The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, November 30, 1895, Image 4
The Katydid Orchestra.
An article in a recent number of
Science on the katydid orchestra is
extremely in'teresting. The writer
states that this is one instance in na
ture of concerted and continued efforts
of harmony. The katydidskeep time,
and are the only members of the in
sect kingdom that do this on any ex
tended scale. He says: "So soon as
the sun has set and twilight is ad
vancing, the isitydids in the trees be
gin to 'tune up.' The first notes are
scattered, awtw3ard and without
rhythm ; but. it no wind is blowing,
thousands soon join in, and from that'
time until daylight breaks there is no
intermission. It is inarvelous that
the organs can withstand this con
tinual ' rubbiua for eight hours.
By choosing out an insect close by and
listening to it alone, I have convinced
myself that the .t:ae insect keeps at
it at least for iri at a time. The_ I
raspings are seldom three at a time, as
the popular na-ne would imply, bu,
hro the result of usually four or five,
someti:nes six, distinct but closely
joined :_ov:nze:ts." When a Iar::3
number of k6ydids are engaged in
this musical e:xreise, there are tho-e
with louder iones who seem to occay
the position as leaders, or first vioin
ists. They hold the time measure
often iu spite of the wind, which
usually stops the performuce of the
moro timid, and soon draw out the
lost notes of the others once more in
regular measure or beat.
An out-hi-work 'm: ' for ol. an I une:. -
ploye' n,-me--:rs ,t, be established by Wait
aiz ;-ica Nc. 1, of New York City.
Ssow.re of :inments for Catarrh That
Centain Mercury,
imer-:try will suroly destroy the sense o
*.nei :t corupetelyvderange the wholoss:cn.e
:c :i:rgi i1r. tirough the maucoussurfac:et.
tcia a:e-Les "oultI never be used ex-:em c"
vescrtt ' , ;'r'nJr ep1uSat> e,ph-:':cian1S, a ti e
binge l:1 y. i:1 tl : t e. n t . to the g'od "
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en;!-e 'yverl'ed the imtance of perma
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"DAVID An ABSALOIB"
DR. TALMAGE'S SUN DAY SERMON.
The Old Man Concerned About the
Safety of His Son,
Tx-: *Is the young man Absalom safe?"
-II Samuel xvii l., 29.
The heart of David. the father, was
wrapped up in his b-y Absalom. He was a
splendid boy, judged by the rules of worldly
eriticism. From the crown of his head to
the sole "i his foot there was not a single
hlemish. The Bible says that he had nuch a
luxuriant shock of hair that when once a
year it was shorn. what was cut off weighed
over three pounds. But notwithstanding all
his brillianev of aopearane he wa: a bad
bov, and broke his father's heart. He was
potting to get the throne of Israel. He had
marshaled an arm v t?o overthrow his father's
,.,vern:rent. The dy of battle had come.
Tihe Cnfict was be":un. David. the father,
sat het;ween the gates vi the palace waiting
fo- the tidiuge of ti' conflict. Oh, how
ranid:v his heart heat with emotion.
Th? two great questions were to be decid
el-:he safety of his boy and the continu
tnce :f :h. thron; of Israel. After awhilea
-ervan'. standing on the ton of the house.
looks off and seas some one running. He is
(o:ning tvith great speed. and the man on
.he top of the house announces the comin
of t e m'-senrzer. and the father watches
an] waits. mnt as soon as the messenger
from tb.: field of battle comes within hailin
"iistaw ! the father cries out. Is it a (t,s
tion in r d;:a-rl to the estaliishlent of his
thrcl-? Does he say: "Have the armies of
Israel ben victorious? Am I to continue in
my imperial authority? Havo I overthrown
m. ene:nies?" Oh. n': There is one ques
tion that -prings frou his heart to the lit.
ani sprilgs from the lip into the ear of th"
h?sweated and bedusted messenger flying
from the" batttiefiold-the question, "Isths
y,un-' mit Abalon safe'?" When it wa'
tll to 1)avi'l. the king, that. though his a
'i"s had beeni victorious. his son had ban
sa;i. ih: father iurne. his back upon thb
t"on'ratulatieas of the nation and went up
t'" stairs if ht.- lpa'ace. his heart breaking a:.
e w:'nt. ti rgi : his hands sometimes ani
iht t":ain a ressing them against his temoles
h" 1i-rh he wo.ld press them in. crying:
-t . alnm' my son! my son! Would to
Co. I *)a" die- fcr thee. ( Absalom! my
to.? mov on .
iv f'nd.. the m i- n which David. th
k;n' ."h'" i. re"ird to his son is the
In -ha neods to-d'ay in the hearts n
hundr.t-s of parenis. Yea, there are a :reati
ntlitude of voung men who know that th
,:re'i'n of thn text is approp;ait' when
,'ke. in re,r.- to th-m. They know t:":
t:nmati'ns "itby which they are surrounded.
.irb-y iee -o many w,) started ife with at
o-i r":o:ution.s as they hav: wh' 'av
-ni:n in the tat!, and th?' are rr--'t 'i
l>a,r me :ask the question of nl t"x;. 'is the
vm' ,:--"a::n 'hsalom saf'?'" The fact. i th't
ehi. 14:i is full of peril. He whi underla-s
't wa:'et the gracs of God aud a pr".. '1
i'ertadiug of the confict into wh-n 1e i
-: nmust certainly be d""eateJ. .I: t 'oor
'.. 111 society to-day. Look at th"' shi
wc re:,: of men for whom fair thins were"
to i,:;d timi who started life with every -
\antage. Look at thee vbo i-av-: ,iroppr:1
trom hikh social positiou and from r,at.,or
am ', disgraced for time, di.;,race. for ete:
nitv. .All who sscriflie their integrity co'?r
to overthrow. Take a dishonest dollar a'
hure it in the center of the eartb. and kee,
all tht t: :=ks of the mountain on ton of it:
then cover hese rooks with all the diamon
o Go:,'onda. and all the silver of Nevada,
mini all t::' "o:d of California and Australia.
atnd mAl"t o u ii+" tOp of thee all banking and1
reny il;:: itin.. and they eannt keep.
"l",:Ca;, i,. ilish,inest dollar. That one: is
h:..a d-l;:r in tht center of the earth wil!
:, ro heae r androek and upturn its:lf IM
u: itra.m". dlo rhu urrection of damanation.
-A th-e .arsridge sitteth on egg an-]
h-ar-h'th the not. so he that retteth riche.s
-n:'l "o byv right shall leave them in the
mn hi l ava. a-:1 at his end shall be a
N.-. what a re the .sahesguards -f v'onn:.
'mhiy -Te firet safeguar l of which I want
to ttA oa-ai a Iota of home. There are those
wh'' have nao idea oV the pleasures that coc
-entrate around that word "borne.'' Per
ham.s your ea;r:v abode as shadowed with
viAC' r' swertyl\. Harsh words and petulanm
mu ,'o:winu mamy have destroyed all tb"
':n:At"ity' of that scot. Love. kindness atai
self sa"rifl':'. whichi have built their mhars in
so many' atbodesa were strangers in yout
fakers Wm:,a. God pit y you. young man:
r.u r.ever had a home. But a multitude Ira
this nAuiencne can look hack to a spot that
:IP-' t-anma' v'--r forge. It may have be-en a
lowX roof. hit you cannot think of it non
wth'out ma dash ~of emotion. You have smsi
nothing on earth that so stirred your nou.
A Atriag"r raseing along that place might
sem maothing remarkable about lt; butt, oh! how
umu"im it mean; to you. Fresco on palae:a
wall does not mean so much to you as those
rough heawn tatters. Parks and bowers andi
tre's on fashionable watering place or coun
rv s"at do not mecan so much to you as that
bro: k that ran in front of the plain fa r:m
nu"! and singing uder the weping wit
1enws. The barred gateway swrung openi Iby
porter' in full dress riots not mean as mui
to von ais that swir.g gate. your sister on "a"
il'e of it and y.m on the other, she gone "'f
we:u yeam', ago into glory: that scene comrn
bae:, to you todyS syusetbraa
ant for'war-londaye ate.snn thasow
ofor "hildhood. But there arc those her.:
whoiae' their second dwelling place. I j
your adopted home. That is als-o sEers I
for-t'er. 'There voue establishel the ir.
family altar. There your children were
borm' In that room flapped the wing Ls the
death an.tel. Under that roof. when you'
work is 'lone, von expect to lie down and
di'e. There is 'tJy one word in all the Itan
gua:.ge that can convey your idea of that
place. and that word is "home."
Now, let mec say that I never knew a man
who was faithful to his early and adopte.l
home: whc' w as given over at the same tim e
to any gross form of wickedness. If you
fin-I more enjoyment in the club room. inI
the literary societv, in the art saloir. than
you do in these unpretending home pleas
ares. you are on the road to ruin. Thcough
i-o-u may he cut off from your early as'
Pites, and though yout may be ::e;para!e-i-A
from alli your aindred. young man. is the.w
not ai room somewhere that you can call.
yo i wn-: Though it be the fourth story.
mfa hird-class boarding house, into that
room gather books. pictures and a harp.
HImun: your mother's portrait over the
matel. Bid unholy :nirth stand back fronm
that threshold. Consecrate some spot in
that room with tho knee of prayer. By the
memory of other days. a father's counsel, a
mnh:r's love and a sister's confidence. call
it 11ome.
Another safeguard for these young. men is
in.iustrous habits. Thore are a grat
.any people trying to make their way
through the world witb their wits in=tead of
bv honest toil.' There is at young man who,I
comes; from the country to the city. He'
fails t wice before he is as old as his father
wans wrhen he first saw the spires of the great
oWLi. He is -eateud in his roonm at a rent of;
$20.) a vear'. waiting for the banks to de
lar-r th-ir dividends and the stocks to run
uP. .\fter awhile lie gets iamnatient. He'
i w to improave his penImiaship) by making
'..py' piaSes of )tiher merchants' signatures.
N:ver mind--all is right in business. After
awhile he has his estate. Now is the tie
for him to retire to the cou ntrv, amid the
11-.' s and t he herds. to culture the domestic
virt Au".
Ne th on e who were his school
-n:es n ovbodwill come, adwith their
x t'-amns draw him logs, and with their hard
a m wall help to: heave up the castle. That
.:, '.- f'an"v sketch: it is every-day life. I
shi u-i nmot wonder if there were a rotten
.-am in tha't malace. I should not wonder
fs isou rite him with dire sickne---'
m"d '"'r "nto his cup a bitter draft that wiit
1ra -"im Wih unbearable agony. I should
L.t -ne if that man's children grew up
- '' 'c' haim a oisgrace and to make his life
.lgn. I-cnilinot wonder if tha' r
. -1 "a ri-normaNeteth ndwere ri'l -I
atad'"hnn->rabla g-av-- a' the-" '.
'Ano y nat prish.
O y vg 2,n. yv." ust have inactry'
-3 : "r -:md ' fmx. or pedib. D-a
'e itad . -hng -le The man z
proose to eak 'is aivina by hI' ;:"'
p:oo'ably ha& Lot any. I dhould 'rher.
an ox. plain and ploading an'd useful. ia
t e a'n "::"i. high fai'in "ne;nd
noth"'in S-ut to ick cut the eyes'o e-arcasss
EFi ille 'A.ttr 211i of E ien it wa- not s
or A -m to i-e idl, so God mad" hi:0 -
mh'r-n--:Imri,. an-I if the married pnair LIt
ering after Iruit that ruined tani and thei
posterity! Proof positive of the fact the
when people do not attend to their busines
they getbito mischief. "Go to the ant, tho
sluggard; consider her ways and be wisE
which. having no overseer or guide. provid
eth her food in the summer and gathereti
her meat in the harvest." Satan is a roarin:
lion. and you can never destroy him by gui
or pistol or sword. The weapons with.whici
you are to beat him back are pan and typi
and hammer and adz and saw and picka:
and vardstick andthe weapon of honest toil.
Work. work, or die.
Another safezuard that I want to presen!
to young men is a nigh ideal of life. Some,
timcs soldiers going into battle shoot int<
the grount' insteal of into the hearts of :hei
enomie-. The:- are apt to take aim too low
and it is ver-. often that the cantain, goin%
Into conflict with hic mee. will cry our
"Now. men. aim high!" The fact is that ii
life a great many men take no aim at all
The artist plans out his entir? thought befor.
be puts it unon canvas, before he takes ui
the crayon or the ehisel An arehitectthinl
out tha entire b,uilding before the workaaer
begin. Although evert l inhr mav seem to b
unorganized. that architect has in his min
every Corinthian column, every Gothie arch
every Byzantine capital. A poet thinks on
the entire plot of his poem before he begin
to ehime the cantos of tinkling rhythma
And y't there are a great many me:n wh-.
.tart the im;>ortant structure of life withou
knowin, whether it i- goin to b a
rtu(, Tartar's hut or a St. Mark's ca
the'-al. and begin t. writo. out the it
tri"atA poe:n of their life without know
w'i ithr it ie to b- a H':ern's '"O-i5eev'
-r a rhymre.ter'- botcil. Oit of 1900. 00:
'are no life pot. Boote:l and st,urc.t i and
-anar;stond. ihey hasten alnn'. au I I rilm
,1t1 and sav. "Rl3 , mt.in Whithe away'
Nowhere:" thse say. Oh. yon1t mau
na;"' every dayv's duty a fillinm up oi thi
:re"at life plot. Ala, that there shoutd b:
"' this s"a of life s> many ships that seert
b>und for no port! They are swdpt every
whither by wind and wave. u:. by th
nouutains and down by the valley.. Thei
-ait with no chart. They ;;ar.e On no star
They long for no harbor. Oh, yoaiz mau
'a ve at high ideal and pres" to it. and it wil
e a mighty saferuardi. There naver wert
:lir opportunities opsnin before' yount
'nn than are openinz now. Young men o
he strout are and of the stoul heart and o.
tle-e bounding sten. I niar'shil von to-Jay f,
a :r?rat achievement.
Another safeguar is : redpe2t for tht
S tbhatih Tell m' how a young man spend
isti :-'ybat.' and I will tell v.)u wli't'. are hi:
;I":sp-?t- in bl-inas, and I will tti! y:
: hat ari:'e pro.,fmets for th: e n'- ie rl-1.
)(;fd ha.s thr^st imt' our hu lii" n .
i: rhen we ar' to 1o^i arter our -'ou!-. I
t~x",rbitant, t-ter giv:ing sis das t ta
sin:and ci.Yhin, of the p:h
u>ii'. that G ).i should d'r'n-tn ou ' "at
or the feein, and clothing of tho i-nmi}-al
-,olt ?
Our botdies art seven day eloc:s. anl the
need to be wound le. and if they ar.' n
wound up tihey run dlo\rn into th- ::rav. N
nu can continunusly breat thA SnL'a'
nd kee' hi= phtsical nel mamail hnalth
.Ask those aged men. and they will tell yo
ihr n'eve' knew men who cunltinIu )L
er.e th" Sthhath who di-.1 not fail in Ii:'l
)"iv or mort l riueiol". A mr.:anit?a,atcir"
rave this a his ex':>riencet'. H.' said:
t)wned a facit rv on the Lehigh. Fv''rythin
oro-pered. I knpt the Sa''baih. :in-i 1e31ry
w.ing went cn w-ll. But ouneSab'ath morn
i:: I bethoui,irt myself of .. ne+t shn'tl'. nn'
[ thought I would invent i'1'r shuttle iefor
-:e:m t', an:d Y r'futsed all ?" .l a'1I lr]jk un
Tit I had cotnrlet;' I that : B:uttle. i.y sun
.ownI harl eomriltte'l it T:' n'x- day
tfow:dlay'. I s1hove.t to 7t,y w.)re;mIn an
r:ends this ne'w. shuttlr. TheY Ji1 e:n-:ra-.u
Iated me on -my gr'at snc>ss. I eii tila
shuttle into play. I enlarged my hnsiness
it, sir. that Sunday's work cos
n0 $30.0010. Froni that day every
thnj rent wron_. I failed it
business, an'l I Jost my mill.". Oh, mt
frIends, keep the Lord's ay. You ma"
:hnit eld ogy a-ivic". but I give it to yo1
ow: "Remeniher 1 he Sabbath day and keof
t hcel.. Sie edvs shalt thou labor and edoal
hiv w'ork. bitt :lw seventh is tho Sabbath o
:ti' T.ard thy G->d; ill it thou shalt not do an:
ork." A man saul that ho would provy
hat all this was a fallacy. and so he sail
'I shall raise ai Sunday crop." And ft
ylowed the field 'on the Sabbath. and thme,
he yta in the seed ont the Sabbato, an:1 i
ultured the ground on the Sabbath. Whet
he harvest wats ripe. ihe reap':i it on thm'
Sabbath. and he cairried it into the mow or
he Sabbath. and th~en he stood out deflma
o his Christin neighbors, and said: "There
hat is my Sund~ay ':rop'. an I it is all gar
ered." After awhile a st om came up and'I
reat dnrkness. andI the lightnings of heave:
crck the barn, and away went his Suneda'
rop.
There is another safeguard that I w cnt t'
eresent. I have saved it uuetil the last b1
ase I want it to be the more e nphatio.
Tihe great safeguard for ever'y young man i
iC' Christian religion. Nothing can takt
he place of it. Youi may have grnatfulnes:
'nough to put to blushe Lord ChesterfIel:1
..eu may have foreign languages dropepin:
from your tongue, yen may discuss laws and
literature. you may have an pen of une.
ualed polish and poeir, y'ou may have sc
ruch b)usiness tae't that y-ou can get the
ir rgest salary in a banking house. you ma:
be- as sharp as Herod an l as strong a
Samson. and with as long lock- as thos
which hung Abzonoto, au-i ye? you have n
saety against temptation. Som2 cof "Oi
bok forward to life with great despondency.
[ k uow it. I see it in your faces from timt
to time. You say. "All the ocupations ane
erfessions are full, and there's no chance
for me." Oh. young man, ebhoer up
I wdll tell yeu how you c:ai make you
ortune. Seek first the kingdom o
:Tnd aud His righteouncas. an I all othe:
higs will be added. I know you do 1ot
want to be mean in this matter'. You Wi]
nt drink the brimming cuit a" life aw,! ther
pour thee dregs on God's altar. To a gener
as Saviour you will not act like that: yoe
have not the heari- to act like tha-. That i
nt manly. That is not ho oerahle. That i
nt brave. Your great want is a new heart
ad in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ1
cil you so to-daty. aind the blesse-i Spiri
presses through the soleainities of this hout
' luat thce cup of life to your thirsty lips.
O. thrust it not back. Mercy presente it
leeding mercy, long sulTering mercy. De
SeiCe all other friendships. provo recreanit tP
all other bargains, buct de=pise (l'o''s lov.
for your dying soul- to not do that. Theri
'omes a crisis in amnan's life, atndc be t roubke
is he does not know it is the crisis. I got et
letter in which a man sa's to me:
"I start out now to preach the g.:spel
r:hteousness and temperance to the p'cople.
Do you remember me? T am the mau wh<
:Lc.-aredt at the close of the service wheen yet
wer.e worshipingh in the ehapel after yo:
ame from Philadelphiat. Doe y'ou r'eemb)
at the clos" of the service ai man comi'flng u;:
te you all a-tremble with "e-onvicticO,i an
ryng oat for mercy. and telline you be har
avleha-1 Ptusiu'.ss. andI he thoug.t hl
woulel change it? That was th turninm
oint in my historv. I gav'e epm' ii bu ltl
uesa. I gave my heamrt to God, au I the 'Ie
sir' to .serve Him has ;;rown upon' mc al]
hese years. until now wvoe is ulnte me if
erea'h not the gospel."
Tea'. Sunday nilgiit wac th-' tu:min2 p in
Sth:tt voung man's history. 'Th is v-Ar' San'
heathn hour will b)e the turning poinit in tb
history of 100 yoneur' mec int this. heou.s
G:d help us: 1 o'ne' steood 'n na.neve
snry platfor:n wcth 'a 'lergym:na wh" e"
this marvelous 11ry i aid:
'Thirty v'ears a:ro twe y'oung" 'n:-e .tan.O
et to ,tte~nmd Parici Thea'r"e- Ne Yo t<
see a plcy which na-n" re'li"io m riliclou
andl hypoeritic. They lha I be"nc broni:
u te in Christian fa-ni l"'. P'ey ctae'.' ' I e:
e theatre to se-' tn-u vie play. an I theit
They feit i twas ncot ri;:ht to go, but stit
h"y went. They eam': t' ti deotr of th
tear. One of the you:ng mre': stopfpe-l an
stercw: for' n'ome. but return-?d and ea'.'- ui
r- te door, bmut ii' hali no: thet corurag~"t
c" in. H" -"ain star:ed for home aulJ 'en
hsme. -"' other yonne m'mn went in. H
wet froem on--i degree of te:nptationt
another. C'ugiht in the whirl oef frivolit:
n4- sin. he "-u to-.vtr and I1"m'er. He los
'is o"-iue"-ss positi'er. He' lsst his .noral:
Ha lo=t eis -oul. H.' died a dreadful -Jeati
not'e on-, star of ra.er't shining on it. st:
"'for 'iu t.-iar" sai'd that minist"cr. "
hnk (hd that~ or twenty y'e.mr. 1 nat'
e-"n oermitte i to rreazh the gospeh! I as
0-. y'o' ;-'- that wa= the turnn pecat'
eoe w.'n: be. imh'eother w.eni ". . Tb
gret raamgwoerl'i of bus:ness life will too
break in uren' you1. you'nig mein. -M1t th
wilt ware da=h "ut the impresscions of Ti
day as ani 'ecen )ileow dashes lettec' '*e
the sand ace the i.'&a:ey You nceeri somethine
better thani thi.-wc.rld '-an giv,. e you. I hee
oni v'our hm-art :m I J:'.,')und- ho!&.: I'
wanc lt som. thingc cr'at ant gracndt arfli 'iori
uc to fIll ir. :au-l hce.-is thce religri'n thre: ""
do it. Gcd sv- n
T9.?BfFF6 liF6Ol
Revenues Reflect the Country's Gen
era! Returning Prosperity,
CAUSE OF THE YEARLY DEFICIT.
Postmaster-Seneal Wi,n A..-ri e; ti
Gross Abuse of Se^ md-Ci:ts- 1 it; as
the Chief lteann for th" Sior.age
He Approves t'liinz L.tte:- Cairer:
Under Civil Servive tsdce.
1'ostmaster-General WVi- . h.inl t. naei:'t
report of the oiprati')ns of tie Pktnoffi2 D
partment; says that ti" Jinanial :li I:Ai1s
trial depresilon whie- inc ?ioul aff : 1
the revenues of the po:al sri, for th(
past two years an-! i1di2>fiUt
imates of his pre:t:ess.rs -"i'c I fc
enough into the I:SU-:l yC e:r ' t- ma k an
unusually wide gai. bst.ti:: ree scs an:
expenditurer. It is ;:r:tifyirl. h'wvver. I
report that a large fart of thi.b del::incya
curred in thi: first ;.i:rtr of th year. : 1
I I
rosI?u.s7Zs r ... L., VI"L .
that sinec then the revenns ut the depart
meat have refle^ced the gen-rai returnin, o
prosperity ti) the cocuntry. He a.ribes th
gross abe of second- !sc raes of pota
as the chif ecaus" of the yery leieit it
postal revenues. H-" ropts al eudor.'
the reconmendations of his predecesor
IBissell and anam-ntker, i. r an a-r^n.mni
of the law in ra:ard to the tr:mp:rtation of
I second--chs- matter, and 'avc
"it is the esticale of th" dpartme.: tha+
two-third.- in weight of all th: matterearrieJ
In the mails is. under exi,tiu: laws ain.
Iclassifications, carr:ei as seeondchtLs.
matter at th-" rate of one cent a 1-"a^i,
Swhre it i.s not aeiutsl'y carr>d ;^ta
- Tree. Th> aggre;ate w ig.ltt of se-ond
class matter in the year 1+1t was 213000.00.
F po1nds. Durt:s the las: xear it i:crs'ae
- to over 12.0 .0.000. a growth of over 13.000.
t 003 poands. Deducting the weight of that
which is known : 'county free.' being th
matter which is circulated among subscrib
e ra free of posta-,; in the res.peectiv0 411un1t it'
of publicntion. einatedl t) h:) "It,82.14
pounds, there renained 265.314.331 pouadl
which returned. at the ra:e of o' -:nt it
pouni. a revene of 2.r53.143.92. Th
average cost to thor diepartment of trascp -t
In;:g and hand iig this matter I:s es:im-csed t
eight cents per pound."
rSpeaking of the extension of civil1 seri
rules to letter carriers. he s:wys:
'KAn indispensable bsasis of g:0s-I s'rvi:
wans laid bsy placing the carrier force iundt'
the civil .ccrvics s.ystem. andI ~noT
should i.e spared by the ilpqartment t;. isn r
a high morale in this fors' aa-! to :samiliairiz
the idea samon-g indlividuai carri.'rs tia
as they enter tihe .wr'vic by "t meri
Ssys'tem alone. so lik'cwi-s' Ib-.' Y reain
it by nos tenure but that, of t faith't
iaudl '-elf-respect sal. h->nr.-!e ravn' I
is inev italAe that a '-ow i.iisi::al - sir" saa
"the rhuld interpret tis c:s.sili:y of em
pomnasa personal pi-. :e. ncu a
\ngslvely1'vieli. a .in-t.''.aiatsin
sroerior officers. rather :.har: a rfr
based on earsilerations-c s- ci bmt
have occurred .ms-1 l d *.o. -
continues to occur. sXven a i: thiful' .
ing of the civil s"rvic'2 iy--t-:n i . ner - Is
and neceptssd. But it s .:rtifyito u.rr
that as a v-hiose, and b Isuchi" svsrw"3L'i"1m1in
predoninanecs as toImk! the ex--prig nc-r
prominent. ihe arrmy sf t "tsr carrs
alert, faithful. offticit ad h- norablts.
"The Postmaster'-eseraI ls'eira -'-Iil s-'r
vic mehd t' be .:arri''d -ill further sit
higher in the Postufie'' fl'c'rrcc'"ut. Ib
reomnsthat at ls'as 'ic':' ssf 5 he As
sistant Postmn-ien:-Genarli soi)c s eur
their office by ai a .:ivil s-crv.st 5- me--:ir fec
ura, and not by a Ipolitised teonure. it 'r
frains from offe.ring cc lk" opinci' ' as r-' th
Fourth Assistant Pstmai'trr-Gs'n"r". h
ca'use the fourth-ts Pt-oIest"steer-. 0 s'
rasppoitents't are prima~rly a"lo It": to'i
n re yt oa sclido that te'nar.-.
' ' queion5) If exten Uin: eii I07
methiods to the -es on c osf Io- h:'l-'iai- P)
macsr, he 'sayc '.c "as cciral rad
m-y attenction.,;?i.- I hVt' b''i':n th' hcs'i
f'ths~is depjrment '" Ii? I -.e il h dI'
ive in Congress.> a !ar"" s'nuntry. distrric
durn thre' i'ban"es oa V-lmi.-t'ra'tiot
brought homn to mic m'osre elcarl
rstomeir or to the rep'r'--'tative' of a sit,
constituency. I have studi ' va.' b.I
inrodusced in both b'raus.cs of cu'res I
recent years. andi weomessigge5stiof.- froc
other q'uarters. but I do not find mya,nf ab-sI
to make as vet any spec:i fi" r"'ecmmecdactisn.
on this important subsject in 'is In' lua t bg
ation which has bes"n psr >prsed
"Tbe order recently 'approv" Ils by is
President prov'isdini that wasueni th Po a+
ter-Grail sha ')l onoats: with ac frese ds:
livery sfles'any' other istsifes schf' cc
solisation shatlI carry into the elassilisl s''r
viec at thce frc" deliv enr ffi:ee th" Post*:'ciel
De.prtmenit roster o.f emaplsyes o.f th' 'sffici
sons'olidate. 1ineiicn" the P-mt master. mai
beaccepstsd as the b)eginintg stud foiimdaitis'
not only of a be'tter po' a! service of the pubc
lie and a better an'. more sbusiness-!ik" aic
conting to thiuslepartmear. but also a wis'
extensio'n of ths' scivil rvice svsten
Ito .Postm'asters. It i cmy purpose to piro
eed under th. cauthoritv rsf this order c:
siscreetly as I can. cauc in the lon:: runa a:
.far as experience will justify. s as to seun
these commensdahlse resul's."
The other points sdiscussed in tile 1-ost
mater-General's repor:. hay.; heen sucbs'an
tialy covered by rsepoirts of the AecistaDl
Postmasters-Greneral and busrcass chict
heretofore made public.
Tramps Scalded to Death.
At Washington. lnd., a plug blew osit
C
the mcud valve at the electric plant Snndai
night, frightfully scalded six tramps wb
were sleeping just above the boilers. 'Tw
died in terrible :cgony a few hours after thi
accident eccuirred, and a third will likel
die.The therthree are badly but not fatan
THF.r Couricr--IonuD (Cli- "Eif Ui
c'sec of a [emale' tobascc' snad neI cE 'u
-c[v. She is a Mkis DIr'kI, : 5e 10i a
he has acquired sue5 'in un'':erna
pptie~ tor tobacco that itbidl 'ar
tro; her unless -5ne ''uson obi, rcc
'-be be'gan using the weed in is! u
iies abyout a vyear 'ao. and '' fasts i ti
-habit gro x upon her :hat in tlireer mint!
she was consunmin' t wO poccnds of Ihca I
acco a week. Her parc-s grr-w:dcarme:
and forcedi her In dli-rctinuec 3ts usc,
eo great was her cuteri:: thcat :-he Wi'
attempted -ticde. For the l'% S
nonths sac h:'s u'sd f-s c:r ni t
week. having' a bu::e cew in hc-cIis 1u1.:
al cim ce- Vi hcen .-hce is -' s i. eti
Iiih is e -'--i 5 !5reG m-"
ing loVe flrt-'r! i-Ac ' : wj"r't s5.
j :I \ Y-itfsis'Ct'iiC'. sl'
DR. S.UIPSO rurP
GOnC to the Republican Party for the
Next Cau 1paigil.
Dr. Sampson Pope. who was defeated
in the last election in the race for Gov
- ernor. is out in an interview, in which
he announces that he has gone to the
Republic:n party. Speaking of the
situation, he says: 'I believe that I
am safe in saying that there is much
holitical unrest. The convention now
a>out closing its labors has framed a
constitution for the people which-, if}
submitted to them, would be rejected
by a large majority. There are toe
iuany objectionable features in it to re
fer to all of them. but the suffrage
eclause is the most objectionable. It
places the power in the hands of the
respective boards of registration to re
fuse any mau not of their political
views, and 1 predict that thousands of
white men will be disfranchised by
them and more thr.n 100.000 negroes
--in fact, as in M1ssissippi, I do nut
expect 10.000 negroes to be registered
"Wil! the action of the convention
lead to any political changes in this
.State?"~
"Yes: there are a large wiu:.er. of
. white voters in the State who now feel
free to make new party alignients.
Ibe llepublicau party of this State
will, in the next campaign, cou ist of
15,U0 white Repuiieans, who ha7e
not voted since 3PS. or ?i1o have
come of age since andl have not voted.
and of 25,000 Conservatives and .Re
foruers, who will seek a new party
alignment, and of that part of t-e
uegroes to be registered, who will iut
follow Tillman.
"The ILepublican party is the party
of protection, not only of nanufactur
ers and laborers, but also of the rights
of the citizens under the constitution
Of the United States. Hence our
people are looking to that p)arty.
"You may look for alively campaign
iu this State next year. 1. would not
be surprised to see South Carolina in
Ihe Republican column. allongside of
old Virginia. We,t Virginia, North
Carolina. Tennessee arid Texas. Neu
tnckv anl Maryland are in tui coliliin
to stay."
THE MEXICA:i' EXPOSITION.
Stouth (aroliua Will He Represeited
There.
(overuor Evans at tbcear:et soli"i
tation of tle representatives of the
31exican Government, has appointed {
the following well known and exper
ienccd business incu of the State of
South Caroliun. to act as a State comn
mittee for the Mexicc: International
S\Expositiou. which is to open in the
City of Mexico on or about the 15th
of September. 1896: David H. Trax
ler, Timnimnousvillc: R. J. Wade, Mont
norcuci; V. W. Ball, Charleston; R.
Y. lellans, Greenville: IR. N. .Tolly,
(Grassv Ponti.
Thl duty inposed upon these gen
tlem.n will be making propagaida for
the Exposition among tch manufactur
ers us it will be the means of opening
up) an extensive market which 'nas
been overlooked by the export trade of
the United States.
- After noticing the forward mQove
mnt of the Mexican nation it can be
readi .undcrstood that the needs of
the peole are increasinig proportion
atelv and that a market of cuormous~
value is being opened up to the wvorid.
T he object of the E.xposition is to
bring~ about a closer relation bcetween
the sister republics by making this ouc
of the most extensive exp ositious ever
hl n iot excepting the World's Fair of
S93 at Chicao.
T he foreigu<(le partmlent is represent
edi at the. New York ices. 45 Broad -
way, where all information regarding
spce concessionis, trausportation,
cutoms dtuties and all matters of im -
portauce will be0 attended to.
A Fire in Pickens.
Tom. Hudgemnss printing offie, 3Ma
rin Grrins dwelling aud both of
Hagood' stores were destroyed b.y lire
at Easley on Mouday. Mo.rt of the
oods were saved in a badly damagel
.condition. Iusurancec .i,000) on stores,
- 600 on printing olice. Thme tire start
edi in the printing ollice.
REnARKABLE AND) A'STONISHYN0
CU7RE OF AN EXTREMIE CAR1
-OF ST. VITUN' DANCE.
How a Yonng Lady Ee;ained the t-e ot
Her Arms, Limibs adud Speei
Iin Three WeeXs.
Too much barfstudy at school brought on
St. Vitus' dance~. Such was the common a
perience of Miss Glendora Rivers. daughter
of Mrs. Amelia Rivers. of 6.9 Ry
erson street. Brooklyn. The a isease egre'W
wvorse every month. until the :youmn'g lady's
etire right side became paralyr.e-: but, now
hat a m-arvelous and permanent cure has
been wrought. it 'will be interestin:t to rea-l
her own version of the efficacy of Dr. WilU.
amsPink Pills.
Por more than a yrear.7 said Miss Rivers,
"doctors attended rme without effectiur thi
- slihtest cha'nge in my condition. Tian
thing. Ig~rc'w worse under their treatment.
until February of t his year. when my condi
-toeaecritical.
"I had lost thie complete use of my arms
andr limbs~ and speech. I coul l only swallow
liquids. and these only as they fod nme with a
spoon, when they could get amy mouth open.
I wanted to sleep all the time. Thme stupor I
laid in was somethini like a trance. and no
doubf I would have did. if they hadh not
waked me up at interva's.
iThe first w..ek in March may mother, who
f a ic nrse. was a ivid by a neighbor lo
Ytry Dr. Williams' Pink rPiu: in my* case. She
o got some of the pils--a b'ox fr'm D.iiaon'
o drug store. a hie .*rr' ^4 Mra avi' n-"
ea-l Hall strec . B3efor.- I had tiakende
half the conteccts .~i th box am r."ntakamce
chnge was notiw.l in m andt
''Crraually I reg.iinel thm us'"'' .ay
Iarmsand linbs andisiceech. anel by t'i' a me
thc' pilis were gene I was up and a1 ';t ihe
b one almost weit. But may mothero thMuZiht
it wisp to get another box of the pilis. and
this she did. and here you see me stand be
fore you with more strength and more am
b :ition than I ever haft.
' "ome 'f r.ur near uni:zhbors autrib,utO iy
reained body.nd hea!lh to gema mira:
- ios or snorr.Uuural nency. 'ut :cey r -w
and most' intimatR friendls ]anor'ta b
P tlls.
"TureP weeks from rhe (any i a
th frst ~ dr the r.Iils I wan as- . .'
*eei me t-day .
Dr. Wuiia-ns' Pink Pills for P.- 0.
are a sneiie for troubt: in4:.M :
maes sucrh as suppressionc .- -T ' s
'and all forms "4wko-'"'~""'~N
rhe blood and rS or" t he "'"oe 0
p e and sal!ow e'aAkS. Ini o"'i ny4o
a rvlial cencr In ail cases 'r1 . '-a
ucai worry. cve: w:rk *,r ec.'- ''. -
. Y. aud. are said by r.t tiru: - r. ' . J . m
a W-ro al. jcres for it2.50.
Highest of all in Leavening P
ABbOLUI
New Cure for Alcoholism.
The Bufalo (N. Y.) Courier an
nounces a new ' cure for alcoholisn
which is simply "a bowl of ice-watez
and a raw potato peeled. By tipping
the potato into the ice-water and suck
ing it whenever the desire for diins
becomes uncontrollable, a perfect cnr<
is said to be effected." '-he tetimony
of a brominent citizen who was en
tirely cured of the craving for drini
by this treatment is given to encour
age others to try it.
Dision of 1ih Snxes.
One of the most remar:abIe chnrchei
is to be fbund at Freu:ienthai, in the
Black Forest. It is built on such a
plan that the men are unable to Se:
the women, and vice versa, for it i:
composed of two wings. vhich meet
at an angle where the palpit stands.
The right wing is allotted to men and
the left one to the women of the con
'regation. -Schwabischer Merkur.
The Greatest fledical Discovery
of the Age.
KENNEDY'S
MedicaI Discovery.
DONALD KENjEDY, OF ROXBURY, MASS..
Has diseovre:1 in on' r onr rom^on
pasture wcc'i_ a r"rm;ediy th;t etrs every
kind of Humor, from the worst ierofula
down to a c n p: :im-lIe.
He has trie-i it in over eleven hundred
cases. and nevrr failed except in two cases
(both thunder humor). He ha- now in
his pr.ssession over two ihn:dre4 certi!i
cates -f its value, all within twenty miles
of Bo ;ton. Send postal card for hook.
A b:nelIt is always expericnced! fromu the
first 1a1tie. nd a perfet c. re is warranted
when the right .uantity is taken.
When the iuugs are afTeetedl it en:+es
shooting pains. like needles passin
thro:gh the:n the !amA with the I-iv.,r
or Bowei. This is cau e i Lv the duets
bing stoppne+. amvI ala'.:s (;lst:;.ar; in a
week :iter ta:i:::; it. Iiead the label
I the ste:zc: h is fvu! or t.ilious it will
cause =,ti ".:'iith feclin;.s at irst.
No change o diet ever necessary. .rat
the best yoU -'an -et. and enough of it.
Dose, one ta 'sponhi:! in water at bed
time. Sold by all Druggists.
r . T'ER NE
' t )-e :- f. r th e a:y eo c.t.
e I .n th.~ fuc. eret d ol e
G;rm:nd itcht. ch-:*-. Ch1i+. pirm
( in a.t rr.L... :cmsZ . Send tCc.i
'an.ps or c'oh cr. -J. T. S:UPttI::
.vrac h,l (a.. fr.?e, t be- 'z. if you
drtecdt. er:t k'eep it.
HA3M IALSAM .
_;-_.ni_toBr r G I
t;oIe r"u ~t cs::ta a :I.::- .$* jt cace you;
rci not a r.in' cent un'ses it ds
Wh~at d.>cs it enrec?
kr:. Cbifla anrd Fmrr.
2nd. iiihoustc 3-icr.
Sd. TYPHnID F;..:eP..
6th Measies.
nbh. Ne-aca.
8th. L.atr p.
3(ensy hackif onec bot:e fai 1. A sk cne d.a'krt at-oui
t. .&. B. GIcnm>r. Savann~a, Ga. Propr.eer
Timelyi
~r~The great success c
>4the house of Walt
- in 1780) has let
many misleadir
of their name,
Baker & Co. are
~ ~facturers of pur'
~ ~*Chocolateson th
Iused in their mar
JH Consumers sh
they get, the gent
WALTER BAKE
. D)ORCHES
MMJNY IN 0II0KE8
-NW YOW
t-twrowir i ct epo th
%Ilf"r ;cd Di-' "2 ihF
re Maladiesw hh @
th wha.i a mair.y -
cat fr r !hv
edA;:C. uclXasc e po
enrdtromth
Scolt... ~-lson m
thing to a plIeasure. Yo
Iach knows nothing abo
there. You feel ic first i
it shows in the color of t
angles, the smoothing of
It i cod-liver oil diges
ito( t.he blood and( losi.nc
thelnn.eIves In the Ocean.
What t a satistactorv th
ta-teb of cd-lver oft. er
E-Tere isn- secret of. w
1 -
to ce,t.s acnd $r.o
SCOTT
mer.-Latest U. S. Gov't Report
rELY PU E
An Aged Bicyclist.
Williai Adiinson, aged eighty-one
yeara, suprised the court-day crowd
by riding a bicycle down and then up
Main street Monday, while that thor
oughfare was crowded with vehicles.
He says that he felt like a bird on the
wing, and was so pleased by the sen
sation produced that he will at once
order a wheel. If he does he can go
into training and win that $100. dia
mond that will be ofered next spring
in the "Old Mans Race."-Harrods
burg (Ky.) Democrat.
In lu?.r cirely it i. .%ai4 th-' eight-hour
v:ra daIV m. n't i u in-l ground.
Iin vi sing..*
ATUANTA
you do not find i the Manufactures
Builirn:g that lorge portion of the
loXPOS1TION
c_vo-ro TO
..PRE-E:7|NENT IN A?T!STIC TO./E QUALITY..
or a-yv. if you thlink of buyinga
p1no. write to either
THE JOHN CHURCH..CO.
CFICAG0. NEW YORK. CINCINNATI.
OR
THE EVERETT PIANO CO.
BOSTON.
Ai.l you will vt :,btabic infornation,
Tr c A ETMOTOP CO. does halt the world's
winuilil buniness. beca 5o it has reduced ,he cost of
wind power to t:6 what it v as. it has tmany branch
ioases. and supp!les its goods and repairs
at your dour. 1 ::n a::l does furuish a
better arricie for ess money than
. ot:t-:. It makes Pumping and
. O arrl. Steel. Galvanized-atter
Co:r.ple:ion Wlindmi;s, Tiling
an-d Fixed Steel Towers. Steel Buzz Saw
Frames. stect Jeed Cutters and Feed
Grinder'. On appiication it will name one
of ti-.e articles that it will furnlsa util
.ar.nary Ist at 1/3 the ueual priC6. zI also makes
Tants and Pnmi+s of all kinds. Send for caalc!e.
F:ctory: I2th, Rockwell and Filmore Sureets, Cbiceg
r 1
SuccesSful
growers of fruits, berries,
a;d all kinds of vegetables,
kn! that the largest yields and
be st qualiiy are produced by
te ierluse of fertilizers -
containing at least 10
Actual Potash
Without the liberal use of Po
ash on mand soils, it is impo
sile to 'row fruits. berries ait
4..u S :. N.w York.
S150 SAW .AILS
SALEM IRON WORKS,SALEM.N. C.,U.S.A.
f the chocolate preparations of
er Baker & Co. (estabolished
i to the p!acing on the market
g and unscrupulous imitations
labels, and wrappers. Walter
the oldest and1 largest manu
a and high-grade Cocoas and
is continent. No chemicals are
ufactures,
oud ask for, and be sure that
ie Walter Baker & Co.'s goods.
R & CO., Limited,
TER. MAsS.
Chickens.
-a man who devoted 25 rears
of his life to C:ONDUCING
A POU~LTRY YA RD AS A
BUSlIESS. ntot ae a ps
e ,tim. At' th' livin:r of hI
e ~ .elf* an fwoiy depended
I' <. it. hicev ave t enbject
-h attensti"n ar- only a
i:e oi.- b.ea'V will corn
ma9nd. :md.' the r4utit was a
;.d ee. ftr he had
spnm'h mon.ey and.Me
ht dd - ' al:ble chick
he ern ed in i teO years
i' mfliedi this book.
2s5centsitnsn. -R
4eache: 1 how to .tct
iei dl for Eg-l d otaso for
- rrl iten whi~ech s 1Wto
sae o P.eai l ue
i~and '-verythine. iidee. . ,
e-houild kr.ow on the sub ect..
'oK N'B3. IIOUSE.
.t.l ImLenrd st., N. Y. City. -
vroi tkno-08
es cod-!ie oftkn next.
ihardlyv taste it. The stomn
it it--it does not trouble vou
~ the strength that it brings:
h cheek, the rounding of the
the wrinkles.
ted for. you, slipping as e.asily
itself there as rain-dtrops lose
[ng this is--to hide the odious
adr the tax on the stomach,
har ft is made of--the iish-fat
is lost but the taste.
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