The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, September 09, 1897, Image 7
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Jackets and basques.
SEASONABLE AND STYLISH DEStCNS
FOR WOMEN.
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A Xfally Finished Eton Jacket oP Rl.-u-k
i . t' 8?rce For Wear as Fart of a Cretins;
Costume?Ladles* l??s?iue With Two
Vttder-Arxn Gores? Fashions in Hair.
serge, savs Mar 3Iantoii, is
i material selected for this Eton
Jacket that is neatly finished with 111achine
stitching, narrow silk cording
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X.VDIES' ETON JACKET.
small buttons affording appro>te
decoration. It is worn over a
>ta silL waist of brilliant hue which
rds the touch of brightness so es;ial
to a cycling costume. The I
,ts are adjusted to the figure by
^e-bust darts that are held to posi- ,
bj means of cords and buttons. |
ve the closing the fronts are reed
in lanels that meet the rolling j
a in even notches. The jacket, of j
S* ' LADIES' BASQUE ^ 1
beoomiug length, reaches to the top of J
the deep girdle, except at the front j
;. where it extends in pretty elongated
IC; tabs. The seamless back is slashed at t'
the centre and decorated with cord
P and buttons. The sleeves are twoseamed,
having the moderate fulness !
of the upper portion arranged in gath- I
en. They are slashed at the wrists j
revealing the sleeve beneath. This
v style of Eton is particularly jaunty,
v being a decided innovation from the
several plain styles. Cloth, serge,
cheviot and canvas are among the suit*'
able (materials; the colors most ser
lected being green, brown and bine
V'_y in all its various shades.
> To make this jacket for a lady in the
f* medium size will require two and onefourth
yards of forty-four-inch ma-Jj
terial.
P Ladln' Baiqae.
The basque shown in the large
illustration is an ideal model for ladies
x of generous figure, according to May
. Manton. The pattern provides for an
extra under-arm gore, which has the
; desired effect of decreasing the ap
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parent size 01 ine wuim nunc mc oui.
Rjfulness at each side of the vest front
^ detracts from the prominence of the
t \ bust. The graceful fulness of the
i.1 front and the seamless back are disposed
over glove-fitted linings that
|| close in centre-front. The seamless
; V-shaped vest portion is sewed permanently
to the right-front and is!
* hooked over the full edge of the left.
The side-fronts have gathers at the
shoulder edges, the lower edges being 1
' ... disposed in overlapping plaits which, j
;with the pointed outlines, give a grace- j
' ml effect to the waist. The back fits ;
v: smoothly across the shoulders, the ;
fulness at the lower edge being laid in
Overlapping plaits that are firmly
ibaoked down below the waist line.
; * ' If the seamless back is not desired
the basque can be made to show the
foams as seen in back view of engrav-'
tng. A close standing band completes
the neck with a frill of lace above.
Jhe sleeves are mousquetaire, the soft
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fulness being caused by gathers on the
outer edge of sleeves. Short, full i
puffs caught up in butterfly effect '
drape the shoulders, and the wrists
are uniquely slashed over a deep |
rattle of laee. As represented, figured j
barege was employed in making; narrow
blaek satin ribbon affording tho
decoration. The mode is applicable, i
; however, to all manner of weaves and ;
: textures including silk, peau-de-soie, i
I canvas weaves, organdies, etc.
To make this basque for a lady in
the medium size will require three
and one-fourth yards of forty-four-inch
| material.
?xt Season's Side Combs.
The new side combs for next season's
wear come in sets of three and
four. The most stylish are hinged together.
In sets of four, one comb
goes above the knot, one below the
knot, and one on either side. In sets
of three, as a rule, the middle comb is
to be used above the knot, and is the
least bit higher and more ornate than
the two side combs. Where the four
are hinged together, the tendency
seems to be to have them all alike,
differing only in length and cnrve.
The manufacturers assert that the
teeth of the combs are coarser than
last season, but if such is really the
case it is not perceptible to the casual
observer. The ornamentation of these
combs as a rule is quite simple. The
plainer ones, when ornamented with
narrow bands of silver ot, gold, have
only simple designs cut into theso
bands. Except on those pieces to bo
worn above the knot, there is no filigree
work. And jewels, when used,
are sunk in the baud, not raised
above, as for the last few seasons.
Amethysts, it is said, will be the
popular stones, and only a few diamonds
are shown, to be worn in very
black liair. Amethysts come in settings
of silver and gold, in polished
and French gray liuish and in polished
and rose-linished silver gilt.
Fashion* For the Hair.
If it is the perfection of art, says
the New York Sun, to conceal art, the
hairdressers are in this sort of deception
in advance of their competitors in
WO UNDER-A.RM GORES.
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ministering to the needs of women.
Wavy, soft pompadour fronts are deftly
arranged under a few stray locks of
your own hair, and all sorts of artis- j
tically-made coils, puffs, toupees and '
short curls are mingled with your
tresses so cunningly that your best
friend never suspects their existence.
Large, loose waves are just as desirable
in summer as in winter, and the
extreme high pompadour has lost none
of its popularity. The simple little
knot, with a coil around it arranged
high on the head, is a pretty way of
dressing the hair with the pompadour
front, or this same knot may be arranged
lower, with a softer twist.
Evening coiffures are completed by
DESIGN'S IN* C0IFFTRE8.
the addition of some ornament, an
aigrette, a loop and bow of spangled
tulle, a little wreath of small roses,
with thvrftl Aiirri?tte in the centre or
one or two real roses, which are quite
the prettiest of all.
Sleeves Growing Smaller.
Sleeves are growing smaller, and
the indications are that women will
need no help next winter in putting
on their coats. Probably they, will
accept it, however. Newest modes
from Paris show sleeves, in some instances,
arm-tight. Usually a mitigating
frill appears at the shoulder,
but some brave or foolish women are
ready to adopt the close sleeve without
a scrap of shoulder fullness. It is
to be hoped that fashion will not positively
order the tight sleeve without a
ruffle, because it is unbecoming to
those whose figures are not perfect.
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AGRICULTURAL TOPICS.
Fotaali For Potatoes.
P >ta??li is the mineral that is most
ni led for the potato crop. But it is
much better distributed as a top
dressing over the v. hole surface than
;n>p!ie 1 with the seed potatoes in the
hill. The potato roots very early in
their growth till the soil.between the
rows. When mineral manures are applied
in the hill, unless care is taken
to mix them thoroughly with the soil,
they may eat into the cat seed, and effectually
destroy the germ. When
used broadcast 021 the surface there is
no dauger of this.
Jlurdock Leaves for Horses.
It is a practice of some farmers wo
know to let a few burdock plants grow
so as to furnish a green bite for horses
during the early summer. The horses
are almost crazy at this season to eat
something green, and the slightly bitter
taste of the burdock leaves does
not prevent them from eating them
greedily. This will not interfere with,
eating dry feed as green grass would
do. In fact, some horsemen regard
the burdock leaves as a valuable tonic,
and declare that horses eat more
heartily and do more work after they
have been fed thus. American Cultivator.
Grow Medicinal Plants.
Many medicinal plants can be grown
with profit, as the demand for some
kinds is increasing. Absinthe (wormwood)
can be raised as far north as i
New England, and this country im- I
ports it from Europe. Saffron, which j
sells for $8 per pound, may be grown
in nearly all sections. Peppermint
and spearmint find ready sale, and
sage, which is well known to every
farmer, is imported, frequently selling
at S150 per ton. Then there are hoar- i
hound, boneset, mandrake, blood root, |
pennyroyal, etc., which are regarded
as weeds in some localities, all of
which are largely used and have a
value in market.
Care of Milk Can*.
At a convention in Minnesota, J. K.
Bennett said,araongother things: Inthe
care of cans, they are to be kept clean J
and free from rust. They should be 1
washed as soon as possible after being j
used. Itin3e first with cold water,then i
scrub thoroughly with a brush both in- I
side and outside, using warm water,al- j
most hot, or better a good soap suds; j
use it often anyhow. Give particular
attention to the seams and don't forget 1
the outsides. You know the inside is '
often judged by the outside. Finish
with scalding water. Turn your caas
upside down long enough only to allow j
them to drain; then leave them right '
side up, or on their sides in the fresh
air, and you will Lave clean, sweet
cans. It is a very common error to
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leave them over a sta.?e, or on a Doara.
This is a serious mistake,as invariably
the cans will sour thereby. The hot
air or steam rises and has no escape,
consequently condenses in the cans
and sours. Much milk otherwise well
cared for is often tainted from no other
reason. A rusty can should not be
used, as it imparts a foreign flavor to
milk.?Dairy World.
Summer Care of Berry Bushel.
All beriy bushes should be protected
from summer heat and drought. This
may be done in two ways. First, by
frequent cultivation and hoeing, thus
forming an earth mulch, which prevents
the rapid escape of moisture
from the soil. Second, by covering the
ground around the hill with coarse
manure, straw and other material,
which prevents evaporation and retains
the moisture about the roots.
One of the best and cheapest mulches
for the farmer is green clover, cut in
blossom and applied same as manure.
It is easily applied, retains moisture,
enriches the soil, keeps the berries
clean and contains no germ of noxious
weeds. A good mulch well applied is
one of the great necessities in successful
fruit growing. When new canes of
the blackberry and black raspberry are
eighteen inches high, nip the top of!
about two inches; this will cause several
new laterals to grow, which should
be trimmed severely in the spring. I
The pinching back of new growth is
important. It largely increases the
bearing surface, keeps the bush low, I
strong, well formed and less liable to
injury from severe storms.?M. A.
Thayer, in Nebraska Fanmer.
Killing Rote Bags.
A Greenfield (Mass.) subscriber
writes: "I have several peachtrees
which at the present time are full of
fruit. While thinning them I found ,
that many had holes in them and oth- j
ers were being eaten by the common '
rose bug. Sometimes the bugs were
almost hidden in the boles they were
eating. Is this unusual or is it only
that I have never noticed it before?
Is there anything that can be done
to prevent it? This,year there are so
many more peaches than the trees can
bear that I am not sorry; but another
"??? li moTt Ko iliifarani PoArtbflS ?rA
now about an inch long and one-hali
to three-fourths the other way."
In years when the rose beetles are
abundant in a locality it is not unusual
to find them eating the fruit of peach, ?
apple and cherry trees. They are
very destructive to bearing grape
vines, eating the blossoms as well as
the leaves. Their first choice seems to
be white rose3 and grape blossoms, but
green apples and peaches are very acceptable.
No better method than
hand-picking has yet been discovered
for combating this insect. They are
most easily caught by holding-a dish
of water under them in the cool of the
morning. On touching them with the
other hand they will let go their hold
and drop into the water. Soapy water
is better thau clear, and a little kerosene
on top of the water is better
still. Vines and trees are sometimes
protected by covers of fly-netting, and
for a few small trees this is cheap and
sure.?A. W. Chcever, in Nov? England
Farmer. - -c
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XOTEh WASHINGTON i>3VINE?S !
SUNDAY DISCOURSE.
Kiscnsding the Relations Bctworn Oapl- ,
tal and Labor?Some Fut le Remedied '
?Christ Was the Greatest Friend of
the Capitalist and the Toiler, Etc 1
Tkxt: "Whatsoever ye would that men
should do to you, do you even so to them."
) Matthew vii.. 12.
i The greatest war the world hr.s ever seen
1 Is between capital and labor. The Strife is
I not like that which in history is called the j
J Thirty Years' war. for it is a war of centur- |
ies, it is a war of the live continents, it is a
war hemispheric. The middle classes in !
this country, upon whom the nation has de- j
ponded for holding the balanceof powerand I !
J for acting as mediators between the two J '
I Extremes, are diminishing, and if things go j
on nt the same ratio as they are now point; 1
it will not he very lonp before there will be '
no middle class in this country, but all will j
be very rieli or very poor, princes or pau- '
pers, and the country will be given up to "
palaces and hovels.
I The antagonistic forces are closing in 1
I npon each other. The Pennsylvania miners' 1
j strikes, the telegraph operators' strikes, j
the railroad employes* strikes, the move- '
ments of the boye'otters and the dyna- j
miters are only skirmishers before a gen- *
eral engagement, or. if you prefer it, es- Jj
capes through the safety valves of an im- '
prisoned force which promises the explo- ?
sion of society. You may poohpooh it; you '
may say that this trouble, like an angry T
child, will cry itself to sleep; you may be- ?
little it by calling it Fourierism or social- '
ism or St. Slmonism or nihilism or communism,
but that will not hinder the fact B
that it is the mightiest, the darkest, the 1
most terrific threat of this century. All at- 0
I tempts at pacification have been dead fail- ?
ures. and monopoly is more arrogant and B
the trades unions more bitter. "Give us '
more wages," cry the employes. "You >'
shall have less," say the capitalists. "Com- Ji
pel us to do fewer hours of toil in a day." ^
"You shall toil more hours," say the others. 4
j "Then under certain conditions we will not '
work at all," say these. "Then you shall 0
starve." say those. And, the workmen 0
gradually using up that which they ac- P
cumulated in better times, unless there be a
some radical change we shall have soon in 5'
this country 4 000.000 hungry men and worn- 1
en. Now. 4.000 000 huncrv ner?n!?* oinnnt n
be kept quiet. All the enactments of lepis- c
latures and all tlie constabularies of the 1
cities and ail the army and navy of the *
L'nitwl States cannot keep 4,000.000 hungry
people quiet. What, then? Will this war 1
between capital and labor be settled by M
humnn wisdom? Never. The brow of the e
one becomes more rigid, the fist of the P
other more clinched.
But that which human wisdom cannot k
achieve will be accomplished by Clfristianity a
If it be given full sway. You have heard of a
medicines so powerful that one drop will ?
stop a disease and restore a patient, and I r
have to tell you that ono drop of my text n
properly administered will stop all these c
woes of society and give convalescence and w
complete health to all classes. "Whatso- tl
ever \re would that men should do to you, a
do you even so them." f<
I "shall first show you how this quarrel be- g
tween monopoly and hard work cannot be "
stopped, and then I will show you how this $
controversy will be settled. tl
Futile remedies. In the first place, there fi
will come no pacification to this trouble s<
through an outcry against rich men nftrely y
hpnanse thpv *rp rifh Thpm I?ha momtaf i?
of a trades union on earth that would not u
be rich if he could be. Sometimes through o
a fortunate invention or through some acci- f<
dent of prosperity a man who had nothing 11
comes to a large estate, and we see him a
arrogant and supercilious and taking peo- a
pie by the throat. There is something
very mean about human na- a
turn when it comes to the top. But it ft
is no more a sin to be rich than It is a sin "
to be poor. There are those who have w
gathered a great estate through fraud, y<
and then there are millionaires who have w
gathered their fortunes through foresight d
in regard to changes in the markets, and p
through brilliant business faculty, and 01
every dollar of t^eir estate Is as honest as gi
the dollar which the plumber gets for a|
mending a pipe or the mason gets for c<
buildings wall. There are those who keep st
in poverty because of their own fault. They w
might have been well off, but they gave
themselves to strong drink, or thevsmoked
or chewed up their earnings, or they lived m
beyond their means, while others on the tf
same wages and on the same salaries went aj
on to competency. I know a man who Is ai
all the time complaining of his poverty and tt
crying out against rich men, while he" him- ai
self keeps two dogs and chews and smokes c<
and is filled to the chin with ^fhisky and w
beer. ai
Mieawber said to David Copperfleld; t<
"Copperfleld, my boy, .?1 income, twenty qi
shillings and sixpense expences; result, tt
misery. But, Copperfleld, my boy, ?1 in- ai
come, expenses nineteen shillings and six- st
pence; result, happiness." And there are
vast multitudes of people who are kept poor in
because they are the victims of their own tl
improvidence. It is no sin to be rich, and m
it is no sin to be poor. I protest against ul
this outcry which I hear against those who, c<
through economy and self denial and assi- b<
duity, have come to large fortune. This :t
bombardment of commercial success will
never stop this quarrel between capital and tc
labor.
Neither will the contest be settled by U
cynical nud unsympathetic treatment of si
the laboring classes. There are those who o!
speak of them as though they were only lc
cattle or draft horses. Their nerves are la
nothing, their domestic comfort is nothing, w
their happiness is nothing. They have no ol
more sympathy for them than a hound has te
for a hare or a hawk for a hen or a tiger pi
for a calf. When Jean Yalje&n, the great- tr
est hero of Victor Hugo's writings, after a ci
life of suffering and brave endurance, goes fl:
into incarceration and death, they clap the ei
book shut and say, "Good for him!" They T
stamp their feet with indignation and say oi
just the opposite of "Save the working u|
classes." They have all their sympathies T
with Hhylock, and not with Antonio and oi
Portia. * They are plutocrats, and their
feelings are infernal. They are filled with ?
irritation and irascibility on this subject, tc
To stop this awful imbroglio between c<
capital and labor they will lift not so much ju
as the tip end of the little finger. c<
Neither will there be any pacification of ai
nr.n?., 4h.A*i<tk triolanan /*/
iuia au^i* vuiiuvtoin/ luiuugu tiuivuvvi v\
God never blessed murder. c<
The poorest use you can put a man to is hi
to kill him. Blow up to-morrow all the y<
country seats on the banks of the Hudson, pi
and all the flne houses on Madison Square, tt
and Brooklyn Heights, and Bunker Hill, 0!
and Rlttenhouse Square.and Beacon street, tc
and all the bricks and timber and stone m
v.ill just fall back on the bare head of T
American labor. The worst enemies of the tl
working classes in the United States and A
Ireland are their demented coadjutors, tl
A^sassl ation, the assassination of Lord el
Frederick Cavendish and Mr. Burke in o:
Phoenix Park, Dublin, in the attempt to
avenge the wrongs of Ireland, only turned ft
away from that afflicted people millions of tl
sympathizers. The attempt to blow up the 0
House of Commons in London had only d
this eiTect?to throw out of employment v
tens of thousands of innocent Irish people c<
in England. vi
Well, if this controversy between capital t!
and labor cannot be settled by human wis- p
dom, if to-day capital and labor stand with si
their thumbs on each other's throat, as w
they do, it is time for us to look somewhere n
else for relief, and it points from inytext, "
roseate and jubilant, and puts one hand on t
the broadcloth shoulder of capital and puts il
the other on the homespun covered o
shoulder of toil and says, with a voice that t
will grandly and gloriously settle this and li
settle everything, "Whatsoever ye would II
that men should do to you, do you even so c
to them"?that is, the lady of the house- h
hold will say, "I must treat the maid in l
tUt kitchen just as I would like to be t
ed if I worn down stairs and it wore my
work to wash and cook and sweep and it
were the duty of the maid in the kitchen to
preside in this parlor." The maid in the
kitchen must say: "If my employer seems
to be more prosperous than I, that is no
fault of hers. I shall uot treat her as an
enemy. I will have the same industry and
fidelity down stairs as I would expert from
my subordinates if I happened to be the !
wife of a silk importer."
The owner of an iron mill, having taken
a dose of my text before leaving home in |
the morning, will go into his foundry, and, j
passing into what is called the puddling !
room, he will see a man there stripped to
the waist and besweated and exhausted
with the labor and the toil, and he will say
to him: "Why, it seems to be very hot iii
here. You look very much exhausted. I
hear your child is sick with scarlet fever.
If you want your wages a little earlier this
week, so as to pay the nurse and get the
medicines, just come into my ofSce any
time."
In this country the torch put to the factories
that have discharged hands for good
or bad reasons, obstructions on the rail
track in front of midnight express trains
because the offenders, do not lite the Fresiient
of the company, strikes on shipboard
;he hour they were going to sail or in the
printing offices the hoar the paper was to
yo to press, or in mines the day the coal
vas to be delivered, or on bdUtt scaffoldngs
so the builder fails in keeping his conract?all
those are only a hard blow on
he head of American labor and cripple its
irms and lame its feet and pierce his heart.
L'raps sprung suddenly upon employers
ind violence never took one knot out of the
cnuckle of toil or put one farthing of
rages into a callous palm. Barbarism will
lever cure the wrongs o? civilization,
lark that.
Frederick the Great admired some land
lear his palace at Potsdam, and he resolved
o get it. It was owned by a miller. He
ffered the miller three times the value of |
he property. The miller would not take it
ecnuse it was the old homestead, and he j
elt about as Naboth felt about his vine- i
ard when Ahab wanted It. Frederick the (
Ireatwasa rough and terrible man, and ,
leordered the miller into his presence, and j
he king, with a stick in his hand?a stiok ;
rith which he sometimes struck his officers j
f state?said to this miller, "Now, I have j
ffered you three times the value of that j
roperty, and if you won't sell it I'll take it (
nyhow." The miller said, "Your majesty,
ou won't." "Yes," said the king, "I will <
ake it." "Then," said the miller, "if your .
lajesty does take it I will sue you in the ]
hancery court." At that threat Frederick he
Great yielded his infamous demand. \
nd the most imperious outrage against j
lie working classes will yer .cower Deiore
he law. Violence and contrary to the law
rill never accomplish anything, but right ousness
and according to law will accomlish
it.
After awhile crash goes the money maret,
and there Is no more demand for the
rticles manufactured in that iron mill,
nd the owner does not hnow what to do.
[e says: "Shall I stop the mill, or shall I
un it on half time, or shall I cut down the
ten's wages?" He walks the floor of his
ounting room all day, hardly knowing
rhat to do. Toward evening he calls all
he laborers together. They stand all
round, some with arms akimbo, some with
aided arms, wondering what the boss is
oing to do now. The manufacturer says:
Men. times are very hard. I don't make
20 where I used to make $100. 8omehow,
here is no demand now for what we manuicture,
or but very little demand. You
ee, I am at vast expense, and I have called
ou toget her this afternoon to see what
ou would advise. I don't want to shot
p the m.ll because that would force you
ut of work, and you have always been very
ilthful, and I like you, and you seem to
ke me, and the bairns must be looked
ft?p ?nH rnnr wife will after awhile want
new dress. I don't know what to do." I
There is a dead halt for a minute or two. t
nd then one of the workmen steps out .1
-om the ranks of his fellows and says: s
Boss, you have been very good to us, and a
hen you prospered we prospered, and now e
ou are in a tight place and I am sorry, and i
e have got to sympathize with you. I I
on't know bow the others feel, but I pro- \
ose that we take off twenty per oent. from c
nr wages and that when tne times get t
ood you will remember us and raise them s
5ain." The workman looks around to his t
>mrades and says: "Boys, what do you t
ly to this? Ail w favor of my proposition t
ill say aye."
"Aye, aye, aye!" shout 200 voices.
But the mill owner, getting in some new ,
lachlnery, exposes himself very much and A
ikes cohi, and it settles into pneumonia
ad he dies. In the procession to the tomb
re all the workmen, tears rolling down t
leir cheeks and off upon the ground, but i,
a hour before the procession gets to the c
;metery the wives and the children of those E
orkmen are at the grave, waiting for the c
rrival of the funesal pageant. The minis- t
r of religion may have delivered an elo- <
uent eulogium before tlrey started from a
ie house, but the most impressive things
re said that day by the working classes ;
finding around the tomb. t
That night in all the cabins of the work- t
ig people where they have family prayers (
ie widowhood and the orphanage in the i
nnainn nre remembered. No glaring DOD- c
lations look over tho iron fence of the t
imetery, but, hovering over the scene, the
anediction of God ana man is eomlng for a
in fulfillment of the Christlike injunotlon, c
Whatsoever ye would that men should x
> you, do you even so to them." - j
"Oh," says some man here, "that is all ?
topian, that is apocryphal, that is impos* p
ble." No, I cut out of a paper this: "0*e c
[ the pleasantest incidents recorded la a
>ng time is reported from Sheffield, Eng- j
nd. The wages of the men in the Iron f
orks at Sheffield are regulated by a board v
' arbitration, by whose decision both mae- a
irs and men are bound. For some time 8
ist the iron and steel trade has been ex- ?
emely unprofitable, and the employers a
innot, without much loss, pay the wages
red by the board, which neither employ's
nor employed have the power to change.
0 avoid tnls difficulty the workmen in one
! the largest steel works in Sheffield bit '
pon a device as rare as It was generous,
bey offered to work for their employers
le week without any pay whatever." g
Bu'j you go with me, and I will show you c
not so far off as 8heflueld, England?rise- \
tries, banking houses, storehouses and
>stly enterprises where this Christlike in- j
inction of my text is fully kept; and you j
>uld no more get the employer to practice 3
1 injustice upon his men. or the men to j
inspire against the employer, than you 8
jula get your right hand and your left ?
and, your right eye and your left eye, (
cur right ear and your left ear, into s
hyslologlcal antagonism. Now where is \
its to begin? In our homes, in our stores, a
a our farms?not waiting for other people a
> do their duty. Is there a divergence 0
ow between the parlor and the kitohen? T
hen there is something Wrong either In j
le pailor or the kitchen, perhaps in both, j
re the clerks in your store irate against
le firm? Then there is something wrong
Ither behind the counter or in the private
(flee, or perhaps in both. __ /
The great want of the world to-aay is me
llflllnent of this Christlike injunction,
lat which he promulgated in His sermon
livetc. All the political economists un- t
ertho archivault of the heavens in eon- g
ention for 1090 years cannot settle this g
ontrt versy between monopoly and hard 1
rork, between capital and labor. During t
he Revolutionary War there was a heavy I
iece of timber to be lifted, perhaps for
ome fortress, and the corporal was over- 1
eeing; the work, and he was giving com- 1
landi to some soldiers as they lifted: 1
Heave away, there! Yo heave!" Well, the (
imber was too heavy; they could not gvt t
: up. There was a gentleman riding by
n a horse, and he stopped and said to |
his <orporal: "Why don't you help them I
ift? That timber is to* heavy for th.?n to
[ft." "No," he said, VI won't. J, am a ,
orpcral." The gentleman got off his i
io:rse and came up to the place, "Now,"
le st.id to the aoidiers, "all together?yo
ie*v<>l" and ttrt Waiter went, (q Its place.
n
________ .
"Now," said tl?3 gentleman tothff corporal^ *
"when you have a piece of timber to^
heavy for the- men to lift, and you want
help, you send to your commander-inchief.""
It was Washington. Now, that i?
about all the gospel I know?the gospel of "1
giving somebody a lift, a lift out of dark- 0
ness. a lift out of earth into heaven. That >
is all the gospel I know?the gospel, of
helping somebody else to lift.
"Oh," says some wiseacre, "talk as you \rM
will, the law of demand and supply will
regulate these things until the end of .
time." No, they will not. unless God dies
and th" batteries of the judgment day are 1
spiked, and Pluto and Prosarplne, king
and qneca of the infernal regions, take full
posses-ion of this world. Do you know who
.-.UJ.JUJ iiuu u-aiaau are.' 1 ney nave gone
into partnership, anJ they propose to *
swindle this earth and are swindling it.
You are drowning. Supply and demand
stand on the shore, one on on<i side, .tho t.
other on the otherside of the lifeboat, and , ' ?]
they cry out to you, "Now, you pay us
what we ask you for getting you to shore
or go to the bottom!" If you can borrow
$5000 you can keep from failing in business.
Supply and demand say, "Now, yon
pay us exorbitant usury or you go into
bankruptcy." This robber firm of supply
and demand say to you: "The crops are .
short. We bought up all the wheat and It ^
is in our bin. Now, you pay our price or SpS
starve." That fs your magnificent law of
supply and demand. ' , \
Supply and demand own the largest mill \ i
on earth, and all the rivers roll over their * vy
wheel, and into their hopper they put all' .
the men, women and children they can
shovel out of the centuries, and the blood - - -'fy
and the bones redden the valley while the
mill grinds. That diabolic law of supply
and demand will yet have to stand aside,
and Instead thereof will come the law ot
love, the law of co-operation, the law of
kindness, the law of sympathy, the law of
Christ. Have you no idea of the coming of
such a time? Then you do not believe tho
Bible. All the Bible is full of promises on
this subject, and as the ages roll on tho
time will come when men of fortune will bo ?\ *'j
giving larger sums to humanitarian and
evangelistic purposes, and there will b? ' 1
more James Lenoxes and Peter Coopers . *.wj
nrtH Wfllfum "F and (raarca Paa.
bodyg. Aa that time comes there will be . &c
more parks, more picture galleries, more
gardens thrown open for the holiday people
and the working classes. #
The great patriot of France, Victor Hugo,
lied. The $10,000 in his will given to the
poor of the eity was only a hint of the work >*V;C
tie did for all Nations and for all times. I ,
wonder not that they allowed eleven days ?
to pass between his death and his burial,
bis body meantime kept under triumphal >!
trch, for the world could hardly afford to . $'
et go this man who for more than eight
iecades had by his unparalleled genius .
blessed it. His name shall be a terror to all
lespots and an encouragement to the strug-(
;ling. He made the world's burden lighter'
ind its darkness less dense and its chain: . 'J
ess galling and its thorns of Iniquity less
tecure.
But Victor Hugo was not the ovartowerng
friend of mankind. The greatest
riend of capitalist and toiler and tl^e on? v;
vhowillyt bring them together incomplete
accord was born one Christmas night *3
while the curtains of heaven swung, stirred 'fl
py the wings angelic. Owner of all things
-all the continents, all the worlds and all
he islands of light. Capitalist of imaaia-: a
ilty, crossing over to our condition. Goes-' - ,
ng into onr world, not by gate of palaoe,
rat by door of barn. Spending His flist
light among the shepherds. Gathering '
ifterward around Him the fishermen to be
lis chief attendants. With adse and < ?
taw and chisel and ax and In a cap- JtL)1
penter shop showing Himself brother
with the tradesmen. Owner of all
hings, and yet on a hillock bask of
rerusalem one day resigning everything for
pthers. keeping not so mncn as a shekel to
>ay for his obsequies, by charity bnried taJ he
sabarbs of a city that has oast htm oat. I -y;
lefore the cross of saoh a capitalist anduch
a carpenter all men can afford to'
hake hands and worship. Hera is-th#
very man's Christ. None so high-bat ha AJ
vas higher. None so poor bat he was
oorer. At his feet the hostile extremes Uyi
rill yet renounce their animosities, and . >.V
ountenance? -which have glowered: wltfci
he Drejudices and revenge of oanlwlast- - '-7
hall' brighten with the smBe of heaven as
ie commands: "Whatsoever ye would that
nen should do to yon, do yon eve* so to
hem."
LAURIER BACK IN QUEBEC^ >> ',:f
few Colonial Policy Makaa Canada P*?e] 'j
tirally Independent.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Lady Lander r?4 ' .,"'J&
urned to, Quebec, from the Queen's JabN
ee. on the steamer Labrador. They were
net down the river by the Citizens'Oomnittee
and landed amid the booming of '.-3,
annon and the cheers of the mnitttadai I
gathered at the wharf, while band*played /JfcafeggM
'Home, Sweet Home," "Bole Britannia,"
nd MYIve la Canadienne,"
In speaking of bis visit to England, Sir ;,4
VLlfxid said: "I feel that I cannot under-' *
aketo describe to yon the impreartons of, MaSgsH
he Queen's Jubilee. The signt at at. iwk- - -.?
Cathedral was one that I never shall forget.'
.'he reception which I received tcom thO,
Hieen and the English people- was Buoh! 7
hat I cannot forget it. England on that v '
lay exhibited her great force, and we WW* i
ill impressed with It. Theohange in tho
olonial policy is accounted for by the atti-j
ude which England has taken toward ujJ ' *
'he denunciation of the treaties moaitf that ,
Isc&l independence of Canada.and the Brtt?(
ih colonies in their trade- with foreign.;
ountriee.
"We are practically independent. By the
enunciation of treaties Canada opens up
or herself a new market The-lmpresalon
re have made goes all over Europe. Can-' , r ?j!
da is now recognized among-nations as V
he was not before. This is a feeling which,
re are proud of, andino maaoaa now speak \
gainst us."
THE APPLE CROP. 5HI l".
field About Equal to the Average in the
United State*. .gg
It is estimated bar the National Apple
Ihippers' Association that the yield fortha' - " Vi
rop year of 1897? based on an average of'
00 as a full crop, will be as follows: Cana*
la, 40 per cent.;. New England States, 30? - *
lew lork State,. 25; Pennsylvania, fid;
laryland, 60; Virginia, 18; West Virginia*
0; Kentucky,. 60; Ohio. 90; Indiana, 6fc
liohtgan, 30, Illinois, 50; Iowa, 75; Misouri,
80; Kansas, 75; Arkansas, 90; Ten?
lessee, 70; Colorado, 100; California, 100t
)regon, 100. The estimate shows a coniderable
falling- off in the East, while the
Vest, particularly Illinois, Iowa, Missousl
Ad Kansas, showsa decided Increase, both
& to percentage of crop and a largely ia-re&sed
acreaee In bearing. The 1897. crop
rill be considerably below that of last year,
?ut about equal to the average crop oil the
Jnlted States.
BIBLE FOR JAPAN'S RULER.
k. Larce Folio in E>i(;llib Given, by Three
Bible Societies.
The American Bible Society- announces
hat a large folio Bible in the English language
has been specially prepared &3 a
rift to the Emperor of Japan and sent to i'o:ohama.
It will be formally presented at
be first fitting opportunity after tbe Emptor's
return to Tokio in the autumn.
The gift will be made is the name of the
tmerican Bible Society, the British and
"oreign Bible Society, and the National
3iblo Society of Scotland, which aro jointly
oncerned in the publication and distribudon
of the Japanese Scriptures.
The preparation ci this volume was suggested
by tho favorable reception which
tho Dowager Erypress of China gave la
1894, when a beaatiful Chinese New Testament
was give* to her in the name of 10,000
Protestan't Christian women of China.
Georgia's assessment shows a net <J0?
crease of, $1^29,655 on all property* ^