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1 >.V\ Of I) vvs. One day of days my ]<>\vr r-ann", And lip's and c'hwk-; were a!l ati ini<; I With maiden Diusiies, neaui ms evr?; i l/yve ail >wering love in sw?-ct replies, That 'lay of all days! | Then <iays of days, a little Was nested in his cradle -bed; Dowin<; above, we wondered why v uch joys was ?iv?*n to you nn' I i. Glad days of d Ere many days of days, r>ur?jirls Wore lover's knots auion<r their curls; Our boys had growu to stalwart men; And we alone, were once again, Sad days of dayi! Now, day of days, we s;t besiib? Just you and I?the fireside. Please (iod! mav there be aiway t--o; Vou, dear forme, and I, for you. Each ?iay of days. When day of days, a silewe o'er tired eyes d<>th gently creep; "Together," may the '-hildren say, "Father and mother went away," < iod's day of days ! TTi Fl'klC K UF SUCC KSS. There was a din of carpenter'^ toois and the rasping of a pair.tor's scraper ?>:i j the Wist vviasj of the house when Mrs. | Hunter stopped in the; midst ol' her wurk and shaded her eyes iron: the glarm-: rays of the spring sun. JJesuks being a iiltle nearsighted, overwork with the needle by lam plight ha-I made her eves weak. Facial neuralgia had leiL indelible marks of sufl'eriug and nervous irritibleness stamped on the thin outlines of the pinched lace, and the entire muscular system twitched sympathetica!! / with the blinking eyea. The sound oi work on the west wia:i of the large country bouse had attracted her alien- j liou, and she gazed as earnestly at the I workmeu a> it this constituted her sole - purpose in life. Faraway m the distance the hazy outlines of the hills rose up majestically in the bright spiing sunlight, wooded 10 the summit of their bold heads with iho yreen verdure ol another season's leafy growth. Long stretches oi fiowerderked tields, shaded with iruii and ornamental trees, sloped down frotn the hills to the closely-cropped lawn surroundiug the old mansion, in the cleanswept yard clumps oi' early roses were I opening their buds to the Eiiid, balmy I nir and swfip.t honevsuckle viae? were twining their delicate tendrils over ar- j bors and treliis-works. Mrs. Hunter's eyes passed by all oi these sights, and saw only the dark side to the whole scene. She turned from her position near the iront yard, and walked back to the hot kitchen with her quick, nervous tread. A girl with flushed cheeks and au old calico dress op was bending over a sideboard scrubbing the knives and forks. S!ie did not hear her mothers footstep*, aad Mrs. Hunter remained quiet a moment, gazing at the bent form. When she spoke it was in a quick, sharp aad unmodulated voice. "'Mandy, what are the meu doing cm ?? me west wingr The girl started at the sudden in<.errupiion iu Tier work; hut siie redded wirhout looking around: "I don't know, mother, unless U;evVe tiLtin' it up fur?fur"? ""Fur what?" "I heard Father say a* how he 'speeted boarders from the eitv this summer." "Boarders!" Mrs. Ilunter emphasized trie word, hut mace no further comment for some time. She wa3 looking straight ahead i ,1 at uer UitUilUUTI, uui ia:umj n.u Liut heed the stead gaze. She kepi on in her hard, humdrum, daily work. "When did you hear Father say this?" Mrs. Hunter always addressed her husband as Father. "Day before yesterday," replies the girl. "Why didn't you tell me before:'" the worn-out woman continued, asking her questions pointedly. -k'I thought?as?how it might worry you, Mother, and"? "I see," interrupted Mrs. Hunter. She became quiet a^aia, gating this time out of the window. It was au unusual thing {or Mrs. Hunter to remain idle even for a few minutes, and 'Mandy grew nervous and restless at the change. She scrubbed away at the knives more vigorously, and ventured several low remarks about the grease and dirt, but her mother did not notice her. "'Mandy, haven't we work enough?" the little woman inquired, in a peculiar voice. "Yes, Mother, we have m/>rc? than"? Her eyes looked around the room, at the dirty dishes, untidy furniture, uumended clothes, and articles needing attending to that had been stowed away in every nook and corner. " Then what would we (io with board . ersl'" *'l don't kuow," the ^irl replied, in the same weak, monotonous, voce, ''unless?unless?wo cared for 'em as we do fur other things." " 'Mandy, I ain't likin'city hoarders, an' specially them that Father will brinir out here. They're too hi-h-fiuiin' an'stuck up. We ain't coin'to work lur 'em neither." "But, Mother, how " "Never mind how?we jnn'i to." Mrs. Hunter jerked her words oui wi .ti a ueciuea air, and men, picking up the drying towel, she be-^au to wipe the knives and f^rks with quick, del', motion?. Neither workers spoke tbr a time, and the bright spring moraine waned into the calm, peaceful afternoon; hut the labors ot the two pairs of busy hands were not finished until lung after darkness had settled over the earth: Johu Hunter returned from his work j on the large farm, and repaired to his study, where he spent the grea er part of the afternoon and evening in consul !iniT books and diagrams, ile was strong, well-formed and iiandsuine of his a^e, with a large, massive brow, month 'Ph. auu U waiu, UiHiv,?4 iu<nnu. Ai/v tew irou-ijray hairs and prcnvnont wrinkles of his iace were ia pertect harmouv with the rest of his appearance. He was a sell made, successiul man and one who had suei and overcome uianv dilliculties in lite. The verv adversities which h:s had encountered were the secrets of i s success; but they ha-I also formed a character as hard, stem ami relentless- as the rock-ribs of his hilly iand. Ambiuou to accumulate vvonoy led him ou to enrich his mind with knowledge, not f*>r -? ' ? * ? i. . ..i : . .r... ] i ilie pieasucu which ii wuiu mium, ;nu lor the higher .each oi no vcr ami weai! n which it would inevitably brin^. li.s spacious, well-cultivated liollis y;?l<;cd him uo greater .joy ihau his weil-'.iihvl library, stocked with alloi'Lhy valuable hooks which he needed, in this comfortable room iie spenta part oHr.s time each ilar, watching the course of events j in the world of busmcs*. politics,cience i ami literature. The rest ol'his ti uc was employed !u conducing theail'airs i>; the farm, or in si* lemiu^ new plans Or furtheringhis financial iwteres'.-. !'>y decrees lie drifted away irom hi?, lumliy, associating even less with them thought a id sympathy than in persou, but a!wa\s with the self-satisiied tcciinu' IhoJ hp WM WMirMin.r cnpiS.rlftMv T:. r them. Their life bc^au and ended in i!u i atlairsoi thehousehold, and John Hum-! er lirmly believed liiatsuoh a narrow, { restricted sphere was essentia! t" the i happiness of woman, for a broad' - ;i?-!d ; of thought and action would v? r?u>--t<u j aud stultifying to her mind. Mr?. Hunter had always *>oen a m.?k ! I ruxiist wife. roa1> to onsole her Iiusl-and, m l to slave for lh". common coo !; ari l durio_r Ihs da-!-: irlootiy day* of their ca-ly lives ?':o !-il toiled and j eLon'>nrz?<I b;*avc!y a1 :i*-r ah am in (he | imtual i/urJt-:i?8. Tn^o *'n;!y tassotis of solt diftia- 'o>- rjcl li'.r r-Varnc'-r aii-l j oi iifrf. so iIn! when pro^i^rlty ! earn- ?h.: jliU rim.: !:?->* >rk. A1* the I firm ar-ii h -'j-.b w:-rz increased io <r.i' the ;vt?r 1: a^irnei prujorlioas. j -:nii 'm ui?U a'-'l h- , ni.>ii:f r wciv jtu^licd j ni^iil rtnd oay I ) iSr-vj^li wii/j it !??'ore hRfUim3. M *. II'i itc/'s morlesly i sorha'V* her to riqa^sl the serv!c?s "1 j *-!iirc-?l help" in the and h>i !m> hand, :il>^?*rs>crf] in liU own work and lh"'?:i?hts. seemed O'livh ws l<? lh<-t fact that a servant essential 1 > the hot:s?d*oi j. II<i -had " vn m;n to I v.*. k. In tho ! is by tb:j <! )/.-n. b it | liijeso -ill ij't.c-.ss iry during ihe Narvesliu!; period and the fArm 11-uo', be i/.i . ! 0:1 without their [help. Mrs. Tinnier an.! 'M-infly toilet] j r>u under the addi'i ona* burdens, and 1 iound very ill-lo tim: ? >r seii culture ! am! improvemen*. I .i inis way tho ; separation of i/ie far.v.iv irrstduullv widI entd; t >r i!it; ?-n<:?:eu; man developed liar 10 lint; <;i th '.li.'ht a;!'i action iu a ! larger sphere, while the wlto aud d:uuh| tec na?T?>wed ami restricted their existence in the i;t:.ie details of botiseh sJd j slavery. The new w'il' ha: b??**n built on the alreadv lar^e house wiihout Mrs. Ilimicr'i advice, an.I. aUimu^h she secretly rebelled against ih-j en !ii cement of the | old paternal home, she made no open I opposition. The idea of opposiughcr | husband's wisl-es '"ad never vet entered j her min-i; bat when nhs f>u id that the new a<idii>Ki was b2iug lilted up for city boarders a delimit spirit r<>se in her. j .n Hunter n-.-.vor considered it necessary i:) tell his wif; of ativ n?;v mrar.^mcin until it was ail completed. The fact i';a* .V iv-as g.'iiu' to take boarders ii\>m the cay during the sum met* was not raemiom;J until the west wi'ig >v.<> it.ll com pie Led aud n:e -ly lurj niaiicd. Tiicu one day ne rem irked to I h.s wile jusi before ieav ag t\n* the vilJ i?r^c: iyThc rooms : i\; lined up nicely. I nud l ;;uoss our city pe_?pie will liud to me:r jikju.;. ' { Mrs. H-uier i$uip?d dr.vn :i iu:op ia her ihrouL, and iheo sam ia a voice UuL seamed uauatural loiter: "We can't lake city boarders "acre, Father." John Hauler did uol see a* to o:upreheud the meaning oi hi? kite's remark, aad he cmtiaued in an absentminded wav: "We cua accom-uo late a voudi; couple, or even three, iulhe we* wia?j." Tncre was another hard tiulp, and then, ia the same una a to f d voice: "JJui Father, I say wv can't take city boarders." Tiie man beirm 1.0 understand the meaning of liie I'l'le woman's opposition, and be looked a i:.tie embarrassed. * - - - - - 5 .1. " we Luve co servant 10 u<? um wur*. his wiied cooim id, ' and we do no I nceil the nuacy, 'Muiviy is worn out vvii'i work, and i cannot do auv iai>r.j. *vVe can'i lak-; ciiy b\irders." O^t! ol" the farm itborers interrupted the conversatloa la-re, and the uieek woman retired thankfully from the scene. FL-r courage was fast tbbing away, and lhj little body was all in a tremble. Nothing more was said about the city b^ardtrs l\>r some time, and Mrs. Hunter in her quiet v/ay was thankfully congratulating herself on her easy victory. It, was the first time she had ever objected to any of the husband's plans, a.. ; the grace with which he yielded hi.p i/wn j'lil hint nil rht^ more. She lull' regretted that she had openly refused to take his boarders, and she endeavored to atone tor it by numberless little acts of kindness and attention. 'Have the papers come from Lhe postollice \v'. mother? Ah, \es, here's the i If raid." John Hunter always followed the news of the day carefully, and, as he dropped into a chair to rest, he tore tiie covering from the paper, and opened the sheet hastily. "Any news in partickier'r" asked his wife, rubbing a few bpecksof dirt from the furniture. "No?that is," the man replied Klowl.f o^i'ophicumorit ai?npars Tn.fl:tu 1 want to see bow it reads." Mrs. Hunter's bright lace changed iu an instant, and she asked, in a trembling whisper: "What advertisement ?" "Why, for boarders," was the impatient answer. "It is time we did some thing. The west wing is aJ! ready for occupants." lie soon became absorbed in reading the paper, while trie poor woman stole sterJthily out of the house. Her face was while, and the bloodless lips were drawn tightly over the teeth. I for breathing was quick and sharp. Mature no longer elt'ered sights oi beauty to her. A dark cloud seeme l to obscure the landscape, and the sun ap| peareci as an emblem of blackness rather than of light. I'nder an old apple tree, where strange eyes could not see her, she gave way to her grief, and wept, Difier tears Ol poignum, sorrow. Job a Starrow, f'i& stalwart, lover of 'Mandy, found her there and nearly stumbled over th* -i-oopifi? form. She tried to hide her tear-stained evf:> from ills bright. searching oues; but he was not so easily bailled. lie bad watched and pmea thy careworn face too carefully to fail to notice a change. "Ifalio, Mother, you've been cryin'," he s-dJ, in his frank way. "What's up now? Jiroke a cbiny plat*?,or ..piltthe dish water on the carpet? No? Well, what is it? I >.m*t be afraid to Lell." He passed a strong a:m around her slisrht waist, and nearly lifted her oil the ground. The fear-wet eyos blinked and"winked nsird to keep bark the signs of her recent sorrow. "< )h, come, don't keep anything back. ! kli >%v somcLiiing's \\ ron;r,an' it must be serious this time. You're all broken up. Out here comes "Mainly; she'll know. 'Mandy, m seareh of her mother,discovered i ho I Wo in the orchard. and soon ajipvojeheu them. .V long -n!; r-. ?> :s he;.., during which the whole serret w.-'.s The keyword V; >he Whole dliiicullv v.;:s "boarders,'' and 'Plainly s active mind iill-d oai the rest of the slor\. Mr< 11 :-.:.-;- i.- : l; ?rter whs?n she re- I turned to 'he house. The force of the ulo.v had beer. deadmed by the sadden outburst, of tear^, aud theu by the comforting words a::'* attention of 'Mai id y and her !;-\vr. j.ihu St.arrnw o.vned a. neighboring i-iruj, and had been court, "dig 'Mandy lor years: but, be had not pressed hia si'it o^in^ t*~ the iact that Mrs. ! f;iuter .-.mid not spare her daughter. So the bi?, i caok, handsome Jovi-t h.i.i?tjLiiilly divided his time between v.?>ik;:?c hard in (he fields a; d it. comforting t h two i\>; I or a women, liis services :his ti'i>e wre inestima I ble, .md he i"ok advantage oi the scrue i 10 bii'.itr tbmss l<> ;i i !i:n;ix. The \V< d- I uiag day t\?r rtyoung couple was ?et.. .1 (.?} ;! 'Maraly haw cieeuiecl to J-: ni.irrit-d In ?lirft-'lajs," Mrs. Hunter expl urn'I t" " husband that ?-v?~ tiiiitr. "' wey w i.it, lo gel married in J tt't* \\r>1 ivuig, a-id t:i?y V" t?ot T > ( >!" it j !.;? !C.1Y tile '.-it j hj:.srj?-rs COUU".* "Well, I d-jn't like : nur. I suppose) t tiey must. Can't they wail until "So; they are determine. I *o get mar | ri.T, ii three days, and then go to !h" city on Jh^-ir wedding trip." Mr. iIuliter* made ro further comnvet ! ::{. t w<> ii ivs latt r wli'It- Staid iii? j*:i op?n ieMiT m his lie said: ii's i-scky they di'in't ;>u; ihe u'tud::;^ any iniigiT. I've hoarders tt-r the west vviug coining the v^ry liiciit o- thft wddincr." f:?rlUKfitt"" exd;iimr<l his '.vilV. ;t?!:uit!tr t ?iv? It-rter. * V' s; Lull tllO foiiplc oil i i.Ht'iv nr.nn, su's vo Ct'l lix uj> t!>?-* j rooms a little before tli3 boardrrs come." ' Yes," absented Mrs. Ilutlter. modes'.! y. The rxeitement of the approaching ..,1 tVw* Xt AMt.tn vvruuiui; j??rvciiL*u tuc ?v/iu'?a from indulging in any grief, am! if she rebel'ed against the coming of city boirders she kept her own counsel. J>ne and Wiandy performed a prodigio is amount of work durine the hours of the day, and willing neighbors offered their help. The couple were to he married early in the morning, and thea depart for the city on the morning train. The wedding morning was a bright ami promising one, and long before the sun was up th-re was considerable bustip around the. house. 'Mandy lon:-:ed pretty and happy as she hurried around to make hasty preparations for the coming ceremony. .John Starrow soon appearetl and caught the blushing girl m his arms, to steal the lirst kiss on his iv^tiiiinor ri.iv The hriri.il counle were ;s handsome as could be wished, ;iu<*> cwn -Ii>lm Ilunter complimented them on their appearance. He looked at his own worn and laded wife; but it' memory brought up feelings of regrets he kept them to himself. He was strangely silent and observant, and did not appear as happy and smillmg as the occasion might have warranted. When the ceremony was over, the breakfast partaken of, good-by kissts and sobs exchanged, the happy pair were carried ol'f to the station by their father, lie kissed 'Mandy good-by on the plattorm.and then stood still and watched the train disappear in the distance. The parting from his daughter made him thoughtful and absent,-minded. When he reached home he found his wife sweeping and wiping the furniture in the west wing, preparing everything for the new boarders. The signt "made him feel angry with himself, and he wandered from room to room, and then out in to the orchard. The guests hart all departed, and the place seemed strangely lonesome and deserted. The afternoon drag^-d along wearily, and the man was tfl ?d when night approached. It i?i; <iark -vhen he reached the st 1tion again if meet the evening train. He found !iis two boarders waiting for him?a short well-formed lady, deeplyveiled, and a large, well-built man. Owing to the veil of the lady aud the surrounding darkness, lie could not seethe features of either one distinctly. Tne j jurney from the station to the house was a short one, and Mr. Hunter could not lind words .with which to entertain his new boarders. The events ?>f the day had unsettled his happiness, and he could tnink of nothing but his lost daughter and his poor, lonesome wife. The thought ?;hen occurred to turn that, in his negligence, he had not asked how long \Manda intended to stay in the city 15y the time he had left the boarders at ttic 11U/IU UUUi lie was ucai UllJ oiva VI the whole day's doings. I lis conscience pricked him some, but most of the blame he attributed to a bilious stomach. "I don't feel well," he muttered, as he walked toward tiie house, after seeing that the horses were properly housed. "It must be another attack of biliousness. I'm all out of sorts. I'll get Wlandy to."? Then he stopped and made an ejicu lation wheu he remembered that sh was no longer with them, lie entered the house, where the supper w s already on the table. Airs, llunter was looking pretty in a new dress, with ruffles around the throat and hands, and two bright burning spots on her cheeks. She whs busily living around, from one thing to another and when her husband entered she greeted him with a smile. "Are you ready for supper, Father" V she asked. ' Yes?no? I don't fell weil,"he stammered. "Well, eat something.and you'll feel better,"sympahzingly replied his little wife. "Yes. but those confounded?that is I wisn we didn't have company. 1 don't feel like entertaining." "Why, we only have the boarders. 1 will call them now." "Well, go ahead," the man replied, pulling himself together with a elfort. "If I've got to entertain them I've got to." It was a wan sort of smile which he tried to put on his face as the parlor ~- nnu" ./I on/1 tliu turn hnnrilpre UUVi. UJ'CHJU UUU HlVy v ?? vr vu??>\?v>w appeared in the dining room. He stood with his face to tvara the door, and he surveyed them silenty lor a moment. J Jut the smile slowly disappeared, and a look of puzzled confusion succeeded it. "Why, bless me?what's this? Mother, how's this? The sick man turned from .John Starrow and his new bride to the blushing woman near his side. Mrs Hunter was turninc: red and pale by turns, and her quick breatbiD? prevented her from speaking. Jonn Starrow approached the astounded man and . -?d; "I read in the city Herald, Father, that you wanted boarders, and as 'Mandy and X wanted to get board out here 1 wrote to you. We've engaged the west wing for a year. We'll be very good bomlcrs, and pleasant at that. "And we'll heip yon and Mamma ever so much," chimed iri the new bride. "Oh, Father, don't look at me so!" linally exclaimed Mrs. Hunter, unable longer to control her feelings. "Don't be angry with me for the deception. I didn't, want city boarders; they spoil the house so, an'?an'"? ^he burst out sobbing, and covered her eyes with her hands. ' There. Mother, it's all right," uer husband said, supporting her wit h a strong arm. 'vl didn't, know yon felt? IVlt this way. It's all right. I don't? don't want any city noarders either. Let'Mandy aud John keep the west wing, and we'd live together." There was a litile moisture around his eyes, and he turned h utily toward the table to conceal it. ' Well, come we'll have the wedding fens* r>oA,"hesaid."Everything is ready I dou\ feel ai<*k any more. 1 haven't been to a wedding feast since- why, mother rot since we were married, and that's?bless me!?nigh on to twentylive years This will he the aoni\ ersary of that event." Should In Lyuchmi.' Oi,: Mill A, .S. C., July 2S.?The news reached the city yesterday of a diabolical Hssiuit up-jn a white girl in,the country. The circumstances as gathered by a reporter lor The Register are ;is> tonows: CMIUUH.V mgui, a I white man named Iliriin Younj* went to the house of a white woman named ; .Minnie Cornelius, who lives in the sand hills about eleven miles above Columbia. The woman was sick in bed aiivl there was in the house with her her little daughter, Kate, about ten 1 ,.f ;i(tm Sunday nitrlit Jlirain Young went to the house of this wojnari. On Wednesday the woman no- : ticed that her little daughter was suffering Very much and could scarcely walk. An investigation revealed the ( girl to lie in a horrible condition. She inquired the cause of this and t he girl , said that Hiram Voung had forcibly j assaulted her iu adiabolicol manner on ( his visit to t.he house Sunday night. , .Vie said thai at the tune of the assault , Voung told her that if she made an out- ( cry he would Kill her, and threatened t.j kill her ll she ever told what, hap- ( pened, and that was the reason she j never toid her mother what had oc- , eurred until she was forced to do so. The girl's mot her is a very poor wn ' mar.. A warrant lor Young's arrest has heen issued, or will he issued to <lny by Trial .lustice Powers at Kil11Tis. J ?r<?\\ ue<l. llovrox, Aug1. 4.?A large crowd was assembled :it Schelt'/ i's yacht boat house : on t lie Mistic J liver tonight to witness an illumination, when a crowded balcony lei I, t hrowing several persons into the river. Four bodies have been taken out. There may be others still in the water. Fourteen people were hurt, more or less severely. I CHILDREN'S RIGHTS. OR. TALMA3E ON A TOUR IN THE WcST AND PP.EACHIN3 AS HE GOES Tlit- I't'livff Story of .! ^p'iI'mIi ami Hi* liiiii.lrer Cautaln< M^ny I.^xsous ?>( Wnrnlnsr to !'i > Ki<h Had S mub Sh ?ststmriH to P,tr?-iil Trnlnlns in C'li il-.llwoi]. J?k<?!>ki.vn, J'lly 30.?liov. Dr. TalluriL'O, who is now on his vacation tour in I he wt s:. has chosen for a topic lor this morusuir, ' Children's lights," the t?xt bein^ Ju.i^os x\ M'j, ''Mv hither, li thou lust open ;<3 thy mouth unto the L > (I, do to nn; ac;or<lin^ to tnat which ha'.n proeuedwl cut oS' thy mouth." Jephthiih W's :> frrchooter. Eirly turned out l'*om a home where lie ouijht to have l?eeti cared lor, lie consorted with rough toon and wont lort!i to earn his living asbcithe could. In those Limits it was considered right for a nan to 1:0 out on independent military expeditious .Jephth-ih was a irood man according to the li.'ht of his dark age, but through a wandering and a perdiatorv life he became, reckless and precipitate. The graci ol (iod changes a man's heart, but never leverses his natural temperament. The Isrealites wan led the Ammonite* j driven out ol their count ry, so they sent a delegation to Jenhlhah, askiug hun to become commander in chief ol all the ' - '? - ?: -1-1 ! I-\'/M. lorces. xio iixis^iij niivu oii'u, j wW drove me oui when you haJ no use lor aie, and novv vou ate in trouble you want me back." But he (lul not say that. lie takes command ofibcarmv send* messengers io the Aoim-vaiies to tell theui to vacate the c >umry, and letting no favorable response marshals I lis (roups for Initio. Before i^oiii^c out to the war Jephthah mikes a v-jry solemn vow that ii the JjOrd will i^ive him the victory then on his return home whatsoever first comes out of his doorway he will oiler in sacrifice as a hurut oll'erio^. The battle opens, it was no skirmishiug ou the e 'ires of daujr-r, no unlimberin>: of batteries two miles away, but the hurling of men ou the point ot swords aud spears until the ground could no more drink the blood', and the horses reared to leap over the pile ot bodies 01 the slain. In those old limes opposing forces would light until their swords were brokeu, aud then each one wouid throttle his man until both fell, teeth to teeth, grip to urip, death stare to death stare, until the plain was one tumbled mass of corpses horn which the last trace of manhood had been dashed out. Jephthah wiii3 the day. Twenty cities lay captured at his leet. Souud the victory al! through the Mountains of CJilead! Let the trumpeters coll up the survivors! Homeward to your wives and children! Homeward with your flittering treasures! Homeward to have the applause of an admiring nation! Iiuild triumphal arched S.vin' out 1I.123 ail over Mizpeh! 0,>en all >our ii?o otini.imw] itvasures! UWWIO l?-/ i?AV?l?V VMV . - ?Through every hall sp ; :-} d the h:?:q:iei! Pile up the viand.-! F;li high ?-t?c tankards! The nation is redeemed, the u:vaders ate rou'.ed, ami the national honor is vindicated! Huzza lor .Jepbthah, the conquer*>1! Jeplnhah, seated on a pranciai; t>t^cil, advances amid acclaiming tniiliiiudes, but his eye is not on the excited populace. li'iioembenn; that be had made a solemn vow !!>at, reluming from v cioriuus battle, whalso. ve.r first came out ot ihe doorway ol his home, that should be Sccrilioc:*] as a bernt oH'^rin^, he has his anxious look upon Lht door. 1 woiider what spotless lamb, what; brace of doves will be thrown upon the fires of the burntoflerin-i. Oh, hoirors! Paleness ot death blanches hi* cheek. Despair seizes his iieart. II;s daughter, his ouly chil-', rushes out tlie doorway to throw herseii iu her father's arms and shower upon him more kisses than there were wounds oo >i? hn>Mt, or dents on his shield. Ah te triumphal splendor vanishes. Holdi ir hacK this cliiiii from his he iviac h.r-ast and pusnin^ the locks back from tiio fair brow and looking into the e\cs of inextinguishable if flection with chokcd utterance, he says: "Would God I lay stark on the bloody plain! My daughter, my only child, joy of ray home, life of mv life, thou art the sacrifice!'' The whole mailer was explained to hc-r. This was 110 whinm:.', hollow hearted i;irl iiito whose eyes l>.e father looked. All the glory of sword and shield vanished in the presence of tl^e valor of that cirl. There may have been a tremor nl the lip as a rose leaf troubles in the sough ot the south wind. There may have been -the st irlioirol a tear like a raindrop shook from the anther ol water lilv, but with a seU'sacrifice tha' a mail may not reach and only woman's heart can compass she surrenders herself to lire and to death, blie arise out its the words ol my text, '"Mv father, if thou hastopeued thy mouth uutolhe Lord, do unto me wliaisoevei hath proceeded trom thy mouth." She bows to the knife, and the hi >od, which so often at the l'lther'.s voice had rushed to t^e srimsi>n check, smokes in the fi-es of the burnt rill'ering. No one can tell Ui her name. There is no need immv !,,?? Trie trarla^ds MillU >Yti MIU>* II'-I - ^ thai Mi/Wli twisted for Jephthah the warrior had gone into the dust, but id! ages arc twisting this gill's clmplet. It is well t'^l her name came not to us, lor no one can wear it. They may take t'ie ua uc ol Deborah or Abigail or Miriam, but no one i:i ;ili the ages cau h;tve the title of this daughter ol sacrifice. Ol course this oiiering was not pleasing to the Lord, but before you hurl your denunciations ai Jephthah's cruelty remember that iu olden times when vows w ere made men thought that they must execute them, perioral them, whether they,were wicked or good. There were two wrong things about. cphthu::,s vow. Fust, he ought never to have made it. Next having male it. it were heller broken than kept. IUiL do not t.-iko on pretentious airs aud say, ' I could si*?l tiavedoue a3 JephLhah did." Jf today you were standing on the banks ol Lhe (rauiies, aud you hud been born in India, you might have beeu throwing your children to the iroccodiles. lti:i ..... ,? ,> iiMinrnllv siiv i?f*Licr. UU U Uttuuov M V ~ , J 7 but because we have more gospel liirht. Now, 1 make vwv practical use oi this question when I U-ll you that Hie ft&criiice oi Jephliiuh'* dau^nier was a typeoi the physical mental and spirilital sacrifice oi 1 <' childieti in tins lay. There are parents ail unwittingly bringing to hear i.pon their childre'-: a . lass oi iuiluences which wils as certainly rum them as knife and torch destroyed .Iepthall's daughter. While 1 .speak Liie whole nation, without emotion and without. shame, looks upon thestupen joils saeruice. In the first place.! remark that much >1 the system of edu j.trion in our day is a system of sacrifice. When children spend s;x or seven hours a day in school md nnistspead two or three hours in preparation tor . ?c!iooi the next day, will you teii me how mucli time ih?y will tiave tor sunshine an.I !re$!i air and the i)fetaiuini< of tliui exuberance which is ncessary tor the duties "i cnrnioi: lift? Xo one can feel more thankful thau L do lor the advancement of common school education. The printing of books appropriate for schools, the iuultiplicntiou of philosophical apparatus, the establishment ot normal schools. winch provitJe tor our ciuJ-Jren teacners of .(arrest calilier. are themes ?>n which every philanthropist ou^ht to be congratulated. Hut this hording of great multitudes of children in ill ventilated schoolrooms and poorly equipped halls of instruction is making many of the places ot knowledge in this r<>ur*.!ry im^e holocausts. J Will ICS !U ill.llW hi t ut- r-uir^ KCLo 111 lo educational hix" t'rs. and wnile the two p parties are S'-ra^bling l'or tht' honors J^p'Tthah's daughter perishes. 11 is so mu-..-1"! so 'hat there are imsny schools m the country today which art* preparing tens ut thousands ol' invalid mwi atvi women for the future. *o that in in >ny places by the time the child's education is finished the child is finished! In many places ia m tny cities of tti<- country there -:re large appropriations lor everything eis^, at;d cheerful appropriations, bin, as soon as the appropriation is to be madf' lor the educational or the moral interest of the city we are struck through with ar> economy that is well nigh the death of us. in connection with this 1 mention what I might call the itntnim? system of t he ommon schools aad many oi 'lie academies. U'liuiren 01 oeiicate brain compel led r,o Usks that might upp-iil a mature intellect; children going down to school with a strap at books hail' as high as themselves. The ract is, i'i some of the cities parents <1 > not allo.v their children to gradua-e, f >r the simple reason, they say, "We cannot afford to allow our children's henl'hto he destroyed tn order that they may gather the honors oi an insf.itin.ioQ." Tens of thousmds of children educate-i into imbecility, s?> connected with nv-iiiy s :ch literary e&tablishments tlure ought lobe asylums for the wrecked. If. is push, and crowd and cram ami stull and j an until the child's intellect is bewildered, and the memory is wrecked, and the health is irorie. There are children turned out irom the sell ?oIs who once were full of I rompiug and laugnter and had cheeks crimson with health who are now I .?.?? i.t f I, , t\ till 4* -l/'Qi I uuiiinu uut in mc 01 i<n uvju j/iit; irritated, mlhimtic, old before their time. U is oils! ol the snddest sights on e?rth?an oi l m'muish luy or an old worn iD s'i tjiri. < Jir 1 -5 1U or a*c xuidy ing algeL?rii! B.?;S 12 ic?r-> of age ?ackiug ttu-ir oiaia u.cf iriff )aoniei.r.v! OhiiI dreu u:t cqa t'lUt'-d vvi..U their mother tonga cr-io* u.cr flicit Latin, French and (Je.ui'iiiS j'.sso ?! All the vivacity ot their n-vi ure uei en out of them by the heavy beetle of a Greek lexicon! And you doctor them for this, and you give them a little mvdicine for that, and you wonder what is the matter with them. 1 will tell you what is the matter with them. lhey are finishing their education! In my p irish in l'niladelphia alit'le child was so pushed at school that she was thro wn iqIo a fever, and in her dying delirium all night long she wast.ryiug t. ? recite the multiplication table. | In my boyhood L rememtier that in our cirfss at school there was one lid who kne.v more than all the rest of us put together. If we were fast in our arithmetic, he ex incited us. When we stood up lor the spelling ciass, ne was almost, always the head of ihe class. Vis.tors came to Ins father's house, and lie was almost, always brought, in as a piodigy. At IS years of age lie was au idiot, lie lived 1U years ;m idiot and died an idiot, not knowing his right hand from his left or day Irom night. The parents and the teachers made him au idiot. You may (latter your pride by forcing your children to know more ih.an any other children, but you are making a sacrifice of that, child if by the aildi t.ioris to its intelligence you are making a subtraction from its future. The child will go away from such maltreatment with no exuberance to lignt the battle of life. Such children may itfi. hI.jiu? verv well while vou take caro of them, hut when von are old or dead iilits for thein if through the wrong system of education which you adopted they have do swarthiness or force ol' character to take cure of themselves. lie caieful how vou make the child's head ache or its heart llutter. I hear a great deal about black men's rights and Chinamen's rights and Indian's rights and women's rights. Would <}?d that somebody would rise to plead for children's rights! The Carthaginians used to sacrifice their children by puttingthem into the arms of an idol which thrust frrth its hand. The child was put into the arms of the idol, and no sooner touched the arms than it dropped into the lire IJut it was the arc of the mothers to keep the children smiling and laugh: 4..I * TWdi..I I ill# HUtll Lilt: lJJUlliCUb tucj uiru. xutiv; may be a fascination and a h'lurity about the styles of education of which 1 am spaakmg, but it is only laughter at. the moment of sacrifice. Would (Jod there were only one; .Jephthah's daughter! A sain, there are many pareuts who are sacrificing' their children with wrong systems of discipline?too great rigor or too great leniency. There are children in families who rule the house hold. They come to the authority. The high chair in which the infant sits is the throne, and the rattle is tiie scepter, and the other children make up ttie parliament where fattier and mother have 110 vote. Such children come up to b^ miscreants. There is no chance in this world for a child that has never learned to mind. Such people become the botheration of i.he ehureh of God and the nest of the world. Children that, do not learn to obey human authority are unwilling to Jeitrn to obey divine authority. Chil<lren wil' not respect parents whose authority they do not respect. Who are j these young men that swagger through [ the street, with their thumbs in their vvsr, taking about their fattier as "the old inao," "the governor," "the squire," "the old chap," or their mother as "the Old woman?*' They are those who in youth, in childhood, never learned to respect authority. Eii, having heard that, his sons had died in their wickedness, fell over back war 1 and broke his neck and died. Weil he might. What is lite to a lathe:' Aiiose sons are de 1 *-- 5 / ?** tlui rollixr ic UilUCUCU. I iiC UUOl UI i/uii I.iuw pleaairiL torus t.s e, and the driving rains n*i d.- ip r.nr./u.rh the roof of the se.ouicf.cr are sweatee than the wiue3 of MtLiua. Tk- it? uius* u- h ;rmony between the lather's govern u-e <tnd the mother's government. Tiie lather will bs tempted to too great rigui. The mother will oe tempted to too great leniency. Her tenderness will overcome her. Her voice ;s a little softer; her hand seems better lit to pull out a thorn andboothe a pang. Children wanting anything from the mother cry for it. They hope to disolveher will with tears. Dot the mother must not interfere, must not cnax olT, must not beg (or the child when the hour conies tor the assertion of parental supremacy and the subjugation of a child's temper. Tnere comes in the history of every cnil l an hour when it, is tested whether the narents shall rule or the child shall rule. That is the crucial hour. If the child triumphs in that hour, then lie will some day make you crouch. It. is . 1 nrHl.L<i,.iinu ! hiiVM u:ir.np-iSr>d if.? ;i mother come to old :igt\ shivering with terror in the presence of a sen wlioeiirsKl her gray hairs and mocked her wrinkled lare and begrudged her the crust she munched with lit-r toothless tfuriis! How sharper than a serpent's tont.li it, is To have a thankless child! I Jut, on the othes hand, too great rigor mi?ist. oe avoided, it is a sua lluiiij when domestic government liecomes cold military despotism. Trappers on the prairie li^ht tire with lire, but you cannot successfully ti^ht your child's bt:d temper with your owq bad temper. We must not he too minute i:i our inspection. We cannot expect, our children to lie perfect. We must not. see everything. Since we have too or three faults of our own. we ought, not to bp too rough when we discover that our children have as many. If tradition lie true, when we were children we were not all little Samuels, and our parents were not. fearful lest they * I could raise us Doeanse of our prema tare goodness. You cannot scold or pound your childreu into nobility of character. The bloom or a child's h-^art can never be .seen under ;i cold drizzl*. Above all, avoid fretting and scolding in the household, Better thin lu years of j fretting a; your children is one good, round, old fashioned application of the slipper! Tnat minister of the, gospel of whom we read in the newspapers that he whipped his ehil 1 to death because he would not say his prayers will neffer come to canonization. "The arithmetics cannot calcul ite how many thousands of children have been ruined forever eti her through t<?o great rigor or tou great leniency The heavens and the t-arth are filled wit.h the groan ot the sa<riiic-d. In this important matter, seek divine direction. <) father, () mother. Some one askeil the mother of Lord Chief Justice Mans Held if she whs not proud to have t hree such eminent, sons, and all of them so good. "No," she said, "it. is nothing to be proud of. but something f ir which to be wry grateful." Again, there are m iny who are sterilising their children to a spirit of worthiness. Some one asked a mother wb.Ae children ha>i turned out very well what was the secret by which shg prepared them for usefulness and for the Christian life, acid she said: "This was the secret: When it: the-mornine I washed mv children, I prayed that ! they might be washed in the fountain of a .Saviour's mercy. When I put on their garments, 1 prayed that they might be arrayed in the robe of a Saviour's righteousness. When I gave them b> d, I prajed that they might l>e fed with manna from heaven. When I started them oti the ro id to school, I prayed that- '.heir path might be as the shining light, brighter and brighter to the perfect day. When 1 put them to bleep, L prayeJ tJi.it they might ne infolded in the Saviour's arms." 4 Oh," you s*v, " n it was old fashioned." It was quite old fashioned, ilut du you suppose that a child uuder such nurture as ti at ever turned out had V lu our day most boys start out with uo idea higher than the all encompassing dollar. They start id an age which boasts it can scratch the Lord's l'rayer on a 10 cent piece au.i the Ten Coeqniindments on a 10 cent piece. Children are taught to reduce morals and religion, tun-i and eternity to vulgar fractions. It s?-?rus to be their chief attainment that 10 cents make a dime and 10 dimes make a dollar. How to make money is only equaled by the other art ?ho vv lo keep it. Tell me, ye who know, what chance there is for those who start out in life with such perverted sentiments? Tne money uiftrKet r?3!>u'ius ?uu vvi^ the downfall of such people. If I hud a drop of blood on trie tip of a p.-n. I would Ml you by what awful tragedy many of the youth of this country are ruined. Further on thousands and tens of thousands of the daughters of America are sacrificed to vvorldlmess. Tney are taught to tie in sympithy with ail the firtnicialities of society. They are inducted int) ail the hollo A'ness of what is call-'d fashionable Jit'e. They ;tr? taught to believe that- history "is dry, but, that 50 c-riit stories of adventurous love are delicious. With cap icity thar, might haw rivaled a Nightingale iu heavenly ministries or made the father's house glad with li'lial ;irid sisteriy demeanor, their life is a waste, iheir beauty a curse, t*ieir eterni'y a dem >1ition. In thespige of Charleston during the civil war a lieutenant of the army stood on the lioyr beside the daughter of the av rhu Sf-itw -if Smith ( '*r. olina. They were taking trie vows of marriage. A bombshell struck the roof, dropped into t.he group, and nine were wounded and slain; anv>ng the wounded to death. the bride. While the bridegroom knelt on the carpet trying to stanch the wounds the bride demanded that the ceremony he completed tbat she might taKe the vows before ner departure, and when the minister said, ' Wilt thou be faithful into deathV' with her dying lips she said' I will," and in two hours she haddepa.ted. That was the accUeatal slaugnter and the sacrifice of the body, but at thousands of marriage altars tnere are daughters wl^ir! fnr time nn-i slain for eternitv. It is not a marriage; it is a massacre. Affianced to some one who is only waiting until his father dies so he cau get the property; then a little while they swing around in the circles, brilliant circles; then the property is gone, and having no power to earn a livelihood the twain sink into some corner oi' society, the husband an idler and a sot, the wife a drudge, a slave and a sacrilice. Ah, spare your denunciations from Jephthah's head acd expend them all on this wholesale modern martyrdom. 1 lift up my voice today against the sacrifice of childreu. i look out of my window oil a Sabbath, and 1 see a group of children, unwashed, uncombed, uuChristiaui/.ed. Who cares for them? Who prays for them? Who utters to them one kind word? When the city missionary passing along the pane in New York saw a ragged lad and heard him swearing. h? said to him: "Alysjn, stop swearing! lou ougnt to goto tne nouse 01 ixou today. You ought to be ijood You ought to be a Christian." The lad looked into nn faje and said: "Ah it is easy for you to talk, well clothed as you are, and well lVd. lint we chaps j hain't got no chance." Who lifts thera ! to the altar for baptism? Who goes forth to snatch tnera up from crime and death and woe? Who today will go forth and bring them into schools and churches? So. Ileap them up, great piles of rags and wretcnedness and lilth. Put nderneath them the lires of sacrifice, stir up the blaze, put on more fagots and, while we sit in the churches with folded arm sand indiffer ent, cnmo and disease and death will go on with the agonizug sacrifice. During the early French revolution at IJourges there was a company of boys who used t o train every day as young soidiers, and they carried a (lag and had on the Hag this inscription, "Tremble, tvrants. tremble: we are growing: up." Mightily suggestive! This generation is passing off. and a mightier generation is coming on. Will they Us the foes of tyranny, the foes ot sm aud the foes or death, or will they be the foes of God? They are coming up! 1 congratulate all parents who are doing their best to kft-p their chiliren away from the alter of sicriliee. Your prayers are going to ba answered. Your children may wander away from (iod, but they will come bacK .again A voice comes from the throne today encouraging you, "1 will be a (iod to '..hfe, and to thy seed after thee.' And f.iioujrh when vou Uv vour he id in death there may he some wanderer of the family far away from (J>d, and you may he 20 years in heaven before sal vation shall come to his heart, he will be brought into thekiDgdom, and before the throne of (lod you will rejoice that you were faithful. Come at last, although so long postponed his coming. Come at Inst! L congratulate all those who are toiling tor the outcast and the wandering. \ our work will soon be over, imt the miluence you are petting in motion will never stop. Long al ter you have been garnered tor the skies your prayers, your teaciiiugs and your Cnrisiiaa iniluence will go on and help to people heaven with bright, inhabitants. I)?tll>orate Marfte*. Macon, Aug. 3. -A special tot he Telegraph from <>nitinan, (ia., giv?s an account, of a most unprovoked hilling of a negro named Cnarles Jenkins by John (r. ('onne'ly. of Thomas county. Jenkius was shot in the back three times, lontieuy men snot rn.s own horse and attempted fo suicide but was prevented by a Mr. Howell, whose son he alterwards attempted to kill. Connelly lied and nothing has been heard from him. The coroner's jury returned a verdict of murder. -5 Hurled Treamre Found. n.\r T-Mni ? C / < Ann. 9 M- AX" TT VUijl'.Ul>lAlO. V-/., illkUti. 1U1. ?? il. Lyles returned to the city yesterday from a s^ay at his summer home at Landman's on the Asheville ana Spartanburg road, near the StatJ line. lie tells t he story of theivnurkahle lind of buried treasure upon the plautario-i adjoining liis place hy a poor whitn farmer. The treasure is all in gold eo:n. some of the coins brind: 175 years old. All of it is the coin of foreign countries and the dates range irorn 1719 to 17'J2. A few days ago a white farmer was ploughing in the field. liis plow turned up two of these gold coins. lie picked them up and went ahead, liis wife came along shortly afterwards, hoeing. She dug up two more. Thea they stopped work and went back to the spot, beginning to dig. In ;t short time they unearthed a pile, with no otner covering than the earth, of over 100 of these gold coins. E icn one of them was as bright and shiny as if it had just come trom the mint, ihe money value of the gold itself is about SolU. Some time ago the same farmer dug up an old skillet near the same place. It. is supposed Ih it the coins were buried therein. The land noon which this gr>id was found formerly belonged to Too has Earle, but there, is no clue to solve the riddle of how this treasure came to be buried there. It is supposed to have been a collection of r-ire coins wade by some man with a fancy for sucn things during the pr^seat c-ntury and buried there for safe keeping during the war. The value of the coins, on account oi their age and rariiy, is no doubr-, very considerable. The coins are .Spanish, i * r*? kJ J?lidil, Ci/U Mr. L>les secured two of them. They are beauties. Oae of tbeui is the size i l' a live dol.'-ir gold piece. Ou one side is the inscription in Latin 'Thilip V by the grace of Goa, King ot Spam aud India.*' This surrounds the headot i'nilip. O.i the obverse is the crown and coat of arms of Pnilip aud this inscripcion: "The fe<ir of God is the beginning of wisdom." The other com is larger. Surrounding the head of a woman, Louis' queen no doubt, is the inscription: -Louis XV by the grace of (Jod, Km* of France and X-ttarre, lTTU. ' On til- obverse is the maltese cross with lleur ue lis in the center aud the inscription iti Latin "Christ reigns, conquers and rules." The farmar will doubtless realize a haadsomj sum for his lind.?State Cholera'* Deadly March. London, Aug. 3.?The Rome correspoudeat ot fie Central Xe%vs say?-: k"t>!Uc2 the outbreak of cholera m Naples ru-re than 100.000 residents have tied Iroru that city. Toe official reports irreatly uuder*tats the facts. Tue report tor Sunday last savs ib-.ii there were iiiaeieeu u?w cases a.d niue deaths. Kiliaole private advices declare that there were titty-two new ca-esanu twenty-ei^ht deaths m that day and forty nine new cases and twenty-seven deaths on M >uday. Tiie Official ii^u*es f >r Tuesday are eighteen new cases aud six deaths. Several cases 01 cholera have occurred in ll)ao," London, Aug 3.?T.iere have b- e:i 66G deai.tis lroui ch >!eta iu Mecca auJ 2 312 in J ifiku. .mj.oj the preSeul epidemic br->Ke out. Odessa, ams. 3.? Pfi?i??ivtinnn2at is closing ail t!i?: >c :o >ls ia the Snub ol Ltjisia on acconui. ot t ie prevali*tie-? of chorinra Twenty doctors baVe^one to (Jau .ua.-us, fourteen so and ten to Ar.r?><: i>u< Av?itsHiu>it:<?u. Silver, ?S. C., J ;!y .'U.? M *. L. T. DeiL'hamos, sea of the law Senator L. H. L)es(Jhamp?, of Clarendon couuly, was waylayed and brur.ally murdered by an enemy, supposed to be in lhe immediate ueighb )rho id, <>u Sunday moruin/. H-i had walked out, and as he did uot returo, his tarn-1v became uueasv, and a diligent search was" made for him by the people of the entire neighborhood. Ilis body wes not found un'il about 1 o'clock Monday atiernooo. lie had been shot with a nun heavily loaded with buckshot, soma ten or twelve taking eflect in the ueck and face. This assassin was evideully hidien iu a thick cluster of bushes, and shot him, as he was walking along, without any warning. The eutire neighborhood are indignant and iuc?nsed at this most cowardly and dastarly murdir. Mr. Djsm^.io rr?.? .1 Atii r\ f r?i A J v? vi vi \jia:tu^uu o iuvo prosperous farmers uud merchants, doing a hrge and" successful business, lie was m the prime of life, about thirty-three years ot age, and leaves a wife and three little daughters. He was a member of the Sumter Game-cock Lodue ot Kahrhts of Pytbias, and also of the S;immerton Masonic L>Jge. In his death Clarendon county looses one of its best cit'/^sn. faiiui <iad,Oi'?;ia>. Now is the time to buy summer plan 825 cash bilanoe November loth 1893. Will buy a Piano at spot cash price $10 cash, balance November loth. 1893. Will buy a organ at spot cash price. See the list to choose from. Steinway, Mason & Ilamlin, Mathusnek ana Stir ling Pianos, Mason & Hamliu and Stirling Organs. Fifteen days tjst trial and freight both ways if n-t satisfactory. A larsje lot of nearly new and secoDd hand Pianos and Organs at bargains. Good us new. Write for prices, X. W. Trump, Columbia, S. C. * WRITE TO ?: L. F PADGETT, Augusta, Ga . FOR PR1CES.ON FURNITURE OF ALL KINDS. HE SELLS 'JHKiPKR jTUA-N ANY HOUbS IN THE SOUTH jfiiii i:i:i/ev JVi^iii V ti: j OF .SOUill CAROLINA. !' l)" ! Pi/sioians. J. I< W \ vi vn, M. I)., S J Fi>r the treatment of Inebriety, Opiiun, (Morphine, Chloral) and Cocaine Diseases, Tobacco Habit and Nervous Exhaustion by the methods of l^eslie E. Kec'.ey, M. 1)., L. 1- I)., Surgeon Chicago and Alton Kailway aud formerly Surgeon U. S. Army. 2 For literature or further informati jii please aiMress THE KEELEY INSTITUTE, COLUMBI A, S. C. ' T'T $50 w Or a Trip to Uie Worlds Fair Frf?e< T. X. L. ^ THE EXCELSIOR LiNIMKNl/ I'he ereat pain alleviator, is strictly d? and free from opiates of all kinds, <j| relieves pain in all its forms whc 5 properly applied. Kull direc,' with,each b.)tt!9, for 25 Cents Sold ill' dm-'LTists evarv-wh^r.* Sixbottes by exprtrs* Corf!. < Prepared by T. X. Co npany. (G. M. Dempsy, Minister,) 2:ja Main Street, C iluiQbia, S- C. L'tlE tfUKKW I) lUGOO'dPAJfV. Wlwlesa'e Agents, OOlu u'?ia, S. O. Pall particulars sent l>y mail for two stamps. "MONEY" ' WELL 4 SPENT" 4| Is the usual and merited verdict pronounced bu policyholders as tangible evidence o! the sterling worth ot insurance ^ in the ^ EQU'TflBLE LIFE. * 1 Address Inquiries to W. J. RODDEY, MANAGER FOR THE CAROLINAS. ROCK HiLL, M TO FARMERS v AND MANUFACTURERS: . Asa matter of bu si aess interest to yoo and ourselves w i ask you to alloat?iwtt^--?-jfl privilege of making estimates upoo any machinery you may wish to buy before H placing your orders elsewhere. fl Oar facilities and couaect'.oas with man' H ufacturers are such that we can* quote on fl tlie same goods as low prices as are obtainable in America. It is but a narrow mind that would pass by the home dealer to pay an equal or greater price to a foreign dealer or manufacturer. ? "v* Only give as the opportuaity aud we will serve you to advantage, and keep at lioma a small part of the money which is goia$ away from our State to enrich others. W, H. Gibbes Jr., & Cj. A COLUMBIA, S..C. % I will be Tleased to Furnish Prices for ? Harness, Carriages, Buggies, .tec., Harness Leather and Saddlery, Hardware, . J Team and ? Baggy Collars, ^ Collar Pads, Wbips of all kinds, L ip Robes, Dusters and Fly Nets, Axle Oil, Axle Grease, Harness Oil, _ . - * Harness Soap, . Harness Dressing, Saddles, Bridles, and any and everything krpt ^ in a first class Harness and ^ _ Carriage Store. S _ Give me a trial ( and I will save you money, J. S. DUNN, mB 130 Miin street, Columbia, S. C. 9 WOODWORKING MACH1NER jH BRICK AND TILK " BARREEL STAVE " GINNING " m GRAIN THRESHING " 1 SAW MILL " A RICE HULLING " B ENGINES AND BOILERS. M State Agency for Talbott & Sons' F.ngirM and Boilers, Saw and Grist Mills.;4 9 Brewer's Brick Machinery. Double Screw Cotton Presses. S Thomas' Direct A-ting Steam Presses. Belts. " W Thomas' Seed Cotton Elevators.} ilall and Lurnmus' Gins. Engleberg Kice Hullers. 11. B. Smith Co's Wood-Working Machlnery, Planers, Baod Saws, Moulders, Mortisers, Tenoners?comprising co n- W| plete eqnipment for SasQ, Door, and Wagon Factories. jm i)elx>ache's Plantation Saw Mills, vana-^B ble feed. Belting, Fittings and M;u:hiceryZSuppli<iB Write me for prices. V. V. Salvager, ~ COLUMN '.A, S. U '