VOL. V.
5-T 7
DUNN, N. C.v WEDNESDAY, OCTOBElt 2a 189(5.
NO' 44.
J5ILL ARP'S LETTER.
PHILOSOPHER 3IAKK9 EARNKST
PLEA FOR FATHERLESS ONES, '
a Result of a Visit to the .Decatur
Orphans Home.'
Why don't some rich man give an
endowment to the orphan bond at
Decatur why don't somebody leave
it a good lot of money in his will; and
then die soon after? And there ia. the
orphanage at Clinton, S. O., that right
now is on a Btrain to provide food and
clothing for the winter. I am satisfied
that if our good people could visit
these institutions and sea the children:
and realize their condition, they would
help them. It is all right, of course,"
for the millionaires to give millions to
the universities and colleges, and so
provide cheap education for the 'poor;;
but there is a class of helpless, friend
less children scattered over the land
who will never get to college, and who
ould be grateful for" bread and
clothes and shelter. The scripture?
make no mention of schools or col
legee, bnt the fatherless are mentioned
over and over again, and woe and
curses are threatened those who neg
lect or oppress them.
I have long believed that good peo
pie would give more to charity if they
were face to face with those who suffer.
It is not a pleasant business to hunt up
the poor and look upon want and rag
and pale faces, but it ought to be done
sometime?, even by the rich and bust
people. The good St' J amea said tha
true religion was to visit the widow
and the fatherless yes, to visit them.
It will not do to sit ir the parlor or
counting rootn and wait till somebody
calls for charity. Little orphans can'i
come; they don't know the way. Their
father is dead or their mother, or both,
or perhaps one or the other is in the
asylum or down with chronio sickness.
It is a pitiful story, and every case is.
diff rent, but all pitiful. - They are all
children of misery baptized in tears.
I have been ruminating about this, and
must write about it, though to most
people it is an unwelcome subject.
A few days ago I rode out to
the orphans home near De
catur just to see how the children
were gettmcr on. Mv irood friend.
Eobert Ifsmpbill, went with me. He
is the business man of that busy pa
per, The Constitution, but next to his
family his heart's affections are ab
sorbed in the orphans home: He is
the president of the board, and outrht
to be. He goes there every few days,
and the children emilo irfaon bcoomcK;
On the way we never talked politios-r-
not a word it was all orphans and the
home. The farm wagon met us at
Decatur and took us out a mile in the
country. I didn't mind the rough
riding, for it did me good to have mv
corporosity tumbled up a little; but I
did mind getting in and out of that
high-swung wagon that had no steps.
1 tried to show my activity, but I
couldn't, and almost fell down before
I got up. For aged orphans ljjEeme
they ought to have a comfortable car
ryall, but Mr. Hemphill cays they
haven't got the money to buy it.
Where is the carriage man that he don't
send one right away ? Mr. Brumby, of
Marietta sent six dozen good, strong
chairs for the boys building, that has
just been completed. Now, where ip
the big-hearted carriage man? It is a
beautiful building; and will be dedica
ted soon; and I've a notion of taking
my wife down with me if the carryall
is there ; she oan't ride in a road wag
on any more. Bnt that building and
the girls' building need water plenty
of water. ThereTs a little lake of clear
spring water not far away, and Mr.
Hemphill says there is fall enough for
a water ram, but it will cost about $500
to fix everything and put water in the
npper stones bnt the money is all
out. It has taken all to complete the
new building.
Where are you going to get thf
$500 ?" I asked.
'I have no idea." he said, and h
looked distressed; "but I reckon i
will come. Three men have given u
$500 each with the last twelve months,
( and I reckon there is on more some
where. I know that there are several,
if they knew how badly we needed it."
Then he told me about what George
Muse, Mr. Er Lawshe and Mr. Q. T:
Grees and others had done for the
home. "' ' ',
For about three hours I went about
the premises and mingled with the or
phans. Some of the boys were digging
md wheeling dirt to stop a leak in the
dam at the lake. Two had to go after
the cows. Half a dozen came trotting
down to the barn with tfclv milk
buckets. The milch cows marched to
their stalls and the stanchions closed
upon them, while the bovasat nnon
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meir stools and talked merrily as they
urew down the milk frnm thflir ud
ders. The eldest of these, milkers was
hot mora than 12 anrl th nnn treat
Jhout eight Kear the houss, in the
back yard, there were two boys swing-
Z at the ends of a large rocking
churn, and in 20 minutes they had
tethered several pounds ef nice yellow
potter. I saw the girls washing and
ironing in the laundry, and others
Breparinpr the eyeninar meal, of which
1 was invited to partake. There wora
Qo idle hands, save, perhaps, the two
youngest, one of whom was an infant
arms and one only three years old.
AU had some duty to perform, and
ere doing it willingly, and all were
comfortably clothed.
But there were two master spirits
about the place Mr. Taylor and his
wife had plenty to do. The outdoors
nd farm work and the cattle and get
ting wood and. keeping the boys em
ployed in their working hours tooi all
his time. - But Mrs. Taylor has the
t?Hter responsibility, and f ha meets
i . . ....
clothes and health and conduct.4 She
iw0neu -Ubote Uxe' benevolent faces
that a child could not help loving.
Her tender care of the little ones and
Li a5fctinor her was plainly visi
oie. The little boy of sixteen months
was m her arms as she walked around
with, us andsalled up the turkeys and
chickens. "I don't believe I can ever
give up this one," ah said. "These
orphans are coming andgoingall the
time, fast as they get old enough
the Iiord seesss to find vilanM fn Km
and it always grieves, aa.-ldltssi them
go, : out I am going , to keep this one
and adopt it as mv own: 1 Wf hi
children, and this; one .will be a com
fort to ma when I get old and have, to
leave the home.'! He was a pretty boy
the youngest of four that came there
from one family. ' Their mother was
dead and the father the same as dead;
but they are better off now, and all of
them seem contented and happy. 1 Ev j
ery one there has a sad history, bul
tney do not realize it now Several
hundred have come - and crone within
twenty-five" years, and nearly '"alt! of
mem nave none well. Many -revisit
the spot in after years; many write af-
X . a m m m - . J
Manv revkU 1
revieii i
iccuonaie, grateful letters, . and some
send' tokens of their kind remem
brance. One young man who has
prospered and receives good wages
sends $5 monthly out of his earnings to
help maintain seme other orphan. That
is about what it takes $250 to $300 a
month f or xthe sixty .who are there. At
twilight there was a curfew bell, and
tbe children gathered in the parlor
and we had music. The girls and boys
sang some sweet songs to the lead oi
the piano, a gift from Mr. M. B.
Berry," and then the supper bell ran?.
The elder persons and the visitors were
seated at one table and the children at
three others, and: at a-, signal from
Mrs. Taylor there was silence. 'and
there was reverence, too, for she made1
one of the sweetest and most motherly
prayers I ever heard. , It was brief.
but it was beautiful. Then came the
feast not a display of good things.
but good bread, good butter, crood
coffee, and at our table a good, fat,
well roasted turkey-, that the girls had
cooked for Mr. Hemphill and ho let
me have some yes, I got 1 a plenty.'
That was the second turkey, Mrs.. Tay
lor said, and she had many more that
she had raised about one apiece fox
each child. Good gracious 1 Feeding
orphans on turkey 1 Well, . why not
once in a while? I never saw an or
phan who didn't like turkey. There
are lots of good things about , there.
While down in the field I found' some
ripe may pops, and lb avenoi passed
liking them yet, and blaok hawa and
knew every tree, and where the chest
nuts and chinquapins grow.
Bnt the home needs money, and its
wants must be kept before the public.
It is a blessed charity to give it, a
charity that is full of promises in scrip
tures. -It should be enlarged and more
orphans sent there, for I believe that
it is the best training school in tbe
state, and its inmates will all make
good citizens. Old Father Jesse Bor
ing founded it, 'and if there is a heaven
he is in it. He was a pioneer in good
works. That's the kind of paternalism
I believe jin being a father: to the
fatherless My good mother lost her
parents when she was a little child.
The. pestilence swept them Into one
grave and she was sent to an orphanage
in Savannah. - They were.gooa to ner
there and she used to tell us the pad
story, and we would, stand by her side
and listen, and our hearts ges iuu ana
our eyes overflow. But one day a lady
came and chose her from among the
children and took her away. It is the
same way at this orphanage now. They
come and they go, and are, soatterea
from Georgia to Texas.
Good people, this is the no&iest ana
sweetest kind of charity. Let us help
it. SiliAm', in Atlanta Constitu
tion. . j. :,. rr
UAND OF DESPERADOES,.
Heavily Armed, Raid the Idttle Town
of; Carney, Oklahoma.
Two posses of United States marshals are
to hot pursuit of the bold desperadoes; who
held up the little town of. Carney Saturday
night The story of the hold-up at 'Carney
reads like the robberies of the early days In
Oklahoma. It was 10 oclock when the town
was attacked by the six bandits, all heavily
armed, masked arid well mounted. The rob
bers entered with a flourish of arms and
oaths and at once attacked the store-of J. E.
Fonts, the largest merchant In the dty.
fore Werln the town, the bandits cut the
teleDhone wires between Carney and Chand
ler fa orddt to prevent Interference with their
evidently prearrange plans. pamfJ - to ja
town of 800 peoylearid contains a general.
mehandSe storVhotei; postofSQe, black
SSi shop, stables and dwe&ng houses. Only
FoSS and his son were In the store when the
robbers rushed In and. threw their guns on
fTK- rtWaf of the outlaws demand
that 'Fonts open his safe, He quickly eom-
plied and handed owW toj to ttj
feandits. Two ol the robbers then bound hand
raeced Pouts and his son and oirried them
fwo ntiles out of town. . Meanwhile the other
robbers attacked the hotel and postofflee, but
ol nothing in the Utter F."0
three drummers and two citizens were re
friZi u nf tsoo In money, watches and
tawSryT- the United. States Marshal's of.
hetded by rY
DSton and Doolin. HewasWd to be in Mis
souri near Sedalla last week.
; Killed Their Grandmother.
..- i i AK nnmi tnii inn ranir is
A special from darkavllle, Ga., to the Oon
imutiVsays thatBt. Clair Glover and hi.
srother. a deaf mute, have been arrested and
ailed charged with the murder of their grand
. !. , v mr. SL Clair Glover
SS SrSSd and turned all the responsj
J,Q T states that he killed his grand-
mot&eV because she put him off In her wiu
rhe old lady was wealthy. -
1 v . Steamships to Mexico.
A" dispatch from StLouls states that it is
rumored that the Illinois Central Is about to
eharter a number of ocean steamships to car
ry cargoes from New jOrleans to Mexican
ports. It is reported that the business of the
company Is Increasing to such an extent that
a line of vesseLi in connectiohwith its servloe
t ) VX OrissLSS tu fceccae necessary.
u u ookB &fter tbe aeeds of all. j
both, boys ana niv. ti,i.vj
BSYAil III OiUO.
HE SPEAKS IN McKINLEY'S
STATE AT MANY POINTS.
Bryan Exposes Ilanna's Foul Plot
i and Asks Patriots to Display the
: American F.agOur Symbol of Liberty-
- " . .
Monday the special car Idler, bearing the
Bryan party, was pulled out of Detroit, inch..
. and jtt 6d the city ot Toledo, O., which some
we its ago gave the nominee such a hearty
welcome, was reached. - Here a goodly crowd
had gathered about the depot and outside
the gates and cheered,, the . nominee and in
turn he stepped out on the platform" and ad
dressed them In a law appropriate words: -At
7 o'clock h made a three minute platform
peeoh at Ferrysburg:. and another at Deshler
a half hour later. "Short speechesof less than
five ndnuteTwere made at Ottawa, and Leipsie
Junction. ;
The largest crowd of the day was encount
ered at Ptqna. There were a great many yel
low badges out, but, as a rule, the word "nit"
was printed over the; names of the Bepubli-
. nominees. The speech hereof 20 min-
uteg was, devoid of new features as was the
one at Troy a half hour later. . ,
About the band stand in the city park of
Lima, several thousand people gathered to
hear the nominee, and when they heard him
they gave demonstrative evidences of ap.
roval. In his speech Mr.. Bryan quoted tne
eiter of Mark Hanna calling on the people
who intended to vote the Republican ticket
to bang the American flag from their win
dows October 81st. He said, in partt I And
that the chairman of tbe Republican National
committee has Issued a letter to the American
people, saying the American flag has been in
the present campaign the emblem or insignia
of National honor. Its Influence has been
for great good In the cause of good people.
Its display In many places has been potent
in the advancement of the country's battle
for maintenance of its honor at home and
abroad: I therefore suggest that on Satur
day, October 81, all who intend to vote on
November 3d for the preservation of our Na-
tional honor, for sound money and the ad
vancement of our people's interests and gen
eral prosperity, display the National colors,
at their homes, their places of business, or
wherever they may be seen, in order that
voters, whose hearts are for their country,
may be strengthened In their purpose, and
those Who are undetermined may be the
more patriotically and intelligently con
cluded how best to : perform their duty as
-itiaens." . .
- As enthusiastic an audience as Mr. Bryan
has addressed for some time was at Wapako
neta, when the special pulled Into that place.
The houses In- the vicinity of the hotel in
front of which the stand that Mr. Bryan
fepoke from was erected, were decorated
with flags and bunting and pictures of the
candidate. As soon as Mr. Bryan was seen
emerging from the car the crowd cheered him
wildly. His speech, was punctuated through
out with applause and cheers and his ad
mirers continually expressed their approval
"ot his ideas. ; . ,.vi-.; -
, t A crowd of several thousand people cheer
ed the train at Dayton, where a stop of ten
.minutes was made to attach an extra coach
containing the Hamilton and Cost committee
"of fifty. i ,),ff.,t.U'.!;i r-"- t-i-.r.-r--: ..
is nere, Deing at tne neaa or tne reception
committee. ; :
e' Mr. Bryan was escorted through the town,
which was profusely .decorated, by a parade
in which several hundred people took part,
nostof them being uniformed. The candi
date spoke from a stand erected in the court
house , park to a otowd of more than ten
thousand people. He was introduced by ex
Gov. Campbell,' who in this way made his
furmftl nntrv Into the camnaJirn for the nnnw
candidate and his sponsor were received with
:remendous applause.
There were short stops at Xenia and James
'own and good-sized of owds listened to flve
niautes speeches from the nominee. While
he crowd was '.enthusiastic, there was quite
i number of McKinley shooters and baJges
the crowd. Washington Court House was
given a ten-minute talk and the large audi
e ice was apparently in sympathy with the
speaker-.
At Dayton the largest audience of the day
yelled itself hoarse when, shortly after 6
o'clock, Mr. Bryan spoke at the Fair grounds.
The orowd was estimated way up in the thous
ands and the streets were crowded by thous
ands of others. For many blocks the streets
were filled wl:h exultant humanity and the
trip clear out to the grounds a continual ova
tion. The crowd wts wildly enthusiastic and
interrupted the speaker time and again with
demonstrations of its hearty approval of the
Ideas advanced.
From a stand in front of the court house.
Mr. Bryan addressed a large audience for 20
minutes at Chillicotho. v
Clrcleville came in for a five minute talk
from the platform of the car to a fair-sized
audience. There were short addresses, at
Lancaster and New Lexington .
At Zanesvllle the triple nominee made a
speech of a half hour's duration.
At Martin's Ferry he was met by a large
crowd and delivered a brief speech. At
Bridgeport he spoke to 1,600. Twenty thous
and met him at Youngstown. This point Is
in McKinley 's congressional district.
SIX SPEECHES A DAY.
McKinley Excursions Are Still Being
Run to Canton, Ohio.
At Canton, Ohio, Thursday, MaJ, McKin
ley made six ) speeches. Five- of the delega
tions were from Ohio and one from the ad
Joining State of Indiana. The Ohio people
were so ' numerous aiid so enthusiastic 4
that Major McKinley told them that this
might very properly have been called Ohio
day. The 'weather was delightful. Major
McKinley, recognizing the fact that the ar
guments are ail in, made his speeches short,
crisp and inspiring. They elicited generous,
and at times tumultuous, applause.
The largest delegation of the day was from
Marietta, the oldest town In the State. Ii
the various delegations were conspicuous
for anything it was for the large number ol
'men who accompanied them woo nave
never voted any other than tbe Democratic
ticket, but who say they intend to support
McKinley this year. It was estimated that
nearly one-tenth of the firttors were soun
money Demeersts. .
-: A Banana Company Fails. -J
The Blueflelds Banana companyJwhosa.
headquarters are at Galveston, Tex, with a
branch In New Orleans, La., has made au
assignment. Liabilities are about $60,000,
with assets, valued at $25,000. The company
was organized in October, 1890, and had
three steamers, which plied between Galves
ton and Central American ports. Of late
years the steamers have come direct to New
Orleans, and the company transacted most
of its business from there. F. Conger of Gal
veston was president and John Wilson of
Hew Orleans was vice president. General de-
Sression of business Is given as the cause of
is failure. v v .- .
- The Flower Congress.
At Asbeville, N. CL' Wednesday, the Na
tional Flower Congress convened at the Bat
tery Park Hotel. The attends o ee was small.
Frederick Leroy Sargeant, instructor of
botany in Harvard University, was elected
president; Miss Florence- Cheney, of South
Manchester, Conn.. first vice-president;
Hon. Frank P. Ireland, Nebraska City, Neb.,
second vice-president; Edwin H, Taylor.
AsbeyiUa. N. C, secretary,
! IlilPPBllIIGS Al VASIliK&TQ:!
CEEASI OF THE NEWS CULLED
FROM THE DAILY PAPEE3
Which Will be of More or Less Inter
est to the General Reader.
It la stated by officials that the reports
coming from New Orleans as to an exciting
controversy at Havana between Gen. Fitz
hugh Lee; United States Consul General, and
Gen. Weyler, over the attempted appreheiK
sloorof a Mexican named Fernandez on board
of the American ship Yigilanclagivea signifi
cance and importance to the event not war
ranted by the facts. It there was any ap
prehension that war would result, that feel
ing must have been confined entirely to Ha
vanna, for the law on tbe subject is so clear
andJts application has been so firmly estab
lished by precedent that the officials here
were in do doubt as to the. outcome. Consul
General Lee has not Informed the State De
partment of tbe affair and the fact that he
did not deem" it worthy of the i expense of
cabling, but will treat it only in the routine
way through mail, Is evidence of the lmpor-
UNITED STATES COMSUI. III.
tance he accorded to the incident." The
Spanish authorities received Havana ad
vices fully explaining, the case, but these'
advices were of an entirely . pacific char
acter and treated the matter as an Incident
which haa been satisfactorily adjusted be
tween General Weyler and Consol General
Lee, without any breach of their friendly re
lations. The facts as reported are substan
tially these: Gen. Weyler ordered the arrest
of Fernandez as: a suspect, not, knowing at
the time of the issuance of the order that he
was on board a American ship. Later Gen
eral Lee notified the Spanish authorities that
the Vigil incia was an American ship, which
under our treaty rights had an immunity
from search and seizure for suspects in tran
sit to other ports. General Weyler promptly
acceded to the position taken by Gen. Lee
and the affair ended; No protests or claims
were submitted to Washington by either side.
It is said positively that the reports that Gen.
Weyler ever contemplated firing on the Vigil
nncia or trained the guns of Morro Castle on
the ship are incorrect. - r
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: It is intimated In official circles here that,
himself from- his post as Consul General at
Havana, that he has arranged the business of
the Consul Generalship so that it may be left,
for a time at least, to the care of Mr. Sprin
ger, our energetic Vico Consul General ;It Is
expected, therefore, that ho will soon pay a
visit to his home in Richmond. It is under
stood from the same source that General Lee
is in no respect dissatisfied with his office or
with the relations that now .exist between
himself and the authorities at Havana, but he
has undergone a trying and particularly un
healthful season at Havana while engaged in
the discharge of onerous duties and feels, the
need of recuperation. A visit of course will
afford an opportunity for Secretary Olney to
oonfer with General Lee as tothe present as
pect of affairs on tbe island, but further than
above stated it cannot be gathered thai the
Consul General's movements have any sig
nificance as affecting the relations between
Spain and the United Stales.
William A. Richardson, Chief Justice of
the Court of Claims, died, at his home
here, aged 74. years. He had been
ill for some months past with a
complication of I diseases and owing to his
advanced age his death had been generally
expected. He declined a Superior Court
Judgeship in 1869 and in the same year be
came Assistant Secretary of the United States
Treasury. He went to Europe as the finan
cial agent of the government in 1871 to nego-j
tiate for the sale of the funded loan! and
made the first contract abroad for the sale of
bonds. In 1873 he became Secretary of the
Treasury, resigning in 1874 to accept a seat'
on the bench of the Court of Claims, of
which he became Chief Justice in 1885. This'
Dosition he held at the time of his death.!
Judge Richardson was the author Of a num-j
ber of publications of a financial and legal
character; j
For the three months of this fiscal year
the receipts from internal revenue have been
t37,794,887 against t37.774,479 for the corres-J
ponding three months of 1895. The principal
items ol revenue are: Spirits, $19,944,645,'
an increase of fl.092.617; tobacco, $7,370,407,!
ST decrease of $705.137 ; fermented liquors.1
$10,133,571, a decrease of $255,629; oleomar-J
garine, $269,091. a decrease of $69,342; !mis-
cellaneous $77,170, a decrease of $12,299.
pears for the first time among items of reve-l
nue, the tax collected from Sept 4, when the
law went into effect, being $1,215. For Sep-!
tember, 1896. the collections : trom internal
.revenue were $12,009,120, as against $12-i
oui,oo in BeptemDer, isvd.
. I-
The corner-stone of the Hall of History J
the first of the buildings to comprise the
-American University, was laid here Tuesday.!
venerable senior bishop, of -the Methodist
Church, Thomas M. Bowman, assisted by the
officers oi tne aistnct grand lodge of Masons.
Bishop Hurst, Chancellor, took a prominent
part. ., i
The ' President has removed Postmaster
John H, Levis at Black Biver Fails. Wis..'
and appointed David Thompson as his suc
cessor. The summary action in dismissing
Levis Is due to disclosures of alleged corrup-
uons enierea into to oouun ornce.
Secretary of War Lam ont has transmitted
to the Secretary of the Treasury his estimates
of the appropriations required by the War
Department for the next fiscal
aggregate is f 52,875.633. 27.
year.
The
A Lawyer's Tragic Death.
At 8uffolkv Merritt Briggs, one ol
Eastern Virginia's leading criminal lawy?rs,
was struck dead while pleading a case in the
Circuit Court room at Suffolk, va. Mr.
Briggs face suddenly blanched and his
hands were nervously pressed over his heart.
He muttered a word of excuse to Judge
tMn-iea txrexi'Mul hMkvardand sank In his
ear- There was av deeo breath, several
short fiasps, and all was over before the
tmrviftoK eiwMitnN had realizedfthe situation.
TtAntTi hen almost instantaneous. .The de-
oa to Knm nA Adnstd at the' Uni
versity of Virginia.- He leaves a wife, bu
W cWJvJren. lis was 43 years oia.
SABBATH SCHOOL !
INTERNATIONAL LESSON
for!
NOVEMBER 1.
Lesson Textt Bulldlnj: the Temple,'
- I Kings 1-12 Golden
- - Text: Psalm exxvil., 1
i4 . -. Commentary : "
U "And Hiram. Kintr bf Tvre. sehi hta
tants unto Solomon, for he had heard tha?
they had anointod hint king :a the room d
his father, for Hiram was ever a -lover ot
David." ; The association ot . Hiram and
David in the bulldincr of David's honseii
seen in II Sam. v.. 11. Isaiah fnafe nf Ttm
In these words: "Tyre, the crowninsr eitv.
whoso merchants are nrlsces, whose trafSck.
ers are the honorable of the earth' T-a.
xxii., 8), but it Is in the same connection that
we read of the Lord of Hosts staining the
pride of all glory and bringing into contempt
all tbe honorable of the earth. - rom Pa.
xlv.,-12, we cohctude" that In the coming
kingdom Tyre shall be represented, and we
think of such as the woman of Math-xv., 21.
28. and the "more tolerr.ble of Math. xV 22,
in connection therewith. ; - . -s
2. S. Thou knowest how that TixviA mv
father, could not build an house unto the
name of the Lord his Ood for the wars which
were about him on every side, until the
Lord put them under the soles of his feet."
How suggestive of Him who "must reign till
He hath put all enemies under His teet, that
Ood may be alLln' all" (I Cor. xv., 25r2Si
When the Lord told David that he could not
build the temple, He said to him, "Behold a
son shall be born to theevwho shall be a man
of rest, and I will give him rest from all his
enemies round about, for his name shall be
8olomon that Is, peaceable and I will give
peace and quietness unto Israel In his days"
(I Chron. xxit., 9, 10). "He shall build an
house for My name and " he shall be Mv son
and I will be his fatter, and I will establish
fhe throne of his kingdom over Israel for
ever." Truly a greater than Solomon is here
whose kingdom shall have no end. The time
of war on earth is not yet oyer, for the great
est is yet io come. Dnt isa Ii., 1-4, shall be
fulfilled, and when the Son of David shall
iudge among the Nations. "Nation shall not
lift up sword against Nation, neither shall
they learn war any more." -
4. "But now tbe JLord my God hath sriven.
me rest on every side, so that there is neither.
adversary nor evil occurrent."." He dof s not
mention the 'instrumentalities which God
had used to bring this rest, but acknowl
edges it as the gift of God. Instruments are
nothing except as God ufees them, but Ged
IS all. He gives rest to all who are willing
te eease from their own works and let Him
control. When in the next acre our Lord
shall have cast the beast and false Dronhet
into the lake of fire and tha devil into the
pit then it shall be true in large measure that
there shall be neither adversary nor evil to
contend with.
6. "And. behold. I trarnose to bnild an -
bouse unto fhe name of tbe Lord mv God."
He was ready to be used of God to carry ont
His purposes. This Is rest indeed, to believe
that God has a purpose (Isa. xlv., 24) and
let God work in us both to will and to do of
His good pleasure (Phil. If., 13), surd that
"every purpose or the Lord shall he per
formed" (J er. Ii., 29). He shall not fail nor
swmv vuk dun poo v iiavaii
of His soul anS be satisfied (Isa. xlii., 4;lili.,
11). Therefore we have only to dwell with
Him for Offis work, si - - r t
. ?Thou knowest that there Is not amoner-
us any that can skill to hew timber like the
Sidomans." He gives his order for cedar
tiwa omu jWvtiuaiuo' w -n i-- 0 pOn v au k3
ana tnen,aaustneseworas or praise, riot
all are called to the same work. The Lord
gives "to every man his work," and the
Spirit divides to every one His gifts "severally
as He will" (Mark xili., 84; I Cor. xll., 11).
Talents are given to each according to his
several ability CMatb. xxv.. 15). If we are
fully yielded, God will fill us with wisdom ot
heart to work all manner of work that He
may require ot us. .
7. "When Hiram heard the words of Solo
mon, he rejoiced greatly and said, Blessed be
the Lord this day which hath given unto
David a wise son over this great people '
Every good gift is from above, and a man can
receive nothing except tt be given him from
heaven (Jas. L. 17; John ill., 27). . ;
8 "I will do all thy desire concerning
timber of cedar and concerning timber of
fir." Thus Hiram sent answer to Solomon.
Ail such records in Scripture are suggestive
of the great love of God, who, having not
spared His own Son. wlu with Him also
freely give us all things (Bom. viii., 82),
"Delight thyself In the Lord, and He shall
give thee the desires of thine heart" (Ps.
xxxvii., 4). : tv,:T-
9. "Thou shall accomplish my desire in
giving food for my household." The work
in. band to be acoomplished by this partner-,
ship was the building of the temple of the '
Lord. A temple is now being builded, of
which our Lord Jesus is both foundation and :
top stone, and believers are living stones in
the temrjle. . If we seek first the kingdom of
God and His righteousness, all that we need
in the way ot food and raiment win De maae
sure to us (Math. vL, S3X
' 10, 11. "So Hiram gave Solomon cedar
trees and fir trees, according to all bis de
sire. And Solomon gave Hiram twenty
thousand measures . of wheat for food to
his household and twenty measures of
purt oil: thus gave Solomon to Hiram year
by year. Solomon was seven years build
ing the temple and thirteen years building
his own house (chapter vt, 38; vlL, 1), so
that this was a partnership covering many
Jears. Our -partnership is with tbe Lord
esus Christ, an. the work -0ha&d is the
compledoiT'of the church," "whTcST B lEi
body of Christ. If we give our- attention
wholly to this work, our Master will see to
the supply of all the need. To attend merely
to our own church or denomination may not
be the best way of completing the churoh,but
we -are surely safe in sending forth mission
aries as fast a we can, or, rather, as fast as
He can, to gather out of all Nations the elect
body of Canst, the building of Eph. ttV. lt-22r
12. "And the Lord cava Solomon wisdom.
as He promised him. and there was peace be-'
rween oirwu ZJry. J.""
madealMgae together." We must dtetin-
guish between Hiram the king ana ninm,
avrian. widow's son Kings vii.. 18, 14),
the skilled workman in brass who made ail
hhrfffht brasswork for the house of the
Lord a Kings, vii.. 45), and yet both Hirams
were identified with Jung Boiomon in iu
work. To be identified with Israel in the
age to come will surely be a great thing, but
it is much greaterto be In this age fully iden
tified with the King of Israel, the Son of God
(John 1., , 60). Of Him it Is written, "Be
hold the man whose nam is the branch, and
He shall grow up out ol liis piace, ana n
shall build the temple of the Lord." Lesson
Helper. . - -.
Surprise In Georgia.
A bomb shell has been exploded in politi
es! circles In Georgia by the making public
f a letter from Dr. W. H. Felton, Populist
ftiAAtsir. withdrawing his name t"m the
Moket and pledging his support to McKinley.
nr TAltnn was at one time member oi txm-
cress from the Seventh District and has long
been conspicuous in Georgia politics. His
course is construed hy many as Indicating
that there will be a general defection to Slo-
Klnley from the Populist rants in uouw
account of the treatment of the Populist Etats
Stia Vlsltlns IlcHlnley.
Konday the week's visits to If cSlnley's home
began with the arrival about noon of several
ear-loads of people from Bewickley, Pa. -In
the party were a number of ladles and the
UcSlnley tad Eobazt "Sound Honey club
of that city." They were escorted to the Mc
Kinley home headed by a drum corps eom
thsm. and eave McKinley three
rousing cheers-wben he appeared upon the
porch Mrs. UzZlsZsj received the ladi
m wr a ... j
THE LATEST NET. 3 ARRAIiUUU
P ARAG RAPniCJAIilj x . : :
Happenings Both Home and Foreign,
- As Well as From; the North, East
and West. .
' r- Notes From the South. . .
J. Sterling Morton, Secretary of Ag
riculture, was hanged in ef2gy at Al
exander, Va.
Arthur Dunlapi aged 11 years, acci
dentally shot his brother Willie, three
years older, at Atlanta, Ga.
t James Sanders, a farmer, living
near Daisy, Tenn., was killed by a
charge from his own gun -while on a
squirrel, hunt. - , , .
The' Daughters of the Confederacy
of the State of Georgia met in Macon.'
Hon. T. B. B. Cobb, of Atlanta, ad
daessed the meeting. - ' ; 'Z -
In Person county, North Cvrolina, a
race riot between whites and blacks was
brought : about by politics. Several
wounded, but pone seriously. - .
The toll gates of 5 IVanklin county,
Ky., has been raided and every gate
on the three roads in the northwestern
part of the county destroyed. -
One negro was killed and two others
fatally wounded in a riot at Hager
Station, Florida. - They, had quarreled
with their employer at a lumber mill.
- Joseph D. Kiernan, lawyer, :- notary
public and reporter for the New Or
leans Telegram, was fined $10 and sent
to the pariah prison 15 days tor dis
turbing the Palmer and Buckner meet
Sng there.
The Supreme Court of Georgia has
denied a new trial to Tom Delk, the
young outlaw under sentence of death
for the murder of the sheriff of Pike
county. ' Taylor Delk,' the father of
Tom. was given - another chance to
prove his innocence. . .
" Throughout the North
Babbits are causing an epidemic, of
diphtheria in some parts of Iowa.
December wheat took a big tumble
on the Chicago board of trade Thurs
day. - - , '
-A Bussian passenger from Havanna,
Cuba, dies of yellow fever at Swinburne
Island, N. X.
John B. Gentry tried for a first f'-re
cord ox 2 minutes for a harness horse
Tuesday at . Terre Haute i but f ailed,1
his time being 2 M, , . .. -)
i H. B. Schnaubelt,. a member, of the
band of anarchists who caused the
Hay market riots in Chicago,rHl.,dted
I The House of bishops, in session -in
New York, Jias decided not to elect a;
bishop for Asheville, N. C, because
of Tioor financial condition of the
State's diocese. -, . . . ;
Thursday President Cleveland made
a speech on the occassion of the sesqui-j
centennial anniversary or tne oouege
of New Jersey. " at Princeton. He re-l
fused to. be made an - LL. D.
! The prevalence of typhoid fever ' at
Salt Lake City, Utah, caused the board
of health there to inspect the water
snrmlv. It was found to be pure. The
disease was attributed to bad milk.
A orominent Episcopal rector of
Philadelphia," Po., has signed an agree
ment with the wardens of , his church
that he will never preach over fifteen!
minutes, except on- special and extras
ordinary occasions,
The Board of Inquiry at Ellis Island,
New York, has decided thattha 167
Armenians who arrived last week from
Turkey cannot be admitted to this
conntry. Judgment is suspended with
regard to some fifteen or twenty of the
number. . i . 4
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Political Dots. .
There will be no fusion . between
Populists and Democrats in Georgia.
Democrats and Populists of Ten-
nAssee have refused to have fusion on
Presidential electors. ...I-
Secretary Carlisle will . not vote in
the Presidential election on November
3d.
According to the official figures of
the New York election .bureau, which
i has been made public, the total regis,
; tration in that city is 330,976.
Mr. Bryan Wednesday spoke atSan-i
dusky, O., at Richmond, ma., to o.uuyj
neoDle in one audience ana : ,uuu
another,' and at ximn, u to jstv
SO
J people waiting in the rain to hear him 3
3
I at ilontsville. Ana., to xo.uuu peopie.
,mnrkA Umr. 1Trrinn
Harrison
i r,
I for supporting Cleveland s
I v0iCT fa big speeches,
'w r
". Foreign.
The' British I parliament will re-aaVi
i semble January 25 th.
The Bank of England rata ol dis
count has . been advanced ' from 3 peri
cent, to 4 per cent.
, A Madrid, Spain special says th
Cuba will begin early in November.
- Jews from , Constantinople taja
J rated States Consul Luther Short,
rtationed there, will in all probability
ooaTd the United States gunboat Ban.
I uoft at-Smyrna, and that she will pass
i nrougn ine juaroaneues as an oriu-
What minister Terrel Cays.
noaJLW.Trrell,theTJnited States Minister
to Turkfy, has given to the Associated Press
the first explicit and authorized statement
from an oQcial source regarding the tntefen
of the United States steamship Bancroft in
tbe Levant. He siid: Tbe report that the
Bancroft will, under instructions, force the
Dardeneues is too noieujous ior serious
notice. The fact of the matter is that I have
not applied for the entry of a dispatch boat
to ConstantlnoplelncetFebruary. JSo the
statement that I have abandoned or with
drawn an application Is entirely without foun
dation. I nave not even mentioned the sub
ject of a dispatch boat to the Porte since
February. The relations between Turkey
end the Unit?! Ct:tt3 an ecriia"
latest i;ev;s."
Crowds were tzreed away frcza tlo -
tall in whici Secretary Carlhle tpclo
d eoasd coney ia Covir!on, . Hy.
Dcrderly disturbances lntsrruptea
tin several timev but the vast n--
jcrity of his audience was in sympathy
with him and the hisses were arownea
with cheers. -i U ri" i i -ft
Geo. P. Post, of New York; has been t '
eUcisd President of the Institute ox
American Architects at Nashville,Tesa.
The Southern. District Confirencj
of tha Universalis t3 met 'in Atlanta,
Ga. All the Southern States were ,.
represented. j. m- ' t V.
Harry Love, clerk in a railroad 2ce ,
at Atlanta. Ga.. -was run over 'tsav
killsd by a freight vhila vbcclic- liy
bike along the traces.
The United States Phosphate Com
pany, doing business within the south-
em district ofJFlorida. haa been closad
by Caleb Chase, of Hassachusctta, wt5
held a mortgage against the company.
It was indebteded to ,tlw defendant ia
the aum of C20, 000. - - .
The Thos.' H. Evans Publishing -
Company, of Nefc York, csxler n
campaign novelties has failed. . Assets
and liabiUties about $25,000. ' ;. J
Train robbers held up a CLicro &
Alton train in Bine Cut, between la-
dependence and uiendaie, mo. ,
At Augusta, Ga., 7esley Bennett,
. - . m a : a
an agent for the Travelers- Acciaent
Insurance Company, attempted to
commit suicide..' 1 . tl '
The Populists of Georgia have taken
down their electoral ticket. One mem
ber says he will vote for UcEinley. -.
Will Settle, cashier of 'the Bnildlssr
and Loan Association; of Louisville, U
a defaulter for 3,000, .'-' o
' The steamer T. P. Leathers, ' loaded
with 1,700 bales of cct ton, 9,000 sacks
of cotton seed and a lot of cotton sd
oil, sprung : a leak' and sunk tires
miles above Natchez, Miss.', 4
At Mt Vernon, O., Hon. Colnpbcs
Delano, ex -Secretary of the Interior,
died." . . "
4
Louis A. Coquard, a St. Louis bonJ
and stock broker made an assignment
the assets are placed at $100,000. ,
: - Dan Creedon whipped Harry Baker,
of Chicago, in the twenty round bout
at the Empire Athletic Club ' at Ke
York. V -: t 'w: v ' iJ f
" Five prisoners escaped from, tha
United States jail at Fort Smith, Ark.
J. J. Miller, a German, committed
suicide at Sumter, S. C. i
i . , i i r-' -4 ' ; i
' - The trial trip of the battleship IXas
eachusetts was in every way 'a sncccJL
Hon. Holmes, Cummins, one of tl'e
foremost lawyers and politicians of tha
The Methun Company will . resuce
operations .in all departments - except
the weaving at its mills "at Methun, .
-Mass V -ri t.-5,r.
On invitation of the Sound lloiiy
League of Richmond, Va. , a meeting
was held at Bichmond of representa
tives of all the leagues ia. the State, ,
twenty seven cities and towns were
represented, i A permanent organize
tion under, the name -of ,the Sonnd
Money and. Honest Election League
for the State of Virginia was effected.
DRY ATI IN INDIANA. .
lie Speaks at Many Places lnCoctfjr-
Wednesday Bryan, the never-tlriag cdl--'
date for Presidential - honors, b-ia Ca Idur
of Indiana. At Mualce he &Ly?t qryjch
at the baseball park to several thousand en
thuslastlo silverltes, aa well as curiosity seek- -era,
There were counter deraonstrtlbn,s as
the town was billed heavily for more than
one political gathering. s . D. Ttsxx was
to speak to the gold Democrsts and t) lie
publicans were to listened to F. . C-jp- :
belL'"-.': ''?:" W r-.s: s -
At Anderson a jam of humanity welcomed
the candidate. The stand; was .. ersced
out in the open prairie, where be dellrered
wonderful speech ' about arraying - class
against class. ,; , . ?
At Fort Wayne he addressed three 'mons
ter meetings, and; in his speech tir et'ack
upon the gold Democrats was met with a
ready ready Tee po use In the cycijiiLi-J.of
the audiences. , y ' . ;
He made other addresses at Tlf2a, ca
ville, Bradford Junction , Elci rr cr Ca-
bncge. At eacn oi tne aoove pomia ne was
met by good crowds of illTeriiag, but i was
very evident that , the McKinley! tes rere
thick.- '.'' ';. '-!--
Thursdav Mr. Bryan tvoxe at T""-9 rnte
and other places, thus .winding up his Indi
ana stumping tour. m crowa ? 3rr
Haute was estimated at 20,000. , The crowds
at other places was large and 'i:hii-i,!lc.
ScttlcU Out of Court;
At Ricbnioad. Va.. Judge lraghes tct'last -
Thursday for bearing a motion to perrtn-
ate bis injunction against th H.iaboaril Air
Line cut rates la tha 'recent" S mthera ail
way rate war, .but neither the Jud fjxny
oi counsel appeared . ana it is ienvi mat.
the matter has beea settled out of ecrt.'
yoa Emetines checker thnn you can
cet elsewhere. T2ie 111 w - ;..
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mneto as the CXJIAX, - 4
otlter XXiel Ana ZTull T, itei r
Sewtns nachlnc for? 15.00 an 1 np.
CaU on our aseat cr yro . .wo
Want your trade. a -' l5fl,
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ftrnm tu 7e c!!ialler20 tt wenu
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