The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, April 22, 1896, Image 1

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__ | ADVERTISING RATES. BEST?ovemw6medium ATp-_,? pvTM/TT'AM I ?ICT A T*/**U U^rr^Ti'J: S!L~ | fit ttAIlMvJ 1 Ui> JLMoFA 1 Lrl. =:S~?Z SATES REASONABLE. i^to^dvertise for throe, mi end twelre O ?? Notices in the local column 10 cent* per ??" ? ~~ line each inser'ion. { SUBSCRIPTION$1PERannum XXYI. LEXINGTON, S. C., APRIL 22, 1896. NO. 23. Address * IrtD DRIVTIYP. \ SPKr.lil.TY. G. M. HABMAN, Editor. % tJUU I IIL1 IIJU XI Uft uviaut i ; ^ i GO TO I PHILIP EPSTllj eppfc . " trustee, for f IE m ATIHMft mmm, | B jS*. T S , j, mn am. UUVi/wy i * TRUNKS AND VALISES, 180 MAIN STREET, llfc.-'. " COLUMBIA, S. C. i Nov* 7?ly. SOUTHERN RAILWAY. 6 ^ Central time between Colombia .and Jacksonville. Eastern tline between Columbia ami other points. ~ v7-.u.. ...77i iv?. 30 .No. 33 February 23, 1893. Daily. Daily. Daily. Lv. Jacksonville 1100a 6 50p " Savannah 2 52 p 11 20 p Ar. Colombia 6 44 p 3 50a Lv. Charleston 5 5*0 p 7 20a Ar. Columbia 10 10 p 1105a Lv. 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Columbia Un. depot 4 30 a; 120p " Johnstons 6 32 a 3 10 p *' Trenton 6 48 a; 8 23 p ** Granite viUe 7 15a; 3 45 p Ar-Augusta. 8 00a 4 13p f/r. Columbia I 7 00 a 4 00 p Ar. Charleston j 11 10a! 8 OOp Lr. Columbia 10 46 a 1 ISal Ar. Savannah 2 30 p 0 35 ui * Jacksonville 6 30p| 9 45 a SLEEPING CAR SERVICE. Noa. 87 and 3S?Washington and Southwestern Limited. Vestibuled Pullman cars, between Augusta and New York. Solid Vestibule J train with dining cars and first class coaches north of Charlotte. Nos. 35 and ?1?U. S. Fast Mai), Through Pullman drawing room buffet sleeping car be tween Jacksonville and New York and Charlotte and Augusta. Also Pullman sleeping jb&rs between Jacksonville and Cincinnati via ?A 11/>. Nos. 31 and 32?"New York and Florida Short Liu* L^ited," comprises between New York .end St, Augustine: Pullman compartment and library .observation cars. Pullman drawingjoom 'cars, Yi<*t jbuled coaches with smoking room and r1s? dining cars serving meals. Also drswing>roOfu Pullman cars lietween York and Tampa. ^Southbound this train wihrarrv Pullman drawing-room sleeping car New Y^rk to Columbia, en route to Augusta by O-'rain 37: and northbound by train No. 38 Augusta to New York. W.H. GREEN, J. M. CUT.?, G. Supt.. Washington, T. M.. Washington. W. A. TURK. S. H. HARD WICK. G. P. A.. Washington. A. G. P. A.. Atlanta. f F. W. HUSEMANN, SUIT AKD MCESMITS, and dealer in guns, pistols. pistol cartridges fishing tackle, , aud all kinds of Sportsmen's Articles, which lie Las now on exhibition and for ale at Us store. Maia Street, Near tlie Central Bank, Columbia, S. C. AGZKT FOR HAZARD POWDER CO. Repairing done at short notice. Paper and envelopes of all kinds writing and pencil table's, pens, pencils, memorandum and pass g &ooks, purses, banjo, violin and guitar strings, and notions generally, ?t the Bazaar. NEXT TO THE THRONE _ PRACTICAL LESSONS IN THE LIFE OF JOSEPH. T* Ji At Rev. Dr. Talmajre Relates In His Usual Yisid Way How He Rose From ObsourCI ity to a High Place?Elevation the Result of Persecution. & at H? ifiTivfTAv Anw'l 19 Tlio cprmnn r*i TT AOIUilUl AA am. AAW a? of Rev. Dr. Talmage today is full of pi stirring and practical lessons for alL ai Washington has many men who, like the hero of the texts, started from almost nothing and rose to high place. J i The texts chosen were: Genesis xxxvii, ai 28, "They drew and lifted up Joseph uj out of the pit and sold Joseph to the ? Ishmaelite8 for 20 pieces of silver." fr Genesis xlv, 26, "He is governor over jr all the land of Egypt." . ft You cannot keep a good man down. fc God has decreed for him a certain point g( of elevation. He will bring him to that OJ though it cost him a thousand worlds. ^ You sometimes find men fearful they 0j will not be properly appreciated. Every cj man comes to be valued at just what he 0j is worth. You cannot write him up, and tl you cannot write him down. These facts ^ are powerfully illustrated in my subject. { t? I> vpvmlrl >vo nn incnH. tn KTirvnosft that ' you were not all familiar with the life ga of Joseph?how his jealous brothers threw him into a pit, but seeing a eara- m van of Arabian merchants trudging E] along on their camels, with spices and w gums that loaded the air with aroma, al sold their brother to these merchants, who carried him down into Egypt; ta Joseph there sold to Potiphar, a man of a influence and office; how by Joseph's C1 integrity he raised himself to high posi- n tion in the realm until, under the false r charge of a vile wretch, lie was hurled /VV into the penitentiary; how in prison he 0f commanded respect and confidence; w how by the interpretation of Pharaoh's "] dream he was freed and became the to chief man in the realm, the Bismarck of to his century; how in the time of famine pr Jnsenh bad the control of a magnificent ti, storehouse, which he had filled during j seven years cf plenty; how when h4s bi brothers, who had thrown him into the l( pit and sold him into captivity, applied jf for corn lie sent them home with the beasts of burden borne down under the heft of the corn sacks; how the sin jc against their brother which had so long e} been hidden came out at last and was go returned by that brother's forgiveness ij( and kindness, the only revenge he took. m Christian Character. a You see, in the first place, that the pr world is compelled to honor Christian ^ character. Potiphar was culy a man of th the world, yet Joseph rose in his estimation until all tho affairs of that pr great house were committed to his sp charge. From his servant no honor or p3 confidence was withheld. When Joseph gj( was in prison, he soon won the heart of the keeper, and though placed there for m being a scoundrel, he soon convincedva the jailer that he was an innocent and ^ trustworthy man, and released from k? close confinement he became general su- jjj perintendeni of prison affairs. Wherever w Joseph was placed, whether a servant ^ in the house of Potiphar, or a prisoner ? . l?/\ VvArtnwA fiwif (i ID IHt/ I Ul/ UCVttiixV/ luv i?ov qj man everywhere, and is an illustration gC of the truth I lay down, that the world ar is compelled to honor Christian charac- f0 ter. There are those who affect to deSpise a religious life. They speak of it ^ as a system of phlebotomy by which the js man is bled of all his courage and no- ^ bility. They say he has bemeaued him- ^ self. They pretend to have no more confidence in him since his conversion g( than before his conversion. But all this is hypocrisy. There is a great deal of w hypocrisy in the church, and there is a pr great deal of hypocrisy outside the church. It is impossible fcr any man ^ not to admire and confide in a man er who shows that ho has really become a ]1( child of God and is what he professes ar to be. You <iannot despise a son of the Lord God Almighty. Of course we have m no admiration for the sham of religion. rn I was at a place a few hours after the ruffians had gone into the rail train and C1 demanded that the passengers throw up ai their arms, and then these ruffians took the pccketbooks, and satan comes and a suggest to a man that he throw up his ?< anus in hypocritical prayer and preten- ^ sion, and then steals his souL For the ca mere pretension of religion we have ab^ "tlx*. *_ 1. . horrence. iteawaia, me mug, uup- lc tism, had an altar of Christian sacrifice ai and an altar for sacrifice to devils, and jj, there are many men now attempting the same thing?half a heart fcr Gcd jj and half a heart for the world?and it ^ is a dead failure, and it is a caricature of religion, and the only successful as- t} sault ever made on Christianity is the in- w ! consistency of its professors. You may p j have a contempt for pretension to re* tj ; ligion, but when you behold the excel- a, ! lency cf Jesus Christ come out in the y j life cf one cf his disciples, all that there ^ I is good and ncble in your soul rises up g, | into admiration, and you cannot help vc | it Though that man be as far beneath tj ! you in estate as the Egyptian slave of ^ I whom we are discoursing was beneath v* | his rulers, by an irrevocable law of ^ ! your nature, Potiphar and Pharaoh will y( always esteem Joseph. c1 When Eudoxia, the empress, tlircaten- R. ed Chrysostom with death, he made the jj reply, "Tell the empress I fear nothing ' f] but sin." Such a scene as that compels j the admiration ef the world. There1 was ! C! something in Agrippa and Felix which j s\ demanded their respect for Paul, the i v rebel against government. I eloubt not \] i thev would willingly have yielded their | c onico raid dignity for a thousandth part j p of that true heroism which beamed in j ^ the eye and beat in the ht ;irt of that un- f, conquerable ajiostle. Paul did not cower t before Felix'; Felix cowered before Paul. The infidel and worldling are compelled ! r to honor in their hearts, although they g tpay not eulogize with their lips, a Christian firm in i>ersecutioii, cheerful in v poverty, trustful in losses, triumphant j p in death. I find Christian men in all J t professions and occupations, and I find j j | tfioiii respected and honored and success- j <] : - ? ?* j t An jigi&vit, This is to certify that on May 11th, j J I walked to Melick's drug sto:e on; j a pair of crutches and bought a bot- j \ tie of Cuamberlaims Pain Balm for ' inflammatory rheumatism which had I ^ crippled me up. After usiug three J t bottles I am completely cured. I can r cheerfully recommend it.?Charles H. 1 Wetzel, Sunbury, Pa. 1 Sworn and subscribed to before ( me on August 10, 1894.?Walter * Shipman, J. P. For sale at 50 cents j per bottle by Julian E. Kauffman. Supsrior to All Other. Gerento, Miss , May 6th, 1892. Although I never used any secret miedies before, I prescribe St. sseph's Sarsaparilla in my practice 31 would any prescription of my vn compounding, and any physiaD who will do the same will be reatly pleased at the results ihieved. In my opinion it is supeor to all others and has been esscially useful to me in Rheumatic id Scrofulous cases. R. M. KITTREL, M. D. For further information call at iilian E. Kauffmann's drug store id ask for a pamphlet entitled. 1 Treatise on the Blood." 23, il John Frolerick Oberlin alleviating picrance and distress; Howard passing om dungeon to lazaretto with healing >r the txxly and soul; Elizabeth Fry Ding to the profligacy of Newgate pris1 to shake its obduracy as the angel une to the prison at Philippi, driving >en the doors and snapping loose the lain, as well as the lives of thousands : followers of Jesus who have devoted lemselves to the temporal and spiritual elfare of the race are monuments of te Christian religion that shall not umble while the world lasts. A man tid to me in the cars: "What is region? Judging from the character of any professors of religion I do not adire religion." I said: "Now, suppose ewent to an artist in the city of Rome id while in his gallery asked him, Vhat is the art cf painting?' Would he ke us out in a low alley and show us mere daub of a preteAder at paintings, would he take us down into the cordons and show us the Rubens, and the apliacls, and the Michael Angelos? hen we asked him, 4 What is the art ' painting?' he would point to the orks of these great masters and say, .'hat is painting.' Now, you propose find the mere caricature of religion, ? seek after that which is the mere etension of a holy life, and you call at religion. I point you to the splend men and women whom-this gospel is blessed and lifted and crowned. x>k at the masterpieces of divine grace you want to know what religion is." Resale of Persecution. We learn also from this story of sepli that the result of persecution is evation. Had it not been for his being Id into Egyptian bondage by his manous brothers and his false imprisonent Joseph never would have become governor. Everybody accepts the omise, 4 'Blessed are iliey that are pereuted for righteousness sake, for eirs is the kingdom of heaven," but ey do not realize the fact that this inciplc applies to worldly as well as iritual success. It is true in all deLrtments. Men rise to high official potions through misrepresentation. Pub; abuse is all that some cf our public en have had to rely upon for their eleition. It has brought to them what lent and executive force could not eve achieved. Many of these who are aking great effort for place and power ill never succeed just because they e not of enough importance to be used. It is the nature of men?that is ? J rtV.1 a ? * fA ail gt'Ufruus ttUU xronuiiauic iuui ither about these who are persecuted id defend them, and they are apt to rget the fault of those who1 are the bjccts of attack while attempting to ive back the slanderers. Persecution elevation. Helen Stirk, the Scotch artyr, standing with her husband at e place of execution, said: "Husband, t us rejoice today. We have lived to ther many happy years. This is the ippiest time of all our life. You see e are to be happy togetherforever. Be ave now, be brave. I will not say rood night' to you, for we shall soon s in the kingdom of our Father togethPersecution shows the heroes and noines. I go into another department, id I find that these great denoniinaons of Christians which have been ost abused have spread the most ipidly. No good man was ever more violently j altreated than John Wesley?belied | id caricatured and slandered until one ly he stood in a pulpit in London, and man arose in the audience and said, I You were drunk last night," and John j Lesley said: "Thank God, the whole italogue is now complete. I have been largedwith everything but that !" His illowers were hooted at and maligned id called bv eveiy detestable name that iernal ingenuity could invent, but the itter the persecution the more rapidly icy spread until you know what a reat host they have become and what a cmendous force for God aini the truth t>-y are wielding all the world over. It as persecution that gave Scotland to resbytoriahism. It was persecution mt gave our land first to civil liberty id afterward to religious freedom, ea, I might go farther back and say it as persecution that gave the world the reat salvation of the gospel. The ribald lockery, the hungering and thirsting, ic unjust charge, the ignominious eatli, when all the force of hell's fury as hurled against the cross, was the Production of that religion which is it to be the earth's deliverance and our :ernal salvation. The state sometimes lid to the church, "Come, take my and, and I will help you." What was ic result? The church went back, and : lost its estate of holiness, and it bciiine ineffective. At other times the fate said to the church, 4 Twill crush ou." What has been the result? After [?e storms have spent their fury the Irarcli, so far from having lost any cf is force, has increased and is worth innitely more after the assault than beore. Read all history and yen will find hat true. The church is far more inebted to the opposition cf civil governin nt than to its approval. The fires cf the take have only been the torches which hrist held in his hand, by the light of riiich the church has marched to her >resent glorious position. In the sound f racks and implements cf torture I lear the rumbling of the gospel chariot, ihe scaffolds cf martyrdom havo been he stairs by which the church mounted. A Thousand Toncues. Learn also from our subject that sin vill come to exposure. Long, long ago kuI these brothers sold Joseph into Jgypt. They had made the old father x-Vleve that his favorite child was de;uL rbey had suppressed the crime, and it ? ??'1 lror\f V\V iVas u pruiuLLuu. dwi CI U Vii yv l/j IUV brothers. But suddenly the secret is out. The old father hears that his son is in igypt, having been sold there by the nalice of his own brothers. How their "heeks must have burned and their hearts >unk at the flaming out of this long suppressed crime. The smallest iniquity a&s_ a thousand tongues, and they pyill blab out exposure. Saul was sent to de- j stroy the Canaauites, their sheep and * their oxen, but whc 11 he got down there cc among the pastures lie saw some fine ! hi sheep and oxt n too fat to kill, so be thought he would steal them. Nobody 1 S? would know it. He drove these stolen fc sheep and oxen toward home, but stop- tl ped to report to the prophet how lie had w executed his mission, when in the dis- ai tance the sheep began to bleat and the ; C( oxen to bellow. The secret was out, and | Samuel said to the blushing and eon- I x j c? 1 i y< j iu.v.71 Oiiui, vt uat im aiiuui uu uivuviun i i of the sheep that I hoar and the bellow- j ing of the cattle?" Ah, my hearer, yon j cannot keep an iniquity stilL At just the wrong time the sheep will bleat ! 1D and the oxen will bellow. Achan cannot , 2' steal the Babylonish garment without E being stoned to death, nor Arnold betray his country without having his neck j stretched. Look over the police arrests, i These thieves, these burglars, these ; w counterfeiters, these highwaymen, these j cj assassins, they all thought they could hi bury their iniquity so deep down it ' st would never come to resurrection, but ! m there was some shoe that answered to ir the print in the soil, some false keys ' pt found in their possession, some blo<xly i hi knife that whispered of the death, and j m the public indignation and t he anat he-ma m of outraged law hurled them into the tli ~~ dungeon or hoisted the m en the gallows. ! j2] Francis I, king of France, stood coun- j seling with his officers how he could j fr take his army into Italy, when Ameril, i q( the fool cf the court, leaped out from a ^ corner of the room and said, "Yen had | better be consulting how you will get i your annyback." And it was found i pj that Francis I, and not Ameril, was the | jD fooL Instead cf consulting as to the be st pj way of getting into sin, you had better ca consult as to whether you will be able ; ]i to get out cf it. If the world does not ; ^ expose you, you will tell it yourself. 1 There is an awful power in an aroused j ^ conscience. A highwayman plunged out ! 0f upon Whitcfield as he rode along on ! y( horseback, a sack of money on the liorso I sc ?money that he had raised for orphan cc asylums?and the highwayman put his ' hand on the gold, and Whiteneld turned j ^ to him and said, "Touch that if you i ^ dare; that belongs to the Lord Jesus y Christ." And the ruffian slunk into the \ w forest. Conscience! Conscience! The j a ruffian had a pistol, but Whitcfield ! fe shook at him the finger of doom. Do not | v( think you can hide any great and pro- j y( tracted sin in your heart, my brother, i In an unguarded moment it will slip off the lip, or some slight action may for cr the moment set ajar this door that you ; j( wanted to keepclosed. But suppose that I in this life you hide it, and yen got i V( along with this transgression burning in j ji: your heart, as a ship on lire within for days hinders the flames from bursting 1 out by keeping down the hatches, yet at i m last in the judgment that iniquity will i w blaze out before God and the universe, i nj Links of tlie Universe. | j Learn also from this subject that there ca is an inseparable connection between ^ all events, however remote. The uui- ot verse is only one thought of God. Those g0 things which seemed fragmentary and isolated are only different parts cf that j ^ great thought. How far apart seemed : m these two events?Joseph sold to the j ju Arabian merchants and his rulership of | ^ Egypt?yet you see in what a mysterious j way God connected the two into one ^ plan. So the events are linked together. ^ You who are aged men look back and pj group together a thousand things in ca your life that once seemed isolated. One , _j. undivided chain of events reaches from w the garden of Eden to the cross of i or Calvary, raid thus up to the kingdom of^ heaven. There is a relation between the ; _ smallest insect that hums in the sum- j mcr air and the archangel on his throne. ! __ God can trace a direct ancestral line I ? from the bine jay that this spring will ^ build its nest in the tree behind the j j house to some one of the flock of birds ! ^ which, when Noah hoisted the ark's yf window, with a whir and dasli of bright wings, went out to sing over j ' j Mount Ararat. The tulips that bloom in the garden this spring were nursed j e by the snow flakes. The farthest star on j ( | one side of the universe could not look I toward the farthest star on the other ju side of the universe and say, "You are no relation to me,"forfrom that bright i ^ orb a voice of light would ring across ar the heavens responding, "Yes, yes, we j are sisters." Nothing in God's universe I f. swings at loose ends. Accidents are only j God's way of turning a leaf in the book ^ of his eternal decrees. From our cradle I to our grave there ls a path all marked cj out. Each event in our life is connected cc with every other event in our life. Our m losses may be the most direct road to ^ our gain. Our defeat and our victory ^ are twin brothers. j ^ The whole direction of your life was : p( changed by something which at thetimo j | seemed to you trifling, while some oc* w currence which seemed tremendous affected ycu but little, God's plans are ! v magnificent beyond all comprehension. . He molds us and turns and directs us, I _ and we know it not. Thousands of years ! * are to him as the flight of a shuttle. I ^ TliO most terrific occurrence does not | make God tre mble. The most trhim pliant achievement does not lift him into rapture. That one great thought of j God goes out through the* centuries, and C1 nations rise and fall, and eras pass, and j the world changes, but God still keeps ; the undivided maste r.*, linking e vent to event and century to century. To God j1( they are all one event, one history, one j plan, cue development, one system. | Great and marvelous are thy works, j Lord Goel Almighty! I was years ago in j b; Nc-w Orleans at the exposition rooms, I 0] when a telegram was sent to the prcsi- j e, dent of the United States, at Washing, j ton, and we waited some 15 or 20 ruin- C( utcs, and then the president's answer ! i came back, and then the presiding ofti- j _ j cer waved bis handkerchief, and the sigi rial was sent to Washington th;;t i A Lifs Saved. j ?: ^ i t' Jamestown, Tenn., October 15, 1891. My daughter tried physicians and ; s nearly all remedies for Female irreg- j c i nlnrities. but, received no relief or ; C , , i benefit whatever. "We had nearly ! despaired of her recovery when we ; n wtre induced by our postmaster, j n Mr. A. A. Gooding, to try Gerstle's a Female Panacea, and after using four.^ g bottles she was entirely cured, for j which I feel it my duty to let it be o known to the world and sufferi ig j v humanity, for I believe she owes her life to the Panacea. A. J. MACE, : c Sheriff of Fentress County, Tenn. j For further information call at i Julian E. Kauffman's drug store and ; get free, a pamphlet entitled, "Ad- a vice to Women and Other Useful In- u formation." 23. I Daring the winter of 1893, F. M. s [nrtin, of Long Reach, "West Va., jntracted a severe cold which left J* im with a cough. In speaking of dw he cured it he says: ''I used jveral kinds of cough syrup but "J iund no relief until I bought a bot- j e of Chamberlain's Coagh Remedy, j ^Q hich relieved me almost instantly, I ej id in a short time brought about a K )mplete cure.*' "When troubled with yj cough or cold, use this remedy and iu will not find it necessary to try ti sveral kinds before you get relief. h< , has been in the market for over I* venty years and constantly grown 61 i favor and popularity. For sale at sz > and 50 cents per bottle by Julian 0 . KaulTman. 23 di u: ore ready to have the machinery of the f * A . v ?-i xi ? iposinon Bianco, :uiu mt-prwiucui^ui/ is linger on the electric button, and in- a* antly the great Corliss wheel began to . ove, rumbling, rumbling, rolling, roll- ** ig. It was overwhelming, and 15,000 " xjple clapped and shouted. Just one a| iger at Washington started that vast c achinerv, hundreds and hundreds of aa ilcs aw?y, and I thought then, as I 0 link now, that men sometimes touch , h< ifluenees that respond in the far dis- \y nee, 40 years from now, 50 years g0 om now, 1,000 years from now, 1,000, - or )0 years from now?one touch sound- fa g through the ages. B Provision Tor the Fatnre. cc We also leam from this story the pro iety of laying up for the future. Dur- a ig the seven years of plenty Joseph y( cparod for the famine, and when it ai une he had a crowded storehouse. The q, fe of most men in a worldly respect is a vided into years of plenty and famine. I to is seldom that any man passes J jB irongh life without at least seven years ! fr ! plenty. During those seven years | fp >ur business bears a rich harvest- You arcely-know where all the money lines from, it comc3 so fast. Every p; irgain you make seems to turn into ]y )lcL Y'ou contract few bad debts. You as e astonished with large dividends. cu invest more and more capital. You th onder how men can be content with oc small business, gathering in only a sv w hundred dollars while you reap th rnr thousands. Those are the seven ] ] :ars of plenty. Now Joseph has time pT prepare for the threatened famine, for i almost every man there do come sev- tb t years of famine. Y'ou will be 6ick, >u will be unfortunate, you will be branded, there will be hard times, A >u will be disappointed, and if you b( ivc no storehouse upon which to fall vr tck you may be famine struck. We fr ivc 110 admiration for this denying th leself all personal comfort and lux- fo -v for the mere nleasure of hoardintr ! ct 3, this grasping, grasping for the mere ct easnrc of seeing how Large a pile ycu Cu m get, this always being poor because tn ; soon as a dollar comes in it is sent it to see if it can find another dollar, i that it can cany it home on its back, e have a contempt fcr all those things, it there is au intelligent and noble T inded forecast which we love to see y( i men who have families and kindred n< 'pending upon them for the blessings hi education and home. God sends us to a( ic insects fcr a lesson, which, while jp ey do not stint themselves in the escnt, do not forget their duty to fore- , st the future. "Go to the ant, thou ?. uggard. Consider her ways, and be ise, which, having no guide, overseer ruler, provideth her meat in the sum- 01 er and gathereth her food in the bar- M st." ' ' S Now, there are two ways of laying up ci oney. One of these is to put it in stock ^ id deposit it in bank and invest it on Ci >nd and mortgage. The other way to jp y up money is giving it away. He is e safest who makes both of these in stments. There are iij this house men ho if they lose every dollar they have the world would be millionaires for si ernity. They made the spiritual in- 01 stment. But the man who devotes C me of his gains to the cause of Christ cc id looks only for his own comfort and n; >" nr.f o-\fa T lirtl lmw Ihfi fit AUI J AO AiW OttA V ) A VUAV UVV Mvr If onoy is invested. He acts as the rase re it should say: " I will hold my breath m td none shall have a snatch of fra auce from mo until next week. Then di will set all the garden afloat with my rc oma." Of course the rose, refusing to n: eathe, died. But above all, lay up p< ensures in heaven. They never depre- pi ate in value. They never are at a dis- H milt. They are always available. You rt ay feel safe now with your $1,000 or is 5,000 or $10,000 or $20,000 income, is it what will such an income be worth h: 'tor you are dead? Others will get it. T primps some of them will quarrel at xmt it before you are buried. They m ill be so impatient to get hold of the m ill they will think you should be rc iricd one day sooner than you are iricd. They will be right glad when )u are dead. They are only waiting for m to die. What then will all your tl irth 1 y accumulations be wort h? If you ai ltliered it all in your bosom and walk- k I up with it to heaven's gate, it would 1} )t unrchase your admission. Or if al- ct wed to enter, it could not buy you a f< own or ;i robe, and the poorest saint a; t heaven would look down at you and h lV, "Where did that pauper come si inn?" May we all have treasures in o: raven. Amen! , a 0Tiicd people are tired because they ^ ave exhausted their strength. The j ^ aly way for them to g t stroDg is to ! ti it proper food. fi But eating is not all. Strength Dines from food, after digestion, fi 'igestion is made easy with Shaker fJ drrestive Cordial. v Pe >ple who get too tired, die. y <ife is strength. Food is the maker f f strength. Food is not food unI it is digeded. Tirtd, i a'e, t no, exhausted, sick j offerers from indigestion, can be j I jred by the use of Shaker Digestive j b iordial. ! " It will revive th:-ir spent energies, I r efresh and iuvigorate them, create j ew courage, endurauceand strength, j f< II by helping their stomtchs to di- | o est their food. j h It aids nature, and this is the best J c f it. It gives immediate relief and, t< rith perseverence, permanently cures. ? Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10 li ents. r li ?a Fruits, candies of all kinds, cakes c nd crackers will be found contin- t laUy^j^rough the season, at the 1] UPERSTITION IN HOUSE RENTING, j tnitora and Slow Payments Aro Not the Only \Voea of Agentm Real estate ageut3 tell strange stories )out the houses which are placed in J ieir charge by the owners, who shift * 1 them all care and responsibility, and, ir a certain percentage of the receipts, cpect the houses to yield the regulation I ivenue. But sometimes houses will j eld nothing but worry and expense. With everything in the way of locaon and architecture in their favor, rases sometimes remain vacant for long t 1 : . 1 II ?r]0(IS, UilU ill lJJilHy JUSl-Hllll'S UJO in>u? 3 blame the agents, but find later that J1 iperstition and not laxity on the part 1 : tho agent bars the way to rents and ; 1 venue. Houses in which several people have ed within a short period are less vallble for a time on that account. "Of rarse, "an agent said, "when deaths ive occurred because of bad sewerage, id where the sanittvry conditions are herwise bad, no one would blame peoe for remaining away. But houses here a couple cf people had died of old {6 would be looked upon by a certain ass as 'unlucky,' and tho.ro are thou,nd3 who could not be bought to go ini such a house. * "The worst peoplo in that respect," ) continued, "are the young mothers, e have had contracts broken because unebody said that 'babies never thrive 1 that block' and because 'the last mily that occupied the flat had twins.' T ut the greatest trouble in that line 5 imes because of Friday and the number * t. When you find a man who will sign ' lease on a Friday, you may make up J >ur mind that he will be a good tenant, 5 id that he does not possess any of the 3 lalities of the dreaded kicking tenant. * s to the number 13, why, it is as hard ! s i rent a house with that number as one 1 i which there is a cross eyed liallboy or 1 ora which a contagious disease flag is ^ ring." To prove this, the agent told of a ^ ;autiful apartment houso near Central E irk, which had been completed recent- [ 1 and for which, despite its advantages i . i to location and superiority of con- ! ruction, no tenants could be found, al- [ lough its less attractive neighbors were T-nniAd. It took the landlord only a ( lort time to learn the cause, aDd when t 10 number was changed from No. 13 to 1 1}X he found that tho home seeking j| tj? iblic appreciated his building. " ? "There are hundreds of cases like I lis in this city," the real estate man I lid. "The strongest 13 story I know of j the one which I have heard told about | 1 rthur McQuade, who was in the boodle : >ard of aldermen. It was said that hen misfortune overtook him his iends?some of them?attributed it to to fact that he had purchased a house r $13,000 at 313 East Thirteenth reet. There are peoplo today," he add- ; I, "who will tell you that that was the mse of his trouble."?New York Tribie. Did You Evax j C , 1 *i ry Electric Bitters as a remedy for I ^ )ur troubles? If not, get a bottle? dw and get relief. This medicine | ^ is been found to be peculiarly jj m laptcd to the relief and cure of all ? ^ emale Complaints, exertmg a won- ? je, erful direct influence in giving ft (0) rength and tone to the organs, jj ^ ! you have Loss of Appetite, Con- 2 ipation, Headache, FaintiDg Spells, | are Nervous, Sleepless, Excitable, 5 ^ [elanchjlyor tnutlel with Dizsy it pells, Electric Bitters is the medi 5 ^ neyouneeed. Health and Strength jj e guaranteed by its use. Fifty h ^ >nts and $1.00 at J. E. KaufTtnan'S jj ^ rug Store. | ^ i M Rear Admiral Makaroff. J <CT "Rear Admiral Makaroff of the Rus- [ ?i an navy," says the Philadelphia Rec- f "tl d, "who was recently a guest of i n harles H. Cramp, is one of the most < jr mspicuous figures of modern European j w aval history. Although only 47 years I : age, he is first on the list of Russian ?j ar admirals and is senior to a large j \ amber of officers whom he superseded j 7 special promotion. He it was who, 5 81 aring the last Turko-Russian war, was ' n 'garded the Skokeloff of the Russian jj f< ivy, and, like that great general, whose 'i "I straits he resembles, was several times jj b emoted for his daring and enterprise, jj tl is career in that war was an uninter- a {,] . - * r TV. -1-. S lptCCl Series OX UilMiiu^ aua^&.i uu .liu a.- i h ships in the Batum and other Turk- j! ^ li harbors of the Black sea, in which ^ is skill was second alone to his daring, hat is why he is the senior rear admiral ri ; the age of 47 years. He recently com- 11 tanded the Asiatic squadron and is | dw on his way home to assume com- f; h tand cf the Baltic fleet." \ O 1 Dnnraren'd Kapaclous Fish. 5 ^ The Earl of Dunraven, finding that | M icre were too many pike in his waters jj ,r t Adare Manor, County Limerick, Ire- ^ aid, for successful trout fishing, recent- j ., r ordered his professional fisherman to j ? ipture what lie could of them. Thirty- j * nir have been taken so far of an aver- J ^ ?e weight of 9 pounds each, the j 0 irgest weighing 23 pounds and the j nallest 2 jiounds. Why tlirce-fourths 1 *1 f them were females is not understood i <o t all. That there was need of taking } tj at the pike is shown by the fact that j .a jveral of the fish contained trout, and j 0 early all the females were heavy with ] f oawu. The pickerel fry feed on the j out aud salmon fry, being far belter f ? ghter.s tlian equal sized trout. j The greatest of care is necessary at j sh hatcheries to prevent the pickerel j *c y from getting among the fry of other ! n arieties. A dozen small pickerel in a j g ear will destroy thousands of other j t: nail fish, and the loss is considerable. 0 Vacation Tims \ ! ? i P s at hand and is gladly welcomed ii y all, especially those whose duties b i life have caused them to greatly t n down their svstem to meet the h equirements, physical and mental, e ;>rced upon them. With these and a thers, it is important, whether at u ome, at the seashore or in the [ u ountry, that tome thought be given d a diet, and as fuitber assistance to s future, a good building-up medicine j L ke Hood's Sarsaparilla had betfc be J n esorted to. If the digestion is poor, J 1 iver deranged and frequent head- j t ches seem to he the rule, Hood's will j a hange all this and enable everyone I t o return to their home and business II 1 a a refreshed state of mind and j o lodily health. 24 ^ t A SPECIFIC 1 ?FOll? V .a Grippe, for Golds, Coughs, " AND LUNC TROUBLES, AVre*? CHERRY w PllLsaw PECTORAL " " Two years ago, 1 l?a?l the prippo, ^ nd it left 1110 with a rough which gave ?' ne no rest night or day. My family C1 hvsician prescribed for me, changing Oi lie medicine as often as lie found the W Lings I had taken were not helping a w , " ' t' " * ' ' "'% '0^"" ' '" J' o ne, "but, in spite of his attendance, I pot ^ 10 better. Finally, mv lmshanri.?readng one day of a pentleman who bail . lad the grippe and was cured by taking ' Tver's Cherry Pectoral,?procured, for c ne, a bottle of this medicine, anil before S [ had taken half of it, I was cured. I lave used the Pectoral for my children t uul in my family, whenever we have fi lecdeil it, and have found it a specific 1 or colds, coughs, and lung troubles."? f Emily Wood, North St., Elkton, Md. f Oyer's Cherry Pectoral Highest Honors at World's Fair. Cleanse the System with Aytr's Sarsaparilla. A POLITICAf RENEGADE. o "What Extremes "Will a Man's Passions Lead Him? Tie "White People Having Turned Their Backs Upon I)r. Sampson Pope, and Refused to Make Him Governor, He Turns His Back on , Them, Joins the Republican Party and Makes a Bitter Speech at Its Convention Last Week. Samps Pope, on taking his seat as bairman of the Republican conveu?d, which met in Columbia yester- 1 %y week, said: We have assembled here in obediace to the call of the State Chairlan of the Republican party of the tate for the purpose of electing delates to the National Republican anvention which meets at St. Louis, > Kssouii. That convention will setct the standard bearers of the party rr President and Vice President of jo nation. Wo have also assembled ir the purpose of perfecting the arty organizj tion in this State.. Iln)rtuoately the Republican party in | ads State is divided into two fae- : oaas?two hostitecam ps--both claim- ] )g to speak for the p; rty. This be- f ig the case, and as harmony and nion is necessary to accomplish re-,u~ i-wf fli/s n.irt v in uiie, tuc auucoo %?.v r ^ ris State and its assistance in win ing the Presidential election noth- 1 1 g should be done here calculated to riden the breach, nothing bhould be tid in the way of harsh criticiem of aose of the other faction. When tie national convention meets and ettles, as it will, the differences that ow exists, the two wings must flop Dgetber for the common good, 'herefore, I trust that meml<ers will e imbue i with such a spirit here, oat so far as we a-e concerned, v/ben lie verdict is reached that this is the scjgnized organization, th it those rho Jtave gone away from u-? may ome back and t^ke their places in the anks of the party without any feelag of bitterness. There aie many candidates for the igh position of President, any ore f whom will be acceptable to the Republican party. The country .'ill be safe in any of their hands, whether it be the favored son of )hio, the great apostle of protection, r he who presides over the United itates House of Representatives with uch marked ability, or the able | rovernor of Mew York who S") repnt'v nresidedover the United States { ? J sr lenate to the satisfaction of all, or \ be Chevalier Bsyarcl of Iowa. All f them are loveis of liberty, true to be Constitution of the United States, ud zealous defenders of a republian form of government. I am glad o say that they are not of that c.'ass f designing politicians who are { waiting fcr a light in the West."' In South Carolina we need a j hange of affairs. AVe have witessed with sorrow and shame a overnment of the people and fcr | he people subverted in the interest ! f a few designing men to a condi- j ion close akin to anarchy and ruin, j Ye have seen the State, for political j urposes, made to enter into the bus- | aess of a liquor dealer; not only so, I >ut we have been liquor forced upon j " nrMinties i tlG pGOpiG 1Q SIX Ol" sotrii , eretofore free fro n its deleterious ! fleets. We bave seen constables j nd spies put over the people search- | ag their houses at the dead hour of I ight, fiightening women and cbii- ! Iren, and sometimes sneaking in ! locking fett upon the roof cf the , louses of private citizens in the light to peer into their bed rooms, j irea, mere, we have seen ladies' I runks broken open by these people t the lailroad depots, their clothes hrown about, in the insane desire of hese people to find liquor. Worst if all, we have seen the Governor of his State, at that time the candi ate for the United States Senate, ive instructions to his minions to efeat and defraud at the election, fe have seen the managers of elecions ensconced behind screens, in tter disregard of the Constitution, lusing voters to cast their ballots in - ' ??? 16 WrODg UOA, UliU III CUU.10 iUQvauwi^ hen cast right, taken them oat of le box and put others in their places. Te have seen managers of election, hen the poll was known to be ;rong in favor of the opposition mdidate, absent themselves on the ay of election so that no election as held. "We have seen the call for constitutional convention fraudu(ntly made to carry. We have seen Governor and a United States Sentor elect meet with other men and >ade a trade as to representation in ae Constitutional convention and as ) qualifications of voters, to be in?rted in the constitution, agreeing that no white man should be isfranchised except for crime," 'hich plainly meant that all coloreid len possible should be disfranchised. Ye have seen that convention meet nd carry this out; and we have seen constitution formulated by it dopted without being referred back o the people. We have seen the taxable property f tho StaM increased and yet taxaion is higner than before. We have een the moral tone of the people owered under all these wrongs. How :ould it be otherwise? "for as you ow so shall you reap." "We call upon every honest man in bis State, white and black, to come md help us rectify these wrongs, tVe call upon them to stand with as or the good of those now living and hose hereafter to come. It is the iuty of every man who loves liberty md the principles of a republican brm of government, to stand together in this fight Let the cry be republican form of government and is a consequence, honest elections; protection to American industries md to American labor, and protection to every citizen of every right guaranteed by the Federal constita* tion. Add to this a sound currency, sufficient in volume to meet the demand of trade. There are thousands of white men in this State, not now in the Republican party, who are willing to stand upon this platform. TTT ? ~ ^ ofond nnon it. w 0 Sr6 Uii WiiiiUg w ovwwv* Wo need the help of those whit? men. There is one thing in the w*y of our gettiog that help; a fear of negro domination. They need not fear it, for the negro is willing, if the whites will adopt a proper platform of principle, put out a ticket of their very best ineD, pledged to reform this government, to support the ticket SO put out. Our Republican brothers in Beaufort and Georgetown have carried this out siq#?> 1876. Only once did they fail. That was when Ben Tillman went down there and fooled them out of it. (Great and long continued cheers.) if this is done, if the white men accepts tbia in good faith, the State will be redeemed, and peace, prosperity and happiness will sweep over this jand. All that you would claim would be the national Republican ticket and the members of Congress. Now, this is a fair proposition on your part, and if you make it I bfe lieve it will be accepted in good faith, if it should not be, then we must put o.ii.fc a ticket from Governor to (Jorone^r. X have gkreji you my views upon . the situation. Tike them for what tiio-o Q.-r> yvnrth. Accept them WIJCIU l>uv j M*v ?.?,? ? A if you think them goods reject them if they do not meet your vte.W.S, The Time for Suiliia? Up the system is at this season. The cold weather has made unusual draina upon the vital forces. The blood has become impoverished and impure, and all the functions of the body suffer in consequence. Hood's Sarsaj arilla is the great builder, because it is the One True Blood Purifier and nerve tonic. Eoai's PUls become the favorite cathartic with all who use them. All druggists. 2oc. Free Silver or tfotfciag. Colorado Democrats Must Have It or They'll Bolt Denver, Col., April 16.?The Rocky Mountain News says editorially that the representatives of Colorado in the national gathering of the Democrats will walk out of the hall and out of the party, unless the platform contains and unqualified declaration for free coinage and the candidate is suited to the platform. Hon. Allen W. Thurman, of Ohio, sent to the Democratic State convention of Colorado a message predicting a victory for siher at Chicago if the Democrats of the Western States are united and determined, and declaring that the prospect "ought to awaken in the breast of every true Democrat such feeling of exultation and courage that even were he three score years and ten he would feel it his duty to bo in the front." Bucklen's Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, bruises. Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns, and Skin Eruptions. and positively cures Piles or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction or money refunded. Price 25 cents box. For sale at the Bazaar. The County Lecturers- Board Will meet at Lexington C. H., May 10, at 10 o'clock p. m. All Sub Lecturers are requested to be present. D. F. Efjrd. April 10, 1896.