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THE GARBS OF SI N. ? i DR. fALMAGE'S DISCOURSE AT WINFIELD. KANSAS. How Sin In Different l>l?KiiUeH-The '-Clonk* I'nder Which Crime In Committed. Dr. Tolmago in his sermon at Winfield, Kansas, took for his text, John 15;22: "But now they have no eloak for their sin.'' Sin is always disguised. Decked, and glossed, and perfumed, and masked, it gains admittance in places from which it would otherwise be repelled. As silently as when it glided to Christ at the top of the temple, it ; now addresses men. Could people ! look uiion sin as it always is?an exhalation from the pit. the putrefaction of infinite capacities, t lie ghastly, loathsome, God-smitten monster that uprooted Eden and killed Christ, and would push the entire race into darkness ami pain?the infernal charm would be broken. Before our first parents traugressed, sin appeared to them the sweetness of fruit and the becoming as gods. To Absalom it was the pleasure of sitting upon a throne. To men now. siuis laughter, and permission to luxurious gratification. Jesus Christ in my text suggests a fact which everybody ought to know, and that is that sin, to hide its deformity ami shamo, is accustomed to wearing a cloak; and the Saviour also sent forth the truth that God can see straight through all such wrappings aud thicknesses. I want now to speak of several kinds of cloaks with which men expect to cover up their iniquities, for the fashion in regard to these garments is constantly changing, and every day beholds some new style of wearing \thcm, and, if you will tarry a little ? while, I wili show you live or six of the patterns of cloaks. First, I remark that there are those, who being honored with official power. expect to make that a successful cloak for their sin. There is a sacrcdness in office. (toil Himself is unci ull who hold authority in the world serve under Him. That community has committed a monstrous wrong who has elevated to this dignity persons unqualified either by their ignorance or their immorality. Nations who elevate to posts of au- ' thority ' ose not qualified to till 1 them will feel the reaction. Solomon 1 expressed this thought when lie said: \ "Woe unto thee, O land, when thy . king is a child and thy princes drink 1 in the morning.'' While positions of < trust may be disgraced by the char- * acter of those who till them. I believe 4 God would have us respectful to the 1 offices, though we may have no ad- i miration for their occupants. Yet < this dignity, which office confers, can < be no apology for transgression. 1 Nebuchadnezzar, and Ahab, and < Herod, in the day of judgment, must t stand on the level with the herdsmen i that kept their hocks, and the lisher- .1 men of (ralilee. "Pone, and lrinc. and t obnoxious when it is impe- < ^ rial and lordly. You cannot make < pi-ide, or injustice, or cruelty sacred < by giving it a throne. Belshazzar'a j ^decanters could not keep the mysterious finger from writing on the wall. } Ahfcb's sin literally hurled him from- t the throne to the dogs. The imperial i vestments of wicked Jelioram could. ( not keep Jehu's arrow from striking [ through his heart. Jezebel's queenly t pretension ceftild not save her from 1 being thrown over the wall. No bar- t ricade of thrones can aiTCst God's ( justice in its unerring march. No splendor, or thickness of official robes eau be a sufficient cloak of sin. Henry the Eighth, Lpuis the Fifteenth, Catherine of ltussia, Mary of England?did their crowns save them? No ruler ever sat so high that the 11 Kincr of kincs was not.above him. All I . victors shall bow before Him who on \ the horse goetli forth conquering and j to conquer. Again. Elegance of manners can- ] not successfully hide iniquity from i the eye of God. That model, gentle- ! manly apostle, Paul, writes to us: < "Be courteous." That man can i never be a respectable worlding nor < a consistent Christian who lacks good < manners. He is shut out from re- f lined circles, and lie certainly ought i to be hindered from entering the s church. We cannot overlook that in < a man which we could hardly excuse 1 in a bear. One of the first effects of i the grace of God upon an individual < is to make him a gentleman. Gruff- < ness, awkwardness, implacability, : clannishness, are fruits of tne devil; while gentleness and meekness are fruits of the spirit. But while these excellences of manner are so'importtant, they cannot hide any deformity of moral character. How often is it that we find attractiveness of person, suavity of manners, gracefulness of conversation, gallantry of behavior thrown like wreaths upon moral death. The flowers that grow upon the scoriic of Vesuvius do not make it any less of a volcano. The sepulchres in Christ's time did notexhau.it all the whitewash. Some of the biggest scoundrels have been the most fascinating. If there are any depending on outward gracefulness and attractiveness of demeanor with any 1 hope that because of that God will t forgive the sin of their soul, let me t assure them tiiat the divine justice 1 cannot be satisfied with smiles and t elegant gesticulation. Christ looks deeper than fchu skin; and such a ragged cloak as the one in which you are trying to cover yourself will be no hiding in the day of Hi? * -"r God will notin th# judgm^ , gracefully you walked, nor how politely you bowed, nor now sweetly you smiled, nor liow impressively you gestured. The deeds done in thebody will 1)0 the tedt,' and not the rules of Lord Ohesterficld. Again, let me say that the mere profession of religion is but a poor wrapping of a naked soul. The importance of making a public profession of religion if the heart bo renewed cannot be exaggerated. Christ positively and with the earnestness of the night before his crucifixion commanded it. But it is the result . of Christi in character, not the cause t of it. Our church certificate is u poor s title to heaven. AVo may have the n name and not reality. There are i those who seem to throw themselves u back with complacency upon their c public confessions of Christ although u they give 110 signs of renewal. If t Satan can induce a mau to build on t such a rotten foundation as that, he 11 lias accomplished his object. AVe ji cannot imagine the abhorrence with t which God looks upon such a pro- I cedurc. AVliat would be the feelings 1 of a shepherd if he saw a wolf in the t same fold with his flocks, however 1 quiet he might seem to he, or a gen- c eral if among his troops he saw one (. wearing the appointed uniform who 1 nevertheless really belonged to the 1 host? Thus must the heavenly shep- i herd look upon those who, though J they aro not His sheep, have climbed t up some other way, and thus must 1 the Lord of hosts look upon those 1 who pretend to be soldiers of the < cross while they are His armed ene- 1 lines. 1 Furthermore: Outward morality ' will be 110 covering for the hidden iui- 1 quity of the spirit. The gospel of 1 Christ makes no assault upon good \ works. They are as beautiful in ' God's eye as in ours. Punctuality, truthfulneess, almsgiving, affection ' and many other excellences of life ' that might be mentione l will always 1 be admired of God and man, tut we ' take the position that good works ] cwfint^jhc the ground of our salva- 1 raw What we do right cannot pay for what we do wrong. Admit that ' you xiiive all those traits of character 1 which give merely worldly respecta- ^ bility and influence, you must at the 1 same time ackuowledge that during < the course of your life you have done ' many things you ought not to have 1 done. How are these difficult mat- f tcrs to bo settled? Ah, my friends, we must have an atonement. No 1 Christ, no salvation. The great lie- ' deeiuer comes hi and says, "I will < nov vraiv 1 |/l?J J VU4 lUMCH/tWIIIVDO. UU l/IUlll which was dark enough before, is 1 bright enough now. The stripes that ( we deserve are fallen upon Christ. 1 On His scourged and bleeding should- 1 ers He carries us up over the mountain of our sins and the hills of our ( iniquities. Christ's good works uc - ' cepted are sultieient for us, but they ! who reject them, depending upon J their own, must perish. Traits of ' character that may make us influential on earth will not necessarily open to us the gate of heaven. The plank that will be strong enough for a house lloor would not do for a ship's hulk. Mere mortality might be enough here, but cannot take you through leath's storm into heaven's harbor. Christ has announced for all ages, T am the way, the truth, and the ife: him that cometli unto me I will n no wise cast out." But pitiable in lie day of accounts will be the conlition of that man, though lie may inve given all all his estate to benevilent purposes and passed his life in he visiting of the distressed and done nuch to excite the admiration of the jood and the great, if he have no inhmate relation to Jesus Christ. There s a pride and a dqpravity in his soul 8Wafe?A?#efrailfcr,l,lo'' I'rik^V tor a depraved .'inside. It is no theory ^mine, but, {in ^announcement of jpod, who cannot lie. "By the deeds llLJthe law^pliall no flesh living be u?vtitied."j \ _ Again: Exalted social position will ' >o no for*sin". "Men look through hejwicked doom's 'of prisons, and seeng? the incarcerated wretches exsbflh; "Ob, much vice there is c n the world." And they pass through ? iteidegraded streets of a city, and H baking into the doors of hovels and ? h<Jj|ftUit.pf corruption they call them ^ >oa:forsaken abodes. But you night walk alopg the avenues through vhicli tho opulent roll in their flourshmg pomp -and into mansions elcfijiUly adprned, and find that even r n Uie aumiggcl walks of life Satan .vorks mischief and death The first i< .emptation'^Jatlin wrought in a gar- y Ion, and la; Understands yet most c thoroughly )ipw to insinuate himself ] into any door of easo and splendor. ^ Men frequently judge of sin by tho * phiqesreT which it is committed, but c ini(ji3yfl>'hi satin is to God as loath- t some a5 iniquity in rags, and in the i lay of judgment the sins of Madison \ ivenuo and Elm street will all be c driven in one hord. Men cannot es- f cape at last for being respectably c iinful. You know Dives was clothed c In purple and fine linen and fared c mmptuously every day, but his tine J clothes and good dinners did not save 1 liim. He might on earth have drunk t something as rich as champagne and 1 cognac, but at last he asked for one i drop of water. You cannot trade oil* n your attractive abodos hero for a t house of many mansions on high, ] nul your elegant shade groves here t .vill not warrant you a seat under the ? tree of life. t Furthermore: Mere soundness of r religious belief will not hide our in- i quities. There ai*e men whose heads c ire as sound as Jonathan Edwards ] 51' John Wesley, whose hearts are as rotten as Tom Paine1 s or Charles [iuiteau's. It is important that we lk> theoretical Christians. It is utter 'oily In this day for a man to have no j preference for any ono form of faith, when it pis so easy to become conver- J ?ant with the faith of the different j teots. i\n jntoxicated man staggered j 11 to i(ty 'house one night begging for > odging. He made gi*eat pretensions f o religion. I asked where he went a o church. He said: "Nowhere; I t >elong to liberal Christianity." But J here are those who never become 1 Christians because their obstinacy " irevents them from ever taking a fair 1 dew of what religion is. They are 11 ike a brute beast in the fact that au-u greatest strengtn lies in heir, horns. They are combatants, ind all thoy are ever willing to do for their souls in to enter an ecelesiasti Jfll fight. I have met men who would talk all day on the ninth chapter of Romans, who were thoroughly helpess before the fourteenth chapter of John. But there are those vflio, havng escaped from this condition, are low depending entirely upon their loundness of religious theory. . The i loctrines of man's depravity and j Christ's atonement and God's sovereignty are theoretically received by n<9ta. But, alas! thero they stop. 1 [t is only the shell of Christianity :ontaining no evangelical life. They itniul looking over into heaven an<] id mire its beauty and its song,and sc ueased with the looks from the o\}t tide that they c..nuot be induced U >nter. They could make a bottei irgument for the truth thau tex housand Christians who have ii heir hearts received it. If syllogismi uid dilemmas and sound proposition! md logical deductions could savi .heii- souls, they would be among tin >est of Christians. They could oor ectly define repentance and fait! xnd the Atonement, while they haw lever felt one sorrow for sin nor ex ircised a moment's confidence in tin jreat sacrifice. They are almost im novable in their position. We can lot present anything about the relig on of CliriBt that do not know. Th Saviour described the fate of such i >ne in His parable: "And that sei -*ant which knew his Lord's will, am prepared not himself, neither hid ac wording to His will, shall#be beatoi ivith many stripes." Theories in re ligion have a beauty of their own, bu Lf they result in no warmth of Chris tian life it is the beauty of horn blondo and feldspar. Do not ca] jucli coldness and hardness religion Tho river of life never freezes ovei Icicles never hang on the eaves c heaven. Soundness of intellectuo belief is a beautiful cloak, well wove; uid well cut., but in the hour who: Cod shall demand our souls it wil not of itself be sufficient to hide ou iniquities. My friends, can it be that I liav been unkind, and torn from you som lope upon which you were resting fo iime and eternity? Verilv, I would b xukiiul if, having taken away you doak, I did not offer you somethinj better. This is a cold world, and yoi want something to wrap around you spirit. Christ offers you a robe todaj lie wove Himself and He will no> with His own hand prepare it just t tit your soul. The righteousness H nffers is like the coat He used towea xbout Judca, without seam from to] to bottom. There is a day of doom Coward would I be if I did not dar tell 3*ou this. It shall be a day o unutterable disappointment to thos who have trusted in their officii] [lignity, in tliem elegant manners, ii their outward morality, in tliei soundness of intellectual belief. Bu [ see a soul standing before Goi who once was roughly detilec Yet look at him and you cannot tin x single transgression anywhere abou bim. How is this, you ask. Was h not once a Sabbath breaker, a blat pherner, a robber, a perjurer, a thiei x murderer? Yes, but Christ hat demised him. Christ hath lifted hir xp. Christ hath rent off hia ragt Dkrist hath clothed kim ill a spol ess robe of righteousness. Tkat i ike reason why you cauuot see ki 'ormur degradation. This gloriou lopo in Christ's name iu proffered tc lay. Wandering and wayward sou! s not this salvation worth coming foi .vortli striving for? Do you wonde -hat so many with bitter weepin lave besought it, and with a very er -husiasm of sorrow cried for divin ompassion? Do you wonder at fcli ;arncstness of those who stand i die importunity of the Halj Ghos vho now striveth with thy aoul? I nany of the palaces of Europe th vail nro mosaic. Fragments of shell uid glass are arranged by artists an< iggregated into a pictorial splendor iYJiat! made out of broken shell ant iroken glass! Oh, yes; God gran hat by the transforming power o lis Spirit, we may all be made a par >f the eternal palaces, our broken niu ragmentary natures polished ant kaped and lifted up to make a par ?f the ever-lasting splendors of tin A 1,.! Ltfl* ?'CXJJJ Ut'IUjJlCi For sinners. Lord, thou cam'st to bleed, And I'm a sinner vile indeed. Lord, 1 believe Thy grace Is free; Oh, magnify Thy grace In me, down up by Powder and Dynamite Henry Scliaffer, colored, was ser ously and probably fatally injuret 'esterday^afternoon by au explosioi >f powder and dynamite. Sehaffer Dan Allen and another colored mai vere working at a well not far fron tlcCarter's Mill, in the eastern par )f the city. Dan Allen and one ne rro were preparing to make a blasi n the bottom of the well. Schaffe vas at the top of ihc well, in chargi >f nearly a half a keg of powder tuu our or live charges of dynamite, fus ;tc. He built a lire close to thes lombustibles in order to have som< ;oals to light off the fuse in the well lis carelessness may cost him hi ife. In some way the can of pow ler was exploded, causing the dyne uite cartridges to explode. Schaffe vas thrown ten or fifteen feet in tin tii* and when picked up .it wa bought that ho was dead. Dr. Ml 3. Wright was called, and attende* ho injured man. The right side o Jchaffter's body from the shoulder .0 the feet was terribly burned, an< 1 piece of fuse had been driven int he flesh. It is a mystery how h scaped instant death.?Greenvill New 8. Cnrcd After lleing Given Up. At Ansonia, Conn., some old wonioi lot together and cured a child of mem jranous croup after the doctors ha< jiven it up. Tho patient was thor mghly wrapped up in flannels, and hi; lead and throat were rubbed witl ;oosc grease. A dose of the stuff,mixc( rvith vinegar, was with with difficulty breed down tho child's throat. In i ihort time ho vomited up a large por ion of mucus, and broke up the clog pug matter in tho throat, Bcinj >laccd in bed he soon went to sleep ind the next day was playing aboui he house, and appeared to bo far from lying. One oi" Franklin's (Storing. In the third year of the rcvolutio tho British g4vernnicnt proposed t make peace and grant the colonies th privilege they hail demanded on th condition that they should pay the e* penses of the war. Franklin replic that the proposal reminded him < something that hapoonhd when h lived in London. A Freiicnmnn, wh was a little out of his head, heated poker red-hot and then dashed into th street, exclaiming to the lirst man h met: "Mo stick (lis into you si Inches." "No you don't." was tho r< ply. "Well, den me stick it in dre inches!" "No, sir!" was the more on phatic reply. "Well don. saro, yo will of courio pay mo for heating d poker." - New Haven Palladium. I HOW ry^gELS TO BE SHOT. ' An Old Rold^r T?1U Ilia ExpfrUnw with A*V<Utfe?l?r?t0 Hull. r A Rhode jSl&Ud sOldier. Liout. Goo. } 15. Peck Jr.Jn (Us story of a "Recruit j Before Petoreburg," describes the ex-. B pericnccTattljbbservationH when first ' uuder firo. felt curious. (?e says, to see how ine*lAhaved in sucli cirouuistauces. Thqfipok all mauuerofpop sitions, andftrAs especially amused to observe ho\y*~sonio of/them bobbed ' their hcadifM tho bullets flew pan. P But all at onco "whit" sped a bullet by - his own ear, down wunt his own bend, 9 nnd be laughed no more at his coin-1 rados. The enemy prgved to be too L- strong for tlioni and * retreat was ordered. 0 I had reachod tho fcot of the hill ft when I felt a dull blow in tho neighborhood of my left hip. I realized that j I was shot, and was at once curious as to the amount of damage. I looked down and saw that the nolo was too II far to one side to implicato the groin. Forgetting a possible severed artery, t I threw my weight on my loft leg and, i- finding no bones broken, began to i- laugh as the ludicrousness of the affair LI flushed upon me. i. "You'ro never hit till you run," was my tirst reflection, and ity second: ,f "Three weeks, lacking oue day, and j in tho hospital! Such is glory. q Do you want to know how it feels to u be shot? Ask your brother to step ini, to tho yard some bright February day when tho water is running freely in 1 the streets, scoop a handful of snbw from the top4ef-tJie scare**- Wrijy1 ? it onco only with tho hand at light P 1 t 1 !iL ~ audit's, auu nun WllU ui\i?uttijr iu&w r from a distance of twelve feet. The e dull, spreading sensation will be sufflr ciently accurate. g I got across the creek, and r a trudging on a spell, using my Agord i- for a cane, I found myself directly in front of Capt. Allen's battery. } At tlio rear of this I began to inquire for the hospital, and finally had a little ^ farm-hoiiso pointed out to nie. Twenty rods this sido I met a couplo of the am1 bulanco corps. P "Let us assist you," they said. J* L "No, I can walk." ? 4 'But let one of us take your arid^" 'f I consented and started; but the two e men had to hold me up for the rest of il the way. n Near tho house they laid mo on the r grass, and one of them went for a sur- 1 t goon. J ''Where nro you woundedP" he asked. I I showed him. J i "Let me oxaniinc it." Z "What for?" "To see if a bono is broken." "Well let some ono hold my hands." An attcudant held them, and the [' surgeon explored tho wound with his II finger?at least ho said ho did; I folt n nothing. J- "Lieutenant, you have had a very t- narrow escape. s "I am perfectly well aware of it." 8 He took my silk handkerchief, rinsed 8 it thoroughly in cold water, and laid ). it op. tho uoublo wound. That was [ all the dressing it received for throe r' da?s* jl The next thing I know I didn't know much of anything. I was winking and * trying to open my eyes. Soon I disl~ covered tree branches and men wear0 ing caps. I opened my cyos a littls-j nmoi, livuiiug 1UIU1UUU IU 111^ Q and the cannon's roar restore1**10 to e The famiiy'df Wi^TOcfeir?% s borough, who lire at Randolph's grove, ;1 have had in their possession for some time a very curious, and, it might have 1 becu, a valuable' pet It was a comt mon crow, as black as any of its felf lows, and just as noisy, but it had this i. distinguishing feature, it could talk, i The crow was,captured while yet in its , infancy from tlio nest by the Scar* boroughs and raised by them. It was 1 taught to sing a moro civilized song 3 than the mere cawing of tho crow and could speak sevoral words very distinctly. Its common habit was to perch itself in a tree not far from tho house and offer passers by the unceremonious salutation of "Get out, dogs," ' ' and other sayings equally startling. Its - articulation was remarkably distinct, 1 and at first notice could not bo disi tinguished from the human voice. Tho , crow was a great pet, as pet crows are, j and, though It lived near the woods, j never staid from its adopted home ? longer than a few hours at a time. It _ would sometimes go visiting to tho l" neighbors but always returned home in " due season. The death of the crow happened * recently, and it was remarkable as its life. It had been missed from the o place two or threo days and, although e search was mado for it, it could not bo B found. At last it was discovered Id a . well, where it had fallen. In its at8 tempt to get out it would strike the r. windlass, and so be forced down again. Mr. Scarborough's family mourn the r loss of their pot very much, as it was B a very sociable companion, and, as it was very well known throughout tht r vicinity, is missed by the neighbors as j well.?Blooming ton Pantagraph. Two Instances of Lnek. 8 "Speaking of luak," said Senator f> Vest to a Washington Post writ r, "I ? I ...sn - -? ? v nut wii wu a oiuiy iu wiuun unoincr c man in this company can bear witness. Ono dav, while I was in Richmond as a member of the Confedorato Congress, I lost a roll of money, my pay for the month, somewhero in the street on mv i way from the War Office to the hotof. I called a few fellows together and 1 went on what seemed to be a hopeless - quest through the dimly-lighted and s snow-covered streets. The chances i were a thousand to one against suo1 cess; but we hadn't been out fifteen J minutes before a young Lieutenant who t who was in our party stooped down and pick up tho money. We all talked about our friend's good luck?but see I how quickly fortuno can turn another , face. 1 was in high glco and wantod t to treat. The searching party now i went in senrch of a place of refreshment, but it was after midnight and it was a good while before we found a placo open. At longtli, however, we n wero piloted to a saloon to which, o pending some repairs, access washed 0 from the street only by a ladder of lC about a doaen rungs. We all climbed up, considering it a lark (I was a good (I deal younger m thoso days), and after ,j having Bofflo refreshment climbed out 0 again. Would you boileve itP The o lucky fellow who had found my money a missed his footing, fell, and in that fail c of ton or twelve met broke his neek 0 and was instantly killed. * Miss Pauncefote, the eldest daughter 5" of fhe British Minister at Washington, ? has done much, by her personal exampie, to make walking a iashtonable 1 as well as a Capital pastime among ths gifl* of that city. * k; APLfcAFORTHEi FARMER'S WIFE KditorOMiitt Make* aTalk M hlch Tuuchm a l'opulur Chord. Iu his now famous Bethlehem Alliance Hpeecli, Larry Gautt, of Athens, Ga., pays the following tribute to a farmer's wife: "But I will not waste all iny sympathies on the fai mer. There is one cfoss oven more deserving of pity ami relief than you, my Alliance friends. I refer io the farmer's wife. There is not a burden that you bear >ut the little woman, who is the light your home, shares it with you. Your trials and cares pierce tho tender sympathetic heart as a dagger. She boars equally with you every load; but I Bay with pain and regret, that she is, alas! too often deprived of a share of your pleasures. Did you horny handed lords of creation ever consider that while you are working in tho field, your wife was at the house toiling just as hard as yourself; and that while you had but one task before you sho has a host of duties to perform, each pressing upon her at one and tho same timet When you return to your noonday meal, and find a welcoming smile on/1 voo W"V* V ? V* J VUU10 A VUTV4^ .. w/ 1AUUVA UO U the confusion of the morning had been touched by a fairy's wand and order produced from chpos?do you,, ever consider the vadtf amount of work that these pleasant surrounlfeigs have cost the poor wifet At night, when* taking your ease, does it occur to you to look around and see if you will find the old couplet verified in her case, which says: Man work* from sun to ?un, - But woman'* work In uo\er clone. "We men are all too self-conceited ?and I am no exception to the rule. We imagine that because we are the breadwinners of the family the woman's work is mere child's play. "Never was there a graver error. There is not a farmer beneath the sound of my voice, but who if he were made to exchange places with his wife, would be begging her to rue back in twenty-four hours. "At night, when you are looked in the arms of Morpheus, and your weary frame's drinking in the rest that nature demands, the wife at your sidq is trying to quiet a fretful child lesf it disturb "poor tired papa." The clear unselfish creature! She never thinks of her own weary frame and aching brow. "By the dawn of day that poor wife is on her feet proparing the besti repast the larder will afford You ' return to your work in field, i while the wife resumes tl? ?'d tread-1 mill existence, that is ?u*ely broken \ n *-o.. I kij a inj uj jucaouivi "You men can -?? .7?^'. an.^ there meet and with friends and discuss tb' neY8 . ^ay* How many 4mes dumig the year does the ty01' wife cross the threshold of home, except to attend divine worship on Sundayl And ovcp?nen you expect her to look afur or prepare a dinner for your nends. , "I do not believe there is a man living who appreciates his wife as he should. He loves and cherishes her of ovir toils and is only just and right that she should reap the fruits of our piosnpity. "It should be tie first duty of a good Alliance man, when he has lif ted the mortgage from his home, to look to the comfort and pleasure of his wife. Before jou add another acre of land to yoik possession; bel fore you build a new barn; before you purchase an implement to expedite your work, or before you. imErove your stopk, look through your ome?go into the kitchen, the wash room and the dory, and seo if there is not somo uteisil or invention that you can buy lessen your poor wife's labor. Lit a part of the burden from her shoulders, that she has so long and uncomplainingly borne, ana see tnat ner remaining days are made as happy sad as comfortable as your affairs wi^ warrant. There'sjthc Dinner Bell! What a clatteri g and a chattering as the children nswer the dinner bell and rush ink the dining room. Oh ! the gratificat on a good apetite affords as our noo|i day's meal is set before us. But this vacant chair, what does it m(*u! "Oh, that is Uncle Charley's seat. Guess he don't feel like eating, he's got dyspepsia, you know." Dyspepsia! horror*! Deliver us from dyspepsia. What's the use of being plagued with such an ailment anyway! What's the use of havinga stomach so irritated and sore that even one bite of food gives it distress? Why not heal the soreness and allay the irritation and strengthen its muscular process, by using Botanic Blood Bahn. Will it cure? It certainly will Many, many a former dyspeptic oves his enjoyment of life to B. B. B. Give it a trial. S. J. Chandler, Richmond, Va., writes: "No one can alford to be without B. B. B. who wishes an appetite. I could scarcely tot a single biscuit for break^hst, but since taking B. B. B. I clean the whole table, so to speak." Hair all ^one, scalp Covered with eruptions/and pains in al| of his limbs, a dreadAil case of disease, yet P. P. P. rejmuned master of the situation, a cmire was affected, and the patient, tl/i marsholl of Monticello, Fla., says his hail* has grown out, and that he is a well man. This euro spread far and wide, and now the drug stores of Monticello buy P. P. P. in large quantities. Safety to mother and child and less liability to all unpleasantness after confinement, result from the use of Mother's Friend. Sold by all Druggists. -*? ' The Washington correspondents refer in most complimentary terms to the maiden effort of Hon. Riohard Faux, Mr. Randall's successor in the House. It was a ringing speech against the federal election buL In describing the eloquence of the old man several of the Northern correspondents say he speaks 'dike a Southern man." As the orators in Congress are main, lv from the South, Mr. Vauz .w> doubtless, consider this a higK ute. S i* ' I ? Ge*?ti.kmen?I have suffered foj years with a kind of Tetter, or break iug out all over my body and at tiraei these small pimples would terminate in boils. While traveling in the South last year I had occasion to trj u bottle of 1'. P. P., which was re commended to me by a friend, and to my surprise it helped me so much that I got six bottles more, and after taking the full contents, I felt bettei than I had Bincc tfco beginning oi my trouble, and white I have no symp^ toms of the disease returning, I am still using the wonderful blOod medicine at intervals, aud am fully satisfied that I will be entirely curod of n disease that for ^fifteen years lias troubled me. I cud not express my gratitude to you for so wonderful n benefactor as your 1*. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium.) I am yours truly, J*iat Peters, Traveling Salesman, Savannah. Ga. Inlninf M.Re4uiator IWr.rtSTRUATION 1 . to? os monthlv sickncss \r tHiN ouRiHB chChue a? \,\jc ttnWtt KHGtR *>u> F iH^G Will BE MOffiUJ JBQOK TO" WO KM"/OtlEDFKU BRaw ELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA BA. tOLD tr All Ctl/fMltlX. . HIDrC i_iJB 1 IhW Jjt^ HIRES' IMPROVED lit I ROOT BEER!! I HUDWD ? 0 will icon 1T*AININC UilUTMAM I THIS PATRICE MAKES F1V? GAUONS. B imf BEER. I?ta most APPRTl/.INO and WH0LB80MF I T KM "FRANCE DRINK in tho world. ' Colleton > and Sparkling TRY IT. Aak your Drugglat or Orooar for it. C- E. H'RES. PHILADELPHIA. DETECTIVES I i?r B?r?fi^allipvlah dm Moaaii;. TartlCalan frit. |jrgM?aa DoUtHre BnroaaCo. ?4Aw>d>,01aelmU,flL EK PARKER'S J? HAIR BALSAM SjHnii'an?i a<i<t t*-aiitl!l?? the hair. d'Hji'ruinoda a luxuriant growth. I Navnr Foils to Rettora Gray jdl Hair t* it* Ycuthful Color. Ourv< anal |) .11 ? ?! hair falling tTaro <ii >? .it I'nuru-lKta. ^DEPOSIT YOUR SURPLUS MONEY IN TH> COMMERCIAL BANK, ?OF? COLUMBIA. S. C. One dollar and upwards receivei. Interest at the rate of 4 per cent pe. jjoid quarterly, on the fin. 04nors con keep account Jh their owi" name. Highc* rates of interest jl lowed by special Arrangement C. J. Iredell, PresidentJno. S. Leathart, James Iredeli Vice-President. Cashier TALBEET & SON'S KNQINKS AND nOlLEUS.SAW MILLS AN1) OKIST MILLS Are acknowledged to be the beat ever sold In Ihla State. When you buy one of them you are sntUtled that you have niAde no mistake. Write for our prices. COTTON OINS AND COTTON I'll ESSES AT BOTTOM FIQUHKS. J can iav3 you money. V. C. BADIIAM, Ocn. A&t., COLUMBIA, H. C. 49-Home office and Factory: Hlonmond, Vn. JERSEY FLaTS! Clilll an<l Fever Cure. Largo bottles0(1 ent aru guaranteed to cure any caae of Chilli anlpever. Malarial, Intermittent at k Re mltWnl \ TOK BAItRKTT DRUG CO., Augusta, Oa. THY AKItHKY FLATS. Hu t> guaranteed to ocji IT T flick HcAdncbo and Con tlpatlon In n ahort time. Prevent* all Mala rial trouble* Price fifty cent*. For aal* b; druggist* and merchant*. Manufactured b, tuk Barrett dbug co.. Anynata. Ua. WHITK TO holler & ander802 IlUOtiV CO., ROCK HILL, - - - - S. C For their Catalogue giving Pricei Terms and References of Jluggioi Carriagefl, Wagons,Road and Phaeto Carts, Harness, etc. All first-clos work made by hand and warrantee Prices lower than any othor of sam grade. Our Vehicles are running i every county in Houth Carolina, on in many counties of North CpuJ**' Georgia and Florida. A# *^g*in?t promptly answered. L* fa inor?uing mention this PO">o?t pro-oiiirnt to give you** sfcnoKi u oppovtil to 1ft Id* foot mrntcon. ^KJlf Jrivw he will get uo majority here jtis upmioationa are made very early. I \ A Spring Medicine ; I FOR TIRED : j MAH AND WOMAN. J P. P. P. will purify end vitalise your 9 blood, creatrfa good appetite and give your i -J whole system tone an! strength. J A prominent raDnwil rmperlntendent at 3 Snvaunoh. Buffering with Malaria, Drnep.1 sl.\, and KfHMimaUum iuo . ! P. P. P. ho never felt so well in his life, and ' .Vi'la as If he could live fc rover, if he oould I Vj always get P. P. P." If you Jtro tired out fr .. .,**nd ! closo confinement, toko ' I P. P. P. V If you are feeling b dip In the spring and out of sorts, take j p. p. p. d t-J.^your wergrns need toning up., 1 p.' p. p. M If Toil stiffcr with headache, Indigestion, a debility and weakness, take p. p. p. If you Buffer with rervous jimetratlon, of'the n 8?neral lot down p. p?p. For Blood Poison. Rheumatism, Scrofula, OKI Soros, Malaria, Chronic Female Complaints, take p. p. p. Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. The best blood purifier In tho World. T.IPPMAN BROa, Wholesale Druggists, Solo Proprietors, I-ippmajTs IIlock. Savannah, Ga. J I I ? I W"A?k for catalogue. TERRY M'F'G CO.. Nmuuihi Tmi^. GIDEL RS LIVER RILLSL Remove Hie bile from the system, olre ail . billons .troubles, and prevent maleru. ?Ja? easea. For sale by a'l druggist* *n?l incrj, chants at 23 cents n box, or malted on rocelpt ol price by BARRETT DRUG CO., Augusta, Ua. TAKE G1DDER8 FILIAL The Tozer Engine Works (Successor to Dialling!n Works.) JOHN A. WILLIS, PROPR., 117 West Gervais Street, (' Tll(n[ MANUFACTURERS OF Tozei'j Steam Engines, And all Rizt h of both Locnmoll ve* and rot urn Tublar Boiler*. "Foundry work In Iron and Drat** Ke> pairing promptly executed. i ni^pvfviiiy^n i I L1PPMAN BB08., Wkoleeale Dnggbts, ^ Sole Proprietor*, LlppMaa**Vloek, SaT*amek,Qa. : f.ri.ku!T!!^.*l?k?.?)l lU-.4U.fall. Mlf. ?M*r*4i.ajr. *?? fw*. Writ* tmr 0?eWfrnO flUU PITT'S CARMINATIVE! For correcting n ausea dysbmtery, Diarrhoea and Cholera Infantum. A i pleasant medicine of Incalcuable merit In the ! home circle for child or adult. It Is popular, pleasant and efficient. Troly a mother's fi iuii . ii soolhcfc Hini litmia the UikiCOun inriubraues; and checks the mucous dlschxrge rrmn hmd, -' ?infill and htmnlM. Tho mucous discharge from the Tiean InfrTonipi - - ? promptly relieved by It as the raucous discharge from the b wela. It Is made to relieve the mucous system and euro nausea, and It does It. It makes the Crislonl period of teeth* log children-afe and easy, it Invigorates and " builds up the system white It Is relieving and cut lug the wasted tissue. It Is recommended % and used J?rie!y by phys'.olans. For sale by - Wannamaker a.Murray Co., Columbia, B.C., and wholesale by Howard 6 'V lllett, Augusta, y Ga. Y ' ? TA PIANTKIN ANA Kllll UlAi I - in i uiinmu /in II mill win For Estimates on STEAM SAW Ginning, Harvesting chinery write to H wno will guaranteeJ^VHH^^U^^H , may offer all matters I. ing,