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ENGLISH Clothiers and Customers.

One of the best reasons why London
business houses become so ancient is be-
cause it is so hard to wind up their affairs
Hundreds of pounds must 60 out in credit
before the first shilling can be said to be
earned. As long as the business lasts new
credits take the place of old ones, and the
Importance of a concern is determined by
the number of people able to pay when
they get good and ready whose names ap-
pear on its credit books.
A British tradesman will fail with triple
the assets in outstanding accounts re-
quired to liberate his Indebtedness, because
he considers it little short of crime to
bother Sir Clarence or to dun Lord
Charles. Accounts of this kind are sought
after and encouraged, while those who run
them up know full we'll that the fact of
their patronage is being laid great stress
on in dazzling plebeian patrons with the
Importance of their co-customers. The
one saving feature of the system is that
the aristocratic patron never deserts his
appointed tradesman except for good
cause, and never fails to recommend him
on every occasion.-Cor. Clothier and
EurDicher
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Guilt and Gloom.

Frank w. McCounico, of Texas
and w. r.. Taliaferro, of Virginia, two
cadets of the Virginia Military Insti
tute, engaged September o5, in per-
sonal encounter, in which fifteen
rounds were fought. Two hours after
wards Taliaferro died from injuries re-
ceived in the fight. THE affair hi:
cast a gloom over the entire commune
ty" of Lexington, Va, the scat Of the
Institute.
While this sickening exhibition OF
savagery and brutalism is doubtless
condemned by some of the teachings
in that Institute, yet is not the horri'
ble affair manifestation OF. the princi.
pies which inhere, more or less, in all
military schools: Is not the "code"
observed by those cadets the same as
that adopted by duclists and by the
rulers of nations when engaging in
war: Civilized hulanity and the
Christian religion condemn alike these
manifestations of the one and the
same principle for they are the most
fragrant violations of the law of love
the law of the Son whom we arc COM
manded to hear and obey.
Would that "gloom" Zone without
the cost of human life) might settle
over all military schools and there
abide until driven away by "the Light
of the world" Men will not cease to
learn war as long as they are taught it.
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Selections from the Christian NGighbOr
Condcscending to Men of Low Estate.

Count Tolstoi, the Russian novelist
is o man much talked Of. "Practical
Christian" crank" fool" mad
man." are few of the varied and con-
trary terms applied to him. The re-
cent exclusion from the mails of his
latest book Il know nothing as yet OF
any Of them save through criticisms
by Postmaster-General Wannmnaker
has brought the author and his works
into Il prominence highly pleasing ia
his publishers beyond doubt. Count
TolstOi rs his title indicates is man
of rank. He has thrown aside the tra-
ditions and customs of that station,
and labors at a trade, the shocmakers,
we think, showing his disregard for
artificial distinctions between man
and man, and his active sympathy
with the toilers of his country and the
world. Very lately the papers have
stated that he wished to dispense his
fortune to the poor, but was restrained
by his wife who succeeded in having
herself and children placed 10y law be-
youd the vagaries of a "madman" in
the matter Of bread for all and educa-
ton for the latter. Such at least is the
story us l understand it. Perhaps the
man is mad-who can say? Perhaps
the thought of all the worlds misery,
the sight Of his oppressed and suffer-
ing countrymen has turned his brain.
Perhaps he has looked upon it all and
has not been able straightway to forget
the manner of picture he looked upon.
Perhaps his inability to relieve to any
great extent the horrible suffering
around him has turned his brain, and
in his frenzy he would give his all to
relieve it.
(En passant, Sam Jones says that
when q man begins to give largely
people say he is crazy.) But there
must be Intelligent giving. Children
should not be beggared, nor women
nor invalid persons thrust by their
natural protectors upon the bounty of
others in order that one man may
make an offering of himself and his
fortune for public good, if such a thing
could be called good, be the manner of
offering ever SO private. The test is
this: Thy need is greater than mine.
This applied, few indeed would there
be who could not find place for offer
ing time, energy, money.
Let our Count Tolstoi have the bene-
fit of q doubt as to his sanity-perhaps
at least his madness has O method.
l.. G..
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During theatrical performance in
the Spartanburg Opera House, Septem-
ber "a, night, the crowded house was
thrown into surging and screaming
panic by the bursting forth of a blaze
of fire from the stage. The fire was
quickly discovered and eXtinguished
which prevented what might have
Leen great sacrifice of life.
If, proportionately, as many people
had lost their lives in Gods houses of
worship as there have been lives lost
in theatres, would there not be great
many of the present opera,house-
church people who would not risk
their lives by going into aplace as DAN
gerous as the house of God? A thea
ire is poor place from which to start
to heaven, and it is not good place to
stop at for any one who would not lose
his way to better world.
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What Others Say.
London Duily Nc,Us. JUlY 18th


The Universal Peace Congress held
the second meeting of its second year
yesterday afternoon in the Westmin-
ster Town Hall. Sir Wilfrid Lawson
was the chairman at yesterdays pro-
ceedings, and we observe that he has
followed a line of argument already
indicated in these columns We have
said that arbitration has won the day
among the States Of the two Ameri-
cas-, because sixty millions of people in
the great Republic have heen educated
up to the idea. The substitution of az
bitration for the stupid crime (as it or
dinariIy isl of war will take place in
Europe when the idea of it takes hold
of the European mind. In the old
world democracy is only now becom-
ing q fact, and democracy makes fer
peace as an essential condition of the
moral and material elevation Of the
race. Government of the people, for
the people, by the people, is incompat-
iblr with all methods Of settling inter
national agreements by hiring men to
shoot cGch other for wage OF shil!-
ing Il day.
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carry different part Of the same song.
Admit Palestine and you admit the New
Testament. A distinguished man years
ago came here, and returned and wrote,
4 went to Palestine an infidel and came
home Christian My testimony will be
that came to Palestine firm believer in
the Bible, and return athousand fold more
confirmed in the divinity of the Holy
Scriptures"
Quite as interesting as anything else IN
the book is this announcement:
Wandering up and down the chief art
galleries of Europe have looked for face
Of the Saviour which would like to have
in my life of Christ. The one 1 have
chosen in preference to all is that executed
by n modern artist already widely honored.
81 have no idea that the Fourteenth cent
ury, or the Fifteenth century, or the Six
teenth century monopoliZed all the brain.
I think the best music is yet to be COM
posed, the best sculpture yet to be chiseled,
the best paintings are yet to be presented
to the world. We are almost always dis
appointed with picture of Christ. 1t is
the universal criticism of such pictures,
While admire the artistic merit Of the
production, the picture is not my idea of
the Saviour The picture is apt to repre-
sent Christ either rs effeminate or severe,
weak or awful. To commingle in one pict-
ure strength and humility, suffering and
triumph, the lionlike and the lamblike, the
face that frowned the bestormed lake into
a calm, and yet was such an invitation to
babyhood that children tumbled from
their mothers arms into his bosom-that
was what l was looking for, and that I
have found, and that we present to our
readers.
81 think it will satisfy more people than
any other face that has ever been put on
canvas. The cranial development Of this
picture of Christ is marvellous, and differ
ent from anything previously produced.
We must not forget that he was not only
Christ of great heart, but also Of great
head. Most other paintings of our Lord
were made from models. This artist had
no model. He feels that it was an inspira-
ton, and believe it was. The German is
apt to paint German Christ, the Italian
an Italian Christ, the Frenchman French
Christ, the Spaniard Spanish Christ.
But it was left for our artist, in whose
veins commingle the blood of many ma
tionalities, to paint for US The Worlds
Christi Blessed be his glorious name for
ever!"
The public will be curious to see the
work of this artist.
Perhaps the good doctor has found a new
Correggio!
There are great many other features too
numerous to even mention in newspaper
article. The readers will find these for
themselves, and will probably lay down the
book, as did the proof sheets, with new
knowledge of the Christ, and a higher ap-
probation of DR.. Talmage's splendid abil-
ity. FOSTER COATES.
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land. Here Jacob, pillowed on a stone,
saw the ladder used by angels feet, and he
set up stone and consecrated it. Tonight
the heavens were full of laltlGrs-lirst q
ladder of clouds, then Il lauder of stars, and
all up and down the heavens arc the angels
of beauty, angels of consolation, angels OF
God ascending and descending. Surely
God is in this place said Jacob, and
knew it not But tonight God is in this
place, and know itn'
The doctor has this to say about tradition,
history and fact before beginning the real
work of the book:
"Are the places that 1 see in Palestine
and Syria and the Mediterranean isles the
genuine places of Christly, patriarchal
and apostolic association? Many of them
are not, and many of them are. We have
no sympathy with the bctlwariing of
tradition. There are traditions contra
dicted by their absurdity, but if for
several generations a sensible tradition
goes on in regard to events connected with
certain places, l am rs certain of the locali-
ties as though pen and document had fixed
them. Indeed, sometimes tradition is more
to Ee depended on than written communi-
cation. \ writer may, for bad purposes,
misrepresent, nisconstrue, misstate; but
reasonable traditions conce ming places
connected with great events are apt to be
true. have no more doubt concerning
the place OH which Christ was crucified
or in which Christ was buried than have
about the fact that our Lord was slain and
intombed. But suppose traditions contra
dict each other? Then try them, test them,
compare them rs you do documents. 1t is
no more difficult to separate traditions,
.S,.e and false, than apocryphal books from
inspired books. Do not use the word ira
dtion rs synonym for dclision. There
is surplus of Christian iniiCels travelling
the Holy Land who are from scalp to heel
surchargcd with uubclicfS. \ tradition
may be rs much divincly inspired as Il
book. The scenery of Palestine is inter.
Joined, intertwisted, interlockcd with the
Scriptural occurrences. The learned Rit
ter, who has never been charged with any
weakness of iucredulity, writes: No one
can trace without joy ard wonder the vcri-
tication which geography pays to the his
tory of the Holy Land
"When the brilliant Renau went to Pal
eStlne he was stuffed WITH enough lncreuu-
lity to make Il dozen Thomas Paincs, and
yet he gives the following experience: The
marvellous harmony of the evangelical pict-
ure, with the country which Serves as its
frame, was to lie Il revelation. l had be-
fore my eyes Il fifth gospel, mutilat"d but
still legible; and ever afterward i'll the re-
citals of Matthew and Mark, instead of an
abstract being that one would say hts never
existed saw Il wonderful human figure
live and move So said an unbelevcr. In
this my visit to Palestine, in the year of
our Lord lSS9-90, also find the landscape
commentary. The rivers, the mountains,
the valleys, the lakes, the rocks, the trees,
the costumes of the Holy Land, agree with
Matthew and Mark and Luke ana john.
The geography and topography are the
background of the Gospel pictures. They
-
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Cor. Macon AGiuocutc.

WHY COME DowN?-Why does any
one in our Church wish to join any
other Church anyway? Is it worldly
mindedness he is in search of? We
have all overplus of this. Is it genu'
inc piety he is hunting? Thank God
we have a portion of this. Is he seek
ing poor people to associate with? The
poor we have with us always. Does
he strive to find the wealthiest Church
of the continent? We are worth nine
millions of money more than the
Romish Church, and this comes next
to us in riches. Is it numbers that he
is in search of? We have q million
more members than the Baptist
Church, and they come next to us in
numbers. Is he inquiring after the
lowly and ignorant? We have them
by the thousand. Is he looking fol
the wise and the learned? We art
side by side of the loftiest IL wisdom
and learning; our universities, colleges
and other institutions of learning out
number those of any other Church o
the land.
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Still Hustlipg.

An energetic young man with taste for
newspaper work succeeded in obtaining
employment on one Of the New York dai-
lies. He had said that all he wanted was
start, and he was as busy as buzz saw
thereafter. One day friend stopped him
in his impetuous chase after fame long
enough to ask him how he was getting
along. "Oh, am doing splendidly," tho
young man answered with enthusiasm.
"Iave you written anything YETI"
Eyes, indeed l have. wrote ten col
umns and half last week; all good stuff,
too"
THAT is good. am glad to know that
y,u are doing so well. Your last weeks
work must have paid you pretty we'll"
NO, not so very WELL" said the young
writer he,itatingly; you see they have
not printed any of my matter yet. New
York Times.
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Story of an Intelligent Cat.

A New Hampshire physician sends me
the following cat story, for which he
vouches:
Among other queer tricks Dick will
take off my glasses very carefully with his
paw, hold them with one claw and survey
them with great apparent interest.
1.-The first time he did this was one night
when he had been mapping and 1 reading.
Ue is great pet, and going to him bent
over, without indicating by any motion
my meaning. and said gently:
"'Dick, if you want to go to bed take off
my glasses
He Immediately reached up paw and
took them off as deity as though it were
an old habit. Thinking this happen So I
put them OH and made the same request
in different words, with precisely the same
result. After one more repetition he
yawned and plainly intimated that was
enough. h."-Philadelphia Times.
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Twelve Pages.

The citv of Atlanta, Ga, has passed
6 law requiring all telephone wires u
be placed underground by 1873.
LONDON, Sept. 19.-Advices from
Hiopo state that the Turkish mall-0f'
war Ertogroul has foundered at sea
and that 500 of her crew were drown
ed.
DIR. Kelley, who is canvassing Ten
nessee as a Prohibition candidate tor
Governor, is meeting with enthuslas'
tic receptions.
Belgium has a wise law which our
cities would do well to copy. Any
man who is found drunk on the streets
is compelled to sweep the streets for
two hours after he gets sober.
1t is stated, We presume upon good
authority, that terms of settlement OF
the Behring Sea fishery difficulty be-
tween this country and Great Britain
have been agreed upon between Secre-
tary Blaine and Sir Julian Paunce-
forte. The amonnt of damages to be
paid is to be determined by arbitrators.
This is the sensible way to settle diff
culties.
"The early Methodist ministers
went forth to sacrifice and suffer tor
Christ. They sought not places OF
ease and affluence, but Of privation
and suffering. They gloried not in
their big salaries, fine parsonages, and
refined congregations, but in the souls
that had been won for Jesus" We
are glad that there is some of this spir'
it in our church yet. May it never
grow less
The Postoffice Department issued on
Tuesday an order discontinuing the
postoffice at Bishopville. The office
pays salary of 5000 per year. The
Postmaster General says that if the
people of Bishopville will not stand a
negro postmaster, they will have to dc
without postoffice.
Spanish ladies suffer considerably
from irritation of the throat caused
not by the habit of smoking them
selves, but by the constant fumes OF
tobacco which is INDUCED in so freely
by their male relatives.
Ida Lewis, the heroine of Lime
Rock Lighthouse, who has saved the
lives of so many persons, receives
from the Government salary of $3.50
year and two tons of coal. When
her father became paralytic she was
made custodian of the light for life.
In appreciation of her heroic efforts
in saving lives she has a gold medal
from the United States Treasury De-
partment, three silver medals from the
State of Rhode Island, and from the
Humane Society of Massachusetts,,
and another from the New York Life
saving Association.
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DIR. TALMAGE BAPTIzING \ CANDIDATE
ter and the earning of their bread. Here
they are at Cairo, Egypt. They wind
through the crooked streets, which are
about ten feet wide, and enter the humble
house where have been today. 1t is nine
steps down from the level of the street. 1t
is such a place as no reader of this book
would like to dwell in. measured the
room, and found 1t 20 feet long and ~
feet high There are three shelvings of
rock, one of which think was the cradle
of our Lord. There is no window, and all
the light must have come from lantern or
candle. What place for the king of
heaven to live imp
AS he approaches Jerusalem the doctor
can hardly contain himself. He is sitting
on patient cameps back writing these
words: Along the route am amazed be-
yond expression at the boldness and jagged
ness of the scenery of the Holy Land. !
expected to see it rough, but not Alpinian
and Sierra Nevatlian in grandeur. The
hills are amphitheatres, piled up galleries
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Name OF The Good SaNnnitan.

Oberlin, the well-known philan-
thropist of Steinthal, while yeta candi-
date for the ministry, was travelling on
one occasion from Strasburg. 1t was
in the winter time. The ground was
deeply covered with snow, and the
roads were almost impassable. He
had reached the middle of his journey,
and was among the mountains, and
by that time Was so exhausted that hc
could stand up 10 longer. He was
rapidly freezing to death. Sleep be-
gan TO overcome him; all power to re-
sist it left him. He commended him.
self to God, and yielded to what he
felt to be the sleep OF death. He knew
not how long he slept, but suddenly
became conscious of some one rouslng
him and waking him up. Before him
stood Il wagon-driver in his blue blouse,
and the wagon not f;lr away. de
gave him little wine and food, aud
the spirit of life returned. He then
helped him on the wagon, and brought
him to the next village. The escued
man was proiuse in his thanks, ard
offered money, which his benei;'ctor
refused.
at is only duty to help one all
other,n said the wagoner. "And it is
the next thing to all insult to offer Il
reward for such service"
"Then," replied Oberlin, "at least
tell me your name, that | may have
you in thankful remembrance before
God.n
81 see," said the WAGNER, "that you
are a minister of the gospel. Please
tel! me the name of the Good Samarl-
tan?"
"That,n said Oberline, 81 cannot do:
for it was not put on record"
"Thcn," replied the wagoner, until
you can tell me his name, permit me
to withhold mine."
GCMistIdn LGutlcr.
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ISouih,ucsicrn Clritim .4tlcocntc.

MAKING A Noise IN TIE WORLD
Miss Frances +. Willard was born
September 2S, 1889. OF her babyhood
days it is related: Her father used to
say when walking to and fro with heI
at night, her vigorous lungs in full &C
ton, sending forth screams that could
be heard in the remotest part of the
house, II declare, this young one
ought to amount to something; she
gives trouble enough" These are still
her characteristics. For her voice Is
still heard in the remotest parts of hel
wider home, and she is still making
trouble enough for evil-doers. One
can hardly imagine that she was in
her girlhood the butt of poor and cru
ell Jokes about her "homeliness" and
"red head"
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HIS GREATEST WORK.
A GLIMPSE AT THE PROOF SHEETS
OF TALMAGE'S LIFE OF CHRIST.

A Striking Title, "From Manger to
Thronev-Graphic Description of His
Visit to the Christ Land-The Most
Ambitious Literary Effort of His Life.
copyright by American Press Association
Few persons possess DR.. I. De Witt Tai
mage's most distinguishing characteristic
something to say, and the ability to clothe
the thought in language fresh and strik-
ing. The great Brooklyn divine has given
us another example of his tireless energy,
his great study and his matchless word
paintings in his life of Christ-'FrOm
Manger to Throne''-to be issued in n few
days from the press of the Historical
Publishing company, of Philadelphia.
Through the courtesy of Mr.. H. S. Smith,
president of the company, am enabled to
tell something about the work in advance
for have seen the proof sheets.
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Failures as we'll as successes teach
lessons. He is wise who learns from
both.
You haven't got much religion if
you'don't praise the Lord only when
you feel like it.
1t is with flowers as with moral quail
tiles the bright are sometimes poison
Gus but, believe, never the sweet.
Never suppose that in any possible
situation, or under any circumstances
it is hest for you to do Il dishonorable
thing.
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Ahout Matching HOrSeS.

Some one makes the sensible sugges-
ton that such horses on the farm us
are to be worked together nearly every
day during the season should be match
ed in gait and strength. These items
are of much more Importance than
size, color, and other things that are
often looked after instead. If uneven
ly matched give the weakest animal
the benefit of a little advantage with
the double-trec.
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Twenty or more persons were killed
and fifty injured September 10, by an
accident to passenger train on the
Reading railroad by which the train
was thrown into the Schuylkill River
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The Southeastern Methodist, Kansas
City, Mo-, has been merged into the
81. Louis Christian AdUocute.
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BY an overwhelming vote the Mis-
sissippi Constitutional Convention has
refused to declare saloons public nui-
sance.
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Floods are reported from France.
Factories, bridges, and railroads have
been swept away or damaged to a large
extent.
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Thomas Lewis, an electric light en-
ployee in Omaha, Neb:, was killed
there by live wire September "a.