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goi) Tn~the nation Divine Bleettnge Showered Upon the American Peop'e. OUR COUNTRY AND OTHERS. Dr. Tiilmage D'?wi Comparison! Between Them Our Duty to ExtendThese Blettingt to the World. Dr. Talmage preaches a discourse of Christian patriotism and shows tho ro ourocs of our country and prodieta the time when all tho world will havo tho ame blessings. His two texts are KeTelation xxi, 13, "On tho south lVir/>n l'oilm orlvii "Iln not dealt bo with any nation " Among tho greatest needs of our oountry is more gratitude to God for tho unparalcd prosperity bestowed upon ui. Ono of my texts oalls us to international comparison What nation on all tho planet has of late had such en largcment of commercial opportunity a? is now opening beforo this nation? Cuba and Porto Rico and tho Philippine Islands brought into oloso oontaot with us, and through steamship subsidy and Nicaragua canal, which will surely be afforded by oongrcss, all tho ropub lies of South America will bo brought into most rctivo trado with tho United States. ' On tho south three gates." While our next door neighbors, the southern ropublios and neighboring colonies, imported from Kuropcan ooun tries 3,000 miles away $675 000 000 worth of goods in a jear, only $120,000,000 worth went from tho United States- $126,000,000 out of $676,000.000, only one-fifth of tho tr<do ours, European nations taking tho four fingers and leaving us the -poor thumb Now all this is to bo ohanged. There la noiDiog Dut a comparatively Terry bo tween (ho islands which havo reoontly come under our protootion, and only a ferry between us and Bolivia, Peru, Paraguay, Uruguay, Venezuela, Salva dor, Nicaragua, Colombia, Costa lUoa, Kquador, Bi&zil, whilo there aro raging aeas and long voyage between them aud Europe. By the mandato of tho United States all that will be changed through new facilities of transportation. Tho Hispano American oongress j rat closed at Madrid will fail in its attempt to divert all tho trado of Sruth Amorioi from us to Europe. What enoouraging symptoms that our trade withCaba and Porto Kico has been quadrupled! But that is only a prophecy. 4 On tho south throe gatos"?yea, a hundrod gatos! In anticipation of what is sure to como, I nail on tho front door of this nation an advertisement: Wanted.?One hundred thousand men to build railroads through South Amerioa and the ia'ands of tho act under our protection. v> antou. ? a thoucan<l telegraph opor ators. Wanted. ?One hundred million dollars' worth of dry goods from tho groat oitieB of tho United Statos. Wanted. ?All tho cloaks you oan mako at Now Haven and all tho brains you oan sparo from Boston and all tho bells you can mold at Troy and all tho MoCormio rrapors you oan fashion at Chioago and all tho hams you oan turn out at Cincinnati -and all tho railroad iron you oan send from Pittsburg and all tho statesmen that you can spare from WashiDg'on. Wanted.?ltight away, wanted by new and swifter steamers, wanted by railtrain, lawyers to plead our causes Wanted.?Doctors to ourd our siok Wanted ?Ministers to evangelize out population. Wantod ? Professors to establish our universitos. ' On the soulh thrco gates," yea, a thousand gates, South America and all tho islandi of tho sea approximate are rightfully our commercial domain, and the congro-s of tho United Statoa will see to it that we get what bolong* to ua. And then tides of travel will bo somewhat divortcd from Eiropo to our is lands at tho south and to tho land of the Arucs. Much of tho $1*25 000,000 yearly expended by Americans in Europe will bo expended in southern exploration, in looking at somo of tho ruins of tho 47 citios which Stephens found only a little way apart and in walking through the great doorways and over tho miracles of inobaio and along by the monumental glories of aDotber civilization, and anoient America will with oold lips of stono kiss the warm lips of modern Amcrioa, and to have een tho Andes and Popooatopetl will be deemed as i nportant as to havo soon tho Alpine and Balkan ranges, and there will be fewer people spoiled by foreign travel, and in our midst loss of the poor and nauseating imitation of the French shrug and tho intentional hesitanoy of a brainless foreign swell. The fast is that many aro mado vain by European travel, and, though sensible when they embarked, they return with a oollar and oravat and a shoe and a float and a ntnnnn?i?linn ? "' - _ ? - ? ? ? ? |/?vMuuvmvivu MUU A VJULI" tempt for Amerioan institutions and a bend of the elbow that make ooe believe in evolution backward from man to ape. Of tho many thousands who now cross the sea annually thousands will, on pleasure and business, visit southern lands, and so tourists and merohants and scientists and capitalists will all help in this national develop ment. "On the south three gatos." And what other nation has suoh openings for oommeroial enlargement as ours." Again, in this international oompar ison notioe the happy oondition of our eountry as oompared with most countries: Russia undor tho shadow of tho dreadful illness of her great and good emperor, who now, more than any man in all the world represents "peaoe on earth, goodwill to men" and whose em press, near the most solemn hour that ever comes to a woman's soul, is anxious for him to whom she has given her hand and heart, not for political reasons, but thoughola fashioned love suoh aa bless as our humbler dwellings; India under the agonies of a famine whioh, though aomewhat lifted, has filled hundreds of thousands of graves and thrown millions into orphanage: Austria only waiting for her genial Fraueis Joseph to die so as to let Hungary riso in rebellion and pake the palaoe of Vienna quake with insurroction:~ Spain in Carlizt revolulion and pauperized an seldom as any nation has been pauperized: Italy under the horror* of her k'ne's a?sa?sina tion: China shudders with a foar of diremberment, her capital in possession of foreign nations After a review of the oondition in other lands can you find a more appropriate uttoranco is ro gard to our country than thorxdaina tion of tho text, "Ho hath not dealt so with any nation?" Comparo tho autumnal report of har vests in Amorioa thin year and tho har vests abroad. Last suuiuior I crossed 110 oontincnt of Europo twioo, and 1 saw no suoh harvests as aro spoken of in thin statement. Hoar it, all you mon and womon who want everybody to havo enough to eat and wear. I havo to toll you that tho corn orop of our country this year is ono of tho largost crops on record?2 105.OIK),000 bushels! The orop, though smaller than atBomo times, will en that aooount bring bigger prioos, and so ootton plantors of tho south aro prosperous Tho whcatfields havo pro vidtd bread enough and to sparo. Tho r it - H 1 (ui*iu tiuji, ouu 01 mo nvo largest crops on rcoord? 211,000,000 bushels! Twenty-two million two hundrod thousand swine slain, and yot bo many hogs loft' Again, in this international comparison there is not a land whose wagos and Halarios aro so largo for tho great ma?B of pcoplo In India 4 ocntB a day aod find yourself in good wages; in Iroland, in some partB, 8 ocnts a diy for wages; in England, $1 a day, good wages, v?Bt populations not getting as much as that; in other lands, f>0 cents a day and 2*) cents a day, dear on down to starvation and squa'or! Look at the great popula ions ooming out of the laotories of other lands and accompany them to their homes and seo what privations tho hardworking o fesscs on the other sido of tho sea sufTor. Tho labor ing classes in Ainerioa are 1<) per ccn? better eft than thos< in any other coun try under tho sun, 20 per cent 4't per ccn?, 50 per cent. The toilers of hand and foot have bettor homes anl bettor furnishod. "II >w much wages do you get? ' is a (jucsticn 1 have asked in 0*1 outta, in St. Petersburg, in Berlin, in Stockholm, in London, in Paris, in Auckland, New Zealand, in Sydney, in Australia, in Samoa, in tho Sandwioh islands, so 1 am not talking an abstric j hod. l ho Btonemasona and carpenter* and plumbers aud mechanic* and artis ans of all kinds in America have fiucr residences than tho majority of profes j sional mon in Europe. You enter the loborer'H houso on our side of the sea and you find upholsttry and pictures and instruments of music. Iiis children are eduoated at the best schools ilis lifo is insured, so that in caso of sudden demise his family shall not be homeless, Let all American workmen know that whilo their wagos aro not a* high as they would liko to have them America is tho paraiiso of indus ry. Again, thcro is no land on earth where the political condition is so sat isfactory as ours. Every two years in tho state and ovcry four years in tho na lion wo clean hou?o. After a vohem ont expression of the pooplo at tho bal lot box in the autumnal oleotion they all scorn satisfied, and if they are not satisfied at any rato t'toy smile An Englishman ask d mo in an English rail train this nnr>?ii.?n "H/-.? An ?/?.. ? n UV JVJVJk people Btand it iu Anicrioa with a rev olutioo every four year*? Would it not bo better, 1 iko us, to have a queen for a lifetimo and everything settled? ' Hut England ohanges government just as oortainlv as wo do. At some adverse voto in parlimont out goos ono party and in comes another. Administrations chango thero, but not as advantageous ly as with us, for there thoy may ohango almost any day, while with us a party in power oontinues in powor at least four years. It is said that in our country wo havo moro dishouesty in tho ?:e of public funds than in other lands. Tho differ enoo is that in our oountry almost overy official has a ohanco to steal, while in othor lands a few peoplo absorb so mush that tho others have no ohanco at ap propriation. Tho reason thoy do n >t Rtf.nl in In n?nan ll.nti 1 *'? w?v ?M li/VVHUlU VUt'J Utll! UUl t iiiw r hands on it. Tho governments of Eu rope are so cxpcnmvo that after the ro>al faiiiilies ?*ro paid there is not much left to misappropriate. Tho empur i r of Russia has a nioo little salary of $8 210,1)00. Tho emporor of Austria has a j early salary of $1,000,000 Vio toria. tbcqu.cn, has aaa ary of $2 200, 000. Tho royal pla e of St. Jamos palaoo is worth $10,000,000 Thoro is a host of attendauts, ail on salaries, some of thom $5,000 a year, booic $0 000 a year. Comptroller of tho household, mistress of tho robos, captain of g >M stick, lieutenant of silver suck, olcrk of tho powdor closet, pages of tho baok stairs, master of the horse, chief equerry, equerries in ordinary cquorry, hereditary grand falooncr, vioo chain berlain, clcrK of tho kitohon, grooms in wailing, grooms of tho court ohatn hers, sergeant at arms, bargo master and watorman, oight bedchamber worn en, oight ladios of the bedchamber and so on and so on. All this is only atypo of tho fabulous exponso of foreign gov emmonts. All this is paid out of tho swoat and blood of tho pooplo. Aro the pooplo satisfied? Ilowcvor muoh the Germans liko William, and Austria likes Franois Joseph, and England likos hor glorious qucon, thoso stupendous govormental expenses are built on a groan of dis^atisfaotion as wido as Europe. If it woro loft to tho pooplo of England or Austria or Gormany or Russia whether thoso oxponsivo estah tl~1 A- _1_ - ..I 1 % * iiouuiuuia snouia do Kept up do you doubt what tho voto would bo? Now, is it not bettor that wo bo overtaxed and tho surplus bo distributed all over the land than to havo it built up and piled up insido of palaoos? Continuing this international comparison, I havo to say to you that wo havo a bettor olimato than iB to bo found in any othor nation. Wo do not suffer from anything liko tho sootoh mists or the Eoglish fogs or the Russian ioe blasts or tho typhus of southern Kuropo or the Asiatio oholora Epidemics in Amerioa are cxooptional, vory oxoeptional. Plenty of wood and ooal to make a roaring firo midwinter, oasy aoooss to soa boaoh or mountain top when tho ardors of summer oomo down, Michigan whoat for tho broad, Long Island oorn lor tho meal, Carolina rioo for tho quoon of puddings, Louisiana sugar to swoeton our bovorages, Qoorgia ootton to keep us warm. In our land all products and all olimatos. Are your nerves weak? Qo north. Is your throat delioato? Qo south. Do yo? feel orowded and want moro room? f-m .IWliK !>*< I 111 ? w. Go west. I declare it: This is the host country iu the world to livs in. II >w do I know it? I have 030,000 nc* reasons for haying it. Six hundred and fifty thousand peoplo in one year came from tho other sido of tho Atlantic to livo in America, and thoy came booause it is the vory boBt country to livo in. Whilo nuking this international onuparison lot us look forward to tho tiuio which will suroly oomo whon ail nations will havo as great a<l vantages as our own. As suroly as tho Biblo is truo tho wholo earth is to bo gardonizod and set froo. Mvcn tho olimatcs will obango and tho boats bo ooolcd and tho frigidity warrnod. Many years ago in this city I gatod upon a Eocnc whioh for calamity and grandeur ono seldom boob equaled. I inca/i tho burning of tho Smithsonian i nut i 1 11 t ir?r?. ll wan tKn ntiit" n' ' . ? ^ . ?? " wa v??v J' 1 & v* V> V? VUl country. In it art had gathered rarest spooimens from all land and countries. It was one of those buildings which soiz) you with onohantmcnt as you en tor, and all tho rest of your lifo holds you with a charm I happened to soo tho iirstglow of the fires whioh on that cold day looked out from tho windows of tho oostly pilo. I saw the angry ole tnouts roar aud ravo. Tho shout of affrighted workmen and tho assau't of tiro enginos only soemcd to tnaddon the rage of tin monsters that rose up to do vour all that catno within reach of their chain, lip along tho walls and through tho doors wore pushed hands thai Bna?ohcd down all thoyoould reach and hurled it into the abyss of flimu bo neath." Tho windows of tho tower w< u'd light up for a minuto with a wild glaro and then darken, as though funds with streaming looks of firo bad ootno to gazo on in laughing mookcrv at all human attempts and then mnk a^ain into their native darkness. With oraoklo and roar and ora-dt tho fl tort tumbled. Tho roofs began hero and there to bloasom in wreaths and vines ol flame Up and down tho pillars ran sorpents of firo O it from the windows great arms and Sogers of fl itno wero ex tended, as though destro>cd hpirts wcro hogging f>r dolivoranoo Tho towor put on a corouctof fl tines and staggered and fell, sparks !l>'ing, tho firemen escaping, the terror accumulating IJ>oks, maps, rare correspond- noo, autographs of kings, costly diagrams burned to cinder or scattered for many a rood upon the wild wind, to bo pioked up by the excited multitude. Oh, it scorned like souio great funeral pilo in which tho wealth and glory of our land bal leaped to burn with it consuming treasures. Tho heavens wcro blaokcned with whirlwinds of tmoko, through which 6hot the long red shafts of ca'amity. I) struclion waved its fiery banner from tho remaining towers, and in tho thunder o( falling beams and in tho roaring surgo of billowing fire I heard tho spirits of ruin and desolation and wooolapping their hands and shout ing, "Aha! aha! ' I turned and looked upon tho white domo of yonder capitol, whioh roso through tho frosty air as imposing as though all tho whito marblo of tho earth had oomc to resurrection and s'ood before us, reminding one of 'the great whito throne of heaven. Thcro it stood, unmoved by tho terrors whioh that day had boon kiudlcd beforo it No tremor in its majustio columns, no frown on its magnificent sculpture,no flu->h ofexoite mcnt in its veins of rnarblo. (Jolumn and oapital and dome, built to endure uctil tho world itself shattors in oonvulhions of tho last eartl <i tako Oh, what a oontrast between the mho*ing ruin on tho one hand and that gorgo ous dream of architecture on tho other! Well, tho day spcods on when the grandost achievement of man will ho consumed and tho world will blazo Down will go gallorics of art and throms of royalty, and tho hurrioano of God's power will soattcY even tho ashes of consumed greatness and glory. Not one tower left not ono oity u loonburned, not ono socno of grandeur to relievo tho desolation. Forests dis mastt d, seas li :ked up continents bunk hemispheres annihilated. Oh, tho roar and thundering ora*h of that la-it oon titration I Hut from that ruin of a 1.1 ? ~: ? L ? -> >i> UIU61UK uar.ll WO HUall iOOK up to 800 iho too)pie of liberty and justioo rimin^ through tho ages, white and pure and grand, ur.soarrt d and unihaki n Found, on the eternal rook and Hwolling into domes of idfi .itulo and glory, in whioh tho halleluiahs nf heaven havo their reverberation. No flano of human hate shall blacken its walls. No thunder of infernal wrath shall rock it foundations Hy tho uphold torches of burning worlds wo shall read it on column and atohitrave and throno of eternal douiin ion, "lleavcQ and earth shall pass away, but truth and liberty and justioo shall novor pass away " Now is tho timo when oroup and lung troubles provo rapidly fatal. The only harmloss /omcdy that produoos imtuodiat- results is 0 10 Minuto Cough Curo. It is very pleasant to tako and can bo roliod upon to quickly oure coughs, oolds and all lung diseases. It will prevent consumption. Dr. K Norton. Charged With Brutality. Mr. Klward O. Djan, of Spartan burg, who is woll known in Charleston, whero ho was ongagod as a nowspapcr reporter first on tho Kvoning Post and later on tho Nows and Courior, is in serious trouble in Now York. Mr. Doan haa heen fnr onmn tima nnnt\lAti?/J - ~ wvwv %??iiv v iu ovi ran a nurso in Bollovuy Hospital. Oa Monday, ho, avith two othor nurses wero drained from tho institution because of brutal treatment of an inmato of tho insano pavilion. Tho pationt, L II. Hilliard, died last Wodnosday, and tho ooroner of Now York has sworn out warrants for tho arrest of tho throo nursos, charging them with responsibil ity for his doath. Dean had not booQ arrested at last reports, but dstootivos wero looking for him. Tho oaso will bo fully invostigatod by tho oroner to dotormino vrhethor death wasduototho ill troatmont roooivod at tho hospital. Many persons havo had tho ozporionoo of Mr. Poter Sherman, of North Stratford, N. II , who says, "For yoars I suffered torturs from chronic iadigos tion, but Kodol Dyspepsia Curo made a woll man of mo." It digests what you eat and is a cortain ouro for dyspopsia and ovory form of stomaoh troublo. It givos rolief at oooe ovon in the worst oasos, and oan't holp but do you good. Dr. B. Norton. "a boy kidnapped ft I A >d Held f?<r Tw*nty-fiv* Thousand Dollars R tnsom WHICH THEROB9ER8 GOT Before They R leased the Boy. Picked up in the City of Omaha What the B iy 8ay9. Edward Cudahy, Jr., 15 yoar old son of Elward A. Cudahy, millionaire) packer and head of tho Cudahy Packing company in Omaha is missing from his homo in that oity, aid his parcats bolievo ho has boon kidnapped. Tho entire polioo and doteotivo force of tho city find a half a hundred mon employed by Mr. Cudahy havo been scouring tho oity and oountry throughout tho day in hopes of locating the young man or so curing a oluc which would lead to a knowledge of his whereabouts, but without succoss. Business at Mr. Cudahy's packing plant in South Omaha was practically suspended, near ly tho entire force there j ?ining in tho search. Too boy'H parents aro distracted at his disappearance and the fathor has offored to pay a substantial reward and no <i irstious asked if his son shall bo returned to his henn. An auonymous letter has boen rccoivcd at the Cudahy home substantiating the fears of the family that he has heon k id nappod. Young Cudahy loft homo at 8 o'clock Wednesday night to tako some books to the residonec of Captain Hustin, ab)ut two blocks dijtaut, sui (hat was tho last soon of him. As midnight, arrived and he did not return tho polico were notified and tw) dctcotivos wero detailed to work on tho oaso. It was not until near 8 o'clock the next morning, however that tho matter begin toassuun a reallyEcriousaspoot. At that hour a man on horseback rodo rapid ly by tho Cu lahy mansion af d as ho passed tho front gate threw a letter into tho yard in substance, reading: ''Mr. B A.Cuhady: Your son is safo. ttr i a ' ?o nave niru ana will take good caro of him and will return him to you in consideration of the paymout of $25,000. Wo mean business. "Jack." The remainder of tho noto 1 ho polioo refuHO at present to disoloso as they pay it relatcB to tho plaoo where tho money is to bo left and whore the kidnappers are to leavo tho boy iD oasc Mr. Cudahy complies with thoir terms. Tho servant who saw the man on horseback was able to givo a good description of him and this is tho olew upon which the polioo arc working at presont. THE MONEY PAID. The Boy Released and Returns to His Home Therois roi doing in tho homo of 101ward Cudahy. Edward Cudahy, Jr , who was kidnapped Tuesday ovoning. aftor being hold 30 hours for a ranpotu of $25,000 in gold, which the young man'B father unhesitatingly paid, has boon rc turned to his family, and Thursday nigM tho biy and his parouts wore ro oeiving congratulations from relatives and friends throughout tho country. A statomont of tho oonspiratora, overhoard by tho lad whilo he was in their powor, indioatos that th y had boon a'tomptiog for a month to soou-o possession of one of his sisters. Young Cudahy rolatod tho Btory of being over powered, plaocd in a closed oarriagc, blindfolded and biund and oarricd many miles from the oity to a plaoo, tho location of which ho oannot identify, and his father made known the details of a long ride into tho country to doposit a bag containing $25,000 in gold in a place indicated in a lottor written Wednesday to Mr Cudahy by tho outlaws, naming this oor.dition as a surety for tho rotura of the boy. This sum was deposited in a plaoo indioatcd about fivo miles north of the oity, on a lonely road loading up to tho bank of tho Missouri rivor. Mr. Cudahy called into consultation tho ohiof of polico and his frionds and dit-cusscd tho plans lo 'king to the oapturo of the) pang when they should appear at the p dot of rendezvous named in tho letter. Tho great stiain on tho family, however, caused Mr. Cudahy to abandon all idea of oaptur ing tho men in whoto powor was tho hie of his son, and dcoidcd to at onoo oouiply with all tho demands of the bandits. Absoluto scorcoy was ncocssary, and a trusted nnssengcr was dispatohed to tho bank to secure the gold After soouring tho money ho started out entiroly alono To identify himself ho had aitaohcd to tho dashboard of his buggy a red lantern, whioh was ono of tho oonditions in tho lottor. Mr. Cudahy drovo to tho appointed plaoo, whoro ho found, noar tho road, a while lantern suspended from a short stako drivon in tho ground, near tho river bank. Nobody was in sight. Ho at onoo alighted, plaoed tho bag of gold oonvoniently near tho stako and rcturnod to tho oity without hoaring a soundThat tho bandits woro noar tho spot and at onoo soourod tho valuablo packago oannot bo doubted, for about 1 o'olook this morning tho young boy ran breathlo&s up at tho door of of his father's homo and rang tho boll for admission. Tito polios men, who in thooarly evening had been plaoed noar tho family mansion had lator boon sont to tho stablo by Mr. Cudahy who foarod that tho men seeing tho officers would drivo away without leaving tho boy. Notwithstanding the ontiro polioo and detcotivo foroo of tho oity, sovoral Pinkorton's from Chioago and half a hundrod of Mr. Cudahy's own mon havo boon scarohing diligontly for a oluo looking to tho oapturo of tho outlaws over sinoo the return of tho young man, UP to 11 o'olook toniuht nnthino . - - O " has dovolopea to givo the loast idea of tho identity of men who oporated tho crime. Young Cudahy say* thero were six of tho moo hut that all wore masks. Chief of Polioo Donahuo said that ovory effort was boing made to bring the abduotors to justioo, that there were probably three instead of six men, that they had been figuring on it for at least six weeks, and that the polioo suspeot certain parties. He said that Mr. Cudahy evinced but little delire to proseoute, but Mr. Cud ahy announced that he would pay $25,OOO reward for the approhonsion of the abduotors. The Cudahy boy in h:s statement of what took pUoo says, among other things. Ho was aorosa the street from his own homo, on his way baok from Rjstin residence Tuesday ovoning wheo two men approaohod him. Oao said: "Wo aro shoritfs from Ssrpy oounty and arrest you as Kddio MoQeo, who escaped from tho reform sohool. Thoy drovo to a houso, supposedly in tho southwestern part of South Omaha. Tho boy was takon in and ohainod to tho floor. Ho remained thoro all night and tho nozt day. From a conversation betweon tho abduotors and himsolf tho young man loarnod that tho abduotors had boon Booking to abduot ono of tho girls of tho family. REMARSABLE RECORDS Quick Time in Getting Married and Divorced. In thn nr??m nfllnrnit ni*n M:i waukco, whore tho boat familios apeak tho languago in which Iloino onoe sooffod aud Sohopenhauor sighed, Louis liiraoh, ono lino July day, fixed a now criterion on tho porilous sido of matrimony by wodding his mother in-law, Mrs. Albcrtina Abrahams. It was 6aid that ho hfid learnod to lovo her oooking boforo ho proposed and sho aoooptod him. Many of tho wiso and learnod havo married their oooks, but Ilirsoh, waiviog disparity in ago, outdid tho old timo philosophers and solved tho mothor-in law problom by ono bold atroko of genius. Tho bridogroom was 30 and tho brido 00. In Minneapolis, tho other day, Elward K )tn shattored con rontional ideas by marrying his stopdaughtor, who ift 18, this prooecding having transposed his former wifo, from whom ho was divorced, iato his mother-in law. Tho lattor is said to havo been as indifferent to tho chango as if sho had never met her Bon in law. From Ohioago, long noted for its surpiisinK statistios in marriaurn ?nH <ti vorco, oouios tho rcoord for tho swiftest oouriship of tho year, though not the speediest divoroo. Oao oold, inhospi tablo February day Charlos Korpes stt pped into a Chicago saloon in search of a drink to warm the inncrman. Now it happened that tho owner of this par tioular bar was a buxom widow. Korpes bought a drink?along one?and whilo slowly sipping it like a truo oounois sout sizod of tho oomfortablo surroundings. Aftor fiftoon minutos of wooing ho proposod and was acocptcd. The scquol was told in court ono month later, whon tho erstwhile buxum widow was socking relief from her husband's extravaganoo and his habit of drawing a rovolver on her to cuforoe his demands. More marriago lioomos wero issued in Chicago in Juno, 1900, than in any previous month of Cook oounty's history, '2,150 ojuplcs obtaining permits to wed. Chicago's Orotna Green is St. Joseph, Mioh., aoioss tho lake. All Sunday matrimonial reoords wero broken there on August 12, when 78 oouples woro joined tcgoihcr for better or lor worso?mostly worse probably. Tho blue ribbon for sundering tho grcatost number of taneloi hvnmnr?l Hcb in a single <1 ly was proudly taken by St. Louis. Yet peop'o sometimes will Bnccr at St. Louis ad a slow town. Poor liltlo overworked Cupid was haltered and haiiiUicrid and twisted out of all recognition, on N jv. 2. when four oirouit court judges took t. tf tkoir coats figuratively speaking, and after hear ing the total of 100 divorce oases granted 50 doorccs. San Franoisco contributes tho record for tho speediest divoroo, and a neat and workmanliko j >b it scorns to have been. Edwin W. Evans, a wide-awake oomuiooial traveler, with tho timely aid of a swift California oourt got his doorco of legal separation from an in oompatiblo partner of tho maiden namo of O Hrien in precisely 20 minutes. At 10 o olook on tho morning of Ju'y 21 ho flicd his complaint; 10 minutes later a lawyer submittod tho wifo's answer; at 10 20 tho jidgo signed tho dooioe and the liberated husband bolted from the o iurt room to oatoh a train. Hut Mr. Evans, it is proper to add, brought to his aid in preparing tho oaso tho knowledgo of a professional. Ho was no amateur. Ho had ovt rythirg c it and dried. Ho had boon in the divorco null boforo and bad oarcfully written out a copy of an old decrco, whioh the judgo obligingly signed so that ho shouldn't miss his train. $100 Howard, $100 The readers of this paper will be pleased to loam that thero is at least ono dreaded diseaso that soionoo has bcon able to cure in all its stages, and tk.t :? n.i c n-111- ?"? ?unv io v *i?rru. 11 hii s uatarrn uure is tho only positivo ouro known to tho medical fraternity. Catarrh boing a constitutional discaso, requires constiutional trcaimont. Hall's Catarrh Curo is taken internally, aoting directly upon tho blood and mucous surfaoos of tho system, thereby destroying tho foundation of the disease and giving tbe pationt strength by buildiog up tho constitution and assisting naturo in doing its work. Tho proprietors have so much faith in its ourativo powers, that they offor Oao Hundred Dollars for any oaso that it fails to ouro. Send for list of testimonials. Address, F. J. CHENEY & CO. Props., Tolodo, O. 8old by Druggists, 75o. Hall's Family Pills aro tho bost. Do Witt's Little E*rly llisors are dainty little pills, but they never fail to oloanse tho livor, romovo obstructions and invigorato tho systoin. Dr. E. Norton. Dr. H. H. BURROUGHS, LORI9, 9. C. Call? promptly answurud nigh or day. R. B. Scarborough, comwat, 8. 0. ATTORNEY AT LAW. H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Conway, S. C. M^OAee up stair* oyer Herald oileo opposite Bank. Will Push It. 8enator Tillman nays that he will push his amendment to the HayPauooefote treaty. The South (Jaro linian's amendment is a modification of the Davis amendment. Although Mr. Tillman says he will urgo its adoption, it is stated on the best of authority that tho majority of the oommittco on foreign relations are opposed to it, and will not agroo to its adoption. If tho Senator insists upon a voto on his amendment in tho Senate, it iB not likoly that it will moot with any bottor fato than it will in the oommitteo. NVhon tho Btoraaoh is tired out it must havo rost, but we oan't live with, out food. Kodol Dyspepsia Uuro "digests whilo you eat" so that you oan oat all tho good food you want whilo it is restoring tnodigestivo organs to health. It is tho only prepration that digest* all kinds of food. Dr. E Norton. SawMills, vyum itxiiis, Cane Mills, lliee Hullers, Pea Hullers, Engines, Boilers, Planers and M ateliers, Swing Saws, Rip Saws, and all other kinds of wood working machinery. My 8errviQn *11 T H ^'? ^ iii - ^cuiiu jju^ JJfillll OHW Illlil 18 the heaviest, strongest, and most ellicient 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 ( orliss, write me: Atlas, Watertown, and Struthers and Wells V. C. BAD HAM, 1826 Main St., Columbia, S. C Atlantic Coast Line RAILROAD COMPANY OK SOUTH CAROLINA. CONMNRKI) SOHIDULK. Trains doing South. Dated Nov 19, 1899. I No 66* No.gt 1 P M. A M i Leave Wilminglon 3:46 Leave Marion 0:34 Arrive Florenoe 7:16 Leave Florence *7:46 *U 84 Arrive Sumter 8:67 3 bb No A M Leivc Suintci 8:67 *9 4' Arrive Columbia 10:20 11 0< No. 62 ruus through from Charleston vis Central R. It., leaving Charleston 7:00 a. m , i Lanes 8:34 a. m , Manning 9:09 a m i Traius Going North. No. 64* No 6; ' A. M. P. M Leave Columbia *6:40 *4 16 Arrive Sumter 8:06 6 8ft No. 3-j P. M Leave Sumter "8:06 6 Ot Arrive Florence 9:20 7 2t Leave Florence 9.60 i Leave Marion 10:30 Arrive Wilmington 1:16 * Dally. >o. 63 runs through to Charleston, 8. C. via Central K. U., arriving at Manuing 6:04 p. m., Lanes 6:43 p. ni., Charleston 8:80 p. m Trains on Conway Branch leave Chad bourn 6 36 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m returning leave Conway 8 30 i m, arrive Chadhourn 11 20 am, leave Chadbourn 11 6( i in, arrive Hub 12 26 p m, returning leavi Hub 3 (X) p m, arrive Chadbourn 8 36 p m Daily except Sunday. J. H. Koaly, General Manager. T. M Emerson, Trafho Manager. I H. M. Emerson, General Passenger Agent. I Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Daily exoept Sunday. Southbound.?No. 97. Loavo flub 8 (X) pm , Leave llious 8*10 pu Arrive Chadbourn 8 86 pm Leave Chadbourn 6 86 pm Loavs Clarsndnn 4 v w pm Leave Ml Tabor 6 16 pm Leave l.oriu 6 86 pm Leave Baaford 6 60 pm Leave Bayboro 7 00 pm Leave Privetle 7 09 pm Leave Adrian 7 12 pm Arrive Conway 7 40 pm Northbound.?No. 98. Leave Conway 8 80 am Leave Adrian 8 66 am Leave Privetle 9 00 am . Leave Bayboro 9 10 am Leave Banford 9 20 am Leave Lorie 936 pm Leave Ml Tabor 1010 am Leave Clarendon 1140 am Arrive Chadbourn 1120 am Leave Chad bourn . 1160 am Leave llione 1216 pm Arrive Hub 1226 pm WACCAMAW LINK STEAMERS.?The Steamer will leave the wharf at Cenway every Monday and Wedneeday morning for Georgetown at 4 o'olock, touching all intermediate points; and will leave her wharf at Georgetown every Tuesday and Friday morning for Conway at 4 o'olook, touching at all intermediate points. a D. T. McNeill, ? Gen'l Agt. and Treae.. Comwav. ft C. ? John 8. Beat/, l Afcnt, Qeorgstown, 8,0. * i NOTICE, i Conway Lodge, No. 90. Knight* of Pythlaa will meet regularly the first and third Thursday nights of each month until otherwise ordered. , D. A.Spivbt Chan. Coin. J. C. Spitbt K. it. A 8 May 14th, 96. ly Hard to Beat our Line of Machinery and Mill Supplies. LEADERS: Lane, Chano, Hego, Li J Jell and High Point paw mills The Murray Cleaning and Distributing System. Li 1 dell Automatic and plain Engines. "Sioux" Ooriiss Engines. "New South" llriok Machinery. Farquhar ThreHhers and Uraiu Drills. Disston Haws and Files. Peerless Packings, Sjerons Sowor Pipe, and Supplies generally. Erie City Engines and boilers Egan Woodworking Machinery. "Queen of the South" Grist Mills KeDey Dup'ex Feed Mills UuDdy Traps and Steam Specialties Magnolia and Columbia Babbett Metals. H. H. Gibbes & Co., MACHINERY and MILL SUPPLIES 804 Oervais Street, COLUMBIA, S. 0. I tit LtftUtH INUttU. The New Ball Bearing Domestic Sewing Machine U Lcada in Workmanship, Boauty, Capacity, Strength, Light Hunoing. K\ery Woman WantH One. Attachments, Needles and Parts for Sewing Machines of all makes. When ordering needles send sample. Price 27c per dozen, postpaid. Agents Wanted in Unoccupied Terri U. ry. J. L. SHULL, 1219 Taylor Street, COLUMBIA, ?. O / \ ? __ v///. 3 . % mM/ rA-- ?A~ .twnue MARlC ~^r"' o ^ ?*$? Olil) NORTH STATE 01NT MENT, the Great Antiseptic Healer, cures Piles, Eczema, Sore Eyes, Gianulated Eyelids, Carbuncles. "Rolls fints Wm?0 7 ^ j V ? VUJ UIO" 08, Old Bores, Burns, Corns, Bunions, Ingrowing Toenails, Inflammatory Rheumatism, Aches and Pains, 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 C Ortman Pays the EXpress Bteam Dyeing of every description. Bteam, Naptha, French Dry and chemical cleansing. Send for our new price list and circular All work guar anteed or no charge. liftman's Steam Dye Works 1310 Main Street Columbia, 3. C A. L Ort.man, Proprietor. Murray's Aromatic Mouth Wash Whitens the Teeth CleanseB the Mouth Sweetens the Breath The? Murray Drug Co., COLUMBIA,8. 0. ^ PITTS' MITI5EPTIC IMOIIMII Cares La Qr'<ppe, dyspepsia Indigestion tnd all stomaoh and bonc-l Ir ubles, sollo or ihelera morbus, teclhiug troubles with ihildren, kidney troubles, bad blood and dl sorts of sores, risings or felons, outs and rarna. It iaas good autiseptic, when looally applied, aa anything on the market. Try it and yon will praise It to others. / I your druggist doesn't keep It, writs to MURRY DRUG COMPANY, nOMTMBU. s. <\ Off IIIM C0C*'WE"? whisky %'4 r i V lUlVl nnbtta OnroU ' m* H*n?tnr? BW,,P lam. la SO daiVu llun<ir?*t. 9 I of rafurenc**. 25 7*?ni a ?r*clait7. Book on fl I Horn# TroHtmeiit Mnt KRKK. A<Hrn*? B. M.WOOLL5V.M.D.. Atlanta. Q*t