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t "OffE KO MAN." I ONE PRECEPT OF'A DEBT-PAYING RELIGION. A SermoD Ktwntir Preached ty the ttev. P. F. Kilzo. of Laacaiter-l'exi: "Owe So Man Annulling:."?Koio. XIII, S. Lancaster Ledger. I know of no more appropr ate season or the pulpit to speak out upon the duty of meeting one's finaocial obligations. than now. The summer has passed; the crops are being rapidly harvested and now if 'be time for men to pay what they owe. But, you say, there is no money in circulation, crops are very short. I believe it is a good thiDg for some men that crops are short, for it gives some of tne dishonest fellows some excus*, and you know the old adage, "A poor excuse is better than no excuse." kr\A onoi'n if enmfl men did not have A.UV4 tt^U4U, ** something to murmur against God for they would be miserable. Our people are 3tUBJtURD?G PEOPLE. Did you ever see a crop that was not short ? I would like to^ee how much corn and cotton an acre had to prodnee iu order to come up to some men's idea | of & full crop. It is a chronic case of grumbling. Some one has said, "Some people are so miserably miserable that they are miserable if they are not miserable." You may take that home and study it out. What our people want is religion to make them willing to let God run this world. But I wish to talk to you to-day about making and paying debts. In the first place I wish you to notice that eve y man is_ D2BT0E TO GOD. This is true in every way we look at it. There are none of these debts that man may hope to pay in full, and God does not require it of us. We can never repax.him for that infinite lo7e that res?ueci us from perdition. But there is a debt that we do owe ana one tnac is expected of us to pay. It is a debt of gratitude. I am cot going to take up much time this morning in showing you how you may pay this debt. I preached to you last Sunday morning on the conversion of Zaccheus, and yoc saw how be expected to pay it. Too many oeople forget that they owe God anything. They love to talk about free grace. They love to sing that song, "Jesus Paid It All." Now, brethren, you have worked God'a land, you have breathed His air, you have bad His rsin and sunshine, you have lived in His houses, you have eat His bread, in a word you are God's tenants, and if you are honest men you will pay the rent. Some people say they have nothing to be grateful for; they have hid affliction, or some calamity has befallen them, and they do not see where God has been good to them. If there is one of those sort here this morning all 1 h*Te to say to you is you are an UDgrateful wretch, and you bad better thank God that He has not sent some awful punishment upon you. One more remark aod I am, done with this part of my subject.* -When men begin to realize that times aie hard and -economy is necessary, the begin to practice it first at the house of God. They cut down church expense one-ualf.. God will not bless any such ?economy. DEBTS TO MAX. Bat let us now turn to the financia; obligations you are under to your fellowmen. Pope, says "An honest man is the noblest work of God." That may be ? little exaggerated, yet there is a greal deal of truth in it. I know that the highest type of a Christian man is muci nobler than the highest type of a man ol the world. And I know that a man ol the world may be honest. But at th< same time I know it is impossible foi any man to be a Christian and be dis honest, or, to put it plainly, not pay m: debts. I wish to lay special emphasis m ' upon that fact. Many of our so-called Christains have entirely too LOOSE IDEAS OP HOIJESTY. One of the specific rules cf our church forbids "The borrowing without the probability of paying for them." It is ? rule that is pregnant with the spirit ol Christ, yet I am afraid it is a rule thai we, as Christians too often forget. Christ did not fail to set us an exam Die in ecooomy as well as in other things. He was born o? poor parents and He was raised in poverty, and he was satisfied tc lead a life of self-denial. We are too extravagant. We start out in the fir3t oJ the season as if we knew that our fields were going to be burdened with the harvest; and we invest in this and thai luxury, and by the. time the crop is planted we are "way in debt." The summer drought does not cause us tc hold up much; and when the harvest is gathered tftd the profits do not balance the expenses we go off murmaring about the short crops, and that we had just as well not try to mase anytnmg in tms country. . The fault does not lie in the crops it lies in OUR ISTIU.YA?JJSCE. There is no use in a man's being wasteful simply because he has plenty. Take the case where Christ fed the multitude. Tbey cared nothing for what remained. They did not think they would get hungry again, and Christ had to command, "Gather up the fragments that remain, that nothing be lost," and when they were gathered twelve baskets were filled. Now. if we will only stop being extravagant the cropS*will improve by a large per cent. I can tell some of you men HOW TO JUKE TWO BALES OP COTTON. Suppose you leave off your one drihk a dayi make ten cents, in one year there are $36.50, one bale of cotton. Then suppose you leave o? your cigars, ten cents more a day, one more bale a year. I do not blame our farmers for boycotting the merchants who sell goods for more than they are worth. I only wish they - _ I_ iV.l. 1 n: -I I would go ou iu lucir uuvuotuugaDa Doycot some of these barrooms. I tell you that is a business that Lancaster County can well afford to do without. If some of ^ our people would only remember that the ^bapney with which they buy their whiskey, tobacco, fine clothes, etc., be longs to the men who have been furnishing them with lard and meat, it would not be long before they are "square with the world." Another great expense which generally results in dishonesty is the thing of trying to KEEP UP APPEARANCES. It is a curse to our country. Some ?aa?v1a VkAWA troJ' tn a/wont UAIC UUb jv? .w wvwi/w the condition of affairs which the war left them in. They wish to live high and work ii*tle. We have people who were once rich, now as poor as as poverty, yet they try to hide it from the world. Aad then there are some, thank God not many, who never did have anything and sever will, but who try to ape those who are rich. Now the men who feel all this the most are the creditors. Some of you people would be thunderstruck if you could only see the accounts that merchants have against this class who try to keep up appearances. It was a happy hit when some one called them broken down hypocrites. There would be a * " * % '* *- 2* . migfcty revoiunon m society u tae i dishonesty of some people was exposed, i I have had some of your merchants to tell I me that there are people heie who make large accounts and never try to settle them, and yet they claim to be respectable. Now, while there is no special * virtue in poverty, it is no sin to be poor. pbwbw??a?BM?ai?a?????J?p? And when a man meets with a business j calamity, if he will only adapt himself) to h;.-j ciicumstances he will rise | Hgsiib. Moreover, be will hitVe the ! pathy of aii bOQCsl people. il? <<*: aS-.-rd j to lose ibvin. Again, ujuu :u uem J OSES HIS SELK-KKSPKCT. Especially is this trut* at this time of tbe year Every lime you iiitet the man you owe you think about that debt. I expcct there are men in oar county who C.o not come to town ?? {bat accouut. And, pet'vapa, ttc s r-e n.*o in cur n who do nt *; iii y ' ??;o str< r that sam i Kisoa A grei i <? i\ dfp s i .?eov? r z tha way tbe ? j uoducte 1. matters not now mueu money is ia'd in it there is not economy there. <>r later credit will be lost. A map should think before he marries. Younj^ man, if you are poor and have to work for your living, you had better let these PARLOR GIRLS al.-mp Thp.v are too nice to <?o into tbe kitchen, the keys are turned over to the servants, and things are wasted. Be sure you get a woman who will enter into your plans and not waste mure money in a^ear than you can make in ten. A woman who cannot live on her husband's salary is not fit to be a wife. I would not have you to try to stint yourselves and make your homes unhappy. But the happiest home is not always the one upon which the most money is spent. Nothing encourages a man more to provide than to know there is a woman in his home wno will use economically what he places there. I chose this subject for to-day because, I believed it was one of interest to mosc of us. THE CROPS ARE SHORT, and that i3 the very reason why you should make a special effort to meet your obligations. It was no sin for you to go in debt. I do not suppose there is one man out of a buodred wbo is able to pay casb all the year round. But a3 money is going to be scarce you should do your best to pay your creditors, for they will need every cent of it. And then, as I bave safd, this thing of not paying your debts is a prevailing sin. It makes my face burn with shame to say it, but it is trae that the pulpit itself is sometimes guilty. The preacher who will not pay hisdebts is Dot worthy of your conGdenco^ He has no more right to preach the gospel than a barkeeper has. Aod then there tnr, moriTT of th? 'pnriinof members of the church guilty They can be very sanctimonious, and can run the affairs of the church, yet they are dishonest enough to cheat their creditors. What our country needs just now as much as anything else is a REVITAL OP DEBT-PAYING RELIGION, beginning right at the bouse of God. A religion that will not make a man pay his debts will not keep him out of hell. "Religion/' says one of-our evangelists, "will make a man unload." It matters not if the note is out of date", or if he : may avoid paying by some technicality of the law. vet if the debt is an honest ; one he must pay if he proposes to be a . Christian. Now let us begin to run over : accounts and see how much we owe, and let us pay it, so that we may look the ; world fairly and squarely'in the faee and say, "I owe no man anything." , The meeting: ol Congress. * , The Fifty-first Congress assembled at noon last Monday. In view of the necessary consumption of practically the . entire day in the organization of tbe new house of representatives, the president's messaore was not read until 5 Tuesday. [ The officers of the house were agreed [ upon by the Republican majority in 5 caucus on Friday night. They are as ! follows: For speaker, Thomas B Reed, [ of Maine; for clerk, Edward McPherson, [ of Pennsylvania; for sergeant-at-arms. \ A. J. Holmes, of Iowa; for post-master, J. H. Wheat, of Wisconsin; for doorkeeper, C. W. Adams, of Maryland. ] Es-Speaker Carlisle will manage the ' Democratic minority in the house. It is said that Mr. Carlisle takes the.ground that the Democratic party in Congress staoas pieagea to tana reiorm, aua i therefore, if the majority should present 5. a reasonable tariff measure, it will be 1 the duty of the Democracy to try and I perfect it as far as possible, and then ; vote for its passage. It will not be the policy of the Democrats to*b!ock general ) legislation. On the contrary, they will , do all in their power to facilitate that i which is for th? general interest of the ? people. In the contested election cases they will endeavor to secure a fair and " impartial investigation of the cases, and j -will resist anything that savors of an i injustice. MSAAAnf PAflPlln Mill Vl A?*A Vv f XU^ pibdCUV SCOOl'JU Y* III UOTC .JIVSUgUb to its attention for action a number of matters upon whieb the public has become well informed, by reason of previous discussion. Among them are the Blair educational bill; the bill to forfeit land grants, general and special; bill to declare trusts unlawful; the dependent pension bill; bill to repeal the civil service service and oleomargarene tax laws : and various measures relating to the tariff, internal revenue and general financial system. There will also be presented to the , 3ena:e iha re3*jlts of the investigations made during the recess of the several committees upon the dressed beef business, the subject of irrigating arid lands, the relations of Canadian railroads to the Inter-State commerce law and the commercial relations existing between the United States and Canada, including the Alaskan seal fisheries. | The silver question will speedily come up in some shape. Senator Stewart's resolution, introduced last session, declaring it to be the sense of that body that the secretary of the treasury should purchase the full limit of silver bullion for coinage, fixed by law at $4,000,000 monthly, will be pressed for adoption. Cheek Carried Him -Through. Henry A. Cook, of Leominster, Mass., wanted to be elected to the Legislature, so early last month he published a notice ' J! 4. IKA 1 AAn 1 nnnn? J _ 10 TBilt eucti- ?" payci, uncu tt ball and on October 8th placed himself in nomination before a convention of enthusiastic fellow citizens. He asked no one to ratify the nomination, but he ratif.ed it himself. He to]d his constituents why he was a good man for the honor, and that, being sensible people, he knew they would take his advice and vote for him. He said that there were now eight or ten candidates in the Republican party to go before the convention ;md that be intended to spike all ' their guns by telling every mean thing he bad ever done, logetner witfi some of his good deeds, and thus forestall ;:he possibility of being slandered by his eremies. He began with his birth, and showed that he bad been a hostler, a peddler, a chair-maker, a comb-maker, a carpenter, a blacksmith, a manufacturer, a gambler, a thief, a large real estate dealer, a lawyer, a detective, and that his present occupation was seeking the office of repretentative. He wanted it understood that 1? ? Akefo^nor trifhnnf K^n/* o UK was cl tUkai auoiaiu>.i oouvuv a prohibrtionist. The humor and frankness of the would be legislator made bim hosts of friends. He ran as aD independent. and was electnd by a plurality of 34 votes 07er the Republican noninsein a strong Republican district. In the cotton mills one weaver formerly managed one loom; now manages from two to ten. A NIGHT AT ROUND KNOB. 4 .Host Wonderful Fiece ef Railroad Engineering;?Tbe Observations of an lisent Correspondent. Luke Sharp in Detroit Free Press. The most wonderful piece of railroad engineering that I have ever had the pleasure of seeing is on tbe line or tne Piedmont Air Line in Western North Carolina. The railway leaves Asheville, that noted sanitarium, and proceeds as best it can to get over the Blue Ridge Mountains. First there is the Swannanoa tunnel, which is about a third of a mile long. After that there are six other tunnels somewhat shorter. Then from tie top of the mountain the railway undertakes to wind its way down into the valley of the Catawba River or Mill Creek. The road here is probably the crookedest in all creation. It winds and rewinds and twists aDd goes over and under itself in a way that is perfectly bewildering to the traveler who wishes to know in which particular part of the mountain he is. From Little St. Bernard, a peak that is above the Round Knoo Valley, the railway can be seen in seventeen different places, workiDg up and down the mountains, a^d no two sections of the track are on the same elevation. The train runs down this crooked iron pathway with all steam shut off ana tne erases rarneu od. it is a maty .experience for a traveler, but the road bed is perfect, and. has all been rock ballasted and laid with heaviest steel rails, and no accident has ever yet taken place on that portion of the line, so the chances are that startling as the ride is to a traveler accustomed to level railways, that portion of the track is safer than many otoer lines that have less grades and crooks upon it. But anyhow it is worth risking something, if it ia any risk, to enjoy the "ronderfu! rida winding lound -*-*? ?- -?j .. ?m? % me mummuuB auu uoowjajn^ IUI ; nav valley of the Cat<vwfa, Bat tht most wondr.*?c sight tha I 3 72r sa*?audi doubt if there is another i.i ibe world to tqual it?is that seen from the Round Kuob Hotel at midnight. A party of U9 stood there to see the night traia from Asheville come down around that network of curves aod heavy grades. Durine the couple of davs I staged at the Round Knob Hotel I was practically a trespasser, because the hotel was not opened, and Col. Spragtie, anxious as he may be to receivc- a truest at another time, bad anything but a cheerful look on his face when two northern newspaper men stepped from the train and announced their intenUou of staying there for a couple of days. Howeser, there is too much cordial hospitality in the South for a tired traveler ever to be turned away from anybody's door, even if the door is that of an unopened hotel where preparations are actively going forward to receive the guests who come to stay there during the season. We sat up late the first night talking about the wonderful place in which we found ourselves, and getting information for intended excursions into the mountains and up the creeks and to the waterfalls. It was about 11 o'clock at night when Col. Spragne said to us: "Come out on the veranda and see the midnight train. It's about du- now, and to see it come down the mountains is a sight not to be missed." We all went out on the broad piazza of the hotel. The building is situated right beside he railway track, and the train that we were to get the first sight of about a mile above us would "have to pass with a few feet of where we stood when it had completed the descent. The night was very dark, and there was a rumble of thunder over the pinnacle point of the Blue Ridge. The air, however, was luminous with myriads of fireflies that looked like the phosphorescent track which follows a ship in the oceau. The rear of the little Catawba River ov? r the rocks was very soothing and musical. Not a sound of the coming train could be heard, because it was not yet through the tunnel. In fact the first intimation *v~ ~c otsi* v, iLiu'- wc uau ui ilb appiua^u rvao uui through sound but sight. With a startling suddenness a great pine tree high on the mountain top stood out in bright relief as if it bad been thrown against the mountain side by a tremendous stereopticou. It looked like a tree of silver and it was illuminated by the white headlight of the locomotive. Then aoolher tree, and another and another stood out on the mountain side, and finally the rugged, rocky side of the cutting was illuminated like a scene from Switzerland thrown against the dark mountain side of North Carolina. Then came the train with its long gleaming row of glittering windows, made all the more etarilingly plain by the dense darkness of the night. The mountain background acted as a great soundiog board across the valley, where it was echoed by the the mountain od the other side of us and thrown back again in confused Niagara of sounds. After a moment the train disappeared as entirely as if it was swallowed up by the earth. It had gone arouDd to the other side of the mountain, and noi a sound or a sight of it did we get for some moments. The hills still reverberated with its coming, but that, 'too, died away, and, although every one listened intently, there was not a rumble to disclose its whereabouts. A few monments after a section of the pine covered mountain still lower down flashed into the ligh-, and this time, as the train turned, the illuminated disc flew rapidly along the moun tain side, giving the trees the appearance of rushing into the light and theu rushing out into the darkness again. Then T?e had a second broadside view of the rushing train and the long procession of lights once more crossed the mountain side, but this time lower down than we bad first seen it. Again the thunder of its wheels woke the cchoes of mountain and valley and once more it plunged into oblivion, with that startling suddenness which made it seem as if the train had been blotted out of existence. From the further mountains some time after was Heard the faint rumble of the train, echoed back to us from the other side of the nearer hills, and at different points the invisible train made its whereabouts known by the echoing murmur of the mountains. We went round to a piazza on the other side of the house aud there caught glimpses of the train in unexpected places, and finally we saw "it coming around the hill in exactly the opposite direction we had seen it on the time of its first and second appearing. Finally it ^ot down to the level of the roof of the hotel on the opposite side of the valley and swept around, coming, lower and lo^er, until it drew up at the long platform on the other side of the buildiDg. It is worth going many hundred miles to see the midnight train come down the mountain at Round Knob. ?? *?* Oo November 15, J. D. Horton, a youDg iarmer living near uuraam, jn. U., mysteriously disappeared, and foul play was suspected. J. P. Davis, an employee on the farm, told Horton's old mother that her son had deserted her. The neighborhood did not believe the story, and search was made about the premises, resulting in the discovery of Horton's body buried in an old barn. Davis escaped, and the Durham, N. C., authorities sent a police officer to Danville, Va., to search for Da^? On Sunday, while this officer and Danville chief of pvuvc wcic iu wuiucutc at iuc UUlClf 21 waiter asked the proprietor if he should wake Mr. Davis for dinouer. The name was suggestive, aad the officers went to the room indicated, where they found J. P. Davis. He was charged with the murder and confessed the crime. He bad kitted Horton, he said, in orier to get ! t.:_ * - TT, 3 t possession 01 cia iarm. .tie &uiea mm with a bootjack and buried the body in the barn. A . \ JEFFERSON DAVIS DEAD. 1 ?" ! OXE OF HISTORY'S FOREMOST j FIGURES. {Sorrow Tbi-ouahoui ilie South ?Particuiurs ol' the I losing Scenes of an Honorable Life. New Orleans, December G.?ExPresident David died here this morning at 1.15. From the beginning of bis fatal illness Mr. Davis had insisted teat his cast) was quite hopeless though dicnd ol pain or [ear of death never appeared to take the slightest hold upon his spnits, which were brave aed ever buoyant from the beginning of the attack. In vain did the doctor strive to i?npre>s upon him that his health was itn^iuviug. lie steadily insisted ih.t .nere was no iua preveinem, out wuu vurisuau resignation he was content to accept what Providence^ad in store for hitn. Only once did he waver in his belief that his case showed no iinprovment aLd tbat was at an eanj uuur }??ieiuaj' murujug wuc.j he playlully remarked to Mr. PayD? : "I am afraid tbatlshall.be ompelUd to agree with the doctors for once am: admit that I am a little better." All day long the favorable sytup'onicontinued and late in the aflerouuu, ha late as four o'clock, Mrs Davis sent sucb a cheeriDg message to Mrs. Stamps and Mr. and Mrs. Farrar that they dicided for the first time since Mr. Davis bus been taken ill to attend the French A * ntw a^aI/n/iI^ loot ?jt?OTii r. <r I wpo.o* ix u ou u uiVLa iaou vivutu^, without any assignable cause, Mr. Davis was seized with a congestive chill which seemed to absolutely crush the vitality of his already enfeebled body. Sj we*k was Mr. Davis that the violence of the assault soon mbsided for lack of vi tality upon which to prey. From tbat momeut to the time of his death the history of bis case was a gradual sinking. At ec veu o'clock Mrs. Davis admioisiered some medicine, but the ex-President^deciint-d to receive the whole dose. She urged up on him the necessity of taking the remainder, but putting it aside with etie * - - ? L ?Lf_ _ j i.n_ - genuesioi gestures, uewaispereu. -rniy excuse me."' These was his last words. Gradually he grew weaker, but never for an instant seemed to lose consciousness. L\it:g peacefully upon his bed, and without trace of pain in his look, he remained for hours silently clasping and teuciurly caressing his wife's haud. With ui.daunted Christian spirit he awaitcd*'.he end. From the moment of the dread a-sault of the congestive chill, those gathered around his bed side who had been watching and noting with painful itr.eieft every change of symptom for thjj past month, knew well that the messenger was even at the door About hah'-past ten o'clock Associate Justice Fenner went to the French Opera House to call to Mr. Davis' beside Mr and Mr?. Farrar aod Mrs. Stamps. As soon as the messenger reachid tt.im they hurried to the bedside of the dyiug ex-President. By half past eleven o'clock , there were assembled in the death chain ber Mis Davis Messrs. Chaille and Btck, ham, Associate Justice and Mrs. Fenner Mis. Smith, grand niece of the living man, and Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Fanar Finding that Mr. Davis was bieuthing ! somewhat heavily as he lay upon his baik, the doctors assisted him to turn upon Lis light side. With his chest testing up>u his jigbt hatj'i iike a sleeping , infant and with bis lefs hut>d drooping across his chest he lny for some fifteen nrnuies breathing softly but faii.tiy Mo e and more feeble becam# his respiration; till they pass-ed :nto tileoce, and then the watchers knew ihnt the silver cord had beeu loosed ?nd the golden bowl broken. The father of theCoufederacy hid passed away, "As calmly at to night's repose or flowers at set of sun ' ~ Despite the fact that xv;o end had c>>me slowly at;d p< a?.efully and after she had been face to face for hours with tht dread reality, tbc? blew fell with crushing force upon the afflicted widow. As long as there had been work for either head 01 h>md she had borue up bravelj, and no: until the sweet uses f.-r her tender mini ua< ivii " v. i v iwoir v4?v< ouc otti Li in i v ai 1 the terrible force of the blow that hud falleo up>jn her. Knowing of her piedisposition to heart affection, the doctors were at once gravely alarmed far ber. They promptly administered a composing draught, acd at a late Lour this morning she was res'ing quietly. It is believed that the ex-Pres-ident's 1 o c t i ! I riiilc n*o a rvulurtii n r\ r*-\ .?! 1 aq ?i/^ rti i f K ioow luaiai in u'iupiivaicu vribU acute bronchitis. Shall PontinRKieri be Elected ? New York World. Mr. Roswell P. Flower announces bis intention to present a bill in Congress "relegating the selection of postmasters, custom house officials and internal revenue collectors to the people of the vicinage wherein the duties are performed." He maintains that Congress should provide for the election of these officers every four years, and that the power of the President should be restricted to removal ior cause. Mr. Flower orobablv "means to nro pose ail amendment of the Constitution oCthe United States for the accomplishment of the end he seeks. So far as postmasters are concerned it certainly would be a desirable change, on many accounts, if they could be elected by the people instead of appointed by the President or postmaster general. In all tne towns ana villages 01 trie country the postin aster is the official nearest the people. He should fully possess their confidence, and above all public officers should be acceptable to the majority of the citi7ens. The evil of the large and constantly growiDg patronage of the President is conceded, and the scramble for the postoffice is its very worst feature. It occupies the time of Senators and Congressmen as well as of t-he administration, obstructs the public business and is a prolific source of the corruption in politics. At the same time the appointing power too often selects a man objectionable to the people for the very reasons that make him the choice of the politicians. Congressman Flower's proposition will find favor with the public, but it is not likely t.o be favorably received at Washington at the present time. However, it is a subject on which the people need educating, and Mr. Flow* er's efforts will not be wasted. Which Shall Win? Those notorious trusts, combines and ueianuus UUI JJUI anuus uav^ guuuu tucn relentless grip upon our throats, and our country seems destined to struggle along for year9 unless we, the people, ripe in our might and do some strong protesting in self defense. And if we cannot relieve ourselves under existing laws, why not insist upon a few wholesome enactments? If the powers that be refuse or neglect to stand up and help us, hour? ohrmlH*?r fn ohnnMor ?11 I along the line, and at the polI9 sbow our oppressors that we dare defend ourselves and will at al! legitimate hazards. This nation was created '*of, for. and by the people," and the people s-hould dictate, if need be, their wi>h<;s to the servants whom thev clothe with the responsibili ties of office. Trus:s uud combines of capitalists, sooner or later, on?ht to. and must g". A man named Oldenheirner recently made application to the parent office for a patent on cotton as a baling fabric. Had he succeeded the farmers would again have been at the mercy of tie jute trust; but the patent ccmmi&siontr rejected the application. ROW TO TREAT INGERSGLL. j i tUr Hay t?> Meet the So-Calle<i Arsuiaema j of (ha Bold l iibrli'.- ver. The fvllowiug qu-.stion ba\iu^' In-fen j iubmitted to a. college professor, be J replies as follows in the Albany Jour -1 nai: Dear Proiessor : Are not Ineersoll's arguments unanswerable ? What are you going to do about it? Several Students. So you are out tali a dollar apiece, are you? No, no; I cannot answer him. Boys, I recall the incident im my eager and impetuous youth of wasting a pound and a h-If of bird shot on a small owl. I followed him from tree lo tree, and shot away a hatful of feathers, and when he died of fatigue I found that his body was about as large as a robin's a d I put it to no eartniy use. ne was a accepn /e larger. If I understand the gentleman from Peoria, he wishes to liberate youth from the incubus and thraldom of superstition. TLat devastacii g influence of the country clergyman's on $-500 per annum and a donation is what worrit?* Robert, and he proposes to cure it and eradicate it for the trifling pittance of $250 per lecture. For fiity cents he proposes to liberate your mind from that influence waich filtered into it from 'the trembling lips of your mother, and free it from the chain of superstition loaded upon your soul by the rough but loving hand of your lather. Of course he worries about , you more than those old fogies did? j for fifty cents. You look aiound you in the city here and you discover several millions I of dollars invested in hosuitals. semi r.aries, asylums, forced on the suffering community by the same mythical, miraculous and superstitious incubus of religion. You ask the genileman from Peoria where his little public institutions are, founded by his peculiar teaching, and he says in an absentminded manner, "Fifty cents at the door." Boys, you see sometimes a poor man's funeral procession, with a democrat wagon, and a little coffin in it so small you can carry it under your arm. A poor couple walk behind it with breaking hearts. Their baby is -- ii-. i.'ni. T*. ? ~n Ill LUC 11LIAC UUUiU. it Yt US men an. Their hearts are broken. Oh if we only had Bob there to tell them about liberty and myths and miracles?for fifty c:nts -how it would cheer them *p. But you say there are so many infidels. Boys, you are mistaken. An in iidel is au abnormal growth, and Nature feels funny once in awhile and creates a freak, t;. g., tne living skeleton, the fat woman, the two-headed gin. So there is about one infi'lel to a million sane men. The most of these fellows are amateur infidels. They talk Ingersoll in fair weather, and pray the.aselves hoarse every time it tbuuders. A well develope i case of cholera morbus will knocfc their infidelity out of them and leave them in a cold sweat like a china dog in an icchouse. I know them. The most of them are like the boy who iuns away from home and comes back to stay with father Lights Then, again, boys, take i look .ifAnn^ Ail trr?n or\rtl aivu.i_ivt j vu ?> AtKsLJ juu iu v wu auuiuti fifty cenls in liberty, and compare the crowd with the k?nd of people you find in almost a. y church. Is it the odor of sanctity you smell ? Hardly, boys, hardly. i3ut you can eat peanuts there and choke on the shells while you applaud the funny jokes about the heaven wtere you know in your heart you hope mother is, or hear the ; humble Nazarene ridiculed, who, you think, and always will think, gave a i home to your weary old father when he left the earth. Ka l ,\ JL uvjo, lio aigumcuis aic uu* answerable, and I think the seasons will come along, and the churches will continue to bioom, and all nature wi'll most exasperatmgiy and calmly perform her functions if Robert is not answered. You kn^w when the first steamer crossed the Atlantic a great philosopher was delivering a most conclusive argument to proof that by no possibility could a steam vessel cross the ocean, and that provoking ctpflmpr unnrtinor *in/4 ci^^lino , and splurging right into the harbor. . Boys, so will God's foolish children gc right on praying and preaching and . dying and going to heaven in spite ol argument. 1 BIG MONEY IN AN ACEE An Acre Yield of Coru that Beats the World'* Record. Columbia, S. C. Decembers?Cat)t S. Drake of Marlboro, has just gathered 254 bushels and forty pounds of corr from onfe acre. This beats the world's record, the highest before being 212 bushels and a fraction, raised by Dr. Parker on an acre, in what is known now as the Asylum farm, in the suburbs of Columbia. Capt. Drake is a competitor in the contest ftom the $500 prize offered by The American Agriculturalist for the largest yield of corn on one acre, to whi<>h niirstntft hnnrri nf norriniilfrnro will add ?500 more if won by a South Carolina planter. REPUBLICAN POST..iA-JTERS Get Into Trouble in North Carolinn. John W. Brown and Win. S. Henderson, colored clerks in the post office at Charlotte, N. U., were arrested last Thursday by postoffice inspector*. Brown was arrested for rifliug registered letters; and Henderson for rifling ordinary letter*. There have bt-en numerous complaints of registered letters I . r a -3 -1 " - - - - oeiog riuea wune ia trausit iu jNojth Carolina since October 1, and upon investigation the trouble was located at the Charlotte office. Inspectors have been watching Brown acd Henderson for the last three nights and saw them both in the act of robbing the mails. A preliminary hearing was held b-fore the United State? Comraianioner and the parties held to await, the action of the grand jury of the United States Court. The accused are well-known negroes, Brown being secretary of the county Republican committee. They were appointed clerks in the postoffice June 1. Ooe of the leiterd was addresed to John Wanamaker, Philadelphia. I^nbot'if Revolution. In a m-inufacture of boots and shoes the work of five operatives is now done hxr rvrift "J w A carpet machine with one operator does the work of fifteen men. Modern improvements in manufacturing flour saves 75 per cent, in man' ual labor. A machine with one ruau and a boy can make as many cans as ten men by he oldpiocess. One boy, by machinery in turning woodwork and material for musical instruments, perform the work of twenty-five men. The steam and horse power used in this country in ISiO, was one million and a half, in 1888 it was over twelve million. By the use of mining machines one hundred and sixty in a month can mine as mu:h coal in the same time as tive hundred miners by old methods. At Elliottsville, West Virginia, en Thursday, four little girls, children o Hugh Dunn, a wealthy mine owne*, found a keg of powder in an abandoned working shaft- In some way they exploded it and were blown 10 atoms. Their mother lost her reason when told of the fate of her childieo. 1 \ A RAIN RECORD SMASHER. More Water Has Uorne Ira in the Clou*1 this Yesir thnn f/?r Eiziitr-en Years B? - ! Selorc. More tban four feet, of water has fallen in Cincinnati from clouds since last New Year's day. The meteorological reports show that between January 1st and November 12th ihe local rainfall has measured 51.04 inches. This is far above the normal amount, aDd, judging by the outlook, it is probable that the year's rainfall will break the record, which has been kept for eighteen yeard. During that time only twice has the rain for a vear exceeded 50 inches. In 1855 the precipitation was 55 iuches, much of j which fell in December. Lust year 52 i inches was precipitated, an<i again De- J cumber was very wet. This year, with j more than a month aud a balf to?pare, only four mo:e iodic- are uee..ed to break the record, in 1884. on November 16th, the- precipitation had not reached 50 inches, and in I860 it was only 46 inches on November 15th. A singular thing ai>out the heavy storms of November this year has been the lack of high . winds. This, Sergeant Dunn says, i* quite unusual. The year's precipitation so far by mocths has been a3 follows: January, 5.38 inches; Februarj', 3.07 inchesMarch, 4.09 inches; April, 5.90 inches May, 3.25 inches; June, 2 38 inches July, 9.5Siiicbes; August, 3.09 inches September, 7.43 icches; October, .52 inches; November, (so far) over 4 inches. If not another drop of rain should fall from now till 1890 the precipitation so far will place the year third on the list. Sergeant Dunn frankly admits that he cannot explain the excess in rainfall. . Tobncco Culture. Much iina b? en written about the possibility of tobacco culture in th;s State, both for ami auainst, and the riault of the content for prizes for tpecireens of ?eaf tobacco about two yeara ago caused many diverse opinions as to its practicability. The fa'ineis in Florence County and vicinity ??" ??. however, to have solved the question auccosiuliy, ami have shown that good tobacco can be raised thereabouts, at least, aad s-old at figure! which make it a profitable crop. . Mr. F. M Rodders*, Jr , of Florence writes the department of agriculture that he has ?"id 18 000 p-'iinds of his thiyear's cr<>p. and ?|, Ht yod prices; all in that vicinity who raised tobaec> have been able t" n-ll it at good prices and ins?, but not lea?t, that in the vicinity nf Fi >ie iCi: alo ie 1.200 acrts of tob.tcci will be p'anTid the comingyear. As the tobacco acreage of the entire S?are f??r this jear wns but 635 acres, the mportancc ??f tiic f iCt thit ir :s to b? doubled next year in one county alone will ei-ily !.e .-cl-h. ?Columbia Register. iUiike Prompt Seitlementa. The Oott.?n Plant, the official'org;n f the Farinas' Alliance of this Sta'e says: "We are informed that there are members <>f the Alliance wh> are holding their cotton and all'<wi..? their accounts with merchants to retrain unsettled aftea they have become due, without making arrangements for extension of time for payment. If this is being done we are sure it is not with at view of injuring merchants, but rather to carry out the policy of the order not to rush cotton upon the market too rapidly aod thereby cause a decline in price. But where members of the order have incurred obligations, to be discharged by a certain ? frv mol'o nrnmni uaj) LUTJ CUUVi vv settlement or go to t'.ieir merchants aort , secure an extension of time. This is only i fair and jmt, and is in accordance with [ the instructions "f the National Cotton Committee and the principle.- and teacb. ings rf the order H ?*e?er much a man ; may want to hoi 1 his cottoc, he ought ; not to do it, if it causes men to suffer ; who have sold him goods with the ex* pectation of a settlement at a certain ' day. I ? ? r Since the Palatine bridjre disaster. i i JL:*: i J ILIXS v^CIJ LI ell XcXlirUUU UULllUriLUZ* JiUVt issued an order directing all signal I tenders to stand on the track for fiv< f minutes after each train has passed, with a red light or flag, and after five minutes have elapsed to stand five minutes longer displaying a green signaL No trains dare run by tne red signal, 5 henco the chances of collision in case of accident are materially lessened bj this arrangement [ The boys of the college for the blind, l of Worcester, England, play a very rvi n nf fl-i /\ Ka. j AO.XX gaaig \ji Viuaii uacvi UT5" ; ing made of wicker, with a bell inside of it, which rings when it is thrown. l The wicket keeper claps his hands be. hind the stumps to guide the bowler, and so expert are the bowlers that they ! can hit the wicket "with three.balls oul of six. 1 The new city of Johannesburg, ia the south African gold region, is at1 tracting attention, and there are those who predict for it a phenomenal fufnro Tlmir riMimicA o v-iill VI VUiiOV C* tants in five years, an output of gold which will gild the whole world, a commercial importance threatening the established trade centers of the Old World, and a political and *ocial position second to no city in Africa, north or south. The Eiffel tower has already paid the cost erf its construction. An official notice has been issued, informing the shareholders of the Eiffel Tower company, that they can claim repayment of'the last fifth of the capital inTTAcfo/1 K-TT "?? 4V?f-v T vJfcvvt K/jr tiiVUA JLXJ. LULt? UUUU UAIUUg. The other four-fifths were paid previously on presentation of coupons. The fortunate possessors of these securities will, however, continue to receive dividends. The concession of the tower is for twenty years, after which time it becomes the property of the city of Paris. A Victim of Greed. James H. Riley captured a five pound bass in Saratoga Jake in a somewhat novel way a few days since. He had started out. earlv in {he morning for fish, but his quest was unsuccessful. While rowing back to his place his attention was arrested by a disturbance of the water near the shore and in a very shallow spot. Looking closely, he saw that a large bass, with dorsal fin above the surface, was the cause of troubling the water. He approached as near as he thought safe and was about to shoot the fish, when he discovered that it seemedsomewhat disabled. Investigation showed, when the game liad been scooped in with a net, that the gi*eedmessof the bass was the cause. In his mouth was found a sunfish. weighing almost, a pound.? Exchange. An Old Baltimore Clipper. A remarkable vessel, a fore and aft schooner of about eighty tons register burden, called the Vigilant, is now, and has been, regularly running from Snnta ("S?ii7 Tli Arr?oc ort/1 w/*a versa as a passenger, freight and mail packet for upward of fourteen years. The Vigilant, it is said, was built in Baltimore, during the very lirst years ! of our national independence, making j her upward of 100 years old. She was j of the ''Baltimore clipper" class, so j famed many years for speed, and must ! have been a wonder "and- a beauty i when launched. ? Baltimore A men-1 can. * mmear Tr.e people have organizedJa! J k ' . ulu egena have reports from -. vr-r^i i ?j??,:ei showing that the peopie .ie r.i.i < N'.sod over the privjlego of . i:-! :iy -.i ! ? ! products s?f industry at ..t- }> ; t. fc.l Jar-iunry fnir The South j U ; ;* ?y Company hasoffered!' . /i.? .. i . . ^ ?* t ho fair TWu A flAMtiA } '^UUUU c? - \ . ?/ WU\< lull. . lug AkiOUblV r. > s? L :.f will probably do so, aad the Rietri O 'i & D>?iml!e Railway Company i- askrd <! cxu-ml reduced rates to exnibi torn atj'i vi>itors attending the fair. A ca nv:i>.? .-f :h<; State is to be made in btb-ill of the fair. LONGFELLOWS MATDEK, who is? " Standing-, with reluctant feet. Where the brook and river meet, Womanhood and childhood fleetI" it a type of thousands of young girto wfco are emerging from the chrysalis stage of their existence, as they enter upon their "teens." Kervous, excitable, irritable, stirred by jtrange, unknowable forces within them. eaon a mystery unto ncrsen, our unu the tendorc-st care, the most loving, patient oversight, and the aid of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription, to safely carry them through this critical period, during -which. In too many lives,-alas, are sown the seeds of distressing forms of diseases peculiar to tha female sex. But this boon to womankind will prevent all such diseases, or cure them if they have already seized a victim. Woman . owes it to herself, to her family, and to her social station, to be well and strong. Let her then not neglect the sure means of cure. " Favorite Prescription " is a legitimate medicine. carefully compounded by an experienced and skillful physician, and adapted to woman's delicate organization. It is purely vegetable in its composition and perfectly harmless in its effccts in any condition of the system. t? J? - ei AA DU1U UJ Ul'UggiOlO, VL DU. AV? j $5.00. Copyright, 1888, by Woeld'S DlS. MUX AtfK Dr. PIERCE'S PELLETS regulate and cleanse the liver, stomaoh and bowels. They are purely vetfet&tla anl P?> trctly harmless. One a Dote* tmk *7 druggists. 25 cents a vial. BEWARE 1 BE PRUDENT? When the proprietors of a blood remedy tell yoa that iodide of potash is a jttisoa simply bocause the^opponents use it, their assertion! ire made to deceive, and your use of 100 bottles of i.se:t stuff their object Iodide of potash is as ess. ctial to a Irce blood remedy, ss pur* blood isessentiulto good health. 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AI sores of my moujh ate healed and my tongoeengr? ly clear of knots and soreness, and I feel like a ne* man." R R. Saulter, Athens, Ga^ writes: "Ihavebeei afflicted with Catarrh for many years, although al * J - sorts ol medicines ana several aociun tuu uku ? 1 to cure me. My blood was very impure, and noth; ing ever had any effect upon Xht catarrh disease until I used that greasi Blood Remedy known as B. B i B, a few bottles of which effected an entire cure. ] recommend it to all who have Catarrh. I refer U any merchant or banker of Athens, Ga, and wil reply to any Inquiries." - Benj.Morris,Atlanta, Ga^ writes: "I had oc appetite, my kiiatys fel 1 sore tonsils my throat was uicem i cd and my breast a mass o running som Snu bottles ?f B.B.B, otireij i c*r<*dB*P. CO ; PIUS' CARMINATIVE s "r^r?t? pm?pt?r,tfnra vattsp.4 nvs ' -t' entery, Diarrhoea and Cholera Id fantum. A* pleasant medicine of incalcula ble merit in the home circle for 'child o: 1 adult. It is popular, pleasant and efficient Truly a mothers friend. It soothes an< heals the mucous membranes, and checki ! the mucous discharge from head, stomacl and bowels. The mucous discharge fron ' the head and lungs are as promptly re uevea Dy it as we mucous uiscuargc iron ' the bowels. It is made to relieve th< : mucous system and cure nausea, and i does it. It makes^the critical period o teething children safe and easy. It in vigorates and builds up the sssS^j^^I^ it is relieving and curing the wast&^SH 1 It is recommended and used largely b1 physicians. For sale by Wannamaker J ' Murray Co., Columbia, "S. C., and whole sale by Howard & Willett, Augusta, Ga jipnaD's" IMS 'm u MENSTRUATION OR MONTHLY SICKNESS \V T&K.E.N OURmG CHAUGt 0? U^E. HO? 6T n^MRPR4A'?R\\VFFRmfiViflLLREaM0Hm *" J300K T0'7W 0M ANi yjJUQ7REE BRADFIELQ REGULfi TOR CO. ATLANTA G/L SOLD BY All BHUaaSTi. FOR SIXTY DAYS. WE OFFER OUR NO. 2 IIAND-MAD1 RO\D CART^to responsive parties^oi SiATX iJAlS' time ior oniy cio.w. At uas o?ji hickory wheels and shafts, steel tires and axle cushioned seat and painted nicely. Not s chaaj made cart, but is first class throughout. We alst offer our our No 10 hand-made Bugjry. put up or any kind of spring, on SIXTY DAYS' time foi the smaii amount of S45.00. It has best patenl wheels, sfeel tires and ailes. Trimmed up anc painted in good style. Not by any means f c/ienp vchic/c. but is very substantial and is warranted. For circulars and general description, address HOLLER & A*rDERSOX.?*W Manufacturers, P. 0. Box 110. ROCK UILL.S. C. In writing please mention this paper. oc. 1-f'm bILDER'S LIVER PILLS. Remove the bile from the system, cure a' bilious troubles, and prevent malaria! disease: J'or sa'.c by all drusrtrists :icd merchaats at 25 c?nts a bos. or mailed ou receipt of price by THE BARRETT DRUG CO.. Augusta, Ga. TAKE GILDERS PILLS. 7*>. 5ay IH rbe Tozer Eiigme Work '.(Successor to Dial En?r<? Wwkv' tET JOHN A. WILLIS PROPRIETOFI 117 West Gervais Street. ? |^h ?MANUFACTURERS OF TiTE? ' I ter Steam Engines [ aNL> ALL SIZES OF I'OTIl M?fOM0TIVK AND RETURN TUBULAR TOILERS * FOUNDRY WOKK IN IKON AVI' fcilASfc. I SKPAlRIJiG HR'lMPTLV* EXECUTED. ?J uiy tATVUi H. H. P ItUABANTcKU Hi CUKK fl Sick Jlenda-he &nd Conariwuion in a short dir..*- .Prevents- all Ma'.anal tioubles. Price Sfi> ceci* For sale by drugjrist? sad me-* >. .VsDufactare* by 7HEBAK*ETTBRUG<X>.. . m Feb':*?* Aoau8T . <}?. H ^AKHAMVTr LE~ 1 STOCK AND POULTRY FARM HORSES, CATTLE, SWINE AND POUL /fTRY FOR SALE: Gold Medal Butter Herd of Jersey Cattle. m The Imported Perclieron Stalliot BICIIE, (10.963) 7.950 will make the i<easoa at ?25. Choiceyonng Jersey Cattle, BfcKKs?HJ Kls Swine, Light Embmas, Wyandots, Langshaas. Brown Legbt.rns^ Plymouth Hocks and Oam? Fowls for <ale. Lggs in nekton. HKESMIX L. HKLIO.V Proprietor, Colombia. ?. 0. g?H. S^. BALDWIN. Manager. Fainting Made Easy. ff M. M. BIRD . & CO. _J OFFEB IV/f "fYTTFl PATTVTTQ mi /\ I JL illi" JLKJ AT EXTREMELY LOW CES. | fcWe have a full stcck of everything in the paint line. "Window and P'ate Glass all sizes. Oils for all purposes. Mill Supplies, Lanterns, etcGrot ers' Fixtures, Howe Scales and Marvin's Safes. ; 4 i Sample cards and quotations urnished and inquiries cheerfully answered. r' 1 We are headquarters for everything lu uui uuc cll*vx cavc jrvia muucj m : r~' 205! East B a y,^? v \ -e^ARLESTON, S. C. ^ *^*1 When you come to Charleston don't 1 {foiget to lay in a supply of [ ; ;f R X71T , Bananas, Oranges, Pineappales, Lemons, Coccanut?, Limes, ; was-' Plantains, Grape Fruit, Always on hand. Fresh cargoes received weekly. Apples. Fears,"Grapes, Raisins, A1b ci ds, >uts r Dried Figs, Citron, ] Received by every steamer twice a b veek. i ; i Call and see for yourself, at : C. BART & CO.. J 56,*57, 59, Market street, fc^^HABLESTON, S. C. Atl&at^ meaning,as a nu^HB disposed to^^arage exhibitor^B to be govez?Sd by the real meiii^H their goods. " A premium for the "bes^^B saw mill" may be construed to mean a ? T\?*Ai>ninm frtr iVio on/3 ViAtiAA yiCUilUJXl 1U1 IUV V*JVM UUVt MVUW the worst saw mill, because it may best 1 ^ suit the pccket of the "average -- -1 farmer." A premium for the "best and largest display of implements and machinery adapted to.Scutbern agriculture" may be construed to mean a premium for harvesting machinery alone, even though all departments may be represented in another exhibit. But for once the committee on machinery made a truthful and happy hit when they tied the "Bine Bibbcn" . on the little fifteen-horse-power Liddell-Tompkins Engine, which pulled a 52 inch saw through light- : wood logs almost large enough to hide ? it, arousing the enthusiasm of all . beholders. Such work was only posai; Lie on the Liddell Variable Feed Saw r 3011, which needs no blue ribbon to J . make its superiority recognized. For ) prices, etc., address 8 W. H.Gjbbes, Jb., State Agent, a [ Columbia, S'C. '1 ' _ t r~~ 1 M ?k #fl ATT ;! Mllgicjf JUUUIGn, ' 174 KING ST., CHARLESTON, S. C\.f ANUFACTURERS OF LADIES' AND Ifl GENTS' Underwear. Fine Dress Shirts to ! order a specialty. Directions for measuring sent ! on application. seplo-fin i J j JERSEY FLATS " t j Chill and Fever Cure. Large I uoiues cxj cents ana eunranteea te care any ca.-e of Chills 31 d Ferer, Malarial, Intermittent and R?*mitt*nt 1 erera, by j THE BARRETT DRC G CO. y Avgcsta, Gjl TRY .T KRSRY FLATS. _J 1S?? ???? OMDJ? ?IssssS n 1 siiiAinn.i ? min 1 nummm aopja mSm ^a^iNinniuMWOJ^ &. '