The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, June 23, 1897, Image 4
EYE'S FRUIT PICKING, |
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HOW HER CURIOSITY RUINED TH-j
HUMAN HAUt:. .
Rev Dr. Talamce Preacb.es a Picturetone I
Sermon On the Calamity in Paradise, j
Eating Fruit That Doea Kot Belong j
to Us.
A new interpretation of the calamity in
paradise is given by Dr. Talmage in his sermon
of last Sunday which is laden with practical
lessons. The text is Genesis iii *3,
"And when the woman saw that the .tree was
good for food and that it was pleasant to the
eyes, and a tree to be desired to make one
wise, she took of the fruit thereof, and did
eat, and give also unto her husband with
her, and he did eat."
It is the first Saturday afternoon in the ?
world's existence. Ever since sunrise Adam J
* ?41,^ VwlHonr na<*eantrv I
nas oeen watcmug tut ?...?. ,
of wings and scales and clouds. In his first
lessons in zoology and ornithology and ichthyology
he has noticed that the robins riy
the air in twos and that the fish swim the
water in twos and that the lions walk the
fields in twos and in the warm redolence of
that Saturday afternoon he falls off into
slumber, and as if by allegory to teach all
ages that the greatest of all earthly blessings
is sound sleep, this paradisaical somnolence
ends with the discovery on the part of Adam
of a corresponding intelligence just landed
on a new planet. Of the mother of all the
living I speak?Eve, the first, i.he fairest and
the best.
I mike me a garden. I inlay the paths
with mountain moss, and I border them with
pearls from Ceylon and diamonds from Gol
conda. Here and tiiere are iouhuuus i?2-1
ing in the sunlight and ponds that ripple i
under the paddling of the swans. I gather j
me lilies from the Amazon and orange groves j
from the tropics and tamarinds from Goyaz. j
There are woodbine and honeysuckle climbing
over the "wall and starred spaniels
sprawling themselves on the grass. I invite |
amid these trees the larks and the brown j
thrushes, and the robins, and all the bright- j
est birds of heaven, and they sur the air |
with infinite chirp and carol. And yet the j
place is a desert filled with darkness and j
death as compared with the residence of fhe j
woman of the text, the subject of ray story, i
NTnu^'- Qi'nfp have such skies looked down
through such leaves into such waters! Never
has river wave had such curve and sheen
and bank as adorned the Pison, the Havilah,
Gihon, and the Hiddekel, even the pebbles
being bdellium and," onyx stones! 'What
fruits, with no curculio to sting the rinu!
What flowers, with no slug to gnaw the root!
What atmosphere, with no frost to chill and
with no heat to consume! Bright colors j
? tangled in the grass. Perfume in the air. j
Music in the sky. Great scenes of gladness |
and love and joy. j
Right there under a bower of leaf and J
vine and shrub occurred the first marriage.
Adam took the hand of this immaculate
j vu. n^A on/I rvrn-n nmi the cere
UttUgUVCX VI VAVVA.
mony when he said, "Bone of my bone and
flesh of my flesh." A forbidden tree stoc.
in the midst of that exquisite park. Eve,
sauntering out one day alone, looks up at the
tree and sees the beautiful fruit and "wonders
if it is sweet and wonders if it is sour and
standing there says: "I think I will just put
my hand upon the fruit. It will do no damage
to the tree. I will not take the fruit to
eat, but I will just take it down to examine
it." She examined the fruit. She said, -I
do not think there can be any harm in my
just breaking the rind of it." She put the
froit to iier teeth, she tasted, she alio-wed
Adam also to taste the fruit, the door of the
world opened and the monster sin entered.
Let the heavens gather blackness, and the
winds sigh on the bosom of the hills, and
cavern, and desert, and earth and siy join
in one long, deep, hell rending howl, "The
world is lostl"
Beasts that before were harmless and full
of play put forth claw and stkig and tooth
and tusk. Birds whet their beak for prey.
Clouds troop in the sky. Sharp thorns
shoot up through the soft grass; blasting on
the leaves. All the chords of that great
harmony are snapped. Upon the brightest
home this world ever saw our first parents
turned their backs and led forth on a path of
sorrow the brokenhearted myriads of a
ruined race.
Do you not see in the first place the
danger of a poorly regulated inquisitiveSns
to knew how the fruit
tasted. She "found out, but 6,000 years
have deplored that unhealthful curiosity.1
Healthful curiosity has done a great deal for
letters, for art, for science and for religion.
It has gone down into the depths of the earth
with the geologist and seen the first chapter
of ^Genesis written^,in the book of nature,
illustrated with engraving on rock, and it
stood with the antiquarian while he blew
the trumpet of resurrection over buried Herculaneura
and Pompeii, until from their
sepulcher there came up shaft and terrace
- and amphitheater. Healthful curiosity has
enlarged the telescopic vision of the astronomer
until worlds hidden in the distant heavens
have trooped forth and have joined the
choir praising the Lord. Planet weighed
against planet and wildest comet lassooed
with replendent law. Healthful curiosity
has gone down and found the tracks of the
eternal God in the polypi and the starfish
under the sea and the majesty of the great
j enovan encamp so. unaer me gorgeous curtains
of the dahlia. It has studied the spots
on the sun, and the larva in a beech leaf,
and the light under a firefly's wing, and the
terrible eye glance of a condor pitching from
Chimborazo. It has studied the myriads of
animalcule that make up the phosphorescence
in % ship's wake, and the mighty
maze of suns and spheres and constellations j
and galaxies that blaze on in the march of j
God. Healthful curiosity has stooi by the j
inyentor until forces that were hidden for j
ages came 10 wneeis, auu levers auu suaus
and shuttles?forces that ?y the air, or swim j
the sea, or cleave the mountain until the
earth jars and roars and rings and crackles
and booms with strange mechanism, and
ship? with nostrils of hot steam and yokes of
fire dww the continents together.
I say nothing against healthful curiosity.
May it have other Leyden jars, and other
electric batteries, and other voltaic piles, and
other magnifying glasses, with which to-storm
the barred castles of the natural world until
it shall surrender its last secret. Yt'e thank
God for the geological curiosity of Professor j
Hitchcock, and the mechanical curiosity of j
Liebig, and the zoological curiosity ofCuvier, j
and the inventive curiosity of ?dison, but j
we must admit that unheathful and irregular
inquisidveness has rushed thousands and
tens of thousands into rum.
Eve just tasted the fruit. She was curious
to Sua out how it tasted, and that curiosity
blasted her and blasted all nations. So
there are clergymen in this day, inspired by
unhealthful inquisitiveness, "who have tried
to look through the keyhole of God's mysteries
that were barred and bolted from all
human inspection?and they have wrenched
their whole moral nature out of joint by trying
to pluck fruit from branches beyond
their reach, or have come out on limbs of the
iree iroiu wiuvu luejr tumuieu miu riuu wicuout
remedy. A thousand trees of religious
knowledge from wich we may eat and get
advantage, bur. from certain trees of mystery
how many have plucked their ruin! Election,
free agency, trinity, resurrection?in
the discussion of these subjects hundreds
and thousands of people ruin the soul.
There are men who actually have been kept
eut of the kingdom of heaven because they
could not understand who Mclchisedec was
not!
Oh, how many have been destroyed by
an unhealthful inquisitiveness! It is seen
in all directions. There are those 'who stand
with the eye stare and mouth gape of curiosity.
They are the first to hear a falsehood,
build it another story high and two wings to
it. About other people's apparej^-w^er.r
other people's business, about ojicfpeopie's
financial condition, abou^w^f^r people's affairs,
they are ovegjKious. Every nice
piece of gossip stomal their door, and they
fatten and luxuriate in the endless round of
the great -world 0f tittle tattle. They in
rite and sumptuouJ y wr.cruiin at their house
Colonel Twaddle and Souire Chitchat ani
Governor Smalltalk. "Whoever hath an innuendo,
whoever hath a scandal, -whoever
hath a valuable secret, let him come and sacrifice
it to this goddess of splutter. Thousands
of Adams and Eves do nothing but eat
fruit that does not belong to them, men quite
well known, as mathematicians failing in this
computation of moral algebra?good sense
plus good breeding, minus curiositj, equals
.
your own atTairs.
Then, how many young u.en through curL- ;
osity go through the whole realm of French j
novels to see whether they are really had j
as moralists have pronounced then:. They j
come near the verge of the precipice ;ust to j
look o:f. The j want to see ho* far it really I
is down, but they lose their balance while
they. look and'fail into remediless ruin, or,
catching themselves, clamber up. bleeding
and ghastly, on the rock, gibbering, with
curses or groaning inetiectual praver. By
all means encourage healthful inquisitiveness;
by ail m^ms discourage ill regulated
curiosity.
This subject also impresses me with the i
fact that traits that are sweet to the taste I
may afterward produce great agony. For- j
bidden fruit for I've was so pleasant she in- j
viied lie? husband also to take of it. Uut j
her b.mbliment from paradise and ij,0U0 I
years of sorrow and wretchedness and war |
and woe paid fur the luxury. Sin may be j
very sweet at the start, and it may induce
great wretched uess afterward. The cup of j
sin is sparkling at the top. but. there is death
at the bottom. Intoxication hits great exhilaration
for awhile, and it fillips the
blood, and it makes a man see live stars
where others can see only one star, and it
makes the poor man rich, and turns cheeks
which are white red as roses. But what
about the dreams that come after, when he
seems falling from great heights or is prosj
trated by other fancied disasters and the
j perspiration stands on the forehead?the
i night dew of everlasting darkness?and he
I is ground under the horrible hoof of night'
mares shriekiDg with lips that crackle with
I all consuming torture'.' "Rejoice, 0 young
I man, in thy youth, and let thy heart cheer j
thee in the days of thy youth! But. know
| thou that for all these things God will bring
thee into judgment!" Sweet at the start,
horrible at the last. Go into that hall of
revelry, where ungodly mirth staggers and
blasphemes. Listen to the senseless gabble.
See the last trace of intelligence dashed out
+'roni faces made in God's own image. "Aha,
aha!" says the roistering inebriate. '-This
is joy for you. Fill high your cups, my
boys. I drink to my wife's misery, and my
children's rags, and my God's defiance."'
And he knows not that a ilend stirs the gob- |
let in his hand and that adders uncoil from
the dregs and thrust their forked tongues
hissing through the froth on the rim. The
Philistines jeered and laughed and shouted
at Samson. Oh, they wanted him to make
| sport for them, and he made sport for them!
How bright and gay was the scene for a little
while! After awhile the giant puts one
hand against this pillar and the other hand
against that pillar and bows himself, and
3,000 merrymakers are mashed like grapes
in a winepress. Sin rapturous at the start,
awful at the last. :
m!? fwincrrrssiinri did not i
E XLLlil UilC Jjucuiv ?-a
seem to be much, but it struck a blow which
I to this Jay '--akes the earth stagger. To
tind out the consequences of that one sic
you -would have to compel the world to
throw open all its prison doors and display
the crime, and throw open all its hospitals
and display the disease, and throw open all
the insane asylums and show the wretched
| ness, and open all the sepulchers and show ]
. ne dead, and open all the doors of the lost
J world and show the damned. That one
?denic transgression stretched chords of
misery across the heart of the world and
struck them with dolorous wailing, and it
has seated the plagues upon the air. and
me smpwrecss upon use nuu mo
teneu, jike a leech, famine to the heart of
the sick and dying nations. Beautiful at the
start, horrible at the last. Oh, how many
have experienced it!
Are there here those who are votaries of
pleasure? Let rsie warn you, my brother.
Your pleasure boat is far from shore, and
your summer day is ending roughly, for j
the winds and the waves are loud voiced,
and the overcoming clouds are all awrithc j
and agleern with terror. You are past the j
Narrows, and almost outside the Hook, and
if the Atlantic take thee, frail mortal, thou
shalt never get to shore again. Put back;
row swiftly, swifter, swifter! Jesus from
the shore casteth a rope. Clasp it quickly,
now or never. Oh, are there not some of
you who are freighting all your loves and
joys and hopes upon a vessel which
shall never reacn tne port- 01 aeaveu. j
Thou nearest the breakers. One heave j
upon the rocks. Oh, ivhai an awful crash
was that! Another lunge may crush thee
| beneath the spars or grind thy bones to
powder amid the torn timbers. Overboard
for your life, overboard! Trust not that
loose plank nor attempt the wave, but quickly
clasp the feet of Jesus walking on the
watery pavement, snouting until he hear
thee, "Lord, save me or I perish!" Sin I
beautiful at the start?oh, how sad, how dis- j
tressful, at the last! The ground over j
which it leads you is hollow. The fruit it I
offers to* your taste is poison. The promise j
it makes to vou is a lie. Over that ungodly j
I banquet the keen sword of God's judgment
i hangs, and there are omnious handwritings
on the wall;.
Observe also in this subject how repelling
sin is when appended to great attractiveness.
Since Eve's death there has been
no such perfection cf womanhood. Vou
could not suggest an attractiveness to the
body or suggest any refinement to the
manner. You could add no gracefulness to
the gait, no lustre to the eye, no sweetness
to the voice. A perfect God made her a perfect
woman, to be the companion of a perfect
man in a perfect home, and her entire
| uature vibrated in accord "with, the beauty
j and sozig of paradise. Bat she rebelled
! against God's government, and with the
[ same hand with which she plucked the fruit
she launched upon the world the crime, the
i wars, the tumults that have set the universe
a-wailing.
A terrible offset to all her attractiveness.
We are not surprised when we tind men and
women naturally vulgar going into trans
gression. ?e sxpeci mat peupie wuu ia>c :u
| the ditch shall have the manners of the
! ditch, but how shocking when we find sin
| appended to superior education and to the
| refinements of social life! The accomplishments
of Mary, queen of Scotts, make her
patronage of Darnley, the profligate, the
more appalling. The genius of Catherine
II of Russia only sets forth in more powerful
contrast her unappeasable ambition. The
translations from the Greek and the Latin
by Elizabeth and her wonderful qualifications
for a queen make the more disgusting
her capri siousness of affection and her hotness
of temper. The greatness of Byron's
mind makes the more alarming Byron's sensuality.
Let no one think that refinement of manner
or exuuisiteness of taste or superiority
of education can in any wise apologize for ill
temper, for an oppressive spirit, for unkindness,
for any kind of sin. Disobedience Godward
and transgression manward can give
no excuse. Ac;omplishment heaven hi^h is
1 .. _? _ - T
no apoiogy ior vice neu aeep
My subject also impresses me with, the regal
influence of woman. When I see Eve
with this powerful iniiuence over Adam and
over the generations that have followed, it
suggests to me the great power all women
have for good or for evil. I have no sympathy,
nor have you, with the hollow tiatteries
showered upon woman from the platform
and the stage. They mean nothing; they
J are acceptcd as nothing. Woman's nobility
I consists in the exercise of a Christian influ
gUCC, viiiu. " a-vii x ulio^unviiUi iuiiuuu^ j
of Eve upon her husband and upon "the j
whole human race I make up my mind that |
the frail arm of woman can strike a blow j
which will resound through all eternity I
down among the dungeons or up among the j
thrones.
Of course I am not speakiDg of represent-1
ative women?of Eve, who ruined the race
by one fruit picking; ofJael, who drove a I
spike through the head of Sisera, the warrior:
of Esther, who overcame royalty: of
Abigail, who stopped a host by her own
beautiful prowess; of Mary, who nursed the
world's Saviour: c/' Grandmother Lois, iai"morUlized
in her grandson Timothy: of
rV.*?'?2V "whet 11 it\tur :
! ' ; ? --v-w
i through the heart of the assassin of her lover,
or of Marie Antoinette, who by one look
from the balcony of her castle quieted a
mob. her own scatfolu the throne of forgiveness
and womanly courage, i speak not of
these extraordinary persons, but of those
wuw. uuamDitious ;or pouttcai power, as
wives and mothers and sisters and daughters
attend to tlie thousand sweet oiiices of home.
When at, last. we come to calculate the
rorces that decided iho destiny of nations,
it. will be found fiat the mightiest and
grandest iniiuence came from home, where
the wife cheered up despondency and fatigue
and sorrow by her own sympathy, and
uie mother trained her child for heaven.
aui |V.?-1? --IT?.~r. P t
starting iue ;ut c- iter on iue pam 10 iu<i ce- f
lestiai city. and the sisters by their gentleness
refined the manners of the brother, and
the daughters were diligent in their kindness
to the aged, throwing wreaths of blessing
on the road that lead; father and mother
down the steep of years. God bless our
homes! And may the home- on earth he the
vestibule of our home in heaven, in -which
pia':e may we all meet?father, mother, son.
daughter, brother, sister, grandfather and
grandmother and grandchild, and the entire
group of precious ones of whom we must say
in the words of transporting Charles Wesley:
One family, we dwell in him:
One church above, bene;ith.
Though now divided by the stream?
The narrow stream of death?
One army ci't'ie living Go-i.
To his command we bow.
Part of (he host have crossed the tiood.
And part are crossing now.
WINDING UP A" WOFFORD.
Eighteen Vctiug Compose the Graduating
Class this Y>ar.
The closing exercises at Wcfford
were of a most interesting nature this
ye?r. The joint debate of the Calhoun
ard Preston literary societies took
pjsce Tuesday niffht. The debate was:
lCT^ -1?-J ~ ~
"itSSOiVet/, Li'CLb O. itjjicocuvanx. |
should vote according to the wishes of j
his constituency." Affirmative?R. i
Roy Goodv.io. j. A Sullivan. Nesra
live?L L. Dantzter, Jennings K.
0~ens. The committee of judges, Mr. J
W. Gsge. Revs. W. A. Rogers and E.
T. Hodges and Messrs. Manning and
Newman decided the debate in favor
of the atErraative.
Mr. Gabriel Cannon next presented I
the society diplomas to the seniors and j
spoke a few parting and appropriate j
words to them.
Mr. T. C. Lucas of Darlington won
the essay medal offered by the Cal1
OTTTno VM.oront/;/] txmtV) !
JLiUUU OlA^lCl'Jr aiiU WCUO jJitCVJJU-u. ?? H.4A
it by Rev. T. D. Bratton.
The commencement exercises took
place at 10 o'clock Wednesday morning.
There were eighteen candidates
for the degree of A. B. The following
speeches were made:
W. M. Connor, Jr., Charleston?
"Pride and Vrogress."
E L. Culler. Orangeburg?"Where
Europe Was Won."
W. B Evans. Marion?"Our Greatest
Southerner."
- f\ \ u \ , ^
J. .f. inaomes, urangenurg? Amc-i
rica and the Oiosiog Years of the
Nineteenth Century."
W. A. Medlock, Laurens?"So Let
It Be."
R C. Newton, Marlboro?''Vocation."
G. T. Pueh, Newberry?"Two Interpretations
of an Old Adage."
T. M. Raysor, Orangeburg?"The
; Year 1809."
N. M. Sal ley, Orangeburg?"The
; Nineteenth Century Image Breaker."
M. L Smith, Spartanburg?"Our j
His best Court of Appeal."
j P. H. Stoll, Abbeville?"The Psyc'
Viir? TnrfnMnA rsr, the Centurv."
R. S. Truesdals, New Hanover Co ,
: N. C.?"Origin and Culmination of
| Secession."
j H. A. C. Walker, Dorchester Co.?
I "The Threfi Sixes."
| The following were excused from
i speaking: T. O. Epps, Williamsburg;
[ W. A. Hudgins, ^Anderson ; T L.
! Manning;, Marion; J C. Smith, Lau|
reus; W. T. Wood, York.
i Mr. P. K. Sicll took, besides his A. ;
B. Degree, also an A. M. decree. A. j
; M. was conferred upon Mr. K. J. j
Shoemaker of the Bamberg Fitting I
| School. The degree of Doctor or juaw i
; was conferred upon Iiev. Wm. B. j
1 Morrow, president of Millsap College,
Jackson, Miss.
An interesting feature of tbe day i
was the presentation of a beautiful
cane to Mr. R. S. Truesdale of the senior
class, by Dr. Carlisle, from members
of the colored Presbyterian
church of this city. Mr. Truesdale is
a young- minister, and has been faithfully
serving these colored brethren
durir>g his college course, and bis labor
has certainly not been unaopre |
cisted. I
1 ?~7 ^ -3 T -v?A i r*rv-? c c i
ur. KsHriLSiz; UtUAYCXCU [lie I]
with a few remarks such as he knows :j
hew to make on commencement occa-;
sions.
The Ilalisn barsd from Glenn Spring
furnished delightful music during
commencement.
Senator Kills on the Scsjar Steal.
Senator Mill's speech in the senate
on the tariff bill was opened wiln the
vigorous language for which the Texas
statesman is notec. iie went auer
trusts on the same old lire, but with
novel metaphors, ana in beginning
said: k'I come, sir, to speak for the j
forgottten man?the taxpayer. I j
come to speak for those from wnosej
pcc-kets this vast sum is to be raised, j
from whos- labor and sweat day and
night th''s vast contribution is to be
taken. They have some right to be
heard in the councils of the nation
when their property is to be taken by
an act of legislation rapine and dis
tributed among men who have paid
no consideration for it. What are we !
doing? Building up a vast and solid!
plutocracy in this country. Some- t
body asked the other day how many
millionaires there are in the United j
States You could count them on the j
fingers of one hand before 18(50. "^hc
policies and measures adopted by the
dramatic administrations before the
vrrr.w w.?.t WO>? 00 1 + f VlO Cri-rSwt.h Of Stlf.Vl
TfAL UiU JUVb VW1 LU1V vuv & v v? ^ ~ ,
monsters in this country. Republican
policies Jaave fostered and fattened
1 them. They now insolently refuse to
be taxed and insolently demand that
j other people shall work out their lives
j to pay them tribute."
Deadly Work of a Toina&o.
| A tornado which passed over the
| central and southern portions of Loj
gan county, Illinois, Friday afternoon
| destroyed thousands of doliars's worm
I of property and demolished the innj
mense cow barn on the farm of the
State institution for the feeble minded.
! Twenty-six persons seeking refuge
I from the storm were buried in the debris.
Four of the refugees, boy pupils
from Chicago, were taken out dead.
Five others were severely injured.
I one of whom, the farm superinten
j dent, will possibly die. The dead are:
Sylvester Baker, James O'Brien,
O'Neal McKfnzie, Castle Lebaron, all
boy pupils of the institution.
Ti!lman'tj Object.
In discussing the tariff billonThurs-!
day Seralor Tillman said he was one i
of the Democrats voting for a duty on j
otxt Tip srnwpd that hp i
wanted the bill loaded as heavily as j
possible, so as to disgust the people!
arid make them "turn the Republicans
out.*' If his Democratic associates
could gel any consolation, by twitting
him for votingr for his section in this
"general game of grab," well and
good. As to the Republican Senators,
he warned them that no tariff biii
l Tpnnir} Hrinc r.rfxrif'rit.v rrhich c*avf.
cornDt-matory duties to the manufac
turers out of the pockrlsof the people.
Fat?i Accident la Ati&ata.
John Brcwnlee, vrhite, was killed
in a runaway accident Wednesday
evening and his companion, Vvr. J.
Atkinson, injured so seriously that his
condition is considered precarious.
Tlm-rr V.-CM oHc.-'rt.'t nf fV?A Ha- I
partisent and were driving a sanitary !
Wagon. A wheel was kncckcd oft the i
wagon and Browniee came do~n cn
his head. Atkinson was more fortunate.
but the heavy wagon, going at
terriric speed, passed over his body,
fracturing several ribs and inflicting
internal injuries.
Z^XSSSOma rwr ' ' " ' ""^Tlni =C
HOW 70 GIVE MEDICINE
To SCo/s^-f, Cftttie and Swln^?PJlli?. i
Drei<ch!rpr, Etc.
When a hor-e is to be drenched put!
or:, a halter the ncs& bsnd of vrhich is i
wide enough '.o allow the xnuoth. to be j
opened to its fullest extent- Xott take i
i noose, made cf any small rope about j
one foot lone;, put it into the mouth, I
slip it over the upp( r jaw and by these j
mertns elevate the bead of the animal |
sutScient.lv to prevent the medicin-1
from running out while being poured !
into the mouth. Give the medieine
c?;vefu*']y and never through the nose,
as it is then h'eble <o flow into the
windpipe of the horse, thus of tec kii lag
it. Should 'he horse refuse to
swallow, a <rr'-at d?al of patience is required
to drench hire properly; ne^er
strike or rub the throat or puli out the
tongue, as such proceedings have a
tendency to produce a cough, which
raeans that the animal will spit out
the medicine yc.u wish hioi to swallow.
Animals which are stubborn and will
not swallow. are often induced to do
so by stroking the nalate right behind
the upper front teeth. In order to give
the horse a nil! or. as it is termed, a
bail, draw the tongue out gently with
the. left hand and with the other hand
hold the pi] 1 by bringing the Sneers
together to a point. Then lei the
hand with the pill glide quickly along
the roof of the mouth until nearly half
the arm is in ths mouth of tiie horse,
crop the pill, withdraw the hand, and
r.ow only release the tongue. If this
;= r'onft nrrmerlr. the hand in the
I ?T v 7 - - "
mouth is not in danger of injury.
Medicine, which is irritating, sucb as
bluesione, must not be given as a powder
because it is liable to cauterize the
delicate parts of the digestive passages.
Cows are drenched by holding their
horns and grabbing with index finger
and thumb the wall which divides the
i-.asal passages (ihe same place in
which bulls are ringed). Cows rarely
are given pills as ihey are so easily
drenched. The contrary is true of the
heg, hence drenching is always connected
with difficulties and danger.
If the hog must be drenched, run il
with the hied quarters into a corner,
Dlace a noose into the mouth and ever
i.he upper jaw, in the same manner as
recommended for the horse, and most
carefully give the drench. Should the
hog begin to cough (this also refers to
;be horse and cow) immediately stop
giving the medicine and let the hand
some down. Since the drenching of
the hog is so disagreeable, medicines
are generally given in the shape of
powders mixed in the food.
W. E. A. Wyman, V. S.
Clemson College S. C.
Murdered For His Money.
C. D. Collins, a wealthy Tennessee*
an, was lured to his probable death
Tuesday night by a man he had
known since boyhood, and with whom
be had been on. terms of intimate
friendship for six years. His assail
ant is Martin Ensley of Memphis,
Tenn., whose father, Colonel Enoch
Ensley, was one of the most promir.pnt
mine owners and planters of the
south. Ensley induced his companion
to visit Meramec Height, a summer
resort 15 mile from St. Louis.
On ihe plea of illness he led him to a
clump of bushes abouxit 75 yards from
the hotel. There, stepping behind his
victim, he dealt him biow after blow
on the head with a hammer he had
purchased presumably for the purpose
of committing the murder.
When the pounding had reduced Collins
to a state of insensibility, Ens ley
stooped over the prostrate body and
tore from a vest pocket a roll of bilk
that amounted to $0,000. Ha started
up the hill ana passed the money to
an accomplice, who is believe;; to have
escaped on a trolley car. Tne wouldbe
murderer ran down the path leading
to the ileramec river. Two men
saw the assault and the robbery and
witnessed the transfer of the monev
i-Vio of ihft nrineioal and
his accomplice. Charles Felter, a
baker employed at the inn, and a
gardaer who had been engaged about
the grounds a fortnight, were the witnesses.
They ran to the hotel and
notified thy night watchman and told
him the story. Collins was removed
to Kirk wood, where a physician
dressed his wounds. Ensley when
arrested protested his innocence, claimin?
that he, too had been assaulted.
This occurred about midnight. At 2
o'clock this morning two deputy sheriffs
from Clayton, the county seat, arrived
at I?eramec Heights. They
searched the srrounds for a weapon and
discovered a he * hammer covered with
bleed. Oa Easley w^s four.d $600,
which was supposed to be part of the
stolen money. At daybreak Easiey
was driven over to Kirkwoocl and
identified by Collins as his assailant.
A Close Call.
The Denmark Times says Mr. Chas.
MeGeiver had an adventure "with a
mossier rattlesnake one day last day
that he will remember till tne day of
death. He was at work oa Senator
May field's place near Denmark when
he discovered the snake, which was
coiled ready to strike. In an endeavor
to kill the reptile, the fence rail
which he had used as a weapon broke
short off, and the rattler leaped at its
human enemy and fas;ened its fangs
in tne cloth of Mr. ilcGei^er's right
trousers leg. Eeinsr thus desperately
menaced Mr. ifcG-eiver seized the
snake around the neck with both
hands and tried to (ling it from him.
The fangs of the reptile were so se
cureiy lastenea m tne cjoia 01 ms
trousers, however, that he could not
break its hold. In his left hand pocket
was his jack-ksife, and releasing
his grip upon the snake with his lefl
hand Mr. McG-eiver fished out the
weapon, opened the blade with his
teeth, and, using his left hand, succeeded
in seve~ii'g the snake's head
from its boc'v. Its fangs were so firmly
imbedded in tbe trousers, however,
that it was necessary to cut out a piece
of tbe cloth. The serpent was a monster,
measuring over five feet in
length, and snorting nineteen rattles
and a button, which, together with
the skin of the reptile, Mr. McGeiver
will preserve as trophies of his adventure."
TVhat'rt the Matter With Harms?
The Anderson Advocate says the
statement is made that the cotton
manufacturers of New England are
making arrangements for quite an
esiCEisive shut down during the summer
arid that the large dividends
which some of them have been paving
were ta'cen from earnings previous
to 1593. We have a faint recollection
mat it was Msj Mciliciey, who stooc
on his frcnt porch last summer ard
proclaimed tnat if elected "he vrouid
open the mills to labor." Arid another
saying of his became a campaign cry,
"open the crlisrathertbantbe mia:s "
Bu no?7 the mills are shutting rsvher
than opening and labor is about to be
left out in the coid.
Terrific Hailstorm.
In portior-s of Abbeville County
last week there ^.*as a hail storm so destructive
23 to ruin everything in its
path. "Pigs, poultry and other small
animals were killed outright. Corn
arif! ''nftriri anH renters
have <ri-en up their lands, as tiiey believe
it will be useless to try to make
even rent oil o? what they cau plant
now. Particles of hail could be found
in the surrounding woods the day after
the s;orra,"su says the Ab'ceyille
Medium.
TH!S YE*iVS COTTON CROP.
ha of its Size Vr"ia All tfae
i-t ites.
Lstham, Alesacde? & Co., of New
York, me of the ]ending cotton firms
in the United States, have mude up
thei** estimates of the cotton acreage
N-? roiy TVl ronfkl'fc <">nmA
! down to June 4. Tfctse reports were
| sent in bj corresponded in different
[sections?farmers, cotton commission
| merchants, cotton brokers and others,
i who may be presumed to be well ini
formed, and their estimates cover
i every cotton growing county in the
i Southern Stat?. From this estimate
! the Columbia State collects the folJowi
iy?2' interesting fac:s: From Alabama
1271 replies were received. They
: showed an average increase of 5 per
cent., making this year's acreage 2.
j 913,000, as compared to 2,774,000 for
last yei\r.
From Arkansas csrr.e 235 replies,
which shows an increase of 2 per cent.,
I placing this year's acreage at 1.605,000,
as compared to 1.574.0C0 forlS96.
Florida, according to 53 repJies, has
the same acreage as last yar?252,000.
It is learned from 4< S replies re
ceiled from Georgia that this years
acreage is 4 per cent, larger than that
of 1896. being 3.476.000 as compared
I to 3 342.000 for last year.
j From 135 replies received from Lou
| i si an a it appears that there has been an
j ir.cresse of 3 per cent, in acreage, the
j 3j;ures being 1 254 000 for 1S97, as
| compared to 1.217,000 for 1806.
j Misiiss:ppi, according to 290 replies,
shews a falling off of 3 per cent, be|
cause of the floods, this year's acreage
j being 2.776,000, as compared to 2,862,I
fif! fi fr?*? loot *tj OQ y*
North Carolina, as gathered from
225 replies, has increased its acreage
712 per cent., this year's planting being
1.260,000, as compared to 1 172 0C0
for 1S96.
From 209 replies received from
South Carolina it is learned that the
State has increased its acreage's per
[cent., the number of acres this year
b :ing 2.114,000, as compared to 2,013,
000 for last year.
! Tennessee, it is estimated from 1S7
replies, has swelled its cotton acreage
3 per cent, planting 876,000 this year
against 850,000 for last
Texss sends in 504 replies, from
which it is ascertained that this jears
acreage is 6,453,000, an increase cf 8
per c3nt, last jear's planting being
5,9S0,000 pcres.
From various other States 89 replies
canoe, showing an increase of 10 per
cent., the acreage being 336,000 as
compared to 305,000.
From 2,606 replies it is estimated
that the toici acreage for 1897 is 23,
3:20.000 as againet 22,311,000 last year.
To thes3 figures Messrs Latham,
i Alexander & Co. add that the total
i estimated increase of the cotton area
is 970,000 acres, or 4A per cent lar2er
i than the acreage of iast year. The
average planting of the crop is about
three ^esks later than iaU year. The
condition of the orop is less promising
than it has been at the same time in
many years?Texas being the only
State vvhere norml conditions have
generally prevailed. In the other cot
ton States there has been cool -weather
! and ooor stands are reporic-d. There
j has been some damage from cut worms.
| The overflow of a large area of the
, most productive cotton lands in Teninessee,
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana
will necessarily lessen the acreage
in these States, where planting
has necessarily been from fi /e to eigJttt
weeks later than last year. A good
crop in the Mississippi valley may
i now be regarded impossible?unless
| "almost pheaominally favorable"
i * > ] 1 r-vvrn rra i ] 7?*Am t n 7C fimP
; v> Cai.JCJ CLmLJ. ^ V jl^ vaM kiuuv
forward.
Just a Common Liar.
':Oui B " says some years ago in a
Carolina town a crazy man was
brought before an examining board to
settle Ihe question as to whether or not
he should be sent to the asylum in Columbia.
After the doctor got through
with his examination, one of the committee
?n n!d farmer, said:
| "My friend, did ycu ever borrow
any hags or j ig& ? '
! "Yes, lots of them."
j "Did you ever borrow your neigh
bor's newspaper?"
"Yes. many a time."
4,VVell, now, what became of the
jugs, bags and newspapers?"
"Why, I carried them all back."
The old farmer gave a blow almost
?.
SIS iOUU iiS a. iai."iiLLl Wi-iiatio, auu ;aiu.
'"Gentlemen, he'^ co iuaaiic! Just
simply a common liar, and all the
asjlums ia the world won't cure hi on
of ljing "
A Nejjro Runs Amuck.
j The r-ews comes of the murder of
I five negroes in the extreme northwestera
part of Kemper county, Ala. A
negro named Siblev, while drunk, got
a gun ana started out to k?Il every
person he met: the first he came across
Happened to be five negroes, three
women and two children. Se shot
them down. He also shot at six other
-
negroes who narrowJy escaped, as
soon as the bloody work of Sibley was
discovered a mob was organized to
lynch the murderer. Sibley took to
the woods carrying his gun with him.
At last accounts the mob had surroun^
ded him and a bloody fisht was imminent.
Word comes from Dekalb that
the sheriff of Kemper county had
j gone to the scene with a large posse.
A UAOstSier vauau I;ciivauui
Iq the area in front of the speaker's
rostrum when ihe house met Monday
was a monster petition appealing to
congress to recognize the Cuban insurgents
as belligerents. It con Lained
over 6,000,000 signatures. The peti
lion was wound about the hub of a
wheel framed so as to allow it to freely
revolve. It had been in circulation
throughout the Uaitled States for
about six months and was sent to
Congressman Suizer of New York for
?- A V\tt ITVarw
presBmauuii cw uwugi uj
Mayer, a resident of his district.
Without transacting any business the
house adjourned until Thursday.
6>!l?-nt to the JBad.
] Patrick Hurcheon the wealthiest
"landowner in Northern Indiana, died
at the age of 70. He was known widely
for his eccentricities. He lived
with his brother both being bachelors,
under the same roof for thirty years
without speaking to him and died with
the silence unbroken. He was one of
the founders of the town of Lacrosse,
nd. His fortune is estimated at
about $1,000,000.
;The Only Applicant.
Professor Newmar, who is one of
the foremost agricultural authorities
in this country and v?ho was professor
of agriculture at Cleroson for several
is an applic^t. 'or the presidency,
which ilr. E. B. Creigheaa has resigned.
His executive ability even
more thoroughly (its hica for the po?i
tion thin does his mastery of the sci
ence and practice of sericulture.
Xo Decrease Vrt.
) The original package decision does j
j not appear to have hurt the disDebsaj
rvs business. Commissioner Vance }
j Fridp.y got up a comparative statement j
j as tD the shipments for the first fifteen i
i davs of June, 1396, and the first fifteen j
[ days in 1S97. showing thai tlae latter |
I exceeded the former by 1.000 cases of
| whiskey and over a hundred barrels i
; of beer. '
r
Treat AH
The Washington Tidies says the I
Republican leaders have quits ceased j.
to make fun of Mr. David Lubin and
his farmers' bounty proposition.
They have discovered wnb something1
much resembling alarm that, after a
quiet, persistent propaganda conducted
among the agricultural class for
several years. Mr. Lubin has impregnated
the farming communities with
his ideas in a way that does not promise
com fort for these patriots who are ,
ever rallying the dear people around
the flag of protection?protection,
however, baing limited to the trusts
and monopolies. Now, Mr. David
Lubin takes the ground that "protection"
is exactly what the farmers, as
croll <55 othAr interests. want. He be- I
lieves in protecting manufacturers,
but only on condition that others are J
accorded a like benefit, Ee argues,
and unanswerably from any Republican
standpoint, that if the whole country
ougM to be taxfd for the profit of
trusts and monopolies, it would be
perfectly fair that the whole country
should be taxed to pay a bounty to
farmers on ail the grain they might
be able to export. Protection which
protects everybody, themselves excepted,
compels the farmers to pay
higher prices fvr everything they
buy. The logic is simple. They feel
that thev oueht to have either a liber
al bounty or free trade. Any ancient j
thing v?.ill do for Mr. Lubin's farmers, j
as lone as they are placed on an even j
keel with all other people. At last j
the Administration people, the tariff j
tinkers ana such like, have waked up
to the fact that this logical application !
of the pure gospel of Chinese wall
tariff has run like a cry of fire through
a small village, all over the agricultural
regions of the Union. Of course,
they are not in a position to meet it,
tn mw omr TVPACftnf. oft An firm to if
They have all they can do to settle
their tariff, currency and pooling-bill f
campaign debts, with their contributory
creditors. But they do know j
that the movement means something
like a million Democratic votes at the
ensuing elections, ana the thcugt is
net conducive to hilarity nor yet to
sleep."
BrJce lor Harmony.
Ex-Senator Brice, like a good many
other gold bug Democrats, don'c feel
ccmtcrtaoie as allies ci tr?e isepuoncans
and wants to see harmony restored
in the Democratic party, even
if they have to surrender their gold
bug views. It is rsported that Mr.
Brice will go to Ohio in a short time
and enter upon an active campaign ir
the interest of Democratic harmoDy.
Bricks idea is that the gold and silver
men should get together in the State
campaign, and make common cause
of the election cf a silver man for
Governor. To this end Brice will sup
port %uj silvei man satisfactory to the
party at large. He believes, accordin
to Oalieer, that the smaller faction
should give in to the larger, and that
The gold men should therefore sacrifice
iheir preferences te secure party
success. He thinks there is a good
chance to elect a silver ticket in Ohio,
and proposes chat Democrats shall
take advantage of it. Mr. Brice has i
been in the West Indies, whither he
went to recuperate. His re-entry into
Ohio politics as a harmonizer of fac
tion on a silver platform will create a
sensation among Buckeye politicians.
Killed On the Track.
Major J. M. Mayo, formerly of
Whitfaker. N. C., but lately residing
at Ocala, Florida, while attempting to
cross the tracks of the Northeastern
Riilmad in Florence Saturday morn
ing, was struck by the engine of train
7S, the north bound express and was
so badly injured that he died about 12
o'clock. Ail possible medical attention
was given him but he never rallied
from the shock. Major Mayo
i ? - r\ _ i ?. o ? 4.
came nere oa tue ^iuniuia tram oat,uraay
morning, en his way to his old
North Carolina home, and the train
on which he was going being somewhat
late, he went up town on a little
business, and was returning to the passenger
station by way of Cohen's gro
eery store.
Callsd to His Death.
Friday night at 10 o'clock Will
Franks of this county living about
eight miles from the town of Laurens,
went in company with his father, to
the house of Mr. Mac9 Clark, a neighbor
and calling him out shot him five !
times .killing him instantly. Sheriff
McCravy was notified immediately
atd Franks and his father ara both in i
jail this morning- Franks is a young
man of 25 years while Clark was probably
35 or 40 years of age, a man of
family and 'a prosperous farmer. The i
kiliisg is said to have been on account
of a slanderous report about young
Franks' vvife circulated by Clark. i
i
JIuke Home Happy. ]
This is an injunction that will be 1
heeded by all wiio look to the promo- c
tion of the pleasures of others. A ]
happy home is indeed the happiest of ;
places. One source of happiness in j
the home circle is good music. A !
sure source of good music is a good
Diano?such as may be had from JL i
A. Malone, Columbia, S. C. Read j
what he has to say in his new adver- {
tisement.
Indigestion.
From which springs, directly or in- 1
directly, nearly every form of headache,
and sick fteadache never seperated
therefrom, is surely and speedily
relieved and cured by the use of
''Hilton's Life for the Liver and Kidneys."
Oae 25c bottle will convince
rv? 4tcr m*TT *5r Kt7
Vi 11^ Xi J AW* Ky<SA.V*. MWI4VJ.M
generally.
Who does not know women and
young girls who are continually in
tears. Who always see the dark side?
Who have frequent fits of melancholy
without any apparent cause? The intelligent
physician will know that it is
som derangement of the complicated
and delicate feminine organs. The
young girl suiters, bodily and mental- i
iy, in silence. There is undue weariness,
unexpected pain. Dr. Pierce's ;
Favorite PrescriDtion exerts wonder
ful power over -woman's delicate organism.
It is an invigorating tonic
and is specific for the peculiar weak
nesses. irregularities and painful derangements
of woman. Careless, easy
going doctors frequently treat womeu ^
patients for biiJiouscess, dvspepsia,
liver or kidney troubles, when the
real sickness is in the organs distinctly
feminine, and no hel'o can come
till they are made perfectly strong by
the use of Dr. Pierce's Favorite Pre
scription.
Send 21 cents in one cent stamps to
World's Dispensarv Medical Association,
Buffalo, 2s. Y , and receive Dr.
Piercb'a 1008 page common sense 3iedical
adviser, iliusirated.
In its comments on the su?ar schedule
caucus the rfpricgfield Republican
says: ''Thus, after all the cianor
which has been over the ascendency
of the trust in congress, that lawless
conspiracy still remains master of the
situation. Tnree times sinca its or
ganization ten years ago the trust's
protection at the hands of the federal
government has beec. subject to
change, and by two different politicai
parties, and each time up to this moment
hare its demands substantially
prevailad. Verily a greater power
man congress has arisen to dispute the
sovereignty oJ the people." 11
y
The Cir cinnatti Enquirer thinks that j
"there is still a-suspicion that the j
president meant John Wactsamaker j
when he talked about pessimists in his
Philadelphia speech, but John isgoin?
oViac/3 fo'llrinor oVimtl- the Iflilnrfi of I
auvau ^ .* v v*
prosperity to return and the widespread
prevalence of hard times in the
most glaring manner. Indeed, the
speeches of President McKinley and
Secretary Gage have not been optimistic
enough to justify either of them in
in calling anybody else a pessimist.
They have substantially acknowledged
their failure to exorcise hard times
by their personal magic."
Eterna! Vigilance.
" vicrianee is the crice of liberty."
It is the price of everything worth having.
?JjL man needn't be
for danger,
Aft happen'to him;
<^?3 but a wise man
\lr w form a habit
vjf of care about the
^ important things of
much trouble to take
care of yourself as it
is not to. A man
who follows regular,
healthy habits, feels
- ? ?- A ?n ^
\J Life is -worth living
HHa t0 ^im. Sut a man
gpr \r\jS T>?ho "don't want to
feg /)?*. rK bother" with taking
?0 ft\ I care of himself has
M J B 11 \ more pain and misgjr
/?(/ err crowded into one
g /^g / \day than a good
w?r & > healthy, hearty man
who lives right
would ever know of
^ in a whole year.
When a man's stomach is out of order,
and hi6 digestion don't work; when his liver
gets to be sluggish and won't clear the bile
oat of his blcod, it i6 time for him to look
out for himself. He gets no nourishment
out of his food. His blood gets thicker and
thicker with impurities. Kis nerves get irritated.
He loses energy and fighting force.
He may say, "I can stand it, I will feel
better to-morrow;" but the chances are he
will feci worse to-morrow and worse still
next day. He ought to put himself right at
once. He needs Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. It is made for just this condition.
It rouses up the digestive and nutritive
organs, and gives them power to extract
from the food all the nutritious elements
and transform them into rich, nourishing
blood. It enables the liver to cleanse out all
bilious impurities and pour into the circulation
an abundance of highly vitalized blood,
full of the life-giving red corpuscles which
build up healthy flesh, muscular strength,
and nerve-energy. It does net make dabby
nesn. It IS xae oxuy suiuwic -oiiiv. <utu j
strength-builder for corpulent people.
: : : To ihe Public. : : i
WE WILL OFFER FOR j j j
sale until August 1st, : .* :
: : : as we will have to km,w : : :
: : : -within the time above : : :
: : : stated in order to arrange our : : :
: : : business for another year, : : :
: : : -whether or not we will be able : : :
: : : to dispose of this valuable real : : :
j i : estate. Having decided to go : : :
: : : more extensively into the mer- : : :
: : * cantile and rice mill business, : : :
: : : ?3 : : :
... auu ISJ X.UUUC VU.1. **h .
: : : terest, -we have decided to place : : :
: : : upon the market one of the fin- : : :
: : : est plantations for general pur- : : :
: : : poses in Orangeburg County. : : :
: i : This property is situated in : : :
: : : Pine Grove Township, one mile : :
: : : from the town of Lone Star,asta- : : :
: : : tioxi on the Manchester and Au- : : :
j : : gusia R. R., and containing : : j
: : j twenty-five hundred (2500) : : j
: : : acres, more or less, with a good j : :
: : : part of same under a high state : j :
: : : of cultivation. On the place is a : j :
: : : good saw mill, grist mill, gin and : : : |
: : : cotton press, a fine pasture, 8 or : : : j
: : : 10 good tenant houses, and ev- : : : j
: : : ery other convenience a good : : : j
: : : farmer would want. We olier j !
: : j also for sale two lots and the : : i
: : : best store house in Lone Star. : : :
| : : This is undoubtedly a fine open- : : :
: : : ing for anyone wishing to mer- : : :
: : : chandiseand farm in connection : :
: : : with each other. All of which : : j
: : : we oner you very cneap ana on ; :
: j : easy terms. Of coarse we won't : :
: : : be able to turn over to the pur- : :
: : : chaser the farm before first of r : :
: j : Jan., 1898. The store we can : : :
: : : tum over for the fall business.
: : For farther particulars address j j
: j : TAYLOR & BULL, Lyons, S. C. j j
ipril 21-3mos
it wmm.
0?
tfo Dasgeb. a* Qckdjg Oa*e Habit, of Forming
another.
3PIUM (Morphine, Laudanum) Etc., Cuued
is feom Fees to Six Weeks.
LIQUOR DISEASE
Ifured Usually in Four Weeks. Also Tobacco
Habit and Nervous Diseases
Kflon rt Ktr T ^rriQ
A. ilV \J IUC U.03 MVVlX v,uuy*gvu *JJ vuv -WV^u;
ature of sis States and one Territory; bj
.he National Government in the Soldiers'
Somes and in the regular army; by many
.ocal authorities in the cure of indigent
irunkards (morphine and liquor); by Miss
SValiard, the W. C. T. U.: Francis Murphy,
Steal Dow and the I. 0. G. T.; by prominent ,
nen all over the land; by 300,000 cured paienta,
more than 20,000 of these being phydciana.
The Leslie E. Keeley Company and the
Seeley Institute of S. C. are responsible corporations
which could not afford tojput forth
my claim that the^ are uuable to prove.
For printed mitter aad terms, address,
THE KEELEY INSTITUTE,
>r Drawer 27. Colombia, S. C
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HAPPY HOME ^
IS INCREASED TEN FOLD BY GOOD
MUSIC.
Make the most of life by procuring a good
FIANO or ORGAN. Music has a ,
refining influence and keeps
yoc.r children at home. Ill
REMEMBER I
You only invest once in a life time provid
ed you select a sood instrument.
I CHALLIFiS
any bouse to beat mv prices?QUALITY
and BESFONSIBILITT considered.
TERMS:
To tbo7e not prepared to p*y cash I will
give reasonable time at a slight
difference in price. JglttflHi
I fully guarantee Pianos and Orffl
repiesenied, placing them ou tesfl
Hence CAN and WILL save jowl
Organs from 545.00 up. 1m
Pianos from ?185^8
DON'T Fa[L to write for catalogue.
Tours for Pianos and Organs, *
M. A, M ALONE, /
COLUMBIA, S. C. '
TIE TH01AS > J
is the most complete system of elevating
handling, cleaning and packing cottonImproves
staple, saves labor, makes yon
money. Write for catalogaes, no other
equals it.
I handle the most improred
COTTON GriNS, - |
PRESSES,
ELEVATOBS,
ENGINES
AVn BnTT.TSWS ^
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to De found on the market. *?
My Sergeant Log Beam Saw Mill is, in
simplicity and efficiency, a wonder.
COKN MILLS, JP,
PLANEBS, Ml
GANG EDGEES, M j
and all wood working machinery. "
LIDDELL ANO TALBOTT ENGINES
are the best.
Write to me before buying.
17 H Rear? h 53.rrs 3H
General Agent, |j||
COLUMBIA. S. C. M
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IS YOTi L'YSi \'?L S[3
Are yoar Kidneys in aC&ealfchy condition
If so, Eilton's Life for the Liver and
Kidneys will keep them so. If ^fjjl
not, Hilton's Life for the Liver ?Jj?
and Kidneys will make
them so. A 25c bottle
will convince
yon of this J||
Taken regularly after meals It is an aid to .
digestion, curea habitual constipation,
and thus refreshes and clears -'"isaW
both body and mind. 3 wl
SOLD WK0L2SA.LB BY SB
ihe Murray Drug Go,
COLOMBIA, 8. a I
Dr. H. "BA.KR. Cfcsrlerton. S. n. jg
Adylce is Mothers. ji
We tafce plearoreln calling year attea g|
Ion to a remedy so long needed in carry- 9 ?9
rng children safely tiircngh tha critical ii
itaga of tee tiling. It is an incalculable
blessing to mother and child. If you are ill
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seething child, use Pitts' Carminative, it
fiil gl?8 Instant relief, and regulate the fl
ocweli, and make teething safe spd es*y - Jgjj
it will care Dysentery and Diarrhoea, jBB
?itts Carminative is an ins'snt -eitsf for jm
?Iic of infants. It Kill pressor digestion, flBffi
4ive tone and eEsrgy to the it-^mvh ?t><l IE
-ir.wflTn T^io nl^lr nr.r?7. stifferiajJ child SI
will soon become the fa; and frolic icing Joyfl
o? the hccaehold. It is verj pi?-sant
taste and only coei 2", cents o-.r bottlejj
S . d by druggists and by flj
TSK HUB5AT B3t7*> CO., 1^
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^ The Piano for a Lifetime,
The Piano of tie South, W. >
I Tie Piano Sold Most Reasonably. J|- J
| The old, original Kethcshek, sold by ui
| for over a quarter of a century and the ?djs
| delight of thousands of Sou them homes. In
| More .Mathusheks used South than of I
| any other one make.
I Lovely New* Styles at Reduced Prw* 1
| cheaper than ever before known.
Styles once $435, now $325.
$100 saved every buyer
| How, because we are now interested In fl
| the great Mathushek factory, supply
N carc A4 OTl/1 flOVA tVlflnv* nil I
g tennedl&te profits. White us. ,-r^m
LUBDES <fc BATES, lj|
| Savaimali, Ga?, and Sew York City.
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