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Devotedneo to Duty. The longer on this earth we live And weigh the various qualities of men, I Seeing how Imiost are fugitive t or titful gifts at best, of now and then, Wind-wavered corpse-lights, daughters t of the fell, 'lhc more we feel the high. stern-featur ed beauty Of plain devotedness to duty, Steadfast and still, nor paid with ininor- 6 tal praise, 8 Hill flnining anplesl r'compnerii For life's ungarlanded expense i In work dole tquarely and unwastecd I* dalys. -JamA's Russe L Mel'. 0 TRE' ARNSPIKER CHICKENS. a a It BrY ELLA H1IGN;INSON. Well, if there ain't them Arnspiker p) chick'ns in the strawborry patch ag'in, Oh !.' oh ' that's the fifth time this mornin' an' I've druv 'em out with a stove-wood ev'ry time. It don't do a 0 bit o' good. They just git into a nice 11 hill an' go to wallerin' an' scratchin' a an' cluckin'! The cluckin' makes me as aggravated 's the scratchin'-it 8 sounds just as if they was darin' me. F because they know I durs'n't kill 'em. V Oh, just look at 'em ! A-liound'in' 8 rignt 'n the middle a' the nicest hill ! It's enough to aggravate a saint! I Pather ! father ! won't yuh go an' scare 'em out with stove-wood ?" t Mr. Willis got u1) stility from the din re-table. lie was a patient faced 1: old gentleman, with blue, droamy V eyes. le had a little stoop in his shoulders--from overmuch hocing in t great potato tields, he always ex- s plained with his gentle smile: but sone of his reighbors were wont to I declare among themselves " livin' all f them years with Mis' Willis's tongue was enough to give him a stoop 'n his N shoulders without ever tetchin' a hoe." " Why, mother,"ho said, going hesi tatingly to the kitchen door. " I don't s like to throw stove-wood at 'ei. I might hurt 'em." " Yuh might hurt 'em. aili ? Wall, I want that yuh kh'u'd hurt 'cim Ii want that yuh sh'i'd kill 'um if they don't stay out o' that straw berry patch! What was the use 'n our movin' into town to spend the rest o' our days if we're to have the life pestered oute' I us by our neighbor's chick'ns? Yuh' ain't got anly answer to that, have.yuh? Algh ?" Mr. Willis took two or three sticksi of wood from the well-tilled box that was covered neatly with large flower ed wall-paper, and started again for the door in a half-hearted way. "Oh, my land !" exclaimiod Mrs. Willis, cotomptuously. She ran after him and snatched the wood from him. "Why don't yuh wait all day ? Why don't yuh wait till they scratch the strawherries up) by the roots ? i nover see ! I notice yuh like to eat the herries as well's anybody, but yuh ain't willin' to turn you hand oveir to take care of 'em." She rushed down the steps and out, into the yard, throwing the sticks of wood with tierce stre'ngth. MIr. Willis watched her anxiously. Oh, mother, look out !" lie. called. deprocatingly. " Yu1h 'most hit that little puilet " " I want to hit that little pullet!" The chickens low, cackling, over the low fonce and down the hill. Mr's. Willis stood watchIng them In grim satisfaction. When they had dis ppearecd among, the fer'ns, she came back slowly.-- Heri face was flushed with tiumph-. She was breath ing har'd. " I'll show 'com !" she said. "Yuh hadn't ort, to thr'ow at 'emi mother." Mr'. Willis spoke genity. "'Yuh ight hurt one of 'cii. Therie's MIs' Arniapiker a-standin' in the door, awatchin' yuh, toe." "Well, I'mn gladl she saw iie. Where's my sunbunnuit ? I 'mi gain' ight dlown to give tier a talk in' to. I've tell hot' thiree times now that hera chick'ns is iruiniin' my str'awbor'ries. All she ever says is, well, she's oll'ul sorry, an' she thinks it's that old speckled hen's fault, an' she'll dei ye 'ema down towairds Briggs's ! I wonder' 'f she thinks the Briiggs's want 'emi aiiy woirso 'n I do. She's got to get id a' them chick'ns ! T1hore's a lawv ag'iin hiavin 'em in town, an' I ain't goin' to stand it another day !" "Now, imother', if yubot go dawn ther'o, you'll be soirry--" "Yuhi 'tend to your' own aff'air's, I father, will y'uh ? 1 won't be set upor, by nobody-let aloiie that Mis' Ai'n sat downi. "' Thieire's no use argu in' with mother, whn siwith ido resignatin. Mr.an'Ms. Willis dwhed crowe th pamngi the fti'is, anl d iete okint aranc gingwatwai te'leyer. tory o Wasi'nton.hu a HoLhe livod nahrow ideeduntilia'dt the om "cam ahome. itwas8verndmae the w'ehy b~uiit a ofoab, hivige, a settlyd down 'tenjo look. Mirs. Wilnsiei setoo don the aro pat'h. amnhe snsal adted oern kthes aindfrly.tyinhe The Arwdyo-ds inspikei'wa po" hg iud, mpare tollihe Mi'ls homse.'sat was bomaTine graen pan hard Won't givin wta ingy,' spites look.801 " u rte s. down iker' stood sun th back' ILrch.aShwas at an't epa'yleoan. The waseid itfl wntra ty inge sidedo er api'loked t or looisigr Ivtl ids'mv s Williswet, dwpver "How-d'lyuh-dov Msee yurnloke" bhetr s Myd thcir'nthtyalc "oes'r'" h Mis' Willis?"k Mrldl. and onr.! Wont, yuh don'tk in an didt 'onas tho Oh'd ayther s pety don tour tohre'n t'esu ?a ermI' Ia cha't-ea'ry!one thattcavewearcbefn." wer ws' aslne is Willis,"sewn n ipo beter.in fidyt the o' ha calyc lae beofmran' t. Where'd yhkin it.i at " o oes t ei bu ones'sb." Mr. WalliMs. spopkeldy didnhva lipose tse. had yehngo porty 'to.! dasorne Ithat ofulpibecomin.' Thawrkneha bufgcldri a'ay Iis e Ther a andsili:nce. yMs. Willis. thae ideea o' o aeasyntoubegi" about Then hice asle hered tmagnethit wo,, ul db fterly l,"Ms. Arnspier ,4. W: only iwo days nce Itarrupteh Mis' awr~pee hadried i a lut er' fae ndsad W y s Wlls ir, " if yu'dubt aslio0b tell bow much A t were a ya d." n Mrs. Willis lifted her eyes and a Doked hard at her neighbor. Her At hin liIs unclosed. She spoke slowly 'I nd firmly. Shet was not to bo propi- It lated. " It were seven cents. Your ti hiek'as 'aIV 'ben il iy strawberry b atch ag'n an' ruined It." n' "Oh, my !" sa'd Mrs. Arnspiker, , eakly. Mrs. Willis regarded her e hoadfastly and pitiletasly. " l'm OITu1 Pl 3rry.'' so " 'in olful sorry. too, Mis' Arnspiker. HI 'm sorry just about ten dollars' wo'th. w loin' sorr don't scon to keelp them a' hick'ns-' li " It's that old speckled hen's fault!" g' xclaimed .Mrs. Arnspikor, brightening b1 i with a sudden inspiration. " She ci )axes the other'n's up there. I'll St ave to drive 'em down towards-" c1 " Brigg's," said Mrs. Willis, dryly. Ii Yuh've be'n doin' that for a month al ast." She got up slowly " I reckon H uh'll have to get rid o' them chick'ns, d' is' Arnspiker. I've had just about N 11 of 'em I want. I can't afford to set si ut berries for chick'ns. low'd yuh ke to have a nice place like our'n a1 [' git ev'ry thing ruined by chick'ns?" a' "It seems to me," said Mrs. Arn- e) piker, with a sigh, " if I had a nice h1 lace like you'n I'd be so happy I n 'udn't worry over little things like tl brawberries." She did not mean to be impertinent. t did not occur to her that she was. he simply gave utterance to the h hought as it came to her. Mrs. Willis's face grew scarlet. She \ as been longing for something at rhich she might take offence. it is -4 ot possible to give a piece of one's J )ind to m k person. Now, this I ounded like a challenge. "Oh, you wu'd'n't aigh Y Well, 'll give yuh to know that I've slaved I or all I got, M is' Arnspiker !" "Well, so've I," said Mrs. Arnspiker, I fith a simplicity that was pathetic. 1 '13ut, somehow, Mis' Willis, some peo- v le slave an' git rich, an' other'n's lave an' git poor." t This was a truth that had nover d presented itself to Mrs. Willis. P"or a ull minute she was silent. Then she row in hot' thin, hard lips, and said, v ' Well, this ain't got anything to do 3 eith the chik'us. There's a law It g'in' 'em. an' I reckon yuh'll have to It ithber git red of 'em or keep 'om shot t ip."1 "They won't lay 'f I keep 'm shet up," 1) aid Mrs. Arnspiker, helplessly. " I C ain'tkee >'eishotup, I'vegotto have C ny eggs. ' I " Well, 'n' I've got to have my straw- 3 O'rriCs. I got the law on my side. 9 Yuh cat't git around that, can yuh ? e It ain't many as 'u'd come an' argue 0 wvith yuh's I have." Thore was a deep silence. A brown lien came strutting around Mrs. Arn spiker's feet. She had a pert and liaunting al' that betrayed that she was accustomed to imposing on that lady's affectionate regard for her. Mrs. Arnspiker looked at her. Her eyeos tilled suddenly with teat's. " I t (don't, b'iove I C'u'd part with that brown hen," she said, brokenly. " She's the wo'st o' the hull of 'em !" exclaitncd Mew. Willis. fiercely. I've said all I'm goin' to. Yuh can do just, as yuh want, Mis' Arnspikor. But if them hens git into my yard ag'in, yuh'll have to stand the daifago. I got the law !" She turned and~ went out of the yard. She. hltId one shoulder' bigher, than the oither', and walked with long, Iirim .r'ide's, swinging he' arims. Ii, was a week later' that M rs. Wor'stel brough t. her' knitting to spend fhu afteor nOOtn with Mr's. Willis. TIheyv sait. en the back poren, becut-e it, was shaded by hop-tine. Thet salt b ret'z. froum I'uget, Soun d swept mb hroughu, rustling the harisha hop leav'es and sw inghing the scarletc elustirs of bloom on the wild( honey~'suckle- vi no over the in i it w as .Jmune. Tlhe '" yard'( ' was ini Its fairest beauiity. The rose-bushes were bending beneath their wealth of I bloom. (<>ne bed was a long thanme of 1 ruiiddy geld wi'ithi Califori'a i poppies5. A notit er was border'ed withi large purIplo-aiif-yeIllow-pansies. Some tardy gladioli were thrusting theirm pale- I green swords up through the rich earth. Velvet walliower's sweetenedI the irt. I anzy bees waded th rough them, and lavender butterhl les ecame frot~hu hiillside to flid them. G reat drtifIts of '' Suillnei 51now " still made the tei'raes whIiito. " My !" said Mrs. Worstel, laying her k nitting in her lap. "' How sweet it is !" "It is so." said Mr~s. Willis, wit~h a look of pi'ido. '" 'Thiere ain't muany3 y'ards fitrider along 'an min e, 'f I do~ say it." Mr's. Wor'stel began to knit again. "I stoppedl in at, MIis' Arins pi ker's,"' she said. "'kihe's feelin' turraible badl.' Mi rs. Willis looked uip coldly. "'What, she feelin' bad about9' "Why, she's had to sell all lher .h ick'ums. They wams hoitltborin1' somie 'lui' hereighbors-that Mis' liriggs, I rec~kon! Slhe nieveir does hav'e a speekj ' muercy ont poor11 peole I Mis' Arins-t piker didn't say 't wvas her, but I don'ti h,'leve hnyhbody else 'ut'd be soi all-liredi TIhere was a sear'lot stiot on each of i. Mr. Willis's high chieek bones. She r' was hetuining a towel, and she did not. at lift her' eyes. When01 the silence be- r caeiiu oppr)Iessive, she saidl gu'iimly, "~ Is s MI is' A ri'ikeru so offulI poor' ?''m My, yaas. TIhat's all she had to I -niake a Ii vina' olff of--them chick'ns o'i her'n. I don't see wi'hat she'll do. She t talkin' about takin' in wash, butt, i t know she ain't able--little sickly thing! 1 I feel olful sorry for hot'. The way C die did sot stor'e by them ehiek'ns! I've see her call 'em up in her1 lap, one it a time, to eat out, 0' her hanid. She C oved 'em. The team's just trun down C ier cheeks when she tell me about tell in' 'em.'' "Ilunh !'' saidh Mrs. Willis, dryly. t I sh'u'd think that NIis' l3riggs Ii u'd he ashamied o' her'sel f," continued (to Mrs. Worstol. '' A body with a fine J home an' comf'terble oiY ! Them that hi don't have any mercy on the poor' d needn't expect none." "Hunh !" said Mrs. Willis, weakly. ir After a little sho added. -Woll, I Jr guess she didn't want that her borrio, t< sh'u'd be all et up"h "Oh, my ! she'd best be buyin' her e1 ber'ries from pioor People0's raisin,' in- at stid o' raisip' her own here 'n town jest tl to save a few cents--"p She stopped abruptly. A (1001 color p spread over her faice. [Hor wandering cl pyos had fallen upon Mrs. Willis's r< str'awberry-pt,.teh. " Phew !" she said, moving her chair nt a little. 4"How warm,. it's a-gettin'! is [t's mighty hard to be a wia, an' 0t tickly at that, and have your only pl noans o' Support took away fromi v'u tiL yacpan'ighbor." ' I M rs. W~ilis cleared her throat,. 11cr te ace took on a stern look. or "Well;" she said, slowly, " I don't w us6 agree with yuh,, MIs' Worstel. 0, t' ag'in' the law to.k~op chick'ns. I to l'i' see's MIs' Arnepikey' has got any di t4 om o laizlin' so about havin' ei >i a n 4 complainin' Lis' Wlxl. jevvesaid a wor(y A a-Ingle, breathin' Wiord--agin'i oyb y. She never even told me wl were complained. That's what wa eo feel so--the meek way she took i. She waid she knew 't were ag'i ke law, an' It wa'n't right for her i a bother un' a aggravation to ho 1ghbors, anyhow-but that didn ake her feel 't any the lesser to gi% M up. She said she know most pof e 'u d latT at the ideo o' her feoli about a pa'cel o' ohick'ns, but thE ost people wa'n't all alone 'n th Irld, an' poor s' Job's turkey at tha ' so they didn't git their affectior t on dumb animals like her'n ha it. Ste -riod 's if her hoart wt -oke. The tears just run down he icoks. Sile kep't a'saying' she didn e how she c'u' d get along 'ithout he kick'ns, 'specially that little brow ,m. She ust to follo' Mis' Arnspike I over. Well, I'll have to be goin ow the afternoon has went! Nom ) come over an' fetch your wori y ! how sweet that mount'n ba't [olls." Mrs. Willis walked with her guoi ound the house. She answered i i absent-minded way to Airs. Worstel ttravagrant praises of hot' bleedinj "arts and bachelors'-buttons an ourning-widows. She wias lost I tought.I At, the gate Mrs. WorstciL pause Well," she said, with a long bieatl seomis to me yuh've got everythin eart c'u'd ask ter!" " Who'd she sell 'em to ? asked Mr Villis, suddenly. "Who? Wiat? Oh, Mis' Ari piker? Why, she sell him to M ones, right down in the next bloc! Le's got a reg'lar lot for keepin' 'e 3. Well. be sure .yuh come over !" When her guest was out of sigh Irs. Willis put on her sun bonneti al rent out to the gate. She gave >ng look down at Mrs. Arnspikei ittle shabby house, with its har rhite yard, and the sun blazing in s uishaded windows. Then si urned dow n the street in) the opposi Irection. * *x * * * At dusk that evening, Mrs. Will ,alked into Mrs. A'nspiker*s ba ard. She carried a box with sll CrOSS the top. loetween these si rose the brown head of a hen wi wo very astonisheld and anxious ey' Mrs. Arnspiker sat alone on tI orch, rocking slowly in a croakii hair. " Why, Mis' Willis!" she e laimed. She stood up. Mrs. Wil Bt the box down at her feet. "He.< our brown lien," she anniounce 'rinly. " I've bought all your chic n< back. Tie mnan'll bring the rt f '01m1 to-mforrow. I had to pay on .g'in what you got for 'em to get 'e ut I'd a' paid threo times ag'in h vhat I'd 'a' had 'em '" " Oho--Mi,'-Willis ! Well, now, don't go to cryin' ov 6 hen ! Yuh let voutr chick'ns rt No'll put some wire nettin' a-top mr' f -nce an' keep 'ei out." She hi urned to go and then paused. " I orry I acted up so over themi chick'n: he said, spoaking vory fast,. She Walked out of the yard bet drs. Arnspiker could reply. N NIlis met her at the door. " WI nother,'" he said, mildly, " where y ),eln ?" " Now, faithert', don't, go to meddl Vith mly atfairs," she atswecred, It vent on into the house.-Thell Outlo< I'lie Y'bIld ,,' Cotton, Thiis Y'earz i'Iacet'c at Six Mil11lion Bates. TJhe. A lanta Comnstit-uti)n salys LI gmis tsionr, lI. TI. Nesbjitit has( rece: 5(d anl intor'est.in tt iatotient from Col nlissionter' Rgose, of 'Texas, whlo pilac .he cotton crop at, ti,0t00,000) hales a: 'stimiates thbat otnly half1 ai erop will fathered in Tox as. In the lettetr the farmers of tbe Sou ire adtivsed Lo hold( their co ~tton just oag as it is possile for them to do. n1e writert betliev'es ilihat a- prIice abc oil cents will be reached in the ei pin g. 1'T resond~s given for LI bin kage of tihe etrop in Teoxas isa r'ibut0 ed to the general decrease .creage, the wortk of the boll worm al ho 'ifect o1 the leaf worms. Inuste f 3,00,00 hales, as in 1894N, only abo al( f that numberc I is exp~ected this yor Tlhe~ following is the statement oeiv'ed by (Aommilissioner Neshitt: 'Otflie of Commissione of Agrici ure, Statistics, ,'te.. Austin, TVex., .Ohert :1, 189t5.-On August :llst last L tepartmient gave to the prgess inforn: ion shiowling that the diecrease in t ier'eage of cotton planted( thiis year l'exas justilied the belief that the pr' mnt erop would be at least :; per cec iolow that. of' 1891, and prtobably3 gtei rt. I then etertained the oilniton th tmless a deeided change for' the bett uIseaLson andic condcitLions shouh Ipeedi olsue the red tction of thie crop wou >c materiall 13'ncr'eased. "Since that time a rad ical chani ILs0((1 t'cured :)but, onie that, istead miprovingr the prIospect as to pro'di ion has g reatly dimnin ished it, and a niow evident, that the cotton cr'op 89)5 will beC decreased to a much grei r' degree thtan muy appIrehlensiotn th resaged. The continuial drought fre iiddle Texas to the coast and1( the ra ges of the boil and leaf worms in tl orthern porttions of the State have Lriouhty arrested the development al educed the fr'uitage of the plant th aml no0w cSomplelled to believe and fe a miy duty to say thlat the present cr< f Te~xas will not exceed 50 per' cent. tiat of last year', otr a total pr'oducthI f about, one and a half million (1,50 00) bales and I seriously dloubt that ill reac~h that amount. " Under this conditiont I most car stly advise the farmners to nmrket the ('iton slowly, wvhich, In tmy judgmiec always the safest >)lant. If, as isr or'ted, the cr'op of 1<941 is exhausto lior' Is 1no realson whly thiis one shoe It commtiand and( r'ealizo miore thie m1 cents a pound1( by tihe first day uinuary next. Nearly all of the cot, us already oplened and fr'omt the mid lo of the State southward will soon l gathlered. When the tpresent rh. I price reached tihe eight cent tma any of our farmers made a great rus timar'ket their cotton, andl speculatoi wve taken advantage of thu and at tdeavoring to use this increase nount of cotton th rown suddenly upx eo market as proof of an Increase 'oduction beyondi whlat has been suj )*ed, and the eagerness of thle..fA-r sto sell at 8 cents as a ct$e an 'asonI for' reducing the price...' "My prtesenlt estimate is based upo Imertous.i reports mtade by practict ,rmner's in responso to. inquirtes 501n at by tis departmient, aqd1( thes5O're >rts fairly represent all settior.A C tis State, being well distributed froti ud river to the coast and from Sablna the ext,'re 'otton growing countie the west,. They present falirly an all the true condition and from pn 7n observation and from personal fi rviews with. cItizens and farmeri trlng a recent journey through a con lerable portion of the State I an oparedi tb fully atgree with them. I n nnlunlon T danhra to say faran - . - informatipn repled rm oter State 'I am convinoed that the total cofttoA 10 production of this country in 1895 wil 10 not be more than six million (0,000,000) It bales. . A. J. RosE, Commissioner of Agriculture, Ins., etc." PC T'HE MEN OF THE PLOW. 3 THiE H10PE OF THE ItbPUBLlC. Dr. Hawthorne Preaches to tWhe Na tiouIal Congress of' 1arIners-The Country is tho Fointain Source of National Prosperity. Dr. .. 13. Hawthorne preached to the r Farmers' National Congress during Its t recent session in Atlanta, The dis r course was pitched on high ground, n and he declared that all national pros . perity rested upon the shoulders of the fare, and that love and self-sacrifice , should be the dominating principle of his life. 1 The following is the sormon based on the fourth and fifth verses of the it second obapter of 'hillipians : n " Text, ' 1book not every man on his 's own things, but every man also on the - things of others. Lot this mind be in d you which was also in Christ Jesus.' n " The First Baptist Church of At lanta welcomes to hot temple of wor 1. ship the Farmers' National Congress. , We extend to these leaders in the most important industry of the world our heart-felt sympathy and invoke upon . them the guidance of infinite wisdom in all their legitimate undertakings. I- Beneath this roof we would have them r. feel that they arre in the house of their :. friends and as much at home as if they in were in their own distant sanctuaries. " Agricultutre is, and over will be, t, the basis of all other material interests. id To foster this industry is to befriend a every other industry and to crippie it 's is to iipair every activity which von- I 1, tributes to the welfare of the people. to The race couli possibly live without ec manufacturers, or merchants. or dent te ists, physicians, or iwyers, or even without politicians, but without the farmer it would soon become extinct. is The absolutely essential thing for -k very humnan being is bread, and the ,ts production of that is the vocation of ,ts the farmer. To legislate against him bh is to weaken tile very foundation of ts. every lawful and useful industry. '10 " Nine-tonths of the men who have 1 risen to enviable distinction were born x and reared outside of the cities. The is majority of them wore born in farm S houses and had some actual experience d, in ctitIvatinir the soil. Look into the k- catalogues of our American colleges St and you will lind that ninc-tenths of CO the medalists and first honor gradu n". ates were from the country and coun t try villages. \Without the new blood that is constatItly coming it, from the cotintry in less than lifty years the c1 cities would be intellectually ilnlOver in. ished. Without a constant infusion 0 of men and women from country .0f churches religion in the cities would 1n.1 degenerato i nto the deadest formalism. : ,et agriculture flourish, country school houses multiply and country re churches continue to be true to the 1- faith and worship of our country fath kY, ers and mothers and our nation will be i safe, prosporous and happy. In selecting a subject for this o -asion I could think of none that. would ki be mor~te helpful to us than the one ' tesetedin the te-xt- An unselfish and self-denying concern for the wel faire of our fclllow man, the only sol vent of our social nroblemus.' is "Society will never- ot, rid (if its discord and strifes and enter up)on a a reer of ablid inig pceiI and1( prospori ty Lv- un-lit is permeauted by the spirit andl n.. controleda by the principle e-xpressed( Sin this passage. Ah communities and 11nations dlrift away fromn the great, law be f ben(evolcee which Chrhst taught and~ whIIichi was illustrated in all lie salid and dlid andi stforedl, their do pravity increases andl their social con is -Iicts and calamities multiply. Any s legislation thlat contrav'ene-s tihe law of eO Christ containedl in His great Sermon lyon the Mlount illj be prolific of noth 8 in hut social evil. "We sp~eak the wor-ds at truth and s ~ober'1ess5 whlen we say that, the power Rdwhich propels the wvheels of our pres tOent, civil ization is not love, but, greed. itIn poglitics and coinmierce there is a - preiumi on shrewdness and dleception. e- Unswer-ving honesty- and true Chris titan gener-osity are sneeredl at as vir ii- tules too so bli mated andl other-ial to be e- practiced by creatures. whot wear earth is abouat them, and wiho have to gai)ppI 'a- with such prosaic questions as "What, ohm shal I eat, what shall I (drink, and invher-e withal shall [ be clothed'.? s- A civilizAationt that is based solely It. uploin sel f-interest, and that magnifies it- and irowai-ds men who succed by thelir at, su perioir eunning, has no > ower- within oir itself to secure justice. '[here is noth ly i ng. that needs saving so much as a Id civilization that is guided by no) great ethical prinici pie, and that marches on go wit thout any regard for God and is of re ;hiteo'isn'-s. The country that *e- boasts of such a civilization is on tile it h igh road to anlarchy, nihilism anti bar of bar~iismt. it- "Civilization is not a cause, but an Ili effect. it is the product of human 'm chi aracter. It expresses the good and V- evil in the hearts of the people who Lie soipport it. Any gover'nment, is just 50 what thie peoplie make it. if a state or ad munici pal government legalizes or at tolerates such an iniquity as a bull ci light, or a gambling houhe, or barroom, )p an indeceent thleatrical exhibition, it is of because the plei are. de~pratved )n enough to desiru it. If Arkansas is ), the only State in tihe unionl that will it allow two suchl rulhians ats Corbett and leiti .ii mmons to inlvadle it, and engage il- ,in a prize fig l t., it is because the Gov ir 'trcnor and his suibordlinates believe thbat t, the 1people tof their Stateo are more (do grddthan the~ pletl of any other d, section of our country. Id , " The fountain of anty civilization is in in the character- of tihe people. If the of civilization is cor-rupt, It is because )t corrupltioni reigns in the hearts of the p-leople. Thills being true, civilization ii can be eleainsedl only by cleansinig the kc " As long as thle people have butt lit It tIe moral sensibisity andl a feeble ap *' 'prociatilon of tihe distinictions which '0 God makes between rIght and wvrong, ti there will be chlas logislation, despot ti Ic monopolIes, political rings, bribery )f andl ballot box stuffIng. A righteous -civilization can be secured and main -~ tained only by a people who love and dpr-aetice righteousness. We are like. those foolish Gallatians, whom Paul ~. (describos as ' bowitched.' We have bee06n * eowitched' by false teachers. Th fle politIcians have made us believe that the cure fo'. all of our social ftroubles is in better civil legIslation. 1 E iach of thenm has his pet conomic Stheory, and tells us that i f we will help)1 Sh im to get it transmuted into legisla- 1 I ion it will p~ut and end to our social i' discords and disturbances. He may he sincere, but his theory Ie absurd. SEconomic legislation deals only with things thlat, are external to man's be inlg. That does not touchl the radilal cause of Our ondtioll. We peed :somethIng that will reach the hearts_ a ipurour-Qp.Oht 4e Pi put hat, then, is our hope? How can societyV be redeemed ? How can our civilization be transformed ? Row can the State be so reconstructed as to furnish adequate protection to its sub jects and to all of btheir legitimate in terests ? Our answer to each of these questions is: 'By substituting for the law of self-interest which now domi nates our social life the law of love the. law of self-sacrifice--the law which Christ illustrated when He be came poor that we, through His pov erty, might be rich-the law which makes each man his brother's keeper and requires us to bear one another's burdens.' " The cross of Christ is the solvent of all the great social problems of the world. There God unveils his heart to men. There le reveals His re deeming love-a love which expresses itself in absolute self-renunciation. ' Ie who knew no sin was made sin for us.' He bears our sins in His own body on the tree.' ' He died for us.' ' He was wounded for our transgres sions.' ' He was bruised for our iniqui ties. And by ils stripes we are heal ed.' " Is it your purpose to be useful to your fellow ? If that is not your pur pose, aud your supreme purpose, you have no claim upon the respect of man kind. If you intend to be a disciple of Cain and repudiate all obligation to care for your brother man, you de serve to be treated as Cain was-brand ed as an outlaw. If you will not be your brother's keeper and burden ')earer. you are his enemy. You will seize every opportainity to defraud. op press and degradi him. The spirit that controls you will make you a monopolist, or a gambler, or a bank robber, or an anarcl ist, or a nihilist. " But if your purpose is to be useful -useful not only to yourself and your family, but to the world-your life must be a sacrilicial life. You must look out over tie - ide world and re cogniz- overy man in it as your neigh bor. : d feel your obligation to help him: far as God gives you the abli ty and pportunity. To serve your day and ,eneration according to the will of God and make an enduring contribu tion to the welfare of the race, you must make an obligation of your pos sessions and of yourself. When men in all vocations who claim to be Christians heartily accept this doctrine and conform their lives to it, we shall see Christianity grow as it has never grown. We shall see so ciety quickly cleansed of its present pollutions. We shall see the State )urged of all injustice and favoritismn. We shall see strikes between labor and capital cease, and throughout all our borders a reign of righteousness, con tontmuent and prosperity. " To redeem society-to remove it from its present basis of sellishness and plant it on the foundation of the gold en rule of the gospel will require h. roic courage, great sacrifices and martyr-like endurance on the part of men in every calling. In putting your business on the basis of the golden rule you would probably suffer great losses for a time. You could scarcely com pete with men of sellish and fraud ulent methods. Bankruptcy might overtake you. But in making the sac rilico you would have the fellowship of Christ. You would manifest li spirit, magnify His truth and grace, and extend the conquests of His king docm. This would compensate you "a thousand times for your matierial "I ami conflident that among the mnrtr wiho till the soil of this country there is mrre incorru pti ble irtegrity than cant be found in any other element of .our population. For mnre than twvo thrds of a century agriculturalists domninated the gover'nment and social life of this nation. it is now dlominat ed by monropolists, money lenders and sp~eculattor's. We need not to be told that the change has been prolific of anything but good, either to the mate r'inl or mor'al interests of the masses of our people1. It reqcuir'es nio pr'ophretic gift to suo that , a r'eturn~ of the ag r'ieultural classes to power would Ie. suilt in ai revival of that vir'tuous sim phority and uncompr'omising integmrity which characterized the Amer'ican people ini thre better days of.the repub Ie. "Gentliemen of the Partmers' Nation al Congrecss, if you ar'e fighting for the enthronoment of trath, p~urilty, fair (ealing and Chr'ist-like bair'ity in the governrment and social rife of. your country, and are determined to) be loyal to your convictions, even to the last extremity, you are knights of a nobler chivalry than ever unfurled a lirag <.r unshreathed a swor'd on any of the wor'ld's historic battleflds, and for each of, you invisible lingers are weaving aun imtperishable chaplet." A IthilMAltKAi3IE MONTH. 'Tie lieport or' thre State Weathrer Ser v'leer n ErratIc Septemnber. Trhe following monthly r'eport of the South Car'olina State weather service for thre month of September was issued to-day, and the record of that remark able month will be found most interest ing . Genrrmal Statemuent-The past month was nrotedl as being the warmest Sep tember in the interior' of the State, of which recor'd is availaible. Along the corast the men temper'ature was ex ceedecd by that, of WMiI (only, in the annauls of the weather but'rau The excess of heat occrred mainly during the daytime as the night temp~eraturoe dilffed butt little fronm those usual to' Septemtibet'. The month was romnarka ble for the number of (lays with maxi mum temnper'aturres of 910 or above, the average foi' the State having been 11 days, r'anging from three at Port Royal to 27 at Shaw's F'orks'. Threre was a p~eriod of from 8 to li conseuutive days on which the maximum temperaturoe r'eached 90 or above, In the central por'tion of the State, which was the greatest heat wave ever rccor'dod in the same month, and seldom sur'passod during tire hottest months. There was only 26 percentum of the usual rainfall and It, was niot well dis tr'iburted. Over a narrow strip extend ing fr'om Bleaurfor't into Char'lestonr county, there was a slight excess; omit ting this small teor'itory, there was on ly 18 percentumr of the usural amount for the rest of the State. Three stations 'eported no r'ain, and eight others less than half arn inch. All the r'ain fell be roe thes middle of tire month, followed by tan tinp reccented period of cleat', riot woeather that quickly dried, the ground and br'ought the growth of tall 3rops to a standstill ; cutting short nouIh cr'ops as usually come to maturity y the end of September. The top cr0 p >f cotton and late root crops sustain he greatest injury ; pastures b Mme rown and bare ; streams ran vT. low, md wells went dry in a few d e' P'he drought was most sev - in the nestern portions of the i ea The uonth was favorale for irA vesting aid especlally for piokinLcton h Iry e&~ter a~e t ~to secure 00 dry for late oorn a~ peo . R -5I Ithe, rAT OR AG~ [CONTIJNUPD FROM PIRST PAGE.]- ter boo these foreign land loan compaines and NP we would have an allen ownership ot - land and a tenantry ilke they have in Cru Irelaid. - tro He didn't know who were members ran of the Supreme Court whieb made the as f decision allowing a mortgage to come - ahead of the homestead, but. he did pop know that if they were not influenced a m by bankers or corpoIations, 'they were brid guilty of a. lack of patriotism and hon statesmanship which would damn them two forever. Under the sedpetion of easy .credit a$ the people were fast going down a T sloping road to hell and zhall we pro- abl teet them or only pretend to protect se them y ser -Are you going to fix it so that they ter. will have to take the road like tramps, or be forced to work in the factories, chil because they aro improvident ant you Joh have oduci-ted thorn in improvidence ? God forbid that we shall induce land bott companies to come in and by making JC people waive the right of homestead, enrl lend them money at rates they cannot rest pay and thus nmake us have land ron. bilit ters like Ireland. Let those who have homes keep them and not let us allow them by any process to have them taken away. Mr. Hutson asked how a man could get credit or supplies if he couldn't Fes, mortgage his homestead? VOu Senator Tillman replied by paying mdi you P)oPo to protect the homnstead u troi one creditor and turn round and 1OP say to hin "get another." Whore's D the colmmnion sense in that? Mr. Hutson asked him whether as a business ian he would loan money to it man who couldti't tnus mortgage his hoie..tead ? Senator Tillinan replied that, he must confess he had no money to lend. Eivery foot of land he owned was iortgaged and he wasn't arguing as he was from the hope of being per sonally beneiitted. Mr. Hutson sail that Mr. Tillnian's latter rejoined that he wouldn't do stroy credit but thriftlessness, and train the people into habits of industry so they couid get crelit on their own responsibil itV. Lu concluding he appealed to the 43 conventioni to reduce tie amount if they were not satisfied, but sor God's sake protect the homes o: the people. Tie kind of ce(it that wo have had has onily bought, hells here, it nas only brought misery. Mr. Stanyarne Wilson said if Mr. Iilliman's views prevailed it would de feat the very object he intended to ac- II complish. What is the use of a home- Way stead when he can't make use of it? terr Suppose circumstances ato such that Iac he even can't, raise money to pay his ing taxes, lie will not have the power to and raise even as much as *5 on his land ui': an(l he will be at the merey of the I La:t State. He (lid not agree with Senator well Tillman in his opinion of the courts. fort, The judges decided as they did because un they were compelled to (o so from the If y language of the lAw. Every lawyer oftA acquiesced in that decision. The (lid provision, against mortgaging the homestead should novet have been put m in this action. We dont, lar any Co. complaint about, the holmestad t l iw t now. What is the use of giving the Dr. (asltly a homestead andl yet hedge it . about se that, it, can't, be used for its benefity The r'oll call wats demanded on .\r. Howelis moction to strike out the words (quoted above at the end1( of the section, andi the motion to strike ouit, j~revai led by the following vote: Yeaus-Alexander', A nderson, A.4he, Atkinson, Austin. Barker. ilebro, 13li linger; Bhbo, Howman, hlrice, J1. S.: l3rice, T. \-V. : IBryan, larver. D~ellay,. Dlennis, Deut Douglass, Dioylec, DudlIcy, Illir'd. IEstridge, l'arrow, Pitch Ie'raser, ___ Gilland, Glenn, J. L.: C Ienn, ,1. P.: N G~ooding, Guntel. Hay. [Iaynsworth, orI7, Hemphltill, HLowell. Huti son, .Johnson, T'. 10 :Il Jobstone. George: .1Ones, 1. B.; I& Jones, Wvillie: Kennedy, 10. J.; Klugh, .. Lee, leChaslan' McGowan, McMakin, " Means, Mitchell, Mower, Nathans, ,'' i'eake, iiagsdale, ten, J1. H.; Reed, ''M John: Kogers, Itosborough, Searbor- '' mtigh, Sheppard, Sloan, Smnalla, Smith. " , ler'ema, h ; Smiith, WV. C.; Smoak, " c Stokes, Str'ibbling. Sullivan, Talbert,'. ~Tylor*, Timmter1,man, Von Iil nit'z, " E Waters, \Vatson. Wells. Wharton, " White, A. [-.; White, S. E.: Wigg, ::% Wilson, Stanyarne : Wood ward-8'!. Ar. Cl Nays--Governor .John Gary. Ivans, A r. In Aldirich, Barry, llarton, Bates. Bowen, Tr. ni 13renzeale, Huist, Burn, Connor, Cun ningham, Elerbe, E~vans, W. D).; M. Iliehd. Gage. Gray, Harris, Henry, a Hlouser', 1,rby. Keitu,. Kennedy, J1. W.; N. Lowmnan, Lybrand, MceCalla, McCown, McKagen, Mcelahan, McWhitc, Mat- soin thews, Alontgomery, J1. D.; Montgo muery. Wt. JT. Moor'e, Harrison, Parrot, I.y N. Perrite, I 'ri uce, lied fear~n, Shuler,', " Singletary, Sligh, Smith. A. J.; Trii-i man, II. Ii.: Tillinan, G. D).: Whipper - --44. " H - Trhe traveling expenses of the 3ominercial salesmen of the countr'y K xi roots up ov'er $.'00.000,000 a year, and "B their total salaries and commissions j pr'obably amnount to about $45)0,000,- " c.r 000. "a, " W "Mt " Co SWe Desire "i Tjo lnt r'oduece our fuIrnitur bsie'oh il ito ()very'3 commnityt~ In tho SouthI ern'l States, anid in orrier to do so in "A' the <tulekiest t ime, have conciludedl to maifke slolne very liberal ofoers in bed- NoR. r'4om suite's to secure at least 0114 VesatiI t'ustomer at eveiry post-olico in betwe the niext 60 days. PleaseO teand this litiot ad'vetisemnent carefully3 and send at tweenI once for oneo of our spec'ial offera. Atlani Ourn great offer No. I consists of onte Nos. Solid Oak Htedroom Suite with, large slep diresser with 20x24 bevel mirt'ot', 01n0 New I hirge~i Wanshstand, wvithi double) door and dirawe r onlo 6-foot Hiedsteadf~ull Nos. 'widthi. Ti'ls sauto of futrnitutre is man S .vort~h in any furniture stor'o unt less washI thaiu$5. Do not think for oneco thatt ntiOl it. is a littiecheap sute, fot'we asstro :ti, OmI y'Ou it is tnt, but, a large, fuill-suize be op) suite euu I tol nny thing on tho narke. t, edms in ordel to start, tihe sale of these lantai stuts atm to koop Our, meni busy and1( will b itduc~hie urt'business in your'neigh- Nos borhood,. i agree to 8111p 01ne sit Io Illeht on1.' to ea, t shipping point itn t' Soth form. 5, whenI tihe cash comies wit h, thet o 1cr. Tis adt'ittisem t.~:I I will possibi apeatr tw'ice( it thtis tt. W. A. pe)r, thtereft 4flo arem itetCd, . Gen cut tis outt rnd sentd wil t h$i5 anad the snite will b)< hipped to yotu. I f it Jn nt'jtust ats >rcsonltedI y'ou tay ro. ttt'untthe ant. nt our e'xpe'inse am11 your $i15 will o refunded to you. Ohr ostaulogue co talning itmant * 'luatra tieoits of rare aimtiM llmdt nouse furx nisinydswill he senit to y'out up- W. H. 0if suite -aboveo desribedl Isa spec-- w ta) bargain andli does0 tiei :Lppear it the entalogue, thei'efor'e It is us1'eess to write for tilustrat ions oi this suite, alnd wvhile y'otu ar'e dehtyitng wr'itlint 80ome one0 else mnay get thet~ barlgainl. WVe aissutre you that we' will itot siip but onte suilte ini youtr nteighborhtood atthtis price. A iter one suite lhas boonta shtipp~ed it ..'io neihborhood thte price will .,0 to it least $110. L- F . PA DG ETT, 1.840 BitOA D ST., AUGUSTA, (IA. swee9. matt whp hzt who goeb d t SA to: the midl k when tuo ept Into his pocket nye or (.O s kd 1or hopie Telapboles .ie mog the mod luedrov ents tatw ar being in. bed on the groeat Westei'n cattle )he 801114 Of these wires extend a' as 100 miles-on a single ranch. -Bicycle weddings M-e in ularity in Prance. At tliecasn on Ouding ceremony recently, tie tal couple started off on the ofrnoon on a " bicycle built to Although Francis Scott Key has 0,000 monument In San Francisco Examiner, of that city, has been to raise only $16 by popular sub ption for his destitute grand-daugh-. %rents of weak. delicate, oloirle s dren should not delay in givirg 2son's Emulsiou of Cod Liver Oh I make them fat ar.d rosy. Pint hnson's Emulsion of od Live- Oil ches the U,- oct, builds sound flesh, )res strenth and vitality to the do ated body. Pint bottle, $1.00. adache Destroys Health alting iii poor minory, irritability, nor mess and intellectuul oxhtaustIlon. It ices other forns of disease, such as opi y, heart disonso, apoplexy, insianity, etc. . Miles' Nervine Cures. ABU. s. has. A. Myer., 201 I :i0ina 1 .., ["of tne, Inud., writ e's Oct.. 7, 1894i: "I su I.'er,d bliy witi severe :lendacies, .diziness. :acho e ii inrvoust.ess, gldually grow woirse until ily lift- was despaired o. try what wo would, I founld no relief I I crnnieced sing D~r.. Miles' Nervine. vtj I.aken live bottes hAnd etlifievtt I ana Withn i, and I liave't iken great vown in r1cohtinIe tig alt of lily friends 1,I) Nervine. You l y u1)13 tI.ih this le1er, in wish. and I iIp. it. mi:.y be tenas vin I, sonoie ot herli sick rnotwher's io. s it, niilm. sale by aill druiggist.,s. . Hook on ileart. Nerves sent IlCER. )r. Miles MediclI Eikhart., Ind. Miles' Remedies Restore ieaSt. PIEDMONT AIR LINE. .0th:s80, 'l~i- uF I AssENGi~a TRAINS, t 'e st in i I rI hi oural yj:l so.;lE;INo.I2 No.18 No.89 er ti. I89i. g,,j~ ,- IOniy ESuni Daily llttu (. 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