The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, February 16, 1905, Image 6
^HHBPWKNT^BBH^SERMON BY
REV. A. C. DIXON, D. D.
Subject: The Book of Wledom.
Xew York City.?The following serliou
w.ts contribute*', to the Union
* Gospel News by the Rev. A. C. Dixon,
l). D. It is entitled "The Book, of Wisdom."
and is an appreciation of Proverbs.
He took for his text. "The proverbs
of Solomon, the son of David,
king of Israel." Proverbs 1:1.
To preach- a sermon 011 the whole
book of Proverbs may be a difficult
ta,sk. but I shall attempt it this morning
in order that, it for no other reason.
I may impress upon you the importance
of reading the whole book at a
sifting.
If we should read a part of a friend's
letter and another part to-morrow, and
another part the next day. we should
have at the close a very confused notion
of what he had written to us. The
method which many have of reading
the HibJe by piecemeal may impart important
instruction, but it docs not give
us the setting of tlie books nor a view
. of the Bible as a whole.
Readers of fiction think little of sitting
up late at night that they may
finish a thrilling story. If the lovers
of God's Word would spend the same
timp reading it consecutively they
would find it more thrilling than any
book of fiction.
To a superficial observer, reading
i?e iiuiik ?i itovitus nmy in* iiki*
reading tlie dictionary. The subj^t
chaoses so often. And yet there
a plan in the book which a closem
study shows to be an orderly arranged
went.
The first nine verses are the preface.
^ in which we have the use of proverbs.
They enable us to "know wisdom and
.Instruction, to perceive the words of
understanding, to give subtlety to the
simple, to the young man knowledge
and discretion." If he hears and
lice.ls then they will be an ornament i
of grace unto his head and chains
about bis neck. Each proverb is a
jewel of wisdom more precious than
rubies.
From the tenth to the nineteenth
rerscs there is described the socialism
of sin, and the young man is warned
against it. "My sou. if sinners entice
thee, consent thou not." If they say.
"Cast in thy lot among us. let us all
have one purse." "Walk not thou in
the way with them; refrain thy feet
from their path; for their feet run
evil, and make haste to shed blood."
The social element in sin is one of its
most dangerous features. The habit
of social drinking has made many a
drunkard. The social nature carries
the young man to the saloon, the pool
room, the gambling den, and entices
him to destruction. Men and women
go in tloeks like sheen to the slaughter,
and. when one tries to escape, the social
nature becomes a lasso with which
Satan drags his victim to the slaughter
pen. It Is so hard to tear away
front congenial .company. The social
club has wrecked many a Christian
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IV1 11U1C Itliu C(CII1II,<. ? aiv.il, mwv
fore. against the socialism of sin.
When sensualists say. "Cast in thy
lot among us, let us all have one
purse." go the other way. Such a
community of goods means a federation
of death, which sooner or later
it ill lead to destruction.
' Beginning with the twentieth verse
of the first chapter there is revealed
to us the mission of wisdom. Many
expositors believe that wisdom here
refers to Christ, as He "is made wisdom
for us." And He is certainly the
incarnation of wisdom. But the simplest
and most natural definition of
tt isdom, as It seems to us. is common
sense. Common sense crieth without,
she uttereth her voice in the street;
she crieth in the chief place of concourse,
in the openings of the gates.
Wherever a man goes his common
s. use appeals to him to fear God aud I
keep His commandments. J
If lie refuses he will sooner or later
see his mistake, and the Common Sense
that called upon him will laugh at
his discomfiture: "Because I have
called, and ye refused; I have stretched
out my hand, and no man regarded;
hut ye have set at naught all my coun*
*el, I will also laugh at your calamity,
I will mock when your fear coinetb."
I do not believe that God in this passage
is represented as laughing at the
calamity or mocking at the fear of anyone.
Our Common Sense laughs at us
and mocks us when distress and anguish
come upon us. We ?aw what we
o.ight to have done and did it not.
We appreciate opportunities lost, never
to return, and in such a condition we
call upon our Common Sense, but get no
answer, for it lias no remedy to supply.
Y'e seek the resources of wisdom, but
*;c cannot find them, for that we hated
knowledge and did not choose the fear
of the Lord. "Therefore they shall eat
of the fruit of their own way and be
filled with devices." The mission of
wisdom calling to us from every quarter.
is to lead us to do right, to trust
Cod and walk in His way?, and if
we fail to hear this voice and heed its
counsels there will come a time when
, this very wisdom will he our greatest
| <jistres?.
The first eighteen verses of the third
chapter establish the fact that godliness
pays, even though chastisements
com^ with it. And this chanter furnishes
a motto which every Christian
onglit to adopt as tlio rule of liis life:
" Trust ill the Lord with nil thine heart,
*nd lean not unto thine own understanding.
In all thy ways acknowledge
Him. and He shall direct thy paths.
Be not wise in thine own eyes; fear the
Lord and depart from evil. It shall b<*
health to thy navel, and marrow to thy
t ones. Honor the Lord with thy substance.
and with the first fruits of all
thine increase: so shall thy barns he
tilled with plenty, and thy presses shall
burst out with new wine."
The man whose trust is in the Lord,
with entire lack of confidence in himself,
God will direct, and the man who
honors the Lord with the first fruits
shall have an increase of wealth. This,
of course, applies to the Old Testanent
dispensation, when wealth was
i .he result of faithfulness. But under
L the reign of grace there is something
A better than money promised. There
B any come poverty and persecution,
and with this true prosperity. We are
not to expect pay in money for services
Tendered to God; but if we are faithful
we can plead the promise that He
will "supply all our need according to
His riches in glory by Christ Jesus."
as
socialism of
W^the mission of "wisdom, and the
reward of godliness, we now come to a
classification of the proverbs. It is not
exhaustive, but I think it wi'l be suggestive
and enable us to finish the
classification as we carefully read the
book.
The application of the Proverbs of
Solomon to the family life "will make
a perfect home. "He that spareth the
rod hateth his son, but he that lovetli
him rhasteneth him betimes." Modern
sentimentalists pronounce this oldfogyisb,
and inveigh against its cruelty,
but you will notice that the homes in
which disobedience has become associated
with punishment, and disobedience
with reward, send forth into the
world the manliest sons and most
womanly daughters. To refuse to administer
loving chastisement to a child
is to train him in a life of disobedience
that will unfit him for citizenship in
the State or usefulness in the church.
Lot there be no anger, for anger only
provokes anger. Love can administer
chastisement with regret and tears,
but it must not shrink from the duty.
"Keep thy heart with all diligence,
for out of it are the issues of life." This
proverb expresses the teaching of Jesus
Christ. The heart is the source of good
or evil, and if the heart is right the
life will he right. Let Jesus Christ
fully occupy the heart, and you may
lie careless about everything else. Over
the archway in tlie old Tombs prison
in New York were the words: "The
way of transgressors is hard." and 1
every criminal who passed beneath it
needed no argument to prove 'ts truth.
On the walls of every store should be
liuug the words: "A false weight is
^abomination to the Lord, hut a just
weight is His delight." Our God believes
in fair dealing. The man who
gives good measure pleases Him. and
we need to know that honesty in trade
is as holy a thing as prayer.
And when you hear anyone laughing
at an oath, a vulgar remark, or a
wicked deal, quietly repeat the words:
? T.V. ^.1ft O nf eir. ** 'i'llft t?V1 tt
1" <>?#!> luin iv ?u 0111. a iiv
who plays with the poisonous adder Is
wise compared with him who sports
with sin or treats it lightly.
If you are tempted to surrender your
convictions in order that you may
further your interests, social or financial,
recall the words: "Buy the truth
and sell it not." They will give stiffness
to your moral backbone and stamina
to your character. No man can
afford to hold the truth for sale. It is
the most priceless thing that he can
possess, and whatever the father of
lies may offer hirn for if. he .should
scorn the price with contempt.
There are so many of these that
barely to mention them would take the
time of a sermon. "A merry heart
doeth good like a medicine." If. therefore.
you would save the doctor's bill.
| be merry in heart, and if you have true
j heart merriment, let Christ the Lord
of joy reign there. Link with this
proverb its opposite: "He 'bat loveth
pleasure shall he a poor . an." The
pleasure-seeking spirit brings poverty
of soul and purse. The man and
woman whose sole object in life is to
have a good time rarely have a merry
hejirt. Their laughter js hollow, hecause
their very pleasures, have become
a burden. "The fear of the Lord
prolongetb days." If. therefore, you
wish to live to a ripe old age. cultivate
the fear of Cod, which will cast out all
other fear. "He that walketh uprightly
walketh surely." The position of stability
Is not in prostrating yourself, or
crawling, or creeping after the world's
fashion, but in the upright walk of a
manly, conscientious life.
The man who has wandered from
Cod needs only to hear the wo-'?:
"The hackslider in heart shall be tilled
with his own ways," to realize that
they apply to him. Cod's way is the
way of light, peace and joy. Onr way
without Cod is the way of darkness,
turmoil and despair. The backslider
who has turned from Cod's ways to his
own ways Is truly to he pitied. When
our hearts seem unprepared and our
tongues are not right for service, let
us recall the fact cbat "The preparation
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Ul nit- utrai ?. ami iur <u>o?v> v. ....
tongue is from tho Lord." We will
then give the heart to the Lord that
He may prepare it. and surrender the
tongue to him that he may use it.
And then we will experience the
truth of the other proverb. "Whoso
trusteth in the Lord, happy is he." And
in hours of conscious weakness we will
repeat with triumph. "The name of the
Lord is a strong tower, the righteous
runneth into it and is safe."
All these proverbs make a mosaic of
rare beauty. They form Ihe parts of
an oratorio, every note harmonizing
with every other note, and tilling the
life with sweetest music. And yet wo
may besaved ihe trouble of committing
them all to memory and remembering
them in emergencies, if we will but
realize that Jesus. Cnrist. who is tho
truth, lives and is with us every day.
If we need wisdom, w? ask Ilim and
He gives liberally. If we are tempted,
we turn to Ilim for succor. If we are
weak, we rely upon Him for strength,
and after every conflict Ave can say,
"Thanks be to God Avho giveth us the
vkdorj through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Prayer a Mighty Power.
There are those who ridicule the idea
that prayer can actually accomplish
anything, because they cannot understand
how prayer can either affect
God's action or change in any way the
current of events on earth. Such reasoning
is extremely shallow. The Avlsest !
man eannot tell the wli.v or the wherefore
of some of the commonest facts
nalnml CficnCA- is it not childish I
then for any man to undertake to limit
spiritual truth by the measure of his
capacity to see the reason for it or the
reasonableness of it? Facts arc facts
whether they agree with any system
of lo^ic or not. And the fact that
prayer is a mighty power is attested
by abundant and incontestable facts.
Watch For Opportunism.
Watch, lest those duties of kindly
benevolence which God puts in the way
of all be left unnoticed, unfulfilled,
while each one doubts whether-it can
be his business to step forward a*"7
meet them. Watch, for we know
how soon our means of earthly
iipss, our opportunities for fait
vice of God on earth, may r
win Odgers.
B* True
There is but om*s
not to be true to the
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TOPICS OF INTEREST TO THE PLANTEI
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Frnnh Uficf For Farmer*. | j
j We have known of a club of this .
J kind being carried on quite snccessi
fully at the North. We see no reason ,
why Florida farmers might not do the
the same. It would not be necessary (
for each member of the club to own
a herd of cattle. Arrangements cou'd
be made beforehand for those members ,
who did not own any animal that was (
suitable for the purpose, to buy at a |
fair price from those who own plenty.
As a rule fanners do not live con- j
renient enough *o butchers and meat ]
markets to enable them to have fresh
beef and mutton constantly as town ,
people have, in Canada they seem to ,
j have organized in some sections, at j
least, to overcome this inconvenience, j
The Consul at Collingwood, Canada, .
explains how they do this. Ho says
that clubs are organized among the
farmers in groups and neighborhoods
and co-operate to supply themselves
with fresh meat. The ring, or club, is
usually composed of sixteen, twenty,
or twenty-four persons, although some|
tiir.es^is many as forty arc enrolled.
1 Each#m?mher agrees to supply one
beo^^inimpl during the summer, aud
in-order to give pleuty of time for
preparation the members draw lots the
previous winter to determine the order
in which they shall contribute animals.
J After drawing members may exchange
numbers if they tind it mutually advantageous.
Two small families may
combine for one share. *
Wherever it lias been tried this system
has given excellent results, as is
shown by the fact that it is difficult to
gain admission to the rings, as there
is no inclination to drop out. The
farmers' wives and daughters are particularly
well pleased, as the abundance
of fresh meat at their command
simplifies the question of providing
suitable meals. Then tue farmers get
their beef at actual cost, paying no
more for the best cuts than they would
for the cheapest they could buy - at
retail. Under the operation of the beef
ring each family gets its portion within ,
a few hours after killing, so that there
is little difficulty in keeping ibe meat
fresh for nearly a week. The usual
method is to use the steak and roast
first and put the boiling piece into
brine or a refrigerator until needed.?
Florida Agriculturist.
Irlili Potatoes in the South.
Dr. S. A. Knapp. of Lake Charles,
Laj, special agent of the United States
Dt"iartment of Agriculture for Louisiana
and Texas, is a most practical
man, one of large experience in nearly
all branches of agriculture. He re- '
cently gave a talk upon Irish potato
culture, in which he suggested "strong, '
sandy loam" as the best land for pota- j
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toes. \? nere tuts is not ouuiiuauir,
chocolate or black land will answ er If :
thoroughly drained. After being flat (
broken "about two inches deeper than
usual." the doctor recommends harrowing
every twenty days until plant- j
ing time. Preparatory to planting, the '
land should be bedded into two and a '
half foot rows, just as Mr. Porter does.
"Split the bed with a small plow," he '
said, "and plant the potatoes twelve .
inches apart in the furrow." He recommends
cutting the potatoes into i
three pieces, and placing the cut side
down. "Have a man follow with a
hoe." he continued, "and cover potatoes
with one inch of soil. Distribute evenly
on this (KX) pounds per acre of a j
compound made of two-thirds of cotton 1
seed meal and one-third acid phosphate. (
Put one inch more of soil Uflbn the fertilizer.
It is not advisable to plant potatoes
as deep as most people plant,
because it takes too long to come up,
thus hindering early maturity. The <
potato, when planted, should never be 1
below the drainage furrow. If it is it '
will rot.
"Barnyard manure, well pulverized. 1
will give good results. It is a good !
plan to plant cotton between the rows <
before the potatoes are dug, thus easily '
raising two erops upon the same
ground in one year. <
"In this case, however, the rows
should he five instead of three and a '
half feet apart, so ns to give space for '
cultivating the cotton while the pota- 1
toes are maturing."
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Selecting Hreedln;; Stock.
Much depends on the selection we '
make of those fowls which we intend 1
to keep in the breeding yard next sea- 1
son, and after the season has passed
we will be able to locate the mistakes
we lmvc made ami perhaps be better
able to act more wisely in the future, i
If we are breeding fancy poultry we 1
are doubtless trying to reach high 1
points of perfection in different sec- 1
tions of the fowls: trying, as it were, t
to eliminate certain faults which ox- r
1st, without in any way changing the t
meritorious points already possessed. I
But Low is this to he done? ?
Certain) not by indiscriminate a
breeding v selecting fowls at random I
?withe* \st considering every ma- i
terial Le parents for several (
\?rps and Flats.
r ird H. Seymour, who has
h ited admiral of the fleet to j
liral Salmon on the latter's (
a February, is of Irish desies
of a family which has 1
several noted fighters to 1
av . It was Sir Edward i
all'3d forces in their un- ]
'eavor to reach Peking in i
e the legation there a t
Mo is sixty-four years 1
en in he navy for over t
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generations back?the individual faults
ind the results to be expected.
All these must be carefully considered:
in a word, we must know exactly
what we are striving for, and make
aur selections accordingly.
We must select strong, rigorous
fowls; good in all sections, and above
ill avoiding every one with any taint
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Jl UIM'UM* U UIVU lUlj^lit lit ouj ?. uj MV
transmitted to the offspring.
What we must have, above all else,
is vigor, without which there is no
liope of success.
All, in a measure, depends on this,
since "no flock of fowls will produce
good chicks if there is a taint of weakness
in either parent. Let vigor be
first, then sectional goodness, to follow
as we may choose.
Bent l'?f of CowpeaR.
It will certainly pay. then, to groil
cowpeas for fertilizer, but why not
first obtain the feeding value and still
retain sevonty-tive per cent, of tbe
fertilizer value in tbe manure? Because
we have found a good thing is
no reason why we should not get ail
out of it possible. If tbe fertilizer
value of a ton of cowpea hay is $10.
and seventy-live per cent., or $7.50. of
that is obtained in the manure after
tbe hay is fed. it is clear that if we
had the live stock to consume it. this
ton of feed would only cost us twentyfive
per cent, of its fertilizer value, or
$2.50. ,
What is cowpea hay worth as a feed?
We may. possibly, best answer this
question by comparing it with wheat
bran with which we are all familiar.
For producing milk, one and onefourth
pounds of poavine hay have
been found equal to one pound of
wheat bran. Can we afTord to plow
such a valuable food as this directly
into the soil in order to save twentyfive
per cent, of its fertilizer value?
If the great need of our soils is vegetable
matter, which is certainly true?
and this vegetable matter has a double
value?fertilizer and food?then it is
apparent that we can only get these
two values through the feeding of our
crops to live stock before putting them
into the soil to supply the deficiency
of humus.?Tait Butler, State Veterinarian.
North Carolina Department of
Agriculture. Raleigh.
Borers In Peach Trees.
I will venture the following suggestions
for any who may wish to try
them. In using a sharp knife care
should be taken not to girdle the tree.
A good plan is to cut away just enough
of the bark to find the opening, insert
a piece of wire and give it a little twist
and you have aecomolished the work.
This is necessarily a slow and tedious
4nh for thnso rrho hovo Inriro orchards.
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but it will go a long way toward preserving
the trees.
I also find that an effective preventive
is the use of wood ashes. Put half
a peck or more of unleached ashes
around each tree?heaped up around
the body of the tree. The egg producing
the borer is laid on the bark of
the tree just on top of the ground, but
this Insect will not work in the ashes.
[ am satisfied that it is the lime and
potash that the insects object to. In
the absence of sufficient amount of
ishes, I would advise the use of kainit,
say a pint or quart, according to the
size of the tree. This should be put in
every year. In the spring is the best
time.?Correspondent in Southern CulLivator.
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White Holland Tnrkers#
During the past few years this breed
:>f turkeys has won many admirers,
who claim for them superiority over
.11 lU.
Ill lilt? UlUlTSt.
They are large and vigorous, easily
ired to uniform color and shape, and
iosspss in a large'degree all the good
dualities necessary in first-class fowls
for the market.
They are pure white, and when
Iressed present a most inviting appearance.
They are active and splendid
'oragers. and their young grow rapidly,
rhey enjoy the liberty of the fields,
nit are more prompt in returning home
it night than others, and are seldom
lie victim of wild animals that so
iften destroy whole broods of even the
lalf-grown turkeys. They are destined
o become popular with those who rear
hem.
Rape Give* Satisfaction.
Rape is comparative!}- a new plant
u the Southern States, hut where It
las been tested it has given entire satsfaction.
It is a nutritious forage
ilant, which closely resembles Swede
urnip, can bo easily ^-own on any
tverage soil, and Is especially adapted
o lands that are about half line sand,
t makes excellent feed for sheep, hogs
ind cattle. It will withstand hot
vcather, and we have known It to
:eep a herd of lifty hogs in Tennessee
11 good condition when all other grceu
?rops had about burned out
News of the Day.
The natives of India take more and
nore to beer. Formerly the consumption
was very small; there are now.
lowever, many large breweries, and
last year their comuined production
aggregated nearly nine million gallons.
It is said that about 40 per cent, of
this production Is consumed by the
irmy. Most of the breweries are in
the Himalaya Mountain districts, on
the railroad line between the stations
.">* Murree and Darjeling.
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PERSONAL GOSSIP.
Bernard Shaw is becoming very popalar
in Germany
Andrew Carnegie is a great lover of
flowers, especially of roses.
The only woman blacksmith In America
is Miss Clara Mcdliu, of Pilot Oak,
Ky.
The German Emperor is said to be
twentv-fourth in the line of succession
to the British crown.
Miss Ethel Bret ITarte. daughter of
'be famous writer of early California
ife, will devote herself to concert work.
President Roosevelt has departed
from the social usages of many years
n becoming a dinner guest at tbe
muse of the Vice-Frcsident-elcct.
Mrs. Rosalie Loew Whitney, who for
the last three years has been attorney
for the Legal Aid Society at New York
City, a few mouths ago seut in her
resignation.
George S. Bontwell. former Governor
if Massachusetts, and Secretary of the
'"reasury in Grant's Cabinet, celebrated
he eighty-seventh anniversary of his
'drth at Groton.
Edmund S. Hoch. assistant director
if exhibits at the St. Louis Fair, has
been decorated by the French Government
with the select order of Officer of
he Academy of France.
Many years ago. when Senator Moses
E. Clapp was a boy. be was the office
boy In a newspaper office in Minnesota,
ind "Hod" Taylor was the editor.
I'ay'T is now Assistant Secretary of
'lie Treasury, and Clapp is about to enter
on his second tcrui in the United
States Senate.
The Czar of Bussia and the Emperor
">f Germany might, if they please, dis>ute
with each other as to which of the
two owns the greater number of palices.
Eaeli might sleep in a different
house every night for a month and not
>xhaust the number of his various
I welling places.
LABOR WORLD.
The 100." convention of the Blacksmiths'
Union will be held in St. Paul,(
Minn.
Detroit (Mich.* mates think of forming
a union of their own, and definite
plans nro being discussed.
The Chicago Federated Trades established
the precedent of admitting clergymen
as fraternal delegates.
A graduated scale of wages wilt
shortly be adopted by the street railway
eonipauy at the City of Mexico.
Tart of the striking lumber wagon
drivers at Chicago. 111., have returned
to work, having won the uuion wage
scale.
In Wisconsin the eight-hour day is
prescribed in manufacturing and mechanical
establishments unless otherwise
agreed upon.
Tube workers throughout South Staffordshire.
Euginnd. have been served
until notices of a reduction in wages
equal to three and a half per cent.
The request of the Western Maryland
trainmen for shorter hours, an increase
in pay and payment for overtime.
has been refused 1iy the company.
The minimum wage for union book
and job compositors in Boston was increased
from SIT to SIS per week in accordance
With an agreement made a
year ago. (
The agreement between the Iron
Molders' Union of Norili America and
the National Founders' Association lias
iinon torm!n;itoil bv the Employers' Or
ganization.
The Church Association for the Advancement
of the Interests of Labor is
constantly controverting the statement
that organized labor is unfriendly to
the church.
American Federation of Labor organizers
in the Pittsburg (Pa.) district are
busy in an effort to get all local unions
to altiliate with the Iron City Central
Trades Council.
Largest Three-Year-Old Filly.
Oregon Queen is reputed to be th?
largest 3-year-old filly in the world
She is 19 hands high, weighs 2,26<
pounds, is perfectly formed, a ches"
nut sorrel with silver mane and tail
She was bred and raised by Sol Kin;
of Cornvallis. Ore., and was 3 year:,
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Over $1,000,000 worth of diamonds
are stolen every year from the, South
Africa diamond mines.
In Mexico the Department of War Is
Rtudying a project to establish night
schools for the soldiers.
In Prussia the price of raediciue is . w
regulated by the State, a new* price list "
being published every year.
When an unmarried woman dies in
Brazil the coffin, hearse and livery of
the coachman are all scarlet.
A battalion of Chinese soldiers, to be
headed by a Chinese band. Is being recruited
from residents of New York
City.
The Government of Venezuela has decided
to give no titles to coal mines in
the fnture, but to exploit all such mines
under its own supervision and ownership.
Henry Hollenback, of Bonlder Creek,
Cal., was kicked over a 200-foot precipice
by a mule. He only fell fifty feet
and was rescued comparatively uninjured.
At the annual meeting of the Commercial
Travelers' Association, of Canada,
the proposal to reduce the mortuary
benefit fund was defeated by atk
overwhelming majority
The Postoffice Department of Great
Britain has announcedtbat it will hereafter
accept wireless messages for
transmission to ships at sea at the rate
of thirteen cents a word.
An ingenious thief who secreted.him4 ?
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station at Smichow. in Austria, was
captured after be bad filled tbe trunk
with miscellaneous valuables from
otber luggage.
The court htta issued an order to tbe
sheriff to sell Michigan City, Ind., "at '
auction to the highest bidder" to satisfy
a judgment of $11,000 against tbe
town for injuries received by a young ^
woman who fell through a sidewalk. .
KEWS OF THE FAR EAST.
General Dembowskl, of the Russian
army, was wounded in Manchuria.
More artillery than In any former
battle in history was engaged In the
battle on the Hun Kiver
O.vr.ma reports that the Russians left
12QO dead on the battlefield at tbe battle
of tbe Sba River.
Tbe Japanese reported that Chinese
troop-*, accompanied Mfstchenko's Cos- 4
sacks on tbe raid against Xewchwnng.
Ccneral (iVipenberg left the front.
Kiironntkln remains in supreme command
of tbe Russian forces in .Manchuria.
Russian cavalry rnf<T?d a town In ^
Northeastern Korea. 2."0 miles from
Vladivostok, held it four days, then re- .1,
tired north.
A dispatch from Toklo said that the
losses of the Russians in the recent'
hattle were 10.000 jnen, and those of
(he Japanese iiOOO.
Poland continue* to he a centre of
disturbance. Fifteen thousand slrib- (
ers marcliinj* on Warsaw were dispersed
by Cossack*.
TJie Chinese Minister called on Cbanrvllor
con Buelow in Berlin1, and gave
him most positive assurances that
China is'not infringing neutrality.
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AQV1CPS rrom luiSMim Iicnu<|iiiiiirii>
in Manchuria wy that the armies are
in their former positions. The coltl
Treat her caused intense suffering to the
Russian wounded.
Sharp fighting took place between
forces of General Ivuroki and the Russian
left, according to a dispatch from
.Mukden. Thousands of wounded men
arrived at the hospitals.
Admiral Kamimura has left Tokio to
rejoin his squadron, it having been reported
that the Vladivostok warships
were again ready for service. Thirteen
jnnks with 500 refugees from Port Arthur
on board arrived at Chefoo.
Eleven junks were missing. ^
Courtesy is a cheap commodity, buf
it sgmetimes pays splendid dividends.
A farmer in Elk county, Kansas, displays
this sign: "Hunt all you want
to, and como to the huuse for dinner."
This farmer, it is said, Is twenty
calvaa ahead on this season's bunt
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