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JOSHUA'S BATTLES. Talmage Draws from them Lessons in Christian Warfare. ENCOURAGING WORDS For Those Engaged In the Battles of Life. God's Soldiers N vaf Turn Back ward. In this disoourso Hr. Talmago follows Joshua on his triumphal march and speaks cnoouraging words to all who aro engaged in the battles of thiH lifo; text, Joshuai, T>, "Thero shall not any man bo ablo to stand boforo thco all the days of thy lifo." Moses was dead. A beautiful tradition says the Lord kissed him and in that act drew forth the soul of the dying lawgiver. IIc had boon buried, only ono person at tho funeral, tho samo ono who kissed him. Hut God never takes a man away from any plaoo of usefulness until he has some one ready to replaoe him. Tho Loid does not go looking around amid a great varioty of candidates to find sotuo one especially fitted for the vacated position. He makes a man for that place Moses has passed of! the stage, and Joshua, the hero, puts his foot on tho platform of history so solidly that all tho ages echo with tho tread. He was a magnificent fighter, but he always fought on tho right sido, and he never fought uuloss God told him to fight Ho got his military equipment from God, who gave him the promise at tho start, "There shall not any nun bo able to stand boforo thee a 1 iho days of thy lifo." God fulfilled this promise, al though Joshua's ti :t t battle was with t ho spring freshet, the next with a Htoue wall, the next leading oq a regiment of whipped (towards and the next battling against darkness, w heeling the sun and tho moon into his battalion, and tho last against tho king of ttrrors, death ? fivo groat viotorics. As a rulo when the goneril of an army starts out in a war he would liko to havo a small battlo in order that ho may got his owu ooura;eup and rally his troops and got thorn drilled for great er oonfiiots, but tho first undertaking of .Joshua was greater than tho Icvoling of Port Pulaski, or the assault of (Jib raltar, or tho overthrow of tho Pastille. It was tho crossing of tho .Jordan at I Vsn Jimn af i 1 w? n %?>? ?.? f'I'l . %uu %iuiu ui mo n|'i iu^ iiuroiui. i IK.' snows of Mount Lebanon bad juHt been molting, and they poured down into tho valloy, and tho wholo valloy was a raging torront. So tho Canaanitcs stand on one bank, and they look across and soo .Joshua and the Israelites, and thoy laugh and say: "Aba, they oannot disturb us until the freshets fall! It isiuipossiblo for them torcachus." Hut after awhilo they look aorossthc water, and they seo a movement in the army of Joshua. Thoy say: "What is tho matter now? Why, thero rnuHt bo a panio among thoso troops, and thoy arc going to fly, or perhaps thoy are going to try to march aoross tho river Jordan Joshua is aluaatio." Bui Joshua, tho ohioftain, looks at his array and orios, "Forward, march!" and they s art for tho bank of tho Jordaa. Quo mile ahead go two priests carrying a glittor ing box four feet long two foot wide It-is tho am of the oovcn&ut. And thoy oomo down, and no sooner do they just touch tho riui of the water with thoir foot than, by au Almighty fiat, i i._ ft"- ' > uuiuuu jiitiiti. i 110 army 01 ooBnua marches right on without getting thoir feet wet, over tho bottom of the river, a path of chalk and broken shells and Eebblos, until thoy get to tho other ank. Thon thoy lay hold of tho oleanders and tamarisks and willows and pull themselves up a bank IK) or 40 foot high, and having gained tho othor bank they clap their shields and thoir oymbals and sing tho praisos of the God of Joshua. But no sooner havo they reached tho bank than tho wators bo gin to dash and roar, and with a terrific rush thoy broak loose from their strango anohorago. As the hand of tho Lord God is taken away from tho thus uplifted waters?waters porhaps upliftoi half a mile?thoy rush down, and some of tho unbolieving Israelites say: "Alas, alas, what a misfortune! Why could not those wators have staid parted? Bcoauso CirhapB wo may want to go b?ck. (J ord, we aro engaged in a risky busi noss. Those Canaanitos may oat us up. How if we wanttogo back? Would it not have boon a more oomplotc mira ole if tho Lord had partod tho wators to lot u8 oome through and kept thorn parted to lot uh go baok if wo are dofoated?" My friends, God makes no provision for a Christian retreat, lie oloars tho path all tho way to Canaan. To go baok is to dio. Tho samo gate koopors that Hwung baok tho nuiothystino and crystal lino gato of tho Jordan to lot Israol pass through now swing shut tho amothystino and crystalline gato of the Jordan to kocp tho Israolitos from going baok. Viotory ahead, but water 30 foot doop behind, surging to death and darkness and woe. Bit you say, "Why did not those Canaanitos, when thoy had such a splendid ohanoo, standing on tho top of tho bank 30 or' 40 foot high, completely demolish those pior Israelites down in tho river?" I will tell you why. God had mado a promise, and ho was going to kcop it. "Thoro shall not any man bo able to stand boforo thee all the days of thy life." But this is no plaoo for tho host to stop. Joshua givos tho oommand, "Forward, march!" In tho distance there is a long grove of troos, and at tho end of tho grovo is a city. It is a oity with arbors, a oity with wallB Booming to reaoh to tho heavens, to buttress tho very sky. It is the great metropolis thatoommands tho mountain pass. It is Jerioho. That oity was afterward oaptured by Pornpoy and onoo by Herod fie Great and once again by tho Mohammedans, but this campaign the Lird plans. Thoro shall bo no swords, no battering ram. There shall be only one weapon of war and that a ram's horn. The horn of the slain ram was sometimes taken, and holes were punoturod in it, and then the musician would put the instrument to his rpe, sod he would run his Angers over pris rude musioal instrui nent and maty a great deal of sweet 'i^mony for ihe people. That have soovneu the , ... MAp** 4 ?h tho only kind of weapon. Savon priests were to take these rudo, rustio musical instruments, aud they were to no around tho oily every day for six days onco a day for six days?aud | then on tho Hovcuth day thoy were to go around blowing these rule musioal instruments seven tunes and then at tho closo of the seventh blowing of the ram s horns on tho sovenlh day tho peroration of tho whole socno was to ho a shout, at whioh those groat walls should tumblo from capstone to baso. The seven priests with tho rudo musical instruments pass all around the oitv walls on tho Grst day and sooro a failure Not so much uh a piece of piaster broke loose from the wall, not so muoh as a loosened rook, not so muoh as a pieeo of moriar lost from its place. .mm ii i ii* i ncro, say inounoouoviDg israciitos, "did I not till you so? Why, thoso minislorH aro fools. Tho idea of going around the city with thoso musical instruments and expcc'ing in lhat way to destroy it. .)oshua has boon spoiled. Ho thinks bocauso he haH overthrown and conquered the spring freshet ho can overthrow tho stone wall. Why, it is not philosophic. Do you not sec thcro is no relation botwecn tho blowing of thoso musical instrum >nts and tho knooking down of tho wall? It is not philosophic." And 1 Euppeso there were mmy wise aoros who stood with their brow knitted and with tho forefinger of tho right hand to tho Ion linger of the left hand arguing it all nu' and showing that it was not possible that suoh a cause ooaid produce suoh an cHoot. And I suppose that night in the oueauipmnt there was plenty of oaricaturo, and if .Joshua bad been nominated for any high military position ho would not have rooeivod uiauy votes. .Joshua's stock was down Fho sooond day tho priests blowing tho uiusioal instruments go around the oily and again a failure. Tho third day and a failure, fourth day and a iniluro fifth day and a failure, sixth day and a failure. Tho soventh day oomcs, tho olitn aotorio day. .Joshua is up curly in the morning a id ex unions the troops, walks all about, looks at the city wall. Tho priests s'artto make. the. e.irmiii nf ?^ oily. Thoy go all around onoo, all around twice, three limes, four times, live times, six times, seven times and a failuro. There is only ono more thing to do, and that is to utter a great shout. I soo the Israclitish army straightening themselves up, lilliug their lungs for a vooiforation such as never was heard bofore and never heard after. Joshua feels that lho hour has oorno, and ho orios out to his host, "Shout, for tho Lord hath given you tho oity " Alt togothor tho troops shout: "Down, Jerioho! Down, Jorioho! ' Aui the long lino of solid masonry begins to quiver ami to uiovo and to rook. Stand troui under' She falis! Crash go tho walls a id tciup les, tho towors, tho palaoos, tho air blaokoncd with tho dust. The huzza of the victorious Israelites and the groan of tho conquered Canaanitcs com mingle, and Joshua, standing there in tho debris of the walh, hears a voice saying, " There (hall not any man bo able to stand before (bee all the days of thy lilo." Only one homo spared. Who lives there? Sjuio great king? No. Some woman distinguished for groat kindly deeds? No. She had been conspicuous for her criuios It is tho house of Kahab. Why was her house spared? B :o auso she had boon a groat sinner? No, but becauso she repented, demonstrating to all the ages that there is moroy for the chief of stnnors Ttie rod cord of divino injunction reaching from her window to tho ground, ho that when tho pooplo saw the rod cor 1 thoy knew it was tho divine indication that they should uot disturb the promisos, making us think of tho divino cord of a Saviour's dolivo rauoo, tho red oord or a Saviour's kindnoss, tho rod oord of a Saviour's moroy, the red cord of our rosouo. Moroy for tho < -! i3iiiui ui sinners. rut your trust 111 that God, and no damage shall befall you. When our world shall bo more terribly surrounded than was Jorioho, cveu by tho trumpets of the judgment day and Lho hills and tho mountains, tho metal boacs and ribs of naturo shall break, thoy who have had Kahab's faith shall have Kahab's dolivoranoo. When wrappod in lire the realms of ether glow And heaven's last thunder shakes the earth boiow, Thou, uudismaytd, shall o'er the ruins smile Aud light thy torch at nature's funeral pile Kut .Joshua's troops may not halt hero Tho command is, 'Forward, march! ' There is tho city of At It must bo taken. How shall it bo takon? A soouting party oomes baok and says: ".Joshua, we can do that without you. It is going to bo a vory easy job. You must stay hero whilo wo go and capture it." Tltoy march with a Hinall rogiuunt in front of that oity. The men of Ai look at thorn and givo ono yell, and tho 1h raolitcs run like roindoor. Tho northoru troops at Bull Bun did not make suoh rapid time as theso Israolitos with tho Canaanitos after them. Thoy novor cut such a sorry ftguro as whon thoy woro on tho rotroat. You who go out in tho battlos of God with only half a foroo iustcad of your taking the men of Ai tho men of Ai will take vou Look at tho ohuroh of God on tho rotroat. Tho BorncBian oannibals ato up Munson, tho missionary. "Fall baak!" said a groat many Christian pooplo. "Fall baok, O ohuroh of God! Borneo will novor bo takon. Do you not hco tho Bomosian cannibala havo oaton up Munson, tho missionary?" Tyndall dolivors his lee turo at tho University of Glasgow, and a groat many good pooplc say: Fall baok, 0 ohuroh of God! Do you not seo that Christian philosophy is going to be ovoroorno by wordly philosophy? Fall baok!" Geology plungoi its orowbar into tho mountains, and thcro aro a groat many pooplo who say: "Soiontfio investigation is going to overthrow tho Mosaio acoount of tho oroation. Fall baok!" But friends of God novor havo had any right to fall baok. Joshua falls on his faoo in ohangrin. It i9 the only timo you ovor soo tho baok of his hoad Ho falls on his faoo and begins to whino, and ho says, "() Lord God, wheroforo hast thou at all brought this pooplo ovor Jordan todolivor us into tho hands of tho Amorites, to dostroy us? Would to God wo had boon oontcnt an dwolt on tho other sido of Jordan. For the Canaanites and all tho inhabitants of the land shall hoar of it and shall environ us round and out off our namo from tho earth." I am very glad Joshua said that. Bofore it soomed as if ho woro a supernatural boing and theroforo oould not be an odample to ub, but I find he is a man, hi is only a man. Just ae sometimes you) find a man under --- "M < 1 imti? % ? sovore opposition or in a bad state of physical hoalth, or worn out with over wo'V, lviog down and sighing ah">ut being dcf a'oJ. I a n eu -ouragod when 1 lie .r iIrs or / of Jo >hu . at ho lios in tho f'u.t (J >d "oiuoh and routes him How d ?. ft he rou o him? Hy o uupliuiontarv ?po8'ropieV No . Ho says, "(Jot thoo up Wnero )ou licsi thou upon thy f ia jo?" do ihu* risos. ami, I warrant you wi h a mortified look. Hut his old oourBiio e >mot b ick. The fact was not hiH 1 attlo If ho l.ul boon in it ho would havo :-4 tr - ? ?,vruu <JU IU viuvury. 110 gtinOTH niH troops around him and says: "Now, let us go up and oapturo tho city of Ai. Let us go up right away." They march oq. Ho putb thouiaj irity of tho troops behind a lodge of rootcs in tho night, and thou ho Bonds oomparitivcly small regiments up in front of tho city. Tho uion of Ai ootno out with a shout. Tho small rcgimobtH of IsraolitioB in strat agem fall back aud fall haok, and whon all tho men of Ai havo loft tho oity and aro in pursuit of tho Hoattorod, or seemingly scattered, regiments, .Joshua stands on a rock I boo his locks Hying in tho wind as ho points hisHpoar toward tho doomod oity, and that is the signal. Tho moo rush out from bohind tho rocks and tako tho oity, and it is put to tho torch, and th^n these Israelites in the oily march down, and tho ll>'ing Israelite! roturn, and between thcao two waves oi Israclitish prowoBB tho Dion of Ai aro destroyod, and tho Uraolitos gain tho victory; and while I see tho ouning smoke of that destroyed oity ou tho sky. and while I hoar tho huzza of tho Israelites and tho groan of tho Canaanitos, Joshua hoars something louder than it all, ringing and echoing through his soul, "There shall not any man bo ablo to stand before thee all the da)8 of thy lifo." Hut this is no pla""> for tho host of Joshua to stop. "Koward, march! cries .Joshua to iho troops. There is tho city of Giboon It has put itself under the protection .Joshua Thoy send word: "There are live kings aftor us. Thoy are going to destroy us Send troops quiok. Send us help right away," .Joshua Jus a throe days march, more thai doublo quick. On the morning of tho third day ho is be fore the enetny. There aro two long lines of battle. Tho battlo opens with great slaughter, but tho Canaanitos soon discover soiuothiog Thoy say: "That is Joshua. That is tho man who conquered the spring freshet and knooked down tho stono walls of J or ioho and dostroyed the city of Ai. Thoro is no uso fighting." Thoy sound a retreat, and as thoy begin to retreat Joshua and his host spring upon them like a panther, pursuing thorn ovor tho rocks, while tho catapults of tho sky pour a volley of hailstones into tho valioy, and all tho artillory of tho heavons, with bullets of iron, psund the Canaanitos against tho ledges of Ujth horon. "On," says Joshua, "this is surely a viotory! ' "But do you not sec tho sun is going down? Thoso Atnorics are g ?ing to gjt away aftor all, and then they will ooino up some other time and hither us, and perhaps dostroy us. Seo, the sun is going down. Oh, for a longer day than hasovor beon scon in this olunato!" What is the matter with Joshua? Hat he fallen in an apoplot o ft ? II) is ia prayer. Ltokout when a good man makes the Jj)rd his ally. Joshua ranos his faoe, radiant with prayer, and looks at tho dcoending sun over Giboou aud at tho faint orosoont of tho moon, for you know tho queon of tho night som jtimjs will linger around tho palaooB of tho day. Pointing ono hand at tho docending sun and the other hand at tho faint orosooat of tho moon, in tho namo of that God who shaped tho worlds and uiovos tho worlds ho ories: "Sun stand thou still upon Giboon, and thou, moon, in tho valloy of Ajalonl" Thoy halted. Whothor it was by rofrajtion of the sun's rays or by tho stopping of ? L L .1 - - 1 - ? * iiiu wdoio pianoiary system l (lo not know and do not otro. 1 loavo it to tho Christian Soon lists and thoinfilcl soiontists to settlo that <iuostion, whilo I toll you 1 havo noon tho samo thing. "What?" say you. "Not tho sun standing still?" Yos. Tho Hauio miraolo is porformod uowadayB. Tho wicked do not livo out half thoir day, and their Bun sots at noon. But lot a man start out in battlo for God and tho truth and against sin. and tho day of his usefulness id prolonged and prolonged and prolongod. But it is timo for Joshua to go homo. Uo is llOyoarsold. Wasnington went down tho Potomac and at Mount Voraon olosod his days. Wellington died poaoofully at Apsloy ilouso. Now, where shall Joshna rost? Why ho is to havo his groatost battlo now. Aftor 110 years ho has to moot a king who has more subjeots than all tho prosont population of tho oarth, his throno a pryamid of skulls, his partorro tho gravoyards and tho oomotorios of tho world, his ohariot tho world's hoarso ? tho king of terrors. But if this is Joshua's groatost battlo, it is going to be Joshua's groasost viotory. Ho gathers his friends around him and givos his valodiotory and it is full of roininisoonoo. Young mon toll what they aro going to do. Otd mon toll what thoy havo dono. And as you havo heard a grandfather or groat-grandfaorsoatod by tho ovoning firo toll of vi .?u v?1.. j > ? ? muuiuuuvii ur i ursiuwn ana moo lilt up the orutoh or staff an though it woro a musket to fight aod show how tho old battles woro woo, bo Joshua gathers his frionds around his dying oouch, and ho tolls thorn tho story of what ho has boon through and as ho lives thoro, his whito locks snowing down on his wrinkled forohoad, 1 ask if God has kopt his promiso all tho way through. As ho lios thoro ho tolls tho story ono, two or throo timos?you havo hoard old pooplo toll a story two or throo times ovor?and no answers: "I go tho way of all tho oarth, and not ono word of the promiso has failed, not ono word thoroof has failod, not ono word thereof has failod. All has oomo to pass; not ono word thoroof has failod.*'. And then ho turns to his family, as a dying paront will, and says: "Choose now whom you wiil serve. tho God of Israel or tho god of tho Amorites. As for mo and my houso, wo will serve tho Lord." A dying parent oannot bo rookless and thoughtloss of his ohildron. Consent to part with them forovor at the door of tho tomb we oannot. By tho oradle in whioh their infanoy was rooked, by the bosom on whioh they first lay, bv the blood of the oovenant, by the God 4 few iuvrf 1 < of Joshua it shall not bo. Wo will not part, we oaouot part. Jehovah.Jireh. wo tako thoo at thy promise "1 will bo a Uod to thto ai d thy seed after thco." Dead, tho old chieftain must bo laid out. Handle him v<ry gcotly. That saorcd body is over 110 yoars of ago. Lay him out, strotoh out those feot that walked dry shod tho parted Jordan. Closo thot-o lips wli'oh holped blow tho blast at which the walls of .Jer ioho foil. Kold tho arm that lifted up tho spoar toward tho doouic 1 oity of Ai. Kold it right ovor tho hoart that oxultod when tho fivo kings foil. Hut whoro shall wo got tho burnished granito for tho hcadstono aod tho footstono? L bothink myself now. L itnagino that for tho head it shall bo tho sun that stood still upon Gibcon, and for tho foot tho inoou that stood still in tho valley of Alalon. SUGGESTIVE FIGURES. A Hindsome 8howiiu! for tho Capital City. In 1880 thcro woro 18 cotton mills in South Carolina capitalized at $2,993,- , 000; in Columbiu today thoro are six mills capitalized at $1 150,000 In 18H0 all tho mills in South Carolina had 95,938 spindles: in 1000 tho mills in Columbia havo 210,000 spindlos. In 1880 all tho mills in South Carolina had 1 925 looms: in l'.KX) tho mills in Columbia havo over 0,000 looms. In 1880 tho mills in Sjuth Carolina had 2 000 operatives: in 1900 tho mills in Columbia will havo over 4,500 operatives. In 1880 thcro was only ono mill in South Carolina with ovor 13,000 spindlos, and that was Granitovillo, with 24,000: in 1900 four of tho six Columbia mills avoragc 55,000 spindles caoh and ono of thorn has four times as many spindles as Granitovillo had 20 years ago. Only by suoh comparisons us those oan a just idea ho had of the extraordinary growth of ootton n,.n..r<.fi?ii? - j vi.t..ju>?uiui iu? in uwuiu vyttruiimi, Him especially in this city. Tho inorcaso in tho efficiency of tho mills in pro portion to their capital in tho last two decades is hardly less marvelous. At illustrations wo may oito tho fact that in 1880 (Jranitovillo and Vauoluso with only 84,000 spindlos betwoon thorn, were capitalized at $1,1)00,000, while in 1000 tho Oranby mill of this oity, with (55,000 spindlos, represents an in vestmont of oulv $900,020; and tho further faot that 20 yean ago tho Piedmont mill, thou having only 10,024 spindles, employed $8151 000 capital, while in 1900 tho K chland mill of this city, with nearly 27,000 spindles, has a capital of only $800,000. The present ability of our mills to opotato from two to thrco times as many spindlos to the thousaud dollars invested as thoy used to do is in a measure tho bucocss of South Carolina's preeminent suocess in oottm iuanu'aoturc. Its great manufacturing deVt lot lucnt has beon re cent and no old factories can compete on <| i*l t r ns with its new and su porbly m|-lipped cotton mil s. Columbia State Talking Through His Hat. Capi K b ri .J Ijo*ry, one of the loading bankers of Atlanta, in atalk with a No* Y< rk Tribune reporter a few days ago, doolared, iu elLot, that the majority of tho peoplo of Georgia aro lb publicans at heart, and would have ujttoh preferred voting for MeKinloy but for tho fear of Negro domination. Tho Atlanta Journal explains, that "ho has mistaken tho views of a small oirolo of unoomptoinising gold men liko himself?bankers and hoads of big business ontorpriscs?who placo tho monoy issuo above all othor questions, for a univorsal sentiment in favor of 11 'publioanism This oloinont has brushod asido uvory other oonsidoration ignored all tho other groat questions at issue, in their oagornoss to havo tho man ro-clootod vhoui thoy regardod as representing tho safest policy for tho man of woalth." Tho pooplo of tho South, it adds, "aro not blind to what MeKinlcyism and llannaism inoan and they aro just as unaltorably opposed to ine polioios whioh thoy rcprosont aa thoy woro opposod to tho Republican party iu tho days of reoonatruotion. And thcro ia nothing acotionnl in thin looliog. It ia opposition haaod on prin liplo." Will He Do It? Tho Washington correspondent of tho News and Courior says it ia suggoatod that whilo kooping faith with his party Prosidont MoKinloy will "oxoroiao greater independence of thought and action whilo doaling with national prob'.oms, and atrivo to ropreaont tho ontiro nation with a view to a rounding out hia othoial oarroor as a patriot rather than a politioian. Ilia oloao9t and boat frionds conocdo that ho owca hia ro olootioo, not only to tho llopub lican party, but to a largo army of indopondont Domoorata and praotioal bus incaa nion, and ho ia cxpootod to framo hia fnturo polioy on tho broadoat and moat liboral linoa of statesmanship. Suoh a oourao will not bo ontiroly aooeptablo to tho averago Hopublioan partisan, and itromains to bo aeon whothcr tho cxporionoo, ability and oourago of President MoKinloy is sufficient to originato and oarry to a suooossful issue an Administration whioh tho wholo world will pronounoo indopondont and just." Row's This? Wo off or Ono Hundrod Dollars Howard for any oaso of Catarrh that oannot bo ourod by Hall's Catarrh Curo. F. J. CHENEY &C0. Props., Tolodo, O. Wo, tho undorsignod, hayo known F. J. Chonoy for tho last 15 yoara and beliovos him porfootly honorablo in all ? * " vuDiuuBtt iruHHuuuuuH ana nnanoiaily ablo to oarry out any obligations in ado by thoir firm. West & Fruax, Wholosalo Druggists, Toledo, O. Waldino, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholosalo Druggists, Toledo, O. Hall's Catarrh Curo is t&kon internally, aoting direotly upon tho blood and muoous surfaoos of the system. Prioo 75o. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists, Testimonials froe. Hall's Family Pills ar best. Whon you want pr 'He pills that never gripe tie Eaily Risers. \ Dr. l|J. Norto^ V , WEYLER1AS A SATIRIST He M<tk?s a Good Point on hU Former Critics. Tho August* Chronicle says: Goo* We) lor has not had to wait very long for what he dooms his vindication. Ho haB issued a oharaotoristio statement, and it has largo olomonts of truth to substantiate tho position takon. Ho rofcrs to tho faot that his military oon duet in Cuba brought him luto execration, ospooially among what aro oallod Anglo Saxon peoples. Ho profosscs to havo aotod as a soldier, who has bcon ordered to surpross rohollion, and took up tho only oourso likoly to suooocd in dealing with a wongrol foo. Ho now rather derisivoly points out that tho British government has commanded Lord Kitohoner to adopt his polioy in tho Boor country. "Ho might have taunted the Washington administration for not holding tip Kitohoner to public shame, as it did him, but ho may reserve that for a socond lottor. This administra'ion is no longor in tho business of oondomningWoylorism whon praotiood by tho British or of sympathi/.ing with republics in any part of tho world whon thrcatonod with dostruotion by Kuro poan imperialism. We, as a nation, arc about to introduce Woyloriam in tho Hhilippino islands, and aro hold back, consequently, from a roproaoh of Great Britian in tho Tianfevaal. This looks like a monstrous depirturo from tho polioy of tho fathers of tho ro public, hut what aro you going to do about it? "At prosont, however, General Wcy lcr is "tho man who laughs," and whon ho comes to tho Philippine question, in another lottcr, ho may mako "Anglo Saxonism" look moro hypocritical than othcrwiso. It in not olton that a cruel man gets such uwift, ho oallod "vindication," but Woylor, oven if ho is not to bo oxousod for bin atrooity, may be pardonod for having somo ex ultation whon ho sees llnolo Sam and John Pull following his Cuban plan in South Afrioa and Luzon. Wo think it a rathor lamcutablo andpathotio thing, but Woylor has some right, in the prcmisos, "to grin horribly a ghastly stnilo." If you havo ovor aeon a child in the agony of croup you oan rcalizo how grateful mothers aro for Ono Minuto Cough Curo whioh gives roliof as soon as it is aIministerou. It quickly oures ooughs, oolds and all throat and lung troubles. Dr. K Norton. The Vote Declared Tho State board ot oanvassors met Thursday in thootfioe of tho seoretary of state. Tho mombers present were Treasurer Timuierman, who prosided; Seorotary of Stato Cooper, Attorney General Bellinger, Comptroller General Dcrham and Anjutant General Floyd, Mr. Jesse T. Gnatt acted as seorotary. The board met to doolare the vote as cast in tho State and had not there been two oontests prosontid to and heard by them the session would have been of a routino oharaoter, for the official vote has alroady bocn tabulated and given in full dotail to tho public through Tho Stato. Tho contests wore from the first and seventh congressional districts. In tho fir^t, W. W. Bcckot, who opposed Col. William Kiliott and was dofeatod, protested against tho ocrtifioato of ukctiou being given Col. KUiott. In tho seventh A. D. Dantzler, colored, mado a protest against Dr. Stokes being clootod. Tho grounds upon which thoso dofcatod llopublioan candidates made thoir contest havo already boon published and tho wholo matter was gono over again Thursday. Bookott was rop rcsontod by John D. Kdwards, a Negro lawyer of Charleston, and Dantzler had I as his attorney, Jaoob Moorcr, a Negro lawyer of Orangeburg. Congressman Elliott was roprosontod by Mr. William Elliott, Jr., and Congressman Stokoa had as his attorney Mr. B. II. Mobs of Orangoburg. Both oontosta woro dismissed as thoro was nothing to sustain oithor of thorn, and tho certificates wero awarded to Congressmen Elliott and Stokos. DoWitt's Witoh lla/.ol Salvo will quiokly heal the worst burns and scalds and not leavo a soar. It can bo applied to outs and raw surfaeos with prompt and soothing offeot. Uso it for piles and skin diseasos. Bowaro of worthless oountorfeits. Dr. E. Norton. A Fishy Story A dispatoh from Jacksonville, Fla., says tho most daring and unique highway robbory in tho history of tho south was oommittcd in thooontor of tho oity on a prinoipal thorough faro lato ono night. John 8. Smith, a young business man, was on his way homo, whon at tho oornor of Monrnn v VV MU\k 14 HU1 A stroets a woll-droHHod whito woman Htoppod in front of him and help him up. Flo did not know, howovor, ho had boon robbod until ho had loft hor. Than ho found that in tho cleverest professional mannor sho had extraotod throe (100 bills and fivo $20 bills, a total of $400, from his pookotbook. Thcro is no ploasuro in life if you droad going to tho tablo to eat and oan't rost at night on aooount of indigestion. Honry Williams, of Boonvillo, Ind. , says he sufforod that way for yoars, till he oommonood tho use of Kodol Dyspepsia Curo, and adds, "Now L oan oat anything 1 liko and all I want and sloop soundly ovcry night." Kodol Dyspopsia Curo will digost what you l)r. K. Norton. A Figuring Idiot. Tho Atlanta Journal says somo ohoosful statistician has figurod out that in tho Unitod States somebody is murdored every 20 minutes during the night, and that one out of ovory 200 Amerioans moots doatb at tho hands of an assassin. What an acquisition this fellow would bo to tho funny story department of Harpor's Weekly! Many people worry beoause they believo they have heart disease. The ohanoes aro that their hearts are all right but their stomaohs are unable to digost food. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure di?osts what you eat and prevents the ormation of gas whioh makes the stomaoh press against the heart. It '^^ureevery from of indigestion, ^Norton. {iTb i Tarn Them Down. Nine young colored oanididatos for holy crdors were turned down by Bishop Tanner. ?>f the African Methodist church, io Memphis, the other day, because they did not koow the date of the tlood. Kght of them failed to mako any reply whatever to the quoetion. Tho ninth said he thought tho Calves ton flood ooourred this vear. You can't afford to risk your lifo by allowing a oaugh or a oold to develop into pneumonia cr consumption. Ono Minute Cough Cure will cure throat and lung troubles quicker than any other preparation known. Many doc toiB uso it as a specific for grippo. It is an infallible remedy for oroup Children like it and mothers ondorso it. Dr. K Norton. Atlantic Coast Line RAILROAD COMPANY OF SOUTH CAROLINA. CONDINBID SOU KIJULK. Trains Going South. Dated Nov 19, 1899 No.65* No.At P. M. A M Leave Wilmington 8:46 Leave Marion 0.-84 Arrivo Florenoe 7:16 Loavo Floronce *7:46 *2 34 Arrive Humtcr 8:67 8 66 No. 62 A M Leave Humier 8:67 *9 40 Arrive Columbia 10:20 1100 No. 62 rune through from Charleston via Central K. K., leaving Charleston 7:00a. m. Lauee 8:34 a. in., Manning 9:09 a. m. Trains Going North. No. 64* No.6s A. M. P. M Leave Columbia *6:40 *4 16 Arrive Humtor 8:06 6 86 No. 82 P. M. Leave tjumter *8:06 6 06 Arrive Florenoe i 9tt Leave Florence 9.60 Leave Marion 10:30 Arrive Wilmington 1:16 Daily. >o. 63 runs through to Charleston, 8. C. via Central R. K., arriving at Manniug 6:04 p. m., Lanes 6:43 p. rn., Charleston 8:80 p. m. Trains on Conway llrunoh leave Chad bourn 6 86 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m, returning leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrive Chadhourn 11 '20 am, leave Chadbourn 11 60 a m, arrive Hub 12 26 p m, returning leave Hub 8 00 pm, arrive Chadbourn 8 86 p m. Daily exoept Sunday. J. R. Kealy, General Manager. T. M. Emerson, Traffio Manager. H. M. Emerson. General Paaeeaper Agent. Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Daily except Sunday. Southbouud.?No. i)7. Leave Hub 3 00 pm Leave llions 8*10 pm Arrive Chadbourn 3 36 pm Leave Chadbourn 6 36 pm T .... ni.. 1? " uvow O LHJ pDl Leave Ml Tabor 0 16 pm Leave Lor in 0 35 pm Leave Sanford 0 60 pm Leave liayboro 7 00 pm Le.ve I'rivetls 7 00 pm Leave Adriau 7 1*2 pm Arrive Conway 7 40 pm Northbound.?No. 98. Leave Conway 8 30 am Leave Adrian 8 66 am Leave I'rivella 9 00 am Leave Bayboro 9 10 am Leave Sauford 9 '20 am Leave Loria 935 pm Leave Ml Tabor 1010 am Leave Clarondon 1140 aui Arrive Chadbourn 1120 am Leave Chadbourn.- 1160 am Leave llions 1*216 pm Arrive Hub 1226 pm Ortman Pays the EXpress Htearn Dyeing of every description, bteam, Nap tha, French Dry and chemical oleanslng. Bend Cor oar new price list and circular All work guar anteed or no charge. Ortman's Steam Dye Works 1810 Main Street Columbia, B. C A. L. Ortman. Proprietor PITTS'" ANTISEPTIC INVIGQRATQRI Cures La Gr'ppo, dyspepsia, indigestion and ail stomach and bowel troubles oolio or oholera morbus, teething troubles with ohildren, kidney troubles, bad blood and all sorts of sores, risings or felons, outs and burns. It is as good autiseptio, when looally applied, as anything on the market. Try it and you will praise It to others If your druggist doesn't keep it, write to MUKRY DRUG COMPANY, COLUMBIA. 8. O. WAOCAMAW LINK STEAMERS.?The Steamer will leave the wharf at Con* way every Monday and Wednesday morning for Georgetown at 4 o'olook, touching all intermediate points; and will leave her wharf at Georgetown every Tuesday and Friday morning for Conway at 4 o'olook, touohlng at all intermediate points. D. T. MoNoill, Gen'l Agt. and Treaa., Coaway, S. C. John S. Beaty, Agent, Georgetown, B,G. NOTICE, Conway Lodge, No. 90. Knights of Pythias will meet regularly the first and third Thursday nights of each month until otherwise ordered. V. a.arivkt Chan. Com. j. C. 8piv*y K. K. A 8 May 14th, 90. ly H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counaellor at Law, Conway, 9. C. M^Office up stairs over Herald offiee opposite Bank. DR. H. H. BURROUGHS, LORIS, 8. 0. Calls promptly answered nigh or day. R. B. Scarborough, cokwat, 8.0. ATTORNEY AT LAW. Saw Mills, Corn Mills, Cane Mills, Rice Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and Matchers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, aid all other kinds of wood working machinery. My Sergeant Log Beam Saw mill is the heaviest, strongest, and most efficient mill for the money on the market, quick, accurate. State Agent for H. B. Smith Machine Company wood working machinery. For high grade engines, plain slide valve?Automatic, and Corliss, write me: Atlas, VVatertown, and Struthers and Wells V. C. BADliAM, 1820 Main St., Columbia, S. C. A Pointer. Money saved is money earned. We can save you money; Let us eafn Borne for you. 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G 1^2 Sag r OLD NORTH STATE OINT MENT, the Oreat Antiseplio Healer, cures Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Oianulated Eyelids, Carbuncles, Boils, Cuts, Bruises, Old Sores, Burns, Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, Inflammatory Rheumatism. Aches and Fains, Chapped Hands and Lips, Erysipelas* It is something everybody needs. Once used always used.. For sale by all druggists and dealers. At wholesale by THE MURRAY DRUG CO., < Columbia, 8. 0 Murray's Aromatic Mouth W ash > Whitens the Teeth Cleanses the Mouth Sweetens the Breath The? Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA,8. O. dlftin h