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1*. Truro i^ioi>or PUBLISHED TUESDAY AND FRIDAY. KY Ed. H. DeCamp. The Ledger \t> not responsible for tbv views of correspondents. CaHs of thanks wiP be published Ann nent a word. 'Reading notices will De published ^ «u jeuts a line each insertion. Co-respondents who do not contri- bute regular news letters must fur nish their name, not for publication, but for identification'. Write short letters and to the point to insure publication ; also endeavor to get them to the office by Monday Thursday mnrnins's. Obituaries will be pubinlised at five eeuts a line. All correspondence should be ad- 4r a ssed to Ed. H. DeCamp, Manager. A CHAPTER OF CAW. At the last session of the Legisla ture of etouth Carolina an act was passed “to provide uniformity and equality in the assessment of prop erty returnable for taxation by per sons, firms and corporations engaged in textile industries and canals, and cotton seed oil companies and ferti lizer companies.” This act, printed as number 850 in the Statutes at large, was approved the 19th of February, 1901, and went into effect immediately on approval. The first section provides “that, all ! individuals, firms or corporations en- ^ gaged, or that may hereafter be en- i gaged, in the manufacture of textile fabrics of any kind, shall make their returns of property belonging to or connected with such manufacture, as usual for taxation to the Auditor of 1 the county in which the property is situate, and after the same shall b» passed on by the Township and County Boards of Equalization, they shall forward all such returns, with such comments and suggestions as he may see fit to the Comptrolb?r Gen eral as soon as the time for making returns lias expired.” We have given the exact words of this section, omitting only those which applied to canals, oil mills, and fertilizer factories. These are placed exactly in the same category with the manufacture of textile fabrics. The second section prescribes the duties of the Comptroller General in receiving and keeping the returns, the time and place of meeting of the State Board, and the manner of call ing it together. The third section reads as follows: That said State Board of Equaliza tion are hereby authorized and em powered to investigate and pass on said returns and equalize the same both as to the real and personal prop erty in order to obtain uniformity of taxation upon the property of such industries; and to that end may adopt and promulgate such rules and regulations as may be just and equa ble. This is the law under which the State Board of Equalization has re cently acted, and we have given all of it that has any direct bearing on the action of that Board. The first section declares that the owners of these manufactories shall make their returns of property as usual for taxation to the County Auditor, and after the same shall be passed upon by the Township and County boards,they shall bejfurnished to the Comptroller General. Then In accordance with the third section the State Board shall “investigate and pass on said returns.” Here, we think, is prescribed clearly enough to be comprehended by the roost ordinary understanding the whole duty of the State Board. Yot that Board proceeds without the shadow of authority, save that of its own sweet will, not to examine and pass upon the returns made through the regular channels, as it was ex plicitly required to do, but to ignore those returns completely and demand that new ones be made on an entirely different basis from that prescribed by law. If anything more is needed to show that by “property,” the leg- islature clearly meant the buildings, machinery and fixtures of every kind, it would be found in the words, “as usual for taxation to the Auditor ” The mill owners must make their re turns as usual and the State Board must pass on those returns just a-* it passes on all other returns and there its duties and its powers end. Again the law says that property must be assessed at its cash value ou a certain day, we believe the 1st of January. This Board sets that law aside and requires that all textile manufacturers shall rfturn the aver age market value of their stock throughout the whole preceding year. What show of authority, or of right, can the Board make for this daring and radical innovation? We have heretofore shown the In justice and illegality of its act in as sessing the market value of the stock instead of the property, as that word is meant to be understood by the law, and we need not reiterate what we said on that point. But there is one other phase of those strange procedings which de mands attention. The Comptroller General sends out to every cotton» carpet, and oil mill in the State a blank form to be filled with answers to about twenty leading questions, not one of which is authoriz“d by law or is asked of any other man in another kind of business If the Comptroller General had been ap pointed chief census taker of the State and clothed with special pow ers, he could not have framed a greater number of searching and im pertinent questions to be asked of property holders and business men. We hope that at least some of the mill owners will have the courage to 1 throw these blanks into thrir waste ! baskets and let us see what will be ! done about it. We have no personal interest in A MASTERLY SER MON A1]JIE$T0NE, Delivered by An Eminent Di vine of Maryland. WHAT IS YOUR LIFE? this matter. We do not own one dollar’s worth of stock in any cotton mill, carpet mill, oil mill, nor in any other mill. But as long as |we write for a newspaper we shall condemn i> justice, unfairness, and lawlessness, wherever and whenever we may find them. CROP BULLETIN. Condition of Carolina Crops as Reported by the Uureau. Columbia 8. 0., October L—The week ending 8 a. no.. Monday, Sep tember 80 h, began with abnormally low temperatures, and high northeast winds, and ended with abnormally high temperatures, and light south erly winds. The maximum for the week was 89 degrees at Darlington, and the minimum 47 degrees at Greenville. The first of the week was practically cloudless, and the latter part partly cloudy to cloudy. Light rains occurred over nearly the whole State during the night of the 27th, and light showers over the western portions on the 29 h. with weebiy amounts ranging from traces of rain to slightly over half an inch. In the eastern counties rain would be beneficial to minor crops, and the need of rain is imperative in the south eastern counties where the drought has become intensified, to the detri ment of truck crops and sea-island cot»on. The soil is dried out to such an < xtent as to cause seeds to rot and dry up in the ground. Peas, beans potatoes and sweet corn are suffering very much. In Charleston and Beau fort counties the rainfall for Septem ber ranges :rom less than a quarter to less than half au inch. Cotton opened rapidly over the eastern, and slowly over the western counties. The weather was favorable for picking, which made rapid pro gress, except over the extreme west ern portions, where it has only fairly bt-gun. The crop seems to be below expectations, and disappointing as to yields. The cool weather stopped growth, and caused renewed shed ding of squares, blooms and young bolls, making the prospect for a top crop very unpromising. The only weather condition that can now in fluence the yield, will be the occur rence of an early frost. Sea-island is opening slowly, but continues to bloom well on top The dry weather is affecting it injuriously. Much of the corn crop was gather ed, and every report reiterates the previous ones as to poor yields. The weather was favorable for haying and a great deal of forage was saved in fine condition. High tides inter fered seriously with rice harvest, that is nearing completion. The yields are good in places and poor in others. The absence of frost for two weeks will allow a large crop of peas to mature. Sweet potatoes and cane are not as good as previous esti mates indicated. Note —This is the last bulletin for the season of 1901, unless subse quent weather conditions make it ad visable to issue special ones. A Doable Affliction. A double afliictiou has recently be fallen our friend and fellow-towns man, Mr. Ambrose Phillips, in the death of his youngest child which was taken from him Tuesday night. It has not been very long since Mr Phillips was bereft of bis wife, and now bis load of sorrow is made heav ier by the loss of one of his little ones The child was only four months old and had been sick since the hour its mother was taken away. It was laid hy it- mother’s side in the chi rc • yard at Providence Wednesday after noon at 4 o’clock. Mr. Phillips’ many friends in the city, and in the county, deeply sym pathize with him in his sorrow. $ioo Reward, $ioo. The readers of this paper will Ik* pleased to learn that there Is al least one dreaded dis ease that science lias lieen able to cure In all Itsstap’sand that IsCatarrli. llull'sCatarrb Cure is the only positive cure now known to the medical fraternity. Catarrh lieing a constitutional disease, requires a constitu tional treatment. Mail’s Catarrh Cure is taken Internally, aetlng directly upon the bloml and mucous surfaees of the system, thereby destroying the foundation of the disease, ami giving the patient strength by building up the constitution and assisting nature In doing Its work. The proprietors have so much faith in its curative istwcrs that Miey otter One Hundred Dollars for any case that It falls to cure. Bend for list of Testimonials. Address, F. J. Chunky & Co., Toledo, O. Hold hy Druggists. 75c. Mull's Family Fills are the best. Dr. James L. Lodge, of Calthersbnrg, Md., Father of the President of Limestone College, Preaehes a Magnltleent Sermon to the Students of the College. The auditorium at Limestone Col lege was comfortably filled Sunday morning by a representative au dience, embracing the student body of the college and a large number of people from Gaffney, to hear Dr James L. Lodge, of Gaithersburg, Md. f deliver a special sermon to the students. Dr Lodge chose as hi» text. James 4:14: “What is your life?” The sermon was so masterly that we give it in full. Dr. Lodge spoke as follows: “What is your life?” A vast mystery, only partially fathomable in the present stage of being. Its origin and complexity of elements the crux of science, baffling reason. Space above, beneath, around, teeming with facts, which contain their own secrets, yielding for answer to the intellect’s yearning inquiry concerning the great system it perceives, it is. In dread silence contemplating the ce lestial region beyond which the Almighty “wheeis his throne upon the rolling worlds ” the rapt spirit fancies that it* hears a strophe sung by a star.” Interposing amid mortal scenes and strifes, startling man’s gross ab sorption, come the awful questions. What? Why? Whither? Hushing earthly sounds, it i the reverbrating blast of old eternity. The tone recalls man to himself, and leads thought to in errogate the Creator. I. Keilection deals, first, with the design of life. It was to engage its whole powers with its own solution, and not shrivel up witli horror at the thought of death I would earnestly counsel all young people to avoid the teach ing which dwells continually upon the warn ing to prepare for death. Dentil is a spect re. Life is a reality. Death is a tyrant. Jesus Clifist destroyed him who had the power (if death, that he “might deliver all those who, through fear of death, were all their lifetime subject to bondage ” The fear speeds itsown object; paraly/.esjrnental energy; theterrllied imagination may induce a kind of moral action from the lowest of human motives When I plant a young tree in my orchard, 1 do not s;iy to it. “Now,as you stand here,ever remember that you are subject to blight; it is possible that any day your fair stem may be riven from its stock by a storm; and. In any event, you cannot live very long; there fore, prepare for death.'' Contrariwise. I say to my young tree.•'There are unrevealed pos sibilities in your stock, and skin, and blood ; strike your roots deep into tills rich, line soil; lift up your graceful head toward heaven; stretch out your arms and grasp power; em brace the soft, south wind; receive the sum mer shower and tint he in the hies* sunshine; till your leafy lungs with God's sweet air; grow; and, in good time, glad my heart, Hrst. with your beauteous bloom, and then, with luscious fruit. Live! and may God bless my young tree!” This, the higher estimate of destiny, obligation, opportunity. Death is no affair of ours; God controls that; life is everything to us! To what exalted position God .assigned ids last and greatest work is realized by noting the processes of creation. From lowest to highest Is the order of Its progress. Of the kingdoms of nature, the mineral was neces sary as a foundation; the vegetable next in natural order; the animal when the essent ials to its existence had been provided. The transmutation theory is rejected by both science and revelation. Man is not a contin uation of a former creation, of an infer! >r species, but a discreted creation, resulting from the brooding of God upon the finished world. Matter and spirit, in marvellous union; within him the deathless principle; made like God. and ordained to stand for and exhibltGod. The Divine Idea Is presented In the Greek Testament, where martus is a wit ness. Preaching is doubtless witnessing. In part; hut, I apprehend, in very small part. Silence is oft-in more effective than speech. Even to suffer at the stake is not the most intlucntlal thing. The only function of the sun known to us is to shine. If your endow ments are rich, your culture high, your character strong, your motives pure, your life sincere, your faith serene, grand wit nesses for God are ye! Emotion Is lndlspens- able. It is the evidence of heart. Tender ness of feeling shows us most like God. The gentleness of Jesus makes us great. Out of it proceeds our strongest testifying, our holiest service. When a young woman asked a great teacher of music what site should do to im prove Iter singing, he answered, “Cultivate your heart.” Strange reply to her, but not to him. who knew the source of all melody. In such a service of song, which is testimony, the unity of man requires engrossment. What the ear hears, and the heart exper iences, the tongue articulates. Unless a man sings with the spirit and the understanding, lie merely uses his throat to gargle air. Each physical creation was, in one sense, a continuance from lod, an Inllux of the vital izing essence. and complete as to species. Revelation hints nothing of subsequent ma terial creations. In dignity and destiny the orlglriat lou of human nature was the l>est. Pallas-Athena sprang from the hrain of all- wise Z.eus, adult and perfect. Hut this is myth, not fact. Perhaps, in uncorrupted Eden man's intelligence and purity differed from these qualities in God only In degree. I say. perhaps, because I do not know. Hut slucc the fall ihc human Intellect at birth Is embryonic. The eternal design Is progress- Development of nature and acquisition of knowledge. Mmiicd only hy the extent of faculty. And all to the glory of God and the exaltation of man. The ability to Investi gate and advance Is matter for present and everlasting praise! Education enables to discern, to ilnd out the real value of tilings; to reason, compare discriminate; gives power to do what a right judgment bids; to miss the pitfall* ignorance digs; to grasp the reason and the worth of life! Education is in perfect harmony with re ligion. To divorce them is disorderly and Injurious. The power knowledge gives, If unsunctlUed, may p-oduce a pervert The higher course of education expands the con ceptions enlightens the mind, and cultivates the heart. The l»cst results cannot la* reached except by reciprocal cnitlvation Out of this comes the highest gntde of character Examples wo have In Moses, trained In all th wisdom of the F.gyptlans; Daniel, the able scientist, who could stand before kings; Paul, llie unmatched scholar, the preacher unparalleled. To separate the study of the physical sciences from the study of God and nature is profanity Men who want tiioir * ms to tie more tnoney-grahb.TS clamor for the elimination of the classics, and the sub stitution of whit they call the practical. They advocate the business high school, but deprecate the seminary and t tie college. Yet Horace Is an Inspiration, and Plato, in Ids Phacdo. “intimates eternity toman." Relig ion enables the intellect. It can never en tirely develop Its powers without It. It con nects humanity with divinity, and leads to living which includes eternity with time. Education too well knows its dependence upon this inlluence to exhibit arrogance. It isbaby-ta'k about the conflict of science with rcl'fcdon, No such con flic' exists or can exist. The Appearance of the late-born slat in Perseus kindled adoration of a God who could create a world requiring thousands of years to send its light to earth. Learning has borne such fruits in other days On all her branches. Piety has found . friends In the friends of science; and true prayer Has iiowed from lips wet with Castalian dews. No plan of life can be safe which leaves God out of the scheme. Mis providence gov- ernseven in futurity, In every period pre science or intuition gave reverent recogni tion of tlie directing Power. Mohammedans begin a writing with Blsmilah—in the name of God; the Greeks with sun Theo—with God; the Romans with Deo Volente—by the will of God; and James, in the context, warns the pisiple who assort that they are going to spend a year in such a city, and trade and get gain, that they ha<J better say, “If the Lord will." Tee Creator gave life that Ins creatures might be happy. Either our ambition or our Zeal may lead us to commit a terrible mis take. Educated and God-fearing, let us. also, be human. When we look back to reckon up life’s i bliss, 'Tis in the simple human things 'twas found, Friendship, a sweetheart's love, a song, a kis-. The joys that in sweet nature’s ways are found. And then the trutlt is piaiu unto bur eyes; Those human things, that to so touch amount. It was their good we chose to sacrifice For fame, wealth, piwer—the tilings that do not count. We should consider next life’s responsibil ity. Theawful'y solemn obligation insepara ble from existence is not restricted to indi viduals or classes, but includes mankind. Every man Is responsible so far as he acts of Ins own volition, and treoly; but moi j must account for the effect of his example and practice upon other men. Wherever the. c is nrimary action there is resultant influence. Everyman leaves the world better or w orse for having lived iu it. Intiidiv of duration may not necessitate a flxed measure of emo tion. As. in tiie future world, i b ?rc shall be degrees of pleasure, and pain, in the sing.e subject, It is reasonable to believe that each addition of purity and peace shall he a con tributory part of the sum total of bliss And tiie reverse. Whatever, then, produces good, or sustains a tendency thereto, is of value inestimable. The low order of mind Is In tensely seltish and sordid. Its horizon Is shut In and near. Its aims accord with Its low Ideals. Tiie world is no larger than Its range of vision. Its contentment flows from ignoble sources. Its pleasures are distilled from noxious weeds that thrive along the muddy streams of this world, feeding on “the ashes of dead sea fruit," with motives traceable to the onesouree in self. Tiie poor, shrivelled, blasted, wormeaten heart, or what.passes for a heart, can hold no thought of God, and culls no man brother. There can exist no sense of responsibility, for It recognizes no Sovereign Power, who distri butes lavishly that recipients may become Ids agents for redistribution. Tiie natural sequence of selfish living is tiie assumtlon of Independence. There Is no sense of honor due to God, no sense of love due to men. So ciety is nothing but the instrument of profit, or tiie procurer of power. The material uni verse exists as tiie source of supply for all that self can crave. Life has uo meaning where there is merely Lust of days That sensual Siu which out of greed for life Forgets to live. Religion is based upon recognition of the Supreme as man's lawful sover, ign, and the divine claim based upon acts of creation and preservation, intiultely Intensltied in such as know themselves objeets of the redemption. The same power which prescribes the annual and diurnal orbits of the world-, and regu lates the course of constellations, maps out the destiny of men; and the m nuiest affairs of human life are affected hy universal gov ernment. The Instruct"'! mind acknowledges this control. All undertakings are referred toll. If truly Inspired, failure Is Impossi ble, for Almighty energy Isenllsted. Failure would show that sanctified wishes may lack inspiration with a definite purpose; but then the discipline Is to profit. At one point there Is aivisloii of responsibility. The length of life is fixed by wisdom that cannot err. We speak not wisely of “uutlniHy death ” No star isdlmim'd in firmament till the sun Is near his rising. Those earlier to set sited their whole light upon the earth. Not how long, hut how glorious was the life! We live iu deeds, not years—in thoughts, not breaths— In feelings notin figures on adla 1 ; We should count time by heart throbs. Me most lives Who think- most, feels the noblest, acts the best. To grasp Hie full intention of our being, to realize what tiie future holds, to grow hy sub lime ideals and actions which feed tiie aspir ing mind, to help forward cack tottering step wlille we walk grandly—this is ours! Then, whenever and wherever we may fall, "after life’s fitful fever” we shall "sleep well." The beginning of life, Increase of vitality, with every agency for expansion, promotion of usefulness, and final triumph, must la* re ferred to divine movement and power Un aided litiinanity cannot originate a correct life, nor sustain it for a single hour. Tiie double effect of tills mental state is to pre vent pride and Insure safety. How can weak and wicked pride dwell in a mind which humbly realizes that Its very capacity en dowment. and resource of energy, is tiie pro- duet of au absolute will and benevolent pur pose? Safety lies in tiie almeuce of pre sumption. As predicted In the Word and corroborated by experience, strength is t hus evolved out of weakness. Tim paradox is explicable by the fact of substitution. When self Is expurgated, divinity tills up tiie vacuum. Tiie will to undertake then harmonizes with tiie power to perform. In supremest matters of character and life, motive Is power. It Is designer, qualifier, executor. With the part rightly eo* oclved, and with direction pledged, tiie result is cer tain; and lids guarantee rests on surrender: 'In all thy ways acknowledge Him, And He shall direct thy paths.”—Prov. ;i:6. The highest classification is of such as re gard that mysti rioas thing men call life a* the product of Almighty energy. Hint all In tention and execution as referable to Him. The solemn purport is in tiie gift. \\ hen tiie shrivelled heavens shall be roiled up like a parchment, when fervent heat shall melt the elements, and linal flames dry up the sea, life shall intinitely expand in value and du ration. Not so much In strange newness as iu mndifled continuance, Tills led that giant, Carlye, to say, ' Thy life, wert thou 'tiie pltifullest of ail tin* sons of c irtii.' is no Idle dream, but a solemn reality. It is thy own; it is all thou hast to front eternity with." With all necessary freedom, the Giver still controls tiie gift. Conceding all allowable, the fact remains that a man Is not always the artifleer of Ids own fortunes. That's the cant of the worldly-wise. That’s t lie phi losophy that Ignores Deity. Absolute ownership on God's part, and ab solute dependence on man's pa;t, enforce obligation. The tendency is to minimize tiie concept, and, by consequence, to mutilate the practice, Adequate Impulsion can come Only from a clear understanding of the rc lation. In the realm of spirit, as in physics, reaction Is proportionate to force, The full vessel can communicate. Great actions de mand a great mind. Small men cannot exe cute great things. In them we find ambi tion in sufficient measure, buttressed with conceit, and made rash through ignorance. The truly great distrust or value low |thetr own capacity, advance with caution, and administer a responsible office wit h modesty, if not with trembling. Out of this humility, coupled with trust in the Source of power, grow great actions. Such a mind sees the obligation. He knows that, in the whole economy finally everything is for man. and determines, therefore, that everything in man must be for God and ins creatures. He moves by ids impulsion and for His sake. God Is for tills man: Who can be against him? Nor wicked men nor devils damned can hurt or hinder tiie consecrated man. Sacred to heaven both himself and ids cause. Against malignant or untoward force he rooted stands, As some tall cliff that lifts its awful for-r, Swells from the vale, and midway leaves the storm. Though ound Its breast the rolling clouds are spread, Eternal sunshine settles on its head. The highest and soiemnest obligation rest ing upon intellectual and moral nature <sto| dis cover and proclaim truth. Truth is Die one great tiling in the universe of God. The proper aim of all study, reflection, discus sion. is not victory but knowledge. Socrates taught that all good is comprehended in knowledge, all evil iu ignorance. The wise have assented and do assent to tills doc trine. Truth never losi s its unity, un- i change ibleness, and eternity. Before and j after disclosure it is the same. The facts of | physical science an i the doctrines of re ligion. once true, preserve uniformity In ' verity. Gravitation was new to Newton, | but old in use. The heathen are still igno- j rant of God, yet salvation was an acconi* ! plished fact lx:fore tiie world was Perfect | truth resides omy in omniscient Deity. Men i are endowed to seek and attain the possible ! and nee«-ssary. Tin* tirst great moralist de clared t bat "the only tiling which tie knew was that lie knew nothing." Au intensive way of expressing tiie awe and conviction that filled Ids mind as Investigation showed the ev.-r-receding horizon, tiie boundless pros',cot, the limitless region of the unex plored. bevond the utmost reach of finite mind. This is the bumble confession of all de learned. Life is uo other than sublime. The mystery of being is a chief element of sublimity. The conscious spirit, the vaulting mind, soaring desires, aspirations toward an infinite sphere known to exist but not tested, do not dispar- ag« but exalt the measureless dignity of the present. Its whole Idea, of duty, opportun ity, limitation, relation to the status in the eternal realm, infinite future extension, and Hu' intimate association of upright souls with divine intollk-cnees, render It as grand as solemn. Its scene, crowded with tragedy, choked with mental and moral wreckage, the arena of strife between tiie forces of the nether world and tiie pawers above, marking tiie fall of promise, and imaging tiie glory of victory, shows tiie terror of earth and the peace of heaven. These Inseparable condi tions demand conscientious and persevering search for whatsoever things are true. A beggar truth is more lordly than the most royal sham. Out of this will come newer and higher truth, its propagation checked, lint uupreveutuble at last. A lie grows faster, but rots with ripening; worshipped for a time, it returns to its father, in Humes that must receive all idols. A lowly form cannot rob truth of reverence. Sculptured, or traced on papyrus, the only question Is as to gen uineness. It is not given to men to perceive it equally. He who recognizes the lower form must accept and teach it. Still is lie asso ciate and c iworker with him whose capacity, diligence, and devotion are rewarded with a larger revelation. In either case, tiie man must take a side iu the war of extermination waged by conflicting forces. There Is no neutrality. For or against is the stand In evitable. The hour then declares the man. He Is the apostle of true optimism. Moral conviction generates heroism. Truth cannot be destroyed. The dungeon is but a mile stone on the way to victory. Crucifixion is tiie pass to resurrection and glorified ascen sion. Out of the flames comes the puriiied and accepted. Eternal laws fix the desti nies; the false, with whatever pageant, goes to defeat; the true breaks all fetters, asserts recovered dominion, seats itself upon Its rigiitful throne. Whoever believes this, and acts out his belief, Is the greatest jf all mor tals: One who never turned his back, but marched breast forward. Never doubted clouds would break, Never dreamed, though right were worsted, Wrong would triumph. Held we fall to rise, arc battled to fight better, Sleep to wake. Truth must be ascertained and vindicated for the sake of God. It Is the thing dearest to his heart Whatever the degree In which from sci vice or suffering the Name can re ceive glory, this Is priceless contribution. No He, however decked or dazzling, with whatsoever transfiguration of supposed sanctity, can add to the glory of truth. Liars for God, like Job’s friends, are van quished by the Voice out. of the whirlwind, and the kindling of wrath. Stability of power rests only with him whom truth in spires. Such un one must speak. Moham med, if the sun stood on his right hand, and tiie nipouon ids left, ordering him to hold ids peace, hecould not obey. Convert every tile on every house in Worms Into a devil, but Luther must speak. The man must, whom COB v let Inn tills, belief possesses. Devils or death, it is all one to tills real man! For Ms own sake, every man must find and treasure truth. Happiness, the quest of all, Isguaged hy it. Usefulness* without It is impossible. The magnitude of celestial Joy is regulull'd hy It. The knowing, valiant and bravo are in demand in exigencies. When pettifoggers have ruined the State, tiie patriot Is called forth. When the atonic, drivelling pulpiteer has nearly extinguished the church, tiie mighty expounder of doctrine Is sought to rebuilt It. In Its extremity the world goes with strong . rles seeking a man. There exists Few fit to rule themselves, but few that use Their intellects intelligently. Then, Well for the whole. If there be found a man Who makes himself what nature destined him, The pause, the central, to thousand thous ands— Stands flxed and stately, like a Arm built column. Where all may press with Joy and confidence. Weightier than upon any mortal man rests responsibility upon woman. The specIH?' In tention (d her creation is shown in her na ture and quulittcationa, I do not deal in platitudes and panegyrics. ‘ Heller half" is well enough, If you intend it as a mere pleasantry. In many tilings woman is not man's equal; iu many things she is Ids supe rior. Neither cun be an entirely perfect be- ing without tiie oilier. So God decided, at tiie beginning. This ought to shame effront ery. and extinguish gush and silliness. All true men Hold that woman's every name is holy; sister, sweetheart, wife, and mother. When she transcends (Ids ordination, all true men despise her. Schiller says of Mary Stuart; She was the favorite of all the men Because she only strove to be a woman ; And youth and age became alike lier suitors _ lire whole need is to be a woman. And that ideal is not reached until s le is a Christian. “A woman without religion is a flower without fragrance," I refuse to speak in tins.presence of the Amazon,or of thecxrarse and vulgar she wlio would usurp tire kingli ness and authority b y tiie Creator invested iu tuan. tiie bead. Your ideals are too high to paint, and prink, and purr, to catch the glance of un homme nul. You are the de scendants of tiie most illustrious heroes and the most glorious women God’s sun ever shone upon. You must not fail them, whether they yet dignify and honor Hie. or are perpetuated in a precious and undying memory. You are to carry your pure minds and splendid’culture out into tiie world and sweeten, purify, and bless it. At last, your mission ended, your destiny y fulfilled, the day of crowns shall come, and 1 tiie noble spirits who for your sakes poured out their treasure, and bestowed titc-ir toll, to train your intellects, and teach you how to live, shall lead a glorious array of Lime stone women to the feet of Jesus, saying, with an ecstatic joy that could not thrill the mother of the Gracchi, these are our jewels! The Hinging was of au exceptionally high order. Those who occupied seats on the rostrum besides the choir were: Dr Lee Davis Lodge, Prof. H. P. Griffith, Rev. Arch C. Cree and Mr. George G. Byers. At night Dr Lodge occupied the pulpit of the First Baptist church. He was greeted by a large congrega tion who were favored with an excel lent sermon. Lewis O set man, Goshen, Ind: “DeWitt’s L tile Early Risers never bend me double like other pills, but ■ to their wi rk thoroughly and make me feel like h boy ” O ruin, thorough, genuine I’lier ikee Dent; Go. Fresh Today, Lowneys Candy Always the Peeler *' Do You Own Thermometer Every person lias his tooth brush but very few a fever thermometer, and are used in the mouth, have quite a demand for Thermometers lately, as we have found one that is reliable at a fair price. One size we can sell you at 50c, and still better ones at 75c and $ 1.25. Either will give you. the Correct Temperature of the body. Don’t use a ther mometer that goes into every mouth when you can get your own for a small cost. CMee 4