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MISSION OF HORNETS Sermons by Rey. Dr. Talmage on Small Annoyances. MINOR ITROUBLES OF LIFE. They Test Christian Fortitude and Patience. The Less .i of Trivial Irritations. This sermon by Dr.- Talmage deals with i subject which appeals to all classes and conditions of men. His text is Deuteronomy vii, 20, "The Lord thy God will send the hornet." It seems as if the insectile world were determined to extirpate the human race. It bombards the grainfields and the orchards and the vineyards. The Colorado beetle, the Nebraska 1 grasshopper, ' nj*x>ew o erseyaui-.usL, mt universal potato beetle, seem to carry on the work which was begun ages ago when the insects buzzed out of Xoah's ark as the door was opened. In my* text the hornet flies out on its mission. It is a species of wasp, swift in its motion and violent in its sting. Its touch is torture to man or beast. We have all seen the cattle run bellowing under the cut of its lancet. In boykood we used to stand -cautiously looking at the globular nest hung from the tree branch, and while we were looking at the wonderful covering we were struck with something that sent us shrieking away. The hornet goes in swarms. It has captains over hundreds, and 20 of them alighting on one man will produce certain death. The Persians attempted to conquer a Christian city, but the elephants and the beasts on which the Persians rode were assaulted by thelhornet, so that the whole army was broken np, and the besieged city was rescued. This buying and noxious -insect stung out the Hittites and the Canaanites from their country. What gleaming sword and chariot of war could not accomplish ' 1* - _ i. was done by tne puncture 01 an insect. "The Lord sent the hornet." My friends, when we are assaulted by great behemoths of trouble ,we become chivalric, and>we-assault them. We get on the high mettled ?steed of our cfeura?e, and we make a cavalry eharge at them, and if God be with us we come out stronger 3nd better than - , when we went in. But alas for these insectile annoyances of life, these foes too small to shoot, these thiiags without any avoirdupois weight, the gnats and the midges and the flies and the wasps an*? fto Tifti-npt-s' Tn other words, it is the small stinging annoyances of our life which drive us out and use us up. In th2 best conditioned life for some grand^and glorious purpose God has sent the hornet. I remark, in'the first place, that these small stinging annoyances may come in the shape of a nervous organization. People who are prostrated undertyphoid fevers'or with broken bones get plently of sysmpathy, but who pities anybody that is-nervous? The doctors say and the* family say "and everybody says, "Oh, she's only a little nervous; that's jJl!" The sound of a heavy foot, the harsh clearing of a throat, a discord in music, a "want of harmony "between the shawl and the glove on the same person a curt answer, a passing slight, the wind the from the east, any one of ten thousand annoyences, opens the door for the hornet. The fact is that the vast majority of "the people in this country are overworked, and their nerves are the first; to eive out. A freat multitude are under the strain of Ley den, who, when he was t >ld by his physician that if he did not stop working while he was in such poor physical health he would die, responded, "Doctor, whether I live or die, the wheel must keep going round." These sensitive persons of whom I speak have a bleeding sensitive new. The flies love to light on anythiag raw, and these people are like the Canaanites spoken of in the text or in the context?they have a verv thin covering and are vulnerable at all points. ^"And the Lord sent the hornet" email Jnnor?f. unnrtMnPAQ -v- -J ? may come to us in the shape of friends and acquaintances who are always saying disagreeable things. There are some people you cannot be with for half an hour-bet you feel cheered and comforted. Then there are other j>c pie you cannot be with for five mir.utes before you feel miserable. Ihcy do not mean to disturb you, but they f.ting you to the bone. They gather up all the yarn which the gossips spin and retail it They gather up all the adverse criticisms about your person, about your business, about your home, about your church, and they make your ear the funnel into which they pour it. They laugh heartily when they tell you, as though it were a good joke, and you laugh, too?outside. These people are brought to oar attention in the Bible, in the book of Ruth. Naomi went forth beautiful and with the finest worldly prospects into another land, but after awhile she came back widowed and sick and poor. What did her friends do when she came to the city? They all went out, and instead of giving her common sense consolation, what did they do? Read the book of Ruth and find out. They threw up their hands and said, "Is this Naomi?" as much as to say. "How awful bad you do look!" When I entered the ministry, I looked very pale for years, and every year, for four or five years, many times a year I was asked if I had not consumption, and, passing through the room, I would somfct'mes hear people sigh and say, *'A-ah. iot lone for thi?? world!" I re solved in those times that I never in any conversation would say anything depressing, and by the help of God I have kept the resolution. These people of whom I speak reap and bind in the great harvest field of discouragement. Some day you greet them with a hilarious "Good morning," and they oome buzzing at you with some depressing information. "The Lord sent the hornet." It is astonishing how some people prefer to write and to say disagreeable hings. That was the case when Henrv M. Stanley returned after his magnificent exploit of finding David Livingstone. When Mr. Stanley stood before the savants of Europe and many of the omoll nritifV! of tVlA nrtr^pr nrofonco of getting geographical information, put to him most insolent questions, he folded his arms and refused to answer. At the very time when you would suppose all decent men would have applauded the heroism of the man there were those to hiss. 4'The Lord sent the hornet." And when afterward that man sat down on the western coast of Africa, sick and worn out, with perhaps the grandest achievement of the age in the way of geographical discovery, there were small critics all over the world to buzz and buzz and caricature and deride him, and when after awhile he got the London papers, as he opened them, out flew the hornet. "When I see that - O'- '' there are so many people in tb.fc s^rld who like to say disagreeable things and write disagreeable things, I %as almost in my weaker moment- Vo believe what a man said to me in Philadelphia one Monday morning. I went to get the horse at the livery stable, and the hostler, a plain man, said to me, "Mr Talmage, I saw 4-Usvt T-/"vn t A tVlA T7A11 fl C mPTt luai J vu yiwftviivu ?.v vuV ^ yesterday." I said, "Yes.'! He said: "No use, no use. Man's a failure." The small insect annoyances of life sometimes come in the shape of local physical trouble which does not amount to a positive prostration, but which botLers you when you want to fe il the best. Perhaps it is a sick headache which has been the plague of your life, and you appoint some occasion of mirth or sociality or usefullness, and when the clock strikes the hour you cannot make your appearance. Perhaps the trouble is between the ear and the forehead in the shape of a neuralgic twig. Nobody can see it or sympathize with it, but just at the time when you want your intellect clearest and your disposition I rnn -pool o sliam tflpn d?S jjj.;vu J.WA v? ? 7 ? ? concerning thrust. "The Lord sent the hornet." Perhaps these small-insect annoyances will come in the shape of a domestic irritation. The parlor and the kitchen do not always harmoniza. To get good service and to keep it is one of the r? j t i. o great questions ox tne country, oumetimes it may be the arrogance and inconsiderateness of employers; but, whatever be the fact, we all adz: it there are these insect annoyances winging their way. out from the culinary department. If the grace of God be not in the heart of the housekeeper, she cannot maintain her equilibrium. The men come home at night and hear the story of hese annoyances and say, "Oh, UUUC tlVvik/iwd things!"' They are small, small as wasps, but they sting. Martha's nerves were all unstruag when she rushed in asking Christ to scold Mary, and there are tens of thousands of women who are dying, stung to death by these pestiferous domestic annoyances. "The Lore sent the hornet." These small insect disturbances may also come in the shape of business irritations. There are men here who went through-the 24th of September, 1869, and the panics of 1873 and of 1S93 without-losing their balance who are every day unhorsed by little annoyances?a clerk's ill manners, or a blot of ink on a bill of lading, or the extravagance of a partner who overdraws his account, or . liner Vitt o rival Or I the whispering of store confidences in the street, or the making of some little bad debt which was against your judgement; but you wanted to please somebody else. It is not the panics that kill the merchants. Panics come only once in 10 or 20 years. It is the constant din of these everyday annoyances which is sending so many of our best merchants into nervous dyspepsia and paralysis and the grave. When our national commerce fell flat on its face, these men stood up and felt almost defiant, but their life is going away now under the swarm of these pestiferous annoyances. "The Lord sent the hornet." I have noticed in the history of some of my congregation that their annoyances are multiplying and that they have a hundred where they used to have ten. The naturalist tells us that a wasp sometimes has a family of 20,000 wasps, and it does seem as if every annoyance of your life brooded a million. By the help of God, today I want to show you the other side. The hornet is of no use?' Oh, yes! The naturalist tells us they are very important in the world's economy. They kill spiders, and they clear the atmosphere. And I really believe God sends the annoyances of our life upon us to kill the spiders of the soul and to clear the atmosphere of our skies. These annoyances are sent on us, I think, to waie us up from our lethagy. There is nothiog that makes a man so Kf/ilrr oc a nact nf ktvollftW iaf?lrpfs " and 1 v*j ??> m uvwv va j jwmvwj ? I think that these annoyances are intended to per?uade us of the fact that this is not a world for us to stop in. If we had a bed of everything that was attractive and soft and easy, what would we want of heavec ? We think that the hollow tree sends the hornet, or we may think that the devil sends LUC JJUILICU X nauv i>\j vvncv/b j-vu-j. opinion. "The Lord sent the hornet.'' Then I think these annoyances come on us to cultivate our patience. In the gymnasium you find upright p.'rallel bars with holes over each other for pegs to be put in. Then the gymnast takes a peg in each hand, and he begins to climb, one inch at a time or two inches, aad getting his strength cultivated, reaches after a while the ceiling. And it seems to me that these annoyances in life are a moral gymnasium, each worriment a peg with whi:h we are to climb higher and higher in Christian attainment. We all love to see patience, but it cannot be cultivated in fair weather. Patience is a child of the storm. If you had everything desirable and there was nothing more to get, what would you want with patience? The only time to cultivate it is when you are lied about and sick and half dead. "Oh," you say, "if I only had the circumstances of some well to do man I would be patient too.'" You might as well say, "If it were not ior this water, I would swim," or. "I could shoot this gun if it were Dot for the cartridge." When you stand chin deep in annoyances is the time for you to swim out toward the great headlands of Christian attainment, so as to "know Christ and the power of his resurrection and to have fellowship with his sufferings." NTntT-iincr Vmf fnrnoM Trill arra-r burn out of us the clinker and the slag. I have formed this theory in regard to small annoyances and vexations. Jt takes just so much trouble to fit us for usefulness and for heaven. The only question is -whether we shall take it in the bulk or pulverized and garnulated. Here is one mac who tak.s it in the bulk. His back is broken or his evesight put out, or some other awful calamity befalls him, while the vast majority of people take the thine piecemeal. "Which way would you rather nave it? Of course, in piecemeal. Better have five aching teeth than one broken jaw: better 10 fly blisters than an amputation, better 20 squalls than one cyclone. There may be a difference of opinion as to allopathy and homeopathy, but in this matter .of trouble I like homeopathic doses, small pellets of annoyance rather than some knockdown dose of calamity. Instead of the thunderbolt give us the hornet. If you have a bank, you would a great deal rather that 50 men would come in with checks less than $100 than to have two depositors come in the same day, each wanting his 810.000. Ia this latter case you cough and look down to the floor and you look up to the ceilirjg be: fore you look into the safe. Now, my friends, would you not-?rather have these small drafts of annoyance on your ; bank of faith than some all staggering demand upon your endurance? But re; member that little as well as great an j noyancee equally require you to trust in i Christ for succor and fo* deliverance from impatienoe and irritability. "Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace whose mind is stayed on thee." In the village of Hamelin, tradition says, there was an invasion of rats, and these small creatures almost devoured the town and threatened the lives of the population; and the story 13 that a piper came out one day and played a very sweet tune, and all the vermiu followed Weser, and then he blew a blast, and they dropped in and disappeared for ever. Of course, this is a fable, but I wish I could on the sweet flute of the Gospel draw forth all the nibbling and burrowing annoyances of your life and play them down into the depths forever. How many touches did Mr. Church give to his picture of "Cotopaxi" or his "Heart of the Andes?" I suppose about 50,000 touches. I hear-the can vas saying: "Why do you keep me trembling with that pencil so long? Why don't you put it on in one dash?" "No," says Mr. Church; "I know how ^ i__ _ ? i! T4. :n j.. XA co maKe a painting, it win to ov,000 of these touches." And I want you my friends, to understand that it is these ten thousand annoyances which, under God, are making up the picture of your life, to be hung at last in the galleries of heaven, fit for angels to look at, God knows how to make a picture. I go into a sculptor's studio and see him shaping a statue. He has a chisel in one hand and a mallet in the other, ana ne gives a very genue strode? click, click, click! I say, "Why don't you strike harder?"' Oh, he replies, "that would shatter the statue. I can't do it that way. I must do it this way." So he works on, and after awhile the features come out, and everybody that enters the studio is charmed and fascinated. Well, Grod has your soul under process of development, and it is the little annoyances and 'vexations of life that are chiseling out your immortal nature. It is click, click, click! I wonder why some great providence does not come and with one stroke prepare you for heaven. Ah, no! God says that is not the way, and so he keeps on by ofrrtl-oo nf Hft.lo vavo firms nnf.il at. last you shall be a glad spectacle for angels and for men. You know that a large fortune may be spent in small change, and a vast amount of moral character may goawav in smail depletions. It is the litt f j troubles of life that are havihg more < f feet upon you than great ones. A swarm of locusts will kill a grain fie'd sooner than the incursion of three or four cattle. You say, "Since I lost my child, since I lost my property, I have been a different man." But you do not recognize the architecture of little anonwrir?rr /linrfrinflr I uujaut^o *u.au aiv nm6, ting, shaping, splitting and interjoining your moral qualities. Rats may sink a ship. One lucifer match may send destruction through a block of storehouses. Catherime de! Medici got her death from smelling a poisonous rose. ColuBibus, by stopping and asking for a piece.of bread and a drink of water at a Franciscan convent, was led to the discovery of a new world. And there is an intimate connection between trifles and immensities . between nothings and everythings. * . Now, be careful to let none of those annoyances go through your soul unarrainged. Compel them to administer to your spiritual wealth. The scratch of a sixpenny nail sometimes produces lockjaw, and the clip of a most infinitesimal annoyance may damage you forever. Do not let any annoyance or perplexity come across your soul without its making you better. Our national government when it wanted money did not think it belittling to put a tax on pins and a tax on buokles and a tax on shoes. The individual taxes do not amount to much, but in the aggregate to millions and millions of dollars. And I would have you, 0 Christian man, put a high tariS on every annoyance and vexation that comes through your soul. This might not amount to much in single cases, but in the aggregate it would be a great revenue of spiritual strength and satisfaction. A bee can suck honey even out of a nettle, and "if you have the grace of God in your yeart you can get sweetness out of that which would otherwise irritate and annoy. A returned missionary told me that a company of adventurers rowing up the Ganges were stung to death by flies that infest that region at certain seasons. The earth has been strewed with the carcasses of men slain by insect annoyances. The only way to get prepared for the great troubles of life is to conquer these small troubles. What u r u; r J wuuiu yuu any ui a buiuiei vyllv iciascu to load his gun or to go into the conflict because it was only a skirmish, saying: "I am not going to expend my ammunition on a skirmish. Wait until there comes a general engagement, and then you will see how courageous I am and what battling I will do?" The general would say to such a man, "If you are not faithful in a skirmish, you would be nothing in a general engagement." And I hav? to tell you, 0 Christian men, if ysu cannot apply the principles of Christ's religion on a small scale jou will never be able to aDt>lv. them on a larger scale. If I had my way with you, I would have you possess all possible worldly prosperity. 1 would have you each one a garden, a river flowing through it, geraniums and shrubs on the sides and the grass and flowers as beautiful as though the rainbow had fallen. I would have you a house, a splendid mansion, and the beds should be covered with upholstery dipped in the setting sun. I would have every hall in your house set with statues and statuettes, and then I would have the four quarters of the globe pour in all their luxuries on your table, and you should have forks of silver and knives of gold, inlaid with diamonds and amethysts. Then you should each one of vou have the finest horses and vourmck of the quipages of the world. Then I would have you live 150 years, and yeu should not have a paiuor an ache until the last breath. "Not each one of us?" you say. Yes. each one of you. "Not to your enemies?" Yes. The only difference I would make with them would be that I would put a little extra gilt on their walls and a little extra embroidery on their slippers. But, you say, "Wiiy does not Sod give us all these things?" Ah! I bethink myself- He is wi<er. It would make fools and sluggards of us if we had our way. No man puts his best picture in the portico or vestibule of his house. God meant this world to be only the vestibule of heaven, that crrpof (rallftrv of the nnivflrsft toward o~ O * m -? ?-- ' wh'ch we are aspiring. We must not have it too good in this world, or we would want no heaven. Polycarp was condemned to be burned to death- The stake wa.? planted. He was fastened to it. The fagots * ere placed around him, the fires kindled, but history tells us that the flames bent outward like the canvas of a ship in a stout breeze, so that the flames, instead of destroying Polycarp, were osly a wall between him and his enemies. They ( had actually to destroy him with the j poniard. The flames would not touch ! him. Well, my hearer, I want you to understand that by God's grace the flames of trial, instead of consuming your soul, are only going to be a wall of defense and a canopy of blessiDg. God is going to fulfill to you the blessings and the promises, as he did to Polycarp. "When thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned." Now you do not understand, but you shall knowhereafter. In heaven you will bless God even for the hornet. THE GOVERNOR AND NEWSBOYS. A Good S-ory of His Recent New York Experience. _A cforr' oViAiif. rj-riTT gVVVfc WWV4J ??vvwiw V W ? t A'AUUII VV; neey's visit to New York recently, which has so far escaped the newspapers, has leaked out in the last few days, and it serves to show the manner of man South Carolina's Governor is. The incident occurred on the day before the naval parade. The Governor, accompanied by his little son and Cols. Wilson, Folk, Redding, Maulding and Watson or nis stan flaajastieit tne cotton exchange and had re-ached ''newspaper row," bound for the bridge to go over to the navy yard, when just at the Pulitzer building corner they came across a great crowd of newsboys of the "cent-a-world" variety, getting their supplies of the big afternoon edition just issued. The Governor saw the crowd of urchins. He exclaimed, "Ah, that is what I was once. Just look at them; Miles, come here, son, I want to show you what your father was when he was your size." Reaching back and catch ing his boy's hand it was only a second or two before the Governor had forced his way into the heart of the crowd of yelling, scuffling newsboys. He talked with them and when they found out who he was and that he had once been one of the "clan," they rallied around him and the Governor's face was all smiles. He bought as many papers as he could carry and CL1. Folk, who got down in the crowd, did likewise. The boys gave the Governor an ovation in their own demonstrative way and before he could be extricated from his admiring host of newsboys enthusiasts the police had to go to his aid and clear a way out of it for him. There was no incident of his trip to the metiopclis that Gov. McSweeney i.joyed more thoroughly than this. It recalled to his mind many memories of the past and when in the crowd he really seemed to be a newsboy again himself. v SENTENCED COMMUTED. "tur.- TT:~ TT JH.au vviiu oievy xlis wiics xuauitcx to be Freed. Gov. McSweeney Wednesday commuted to two years the life sentence of William Franks, a young whitie ::nan convicted of manslaughter in Laurens county nearly two years ago. This means that Franks will be discharged in February. From all the evidence, the statements of the judge and the jury and all those familiar with the case, it seems strange that the man was ever convicted. The victim, Mason Clark, grossly insulted the joangwire of Franks, making 1 X, T TP"! an improper propositi 10 uex. ??ucu she wont to Franks and told him of it he wished to kill Clark forthwith, but was dissuaded by the appeals of his wife. Franks and his wife had been living at Clark's home; they were about to leave and the matter was being discussed between the two men, when an altercation occurred and Mason was killed. Judge Buchanan recommended that a pardon be given at the expiration of two years of the term. Eleven of the jurors signed the petition for a pardon, certifying that there 'was grave <?oubt as to which of the men fired first, and ad';- g that there would have been no conviction save for the lapse of time between the deed and the receipt of the in forma! inn hv Frank'.: as tn the insillt. The jurors regarded the provocation very great. Ex-Senator Irby and ex-Congressman Shell wrote the governor strong personal letters in behalf of the man, and stated that his wife and cnildren were sadly in need of tis support and protection. The governor, before acting, had the prisoner brought up to his office and f.ilko/3 TuitVi Viim fnlltr that Franks simply acted in defense of his wife's honor, and the commutation was forthwith granted.?The State. After County Officials. The State sinking fund commission, in view of the numerous cises of irregularities and shortages in county official's tax collection accounts, has determined to go after the treasurers, A*1 ff J T Y\ f/imcf 1 n Q <1U.UJ.IU13 tli-LU. X JULO J.L* ?. thorough and systematic manner and enJoavor to have all such cases straightened out at the earliest possible moment. .Already the papers in several cases have been placed in the attorney general's hands ior such action as he may deem proper. The following circular letter prepared and sent out Friday to officials concerned indicates how the rtAwimiooirtn m nncoa f n crr\ ?Knrr f. t tc Ji.'i vyVJVM vv wwvv%? work: By certain reports of X. W. Brooker, field agent of the siDkiDg fund commission, there appear to be ininy irregularities in the books and accounts of county officers relating to the collection of taxes which may result in great loss to the State and county. The commission, by recent actioD, has determined to make vigorous efforts to adjust these matters. The field agent states that he (has or will) serve you with notice of certain shortages and irregular:lies in which you are interested. I respectfully ask your cooperation in the effort to adjust these matters without further delay. Mr. Brooker has instructions to arrange for a meeting with you and all others concerned at your county court house at an early day for the adjustment of these matters. Your prompt attention and action is most.earnestly requested. Very respectfully. M. JR. Coopor, Secretary of citate. The Same Old Story. AXegconamed Lanham, living ob the farm ofS. T. Weyr&an, tear Pelham's Mill, Greenville County, went to the field Wednesday morning with his wife to pick cotton, leaving his two little children fastened up in his house. The house is near the river, and Lanham was afraid the children would get out and wander into the stream. About anon the house was burning, and before any one ceuld reach the building it was in full blaze. The two children could not get out and both were burned to a crisp. It is supposed that the children started the fire.?News and Courier. A Hew Crank. Kansas has a new crank in the person of W. K. Reeme, who advances the dynamiting of saloons, distilleries and breweries and the lynching of corrupt officials. I I .1 ? > ? ^ "nii< a I ? ? OMMP "~AN AWFUL CRIME." Youn^ Woman Ravished bv Num a J ber of Black SavagesSOME OF THEM GAPTURED. The Law Will Take Them Speediiy to the Gallows- Shocking Story of Brutality. Carried to Columbia. A horrible crime was committed in Darlington county, near Lamar. Monday afternoon, for which at least three Negroes will pay the penalty with their lives. Two of them arc now in jail, aud if there is no attempt to lynch them made before court convenes two weeks from now, they will be convicted without a doubt and hanged, for they have confessed the commission of the blackest crime that has ever darkened the * * Tv 1? , T# J! . .tl iair name 01 juarnngion. jli me ocner party is caught he will doubtless be spared the suspense of waiting two weeks to meet his doom. The details of the crime are too hor-rible to be published, but they have been told over and over again all over Darlington county Monday. It is sufficient to sav a highly respectable young lady of Lamar has suffered at the bands of several black brutes, and ? i:-~ - j Mie Xiuvv lies iu a uaugciuus uuuuiuuu fearfully maDgled and bruised. The two Negroes who are now in jail admit the commission of their fearful deed and say that it was accomplished only after a terrible struggle with their vie tirn and only after they had choired her into insensibility, and that when they left her they thought her dead. Two of them only were present, the others having gone away and had not gotten back in time to take part in the deed as was their intention. One ?f the black brutes now in the custody of Sheriff Scarborough bears on his clothing stains of blood from his victim, and this Negro now owes his life to the tact and skill of the deputies who secreted him from an angry mob and oarried him to Darlington through the swamps under cover of the darkness. The people are aroused for miles around and justly so. The third Negro, one of those who as4iulted the unfortunate girl, has not yet been captured, bat he will be if he is in Darlington county, and if he happens to fall into the hanas of any of the present searching party his hours of life will be but few more. A dispatch from Columbia says one of the principals in the Lunar outrage affair?Edward Luckie, and four Negroes charged with beiDg accessories to the foul crime in that they stood by and saw the deed committed and did not, offer to interfere. arp. now within the walls of the South Carolina penitentiary for safe keeping.' The four accessories are Jim Washington, Daniel and Ed Mack and Lucius Stuart?an aggregation of ugly looking, sullen Negroes, who look like Georgia turpentine toughs. The other principal, who is at large, is very black; is about 18 years old, has a broad forehead; has high wide cheekbones; has a scar over his left eye, and his clothing was spattered with mud when last seen. When last heard from i a - ---- - j. j rr: ne was ueexug wwaru iiuiuuusvuic. The sheriff never expects to ges hold of him if he is run down anywhere in this section of the country. A GiiEAT DAI !70E MAS05TS. V Preparations Being Made for the Centennial of Washington's Death. It is not generally known among those beyond the pale that America's greatest President was a member of the Masonic order, but the fact is tme nevertheless, and what is more, he was . ni c 1? not years 01 age wueu iuiv the 'brotherhood, although he had reached his majority before he was pass ed to the fellow craft degree. Just in what manner the illustrious man succeeded in being admitted to the order before his 21st birthday is not revealed by this historian. At the age of 56 Washington was a charter member of the Alexandria-Washington lodge, and in the same year he considered it an honor to accept and faithfully fill the office of worshipful master of the lodge. During this time he heid his membership in his mother lodge at Fredericksburg. Daring his entire life Washington ever showed a devotion to the cause of Masonry and Masons. It was the feeling of veneration for the Mason and for the man that led the Grand Lodge of Colorado to suggest a fitting observance of the date of his passing into the eternal lodge ibove. The Virginia lodge was requested to take charge of the ceremonies. A committee of prominent Masons from Virginia and the District of Columbia have met in Washington to discuss the proposed exercises in commemoration for the centennary of the t , 1 O n TTr _ _1_ ^ _ A J} aeatn oi ixeorge Washington. a. grauu banquet and reception will be given on December 14th at Mount Vernon and in Washington. The intention is to make this banquet one of the most successful affairs in the history of Masonry. At the banquet all Masons and their wives will be welcome, and the Grand Masons and distinguished Masons from all parts of the United States will be present. It is expected that President McKinley, who is a Mason of high ratik. will deliver the address at Mount Vernon, and also receive with the distinguished Masons at the banquet. Winthrop's AttendanceId a letter to G-ov. McSweeney President Johnson of the Winthrop College at Iljck Hill speaks thus of the institution: "We have had a very fine opening of the college this season. The students are better prepared for college work than ever before. Our sub-freshman class numbers only 27. The total enrollment in every department of the college thus far is 4S1. If we had had dormitory accomodations we would have enrolled 6S1 easily. A number of applicants from other States than . South Carolina were refused admission because of lack of room for the girls of ?T-?a nPV?/\ ofrj^Anfo ora oar.1 tT in LliU kjcaiu* JL JLiv JlUU^UtJ U1U \A\s\s yj *u earnest and seem to take up their work with fine spirit." Moses' Princess. An exchange says that the mummy of the Egyptian princess who found Moses in the bulrushes is all alleged to have been discovered and placed on exhibition. If the princess could have foreseen that her act of kindness would have made her a museum freak, she would probably have left Moses to be drawn out of the water by somebody else. TO GIVE SCHLEY A HOME. ' I Endless Chain Scheme Proposed By Miss Edna McClellan. The New York Journal says: ''Rear Admiral Schley may well count Miss Edna McClellan amoDg his very warm friends a'nd supporters, and if her plan succeeds he will have something substantial to be grateful for. Miss McCleltan, who is young and pretty, and the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J.'Weller McClellan of No. 105 West Seventh street, was much impressed by the tremendous applause for Admiral Schley in the Dewey day parade. She decided that Admiral Schley 1 norffl o r\?T on in Wool, ' r(r!nn ^jLLi/uiv^ XI. a. * V ?. iivuju AJJ ir %*k^ well as Admiral Dewey. She saw do reason why Schley's admirers should not come forward with their dollars and : dimes. She returned to her home and , laid out a plan for the work which has just been begun. She has started end- . less chains to raise dimes. Subscriptions in all amounts will be gratefully ' received. < Miss McClellaD will ask Gov. Roose- i velt &nd Miss Helen Gould to be mem- ] bers of the committee to control the fund. She will ask the assistance of President McKinley and members of . his cabinet, and will go to Washington. . if necessary, to seek the aid of Repre- sentatives of congress. She is very busy writing endless chain letters to be sent to all parts of ; the country. She is very confident of ] success. Schley s admirers are legion, she knows. She feels like all his friends, that he-has never received due credit from his government for the splendid victory off Santiago, and she believes they 'will welcome an opportunity to show their appreciation by substantial contributions to this fund. Miss McClellan has not considered the price of the residence to be pur- ] chased nor the location, but she is con fident that this present from the peo- ! pie of the nation will be worthy of his . position as a great naval commander. Fair .Week Rates. 1 The rates for the State fair of South , Carolina, to be held in Columbia Nov. ' 6th-10th, have been announced as fol- ' lows: 1 The Southern Passenger association has granted rates to Columbia, S. C., on account of the State-fair, Nov. 6th to 10th, 1899, from ail points in the | Sfoto nf Snnfh f"!*rnlina alsn fpnm A&heville, Charlotte, Wilmington, N. | C., Augusta and Savannah, Ga., >nd i intermediate stations at the following ! rates: A rate of one first class fare for the round trip, plus 50 cents for admission ! to the fair grounas. Tickets for the ! general public, limited to continuous i D9s<;a?rf> in both directions to be sold daily Not. 4th to 10th inclusive, with final limit Nov. 13th, 1S99, and for fair officials and stock men only at the same rate Nov. 2nd and 3d, on presenta- j tion of certificates signed by Thos. "W. j Hollo way, secretary State Agricultural I and Mechanical society. i Also rates embraced in the following table, which include 50 cents for admis- : sion to the fair grounds; tickets at >uch ; rates to be sold Nov. 7th, 8th and 9th, ; with final limit Nov. 11, 1899: 10 miles and under $ 85 . 11 miles and'unaer 15 90 j 15 miles and under 20 1.00 | 20 miles and under 30 1.20 j HO miles and under 40 1.40 : 40 miles and under 50 1.G0 ' 50 miles and under 60 1 oU . 60 miles and under 70 2 00 ; 70 miles and under 80 2 20 i 80 miles and under 90 2.40 j 90 miles and under 100 2.60 r 100 miles and under 110..- 2.80 : 110 miles and under 120 3 00 E 120 miles and under 130 3 20 ' 130 miles 2nd under. 140 3.40 ; 140 miles and under 150 3.60 ; 150 miles and under it>U 3.&0 r 1(30 miles and under 1T0 4 00 : 170 miles and under ISO 4.20 r 180 miles and under 190 4.40 I 190 miles and under 200 4 60 j Counterfeit Money. The Atlanta Constitution gives an account of the capture of a counternting outfit within three miles of that t city. The "den" contained "a stock of ? spurious coins, plating apparatus with ? which to make counterfeit coin, as well : as silver." The Constitution says': "This raid and capture, believed to be one of the best and most important that has recently occurred in the South, has solved the mystery of the counterfeit i silver with which the city has been pe- t riodically flooded since last March, c X1 UI" SCVtJLL Ul L'l^Ul muutuo c* v* counterfeit silver dollars and half dol- 1 lars have been floated over the city, and j the spurious money was pronounced the , best that had ever been put in circula- t tion. The money, while a trifle light- t er than the good coin, had a genuine t ring when dropped upon the floor. In 2 fact, there were lew except the experts * who could tell the money was counter ? teit without a very close inspection." v Bold Bank Robbers. \ Three masked robbers entered the bank at Sevierville, Term., Friday ? morning and attempted to rob the vault, t containing considerable money. Prcsi- s dent William Macmabon threw his loose 1 money into the safe and seized a gun. His first shot killed the leader of the } robbers, Pearl Thurman. The assistant ' cashier, John Marshall, rushed out of ? aside door and shot two of the robbers' \ * rt-1 A**A /\-P f hn Xiorses. ^iliueiivn*, uug Ui awwv/v.u, was arrested after being wounded. Will Derrick, the third robber, got on a horse ; and rode a mile hotly pursued by a ^ posse. On being surrounded by the 1 men he fled into a barn, where he com- 15 mitted suicide by shooting himself in s the head. The men arc supposed to c have come from Knoxville on an early J train. " j Wehding of the Blind. I Probably ona of the most remarkable c weddings ever known will take place to- T day at the home of Mr. George TV. De c Weese, No. 6 Vine street, Cleveland, ? Ohio. De Weese, is the secretary of the blind people's asylum. He is blind. 0 n TIT 1 it- | C Jue >V eesc iiiis luiunu vpcu jllao uuuoc for the wedding festivities. The groom ? is W. M. Moore. 33 years old. He is * blind. The Dride is Miss Lizzie Brown. * She is blind. The knot will be tied by Justice of the Peace Dwight Palmer. He is blind. The best man will be ? Wm. Vanderwyst. He is blind. Fifty ( guests have been invited. All are e blind. An orchestra composed of blind 1: men will play the wedding march. I After the ceremony a literary and aus- c ical programme will be carried out by d blind people. I I "I have used your 'Life for the Liver v and Kidneys' with great benefit, and s for Dyspepsia or any derangement of the Liver or Kidneys I regard it as be- t ing without an equal." James J. Os- p borne, Attorney at Law, Boliston, e Henderson Oo., N. C. ]. r A Jfoyei Election. According to the Greenvilie | is ews tue people or tne jLanasford neighborhood of Chester county have conducted the most remarkable election held since the days of the glory of Athens,, when there used to be a general vote every year to determine what eminent citizens should be requested to leave. The News says it seems that there has been a good deal of blind tiger and other disorderly business about Landsford. and last week the carnival of crime culminated in an attempt to assassinate a mule belonging to a citizen who had been prominent as a champion of law and order. Consequently a neighborhood convention was called and organized at Fudge's Store, fifty white men being present. The secretary read this notice: "If you conscientiously believe the presence of any person or persons in the neighborhood contaminates our moral and so cial atmosphere sc that it would i- - r? ? ? 4.1, ue utJiier iyr nuu uj. iucia lv leave, write his name or theirs on a slip of paper and put it into the box. If you do not so believe write it on the slip and so vote." Managers were appointed and a poll list of those present was made the polls were opened and the voting was done. The X"ews rt?Q /?i+ii7Qn wVirt TC5J<5 OCLJ O V/JLL^ V^X Ui/iVyXX, " uv ?? present, carried the precinct by a large majority, receiving a nearly unanimous vote of his fellow citizens on the proposition that he get away and stay Q-ccro-c- TTo nr>+ Qrmpar tn hft "rf gratified and did not make any speech returning thanks for the flattering but undeserved tribute. It is believed however, that he is a man who can take a bint. Several others present received liberal support as candidates for banishment, and are also expected to depart "as soon as practicable." The only sug- i gestion as to their destination is < that it shall be "elsewhere." The Fatal Boiling HaDit. "Apropos of the hardships or our boys in Cuba," said an. officer who saw i good deal of duty on the island, "I'll :ell you a bit of a story. Shortly after 3ur regiment went on duty near San:iago, at the beginning of Wood's administration as governor, we began to je able to take a little better care of Durselves than we had done throughout the campaign- One of our captains ?I won't mention his name, for he's sore about this eifair?was a great :rank on the subject of microbes, and ;ook extraordinary pains to avoid their society. He had picked' up a raw 2uban cook, and gave him the most ex jlicit orders to "boil all the water used n the mess, no matter where he got t. 'Boil everything we drink/ he said, or I'll IdcK your DacicDone tnrougn tne ;op of your hat.' "The Cuban promised faithfully, and >beyed the orders to the letter. A week )r so afterward the captain, -while foriging about town, was presented with l quart bottle of champagne from one >f the ships. He was overjoyed, and, securing a small lump of ice, he lustled back to camp and turned over lis prizes to the cook. 'I want you to jet up something extra good today/ he ;aid, 'for I'm going to ask a few friends :o dinner to help drink this wine.' -At he appointed hour the party assembl:d, and, after serving a repast of stew- i id beef and sweet potatoes, the cook < >l<Ui?t?U ILL, I y iU-g, A Dauw)an half full of a muddy yellow liquid. What in thunder is that?' asked the iaptaln. 'That's th' -wine, senor,' re)lied the Cuban gravely. 'I boil 'im jood deal, an' 'e most' all go 'way.' The quests roared with laughter, and the laptaiu was so thunderstruck he louldn't say a word. He subsequently J -U* ecuvereu mniacxx Duuiuciiuj w i cleaning rod and chase the Cuban learly half a mile. After that all any>ody had to do to get a fight -was to ay boiled champagne. When I left he wound still rankled."?New Oreans Times-Democrat Remembered Him "There's no nse of your 6aying a Tord!" exclaimed the woman of the louse, as soon as she (had opened the loor and glanced at the man standing rntside. "I know you," "But ma'am " "I recognized yon a* soon as I saw ou. You can'*>?* "Ma'am " "You're the man *ho sold me a washng machine six months ago for ?6.50 hat wasn't worth shucks. It would- t ft " ' "All I wanted to tell you, ma'am, { s " "It wouldn't wash anything. The ? - ? J AX.- 4-VA onger you useu it uc vui-um iw lothes got. You couldn't sell me anyhing now if you was to pay me for aking it "When a man fools me once le won't ever have the chance to do it j igain. I can tell you that I'll sell | uroe'Mnc har-l? trt VOU for i ifty cents. It doesn't make any diference what you've got this time. I j wouldn't touch it with a ten-foot pole, ? md you can talk till you are gray. It , pon't do you any good." ' "Madam," replied the man, who had < >een dancing about impatiently, "your ( :itchen roof is blazing where that iron tovepipe runs up and through it * ?hat's what I stopped to " i "Good land, why didn't you say so? ? Vhat did you want to stand there talk- ^ ng for -when the house is burning up? * lun over to that grocery store on the I orner and turn in an alarm! Fire! 1 rire!"?Chicago Tribune. A Georgia Amazon. t The section of Glynn county arouDd ii Sapp's still, near Brunswick, Ga., is be- a ng terrorized by a crazy Xegro woman, ^ho, stark naked, roams the woods, iVinnfincr of. otitt nna olio caoc Alr^o/^TT rae man has fallen dead before a pistol ~ shot, while two other Negroes, her hus>and and brother, have been wounded I v her bullets. The woman's name is tfary Eason. A few days ago she be:ame violently insane, stole the weapon 5 nth which she is now armed and a box * >f cartridges from her husband and was iff to the swamn. She is rennrled to tave been captured by a crowd of her iwnrace, but the two men left in charge >f her allowed her to escape. Persons :o armed in the neighborhood and b< louses are guarded as protection for he women and children. m A Remarkable Case. * An extraordinary feat of surgery, oj rith tbe aid of x-rays, is reported from _ Chicago. A small child was the pati;nt. For two years the little one had >een blind and a paralytic. An x-ray >rint snowed mat tfiere was a tumor m her brain. The skull was trephined ? Lirectly over the cyst, as shown in the >rint, and the tumor was removed, r Jpon recovering consciousness the child * ras able to move her limbs and in a hort time conld see. 1 In railway building in the Soudan here are two harp players and one flute ] ilayer to every gang of forty or fifty aen. As long as the music is brisk the aborers do not seem to feel fatigued. - V i. LUM .j ???^ i What Would the Business World Do Without Us ? We know our business and we always Lave emp'oyment. We secured our traiGirg at the . COLUMBIA BU3INE33 COLLEGE, Columbia, S C , jfl and irould advi^ you to do likewise if you desire the beat ia the c untry. No other school has a more fhorcugh business a simpler or easier leirned shorthand cot^se, or more successful graduates. Their catalogue gires fait iaforcation, as to courses of study, ra*es of tuition, b->ard, securing positions, and other inducements. _ Send for it and came the course wanted. Address, W. B. NEWBERRY, 4l President. * ,?^ MACHINERY AND MILL SUPPLIES OF EVERY DESCRIPTION. It is now unseasonable to "Talk" Cotton Ginning Machinery, but it is the |in$e for you to place your orders? for? RICE HULLEBS, RICE THRBSER8, UKLSL' Ml 1.1.1, 8 \.W MILLS. WOOD WORKING MACHINERY", ENGINES aND BOILERS. 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