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" W 7 Hrn n.n iin.ii n !? imi iiiiiiinn mi i in i THE GARBS OF SIN. OR- TALMAGE'S DISCOURSE AT WiNF(ELD, KANSAS. How Si* Masquerades in Different Disguises?The Cloak* Under Which Crime I* Committed. Dr. Taimage in his sermon at \\ m field, Kansas, took for Lis text, John 15:22: "But now the}' have no cloak for their sin." Sin is always disguised. Decked, and glossed, and perfumed, and masked, it gains admittance in places from which it would otherwise be repelled. As silently as when it glided # VN-T ? i jl m__ . . 2.1. - X 1 ^ 1L to (jurist at tne top 01 me tempie, 11. now addresses men. Could people look upon sin as it always is?an exhalation from the pit, the putrefaction ' of infinite capacities, the ghastly, loathsome, God-smitten monster that uprooted Eden and killed Christ and would push the entire race into darkness and pain?the infernal charm would be broken. Before our first parents trangressed, sin appeared to ii * -e e?-i. mem me sweetness 01 iruio auu tut: becoming as gods. To Absalom it was the pleasure of sitting upon a _ throne. To men now, sin is laughter, and permission to luxurious gratification. Jesus Christ in my text suggests a fact which everybody ought to know, and that is that sin, to hide its deformity' and shame, is accustomed to wealing a cloak; and the Saviour also sent forth the truth that God can see straight through all such wrappings and thicknesses. I want now to speak of several kinds of , - cloaks with which men expect to cover up their iniquities, for the fashion in regard to these garments is constantly changing, and every day beholds some new style of wearing .them, and, if you will tarry a little I while, I wili show you five or six of the patterns of cloaks. First, I remark that there are those, who being honored with official power, expect to make that a successful cloak for their sin. There is a sac-redness in office. God Himself is king, and all who hold authority in the world serve under Him. That community has committed a monstrous wrong who has elevated to this dignity persons unqualified either by ?-? - W? YY* Al?ol "1 TT Olimi liJtiUlWJ1CC VI UlCU .lliunwmiu.i. Nations who elevate to posts of authority those not qualified to fill them will feel the reaction. Solomon expressed this thought when-he said: "Woe unto thee, O land, when thy king is a child and thy princes drink in the morning." While positions of trust may be disgraced by the character of those who fill them, I believe God would have us respectful to the offices, though we may have no admiration for their occupants. Yet this dignity, which office confers, can A-n I LKS 11V ttpVAVgJ iVJL L-L till Ugitjjiuu. Nebuchaduezzar, and Aiiab, and Herod, in the day of judgment, must stand on the level with the herdsmen that kept their flocks, and the fishermen of Galilee. Pope, and king, and president, and governor, must give an account to God, and be judged by the same law as that which judges the beggar and the slave. Sin is all the more obnoxious when it is imperial and lordlv. You cannot make pride, or injustice, or cruelty sacred by giving it a throne. Belshazzar's ?decanters could not keep the mysterious finger from writing on the wall Ahab's sin literally hurled him from the throne to the dogs. The imperial vestments of wicked Jehoram could not keep Jehu's arrow from striking through his heart. Jezebel's queenly pretension could not save her from being thrown over the wall. No barricade of thrones can arrest God's justice in its unerring march. No splendor, or thickness of official robes .. - can be a sufficient ?loak of sin. Henry v" .the Eighth, Louis the Fifteenth, Catherine of Russia, Mary of England?did their crowns save them? No ruler ever sat so high that the King of kings was not above him. All victors shall bow before Him who on the horse goeth forth conquering and to conquer. Again. Elegance of manners can not successfully hide iniquity from ; the eye of God. That model, gentlemanly apostle, Paul, writes to us: 1 "Be courteous." That' man can never be a respectable worlding nor j ] a consistent Christian who lacks good ] maimers. He is shut out from re- ! fined circles, and he certainly ought ( to be hindered from entering the 3 church- We cannot overlook that in { a man which we could hardly excuse ' in a bear. One of the first effects of i the grace of God upon an individual 1 is to make him a gentleman. Gruff- 7 ness, awkwardness, implacability, s clannishness, are fruits of tne devil; s while gentleness and meekness are * fruits of the spirit. But while these * m excellences of manner are so^import- ^ H tant, they cannot hide any deformity j r of moral character. How often is it t that we find attractiveness of person, ? suavity of manners, gracefulness of * conversation, gallantry of behavior P tnrovm like wreaths upon moral v. death. The flowers that grow upon ^ the scoriae of Vesuvius do not make L it any less of a volcano. The sepul- ^ chres in Christ's time did not exhaust a all the whitewash. Some of the big- ^ gest scoundrels have been the most c focr/^iTiQ'fTrvo Tf fVoro oro omy ?i"ri/3T-tr}_ : tj xuiovJLUMVJja^* **-*- VUVAV uxv (uaj V*V^VAIVI ; ing on outward gracefulness and at- f tractiveness of demeanor with any '* hope that because of that God will ? forgive the sin of their soul, let me 11 assure them that the divine justice 11 cannot be satisfied with smiles and s< elegant gesticulation. Christ looks ^ deeper than the skin, and such a C ragged cloak as the one in which you G: are trying to cover yourself will be no hiding in the day of Hi.? * * -"t. I' God will not in the judgm^ c< gracefully you walked, nor how po litely you bowed, nor now sweetly a! you smiled, nor how impressively you P; gestured. The deeds done in the s: body will be the test, and not the e] rules of Lord Chesterfield. ^ Again, let me say that the mere profession of religion is but a poor " wrapping of a naked soul. The iin- ^ portance of making a public profes- 82 . -1? Xl. 1. I 1. . -fV sion 01 religion 11 tne nearc ue renew-1 VJed cannot be exaggerated. Christ positively and with the earnestness r of the night before his crucifixion 31 commanded it. But it is the result m of Christian character, not the cause er of it. Our church certificate is a poor 51 title to heaven. We may have the m name and not reality. There are those who seem to throw themselves back with complacency upon their Si' public confessions of Christ although or they give no signs of renewal. If va 4.^ u.-.ju r?r kJilLZLLL UJLU.IAV^C il ILL ell I U'<J UUHU. ULL JCsuch arotten foundation as that, he co has accomplished his object. "We ^ cannot imagine the abhorrence with ^3 which God looks upon such a pro- ^ cedure. What would be the feehngs of a shepherd if he saw a wolf in the kl< same fold with his ilocks. however! su A j quiet he might seem to lie, or a gen- j ! eral if among his troops he saw one j ! wearing the appointed uniform who ' I J1 1 1. .1 ... "> i nevertheless reaiiy ueiyn^eu u u:; ; host? Thus must the heavenly shep-j ; herd look upon those who, though j ! they are not His sheep; have climbed ; 1 up some other way, and thus must j ! the Lord of hosts look upon those | who pretend to be soldiers of the cross while they are His armed enemies. Furtheimore: Outward morality will be no covering for the hidden iniquity of the spirit. The gospel of Christ makes no assault upon good works. They are as beautiful in God's eye as in ours. Punctualit\\ tmthfulneess. almsgiving, affection and many other excellences of life f.Tmf mif. hp 1 will alwavs be admired of God and man. tut we take the position that good works cannot be the ground of our salvation. "What we do right cannot pay for what we do wrong. Admit that you have all those traits of character which give merely worldly respectability and influence, you must at the same time acknowledge that during the course of your life you have done many things you ought not to have clone. Eow are these difficult matters to be settled? Ah, my friends, we must have an atonement. No Christ, no salvation. The great Redeemer comes in and says, "I will pay your indebtedness.'' So that which was dark . enough before, is bright enough now. The stripes that iivnavi W C U.CSC.L VC Cii-C JLCLLLCJU U.J^V/JLl V/XXJ. i.Ot. On His scourged and bleeding shoulders He carries us up over the mountain of our sins and the hills of our iniquities. Christ's good works accepted are sufficient for us, but they who reject them, depending upon their own, must perish. Traits of character that may make us influential orw earth will not necessarily open to us the gate of heaven. The plank that will be strong enough for a house floor would not do for a ship's hulk. Mere mortality might be enough here, but cannot take you through death's storm into heaven's harbor. Christ has announced for all ages, "I am the way, the truth, and the life; Him tnat cometli unto me i win in no -wise cast out" But pitiable in the day of accounts will be the condition of that man, though he may have given all all his estate to benevolent purposes and passed his life in the visiting of the distressed and done much to excite the admiration of the good and the great, if he have no intimate relation to Jesus Christ. There is a pride and a depravity in his soul that he has never discovered. A brilliant outside will be no apology for a depraved inside. It is 110 theory of mine, but an announcement of God, who cannot lie. "By the deeds of the law shall no flesh living be justified/' Again: Exalted social position will be no cloak for sin. Men look through the wicked doors of prisons, and seeing the incarcerated wretches exclaim; "Oh, how much vice there is in the world." And they pass through -the degraded streets of a city, and looking into the doors of hovels and the dens of corruption they call them God-forsaken abodes. But you ?: x 11. _i n ? ULLJLgLLC WiUil OJLUJLJLg LUC ttYCJJLUCa tJUJL ? which the opulent roll in their flourishing pomp and into mansions; elegantly adorned, and find that even in the admired walks of life Satan works mischief and death. The first temptation Satan wrought in a garden, and he understands yet most thoroughly how to insinuate himself into any defer of ease and splendor. Men frequently pudge of sin by the places in which it is committed, but iniquity in satin is to God as loathsome as iniquity in rags, and in the ; day of judgment the sins of Madison ?j -cm? l ?:n ?n i, ? avexiue tuiu ljim sireeb will ojj. uc , driven in one herd. Men cannot es cape at last for being respectably ( sinful. You know Dives was clothed ; in purple and fine linen and fared sumptuously every day, but his fine clothes and good dinners did not save him. He might on earth have drunk something as rich as champagne and I cognac, but at last he asked for one I /-?+' TPirf.m* "Vrai nnrmnf. fra.ffo nflf your attractive abodes here for a house of many mansions on high, and your elegant shade groves here will not -warrant you a seat under the tree of life. Furthermore: Mere soundness of religious belief will not hide our iniquities. There are men whose heads are as sound as Jonathan Edwards Dr John "Wesley, whose hearts are as rotten as Tom Paine's or Charles Gruiteau's. It is important that we :>e theoretical Christians. It is utter 'oily in this day for a man to have no preference for any one form of faith, ivhen it is so easy to become conversant Tvith the faith of the different _ [ects. An intoxicated man staggered nto my house one night begging for t odging. He made great pretensions j. o religion. I asked where he went ^ o church. He said: "Nowhere; I r >elong to liberal Christianity." But s here are those who never become t Christians because their obstinacy irevents them from ever taking a fair I iew of what religion is. They are (1 ike a brute beast in the fact that *( heir greatest strength lies in ? heir horns. They are combatants, ? ? 3 :n* ? D iiu. ail mey lire e\ er wining uu uo lor . heir souls is to enter an ecclesiastial fight. I have met men who would ir alk all day on the ninth chapter of e] tomans, who were thoroughly help- n iss before the fourteenth chapter of tl ohn. But there are those who, hav- b< ig escaped from this condition, are tl ow depending entirely upon their si Dundness of religious theory. The w octrines of man's denravitv and in Ihrist's atonement and God's sovreignty are theoretically received by ni iem. But, alas! there they stop, p bis only the-shell of Christianity ie staining no evangelical life. They ^ ;and looking over into heaven and 3. mi re its beauty and its song,and so o-j leased with the looks from the out- "i; !de that they cannot be induced to di ater. They could make a better rc rgument for the truth than ten to ? .1 rv\^ ___v ^ i lousanu ^nnsuans wno nave in >v leir hearts received it. If syllogisms id dilemmas and sound propositions nc id logical deductions could save leir souls, they would be among the al ?st of Christians. They could cor- ut 'ctly define repentance snd faith id the Atonement, while they hsve jver felt one sorrow for sin nor exYMQPr? i mrimd'nf.'c r>nr>'firIor>/?o in fI->o th eat siwi iti.ce. They are almost im- m ovabie in their position. We can- Pr )t present anything about the relig- 00 n of Christ that do not know. The ^ triour described the fate of such a s'0 te in His parable: "And that sernt which knew his Lord's will, and w< . 1 i t / i ^ eparea not mmsen, neimer ma ac- po rding to His Trill, shall bs beaten sti ;th many stripes." Theories in re- m< :ion have a beauty of their own, but j i&< they result in no warmth of Chris- i plj n life it is the beauty of horn- ic( mde and feldspar. Do not call P1? ch coldness and hardness religion. WI po > The river of life never freezes over. Icicles never hang on the eaves of heaven. Soundness of intellectual belief is a beautiful cloak well woven and well cut. but h the hour when God shall demand our souls it v.ili not of itself be sufficient to hide our iniquities. My friends. can it be thai I Iiavo been unkind, and torn from j'ou some hope upon wliicli you were resting for time and eternity? Verily. I would be unkind if. having taken away your cloak, I did not offer you something 1 better. This is a cold world, and you ' want something to wrap around your spirit. Christ offers you a robe today. He wove Himself and He will nov with His own hand prepare it just L fit your soul. The righteousness He offers is like the coat He used to wear ? ? ? i - i* ?. I aDOUt -J uaea. wiinout seam iroiii cop . to bottom. There is a day of doom. Coward would I be if I did not dare tell you this. It shall be a day of I unutterable disappointment to those | who have trusted in their official! dignity, in their elegant manners, in their outward morality, in their soundness of intellectual belief. But I s?e a soul star^r.g before God who once was l,.?.;oughly defiled. Yet look at him and yoa cannot riru> j a single transgression anywnere aoout Ltim. How is this. you ask. Was h? not oace ? L'abbath breaker, a blasphemer, a robber, a perjurer, a thief, a murderer? Yes, but Christ bath cleansed him. Christ hath lifted iiim up. Christ hath rent off hh rags. Christ hath clothed him in a spotless robe of righteousness. That is the reason why you cannot see his former degradation. This glorious hope in Christ's name is proffered today. Wandering and wayward soul, is not this salvation worth coming for, worth striving for? Do you wonder that so many with bitter weeping rrl-?+- if. witTi n *vn tliusiasin of sorrow cried for divine compassion? Do you wonder at the earnestness of those who stand in pulpits beseeching men to be reconciled to God? Nay. do you wonder at the importunity of the Holy Ghost who now siriveth with thy soul? In many of the palaces of Europe the wall arc mosaic. Fragment s of shells and glass are arranged by artists and aggregated into a pictorial splendor.! What! made out of broken shell and broken glass! Oh, yes; God grant that by the transforming power of His Spirit, we may all be made a part of the eternal palaces, our broken and fragmentary natures polished and shaped and lifted up to make a part of the everlasting splendors of the hea^enjy temple! For sinners. Lord, thou cum'st. to bleed, And I'm a sinner vile indeed. Lord, i believe Tby grace is free; On, magnilj Thy grace in me, Blown up by Powder and Dynamite. Henry Schafter, colored, was seriously and probably fatally injured yesterday .afternoon by aa explosion of powder and dynamite. Schaffer, Dan Allen and another colored man were working at a well not far from ,\lc Carters Mill, in the eastern part of the city. Dan Allen and one negro were preparing to make a blast in the boHom of the well. Schaffer Was at the top of the well, in charge of nearly a half a keg of powder and four or five charges of dynamite, fuse etc. He built a fire close to these combustibles in order to have some coais to iignt on tne iuse in tne well. His carelessness may cost- him his life. In some way the can of powder was exploded, causing the dynamite cartridges to explode. Schaffer was thrown ten or fifteen feet in the air and when picked up 'it was thought that he was dead. Dr.. W. E. Wright was called, and attended the injured man. The right side of Schaffters body from the shoulders to the feet was terribly burned, and a piece of fuse had been driven into the flesh. It is a mystery how he escaped instant death.?GreenviHe News. The Power of Hasheesh. A Cairo (Egypt) correspondent of the Pittsburg Leader thus describes liis first experience as a hasheesh eater: Seeing my companion conveying a piece of this sugar eagerly to bis mouth, t was encouraged to do" likewise. It vas an aromatic, somewhat bitter-tastng pastile, dissolving quickly like soft jeppermint on the tongue, and leaving ' ikewise a slight burning sensation, vhich, however, passed away after a , ew puffs from a cigarettee. ( Suddenly the smoking cigarette fell >ut of lips: I felt myself Impelled to alk?to reveal myself to my neighbor -tell him that I was no longer a com- j non, groveling human being, who had ] n wnnrfpr thrvinorh lifr* r>n t'nia lio-rH :arth with wretchedly slow legs, but i hat I could fly?soar like the eagle ] hrough ethereal space. "So, you see, this is the way I do it," ' remember ejaculating. The ineffable exhilarating sensations hrilled my inmost self. I felt myself j iberated of all earthly trammels" un- ^ burdened of all carnal weight?free to t ange infinit.y's vast fields. Some i Liuuge, quickening power piusaieu y hrough my every vein. My whole being seemed etberized. Encircled with the fragrance of Para- g ise, I was borne aloft on buoyant pin- j, )ds through immeasurable space. On j. nd on I was wafted unto an elysium of liss and loveliness. There was neither eginning nor end to my aerial flight. J1 was boundless as eternity. ^ I inclined my head backward and c nbibed in torrents the balmy, regenrating air and the glorious, roseate j, gbt which was shed around me. All ^ lese momentary sensations I rememer imparting to rnv English friend at le time. I felt that I wishec^ him to lare my ethereal enjoyment. I ished to take him along on'this soar- K ig ascension into celestial solitude. X But my spiritual trance was now taring its end. Consciousness was s' radually returning to inc. I expernced a peculiar rushing sensation in C y ears. My moutii ielt very dry and u irched. Before my eyes rose big P irk blotches. The beautiful, rosy ? .ow is fading away, and in place of it ftli ses a greyish fog, through which I mly see some of the people in the st om. Slightly startled, I come quite ^ , and find myself leaniug far back- P: ard in an arm-chair. The evening glow at the window has w )t quite disappeared yet. I look at my atch and am astounded?the gigantic r voyage has lasted only twelve min- w es. - th One of Franklin's Stories. 0 pi In the third year of the revolution (v e British government proposed to to ake peace aud grant the colonies the th ivilege they had demanded on the hs ndition that they should pay the ex- pa tuses of the war. Franklin replied a? at the proposal reminded him of in mething that happened when he ah ed in London. A iFrencnman, who of is a little out of his head, heated a sa ker red-hot and then dashed into the srr 'eet, exclaiming to the lirst man he jt: "Me stick dis into you six in< ;hes." 'Oso you don't,'1 was the re- thi y. Well.'den me stick it in dree gn' ;bes!'' "jSTo, sir!" was the more ematic reply. "Well den, sare, you ho 11 of course pay me for beating de tei ker."?New Haven Palladium. * T". JK.V I , ".UllL'Jt... ,lin.!^Tn flo use-C .eani n Take one room at a time and h?.Ta the work done quietlv in the duvs ii: v.-hich there i> neither washing nor ironing nor the usual denning. Begin at the attic and clean downward. i. providing there be an attic. All city houses are not supplemented. If not. then upon room or closet u>ed for general storage of trunks and incidentals. Spare not the purifying elements. Let every* corner be laid bare; stint not the ealsomine or chloride. There are times when brown soap and a sound scrubbing-brush are better than sermons, and this occasion is one of them. Then, after the cleansing process is quite complete, see that no unpurged odds and ends find lodgment; overhaul repositories for rags, paper and matches. Half a dozen wall pockets or reticules, made of cretonne, drawn with colored tapes, will simplify the business of earing for the fragments. Each receptacle should be labeled, every bit of string and estige of old soft linen should be garnered; sickness brings needs, and this trying season has taught housewives the ellicacy of saving every scrap of material. Having completed the garret or storeroom, the offal from apartments may find lodgment in their uroner renosi 0 _ - 1 X 1 tories. Take each Hoor in its order after the closets are overhauled anil arranged: a room at a time, say one each week, so that the regular household routine be not interfered with. If the carpets are worn and dinged, rip the center breadths, and turn the outer edge toward the center; and refresh with a border en suite. Then wipe with a cloth, wrung out of alum VY aiASA, UUU llC^UCUtAJ tuiV/l a. sprinkling of tea leaves. A fresh covering of cretonne will refresh dingy chairs, anil all classes of curtain draperies are so chcap that even when economy is necessary one need not do without hangings at doors or windows. 3?hey soften hard outlines and tone the glare of light, and should harmonize with the general character of the furnishing.? Woman s Illustrated World. California Crops. Ex-Judge French, one of the leading lawyers of the Pacific slope, while in New York was interviewed by a. Star reporter. Said the Judge: "There is a very large amount of humbug in regard to the orange-growers and orange culture of California While that golden fruit attains a beauty aad development there equal to anything in the world, yet what with the cost of the land and of its cultivation by the owners, as well as the ignorance or inexperience which prevails as to its culture, the orange busiuess thus far has never more than paid expenses. Any eastern man who crosses the continent in the hope of making a fortune in a few years from a great orange plantation will be A A: ? fcLuei^y uuu aui\siy uiaajjjJuiuLcu* v^iiier fruits do pay, and pay well- Grapes, whether fresh or as raisins, or in wine or brandy, are proving a very good investment. California pears," apricots, and plums are also remnnerative. The best returns to the horticulturist thus, far, however, have come from the kitchen gardens where fine vegetable are grown. Hundreds of small farmers have been successful in this field. The demand never ceases and seldom falls to less than the supply. A man with the taste for tilling the soil canalways succeed in California, and especlollr in arvnfKorn PolifAPn?? ^ S,Otl.X.J iU JUUbilUlU VlAlilUi .11. 11C WUU" fines his efforts to fruit-raising and truck farming. No one can realize the way vegetables grow there until he has been there. With no cold weather, a clear sky, and warm sun 850 da}*s everyyear. and an unlimited supply of water for irrigational purposes, plants of u-li kinds grow almost perceptibly." Bitter Sweet?A Romance. "So you engaged yourself to rs? when it was your firm intention all along to marry that old "brute; eld enough to be your grandfather. How could you be so false, so cruel? I never will believe in woman again I" And Lucullus Biggars stood up in all VlTC YY\ 1 7"? ITT 11 f - J uvaubjl Ui OlA. ICCli LWU Stltl looked down wrathfully into the two beseeching blue eyes so wistfully gazing at his handsome face. I?I couldn't help it," answered the woman who had embittered his life forever?so he thought?by cruelly casting hi& aside for one whose onlv attraction was his hoarded, sordid gold. "And besides it was largely your own fault." "My fault!" he exclaimed, wildly? striding up and down the'' little parlo-rr and even forgetting himself so far as to stick both hands under his coato pf A/*/V '* ? 1 uuk| inw a. oui^c jittuci , "great iica-v ens, woman, when have I failed to gratify your slightest whim? When have I forgotten to bring you chewinggum? When have I ever omitted to Sake you to any attraction that has been worth the seehtg? When?^ but iiere his emotions overpowered him, md for the moment he was speech-ess.. "Still, *ay, it was largely your1 \ult," said she, in the sweetest tones. 'Long am before you ever told mepou loved me, you said that you could iave no respect for a woman whovould allow herself to be kissed, by a. nan to whom she was aot engaged.i.nd I did so want to kiss you, dear;. :Von*t you forgive me?:r Of course he did. ? - ? ?* ^n.u.vi at iiuuut t. a., iij. cany m trie en? uing morning, a 3*oun<? man might lave been seen meditatively walking: lomeward, his face the scene of varied: .nd conflicting emotions. "I guesshe was right,1' he soliloquized. "Andi i >erhaps the old duffer won't last very.' j ong, after all, and $200,000 in cold:' j ash, I think, is worth waiting for."' And the black night unwrapped hirai I n its gleamless doom.?Tcrre Haul*? j Express. I How to Frighten a Colored | ) "If there is anything that tl>e Yir-inia darky is afraid of it is smaH-pox.. 'ellow-fever* takes a back seat wliem ie other disease is a subject sf conideration by him. "When I was connected with th<2 hesapeake and Ohio railroad my o^?ce was ia Richmond, Va., where ths opulation is about 50 per cent colored . nmp nf fKO vnnrsre /?. >vl-i'nr. v>4mw w*. vnv vuu^ uai U1 U1UU'>a I, 5 the Richmond people call thes i, ave a bad habit of loaling on t? ie :reet corners and passing remarks ?' or ie beneiit of the white people vj' ho ass by. "One night I went to the thevs ter ith a party of railroad, men. Om ; of lem was a*trainman who was re cm *erg from the effects of an accidos t in hich he had beeu burned aboui the >.ce and hands, in consequence of w hich ley were bandaged in white ~ii >ths. n'the way back to the hotel, after r the srformance., we passed a cornn i on hich were congregated a gas: g of -i ~i-- - u?u juuu'j uarKies. we coia cl see em as they arranged themsah-.? s in a ilf circle around the lamp^ps/ ,t preiring to give us a reception;. As we proached one of the boys or >ok the jurcd man's arm and marcL' cd up iead of the rest. He stepped- i a front the group, and, before thtfj could v anything, asked them,'.via ere the lall-pox hospital was. "Wei/, the effect on tha ;~i&r kies was stant. They thought the- r .uin with e bam! aged face and banc was a tall-pox patient and tha^ J lis friends :re wandering about, loose ng for the spital to dump hLn .in.. They scat*ed and ran like scared ? sheep.""?D. Sweet, in Chicago.Trib'.a x. \ \ Jl '' HJ'M* If'.?*)1T.U. JJL'J.> | .Vi Ml "Vr iku^P 1 I^LJ-PW ? 'J?' ? HE WALLOPED THE HORSE. ' But >~ot Until After the Brnte Ilad >Tade a i Full Meal. i > . ? 4 i tii i. A sedate oici norse, yet cue?ri?.ui withal and seemingly possessed of a n kiudlv and philosophic spirit,meandered 1 up Washington street in the tender city ! ' . of Brooklyn yesterday and halted at! ' i the amte angle where it runs into Ful-' i ton street, says the jSr. Y. Herald. j 1 He was attached to the business end ] < ' of a dump cart, this horse. Seated on i i the driver's throne of said dump cart i | wag a man of such benignant countenj ance that you would have sworn him l ; lirst brother to thex horse on the evi- ( dence of vision. He, too, was ekeerful i and philosophic, and the very spirit of . i sc-dateness sat upon him. He was not I ( ! a man to joke or to be joked with, i ; Life wore to him a serious aspect. Any ; one could see that at a glance. It would be rash to say that the man i drove the horse. He" didn't. The ; bond between them was far closer than i represented by cord or leather?and I tVinir Ti.a?o Tirtth in tVio o rrnrl VifjrriPS? H V 4U VUV U^vvs, MW4MVvw> j The lines lay on the horse's back, and ; j the latter took his way sedately, as a < | horse who knows he is doing contract , work for the city might be expected tc j do. If compunctions of conscience ! smote his equine breast no stens therej of appeared in hi3 benign and tranquil i e}-e. His master?or I should say, per! haps, liis friend?did not urge him. At the junction heretofore mentioned i in these memoirs the pair paused and j looked about them. They paused long. ; It was so much easier to pause than ! work. The saucy wind caught up vast clouds of dust?the dust that they were paid to cart away?and tossed it in the faces of the passing throng,making the good to pray and the bad to swear, tint- tfiic nnt-. thn r>hilnsnnhv of man or beast. The voice of the "boss was not heard, for the boss was in a neighboring ginnery tuning up, and it was so much easier to rest than work ?the wear and tear were so infinitely less. At length the Italian gentleman who peddles fruit at this busy confluence of human life broke in on the dual revery "Please minda standa moment foi i me?" he asked. "Hoy?" "Minda fruit a moment while I go awa?" I lU'Vw criWA Al TT?nll WITT TV Li J , LV UC SU1C Vi. VY cui9 juuj I fri1ncl. Take jure time. Oi'll kape rue oies on yure doigistibles." The Italian went off to transact hia errand. Pretty soon the horse reached tranquilly over, picked up a banana with his teeth, and munched it down with satisfaction beaming from his eye- His master looked at him admiringly, and I then looked the other way. Reproof was far removed from his face. The horse took another and then a third.' There was neither haste nor trepidation in his action. He appeared frt c-nnitya +Vio frill flowAr rtf Ofinll b*?T)flT)A skin and all, before he began upon another. In this way a dozen were comfortably disposed"of, and the oat cavity in the horse's interior was much reduced i in size, when suddenly an eleotrie shock seemed to seize the owner. He whirled about and began lathering the brute with an appearance of the most fiendish cruelty, cursing him the while as a thafe of the wurrula,an omadhaun, and I don't know what other titles. The horse started on a run up the street?not a very wild pace, by the way?and the owner climbed into the ?A. / ! An/4 YY* o uuuup Ciu u num ueiu.nu auu. jxio.u.o a tremendous show of a tussle with him. It did not last. ^ moment later they were going down Myrtle avenue at a j pious walk, and if there was not a !; twinkle in four sedate but cheerful i. eyes then may I never see twinkle I again. As for the poor Italian, he got } back ia. time to save his stand, and surely that is enough to make any Italian grateful. What do they want, auywa;/?the earth? atVi W/A t-AJUVUIV^ Ladies and gentlemen withdraw from the table together, or as is often the case, the gentlemen arise, and the ladies retire leaving the gentleman to jj smoke. Guests are expected to leave j by or before eleven o'clock. | Even in dinners given to gentlemen | alone, sometimes the wife of the host, | orr failing a wife, some dignified matron, j if; seated at the head or center of the i caoie?a great advance upon tne cus; t oms of former days. In my house J those who wish to use the weed after <, dining, withdraw to the smoking-room in the topmost story, and in all the dinners, receptions'and other entertainments in which Mrs. Ohilds and I have [received large companies, conventionalities and courtesies of life have been strictlv observed," said Mr. Childs. This was in answer to a newspaper paragraph which appeared that day to the effect that a good deal of comment had been made upon the fact that Ex-Governor Cornell at a late large public reception served nothing but ice-water and mineral water to his guests. It appears that Mr. Cornell, . though a delightful entertainer, has , been compelled to forego the use of wine by the hilariousness of the few who could not restrain their appetites. j ^-tjcorge iv. (jfolds, in uooci nouser j keeping. Southern Phosphates. The discovery of phosphate deposits in Florida is a matter of great importance to southern farmers who use large and increasing quantities of this fertilizer. Combined with cotton meal it makes an admirable fertilizer for both corn and cotton. It is easily trans ported and economically appnea. zc is now making the light sandy lands of south .Alabama yield large and paying crops. It has revolutionized farming all over the south. Thus far South Carolina has furnished the bulk of the phospb atcs. producing last year 600,000 tons. The Florida article id said to be superior to that of South Carolina. and as the increased supply must lead to lower cost It will lead to a more rapid development of agriculture in the southern states than has ever been known. A Stern Reality. "You will notice," said the manager of the company, as he stepped in front 1 of the curtain, "that the programme says that seven years are supposed to elapse between the second and third ; acts. In this case there will be no sup- [ position about it. The Sheriff of this : county has just taken possession of the 1 stage, and 1 thick that it "will he about seven years before we c:m get the matter settled. The audience is now dismissed/'? Drake's- Magazine. A. Reasonable Suggestion. Representative Allen of Mississippi ' was requested the other day by one of 1 constituents?it was a colored "friend ' and brother"?to give him a recom- ' mendation in writing by means of 1 which he hoped to secure a situation as \ watchman or something equally important. Mr. ALien complied -with j readiness. <is lie ukw me iu;iu i.u w ca.- < pable and trustworthy. Iu f ct, the "certUicate of character" was so exceptionally complimentary and set forth Sambo's qualilications in such glowing terms that, turning to Mr. Allen, he ] said: < "LiOOK nean, iviarse aiicu, caa i yuu j *ib me something to do you'self on dat j , recomnieudatio n ?"' It took soni<' time on the part of Mr. I Allen to explain to the colorcd "friend j ind brother1* Aai just now ho possessed- : aot much Lt ^ jjd A PLEA FOR THE FARM alitor Gantt Makes a TalkH a Popular ChcH In his now famous BeH lance speech, Larry Gafl ns. Ga.. pays the follows* o a farmer's wife: ,,-Rn+ T rrill nr>+ tcocfii nH >athies on the farmer. Tfl even more deservii^^^^^^H iiid relief than you. 'riends. I refer to the fain* rhere is not a burden that ;fl jut the little woman. whoisB )f your home, shares it vrS Four trials and cares pierce 9 :ler sympathetic heai*t as a ? she bears equally with youTB load; but I say with pain and rflj that she is, alas! too often depi^B 3f a share of your pleasures. ^ ou homy handed lords of creati? A TT/M1 2Vei' COIIS JUKI Lllill/ ixuc JUU iuh working in the field, your wife wa^ nt the house toiling just as hard as 1 j-ourself: and that while you had but 1 one task before you she has a kost of duties to perform, each pressing upon her at one and the same time? When you return to y<jur noonday meal, and find a welcoming smile and everything ready to hand?as if the confusion of the morninghad been ' touched by a fairy's wand and order rvrnrlnr>Pf] from e.haos?do vou ever consider the vast amount of work that these pleasant surroundings have cost the poor wife? At night, when taking your ease, does it occur to you to look around and see if you will iind the old couplet verified in her case, which says: 31nn works from sun to sun, But womnn'a work .'s ue\er don*. "We men are all too self-conceited ?and I am no exception to the rule. We imagine that because we are the breadwinners of the family the woman's work is mere child's play. "Never was there a graver error. There is not a fanner beneath the sound of mv voice, but who if he were made to exchange places with his wife, would be begging her to rue back in twenty-four hours. "At night, when you are looked in the arms of Morpheus, and your weary frame's drinking in the rest that nature demands, the wife at your side is trying to quiet a fretful child lest it disturb "poor tired papa." The dear unselfish creature! She never thinks of her own weary frame ancl aching brow. "By the dawn of day that poor wife is on her feet preparing the best repast the larder will afford. You return to your work in the field, while the wife resumes the old treadmill existence, that is rarely broken by a ray of pleasure. "You men can go to town, and j there meet and mingle with friends and discuss the news of the day. How many times during the year does the poor wife cross the threshold of her home, except to attend 'divine worship on Sunday? And even then you expect her to . look after or prepare a dinner for 'your j-? ? melius. "I do not believe there is a. man living who appreciates his wife as he should- He loves and cherishes her but he should resolve never to take pleasure but the wife equally enjoys it with us. She bears her full part of our toils and trials, and it is only just and right that she should reap the fruits of our prosperitj'. "It should be the first duty of a good Alliance man, when he has lif ted the mortgage from his home, to - ? i -1 look to tiie comtort ana pleasure ui his wife- Before you add another acre of land to your possession; before you build a new bam; before you purchase an implement to expedite your work, or before you improve your stock, look through your home?go into tiie kitchen, the wash room and the dairy, ami see if there is not some utensil or invention that you can buy to lessen your poor wife's labor. Lift a part of the burden from her shoulders, tliat she h?s so long and uncomplainingly borne, and see that her remaining days are made as -happy and as comfortable as your affairs will warrant Tiiere'Sjthe Dinner BeilJ What a clattering and a chattering as the children answer the dinner bell and rush into the dining room. Oh! the gratification a good apetite affords as our noon day's meal is set before us. But this vacant chair, what does it mean! "Oh, that is ( Uncle Charley's seat. Guess he don't feel like eating, he's got dyspepsia, you know."' Dyspepsia! horrors! Deliver us from dyspepsia. What's the use of being plagued with such j or> oilmonf onncov' Whfl.f.'fi the USe of havinga stomach so irritated and sore that even one bite of food gives it distress? Why not heal the soreness and allay the irritation and strengthen its muscular process, by using Botanic Blood Balm. Will it cure? It certainly will. Many, many a former dyspeptic owes his enjoyment of life to B. B, J3- Give it a trial. S. J. Chandler, Richmond, Y,i.. writes: "No one can afford to be without B. B. B. who wishes an apnpf.if.fi. I could scarce! v eat a single biscuit for breakfast, but since taking B. B. B. I clean the whole table, so to speak." Hair all gone, .scalp covered -with eruptions, and pains in all of his limbs, a dreadful case of disease, yet P. P. P. remained master of the fiituation, a cure was affected, and the patient, the marshall of Monticello, Fla., says his hair has grown out, and that he is a well man. This cure spread far and wide, and now the drug stores of Monticello buy P. P. P. in Jarge quantities.Gentlemen?I have suffered for years with a kind of Tetter, or breaking out all over my body a ad at times these small pimples would terminate La boils. "While traveling in the South last year I had occasion to try a. bottle of P- P. P., -which was recommended to me by a friend, and to my surprise it helped me so much that I got six bottles more, and after taking the full contents, I felt better than I had since the beginning of Div trouble, and while I have no symptoms of the disease returning, I am still using the wonderful blood medicine at intervals, and am fully satisfied that I will be entirely cured of a for fifteen rears has troubled me. I cannot express my gratitude to you for so wonderful a benefactor as your P. P. P. (Prickly A.sh, Poke Root and Potassium.) I im yours truly, Jacat Petbes, Traveling Salesman, 1 Savannah. Ga. + . i Safety to mother anddiild and less ; jability to all unpleasantness after ; confinement, result from the use of ; ? ?- .i in - T r? 1 .1 1 n T*V- i Alotner s .c nena. ooia dv au jurug- i gists. The Lodge bill went through the tiou.se with a rush. There is some hope that it may fail in the Senate. tM he? theV proV for tfB etc. jjH made turned H sent to tH die there, 9 judgment bar^H to hell; - but I tn^B to the level of thaH ing to Prosecutor? was a powerful on<? to certain charges ? and the judge prono? of five'years in the pfl *?-11>^1?M n^.t. r-'ct? K f pai" P'-'S^syJ Mr.f4STRUl OR MONTHLV ^'C? 1 r \HtN OU 5=.\V.a jBOO/< TO mmiD REJ'Jinren zi I sstajtfsij.M !| 2jc KlPJiS' i^;JVD)V ^ ?4k?)-: ' Jwt JvcrasTJMJNHie CASU^| 1 ~'i<? : ?:?ii ;-: v *::ss nv? gail ? ?Wt??S. 1. The TAa^i Ar?3TIZTNO and VTHOLB^J T'MPSftANCB DRINK la tbo worldM Silicioua and Sparkling. your Druggist or Grocer for it. C. E.MiSgS? "^PH?i-A0E'-P!4^ 1 BlTlcTffMi framed is every Conoty. Shrewd aea to act under inntracdoaj -1 aoar Seoret Scrrioe. Experience not neeessiry. Particulari freo. :flyagnnn De tec tire Bnreaa Co. H Aieai^gactartML gllT BARKER'S I i jpi HAIE BALSAM ' | tio hale. a r? ::?'uftons jrjwsth."' ft = ?JR;? Never Fail? :> j? rvtare Gr?* 5 >?v> to it/ Vj::-hfc*: Color. | -. <s fes /a psaxsss & ?? saure* 1 ,.i j-5" ?2y ?gf > ?*'? WVlalitf..'. fwojUJ :.'.< ?JSJ??CJf S, Whirrs h.*r?J. C?ft- I culj* 3llfiiw* $&*< *oriu'^nU fyTi^oot ?*C ?roe?k ifcM TALBEET & SON'S ENGISES AND BQILE&3, SAW MILLS ' AND GRIST MILLS Are acknowledged la be the best ever jold n ia tilt* State. When yoo bny one of t.hcm you are satisfied taut ypu have made no mistake. Write for our COTTON (jilNS AND 1 mTTUNT PI'li'SfiRS ? l^\J L J. ' 'It J. I W LJKJ .j 1 I AT BOTTOM PIGUeS-i. I cac M v<? you money. i Y. C. BADHAM, Gen. Ast, COLUMBIA, S. C 1 45-Horae office and Factorj : | Kioiimond, Va. JhKSEY FLATS! < Chill and Fever Care. Larire bottles60 eot? a?;d guaranteed lo cure any case of Chills ., and Fewer, Malarial, Intermittent ai-k Re-> 01 mltteni ga Tflto BARRETT DRUG CO.. ^.ugnsta, Oa. ch try jersey ft. at:5. ^ 0j HO" T) Gi/ARAJ?TEED TC tiCR r H. i Sick Heaaachp ana Con- vx stipation in aahort time. Prevenfsall Mala- nli rial troubles Price fifty cents. For sale by ^ dftffegl^Ls and merchant-. Manufactured by W< the Barrett drug co.. Anjrniita. Ga, m an WRITE TO?- ? HOLLER - & ANDERSON ? BUGGY CO., FwOCK HI LI* - - - - S. C, For their Catalogue giving Prices, Terms and References of Buggies, y( C,r. ~rin.eps. \Va<?nns."Rc>fi.d and Phaeton Carta, Harness, etc. AH first-class work made by hand and warranted. Prices low^r than any other of samegrade. Our Vehicles are running in every county in South Carolina, and in many counties of North Carolina, I Georgia and Florida. All inquiries In' promptly answered. In writing please an mention this paper and don t forget da; to give your Postoffice address and Nc sign your name plainly. xiji j j^oi Holier & Andersen Soggy o,|io? ?IT^TTFACTUEEES,? ' j KOCK HILL, S. C. v i p p p ~ > r .. a \ *vl j If you are feelinsr b^Ey In tile Spring - . and out of sorts, take ' | F. P. P. I !If your d^OHJiO ?rgf ns need toning np, B War u F. F. P. i If you suffer with headache, Indlgeetion, B debility and weakness, take P. P. P. I if yea? suffer witi^ rervoos prpsfapiioB, K norvfta unstrung and a general ?CqwR 9 o2 the system, take P.P.F. I For Blood Poison. Rheumatism, Scrofula, OM Sores, Malaria, Chronic Female g Complaints, take >. p. p. I Prickly Ash, Poke Root 1 and Potassium. ]%?t blood pujifler in the world. J LIPPMAN-EROa, Wholesale fyvtifctoh 2 Sole Proprietory * " " " w Lxppuiy'a Blocs, Savannah, 6a. &S~Ask for catalogue. rPRDV M'P'ft rn Ntcuumr Teuf.i jJDEli R'S LIVEB PILLS! Remove the blip ftozp tlje s^stcm. outp a!} lions troubles, *nd prevent malaris.. f=ei. For Kiie by all druggists ,*nd rrer 1*11 ts at 25 cents a box, or mailed on roceipt price by B^RkETT DRUG 00., ^ayosta, G%TAKE GILDER'S PILLS. Fwi MsiiTil . For Estimates on STEAM SAW MILLS, J inning, Harvesting and other Mawrite to tke undersigned, ' ao will guarantee the goods they ay offer "in all respect^" and ma]ce atters interesting both to consumei^ I id competitors. . j We -will also furnish eveap^ffingV^ I is f&e |ine of supplies; Belt- tNm ?, Oilsj piping, Kttmgs, Valve?? J ^ spirators, Injectors, Pumps, Ilic W. H. GIBBES, Jb., & Col, Columbia, S\ C. y J DEPOSIT ,p*r )UR SURPLUS MONET JEN Tgj. COMMERCIAL BANK, -oi- | COLUMBIA- St C, rJne dollar aDd upwards received terest at the rate of 4 per cent pel aum, paid quarterly, on the &>4: J vs nf fTphrn/irv. Ma v. August auc i vember. Married women and 1 1 aors can keep account in their owl f me. Higher rates of interest a) red by special arrangement. 0, J. Iredell, President s*o. S. Leaphart, James Iredell Vice-President Cashi^ |fl