The Marlboro democrat. [volume], August 02, 1901, Image 4

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?TlMAt?B a 8KRN0N.
In "Which HeBhow? tho Tendency to
Exouse Brilliant Fault?,
In thia dieoouvtio Dr. Talniogo Bhows
that thoro in a tondouoy to oxouao bril
liant faults beoauso thoy aro brilliant,
whoo tho same law of right and wrong
ought to bo applied to high plaoos and
lOWitoxt, Daniol iv, 33, "Tho samo
hour was tho thing fulfilled upon Nobu
Obadnezzw, and ho was driven from
mon and did oat grass as oxon."
Horo is tho mightiest of tho B?bylon
itdi kings. Look at him. Ho did moro
for tho grandeur of tho oapital than did
all bia prodooosBorsor suocosBoro. Hang
lag gardons, rosorvoirB, aquoduota, pal
aoos. all of his own planning. Tho
hrioks that aro brought up today from
tho ruina of Babylon havo his namo on
them, "Nobuobadnezzar, son of Nabo
polassor, king of Babylon." Ho was a
groat conqueror. Ho Btrotohod forth his
apoar toward a nation, and it aurrondor
od. But ho plundered tho templo of
tho truo God. Ho liftod an idol, Bel
Morodaoh, and oompollcd tho pooplo
to bow down boforo it, and if thoy ro
fUBod thoy must go through tho rodbot
furnaoo or bo orunohod by lion or lion
OBS. So God pulled him down.
Ho was Bniitton with what physicians
oall lyoantbropy andfanoiod that ho was
a wild boaat, and ho wont out and pas
tured amid tho cattle. God did not ox
ounc him booauso ho had uommittod tho
sin in high plaooo or bcoau?o tho trans
gression was wido rooounding. Ho moas
uredNobuohaduczzarin high plaoos just
as ho would mormuro tho humblest oap
tivo.
But in our timo, you know aa woll as
I, that thoro is a disposition to put a
halo around iniguitv if it is committed
in oonsplouous placo and if it is wido ro
bounding and of largo proportions. Ever
and cnon thore has boen an opidomioof
orimo in high plaoos, and thoro is not a
stato or oity and hardly a villago whioh
bas nob boon oallod to look upon as
tounding forgorv or an absconding bank
.....__: 1_i _,. u'._".! " ".
untsmur ur yruaiuuui ut vuu TTt.av.ng
of trust fund or swindling mortgagos.
1 proposo in oarrying out tho suggos
tion of my toxt, aa far as I oan, to Moni
tor tho fascinations around iniquity
and show you that Bin is sin and wrong
?B wrong whether in high plaoo or low
plaoo and that it will bo doalt with by
that God who doalt with iinpalaood
Nobuobadnczzar.
AU who proaoh fool that two kind? of
?ornions aro noooossary, tho ono on tho
faith of tho gOBpol, tho othor on tho
morality of tho gospol, and tho ono is
just as important ns tho othor, for you
know that in thia land today thoro aro
hundreds of mon hiding bohind tho com
munion tablos and in ohurohos of JOBUS
Ohrist who havo no business to bo thoro
as professors of roligion. Thoy oxpoct
to bo all right with God, although thoy
.are all wrong with man. And. whilo I
want you to undorBtand that by tho
doods of tho law no (lesli living oan bo
justified and a moro honest lifo cannot
ontor us into hoavon. I want you as
?dainty to undoratond that unless tho
ifo 1B right tho heart is not right. Graco
in tho heart and graoo in tho lifo;so wo
must proaoh somotimos tho faith of tho
gospol and somotimos tho morality of
tho gospol.
It nooma to mo thoro has not boon a
timo in tho last 50 years whon this lat
tor truth needed moro thoroughly to bo
presontedintho Amorioan ohurohos. lt
not do to bo prosontod today.
, A missionary in tho islands of tho Pa
oifio preaohod ono Sabbath on honoaty
"and dishonesty, and on Monday ho
found bis yard full of all styles of good?
?whioh tho nativos had brought. Ho
could not understand it until a nativo
told hi ul. ' Our gods pormit us to pur
loin goods but tho God you toldus about
yesterday, tho God of hoavon and earth,
it Booms, is against those praoiioos, ana
so wo brought all tho goods that do not
bolong to us, and they aro lying in tho
yard and wo want you to holp us to dis
tribute thom anion fi thoir rightful owner
And if in all tho pulpits of tho United
Statos today rousing Bernions could bo
proaohod on bonosty and tho ovils of
dishonoBty ard tho sermons woro blessed
jjf God and arrangements oould bo mado
y whioh all tho go' whioh have boon
^inproperly takon fr\ ono man and ap
propriated by ano thor ..hould bc put in
thc oity halls of thooountry thoro is not
a oity hall in tho United States that
would not bo orowdod from oollar to ou
pola. Faith of tho gospol; that wo must
proaoh and wo do preach. Morality of
tho gospol wo must just as oortainly pro
olaim.
Now, look abroad and soo tho fasci
nations that aro thrown around diitor
ont styloB of orimo. Tho question that
ovory man and woman has bcon askod
has boon, Should orimo bo exousod bo
oauso it is on a largo scaleV is iniquity
guilty and to bo pursued of tho law in
proportion as it is on a small soalo?
Shall WO havo tho penitentiary for tho
man who steals an ovorooat from a hat
raok and all Canada for a man to rango
in if ho havo robbod tho public of mil
lions?
Look upon all tho fascinations thrown
around fraud in this oountry. Vou know
for yoars won havo boon mado hcrooB of
and piotorializod and in various ways
prosontod to tho public as though somo
timos thoy woro worthy of admiration if
thoy havo soatterod tho funds of banks
or swallowod groat ostatos that did not
bolong to thou.. Oar young mon havo
boon dazed with this quiok aocumula
tion. Thoy havo said: "That's tho
way to do it. What's tho uso of our
plodding on with small wagon or insig
nificant salary whon wo may go into
business lifo and with nomo stratagem
aobiovo suoh a fortune as.that man han
aohiovod?" A diiforont mcasuro has
boon appliod to tho orimo of Wall stroot
from that whioh has .boon appliod to
tho spoils whioh tho man earlies up Bat
alloy.
So a poddlor oamo down from Now
England many yoars ago, took hold of
tho money market of Now York, ll (unit
ed his abominations in tho sight of all
tho pooplo, dofiod publie morals ovory
day of his lifo. Young mon lockod up
and said: "Ho was a poddlor in ooo
dooado, and in tho noxt dooado ho in
ono of tho monarchs of tho stock mar
ket, That's tho way to do it." To this
day tho ovil influonoo of that proiligato
hus boon folt, and within tho past fow
wooka .ho has had oonapiouous imita
tors. '
Thoro has boon an irroaiatiblo im
pression going abroad among young mon
that tho poorest way to got monoy is to
earn it, Tho young man of flaunting
oravat says to tho youngman of h?mblo
apparol: "What, you only got $1,800 a
?'oar? Why, that wouldn't koop mo
n pin monoy. I spond $5,000 a yoar."
"Whoro do you got it?" asks tho plain
young man. "Oh, s to oks, entorprisos
-all that sort of thing, yot?/j
Tho plain younjc man '
monoy
?w^v?v>v.M.~~?>>H^/r--^*-?-p-<^s~j'-y^-?jj
although ho ls almost all tho timo idlo
now and has resigned his position in
Viiy U?k or thc factory or tho itoftj
ho has moro ino noy than bo over had.
trades oft his old silver watoh for a gold
ono with a flashing ohain, sots his hat
a little farther ovor on tho sido of his
hoad than ho ovor did, smokos bettor
oigars and moro of thom. Ho has his
hand in I Now,-if ho ono osoapo tho
ponitontiary for thrco or four yoaro ho
will got into political oirolos, and ho
will got politioal jobs and will havo
somothing to do with hathorn and pave
monts and dooks. Now ho has got so
far along ho is safo for pordition.
ft is quito a long road sometimos for
a man to travel before ho gots into tho
rotnanoo of orimo. Thoao aro caught
who aro only in tho prosaio stage of it,
if tho shoriff and constables would only
loavo thom alono a little whilo, thoy
would Bloal ns woll as anybody. Thoy
might not bo ablo to stoat a wholo rail
road, but thoy oould mastor a load of
pig iron.
Now, I alwayo thank God when I
find an ostato Uko that go to smash. It
is plaguo ?truck, and it blasts tho na
tion. I thank God whon it goos into
suoh a wrcok it tun novor bo gathorod
up again. I want it to booomo so
loathsome and suoh an insufforablo
?tonoli that honost you.ogmon will tako
warning. IC God ahould put into
monoy or its roprosontitivo tho capaci
ty to go to its lawful ownor, thoro would
not bo a bank or a ?af o ty doposit in tho
Unitod States whoso walls would not
bo blown out and mortgagor would rip
and parobmonts would rond and gold
would shoot and beggar? would got o o
horacb?ok and ntook gamblers would
go to tho almshouso.
So thoro bas boon a groat do al of fas
oination thrown around libortinisrn.
Sooioly is vary aovoro upon tho impuri
ty that lurks around tho alleyn and low
haunts of tho town. Tho law pureuos
it, smites it, inoarooratos it. trios to do
stroy it. You know as woll as I that
sooioty booomo* loniont in proportion
as impurity booomos allluont or is in
olovat.d oirolos, and finally sooioty is
silont or disposod to palliate Whoro
is tho judgo, tho jury, tho polioo oflioor
that dare arraign tho woaithy iibortino?
Ho walks tho stroets, ho ridos tho
parks, ho flaunts his iniquity in tho
oyos of tho puro. Tho hag of unlearn
ness looks out of tho tapestried window.
Whoro is tho law that daros tako tho
brazen wrotohos and put their faoos in
an iron framo of a stato prison window?
SoinotimoB it scorns to mo a? if sooio
ty wore going baok to tho stato ot
moral? of 1 lorculanoam, whon it soulp
turcd its vilonoss on pillara and toinplc
wall and nothing but tho lava of a
burning mountain oould hide tho im
mensity of orimo. At what timo (.Jo j
will riso up and oxtirpato thoro evih
upon sooioty I know not, nor whothoi
ho will do it hy Sro or hurrioano 01
earthquake; but n holy Ged I do noi
think will stand it muoh longor. I bo
liovo tho thuadorbolts aro hissing hoi
and that whon God oomos to oh?ati?t
tho community for thoso sins, again?
whioh ho has uttorod himsolf moro bit
terly than against any othor, tho fati
of Sodom and Gomorrah will bo tolor
ablo as compared with tho fate of ou
modern society, whioh know hottor, bu
did worse.
Wo want about 10,000 pulpits ii
Amorioa to thunder, "All adultorcr
and whoromongors shall havo thoi
plaoo in tho holl that burneth with fir
abd ind mat o no, whioh is tho sooom
doatb." It is holl on earth and hoi
forevor. Wo tuvo got to undoratam
that iniquity on Columbia heights c
Fifth avenue or Boaoon hill is aa darna
able in tho sight of. God as it is in th
alunis. Whether it has canopied couo
of oider down or dwells amid tho pul
ridity of alow tenomont houso. God i
aftor it in his vengeanoo. Yot th
pulpit of tho Christian church has boo
so oowed down on this aubjaot that i
hardly daros spoak, and mon aro a
most apologotio whon thoy road th
Ton Uominandmonts.
Thon look at tho fascinations throw
around assassinations. Thoro aro iu a
oommunitics mon who havo taken th
lives of otboi'B unlawfully, not as ox<
outionors of tho law, and they go BOC
froo. You Bay thoy had thoir provoot
tious. God gavo lifo, and ho alono hi
a right to tako it, nud ho may tako
by visitation of providence or by an O?
ooutionor of tho law, who is his mei
songer. But when a man assumas th?
divino prorogative ho touohos tho lo*
est depth of orimo.
Sooiety is alert for oortain kinds (
murdor. If a oitizon going along tli
road at night is waylaid and slain by
robber, wo all wont tho villain arresto
and executed. For all garroting, for a
beating out of lifo by a dub or an ax <
a ohing ?hot, tho law has quiok sprin
and hoavv fltroko, but you. know tin
whon mon get ?illtient and high positic
and thoy nvongo thoir wrongs by takir
tho livos of others, great sympathy
excited, lawera pload, ladies woo]
judgo half H, jury is bribed and the ms
goos froo. If tho vordiot happon to 1
against him, a now trial ia nailed o
through ?orno toohnioality, and th<
adjourn for witnossos that novor oom
and adjourn and adjourn until tho OOH
munity has forgotton all about it, ar
thou tho prison door opons and tho mu
dorer goos froo.
Now, if capital punishment bo righ
I say lot tho lifo of tho poliahod. mu
dorer go with tho lifo of tho vulgar a
sassin. Lot us havo no partiality
gallows, no aristocracy of olootrooutit
ohair. Do not lot us float haok to na
barium, when every man WAS his ot1
judgo, jury and exooutionor, and th
man had tho supromaoy who had tl
strongost arm and tho quiokost stop ni
tho stoalthiost rovongo. He who wi!
fully and in hatrod takes tho lifo
anothor is a murderor, I oaro not wh
tho provocation or tho oiroumstanot
Ho may bo olearod by an enthusiast
courtroom, ho may bo sont by tho go
eminent of tho Unitod Statos as min:
ter to ?OHIO foroiga court, or mode
litoraturo may polish tho orimo until
looks Uko horoism; hut in tho sight
God murdor is murdor, and tho Jut
mont day will BO rovoal it.
Thoro aro hundreds of young m
who havo good blood. Shall I ask tin
or four plain quostions? Aro yo
habits as good as when you loft yo
fa thor's houso? Havo you a pool tl ol
in your pocket? Havo you a fraud
loAt documont?, Havo you hoon c
pi rimcnting to soo how aoourato an ir
tation you oould mako of your o
ployor's signature? Oh, you havo go
blood. Uomombor your rathor's prayo
llemembor your mother's example Tu
not in an ovil way. Havo you bo
going astray? Gomo baok. Havo y
vontured out too far?
As I stand in pulpits looking o\
nudionoos nomo ti mo? my hoart fails n
There are so many tragedies presont,
many who havo saoriflood their inti
rit;, ? o many far away from God. WI
my brothor, there havo boon two 'mn
mayors offorcd for you to havo yod
ffiguboard. And thoro aro those v<
Bg'.down into sin, audVmy ho
thoy ban swim?" And you thou stood
M tl shouted: "Oomo baokl Ooxno
hank! Yon will )>? di'OWnod!" Thnv
wavod thoir hood baok, Baying, "No
dangor. Thoy kept on wading doopor
down and farthor out from shoro, until
af tor awhilo a groat wavo with a strong
undrtow took thom out, thou? oorpsos
tho noxt day waahod on tho boaoh. Bo
I soo mon wading down into sin farthor
and farthor, and loall to thom: "Como
baokl Como baokl You will bo lost I
You will ho lost!" Thoy wavo thoir
hand baok, saying, "No dangor; no
dangor." Doopor down and dooper
down, until af tor awhilo a wavo swoop.*
thom out and swoops thom off forovor.
Oh, oomo baok I Tho ono fnrthost away
may oonio.
"Ob," you s*y, "You don't know
whoro I oomo from; you don't know
what my history has beon; you don't
know what iniquity I havo plotted. I
havo gono through tho whole oataloguo
of sin." My brothor, I do not know
tho story, but I toll you this-tho door
of moroy is wido opon. "Though your
sins bo UH soarlot, thoy shall bo as snow,
they Bhall bo as wool." Though yon
had boon pollutod with tho worst of
orimos, though you havo boon timi'.ton
with tho worst of loprosies, though you
havo boon Grod with all ovil passions,
this momo nc OH your brow, hot with
iuiquitoui indulgonoo, may bo sot tho
fUshiog ooronot of a Saviour's forgivo
noBB.
Pleased with tho nows, tho saints bolow
Ia songs (heir tongues employ;
ll?yond tho sky thu tidings go,
And heaven is lhlod with joy.
Nor angels can their joy condun,
But kiudlo with new tire;
Tho hiv? nor lost is fou ml thoy Bing,
And strike ino sounding lyro.
THE WEATHER AND CHOPS.
The Weekly Bulletin of General Crop
Condition.
Tho following is tho wcokly bulletin
of tho condition of tho wo Uh or and
orops issuod last wook by Dirootor
H ?uer of tho South Carolina uootion of
tho olimato and orop sorvieo of tho
Unitod States woathor buroau:
Tho avorago temp?rature for tho wook
onding 8 a. m., Monday, July 22d
was 80 dogroos, or praotioally normal,
with a maximum of 97 at Batosburg,
and a minimum of 00 at Grconvtllo
Tho avorago sunshine was bolow nor
mal, and moro sunshino would havo
boon bonofioial in tho north bordor
oountioB. High winds broko down muoh
oom in a fow counties, on tho ld th.
Tho rainfall rangod from loss than
half aa inoh to ovor ii vo inohos, tho
former in tho oontral portions of tho
Stato, and oontral Savannah valloy.
Tho largor amount foll in Marlboro and
Nowborry oountios, while over tho
eastern, northeastern, northern, and
ox tr cine; wostorn oountios tho rainfall
was generally exeessivo, tho damaging
to orops by flooding bottoms and low
lands, and by preventing muoh cultiva
lion. A fow points had insuilioiont
rainfall, and there orops aro Buffering
and did not improve, but ovor tho largor
portion of tim Seato tho weather was
lavorablo on growiog orops, causing a
general and in places a mai ked im
provement in (hoir oondition.
Cotton improvod throughout tho
Stato, and, whilo still vory small is
Crowing fast and in most plaoos is
ruitiug satisfaotorily. In a few seo
tionsitis hoavily fru? tod, whilo ?omo
young ootton has not begun to bloom.
? ho outlook for this orop is deoidely
botter than herotoforo, although some
Holds romain grassy, and all of it nooda
moro cultivation, but ovor tho eastern,
northeastern, and portions of tho
northern oountios tho ground was too
wet for cultivation. Soa islands con
tinues to blight in spots.
liirly oom is a failuro in many
place.*, and, although somowhat im
provod, is vory poor gonorally. It is
maturing rapidly in tho eastern por
tions of tho Stato. Young oom, ospo
oialiy that planted on stubblo lands,
looks quito promising. Ga rivor bot
toms, whoro usually tho finoat oom is
raised, tho orop will amount to prac
tically nothing.
Tobacco shared in tho gonoral ira
provomont, and in plaoos naa started
now growth that will delay outting,
but outtiug and'outing raado fair pro
gress, and Homo has boon marketed.
Sivoet potatoes look promising,.somo
(diPB still boing sot out, whilo in Char
lesion county somo fi dds aro ready to
dig and to markot. lltoo is excellent,
but oitorpillars aro destroying upland
rioo in Hampton county. Peas oamo
up to good stands: somo sections re
port moro than tho usual aoroago sown
to peas, others loss. Sugar oano and
pastures aro gocd. Melons aro gonor
ally poor. There is w idos pr ead oom
plant of poaohos and grapes rotting,
Tho Month of August.
Tho following data, oovoring a period
of 14 years, havo boon compiled from
tho woathor bureau reoords at Colum
bia for tho month of August:
Moan or uormal tomporature 80 do
groos.
Tho warmost month was that of 1900,
with an avtrigo of 85 dogroos.
Tho ooldoat month was that of 1899,
with an avorago of 70 ddgroos.
Tho highest tcmporaturo was 100 do
gross on August 20th, 1900.
Tho lowost tomporature was 56 do
groos on August 30th, 1896.
Avorago dato on whioh first "killing"
frost orourod in autumn, Novombor 5
Avorago dato on whioh first "killing"
frost ooourod in spring, March 23.
Avorago for tho month, 6 85 inohos.
Avorago numbor of days with .01 of
an inoh or moro, 12.
Tho greatest monthly precipitation
was 9 85 inohos in 1898
Tho least monthly precipitation was
0.61inohos in 1900.
Tho groatost amount of prooipitation
roootdod in any 24 oonsooutive hours
was 4 30 inohos on August 27th and
28th, 1893.
Avorago numbor of ol o ar days, ll;
partly olouiy days, 12; oloudy days, 8.
Tho prevailing winda havo boon from
tho southwest. _
A Foxy Skippor.
A tug boat, whilo cruising off Sandy
Hook Monday, foll in with tho H.sr
kontino Mannio Swann from S.tn Juan,
Puerto Ki oe with about 1,200 tons of
sugar on bomd. Tho tug hailed tho
Swann, whioh doolinod to bo towod into
port. Capt. Higgins oxplainod that
ho would stand "on and off" this port
until Friday, when ho will ontor with
his vossol. Ho said that in remaining
outsldo ho would two tho oonsigneos of
his cargo many thousands of dollars ho
oauso .tomorrow Prosidont MoKlnloy's
proclamation dedaring tho establish
ment civil govornmont in tho territory
of Puroto Kioo goos into c ifoot and this
manifesto will infltituto troo trade bo
ttveon tho Island and tho Unjt^d
States. _A
.y N
WORTH KNOWING.
How Ihe Bite? of Rattlesnakes and
Mad DoftB May
BE RENDERED HARMLESS
Tho Rev. Hugh F? Oliver Tollo of a
Perfect Antidote, Consist
Jpg ?f Salt, Onions
.S and Tobacco.
To tho Editor of ."Tho Sunday Nows:
About fivo ycart) ago tho Atlanta Ooo
ti ti tut ion publishod a lotter from an
educated Indian residing io I odian
Toiritory, whioh was inspirad by tho
philanthropio dosiro to raako gotorally
familiar tho Indians' immemorial
romody for tho bito of a snako or mad
dog.
Tho olaim was roado that a poifoot
antidoto oxists in tho combination of
salt, onions and tobaooo beaton togothor
and appliod to tho wound. Lt usod im
modiatoly and ronowed cvory half hour
no swelling would onsuo and rooovory
would bo rapid and oomploto. Ho stated
that this history of troatmont had boon
uniformly ?,ruo, tho obsorvation and
recollection of no Indian boing to tho
oontrarv.
According to this Indian tradition,
going baok to romoto gonorations, in
thoso homoly simplos a' porfoob romody
is provided against doath in two of tho
most awful forms that oan dislrojs and
destroy us. Not all tho plaoos of hu
man habitation aro markod by tho trail
of sorponts, but tho bark of tho dog is
ootorminous with tho voioo of man and
his ever possiblo is an ovor-prosont
threat of an unspoakablo oalamity. to
every human boing.
It is poouiiarly fortunato that tho in
grodionts of this infallible ouro aro al
most always oloso to tho hand of oven
thc ??s?rsH*- ?T?r"i?? ag H1#??'?? nn*w'*ifl
j *J*f *f.r ***** ' *? o **** . ??-* ' v " i/ * - *" ~-? - "
kitohon may thus booomo a Pastour in
stituto and the mont unoulturod oan
roadily bo a staff of skilful and SUOOOBS
ful praotitionors. .
Sinoo wo aro soientifioally suro that
tho poisonous, doath-doaling ?oorotions
whioti infcot tho animal bitten aro
btrongly aoid in thoir nature wo havo
suggested immediately tho freo uso
locally and intornally of strong alkalis
Soda, salt, borax, ammonia, swoot and
olivo oils havo boon used with markod
BUOOOBS in oases of onako bito. Nor
should wo forgot tho o>mmon pooplo'o
absoluto faith in alcoholio liquors and
tobacoo ad romodios for snako bito.
Dr. Jamos Evans informs tho writor,
who rooords it as a ourious faot whioh
will doubtlessly intorostmany, that tho
poison of our rattlesnakes han boon
found to bo the offioiont and most roli
ablo antidoto to tho poison of thooobra.
For tho bito of tho rattlosnakoin loo ali
tioB naturally infestod, thoro grows a
plant vulgarly namod rattlosnako mastor
whioh indioatos tho purposo of itscxist
onoo by a fljwor bearing thoshapo of a
rattlosnako's oponed mouth, with fangs
roady to strike A toa is mado of tho
entire plant and glvon frooly to tho un
fortunate sufferer.
A PREVENTATIVE OP HYDROPHOBIA.'
But this prolonged prologue juuat
oomo to an ond that wo may givo earn
OBt hood to a proposed plan, a suggested
poasibility, of a world wide preventivo
of hjdiophobia. Dout tlofiHly domo
roador is roady to purm?BO.thp;r3ij?oUt?iV:
of tho recommendation to o?'.rjoU-ovory
dog's tail immediately bohind llHt dog*fl
oaTs. Notao, for tho writor reodghizis.
that that rooontmondation is] as im
praotiblo as it is supromoly wino. If
pooplo will not havo laws to limit tho
expansion of dogo1 om and so enlarge tho
domains of tho harmless and helpful
.shoop, whioh touch directly tho pookot
nerve, it is vain to hopo thatdooroes of
oxtormination against tho dogs will
ever issue from any law-making body of
mon for tho protection of tho bipods of
whom, in thoso strange, faithless days,
ovory now born ' biped's father and
mother with truooynioal Malthusian om
thusiasm, is roady to say that tho world
is cvon now too full.
Tho Bubjoot matu r of tho proposod
provontivo will prova to bo an exempli
fioation, but of tho most extraordinary
kind, of tho often quotod, but oftonor
forgot and seldom ptaoliood maxim: An
ounoo of prevention iii worth a pound of
ouro.- Not to delay longor, in plain
words it ?B orodibly doolarod thu a dog
oan bo sterilized by an oasy and almost
painloBB surgioal operation, SO that
nover a gorm of hydrophobia will bo
bred in his bo ly. Should this allega
tion bo provon then tho imagination of
tho greatost poot or paintor could not
properly portray, with brush or pon,
tho reliof from anxioty of tho most dis
tressing kind tl nit would bo givon to the
raoo of man. Woro it maUo only by
dogradod sayagos, oven thou tho most
ominontly learned should vio with ono
another in asoortaimng ovon a posai
bio modicum of' truth thorcin con
tained. But it is mado on tho basis of
indubitable proofs by Homo of tho most
rei )ootablo pooplo in South Carolina.
?'lioso aro tho Langstons, whoso fami
ly has lived for a contury aad a half
four miles from Elim Ohurob, which is
throo milos wost of Effingham on tho
Northeastern Railway, and is tho hal
lowell spot whoro Luther ll'oo, tho
companion of Adoniram Judrfon and
foundor of Columbian University,
proaohod his last serm?n. Erwin
Langston, a mo abor of this ohuroh.
whon ho died in Deonnbor, 1898, baa
roached tho groat ago of 86 years and 3
months. Hin mind was unclouded to
tho last and his romarkablo memory
had novoi' boon known to loso its grip
on a faot. Tho rospoot of all who
know him grow with aoquaintanoo to
vonoration, whioh booamo ovontually
blondod with tho tondornoss of dovotod
affootion,
A fow months boforo his doath ho
told his pastor, tho writor of this and
still tho pastor of his ohildron and
grandohildron and groat-grandohildron,
that ho rcgardod it a orimo too groat to
bo dosoribod or donominatod that hu
man hoing? should bo oxpoBod to tho
dangor of hydrophobia whon ovory dog
could bo oasily rondoredporfedt'y harm
IOBB in that rogard. Having worn, as
did Prinoo Albort, through 'ais long
traot of years, "tho v/hito flowor of ft
blames lifo," and boing known to
poss< 'aro powors of obsorvation and
rooot.s Jon. ho could mako-no auto
?nont as to tacts coming within his por*
(ional knowlodgo that would not com
mand tho ftttontion and court the faith
of any who know him. This testimony
itorporatod within itsolf that of his
groat-grandfather, his grandfather, his
father, and through tho family tradi
tions ovon that of romotor anoostors, es
woll es that of ovory ono of his sons,
sons-in-law and many of his noighbora,
to tho ??L Mu an operation upon ft
THE At?l)?? otoA?Ol.
"It has always boon tho.oustom of
Aiij f*rrt?iy ?11(1 tlbo?r conneot?ens," S??d
tho vonorablo man with stoat emphasis
upon tho noto of timo, "to oporato on
ovory dog wo had, and whon a young
follow got pormissiou to marry ono of
our girls ho waa told at tho Ba/uo timo
that ho must loam how not to havo any
mad doga around boforo tho kousokoop
ing started. And whon a mado deg
oamo along our way wo just aot our doga
aftor him nnd thoy didn't tako long to
m uko a good, safo dog out of him."
"But somo of thom must havo got
bit whilo thoy woro killing him. "
"Didn't amount to a row of pina. Wo
just put tar and groaso on tho bit spo's
whon thoy oamo baok homo and g v o
thom an oxtra fino dinnor that day be
sides."
"Bat woro ycu not afraid of thom
aftcrwardb?"
"Why, no I for wo know that ovory
blosBed, swoot mouthed son of a bitoh
had had tho worm takon out from un
der his tongue"
Thon hodesoribod tho oporation with
tho groatoat minutonooB and it is great
ly to bo regretted that his words woro
not written down immodiatoly aftor. A
stako is made firm in tho ground. Tho
dog is grasped by tho baok of tho nook
and by tho hind logs, and thrown on
his sido. His mouth is thon presaod
opon and kopt opon by moans of tho
stako. Tho tonguo is lifted by tho
operator and "at tho bottom,'.' noar tho
root, and in tho oontro ho finds a "a
ridgo," whioh ho "slits" longthwiso
with a sharp knifo. This slitting dis
olosos what is coiled "tho worm," wh oh
oloaoly roaombloa a yellow hamtnor's
tonguo. Under ono ond of this ho
runs a Bhoomakor's awl, aoizos tho loos
ened ond and doftly jorka out "tho
worm," tho head and front of all tho
dog's poaaiblo ofTohooa in tho matter of
hydrophobia. Unliko tho sorpont'B
poison saok this "worm" novor roiurns.
Erwin Langston's testimony, tradi
tional and oxporimonl&l, covors atloast
two hun .rod years. Ilia oona, Sponoor.
Bon and Joo, livo at and around tho ola
homestead, and tho experience, whioh
by no means limited and ombraoos
IT? ?. . * rt r\t fmd.. Tinni*d nnrr^ h,-\?'ot/Hi
Cl V VA (Vf^VJ *- * Vi VJ j v ? VVi * V V * *V 0
and eon fi c UH in ovory partioular tho
testimony of their honored father.
They aro not muoh aoouatomod to tho
uao of tho pon, preforring to "hitch up
and pay a visit" rather than writo a
lottor, but thoy would ohoorfully an
Bwor, for tho sako of humanity, any
questions in reason that may bo askod
thom. Thoir postoffioois Elim, S.U.
Hugh F. Olivor,
Floronoo, S. U.
A MURDEROUS MADMAN.
He Kills One Man and Wounds
Five Others
Miohaol Kolloy, an insano man,
Wednesday at tho ornoo of tho Robert
Garrett Lumber company, in tho busi
noss dis trie t, of Len von wort li, Kansas,
shot B?X pooplo, killing ooo, probably
fatally wounding another, and moro or
loss seriously wounding four othora.
Ho was himself finally killed by officers
who triod to ovor powor him. The vic
tims:
John R. Garrott, aged 40, Junior
member of tho firm of Robert Garrott
Lumber company, dlod at hospital.
Ur. MoG noe, aged 30, shot in baok
and probably fatally wounded.
Polioo Sorgoant Wm, Lodge, shot in
nook, wound serious.
. Miohaol MoDonald, dotcotive, shot
in log; slight.
JOB. Fal th rigor, poliooman, shot in
hand;'wound slight.
Ike J leaky, a laborer, shot in tho
hand.
Kollcy had lived in Loavonworth for
years and at different timos hbd en
gaged in minor buainoss ontorprisor.
Ho was arroBtod and adjudged insane,
Garrott and four others testifying
against him. Aftor a y oar in tho To
peka asylum Kelly was roloaaod. Ho
had bo?n noting qucorly ag lin and had
doolarod that ho would kill tho iivo
mon who sont him to tho asylum, For
two woeks past ho has boon practicing
shooting with a rovolvor daily at tho
Fort Leavenworth rango. Wednosd?y
night ho drank heavily.
Soon aftor 12 o'olook Wodnosday ho
Oppenrod at Garrett's offioo and without
warning shot Garrett as ho sat at his
desk. Garrott foll to tho flior and
Koi.y del mora'.cly tired four moro ?.hots
into tho prostrate form. L.aviog Iiis
victim for doad, Ko ll y ran to tho roar
of tho company's lumbor yard and be
gan reloading his rovolvor. ProEontly
ho returned to tho of lue to fiad Dr.
MoGco, who had boon attraotod by tho
shooting, bonding ovor Garrott. Level
ing his rovolvor, Kelly took aim at tho.
physician and fired. Tho bullet struok
MoGoo ia tho Bpino and ho topplod
ovor near whoro Garrett lay.
Tnoo foliowod an oxoiting ntroot fight
botwoon tho mad man and ofihors who
oamo upon tho eoone. Killey, flourish
ing his rovolvor, dashed through tho
lumbor yard. Ho mot Ike Hoaloy, a
laborer, and shot him in the hand. A
fow yards further on ho onoou dorod
Sctgaant Dodgo. Tho two exchangon
s'.iou aa thoy ran. Ooo bullet from
Kolloy 's reyolvor ?truok Dodpo in tho
nook, but not boforo that ellie jr had
shot him in tho shoulder. Kolloy kopt
running and was soon confronted by
Ddtootivo MoDonald and Offiojr Fal
thagor. McDonald dioppod Kelley with
n bullot in tho nook. Dodgo rai tod his
rovolvr but it failod to work and
oatohing up with tho murdoror, ho
ortuhod his skull with tho weapon,
Kolly waa carried to tho station in
an uaoonsoious oondition. Ho diod
soon aftor his arrival thoro.
Garrott did not regain oonsoiousnoaa
and diod an hour aftor hoing takon to
tho hospital. Dr. MoGoo is still suffer
ing soriously and it is believed ho o mi
not reoovor Dodgo's wound is not con
sidered fatal, whilo tho wounds of tho
othors aro alight.
How'a Tidal
Wo offer Ono Hundred Dollar Howard
for any oaso of Catarrh that oannot bo
ourod by Hall's Catarrh Curo.
F, J. CHENEY & CO., Tolodo.O.
Wo tho undorsignod, havo known F.
J. Ohonc-y fer the last 15 yoars, and bo
liovo him porfootly honorablo in all
business transactions and financially
able to oarry out any obligations nudo
by thoir firm.
WKST& Tau AX, Wholosalo Druggists,
Toledo, 0.
WALDINQ, KINMAN& MAHVIN, Wholo
Salo Druggists, Toledo. O.
Hall's Catarrh Curo is takon internal
ly, aotlng dirootly upon tho blood and
mucous Hurfaoon of the system, Tes
timon?ala sent freo. Pri?e 75o. por bet
tie -Sold by all Druggists.
Hall's Family Pills aro tho boat.
A man in Tonnessoo got four
cords of wood, throfgallons? o%
lorena sm/
No. fow
W?Xi
puf
Grove's'
Thc formula
know just what ye
do . not advertise th
their medicine if y<
Iron and Quinine pi
form. The Iron
malaria out of the
Grove's is the On
Chill Tonics arc in
chat Grove's is si
are not experiment
and excellence hi
only Chill Cure $<
_the United States.
Wo Feed tho World. I
Tho failure, or even the seri-'
ons Cutting off of any staple crop
of this country is a calamity not
to our own people alono but to
the world. Other nations aro de
pendent upon tho United, ?States
for a largo part, of their food
supply and aro becoming more
so every year. Agricultural
production in this country is so
far in excess of our domestic
needs that many million of for
eigners look to it for their sup
plies. No other nation over had
such a great surplus of food pro
ducts every year. Twelve coun
tries each bought over $10,000,
000 worth of our farm products
last year.
The United Kingdom alone
took of thom to the value of
$408.000,000 and Germany $134,
000.000 worth. The amount of
our sales of agricultural pro
ducts to other nations was as fol
lows: France, $4,000,000; Bel
gium, $31,000,000; Italy ,$24,000,
000; Canada, $21,000,000; Ja
pan. $15,000,000; Denmark, $l?,
000,000; ?pain,$10,600,000; Cuba,
$14,000,000;- British Africa, $10,
300,000. Europe is by far the
largest purchaser of our agri
cultural products having puiv
chased last yoar $739,000,000
worth.
The importance of American
agriculture to the outside world
is impressively illustrated this
year. We have the greatest yield
of wheat ever known in any
country. Our combined crops
of spring and winter wheat will
exceed 700,000000.bushels vastly
more than we can consume and
Europe will nave to import moro
wheat than ever 'before. .Tho
wheat crop of Franco isneaily
100,000,000 bushels short. Ger
many has an oven greater rela
tive shortage. Tho crops in Rus
sia and the Balkan countries
havo also suffered^ severely.
1 Europe will pay us an immense
amount of money for wheat and
I other agricultural products this
? year probably moro than wo
over received from lier before
on that account.
Bryan*a Position
In view of tho persistent de
claration that Mr Bryan is back
ing the Ohio Democrats who
propose holding another con
vention and putting up a bolt
ing State ticket we quote his own
words as printed in tho current
numbprOf Tho Commoner: 'MVtr.
Kilbourno, tho nominee for gov
ernor, is an excellent man; a
life-long Domocrat and an ac
tivo supporter of the national
ticket in both 1896 and 1900. Ho
is bettor than his ulatform. Ho
deserves an should receive the
vote of eyery Democrat in Ohio.
If any of tho Ohio .Democrats
feel aggrieved because tho re
organizing element of the!
party triumphod'at tho conven
tion lot them not visit their dis
appointment,, upon the State
ticket but rather seo to the nom
nation of senators and represen
tatives who will select a turst
worthy senator. Let them seo to
it also that tho State platform
is mado tho primaries next time;
rather than at tho convention.
If tho voters at the primaries had
instructed their, delegates to in
sist upon tho reaffirmation of the
Kansas Oity platform tho result
would havo. been different."
This shows' whoro Mr. Bryan
stands,, and should- silence those
who have so pres.istontly mig*
represented. vhis; position, in r;e
foronco to tho ?nj? ?lo?ti?n. Ir
ho was, a,: residont of , Ohio, ho
would voce tlie# Dmberatic ticket
straight,^ ' . ; - ' . ?...
' nhetired.
"?Hphalet,". Baldino, reproachfully,'
*I. do riot approve' of suoh extrava
gance. Now, when Alfonso calla, ho ia*
Bonsiblo, and dooa not como loaded
down .With expensive flowers."
"Henrietta," said he, calmly, "it I*
genorally understood? that a lenavo
can't win a queen unless ho is one of
the howers.''
"You aro both hnnves-," she uvur?
mured, coyly, "but you ai e . tho, right
bower and ho-M loft," and with those
words she molted into h?a \?rms.~r
1'ow'n y?&f*'u;ttt^ .t-^?j?j N
Ia th? OhUdron'M l'JriyiU'o??.???.
Muriel . Mulligan-Ihipfert Itafforty
wan t od rae ter elopo wlt'Jjilm yosttddy
afternoon. .? . *
Fifi Flannigan-Why didn't yor ? "
i Muriel Mulligan-I wu a afraid ' I
wouldn't git back in time fer aupperV
Pown Toplos. *t -
v ' lin rKentuoltr,. ' '
v The Colonel-XV? jamazln* ^ow, tho
""^W?* ^ gyowl It floems Uko yeates
*%'th;it Doy A)t y ont? wa* .ft
t?CT PRESCMPTi
Fasteless Chi
is plainly printed on every
>u are taking when you take
eir formula knowing that y<
ou knew what it contained.
4? up in correct proportions a
acts as a tonic while tho
system. Any reliable druggis
Ightal and that all other
imitations. An analysis of othc
jpcrior to all others in ev
ting when you take Grov<
ivihg long been cstablishe
>ld. throughout the entire i
No Cure, No Pay. Price
Presbyterian CoiTege
No rt Hossloivopons Bopt. 20, 1001. Bpoc
nutnbor can braooommodated in Dormitory
matriculation, and tuition, for < olloginto y
in faoulty. Moral inlluonocs good. Coure
M.A. Fino Commoroial Cours?! Wrilo f(
'An Important Ruling
Rural mail carries must at
tend strictly to business. They
will not be allowed to have any
side lino as has sometimes been
tho caso.? They must carry mail
and nothing elso. The post
master general has mado the
order in regard to the traffic car
ried on by carries in the rural]
freo delivery service moro dras
tic than was at first supposed.
Every form of outside work,
with an? single exception, is
.prohibited. Carriers will bo per
mitted to take subscriptions for
newspapers arid periodicals, and
if any commission is allowed for
this they mayen joy it. A1 strenu
ous effort has been made .by
publishing houfioR that-er?doy
the pound rates of postage" to
have their circulars and adver
tising mather also classod-as an
exception, but the department
has ruled against this on tho
ground that to permit the..car
ries to distribute such circulars |
in the hope of getting some con^
pensation for themselves Ts \
working directly against the re
venues of the postoffice depart
ment. Tho department of?ioi?ls
think that if the .publishing
houses want to distribute adver
tising inattor they bettor do iso
through tho mailp i'd tho regular
and legitm?te Way. lYre reports
coming to the department frorti
inspectors detailed to look up
special cases of excessive activ
ity in outside work by carriers
in the rural free delivery show
also another flagrant, violation
of the policy of the department.
It was found that many carriers'
had made an arrangement with
express companies and had small
signs nailed on their mail
Wagons, suoh as Adams Ex
press' Company,' ' " United
States Express Company," otc.
Tho arrangement in such cases
was to make tho carriers f eoders
tho express companies and they
were allowed usually a commis
sion of 15 per cont, for all busi
ness originating along their
routes through their agency..
This,. ?again, works directly
against tho interests of the de
partment, patrons often sending
articles by express which might
othorwise go by mail. So every
ciass of business has been ruled
out,* with the single exception of
subscription for . periodicals.
This is justified on the ground
that the postal service is intend
ed to disseminato.knowledge.
tri North . Carolina ? man
claimed a pensi?n; because a1
t.wolve pound cann?ri ball pass
ed between his legs and shatter
ed his nerves, and a woman de
mands a pension because she is
widow/ of three" Confederate
soldi?rs whom she married dur
ing'thd Svar. .
THE _ YOUNGSLQQD
LUMBER COMPANY
AUGUSTA,1 OA.
Ow nw. AND WORKS, Noimi ADOUBTII, 8, O. ,
I DOORS/SASH, BLINDS'AND BUILDER'S
HARDWARE. '
JPL?O|tIN(Q, BIDING, CEILING: A^D IN
' (j . SIDE FINISHING LUMBER IN
t ;. -GEORGIA PINE,
All Correspondence - fdvon prompt alton
lion. , July 2-ly
ftortiV Greeuville ^ High ?
. -*Tra?RV"iLLE, S. 0.
Thorough, cheap, and'beautifully located.
(Mountain Scenery; 'Good Water; Military
Feature, \ini\pie ausplooa, bf Citadel graduate
Btudobts front 0lghfc" < omitios.
; No high ?dhooi gtVcs a mot? thorough
XKM?MO. Diplomas awerdex bo graduates. One
burnt rod and fifty dollara* "worth, of ?oholar1
flhipR aifrardod annually. .
Board $(J 60 a month. Tuition, 99 00' to
$26-00 a-year. " '? ' - ' . . IA
Ap Illu?trat<)d?Oi\ta\oaMovriU tell you all1,
'Season epeni Pep tomber'i 2,1001,
KJcmo to Greoatlllean-d telephone to JX igor
??? .
HIU IS
ill Tonic.
bottle-r-hencc you
Imitators
not buy
Grove's,
au would
Grove's contains
nd is in a Tasteless
Quinine drives thc
t will tell you that
so-called Tasteless
rr chill tonics shows
cry respect. You
e's-its superiority
d. Grove's is the
Halarial sections bf
. 50c.
of South Carolina.
ital ratoa to boarding student*. Limited
. $t00/10 will p%-r fof boad, room-rent
oar. Fi?o profesaora and ono iootruotor
csof study loading to degrees of B. A. and
>r oataloguo or information of any kind to
A. E. SPENCER,Clinton, 8. C.
1
s
II
Saw Mills,
Cane Mills,
Rice Hullers,
Pea Hullers,
Engines,
Boilers,
Planers and
Matchers,
Swing Saws,
flip Saws,
and all other kinds of wood
working machinery. My Ser
geant Log Beam Saw mill ia .
the heaviest, strongest, and
most efficient mill for the
money on the market, c?uick,
aconrate. State Agent for H,
B. Smith Maohlne Company
wood working machinery, |
For high grade engines, plain
slide valve-Automatic-, and'
Corliss, write mo: Atlas,.
Watertown, aiijrt Struths?
arid'Wells. r*avr>
V. 0. BADiji^iMV
1326 Main St., Columbia! & Ci
ii
MM
'$??NOO?A*f>HGR
atilt CK G fl AHUATE
.C?IN?tJCOi.m
A.. +*. . .
C0M?P6THMT
Ousi NESS MANAOtft,
fJUCT HAVE YHO*OV(
Oui "ass ie.cMic'J
YdSl They're Wanted.
Butin?es activity oroatea a demand f sf
busiucan exports, and thoso who hold diplo
mas from, cur oollcgo are business exporta.
They have little trouble Anding plaoob, and
no xroubie koeplng them. Suoh diploma?
are guarantees . fline?. It'a not guess
work, . und the poatlbillty of disappoint
ment In tho new employee, bul a guarani
tee from ua to your ability.
For full information, bead now to tho
' Columbia Business College,
COLUMBIA, S. 0.
W. H. NEWBERRY, President.
1851 1001.
Furinao University.
GREENVILLE, S. C.
A. P. Montague, Ph. D., L, L. D.,Pres,
Two oouraoa aro offered leading to tho de?
greoa of BAOIIRIJOU ot ART3 (U. A) and
Al AS? KR OF Auw (M. in Library and Road-*
lng-Roora, l'by?ioal, Chomloal and Biologi
cal Laboratorio*. JUDSON-ALUMNI HAIA,
containing AUDITORIUM AND 8001 BTV IlAr^,;
just oomp'eted and furnished at a cost of!
twonjy thousand dollars. NRW FORM ROOM,,
DORMITORY Expousoa roduood to a mint*
mum by tho Mess syslom. Cataloguo ami
oivoularflof infomatton on requoat.
Addreas Dr. A .IP. Montague
(J i-."on vi I lo, S, C.
For.rooms apply lo Prof. H T. Cook,
, Oroenvillo, S. 0;
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d^esii-olicra Agency^
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oollegOB, and families with teachers, without,
charge We .aid oompetont teaohors in se
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us at once.
Sonoor. FupHironr.-Doeks, Mapa, Charla
Globe?, &c ? at lowest prlotB We aro Geh-''
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?las?. . . (
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sooondhanded ones, ivijvlug half tho cost
to you, Wo alao supply booka yeoontly
adop'od by tho oUto. ...
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MONEY. F, M, Sheridan,'Mg*. '