
of the entiro numborr had received
some benefit from the public educational
system. Clearly whatever may
be said of oducation as a preventive of
crime it doos not appear that illiteracy
is a necessary adjunct of crime, at least
in Pennsylvania.
rPhn Maur V/\t*Lr h'uAnl nnr P/iot uuua
* ,1V 4 Vl " * * UWJO .
Tho faculty of the Union Theological
Seminary, this -olty, awarded the
second place in tho graduating class ol
181*7 to Miss Kmilie Grace Briggs. Mist
Briggs is tho daughter of Prof. Charlet
A. Briggs, and she is tho first woraar
who has over boon graduated from t
Prosbytorian theological seminary. It
speaking of hor graduation Dr. Thomai
S. Hastings, tho president of the Unlor
Theological Somlnary, said ho con
uidorod that Miss Briggs' success mark
ed an epoch in tho historv of tho Pros
bytorl .n Church of the United StaCoi
and in tho history of the advancomon
of women.
S. C. THURSDAY, A
Another Shocking Tragedy in tdgefield.
A SOIjICITOH'8 DKADLY lU I/MTT.
II is Victim Died Almost Instantly
Al'tcr Doing Shot?A Single Witness
to the Deplorable All'air.
A sad and unfortunate homicide occurred
in Edgefield at ( o'clock on
Wednesday afternoon. Sollol tor J. W.
Thurmond shot and killed W. (?. Harris,
a drummer for The Murray Drug
Do., of nnlninhiiL S P. Mi* llui*i*ta iu
h nephew of Collector of Internal
Keveuuo Townes, and a son of W. G.
Harris, a prominent cili/.cn of Kdgofled
County.
The trouble, it seems, arose ojt of
the fact thai while Mr. rhurmond was
a member of the Statu Legislature he
recommended that Governor Evans
appoint a gentleman named GLver as
magistrate instead of Harris, the old
incumbent and father of tho deceased.
Since Mr. Thurmond has been solicitor
ho has had nothing whutover to do
with recommending applicants for positions
of magistrate, but under Governor
Kllerbe's administration Mr.
Harris, senior, was again an applicant,
hut Glover, who was appointed nv Gov.
Evans, was rr ?nj"'n!. d by I.J
Mr. \V. G. Harris, deceased, scorned to
think that Solicitor Thurmond was instrumental
in having it done and about
it ho accosted Solicitor Thurmond this
afternoon at about 5 o'clock in tho drug
storo of W. E. Lynch.
Mr. Uarris, it is said, had been drinking
and us< d very hot language. Thurmond,
to avoid dinicuity, left the Lynch
btoro and went to his otV.ce. He was
there engaged at work when Mr. Harris
passed by on the way to his hotel,
in company with Capt. DuHose, the
proprietor. On reaching tho doorway
to Thurmond's ofllco Harris stopped.
Captain DuHose walked on a few steps.
Tho subject of former discussion was
again brought up by Harris, tho latter
finally* saying to Thurmond time ho
(Thurmond) had acted like a "G d d d
dog and scoundrel,"and throw bis band
to his pookot as if to draw his pistol
and placed his foot on Thurmond's
doorstep. Thereupon Thurmond fired
from whero he was sitting. Harris staggered
backwards and fcl 1 upon tho sidewalk.
He got up and walked a few
paces, when ho fell dead. Tho ball
entered from tho front just below tho
shirt stud and passed into tho cavity
of tho heart.
A jury of inquest was summoned,
and, after viewing the body, adjourned
until to-morrow. Groat regret is felt
hero over tho occurrence. Solicitor
Thurmond was never known to have
had any troublo before and is regarded
by everybody as a peaceful and law
ahidinc citizen. He surrendered him
self and is now in jail. Ho is completely
ovorcotno by itis misfortune. Ho
bus retained Messrs. Croft and Tillman
and N. G. Evans to defend him.
The Columbia Stato says: The tirst
news of the tragedy in hdgeliold was
received hero in a dispatch to Dr. W.
J. Murray, saying simply: "Your Mr.
Harris was shot and killed hero this
afternoon." Dr. Murray was very
much shocked at the intelligence and
dozens of Mr. Harris's friends expressed i
sincere regret. Mr. Harris had only
left this city at H a. m. He had spent i
the day preceding in Columbia and had i
been up to the government building i
to see his uncle. He was in tine spirits
and it was hard to imagino the cause
of the trouble which led up to his i
death. He had given no one here any
reason to think that ho was anticipating
troublo of any kind.
Mr. Harris has boon in the employ of
the Murray Drug Company for several
years. He was well known in the city
both socially and otherwise.
He was on the road the most of tho
time and had friends all over the State.
His homo was with his father, eight
miles from Augusta, on the South Carolina
side. Ho was unmarried. Will
Harris was not of a quarrelsome or
combative disposition and His friends
here never heard of his having a quarrel
with any one; neither have they
ever heard of his carrying a pistol
about his person.
Solicitor Thurmond was to have been
hero week after next, at which time
the court of sessions convenes in spring
session. There are three murder cases
on the docket. What will bo done
about a prosecuting oHloer at tho coming
term, remains to be seen.
i
THE HEEI) DISTRIBUTION.
Government Competition Disastrous
to l'rivutn Enterprises and Destructive
or Heed Improvement.
Practical Parmer.
The failure of ox-l'resident Cleveland
to sign tho agricultural appropriation
bill in tho closing hours of tho
last Congress, brings before the now
Congress the free Heed question, as
tho item for this annual seed distribution
was contained in that bill. In tho
bill, which failed to become a law. tho
item for free seeds was in a moro ob
jectionable form than any precoding
provision of this kind, showing tho
steady growth of this ovii. Should the
distribution bo carriod on and extended
during the next few years as it ha9
been tluring tho preceding throe or
four years, it is not difficult to see tho
total obliteration of tho legitimate
seed trado of tho country. At first
thought, tho avorago farmer who sees
tho prospects of froo seeds supplied on
demand by his raem^or of Uongress,
and in sufficient quantities for his
, needs, may not look at it as much of
an evil: in fact,may regard it as rather
of an advantage. Hut wo are con'
vinced that tho sober second thought
of the intelligent farmer, will bo
against tho whole system, and espoI
daily so if tho etTect is to bo the ellm>
ination of soodsmen as a factor in the
1 supplying of soeds. And for this reai
son : No observing farmer who has
> watched tho development of tho soed
i trado during tbo last twenty-five or
i moro years, and its ofTect upon the im I
i provement of varieties of grains and |
i vegetables, can but admit that the
i seed man, alive to tho necessities of
- his position, and the keen and iacroas
ing competition of his businoss asso
elates, has been a most potent, factor,
? tho main factor, in the introduction of
t new varieties and tho Improvement of
the old. This process of selection
i
kPRI L. I, 1BS=>7.
and iinprovemont has extendod int
every variety of gram and vegotabl
trrown by the farmers and gardenei
Not only that; lio lias maintained tb
purity of old varieties and kept thoi
vigorous and productive by the systoi
of pedigree seed growing, which i
now followed by all the leading seodt
men of thin country.
llow bus it been with the seed dit
tributlon as undertaken by the gov
eminent? Up to two years ago, who
contracts wore made with leading am
well-known seedsmen, tho seeds sen
out by tho government, and purehasot
in many instances from irresponslbl
parties, wore inferior to those sold b
tho seedsmen, it was a necessary con
siquonoo of tho manner in which tin
seeds were procured, and points vor,
significant ly to what they will be in i
few years, as tbo result of tho proson
wholesale expansion of tho free sect
distribution. With the execution o
tho legitimate seed business, as is mos
certain to follow tho governmental com
petition at its present rate of growth
will pass away tho present business ii
terest in the preservation of t he proson
typos of seed, both In purity and vigor
and the search for improvement am
for new types. The govern menta
buying and distribution of seeds woulc
bo as barren of good results in tin
I., arc as it was in tho past, when i
depended on private contracts to irro
sponsible persons for its supply o
seeds. Wo do not now recall tiie in
troduction of a single now variety 01
the improvement of an old one, as n
result of tho government free sect
distribution. All these improvement!
have come through private ontorprist
developed in tho seed business. He
jtroy this business, as tho proson
governmental competition will if per
s'sud in and extended as threatened
and you destroy tho means by whioi
improvement lias and can only como
private enterprise intelligently dl
rented on husiuoss principles. The
supervision which lias directed tin
growth of seeds and developed it inti
i science, will ho gone, and withoui
the competition which required and (lc
manded tho host art of tho profossiona
seed grower, it will becuno a lost art
Wo say nothing hero of tho domoral
i/.ing effect which this free seed husi
ness has on tho farmer himsolf, or tin
nbtitudo in which it places him as i
ponsioner on tho bounty of tho govern
meat, which no other industry asks o
to which it would bo grunted. W<
havo spoken of it before, and it 1h hi
solf-ovident that it needs no comment
The elTects on the art of improvinj
strains of seed and developing ncv
types, so essential to our agricultura
interests, would he so disastrous, am
so little has been said on that phase o
the matter, that we deem it vitall;
important to call attention to it.
OI*I'OHKI> TO CIVIIj HKltVICK
The Senators Will Consider the Pre
priety of Repealing the Civil Sci
vice Law?Shall Senators he lClecl
etl by l'opuiur Vote ?
The United States Senate indulge
a few days ago in an almost one-side
denunciation of the civil service lai
and its administration. The jiuvtte
catne up in the shape of a rosolutio
nlTered by Senator Alien directing th
committee on civil service to iuquir
into tho dismissal of some half doze
employees (microscopists) of tho buroa
of animal industry in South Omah?
Nebraska. 11 in assertion wan that th
dismissals wore for political reasons.
Senator Gallinger, Kcpublican, c
Now Hampshire, did not favor th
proposed investigation, because i
would bring out so many hundro
other like grievances ; and Senate
Hoar objected to it on tho sum
grounds?saying tiiatsuch a horculea
task should not be thrown on any coir
mittoo at ihis special session. Th
civil sorvico law, as administerec
was characterized by Senator Gallir
ger as ' a monumental humbug." H
favored blotting out the law and ri
turning to a condition of tilings thu
would " give to every man and woma
an equal right to hold oilice with ever
other man and woman."
Tiiis declaration of principle was iq
plaudcd by tho galleries, and tho ga
lories were appropr iatoly lectured b
tho Vice l'rcsidenton that breach i
propriety. Instances of absurdity 1
civil service examinations wero fu
nlshed liy Senators?Senator Gallingc
mentioning tho requirement of wouli
be compositors in tho govornmcr
printing ollico that they should ho
twelve times on one foot; Senator Wi
son saying that civil service examini
tions had been ordered in his State f<
a cook in the penitentiary, and a sav
yer on an Indian reservation; and eve
Senator llawley, who ha<l been
member of tho House committ(
which reported the law original!,
udmitting that*tho law had fallen ini
a stato of "conspicuous incompetency
and giving as an illustration tho fa<
that when an army engineer in char;
V>1 to u/nrlr (in I .nnir (vlllim) Sour
had selected a competent inspector
the person of a steamboat captai
who knew every rock and Hand bar
the neighborhood, the commission hci
to him "a schoolmaster from Khoi
Island." The only Senator who d
fended the law and its admlnlstratlc
waa Senator Lodge.
The upshot of it, all wan that Sen
tor Allen'a motion wan agreed to wit
out a division, but amended so as
instruct tho commlttoo on civil servii
and retrenchment to inquire and r
port whether tho civil service la
should be continued, amended or r
pealed.
Senator Turpio, Democrat, of I
diana, made an argument in favor ol
constitutional amendment, to ma!
United States Sonators elective by
popular vote instead of by State Log
latures. Ho summed up i\is arguine
in those words: Tho ponding amor
mtnt is in strict accordance with t
groat precedent of progress and t
vancoment (>ot forth in tho preainl
to tho constitution. Our purpose is
form a moro perfect union hy bring!
tho national legislature in comph
accordance with tho legislative a**sc
blies of tho States; to establish
granting to the voters of tho Sta
that equality of suffrage which t
present system denies; to perpetui
the blessings of liberty to oursel1
and our posterity hy a further t
nobler recognition of duties and rig
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strength and heiilthfolncss. Assuret
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Now Y'ork
inherent in all citi/.ons ; no that the
supremacy of the people, never gainsaid,
ho often with lips confessed, with
the tongue asserted and maintained,
shall at last be and hocomo a vital
forco, a living presence, a fact accomplished
in the government of the Republic.
This will glvo to our past Its
full meaning, to ttio future hope yet
more abounding, and for the present it
' would place a iixod star in the galaxy
of progress, visible in all the latitudes
of liberty throughout the world,
TAKING OAItK OI-'OIA) SOIjDIKIIS.
A Suggestion That Kaoh County
establish a Special Home tor Confederate
Velerans.
The Columbia correspondent of the
Nows and Courier gives the following
information, which embodies a new
idea for nrnv itl i lie shelter and raiment
[ for aged and indigent veterans :
From time to timo suggestions aro
r made for a Confederate homo, and on
3 several occasions hills have been
[, offered In tho General Assembly looking
to the establishment of such an Inj
stitution in Columbia for the Statu at
v largo.
I Two years ago the general appro,1
priatlon for Confederate soldiers was
f raised to $100,000, and by doing this,
y perhaps, the idea of starting of a
general Confederate homo, of which
the expenses were to bo defrayed by
the State, was abandoned. Tho impression
is that the State will not
undertake to ox pond more t ban $100,000
for tho Confederate soldiers who
> are indigent, as whether this be suftielent
or not it is all the members
think the Statu can stand at this time.
' It is left to the old soldiers themselves
how they wish this money expended,
(j and the opinion among them is that
(j they would rather have the money
N sent diroctly to the pensioners than tc
r have any considerable portion of it
spent for tho support of a Confederate
home. Tins feeling is augmented by
(S tho idea that many of those who really
n need help would not enter a Confedu
erato home, from that koen fooling
t of pride which now makes many ol
J the old soldiers hesitate to accept as
sistuneo.
< Capt. It. S. Desportes has now conic
0 forward with an idea that each county
^ undertake the work on a 6mull scale,
(l and on this line lias addressed the
r following lotter to a member of the
0 board of county commissioners of thh
n county :
> COJ.UM Hi A. S. C., March 17.
o Mr. Lowis T. Wilds, Columbia, S. C
1. ?My Dear Sir : I wouldrliko to enlisl
' your interest in a matter whioh I have
o no doubt already has your sympathy
3- and this may bo tho opportune time
^t as I observe you are, in your oflicia
n capacity, prospecting for a change foi
y tho improvement of tho condition ol
those of our fellow citizens who fall t(
> tho necessity of asking nublio aid t<
I- sustain life during the last remaining
iu vears of thoir existence. You migh
J *
if not bo pormittod, technically anc
n legally speaking, to provido for a clasi
r- of persona, but tbeso things could be
sr arranged, and no ono would have th<
J- heart to object. I refer to some specla
it and separate provision for old am
p hoi pleas Kx-Confedorato soldiers. Th<
1- time 1b near at hand, if not hero al
it- ready, when some few maimed anc
>r impecunious heroes of many Holds wil
v ask for shelter and bread. It has oc
in currcd to me that in making thi
a change for the said improvement o
jo the condition of the poor of the countj
y, you might provido for the erection of i
Lo long narrow building, with a 11 replace
," in each room, and a long piazza ii
ct front, and set it apart for theso old sol
jo diors who servod their Stato and coun
id ty in tho bloom of youth and youni
in manhood, and who for tho next fev
n, years will suffer for tho hare nocos
in sities upon which to subsist,
tit You will say, no doubt, that this 1
lo a poor roturn for valbr, but it is th
o- only thing that it seems can bo done
m if this can be. It would lie a home fo
tho ox-soldlors of tho county at tho oj
a- penso of tho county in the absence c
h- a gonoral homo for tho soldlors of th
to Stato at the ox penso of the State
ce Should Klehtand County lead off 1
e- this high and patriotic mattor it rnigt
iw bo that other counties In the Stal
e- would follow, and tho obligation of th
commonwealth would be discharged i
n- detail.
a If you concludo not to remove tt
ko oloomosynary buildings now occupioi
a raayDe you couiu orcci a uuuuiuk i
is- described above on tho same lot for th
nt purpoao. Yours very truly,
id- K. S. DESPORTES.
^" ? An',attempt to acclimatize ostrich
} " in southern Russia has proved su
cossful. The ostriches born in Uuss
* are much loss sonsitivo to cold thi
tho imported ones, and their plum
ky are equally good.
tea ?In thehouseof Mrs. 1'aulinoShai
ho who died tne other day In Columl
ate City, ind., has been found over $5.(
ves sooretod in various places. Mrs. Sha
ind for a long time lived in squalid p<
hta Lerty.
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?Since 1880 Kulatnazoo celery has
had firut place in the markot, and tho
small Michigan town has built up a
national reputation for itself on tlto
strength of its celery-growing. Tho
excollenco of Kalamazoo celery is said
to bo duo to a small area of meadows or
bottom lands, where tho soil consists
of a peculiar form of black muck, tho
result of vegetablo decomposition, especially
favorable to thocolory's needs.
These meadows are largely covered
by glass hotbeds, by means of which
four crops a year are raised. Tho work
Is principally monopolized by Hollanders,
occupying frame dwellings on
their small holdings. It Is estimated
that tho Kalamazoo celery beds produce
3,000,000 to 4,()(M),0<)0 dozen bunches
per annum, netting the town at least
$000,000. The carpenters of tho town
supply tho wooden boxes in which the
celery Is packed. Tho largest celery
farm uudcr one management in the
country is said to be that at Groon'
town, Ohio, where lf>0 acres aro covor'
ed with celery beds.
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Tlio Host Way I'o Cure
Disease is to establish health. Pure,
rich blood means good health. Hood's
Sursaparllla is tho One True Hlood Puritic;r.
It tones up tho wholo system,
gives appetite and strength and causes
weakness, nervousness and (pain to disappear.
No other tnedicino has such a
record of wonderful cures as Hood's .
Sarsaparllla.
Hood's PILLS aro tho host aftor- j
dinner pill; assist digestion, prevent
constipation. 25o. t
?A Gorman naturalist has curiously
developed tho " scarecrow " idea. Tho
dragon lly Is a deadly onomy of tho
mosquito, and tho naturalist has found
by many experiments that tho dried
bodies of a few dragon flies suspended
by threads around the bed keep tho
mosquitoes at a distance.
There is nothing that causes women
greater discomfort and misery than tho
constantly recurring Headache. Mon
sulTor less'with ileadacho. "My wife's
health was very iudltToront, having
Ileadacho continually, and just two
packages of Simmons Liver Regulator
released her from all Ileadacho and
gave tone and vigor to her whole system.
I have novor regretted its uso."?
M. 11. Del lord, Mt. Vernon, Ky.
?Some idea of tho magnitude of tho
great Siberian railway, now in courso
of construction by tho Russian government,
may be gathered from tho fact
that by changing tho route a thousand ? *
miles were saved. It is expected tiiat
through trains will ho run over tho
road within two yoars.
Uew to Cure AM tikiu Disease*.
Simply apply "SWAYNK'S OlNT- if
mknt." N* i?t?rnal medicine required.
Cures tatter, eczams, itch,.all
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pawars ars posnannad by 11a other
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MWAYNB'S OlN'FM SKT.
?A general chapter of tho Christian
llrothers (Roman Catholic) wlll>soon
bo hrtld in I'aris to elect a successor to
tho late Ilrothor Joseph, superior general
of tiio order.
Pile*! Piles! Itching Piles.
Symptoms?Moisture ; intenso itching
and stinging ; most at night; worse 4 *
by scratching. If allowed to conI
tinue tumors farm, which often blued
and ulcerate, becoming very sore.
Hwayne'i Ointment stops tho itching
and bleeding, heals ulceration, and
in most cases removes the tumors. At
druggists, er by mail for 5t cents. Dr
| fciwajue ?S* Ron Philadelphia.
, ?A mining prospector, whoso ex- . '$2
j porienco Is said to cover almost every
mining region of tho Northwost, lias
been lately waxing enthusiastic over
tho future of the Cascade rango in
Orogon as a gold-produci/ig section.
Wonderful South American Hloo<l
Cure
' Quickly dissipates all scrofulous taints
'l in the system, euros pimples, blotches
. and sores on tho face, thoroughly
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ii .i.i/tti 11 nil nMiirtl l/vnci MAn/l/iMn t Kn
) uwnijuoBuo ttnu di it|/viuiiO| ?ouuui? uao
, skin oloar, young and boautifuL -?I{^
r you would escape blood poison with all
j, its train of horrors, do not fall to uso
1 this masterly blood purifier, which has
s performed suoh stupendous cures in all
3 cases of shattered constution and
3 depravity of the blood. I3ad health
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3 ?The man who circulates an evil
- report against his noighbor without *
1 knowing it ,o bo truo is only less to
1 blame than the othor man who dolib
erately manufactures such a rVljrt.
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e THE BEST nn
SPRING MEDICIi
0 is SIMMONS LIVER REGULATOR. Do?
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J' ills which shatter the constitution 9
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ia system may be kept in good condition.
in FOR THE BLOOD take SlMMOHB/
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PP REGULATOR-theKlngofLiver Remedtau t
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