The county record. [volume] (Kingstree, S.C.) 1885-1975, August 10, 1905, Image 7
^^^^VrWENTY YEARS OF IT.
^^H^Kacl|t?d by Ulabrtei; Tortured With
|^H^H Gravel and .Kidney 1'ains.
j^^HrB e t,*y Souie, cobbler, of Hammonds"ills
cured me eight years ago.
whirling headaches, dizziness and terrible
urinary disorders ran me down
from 1GS to 100 pounds. Doctors told
me I had diabetes and could not live.
, . , , , , , , .
i was wreicnea ana nopeiess wueu i
began using Doan's Kidney Tills, but
?they cured me eight years ago and
I've been well ever siuce."
Foster-.Milbum Co., Buffalo. N. Y.
For sale by all dealers. Price, i>0
ceuts per box.
How a venturesome land-owner
converts a seeming bad bargain into
i a veritable gold mine is amusingly
told by Arthur Hendrick Yaudenberg
in a story entitled "A Boom in
Reality" which appears in Lippineott
*s Magazine i'or August. Jt is
the sort of tale men like
GRATEFUL TO CUTICURA
For Imtant Relief and Speedy Cure of Raw
ami Scaly Humor, ltchinz Day and
Nlcht-Sntrjrrii For Months.
"I wish you would publish this letter so
that others suffering as 1 have may be
helped For months awful sore? covered
my face and neck, scabs forming, itching
terribly day and night, breaking open, and
running blood and matter. 1 had tried
many remedies, hut was growing worse,
when 1 started with Culicura. The first
application gave nic instant relief, and when
1 had used two cakes of Culicura Soap
and three boxes of Cuticura Ointment. 1
was completely cured. (Signed) Miss Nellie
Vander Wiele, Lakeside, N. V."
It is only bachelors who speak of
marriage in a tone of contempt. Maried
men do not care to speak of it
at all. So. 32.
Is It Klght?
Is it right for you to lose $4.20 that a
dealer may make 50 cents more by selling
fourteen gallons of readv-for-use paint, at
$1.50 per gallon, than our agent wili make
by selling you eight gallons of L. ?k M., and
aix gallons of linseeu oil, which make fourteen
gallons of a better paint, at $1.20 per
gallon? Js it right?
Sold everywhere and by Longman &
Martinez, New York. Paint Matters for
*11 ty 1 ears.
"By-law" owes the Srst part of itself
to the word "b\e."
FITSpermaneutlv cured. No fits ornerronsness
after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
NerreRestorer,t2trial bottleand treatise free
Dr. R. H. K link, Ltd..931 Arch St., Phi la., Pa.
Bu'ni work is said to be very popular now
in England.
Piso'sCnreis the best medicine we ever use l
lor all affections of throat and lungs.?Wm.
O. Exdslky, Vauburen, Ind.. Feb. W, 190d.
Labor organization has until lately made
alow headway in Spain.
Mrs. Window's Soothing Syrup for Children
teething,sorten the gums,reduces inflammation,allays
pain,cure$win<l colic, 25c.a bottle
a. Books were not bound in cloth until
* iss.
Lippincott's Magazine for Ansnust
has secured .just the riyiit kind of
summer novelette to suit lazy days?
"Her First Elopement," by Clara
Bartram. It is a highly spiced story
of Newport society.
enjoy tne noses.
A A queer fallacy induces some peoJp
pie to leave the roses unpicked with
the idea of encouraging the plant. A?
a matter of fact, roses should no1
only be picked as freely as possible,
but with as long stems as the growth
will permit, merely observing the precaution
to leave an outward growing
eye. or perhaps two for safety, on the
stem below the cut.
Where it has been found impossible
to pick all the roses for use. then the
plants should be gone over daily ;vt
leas: two eyes below the flowers. A
regular practice of this precaution is
the only means of assuring some autuinal
bics?:cms. in our climate from
"hybrid perpetuate."
Animals That Reason.
A correspondent contributes to Harper's
Weekly some entertaining anecdotes
apropos of the recent discussion
in the Weekly of the question "Do
Animals Think?" The correspondent
believes that animals not only think,
but reason, and he tells in support of
his belief some stories which, if au
o thentic, seem to oner convincing proor
of his assertion. He tells of a horse
that learned to unlatch a barn door;
of a sheep that notified a farmer ol
the fact that its companion had fallen
into a ditch: of a rat that concealed
its gnawing of a hole by covering
Itself from view with a shingle. "You
may disbelieve all this." says the correspondent,
"but 'the boy has not
Med.'"
BABY'S INSTINCT
how* He Knew Whst Food to Stick To
v Forwarding a photo of a splendidly
handsome and healthy young boy. a
happy mother writes from an Ohio
town:
"The enclosed picture shows my 4year-old
Grape-Nuts boy.
V- "Since he was years old he has eaten
nothing but Grape-N'uts. He demands
and gets this food three times a
dav. This may seem rather unusual.
but he does not care for anything else
after he has eaten his Grape-Xuts.
which he uses with milk or cream, and
then he is through with his meal. Even
^ on Thanksgiving Day he refused ttirkey
and all the good things that make
Br up that great dinner, and ate his dish
of Grape-Xuts and cream with the best
results and none of the evils that the
other foolish members of the family
experienced.
"He is never sick, has a beautiful
complexion, and is considered a very
handsome boy. May the Postum Company
prosper and long continue to furnish
their wholesome food." Xame
given by Postum Co., Battle Creek.
Mich.
There's a reason. Read the little
book. "The Road to Welivilie," in
ft ery pkg.
"
1 HAVE GOOD WITNESS
j OUR REGULAR SUNDAY SERMON
A Feeling Discourse by Rev. St. Clair
Hester.
Snlijfft: The AViinms of Coail Wnilit,
lJrooklyn. X. Y.?At the annual Guild
I service in the Church of the Messiah
the rector, the Itev. St. Clair Hester,
preached on "The Witness of Good
Works."' For the text he chose 1 1'eter
ii: 11: "That whereas they speak against
you as evil doers they uiay by your
good works which they shall behold
glorify God.*' Mr. Hester said:
The value to Christianity of the evij
deuce of good works cannot he gain|
said or withstood. It speaks for itself
j and with a power and effectiveness no
woras can nave, in me presence <u
such a demonstration of its truth, argument.
advertisement, exalted claims,
eloquent commendation are beside the
work, are not needed, are of small use
and minor importance. A groat ship
steams in troni the sea and we may
view her as she lies still and quiet in
her berth, but upon lier decks and
sides there are signs of the rough voyage.
upon her prow and funnels is the
salt thrown there by the high breaking
waves. Men may say oi' her she is too
large, badly 'proportioned, improperly
constructed, her machinery is not of
the latest pattern: they may crtieise
and accuse ami point out defects, bur
ihere is no denying that she has
plowed the surface of thousands of
miles of deep water and brought her
precious cargo of freight and passengers
safe and undisturbed to their destination.
This symbolizes in a way the position
of the Church of Cod in the world today.
And it describes after a fashion,
too. the singularity, the unique prominence
of the Christian among the all
sorts and conditions of men constituting
what is known variously as society,
tlm niililic the hoilv nolitic. Never
mind what the world may have or tind |
to say against you. my Christian I
friend. if you do well, this weil doing [
disarms suspicion, gains the mastery !
over falsehood, silences misrepresentation
and supplants enmity with good
will. If your works be good you do
not need to have recourse to eulogy,
notoriety-seeking or noise: the world
has need of them: men have an instinctive
respect and appreciation of
everything conducive to the common
benefit, they will win their way, they
will secure their place, they, the works,
not you. will exact deserved recognition.
A tree may be despised and spoken
evil of. but if the fruit be healthful
and sweet, pleasing to the taste, a
change in the estimate of it is sure to
come. By their fruits ye shall know
them is a true principle which calumny
and envy cannot down, and from
whose righteous judgment there is no
appeal.
St I'eter in this text was writing to
Christians ami churches existing in
Centile or foreign countries and among
peoples of heathen religions. Their lot
was anything but pleasant, their safety
anything but assured. The Christians
of those early days were commonly
accused of being disturbers, innovators.
mischief-makers, of being lawbreakers
and traitors to Caesar, of being
atheists and blasphemers of the
popular idolatry. Because the popular
hatred of them they were compelled to
meet secretly, to exclude outsiders
from their places of worship, and this
led to reports that they indulged in
wild, obscene orgies. Because of the
phrase "drinking of the precious blood"
I used in connection with the coinnntn;
ion service, it was said that they killed
I infants and drank their blood in their
i private assemblies. They were under
I constant suspicion and surveillance.
Their enemies were ever on the alert
seeking to discover faults and inconsistencies.
to uncover them in some
wrongdoing. Sr. Peter hopes and be- j
' uiai iijis i'kim' ju^ci \ a n\?u vi
the lives or the followers of Christ
may load to the undeceiving of their
enemies as to their true character, and
that from this better uulerstanding
there may come a disposition to investigate.
to come closer, and. dually to
embrace their holy religion. IIo is contident
that prejudice aside and knowledge
in i,ts place can result in only this
?its glad and willing acceptance.
What .-n opportunity tlun in view ol
these circumstances and what an inducement
to live exemplary lives?
that others, even their bitter enemies
and severest critics, might be brought
to know th? only true Cod md Jesus
i Christ, whom Ke did send. The n;;osI
tie's counsel is to this effect?be true
to thy cause and to thy God, be good
and do good, not merely because it
gives you peace of mind and joy of
soul, not merely because it is to your
highest and best interest?this would
be looking on the side of self only?he
eliminates all seltisli taint from his
counsel by putting emphasis upon the
ciimatijVe effect of Christian conduct
upon the sentiments and convictions
of hostile and heathen neighbors. This
is your chance, lie intimates; this the
Iiip.-ms?vonr srood works?imoress
them, win them, help them, in this
way. by this means.
All these considerations, this motive,
these means are of present moment,
of up-to-date interest anil may be of
present application. Though living in
a nominally Christian age and land,
practically the Christian is still surrounded
by an envious, evil-sneaking,
backbiting world. They who are not
with us are as critical, as watchful, as
eager to find wherewith to accuse, embarrass.
expos? as ever in the days of
the apostle. Not only our own souls,
not only our morals and principles are
in our keeping, but the safeguarding
and growth of the church, the purification
and moral uplift of society, the
putting down of iniquity and sin and
yes. verily, the Cbristianization of the
home, the family, the community, the
city, the salvation of the world. Every
Christian is as a city set on a hill?not
to be hid?and men will be won to
Christ in proportion as each ai.il every
Christian feels a responsibility for the
unchurched masses, for those not in
the Good Shepherd's fold, and just in
proportion as each and every one comes
up to the mensmc of his responsibility.
Translated into modern application.
tlie apostle's meaning t~> you and
me is tills: "You Christians, so regulate
your desires and take account of
, your ways that your life will be becoming
"-" d worthy of your calling, and
; thus the heathen, the indifferent, the
i estranged and prejudiced pimple around
you. prejudiced against Christ, will be
I prepared to receive the Gospel when
j it is urged upon them." We may try
n a thousand ways to reach them! to
i nterest them in religion, to Christianj
ze the masses, the institutional church,
ho finnnn! dinner or reCCDtion. the
1 rhurcli congress, the revival and tent
; ind out-of- loor service, the musical
; service, ornate ritual, eloquent dis|
courses, scholarly essays, novel fea;
:urcs ad infinitum, but the things that j
J ?ount more than any of these, than all
J :hese in impressing the world and
: gaining adherents, in making converts^
' s the example, the daily life and con?
j versation of the individual Christian.
I Gospel preaching must be supported
j ind attested by Gospel living, church
| joing by Christlike service daring the
' V ~ " -- - .
<vork days. The ungodly often set up
i higher standard for the Christian
than the Christian for himself. It is
the world's unconscious tribute to holiness.
This standard exacts exemplification
of righteousness, self-mastering,
kind consideration for others, self-denial.
self-sacritice. They watch with
an eagle eye for any infringement upon
or deviation fro n tins standard. When
the Christian goes wrong there is a
triple wrong done to himself, to the
cause he represents and to those who
look up to him for an example and a
leading toward a godly life. And by a
godly hfe I do not refer to a mere negative
form of goodness?i. e.. abstinence
from all the sinful desires of tb>
flesh?only this and nothing more.
We must endeavor to make our conduct
attractive and winning, espeo.ally
when we take into account or have
dealings with those who are unfriendly
to Christianity. We oftentimes have
to do with Christians who are curt,
crusty, severe, unkind and disagreeable
in word and manner. We should
not be surprised to hear the rep* irk.
ana wo cannoi mu sympannzo wnu ji
when made with rofmrnce to such
cases: "If this he Christianity. I pray
thee have nie excused. I want none of
it."
In order to do our part there must he
not merely a refraining from what is
unbecoming and contrary to the Christian
profession, hut there must he a
positive showing and shining forth in
kindness and love of the divine life we
feel within. Not only correct lives, hut
beautiful deeds. In accounting for
what had impressed and convinced and
converted the world we must give high
rank to beautiful deeds. The history
of the Christian Church literally terns
with them. When the pagans deserted
their near relations in a plague and
left the afflicted ones to die like dogs.
Christians came and ministered to the
sick and dying. When the pagans left
their dead unburied after a battle and
cast their wounded into the streets,
the Christians hastened to relieve the
suffering and give the corpses decent
interment.
We have had some very conspicuous
and very sad examples recently of men
high in position and the confidence of
the community, placed there largely
because they were Christian in name
and by connection, proving themselves
to he utterly deficient in such a fundamental
and necessary virtue "s common
everyday honesty. Bank presidents
and cashiers and even boards of
directors have not hesitated to specu
late "with other people's money inrruseed
to their keeping and they have been
found out only because they had lost
all they could beg. borrow and steal.
Because of the frequency of these defalcations
the Controller of the United
States Currency felt impelled to speak
in the plainest terms to the National
Bank Cashiers' Association, at its meeting
the other day. He declared that
outside speculation was the cause of
the greatest number of bank failures,
and he characterized speculation as the
greatest financial evil of the day. He
asserted with great emphasis that no
man should be allowed to hold a managerial
place in a national bank who
engaged in outside enterprises for
profit to himself rather than the bank.
He intimates that the temptation to
double dealing in such a case is hard
to resist. Why if the impression becomes
general that a Christian is not
to be trusted, instead of breaking down
the prejudice that exists in evil minds
against Christianity and the church, it
will be added to and there will be not
only prejudice but detestation and denunciation
and what's more, it will be
deserved.
The stress and strain and endeavor
seems to be only for money and power
and position and worldly success, as if
these were the only things needed, as
if getting these means getting all that
is wanted. But. men and women of
Christ, be not deceived or diverted
from the things more necessary and
more desired. The world's need, the
longing of every man. woman and child
on earth, the longing of your heart ?nd
mine, is for love, sympathy, kindness.
The Christian is the only one professing
and obligated by his vov.* to minis,
tor to the universal human need. The
world, however evil-speaking, men,
however distant and eritical. look to us.
expert us to help them. If we. the
servants of the Most High, fail them,
1here is no help. In the name of the
Lord Jesus, beloved, let lis do and do
our best, to build tip the good and the
beautiful and the true in the hearts ami
lives of men. and thus transpose the
enmity, hatred and seorn of the world
into a higher and sweeter key of praise
and glory to God. It will mean joy and
* ? lifo nn?l rrfl PC*
jriauness xo uuunut, .... ......
to others -\vlio know them not now.
and honor, high and worthy honor, to
tlie Father in Heaven.
Whet Wf All Need.
Woman's most pressing duty is to endeavor
to utilize the waste ?waste
time, waste opportunities, waste of all
kinds?for there is nothing more sad
or tragic in this world than the waste
that goes on all around us. I do not
mean waste of money?for waste of
money is one of the smallest kinds of
waste?but waste of life, a* hieh is far
more important.
To use one's life: to use it to the full;
to make the host of it?in the old
phrase, to be a faithful steward; that
surely is the great need for us all,
whether we are men or women.?Scottish
Reformer.
Arrears Fall Through.
Sufficient for each day is the good
thereof, equally as the evi!. We must
do at once, and with our might, the
merciful <Iee<l tli:i: our nana nuueui u>
do, else it will never be done, for the
band will find other tasks, and the arrears
fall through. And every uueonsummuted
good feeling, every unfullilled
purpose that His Spirit has
prompted, shall one day charge us as
faithless and recreant before (led.?J.
II. Thorn.
Fritz Wanted to Know.
Fritz was the meekest looking office
boy that ever put glue on a bcokkecp
per's stool. He worked ror a lawyer,
and one day the lawyer had a woman
client, whose brute of a husband had
beaten her and for whom he filed suit
for divorce.
A week later the husband. C feet tall
and broad in proportion, came into the
office drunk, announcing his intention
of whipping every one there. Every
one was too busy, to see him and he
was loft to Fritz.
Fritz held conversation with the man
and listened to his troubles. Finally
the man declared loudly: "I've burieu
three wives, two of them in this conn*
ty."
"What county buried the other one,"
inquired Fritz.
HAVE BEEN WORSE DEFEATS.
"Rojestvensky needn't feel so
bad." remarked the citizen who is always
sorry for the misfortunes of
others.
"Why not?"
"Well, Togo lost a small torpedo
boat. Dewey didn't even do that."
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; CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR NOTES
! SUNDAY, AUGUST THIRTEENTH.
The Building of Character.?2 Pet. 1:
1-11; Jude 20: 21.
As the basis of all material accomplishment
is industry, so diligence is
the basis of all accomplishment in
matters spiritual.
The true Christian life is never
satisfied, but will always seek to add
attainment to attainment, conquest to
conquest.
The foundation of our spiritual
building is faith, its cornice is love.
As in the Temple at Jerusalem,
there is no sound of the hammer in
the building of character, but there is
throughout the building the sound of
prayer.
Suggestions.
Xo one can build without a plan;
but ;f you have a plan, you can begin
to build on any part of the
ground.
The buildings that are to last for
Inn cr limn ni-P hllllf slfiwlw
I Xo building but is the gathered con|
tribuiion of many minds and many
i hinds ot workmen. Xo man can build
a noble character by himself.
The buildings in a city may touch
one another, but each must be able
to stand as firmly though its neighbors
are taken down. Our characters
must be independent.
Illustrations.
It often takes as long in a great office
building to obtain a proper foundation
as to erect the superstmcture.
So in a life. ^
What the iron framework is a
modern building, that a strong character
is to a life.
Some lives are like those edifices
cf wood and erects d for the great expositions.
They look like stone, but
they perish in a short time.
Questions.
Are you conscientiously building
your character, or letting it grow
haphazard?
Are you seeking a showy building
or a permanent one?
The World's Union.
Most countries are now organized
m Christian Endeavor Unions, with
national officers, holding their own
conventions in their own languages,
publishing Christian Endeavor papers
i in their native languages, and caring
I for their own societies in the way best
suited to the needs 01 each couuI
try.
rniiinoTii i mpiir i rccimic
I crvvun i n llhdul lljuuiu
i
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SUNDAY, AUGUST THIRTEENTH.
The Building of Character.?2 Peter
1. 1-11; Jude 20, 21.
This chapter from Peter is a colemn
appeal for ths exhibition of Ahe
Christian graces and diligence in bipiging
forth the fruits of the Spirit. The
two verses from Jude teach the same
important truth. There must be a
"building up," and the four elements
are faith, which must be personal;
prayer, which must be in the Holy
Ghost: the love of God, in which we
must keep ourselves; and mercy, resulting
in eternal life.
From all that the Scriptures say
about character-building certain facts
may be confidently stated. Read in
connection with this lesson the la.-t
part of the seventh of Mathew. The
building of a character must be like
the building of a house There muse
be a foundation; there must be a plan;
there must be proper material; and
there must be strict following of the
plan. All of this God has provided
lor us. and his grace will help us to
succeed.
Whether we will it or no, we have
i the shaping of a character placed in
our hands. Well or ill- as we may
| carry out me piau we wubi iaivc mc
responsibility of our own characters.
We may go up into the mount as did
Moses and ret the pattern of a perfect
building. We may take the matter
carelessly ar.d fail in the work.
But build we must, and building we
arc. Thoughts are finding expression
in words; words are taking shape in
actions: actions are forming character:
and character is the foreshadowing
of destiny. It is a solemn truth
that unconsciously we are daily and
hourly forming those characters which
determine eternal interests. Life and
character must, take shape.
The Only Safe Foundation is .Tilus
Christ. Men are building for eternii
ty on others. They will prove of sar.(L
Only one rock is laid, and that is the
"Rock of ages." A man who places
his life and character on any other
foundation will fail. Price and ambition
may load us to build up certain
j factor.-:, hut the "love of Christ" is
the one sufficient motive for a true
and veal bull ling of character. The
storms of adversity, the winds ?>f
temptation, will overturn our character
unless founded on the rock. Wo
must get upon the sure foundation
if we would bu'ld safely. 'Inr only
basis cf eternal safety is Jfsms Christ.
RAM'S HORN BLASTS
T* en<* church
rsyra* A work is not to raise
| ]fjr ~ ^ a dust, but to raise
Y /[ t _J men from the dust.
' ^en *?
! doubt the Bible as
S"0U aS lt begins t0
I effect on a
I asked to pay for
I f-J a ? ' what it gets in
! church.
Many of us, instead of putting our
burden down at the cross, carry it 011
our heads and call it a crown.
A crutch easily becomes a cross.
Warnings are seldom welcome.
His Word makes the witnesses,
i Weeds are commonly rich in seeds
Much of our sorrow is but grieving
at God's promotion.
The man who is cruel to a dog will
not be charitable to men.
Some }x?opIe think their consciences
are steady, because they are always
slow.
A virtue does not have to wait to
be verified by any authority.
The coming of the new Heaven
waits for the coming of the new
heart. ,
God may force us to a child's destitution
that we may learn a child's
dependence on Him.
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| THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTEF.WATIUNAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUCUST 13.
Subject: Jottlnh and the Book of the Law,
II. Chron. xxxlr., 14-";8?Golden Text,
I'ea. rxlx., 10?Memory Verse, ~1?
Commentary on the Day's Lewon.
I. llie uuuh ui me iuw uiscuicicu
(vs. 14-18). 14. "Brought out the
mono}*." It would seem that the hook
of the law was found by the high
priest In the treasury where the money
was kept. "Found." This expression
indicates that the allusion is to something
already known, not to anything
that had come to light for the first
time. "Book of the law." The name
given to the five books of Moses. The
hook of the law cannot mean anything
else, either grammatically or historically,
than the Mosaic law, "the Pentateuch,"
so designated in Chronicles,
Ezra and Xehemiah. The temple copy,
I deposited, according to Deut. ."1: 20. hy
! the ark of the covenant, which had
j heen lost under the idolatrous kings
I Manasseh and Anion. "(liven hy
Moses." This statement has led many
to believe that it was the ancient autograph
copy which came from the hand
of the great lawgiver. This, Kitto
thinks, was one reason why its discovery
made such an extraordinary impression.
lo. "Delivered the book."
Shapliau was the private secretary of
the king and had charge of his hooks
and records. The l>ook found was a
parchment roll. Books were few and
precious.
10. 17. "Brought?word back." Be*
fore Shaphan delivered the new founfl
book to the king he reported to hipr
concerning the business on which he
had been sent at first. He told the
I king That they had faithfully performed
the work committed to them
and that the money had heen properly
paid out. 18. "A hook." Shaphau
lm#1 nlramlv riin<t flip hfiok Or DOrtiOUS
of it (2 Kings 22: 8), and no doubt fully
understood its character, but he did
not tell the king that it was the book
of the law: he spoke of it as a book
and allowed the king to form his own
opinion as to its importance. "Read
therein" (It. V.) That is, Shaphan read
portions of the book. Of <-our.se ho
read at the king's command. Josiah
was anxious to know the truth and the
nature of the law he had been trying
to obey.
II. The effect on the king (vs. 10-21).
10. "King had heard." Those who
hear God's word so often can scarcely
conceive the effect the reading of the
law would have on this yomg king as
he listened to it for tL first tim%
"Rent his clothes." Brought face to
face with the awful curse of God, pronounced
nearly a thousand years before
on the nation, for the very sins
which had characterized the reign of
his father and grandfather, amazement
took possession of him. He rose
from his throne, rent his clothes, humbled
himself before the Lord and wept
(2 Kings 22: 19). He rent his clothes
partly in grief and horror, like Reuben
(Gen. 37: 29) and Job (1: 20): partly in
repentance, like Ahab (1 Kings 21: 27).
20. "King commanded." The king appointed
a delegation of five to inquire
of the Lord. This was a truly honorable
and imposing delegation, and was infbVntlve
nf the kine's DrofotHid earnest
ness and anxiety. 21. "Go, enquire."
The king saw that this was a matter
of great importance, and he desired to
know from Jehovah Himself exactly
what to do. He felt a deep anxiety for
; himself and also for Ills people?the
j ten tribes as well as the two. "Great
?wrath." He heard its distant rumblings
like the coming of a liery lava
flood, in the hoards of the Sythians.
enforced by the prophecies of Jeremiah
and Zephaniah. "Our fathers." etc.
Anion and Manasseh had led the people
into gross sins. In the light of the
law he had just heard read Josiah saw
tliat the nation was doomed.
III. Hnldali's faithful message (vs.
22-28). 112. "Huklali." All we know
of this celebrated woman is recorded
here and in the parallel history oC
Kings. But this short narrative lias
immortalized her name. Probably the
two prophets, Jeremiah and Zephaniah,
were absent from the city. But
God is not straightened in Ilis instruments.
He can use a woman to speak
! for Him as well as a man. an humble
j person as well as an exalted one. Hul!
dnh had the full prophetic gift, and
j spoke as boldly, confidently ami
I promptly as would Isaiah or Jeremiah.
"Keeper of the wardrobe." There
seems no doubt that the robes here alluded
to are the robes of the priests,
j which are called by the same Hebrew
word in Exod. 2S: 2-4 and many subsequent
passages. "In the college." "In
the second quarter." It. V. This refers
to a part of the city of Jerusalem
which was known by that name. 23.
"Tell ye the man." Her answer to the
deputation was fearless, and seemingly
abrupt. 24. "Bring evil." The
judgments of God. "This place." Jerusalem.
"All the curses." See DeuL
27: 14-26; 2S: 15-68.
25. "Have forsaken Me." This was
iio trict- nf their nfi'ense. the thing that
was unpardonable. Against this were
all the chief warnings in the law
(Deut. 20: 23-2S, etc.) and the prophets
(.Tudg. 10: 13: 1 Kings 9: 0; Isa. 1: 4;
Jer. 1: 10. etc). It was not merely that
they broke the commandments, but
they turned from God altogether, and
"cast Him behind their back." "Shall
not be quenched." For such a state of
things there is "no remedy" (2 Chron.
30: 10), and this was the state of things
reached by the Jews. 20-28. The prophetess
In these verses sends a personal
word of comfort to the king. Because
he had humbled himself and in a
true spirit of repentance had wept before
the Lord because of the wickedness
of his people: therefore the Lord
would show mercy upon him, and .lie
should be gathered to his fathers in
peace and not see the evil that was
soon to come upon the nation.
Wolf Too Anxious to Fight Dogs.
John F. Brown, residing on the Dobbin
farm, a mile east of the city of
Godfrey, recently brought to the citj
eight gray wolf pups, which were
caught in his hog pasture near a pubI
If/* mart
It was noticed for several days that
an old mother gray wolf would run
out to the road when wagons passed
followed by a dog, and she unmerci
fully whipped several dogs. On Monday
Mr. Brown stationed his boy near
the road with a gum
When the old wdk ran out to the
road to attack the *st dog the boy
shot her, but failed tomnfllct a mortal
wound. She was traded by the trail
of blood to her nesjj^where eight pups
were found and captured.?Fort bcott
' Republican.
Keeping Event3 in Order.
By an unusual kink in the course oi
events the town of Stratford, Conn.,
is credited with three births, three
marriages and three deaths for the
month of April.
I
! FEAR FOR N1AUAR.4. |
I/MMENSE VOLUME OF WATER D|.
VERTED FROM FALLS.
j CominPTcisl Enterprises Are Making
Henry Drains on This Kmnont M* ?wFlare-ltt
Trmientlous Klcclrlcal Eow
rr tlin ImlnceiiHRl.
Niagara I'nlls, August 7.?The volume
of water being diverted from the
historic Niagara Falls is reaching such
proportions that the people of the State
are trying to pass laws which will prevent
the possibility of a practical wiping
out of this sublime natural spectacle.
Water sufficient to devnop nearly
five hundred thousand horse-power
r-mitiiuimtcl v f xvoiitv.fnnr hours liCf
(lay, for industrial purposes, is now being
taken from the river above the
Falls, and further developments requiring
more water are contemplated.
Probably The largest user of tlip electricity
produced by the waters of the
mighty river is the concern which by
the five or six thousand degree heat of
the electric furnace brings lime and
coke into unwilling union, thereby producing
what is known as Calcium Carbide.
Dry calcium carbide is Ufeless as so
much broken rock, but in contact with
water it spriugs into activity and begets
anundantly the gas Acetylene.
The light resulting from the ignition
^f acetylene is the nearest approach to
^unliglit known.
These facts, though of comparatively
recent discovery, were soon seized by
men with an eye to the commercial
possibilities and to-day calcium carbide
is being shipped everywhere and used
for dispelling darkness in buildings of
all descriptions, from the ordinary barn
of the farmer to the country villa of
the wealthy, as well as for lighting
the streets of a large number of towns.
Acetylene can be easily and cheaply
Installed, and the manufacture and sale
of acetylene generators has become a
business of recognized standing, has
assumed large proportions and is steadily
growing.
Local Prida.
A Kansas City man who was In
Omaha not long ago was in a railroad
ticket office there while two women
from the East were buying transportation
to Denver.
"We have four hours to spend
here," said one woman to the ticket
seller. "Are there any 'Seeing
Omaha' cars here?"
"No, ma'am," was the reply. *
"Well. I guess we'll have to see the
town on foot then," said the woman.
"A man on the train said we could
walk to any of the limits of the city
from Paxton hotel In ten minutes."
The clerk became somewhat roused.
"I'll bet," he said, showing some heat,
"that that man was from Kansas City.
Why." he added a moment later, "an
expert walker couldn't reacn rne city
limits from the Paxton in a bit less
than twenty minutes."?Kansas City
Times.
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