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J I -f ' I ; ? I #' - " > 4? liT' ' ' THE TOWN OF UNION HAS J| "AT" B "Alt '*' M~ ^ S JTTE^'T^WN'^O^UNION HAS M Two Cotton Mills, one the ? f fl 1 fl fl I J i l| fl J k l^kl f-T ;-^k^J,3r flL /fl I I | \ ||( The largest Knitting Mill and iff [/( largest in the South. Two Fur- (// fl , fl fl flJ fl j Ai fl fl HI fl ' & ifl'^fe1. ^k / H fl J ((( Dye Plant in the State.. An Oil ((( ? nlture and Wood Manufactur- ))] fl fl fl III NkL B fl D <%! -* . Brfl- Hi i ^^^k II nnt* Manufacturing Co. that )Jl )]j ing Concerns. One Female ... fl fl fl IN II A fl fl W ? * ' B' .'', !)<: >' 'Ll v^Bf^Bifl(-&^Ei-l. i V | makes an unexcelled Guano. ((( Seminary. Water Works and 'A _fl. B fl -A. N B \ _ / 1 fl "?'v, ?. j Jflju ^ ((( '^'iree Graded Schools. Arte- & (II Electric Lights. jj| ^ ^ ?'an \V ater. ^^pulatloi^h60U.^j| VOL L. NO. :;i. UNION, SOUTH CAROLINA. FRIDAY, AUGUST :'., 1900. #1.00 A YEAR; ^ ?, a 415- ^ v;> ^ ^ -ifr .;;j f F. A\. FARK President. T aCO. MUNI.", Cashier, J. | Merchants' and PSa >. OF' rjivi' C I I Capital Stock J Surplus $ Stockholders' Liabilities f ? 1 otal i Dikkotoks?J. A. Kant, V x T. O. Duncan, J. T. Douglass,' T Win. Coloman. T We Solicit Y( I CATAPHORE5I5. DR H. K s^DENT Crown and ^ Bridge Work. yft * 1900 AUG-UST 19001 Su. Mo. Tu. We. Jh Sah ; 12 3 4; AA_Z_AAliil! _12 13 14 15 16.1718 ! 19 M IlJSiSMp ; 26[27128 [291301311 ONION COUNTY NEWS. Items of Interest Gathered from Various Sections by our Correspondents. NEW HOPE AND VICINITY. J}enth of :i Venerable Citizen ? j Wants the History of the War Written by u Confederate Vctcrnif-A J.ittle Rain Will 11 ring Cood Crops. It is my sad duly thiu week (o re port the death of Air. (J. E. Euwhr, who die! last Wednesday morning, lie had only been ill f>r a abort time, but had bleu in failing health for uvir ' a year. Mr. Fowler wuj over seventy years of age, and up to a year or s> ago had bee i very stiut. He was a viry ioduUri jui in I hir.l working man. lie ieared a large fnnily oi qhildre.i, 7 b y* a id (i girl.', all living *9 |jqt oqe of ciudj. Tlio bereave ! otiea have the sympathy of tho com canity In thh their sad time of irmVe. I had a conversation with with Mr. fl. B EUon. of J mesville, yea'erday. J ' We talked about tho war a id the ro- j uaioiu of the old vet-ram. lie told me j _ i . :.. .: t- . L... 1 Hill ne Willi M'.x Iiiiiu:? 1.1 isiu I t1 -.u?; war hippenci l > In at, '.ho mu p'ae: ; at the 8ime time a;i I all measured from (> foot 1 inch t> (I f??t l> inchesj high, he, Mr. K:a >:l being tin I nveat, j tjaty'that- ho met tw > of the a111' mo.i i at the re-uuiun this year i i Kentucky | and that they knew eae'i o.tnr. 1 i think it must be a great p'eaiure for j tthe old Vote thin to meet and rehear p j the incidents of th it Id so ly stru.rg'o between the Suites, in heari >g the w,ir j times related by the old boys niiktsj one feel like wishing lie li i i boon | there. Mr. I*" !iL>r, wo il.l it be b it j fight for snue'ofour oil vo'era.a, ut ' lead Sinn o! tin m>it int lligetr, to get up a manuscript ( t' tin m >s> important events ol' t(iat w ir ami hav< it published i i b soli tor ill for o l r | 8 milium Slates, an I let our children study the ca tin of the struggle that the Southern Slntss weut through t ,r their rights. 1 have never seeu ? history that repreto ited it ai it wae J waut to seo a history of the Southgin confederacy guilt n i| ? by a Con pr lerato Veteran. I believe it would be a very ii)tere-tihistory. We have liuishel .lavmir ny our! crops find arc needing more rain, n ut I thiuk if wj get rain a ul a t iv tr?b'e fall we will harvest a fair crop. We haven't any tickncss ia our community. H^r. ?J. O. IJiahon will l?c running II e'avy mill at o-:o; nearby, he pur* ohascd a lot at Joncaville last apri ig and ia going to build on i ; he is going to aaw his <.\v 1 lumber. Mr. !. \V. Bcott ia fixing to build on a lot he I i - ' ? ' ^ J - ^ ^ +KA. H. POSTER, Vice President. J D. ARTHUR, Assistant Cashier. | nters' National Bank | orv, s. c. ^ $60,000 i r>o,ooo J 00,000 $ $170,000 | ir. 11. Wallace, Win. Jeffries, & E. P. McKissick, A. II. Foster, X our Business. AUL VVfV ,'14 JM ??* >1A -%L? M/. * <?*? ELECTRICS. . SMITH, 1ST. j| Union, S. C. bought at Jonesville. The boys and some cf the older ones wonl over on Fair Forest the other day eeiniug and caught enough fish to have a tino stew, which waa ehj >yed very much by all present. John Whit lock and T. J. Bishop was in the crowd and guess efcch one did j ist to the stew. My boys said it V. 1L ? A iina ! time for them. Mis. Li. C. Cannon, oi Spartanburg, waa iu our community one day last week, and spent tho night at B. W. w ??? im ?otti rncn nom p. Thursday by way of West Springs an 1 Ch'J us. An old colored man, name Lot Hill, has soma very line peaches, which ho gets leady sale for at Trough Shoals. I tell you old man Lit is a very worthy darkey, ho has his own home aud it is paid lor. I never heard any harm of Uncle Lot. There was a olored child died the other day cfdipthcria nrar here, and I hoar of other u*4ei of the saoio near JoUC8Vlllo. M "s Traveler ha3 bcou on a visit to Sparta:.b :rg siuce last Friday and v?. ill return home today. With best wishes lor Tue Times, 1 am yours, Tka.veleu. o* Thieving aUockhart. Some ouo entered Mr. Z. 11. Col* tins' h(.iMe ono day lust week and t-.ok from the lirebiard a liao gold watch. Suspicion rested on a negro woman, but a search failed to reveal anything. () ? Iaal Thursday night Mr. William Weatlnrsbee was awakened by u rudo blow in the f.tc3 as he lay sleeping i.i his bed. lie heard eorae one run out of the room but a, look around fai'c. 1 t<> develop auythiug. Willi im (divgory, colored, the oompany stable keeper, has secured another j ib. Will was thought to be horn st, and when ho was not necessuily engaged at his work at the stables, sometimes helps move heavy articles about the store The second story of the a lore is used to store furniture, colli.is ami all such articles not in immediate demand. Among i hem was a b >x ot Qiqpon bioks. Will wis < fen tent up there for different articles and was nit slow t> discivcr said box and ho thought it a to good plan to appr >priate some to his own u?o. Further tie saw ag >od chance t ; util xi dis odiintim to his n Ivan, j t ige as ho could wile his owu name .....I l" i ! II...? i >?iiw \/* v w. n ?% ** mat would mike thov. i.eg (liable in mer c ian liaj at Liokiae". store. {t was also tin eeav v. t y to li<j liJata certain clainu against hint hud by confiding creditor#. () 10 of thosi bo ka wai . op relented t> Mr. W. H. Terrell to io?.- out the amount ot a purchase who <j tiokly detected the ftgery. A'i 1 w is firth with arrested on a warrant t\r s ealing and co.ifo a d as ni tub at Wat s ispicioned. Magistrate M uj gave hiin his choice of 30 days >r $20- He took the.days. Y *ur seribo spont a very pleasant li no | ist wofcl; at the S v.ul ay Hthool p invention vftdoh convened at Ml. .Joy phu-'ch at Keiton. The Kelton peo .p!e a_e who'o 8 >u'ed ad know ho?v | to o'lterlaiu visitors. llty Denver 1 and I ei i ?ved t o hosoitalitv of Miss ,\liay W.i ><l who is the ellicient or g-irih', of Ml. J >y church. ll irai en j >yed the hoBpita'iay of .N^isies Mitty uud JJrthi. very aij I also the OioipAny (f si good a scribe a Hey Deliver, and thit night wo oojnpied lb) same u >u *.h an 1 buried our cire* 1j sweet nod balmy slooji to rise iu tbo morning refreshed and ready for breakfast. Mtrango to say the iVamo work of that bed was r.ot broken after it had endured the strain of supporting the two weighty bra n-, of Hey Denver and Homo. PACOLET NEWS LETTER. Good Health Around Paeolct Paragraphs Personal and Otherwise. The riiii.8, which we've been having for sevtral days, besi ies having greatly modified tho heat and giving us delightful nights, have been very . beneficial to the crop*; and the people aro diepoetd to be very much cucouraged. The health of our town aud vicinity was never better, in fact the doc tors have little or nothing to do. Politics is rather at a low ebb in Pacolet. I kittle interest has bte:i manifested, but may warm up later. Mrs. Fred McLure, cf Union, after a visit of several days to relatives here, returned boms Saturday. Prof. L. 11. Ilaynes and fimily, of Lecsvillo and Mr, Thornwdl llaynes, of Centra1, rcccutly appointed United , Stitcs cou-ul to K'ueu, France and ( wife are the guests if their mother, , Mrs. Sarah llaynes on Church street. . Miss Fade Thomas>n, of Columbia, ran up home last week for a few week's vacation. Mrs. F. P. Yates and children and Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Waguon, of Union, have been visiting relatives and friends here. Mrs. Agnes llocd, of Gaffney, re , turned home Saturfyy tift^r a visiL#U> r datives here^^^ jty'vnV i la, is stopping over with his many friends at thfa place for a few day?, I en-route to Kew York, whero ho goes i to purclaie goods for a large dry goods house of which he is manager, t On Wednesday next, August 1st, ? Squire James F. Sloan will celebrate i his 81st birthday at his hand some 1 new residence two miles from here, wliioh has recently been built anil ] presented to him by his son, Mr. J. II- Mllltl) t fl!ll?l*lnH? K? l.joifur n i 9 K'J WMV4H^ ? | * rc-uuiou of his family and several of < his friends. Squire Sloan is a gentle ? mail of remarkablo activity ot both 1 mind and body, and he has been truly j a benefactor to his cimmunity. llis i score of friends hope that he may he i rparcd to celebrate many more birth < days. Mignonette. i Pacolet, S. C, July, oO, l'JOO. - 1 JOTTINGS FROM JONESVILLEHopes of a fair Crop Yet?Soma Sickness but not Mush Fever. Wedding Hells Ring. Personal Mention, Tho rains last week were light at ( Joneavillc. However, the suffering crops have staid for a while, plenty of r?i.i during August would make a < fair crop in this community. , There seems to be uti impression , in the ciuatry that Jonesville has a ( t-ourge of typhoid fever, that how- , ever, is a mistake. It is trro there is more sickness ^.i toiyn tuan usual am| there huye heen sevi jvl deaths in , the last few days, but only one of tilt a) deaths can be ch.irbe I to ty lipoid fever. The other deaths wcro Irons different causes, siie.'.i m nl.I unrn bright'*disaaso ami para'ysis. I hear 1 one of doctors say yesterday that ho | | (iid not believe there had been a , genuine case of typhoid lever ia our town this summer. Capt. N. 8. J^owjer, e?f Gilnubia, was in tdwu last week visiting Iris parents, Mr. nod Mrs G. B. Fowler. | Mrs. J. F. liwl3i.il? of Grots K-iyn, ! is visiting ho* paieuti. j Mrs. Ur. K. M. L'dlltj din hss returned from a trip tj rtl.itivesiu York county. J. L \Valk< r, of Su my Side. was in towii last Friday, ho brought a q iamity of wheat over to the foll.c mills. Mr. NVal^pf {* >oi I crops on l\id $idc uf the ;}???. Mr. J F- Beam and Miss Liliio I M*bry, ol Qriudall, wero married | ! a fiw dajs ait ce, ./. N. Kison, N. I*. I ufliotdliiig. Mr. ll?aru is 52 years ol eg) and his bride ia seventeen. Mr. B W. Whitlock has sold from hia w it r.iulon pUc'.i ol three acrefj $ 75 00 woiili of indues ftud bo is Hur?s be will get S2u 00 hv>re. i\tf. <}-> > Fwvvler, of Birmingham, All, and Dwby Fowler, of Cartersvillr, Ga , came over last week to the i found of their father, Mr. G. 13 ' Fowler. Thry rej> >rt crojw very sorry 1 from Alabama to Greenville, B. C. Telephone. SEDAlllsiFJINGS. Mis* Wilhiirns School Soon to Open?Prod Crompton Now Tcnchifd-n Vocal Music Cliss?Persona I *?.Mention. Another (5le rain fjll ia thia ye tion yesterdir. I Farmers ate abou". ih.'ough laying ' by, and cmjm are d dag their best. Mrs A. Cbaaay, of Baluea, ij vai iag he- )arent-> in this phioe, Mr. and AIr<?. J. C. Mitchell, cf King-'* Cre/k, are visiting Mrs. Mitch eli'a parens, Mr. and Mrs. Wiley ,mm Mfss^Jr^iiuie Wiiburn, a popular youag by'y> Wiiburn'a PostoiKce, begins hnv\ sohool fa the Prospect co-n-r thij h-ra::ig. Miss Wilburn isglaliy welcomed in our neighborhood. 1 Pr^f. W. B. Crompion, of Carouaca, is teaching a, vocal music c'.:\s3 :it Padgett's L'neek. Prof. C'rompton i? thoroughly up on music; he having tnight sucsssfully for over twenty year.*, and with the splendid ta'.cut soldo have here, wo expect to hear some good music soon. Severn! fV&m this section aro spoaki ig of going to the old soldiers re union fiis iviek. Tna writer is n it a LJonfj lerate veteran, but is expecting no l>o i:i atteadaaco. News is soiree u >w, perhaps, I will hear it at the re-unioi'. 15. P. Sjdah.i, July 3d, l'JOJ. LOCKHARfeiUNC. A.Tia?oaumcs.,. ^ Y CffimTl showers '? c :a.- ionally. | filh al<7s i n the delight of everyone, j The can lidrtea are in the field, and i bey are y Ming around this way oejusioually. x Mr, J. 15. Lancaster, of West springs, visile 1 this c immunity to lay. Corno agaiu, J. B? wo aro always proud to welcome you to our home. Mr. Joseph Fowler, Mr. Darby Fowler, Mrs. Susie lloyd and Miss I* lorencs 1 nwler, all of Alabama, w.ire 3x1 led to the home of their father, Mr. j Uharles Powier, who died near J y\e% ! villa iu this county. Mr. Fowler! was an o'd Confederate soldier, a1 good citizen, a respected gentleman mi 1 a faithful member of the Methodist church. He lea\cs a wife, several 3hildroa, grind children, many relalives aud friends to mourn his loss Death rides on ever gaming brctzj, nud lurkes in ever fl >wer. M C. Gault. History Repeating Itself. (Youth's Companion) Tho preseut is by no means the only instance iu which the United stiles lus used force in China to compell re?pect for the Amcricin 11 ig and to protect American citizins More than forty years ago the United States j >ined iu tho war wagol by Great Britain with China fir the purp>ae of securing concessions to fjreigicrj. Toe Take forts whioh command ! Lhn approach hy sea to Tien Tsin and j pekiu wero taken by the allied s<j 11 iiTvins last month. Tnesasime forts or others occupying tho same position, wore taken by B -it'sh and American \ ships in 185'J. Commodore Tattnall was the Amcricin Commander, and although tho Uuilol States, was not then ac war wiin Cuiua, when ho.ra v | the British h ird press id. ho said t> ono who stood by his fe d : "Blood i. thicker iiuu water, I am in i; I 1 loan my co.nrnis-i m." llx'Svont i?" but tie ?1 id nut h;3>3 hi 3 commission. thr the g>ve.rnma.ut ts.ii'.niued him. Tho cap uro of the Taku thrts recall a Ht il eurii'T incident than that which Commodore Tattra!l to >k a hand. Tho contra! figure in this epiirio was C>mm?dorj Fonte, who w.?8 at Cattm in N jv. I8f?!j, l'-r tho pr.ittcli ?n i,f A-tuvicanj, one t f the j'ouf t Chines? ipiti near Canton hred with ut provocation upon Coin-' m ?ioro l-hiote'd aloop of war Porilu- j mouth one Jay, a ><t the authorities v.nt'.'i in ike no ap /logics. Cotu niainlr-.r F.ioto ha i with him three j : uM ve-juch, carryi ,g ouly hx or i a'Wfii lred men. liut ha directed hi.< guji upon tho nearest fort, and a lec t>-ir.iing it t'?r a while pin threo hu:t-1r:<i >ii'um an! n>ati:i!? in b u'.a ail >>? !e*ol them t?tiUo the l.rt Tiiuy rowed lo ah ore uoder a hoav/ fie, iv ided tl.r.ugh eh >al water, charged upon tho fort and took if, with i'.a fi ly gnus, wliieli Ihoy promptly turned upon the ?8c>ad tort. Tuey beat iff a largo ('hin; so throe sent /mm Caoton, an 1 the next d?y rj entering their boats lh? y t>ok *-Wm. A. NICHfl BANKI RESPECTFULLY Banking Business and And promise you the the best s ouiwuHtw WI IJey^?p?ma?MP????aon the sooud and third forts, and the third day the fourth fort, drove oil the guarruons, numbering live thouaand men, and t >ok nearly two hundred caunon. Their daah au(i courage in the face of overwhelming numbers constitute ouo of the prou i traditions of the American navy. When a government loses nil con irol over its people, as i3 now the case [ m China, it is impassible to treat it as a government of u civilized nation would be treated; aud what under lllercul c uiditionp, would bo war, must bo regarded merely us infer-1 national police duty 0:1 a largo ecale.' CUT THIS OUT* ~ FOR REFERENCE. Xcurly nil < hincsv funics lluvc a Muteriul Meniiing. ( (front Leslie's Weekly.) The nijtt-jiiouj names appearing in 1 the (Jhsntao dispatches become familiar enough when tr.iialat.vl, thus: Tung ! means eas-; si, wes ; uau, south; pel. I ; north: w ht e t:n hin, . r feinpv Ktnnae 1 ( era cipita'.) Ti n meaus heavcu, so ! I'ieu- I'lin siguili.s heaven metropolis. J tio or kiang menus river, sj JL'ei I10 is 1 north river, di kiacg, west ii.e-. Che [ means seven, so Cho kiang is ssven j rivers. Shan is mountain, ami fctu'iig- 1 tuug, eist 111 utn'.ain, and Shut si west ' mountain, lVi is white, and.L'ai-sbsn : white m juiitaia. liai ii sea, and! k*-u stands tV gale, a; liai kwau /* t 1, r. r: I : fMl?t ? M. T I J fr.ll.-> / t I . > luml ivlluw vmv?i j j v. a LIA J j sea, and Shan haikwnu, uuuntaiu and a:a g.ito. Shaug ia a city, and Shang- j h&i, city by the sea. iim.g ij yet- 1 low; lloung IIo, YoIIja' K.vcr, ?vud ! Hoaug-Hai, Yellow S.-a. Yang ineau3 oe.ao, and Tse sop; j heuca the Yang tsc River.is sou <,1 the ! ocean, an 1 l ien lay, sm cf heaven (the ! Kniperor.) Jvu or kow ia a moutu or pass, and T<i, big or great, tso Ta.ku means big in >uth, ( >1 Pei II >,) while j Nan kow atauda 1 ;r south pas? ('rom i Mongolia.) 11 a is a lake, ting a hill; | -hiiaog, a village; hsion; a tik district, j Pu ia a prfecturf; tai, a g >vor?or; lao, a circuit o: group of a t iitra- j tive departments, bo tao-iai is a governor of a ciiv.ult, and fa-tai ia a governor of a p3i lecture. Ckao or kiao ia a bridgi; li, (Jhiuc3C mile; pa, eight, and thua Pa-likiao ia tho eight mile bridge. Cuo or chow ia a depr>| or stopping place; hence Tung chow, eastern (depot of Pckiug.) Shen ii at province, and Shcusi is the western 1 province. Yainau is a p >lico fetation or ofli ::al ! residence, an 1 II r, a secret society or ' club. Ts'ing me ins pure or clear, sol IViu-kiang is clear river, while Ta-1 La mg means great pure,(the name cf the p:eseut dynasty,) ?nd Kno being i kingdom or empire, Ta Ts'iug Kwo signifies ilia empire of the great pure (China.) Ta "fo ka'Ka is tho name Applied i>y tho C.i n.*ai t> the United ' Slates, an I in una great America. Sam Jones on Tillman. In ?u Aft-cle i i i ? Atlai.ti Journal j the it v. Sam J* .1 ?u. a, the noted! ova tgd;j',-.i.i rciern ?g l> Senator 1> | R. Ti ! ui ah eny : 'T iuve watched "i'h ? une interest the career of Bui Tiil-miu, and I be- j liece he is a mm wh ? * u< the courage ' of his eonviciiiuia. tVj need hiiu in 1 lliw U ited St\tc8 Snidte with his j pitch fork and all. Ii31 T.llman is a! bigger man to lay than u-iy day in L:a life. He id more high y p tainted by his fi ioues a id kvr. d by his .111111'.e?. tie and olu f\iiHtor Hoar say the s ro-g a..? truest thiugsl that have bseu s.ii Ij ?.i the <1 >nr of thi \ Siua'.o tinea tho days of lien Hill ami 1 > _ . _ rt .. 1.1: ll ... '11 I 1 . u ?;u e utjiitti.n);. \> fi i 1 iHI 1:1 (tojifi. i | contribute mu ih dignity t?> I lie S.oia'o, I : hut lie is K inixami oi inula and billy J "oat. Hn kick? with one cod huI I hits with the <t!ur. li.ui Til'm.n j hm as much bf.uua mil m no b.iik bono thai any in in in public li o 1 to- lay. <Jr > it, Ujj, you i-.ro h j y i > your trioinlj ami a duao of cilo.nel to j your oae:'?i h. Y >u m a I j S ?utli Caro'i la a tr ><;d governor, an I t-inco tho d.i; 0 ?> ' .1 *(.n <J 11' o in eho I a i not had your <?] nl in ilrj y.oiale." ILSON & SDN,' ERS. SOLICIT YOUR Your Fire Insurance, best protection and ;ervice. HUMAN SACRIFICES. MODERN RELIGIOUS FANATICS WHO BELIEVE IN THEM. Milny Peculiar Sce<? In (lie Old World, rarllmlnrly In Iloiila, Wlinnc Member* Iv III and Crucify Tlint Solvation May lie Attained. That huruan sacrifices have been made even in the nineteenth century, and by professing Christians, too. Is brought out by The American Journal of Sociology in a striking article: The Couvulsionists, a sect existing in Paris about 1700, were wont to crucify members of their order, in emulation of the crucifixion of the Saviour, in the belief that the souls of the surviving members would be saved by the sacrifices of their fellows. In 1S17 the "Paschclians," an Austrian sect, murdered a man, his wife and daughter under the delusion that the trio, who refused to go with the fanatics, were possessed of the devil. On the following day they crucified one of their own number, a girl of 11) years, who hud suffered herself for the death. In imltaUoii of the denial of the Saviour, in ele In Switzerland, after having dispatched her sister, who gave her life us a means of saving the souls of her relatives, was crucified by her followers at her own command in order that she might die, rise again after three days and restore to life the sister she had slain. In 18Go two mothers, adherents of the "Iloly Men." slew their sick children, believing them to be victims of demoniacal possession. In 187."> a Hungarian miller, belonging to the "Nazaroues," killed his son as an offering for his own sins after the fashion of Abraham. In 1S70, In Irkutsk. Russia, one of the "Schismatics" convinced himself by prayer and rastinj- untl much Scripture reading that to save his soul he must be cruel, lied. Accordingly lie attempted self crucifixion and succeeded so far as the circumstances of the case would permit. In 18.10. In the government of Perm. Russia, a peasant killed his child as an offering for sin and burled the body in an ant hill. Likewise, In the government of Vladimir, another peasant killed both his children in due Abraliamie form, and while the babies bled under the father's knife the devout mother celebrated the service by reading aloud selected portions of the twenty-second chapter of Genesis. In 1854, In the government of Tambov, Russia, a peasant, convinced that to save his soul a man must have a sin to repent of, killed a neighbor with an ax lo order to natisfy this highly Imperative condition. It is a part of the creed of the "Wanderers," a Russian sect, that antiChrist rules in high places there and that accordingly good men must havo naught to do with governmental affjiii'c nf m tnr cni't Ir* nnn fAum If it nrUlt this belief a man murdered In various ingenious ways 2."? men, women and children, including his own wife and babies, in order to free them from the danger of losing their souls by suffering tlie contaminating contact of the government census taker. This occurred in 1S07. The "Denlers," another quite Interesting Kessian sect, believe that evil taints all earthly good and that the only escape is death. In 1S25 00 of these men. strong In the faith, after having murdered their wives and children, permitted themselves to l?e put to death, one by one, by their leaders. The "Scourgcrs," who also form a widespread and iutluentiaJ sect In Russia, in obedience to the behests of their "saviors," are in the habit of indulging in human sacrifices, cannibalistic feasts, orotic dances and other lewd procedures ns nn extresnely efficacious method of keeping the hand of evil from off their Immortal* souls. So the "Muckers" of Konigsberg and the celebrants of the black lrutss in Paris afford further examples of the use.of a ritual of erotism, coupled with a practice of tlie most abandoned and ol>scene behavior, to promote the eternal welfare of the souL 4 V ! The Wisdom of Expertenee. The Toper smiled sadly. "Yes; evidently Care killed tho Cat and of course has more lives than the Cat. I liavc drowned any number.,of cats, but I flml I cannot drown Car$. However, there's nothing llko perseverance." Meekly he sidled up to the bar and called for what Omar mirthfully designated as "the old familial Juice.*? Hyracuse Herald. /