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CROOKED THINGS. c THE CROOKED SHALL BE MADE STRAIGHT. DrT a l,t-oarm . the Av-ait-ny3 of 11mc.A serie-m Of sci-mmits U" 11 1. j Oly 'ALit id 1 ) !o#b D ili I e .. 1ioot I, y Iy, c p t. v.-Ii-PichMIFN to his scrilon at the A c..eiullm . ' Mi In this city, t!ns fer'ne-m, lev. r . - mage annou. q i:t. 1nl the i Brooklyn T'Ibrad wa. cmp: c -4i1, i would preac! inl the Broo!kl Akcademly) ol Mus]c., Onl "unda) on: lie was glad to ad t1imt, hy ank arat ment, Imadie through The ('hristii irald, of New York city, he would be enabled to pIraCh in the New York Academy of . Ousic, on Fourteenitl street, on Sunday evenings. I.ening With the evening- of Sentember 2th. Ile also announced th-.at, onl next Sabbath morning, Seltem her- 58th, 1e Would be"gIn a series e ser ions entitled: "My Recent Journe Throu h the Holy Land and Nci:;hh!. ing Countries; What .1 Saw and Lesord. The subject of to-da'Is sc'menh a% ",crooked Thing." Text, iah x', I *"Thie crookedt shall b il ln.- trak. ht Geoeti~ry. tfro:n the tia:. it vaiss covered on t1e 1ank at 1. Nil0. which, by its Ver :i anu y thL rated the landmak1,1an tIM rIVtOrationk kof these latahna rk mad sa Cdo a se ce neces sary I . . y, (1 tr , evert since fhienl a be(n iusy wth lies, 5;tralight liies, entved! u n"lilic inl angles and conles and vlowrvs. It ha never been able to (Wolve any bieaity Vromi a line that wai inlerelv crooked The circle atud tie qu11ar were alwer ', considered admllilr abe. Isahal recognize- the cicle :t1l says : "Te Lord 31ts uponl the circle of th' earth.'' The altar of the ancivi 1.abernlacle was "'Vour. s(piart., :n111 1!he I'reastilate of the priest "tour syuare" I andI heaven, accordin to ohn, is 'hir square.'' lut the 1bde ias no ai:hdni tion for 1llies ihat are 1i1crcly ermo-k Ileed, imy Iet. t q;I proesyn- .o world's comlphi-te rli;tiio de6br"%a "The krooked shall be iw:ok: Strai1t." Therv have been solluily miora nr quakes flhat nw.m.1 thin! h:it Aa terr,ibl jwist 1-roolo i:(w . .v rNllMenl:t, rool:cd ibrunecs. < c . (I disiw8itionls :1111 ofn'y Of the (I 'i :, btraighten tin havc o ifly made. Ihi mor0eT <Aokd nd seinel :4oodpe:i sidown in dpespair and becomeo i.-.. :1tic m ,givt! up1 lito and f!wechitrteh amd the wNrl-1 .1" 1cad fihtrlinS. With sw,-h lachryn sie 1whavior I have no syii) 11 hy. it is :I prolilse of the L.ord A I mility. "I'h crooked shall Ibc 1)natc ytraght. Iff>rIpOSC, as 1. may b(d vil!elv 1w,-110d. lo m ncltion . i l l 0-,e vro(-kcd tIn that. ar 111 o in h.(' ,I' :,iraightencid, Much of' the wca;lt'hl , f wocld iL :: the hland" of i'lo !1rolhgatc wh-lilv m-mly (f' 1h',* b.t pcople are stibjected to dis tressling. privation; and lihere is go it to be a redistri-blut)n of proPerty. It it were possijle. it, would b)e a hadu tinli to have thing!,:; divided equally. ome mll are able to eidure i;'r' :-uen .s than11 others * and 1 prospwrity ilat miht. not unbalaneve you, mllitht destroy !lm le. Thel0 D eclar'ation of1 Alfnerican~ ludelteini eqali, bult te oppIosite is th tru:h b.r they are biorn untequtal. In11 ' no repCt is eity to emireiit suiccC.ss, I;ianciail or' (ei. I hiave seen menCR byv the acou~isiltin o)f overb,earing, a11nd 1 imvc 1 known other. w1ithl their iniillions; of dollars: childhXe wuoulid aiIll e allhutnt but1 t he .ord 'i.m not trust us. I 1) ai lad) there ar'' lIn I Ic can tru.it. 3\I nh is said nejains t cap)italists, but) tie worl wouldi ie a shaky world without theni. WXho built railroads whlieb2I, nI hile they give such1 falcilities of traviel, emloy0 tenis of thjous ands1. of laborers suppi~ortinig themW and1( their families ?(Capitalists. Whlo built gren:t slips that stir' the rivers and brIidlge he oceat? Capitalists. Who reared thec thlousan)ds of factorui tall over the~ lantd inl which) huntdreds of thousainds ol employees earni theit dly) br'ead? Capi talists. Whlo end(owed y'our colleges, and op)enled free lihbraries, anid 1bult asy hiuns for the orph)an, the crippled and4 the insane ? (Capitalists ! But for themI there woutld not, he :m Acadleiny of .\us-| ie, or ai pie ture gal lery~ 0or a free' IlbraryV or' a stea ihant., or a r'ailroa~d in A mric. | W ho put' the worldI on seventfy-Ii ve year .)(beyond whatI I it woh ha)(118ye been 'in ali advan1lJtage, ini good thintgs withott num))bet' ? Ca p)itOlis ts ! The mlorec mone) y aI mantI gets tile bet ter', if it, comec hone'st 1 l and is eml)oyed righteously. Ne'ver thless9 weV1 all see thatt there't nteeds toi be miitIsmi proposes t.o muake that d1titrib tioni by forch andt <hmliger andii dyniaite. Thr'ow the miidniigh t e'xpress( tri'n off the track andiu putt the fac'tory inob'01 con i:la haon. D isrup t societ y,. .t)ur:li.e. A 3 s:assir.ate. Such ipeol e beiev ne~C tither "-' od nor1 manl nior womI:ml iad thn y ..-''strict, and, thiew to) matke) Ililns wor'se bult te 1s very much putL ve met adnee'au. Zolbert, of Abbeville, iw1.'cI : I I d by the scalawag'ns to k-'propirty. I'uler tihe ti. By gang this fall. He w~ji)od people nI ge! t mntoe o deep that a re mblicau te aten keanii ai nel. ot.unearth him. cs because thley haelV beenl Three store r'oomsi. owalU( I circuinstantce's, ma i lignilliat were too stupid( i tet 0on. W\ith tIhe I stSatarl' i'y same surr'ous ugis otheris wenit oni ,t to c:ompetency, in thle bet ter (days to' I upied comel good meni will Wuye theoir iheultie~si ad R.iVwakened, and( willIin onIsequen'e ti *e to larger' share of proi erty. Onh the othis< n0e $8,t' 1)and,1 estates wron, 'ily accumnulateud,. 1,500, w iill .dissolve. 1t' not )the Monis, thent the ee grandsons will make the mioney ily. and . it will graduaIlly scatter in their hands,I n and1 become aL part, of the general wealth. Then, as to vast proplerties righteously gathered-anid there are thousandls ot themn-such estates, will con tribute~ to ward helping the unfortunat,e. not more b)y charities than b)y helpitng struggling people into lucrative busiess' and( tile mani whlo has amassed enough and a suir plus will say : "There is a young mier chant without auly capital. I will star't him on Fulton Street," and "thtere is a young mechanic who has 1no means of his own, and I1 will put hIm 01n a career of-prosperity,"~ and "There is a farmer wit! too big a mortgage'on his land, anId - - Thew help him lIft the encumbrance." -- et is that if tile kindness and gen ; erasity manifested bjy mobeyed men to iord the struggling during.t.be last fifty ~ae, increases in the same ratto for tile p,(tffyear there wIiAbo a condition -~;~ Qr eg1ey pM asal We are. oin to ~. a m wultiplient,Ipn of WII . E )odges, and Peter Coopers, aud James enoxes. id George P.Cabodys, So will omio redistribution, and the crooked 111 be made atraight. Mind this: (od never yet undertook a tilure. The old book which is worth 11 other books put together, makes it lain ithat (od hals undertaken to regu [to this world by gop.9el iifluieices, and lie has the power Ie will do what Ile lvY lie will, and no one who amIounts ) anything will deny His power. Giod y said ia hinldred thes "I will," but e ver tnce hias s:udi "I1 canntot.'" We may 'tih our tack-luiners pound away, try tt lmlQlnd and improve Und sitraiThten 1 *ltoni'll coinh10ien1 (,11 the wor'd, and t <i:sappointed in the result, herauie i,i :111m is too weak tol the haiuner wC eild too small, but. tht most deliant dit culty will flatten id diappear wNhieni iod with n hamm11111'er. made of, mleri hunderbtlts stikes it, sayig, "Thc rooked shall be inade st r'glht. .I yur buiineis p,cerns there are in. luencos pi-iplexinv. Y our all'airti ma3 Vm ii i.h t ft ousidIers, for busiies 11111S fio not 1veitis their privat. roubles, but hIere one firil has every hinIjust; a thwv wani it there tre i onired firms at their wit's end what tq It, with that partner who draws mor, han his share of the profits, or with tha 1cIholder who comes in just ofte1 1g. h to upset things, or with that dis llt*,llrace of funds which you canni I 4-coit for, altlhough you have siuspicion o cannot mention, or with that invesi nelt which was made contrary to you udgment bnetasc there was a determ mt ion to' push it through, or becau 'oul are' goling behind mlonith hv llmnt ,vithout any prospect. of extricatior l'e trobl. is putting(r a wriNkle on ym0 1,relhead that ouglit, not to appear 'tOwl lor tell yr yel, n11d yOU will 1 o itI ycars otl whenl vol oughit1 to e0 on1 thirty, or sixty when you ought o 1 fi. 1-or Seveity when you oiit. t I only sixty, Stop worryin". Eith Ier hv't! dissolutilon of that firml. or by re-adWiu matter! yi1 ll h hr b h cife throu hll f yu put 1or 1rst in1 ("(r P11siotk is 'gi avtd h ! 'tuilt i ; thIous:nla (1,f it . N , t N il ar \ (TV r !ir;1 trit-' to, t l l . i( 'ill' 11 1li t Ii 1 ' tedn : I iv un' wt hw I oo (A I (t : I I I v .( r i Ik tn t '' ilt1t-ki d Iy 1n l 211AI I l,,(! i j it Ihti i wa l'ti n . :i b rai ly n ilic ' it l sa ihil t he t,I w. iw ; I it h n . Th rYOV t re l i I l e ld i , or ' at I:ud I I,v r \ ' t. ; dii ( (I ( b (ii) al Yi w It di d I(c it iig, it ee h :t.t. and'in a uh caset wvht-ri- my prayver hasn.. h (hwr lae, aM have,1d it aitenoar hoat it \as liistnot t) havc heci l al "WOr0d .it InyN wayv. But n14!ne of us hav tcstcd th tlie till] POWCe ( I' C.s. an. i( lorce very like o the trlt 1) plt)ycd. For, age I ch-t', y w lhohilIt wd 1or illdh. I . l I utt o h r bar1,11-1 and kill people It 1i t kll t ki T'lh Ut lightIinl i rod oil the top ()It houtse tas theit par with which the wrk argterd on e thn drstorima, as mul (tI :ay, 1 Yoi dare to come this wl, I wvill h o i,( i the ound. Ru iow Olectricity lightes loice , liln churclies, id citlies, in Christendown whoIt 1 m entns anin s i poss 10 ile i .tiil natli enerhy.tte ower 81 !otv thait' has been iltm01, and.8 im hin to 10 u hitVin om iithr in'. andliI aell 1 omot when frlu itt ili sed li bi ngs,1111 t ll ther i ll be iiih i n sery couin room,tli andl~ suppilicalItic wih Itcnldl: inrom every 1113 nunerc011 ite li hiell t. Cal( wlt htll lles li r ir aif florm< tI he i ll(0 < i er licln,' orl 11 ausked asi tiot howinchai thiii (ne1an t'uI ane ptht i3 or capirtl lie iuestionwr biie aske. "ndo yo know Eahows to prav yhet develiked wasill bets weospel ele(1hi 11asohn earethw ad wit mht1ivine 1espon, Gd in braines otlil. (thd ain fgricutu life.o (od thne mechaical life. 5 (;odn as andti lie. prodt ainvr knd o life. eae rigics n orithest a ist sn upoa high you calim isot a Chitian ishunp up on11 bte clouldy ratter yo ite oky whi yosexpc toratch. it uhas you 113 goolly foroune tor heamvenllty sienc. Oh, has Thur re ilnallthin ereas. rea low!v( Iei snou ofo heaeen, itr this rn rb t>rke ashle everyshint acos wan htanIc fherever I riave hear tensW thll hasn need ofilyconfirmed .i the willbe n iruble TheChasti:i r what I kuew bolbre, that God answers I prayer concerning tle weather. And t there have bCC cyclones that started I ip) fr1om0 the Carribbeani sea, sweeping s down every isail and every smokestack I and every mast in their course, which in r answer to specific petition have been di- r verted andi made to curve around some c particular ship, leaving that in calm wa- I teni, and then resuming their orig,inal t pai l o f destruction. The weather i probabilities agaim have announced a I tenipest, and we were all ready for it, but I to the surprise of most people, the next t day we saw the announcement that the I tinospheric ury hiad chliged its course. I The probability i. it struck a prayer and glanced of. It' Eiijah's prayer ef fected tho weather of Palestine for forty-two months, I should think somebody iowi might haye a prayer that would effect it for a couple of days. .lohn Eastetr was many years ago an evangelist in Virgiiia. A large out-door meCtag.was bCing held in that state. Manly thousands had assembled in the open air and heavy storm-clouds began to gather. There was no shelter to vwhich the multitudes could retreat. The L rain ha(d already reached the adjoining f fields whlit John Easter cried out.: " Brethren, be still while 1 call upon God t to stay the storm till the Gospel is i preached to this multitude.'" I'ien he - knelt and prayed that tile audience might, t be spared from the rain and that after 8 they had gone to their honies ierm might, ,- come 11treshing iowers. Blehiold the r clouds parted as they' came near and passed t.o either sido of the crowd and e then closed again, leam', the lplace (r.y I whe(re lie auItn hIlVv had assembled, ani the 1Nxt day the postpo(A Sho'.wers a nllie i 11i fi I i;rolind that hd beenl tihle day beOre omtlittd. .d you say it only hppenod -? L cannot see what ou VW yur' ibIlcs for, and the (4od 'Iv rlw Iilp is not Imy God. Your (Goil mu .iatocrat, and Ue is so far oil and so 0 u i that tih worbI cilot touch iMlln, u ml hi1 throne is an eternal Iceberg. My i a tt h~er. CIee anid now. atd a lather wi t'i\ c. Ili-, child what, lie Z.shs For, ifit biSt. Fhr him Lo hav-e it. I'Irav \Ce er. thin! " thal concen yu ,OII. See d ult ias well as spirltuaitie.. Take t. ( G al yaur annoyances om;11 (e'rl.ex I uf I(. The crooked shall be IMItle! - traih. I.;mile people talk as thowh I odl kontrollei thinl.gs in geivral but I(L 'in at'iular; that Ie FtArted everytling Vadicr cetaiii-laws aid( let it take care of' a t:ti>eEs an engineer IniJit start hIIS lo -I on a 11011 railroad track andl Y thenl .julup oi.l. Whal. wouhd hapift:n to - uh a1 locomjtive ins what. wokbli long W gIo havo happwend to our wor!d if (soi d h ad slartk!d 'I and a"'ferw'Ards allowed it (,oItIwk utit for i1sell, There is no such thing a., a gencral provildeuc. It Is a titir provN.ide lice. God l hasnlo gen vral Car( for a f'orest. It is a care of cvcr% clI, of every luaf and root inl that 1 esct. G;ol ha no !eneral care of tie" OceMI. It, is a cale of e very drop of \wa ier inl the liquitd m1ag:.1nitude. God has 1 n0 gIer'll i'hl-. 1*11r tie hiluinan race. 1t is a1 care of every indivililaLl of that race, - ,Ind k- ("'very NIter of, individual histo)r ,\. I I r ah liim, a God il inl finiL:imal S, al 1 i 'eiery-th ( God, a (;oJ respolvsii%C, and l. inreati of earnest prayer, though that I.eati h h,ouh1 not Ie stroig elloullgl to diumae a canle licker. will absorb m0re I of' the daie attentloi than If the iarch- I angel standing at tile foot of the throne t !ihould Ilap both wings. It is remarkablu how nially erooked things are inl the providence o God be n inig made straiighit. About thirt-y years o ago our nationial affairs were as crooked It as deprave'iitd Amerc0anl poit i's and hI ad t-lmen, il satan could ilake thlem. Fromi lite topi of' Maine to the fot. ofil Florida, I thLe maionl was reil with wrath. It was C wranllgle and( fighlt all the wayv thrnoug, nI atlI Onle o f thle mildest. thlin-.is tihat the ni North andi South ha'oIin:id eauch other II was. asinaSiOtioni. D)uring thiis snlmmeir 1. I haeve trav'eled thriouigh New Y ork, and1( e\ Minnisita, and1( iKansas1 anid N ebra.ska, it and1( issourl. andi Texas, anId Lou'tisi I ana, and Gcorgia, and( Northl and( SouIth 'C(arolina1:, and1( \'irginia, arid Il'ennisyl e via,lll and I haIve shltken hluuls wiithi tenls ('If thlousanids of' people, anid t al ked withi ,11uen of' all sectin and1 II i degrees, andli I .hiave' to tell y'ou it 1s all peace, and ini il all the states of th e 1Union you i'ould n ot, 1-1w marshal a lItary comlpaniy of 100 In soldiiers to light, aegainlst tile UnIited States o governmnit. imiless you got, your Inenl p (out of' the penitentiary. D id thle corrupt e :md11 ganigrenled political panties (il this o work of' rectifientioni and paceilicntion'. eNo! It, was fy diine in1terposi tion1 that II en rokedl has bIe mC'ltade strlaig,h .f )i1 lecembler 2, 185 I. L,ois Naptoleoni I1l1:', lnaprte rodIe dlowin the ChIaps E;ivstee . oi l'ar'is, :iih undLer the hiofs et his hor,tse Il a Hepub1lie wastraple aILI1sh'h0 the rier iXwent to take a~ thrne. it was the lIlt :1) 0)uan who wntled ito rin:i tinperor ill )t ' dow a nati whoi wanted ar wll uli.liti it '.p11ttiblit 1'i'Iaried I. l .1 In u ltt l ed is c Lhryi one dirl fu.01i0Il m usetilom tht day they fhal was11) itp on'l2i ths trn fas 4>wn. i et jtlneu ml) .irIIeb. Th r is! '1 'a hyii tn s far t lii hihilans of| l ~i .\t.'li t hi alil geti f lie' .'tet Pear of r hit'hI'ien wil that hieed t lie movle- I tl I' Iad. Tmhhea 're el efre il I n 1Ifths io hhn i r erslf Wiy8111th I ap'.daiBu ftd ht y .1)aIl heath, wre r Xv :m-e I ite ils - l' h Cl.'emme It iehiiil b at ther( iie I havefory uch ' tplortu ora Xvhti rItlBeporabiuvespAine ior ha ciooe.i limb,hahe promie rhibeumic 1'ul:lle. 'KI'Ihe ceraoke hll be adte hone ion ! t o a lbew ll."n 'i m- ati the ho1oistl ife areviteddtir- n tan)c ev(. There h- aore that in o( mnrtc.lu. tiiae neoth niadl him eathl. Nom of'atIe laoveir abl ave beoen unte toh se alf the maitn, adt Theroned ofbte grn( Incurable T her most haven.M woeyinot Thre thy e vn-o Sufag ue of IToyreell b.teo I as never been any accord. For them he w'cIhng march ought never to haye een played. Tihe twain divergent in 0 entiment, the north pole-aud the. soutli D olo might just as. well have been mar- C ied. A twist of nettles would have been ' noro apptopriato than a garlhnd of range blossoms. Thite unutterablo mis Rke was made- to please. pareits, or for he acquisition of estate, or for heighten- 1 tg of social-position or thorough thought- 1 esseess. I call the attention of such to 1 he rapid dissolution of families. This Ti hought, which is a sadness to at happy narital state, might be consolatory to t hose inequally yoked. A very short math is the path ot life. The rol li in year C Ylli give quick emancielation. Ever% )ody. for discipline, must have soie iind of trouble, and that Is vour trouble. d Ptut in a song now and tfif to cheer yiour spirit. .Make the best of things. Find in God that peace vhichl 110 on1e lso can bestow. The days and inonths and years are crowding past, and the last of the procession, so far as you are conteried, will soon have gone by. ie member that some of the beSt Illl and women who ever lived have had the same lifetime niisfortune. They bore lp under it and so can you. The expiration of the life of one of you, will, after a while, ru move the itllietion. Let the one that remains make it) hypocritical moiourn ing at the olu)8(ies of the one Lhat 04 or imitate those wiomnN we have all o ticed wIIo fought like vats ail do-m 11 Iheir miarried state and theln could Ilot! i"i get orgalns to sounld dir;gs doleful cn-1 ough. or firinishin,-,, stores to prepare WCeIds bhick eioiugh. or tombstone cutt-! terti to chikel epitahdns cillogis,tic liough,11 It i ta matter t'of con.TattIla t hl a 11:11 the, unh11appicst cojzlrhtoswilter mmah.Ie. The, crool;e- I Shl be I in 1:I.d.e straihIt. In the ng-- of he world. WIhI thI e people 16vtd I:Nk- (r .1i:< 01r vihtd ' nine hundrecd yvarA, suhins ll o any kild of I roiblt Vb hveN Ib, hee m apt. It wouli have brlu-:ht 1no if to so1e of, tIko;,e obl tatite*:, to "Youl wviillnv onlv "(.W : mref this.' Mut, life has h.'tibbrenatedb the cuttint oil' ol(clntmr :,ter t ury titil we en'tal conso"t. peo: ,-10 Ivhe t their trouble b 0 wmra domes,,ic, hv %ayn i d ll (,,t hm! Ion he:re the Cl)Oked Shall .be l sraight. Say: will livi fore 'r. AIl oml I rient Savaiiahian, formerly :uperltendnt of a railroad, says: wi criiled inl lny fect and nrills So that I Comld not I walk ithout crwthes,nor at with ou t h-vinf a ervant to feed me. I fr i ( physicians kvurlere, [ut to no 1ur po:w, vndl finlally et to New't YOU.', wherf. my 0h:ct-,rs.C, at, unu time, doen-W:d to amtputatv m.y arm, hkit foundl thAt iours I praci ticable, oil accounilt of a woulid I had1 rec(ei ved din the war. I returned to Savanahl a1 COmp-lto w reek. and in, ycase e seilgly IopeeS. A.l a I orlorn hope I began to tako P. P. I., ill( am rejoicedI to say that atfter 1i1nll1g threo bottles, illy lillb.s began to 3traiglteni ot, my appetito and ll Iealth ioon retuirijed, and I now '(:e,l Itkit a 3t1W 1anRD; 1(;Lly, a1.1 if I had been In.le .ver again, and as if I cotild livu for -ver- so long as I can get P. P. P." 'lhis gentleman will not give his lame for publiention, hut authorizesm is to refer anybody to him for a veil ication of the facts, who will apply 0 11. Yours truly, LIPP111MNN BROS-, a Wholesale Druggists, qI Propriet ors of 1'. P. I. l Savannah, Ga. At Many physicians who have examlinedI li into t he Inlerits of li. B. B. ( Hot:ic ti 111l0(d l11alm), ha~ve fbeen con fronted nI with te'stimlony whiel Ich hdelned suIr- i prising, and1( thuls beinmg conlvined oft its wonderltii ellieney, have not failedr to prescrib)e it in their practico as oe caision requtiredt. II. L. C'assidy, Kent nc's w, Ga., writ es;E "For twoi years may wif ICwas a great suffeTrer. Skillful phyician dfidl her no good. l i(r mfouIth wais one0 solid ulicer, her body' wa.s b)rokeni out inl sores, } anid she lost a ht:autifull hlead of hmair. Th free bottlesi of 1B. 1B. B. citred hter comU pletely, inrcredil le as it mlay sotmd1(, and shle Is nowi fth: mothler of a hieaily thlree months old baby clear from any~ scrofulous taint." A. 11. Morris, L'min lIff, Ark., writes: I "Ilhot Spriugs anti several doctdors faifledi e t:> cuIre mie of several illninIg ni eers on1 1 my leg, 1B. 1B. 1. efTected a wonderfully ~ gfIliek cIIrlO after everytiing else hIadil failed." .- ii Anl Unnhax,l D)isenhso,p N i:w lI-:lwonD1l, Sept. 17.- -A fler five yea:rs ini thle AnIt:Irtie seas, thle wlhinIg har1k 1 '4tre, (aptain 1-'(in ,llf. lleed, is 111ce mOoe inl port. (Capt.uin Iit(ed says5 I hiat. wih- o*ff Pat agon)Ii:t overa'i mlonlt Ils Il whitelt podler c:Une on1 ff11 shuip, (choking~ I hose whlo inhledlI'( it. Nex da oi~ne of! thi rew wa'& V ls t aken1 sik anud 1his feet H i'ganI ii swell. Th'Ie slingIC oeti imla.di |o mIt il is whtole bodyh was e fete(, I )ne Ifteri anttother o)f te cree,I.. wa iiar ll u il/e andt t he fk'sh al'sIlumed aI Ve'llowih.~ 196 Wit hi nJne menl mlort iIiica floa set iln ltidemllic a; heri heri. it is the first Us ('Onl recortd (41 its h av ing (*ome on1 0iard at ship inI a gale. l'Innots and11 orga&ns. N. W. T1iu'r', 131 Main Street, Co unh(dia, 8. (C., sells Iiatinos andl Orga:ns, teirectfroll f'actory. No agenuts' Comli- W iiissi ons. 'The I'e(lebrted ChI(' icker'ting lano4.. Ma thush1e1 (k P i an , celbat.ed ori its clearness of tone, lightnless of 0 ilclihifand lastting qualilit ies. Maison & Samli n Uprighlt i anlo. Sterliung Up ight Pianos, fromn 822 p. Arnon PIia os, from 82(n) up. ~Mason & I famlIn )rganls, su1rpass4edl by noneW. StOIrlinIg )rgans5 ~,) l50Ip. Every I nstrtiment m tIarantoed for six years. Fifteen (lays' pr riaIl, expensei bo0th ways, If not satig* ml actory. Sold on Instalments. el Tio ll whol t itia Concern: I take rent pleasure in testifying t.o the - flicacious qluahlties of the popu)tlar omedy for (irupltions of the skin, nownl as P. P. P. 1 suffered for soy rall years withI an unsightly andl dIfs greeab)le eruption on my face, and( ried varIous ,reme~dies to remove ft, ono of wvhich accomplished the object ntilI thIs valuable.preparatifon was esorted to. After taking three bottles a accordanlco withl directionls I amt nlow ntirely cutred. ,J. D). JOHN$ON )f the firm of Johnson & D)ougl'as. Savaninah Gan. A Fearful Acctdenlt, CunwAoo, Sept. 21.--Onio of tile most rIghtful raillroadi wrecks the Illinois senitral has experienced for some ..timo >ccurred about 7 o'clock to-night at Vestern avenne, inWhich at least ten >orsonis were killed and a number seri mauly hurt.! The fated train was an ex tursion, and had left this city early in lhe morning with several hundred per ions on board who went to Fernwood, small station on that lineo, to spend he an. Killed by a Copper Cent. r JA TJ:M. S. C., Sept. 10.-An infait son E l .Tosondied last 8atird.y Ight froi th elre(ts of swallow i r a )pper c('It. a fiw %veks ago. A,- Mr. homupson is a native of Grveaville ounlt,y. hic, relatives will rea this .it i. sorr1ow. TI.: rv-ap)ar. te1 ol' ExAtovkernorm obinlson, of K.tilsa.., tlie leader of theI ree State light, an Abolitionist and He ublicau, as the Dentocratic and l-esub iissionist candiduto for 'Governor is a otablv veont inl the political history of te time. Ev v!v,v an:-rbs exeept. Pv.A-;tt1'.1 I1 'r' I I I i 1 1.4 1 ' COld-.1 p I Ys u - i . t11 , 1 1mi -tit m it. , ' ith t. pays ireigt II Ad g, :-1 d ' Co Catalogi;l. A , rers L. F. 1 d::ett, .\lgi<ta, Cia. LAsT YI-..A the co"ton v(d Aoi! ILks aid out for scodi ln 1:.'2!3O. wTi his tr-ge slimi was alm os clea r gini to I he IrItWirs of the ' Sout.h. I tt t he Collei i llm y kill all that'. Pa d tft Pa th Frih A GRIEAT OIRFER THAT MAY NOT AOAI nlIP REPE-ATED, so DO NOT DELAY "STNuii W H1E THE IRON 1s H1OT. 1 Write for Catalogue now, and ay whatl. Paper you saw this advertisement in. Reiiimber that I sell everything that, roes to furnishing a honae- nufactur-, if.' soni things and buying others In tho -argest possiblo lotA, WiAch eniables ito toI wiiIpe out all coiputition. lURRE ARE A FEW Oe MY START LING BARGAINS. A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove. 11111 111ze, 15x17 Inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces c ware, dellvered at your own depot. rl!vfrelt eharges4 pAid by mne, for Y1113 Twelvo Dollars. !I e Ai,.in. I will sell you a , o hol Cookinig Rang13\13 inch ove,, 8xN6 inch top, fit Ledt With 21 piees of% ware, for TiJ IR FEEN Db01 A S. and pay the freight to D( 0 NOT PA Y TWO PRICES FORl YOUl GOODS. yo.,li -nd you a nikeplush Parlor suit, talhur I:fr:ni combination er hanidld, the mo:;t styN11l colors for :m.ml t your .1aihlo' station, freight paid. I will nll you a nice 13orlirooui t osising of Ureau with glass, Ilh head Udt"r-, 1 Wa11hlitand, 1 Cenie' table, 4 cali sat clait:, 1 canw Seat au1idi back rocker all for 16.50, and pay fireli1 to your dopot. Or I will send you n iegantt Pedromn uit with large glass, fill imarl top, fo i30, al pay frkight. Ni.o win(ow .had on il,prin"g rollor $ 40 Flegant lar falnut - day clock, 4.0( WahItI 1011nW,, 7.00f L,aco eartain,t per wNindow%, 1.0oo .1 vanlot describo -'verything i: a small ivei-o-rtislenne , but h:- i. an imlene sto!e Ontaiing 22,4o feet of floor room, with wa Ire houes aud facio.y buildingsin othei arts of Auguia miking ili all tho lar est business of this kind under 0110 lan iglomlent in the outlihern States. Tiesev toresanid warehousesaru crowded with heI chicest prodnetlons of thet best facto it's. My eat alogue conltainilng illustrations f goods will be I,ailed if you will kindly ay where you saw this advortisement. o lay freight. A ddress, L. PAMT ?rprietor Padgett'i 'arnituro, 1Stove anid C!rpet store, 110-1112 1road 1Stret, AUGUST.\. GA. 0I1t CORECTIN N A U S E A Dysentery, Diarrhoa and Cholera In ntilin. A pleasant medicine of incalcu )Ie merit in the honie circle for child or hilt. It is ppuilar, pleasant and ellicient. ruly a mother's friend. It soothies and als the mueou-s membranes; md checks 10eiauconts discharge froin head, stomailch aid howels. 'The moacous dischutrge from me head anid lungs nare ais prlomptlly r*e cedA by it as I he luuicous disch.ar'ge from me bow.h 5. .1t; is inade to relieveC the~ meiOns: sys.temt andi enre -niadsea. andi it nes it. Jti make-; the Critical period of 'eting. children sale andi ea'y. it, mvig'o ites and builds up the .systemn wIhile it is I l)ii and( cOin); the walstedl tissue. 'it ,iecoimmmll id and: usedl largely by phiy:i an:'. F'or rab. bcy Waiim~nnamak':rk Murral-y c., Coluia'1t, S. C., and wholesa!e by owant & W'il'ett, Auigu-ita Ga UL LER '& A NDERSON BUGGY' C0., ROCK hILL, 8. C., ~Ol ThIIEl CATALOGUE GIV ing Prices. Te'rms and Rteforences of uggles, Carriages, Wamgonsu, Road and' hanetn Carts, Harness, etc. All first ass work maide by hand and wvarranted. rices lower thman any othier of samei grade. uri Vehicles are running in every county South Carolina1 and In many counties of orth Carolina, deorgia and F lorida. All quiries promptly answered. In writing case mnontion thIs paper and don't forgot give your IPostollic address.' aind slga cur name plainly. OL LEl, AND)ERSON BULGGY CO., Manuufactumirr, IRock Ili!l, S. C., . 1a1)>, wiithx Set ioni Fan ir Spiked - di Needc CXito;n Elevalor firinis!.ed at Jj C( lTT)ON (GINS an'.d PItRESSES oef best herin. Tihomnas iiay Bake', D'erinog 'iwers, (Corbx in H:urrows amt1 1 'lanit. ,Jr., A. large stoolk of l',irtabtle andiu Stationtary niuinit anlii Saw' Mill Enguines 01n handit. St ato Agents- for . & (G. CJOOP'EI & CO'S Corlissa .En s Lane hiaw- MIlls and L iddell Cofn. ny's comcplote line. W.. IH. GI3BES, Jnl., & CO., Near UnIon D)epot, t COlUMmA, S. C. P ARE__ ___ to have I;aughters to educato shionld seint for clircular of tho EJTH CA[HDLIN~A COLLEOIE FOR WMEr!, C O) LiU M B I A, 8, (1, 'Three De)partnments, P'reparuatory, Ac ado Ie andi Collegiiti. Art and Muisie Do-1 .rtmenits unsurpassod. Iioarding lI )part ant utnsurpassod In Its appinti miet-1. For rculars or any lnfoirmationi add ress, Ri-W. WV. i. ATKRINSON, Aug 0 -1 Presiden~t. LIPP3A Yt'8. Whlsl-Dugss olPrpetr,~ -ipa'sok,av=%0 'ALBOTT SON'S NGIN ES BOILERS, SAW MILLI8 AN ) GRliSTi MILLS . kro acknowledged to be the best ever sold in this Stao. Vhun you buy one of themyou are satisild that you have mado no mistake. WrIte for our pricos. aotton Gins and Cotton Presses AT BOTTOM FIGURES. I can wavo you money. i1. C. Badham, Gen. Agt., cOiUm BIA, "W. c. r-U1iino offvo and Factory, Flo,, k T RED DAO WOMAN. --wi1l plrify anId vitalize your -e-A)',R Wool ott and give your r fKIK a tlhlroAA rimp tendent at oud ltuneIltiKmI sa n ng ho n rcv felt, so well in lie life, and Is -lfKll live foravir, if ho could - nr,) ni .in o:\KK tiorf%4In taim~ wu spring o o or tak ~,p r aur olist ivu ors need toning up) d u kr ith hevulnche, indigestjon, P.P. P. Ir you stTer with rervous lirmtration, A "rvei ulighl"MKI 'U'do a general lot down of the systom, tako P. P. P. For ]Bllo Poimn IffheumatiL Scrofi ulia, Old sores, Atkdaria, cumwonuge Complaints, tako P. P. P. Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. The best blood p.riflor in the world. LPPMAN DROS., W-holesale Druggta, Sr.!# Propretor, TAPAK'S B;.ocx, Savanrah, (Ia. (Succesor to Uial iHoller Works.) JOHN A. WILLISi PROPR. 117 WEST GERVAIS STREET, ] MANUFACTrURERS OF ( ZE STEA ENGINESs ndlo all 5izes of both Locomotives and r- . tutrn '1Tuhlar Boilers. /*FIoo ud ry work in 10I ron an Brass ie.. airing p1roImptly executed. EPOS4IT YOURL SURPLUS MONEY IN THE COMMERCIAL BANK, o1 COLUMBIA, 8. C. One dollar and upwardo recolved. in 3rcat at the rate or 4 per cont. por atnnm, aid quIarterly, on1 the first days of Febirua y, May, August ando Novembehr. Marricd lonmen and minors can keep account in heir own nanme. Higher rates of interest llowved by special arrangement. C. .1. IRIEDELL, President. J NO. S. I ifAPHIART, J AMES tlREDELL. .Vice-P'resident. Cashier. 3 E1JAT R 4.r T fON tr,-aws.es - S1r1 DMT. . - FINE SHO9WJASES. TE RRY M'F:'Q COn NAm.HV..L.. -r. 6 Mustang 'Liniment for MAN and BEAST FOR Forty Years THE STANDARD. For Sale BY ALL I DRUGGIsTS. 0. BOWEN, [Il* ATTonNEV AT LAW, PICK ENS C. it., S. C. Money to loan on easy terms, on well ecured pa)per. 01lco iII Court House July 26'88. VELLS& ORR, J. E. BOGGS, Greenville, S. C. Pickens, S. 0. -4 ELLS, OUR & BOGGSj ATTORNEYS AT LAW, PICKENS. C. I., S. C. .F.AxeEj,., C. L. 11OLLINGWORTH, olicitor 8th Circuit, Pickens, S. C. Greenville, S. C. ~NSE L~ & HIOLL[NGSWORTH, ATTORNEYs AND COUNsEL.ORs AT I AW, PICK ENS, C. IL., S. C. Practice in all the courts of the State, 11d attention giveni to all business entrust d to them. mirh 14-88tf. JI L L & '4E L D N DENTISTS, 122 Main Street, Greenville, S. C. Gas given every '1 hursday and Friday, umd teeth extractedl without pain. )R. FRANK SMITH now permanently located at Easley, S. i., and respectfully offers his profesj8lonal arvics to the public generally. Jan 2 90. D)R. J. P. C 1i DENTIST, (AlR E E N V I liii E, M. O. Oni1ce over Westmorolanid Bros. & Duke's )rug Store. Jan 1 '898. X M. NOlMWOOD, D). I). S. * DENTIST. G RE EN V IiL L E, 8. C. _Corner Main anid Coftie Street.. I )I.. , * CARPENTEJ$, DENTIST. Will be found at Liberty on and after the it October. iIe guarantees all his work be first class, feW 13'90 J. C. Fitzgerald, PHOTOGRAPHER, G RE EN V IL LE, S. C.' Over Westnmoland Brothers D)rug Stor Lil wvork dlone by the instantaneous proct LISO make enlargements from old jpictu. >any size in water colors, crayon, 1 ik, oil anid pla)ni photographs. oct 21 tt. VIANSON H OUSE, GREE I IE MANSION HOUSE -HAS * been newly refitted and' excellently irnlshmed. It Is first class in its a )bitmnents, and is one of the best hotels me South. Situated in the healthiest a a Lost delightful locality in the country, It. Ters superior, attractions to visitors aud a cuisIne cahnet be exeled In any ctt.