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Christianity as Taught by Christ Seventh of the Series of Sermons Delivered by Dr. H. S. Bradley and Published by The Constitution. The Eighth Will be Printed Next Monday. Text: “Blessed are they that mourn: for they shall be comforted.” i—Matthew, v, 4. j Thesft words of Jesus have often been narrowed to mean “Blessed are they that mourn over their sins: for they shall find the comfort of God's pardon.” Undoubt edly that meaning may be found In the .•text, but It Is not all that It teaches. If .that had been what Jesus meant, no doubt He would have said, “Blessed are ; tlie penitent: for they shall find pardon.” ■ The meaning Is broader, it takes in the .whole problem of pain end suffering. |that great mystery of the world. It has .seemed to many that the universe is i keyed to the note of suffering. We en :ter the world at the expense of our moth ier's pain anil we leave it in the sorrow jot our friends. The world being full of pain, suffering and bereavement. the question Is. what shall we do with it? The two words in the text which con tain the secret of its philosophy are “niourn" and "comfort." The word [which we have translated “mourn” jis a very strong word In the Greek and means “grief manifest ed: suffering too deep for con cealment; an experience so grievous that one who undergoes it cannot help show ing his pain or sorrow In his countenance or the attituffe of his body; a terrific shock." i And yet Jesus says that he who un liergoes such mi experience as this is ■Messed. Let us see If we can enter into .the heart of His meaning. I The world Is accustomed to regard pain, suffering and bereavement as evil end only evil. Most of Jesus' hearers regarded them as punishment for sin rise, the capacity to suffer is the measure <>* life development. If we follow the ,'•1 dogist as he traces the development of animal life from the lowest single < ded animal, like the amoeba, up to the IT 'lilanthropist and statesman, wo find that the test upon which he lays the Lrgest emphasis is the development of like nervous system and therefore the • opacity to suffer. The lowest animals that we know have f !> a poorly developed nervous system that It cannot be discovered even by the i. Id of a microscope and chemical re agents We are scarcely able to discern a well developed nervous system before wo reach the worms anil mollusks. "Worms have such a crude nervous sys tem that they suffer comparatively little pain at being cut In twain. Oysters and clams have such a rudimentary system .that it is believed that they have also very little capacity for suffering. Any biological student will recall the difficulty he experienced in trying to trace the berves which run from the two simple ganglia that are found in the body of the mollusk. crust. T-cans, Iffte lobsters, crayfish and c abs have a more highly developed nerv offit systent. hut even with them It Is crude a« compared with the mammals. A crab, held by ono of Its claws, will v duntarlly break oft his limb nt one of the lower Joints and run away appar ently without suffering. The nervous system becomes more and more complex as we advance through the f' c hes, amphibians, reptiles, birds and the mammals. It reaches its highest devel opment In man. The capacity to suffer for others be longs only to the two or three highest branches of the animal kingdom, and to the mammals almost entirely. Seals witness the slaughter of their fellows, even of their young, unmoved. Thou sands of seals have been killed on the I’rlbyloff Islands, along the Alaskan coast, but nrr* one ever showed the slight est concern for the. welfare of his neigh bor even when he was being clubbed or bhot to death. When we come to man we find that keenness of suffering for self and others differentiates the nobleman from the ba rba ria n. It Is said that when a member of the tribo of Haidas in Alaska finds that his mother Is growing too old or feeble to earn her living, he Imprisons hop in a snow hut and. leaving her to starve, goes careless and light-hearted aw«x Rometlmes lie even takes a shorter method of disposing of her than this and chokes her to death. It would lv difficult, however, to find a man in any civilized country who would agree that his conduct was commendable, or ilia: he himself was blessed. On the other hand, the world today says that Flor ence Nightingale, the ”la'ly with the lamp," who loft her home in England find went to the. battle fields of the Crimean war and spent her fortune in relieving the sufferings of the sick, ■wounded and dying soldiers, making the sorrow of each her own. was blessed. Florence Nightingale mourned not only •because of her own experiences of pain end bereavement, but. extending h-’t sympathies to others, bore their burdens Rs well as lier own. It Is no wonder that the people of England gave he: £145 000 upon her return from Crimea to establish a training school for nurses. It !» no wonder that Queen Victoria pro posed her health in a toast at a great banquet given in her honor. When the NOW IS THE TIME. Take Scott's Emulsion of Cod Liver Oil now. Not next week or next month, but now. You need it to put fat on your bones and strength in your body to stand the cold and trying weather of the next few months. Nine-tenths of the popula tion would be benefited by taking Scott's Emulsion regu larly three times a day for a month or more every fail to for'ify and strengthen the system against the cold and constant changes that occur through the winter. The benefit is particularly marked with young, delicate children. No food that they can take begins to compare with Scott's Emulsion. Pure cod liver oil is scarce but if you get Scott's Emul sion you’ll be sure to get only the purest and best oil. Well send you • sample free, upon request. SCOTT ft BOWNE. 400 Pesrl Street New York. war was over all the veterans of Crimea in London were asked at a banquet one night to write down upon a piece of pa per the name that was dearest to them in connection with the war. When the papers were collected there was only one name found on them all. li was "Flor ence Nightingale.” Incapacity to suffer, or indifference to the suffering of others, le.sds downward toward the brutes and not upward toward God. The Alaskan smothers Ills own mother. The Caucasion suffers an ex quisite nervous shock at the sight of the mangling of a dog beneath the railway cars. Which is blessed? Herodias looked with a feeling of grim satisfaction upon the still twit -liing feat ures of John the Baptist, whose head was half floating in blood upon the rude platter upon which the headsman pre sented it. Clara Barton’s heart broke, over our wounded soldiers. \\ hich was blessed? The Pharisees gloated over the prospect of stoning the life out of the woman taken In adultery. Jesus. with heavy heart and downeast < ountenam e. stopped to write a short sy.fence in the sand. Whirl! was blessed? Jesus does not simply say. “Bbssed are those who have the capacity for suffer ing. mourning m sympathei'* gib-'.” out. Blessed ar. tie- actual suffer :s. Blessed are those who ire bearing heavy burii ns —those undergoing a terrible shock. Let us see if we can not enter more fully Into the mind of our Master. No man ever comes to know himself, or ar rives at an experience of great-hearted ness, to whom everything goes “merry as a marriage bell. Most of us are held tn a sort of sc.< li b? the external world. We know a thousand tiling-' but We do not know self To multitudes, tea] self has never liven n t -nl-.-d. We <•:»!- cul.ate the earning power of tic- money, the drawing power of our l-.orses, the yield of our lands, the hors. pow> r of our engines and the volts of our dyna mos, but we do not know the possibilities in self. No man ever comes to know him self or to find his i a! -«>:f till he is shock'd into cor's.-ionsm-s.-'. Living as we d<> in a sort of dream, wr have to be awakened. The spell Os the external world must be broken. The charm of material things must be dispelled. The man who finds his belt r self, in finding it. also finds God. The spirit of our Good Father hovers above the fragments of our broken idols. Any experience that helps Io find real seif and truth and humanity and God is a blessed thing Suffering ami :>. r<*av<'- ment oftenest do it. No man can tiiini. himself into large sympathy with his fel lows. A heavy spell of sickness often teaches us more about God than an octavo volume -on theology. Th- human lu-art is like the rock which Mo.-vs smote In the wildt rnes:-. f: om which refr '“lilng st re' ms flowed. Blessed is the man who has bad the flinty surface of his own heart broken that from it may flow streams of bl’y, ge::tlene.s“, tenderness, compassion and sympathy. The serious Illness or death of a relative or dear friend may make us look at self and things for the first time in the light of the eternities and cause us to estimate things according to the standard of <*t'-r A friend of mine one day brought me a beautiful mineral specimen. It was what the geologist calls a geode. From the outside it locked like simply a course, round stone No one ever discovered anything of beauty or attractiveness in it. It had lain for years in a roadway and tlie wheels of the passing vehicles had scarred and scratched It. One day, an unusually heavy wheel had -truck it a revere blow and broken it In half. Thon tie beauty was rrvealed. Lining the entire Inside, for it was hollow, was a layer of limpid quart crystals, as sparkling as diamonds, that caught rite r-iys cf .sunlight and broke them into 10, 000 rainbows that dazzled the eyes. So with man Only through the crevices of the broken heart doe- tin Chrii-tlike shine. The world confounds happiness with blessedness. In a very superficial sense a. m: n may be happy without ever being touch'd in bis deepest part, in his vi tals, and wakened to profound conscious ness, but. without, such an experience, he <an never be strong and brave, joyful or b.i--sod. Most persons who discover their own inherinl p tverly ar. 1 their possibili ties o; gr- atness are a slled into con sciousness by pain, disease or bereave ment. So Jesus would say by this beat itude: “That man who has been fared in affluence, who lias always enjoyed ro bust he..lth. who has never lost, by death, a member of bls immediate family, or a dear friend, is not the man to be envied, not the blessed man. Likely tie is self ish, self-centered, self-contained, indif ferent to the sufferings of others. On the other hand, that man is to be envied, is blessed, who has had such a heavy experience as the loss of his property, or long sickness, or especially tin- loss of some of them who were ns dear to him as life itself.” Joi, furnishes us with ar, excellent illus tration of the philosophy of this beati tude. When first we see him. lie is tin central figure of a picture that seems to be drawn to the ideal of Oriental h:rp pim• ! s. ]|r enjoys good health. He a strong and wi ll ordered house, seven sons and three daughters. He Is rich in ail that goes to make up the wealth of an eastern country- flocks and herds anti droves of camels and site asses. And. withal, he is pi >’JS. There sems little that could be added to tin- picture as we see the patriarch going early ,n th 1 ' morn lug to the pla t' of sacrifice, and. while the smoke Os incense rises, throwing the mantle of his prayers over the members of liis house, .lob prays for his wife ami children. it is hard for us to find the Haw in Job as we gaze upon this seem-. And yet the flaw is to be found at the highest point of the picture, in Job's religious Ilf'-. His sympathies and |, layers arc too narrow. He thinks only of his family. See him a.- he comes out from under the heavy experience that, befell him. The Sablans have driven away his oxen and she ass.s. The Chaldeans have stolen bis camels. The lightning has killed his sheep. His servants are slain. A tornado has killed ins children at tlu.-ir least in the eldest brother's house. Sore boils, or leprosy, has seized his own body. In poverty, pain and humiliation be creeps to tlie rsh heap, and, having torn his garments from his burning body, seeks to allay the itching with a piece of broken pot. All this succeeded in jostling Joi, Into coni-teiousnes.s. Sitting on the ash heap, surrounded by his miserable critics, he discusses the profoundest ques tions of life and immorality. It is a. grievous picture, but, to Job, a blessed one, for in the depth of his suffer ing lie finds God. When hfs friends have exhausted flair false philosophy, fob hears the voice of God. He finds self and. in finding self, finds God. And in finding self and God. his captivity is turned, lie prays for hi:. friends. There Is the secret. Job was held captive by his prosperity; he was released by his adversity. lie went into his experience with Ids prayers limited to his family; lie came out with his prayers embracing even fils critics. His heart was Immeas urably enlarged We have said before that the beatitudes wore Jesus’ experiences. Can we tell what experience It was through which He , passed that brought Him to thia pro- THE WEEKLY CONBTITUTIONI ATJLANT.A, GA.. MONDAY. NOVEMBER 16, 1903. found consciousness of the blessedness of suffering? We cannot tell all of it. but. m the old days at Nazareth, He had prob ably seen some of His brotners and sisters die. There was enough suffering probably In being ca“ed a “crazy” son by his mother, ami in being regarded as a heretic by religious leaders, and an enemy ot Caesar by the state to teach Him this great truth. Jesus says that those who undergo an experience like this are blessed, “tor they shall lie comforted." Not every one that suffers turns ids suffering to good ac count. There are two results that may come from experiences about which we have been speaking. One may grow hard, -bitter and cynical under suffering, or gentle, patient, tender and large-hearted. H depends upon how one relates himself to his experience. Jesus refers to the latter, the one who turns even these hard experiences to good account What does He mean by being "comforted?” We have already answered partially in what has gone before, when we have spoken of one finding self and God. The word in the Greek which we have translated “comfort" is also a strong word. It is derived from the same root as the word the “Comforter,'' which re fers to the Holy Spirit. Our translation "comfort'' Is good. This word is made up of two Hntin words, “con” and "for lis." meaning “made strong" or “strength ened together.” These words of Jesus freely translated would be about these: “Blessed is tli< man who sustains such a severe shock that the spell of the external world is broken and he finds real self and God. azid in so doing grows strong and brave.” This beatitude Is not a lullaby to sing to a sick child, but the tocsin to sound in the. ear of the warrior. It is not an opiate to lull one to sleep, but a stim ulant to arouse one to energy. The old Greek writers used tlie word here trans lated “comfort'' «to mean “to arouse to courage.“ Aeschylus, in his description of the battle of Salamis, says that the Greek general went on the night before the battle to the commanders of all the si.lp: in the fleet and “comforted” them; that is. he inspired them to courage. He is not the strongest man who needs most to make him happy, but he is the strongest who ,ari get along with least. .1- sus pass' d through many sorrowful experiences. He passed through the agony of Gethsemane, out. of which He came strong enough to feel that He could g,-t along without '-ven physical life. We -etch something of th- meaning which J> sus put mto tiiis word “comfort.” when we see what was the result of the coming of the spirit “f comfort and strength and bravery, tl;- Paraclete, to tlie .Tight ened disciples aftei tin- ci ueiflxlor,. He promised upon going out of their sight that the Comforter, the one that would make them strong and brave, should come. Did the- Holy Spirit have this effei-t upon them? Look at. Peter on tile night of the betrayal. He is so cowardly that he denies Ills Lord in tlie high priest’s judgment hall, and curses when charged by a maiden with being one of li'is followers. Alter tlie shock 01 the crucifixion, Peter and the other disciples find the strength ami courage which Jesus promised. See him now as on tin? dav of Pentecost when, bold as a ’.ion. he stands in the city of Jerusalem unterritied in the presence of the very crowd who had put his Lord to death. Peter had b“en comforted. Blessed is the man whose experience helps him to find self and God, for in so doing he is made strong and courageous. Il is a great thing for the world that these experiencts. which- come to ail of us. can be turned to good account 'I he tedness of which Jesus spoke is in th,' reach of every one of us today. My brother, is your business failing? Are you poor.' Turn your pown'ty to good account. The loss of your worldly g.vds mav lead <>u to find God and IL.-, strength it you will let it. I- yout health failing'.' Are (hire premonitions of the • i:.i? Do not let this make you gloomy, morose and bitter. Let it tench you the I'-sson which the Good Father would have it teach. Let it bring you to a i ■■ m“.-U’Usttess of a life that is itidepen (l, U.t of .'I body, an experience that is superior to time and tilings. Have .your loved ones or your friends died and left '-•■..1 desolate n'nd broken-hearted? You inay, If you will, turn even this heavy ex perien-e to good account. The death of your mln shouhl not make you lose interest in other babies, but give tc every <-.:ild which cries in the streets tn interest t .-., Von lever saw in him before. Let i enlarge your heart and broaden your empathies.' < 'rit teuton, the benefactor of fallen women, lost his dnughtei Flm . hm in losing her has found 10.000 daughters who ue d him wot se than F.or .■■■<■ Have vour children disappointed you” Do they bring reproach upon your it-itnc ami home" Thousands of God's , ilildren have treated Him so. Iz-t .'-our . xp.-rb'l-C lead ion to larger sympathy vHh Him. So s t vour sail to the head wmds Ot' adversity that they may carry -, ~ i to the haven of God. CRAZY NTGRO KILLED GREEN. Father of Greater New York Is Shot Down on His Doorstep. New York. November 13—-Andrew II Green, tlie "father of Greater New York,” and one of the city's olde“t and most n-markabl'- citizens, was shot and in stant!,', killed on the steps of ids home, on Park avenue, today, by Corr'elius M Williams, a negro who is believed to bc insa.ne. The shooting was evidently the out c< me of an insane delusion on the part of the negro that Mr. Green had slan <ii r 1 him, for, when he was asked why he had committed the murder, he replied: ' 1 did it to save my character." There wei - three witnesses of the trag edy. Airs. Anna Uray, a domestic in Air. (in • it’s family, Emil Aiich'.'lsen, an er n.iid boy, and Patrick Dyer, a cabman According- to these witnesses, the nrfero must have been waiting for Mr. Green to come home from his office. The negro was standing in the vestibule of tlie house, unit as .Mr. Green started to ascend the two steps leading to tlie hall door. Willi.'ims adt .-meed toward him. There was a brief interchange of words, and then the m-gro drew revolver and fir -1 «ur.“ —~ —rrr^' — re—: — The Book fells You How To Get Well At My Risk. Ask inu by letter for thv book. J»on't send a penny. 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It's iw>.-.cnt .-.lamp- or a postal—against six bo’tltts of my ib-storativc against $5.50. th» ir ’’'Hi Don’t you begin to believe the Ibstoratixe can .Io .Forn thing unusual for tlie sick? J have found long ago, how cer tain It is, how seldom H fails. I'll risk my reputation on it. And the cost of the medicine too. I know, and I want you to know. This is my way of gain ing your Intrrect. Others don’t do it that way t It’s pay anyway with them. Ask me for the book you need. Write me. Now—today. Simply “tab. which nH’"t r “on B '"’ k 8 "" 1,10 K'dncVß. 4 f '> r Women. Box 4545. Racine. f!ook 5 fnr Mpn (sea|ed) Book 6 on Rheumatism. Mild cases, not chronic, are cfl.exi cured with cne or two bottles. At druggist*. five shots in rapid succession. Mr. Green sank to the stone pavement, blood streaming from his head, while his mur derer, returning the revolver to bls pocket, leaned against tlie railing of the step as if awaiting arrest. MOROS KILL YANKEE TROOPS. War Is Not Yet Over in the Philip pine Islands. Manila, November 15—Since the de parture of Major General Wood for Jolo, the Moros in the neighborhood of Lake Lato have become very ugly and menac ing. At I o’clock yesterday the guard over a boat near iMiralbou was taken. Three members of the Twenty-eighth in fantry were killed and one was serious ly wounded. The Moros were beaten off. The soldiers killed were Sergeant J- G. Stephens, of Omaha, and Privates Frank Bowser, of Marion, Ohio, and El mer H. Burke, of Kansas City. One pri vate, Ferdinand Kelthly, of Verona, Mo., was wounded. General Wood, who left, for Jolo Novem ber 9. took a number of troops from Lanao with him. leaving Captain Henry A. Barber, of the Twenty-eighth infantry. In commajid Cable communication with Jolo Is interrupted. Who Will Shoot the SquirrelsP “Let the boy have the gun and. if pos sible, let him learn to handle it. The squirrel who is eating the seeds out ot tlie pears iii the garden is fair game for Idin to start with if he learns to shoot, at the right thing in the right season, never mind if he also barns to hit what he shoots at. The -boy who lias learned to handle a gun is Hie kind of a boy who knows when a gun Is loaded and does not shoot his lit tle brother by mistake, nor get the lock jaw from toy pistols on Fourth of July. Tlie above argument is along the line of Fuat advanced i>, the J. Stevens Arms Tool Co., of ' hieopee Falls. Mass., makers of the famous "Stevens” fire arms. “Equip Hi- boys of th- country with the Stevens rifle,” says their e:itn logite, T 'and yon will be the means of rid ing the snrroundini; •ountry of every fly ing and running nuisance that tlie farmer tries in vain to scare away bv other means. Ami the --’y will have his fun while doing it.” CABBAGE WORM SCAPE NOT WELL FOUNDED. The report published in The Constitu tion a few week ago from Gainesville, stating that a species of snake or worm known as the cab: “;■» Wi’tin had caused several deaths, has caused Dr. J. M. McCandless, the stale chemist, to be flooded with left' of Inquiry. A cer tain Mr. Dyer stand that several d Hlis had resulted among people in White county from eating cabbage, and others in Gainesville spoke of having heard of similar strange <.F:■: ,s Dr. MeCpndFss said; “I know nothing whatever about these cabbage worms a l ie report that has gotten mil from (I’lm-sville that I ex amined them and nind them ■ iolent!;. poisonous is whol ’infoundo'l and un true. 1 have never n one of the spec! mens and am n onnected with Ihe matter in any was-. The doctor paid a , honest tribute to •the vast circulation < To Weekly Consti tution. when h» <1 lured that lie was still receiving man? h>zen inquiries daily asking about this port. State Entomolog: Newell stated that some of the worn reported to have caused so much t: ible had been sent him. hut he could . no reason for any apprehension. He - at'-d that they w simply a variety ot the eel or hail worm found In damp under inonkling wooil and in dec ig vegetation. He said: “1 Have forward'd specini'-ts to L. <>. Howard, the entomologist of tin Vnited State-, department us ‘grieulture, and to D:. E. A'll.r.-, the zoologist of th- department, who will also study the worms carefully f have been in correspondenci with the latter an<l while lie does not stole in sn mac-, words that tlie Worms are harmless, 1 think he agr o.s with my opinion that th-y are not dan gerous.” Dr. Newell add'd that in every instance where a death was attribute! to the cabbage worm it was found to have been started on he.n' ay evidence SAVE TRAYLOR SPENCER & CO.'S TAGS. Subscriptions for Tobacco Tags. 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November 14 The French steamer St. Simon, wit.i Gen eral Jiminez, head of the Dominican rev olution on board, lta> left Port Au Prince, Haiti, with the inc ntlon, according to re port. of- forcing ’ -e blockade of Puerto Plata, on the northern coast of Sar.tO Domingo. Tlie Haitian auto cities formally op posed the landing hi Haiti of General Jiminez in spite of fils strong insistence upon being permit:-' to do so. it is said that if the St. Simon is in terfered with she will ask fop tlie as sistance of Umii cruiser Gaz lie or any other foreign wa: hip which may be in Dominican wat' : Tlie French erm •r Jurien de La Cra x iere, which was in these waters recent ly. is understood " have returned to the island of Martini': le. Telegraphic conunufii ation with the in terior ot Santo Domingo was reestab lished yesterday, bn’ now is again in terrupted, and it ''ported that severe fighting must hate occurred before San Domingo. Gould Planning' Tide Water Line. New York. November II —Official mit line of George J. Gould's plan for build ing a nfw tidewat’-: line from St. Louis to New Orleans was made public today 11: an application r> list $12,242,000 St. Louis, iron .Vlo’.mtiT: : ,-.d Southern line's gulf division first mortgage 4 per tent :hirty-ye:ir bonds, whi-1) represent that portion o< th' l authori::-fi issue ot SSO. 000.000 which h.'iv' b.'-n sold. Mr. Gould recent!; estimated the total cost of these Imm oveinents at. between $40,000,000 and $50.000.000. Tlie pro ceeds of the bonds will b P used for im provements ot various lines, including the Memphis. Helen:' and Louisiana lail- W-ni'. New Counterfeit Bill Is Found. Washington. November IL--The secret service officials today announc' d the dis covery of a new counterfeit S2O national bank note on tlie Fourth N:i ional bana of Boston, Mass., check letter A; series 1882; Tillman registrar, Morgan treas urer. A poor photograph printed on two pieces of thin pap"'' "iih a few silk threads distributed between them. Yel low water color has been smeared over the seal, almost obliterating the design. The panel containing the charter number on the back of the note is black and brown instead ot green. CONGRESS lOXTRA SESSION. Continued from First Page. offered by Mr. Williams the minority floor leader, abolished the differential duty of refined sugar The report says: "The enactment of this bill into law Is necessary to give effective to the con vention providing for reciprocal trade be tween this country and Cuba. This re sults not merely because the convention itself provides that It ‘shall not take effect until the same shall have been approved by the congress,’ but because the constitution gives no power to the president and the senate to make a con vention or treaty changing tlie rates ol revenue. That power is expressly lodged in the congress. “This legislation will result In no harm to any American Industry. Articles, tlie product of this country, like tlie articles embraced in this convention now im ported from Cuba, receive tlie very high est protection of any in the same sched ule. The duty of sugar was placed above the protection point for th<* purpose of revenue. The house tariff bill provided expressly for a reduction in the interests of reciprocal trade agreement, which it authorized the president to make. The dutv on tobacco has for many years been much higher than necessity required on account of tlie competition of Cuban to bacco. The reduction in this bill leaves it amply protected." Inclined To Attack Roosevelt. Washington, November IL—The demo cratic steering committee was in session before the senate met today and again considered 'he Panama situation. No conclusion was reached, but the indica tions are that the democrats will attack the course of the administration on the Isthmus with reference to the establish ment of the new republic of Panama. It is stated here on authority that it is too late for Colombia to rjak.e any effort to resurrect the canal treaty with the United States and beyond preventing a hostile clash between Colombia and the new-republic of Panama, the proposed visit of General Keyes to Panama will be without result. Tlie same authority points out that the United States gov ernment. having recognized Panama as an independent state, cannot proceed to ne gotiate with Colombia on any terms for canal right-' in a stat*- over which Co lombia exercises no political control, so any further canal negotiations will be between the United States government and rhe go\ernment of panama. Mr Tower, our ambassador at Berlin, has cabl'd the state department that, he has been requested by Baron Itichthoffen, the German foreign secretary, to inform the Washington government that the report that Germany intended to becom- Involved In the isthmian situation is en tirely without foundation. Mr. Tower adds that lie was further assured by the foreign secretary in a most earnest and sincer* 1 manner that tlie question ot Ger many's Interfering In Panama simply did not exist. Tlie reply of tlie state department to tlie protest fil' d by Dr. Herran, the <”o --lolnblan charge, was forwarded to him to day. It was merely a. formal acknowledg ment that tiie protest had been received. The state department iias been iniorm ed that, the two British steam ships which wer e delayed at. the port of -Bu'.-na Ven tura by the Colombian government, with the intention of using them to transport troops to the isthmus, have been released and have left that port. The state department has decided to re quest. the authorities at. I'a :r-ma to i »*- reive General Keyes, who is going to the isthmus on a peace mission from Bogota. il is estimated t'nat be cannot retch hl*' destination within two r eeks. When M Phiilippe Buna \ arllla c ime from his conference with Secretary Hat he informed the Assm-cted Press tli.'l in- would be tecived b; tiie pres.dent at the white house on I'l'l iat' at hoit-pa-t nii:' 1 . as minister plenii'jtentiiiry and en voy extraordinary of the republic of Pan ama to the United States. From the Facto to De Jure. This hour, lie said, will marl; the liais ing of the de facto government to a de jure- stage. M. Buna \ ariila, first, wl I rail at the state department on Secretary Hay. who will accompany him to the white house and make the pr* s citation. The ceremony will " : r in the blue room. 'J'he details were arranged at th'- con ferenee this afternoon M. Varllla an nounced tonight that lie would cable his government advising that it decline to al low General H'-ves to land unless he bore full credentials as Colombia's minister plenipotentiary and envoy extraordinary to tiie republi ■ of Panama. Senator Cullom, chairman of the com mittee on foreign relations, today pro “ented tlie following concurrent report: “That tlie president be requested to com munfeate to the senate if not. in his judg ment. inconioatible with the pnoli-.' Int -i --,>sts, ail correspondence and other ot ficia’l documents relating to the recent revolution on the Isthmus ot Panama.' \t Senator Cullom's request the resolu tion was referred to tiie. committee on foreign relations. They Are After Reed Smoot. Washington. November 12. Immc lia*e :y upon assembling today rhe senate plunged into a discussion of the question of the eligibility of Reed Smoot, of , tali, to a seat in the seriate. Mr. Dubois, of Idaho, took Issue with Mi, Hoars remarks of yesterday. “1 contend that these various organi zations of Christian men and women,” he said, “have a right to petition the senate and that it is their duty to lo so Os course, wo all appreciate that this is a Judicial question, which must, be deter mined by the facts, but it is not an idle question, and it is properly before Hie senate. It is the same question that was Involved in the case of the polygamous Roberts, for whoso unseating by the house of i'-prcsentntives many petitions were filed. "If the allegations now on file with the committee on privileges and elections can bo proven, 1 do not. believe there is a senator here who would vote to have Mr. Smoot continue in his scat, but if they are not proven, I thinly wo would all unite in asking him to remain.” Mr. Hoar said that in his remarks yes terday he had merely called the attention of some of his own constituents to ’he fact that they arc pointing out to th' 1 S'nate the determination of a jit Helal question In regard to which the senators are the judges". Ways and Means Committee. The speaker today announced that the ways and means committee would lie at; follows: Republicans—Messrs. Payne. of New DR, W. A. STARNES. Sl’FCl \LIST. For th** purpi of Morphine, Cocaine, Whiskey and .Vervous Diseases. Write for information. 704 Decatur Road. Inman I’ark, Atlanta. Ga. Arrest disease by the timely use of Tutt’s Liver Pills, an old and favorite remedy ot increasing popularity. 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Representative Dick, of Ohio, h is secured especial significance lor the joint resolution he introduced in the house today, providing for an inquiry into tlie alleged disfranchisement of voters in the southern states, with a view to de reusing the representation in congress of those states which may have taken such ac tion. Attention is called in the resolution to the alleged fact that it is a matter of ; common Information and belief that tlie rights- of some male citizens to von.- at j elections a t w hich they are given the right : io vote by the constitution is denied and ' abridged in certain states. Representative ''rumpacker's numerous i efforts in this direction have attracted , little attention for the reason that Crum ! packer is not a heavyweight, but the ! acknow 1' dged promiii 'nee ot Represenla- I tlve Dick and ills close relation, with :!>■■ I big men of tlie republican party in Ohio i and in other states is causing s me un ! easiness as to just who Is back of tjie movement. The text of the resolution follow.- Southern Laws. I “Whereas, It is a matter of common in- : (formation and belief that the tight of j some male citizens, being 21 years of : age. to vote at an election named in i , said amendment to the constitution ex- ; cept for participation in tiie rebellion or i ; other crime, is denied and abridged in ; j certain states; therefore, | “Resolved, That Hie matter be referred ; ' to th© committee on election of the pres- . • ident. vice president and r.-presf-ntativi.-■ ■ in congress, whose duty it shall be and who shall have full and ample power to ' : investigate amt inquire into tiie validity ; of the election laws of the several states J : and the manner of their enforcement, and whether the right to vM'* at any elec- : ; lion for the.choice of electors for presi- I dent and vice pr.-sident of the United I States, representatives in congress or the ! members of th-- legislature of any sta:-- ' i is denied io the male inhabitants of any I. of the states, being 21 years of age and ■ i a citizen of the United Stat -s. except for | I participation in the rebellion or other I i crime. Said committee s'u.-ili have tiow-t : •to snbpena ami examine witness's un- : der oath and .“. nd ;’or re -ords ;.n.i otV-r , | evidence that may be necessary for a full ; and complete in vestigation of the ever:! i subjects he.rein mentioned, and it shall i i be authoriz'd to put under the S'-ssions of the house and to have such printing ; land binding done as it shah deem is-.--- - ; sary and it shall make a fall report i > : i the house of th'* result of the i.n -'stl- I grition at as early a date as possu.:,-. j The resolution was ref. r’> .i io the com- ' i mittee on rules. Cuban Caucus by Democrats. i ■ Washington, November 14—After dfs- I cussing the Cuban recipi •-ity measure :' t ! ' three hours in caucus tonight, tlie d mo- ; | Cratic members of the house of renr sen- i ! tatives agreed to a re-solution, by a vote of 95 to 15. pledging ’honiselves to sup- ■ port, the bill, after efforts have b ■-n m id.' | ;to secure am< di.men; < abolishing the elif- . ferential on refined sn:;.ir and iimiim: in- i I the five-year clause in the treaty The ■ ; opposition io this " l .n -ante fr m the , members from Louisian--. Texas and i j ifornia. The three democratic m-ml-.- rs ; ; from the latter state :- Gd the;, would not ' vote for the m.-asnre under any circlin'.- j stances, but it. is understood, although not i definitely stated, that the action of the I caucus will be considered binding. 1 The resolution adopted was presented | by Mr. William*:, Hie minority (loot lend- i i er. Several Ineffectual attempts yv- ri i ! made to amend it by the members repre- 1 sentlng sugar interests. No other sub- ; jects were considered. The resolution adopted is as follows: j “Resolved. That it is tlie sense of this I caucus thul the minority floor leader b - I instructed to offer to the Cuban r- . ipro.' I ity bill, and to s-.-oure a yea and nay i vote thereon, fl" possible, the following i amendment: “Strike from tie- bill the following lan- i guage, beginning in line 15 and ending in I line 2. page 3: i “‘Provided, That while said convention i is in force no sugar imported from the , republic, of Cuba and being the product ; of the soil or industry of the republic of 1 Cuba shall be admitted into the United ' States at a reduction of duty greater ; than 20 per centum of th'? rates of duty : thereon provided by the tariff acts of the Unit'd States approved July 24. 1597. and no sugar, the product of any other for- ■ cign country, shall be admitted by treaty : or convention into the United States while | this convention is in force at a lower rate j of duty than that, provided by the tariff 1 a.-t of tlie Unit'd States, approved July 1 24, 1897.' “And insert the following In lieu i thereof: “That upon the making of said agree- ' ment and the issuance of said pro. lama- , tion, and xvhile sail agreement shall re- I main in force, there shall be levied, col- I lectC'l and paid in lieu of the duties there- i on now provided bj* law on all sugars j above No 16, Dutch standard In color. I and on all sugar which has gone through ' a process of refining. Imported into the i I'nited States. I cents and 825-1000 ot I i cent !<-■* pound. “Resolved further. That upon the adop tion or rejection '>f this amendment by the house it. is the sense of this caucus that tlie democratic members of the house should vote for the bill as a step in the direction of freer and more un | trammeled trade between the I'nited States and Cuba. “Resolved furthermore. That it is the sense of tills caucus that if a. rule shall ! be brought into tlie house from the com- I mittee on rules shutting off amendment, I it Is the duty of the democratic member- - ship of the house to vote unanimously , against that rule. i TWO SCORE NEGROES MANGLED IN A WRECK. REAR END COLLISIIN ON THE ILLINOIS CENTRAL. New Orleans, November 14.—The ! latest advices from the railroad wreck are to the effect that the total number of dead is forty, and the in jured twenty-three. Thirty-nine of the dead and twenty of the injured are negroes. New Orleans, November 14.—A rear end collision on the Illinois Central r.i":- read near Kentwood. T.a., 85 miles ft".': Nr-'w Or’eans. at 7:30 tonight resulted : the killing of twenty negroes. Ten other negroes and "three white men were jured, some of them fatally. The lisiou was between tin l McComb ' . accommodation train and the north'T.i express bound to Chicago. The McComb City train left here 3:50 p. m She should have side fra ‘ to I. t th’ express, whi<-h left at 5:20. by. hut got behind before she rr-ni-b." I Kentwood. N.*ar that station Hie pi'-ss ran her down. The rear coach <:" the accommodation, filled with negro'--. many of them section hands who h.--i-I Loen picked up on the way. was com pletely wreck. The engine of the •x --pr'i.- did not leave :li'- track, and aft r an hour's delay the through train j: ■- | cocded on her way. , Hud Winson, white fireman on the ox | press, was hurt in the chest and m-. k but not seriously. lie lives in McComb city. ' \ C. Kaiser. w". Crysml Syrb:::.-. ■ Miss., rai’r ad carpenter, had hi- cl:“ i and both legs crushed and bis atm j broken. ! lis injuries ar nsidere I fatal. I Thi.-xo two, with an imknown woman I and -hild who w-.r-- burned beyoiig i-eeog : nition. w< re the only whites who stiff r d : in the collision. - Tiie dr-id negroes Identified up to I > | o ' lock are: I U. S. GRANT. CHARLES NASH. : WILL <.."< U.KMAN. i Jli-iNRY MULLINS. JOHN THOMAS. I F.RVIN LOVE. I MUNROE WALKER. I WILL BRISCOE. I- FRANK DAVIS. I El GENE DANIELS. ! ROBERT GREEN : HENRY WILLIAMS. I BRAND DAVIDS. ' HENRY WRIGHT. grangers are in session. National Master Says Agriculture Misses Its Dese- tf*. ; Rochester. N. Y.. November IL-Tha j first business of tlie National ' ' ; ' I'atj".is of Husbandry, was "pcm-l by I National Yfaster Aaron Jont today. : Every ivitlonat oilleer was present, j The standing committees wne I ~n>i the national mm t- r deliver,- i his annual address. He urg''d the "X --| tension of nature teaching in tlie public hools : "AgrlcnltHre." he said, “has not ■n- - io"T'~'d an *. qual degree of prosperity w: li i nnuiii i'.ie: tires and other indu.- triai and c "miner;-; al enterprises in the United I States. Farmers tire losing tiieir r'. - i tii - position in she wealth ami iiro.iti'-- i lion ot" the nation. It is the iu*.y of ' ties order ami of i vory farmer to mves- I :i;;a:,- and di: .-over the causes L’l.-it iei- -- I contrii'iited to this condition and aid in •In':- remedy or removal whereit'r 1 found.” ! Tiie '-.itionai master recommended I. -: i isl.-i i i.-i;: tor L-e further extension of ru:.H I b-liv-'y, postal savings banks, the ■ :■ ■ i tion e I'ttit.-d States s-n..tots direct! | i ■' the p "pl. . a <-on.--titutioi:al aniei •! i un i t givim; a ingress j>ow.-r to regain ■ | oarp.iraUons and combinations, emar:: Ing the powers of the interstate e-ut;- | rnerce commission, enactment of y : ■ I :•. *<l laws. . nd a siiip <;mal omnft i .g I ini- M. si:- sip;'! and the gre ii ink s, rim i impiirtai: -■ of the highway improt ‘-ment. | was especially dwelt upon. w Leonard Wood To Win His Fight. I Washington, November 14.—tSpc-cial '• - > T' at tlie nomination of General v,a S I ma i I" sent ral will be confirmed bv tlio l.- ' . ut-' as practically assured tod.'v ' when S'-nat -r Bat", of Tcnness'-e. -i:' ■ nounced that he would cast his vote in I favor of confirmation. Gera rnl Bate D j a member of the inllitarj* affairs com- • mittee. Two other demoi-ratii- members • of that committee, Senators Bia -kbitrn land Cockrell, will cast affirmative votes 1 and with Senator Bate a committee ir . ’ jority is assured. i Alaska Instructs for Roosevelt. I Washington, November I L—l'resiit-- t ! Roosevelt today re.-.-ived the loliowing I telegram: J Juneau, Alaska, November 10. 1903 | The President, AVashington, D. <" ~T<*r—.- | torlai convention today elected J. G. > Ili-ide. Charles S. Johnson, William T I Perkins, W. D. Grant, J. W 1.-vey. I Forte delegates national convention. Li | structed for Roosevelt. JOHN G. HEIDE. Na t iona 1 < 'ommitw : ER® I wish every person in MfiaM&a£.aJs ftm U- S. suffering with w SHfcMtSff EPILEPSY or FITS to send ; for one of my large-sized bottles Gil full oz.i K? <74 K SC ond If it dees all that is claimed ”S\£. * f or jt t the patient can then con tinue the treatment which is not expensive. Or. F. E. GRANT, Dept. 145, Kansas City, Mo. 3