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-I t %jy t r E 4 I ESTABLISHED 1865. NEWEERRY, S. C., THURSDAY, JANUAY2.19.______ RC 15 YA "THE ROYAL LAW." Sermon by Rev. C. P. Scott at the Baptiv Church, Sunday Morning, Jan. 12, 1890. "As ye would that men should do t you, do ye also to them likewise. Luke, 6: 31. The time had come for a new stag of development in Christ's work of re demption, and he prepared for it b; spending a whole night alone with Goi on the mountain. In the morning, re freshed and strengthened for his worl he selected from those who believed of him, twelve disciples, including th four selected a short time before. Thes were to be specially trained for th work of founding the new kingdom To these, and the people gathered abou him, he delivered his inaugural dip course setting forth the principles an laws of the kingdom of heaven. The royal law given in the text sum up these teachings into one great heav enly principle-obedience to whicl would transform this earth into a heav en. Christ does not. present this roya law as a novelty, but affirms it to be th essence of the law and the prophets. I is in fact the primitive command o God in the hearts of all nations. Thi principle was conspicuously develope in the minds of the ancients and em phasized in their teaching. This mal be seen by the following comparison o Christ's precept with the teachings o some of the ancient thinkers. Confu cius said, five hundred years B. C. "What you do not like when done t< yourself, do not do others." Isocrates a Grecian orator, said, four hundrec years B. C., "Do not do to others tha which would make you angry, if don by others to you." Hillel taught a the time of Christ, "Do not unto an other what thou wouldst not hav another to do unto thee." Christ says, "As ye would that mei should do to you, do ye even so t< them." The radical difference betweei the teaching of Christ and the fouude: of a heathen religion-the teaching o an Athenian orator and a learned Jew ish Rabbi is, that He presents the posi tive and they the negative side of th< precept. Christ alone commands u to.do anything. Christians should live according t this law because it is the principle o the higher kingdom It is conclusiv< proof to themelves and to others tha they are under the power of the unique fraternal, divine life. It is the infalli ble touchstone of spiritual life. "Wi know that we have passed from death unto life because 'we love the breth ren." The first great command givei by Christ to believers is to "Lovi the Lord thy God with all th, heart and with all thy soul an< with all thy mind. This is the firs and great commandment. And th second is like unto it. Thou shalt loy thy neighbor as thyself. On these twi commandments hang alt the law an< the prophets." All the law is fulfille< in a single word and that word is LovE We must love God and man with al our powers. The heart, soul and mind are the will, affectiors and understand ing; or the vital, sensitive and intel lectual faculties. All these powers mus be united in rendering superlativ< love to God and perishing humanity "Love is the fulfilling of the law," th, underlying principle of all holy obe dience, and, therefore, nothing in re ligious life possesses the slightest valu if it does not originate in, and deriy all of its virtue from, the affections Love is the rest, the satisfaction, th equipment of the soul. And if the hif is ruled by love it will be peaceful prosperous, potent. But it is a painful fact that there frequently distressing want of tru, spiritual affection on the part ( Christ's professed followers. They d< not evince the long sufTecring, unselfish unosten tatious, u nenvying, believing hoping, rejoicing, never-railing chari t; recommended in the New Testamen psalm of love to the CorinthianChurch The unifying power of love does nc exist among Them. Envying, division strife, false accusations, and evil-speak ing predominate. Such as are infu Penced by such feelings are "carnal an walk as men." The apostle says, have told you before andl now tell yot again, with tears, ye are enemies to the cross of Christ." How unblrotherl; are they to each other! How selfish cold and repelling! What uncharita bleness in their bearing! What pett; quarrels and abienations: What feud strife, grou ndlless susp)icio n and detrac tion! SatanieW influences are dlominat ing the spiritual. It canmot be saida such professors "Behold how thmes Christians love each other." Con tem plating such a spiritual conditioi wvould impel Jeremiah to exclaim, "O that my head were waters and min eyes a fountain of tears, th'at I migl weep day and night for the slain of th daughter of my~ lpeople." Such a stat of things is a disgrace, is evidence t.Ia strength has departed. and is propheti of spiritual death. Such hindering causes to spirituan development and power must be rc movedl, or church life cannot p)rospe; Christians must love each ('ther freely even with the unselfish love of Christ bearing each other's burdens, thus ful filling his law. In the absence of suel a spirit failure, most disastrous failure will be the logical result.- They mus catch the true, loving, gentle, rmeek humble, forbearing, sel f-sacri tici n temper and spirit of their Master, an< exhibit them in the every day life ai all the points of contact with, and al the relations sustained to mien. As "The obedient steel, with native in stinct mnoves, And veers forever to the pole it loves. So the love of Christians should for ever, unerringly turn to God and uni versal man. This is the religion of Jesus Christ-supreme love to God and love to man.When,however,this simple statement is made, men are on the eve of crying out in the language of the man of old, at his first e sight of the sea: "Is this the mighty ocean? Is this ail?" Yes, all. But how small a part of it do our eyes survey! I Only trust yourself to it, launch out upon it-sail abroad over it-you will find it has no end; it will carry you ri around the world. Without love, e "though we speak with the tongue of e men and of angels, though one have e the gift of prophecy, and understand . all mystery and all knowledge, and t though we have faith, so that we can remove mountains, we are nothing. I We become as sounding brass or tink ling cymbal." Man made in the image s of God, endowed with marvelous moral, spiritual, and intellectual faculties, ca pable of eternal expansion and acquisi tion, thus becomes the most insignifi ,1 cant and impotent of all insignificant e and impotent things. Oh! for an all t pervading, all controlling and all im f pelling love! Possessing it the followers s of Christ become well nigh omnipotent. i Prophecies shall fail, tongues shall - cease, power shall weaken, and knowl 7 e1ge shall vanish away, but the loving f r -presentatives of the new -kingdom f shall subdue all things and live on for . ever, because the source of their strength and life is Omnipotent and > eternai. God is love. "Love rules the court, the camp the grove, t And men below, and saints above; For love is Heaven, and Heaven is love." - The life ruled by this royal law will poss'ss the forgiving spirit and cherish the warmest aifection even for its ene I mies. "If ye love them which love y you what thanks have ye? for sinners 1 also do even the same." The Jewish r teacher expressing the thought of the f world, said: "Love your neighbor and - hate your enemy." Christ in this - royal law "As ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them a likewise," lifts humanity to the high est plane on which it can move. A man ought to tremble with fear, when f professing to be loyal to the Christ, if a besides the externals of his religion, be t finds nothing in his life but what might be found in a Turk or a heathen. Actions and motives common to all are no mark of a divine life. If no affec tion and sympathy are manifested but - for such as sympathize with us then a we have nothing in our life to testify a to us or to bear witness to our fellows , that the finger of God has touched the springs and forces of our being, bring t ing us into alliance with Himself. We e reach the highest point of development e in our spiritual life only when we can 3 regard those who direct the energies of S their lives against the advancement of Sour interest with an unalloyed affec .tion and sympathy. In doing this, ihowever, a distinction must be clearly drawn between the individual and his . act. We must love the offender, hold - ing the offense in the most supreme t contempt. This he must be made to e feel most acutely and profoundly. This is according to the divine law: "If e thy brother trespass against thee re buke him: if he repent forgive him, and .if he trespass against thee seven times ein a day, and seven times in a day turn e t)> thee saying, I repent, thou shalt foi give him." Thus a spirit of perpetual e forgiveness is enjoined. It does not e require, however, the same regard for a person after repeated oflences as for merly, because this might be im s practicable. The true attitude of the e Christian to his enemy is presented in ,f the language of England's great poet: 0 "Though with high wrongs I am struck ,to the quick; -, Yet, with nobler reason against my fury, DoI ta~ke p)art; the rarer action is t In virtue than in vengeance. .Kneel not to me; t The power that I have on you, is to spare you; 'rThe malice towards you, to forgive -you; live - And deal with others better!" 1 If men are mastered by this royal 2law they wvill strive to sweeten the lives of all about them. They will ~speak approving, cheering words to thrill the heart, strengthEn the hands, :and brighten the lives of the weary toilers-the tried, suffering, tempted, fallen ones about themr. Do not keep :the alabaster boxes of your love, sym pathy, wordls of comnmendation and tenderness sealed up until friends and e fellow travellers to another sphere of existence are beyond your reach, the circle of your influence. The kind Sthings you mean to say when they are e gone, say before they go. The flowers t you propose to send for their coffins, esend to brighten and render fragrant their homes before they leave them. Cheer thenm in their troubled hours by c unsealing the alabastor boxes of sym p)athy, affection and approval. They .1 would rather have a plain coffin, with out a flower, a funeral without a eulogy, than a life without the sweetness of Christian love and sympathy. Mar .garet J. Preston has beautifully ex pressed this truth in the following lines: I"What use for the rope if it be not *,flung* t 'Till the swvimnmer's grasp to the rock has clung? What help in comrade's bugle blast, When the peril of Alpine heights is :l past? t What need that the spurring pmean roll, ,When the runner is safe wvithin the goal? What worth is eulogy's blandest breath When whiisper'd in ears that are hush'd in death? SNo, No! If you have but one word of cheer, BEATS THE WORLD. The Largest Corn Crop Ever Prod uced of One Acre-Raised By Z. J. Drake, of Marlboro County. (Special to Charleston World.] COLUMBIA, January 17.-Coniniis sioner Butler has received official noti fication from the American Agricultu ralist that their grand prize of $50) ii gold for the largest yield of corn on om1 measured acre will be awarded to Mir Z. J. Drake, of Drake's Postoftice, Marl boro County, S. C., thereby entitlin. that gentleman to the duplicate prizl of $500 offered by the department. The preliminary report of Mr. Drake' crop will appear editorially in thi American Agriculturist for February and the full report in March, togethe with the chemical analysis. Follow ing is the February editorial, obtainet from an advance sheet: TILE WORLD'S RECORD BROKEN. "The crop of corn actually grown or oneacre, in the American Agricultu rist prize crop competition for 189 will alone amply repay us for all th< great expense and labor involved it the enterprise. It is worth $10,000 t< demonstrate that such crops can bt really produced on one acre. * * The American Agriculturist grand prize of $500 in gold will be awarded t< Zachariah Jordan Drake of Marlhorc County South Carolina. He will alsc receive a similar prize from the Souti: Carolina department of agriculture, a: this enterprising body offered to dupli cate our prize if it was taken in thal State. Mr. Drake's crop of corn or the ear from the exact contest acr< weighed 17,407 pounds. The averag< of three tests, by as many witnesses was that 100 pounds of this corn con tained only eighteen pounds of cob Consequently, the gross weight namec contained 14,2731 pounds of shellec corn. At fifty-six pounds to the bushel the crop was within a fraction of 23 bushels of shelled corn on one acre. "But this was the green weight, at taken from the field. According tc analyses made at the South Carolinr experiment station by Drs. W. B. Bur ney and J. B. Mcl3ryde, under the supervision of the director, Prof. J. M McBryde, this crop was remarkaulS dry, as were all the corn crops in Soutl Carolina. The shelled corn containec only 1.5 per cent. of water. We find therefore, that the 255 bushels o shelled corn contained 217 bushels o: actual dry matter in the kernels, with out any water whatever. On the basi, of 10 per cent. water for thoroughly crib-cured old corn, or kiln-dried corn the yield was 239 bushels of shellec corn. "The second largest crop was growl by Alfred Rose, Yates & Co., New York. The yield was 174 bushels o actual dry matter. "The third largest crop was growvn b: George Gardner, of Pawnee County Nebraska. The yield was 138 bushel: of dry matter. "These crops break the World's rec ord. The largest yield previously rec orded was 200 bushels of shelled corn green weight, alleged to have beer grown by Dr. J. C. Parker, not far fron Columbia, S. C., in 1857, and its accur acy has been questioned. But there i no doubt as to the complete honesty o these crops in the American Agricult urist prize crop competition. Judgmen should be suspended by the unbelieving until they read in the American Agri culturalist for Marc.h how these mios nnprecedented crops were taken t< secure absolute honesty and faith fu accuracy. "Certainly the complete sumnimary a the prize corn crops and the full awar< of premiums in the March number o the American Agriculturist will b) awaited with intense interest. Th considerable number of crops in exces of 100 bushels per acre with the practi cal details of culture and the scienititi investigations con nectedl with the cori class of the American Agriculturis prize crop competition, must make t h forthcoming issue of this magazine at original contribution to progressive ag riculture that will be of inestimabl, benefit to American farmers. The re suIts on the American Agriculturis prize competition will never be equale< so far as corn is concerned, but if it lessons are made use of, our corn pre duct per acre will be very largely in creased, and the farmers' proftits e~or respondingly enhanced. "We may add, also, that the superl showing made by South Caroina wvil not be dimmed by the complete recor< of her contest corn erops. She ha shown what can be accomplished i the agriculture of the New South' South Carolina's enterprise will no only be rewarded many thousand fold but she has encouraged her farmerst make a showing that will be wort 'veritable millions to her sister states. The Prize Acre of Corn NEW YoRK, January 1G.-The nmos phenomenal yield of corn ever pr< duced in America has been awa:rdec the prize of $500, off'ered by the Amer can Agriculturist for the largest cr" of shelled corn growvn on one acre ii 1889. The crop was within a fracetio of 25.5 bushels, green weight, whic shrunk to 239 bushels when kiln died and when chenmically dried containe< 217 bushels. The South Carolina Stat board of agriculture doubled the p)riz< making the award $1,000 in all. This crop was growni by Z. J. D)rakt of Marlboro County, S. C. It is nmearl twice as large as the greatest autheinti cated crop ever before reported. The $5300 awarded for the larger yield of wheat last year goes to Henr F. Burton, of Salt Lake, Ut ah, for yieldf of eighty bunels on near. FONDU DiAD1 IN BED. The Checkered .Carcer.of Rev. J. S. Mey nardie. AuusTAA. Ga., January 15.-Ex-Rev. Jas. Mcy ardie was found dead in his bed here this morning. The cause of his death was heart failure, the re sult of intemperance. Mr. Meynardie was a remarkable man. At one time he was a power here, and his word was law with thousands of people. He was a Baptist minister of note, and was iaster workman of the Knights of La b>r here when the order was in a flour ishing condition. Since that time his career has been checkered. Mr. NIevnardie was a sp;e::did pulpit orator and was thoroughly versed in Knights of Labor matters. Whi!e he was at the head of the order here the big strike-lockout of the employes of the Augusta factories was inaugurated. The operatives had inplicit confidence in hin, and lie engineered the strike until tl'e national officers of the Knights took it in hand and settled it. After this the people seemed to have lost confidence in Meynardie both as a labor leader and a preacher. He was accused of having receLved money from politicians for his influence in elections and with partaking too freely of intoxi cating beverages. He resented these imputations and withdrew from the people among whom he had laboied so long. Leaving the city, he began busi ness on a farni near Augusta. As a farmer he was remarkably suc cessful, and made money rapinly. But he seemed to be a man that could not stand prosperity. The Baptist ministers of Augusta ostracised him and fellow ship was withdrawn from him. Henry W. Grady's "Southern Farm." The January number of this excellent farm magazine is just out, and surpas ses any issue yet printed. It is eighty pages and contains the last work of the great editor who was its founder, and has a correct report of his last great speech in which he championed the rights of the South before a Boston audience and elicited the sympathy of the whole north in the cause for which he plead so nobly. It also has a sketch of his life, and a handsome steel en graving which, framed, makes a superb picture, as it is a splendid likeness of Mr. Grady. The agricultural interests of the South never had a better friend than Henry W. Grady. It was his desire from boyhood to own and run -afarm paper, and the wonderful success which attended his efforts on the Southern Farm show how sincerely his heart was given to the work. His associates on the Farm are conversant with his ideas and intentions regarding the future of the Farm and will do their very best to perpetuate the work to which MIr. Grady's life was devoted. In this they will be assisted by the largest and best equipped corps of contributors of any agricultural paper in America. All the old favorites, such as Bill Arp, M1rs. Felton, Uncle Remus and Plunket, will be with them, and scores of special contributors will send letters fresh from the field. Dr. W. L. Jones, the highest salaried agricultural editor ini the South, will continue to edit the Farm. His "Inquiry Box" alone is well worth the subscription price several times over. F'romn "Thoughts for the MIonth" to the very last page, it will be a book which will reflect credit on the memory of its foun der. Every Southern farmer should read1 Henry W. Grady's "Southern Farm" this year and should begin with the .January number. The Farm one year, $1. Ninety-nine Years Old. (Sumter Advance.] Capt. R. WX. Andlrews, the old pedes train who walked a few years ago from this p)oint to Boston, was in Sumiter on Saturday last and paid us a visit. He says that he intends celebrating his one hundreth birthday on the Fourth of .July in Sumrter, and that on that day he wvants all .of his old friends to as semoble on court house square, where lie will p)romiise them emptertainment. He expects to fire 100 rounds on that dlay, and( shortly afterwards he will undertake another long journey. He is very erect and would be taken for a man nt more than 70 years. He ran the first stage route through Sumter years ago. A $300,000 Boot and Shoe Fire. BosToN, January l i.-( 'lafli n,( 'oburn & C'o., boot and shoe deal-rs, 13;8 Sum ing. The loss is het ween $15i0,0001 and $200, i00-. Infsu!rance $100t,i000. Tlhe~ building was a fou r-sto'ry stonie st ru~ ture belonzging~ to tihe hos'toni univer sityv. Lo'ss $100T,000 fully inmsuredl. UThe conltenits of t he adljo' ii n bui..s suffered some dharna:ge fromn wi ater Th~e oirigin oif the tire is not detfinitely known, but is su pposedI to h ave b'eent C Liused( by work ilien eareless i i h matches. [Spcia to t i h Reister. 1 OinAN;I.:m'im, S. ('., Jhan. 1~. -In thie ('ou rt of Sessionis to' -dayv, t eorge E. loyet, chiarged with th mi'nurder of Aec lissell, in Ju tne last, was found guilty of mni:zslaughter. Thiiis is geni e'rally bielievedl to be a righteous ver diet, though sonie are kicking about it. The defense was represented by [zlar & Gi laze, 3M. I. Browing, J.31. Raysor AFTI TWENTY-EIGHT YEARS. Blue and Gray Soldier-4 Kenewinl; n Ac quaitance I:eu,n in a Field ilo-pital. [Greenville News.] The register of the Exchange Hontel on Monday had the name of "S. C. - Simonton, Clark,' inscribed on it. The average pwrson looking over the register would pass the naie as one of thousands that are annrually written on hotel books, but With Colonel Sirn onton's trip to the South is connected a romance of the war of secesvion, a story of friendship e.tahlished durin_ dangerous rmonent: and lost to mind temporarily, but years afterward re vived more firinlty than ever and made the means of a happy reuninii of men who once wore r-suectivelv the blue and the grey. Colonel Simonton was in the city four hours and left on the Columbihia and Greenville Railroad for Due West where, before fiow, he has met the oh ject of his visit to the South, and is no doubt the recipient of the true and generous hospitality of a warm South ern heart. The story dates back to the battle of Williamsburg, in l. In the 6th South Carolina re4iment was WV. M. Grier, a soldier bu y of ei;ghrteen. He is now I)r. W. M. Grier, president of Erskine College, Due West, and one of the most eminent scholars iii the State. The Confed.erate array retreated from the battle field of Williamsburg atnd left many of its dead and wounded upon the field. Among the wounded was the Confederate soldier whose name is mentioned in connection with the story. A bullet had pierceed his leg and the Federal anibulanee corps removed hin to a farm house close by, to die or recover as the Commander of all Battles should decide. The leg was amputated and while sufferiug untold agony and with none but strangers a'foes to comfort him, one generous and noble hearted Federal soldier gave him comfort and cheer. That soldier was Major S. C. Simonton, afterward Colonel Simonton, of the 57h Penrnsyl vania Regiment, Jamison's Brigade, Phil Kerney's division. Colonel Sim onton and his regiment had partici pated in the battle, and chancing to pass by the farm house and stop in, the Colonel met the Confederate soldier boy and was drawn to him at once. The two had a conversation of ten minutes duration, in which the thoughts of war were laid aside and a mutual feeling of brotherly love and sympathy was at onc%-mplanted in the hearts of each. The Federal officer lingered as long as duty would allow and after finding that his Confederate friend was without resources to provide comfort until he would be able to leave the hospit.l and prison, to which he would be taken, took from his purse all tire gold and silver he pos sessed and geoerously offered it to the wounded foe. The offer was declined but Colonel Simnonitonr insisted, arnd on bidding good-bye forced the soldier boy to take it saying "you will need it be fore you are released from tire F-ederal p)risonrs." Thej~ deedI was truly a inobrle one arnd the impr~ression miade was lasting. Every year since that occurenice Dr G-ier has mrade eflorts to againr see Ihis benefactor, but the war sepiarated tIhe two in widely diflerenit sections, tire Federal Colonel going back to Pennrsyl varnia anid tire Conifeuderate soldier re t rninirg to his native State. Dr. GJrier was unitirinig ini his efforts, however, and a few mronthis ago discovered the residence of Colonel Simonitonf and Scommrnunricated with him, asking him to pay him a long visit arid let tire Sevents of tire least be discussed in friendliness and happiness and in a ,reunited country. 'r3 rhereeting of the twvo was not - seen by the reporter who gathered tire facts (if this story, brut it can be~ painted without thought of exaggera t tion as being a happy one. 1eav- Verict A;gainMt a Railroadi. DANvILLE, VA., .ianuary 16.-Tihe t somnewhiat celebrated case of Pickelsi irmer against the richmond arid Dan s villr Railroad was (decided here to day , in favor of the plainrtiil' givinrg him . $13,o00 damnages for injuries received . while on a train, lie was travelling on a freight train wvith a load of cattle, :> arid fell from a box car, receiving Sserious injuries. The case had been ipending for six years. arid this was tIre s second trial. In tire former trial tire a plaintiff' got a verdict for $10,000. Tire .case went to the Supreme Court, arid ta new trial was granitedl. This timne hre ,gets tIre old verdict, with five years' o interest adlded. The rose of tIhe June time Are O) ! so fair to see, But, fairer than these flowers are I s the rose that bloomis for mei On the cheeks once pale arid hollow, Arid God b)e thanked, I say, Thait the rose of health and h'apiriiness -Bloomns out again to-dlav. That is what rmaniy a m~ian feels like saying when hesees some miembrer of long arid wasting illness. In marny r households there are pers,nis whio seem to he fadirnz onrt of life slowly. There is a general debility t hat inrd i cates a lack of vital force. Tlhre blood e seemis to b)e blood on ly inr -1 )olr. Tihere is often a dry hard rouigh. Nirht brinrgs no refresh inrg sleep. Tire ciheek grows thinr and pale. What shia: hre iorne to wvard of! diseaise whiceh is rmak inig slow buit sirre efl'orts to securei -i norirer v ietim'. LetI me tell you: Get D)r. Piere's (Golden Medicral D)iscovery, antig ht tire einmy withi it. There is inotiing like it to~build up a weak V enred systemi, arid restore lost vitalityv. a It is a mrost wonderful tonie, nutritive nd al ternti i. or blood-nu ri fler. SUDDEN DEATH OF WALKER BLAINE. Son of Secr+"tary J. G. Blaine from an At tack La Grippe. WASINGTO, Jan. 15.-Walker Blaine, ehlest son of Sceretary Blaine, and solicitor of claims in the State de partment, died at 8:20 to-night of pneu monia after an illness of two or three days. His disease at first took the form of bronchial catarrh, of which he was supposed to toe recovering. It turned into pneumonia yesterday. There were with him at the time of his death only his two unmarried sis ters, Harriet and Margaret, though all of the family, except Mrs. Coppinger and Janies G. Blaine, Jr., were in the house at the time, those absent from the city having been summoned here by telegraph to-day. G. Lloyd Magruder, the family phy ician, furnished to-night the following statement of Mr. Blaine's sickness: "Walker Blaine was attacked by ]a grippe Friday evening last. The mal ady was ushered in by a chill followed by high fever. Severe catarrhal symp toms immediately attacked both lungs. These continued throughout Saturday and Sunday, but in an ameliorated coldition. On Monday an improve mnent in left lung was noticed, though pneumonia congestion was present in the right lung. On Tuesday all of the symptoms became aggravated. Well developed pneumonia supervened in the right; lung, accompanied 'by high fever and delirium, which continued until his death, which occurred almost without premonition at 8:20 and was due to pulmonary effusion." Walker Blaine, while comparatively strong, had not entirely recovered from the accident in the spring by which his leg was broken, and from an at tack of malarial fever from which he suffered during the autumn. Mr. Blaine is the second son of Jas. G. Blaine, secretary of state, and is about 35 years of age. He entered the public service in 1881, when his father, then secretary of state under President Garfield, appointed hii.t third assistant secretary of state. In the winter of 1881-82, he was sent as a special com missioner of the United States-to Chili and Peru. He was recalled by Secre tary Frelinghuysen, the news of his recall reaching him, not through the state department, but through the me dium of the foreign office in Peru. Upon his return President Arthur ap pointed him one of the government cnunsel before the. Court of Cnmmia sioners of Alabama claims. In that capacity he served until the life of the court expired in the early spring of 184. From that time until he re ceived the appointment he is now fill ing he was engaged in the practice of law in Chicago. The Profane Man Who Wouldn't Vote for Brice. [From the Cincinnatt i Commercial Gazette.] The Hon. Lot L. Smith, the mem her from Franklin, now serving his second term is also an old-time, moss back Democrat of the Thurman stripe. Mr. Smith's figure is tall and com manding, and his smooth face and long locks -give him a statesmanlike appearance. Mr. Smith did not attend the caucus, but just before that re markable gathering was called to order the word passed along among the newvspaper men that Mr. Smith, al though a resident of Columbia, could not attend, but that he had sent a let ter stating that he would abide by the caucus decree. Strange to say, no person has been found who saw the letter. A message of the character was received from Representative Brown of Hancock and read to the conven. tion, which applauded loudly. But nc letter was read from Mr. Smith, no: was any announcement made officially that he had written one. Mr. Smiith~ said this morni'ng, wvhen approached, "I shall vote as I damn please, and the newspapers and people can say what they damn please." Only this and nothing more would Mr. Smith say. Faliure of a Mad Stone. CiiATTAnoGA, Jan. 14.-Miss Id: Spencer, a charming young lady o1 Dayton, Tenn,., who was bit ten severa weeks ago by a cat sufTering fron rabies, (lied to-day wvith hyndrophmobi:a Shortly after the young lady was bit ten she hado a mad stone :applied to the wvound arnd it was lielieved that she wvould recover, lint lhe stone did a' AAim i:adl It. .A coirr~eonden, who m~ thlin ks t her i-- noth liog new undler the' sun. .enys .iA,u hadl the grip. At least Mltot says s' "Pamradie.e I.ost," lHook xi: " for .\tla to at tlhe niews I leairt struck with chilling gripe.'" [ Frm the N ewairk Journ ral.] I oivernir II ill. ofr New York. ini hi: annal mnuesage, lays d!own the prinei pal ofi ba:llot refo'rmi, whichl will be. ne ceipted by lIXmocrats in ai.11llie States lTere shll be no iifranchlisemient c eii iiens entitled byv t heirm citizenship t [ From the Louisville (CourierJournal. Thme ladies of Bostion wear no jewe] rye but sneeft:nles. A Lesson for the New York Tribune. [Wilmington Messenger.] The substitute editor of the muzzle New York* Tribune would do well t ponder upon the words written by th great founder of the paper, which live upon the memory of his name, when movement was made in;the Unioi League Club to expel him for going oi Jefferson Davis's bail bond. Thes, were Mr. Greeley's words to the mem bers who favored the movement: "I shall not attend your meetin, this evening. * * * I do not reconiz you as capable of judging or even full apnrehending me. You' evidently re gard ine as a weak sentimentalist mis led by a miaudlin philosophy. I ar raign"you as narrowminded ;block heads, who would like to be useful to: great and good cause, but ;don't knov how. IYour attempt to found a great { enduring party on tha heat:and wrati necessarily engendered by a blood3 civil war is as though you should plan1 a colony on an iceberg_which had somehow drifted into a tropical ocean I tell you here that out -of a life earn, estly devoted to the good of humat kind, your children will recollect m3 going sto .Richmond and signing the Lail bond as the wisest act, and wil feel that I did more for freedom and humanity than all of you were compe tent to do, though youlhad lived to the age of Methuselah. I ask nothing of you, then but that you proceed t< your And by a brave, frank, manly way. Don't slide off into a mild revo. lution of censure, but move the expul. sion which you proposed and which ] deserve"any reproach whatever. * * I propose to fight it4outf on the lin( that I have held from the day of Lee': surrender.,So long as any man wa seeking to overthrow our Governmenl he was my enemy; from the hour it which he lay down his arms he wa my formerly erring countryman." With: Horace Greely the war wa ended when Lee surrendered at Appo inattox. From that hour until hi death he had only words of kindness of peace, of sympathy, of comfort foi the people of the South. ZLittle did he think that after hi: death the war would be fought ove: again in the columns of the Tribune. Hard on the Sports. ALBANY, N. Y., Jan. 15-Governo; Hill has decided the Mississippi re quisitidn~case.:He rivoYTesi Taarran for Johnson, Hardingand Wakely, bu decides that the other five Muldoon Donovan, Murphy, Cleary and Butler must be taked to Mississippi in pursa ance of Governor Lowry's requisition Counsel for Johnson, Harding and Wakely filed affidavits with Governo Hill showing that they in no mnanne aided or abetted the fight, but wer simply witnesses thereof, one of ther being merely a newspaper correspor dent, and Governor Hill revoked th warrant for their arrest-only tempt rarily, however, as he has forwarde, the affidavits to Governor Lowr3 submitting the matter for the latter consideration whether, in the lightc the affidavits, he still desires to insis on the extradition of these parties.] Governor Lowry, yafter consultatio: with the prosecuting attorney, think~ that Johnson, Harding and Wakel; can be convicted, notwithstanding tb facts stated in their affidavits, the Governor H ill will order their surret der. Until then the matter remainsi abeyance and the three are temporaril discharged and the other five surrer dered. In the Conservatory. [From the Philadelphia Inqluirer.] She (widow and rich:) "'What d you think of my garden ?" He (single and poor:) "Beautifu and you the fairest flowerin it.I woul I were you rgardener." She: "Why you'd make a queer ga dener- Come, now, I will examit you. What is the first thing y wvould do were you garden&er here ?" He: "I'd ask yourpermission to r move your weeds." Bunt she married a fellow rich as he self, and he's in training still. The Rlev. Johnm Jasper, of Rich mon< Va., has delivered his celebr;ted se mon. "De Sun Do Move,'' 175 time M1r. Jasper was borna slave in Virgini: in 1S40J he began to preach. He soc became famous, and his master r orived $1 a day from those who engage .lasper as a preacher. At the end of tI wvar Jasper owned 75 cents, and was! debt $42 He is now worth sever thousand dollars. In 1867 he organize his present church in a little wood< shanty in Rtichmond. The congregatic consisted of nine colored men, two w men and a small boy. The church nc has a membership of' 2,000), and a fit building. "othing But Skin and Bones," is the inelegant though appropriam expression used in describing the : peairanice of imany females whom N .ture intended for perfeet specimens -her hand iwork, but who have beenr dluced to this distressing condition -sonie of' the organic troubles, peculi C to tihe sex, styled "tfemnale complaints thme symmptoms of which are "an: gone fceling," weakness in the bac espec'iaIlly nmornings, nervousness, at so,imetmes bysteria. The cure i these beauty-destroying troubles and an undoubted one in every ease Dr. Pieree's F"avorite Prescription, am it renders it unnecessary to consult -doctor--a disagreeable duty for a nmo To the Sunday School Workers of the State of South Carolina. Dear Brethren: The Interdenomi national Sunday School Convention of the State of South Carolina is here by called to meet in the Cit3 of Colum bia at 8 o'clock the evening of the 4th day of March, 1890. An attractive programme, with speakers representing all sections and denominations of the State, is being prepared and will be announced through the press in a few weeks. Arrangements for special excursion rates will be made with the Railroads and published in time for the infor mation of all concerned. Chairmen ' of County Conventions are earnestly requested to forthwith confer with delegates elect to said an njual State Convention and to urge upon them to make their arrangements at once to be in attendance. If any of them cannot or will not attend let the alternates be urged to go in their places, or substitutes appointed by the Chairmen of the County Conventions. = In the several counties where no reg ular interdenominational associations are organized, the denominational as sociations, Unions or Conferences, are earnestly solicited through their proper officers to authorize and appoint suita ble delegates to represent them in this Interdenominational Sunday School Convention. Or, where no organiza tion existo, the Pastors and Superin tendents of individual Churches and Schools are cordially. invited to attend themselves or appoint representatives. Every person attending is assured of a warm reception and is promised a profitable occasion. Every County organization, whether denominational or not, is urged to pre pare and send up to this meeting. fall , statistics of the numbers, condition and prospects of the Sunday School work in their respective Counties or Dis tricts. Any facts regarding this great department of Christ's church in this State will be gratefully received. Mr. William Reynolds, of Illinois, President of the International Sunday School Convention, who has been in attendance upon the last two South Carolina Annual Couventions, and who, by his presence and his active participation, added so much to the sgecess and pleasure of said meetings, will be present at Columbia, and will probably being 'other prominent 7a workers of National and International r prominence with him. Besides, as many as possible of the leading and ers in this State will be in attendance:; - and altogether the most successful, the livest and most largely attended San day School Convention in this State for years, is promised. Nothing in the- . Sway of effort will be spared by the r Executive Committee and by the r local committees to make this the . best Convention ever held in the State. e Let every friend of the Sunday ~ School cause offer fervent and constant eprayer to the Father above that His special blessings may be upon this meeting and that its deliberations may result in, the upbuilding and extend ing of His Kingdom in this State, and in the salvation of thousands of the precious children of our land. SEvery Pastor and Superintendentin the State is requested to read this-call to his congregation and his school at - s least onc beore the meeting of the y Convention at Columbia. e Every paper in the State, both Re a ligious and Secular, is requested to copy this call and also a forthcoming - proamme. Fraternally, p "Asr H CARLISE, Chairman y Excutive Committee. Spartanburg, S. C., Jan. 19, 1890. The Strength of the Baptists. [The News and Courier.) The minutes of the sixty-ninth sea o0 sion of the State Convention of the Baptist denomination in South Caro Ilina have just been issued. They give full accounts of the work of the Con vention, and also a general report.-of -the condition of the work of the church me throughout; the State. The compila- - ution of the minutes show that great care has been taken to have the work 'j systematically and accurately done. The secretary, the Rev. A. J. S. Thomas, rdeserves the thanks of his -church ? brethren for the splendid minutes that he has given them. The statistics given are of great inter 1, est. They show that there are 382 or r- dained ministers in the State and 788 s. churches. The total membership of L. the State is 7S,210. There are 566 Sun n day schools, with 4,023 officers and e- teachers and 3.5,621 pupils. The Bap ~d tists of South Carolina last year col -- ie lected $9,991I.22 for State missions and n col portage; $9,50S.34 for - foreign mis al sions; S4,082.5S for home miissions ' si $,605.55 for education; $125,431.51 for in miscellaneous purposes, or a 'total for in all purposes oIf $167,766.l0. The total o- church property of the State is valued .~ w at $S70,000. Earthquake Shocks in Austria-Hungar VI ENN A, January 15.-Several earth- -- quake shocks were felt in Carinthie te last night. The movement was from p- southeast to north west. A performance a- was being given at the theatre ia tKlagenfur when the shocks were felt eA false alarm of fire was.raised and the raudience became panic stricken and fled. No one was hurt. E( I arthquake in Columbia. or~ .- CoLUMnIA, S. C., Jan. 15.--A sligt h ut pronounced earthquake shock was dfelt generally throughout this bity to-." d- night at 6:49. No alarm was cau'sed by