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12. TORN TO FRAGMENTS Terrific Explosion Kills Eighty- Seven People In Mexico. MOSTLY WOMEN AND CHILDREN Fragments of Flesh and Bones Were Scattered to the Four Winds--5cene of Horror. Word was received at Chihuahua, Mexico, Thursday of one of the most terrible mining disasters that ever oc¬ curred in the republic. An explosion in the San Andres mine, situated in a remote locality of the Sierra Madres, in the western part of the state* of Durango, caused the death of eighty- W °“ en and clli Id*-en and injured many others. The catastrophe was due to the ex- plosmn of several hundred cases of dynamite which .was stored in an un¬ derground chamber of the mine. Elec¬ tric wires, connecting with the hoist¬ ing machinery, passed through the oom in which this dynamite was stored, and it is supposed that these ires became crossed, thereby causing a fire which set off the dynamite. All of the killed and injured were located on the surface, most of them occupying residences immediately above the underground workings of t e mine. The explosion tore away the whole top of the mountain ou which the village miners were located, and men women and children were blown into email pieces. Among those who were killed was Herman Luetsman, the superintendent of the mine, and all the members of his family. At the time of the explo¬ sion there were several hundred miners at work in the lower workings of the mine, and, strange to say, none of them were seriously injured, although they were all severely shocked in the terrific force of the exposition. The work of gathering up the frag¬ ments of the nnfortunate victims of the explosion scattered over the moun- tains was begun, and they were placed together and buried in one grave. But few of the mangled remains were recognizable. The San Andres mine is the most celebrated silver mine in Mexico. It iB valued at $20,000,000. It has pro¬ duced many millions of dollars’ worth of ore. MURDERED IN THEIR CELLS. Florida Mob Kills Two Negroes Who Were Held Only on Suspicion. Will Wright and Sam Williams, ne¬ groes, charged with being implicated in the killing of Dan Childers and the wounding of J. B. McNeily, both white, at Rice & Phelps’ camp on Jan¬ uary 26th, were killed in the county jail at Dade City, Fla., by a mob of fifty or more men at a late hour Tues¬ day night. Sheriff The mob first called upon Griffin and demanded of him the keys to the jail. The sheriff refused and stood firm through all the efforts to intimidate him. The lynching party then moved toward the jail and suc¬ ceeded in breaking through the outer walls, but could not break through the steel cells. After exhausting every effort to do so they opened fire ou the two prisoners from the outside, through the steel bars. Williams was almost instantly killed and Wrigh 4 was fatally wounded and died a feu hours later. The coroner’s jury at the investiga¬ tion Wednesday returned a verdict that the two men had been killed by parties unknown to the jury. The lynching has aroused a storm of indignation throughout the state. The negroes were only suspected of being implicated and had just been arrested and jailed. in the mob There were fifty or bodies more of the two of lynchers and the victiiae were riddled with bullets. Blown to Atoms. Part of the Oriental Powder mills, at Newhall, Maine, was demolished by an explosion early Thursday morning. Two employees were blown to atoms. STOCKHOLDERS OF S., F. & W. Hold Their Annual Meeting In Savannah, Ga., and Elect Officers. The Savannah, Florida and Western railway annual meeting was held m Savannah, Ga., Wednesday. The iol- kdent. M F. Plant; secretary, rer, J. Moultrie Lee. M. F. Plant, R. G. Er- arrison, M. K. Jesqp, H. i. F. Newcomb, J. H. Es- lgg , $4,449,759.46; dividend, 4$ sur- >5.80; per [u«rER^T0 STRIKE. Coinpo*it°r 8 Shall ^oTrapW UnTonNo. IS, tol1 a in the city xn case SjLfn Hyu e issue to sign B^^gtters Bfeomposi- shall ■fcges THE ADEL NEWS | MRS. NATIOfTfiTcKED OUT: For First Time 5afoon Smasher Shows White Feather and Is Called a “Coward.” A Topeka dispatch says: Mrs. Na¬ tion for the first time displayed the white feather Thursday. It was at a meeting of thirty of her followers, who armed with hatchets, had gathered in secret to arrange a night raid on To¬ peka joints. The women had been promised . the aid of several male stu¬ dents at Washburn college who were to come to town armed after midnight and personally take part in the raid and also see that the women were not molested. The women planned minutely for the raid. It was decided to saunter out at 3 o’clock in the morning and demolish every joint in town. Suddenly, when everything seemed satisfactorily arranged for a terrific onslaught, Mrs. Nation balked, be¬ gun putting on her wraps and said she was going home. Instantly her followers were in an uproar. Mingled with expressions of surprise at her quick change of front, soon came words of condemnation. Finally one woman, who had spent a greater part of the day collecting hatchets and solicting aid of the crusaders, rushed to wnere Mrs. Na¬ tion stood, in the center of a group, and, shaking her fist in the Wichita woman’s lace, shouted excitedly: “You are a coward, Mrs. Nation, you are a coward!” For a moment Mrs. Nation lost control of herself. “I am not a coward,” she said with emphasis. “I will go this minute with auy one woman and smash a joint.” A dozen voices were raised. “I’ll go, I’ll go,” and for a moment it looked as if an instant raid would result. But Mrs. Nation soon calming her¬ self, told the women she was tired, that the “Lord did not wish her to go tonight,” and without further ado left the room. tVRVEGIE HOLDS IlEINS. Steel Magnate Drives Money Kings at Hts rieuner. A New York dispatch says: Friday’s uew developments in connection with the negotiations touching the transfer of the Carnegie Steel company to J. Pierpont Morgan and hiB associates were first that Mr. Carnegie is to re¬ ceive $1,500 for each $1,000 share of his stock; second, that minority hold¬ ers who desire to sell will receive the 6ame terms as those given to Mr. Car¬ negie; third, that the present stage of the negotiations contem¬ plates the formation of a new cor¬ poration whose bonds will play a large part in the price to be paid to Mr. Carnegie, and, fourth, the first public announcement in connection with the pending negotiations of an official character consisting of a statement by H. E. Gary, president of the Federal Steel Company, confirming the news that J. P. Morgan is planning the acquisition of the properties of some of the largest iron and steel companies of this country. If, as now seems certain, Mr, Car¬ negie is to receive $1,500 for each $1,000 share of his stock, the transfers in his case alone will be the equivalent of nearly $130,000,000, inasmuch as the great steel magnate’s holding at present amount to $86,000,000. If, as seems probable, the minority hold¬ ers are to be looked after by Mr. Mor- gin’s syndicate, the financiering will i .volve the equivalent of $240,000,000. RECEIVERS FOR CASTELLANES. His Nibs, Boni, and Anna In Care of George and Helen. At New York Friday Judge La- combe, in the United States circuit court, appointed George J. Gould and Helen M. Gould receivers of all in¬ come of the Countess de Castellane in excess of $200,000 per year. This ac¬ tion was taken in a suit brought by Eugene Fischoff, an Austrian creditor, against the Countess de Castellane and against George J. Gould, Edwin Gould, Howard Gould and Helen M. Gould, as executors and trustees un¬ der the will of Jay Gould. This suit is for the benefit of all creditors. Contract For Battleship Georgia. The Bath iron works at Bath, Maine, has received a contract for the con¬ struction of a United States battleship to be named the Georgia from the navy department at Washington. PUSHING SMASHER’S WORK. Topeka Citizens Issue An Ultimatum to The “Joint” Keepers. Three thousand male citizens of Topeka, in mass meeting in that city Sunday, decided that the numerous joints of the town must close. They issued an ultimatum giving the joint¬ ists till Friday at 12 o’clock noon to quit business. If this is not done, warning was given that a thousand armed men would immediately move on the joints and remove them by force. The action of the meeting is the result of the crusade started in Topeka by Mrs. Carrie Nation. The meeting was a remarkable one in every respect. BOUNDARY LINE SETTLED. Bona of Contention Between Tennessee and Virginia Relegated. A special to the Chattanooga, Team, News from Bristol states that the leg¬ islature of Virginia has accepted the cession of one-half of Main street in that city, made by Tennessee as the boundary line between the two states. The matter of the boundary line has been in litigation many years. ADEL. BERRIEN COUNTY. GA.. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 15, 1901. GEORGIA NEWS ITEMS Brief Summary of Interesting Happenings Culled at Random. W1U Bnild Road to Tallahassee. It is now announced that the south¬ ern extension of the Georgia Pine rail¬ way, which at present runs from Ar¬ lington, Ga., on the north, to Bain- bridge, Ga., on the south, is to be made at once. The road is to be ex tended from Bainbridge to Tallahas¬ see, the capital of Florida, and the work is to be done this year. Georgia Item* Sate. A Washington special says: The senate committee on commerce has passed the Georgia items of the rivers and harbors bill without change except that Senator Clay secured an increase of the appropriation for the improve¬ ment of the Oconee river from $15,000 to $30,000. Too Many Candidates. An exchange says: The indications are that there will be no change in the site of the county seat of Tattnall county at the coming election on that question on February 20th. The rea¬ son for this appears in the facts set forth in a letter which Governor Can¬ dler received a day or two ago to the effect that there are four candidates for the county seat, and under the law the successful candidate must receive two-thirds of the vote cast before any change can be made. When the date for the election was set there were only two candidates— Beidsville, the present county seat, which is on a branch railroad, and Collins, which is located on the main line of the Georgia and Alabama divis¬ ion of the Seaboard. A few days ago Hagan and Claxton also became candi¬ dates for the honor, thus making the result more problematic as to the ma¬ jority. Want Ground Reserved. The ladies of Oglethorpe chapter, Daughters of the Devolution, have pe¬ titioned the Columbus commons com¬ missioners to donate them a tract of land for a park on the south commons. A 6pot on the edge of the south com¬ mons has been marked by the chapter, with a marble tablet, as the place where General Oglethorpe crossed the Chattahoochee river. The proposed park would include the Oglethorpe memorial, it is understood. After Sabbath Breakers. Savannah is to have a crusade against Sunday law breaking. In Sunday morning’s paper there appear¬ ed a notice to the following effect: “Notice is hereby given to the pub¬ lic that beginning Sunday, February 17th, violators of laws enacted for the preservation of the Sabbath day will be prosecuted. A word to the wise should be sufficient. Savannah Law and Order League.” This was the first news to anybody except those directly interested in the league that such a movement was on foot. The latter have kept their plans strictly to themselves, and the Sunday law violators, of whom there are quite a number, are worried. Neither the officers Dor the members of the league are known. Leather Workers Locked Out. Two hundred leather workers of Buford are idle as the result of trouble arising from the formation of a Leather Workers’ Union at that place about a week ago. The men have all been em¬ ployed at the big harness establish¬ ment of Bona Allen and the. trouble is said to have been caused by the dis¬ charge of one of the union men. * * * Cochran Gets Life Sentence. The trial of Pegram Cochran, at Fairburn, for the murder of the negro Sterling Thompson, resulted in a verdict of guilty with a recommenda¬ tion. Judge Candler immediately sentenced the defendant to prison for life. Cochran’s attorneys made a mo¬ tion for a new trial, which will be beard in March. The crime for which Cochran will spend the remainder of his life in prison was that of the murder of Ster¬ ling Thompson, a well-to-do negro farmer, who owned and worked a val¬ uable farm near Fairburn and several of his white neighbors desired to ob¬ tain possession of it. Thompson would not dispose of the property and a plan was made to kill him and force his widow and child to sell. The whitecappera, sufficiently dis¬ guised, went to the home of Thompson and called him to the door. As the negro appeared he was riddled with bullets and died instantly, his son also being wounded. Several of the whitecappers were recognized by the wife and son of the murdered negro, and the confession of Lint Hester, one of the whitecappers, who turned state’s evidence, welded the last link in the testimony which caused the conviction of Cochran. Annual Fairs at Atlanta. At a meeting of the business men of Atlanta the past week $5,745 was sub¬ scribed in an endeavor to increase the capital stock of the Southern Inter¬ state Fair association to $25,000. The intention was to purchase the build¬ ings at Exposition park from the pres¬ ent owners and organize a permanent association, which wiil conduct fairs in Atlanta every year. The mayor was instructed to ap¬ point ten committees of five members each, to make a canvass among the business men of Atlanta t^p secure ad¬ ditional subscriptions in order to raise the necessary $25,000. When that is dene the buildings will be purchased, the grounds will ONE DOLLAR PER ANNUM. be leased for five years and aettve preparations will begin at once for the fair that is to be held in Atlanta next fall. Several members of the Atlanta Amusement company announced that they would donate their stock in -that concern to the Southern Interstate Fair association, and this will greatly reduce the coBt of the buildings and will give the association an interest in the grounds. A Strange Complaint. A negro from Lexington,Oglethorpe county, was at the capital a few days ago to present a complaint to the gov- ernor. Tne negro told a peculiar story, the substance of which was that after making a crop there and taming it all over to his landlord, -and paying him besides $38 through another source, the landlord still claimed he owed him $12. The negro was unable to pay this amount and was put in jail, where he was kept for iwo or three days. At the end of that time the landlord took him out and made him sign a contraot to work for him for five yearn in payment of the balance of $12. The negro came to the conclusion he was being imposed upon and laid bis compramt Detore tne governor. Governor Candler told him there were only two things for him to do—either go back and have the landlord prose¬ cuted in the courts, or if he didn’t want to go to law, to stay away from Lexington. The South Georgia Railway. Work on the extension of the South Georgia railway is being rapidly push¬ ed, and the line will probably be in operation between Heartpine, Ga., and Greenville, Fla., a distance of fifty- one miles, within the next sixty or ninety days. The work has been con¬ siderably delayed on account of the difficulty experienced by the steel rail mills in getting vessels to move the rail. The extension will be up to standard in every particular, and there will be uo grades over l per cent except where they cross the Plant system, where the road will be 1 and 12-100. A passenger train will be put on when tl e road is completed to Green¬ ville, consisting of new cars. There will be two ooaches with smoking com¬ partments and all the modern con¬ veniences, and a combination mail, baggage and express car. A mixed train will also be run to accommodate local travel and the two will allow traders to visit Quitman from both directions in the morning and return to their homes in the afternoon. The West Coast railway, which is a separate organization, but owned by practically the same parties, has been located as far as Perry, Fla., and a large force of hands is at work on it, beginning at Greenville. Fifteen thou¬ sand yards of dirt were moved on it during January, and it is hoped it may be put into operation by fall. CARNEG1E SELLS OUT. Morgan Syndicate Secure* Railroad Stock of Multi-Millionaire. The New York Mail and Express and The Evening Post announce the sale of the Carnegie stock to the J. P. Morgan Syndicate as an accomplished fact. The Mail and Express says: “The only hitch that occurred in the negotiations leading up to the transfer of the control of the Carnegie company was in relation to the control of the bonds held by Mr. Carnegie. The Morgan syndicate agreed to take the $86,379,000 stock at something above ita market value, but Mr. Car¬ negie held out for a guarantee of the 5 per cent income on fifty-year bonds. TWIGGS COURTHOUSE BURNS. Was Erected In 1825—Records and Pen¬ sion Check* Destroyed. Twiggs county, Ga., lost its court¬ house and all county records by fire at an early hour Thursday morning. It was built in 1825. Several thousand dollars’ worth of pension checks were burned. In addition to the county loss the officials will sustain individual damage by the burning of private papers and property.__ Subsidy Bill In Senate. Thursday the senate passed the pen¬ sion appropriation bill and at ones took np the ship subsidy bill. ARMY NOMINATIONS HELD UP. The Senate Shies at Names of Generals Wood, Grant and Bell. The senate committee on military affairs Friday agreed to report favora¬ bly the nomination of Major General Nelson A. Miles to lieutenant general, and also the three nominations to the office of major general under the army reorganization bill. All the nominations to be brigadiers sIbo were favorably acted upon except those of General Leonard "Wood, Gen- erick D. Grant and General J. Frank¬ lin Bell. -These three were held up in order to permit further investigation, the feeling being that these three not seen sufficient service to promotion over older officers. EXTRA SESSION IMPERATIVE. Subsidy Bill, Cuban Constitution and ippine Affairs Must Be Attended To. A Washington special says: There is no longer any doubt but that there will be an extra session of congress called to meet March 5 for the of passing the Hanna ship bill, acting on the Cuban constitution and defining the relations to island between this country and the and to enact legislation civil government in the Philippines, and to pass some of the regular appro¬ priation bills which will probably fail at this session, including the river -J Wm and harbor KEV. *DR. fAUVWMSE: The Bminaafc Divine’s Sunday Discourse. subject: Ejectment Prom ljden-.lt Shows Idleness Is Bad tor Man—Blessings of Labor — Riches Are Store Equally Divided Than is Generally Understood [Copyright 1901 . ] • solace Washington, in this discourse D. C.— There is a great for those of Dr. Talmage whose lives have many anxieties; text, Isaiah iii, 10, “Sav ye to the right¬ eous that it shall be well with him.” Here is ft promise for people who are all right, but who will come and get it? How many, or rather, how few, people do you know who are all right? If it were asked of any assembly that those who were sinless should rise up none would rise, except imbeciles and religious cranks. An accident happened near sixty centu¬ ries ago that started the human race in the wrong way, and we have not got over it yet. We know a great many splendid men and splendid women, but they will___ tell you that they have not always done the right thing or thought the right thought. If it were any of your business, they could give takes you and an infelicities inventory that of frailties would be and mis¬ ishing. Here, aston¬ that then, you say, “Say. is a Bible the promise righteous goes that a-begging, it shall be well ye to him.” with It is my delightful work to-day to show you that all the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve may appropriate the bene¬ diction of my text if they will first do the right thing. Over here m the next street a man who in great misfortunes lost all he , had and was positively beggared, but a letter comes from some European city, where the land records are kept, an¬ nouncing to him that ft great fortune is hi«.. perized. Now He he Is doffs as opulent his as and he was pau¬ respectable attire rags puts home on ana moves iftto a His appropriate worldly for a man of vast estate. circumstances were al) wrong last year; they are all right this year. On the next street is a man who was from perfect health sick prostrated, and he seemed to be took unto death, diagnosis but a skillful physician by correct of his disease, and stored prompt him and his vigorous former treatment As re¬ to vigor. to his health he was all wrong before. Now he is all right. In these two ways I illustrate my theme. rupted. By sin Christ we nave au oeen morauy the Lord from His infi¬ nite riches pays our debts and empara- dises us in His mercy. From His richest wardrobe He put on us the clean robe of His the righteousness, heavens when and gives ready us a palace m we are to go estate up and take it. all Now, right. as We to our spiritual morally we are were bath diseased, in but Christ, the physician, cures' by a the fountain of His grace, us. all Now, right. as to our spiritual health we are That is tne way we come to the righteousness spoken of in the text. made-over It is a contributed righteousness, a righteousness, The an imputed righteousness. with moment Christ the you Lord get that into right relations appreciate the moment you can text, and I defy magnificent in all this comfort of book, the from the first you of the first great chapter verse or Genesis to the last verse of the last chap¬ ter of Revelation, to find me a passage with longer higher comfort and than deeper that and broader and which of the text, is as deep as the Atlantic Ocean half way between the continent*, and high as the sun when the clock is striking 12 at noon. But I shall be swamped with the oceanic tides of this subject unless the Lord help the righteous me to keep a it foothold. “Say well ye to that shall be with him.” Bear in mind that but few people can stand worldly success. Water is a good thing, is but good too much of it will drown, will rire destroy. a Light thing, is but good too much thing, of it a blinds. but too much of it dazzles and Suc¬ cess has overwhelmed is a good thing, but for too this much world of and it the next. If it many best would all be were for us, we Alhambra, millionaires, and be live personally in palaces attractive like the appeared as as the Cleopatra to Antony, But most of folks could not endure such superabundance, in order and keep it is absolutely neces¬ sary of 1000 to should them find life.a right struggle. that 99U men out It keeps them out of mischief. After Adam was ejected from the premises where by ten minutes of employment a day the he could keep the garden and dress it best thing that could happen to him was ground compulsion that bloomed to work with and fight. The flowers and rustled with harvests spontaneous that owed nothing to plow or hoe became hos¬ tile, and and the bramble was substituted for rose, panther growled where before he fawned, and horn and fang and hoof be¬ came shows belligerent. nothing That else Edenic could ejectment that us as ever idleness or only a few minutes of employ¬ ment it down a day are doom and blessings overthrow. that Put have to work among hard your with brain hand you or or foot or all three of them. How many men do you know worth $250,000 who are devout and consecrated and humble and generous and employing their means for the world’s redemption? the You could count them up on fingers of your two hands even if by accident or war you had lost one or two of the fingers. As to the realm of personal attractiveness, how many women radiant of countenance and graceful of form do you know who are unaffected and natural of manner and beauty deeply for pious the before betterment God, using their of the world and not for selfish purposes? I only take the risk of asking the question and leave to you the risk of answering it. These things have the I say to show you the that in fulfilled order to your it promise is not of text have phe¬ in case necessary you nomenal worldly success. God the Notice, also to tnat good gives the of righte U8 by power divine chemistry extract out evil, and into a the and to harmful change the bitter sweet the into the beneficial. The promise that it shall be well with you does not imply that you are to be free from trouble. There is no es¬ cape from that. We all have family rela¬ tions, from and some of them will be making exit this world, so that bereavement is the universal inheritance. The differ- ence between the prospered and those not prospered they afford is the difference lose. in the amount can to The more wealth a man has the more he can lose, hut one man can afford to lose a million dollars where another man cannot afford to lose one dollar. On larger or smaller scale all suffer financial loss. Amid the rapidity of the revolutions of the wheel of national and international finance monetary per¬ plexity is as common as day or and night. slander So also misinterpretation who five Our come to all active lives. actions, thoroughly honest and above¬ board, may come under suspicion. Every court room at every term of court hears illustrations of the delusions of what 13 called circumstantial evidence. Innocent men are fined or imprisoned or electro¬ cuted because of an unfortunate conjunc¬ court tion of events. What is of true domestic in reams is true in all circles or social or official life. You have been mis¬ understood and misrepresented, or null be misunderstood or misrepresented. true? My explana¬ I hen how can my text be divine tion is this: The man without any grace in his heart finds m these troubles irritation and unbelief and melancholia and despair. A Christian man finds in them submission and enlarged views and divine support and reconsecration. Be¬ reavement to the worldling brings hard thoughts of God and a resistance so vio¬ lent it dares not fully express itself. Bereavement brings to the Christian the th reunion and a more ca of God, and a more ap! ! the divine presence, « we..'were mitted to {life the departed one so long, and a of more others lively and sympathy another for evidence the sor¬ of rows “whom the Lord loveth God's love, mr He chasteneth." said Financial loss, which breaks I just now who is sure to come, never God. up a man it has strong faith in In most cases is a loss of surplus or it the is the banishment of the of luxuries. Most of artificial wants prosperous Classes are wants. The late Mr. Armour, of his the 180,000,000 estate, pointed to one of olerhs on or¬ better dinary salary and than said: I, sleep “That better man nights has and enjoys appetite life than I do." Oh, the more who have gigantic miseries of those too much! A man in Solomon's time ex¬ pressed as philosophic and reasonable of a wish as anv man or those times of our fered tunes. Ifis name that was he might Agur, ana have he of¬ a bundance prayer deficit, never crying out, a supera or a “Give me neither poverty nor riches!” Oh the other side he had seen the awful struggle of the poor to get food and clothes and shelter and to educate their children, the alia on the and other the side indigestion, he had seen and the gouty foot, and the anxiety about large insomnia, and the threatened investments, characteristic of those who paresis loaded often and loaded down with are up too generally many successes. called the Those masses—that people who is, the are most of folks—have for their well the being. things They absolutely have necessary no Murillos on tlieir wall, nor a “Belshaz¬ zar’s pair of Feast” ?3000 in sorrels their at dining their room, doorway. nor a But they have something which those superabundantly they have better supplied health seldom have— compelled walk, they because, the being to get necessary exercise, and. their diet being limited to plain night food, they do not suffer from mid¬ salads and are not victimized by rare caterers. They retire for wholesome sleep at the very hour in which others are leaving their homes for the dance or the card party. They will sleep the last sleep just as well in the plain graveyard as those who have over them an arch of sculptured granite in costliest necropolis or most his¬ torical abbey. generally Things are more equally divided than is supposed. That splendid home is apt to have a taking off of some kind. It may be an invalid wife, or a deformed child, or an inherited dissolute tending toward in¬ sanity, of ft weakened son, or a despoiled halt reputation, or a heart that may under the least excitement. Envy no such man. things Envy no woman. have. Be content with as ye Do not think, in order to have it well with you, according to my text, that therefore ^ must Have than body else, you much more some¬ else. The or Lord even treats as all as better somebody than us we treat Him, and if we would study our ters blessings would as much as we study our disas¬ we be more reasonable and thankful. In Isaiah God says that bread and water shall be sure, and none of us (sag been put on so low a diet, but we often act as because though God want had not kept luxuries, His pt for¬ om- lse we more getful cake, of the fact that He promised bread, not water, not sparkling cordials- 1 he reason so many people are misera¬ ble is because they do not let well enough alone. They are in one occupation and see other its occupation, annoyances and and find so change to an¬ if not They as many live in annoy¬ place ances, more. uncomfortable one and know its environ¬ ments has just and move into another place Their which as many limitations. in¬ vestments they sell yield them four investments per cent., that and yield out to make will ten per cent, and lose al]. Bet¬ ter ■self settle and down tbs and world. stop fretting about yours Cromwell'* An officer in that time was so worried not sleep. about His public servant, affairs Ghrlati Uhrtstian he , jcould said sleep, he he would would ms like like servant, the the privilege privilege a a of asking man, being c the officer a question. Leave ave beino gran tea the servant said: “Do you not think that God governed the world very well before it,” you came came into it?” “No doubt qf was will thq r eply. it “And do well you when not think He govern of it?” quite “Certainly.” as ‘Theo~ yu«. -re gone out me—but pray, think $ir, excuse Him. do you it not you may trust to govern as long s&Mible a« as yqu you live in sleeplessness it?” The remark departed waj and so that Some tranquility Bcientu scientists came. discussing the are now opening dr or communication communication between between Experiments our our earth and the planet Mars. are W# being made, build but fire they Targe will enough not succeed- at¬ cannot a to tract powerful the attention of that world, or lift a lens enough to see any response interstellar. We do not positively know that that world is occupied by living nication beings, or with that, it it would is occupied, dealfwA. ooinuhj- them be It might not be so good a world aa this, debasing. and thus commun ucation with it would be But I rejoice to know that heaven is in touch with other worlds for their improve¬ ment, It i’s and thoroughfare a depot for between glorious this arrivals. world a and that world and a coming and going pen>etual. *Goma g out c of this world is as natural as and coming into it, but the one is with pang, the other is with rapture, if we shall are fitted be well for with the uplifting Now, process. do not It get SO frightened about you. that asthma that cough or or that influenza or that threatened pneu¬ dis¬ monia. The worst thing that fatal ease can do enthronement. is to usher you into corona¬ well tion and good It shall be with you. Take as care of your health as you can, observe have the best doctors law#, you can employ, all sanitary keep mitted in this world and as long when as you the are heav¬ per¬ to stay, then enly I do call not comes be much glad to about go. what care your “last too much words” emphasis are going to “last be. words. People put ’ I on words would rather know what your with mental u e now, in days of health and words of kind¬ faculties in full play—your words ness, of helpfulness, your words of words sympathy, of your five your prayer. word dur¬ So „„ that if you say life not there a will be ing the last day of your the place of your des-. no doubt here about right into saintly, tination. You will go prophetic, evangelistic, apostolic, cneniDlc, seraphic, archangelic, deific presence. It shall be well with you. right into the Mother, you will go the up scarlet fe¬ possession of the babe that ver or croup cook out of and your arms, often a sorrow that still stings you, you old say she would now be so many years lf You will go C ?nto the presenceof of Qhristia:a old an¬ folks, for I hope you are cestry, and you will ffiid that thv-ynave from the pat ion an d triumph. I like the Way the sexton rings the bell of the old country meeting house. I used to stand and admire him pulling the rope < ■ farm¬ rings it a good while, so that sveiy . house within five miles hews it. He may halt a moment to take breath and give the then”L°du a h nd°ai«teMVhile lia eon rinm bell the church belk* So my text seems a If hope to it long as I live, $£££."■! and may ring as those who come after us keep oa God noging shall it till those farthest off from come mto the great temple of go^el burdens at* its altar neiSfcve aulf^nd peace which the world can shalLblReul^It nor take It" " ' NO. 51. BRITONS ARE BA Hesitate at Approval of Nicaragua Canal Treaty. SENATE’S DEMANDS ARE A SNA® Answer Will Be Tantamount to a Refusal and Will Contain Counter Proposals. It has been learned by a representa¬ tive of the Associated Press in London that a reply will shortly be sent to the United States Nicaragua canal project. It will not comply with the senate’s demands. Neither will it be in the nature of a flat refusal, though for purposes of immediate construction it will be tantamount to such a refusal. It will consist, mainly, in a counter proposal, or proposals, likely to neces¬ sitate extended negotiations. The na- tare of the proposal is not yet ascer¬ tainable. Lord Pauncefote will prob¬ ably be the medium through whom the answer will be sent, and by whom the subsequent negotiations will chiefly be conducted. In British official opinion it is likely that several mouths will elapse before the matter reaches a conclusion, by which time the Hay-Panncefote treaty will have lapsed, on the basis of the senate’s amendments. The British counter proposals are now formulating, and it is hoped an entirely new agreement, satisfactory to both countries, will eventually be reached. A FEELING OF BEGBET. A Washington special says: So far as can be ascertained the administra¬ tion has not had any intimation of the oounter proposals the London dis¬ patch says will be made in the matter of the Nicaragua canal project. There is a feeling of regret that the British government has felt constrained to adopt such a course, as the hope was entertained that the amendments to the Haye-Pauncefote treaty might have been accepted in the spirit in which they were made. Senator Morgan, when informed of the new stand taken by Great Britain, said he believed if Great Britain has decided to take the action stated it would create resentment in the senate and among the people and distrust of the motives of that government. He hoped it might result in some action on the pending bill at this session. One suggestion already made as a possible counter proposal by Great Britain was that in return for conces¬ sions made by her she might desire an open port off the Alaskan coast as an entrance into her gold fields in the Klondike. CHARGES AGAINST WILCOX Discussed By Elections Committee—Ha¬ waiian Calls Gear a Liar. A Washington dispatch Bays:' The charges against Delegate Wilcox, of Hawaii, were heard Friday by the house committee on. elections No.. J. Mr. Wilcox was present, accompanied by Representative Robinson, of In¬ diana, who appeared as his friend and counsel. The specific answer of Mr. Wilcox to the charges contained in the letters submitted was presented. It states: “That he (Wilcox) is a native Hawa¬ iian; that he shared with the native people, loyalty to the former Queen Lilioukalani daring her reign, and was not in sympathy with the reign¬ ing power immediately succeeding her reign.” D. .Gear, the prosecutor, George election of Wilcox contended that the was irregular and void, as the require¬ ments of the United states were not complied with. On cross-examination Mr. Gear stated that in Wilcox’s campaign speeches he said he would restore Queen Liliuokalani. When the wit- ness said Wilcox had “eternally damned the Americans,” the delegate muttered “liar,” bat was mild re¬ strained by his counsel. After Mr. Gear had presented the bis evidence he made an extended argument ar¬ gument arraigning the delegate. BARROOMS CLOSE DOORS. Topeka “JointUts” Promise Officials That They Will Qnlt “joints’j| HnsinetfeJ^fl Topek’a, Kan., doors, Wednesday-, 1 ihe asiuc Ironjjgj rl: khe city gnd county officials will got rid of their stocks of li^H Chief of Police Stahl and Sheriff Cm went fro* place to place TuetiH tlH night warning the “jointists” k«| they must close their places and them closed, and all gave their woV that they would sell no more liqucB When Mrs. Nation heard the ue« emll she Bhowed hut little sign of Godfl tion, and simply said: “Thank 0» CHA RBE or HCBDECC. | All.g.d Campbell Count,, G*, whll capper Is Arraigned In Court, ed wi*li the murder of Sterling Thom 71 / . called m Campbell , ,, super! was - cour t at Fairburn, Ga., We afternoon. The state aononnag but the defuse