The Fairfield news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1881-1900, May 18, 1898, Image 4
AN ORIENTAL WEIL.
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DR. T/LMAG? DRAWS ALLS3CN FROM
A RUSTIC SCENE.
H Ork Is Hocomblr, ?L(1 TLert. r> Olid B?
? - NO Idlcxr, ?ays fio Uie. I dreader. How
sl jms Found His KfJde.?-I e ?ra Utefal
ness Frcm '.he Ik's Damgtter.
Washington, Vay S.?Frcm a rustic
Bible scene Dr. Tako?ge in tbis
sermon draws practical and inspiring
lessons fcr all classcs of people. The
text is Exodus iii, 1, 4*Now Moses kept
the flock of Jetbro, his father in law,
the priest cf Midian."
In the southeastern part of Arabia a
man is sitting by a well. It is an arid
country and water is scarce, so that a
well i3 of great value, and iiocss and
herds are driven vast distances to have
their thirst slaked. Jethro, a Midianite
sheik and priest, wes so fortunate
as to have seven daughters, and they
are practical giris, and yonder they
come driving the sheep and cattle and
camels of thtir father to the watering.
They lower the buckets and then pull
them up, the water plashing on the
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stones ana cmiiing hjch koi, a^u wc
troughs are filled. Who is that man
out ihere sitting unconcerned and
looking on? Why dees he not come
and help the women in this hard work
of drawing water? But no sooner
hare the dry lips and panting ncstrils
of the flccks begun to cool a little in
the brimming trough of the well than
some rough Bedouin siepherds break
in upon the scene, and with clubs and
shouts drive back th6 animals that
were drinking and affright these
girlo until thej ?17 in retreat, and
the flocks of these ill mannered shepherds
are driven to the troughs, taking
the places of the other flocks. Now
that man sitting by the well begins to
color up, and his eye flashes with indignation,
and all tile gallantry of his
nature is aroused. It is Moses, who
naturally had a quick temper any how,
as he demonstrated on one occasion
when he saw an Egyptian oppressing
an Israelite and gave the Egyptian a
sudden clip and buried him in the
sand, and as he showed afterward
when he broke all the Ten Commandments
at once by shattering the two
granite slabs on which the law was
written. But the injustice of this
treatment of the seven girls sets him
on fire with wrath, and he takes this
shepherd by the throat and pushes
back another till he falls over the
trough and Aims a stunning olow be_
twsen the eyes of another as he cries,
"Begone, you villains!" and he hoots
and roars at the sheep and cattle and
camels o! these invaders and drives
them back, and, having cleared the
: place of the desperadoes, he told the
seven girls of this Midianite sheik to
gather their flocks together and bring
them again to the watering.
Oh, you ought to see a fight between
the shepherds at a well in the orient I
as I saw it in December, 1S90. There I
were here a group 01 rougn men vmo
kad driven the cattle many miles and
here another group who had driven
their cattle as many miles. Who
should have precedence ? Such clash./
ing of buckets! Such hooking of
horns 1 Such kicking of hoofs! Such
vehemence in a language I fortunately
could not understand! Now the
sheep with a peculiar mark across
their woolly back3 were at the trough
and now the sheep of another mark.
It*was one of the most exciting scenes
I ever witnessed. An old book describes
one of these cDntenticns at an
eastern well when it says: "One day
the poor men, the widows and the orphans
met together and were driving
their camels and their flacks to drink
? and were all standing by the water<L
aide. Daji came up and stopped them J
. all and took possession of the water
for his master's cattle. Just then an
old woman belonging to the tribe of
Abs came up ana accostca mm in a
suppliant manner, saying: 4'6s so
good, Master Daji, as to let my cattle
drink. They are all the property I
possess, and I live by tiieir milk. Pity
my flock; have compassion on me.
Grant my request and let them drink."
Then came another old woman and
addressed, him: 'Oh, Master Daji,
I am a poor, weak old woman, as you
see. Time has dealt hardly with me.
It has aimed its arrows at me, and its
daily and nightly calamities have destroyed
all my men* I have lost my
children and my husband, and since
then I have been in great distress.
These are all that I possess. Let them
drink, for I live on the milk'that they
prcduce. Pity my forlorn state. I
have no one to tend them. Therefore
grant my supplication and of thy
kindness-let them drink. * But in this
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case me oruuu siave, so iar jruiu
granting this humble request, smote
the woman to the ground."
A like scrimmage has taken place at
the well in the triangle of Arabia between
the Bedouin shepherds and
Moses championing the cause of the
seven daughters who had driven their
father's flocks to the watering. One
of these girls, Zipporah, her name
meaning "little bird," was captured
by this heroic behavior of Moses, for,
however timid woman herself may bs,
she always admires. courage in a man.
Zipporah became the bride of Moses,
one of the mightiest men of all the
centuries. Zippcrah . little thought
that that morning as she helped drive
her father's flocks to the well she was
splendidly deciding her own destiny.
Had she staid in the house while
the other sis daughters of the sheik
tended to their herds her life would
probably have been a tame and uneventful
life in the solitudes. Bat her
industry, her fidelity to her father's
interest, her spirit of helpfulness,
brought her into league with one of
the grandest characters of all history.
They met at that famous well, and
while she admired the courage of
Mose3 he admired the filial behavior
of Zirjporah.
you will have to go down before
you go up. From the pit into
which his brothers threw him and the
prison in which his incarcerated him
Joseph rcse to be Egyptian prime
minister. Elijah, who was to be the
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gre&i.esi ox an me ancient propneis;
Elijah, who mada King Ahab's knees
knock together with the prophecy
that the dogs would be his only un? ,
dertakers; Elijah, whose one prayer
brought more than threa years of
drought, and whose other prayer
brought drenching showers, the man
c , who wrapped up Ms capa of sheepskin
into a roll and with-it cut a path
through raging Jordan for just two
men to pass over, the man who with
wheel of fire rode over deat and
escaped into the skies without morluarv
Hisint?orrftf Inn *Vio mon tttVi n
thousands of years after was cilled
out of the eternities to stand beside
Jeasus Christ on Mount. Tabor when
it was ablazs with the splendors of
transfiguration- this man could lock
back to the time when voracious and
filthy ravens were his only caterers.
See also in this call c! Moses that
Gad has a great rremorv, Four hun"
dred years befor*. ne had promised the
the deliverance of the oppressgd Israelites
of Egypt. The clock of time has
struck the hour, and now Moses is
called to the work of rescue. Four
hundred years is a very long time, but
JOU 5t50 VJtuu Ciiu rciiicuiucr a pi wiiiuc j
400 years as well as ycucan remember
400 minutes. Four hundred years includes
aH vo\irsr ecs'rv that you know '
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anjibicg about and all the promises ;
made to them, and V7e may rxpeci 1
fulfillment in our heart ard life '
blessiDgs that <?ere predicted to our
unrisuan ancestry centuries ago. iu? <
hava a dim remembrance, if any re '
membrance at all, of ycur great grand <
father, but God sees those -who were j
on their knees in 1593 as well as these 1
on their knees in 1893, and the bless- *
ings he promised the former ana their 1
descendants have arrived or wiil ar- ]
rive. While piety is not hereditary it <
is a grand thing to have had a pious j
ancestry. So God in this chapter calls 1
up the pedigree of the peotle whom 1
Moses was to deliver, icd Moses is or- I
dered to say to then?. "The Lord Gcd ]
of your fathers, the Gcd of Abraham, i
the Gcd of Isaac and the God of Jacob :
hath sent me unto you." If that j
thought b8 divinely accurate, let me .
ask, what are we doing by prajer and <
by a holy life for the redemption of ]
the next 400 years? Our work is not
only with the people of the latter part
of the nineteenth* century, but with 1
those in the closing of the twentieth
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century, ana me ciusmg u* mo mcu
ty-first century, the closing cf the 1
twenty second century, and the clos i
ing of the twenty-third century. For s
400 years, if the world continues to I
swing until that time, or if it drops, .*
then notwithstanding the influence ]
will go on in other latitudes and long s
itudes of God's universe. i
No one realizes how great he is for J
good or for evil. There are branch- <
ings out and rebounds and reverbara- <
tions and elaborations of influence ]
that cannot be estimated. The 50 or I
100 jears of our earthly stay is only a 3
small part of our sphere. The flap of <
the wing of the destroying angel that 1
smote the Egyptian oppressors, the <
wash of the Red sea over the heads of j
the drowned Egyptians, were all ful-> I
fillments of promises four centuries 3
old. And things occur in your life <
and in mine that we cannot account <
for. They may be the echoes of what ;
was promised in the sixteenth or sev- ]
enteenth century. Oil, the prolonga- i
tion of the divine memorj ! 3
Notice also that Mcses was 80 jears '
of age whfjn he got this^U to become <
Israelitish d alive rar. Forty years Us ]
had lived in palaces as a prince. ;
Another 40 years he had lived in the
wilderness of Arabia. I should not
wonder if .he had said: ''Take a
younger man for this work. Eighty
winters have exposed my health.
Eighty summers hava poured their
heats upon my head. There are 40
years that I spent among the enervating
luxuries of a palace, and then
follow the 40 years of wilderness hard
ship, I am too old. Lit me off.
Better call a man in th3 forties or
fifties and not one who has entered
upon the eighties." Nevertheless he
undertook the work, pud if wa want
to know whether he succaeded ask the
abandoned brick kilns of Egyptian
taskmasters, and the splintered chariot
wheels strewn on the beach of the Red
sea, and the timbrels which Miriam
clapped for the Israelites passed over
and the Egyptians gone under.
Do not retire too early. Like Moses
ycu may have your chief work to do
after 80. It may not be in the high
places of the field. It may not be
where a strong arm and an athletic
foot and a clear vision are required,
but there is something for you yet to
fin Pflvharva if; mivbfltnrftund off
the work you have already done, to i
demonstrate the patience you have i
been recommending all your lifetime. ]
Perhaps to stand a lighthouse at the j
mouth of the bay to light others into i
I harbor. Perhaps to show how glori- j
! ous a sunset may come after a stormy i
! day. <
If aged men do not feel strong i
enough for anything else, let them sit
around in our chu^hes and pray, and
perhaps in that way they may accom - 1
plish more good than they ever did 1
in the meridan of their life. It make3 I
us feel strong to see aged men and '
; women all up and down the pews, '
! their fac;s showing they have been on s
the mountain of trans Sguratioa. "We 1
want in all our churches more men *
like Moses, men who have been j
through the deeps and climbed up the i
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snenea oeacn on me omer siae, w e >
want aged Jacobs, who have. seen <
ladders which let dorcn heaven into i
their dreams. We want aged Peters,
who have been at Pentecosts, and aged t
Pauls, who have made Felix tremble. I
There are here and. there those who *
feel like the woman of 90 years who 2
said to Fentenelle, who was 85 years 1
of age, "Death appears to have for: *
gotten us." "Hush." said Fontenelle t
the wit, putting his finger to his lip. I
No, my friend, hou have not been t
forgotten. You will be called at the I
right time. Meantime be holily oc- 1
cupied. 1
Let the aged remembsr that by in- *
creased longevity of the race men are e
not as old at 60 as they used to be at *
50, not as old at 70 as they .used to be
60. not as old at 80 as they used to be i
at 70. Sanitary precaution better un- a
derstood; medical science further ad- c
vanced; laws of health more thorough c
ly adopted ;.-dentistry continuing' for ]
longer time successful mastication; 1
homes and churches and court rooms 1
and places of business better ventilated i
?all these have prolonged life, and r
men and women in the close of this 1
C3ntury ought no: to retire until at t
least 15 years later than in the open- c
ing of the century. Do not put the t
harness off until you have fought a f
few more battles. Think of Moses c
starting out for his chief work an oc- c
togenarian; 40 years of wilderness life t
after 40 years of palace life, yet just ?
beginning. 1
There lies dying at Hawarden, Eng* t
land, one of the most wonderful men ^
that ever lived since the ages of time r
oegan their roll. He is the chief citi- i
z?n of the whole world, Three times s
has he practically fcejn king of Great i
Britain. Again and again coming t
from the house of commons, which he e
nad thrilled and overawed by his c
eloquence, on Saturday, on Sunday t
morning reading prayers for the peo- s
pie with illumined countenance and s
brimming eyes and resounding voice, t
saying: "I believe in God the Father f
Almighty, maker of heaven and earth c
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son, our ^
Lord," s
xne wona nas no omer suca man 10 1
lose as Gladstone. The church has no I
other such champion to mourn over, s
I shall never csase to thank God that t
on Mr. Gladstone's invitation I visited t
him at Eawarden and Heard from his i
own lips his belief in the authenticity I
of the Holy Scriptures, the divinity of s
Jesus Christ and the grandeurs of the t
world to come. At his table and in t
the walk through his grounds I was ?
impressed as I was never before, and f
probably will never be again, with ^
the majesty of a nature alLconsecrated c
to God and the world's betterment. In i
the presenc? of such a man what have ^
those to say who profess-to think that c
our religion is a pusilbnimouj and s
weak and cowardly and unreasonable j
affair? Matchless William E. Glad- t
stone! j
Still farther watch this spectacle o? [
genuine courage. No wonder when }
Moses scattered the rude shepherds he <
won Zipporah's heart. What matter- ]
ed it to Mos(55 whether the cattle or the v|
seven daughters of Jethro were driven ,
from the troughs by the rude herds- ]
men? A ssnse of justice fired his
courage, and the world wants more of
the spirit that will dare almost any- i
toing to see oiners ngntea. ah tne i
time at wells of comfort, at welis of
j->y, at wells of religion and at wells 1
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5? liltrVure I'i^re ar? O'i'.fJt^f.s p-'.c {
Lieed, the wrong herds getting the first
?7ai( r.
Three who have the previous riebt
:ome in last, if tl ey come it; at ail
rbatik God we have here atd tb^re a
itrcng mai to set things right! 1 am ,
4 lw? * mne.*. m**e\ h.-io on rcnApift i I
<J fC CUO.W Vi XtlLi VJUU 11M ^
svork to co be has saaie one ready to 1
accomplish it. ! ? the>e a Bible to
:rans!ate, there is a W.yclif to trans
late it, if there is a literature to be energized,
there is a Suakespfar to energize
it; if there is an error tosrnite,
iere s a Lutfcer to Jnii'e it; if there is
to be a cation free, there is a Moses io
free it. Bit course istetded ic religion,
in literature, in statesmanship,
in all spheres; heroics to defend Jethro*s
seven daughters and their li:cks
jna put to fiignt the insolent invader...
A.nci those who do ?h? brave ko;1c will
win somewhere high reward. The ,
loudest cheer of heaven is to be gkcn
>lto him that overcoaioth."
Still farther see in miscall cf Mores j
;hat if God has any especial work f jr i
you to do he will ficd you. Taere I ]
irroc. TTNtrrvt onr} A-oKio SiT\fi Pa IpSti r7 e I I
with their crowded population, but the
man the Lord wanted was at the
southern point of the triangle of Arabia,
and he picks him right out. the
shepherd who kept the flock of Jeth
ro, his father in law, ihe priest and J
>hiek. So God will not find it hard to <
;ake you out from 1,600,000,000 of the i
aumanrace if he wants for anything ]
'special. There was only just one man ]
qualified. Other men had courage i
like Moses, other men had scm^of ine i
:alents of Moses, other men had ro- <
saaneein their history, as had Moses; i
3ther men were impetous like Moses; ]
but no other man had these different <
jua^ities :'n :he essct proportion as had i
Moses, and God, who makes no mis- !
:akes, found the right mas for the <
right nlac?. Do not fear you will be j
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3V6> iOOKCClOr iii&l wumj-yu Sid naui
?d Gad cannot find jou. He knows ;
pour name, your features, ycur tem i
oercment and jour characteristics, i
md in what land or city or ward or
aeighborhood or housa you live. He I
will ne t have to send out scouts or (
explorers to ficd jour residence or <
place of stopping, a ad when ha wants
you he will make it as plain that he j
means you as he made it plain thai he 1
needed Mose3. He called his name <
twice, as afterward when he called (
tfoe great apostle to the gentiles he j
jailed twice, saying "Saul, Saul," and j
when he called ihe troubled house- ]
deeper he called her twice, sayingy 1
"Martha, Martha," and when he called
tlitvronhet to his mission he call j
aim twice, saying ''Samuel, Samuel,"
jndnow when he wants a deliverer
he calls twice, saying "Mosse, Moses."
2"es, if God has anything for us to do
bte will call us twice by name. At the
Eirst announcement of cur name we ;
may think it possible that we misun- i
iers'ocd the sound, but after fie calls 1
is twice by name we know he means
is as certainly as when he twice spake j
the names of Saul cr Martha or Samlei
or Piloses.
You see, religion is a tremendous
personality. We all have the general
:all of salvation. W6 hear it in '
songs, :in sermons, in prayers. We '<
tiear it year after jear. But after <
iwhile, through our own sudden and :
ilarming illness, or the death o? a play- j
mate, or a schoolmate, or a college
mate, cr the decease of a business ]
partner, or the demise of a nexi door <
?:~u- 1 *i"A
UdgliUjr, ii CI IIIKJ uan LKJ
repentencs and a new life and eternal *
happiness, and vre know that God ]
means us. You have noticed the way 2
in which God calls us twice? Two '
failures of investments, two sickness- j
is, two persecutions, two bereavements,
two disasters. Moses! Moses! J
Still further, notice that the cill of \
Moses was written in. letters of fire, i
On the Sinatic peninsula there is a <
shorn bush calied the scacia, dry and J
brittle, ana it easily goes down at the '<
icuch of the flame. It crackles and <
;urns to ashes very quickly., Moses, 1
seeing one of these bushes on fire. goes i
;o look at it. At first no doubt it ]
teemed to be a botanical curiosity, ]
turning*, yet crumpling no leaf, part s
ng no ?:tem, scattering no ashes, It i
ivas a supernatural fire that did no 1
iamage to the vegetation. That burn- i
ng bush was the call. 1
Your call will probably coma ia let- s
ers of f :re. Ministers get their call to 1
jre&ch in letters on paper or parch- 1
nent or typewritten, but it does not 1
tmount to much until they get their i
lext cali in letters of fire. You will i
lot amount to much in usefulness unil
somewhere near you find a burning 1
>ush. It may ba found fcu-ningin s
he hetic flash of jour child's ch.ek. J
'X may be found buraicg in business ?
nisforlu.ne. .Ii; may bs lound burn 1
ng in the fire of the world's scorn or
late or misrepresentation. But hark 1
in to tho crackling of the burning t
>ush! i
Oh, what a fa-c'nating and inspir- !
ng character this Moses! How tame ^
ill other stories compared with the bi
>graphy of Moses. From the lattice s
>f her bathing house on the Nile, '
Dhermutis, daughter of Pharoah, sees t
lim in the floating cradle cf papyrus 1
eaves made water tight by bitumen,
lis infantile cry is heard among the 1
Qarble palaces, and princesses hush c
lim with thfiir InllflhiAS* wnr]?m?Ti hv I
he roadside drop their work to look/
>n him when as a boy he passed, so e
>eautiful was he; two bawls put be c
ore his infant eyes for choice to dem- I
mstrate his wisdom, the one bowl ?
antaining rubies and the other con- i
aining coals of fire, sufficiently wise *
ras he to take the gems; but, diviney^directed,
he took the coals and put I
hem to his mouth, and his toEgue e
?as burned, and h9 was kfs a stam- J
nerer all his days, so that he declared, 1
n Exodous iv, 10,'i am slow of <
peecb and of slo n tongu? ;von aud on c
intil he set firm foot am:>ng thecrunrling
bisalt, and his ear was not desf- 2
sned by thunderous "Ihcu shalt noi" ?
if Mount Sinai, the man who want to i
he relief of the Israelites who were I
courgei because without chopped
wfM ?vrriir.'d fn rriairft firm t
>rick?, the story ol their oppression i
ound chiseled on the tomb of Eos- c
:here at Thates, and when his armies a
vera impeded by venomous serpents i
ent crates cf ibises, the snake destroy- a
ng bird?, to clear the way so that his i
lost could march straight ahead, thus c
;urprising the enemy, who thought s
hey must take another route to avoid t
he reptiles; the whole sky an aquari- c
im to drop quails for him and the 1
losts foJlowiag; the only man in all c
igeswhem Christ likens to himself;
he man of whom it is wri-.
en. "Jehovah spoke unto Moses face
o fice as a man speaketh to his ?
riend;" the man who fcai the most ?
vondrous funeral of all time, the Lord J
:oming_down out of heaven to bury
lien. Iso humin lips to lead the ser '
ric9. No choir to chant a psalm. No t
>rgan to roll a requiem. No angel t
iligjhling upor. ths seen?, bat G-d ?
ayicg Mm out for the last sleep, God *
lpturning the earth to rcc^ive the 1
laint, God smoothing or banking the ?
lust above the sacred form, Gad, with *
areweli and beaedictioa, closing the
ublime obscq lies of la ?/ giver, poit .
tnd warricr. "And no man knovrelh )
)f his sepulcher unto this day." Get 1
four eye on him instead of trying to *
mitate some smaller example. ?
Senators Tillman and iicLaarin <
ire urging ths President to appoint '
3-an. 21. C. Bailer a Us j jr-General of i
Volunteers in the United States army, i
5e would make a gcod one. i
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CCNCiT.O.N C r C^CPS.
S?l a t 6 (ib jt wars v.i Ov/r I ie la'? Ue- I i
port to H?s('fjaart?r?.
The following weekly crop bulletin
was issued Wednesday from Columbia J
oy Director J. W. Biuer: J
The warmest weather of the current ;
season occurred durisg the week with !
i maximum temperature cf S9 on the 1
llh at Giliisonviile, while over tne
Slate generally tbe ttmperatuie rose .
ibove 93 on the 3J, -1'h, 5ih, with cor- ;
"espondingly high night temperatures, 1
out durirg the afternoon and night of ;
^he C:h the temperature fell rapidly, (
rescuing a miaimua 01 ou cm tue i
of the 7th at Spar'anburg <
Ehe reit cf the week remained cocl. j
The average lemperaiuje deduced
from -11 weekly means 70 aca the normal
for the same period is approxi j
nately 69. Light frost was noted on
;he morning of the 7th arid 8;h at va- 1
rious places in the northern and west- <
?rn counties, but in no instance wss i
;He frost heavy enough to destroy veg- ,
station. \
. The rainfall for the week was con- j
fined to tne 5th, oa which date tbuu- j
ier showers occurred over the entire <
State, having been the heaviest to the :
northward ol the Santee river. The i
rainfall was light, and in many placcs i
she' e was Eose, over the northern ard :
western counties and in the southeast j
;rn sroup of counties. Ia tbe latter j
section the ground is very dry aid i
raia would prove bectiisial, while (
sver the upper counties rain is needed ;
to soften the surface, as the ground is
badly crusted, making it difficult for
sprouting p'ants to come up. Foriyfour
places reported rainfall measure
mints of which 31 were less than half i
m inch. The average of ail measure- i
ments v?as 0 42 and the normal for
the same period is about 0.78 inch. i
Tnere was a large percentage of
bright sunshine averaging S3 per cent, j
3f the possible, and on two days only ;
lid any cloudiness prevail. (
High winds, attaining to almost tor- (
aadic fores in Orangeburg, Florence, 1
Dlarendon, Lexington and Horry ;
counties, prevailed on the 6Lb, doing j
considerable injury to fruit trees, J;
fences, and in some imtinces to build !
ings, and the cold, high winds cn the
following days had a damaging effect
3n cotton, corn and tobacco.
The first portion of the week with
its high temperature, light winds and
bright sunshine, was extremely favor- .
able to crop growth and made a ?
noticeable improvement in the appearance
of field crops generally, ;
During this time farm work made :
rapid progress. The latter portion o;
the week, however, was balow the ac- <
Live growing temperature for soaae ci i
the principal crop3 cultivated in ihis j
State, for instance cotton which wiil
not grow or thrive uader 55 degrees.
Corn has imnroved gene rail v ai- ;
though its condition is extremely varied
and in cut few places entirely
satisfactory. Stands in many phases
ire very irregular owing to replanting
and cut worms have destroyed stands '
in many places. Early corn on sandy
lands is dciag fairly well. In the
western counties a considerable area
remains to be planted, while in York
:ounty fields planted ia cotton and j
which failed to come up to satisfactory |
stands have been plowed over and '
planted in corn. Corn that is up has :
received its hr3t and second cultiva
lion. The cool weather recently na3 ,
given it a yellow cast.
Coiton did fairly well during the
arst of the week, especially on sandy '
soils, where it is up to fine stands and J
;n tne mere easterly counties is.being '
lultivaied and chopped out On stilf '
lands tie surface is so crusted ;
ind baked tha. cotton cannot :
3ome up readily. Tne rec;nt cool \
weather gave cotton a severe sst back
mi a numbar of correspondents re- '
ported plants dying. Fields are re- '
sorted grassy in Edgefield and Ktr- ;
ihaw. Probably more than the usual
imount of replanting is necassary as '
i7hole fields are being replowed and i
replanted. Planting is not entirely j
inished but the area yet to plant is \
mall and confined principally" to the J
ipper portions of the State, although 1
slanting Sea Island cotton still contmles.
Tne region devoted to this va- ]
iety has besn too dry for its best de- j
relopment.
Reports on wheat continue favora- ]
)le except that rust has developed to a <
ilight extent in Anderson, GreenvillP, ]
Li.xington, Na^barry, Liiireui ana *
Spartanburg counties. Wiieat ls heai- \
ng but the straw is short.
As oats mar maturity the prospects
'or a full crop diminisn in many secions,
although over the northeastern, j
lorthern and western counties its c jn- '
lition C}ntinue3 very promiaing. In
Bamberg and Barnwell counties a fly
las attackel oat*-, while over t&e '
southeastern counties generally it lias
>sen too dry. Oats are heading with
he straw short. Spring oats are lookng
fine. - ^
Some rice is still being planted and 3
he ^tand, color and general condition
>f this crop has shown marked imjrovement
during the we^k.
Transplanting tobacco is being rush- c
>d to completion. The weather nas, 1
>n the whole, been too cool for young (
l - - - T1 u ,
uanis 10 grow wen, uui> ima urujj uw v
eceived no serious set back, al.hough i
n some places cut 'worms and grits t
loppers damaged it more or less. . ?
Sweet potato sets are being trans ?
)lanted, but not as yet to any great c
ixtent. " Draws are not very pJeniiful. i
'rish potatoes appear to be doing fine- s
y, except in Charleston and Beau fori t
:ounties, where they will not yield
me fourth of a crop. t
Melons have not shown much, if (
my, improvement and have made f
iatisfactory growth, except in Will- j
amsburg county, where the viaes are i
growing nicely. f
Fruit prospects vary greatly t
hrougbout the State, bring exceed- ?
ngly promisirg in places, while in t
>ther places there will be none. Pears i
moear ta be dropping badly and do- i
ng pDorly. Peaches give promise of x
t fair average crop generally, ani up I
n Greenwood county tl e trees are t
>verloaded. The winds of the weik I
hook much fruit eft' the trees, al- {
hough it is thought t3 the advantage
?f the fruit remainiag on tbe trees.
Dhe crop of wild berries promise to be
luite plentiful. 1
I
Wn U 9i-rA nn 'Pnn
Tee decision of the United States t
5aprem8 Court in the dispensary case :
rives great satisfaction in Columbia, i
Che Governor gave the original pack- i
ige men until last Monday to get tags c
rom the Siate dispensary and ship \
heir liquors out of the State, which i
hay have dons, and now there is not (
in origira! package store doing busi- (
icssin title Slate. Gv>v. E'lerbe is i
nuch pleased with the decision, and i
laysitLsa glorious victory for the 1
Slate. (
A GLORIOUS victory was won in the
South Pacific O^ean about 6,500 miles
'rom America. Oar fleet under Daw* c
*y met the Spanish fleet and destroy- !
>r! if Thfl Snanish Hatr chin i
Maria Christina was sel on fire and i
iestrojed 2nd her commander kii'ed. i
Che three largest ships were destroyed, 2
,wo more were crippled, six gunboats 1
were sunk and the rest of the Spatr'sh i
3eet sought safety inflight. c
Si. .'.jr-V*'-'_ -
a rn?m p-tt r
il. two aac icab<i>d>i bp?turi)< u ca
b*u si.p.
Ii!antU';rt to 1 -*r ii c< rnpa.fcits E
. ^ j n 4.1 ~ in i t_:4. .3 to.a -i./.
iEU 'J, U. t. c r.rM tlilLfu |o:a ca
fantry. on the shore of I'inar del Rio,
Dub.-t. Thursday afurnoon, with 500
ritbs, C,0l;0 rounds of ammunition
irid some focd supplies for ihe insurmerits,
theh;sL land Seht of the war
lock place. Each side may claim a
riotorr, for if the Spaniards frustrated
the ttforts tococatct with the insurgents,
the Americass aot decided the
tetter of the battie, killing twelve or
cno)c of the enemy, snd on thtir own
pari suffering no. a wound. Afier
iark Wtdntida.v tveirin^ the eld
fashion ad s.de ^hetl sieamer Gassie,
if the Morgan Line, with the tiojp^
and cargo mentioned, s:arled fcr the
3uban coast. At sunrise she fell in
with the gunboat Y;cksburg on the
Diocxacetc Havana, u.ner DiocKaaipg
vessels came up aiso. Tiie converted
revenue cutter Manning, Captain
W. !?. Munger, was detai.'ed to
convoy the Gussi?, and, three abreast,
the steamers moved along the coast.
J list wist of PortCabannas harbor tne
3-ussie anchored, the Mannirg covering
the landing place with her guns,
and the torpedo Dcat Wasp came up,
jager to assist. Tne firs: American
soldier to step on the Cuban shore from
ibis expedition was Lieut. Crofton?
Captain O'Connor, with the first battery,
lnviog gone a longer rcu'.e. A
rttf mar ine oesch threw the men out
and tney s'.umbled through the water
up to tneir breasts. When they reach
:d dry land ILey immediately went
imo ih<3 tujh to form a picket line.
!?#o horses iiau b;en led to swim to
Land, when sudieniy arifllie shot fol
lowed by continuous snarp firing,
wa.-ned me men that the enemy had
b-.e.'i in wailing. The captain of the
iranspori s.'gnail;d tne Wasp and the
Mi;immg, and sharpnel nisSed through
the air like to: iron plunged in water.
The vVusp opened Yfith htr saiall
guns, i'lse cannonade began at 3.15
HLd lasted a quarter of an iacur. Then
Dur pickets appeared. Ihe ships cir2kd
arcucd, and bjing told by Caplain
O'Connor, who nad come from
shore with the.clothing torn from cna
leg where the. Spaniards were. 100
shots more were liredia that direction.
'"Anybody hurt, captain?"'
"None of oar men, bat we shot
twelve Spaniards,1' he shouted back.
The soldiers on bosrd the Gussie
beard the news without a word, bat
hearing where the enemy was sitaated
gathered aft on the upper deck and
stnt several vclleysinto the spot.
The pickets returned to the baah.
Several crept along the beach, bat the
^Daniards had drawn back.
'li was decided that the soldiers
should re-embark on tin Gussie, and
that the guides should take the horses
and seek the insurgents aud make a
uew appointment. They roie olf to
the W est ward aod disappeared around
a point,
A CONFEDERATE CflUIS-R.
im;ui; Cap.urid b/ Oaa Friv-t e; in Si*
Month*.
Jiut what one little privateer can do
has been revealed bytne s&ort career
of the Confederate cruiser Snenandoah
dhe was aciually cruising for the destruction
of Union property but eight
months, aad during tnat time she captured
and destroyed vessels to tne
value of $1,200,000, and tne United
States had never been able to direct a
blow against her. She had visited
3very ccian except the Antarctic, cov
sring a distanced 58,000 statute miles.
iie destrojca micj wnaiers in tne
Arctic Ovwan. Is wa3 there that the
Last guii for the Southern cau3e was
Hred. It was fired from tne d;ck oi
the privateer cruissr SnenandOAh, by
Commander James Iredell Watideli,
3nJune 22, 1865, just seventy four
iajs after tne surrender of Lseat Ap
nomattcx. Commander Waddell could
pot persuade himself to enter an
SLinerican port, and, for some time,
lirniessly scoured the seas. In August,
however, hsspok3 tne English
snip Biiricouta, bound from dan
bVincisco to JL<.vcrpjjl, and from ner
ficjived conclusive evidence of the
jnd of the war between the States. He
resolved to seek an English porf, and
>0, on Nove nber 5. the S1" nandoah
jntered St. George's Channel, hav
.ng, sailed 22.UUU miles witiiout
seeing land 0a November 6 she
r.eameu up the Mersey, and the Conedtrjite
dig iiavicg Deen cauJed dowa
)j Uomoiancur WacUi;li, ne sent a
;omn.ualcai.iunto Exrl Russell, Eag
iish Minister of Foreign Atfairs, placing
his ship at tne d ^posai of tne
Bntidn government.' Inrough E^rl
tiusseil tne vessel was transferred to
;ne jurisdiction of tne American Minster,
Cnarles Erancij A lams, wi.o
aused her to bj conveyed to this
iountry to be dismantledNE.WS
FROM MA\I_A- V'.v.
__
rte Oitj ou ?rvAt 1021-Cap:uie ol a Span
ish Qaiiboj t.
The Navy D/p&rtment received a
iispatch from Admiral Dawer Sunday.
3a reports that the Spanish gunboat
Jallao, from the Caroline Islands, rejently
entered the por; of Manila,
>eing ignorant of the outbreak of hosilities
between Spain and the. United
States. An American warship fired
icrcs3 her bows and signalled her a
lemand f jr her surrender. The denand
being disregarded, the American
;hip fired direct at the Spanish gun>oat
which then surrendered.
The populace of Manila is reduced
o eating horseflesh, and the prospects
it relief seems far distant. [The telegrams
indicate that Djwey has lost
jone of the prestige gained in his
remorable fight of two weeks ago,
ind that while heiefrtias from taking
lie city of Manila, he has it pradically
it his mercy. The admiral expresses
he belief that the rebels are hemming
n the city by land, but the fact that
le says explicitly that they have made
10 demonstrations seems to disprove
.horoughly the published reports that
hey had already entered Manila and
)eguu a career cf bloodshed and ra)ine.
The Expedition Failed.
The steamer G-ussie, which left
Camps, Fla., May 10, with two comjanies
of the First infantry on board,
n charge of seven thousand rifle 3 and
wo hundred thousand rounds of amnunition
intended for the insurgents
n the proxies of Pinar del Rio, renained
off the coast of Cuba TaursIsy,
Friday and Saturday, convoyed
)y the Auxiliary gunboat Manning,
d a vain attempt to land her cargo.
^Jjptain J. H Dcrst, of the staff of
Ueneral Miles and formerly United
S.ates miliiary attache at Vienna,
leaded the expedition, which returned
icre. Sunday morning. He says the
3n;sipi will ootn Tames.. Fla.
A Flax o! Tinea.
S. c:etary Long made public Sanlay
a message which had fcesn received
rom Key West, telling of the depar,ure
of the United Sla'.es vessel Uncas,
a command of Capt Brainard. She
s bound for some point in Cuba, wi.I4
vie^v to securing the release of two
American prisoners under a fla: of
;ruce, in exchange for Spanish pri3on
i- - i J i? ii.: ?
irs nsiu oy mis ^uvcrumom.
A S- 'J22CRN F.?fiT.
ru* >.j2.n a da S paUed W t"? lo?? A'ttr
? I) rp*r%
The TTiiitpd Slates r.ruiser Mm-hte
b'ad, trie gu&boat Nashville and tbe
auxiliary cruiser Windom steamed up
to the harbor of Cienfi?egas early
Wednesday morning with orders to
cat the cable connecting: Havana with
Santiago de Cubs. This task was accomplished,
but obIv after a ?errific
fight between cur warships and several
thousand Spanish troops, wbicb
lined the shore and lay concealed behind
improvised breastwork*. One
man, a seaman named R agan, of the
Marblehesd, was killed in one of tha
working small boa's, ana six other
men 9rere sfverelv wounded. In addition,
a large number on Doard the
ship received minor weunds.
Soon after the arrival of ft e warships
cif Cieniuegcs, fcur boats were
launched and proceeded in shore for
the purpose of grappiiijg for the cable
in order to cut it. The warships lay-to
aK/vit 1 nnn r?r moTftnflFthr bar?
bor. It was observed that the Spanish
troops had assembled ashore, but it
was not known that heavy guns had
been placed in a masked battery and
that the old lighthouse, far cut cn a
neck of land, had been transformed
into a formidable fcrt. When the
commanders of the Marblebead and
the Nashville calied for volunteers to
man the boats and cu+ the cab>, the
men respo:dtd with a j utp
Lieut C. McR Wius'ow, of the
Nashville, took cDmmand of the Nashville's
roa's. The shore surrounding
the entrancs of the harbor was firat
shelled and then the "boats prcceedi-d
in. The work of Aiding the cable
was slowly and cautiously prcczeded
with. T^e cable was, deep in the
channel and was iour.d witn difficulty.
One of the relays of the cable had
bcea severed when the Spaniards
opened fire.
The marines ia the boats replied a:
orce, and a macbine gun from ilie
forward launch stnt .in a stream of
ballets, while heavy shells from the
worships drove the Spaniards from
the r 11-i pits at the shore, many of
them seeking refuge in. the lighthouse
fcrt, which was afterward torn, to
pieces by a shell from the Windom.
As there were great numbers of Spaniards
in and behind the fort at the
time, there is no doub:; tin; many of
them were killed.
1 With desperate courage the Ameri
can sailors remained calmly at their
posts and succeeded in dragging up
the second relay of the cible and severing
it. Seven men badly wounded
was the count, and one of them, Rea1
gan, died while on the way back to
the ship. Lieuteuant Winslow was
; shot in the hand, a number cf others
were mcra or less is jured.
Ua the iNashviiie uaptain Maynara
was standing forward, with an ensigu,
when a gpinish bullet passed through
the en3ign:s shoulder and struck Maynard
on the chest, near the heart,
wounding him only slightly. The
Marblehead was struck scores of timts
by bullets from machine guns, and
the Nashville suffered to about the
same extent. The Windom also bad
many marks of the fray. Her shell,
i blowing up the lighthouse and scatter
. ing th8 Spaniards in all directions,
ended the battle.
GUM3FOROU3S.LD ?R5.
The Kind CjcIo Sam Will Arm Hu Volanteen
Wltlu
It is stated by the offi ;ers of the
quartermaster general's bureau that
six weeks from now the government
will be able to cloihe and equip 100,000
men for the field. Tae most im
I portant difficulty lies in the matter of
1 r.flis. At present Uncle Sam has
barely more than a sufficent number
? . 3 n _ m 4.1 l
01 mcaern rinss lur me regular army.
The militia of the states are armed
with the old-fashioned Springfields
and similar out of date weapons. When
' it is 62'd that a Springfield "rill 3 shoots
25 buiiets a minute with a range of 4,000
yards, against 40 shots a minute at
6,000 yards for the new regulation
Krag-Jorg n59na very imperfect notion
i3 gived of the difference of effectiveness
between the two weapons.
The deference lies miiniy in the increased
"danger space" where the
Krag Jorgensenis used. The velocity
of the projectile fired by the KvagJorgensen
is so great that its caurse
is through the air is nearly horizoLtil,
so that it would kill a man who stood
anywhere between the muzzle of the
r*lid and a distance of tiiree miles. A
Springfield bullet, on the other hand
migh; kill at two miles, but if properly
aimed for such a range, ^would go
over the he&d of a man standing a
mils away. The war department nas
already ordered 100,000? Krag-Jorgensens
and it is believed that these
weapons can be turned out at the rate
of 1,0C0 a day when all the resources
of the small arm. factories are fully
utilized. Time must el&pse, however,
bsfore this ratecf produclion is attained.
and meanwhile a large part of
our troops vrill have to get along with
back number guns. Neurly alt of the
infantry of the militia are armed with
Springfield* of 45 caliber, while the
cavalry are provided witu Sprinfield
Remington, Spencer, and Sharge car
bines of 45 and 50 caliber. The supply
of ammunition for the rifles will
be.plentif ul, the Frankford arsenal ia
Pniladelphiais now turning out 150
000 cartridgesa day for the KragJorgensen
and the output will presently
reach 300,000 per diem. Many
I of the Springfield rifies and carbines,
I ' i j ?:IL T7-?^
wnen repmueu mm xviag uuigcu?;uo
will probably pass into the hands -of
the Cub in auxiliaries.
The field artillery used by troops
will consist mainly of 3 2 inch breech
loading rifles, which throw projectiles
weighicg 16 pounds a dis'.anca of four
miie3. Most of the states possess some
of these cannons and 31 states have one
cr more Gatling guns.
Killed bj Lightning.
A lightning bolt dealt death to a
crowd of negro gamblers Sunday ?ft
rnocna1; Columtia. Aft2rwards at
the base of a large and handsome tree
could be seen the bodies of two of the
jcuag negroes stretched out upon the
ground cold and stiff. In the band of
nna aroo tityhflv ^lasnpri a deck of
uuv " "* "b J s
playing cards. It was a dreadful picture
to gazg upon and many negro
women stood about and talked to each
otter, taking the position that it was a
manifestation of Divine veDgeance
upon those who disregarded tbe Sabbath
day and plajei cards onSuaday.
The crowd, it was said, had been
"dhoolin' craps" some distance away
when the rain came up and they adj
turned under the big tree to get shelter
intending to play a game of cards
while waiting.
Cardinal Rampolia, the Paual secretary
of state, declares the Vatican
will observe strictest neutrality. Tbe
Pope desires prayers for the speedy
conclusion of peace, but in the event
of continued war he will ask the blessings
of h?aven on the Spanish arms.
Tttc n^mmadnrfi DSWRT
has utterly destroyed the Spanish
fleet in the Pacific Osean, and has
ta-kea the Phillipine Islands from
Spain. The3e islands over which the
stars and-stripes no* float are richer
than Cuba.
I aik C# ^ a . *"i # ? C ? |
Thtj arehbrshoss of lie CVholic]
chuich in the United Slates have is |
sued ai address eid jrstd by Monsijr
nor Mariibtlli, the }&p:-i legate iu !
iLis country. The addrtss bxtaibts j
ihe spirit cf tac loftiest patriotism and I
is entente mcst ticqucnt appeals
that has been made tocilizins of this
country since war with Spain was declared.
The archbishops say to the
Catholics in :heUaited Stiles:
"We are no; now ecga^ed in a war
of section agaissi section, or s.ate
against; state, but we are united as tne
man assies-. & foreign eiitrny and a
common fee. If, as we a:e taught by
our holy ci.ureh, iove of couuir? is
next to love ot (icd, a duty imposed
on us by ail laws human atd divine,
then is cur duty to labor and to prav
for the ttmpoial a_d spiritual wellbeing
of iha brave who are battling for
1 W* toll T.C*t MC foitftflll
UUL U^l^YvU wvaumj. XJ.I? MI
iy btg the God of fcaiilts to crown tneir
arms on land aid s;a wilii viclorj
and triumph, and to s:aj unnecessary
tffusion ot biood ana spteaily to restore
peace to our teioved J and atd
peopie."
This is a noble sentiment ncbly tx
pressed. We are it war with a Catnolic
county, but cur Ibg willjhave no
more devoted followers,, lo more valiant
de'erders than curfeJicw ci'.Iz i s
ot the C&tnoiic f-iib. A:a great Giin
oiic gsuhericg in New Yuri; hut *tek j
Bishop McQiaid m&de a timing uadx'tss,
in wnich he Saiu: "Tnis ta
lion is 110 <v at war, ui_d witn a Caihoiic
countrj. i?n:s ;s cur country,
and wt will sianu with ir, leadj to
shed cur hiocd. The Caiiieiics of tne
U. lttd Stales will be the first iu iLc
siju^gle." These words wtre ap
piauded 10 the echo by tt.e 1-rge assemble
cf Cdih.'lics to ?h:e'a they
wtre spoken. Tncy express Ihe feeling
and determination cf the millions el
Catholic citizens of the United States.
I"lia at BambsrjcA
special dispatch /rem Bambergto
the State says a destructive fire-occurred
there Thursday nighi. It originated
in the "livery staoie of D. H.
-Counts & Co., and was discovered at
8.30 o'clock. The duelling house ef
Mr. W. F. Patrick and a small house
belon?ine to Mary Quignard, a colored
woman, were also burned. Several
stores narrowly es^-ap2d burning, and
the gocds in them wera badly damaged
by water and removal. The
losses are covered bv insurance. Mrs.
W. F. Patrick died at 9 o'clock
Thursday ni^ht. The circumstances'
of her death wera peculiarly sad. Sne
has been ia a dying state for weeks.
She had to be carried cut of her burn
ing house and died a short while afterwards.
Great sympathy is felt by
the whola town for the dcubJy fce
reaved family.
Expired In Churcb.
IA special dispatch from Roc* Eiil
to The State says services at the First
?a.?Ai u ci :
I-rreay^ieriau cuuruu ou-uuay muruixig
were suddenly closed by a sad calamity.
Mr. Andy R. Saiitb, president
of the Telephone company and presi
dent and treasurer of tjie E'ectric
Light company, and one cf Reek
Hill's prominent business men, suddenly
threw up his hand, gasped, fell!
back over the seat ana was dead be |
, fore he'could be carried cut of the
| door near whici he was sitting. Two
| physicians were by him and he hsd
tvery attention, but to no a7ail. He
never spoke or made any noise. Mr.
Smith was as well as ever when com j
icg to church and conversed cheerful-1
ly with friends on tin way. He was j
.bout 41 jears old and married.
Spanish Fleet Located.
The Spanish fleet has been located
at Curacao, which is about twelve
hundred miles east of Cuba.
Honor Rear Admiral Simpson for
releasing the Soanish lieutenant!
who was captured while trying to
reach his wife and a baby heiiad never
seen! We can afford to let such
prisoner i go.
A foul breath is one of the greatest
iffllctions that a man or wonnn can
have. An s ffilction not only to themselves,
but to those with whom they
come in contact. A foul breath is a
great discourager of affection. It
would probably be more so it people
only realizid just what bid"oreath
means. Bad breath is one of the
symptoms of constipaton. Some of
the other symptoms are sour stomach,
loss of appetite, sick snd bilious headache,
d'zzlness, heartburn anddiitress
after eating.These things msan indigestion,
they lead to dyspepsia and
: - Ai.,* mu? ?ii :<L
wurso uuugs. jmejr hi: aiart. wicxi
constipation, and consfipation'is inexv'
cusable because item bs cared?cured;
easily, q iickly and/ permanently by
tin use or Dr. Pierce's Pleas in I Pellets..
They give to nature just the little help
that she needs. Tnere is no case of
biliousness, constipation, indigestion,
"heartburn," or ady of the rest of the
night mare breeding brood, thai these
little "Pellets" will not cure.
Sand 21 cents in one cent stamps to
World's Dispensary Medical Associa
tion, Buffalo, N. Y., and receive Dr.
Pierce's 10C8 page Common Sense
jaeaicai ^.aviser, uiusiraiea.
.. i; ' <*<%, and Reverse!"
W5*.r? - ^covered rushing on to a
frightful col
?- lision, it is a
, - . thrilling inI
' v <**'& the
0"! i \X j : whistles
If! 1 J Y" j^lStr vN/ " Down
8iT f'H ?|p? ?
II l WrgJL Tit '".rt.Tr!
m &^/fu\}israk^,,oas
l s I frir 'J I are not
L , ) i.H?- r-OVv enough , '.?e
ft /\ whole pro//
J j pellira pow!
/ M -I '? the cn/
A \) t's mast be
if j (\ ^ ""reversed and
! ( I Lsssf made to work
I ) f+S\ \\W ^ the oppo1
f / V \\___ site direc
[$ J[ / / """N.'i \ # tion. That is
py*/ w< how M is
'f-~?zLzZ? r ; / sometime3
r j with disease.
/Kf There-are
trnes when
the system is flying along the tTaok of disease
at such a frightful pace that n. ordinary j
methods will prevent disaster There are
plenty of medicines which aci rely as
?rakes to "'slow up" the diseast ..- d put
>2" disaster for a little while; but tii.ii t^n't
enough. What is needed is a medicine, ih;*t
will instantly reverse the entire wasting,
degenerating oroce<^.
When yr.?ii!r '1?<L -"Trv n<rtb
md vitality, with the life <> ?; the:*
day after day, they need Dr. Pierce's Golden
Medical Discovery, which acts directly upon
the vital forces, completely transforms the
entire nutritive orgai ism and totally reverses
the wasting, debilitating process
\c of rr\r\+ r\f nil di<C?aseS.
It enables the digestive and blood-making
organs to supply the circulation with an
abundance of pure, healthy, red blood. It
stops the wasting of tissue, builds up solid
muscular flesh and healthy nerve-force.
Miss Mary Whitman, of K-1't Dickinson,
Franklin Co., K. Y., writes: "For nearly ten
months I have had a bad cough, and instead of
getting better, it frt-.v worse, until I was advised
by a friend to try Or. Pierce's Golden Medical
Discovery. I L Stated at nrst, for it seemed to
me nothing wcuid sive relief only death. My
parents w -e anxious about me, and I was said
to hav? usuraptioa. I tried your medicines,
and * I bad u '-en many doses there was a
? til** w-i-oad bottle was empty
|f?d co cough ai:<! was a. great deal stronger. " J
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fr^sh cuts and wounds, no matti * h<^
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of long standing Will kill thi v
orx from *'Poiso?> Ivr" or 4*]>.?fv n
Os k" ud cure "Dew Poison." ^ ill
counteract the poison from fciu-s of
3nakes and stings of insects. It is a
sure cure for sore throat Wii -cure J
any case of sore mouth, and is z supe
nor renteay lor aji pains ana acnes.
Sold by druggists and dealers 2.r> o-iits
a bottle.
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Music has a refining influence, and keepi
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quality and responsibility considered.
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Result?a perfect cure of the Lienor or the
Mcrphine habit and re-establishment of the
will power. Have yon a friend whc needs
the cur*;? - Detailed information mailed oa
application.
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(In writing mention this paper.)
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