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AS OTHERS SEE US. el PREVARICATORS, FALSIFIERS, AND c PLAIN LIARS. n Poor Human Niture Lashed Unmerciful ly-Lying from Couniting Ioom to ill Shop; from Drawing Ronm to lichen; and Yet Nobo(ly Deceived for Amy ra Length of Time. Lh NEw YoRK, March 22.-"Tbe Phlgue it of Lies" was selected b)v Dr. Talimare bI for the subject of the ifthI of his dis. dr courses on ''The I'lagues of These Three til Cities," which he preached to-day. Both at the morning service in Brooklyn l1 and at the evening service under the h< auspices of the Christian lerald in New t( York, the vast buildings were not large ei enough to hold more than onc-half the w crowd who cameie to hear the sermon. Ir His text was Genesis iii, 4: "Ye shall ct not surely (lie." li That was a point blank lie. Satan a told it to Eve to induce her to put, her b semi-circle of white, beautiful tecth. %I into a forhidlen apricot, or plum, or t) peach, or apple. Ile practically iaid to il her, "Oh, Eve! Just take a bite of this d anld you will be omnipoteit and onlis- t cent. Youshall be as gods."1 Just the I first lie that was ever told in our world. n It opened the gate for all the falschoods ti that have ever alighted on this planet, u It introduced a plague that covers ' all nations-that l'latue of Lies. Far h worse tilaln the 1magues oI* EA!ypt, for they were on tlhe banks of' tle Nile; but 11 this is on the b aniks of, tle HIudson, oil 14 tile balks of the East river, on the banks a of the Olli'll the Mi.ssissippi, and the I Thames, and the lihine, anld the Tiber, and oil both sides ol all rivers. The c Egyptiai P'lagues lasted only a lew weeks, but for six thousand years has raged this Plague of Lies. 4 There are a hundred ways of telling a 1 lie. A man's entire life may le a flse- I hood, while With his ips he Ilay not once directly falsily. 'lhere are those who state what, is positivey im.t'rio. bi l er wards say 'may be,'' soil y-. Thvs departulres fromi lie .1V ari calle hi "white lies;'' hlt. there is real 11n( sich i thing as a white lie. Thei whitest lic that. was ever tohil was s black as icr ditlon. No inventory% of ublii: crines will he sufficieil that onhlilts this i.aillic aboinaiition). Thero are rn,high inll church and state. acitallyv uisefl, sel denxing and hoiest, in Imian l ngs, i who, uponl cerltainl sub,*jects, :ald inll ertainl spheres, are not, at ali to he tI d1IpeIded iuliol> foi i ity. I ideeid, (here are 111Nn mlen mad womlenl who wN have their notiom (1f t ruthIlleiness so thorughly pervierted. tha1t. they do a not know whn theyN are hymn. With Ilal lN it, is i ii1tiviated ,ill; 'itl somei c it sellis a iiatnial illirillit N. I have kiiowii p'oIle wllo stii to havc buell ri iri 1 ,iais. W The filshoods (IF their lives (telided m ill cardle til giave. I.'rev ricatiols ., lDisre esellT Iti4 1, a1i dishloliestN of re speech llvliaicd ill I el'ir list, lit(vi-aleves, I$( ald were as natiiral (4o Ihei as aim oI 1I their intitile dist ascs .ii( wer. a Sort wV ()I mloral (Trltup (r splirtit al 'war-latinla, lit But Ilally have hevell palaved ill vil-vilil- 9( stiallees were this tvileiik y has lay by day, anld hou. by1 hou111r , btI'en valh d to . llger developilent. Thiey. have nel.W ironi attaiinli t to istLailinelli, a lli frim class to class. unil thy have b INo regularly gratliatedl liars.t The air of lie city is ill(Il with lalse:- p~ hoods1. Tihiey h ang lpetlanit tfrom the st tilndelier IiSiO(ou ililiestI re'sideces;'O theiy crowdI the shelv ~es l Sin 10 t our hiwr- mi chaniit pinices! theiy till tile s iiewalk fromi t I curbstone to 1bro wni-stonae tlatinLt. Theiy li c'luster arounid the mechanic's h:aiiierc, 1' aiid blossom tr'omi the eii jt th Ile mer'-a chianit's ;ardc-stiek iisti h or (if churiicheos. Sone call them - tlictioni.m S Some style. thiem "':labrientioni.' " V ou imighit say that they' werei subterfuge,!~ dlisguiise. delunsion, i romianice, ev'asioni, pireteinse, fable, deept ion. miiisrepresenei taitioni, hut, as I aum ignoriianit oliy tinlg t I to be gained by the hidinig ,t' a G~oil- al defyinig (ou1trage undioer a lex ico gnaphier's in blanket, I shiall1 ch ile ly callI t hem what. ni ily father taught ime to call themii-lies. ~ I shall dliv'ide the win iit' ar.r.icnultt1ra, I nmercantile, michiaiiical, ecelesiastical 9. andt soiciail lies. First, then, I will specak of thiose that, a 'di more particula rly agi'icultui'al. . TIhere is somuethinlg ini the perpietuial. presenice ol niatural objeCcts to make a nman pure. T1he trees never issue v "'false stock.'' Wheat fields ai'e always t honest. Rye an<d oats never 'imor)e outl in the night, not pa.ying for the pla:ce I they have occupied (:orni shocks l never miake night, tnot paiiying or the lalec e they have oc'cuied. Coni shoeiks never make false assigniiimnts. Ac il utaini brooks are always "'current.'' 'Then gold on thfe grain is niever cotunterleit.. The mmisei never thauints in lalse coloriis. The dew sporits on\ty geniuinii dtiamondsi(I. Taking farmers as a class, I believe thiey ar truthill and( lair ini dealiing, and ci kind-hearted. .Ilut, the re'gions sur-e rounding our cities do niot always senidi this sort of mien to our mnaikets. li )y by day there er aaok thirougih our1 streets, I and( abr ut the miarkt, hounses, 11arm 1 wvagons that have not ain hionest spoke ini their wheels or a triuthiiliil r'ivet 1rom n tongue toI tail-b)o ard. Dur)in itg thle laust few~ y'ear1s thier'e hav'e b ieen tiiies whieni dlomeistie econi ,:' y hats liound( 'red on the ihr1mfer's lirk :n. iNeIiher lui taxes nor'~~ thie hiigh pice ofi dryv-goaodIs nor the Siat thme city has witInes ced mi thle lie l ii Or of.the yeomanryii'. lI y the qieitt s brasiiflde in Westehiester' aind Orange ti eounlties, i hope there miay, be1 seasons of' il (heel) retlectioni aind hearty rIc en-tanc. ' Rurali dist ri ats are'( ai.custedili to rail at u great cities as given upl to fraudo andl 9 every form of' unrighteousne'ss-, hut our - cities do not a bisorib all thie aboimitionis. Our citizensa hiave :(earned'o tile im portance h of' not always trusting to the size and style of' apples on t he top ot a harmor's i1 barrels as an inodiention of what may t be found farther dlown. Many oil our .g people are accustomed to wvatchi aiiol see how correctly a bushel oil beets o is measured; and there are not many 1 honest milk-caus. Deceptions (10 not all cluiser round city halls. When our cit.ies sit down3 and weep over their sins, all the sur rounding country ought to conmc in antd weep with them. There is often hostil Ity on the part of producers against tra ders, as though the man who raises the corn was necessarily morc honorable than the grain dealer, who piours it into I his mammoth bin. There ought to be no such hostility. Yet producers often .I think It no wrong to snatch away from the trader ; and they say to the bargain maker, "You get your money easy.n" Do they get it easy,? L~et those who in the quiet field and barn get their living exchange places with those who stand ~ to-day amid the excItements of commer- r 01al lIfe, and see if they find It so very t easy. While the Armer goes to sleep i WiUh the -assuranos thai his corn and 1 arley will be growing all the ligbt, koment by moment adding to his rev mue, the merchant trios to szo to sleep mnscious that that moment his cargo ay be broken oi the rcks or damaged y the wave that sweeps clear across ei hurricane deck ; or that reckless ieculators may, that very hour, be plot I11 some monetary revolution, or tho irglars be pryig open his safe, or his btors fleein- the town, or his landlord ising the rent, or the fires kindling on e block that contains all his estates. isy ! Is it? God help tile merchants. is h.1rd to have tile pallis of the hands istered with out-door work but a more eadtil proccss when, through mereau C anxIeties, the brall is Coisilled ! In the next place we notice iercan e licA, those before the counter and ,hilid the counter. I will not attempt , Specify the difl'ereit Foris of comier Al Falsehood. There are nerchantm Ito excuse themselves for deviatiou omn trutlfiulness because ot wiat tlc3 ill commercial custom. In other word, ke multiplication andti uiiversality 0 sin turns it into a virtue. There hav( ,en lar-e fortunes gathered where ther as not, one drop of unrequited toil it le wine; not one spark of bad tempe ishing from the bronze bracket iot om1 rol) of ieedIle-womian's heart blood it IC crimson plush; while there are othe reat establishments in which there j, Lt one doorknob, not one brick, not oi -Ilket, not one tbread of hice, but hit: [)Oi1 it the mark of dishoner. Whit Older it', some0 day, i hat of toil tha ad been wruing, and worn out, im listered until the skin came off, 110111, e placed a.;aiist the ele.ait wall-paper avillg its mark of' blood--thur lingeri 1ud a thumhb; or that, some day, wa kIh i- the halls, there Should bl e a voi, ecostilng tile occupant savin, "i: ents lor makiig a shirt;'' and lyinit i Ie room another voice sholth'i say 1'welve cents otr an army blatiket ; Ild the mant should try to sIcep at Iight >ut ever and anon he aroused, until get, inl( I,) oi onle elbow, he shioul shriel >lt, "Who's there ?"1 0nw Sabbath nf!_iht, inl the vestibulle o 11y churilch af'ter servIce, a1 wonmi'l Icl 1 'I'llins Te doulmr said slit in't neced mledicilic ,o oneih as some. hInwl tcat. As site beainml to revivt I her delilitlln, she said gaspighllZl :ehIlens! ((m;h ots! E:i.-ht cenIt s wish I cmubd get it done; 1 1111 So tile< wilh I could get s,omu sieep: hut I III.t -vt it donl ! i::iht cent-! lih 'ts!'' We iuland afterwards she wm lkill gamilents for vight cents apiece ld 0 tat she could 11ake but three |(1 wil i a dhay! Three times cit ar( vulntyou "Icar it, menI.Il 4 ad vollen ho have comlifortable homel(.4 *'Omie of the worst villainls of, the c!it % re the ('mployers oI thuese Woineli Itey heat Ilhei down to the last peln V, and try to eleat, theil out of tht, lhe woman luist.L dep( sit a1 dollar ol vo bief'ore she gets the garmifent Ic ork onl. W'hen the work is donee it is airpl.y inspectvtl, the ll mst illgni:i AII ftlws picked out, and thlit W Ve tIlst-d, an1d somnetilmies the 4l-Ila1r dv )sited nlot g!ie latck. Thw Womlen's rot ct iVe Union reports a . vast litre one of thtese 1poor Soll ling a lace whee she coul t lore wages, resolved to change 1111loyers, and wvent t:> get her iy for work done. The einployer said: lihar you are going toI leave Ine. es," site said, "lld 1 aiml come to get 11A You owe l(t." ie made no an 'Cr. She said: "'Are you 1not going~ luly meI ?"' "Yes4," lie said, "1 will (y youl;"' andc lhe kickedl her downi airs. 1114de l . in ommercti sp)here~s thalt are roulghout righlteouis. Go wOt~ illI let s favor rest tlipon every scroll, every etured'e( waill, every t raceried w itndow; ni the joy thai;t h;ishies fromi tile lights, id1 shtoweirs I roma ihe musie, antd iowvers from it the nusic, and1( dances inr Ie chidrenl's (iuick fe'et, pat11tering~ irotigh thle halt, wvill utter tile con rat ulationr of meni aind the appro val of odt. A mlerchlant canlf, to the last itei, bn iorou1ghlly honest. There is neveI ay nieed of failsehood. Yet. how I any will, day by day, houtr by hour. tter what thety kinow to ble wrong. oui say you are1 selling at less thai >st. I f so, then1 it is right to say It. ut did t hat cost you less thlan von'aisk >r' it ? II not , thien yot haive 11'alsilied, ou1 Say tihat thlat article cost you 8:5 1 sot, t heni all right. I f it did niot, then1 011 hav1 e falsilied. S11pposet you are a list (omerC. Youi are "h)eatinlg down " thl( 00(ds. Voti say thtat that article for :hliih S> is chtarged, is not worth mort han11 1o11r. is it worthi no0 inore0 that 4l? Th'Ien, alt right. If' it be wvort i lOre, and( for tile sake of getting it foi 18s thanil its vah1ii1, youi wilfully dlepr1e iate it, youi have fllsilied. Youi inaU all it a sh1arp tradeI. Th'ie record in~ nlge writeCs it down on1 tile p)onderCoi 111114 of (eter1ni ty --" iIr. No an~ iilSo LI 'rchlant in Wa' lter street, 0orf in litIi reet, or ini State street ; 01r Mrs. So aml '0, keepinI g htouise oin Uracon at reet, oi ni Ahol4 Iisoni avenue(1, or l i ttenhous011 ifua11re, or' 1 rook lyni heights of i irook onider lh it isign i icanit, beca use relat nig to11 an insigni icaint 1p1ihics. Yot i (4h1 Id (esise' tile man1 w ho wvouh als1it y ini regard to) some1 great miiattei Ii wichi tile cit. or01 thie whole coun ltrI c is (h lcncerned ; bu11t Lthis is on1ly a1 hoW I bitttons 1, 01r a1row 01. pinis, or a cast .I IIeedles. P.e not (deceiv~edI. *ThIe ar il' pilIrIhasedI mlay be sod snudlil yot i w-is bigger' Lhan the' l'yramiiids, ani1 t( through allt the mtountonans of (ter. tv. Youi thriow oil your1 (count1r 801n1 iieeilinens of Ihand(kc'htiet. Y ouri uls, litlr aisks, "'Is that, ll silk ? no ct ton it ?' You answer, "'It is ll siik.' Vas it, all silik ? 1I so, all right1. liutI ilsi ied. Al'oover, you lost by thei ilsehood. TPhiletustomier, though lie ouightkeepsie, wii Ifii o ut thait you aive def(raudied imi, andlt nex (Lspi'nrg, -hen he agini coimes shoppin111g, tie will tok at your signt and1 say:' "I will nct '3 there. Thai~t 1s tile plaee wh Iere I ot thtat lhndkerchlief.'' So that, b4 lnd dIishlonest, bargain youi p)icked your wn pocket and1( inisulted thei Al tighty3. Wou mld vou dare to iiake ati esti mate f howv manty f'alsehlods ill trade w~ere e(sterday t01(1 by halrdIware' men,I and( hothiers, antd Ifruit-deallers. and1( dry oodhs establishmaenlts, and importers, md1( jowelers, andi lumIbermien, anld coal n erchants, and stationers, and1( tobac onists? Lies about saddles, ablout metkles, about ribbons, about earplets ibout gloves, about coats, about shoeIs ibout hats, about watchles, about ear 'lag'es, about books-about everything n the name of tile Lord AlmIghty, I rraign commercial falsehoods as ont if the greatest plagules in city and own. In the next place, I notice mechanIca les. There Is no class of men who ad rinisater more to the welfare of th Ity than artisans. To their hand w aust look for the buildIng that suhei era us,. for the garments that cloth S, for the oar that carries us. The ila wide-spread influence. Ther is mutich derision of what is called "1.lusciflar Christianity;" but in the I latter day of the world's prosperity, I t thamk that the Christian will be ius- t cidar. We have a right to expect of b tlI !)s stalwart men of toil the highest d po.ssible integrity. Many of them an- d sw.er all our expectations, and stand at the front of religious and philan ti ropic enterprises. Btit this class, li v t he ot hers t hat I have named, has q in it those who lack in the element of o vcracit,y. Tliy cannot all be trusted. r In times whei t he demand for labor is b great., it is impossible to meet the de. miands of the public, or do work with i that promptness and perfection that I wotild ;at other times be possible. But b there are mvv;lnies whos(i word can not be trusted at anly time. No man has a right to promise more work than he can do. Thern are mechanics who say that they will come on Monday; bmt they do not, comne until Wednesday. You pit work in their hands that they tell you shall be completed in ten days, but it is thir-tv. There have been f houses built of which it mnight be said r that every nail driven, every brick tiortared, couhl tell of falsehood con nieted therewit l. There are men at tenpting to ( t en or lifteen pieces of work who have not the tiime or strength t do more than live or six pieces; but by protises never fuhlilled keop all the underi!kings within their r own grasp. This is what they call S"nirsing" the job. How i111chI wrOnIg to his soul and in sult to ("od a Iuctanic wolild save, if tI he protised only . so luch as lie x t peted to be able to do, Society has it" right to ask von impossibili ties. Y oti cannot always (alculate correct ly, and you may fail because you cannot grt the l help that you ant,icipate. But now I aitl SpeakinlgL of the willfili mak ini-- of promnises that yott know you "minot keep. 1)i you say that that ' shw wold be iended, that coat re I paired, those brieks laid, that harness sewed, tIhat dloor grairned, that spout fied. or that window glazed, by Satur day. knowing tihaL you vould neither . h- alle to do it, yourself nor get any oneo else to do it ? Then before God at-il man you are a liar. Yoti may say ti:t it, miakes no partictilar difference, .iI' that. it yoil hal told the trith you Wmitbl iave lost. tihil jolt, and that peo pih' vXpect Io be disappoiited. U,it I hat, excuse will not answer. There is a voile ,,( t ofthmider rolling aimong tlt dilia, and planes, atid shoe lasts, aid shv ars, which savs: "A11l liars shall ha ve t hi r pairt in t he lake that burneth with fire atn brimst onv." I next notice eclesiastical lies; that is, falsehoIods told for the purpose of atdvanme ing (hur1 1-hies and sects,. or for the purpose of leiletiig tliem. 'T'liere is lio uise inI asking miany a Calvinist what an Arminian helieves, for he will bet- apt to tell you that tho Amninian helieves that a man vani con vert himseIf, or to ask tlhe Arininian what thei Calvini"t, b-lieves, for he will tell you that the Cal vinl ist 1beloves that tiod mIlade S0111e men11 jilt;t to damn thea. There is tin 1Nel fit askinlgr a 111-do-llaptist what a )aptist believe-, for he will ie apt to say tit the Baptist helieves immersion to lie lositivelvI necessary to s:alvation. It is al tuost, hil'ssible Ior 4nev denllilotination of t -christianls, without prjildive or lisrepre- ] 1"'it Iton, to state tihe Sviienttn of an Op I'Si seet. If a inan hates I'resbyterians, ,111 3(u) ask hini what l'resbyterians he lieve, el tell y-ol that they helieve that there ar. ill aits in hell a spa Itong! It i- S"range also l how inldividual churches wvill Someitimlis inake1 mllisstatemenvits about othvir individital churches. It is especially so is regard to fa.-lhods told with refer ne to rtOsptrous enterprises. As long as c a church is f'ele, anid the silging is dis cord4itait, and the minister, through the pioverty oIf lhe cliir'h, tmutst gi) wi th a I thireatdhate co at, antd lit-t atnd there a wor'-1 shiippt'r sits in thec end (If a pew, having all Itie seat to himiselIf, religious sympllathiizers oif theri chuiirelies will say, " What a p)ity! .' Ihut, let a gmreat tday tof prtospe-rity comne, andt even mniisters of the Go ispe'l, whlit ought to he~ rteji it at the 'argeness anid extent of thei work, denon ce, and iiiisrepr'esent, amnd fa:i fy, stat ig thle siticiont ini regartd to timselves, that thle rteason they tlo not like I the corni is htet'ausi it is inot gr~ ooth in thirli' own nill. httow long beftore we shall learn to bIe fair tn olir religious tcri ticists! Thelw keeniest jealotsits tn &'arith ar churt clh jea:loiusit's. Th'le fiel of Christian wortik is so large t hat there is mnt nieed that tour hoei hiandlk-s hit. Next, I speak of soicial lit's. Thli.s t'vilI m-ikes nmn-lh i F siiiety inisincere . Y'oiu kn tow noit w hat tto believe. Wh len pteopleI a1sk ytitt to tcomie, yoni dot nt,t kno wh~ ileth1er ri inot they wanmt youi to comue. Whent they er it is an texpres-iton of Ihir heart, omr an exsternmal cIvility. We have learnied to take 1 abintst t'verythinig at a discountt. Wortd is i sent, " -Not at hiomte," wheni't they are' ontlyt too- lazy to dress thtemiselves. Tfhey say, ''The furnace has jutst gtone ouit,"' when ini, t ruth they have hiad no tire in it all winmtei. lThey apotlogize ftor tIhe unusual btarrenness of Ihiir tabtle, when'm t hey nevter live any I hetlter. IThey itt-ry their most luxurious enitertaiment,- to win a showt~er of ap plrtval. Thley' apologize for their anpeair-' auie, aS though It were mmiusiual, when al ways at hiomue they look just so. Th'ley I woiul d niake- you belie've that stmno < skelt-h til the walh was the work of a mias ter paititemr. "It w'as an hteirhotnm antI omnco hung tin t' watlIs tof a castle; amit a duke~ gave it to thi ritl fathler-." When the1 tact is, that painitinig was made by' a man "dowt~n tast ." andl baketd stt as tto take it Iook tolt, andt stold wvithi thers ftor $10 a dIl-.en. Peoptjl , whit willI lie abouit inothimig ('10 will lit' a'bout a piture. Oii a snmall Iti'omie we mtust make the worhld believe t hat we are tllhiien t, andt tour' hife btecoimets a I t'heat, a counterfe-it, amnd a sham. Few~ petsons are re-ally mnatuaral. When 1 I say Ithiis, 1 dlo not miean to slur c'('ultu redt 1 manters. It is ight that we shoul hhave miore atdmirat ion for' thue sculphtiumed ima rbtle thanm for the umknown block of rluarr'y. Fraomn manmy ti rcles ill life inisinmcerityv has1 tdriv'tn tI vi vaeityv anti nuthIusiasmn. A Fr-/e dt-t igity l intsttead Iloats abtout, the room, 14 i i,',iub r gr inds augainlst ieb erg. Ytu n:nst tt hauigh outright, it is vulgar. You ninst snile. Yu inus ot1dash raptithl aterto1- thle rooii ; ytou miuist glide.- TIhere is a rtundl tif It tws, andit grns, andt IIlatterites, :inlt'l h's! andot ahI's! and siampereing, anmd namiuhyplambyltista---a wtorldl of wichl Is not woth ont' gtotod, rotuod honitest lital tof lauagh ter. IFrtttn suit'ha hotllowt~ rount Ithea totrtur ed gut-st t'tt ir's at th lo '(st'of tIheev'tinmg, atnd aussure-s hIis hotst that lie has enijoyed hmim st'lt! WVhat a aouind of inisinicerities moany pro ithe mrutn, in torder' o wini the favotr tof the wrtu l. TJhueir' Iife is au shiamt aind thet-ir dentI h amn unspea:kabl te sadtlness. A las. form 1 lie hioor biuitterflies whenm Ithe frost strikes (Comopare' theu lift' anmd tdeath of sut-l a one with Ithat tif someit C.hristiain attnt 12who was once a lhessintg to yoiur household. I (Io \ not know Itat she wias evter ttIfere-d the I huand iiini rriuugt. She Ilivedt single t.hat i uintariimmel Iled sIhe mighut be teverybodhy's blessinig. Whtemnever' the sick were tt bte s v isitedi, to' thue poor' tio bie provided with btread, she we-nt w ith a blessing. Shen could It piray, om'ra. s lgtRck of Ages,"' for anty sick Ipaiuper who asked haer. As she got thleir, b u tfor the mOst pairt aumntie was a sunbeam -just thet ttne for' Chiristanas Eve. Shte knewt bettter' thian ainyone else htow~ tt fix things. C lier-t every prmayer, as Godt hieard it, was full ii ttf everyltodly who had trouble. 'ITe brilght,- E est thinlgs Iin all tIme house dIroppedl ftom her tigers. Slit hmatd pecular nmotions, but the grandtest notIon shet everi hiad was to make yout happy. She tdressed well; auntie al. I ways diressed well; but her highest adorn- t ment was that of a meek and quiet spirit, c whIch, ini1" th thtof GodI, Ia of great price. When she diedi, you all gathered lovIngly about hier; amnd as you carried her out to a rest, theo Siund ay-school claes almost covered ( thei colin wIth japonicas, and tihe poor peo pl1e1 stood at thet end of the alley, wlth theira . aprons to theIr eyes, sobbIng, ubitterly; and the man of thie world saId, W i So lomon, lie11r price was above rubies; mud Jesus, i' as unto the faden in Judea L. -mane' & "I say unto thee, arisel" f l But to inany, through insinoerity; thislife i a masquerado bali. AS. at such enter. inments, gentleiren and ladies appear in hlo dress of kings anl queens, mountain andits or clowns, and at the close of the I ance throw off their disguises, so, in this I issipated life, all unclean piplions move I i mask. Across the floor they trip merrl- j r. The lights sparkle along the wall, or rop from the ceiling-a cohort of fire! 'lie music charms. The diamonds glitter. 'lie feet bound. Gemmed hands stretched ut, clasped gemmed hands. Dancing feet espoid to dancing feet. Gleaming brow 4 ends to gloaniing brow. On with the i ance! Flash and rustle, and laughtor, and ineasurable merry-naking! But the ,nguor of death comes over the limbs, and lurs the sight. Lights lower! Floor hol nw with sepulchral echo Music saddens ato a wall. Lights lower! Tho maskers an hardly now be seen. Flowers exchange heir fragrance for a sickening odor, such .s comes from garlands that have lain in ,aults of cemeteries. Lights lower! Mists ill the room. Glasses rattle as though haken by sullen thunder. Sighs seem aught among the curtains. Scarf falls rom the shoulder of beauty,-a shroud! .,lghts lower! Over the slippery i oards, in lance of death, glide jealousies, disappoint nents, lust, despair. Torn leaves and vithered garlands only halt hide the ul ered feet. Teio stench of smoking lamp vicks almost quenched. Choking damps. "hilliness. Feet still. Rands folded. Kyes shut. Voices hushed. Lights out! WHY HE DID NOT MARRY. V Mout Ltaugihabis Story About A Young Mlan and a 11li. One of the most laughable stories of . bovine kind that has ever tickled the ribs of tfie "only aninal that laughs" is the one in which Mike Finck describes hs ride in the "natural state." on Dea con Smith's Taurus. We defy a cynic, in fashionable t.rowsers, to read it and not burst a but ton or two off the place to which sus penlers are hitched. It is simply "enor molls." Mike took a notion to go in swim ming, and he had just got his clothes f, when lie saw Deacon Smith's bull making at him. The bull was a vicious inimal, and had come very near killing two or three persons, consequently Mike felt rather "jubus." lie didn't want to call for help, for ie was naked, and the nearest place 1rom which assistance could arrive was ,he meeting-house, which was at the ime lilled with worshippers, among whom was the "gal Mike was paying levotion to." So he (lodged the bull as ie animal caie at him, and managed ,o cateh him by the tail. lie was dragged around till lie was earlv dead, and wheni he thought he ,ould hold no longer, he made up his iind that he'd better "holler." And low we will let hiiii tell his own story. "So looking at the matter in all its -warings, I cum to the conclusion that I'd better let some one know whar I bas. So I gin a yell louder than a loco notive whistle, and it wan't long be ore I seed the deacon's two dogs a !oning down like as it they war see jig which would get there fust. "I knowed who they war arter hey'd jine the bull agin me. 'So,' sez 'old brindle, as ridin, is as cheap as valking on this route. ir you have no >Ijections, I'll jist take a dock passage )m that ar' back o' yourn.' So I warn't *ery long getting astride of him. "Then, if you'd been thar. you'd have worn thar war nothing human in that ir imix, the silo flew so orfully, as the ritter and I rolled around the field me dog on one side, and one on the >ther, trying to clinch my feet. I prayed and cussed until I could not eli which 1 did at last-and neither varn't of no use, they were so orfully inixed uip. "W\ell. 1 reckon I rid about half an iour this wvay, when old brindle hought it war time to stop to take in supply of windl and1 cool off a little. o when we got around to a tree that tood thar, lie naturally halted, so sez, I, oy you'll lose one passenger sartin. So jist clumi upi a branch, kalkalating to iiost till I starved, afore I'd be rit;l round hat ar way any longer. "I war makingr tracks for the top of lie tree, when I heard sumthin' a . makin' an orfuli buzzin' overhead. I :indler looked, and it thar wasn't uell; thiar's no ue in swearin'-but it var the biggest hornet's nest ever bilt. iou'll 'gin in now, I reckon, Mike,< eauise than's no help for you. "1 ut an idea struck mec then that IJ toodi a heap better chance ridhin' the mil than whar I was. Sez I, old feller, I f you'll hold I'll nidie to the next sta-] ton, anmyhow, let that be whar It will. "S;o I jist dlrop)ped about him agin' nd( lookedl aloft to see what I had I ained by chan gin' quarters, and, gen lemen, I am al iar i fth ar wasn't nigh t half a bushel of the stingin' varmnints eadly to pitch into mec when the word go was gin. "Well, I reckon they got it, for 'all aiids' started for our company. Some I >f them bit the (logs-about a quart I ,truck me, and the rest charged on "l'his time the (logs led fust, (lead mPut fer the 01(1 dbeacon's, and as soon 1s old1 brindle andl I could get undler ray, we followedl, and as I was only a leck passenger, I hiad nothin' to do vith steerin' the craft; if I had we houldnu't hav'e run that channel any "hlut, as I said before, the dogs took lie lead-brindle and I next and the iornets directly arter. TLhe dogs yel in'-brindlie holierin' and the hornets >uzzIn' and stin gin'. "W~ell, we hadg got u.bouit two hun Ired yards from the house, and the teacon heard us and cum out I seed ii m t hrow up his hiand and( tt .1 white. reckonu he was prayin' theu, for he iiln't expect to be called for so soon, mud it warn't long neither afore the vhiole congregration-meu, wvomen andl ~himldren-cum ou t and then all hands "'None of 'em had the lust notion hat brinidle and I belonged to this vorld. I jist turnmed my head and iiissed the whole congregation. Iseed he( run wVouldl he up soon, for b)rindle .uildnf't turIn an Inch from a fence that "Well, we reached that fence, andl I vent ashore, over the critter's head, uidting on the other sidle, and lay thar tunned('(. "It warn't long afore sum of them as w'as not so scaredl, cum runnin' to whar war; for all hands kalkerlated that hei bull and I belonged together, But 'hen brindle walked by hinmscif, they eedl how it wats, and1( one of 'em said 'MGike Finck has got the scummage nce In his life!" "Gentlemen, from that day I dropped hie couirtin' biziness, and never spoke :> a gal since, and( when imy hunt is up n this yearth, thar won't be any Finks, rid Its all owin' to Deacon Smith's rindle bull," Three Children Drowned. IRMINGHIAM, Ala., March 20 saac Buthrt, a farmer, yesterday -at-. e'mpted to cross Valley creek In a wag n , in which were his wile and three hlidnrn. The creek was much swollen, .nd the wagon and team were washed town stream. The children were drown d, the youngest being washed from its nothuer's arms, while she was clinging o a limb to keep her head above water. Bufort succeeded ia rescuing his wife; ufter shne had released her hold of the 1mb in a iuan effort to saye the babe. A Miner's Wife an Hire. SHAMOKIN, Pa.. March 19.-From be poverty of a miner, earning $1.50 ?er day, yesterday morning to the pros )ective possession in the evening of }165,000, was the financial stride en oyed by Charles Dimmick, of this place. Vheu i.e returned, tired and dust-be. ,rimed, from the mine to his humble oie in the evening his wife thrust a etter exultingly under his eyes, and ex laimed: "Charles, we are rich. We ire worth over z33,000. Read it 1" L'hen the excited woman sank weeping o the floor. Dimmick wonderingly cad that his wife had fallen heiress to a ,hird interest in an English estate val ied at X100.000, and that she sli-uld itart for England at once. Mrs. Diamick's grandfather be lueathed the property to her father, who was unable to take possession, owing to i contested will. In 1855, after having secured a clear title, her father was ibout to clain the inheritance, when he vas drowned in the English channel. 11:s daughter, about a year later, mar ried Diimick and came to America, set. Ling in the coal regions of Pennsylvan a. Two weeks ago Mrs. Diimick re eived a communication from a sister in England to Ihe effect that the estate would soon be delivered into their hands, in( last night a message from across the sea settled the fact, as she believes, be yond doubt. The two sisters and a brother are the heirs. There' thDiuner lel! What a clattering and a chattering as the children atswer the dinner bell and rush into the dining room. Oh ! the gratification a good appetite afllords as our moon (lay's meal is set befure us. But this vacant chair, what does it mean ? "Oh, that is Uncle Charley's seat. Guess lie don't feel like eatinu, he's got dyspepsia, you know.'' Dys pepsia! horrors ! Deliver us from dys pcpsia. What's the use of being plagued with such an ailment anyway? What's the use having a stomach so irritated iudlsore that, even one bit of food gives it distress? Why not heal the soreness and allay the irritation and strengthen its muscular processes, by using Botanic Blood Baln. Will it cure? It certanly ivill. Many, many a former dyspetic )wes his enjoyment of life to B. B.~ B. Give it a trial. S. J. Chandler, Richmond, Va., writes: "No one can all'ord to be without B. B. B. who wishes an appetite. [ couid scarcely eat a single biscuit for breakfast, but sice taking B. B. B. I clean the whole table, so to speak." Another Cure for Rhouuatism. LAKE CITY, FLA. P. P. P. M1u'fy Co., kuzvannah, Ua. GENTLEMEN-I had Rheumatism for )ver six years, and last May was taken lown and confined to my bed. My legs mnd fee" were ba:lly swollen and the olor of a red apple, and I was in a earful condition. I heard of 1'. P. P. Prickly Ash Poke Root and Potas iium), and after seeing what the ingre lients were--&s theformula is on the Pottle-[ concluded to try it, and after aking tireo small bottles was able t-) ro down town and attend to my busi iess, and I must say that I feel like mtiother man. Am now taking the arge size, and to-day I believe*that I vill soon be as likely as any ma of ixty-one years of age can expect to be. A. C. LANO. Loss froin a Broken Crevass. NEmW OtLEANS, March 18.-Reports -eceived at noon to-day from the cre. asse on S. M . Ame's WVhite 110ouse ulantation are to tbe effect that the revasse is no0W 200 feet wide and 15 eet deep. Th le water is going through vith irresistible force. A puortioni of Jefferson Parish will be inundated and he loss will be very great. Already hte t wo great trunk lines, the Southern 'acific and the Texas Pacific Roadls, iave been chopped in two by the crc rasse. These roads are transferring heir passengers by boats to points ibove the break. Pianos and Organs. N. WV. TRvMr, 134 Main Street, Co umbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, hirect from factory. No agents' coim nissions. The celebrated Chickering iano. Mathutshek Piano, celebralted or its clearness of tone, lightness of ouch and lasting qualities. Mason & lamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Up ight Pianos, from $225 up. Mason & lamlin Organs surpassedh by none. Ster ing Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument ~uaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' rial, expenses both ways, if not satis. actorv. Sold on Instalments. Randall Pope, the retired druggist of Iadison, Fla., says P. P. P. is the best iterative in the market, and lhe has uandiled and sold all the sarsaparillas nad blood medicines that were adlver ised. Erysipelas--1, L. Irvin, of Thomas ~ille, Ga., says lie was afilicted wvith ~rysipelas for ten years and was only uired when P. P. P. was used. Tetter, Saltrheumn and Cancer are all ured b)y P. P. P. The effects on these Liseases are perceptible after the first ottle of P. P. P. was used. A complete Bedlroom Suit for $16.50 reight paid to your depot. Send for jatalogue. Address L. F. Padgett, ugusta, Ga. -"N S LIIPPNAN DROS., Wholesale Druggists, ] sole Proprieter,, Llppenau'unt lioh ss ,a ~,-.. o J S Or4f U(R r 1 E ,m' G0 N. A H 1 N TEN *OOaNaHia.Tx Mexican Mustang Liniment for MAN and BES T FOR Forty Years THE ~PARDO For' Sale LlY ALL ____ * SI{III TSO OS. B. FREEMAN. ATTORNEY AT LAW, PICKENS C. If., S. C. All buine,s will receive prompt atten tion. 01lice up stairs in Freeman building Main street. dectt WELLS& ORi, J. E. OGGS, Greenville, S. C. Pickens, S. U. iELLS, ORR & BO(GS, NW ATTonNEYs AT LAw. PICKENS, C. 11., S. C. M. F. ANs,, C. L. 11OLTINOVORTH Solitor 8th Circuit, Plckens, S. 'C. Greenville, .5. C. ~NSEL & IIOLLING;SWORTII. ATTOnNEvs AN!) COUNSELOnS AT I.AW, PICKENS, C. 11., S. C. Practice in all the courts of the State, and attention given to all business entrust ed1 to themu. mrih 14-88tf. HILI & W%TnDoN D)ENTISTS,' 122 Main Street, G reenville, S. C. Gas given every '1hbursday and Friday, und teeth extracted without pain. W. M. NORtWOOD), D). D. S. DENTIST. G R E E N Vr I L L E, S. C. Cornier Main and Coffee Streets. D R. J. B, CAR~PENTER, D)ENTIST. WVill be foundl at IAber(ty on and after th 1st October. HIe guarantees all his wor be first class, fob 13'90 D 4 ) 3AR L I SLB, R. J.ie A Rt L i S L B, D)ENT IST1, (,REtPE N YI L LE, M. O. Ollice over Westmnoreland Bros. & Duke's Drlug Store. Jan 1 '898. DR. FRANIK SMITI is now permanently located at !Easley, S. 11., and resp)ectfully offers his professional' sorvlces to the pulblic generally. Jan 21O 90. ___ J. C. Fitzgerald, PHOTOGRAPH ER, G RE E N VIL LE, S. C. Over Westmoland I rothers Drug Stora, all work (lone by the instantaneous process. Also make enlargements from old ictures .0 any size in water colors, crayon, India nk, oil and plain p)hotographs. oct 24 tf. afIANSON H OUSE, GREENVILLE S. C., II E MANSION IIOUSE IIAM Lbeen newly refitted and excellently urnished. It Is first class in its a 'ointments, and is one of the best hotela in to South. Situated in the healUhAast and' st delightful locality in the country, -I*d ner8 superior attractions to vl8it0rsaD. Loffisine cannot be excelled In any ofm Fadlett Pays the Rei t. A GanAT OpWM TAT AY IOT AGAIV 311EEJARATED. SO DO NOT )ELAy, 'STRIKE WRIL TEE ION IS HOT. Write for Catalogue now, and sa what p r you saw this advertisement In. emember that I sell everything that Oesto furnishing a home--manufactur. ng some things and buying others in tho largest possille ota which enables me to wipe out all competition. HERE AR'E A FEW OF MY START LING BARGAINS A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, 15cx17 inch oven, fitted with 21 Pieces of ware, delivered at your own depot, all freight charges paid by me, for4 only Twelve Dollars. Again, I will sell you a 5 hole Cookln Range 13x13 inch oven, 18x26 inch top, fit ted with 21 pieces of ware, for THIR TEEN DOLLARS, and pay the freight to iyour depot. DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES FOR YOUR GOODS. I will send you a nice plush Parlor suit, walnut frame, either in combination or banded, the most stylish colors for 33.50, to your .ailroad station, freight paid. I will also sell you a nice Bedromos uit consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high head Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre table, 4 cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat and back rocker all for 16.50, and pay freight to our depot. r I will send you an elegant Bedroom suit with large glass, full marble top, for $30, and pay freight. Nice win ow shade on spring roller $ 40 Elefant large walnut 8 day clock, 4.00 Wa nut lounge, 7.00 Lace curtains per window 1.00 I cannot describe everything in a small. advertisement, but have an immense store. containing 22,600 feet of floor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in othe parts of Augusta making in all the lar gest business of this kind under one man agement in the Southern States. These storesand warehouses are crowded with the choicest productions of the best facto. ries. My catalogue containing Illustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement. I pay freight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, Froprietor 'adgett's Furniture, Stove and Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. A ring Medicine R THRED I AN AAND WOMAN. P will purify and vitaliza your I g-Nd ape titoand give your lol"s Wl tol if . A proinent, railroIL- minrintendent at i. vannah. suffering with *-!a iaria, D p. M ned lleimatisi sa' -k m 1. 1. ho nover felt so w ell in his life, an %as~ if h i coulo, Aive fc rever, it he could :i 1%'ays get 11. 1. 1.* I f yo are tired out fr - a .-A a;. oLIso conltiemiout, take P. P. P. andt oare Seein:b,dly'-in the 6pring; - do or sorts, tahe K~p P a P. If your digestive organo need toning up, Stake . pP. P. If~ yu suffer withiheadache, indIgestion, debifity andl weakness, take P. P. P. If you suffer ilth rervous prodtration, nerves unstung ad a general let dow P. P.P. For Blloo i Pois in. Rhietunatismn Scrof ila, Ol b n.s Malaria, Chronic merale P .P.P. v Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. The best blood purifier in the world. LIPPMAN DIVOS., wholesalo DruggIsts, Solo IProprietors, ? L!PPM.Ws BLOCS, Savannah, Ga. LOW PRICES WILL BE MADE ON TALBOTT SON'S ~NGINES A.ND BOILEltS, SPECIAL ESTIMATES ON SAW M[IAA. CORNr MILLS. PLANERS AND) MA ClUNERY, . ENERALLY ATr BOTTJOM FJGURES. if, C, Badham, Gen, Agt., COEMEJRIIEA, N, C. Buy the Tralbott Engine; it is the best. UPLON TIHE MOST APPRLOVED) plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked selt Seed Cotton Elovator furnished.- , ompetitive p rices. COTTON GI198 and PRESSES of best raakers. Thomas Hay Rakes Deering Lower, Corbin Harrows and 19Ianet, Jr , ~ultivators. A large stock of Portablo and Stationary linning and Saw Mill Elngines on hand. State Agents for C. & G. COOPER & CO'S Corlis En Ines Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Ceom any's complete line5. W. H. GIBBES, Jn., & CO., Near Union Depot, COLUMBIA, S. C. AREAl) TiUEME FHl4IJ3Ins. Farm Wagons, coniplete with body etc. Ta-4 in Timible Skin----............39.50 in Thimble skin...............4 .... 1.00 3in Thimble Skin---............... 42.00 One Horse Wagons, 124.50, 126.50 and( .28.50. Warranted second to none. Write for Circulars. Buggies, Carriages, Road Carts, &c., at 0 per cent less tihan regular prices. Senld or Catalogue. This offer is for only 3t0 Lays in order to reduce stock--so order at ance. 10L LER &ANDE-RSON~ BUGGY CO.. ROCK HILL, S. (I., in writing.mnti.. Uis .. <