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THE DOOR OPENED. THE INVITATION TO 1 nfL BETTER WORLD ABOVE. John on Patuios and Napoleon on SI. Helena Contrasted? Hunyaii'a View of n Celestial City Through tlie Open l>oor? Calvin'* Inspiration. Dr. Talmago's sermon Sunday was on "The Wide Open Door," and liis text, Revelations iv, 1: "And, behold, a door was opened in Heaven." Following is his sermon: John had been the pastor of a church in Epliosus. Ho had been driven from his position in that city by an indignaut populace. The preachiug of a pure und earnest gospel had made an excitement dangerous to every form of iniquity. This iii ~tL i._ ii ... ..11 :..i Will U1 tfLl U? VI1U rt-BUll U1 [JUIUlt'U preaching. Men will Hindi under the sword strokes of truth. You ought not to be surprised that the blind man makes an outcry of pain when the surgeon removes the cataract from his eye. It is a good sign when you see men uneasy in the church pew and exhibiting impatience at some plain utterance of truth which smites a pet sin that they are hugging to their hearts. Alter the patient has been so low that for two weeks he said nothing and noticed nothing, it is thought to be a good sign when he begins to be a little cross. And so 1 notice that spiritual invalids are in a < fair way for recovery when they become somewhat irascible and choleric j under the treatiuert of tho truth. But John had so mightily inculpated public iniquity that he had been banished from his chuch and sent to Patmos, a disolate island, only a mile in breadth, against whose rocky coast the sea ro?e and mingled its voice with tho prayers and hymns of the heroic exile. You cannot but contrast the condition of this banished apostle with that of another famous exile. Look at the apostle on Patmos and the great Frenchman on St. Helena. Both were suffering among desolation and barrenness because of offenses committed. Both hail passed through lives eventful and thrilling. Both had been honored anil ilispised. Both were imperial natures. Both had been turned oft to die. Yet mark the infinite difference; one had fought for the ,>erishuble crown of worldly authority, the other for one eternally % x mi. . i-i _ - l i i lUBU'OUB. iue out' 1KIU lUHl'KLHt 1113 patli with the bleached skulls of his followers, the other had introduced peace and goodwill among men. The one had lived cliielly for self-aggrandisement and the other for the gloiy of Christ. The successes of the one were achieved amid the breaking of thousands of hearts and the acute. Heaven-rending cry of orphanage and widowhood, while the triumphs of the other made joy in heaven among the angels of God. The heart of one exile was ^fillt*! with remorse and despair, w iilo the other was lighted up with think isgiv-% ing and inextinguishable hope. Oyer St. Helena gathered the blackness of' darl less, clouds lighted up by no aunrising. but rent, and fringed nnc\ having with the lightifings of a wrathful God, and the spray tlunff Over the' rocks seemed to hiss, with the- condemnation: "The way of tile gngotlly shall perish." But over Patmoftith* Heavens were opened, nndthe^st<if|nj' sea beneath was forgotten fif ths roI,' and gleam of waters from umfet the throne hke crystal, and the barren ness of the ground under the-apostlewas forgotten us above litm'he saw the trees of life, all bending u^er the rich glow of Heavenly fruitage. Mlile the hoarse blast of eontendiuSp ments around his suffering bWy drowned in the trumpeting oFtiiinipets, and the harping of harps, the victorious cry of multitudes l?ke th^ voioe of many waters,; and. tln> hosanna of hosts in number Pike the stars. ? ' i What a dull spot upon wliidh to4 stand and*have such a glorious vision!' Had Patmos been some "tropical island, arbored with the luxuriance of perpetual summer and drowsy with breath of cinnamon and cddftia, and tesselated with long aisles of geraniums and cactus, we would not have boon surprised at the splendor of the vision. But the last place you would go to if you wanted to find beautiful visions would be the island of Patmos. Yet it is around such gloomy spots that God makes tlie most wonderful revelation. It was looking through the awful shadows of a prison that John Bunyan saw the gate of the celestial city. God there divided the light from the dark ness. In that gloomy abode, on sciaps of old paper picked up about his room, the great dream was written. It was while John Calvin was a refugee from bloody persecution and was oki in a nouse at nngouieme, tiiat he conceived the idea of writing his immortal Institutes. Jacob had many a time seen the sun breaking through the mists and kindling them into shafts and pillars of fiery splendor that might well have been a ladder for the angels to tread on, but the famous ladder which he saw soared through a gloomy night over the wilderness. The night of trial anil desolation is the scene of the grand est Heavenly revelations. FroaPffigT1 barren, surf beaten rocks of PaUnoai John looked up and saw that a was opened in Hoaven. ^ As we take onr stand upon tdHhtc high point, single objects d wihdle in to such insignificance that we cease 16 see them in tho minutiae,. fcncjk^e behold onlv the crond rxiintff wtih#* scenery. But not so witlijgGqdL... Although standing for up' very tower of heaven, nothing by reason of its smallness escapes His vision. Every lilyj of tho fiold, every violet under the grass, the tiniest heliotrope, aster and gentian are as plainly seen by Him as the proudest magnolia, and not one vein of color in their leaf deepens or fades without His notice. From this door in heaven God seos all human conduct and the world's moral changes. Not one tear of sorrow falls in hospital or wo kshopor dungeon but He sees it and in high heaven makes record of its fall. The world's iniquities in all their ghastliness glower under His vision. Wars and tumults and the <ie eolations of famine and earthquake, whirlwind ami shipwreck, spread out before Him. If there were no being in all the uiiivi ran but (.loil,He could be happy w'tli such jui outlook as the door of heaven. But there He stands no more d;sturbed by the fall of a kingdom than the dropping of a leaf, no more excited by the rising of a throne than the bursting of a bud, the falling of a deluge than the trickling of a raindrop. Earthly royalty clutches nervously its sceptre and waits in suspense the will of inflamed subjects and the crown is tossed from one family to another. But abovo all oartldy vicissitude and the assault of human passions, in unshaken security stands the King of Kings, Watching all the affairs of His empire from the introduction of an era to the couuting of the hairs of your head. Again: I learn from the fact that a door in heaven is opened, that there is a way of entrance for our prayers and of egress for ilivino blessings. It does not seem that our weak voice 11 is strength enough to climb up to Hod's ear. Shall not our prayer be lost in the clouds? Have words wings? The truth is plain: Heaven's door is wide open to receive every prayer. Must it not be loud? Ought it not to ring up with the strength of stout lungs? Must it not be a loud call, such as drowning men utter or like the shout of some chieftain in the battle? No; a whisper is as good us n. shout, find thn mnrn wish of the houl in profound silence is ns good as a whisper. It rises just as high and accomplishes just as much. But ought not prayer be made up of golden words if it iB to enter such a splendid door and live beside soraphim and archangel?. Ought not every phrase be rounded into perfection, ought not thelanguago be musical, and classic, and poetic, and rhe torical? No, the most illiterate outcry, the uti jointed petition, the clumsy phrase, the sentence breaking into grammatical blunders, an unworded groan, is just as effectual if it bo the utterance of the soul's want. A heart all covered up with garlands of thought would bo no attraction to God, but a heart broken and contrite, that is the acceptable sacrifice. "I know that my Redeemer liveth," rising up in the mighty harmony of a musical academy may overpower our ear and heart, but it will not reach the ear of God liko the broken voiced hvmn of some sufferer amid rags and desolation looking up trustfully to a Saviour's compassion, singing amid tears and pangs, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." I suppose that there was more rhetoric and classic elegance in the prayers of the Pharisee than of the publican, but you know which was successful. You may kneel with complete elegance on somo soft cushion at an altar of alabaster, and utter a prayer of Mil tonic sublimity, but neither your graceful posture nor the roll of your blank verse will attract heavenly attention, while over some dark cellar in which a Christiar^pauper is prostrate in the straw, angels bend from then* thrones and cry one to another: '"Behold, ho prays!" Through this open door of heaven what a long procession of mm trni'C IQ OAiifinnollxr r\of!oi?r?! W7 1ml k/V^jvin it] v.uubiuui?iuj yuoouilfc. 1* U?l? thanksgivings! What confessions! AVhftt intercessions! What Jbeseeching!,. "And behold a door was open6&ra licaven.v , Again: The door of heaven is opened to allow us the opportunity of looking in. Christ, when he came from heaven to Bethlehem, left it open, and no one since has dared to shdt it. Matthew threw it still wider ?f>en when he came to write, and li uul pushed the door farther back when he spoko of the glory to be repealed; and John in Revelation actually points us to the harps and the writers, and the crowns, and the t hrones. It is wide open enough to see Christ. Behold him, the chief among ten thousands, all the bannered pomp of heaven at his feet. With your en1 kindled faith look up along these ranks of glory. Watch how their palms wave and hear.how their voices ring. Floods clapping their hands, streets gleaming with gold, uncounted multitudes ever accumulating in number and ever rising up into glad der hosannas. If you cannot stand to look upon that joy for at least one hour, how could you endure to dwell among it forever? You would wish yourself out of it in three days and chooso the earth again or any other place where it was not always Sunday. My hearer in worldly prosperity, allluent, honored, healthy and h^ppy, look in upon that company of the redeemed, and see how the poor soulir heaven is better off than you are, brighter in apparel, richer in estate, higher in power. Hearers, afflicted and tried, look in through that open door that you may see to what glad ness and g! ? ;rou are coming, to what life, to what riches, to what royalty. Hearers pleased to fascination with this world, gather up your souls for one appreciative look upon riches that never fly away, upon health that never sickens, upon sceptres that never break, upon execpta tions that are never disappointed. Look in and see if there are not enough crowns to pay us for all our battles, enough rest to relieve all our Tfttitrucs- eunuch livine fountains to quench all our thirst, enough glory to dash out forever and ever all earth's fligipiig androstlessnessand darkness. Battles ended, tears wiped away, thorns plucked from the bosoms, 8ta|$ healed, the tomb riven?what a scoflr l<> look upon. that door bas not begun to shut. If redeemed by graco we shall enti^ U,* VThis side of it we have wept, but on the otlier side of it we shall never weep. On this side we may have grown sick with weariness, but on the other side of it we shall be without fatigue. On this side we bleed with the warrior's wounds, on the other side we shall wave the victor's palm. When you think of dying what makes your brow contract, what makes you breathe so deep and sigh? What makes you gloomy in passing a graveyard? Follower of Christ, you have been thinking that death is something terrible, the measuring of lances with a powerful antagonist, the closing in of a conflict which may be your everlasting defeat. You do not want much to tnink of dying. The stop beyond tliis life seems so mysterious you dread the taking of it. Why, who taught you t iii.-v I< s.-.onof iioiroi'ft'.' Heaven sdooi is wide open, aud you step out of your si *k 100111 into those partuls. Not as long as a minute will elapse between your departure and your arrival there. Not hal' so long as the twinkling of an eye. Not the millionth part of an instant. There is no stumbling into darkness. There is no plunging down into mysterious depths The door is open. This instant you are here, and the next you aro there. When a vessel struck the rocks of the French coast, wliilo the crew wero clambering up the beach, a cage of birds in the ship's cabin awakened, began to sing most sweetly, and when the last man left the vessel they were singing yet. Even so in the last hour of our dissolution when driven on the coast of the othei world may our disembarkation from this rough, tossing life be amid the eternal singing of a thousand promi ses of deliverance and victory! For all repenting and believing souls the door of heaven is now ,/ido open, the door of mercy, the door oi comfort, for the poorest as well as tin wealthiest, for the outlaw as well at the moralist, for Chinese coolie at well as his emperor, for the Russiai boor as well as tho czar, for tho Turl as well as the sultan. Richer thai all wealth, more refreshing than al fountaius, deeper than all depths higher than all bights, "and broadei than all breadths is the salvation o Jesus Christ which I press upon you: consideration. Come all ye traveler! of the desert under these palm trees Oh, if I could gather before you tha tremendous future upon which yoi are invited to enter?dominions an< principalities, day without night martyrs under the throne and foa and twenty elders falling before it ofl'of/illinr* r\4V in /lia4nn<knn 4-1-v, DVAVtVJUUI^ VIA Hi giuau VUDKIIHUn tic hundred and forty and four thousand and thousands of thousands, host be sido host, rank beyond rank, in infi nito distance, nations of the save< beyond nations of the saved, unti angelic vision cease to catch any thini more than the faint outline of whol< empires, yet outstretching beyond th capicity of any vision save the eye o God Almighty. Then, after I ha< finished the sketch, I would like t< ask you if that place is not gram enough, and high enough, and if any thing could be added, any purity b the witnesses of the robes, any powo to the acclaiming thunders of it. worship. And all that may by yourt A WILD MAN AT LARGElie Deiiett the People of a Whole County li North Carolina. Charlotte, N. C., July 2-4.?Unioi county, this State, is very muc] wrought up over the appearance of i wild man. This strange being makes tli woods his home and hithiig place. He was discovered a few days ag by a party of negroes that woro ou hunting at night, and before the ne groes had timo to converse with thi strange individual ho had a pistol ii oach hand, bidding them deparl His sleeping place has not as ye 1 /-? 1111 .1 XXrt m a X ??. ~ ? X_ A 1_ UCCU LVSUUIA. ULU 115 U lOII UI' I/O 1111 farmers in the Pleasant Orove neigli borhood. At tbe dead hours of nigh he u*ll come to their houses an< carry off auy kind of fowl, and some times will slaughter a hog and drai it awhile and can y it on his shouldei so as to completely keep his place o abode to himself. Ho has been sho at two or three times in his nigh rambles, but on each occasion he ha successfully escaped injury. It i thought by some of the inhabitant that lie is an outlaw, and has chose Union county as his refuge. A efforts to capture him have prove unsuccessful, and the men, wome and children are afraid to go outsid their houses at night for fear the will come in coutarct with this bcin< The farmers of that section are ge' ting up a band of men to scour th country for this pest, and if found h will bo shot down.?Atlanta Const tution. An Alliance Victory in Tcnnesse. The result of the Democratic Coi vention at Nashville was a triump for tho Farmers' Alliance. Mi Buchanan, the nominoe of the coi vention, is a Rutherford county fa mer, a member of the Alliance an received the nupportof that organizt tioii iu his candidacy for the nomine tion. If the majority rulo had ol tained in the Tennessee Conventioi Mr. Buchanan would have been n easy winner at the outsot, practicall overriding the opposition, and eve under the two-thirds regulation hi following was so much greater tha that of any other candidate that lii nomination was inevitable. But that was no fight made against Mr. Bucl anan on account of his conviction! Ho was in fact less antagonized tha any candidate in the field, excei Taylor. The fight was obiofiy b< tween Patterson and Baxter, an each of these candidates made it point not to offend Buchanan, hopin to secure his infiuenco should he fa of the nomination. A Suicide of Sixteen. Greenville, S. C., July 22.?Lutl er Hightower, sixteen years old, so of Danial Higlitower, was foun hanging by the neck in a house o his father's place, near Lima, Sui clay about noon. Tho rope wit which tho young man comrnitte suicide was twisted to a joist an then wrapped tight around th boy's nock. The indications wer that Hightower had climbed to th joist and after fixing the rope to sui himself, had rolled off. His noc was broken, but there were no othe bruises about his body. No rcaso is assigned for the boy's rash acl He had been well treated at hom and seemed to be in good spirits. ] is reported, however, that he ha been rejected by a young lady t whom he had been attentive. ?P. T. JBarnum celebrated th eightieth anniversary of his birthda at Bridgeport, Conn., "Saturday, b giving a reception and dinner to hi employes and their families at Sec side Park. About two hundred an fifty persons were present. Mi Bamum's wealth is estimated n $11,000,000, all of which he has mod since his fortieth year. FROM AFFLUENCE TO POVERTY. The Widow of Millionaire Allien Asking Aid of Uer Former (,'nlnred Si-rvnnt. Nouwalk, July 22.?Mrs. Caroline Miller, colored, of West port, well known in that little village of her honesty and thrift, received from Manhaset, L. I., one day this week, a letter from Mrs. Georgians Alden, the contents of which show to what depths of poverty those in opulence may fall. The writer is the widow of the late Stephen Alden, who for years was one of the wealthiest men in the country- She is now without money or friends, is suffering from hunger and want of proper shelter, and, reduced to the lowest depths of poverty, begs this poor woman, who was once employed in her household, for aid. So reduced had she become that only three cents were in her purse, and two of them were used to buy the stamp for her letter. Mrs. Miller sent $2 of her earnings, all she had left from her wageB of the week previous. Before doing so, however, she showed the letter to persons who had associated with Mrs. Alden at a time when fortuno smiled upon her, thinking that thoy were better able than herself to answer the appeal. They offered no assistiuico. One of tho parties to whom the letter was shown is the wife of a well-known citizen, who, when the unfortunate lady was shining in socioty there, borrowed her diamonds, valued at many hundreds of dollars, to wear at an evening reception. 1 Twenty .veal's ago Mrs. Alden's husband was reputed to be worth ' from three to five millions of dollars. He had previous to that time been 1 president of one of the banks in Al- 1 '' bany, and was also a prominent resi- ( I dent and politician of that city. Sul>'' sequently lie married, removed to 0 New York, and became a broker in " the Stock Exchange. By a series of daring manipulations he made the ' C major portion of his great wealth. | He spent his summers in Westport, II and at an expense of many thousands ? of dollars erected an elegant manD sion, with spacious lawns and parks, 0 and lived in princely style. His homo | was filled with servants, a small army 1 of workmen kept the house and ^ grounds in the best possible order, 1 and a stable full of thoroughbreds with drivers and footmen, were al 0 ways ready at a moment's notice. r The quiet, easy going citizens of the B place were overawed at their neigh' bor's lavish expenditures. No society was quite complete unless Mr. and Mrs. Alden were prosent. At length business reverses set in, heavy losses n followed, and in a surprisingly short time money and property were swept 1 away to satisfy the claims of creditors. Mr. Alden died under the a weight of his obligations, and his widow, shattered in health, started 0 westward. For several years she remained on the Pacific coast, but 0 latterly returned east. She is now ' poverty stricken and aid is now re'* fused her, even by those who at one 8 time were her warmest friends. a \h t e A GREAT FIRE^ Twenty-Six Hundred People Rendered 1 Hcmeleaa at Klrin. i- Meagre details havo boon received ^ of a great fire at Kirin, which destroyed about $4,000,000 worth of ,f property and rendered 2,600 families t homeless. A ^correspondent of the t North China Daily News writes: 8 "Signals were made about 2 o'clock 6 p. m., on May 13, and, as usual, the 8 governor-general left his yamen for n the sceue of the fire and to conduct 11 operations in the work of extinguish n mg, e??. j ue soiaiera earned some n ten engines, but no ono seemed to e anticipate anything very serious. I y saw that the governor-general's ya men would soon be in danger, so I t- proceeded as quickly as possible to a save all the property that could be e got at, and having secured a large i. junk at the river bank, I had all my things carried t? it from my house before the latter caught fire. The yamen station is a large square with i- streets on all sides. All the houses h caught fire and some 60,000 cartridr. gos for Martini-Henry rifles explodi ed. The noise was like half a dozen r- regiments firing volleys in quick d time. The servants had to be dragi ged into the house to carry out the i- packages. They had no sense left. > The cook prayed that I might fly. l, Thousands of people fled to the river n with such things as they oould pick y up in a hurry. Large timber rafts n crowdod with neonle also warn burn ft cd, and the only safety was in the n water itself. My junk crossed to the is other side of the liter, where we re e mained during the night By 8 o'clock l- p. m., tho conflagration extended for i. more than a mile along the bank. 11 All the large stores of timber were )t consumed, the flames shooting upe hundreds of feet?a sight never to be d forgotten. Fortunately the wind a lessened, and the fire wks nearly exg tinguished during the night, but it d smoldered in places tor days, and only gave way entirely to a heavy down pour of rain, which occurred May 20. The sufferers are chiefly well-to-do l- people, and the loss supposed to be n from 2,500,000 3,000,000 taels. some d ten lives were sacrified. The exact n estimate of the loss is difficult to l- get, but some 2,000 families were h made homeless, and the misery is d more easily imagined than describd ed." e e q A Fight against Whiskey In Georgia. t There is going to be a big fight in k the next Legislature for the suppresr K'.on of bar rooms in Georgia. A 11 general law making it illegal to sell t- whiskey in quantities of less than e one quart will be asked for. Five t thousand petitions are now being d circulated over the State and fifteen o hundred ministers are at work for the law. .Judge John D. Cunningham, of Atlanta, is one of the leaders e in the movement, and he and his coy laborers aro very much in earnest, y The gentlemen who aro at the head s of this movement think that now is i- the time to press their bill, the origd inal package docision having made r. the liquor question a now issue, d They also base hopes on the fact that o the Farmers1 Alliance is against barkeepers. LACY JUMPS ON EARLY. Ni? Oenernl'H Private anil Public Record Ultlerly Annulled. Fkedekicksuubo, Va., July 14.?In espouse to the interview with Gen. Sarly, which has appeared all over he country, denying that Gen. R. E. L?ee ev<jr told Maj. Horace Lacy that f he (Lee) retired from command he vould recommend Gen. Mohone as lis successor, Maj. Lacy has published i card, in whioh he deals not gently vith Gen. Early's record, public and irivate, both before and since the war. In his interview Gen. Early dolounced Maj. Lacy as a liar and a :rank. In his reply Maj. Lacy says n substance that Earley's non-recolection of what passed at Richmond it the unveiling of the Lee monument jetween himself and Early, concernng the conversation with Lacy, is iroof of his debauched condition on ,hat day. He says Early iB not only i miserable liar, but his private charicter is in keeping with the he which las stamped his brow ever since this controversy began, and that what he laid was literally true. Then Lacy turns on Early's military career, and says that whether in tent, at drill or on the parade ho was nvariablv drunk, and the only notoriety he has attained since the war was his love for gambling-houses and [itlier places of ill-fame, and his con mbinage with a negress. HiB card closes in this manner: "1 am a Democrat, and have no sympa thy with Mohone or his tactics, and 1 am opposed to him as a politician In justice to myself I feel I should * A. 1 A T 1 _1 J__ reiterate wnat x nave aireaay Bam and I regret that I have to deal witl this miserable cur, who is trying tc exchange drunkeness for bravery." A Candidate Steps Down. The Rev. Dr. D. 0. Kelley, who re contly accepted the Prohibition nom inrtion for Governor of Tennesse< and entered upon an active canvass has withdrawn from the race. Thit action is the outcome of a correspond ence with Bishop Keener, of tho M E. Church, Soutii. Dr. Kelley wai the pastor of a church of that denomi nation at Gallatin, Tenn., and projios od to retain tho pastorate while stumping in favor of prohibition, bu it is understood Bishop Keener ob jected to this, and so Mr. Kelley con eluded to withdraw, allow tho Prohi bition party to name another candi date and devote his time to the dutiei of his pastorate. The Power of Money. What an influence for good cr evi is exerted by the proper or imprope uso of money. It seems to be th first essential of modern life. Sa< indeed is the lot of that man or tha woman without money and withou friends. Especially in cases of sick ness is the need of money felt mos pressingly and yet even the rich witl all their money fall into a state c poor health and die, whereas if thei money was rightly expended and th proper remedies applied they migh regain health and strength. Z. A. Clark, Atlanta, Ga., says: " spent four hundred and eighty do 1 OYHi in r?nl/I fa AiivA mo /\f 4nmnlvl AIM IJ AAA gVlVA WV VUA AAAU VI UtAAAVl blood poison that affected uiy liml; and nose and body, with runnin ulcers. One month's treatment c B. B. B. healed the ulcers, restore my appetite, strengthened my kidney and added 21 pounds to weight." Still, in spite of this and muc other testimony thero are many wk refuse to try the remedy, seeming t prefer to pay large fees to physician or visit distant springs in vain hope of recovery. Tlio great truth liov over, over shines brightly and that i that no one who ever gave B. B. I (Botanic Blood B. 'm) a trial ev< found disappoints ?nt therein. O. H. Rudolph, Talladega, Fin writes: "I had blood disease for si years, but nothing benefitted m although I paid two hundred an fifty dollars for treatment. At last tried B. B. B. and found it a quit and cheap blood purifier. PlanoH and Organn. N. W. Trump, 131 Main Street, G lumbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organ direct from factory. No agents' cor missions. The celebrated Chicke ing Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrn ed for its clearness of tone, lightnei of touch and lasting qualities. Mi nnn Xs Hamlin TTiii-iarht Piann Mio ling Upright Pianos, from $22 u] Arion Pianos, from $200 up. Masc & Hamlin Organs, supasscd by non Sterling Organs, $60 up. Every Ii dtrument guaranteed for six year Fifteen days' trial, expenses bol ways, if not satisfactory. Sold on h stalments. Even In Mid?Ocean. Scene?A raft in mid-ocean. Dri matis persons), a shipwrecked part that have been floating for sover days without food or water. Shipwrecked Mariner?"A sail, sail." Woman passenger (reviving)?"E: cuse me, but did you say a sail?" Shipwrecked Mariner?"Yes, an not far off." Woman passonger?"What do tl bargains consist of?"?America. Skin and scalp disoases, the hea< nil uiiivn, u i nulling soru, me uuc entirely covered with sores as larj. as o quarter of a dollar, and no met! cine had the desired effect until 1 P. P. was taken. The disease yielde at once, and P. P. P. proved itself tl best blood purifier of the age. P. P. P. makes positive cures of a stages of Rheumatism, Syphilis, Bloo Poison, Scrofula, Old Sores, Eczem Malaria and Femalo Complaint P. P. P. is a powerful tonic, and a excellent appetizer, building up tfa system rapidly. All monthly disorders peculiar t woman are corrected and much su fering avoided by use of Bradfield Female Regulator. Sold by all druj gfists. Erysipelas, swolen limbs, bad sore scalos and scabs on the leg have bee entirely cured by P. P. P., the moi wonderful blood medicine of the da; Abbott's East Indian Corn Paint a quick cure for Corns, Bunions an Warts. ^-B^ADFiELD'S Ff |=EM/\Lrv 31. REGULATOR W .riSTRUATION OR MONTHLY 1ILKNLS3 Gt<ckT^KHsl.^SUHWPmVt MOUSD jbook TO'WOMAN'^"^/*** BRADFIELD REGULATE CO. ATLANTABA. zmj> or au. e tutMil 4&-Ask for catalogue. 1 TERRY M'F'G CO.. Nashville. Tenn PITT'S CARMINATIVE! I?OK CORRECTING N Al'sKA DYSENTERY JL Diarrhoea auil Cholera Ininntum. A fdnnsnnl medicine oflncnirititble merit In the tome circle for child or tulu't. II Is popular, pleasant aud efllcleut. Truly a mother's Men . U soothes n il heals 1 he mucous membranes; and cheeks the mucous discharge ] from head, stomach and bowels. The mucous discharge trout the head and lungs are as t promptly relic", ed by It us the mucous din- < ' charge from the b welts, it made to relieve 1 I tk" mucous sy.-tem and cure uHusea, aud It J does .t. it makes ttiet rtRlcal period of teeth* j tag olitldreu ah. and easy. It it.v'.i,orates and bttllus up the 85 stent white it relieving and 1 cut lug the wasted tissue, it is recommended ] and used largely by physicians. Kor sale by Wnnuaoiakir A Aliirruy Co., Co' umbla, 8. O., r aud wholesale by Howard A 'A illell, Augusta, ?R" i GILDER'S LIVER PILLS! j itaiuuvu 1110 uiKi iroin 1110 ayiicm, euro ail | bilious ItroublcK, and prevent malaria; dUcaaea. For snle by Ml druggist* *?d merchant* at 25 con ta a box, or mailed on rocelpt ot price by HARHETT DRUG co., Augusta, Ga. 9 TAKE OIl.DER'8 PILI.8. ? C11A ULOTTE FEMALE INSTITUTE. 9 The building in now modernized and ~ improved as a boarding school until it - is second to none in the South in com l fort and conveniences. The Corps of t Teachers engaged for the coming ses - sion is the best the Institute has ever - had. No other institute in the South can . offer advantages superior to those of" _ fered here in the Literary, Music and a Art Departments. Mr. Maclean continues to be the Director of Music. The patrons of the Institute, whoso daughters were taught . by Mr. Maclean during the past ses1 sion, are referred to in proof of the r statement that he is the best teacher of 0 Music who has ever taught in Char1 lotte. As originator and director of t the June Musical Festival in this city, t his reputation has extended throughout tho South Wm. R. Atkinbon, t Principal. f The Tozer Engine Works (SuccMKor to Dial Ungln Works.) I JOHN A.WILLIS,PROPK., 117 West Gervais Street, " BENT i 2 a r- ",l manufacturers of Tozer Steam Engines, r_ And all slzss of both Locomotives hikI return Tublar Boilers. WFoundry work In Iron and Brass lie* >n pairing promptly executed. t JERSEY FEATS! 8 Chllland Fever Cure."Largo bottle*flOrenU h and guaranteed to cure any case of Chill* and Fever, Malarial, Intermittent ante lies Q- nilttent TUE BARRETT DRUG GO., Augusta, Ga. THY JERSEY FLATS. v Hindercorns. STbeonly euro Cure for Oorua. Stops all p tin Ensured comfort to the feet. Vic. at druggist* H ih(jox A Co.. N, Y. A _WUITK TO HOLLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO., d ROCK HILL, - - - - S. C, te For their Catalogue giving Prices, Terms and References of Buggies, Carriages, Wagons,Road and Phaeton Carts, Harness, etc. All first-class !y work made by hand and warranted. ?e Prices lower than any other of same j- grade. Our Vehicles are running in E* every county in South Carolina, and d in many counties of North Carolina, ie Georgia and Florida. All inquiries promptly answered. In writing please mention this paper and don't forget h to give your Postoffico address and d sign your name plainly. s Holler Anderson Boggy Co., 11 ? MANUFACTURER**,? ? ROOK HILL, - - - - 8. O. ^ (jBSSSL TPARKEII'd y. HAIR BALSAM awl btAuilfla* tlio hair. l'romoU?a a lunirlmt jw-r'h. II HR,l^|Niv?r Fails h Hsitsrs Qrm irl e6908? Hiif to its Youthful Color. KSHBl^^^BIOamtealpdUMiaaa A halrfaLUag ?4 SAo. a<i<1 >1 00a> l^niKirlru. HIRES' !j?l.e HiTIKP' tVtt'nOYl Li MlKl |m>dT BEEfilg .. ;i \L > % A1.VH9 CAWMAtf H w... v. -\z v?ve KaaflEER. * ra* rr.o.n ,\rprti?ir:rt n.wi vtholbsom* T MPK* ANOR DilINX in the world. >'.!lolou-? end Bpirkltng TRY IT. Art your Druggist or Orooer for It. Ci- E. HIRES* PHILADELPHIA. rvPA F^oram feuP b CUSHIONS. Whisper* Tieerd. ComerUM*. SatHoftl wk?r*all OraoklMfal'. r.i Iky V. WIHCOt air. lit BTlwar. Mt* irrt. Writ* far a**t * pi ?*& VKJUf DEPOSIT ?OUR SURPLUS MONEY IN THY; COMMERCIAL BANK, ?OF? COLUMBIA, S. C. One dollar and upwards received interest at mo rate ot 4 per cent, pet innum. paid quarterly, on the first lays ot February, May, August and November. Married women and minors can keep account in their owl name. Higher rates of interest al lowed by special arrangement. C. J. Iredell, President. Jno. S. Leaphart, James Iredell, Vice-President. Casliiei LIPPMAN BROS., Wholesale Druggists, Svls Proprietors, Llppmsn's Block, Sarin nth, Q*. HIT "13 GUARANTEED TO i)U<t ATI.# JL Sink, He-uluohe an<l Co-istlpatiou In a short time. Prevents all Mai <rial troubles. Price flay cents. Kor sale by druggist* and merchants. MnnnUrtureil by the Barrett nuuo co., Au*.UBla. Ga. ? ?ri5. PI an ob S I.K). Catalogue UrffanSl). p. llOBly, Wmhlugtnti, N. to pums mii miil m! For Estimates on STEAM SAW MILLS, Ginning, Harvesting and other Machinery wxito to the undersigned, wno will guarantee tlio goods they may offer in all respects, and make matters interesting both to consumers and competitors. Wo will also furnish everything needed in the line of supplies: Belting, Oils, Piping, Fittings, Valves, Inspirators, Injectors, Pumps, Etc. W. H. GIBBES, Jh., & Co., Columbia, S. 0. 1A Spring Medicine I I FOR TiRED I 1 MftN AND WOMAN. I % P. P. P. will purify ard vltallzo your Q 4 bloo<l, create a good nppetiteand give your B wholerystou tone nu4 MrrngUi. Vt Jj A prominent ral'rc nd superintendent at ft |B| Savannah, suffering with Melnrla, Dyspep- ft sin.and KhetunsUrim tw< '%'far *_L,ng ft M P. P. P. ho never felt no well in his lifts ana ft ft feet* as If he could live forever, if he could ft H always get P. P. P." ft a If you aroUred out 77..* and ft D close conflueaient, tako ft I D D D 8 ^ I I I R i It you are feeling badly In the Eprlmc I ; J and out of sorts, take 1 P. P. P. 1 If your digestive organs need toning up, I take B p. p. p. 1 If you suffer with headache, Indtgostlon, B debility and weakness, take H P. P. P. 1 If you suffer with rervous prostration, nerves unstrung and a general let dotf* ] of the system, take W J P. P. P. 1 For Blood Poison, Rheumatism, Bcrof- J ula, Old Sores. Malaria, Chronic Female ft Complaints, take i p. p. p. I Prickly Ash, Poke Root k and Potassium. v The best blood jtfrifler in the world. LIFTMAN BROS, Wholesale Druggtota, 3 Sole Proprietors, i Ltmtaw'a Buxx, Savannah, Qa. tH TALBERT & SON'S RMOINES AND BOILERS, SAW MILL I AND GRIST MILLS Are acknowledged to be the beat ever sol^^B in thl* State. When you buy one of them yon are vaunedl that yon have made no mlatake. Write for our prices. COTTON GINS AND COTTON PJU SSI S AT BOTTOM FIGURES. 1 can ?-ave you money. V. 0. BADHAM, Gen. As;t? COLUMBIA. 8. C. i gsrHorae office and Factory: nionmond, Vn. ayou Consumptive. H?\e you Oou?h. neoneliltls, Astlunn, In IImaUod? Use PARK KH'H GIXOFH TONIC. It has cured tU? wont, cases and In the heat remedy H Ills >rlHlo>.? from <lcinUke uHtrltlon ke In time. We. nn<l 91. Wt UC I CV/ I l? to I VhMl? ttjrjOiMjj. gtort ?niKMtomttmim I llMtlMNIItnlM. IIIM??I>. FarMoilwi fir**. Ortuti IHUcUva SirMi 0?. 44AfO*4?,CtMteUlll9l /