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.BI^-STODIES THE CALL TO DIVINE SERVICE Isaiah 6? May 14 *Tft*? ?44 I. tor* am /. s*md me. " W" KT os study today Isaiah's vision. I Too tsmple st Jerusalem, oth \\\m\yf erwiae called the House of Je? hovah, ws* the scene of the TsrJoa. Bot instead of the holy and Osost holy, the mercy-seat, altnr, table of shew bread snd the golden candle atl k. everything wss changed?a glo? rious Throne was there, and upon the Throne the Lord. Oa either side of Him, as represent? ing the Dlvtne attributes, stood the four seraphim, while the entire temple was filled with His train of followers. Tbs temple wss full of glory-light and two of the seraphim cried. "Holy, holy, holy Is Jehovah of Hosts." The two on the other side replied. "Let the whole earth be full of His glory." Following this response the door-posts were shaken snd an obscuring haze filled the temple, dimming the glory. Let the Who'. Esrth Bo Pull of the Lord's Glory The signification of this vision we drew from the words of Jesus. He refers oa directly to this vision (John 12:41) In fob Ailment Of the Divine promise Jeans sppeared at His first Ad? vent snd offered Himself to Is? rael aa their great Kins; of Olory. the great Mediator of the New Covenant, promised them by Jehovah. (Jer. ?151) ?ajggtenel God knew that Jesus would be rejected; nevertheless the offer was made. Had He been re? ceived and had He then taken to Him self His Mtealanlc glory and power !t would bare meant that a sufficient number of the Jewish oatlon had re? ceived Him with their whole heart, so at to constitute the complete number of the Bride class, tr be sssoclates In the spiritual Kingdom. In that evest tbore we*jld have been OO offer nm to the 0*nt?; i of Jolnt hatrshtp with Messiah sfl His glorious Kingdom? Israel wou'.d have gotten the entire bleestnr. The Kingdom would bsve bee', established forth? with and the nr tlon of Israel, accept ggf Meesfah. von id at once have be? come the chaanel of Divine blessing to all nations. But *rben tht voice declared. Let the Whole earth be fall of the Lord's glory, the unreadiness of the world to receive the message was Indicated by the shak? ing; *>f the doorposts snd the darkness beclouding the glorious scene. 8'. Paul declared that the shaking of anything represent* Its Instability, trs removal? that something superior may tte estab? lished In Its stesd. The Jewish nation was removed from Its favored position s new nation, a new doorwsy, a channel of aoees? t-.tween God men has sin e been In process of iblishment. "Ye Are a Holy Nation" No other nstlon in the world was found more worthy than Israel of the honored position. Consequently. God proceeded to make a new nstlon com posed exclusively of saints. As St. Peter explains, "Ye are a royal priest hood, s holy nation" (I Peter 11. 9). First of all. the saintly Jews were taken to be the nucleus of the New Nation, spirit begotten, heavenly. Sub? sequently, the relectlve processes hav Ins; continued throughout this Gospel Ago to the Gentiles, with Its close the Holy Nation will be completed by the power of the Pint Resurrection. Aa Isaiah's lips were touched with a live coal from the altar, It illustrated haw the sslntly ones of all nations during this Gospel Age have had the required blessing upon their lips and have proclaimed the Divine invita? tion. "iTesent your bodies living sacr1 Aces, holy and acceptable to God." MHsre Am I; Send Ms" God has desired to send nis mes? sage of grace and the invitation to sac rlAce to all who would have the ear to hear And tho sanctified, whom Isaiah typified, have throughout this Age ssid. "Lcrd, hero am 1; send me." Israel's experiences are us?d as the measuring line to show when the com? pletion of the Church will be accom? plished and the glory of the Ix)rd shine forth upon Is? rael, and through Israel to all na? tion**, peoples and Infi go 01 That measuring HOC toll* of the osaolatlofl "f li rad*l lar d, of Its 00 oinlng utterly waste and of their removal [^f frogs, the I a n d ^ \ The last 1 gng ??f the lesson tells of h o w there will come a sprout out ??f the roots?n holy Seed, a holy people, under Divine provided.... sffi ht raised up. Toset holy ones of Israel, on this side the veil, win Im. log loelsol Worthies), wl? will be rcjsjfto led god enter into their reward as IM SOftOlf represent.!tiv. of Messiah s l\|i'..|..fu .||.'? 11 .>> P.. Psa 40 1?;, T? lhaae Princes tOl be gathered thy faithful, loyal, bntj of the Jews. the nucbui -ti). beg nn nu of the earthly pi use of the KlOSdVll I. .Ni r let ? ifi i lOfttS \? In P r. 0*sx I ? I VaobfugjO Amazing Grants of Territory to Royal Favorites. ALL OF CANADA ONCE A GIFT It Wse Handed Over Bodily by Jamas I. to Lord 8tirling, Who Didn't Know Enough to Kaap It?Tha Hudson Bay Company's Famous Present. America has been freely parceled out In gifts since Columbus first set eyes upon the new world. Most of the Unit ed States territory has been at some time or other handed over to public and private companies. New York, for example, fifty years after It had been sold for something like $25 was pre? sented with other lands to the Dnke of York by his brother, the king, and the name of the city is a witness this day to that transaction. The duke granted New Jersey to somebody else, and a few years before the king had carved out Maryland for Lord Baltimore. Pennsylvania was given to William Penn, the Quaker who founded the state, in payment, it is said, of a debt that Charles II. owed Penn's father, and the same monarch gave both North and South Carolina to eight London gentlemen who stayed at home, called themselves the lords proprietors and lived on the rents until the people re? fused to pay any more and George II. took over the colonies. The story of Colonel Talbot at the be? ginning of the last century Is one of the romances of Canadian history. The colonel went out in 1703 as an aid de-camp to the governor, and the founding of a colony became the ruling passion of his life. He was given 100. 000 acres, which grew later to tttO.OOO. on condition that he place a settler on ?very 200 acres. Today this territory is occupied by some of the most flour lshlng towns in the Dominion, and at the beginning of Queen Victoria's reign Colonel Talbot, who was then still liv? ing, was the recognized chief of twen? ty-eight towns, all of which had been given to hlra years before as unoccu? pied land. Prince Edward Island, covering 3.000 square miles and embracing such flourishing towns as Georgetown. Char lottetown and Princetown. was given away in 1797 to absentee proprietors and was bought back again on the or? ganization of the Dominion of Cana? da for ?160.000. The Canadian com pany, founded in 1826. received a grant of 1,000.000 ucree. and bought 2.300.000 more at the rate of half a crown an acre. The mention of the Hudson's bay company recalls what Is probably the most famous gift of territory In his? tory. In 1670 Charles II. gave Prince Rupert by royal charter territory 200 or 300 mlUs wide around the eastern and southern shores cf Hudson's bay. in addition to u vast empire of forest and prairie. "Rupert's Land," as the territory was called, ultimately stretch ed across Canada, from the Atlantic end of Hudson's strait to the shores of the Pacific. As rent for this ter rltory. covering 2.800.000 square miles, the company paid to the king each year "two elks and two black ben vers." Something over forty years ago the Canadian confederation took over the company's monopoly for ?300.000. but the company retulned a twentieth part of Its lands. The original capital of the company was ?10,f?00. and In two centuries Its Income from furs wns ?20.000.000. But the most ainnzing gift ever mnde since the world began was surely that made by James 1. to Lord Stirling, the poet, who was then his favorite. On Bept. 21. 1621. King James, who must have l>een extraordinarily deficient In geography, made Lord Stirling, then j Blr William Alexander, a present of ! the whole of Canada. The gift which included Nova Scotia and Newfound? land, was confirmed by Charles I., and the poet was so moved by the high bonor that he received that he pub? lished "An Encouragement to Colo? nies." a work that attained three edi? tions. The gift became the subject of interesting legal proceedings, and Can? ada once more became the property of the crown. The city of Liverpool was given away by William the Conqueror and ?gain by Henry II., who bestowed it on "the keeper of the castle and pris? on of Lancaster." King John bought khe site from this keeper and founded the city. Henry III. leased all the crown revenues and royal customs of Liverpool to the Karl of Chester for ?10 a year, and the town Cbanged hands several times between the reigns of Henry 111. and dairies Stuart. That unhappy monarch, being in a state of ImptCUnJoolty, offered the town for sale, and It was purchased by sotne London inenhants. who in 1633 sold tiie crown rivrtit f<?r (490. Forty years a ft er u a i d the rights were purchased by Um corporation, Bombay, the earl.'s settlement of tlie British in India. \%? > so lightly re sjardod by Cbsrlss ii. that Immediate iv i ft or \t< < tatlofi to England n9 s" it to tbsj But India company for uo a year. I What It Was. "I thnmrht I rould pet along without sjtasjnsj. iwblls longor, but I find f rnn't " "Yes0 It was an optical Illusion. Smart S. I 'I ii.' shortest life Is long enoiii'h If it It-ad to a better, and the loogttl life |sj loo boil If It do nct.-Coltnn. ? dtPSJCtl SSJSffjy Miel ,.ur rns kes energy.? Parklunirst. TOMBS OF SAND. Capo Cod's Treacherous Shoals and the Prey They Grip. 8ecrels of the sands of Cape Cod are constantly being disclosed by the sea. In the many storm tides thnt flood the desolate beaches the hulks of stanch ships lost along the coast on the half hundred miles of benches between Mo nomoy at Chatham and Wood End at Provincetown are frequently exhumed from tombs of sand. Sometimes a wreck appears that hns been hurled a century or more, as In the case a few years ago of the bones of the British frigate Somerset, whose timbers of oak were disclosed to view back of Provincetown, near the life saving station in Dead Men's Hollow. The Somerset was lost on Peaked Hill bars Nov. 2 or 3. 1778. Once a vessel is gripped by the sauds the process of entombing her goes on with great rapidity, the crnft appear- i lng to sink steadily In the yielding ! beach. All around the doomed vessel I the sand piles up in great drifts, like j snow. Every crevice of the hull la j quickly filled. The sand rises in a solid barrier outside it nnd flows about It as the tides flood the shelving beaches. Finally It sweeps over the wreck, aDd the process of entombing goes on until the entombed craft Is covered many feet deep.?Boston (ilobe. SURE TO BE MISSED. A Famous Cook's Lament on the Death of His Royal Master. I The most successful book that was published by William Harrison Ains worth during his first year of busi? ness, says Mr. S. M. Ellis in his biog? raphy of the English author and pub? lisher, was a cookbook. It was "The x French Cook." by Louis Eustnche Ude, "the (Ml Bias of the kitchen." This unique study of the culinary art brought In a hnndsome sum to the astute young publisher who had pur? chased the copyright, nnd the book was In the hnnda of every gourmet In London Ude bad been shaf of Louis XVI., of Mme. Letizla Bonaparte and then of the Earl of Sefton. at a salary of 300 guineas a year. At another time he presided over the cullnan department of the Crock fords, but his favorite master was Frederick, duke of York. When the royal gormand died his bereaved chef pathetically ejaculated: "Ah. mon pauvre due, how mucb you will miss me, wherever you are gone tor* Odd Word Survivals. Fai away back In the days when the English language was In Its Infancy there vere poets who wrote of the blossoms on the trees In the spring. They didn't write "blossom." however, but used the word "blow" nnd made it rhyme with snow and flow. When they wished to sing of the beautiful mass of apple or hawtrorn flowers they called It the "blowth." This word Is found in the dictionaries, which assert that It Is obselete. but It ts very much alive In Hocktngham county. N. n.. and York county. Me. The orchardlst thereabout speaks of a "full blowth" or "light blowth" on his trees It May and predicts a good or poor "??et" of the fruit in consequence. "Orts" are supposed to be refuse of some kind, but in the valley where the Plscutuqua river mingles with the sea "orts" Is the name for "swill."?Ex? change. Trickinq the Bobby. A Dublin eccentric a short time ago entered a purveyor's shop and bought a bam. naving paid for his purchase, he requested that It should be hung outside the shop door, saying that he would call back for It. The customer then paced up and down outside tho ahop till a policeman came in sight, and Just ns the rann In bine caught his eye he grubbed the hnm nnd bolt? ed. The constnble. however, soon col? lared the thief, as he thought, and hauled him back to the shop. Having explnined the nature of the alleged crime to the shop assistant, he asked tho latter to charge the offender. 1 "But." said the assistant as he real? ized the joke, "it's his own ham. Ho wns quite nt liberty to tnke it in any circumstances he chose."?L mdon An? swers. Weatherwise Birds and Fish. The seagull makes a splendid living barometer. If n covey of seagulls fly seaward enrly In the morning snilors and fishermen know thnt the dny will be fine nnd the wind fair, but if the birds keep Inland, though there be no haze hanging out toward the sea to denote unpleasant weather. Interested folk know that the elements will be unfavorable. Of all weatherwise Asb the dolphin is the most remarkable. During a fierce gale or a storm at sea the mnrlner knows thnt the end of It is near if he can see a dolphin or a number of that fish sporting on the high sea waves. Faith Destroyed. "I'll never believe in phrenology ngnln." "Why?" "We had n phrenologist In our house tho other night and got him to feel the cook's head, lie said her hump of de? struction was small."-Chicago Record Herald. Easy. "Women." remarked the grocer, "are not hard to please " "So?" Interrogated the bac helor. "Yes," continued the grocer "All you hare to do Is to let them have their own way."?Chicago News. That whhh comes after ever con? forms to that whh h has gone before ? Marcus Aurdlus. Mr. Robbie Rldfflll, of Pin wood, spent Sat urdny in th ? clt\. THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIER. An Incident That Marked Hit Spirit and Independence. In his "Glimpses of the Confederate Army" in the American Review of Re? views Randolph H. McKlm writes: "It seems to me as 1 look hack that one of the things which stood out strongly in the Confederate army was the Independence and the initiative of tho individual soldier. It would have been a better army in the field if it had been welded together by a stricter dis? cipline, but this defect was largely atoned for by the strong individuality of the units in the column. It was not easy to demoralize a body composed of men who thought and acted in a spirit of independence in battle. "As an Illustration of tho spirit of tho private soldler I recall an incident to this effect. Major General Gordon had organized n strong column to make a night attack on Grant's lines at Pe? tersburg. When he was ready to move and the order to advance wns given a Big Texan stepped out of the ranks and said: " 'General Gordon, this column can't move before 1 a. m. The men have a truce with the Yanks, and it ain't up till 1 o'clock.' "The column did not move till that hour. The private in the ranks had taken command, and the major general recognized his authority." PONGEES HARD TO MATCH. Because Each Piece Is Made From One Lot of Raw Silk. Pongee silk is the undyed silk of silkworms fed on the leaves of scrub oak chiefly, though other trees are used in some [tort Ions of the pongee district. The silk Is produced almost exclusively in Shantung province and . portions of north China immediately adjacent. The real pongee cloth, made of this uncolored specially produced silk, is distinct from the pongees of com? merce made in all colors from other silk. Each piece of cloth Is made from a particular lot of silk, and therefore each piece varies from all other pieces in exact quality, weight and fineness and In n slight degree In color and other qualities. There are certain general grades of cloth, certain varieties of weave, cer? tain popular weights, etc.. but women shopping in Chinese pongees find It very difficult to match pieces, and on the face of things It is practically Im? possible to furnish any great number of pieces of a certain weight, grade ! and quality such as a modern clothing manufacturing establishment would ; require to standardize a certain line of ' garments from that particular cloth.? New York Sun. Located His Station. There was an nbsentmlnded bishop in western Ontario, who was constant? ly finding himself In awkward situa? tions, on account of his extreme ab? straction. On a certain occasion he was traveling from London In a north? erly direction and found when the conductor approached him that he had forgotten where he was to go. The conductor suggested that he telegraph from the next station and find out his destination. It was before the days of long distance telephones, and the bishop telegraphed to his wife from the first station. "Where was I go? ing?" to be answered at the following station. Tho answer came, "Exeter: be sure to get off there." The bishop then beamed at the anxious conductor and remarked placidly: "These little difficulties always turn out satisfac? torily."?Argonaut. German Pedigree Sook. There is in Germany what is known as the "German Pedigree Book." or "Deutsches Geschlechterbuch." The purpose of the pedigree hook, accord? ing to a Berlin correspondent, is to record the ancestry not of nobles, hut of bourgeois persons who can prove that they are of genuine middle class or working class ancestry and have no noble blood In their veins. The editor explains In his preface that, while many German nobles "out of court and material considerations have not kept their blood pure, there are many good business class families which have managed to do so." By thus encouraging the proper pride of such families the pedigree book Is do? ing much to eradicate the traditional envy of the nobles. It Depends on the Dog. Two Broadway business men met before a bar. They were good friends. "I'm worried a little." said one. "My chauffeur ran over a dog today and killed it." "Oh, I wouldn't worry about a little thing like that." said the other. "The dog probably got In the way. These does are a pest." "But it was your dog." "What:" came from the second. "My dog? I'm sorry, but that will cost you $100. That chauffeur of yours Is too cureless. 1 Insist on the hundred, understand." New Ynrk Tel? egraph. Cross Purposes. ?'Can you tell me something about the game laws around here?" asked the stranger In Crimson Gulch. "Well." replied Throe Fingered Sam. "I could, but my advice to you would be if you dOll't kllOW the rules of :i game don't try to pi ij It."?Washing? ton St.ir. Character. Should one tell you that a mountain bad changed Its place you are at in> erty to doubt it. but if any one tells you thai a man has changed his ? nar gcter do not i" lleve it. Mohn turned. Mr T. p, Sanders, Jr. ling.I w as in tow n Bnturdu). CHARLES AND AUGUSTUS RICH. I - I Two Brothers, Pot ween Whom Existed 1 a Damon and Pythias Friendship. Augustus, tho younger, by two j y<ars died a few months ago, after a very short illness, leaving eight lit- ? tie orphan children. His wife, nee Miss Eunice Beation, was Clarendon's most beautiful girl at th<' time of h< ;? marriage, and was beautiful as a wife and mother at the time of her death. Aftir his brother's death, Charles Rich, who never married, took these little orphan children to the old fam- j ily home where he had always lived and cared for them as his own. But overpowered by grief, because 1 of the d^ath of his brother, in a fit of melancholia, he took his own life. Charles and Augustus were the de? voted sons of the lato Cbas. Rich, who married Miss Brumby, a sister of Lieut. Thomas M. Brumby, of the Confederate army. Six sistt is are left to feel this lo!?s, J one of whom is Mrs. Riley Brad ham < f this city. Also a brother. But j the little thrice orphaned children are the ones over whom this blow falls heaviest. May the Father of the fatherless make them His special and tender care. A Friend. WILL DROP EDWARDS CASE. Probably Last Chapter in Famous Southern "Merger" Suit. Columbia, May 4.?All but the last chapter in a branch of the famous Southern "merger" suit was enacted this afternoon, when the Supreme Court announced that at the next term the case of Edwards against the Southern will be peremptorily stricken from the docket, should, of course, counsel not appear. This is tho appeal in the individual case involving the same points as those decided in the "merger" case settled here in favor of the Southern, The Legislature passed an Act, aband? oning the appeal in the "merger" case and thus the individual suit drops. EXCURSION RATES VIA. SOUTH? ERN RAILWAY. Account Annual Reunion, United Confederate Veterans. The Southern Railway announces greatly reduced and attractive round tip rates fom all points to Little Rock, Ark., and return, tickets to be sold May 13th, 14th and loth, with tlnal limit good to reach original starting point returning not Utter than midnight of May 23rd, unless extended at Little Rock until June 14th, 1911, by depositing tickets and upon payment of fee of fifty cents per ticket. For sleeping car reservations ap? ply to S. H. McLean, P. T. A., Colum? bia, S. C. Passengers desiring reservations in special sleeping cars should apply for space promptly. For further information as to tickets, etc., apply to ticket agents or address: J. L. MEEK, Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. D. E. McGEE, Division Passenger Agent, Charleston, S. C. A. H. ACKER, Traveling Passenger Agent, Augusta, Ga. EXCURSION RATES VIA. BOOTH ERN RAILWAY. Account Fifth Annual Horse show Association, the Southern Railway also announces very low round tr;j fardS to Greenville, S. C, and return, tickets to he sold May ^th, 9th, 10th and 11th, limited good to reach original starting point returning not later than midnight of May 28th, 1911. For information as to rates, etc., apply to ticket agents, or address. J. U MEEK, Asst. Gen. Passenger Agent, Atlanta, Ga. W. B. McOEE. Division Paseng^r Agent. Charleston, S. C. BEEK El PEHS' SUPPLIES. I have decided to i? on hand s stock of Hives, Frames, Sections. Comb Foundations, Smokers, Veils, Gloves, Etc., for Beekeepers, and will i ill i' anj go< 'is not In stock. These goods are made by the A. I i. Root Co., the largest and most re i liable manufacturers of Apiarian Sup? plies in this country. Catalogue will he furnished < n application, V! .. ..n hand Roots A B C and X Y z of Beekeeping Price $1.50, >?> mall 25 cents additional, If you are keeping bees In the old way, j-^i this hook, and learn to do it >n the Improved way. N. O. ?8TEEN, Daily Item Office, Sumter, S. C. MAY NOT MBAN INVASION. However, Uncle sum's HUltar) Prep? arations Excite Interest, Washington. May 5.?Extraordinary contracts f??r supplies for tho use of tho army arc attracting attention in Washington The natural supposition would be that these preparations are ? silent prophecy of a great military movement into Mexico in the near fu? ture. But these gueSSCl are not al? ways safe. In the present case the l-ig contract,* for army supplies do not necessarily prove that the United States will invade the Mexican Re? public There are two good explana? tions which do not contemplate the certainty of war or even of Interven? tion. It cannot be denied that some significance attaches to the extensive preparations in question, however. One explanation If that Uncle Sam does not intend to be caught unpre? pared In Mexico's case as he was in Cuba's, in the event of the necessity of taking military charge. The poor equipment of the United States army and the confusion resulting from the attempt to do the work of years in a few weeks, made this country the laughing stock of the world and ruined the Alger administration of the war department. The other con? servative explanation is that Gen. Wood and the army staff are taking advantage of the conditions existing in Mexico to get the Government to do for the army, on the principle of wise precaution, what in ordinary times seems impossible to secure by any amount of argument or persua? sion. The fact remains that what? ever the outcome of the turbulent state of affairs in Mexico ,the United States army will emerge in the best condition it has known for forty five years. TAYLOR LANE HOSPITAL BURN? ED. Losa of $5.000 Sustained by Colum? bia Colored Institution. Columbia, May 5.?Taylor Lane Hospital, for colored people, was to? tally destroyed by lire this afternoon. The nurses succeeded in removing all patients from the building, and there was no one injured. The flames were first seen coming from the roof, and it Is supposed that a defective Hue was the cause of the fire. The residence of Mr. Jno. H. Bol? lin nearby was in danger from the (lames, and an outhouse caught sever? al times. The ho^ntal is in Waverley and outside the fire limits. The loss was about $5.000. IMMIGRATION TOWARDS SOUTH. Resources will Divert Tide, Says Di? ns tor Da we. Monroe, La., May g.?Predicting that the resources of the South will divert immigration towards this sec ton. G. Grosvenor Dawe, director of the Southern Commercial Congress, delivered an address tonight to the delegates of the Lousiana Farm Lands Congress on the subject of "Immi? gration." "If we uphold the standard of civilization." he said, "the South is bound to lead the nation again with? in a generation. The Canadian Gov? ernment spends large sums to secure selected immigrants. The South can and should do the same. The nation should welcome all who will help build a greater nation upon the gov? ernmental ideas and the South will welcome those immigrants who meet these requirements." The congress omies to an end tomorrow. WINTHROP COLLEGE. scholarship and Entrance Prosaism tion. The examination for the award of vacant scholarships in Winthrop Col !? ge and for the admission of new students win be held at the County Court House op. Friday. July 7, at '.? a. m. Applicants must be not less than fifteen years of age. When scholarships are vacant after July they will be awaided to those mak? ing the highest average at this ex? amination, provided they meet the conditions governing the award. Applicants for scholarships should write t,? President Johnson before the examination for scholarship examina? tion blanks. Scholarships are worth $100 and free tuition. The next session will open ^cptemlH?r 20, ltll. For fur? ther information and catalogue, ad dress Pres. i?. B. Johnson, Rock Hill. c. I l-27-ltaw to 7-7 W. j After i careful survey of the sltu i m i Boston woman has announced that "i h< id '1 husl and is the hus >and who turn? over to h;s wife rd i |M?r ? ? nt of his in. ome, eschews llQUOT and tobacco, stays at home nights mil careful!! guards ihe hearthstone, with Mit Imposing any reatrlctlons up? on his \\tf< " Possibly nobody will ever again aak the lady why she is unmarried. News and Courier.