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. * HA MA I* illMj, | He SESMCN iM THE TABERNACLE j Piti PIT P.P BROOKLYN!. Dr. T^lmage I'rcaclics Vj>on the Hanging ?>f ii.tuiun, and Draw* Therefrom Many 5c: Curio'K Deductions. In tlie Brooklyn Academy of Music Sunday morning. Dr. Talmage preached from tlie text, "So they hanged Hainan on the gallows that he prepared for Mordecai" Esther BK. 7:10. Following is thesermon: Here is an Oriental courtier, about the most offensive man in Hebrew history, Haman by name. He plotted for the destruction of the Israe iitish nation, and 1 wonder not that in some of the Hebrew synagogues to this day when Hacaan's name is mentioned, the cougregation clench their iists, and stamp their feet and cry, "Let his name be blotted out!" Hainan was prime minister in the magnificent court of Persia. Thoroughly appreciative of the honor conferred. he expects everybody that he passes to be obsequious. Coming in one day a! the gate of the palace, the servants drop their heads in honor of liis office: but a iiebrew, namea 3iordecai. gazes upon the passing dignitary without bending his head or taking oixhis hat. He was a good num. and would not have been negligent of the ordinary courtesies of life, but he felt no respect either for Hainan or the nation from which he had come. Sat he could not be hypocritical; and while others made orient;:! salaam, getting clear down before this prime minister when he passed, ilordecai. the Hebrew, relaxed not a muscle oi his neek. and kept his chin clear up. Because of that afiront Hainan gets a decree - ? from Ahasuerus, the dastardly king, for the massacre of till the Israelites. ~ * * ? -? r and that, of course. wiliinciuue jugidec-ai. To make a long story short,through. Queen Esther tiiis whole plot was revealed lo her husband, Ahasuerus. One uluhb Aliasuerus. who was affected witii insomnia. in his sleepless hours calls for his secretary to reau to hi:n a few p;issages of Persian history, and so while away the night. In the book read that night to the king an account was given of a conspiracy from which Mordecai the Hebrew c.c-a/l flio lit A. .0.71 (] for which kindness Mordecai had never received any reward. Hainan, -who luu.1 been fixing up a nice gallows to hang Mordecai on, was walking outside the door of the king's sleeping apartment imd was called in. The king told him that he had just had read to him the account of some one who had saved his (the king's) life, and lie asked what reward ought to be given to such a one. The self-eonceited Haman, supposing that he himself was to get the honor, and not imagining for a moment that the de]?mc ATaivI xi v t'i. vrx ui ivni^ o .uuv *? cw vj. v,vv?.?7 h s;iys: "Why, your majesty ought to Ik make a triumph for him, and put a crown on him, and set him on a splendid horje, high-stepping and f full-blooded, and then have one of your princes lead the horse through tiic streets, crying- "j3o\v tlie knee, here comes a maiijvho has saved the king's life!"" Then said Ahasuerus in severe tones to Hainan: "I know -> :ill about your scoundrehsm. Now you go out and make a triumph for Mordecai, the Hebrew, whom you hate. Put the best saddle on the - .1- ? L.U finest iiorse. ana you, inepiince, juuiu the stiiTup while Mordeeai gets on, s? and then lead his horse through the street. Hake haste!" What a spectacle! A comedy and tragedy at one and the same timeThere they go! Mordeeai, who had been despised, now starred and robed in the stirrups. Hainan, the chancellor, afoot, holding the prancing, rearing, champing stallion. Mordeeai bends liis neck at last, but it is to look down at the degraded prime minister walking beneath him. Huzza for Mordeeai! Alas for Hainan! But what a pity to have the gallows, recently built, entirely wasted! It is iifty cubits high, arid built with care. i And Human had erected it for Mordecai, by* whose stirrups he now walks as groom. Stranger and more startling than any romance, there go up the seeps of the scaffolding, side by side, the hangman, and Hainan the ex-chancellor. "So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai." Although so many years have passed since cowardly Ahasuerus reigned, beautifulJEsther answered to his ! whiins, and Persia pensneajyetirom the life ami death of Hainan we may draw living lessons of warning and instruction. And. first, we come to the practical suggestion that, when the heart is wrong, tilings very insignificant will destroy our comfort. "Who would have thought that a great prime minister, admired and i applauded by millions of Persians. I .1 1 O/N YlAvtllkfl Oil/I I VVUUJAl iiiHC" UUCU .Tiu uvn.n.A.1 >?uv> iuu rassed by anything trivial? What more could thr great dignitary have wanted than hi*, chariots and attendants, and palaces and banquets? If affluence of eirtumstances can make ^ a man contented and happy, surely Haman should have been contented and happy. No: Mordecai s refusal of a bow takes the glitter from the gold, and richness from the purple, iind the speed from the chariots. With a heart puffed up with every inflation of vanity and revenge, it was impossible for him to be happy. The silence of Mordecai at the gate was louder tiiau'tne oraymg 01 trumpets in tlie palace. Thus shall it always be if tlie heart is not right. Circumstances the most trivial will disturb thespirit. It is not the great calamities of life that create the most worriment. I have seen men, felled by repeated blows of misfortune, arising from the dust, never desponding. But the most of the disquiet which men suffer is from insignificant causes,* as a lion, \ attacked by some beast of prey, turns j on si 1 v around and slavs him. yet runs \ roaring through tlie forest at the! alighting on Ms brawny ncckof a few insects. You meet some great loss j in business with comparative com-1 posure, but you can think of petty j trickeries indicted upon you which i rouse all your capacity for wrath and remain in your heart an unbearable I annoyance. If you look back upon j your life you will Hud that the m<-.: I of the vexations and disturbances v'; spirit which you felt were produced I by circumstances that were not worthy of notice. If you want to be happy you must not care for trifles. Do not loe too minute in your in spec tion ol tiie treatment you receive from others. Who cares whether r rvlovdecai bows when you pass, or stands creel and still" as cedar? That woodman would not make much clearing in the forest, who should stop to bind up every little bruise and scratch he received in the thicket; nor will that m;m accomplish [ much for the world or the church, | who is too watchful and appreciative. | of petty annoyances. There are mul- j titudes 01 people in the world, oon i 1 ihov dUUltn iltUIV/HVU ?AA l-i? ,7 p.././ their lives nut iii starchiug out tuose things which are attractive un<I deserving, but ill spying out with all their powers of vision to sco whether they cannot liucl a Mordecai. Again, I lean: from the life of the man under our notice that worldly vanity and sin are very anxious to have piety bow before them. Hainan was a fan* emblem of entire worldliness, and Mordecai the representative of unflinching godliness. Such were the usages of society in ancient times that had this Israelite bowed to the prime minister, it would have J been an acknowledgment of respect for his character and nation. Mor[ decai would, therefore, have sinned against his religion had he made any obeisance or dropped his chin half an inch before Hanian. When, therefore, proud Hainan attempted to compel an homage which was not felt, he only did what the world ever since has tried to do, when it would force our holy religion hi any way to vield to its dictates. Daniel, if be liad been a man of religious compromises, would never have been thrown into tbe den of lions. Ho might have made some arrangement with King Darius whereby he could have retained part of his form of religion without making himself so completely obnoxious to the idolaters. Paul might have retained the favor of his rulers and escaped martyrdom if he had only been willing to mix up his Christian faith with a few errors. ! His unbending Christian character | was taken as an insult. -*-> ? > i i. .11 ... ll x agot ana racK anti nauer ui sui ages have been only the different ways in which the world has demanded obeisance. It was once, away up on the top of the temple, that Satan commanded the Holy One of Nazareth to kneel before him. But it i-; not now so much on the top c' churches as down in the aisle and the pew and the pulpit that Satan tempts {the espousers of the Christian faith tc kneel before Iiiiu. Why was it that the PL - onic philosophers of earl> times, as well as Toland, Spinoza, and Bolingbroke of later days, were so madly opposed to Christianity'! Certainly not because it favored immoralities, or arrested civilization, or dwarfed the intellect. The genuine reason, whether admitted or not, was because the religion of Christ paid no respect to their intellectual vanities. Blount and Boyle, and the host of infidels hatched out by the vile reign of Charles the Second, as reptiles crawl out of a marsh of slime. r>r?f L-epn flioir be cause, as they passed along, there vrere sitting in the gate of the cliurcl] such men as Matthew, and Mark, and Luke, and John, who would not bend an inch in respect to their philoso phies. Satan told our first parents that the> would become as gods if the\ would only reach up and take a taste of the fruit. They tried it aud failec but their descendants are not yet satisfied with the experiment. Wc have now many desiring to be as gods, reaching up after yet anothei apple. Human reason, scornful oi God's word, may foam and slrut with the proud wrath of a Hainan, and attempt to compel the homage of the gods, but in the presence of men and angels it shall be confounded. "God shall smite thee, thou whited wall.v When science bejran to make its brilliant discoveries there were facts brought to light that seemed to overthrow the truth of the Bible. The archaeologist with his crowbar, and the geologist with Iris hammer, and the chemist with Ids batteries charged uiron the Bible. Moses's ac count of the creation seemed denied bv the very structure of the earth. The astronomer wheeled round his telescope until the heavenly bodies seemed to marshal themselves against the Bible, as the stars in their courses fought against Sisera. Observatories and universities rejoiced at what they considered the extinction of Christianity. They gathered new nmirorra of u*1iof fVioT /^cvncirlovPfl victory, and pressed on their conquest into tlie kingdom of nature untill, alas for them! they discovered too much. God's word had only been lying in ambush that, in some unguarded moment, with a sudden bound, it might tear infidelity to pieces. It was as when Joshua attacked the city of Ai. He selected thirty thousand men, and concealed most ! r.f fVi om f V> on tirifh n 'pw mmi liA i sailed the city, which poured out its numbers and strength upon Joshua's little band. According to previous plan, they fell back in seeming defeat but after all the proud inhabitants of the city had been brought out of their homes, and had joined in the ILL ILLh KJA */OCIVCVI^AJAJ' tinto brave man lialted in bis tiight, and with liis spear pointing toward the city, thirty thousand men bounded from the thickets as panthers sprang to their prey, and the pursuers were dashed to pieces, while the hosts^of Joshua pressed up to the city, and with their lighted torches tossed it into flame. Thus it was that the discoveries of science seemed to give temporary victory against God and the JLJible, and for a wliile tiie cnurcn acted as if she were 011 a retreat: but when all the opposers of God and truth had joined in the pursuit, and were sure of the lield, Christ gave the signal to His church, and, turning, they drove back their foes in shame. There was found to bo no antagonism between nature and revelation. The universe and the Bible were found to be the work of the same hand, two strokes of the same pen, their authorship the same God. Again: Learn the lesson that pride goes before a fall. Was any man ever so far up as Hainan, who tumbled down? Yes, on a. smaller scale every day the world sees the same thing. Against their very advantages men trip into destruction. When God liurables proud men. it is usually at the moment of their arrogancy. If there be a man in your comm\xiiity greatly puffed up with worldly success, you have but to stand a little while and you see him come down. You say. I wonder that God allows that man to go on riding over others' heads and making great assumptions of power. There is no wonder about it. Hainan has not vet srot to the top. Pride is a commander, well plumed and caparisoned, but it leads fortli a dark and frowning host. We ? ,1 i i i? ii _ _ j___ * _ _ _ nave tne oest 01 aumoniy ior saving that ''Pride goetli before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall." The arrows from the Almighty's quiver are apt to strike a man when on the wing. Goliath shakes his great spear in defiance, but the small stones from the brook Elah made him stagger and fall like an ox under the butchers bludgeon. He who is s aPMa^?a, ? w, -JJ iw?OB?JJ jLgagj-j * ?. . down cannot full. Vessels scudding under the bare poles do not feel the j force of the storm, but those with all i >ilu1.s ?et capsize at fcnv nutulen des| cvnt of the tempest. j Furthermore, let the .story of Ha| man teach us how quickly turns the i wheel of fortune. One day. except iii*jr the king, Hamau was the mightiest man in Persia: but the next day. a lackey. So we go up and so we come down. You seldom rind any + + 111 flw_? ooi>wi /<iv. , IIJLOJJL UVfCJJUJ J U(U D JU otiliiv.- VIA cumstances. Of those who in political life twenty years ago, were the most prominent, how few remain in conspiculty! Political parties make certain men Jo their hard work, and then, after using them as hacks turn them oat 011 the comons to die.Every four years there is a complete revolution, and about live thousand men who ought certainly to be; the next President are shamefully disappointed; while some, who are this day obscure and poverty-stricken, will ride upon the shoulders of the people, and take their turn at admiration and the spoils of office. Uh, how quickly the wheel turns! Ballot boxes are the steps on which men come down as often as they go up. Of those who were long ago successful in the accumulation of property, how few have not met with "reverses, while many of those who then were straitened in circumstances now hold the bonds and the bank-keys of the nation. Of .ill lickle things hi the world, fortune is the most tickle. Every daj- she changes her minu, and 1 - XI 1 L? woe to Ljuc mail who puts un.> dence in what she promises or proposes! She cheers when you go up, , and she laughs when you come down. Oil, trust uot a moment in your heart's affections to this changeful world! Anchor your soul in God. ' From Christ's compaionship gather your satisfaction. Then come sor' row or gladness, success or defeat riches or poverty, honor or disgrace, ' health or sickness, lii'e or death, time ; or eternity, all are vows, and ye ;uv 1-11...1,1 ^j-u j:m> n iiuu io v?uii > Were I called to sketch misery in its | worst form, I would not go up in the . dark alley of the poor, but up the ! highway over which prancing Bacephali strike the sparks with their | hoofs, and between statuary and ; parks of stalking deer. Wretchedness is more bitter when swallowed from gemmed goblet than from earthen pitcher or pewter mug. If there are young people here who are looking for tliis position and that I circumstance, thinking that worldly , success will bring peace of the soul, ; let them shatter the delusion. It is not what we get, it is what we are. Daniel among the lions is happier ' than Nebuchadnezzar on his throne. | And when life is closing, brilliancy of | worldly surroundings will be no so[ lace. Death is blind, and sees no difference between a king and his ' clown,-between the Nazarene and the Athenian, between the bookless, hut and a national library. The frivoli ; ties of life cannot witii tticir giciuy ' laugh, echoing from heart to heart, > entirely drown the voice of a tremen1 dous conscience, which says: "I am > immortal. The stars shall die, but I s am immortal. One wave of eternity ; shall drown time in its depths, but I am immortal. The earth shall have a ? sln-oud of flame and the heavens flee : at the glance of the Lord, but I am immortal. From all the heights and 1 depths of my nature rings down, and : -nno-s nn. and rincrs out, the word 'immortal.'" A good conscience and . assurance of life eternal through the i Lord Jesus Christ are the only se! curities. ' The soul's happiness is too large a craft to sail up the stream of worldly - pleasure. As ship-carpenters say, it draws too much water. This earth ; is a bubble, and will burst. This life is a vision and will soon pass away. Time! It is only a ripple, and it breaketh asrainst the throne ; of judgment. Our days! They fiy swifter than a shuttle, weaving for us a robe of triumph or a garment of shame. Begin your life with religion and for its greatest trial 3*ou will be ready. Every day will be a triumph, and death will be only a kings servant callling you to a royal banquet. In olden times the man who was I to receive the honors of knighthood was required to spend, the previous night fully armed, and with shield and lance to walk up and down among the tombs of the dead. Through hours of that night his steady step was heard, and, when the morning dawned, amid grand pn,rade and the sound of comets the honors of knighthood were bestowed. Thus it shall be with good man's soul in the night before heaven. Fully armed with shield and sword and helmet, he shall watch and wait until the darkness ny arid tne morning break, and amid tlic sound of celestial harpings the soul shall take the j honors of heaven amid theinnumera- j ble throng witii robes snowy-white | streaming aver seas of sapphire. Moadecai will only have to wait for his day of triumph. It took all the preceding trials to make a background for his after successes. The scaffold built for him makes all the more imposing and picturesque the horse iuio whose long white mane he twisted his fingers at the mounting. You want at least two misfortunes, hard as Hint, to strike fire. Heavy long-continued snows in the winter are signs of good crops next summer. So many have yielded wonderful harvests of benevolence and energy because they were a long while snowed under. We must have a good many hard falls before we learn to walk straight. It is on the black anvil of troubb that men hammer out their fori un:-s. Sorrows take up men 011 their shoulders ancientiirene ! them. Tonics nre nearly always bitter. Men, like mrit-treess, are barren unless trimmed by sharp knives. They are like wheat?all the better for flailing. It required the prison darkness and chill to make John Bunyun dream. It took Delaware ice and cold feet at Valley Forge, and ? y-v-T T>s??l 1 ^\4-r? 4 r\ rv> o o tXlfc! Will /.Z, U1 UU-U.Cl/i3, ULi .luuiw t* Washington. Paul when he climbed up on the beach of Melita, shivering in his wet clothes, was more of a Christian than when the ship struck tho breakers. Prescott, the historii au, saw better without his eyes than lie could have seen with them. Mordecai, despised at the gate, is ?lily the predecessor of Mordecai, grandly mounted. The Mother's Friend, used a few Tweets before confinement. lessens the pain and makes labor quick and comparatively easy.?Sold by all Druggists. Rheumatism was so bad that James Irwin, of Savannah, could hardly walk from pain in his shoulder and joints of his legs. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke jRoot and Potassium) was resorted to and Irwin is well and happy. WAR ON THE FARMER.j i WHAT THE TARIFF DOES FOi'- Go'a ; ACtf'CULTURiSTS. i'rotci ted ."VUlls S^U vli*;u|)''r r?rcign?:r? j Than to Auierltaas - All Tln-y Ask for is ; rrotcctimi i)i iiubbinc Tlicir cwis wan- ' 1 ryiii<-n *!'. K. Wilson i.i Thy New Yoik V<xi?i. j The protected manufacturers of the j United States have two selling prices j ?a wholesale price for home trade i and a retail price for foreign trade, j The situation is sun;n im hv our-; of tlicm who writes: "Our prices to the domestic trade j average about 10 per cent, more than j to the export trade. We box and tie- j liver in New York ail our export! goods. Domestic goods are quoted j on cars here." Another one savs very frankly: "Our discounts to the home trade are for wholesale purchases. Our j discounts to foreign trade are for retail purchases. AYc sell single machines at retail to foreign purchaser 10 per cent, less than our wholesale rates to the domestic buyer. I "\Ta??V1IT All ftii. uux wrji'wvu'u /iitiuuu'A turersadvertise in foreign newspapers, and from tlieir advertisements it can be seen that tlio foregoing statements are very conservative. They sell abroad retail at 23 to 40 per cent, discount on the wholesale prices charged in this country. Two papers are published in New York city for circulation in foreign countries only. It is very difficult to get copies, but net impossible, am! whoever will take the t; ouble to write to either one for a copy will be told frankly that the reason why they are not sold iu this country is ''because the retail prices quoted for export are considerably lower than large dealers must navfor the same articles here iit wholesale.' These are 1!lo exact words which the editor of one of them used. The Australasian and South American publishes the advertisements of our protected manufacturers and the "prices current" for Australia. The American Mail and Export Journal publishes the foreign price list in a separate supplement, which can only be obtained from a foreign country, so carefully is it guarded. The Engineering and Mining Jour1 !">' 1 ___ Tl* liai puonsues an .amencan cmaon and an "Export Supplement" which is not sold in tliis country, but which can be obtained by any person writing for it Every farmer knows the price he has to pay for these implements. Here is the advertisement, to sell at retail, free on board, at New York, at discounts ranging from 30 to 70 per cent, from the list price, which is lower than the dealer in them can buy, while the farmer must pay the list price. To the foreigner the pro?:n ~^ l/ttULUU IVLLU.-KJ \> J-iCti dl'll0 OtX'U UlUl lUi ?6.30; a combined drill, rake and plough for $9.30; a Firely v?*lieel-hoe and plough for $3.50; a hand plough for ?1.75. The foreigner buys an Oneonta Clipper plough for $9.80, but no American may. For the Chieftain hay-tedder the American pays $59, the foreigner pays 835.40, and in like proportion for all like things. On ploughs of all kinds the discount to the foreign buyar is 30 par cent On the Nye Improved rake the discount of the foreign buryer is 25 per cent On all other horse-rakes, hay tedders and potato-diggers. 40 per cent. On garden rakes the discount to the foreign buyers is 70 and o. On cast-steel garden rakes it is 70 per cent. And so on. These advertisements continue in this one paper for fortytwo columns. Every protected industry in the United States which four weeks ago was besieging the Committee on "Wavs and Means for more "orotec tion" than it now has, is advertising abroad, at retail, cheaper than it will sell at home wholesale. Its ''protection"' is "protection to charge the American consumer a higher price than it charges the foreign consumer." All the denials the paid advocates of the protected mill-owners may utter will not avail against the simple foreign advertisements of the millowners themselves. It is not a question of taking any man's word. Each voter can easily prove it for himself by sending twenty-five cents to the Engineering and Mining -Journal and asking for the export supplement, cr by having a friend in some foreign country send him the foreign advertisements of these protected millowners. The former is the easier and quite as convincing. There are forty-two wide columns of this reading in each issue, which should be interesting if not important to the Republican farmers who have voted steadily for twertv-five I years in favor of "protecting" those manufacturers in charging from 10 to 20 per cent, more to their countrymen than they charged to foreigners. To get at the exact facts, the TariffReform Committee of the Ilcform Club, of New York, began last Autumn to gather from the protected linns their domestic discount sheets. By correspondence from foreign countries, through foreign merchants, the foreign discount sheets were ob4-*% .?.>>-*,1 "i-ri /i?icoc? 47IAT LtliXLCV^ til L-.UIW Ll^XJL JO-L l<c*OV?? tuiv j were furnished directly iind with the discounts?the sender being cynically indifferent to any comment. Th?j work of compiling and collating was intrusted to Mr. J. Alexander Lindquist, of Cornell University, one of the most painstaking and careful of tariff writers, and he has now on file, tabulated and arranged, many tnousands of tlieso discount sheets, covering every branch, of protected manufactures and showing that in every industry the mill-owner can and does and is only too glad to compete in the foreign market, where he is not "protected," with the foreign millowner. Omitting the illustrations, here is a j summary of liis report of the home | and foreign prices charged by the j protected firms engaged in some of { the protected metal manufactures, i in every case tne "loreign price is; retail, for a single article (or package.) free on board in New York city, while ! the domestic price is for large whole- j sale lots at factory, freight or express j to be paid by the buyer: CULVIVATOES?PROTECTED *5 PER CENT. ! Price in Price to ! home market, foreigners. ! "Wheel hoe, cultivator rake and plough . . .$11 00 X S 40 j All-steel hoe and cultivator. with wheel. 8 00 6 75 ! All-steel plain cultivator, with wheel... 7 20 4 50 ! itAKB:S AND TEDDERS?PROTECTED -45 ; PER CENT. Lock-lover rakes $15 00 >514 21 Self-dump rakes 18 00 17 121 Hay tedder 26 00 25 25/' W 4 / Potaic-aiggt r 8 00 6 7D j Two-liurse. |J ('billed, U-iiicl: cut.. .*< "> > > it) j All-steel,'J-iiseii ;*u".. S ii! 7 5u Chilled, 10-iiioli '<> :'0 5 07 j. All-steel, 10 iii -li.. .. lo :>Q l> -io |; Tiiree-iiorse. Chilled, sr 7 70 0 03 Chilled. ir 7 '-5 > 01 All-steel, sr. ii 00 f;0 All-steel, jr. 14 00 12 00 7.V. T wo-gang ploughs, all steel G8 80 02 i)2 These are the prices that tlie for* figa farmer lias to pay for oii'j plough. :vn?i the prices which the American, j dealer in ploughs hay to pay in large { lots at the factory. The foreigner j rtiys no more freight than the j | Amcvif.-ai dealer?sea freights are \ cheap. Farmers bio v.' the priors i j they have to pay Lii j lo-.-.-u <L niers. j -MmiM' flip mv.I i.iji'inf 'cfnivis ! of tilt- I'nited flutes formed a "trust." ; under the name of ihe"Ameri ran Axe \ ::nd Tool Company." The trust was i formed by the consolidation c? four- j teen of the largest manufacturing; concerns in the country. Concerning j it the Iron Age of iluv.h 27th, ISiX). says-: "The general feeling among the trade is that the axe makers have formed a very strong "association.' and have complete control of the market, or so nearly so that the outside makers will have scarcely any appreciable effect on prices. It is found that scarcely any orders can be plaood with outside manufai hirers who uve not under the control of the 'American Axe and Tool Company.* The trade will do well to note the changed condition in this line of goods ;is regards the higher prices now ruling, and the strong probability 01 their maintenance for some time to come. On first quality goods an advance is now made 01 S1.7:> to A further: id v;:uce is contemplated in the home market. There is no advsinee p;issibl,' in ike foreign market. i''< >r what is called hollow-ware, such as tea sets, cake dishes, etc., listed at 10.00. the home dealer pays *5.30, but the buyer for ilie foreign market pays oniy ?i.01 for the same I articles. On knives, forks, spoons aud other! iiat-v.*are listed at ?10.00, the price to the denier in tlie ' home market" is but r. buyer for export, regardless of the quantity lie may takv. pars oaly 7:> for the same articles. The largest maaufacturers of these goods have consolidated their inter ests cind in this way control prices as well ft* though a trust had boon formed. That the public generally may not become aware ot this the goods are sold with ihe stamps of the old companies, as though no change had taken place. A typewriter which costs iu this country ?"09 or. if the buyer has already purchased three, ^i.K) for each additional one he may buy. can be bought for export for Bui space is worth something, and - * * "?"? ' * - T7! . . it is itlie lo print more, _r or every item here- quoted, or that remains to be quoted, th* price-lists are oil file, and these prices to American and foreign consumers are the prices certified as correct over the signatures of the protected firms charging them. There is no guess work in the foregoing figures. They cannot be impeached by any Republican editor or advocate of the continuance of protection, who lias any character to lose. To the blind, the deaf una iiie idiotic, who cannot or will not look iind listen, tlic.se figures will Lave no meaning, but to the men of sense, who have not surrendered themselves into party slavery, they will have much. Tlioy can no longer believe the liars who are hired by the millowners to tell them that they need this "protection" and must have it or they must close their mills. ? Abbot's Ea*t India Corn Paint removes quickly :ill corns, bunions and warts without pain, jsiilfoy. Fla.?This to certify that I have been afrlictci! with Scrofula. or Ulood Poison, for a number of years. The best physiehtn-* of ilobile and this city said nothing could j be done for me. I also took a large quanity of . but found no relief in anything that 1 took. .My limbs were a mass of ulcers, and when I was 1 < j i SClillo it, puysifijui 1:1 .uuuiiu i.ij> ejitire botlj* was n mass of sores. I had given jip all hope. and as a last resort hied P. P.P. (Prickly Ash. Poke lioot and Potassium), mid after using four bottles (small size) the sores have entirely '.lisapi>e;tred. and my geiier;d health was never better than at the present ihu<\ ;tu-1 people tliat know i:K think it ii wonderful cure. itespeclfully. jj.m/a Tot^d. Dyspepsia. distress after rafciug. sour stomach, loss of appetite, a faint, all-gone feeling. bad taste, coated tongue, heart bum, :ill re-1 iieved ana cured uy jl\ r. x. li ricK]y Asli. Poke Root and Potassium). It will regulate the system, gives an appetite and makes you well. Diseases peculiar to women, especially monthly disorders. are caved by the timely use of Oradfield's Fen-ale Regulator. Sold by r,J] drug gists. He who is feeling miserable, suffering with Dyspepsia ami Indigestion and often times with dizziness. I would do well to take P. P. P. at once. P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke ! Root and Potassium) will cure you : and arrest the disease in its incipiency. Scrofula is an impurity of the blood which produces unsightly lumps or swelling, which. accumulating in the glands of the neck. causes painful running sores on tlio arms, logs or feet, which develops ulcers in the eyes, ears or nose, often causing blindness ;md deafness. Take P. V. V. (Prickly Ash. Poke Root and Potassium). It lias proved itself the ; most remarkable of all blood puri Hers. ?J. 11 Murray. lately treasurer of Aiken county. S. C. Las made <?ood ( the amount of his shortage in State ! funds, and says he will settle his at- , count v\*ith the county and school ' funds in a lew days. Kis do ideation is attributed to carelessness. ?The publisl ;b :lt 1 k >u'sos ofLippin- ' ?cott Brothers. ii. }{. Uuikr & Co., j' Heiicr Coate*. (.'owporthaitcCo.. |. it is announce*"!. will sioi join the trust!; and will light the combination for all j; it is worth. 7 FARMERS AND THE CENSUS- j i , ot ?sp?cl:tl [siierest to Th:>--e j in A^iraltnrt. I'm- Stuii-riixti-uaviit of the Census ; is>u?-J Hit- following circu- j Tt:o '.-oasus year began June i, ;ti:J rii;is 31:13* SI. 1800. Each Sraie has jYomoiu* w cloven supervise: districts. Tin-re are 175 supervisors in nil. There are -12.000 enu:>iev:ilors. v. ho in all parts of the counrry will begin their work Monday morning. Juue 2. 1S90. Every farm will bv* visited before -Time* 30. and the following questions will be asked, keeping in mind that the figures you .".IV io trivo iit'jivlv nil iv.i-t:iin fn tlio crops oi' is >9. and not to the grooving crop;-: of 1S9U: (1) Your name as occupant of the l'arm. (2) Are you owner, renter for money, or tor share of the crops of the farm? (3) Are you white or black? fx t) Number of acres of land, improved and unimproved. (5) Acres irrigated. (t>) Number of artesian wells lie wing. (7) Value of farms, buildings implements, machinery, and live stock. (8) Fences: Cost of building and repairing. (9) Cost of fertilizers. (10) Labor: Amount paid for l.tbov, inc luding board: weeks of hired labor, white or black. (11) Pro.'nnfu. I'ef'Jruo + rt,! vol'IA rtf ->11 funil productions sold, consumed, or on hand for 1380.(12) Forestry: Amount of wood cut. and value of all forest products sold. (13) Grasslands; Acres ut each kind of grassland cut /or hay or pastured; tons of hay and straw sold; clover and grass seeds produced and sold: silos and tlieir capacity. (14) Sugar; Cane, sorghum. maple, and beet; sugar and molasses: acres, product, and value of each. (15) Castor beans: Acres. (1G) Cereals: Barley, buckwheat, Indian com. oats, rye, wheat: acres, crop, amount of each sold and consumed, ? /1T\ /1A. A AMAC /?VAn (llil! WX1UC. \JL I ) JlliAC. ACiCO* V/XV/J./J and value. (IS) Tobacco: Acres, crop, amount sold, and value. (19) Peas and Beans: Bushels, and v;due of crop sold. (20) Peanuts: Acres, bushels, and value. (21) Hops: Acres, pounds, and value. (22) Fibers: Cotcon, flax, and hemp; acres, crop, and value. (23) Broom corn: Acres, pounds, and value. (21) Live Stock; Horses, mules, and asses; number on hand Jund 1, 1890; number foaled in 1839; number sold in 1SS9; number died in 1SS9. (25) Sheep: Number on liana ?j uue 1, isyu, 01 "nne wooi, "long wool," and "all other;" number of lambs dropped in 1S89? "spring lambs" sold in 1889; sold in 18S9 other than "spring lambs;" slaughtered i'or use ou farm in 18S9; killed by dogs in 1889; died from other causes in 1889. (26) Wool: Shorn spring of 1890 and fall of 1S89. (27) Groats: Number of Angora and common. (28) Dogs: On farm June "1, 1890. (29) Xeat Cattle: Working oxen; milch cows, and other cattle on hand June 1, 1890: number of pure bred; grade and common; calves dropped in-issy; cattle sold in 1SS9, slaughtered for use on farm, and died in 1S89. (30) Dairy: Milk?total gallons produced on farm; sold for use in families: sent to creamery or factory: used on faam, including for butter or cheese: used on farm in raising cream for sale, including for creamery or factory. Butter?pounds made on farm anu sold in ISgO. Cream?quarts sent to creamery or factory; sold other than to creamry or factory. Cheese? pounds made on iarm and sola m 1889. > 31) Swine: Number on hand June 1. 1890: sold in 1889; consumed on farm and died in 1889. (32) Poultry: N umber each of chickens, turkeys, geese, and ducks on hand June 1. 1889; value of all poultry sold; eggs produced, sold, and value in 1889. (33) !Beos: JN umber of stands, pounds of honey and wax produced, and value. (34) Onions: Field crop? number of acres, bushels produced and sohl, and value. (35) Potatoes: Sweet and Irish, bushels produced /Oa\ I*r?ov/1fiTi or?/"l &JULU. J5VJ...I. lUU'i.ixuu ^axu^ii i4.jj.vi small fruits: Number of acres in vegetable:?, blackberries, cramberries, raspberries, strawberrios. aud other small fniits, aud total value of products in 1889. (37) Vegetables and fruits for canning: Number of acres, prod arts, in bushels, of peas and beans, green corn, tomatoes, other vegetables and freits. (?8) Orchards: Apples, apricots, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, and prunes, and other orchard fruits: in each the number of acres, rrop in 18S9, number of bear ?- .vnI. -\4-' 1\A + trut'n, iilliuwci UI j vuj.1% UVJCT JJUI bearing. and value of all orchard pro ducts sold. (Hi?) Vineyards: Number of acres in vines bearing and in young vines not bearing: products of grapes and raisins, aad value in 1889. Besides these questions on the ! regular Agricultural Schedule No. 2. i Superintendent Kobert P. Porter j bus ordered several special investigagations in tlie interest of agriculture, among which arc Viticulture, Nurseries. Florists, Seed and Truck Farms, W / _*% XnvoTirfAO /"vf/? kJVJJJU'liJl ji. x alio* v/j. uu.j,v/o? vtv,., | Live stock on the gre.it ranges, and I in cities and villages: also the names ! and number of all the various farmers organizations, such as Agricultural and Horticultural Societies Poultry and Bee Associations, Formers' Clubs. Granges, Alliances, "Wheels, Unions, Leagues, ere. In no part of the census work have tiie lines been extended more than in the direction of agriculture, and if formers will now cheerfully co-operate with the enumerators and other ofii Ci:us ill xji'uxiixjfciv iuruibumy me u<jirei*t figures more comprehensive roturns regarding our greatest industry will be obtained than ever before. Two Values. Deacon* Si.ick?See that 'ar horse iamt morn a weeK since a city iencr offered me ?400 for him. Kinder wish now I'd a-took it. Too valuable a animal for me to keep. Say, if you was sortolookia' for a bargain in hoss llesh 1 ndght? Stranger?I don't care to purchase. I am the tax assessor. (Writes) 'One horse valued at #400 . Deacou Slick?Hold on! hold on! Ever since he took the blind staggers that hoss ain't been worth? Assessor?But the city man's offer/ Deaco:i?Before I could close the bill-gain with him the keepers same along aai' snaked him back to the insane asylum. Put the hoss -> ? i:~i. 1 LlOWIl UiJ. yei liau its utroi ul ? j Muiisey's Weekly. ?Jake TCil vnin's term in -Mississippi expired Thursday. During the two months' confinement under ??Ir. Rich. Kilrain became possessor of a mill through the friendship of itis jailor, learned to tish. shoot and ride. .?.i w hit) <1 "mnr-Vi ! , proved man. < pimos ahb mmm} Tl;e Li-p^ved nvtbod o:' fastcujcs strings j !' t'iitnus, isivcaleii by us is ctiy of the most j i<yi>r.)Veiae!tls e\er made, making i i lie ijistrumeni more ri<*!?jy musical Su tone,! !i:ur?icllimbic, autile?? iiuhic i<j?c-t out of uuie. I Colli the iluson ?.t Ilamitn Orsauaini I'iancs j Acel ehieily i:: that v.nich is the chief excel- i race in any musical instrument, onsiily at i Other tr.iius, thonsjii iiopo.'tan:, are | IVSI> ?t? Maui i U.>. .-4.^; i-iMi .uiicii. nnu i*u musical tones t iiu.ot be uou.!. ' .:ustrated f ^italogno* or uew siy ss. iajraluwd sea s )v, sou t I'rso. ISasoa & MaiallB 0?iGAN uiicl PIANO CO., B06T0X. NEW YOKX. CHICAGO. | A Spring MmSbto |, 1 FOR TIRED | I MAN AND WOMAN. | ?3 P. P. P. will purify and vitalize your j|| K blood, create a good ap'XHiSe and give your fa wholesystero tone and sire::ulh. H A prominent railroad f.'jivrintftident at ?X g Savannah.sufferingv/itb 1-?: w:-i. oyspep- is g sia, and Rheumatism sa; ' ? ..'.nig g P. P. P. he neeer felt so well i his life, and 52 pi feels as if he could live fere. i? It* ccuid S* 'j always get P. P. P." fa ;-j If you are tired out fr .. ..o. and |I close confinement, take S p- ? p- s N If you are fcclinjj b'/jiy the r-pring Sq rA and out of sorts, take 1 P. P. P. 1 il ^ your digestive orgcns need tomucc up, g take I P- P* P- 1 If v.i,i suffer withhfttdaclw, indigestion, Sj 151 debility and weakness, uiUo g| LI n n n t? p r" r- r" i y If you suffer with rervoiis prostration, 3 corves unstrung and a Kfix-ral let down jjj H of tho systc-n, take ^5 | P. P. F. I sj For P.looti Poison. Ithemnatism, Scrof{j ids., OM Sores, ilalaria, '.'hr^iiio Fejuaio it <? Cumolaicis, take f '"? 1 P- P. P- 1 | Prickly Ash, Poke Rcol | 0 and Potass!am. I y :i> Tbo bast blood purifier iu the world. a ':i K f'j LIPP3IA.N BROS.. Wholesale Drujjsrists, ja Sole Proprietors. g TjZPr}Jj.y's B.'.oci, Savannah, Ga. 9 'SiS# LIPP3LIS BROS., WIio!e?kDru*sisti, j Sole Proprietors, Lippinan's "Clock, Saraasah, Ga. I ' 1 DEPOSIT YOUB SURPLUS SHXSET IN TEE COMMERCIAL BANK, -OF/>. r\ T rTs r a r< vJULli M1>1A? Z. \j. One dollar and upwards received. Interest at the rate of 1 per cent, per annum, paid quartcily, on the lirst days of February. May, August and November. Married women and minors can keep account in their own name. Higher rates of interest idlowed by special arrangement. ^ T Tnrmrr r KJ. *) . JLJtU'-jl i. v oiu-w-uv Jxo. S. Leapiiart, James Iked ell, Vice-President Casliier. , /?. r rrtjj .r,s r=:K: frp.i * 5;3 Hi}1, ih .? <j? i til i iil* t I' ! 4*!i iilJ. tuu/jnuu >ji w MACHINERY. TALBOTT & SOX'S ENGINES AND BOILEKS, SAW MILLS AND GRIST MILLS, VAN WINKLE. HALL AND SUMMER'S COTTt >NT GTNS ACME DOUBLE-SCREW COTTON PRESS: THOMAS DIRECT ACTING STEAM PRESS, "SAYLOR" SEED COTTON ELEVATOR, The most perfect in use. All kinds of WOOD-WORKING 3LVCHINERY for Planing Mills and Sash, Door and Blind Factories. BRICK MACHINES. Complete Oil Mills and Ginneries designed and equipped. Y. C. BRADI1AM, Genl Ac:. G3 Main Street, Columbia, S. C. THE TALBOTT ENGINE IS THE BEST ON THE MARKET. CJ-MCHESTEH'S ZHCLi&H ' M mmmm rm} \ *?v " Ii<;d Cross af\r.a. jw The or.'? rel;*Si? pi" f'.r #??< ? ){ I J ~ f/J ?*.! ". La?II<v>t 6*k iVrnyrl*' lVr S>K I fft mom! 'Jranrf, is ro?l ia?cx!.i?!>oi**. y ^D? py with b!uiiriM"OS. TuJtcaootJK**". St.? \ ff for p.irtlc^lirj an ! *-Kcii?f for ^ "i ladl?V i.-? I'jur, I t toe.lL y.fnt P<-?^r- I ' Chlchenter CkMaic&l Co-, *&l*on Sc., I'Mlaila, Pa, ( HAs55 r3ALSA5S C^an.* * a:;ti ?s tl:# .jalr. ?^^e^E: >^}ke?er Fii's H ,t ;ro Gray ? -.? tj i:- - ?-? c=:<>r-: , . \. j Itutasaeosfss. ' T?.f> onTr- mr? Chlie lor Cori?V<i^ps a 11 pain. Knstmja j _ ?xr d.dh'iiukp;? ive 11 Rave von Crt!itr}i. jWhnuu i I PARKER'S C^CER TOM.Iji. "iiif tin! worst ca^iint'fcttsoU^trc-itMVj^^c. *!' 1 ' " A, "V /; r?ai detective aufla?;<Ma juiu Sl.i.? y. ' 1 ? i ! ii iin mm ii n i jr!P a&ucftiiv' ?- x jjf ^ v^rv ^ V* i* g OHilO ^ sH5?abor .ESSEfiS PM.Wp TO UFE p,fc 2i,M!NiSH?S D5f^QTHER 3:;ad field resaurrcr ca Anwwgd 5AC0 3/ALL DRUGGISTS. lIlifBiiforS ?{Succea?or to Dial Engine Works.) j JOHI^A- WILLIS. PROPHIETC U7 West Geey&ts Stbsst | mmt | -e ?MA1TCTACTTRERS OP TRK foier Steam Engine: ! and all sizes of both locom<>> AKD KETUEN TyBULAIi BOILERS MNB3Y WCBKnilRCy AND BJ- - IfUSG PBOALNL7 EXECUTED Julr Ss-cei ?-?<?. ? rjpo X'LAJTTEJCS AJ*X? tflt.i. ia. -?. For Estimates en STEAM SAW MILLS, Gipning. Harvesting and ohter JL* ehinery writo to the undersigned, who Tvii! guaranfcsa tha goods they may ofiUrln all respeota, and 23.1ka isatters interesting both to consumers and competitors. wiil also famish everything j seeded in. the line cf supplies; Bel; J icg, Oils, Piping, Fittings, Valves, In j gpirators Injectors, Pumps, &c, &c. ""T *r rrrwwa Ttt A CO. I W ? JEU - ?1 ? Columbia. 8. C PUTS' CARMINATIVE I^OR CORRECTING NAUSEA. l)'\ < f? enterr, Diarrfcosa aat! Cholera Ir-Dl.jm. A pleas&ul mrdici'ie of i?icnt< = W:e D.cri" ia the bocar. circle for cb:!<. adult il is popular, pleas*n< and efik: ; Truly a mother's frieud. It sootbc< . .. heals the mucous me tui canes. and tij. the mucous dfscbargt from bead, Rt??. ttsd bowels. The nutcnus discharge . ^ :be bead and lungs an' as promptly iirvfi] by il -is the mucous discharge U-i :b> 1k>wc1s. Il is mad?: to relieve *: ; i!(Y.us system and '-ere n;;asea. Ri: ' X.V.-MS it !? !n?Vf>? t!ip / riiif-ai iifrif-c ' teething children hide uisd easy JL. v^orctes and build? Jp the system . It is relieving sini curias ihe v/aatwi {.: * rl is l-c-cou-'mfudeci ftud used large!* :kliv>;cinus. rW silc '>} Waoaauiakf. Mij-rav O., OoiumV:?. S. 0., and wbo:?ii<; by'lfoward Wi'Jcll Augusta. G? . jmgrA {gsx?s$,.? ; Isa #4 ST* C0M?a? w;4;;'ryZ forlzfclc. SowMfalwhmallliemMiMfai!. >v.-*ur-. u.-- ? oolj. 853 Br'dway. New Ywlu Write rur boika. W IERSEY FLATS \ C3aiI3l SSSMX >1ST CTXTe. L?r.<# battle* (A Ciftts, aafi enrraxtccd tp car? arc j 2?.* ?f Chilli *o4 FfTjsf, MaikHjJ. Int?ns ittcct ^4su ttaat Fjareit 5S2 2ARXETT DKCft CO. AffcrsTA, S? "HiT JTSHSEY FLATS. ???b !.Sa,7 UlLPER'S LIVER PILLS, *? . ?- iv^ jk. it. i rOTSWT? W O.iO 2*4*09 ZyMCdl. CaT il bili?j t?o?bia. *ac prorwrt n^ia'S&J <iis?a5fM F^tseU by ?.!: <lrp-n-i r,-S"-',Hir^s ~.t > j| 'si? a bos. ?r aiiiied on receipt c'>rioe by ?EE BASKS!? S&UO CO. i?5t37\, >i. ?JYwX'F?*S PTT.-J1 V-? ^ 11. H. P. GUARANTEED TO COB! ?:? : fkad&ecc r.zd CocstipatiOE in a ahor . k.-.:. t'r>. -.11 Msisiial troubles. M* .X/ oiiW. ?i. b; aad set Y; c> v-RHG00. ... v-fw . <Ja J1 $ rP?? Q5:;^ ? # - J Cj "j'ri , *-} "C^i/^X jfST. ~:~~:T M InSOT B??Rli 1 jj liUi -53;c?T>rtait!ic &ysy*?c{'g ! t;:-": .- '- :. -..w-.; five(i&ujtiec \w ] ??:> r?z s? 4 Milgg? & m 1 0 ? %J& ?5 ji^a 5sd 9 fee T'ao mo3t AFPETTZIXG-^ajld VTE0L2S0M2 tempskam;*; m uic _ Delicious and Spurkiljigj. lax aa. AsTr your Druggist or Grooor tor it? C. E. HIRES. PHILADELPHIA. K&JlSi * I ?'vA m A H?v.< Lest! novy regained, J'r^0^7rrh ppr if ffs||p ' s/ttsTii? 'f: r : ; ": " ^ am:U i. : w ,H"! s ^ A Sclerti.' ' " " '. v-.tirs ;f 0~!? ? i>r " < :* rni and Fhyi'.- ' "iool Resulting fr?/n FuRy, VV? '-.inssea or Ovartazaticn, Eiisrva:-r. :!ie victim for Worfc, m! Kelnion. Avoid unskil!."::! j-.- : . tltts great work. It corns::-.?: .... B -aati'al binding, . ;:/ ii.oO'by maii, j/fstr-ai'4. c : ? rrr. IllnstrativeiVospecti-v ,-i.y i The iiaajv.jn:si:e'I M. T)., ro:cived tiioG<}r.r* ' >> "".'IIDAL A| from tiir: IS'tit;-*:: riruion for thin P!try.r. J.<- ..vers and PI1YS !CAt. !>;/ ;-kerand&coips jf .Assisr*>rt i' <'< consulted, comtticstiaIN? r '? rs. st the oftce of rilE i'K i'H- ; .ui.:>i?L A?. iX-VTITUTE. S'o. 4 Ii?5<onv3isufH.,towiioni?a >rde:s fcr ' -.-i:. :-?.c".cr3 for advice 62wul^. !*> :H iizected v Finis nmn cases. J I ^3"Ask for catalogue. TERRY M'F'G CO.. NASHVILLE. TEr: * ^ DETECTIVES MM sated ia?r?y CjooSy. Slwrvd ssa to act sad?riastniettas our StfsretSerrice. Eiperienco aot&eoexnz?. Ptztico2an fre^ fl ^nnan Detective Bnrc?aCo.41 toado,Ksdasja,CL I B I '*?" JH