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THE CURSE OF DRINK. A STRIKINGLY 5TONC SERMON ON IN TEMPERANCE. Tlir Ktll. of l.li|iior IfrinkliiK liitriirklI) I'reHCiite.l?Sonic (1ml yet f.llVlikt- I'lot 11 r?'?. Tlie text of Dr. Talinage's Sinning sermon was: "It is my son's coul uu evil beu.st hath dovourcd him. Genesis xxxvii.. Tlie following is the discourse. Joseph's brethren dipped their brother's coat in goat's blood and then brought the dabbled garment to their father, cheating him with the idea that a ferocious animal had slain him, and thus hiding their in famous behavior. I?ut there is no deception about that which we hold up to your observation today. A monster such as never ranged Afri can thicket or Hindustan jungle hath trucked this land, and with bloody iuaw hath strewn the continent with tho mangled carcasses of whole yen erutious; atid there are tens of thou* ands of fathers and mothers who could hold up the yarnlelit of their slaiu hoy, truthfully cxclaiminy, "It is my sou's coat: an evil bcust hath devoured him." There has in all ayes and climes, been a tendency to improper use of stimulants. Noah, as if disgusted with the providence of water in bin time, took to uIvouk drink, Uy this vice. Alexander the Conquorer was conquored. The Komans at their feasts fell oll'their seats with intoxication. Four hundred millions of our race are opium en tcrs. India, Turkey and China have yroaned with the desolation: and by it have been quenched such liyhts as llulley and DeQuincey. One hundred millions are the victims of the beteluut, which has specially blasted the Fast Indies. Three hundred millions chew hashish, and Persia, Ihazil and Africa suffer the deli rium. The Tartars employ murowa the Mexicans, the agave; the people at OuuaraiK), an intoxicating quuli ty taken from augur cane: while .1 great multitude, that no man can uumbvr, are the disciples of alco To its trenches they fall. (Jn ghastly holocaust they burn. Could the muster roll of this great army called, and they could endure t'1" reeking, festering putrefection an*' beast lim \SS, what heart could ei. dure the groan of agony' Drunkenness' Does it not juigl t he burglar's key ' Does it not whet the assassin's knife.' Does it not cock the highwayman's pistol' Does it not wave the incendiary's torch.' Has it not sent the physician reeling into the sick room; and the minister, with his tongue thick, into the |oil pit' Did not an exquisite poet, from the very top of his frame, fall a gib bcriiig sot into the gutter.on bis way to be married to one of the fairest daughters of New Kugland. and th very hour the bride was decking lie! self for the altar: and did he not die of delirium tremens, almost unatteii led. in a hospital? Tamerlane asked for one hundred and sixty thousand skulls with which to build a pyramid. But if the bones of all those who have fallen as a prey to dissipation Couldbeialedup.it would make a vaster pyramid. The Sabbat li has yoen saerifierd to the ruin tralic. To many of our peo pie, this i lay of the week is the worst. Bakers must keep their shops elosed on the Sabbath. It is dangerous t) have loaves of bread going out on Sunday. The shoe store is elosed: severe penalty will attack the man who sells I>o?)tt; on the Sabbath. But down with the window shutters of the grog shops! Our laws shall con fer particular honor upon tin- rum tratiekers. All other trades must stand aside for these. Bet our citi zens who have disgraced themselves by trading in clothing, and hosiery, taku ofr'tlmr liaVs Vo '/lU'-"- rWUL^l elected to particular honor It is 1111 safe for any other class of men to be allowed license for Sunday work. But swing out your sighs. () ye trnllic kers in the peace of families, and in the souls of immortal men! Let tlu corks lly, and the bear foam, and tlu rum go tearing down tlu half con sumed throat of the inebriate. (Jod does not see! Docs lie.' Judgment will never come! Will it' I do not know but that Clod is de teriuined to let drunkenness triumph and the husbands avd sous of thous amis our best families be destroyed by this vice, in order that our people, amazed and indignant, may rise u| and demand the extermination ot this municipal crime. There is a way of driving clown the hoops of a bar rel so tight they break. We have, in this country, at various times tried to regulate this evil bv a tax on whiskey. You might as well try to regulate I Min A uiufi/i /ilinliktm t liii emo 11 t\<w ioiv i&niitnv/ \ ui'ii i ( vyx iuv nuiiui |?w.i by taxation. The men who distil liquors are, for the most purl, unscu pulous, and the higher the tax. tin more inducement to illicit distilla tiou. Oh! the folly of trying to restrain an evil by government tarilV! If cwry gallon of wluisky made -if every lias!; of wine produced, should be taxed a thousand dollars, it would not be enough to pay for the tears it has wrung from the eves of widows and orphans, nor for the blood it has dashed on the Christian church, nor for the catastrophe of the millions it Luis destroyed forever. I sketch two houses in this street The first if bright as home can be The father comes at nightfall, and the children run out to meet him. Luxuriant evening meal. (iratula tion, and symputhy, and laughter* Music in the parlor. Fine pictures Ion tut* wmi. uoatly hooks on the stand. Well clad household. I'len ty of everything to make home Imp House the second: l'iuno sold' l"f ntrm|^ik| thr illr 1 iIT Wife's furs at pawnrooKor h shop. Cloak gone. Daughter's jewelry sold to get Hour. Carpets gone off the lloor. Daughters in faded and patched dresses. Wife sewing for the stores. Little child with an ugly wound on 'her face, struck 111 an angry blow. Deep shad ow of wretchedness lulling in every room. Door bell rings. Little clnl dreii hide. Daughters turn pale. Wife holds her breath. Blundering step in the hall Door opens. Fiend. brandishing his list.cries. "Out'out! What are you doiiu>licr? :i Did f call this house the hccvii I' t No. it i.-. tie saim house. Kuril In.I formed it. (tiim < mbruted the ma;.. | Kuni sold the shawl, (turn tore 1 p 1 the carpets. Kuni desolated 1 ? f heart li. Kuiu changed that p. t rail Li ii into a hell! I I sketch two iieai that you know y very well. The Iir t graduated l'roru 11 one of our literary institutions. His t father, mother, brothers and sisters ti were present to see him graduate. They heard the applauding thunders s that greeted his speech. They saw v the decree conferred and the diploma d jjiven. I le never looked so well. Mv o eryhody said, "What a noble brow! f What a line eye! What mart fill a manners! What brilliant prospects!" All the world opens before him. and i cries, "Hurrah! hurrah!' d Man tin' second: Lies in the sta u tion house. The doctor has just been h sent for to bind up ' ie trashes re 1; c; i\ed in a li^'lit. 11.. hair is matted, b ami makes him look hk? awilkbcust h His lip is bloody and cnt. Who is y this hattcred aud bruised wretch that ti was nicked uo by the police, and ti carried in < 11 it11k, and foul and bleed u i11 1 >i? 1 I cull itiin liiun the second ' ]; He is man the first. ltum transformed o hiiu. Ivuin destroyed his prospects, o Hum disappointed purentul expeetu t tion. llutu withered those garlands o of coniuieiicenieiit du.y. Hum cut his ii lip. Hum dashed out his manhood, u Hum! accursed Hot! d 1 have shown you the evil hcast. n Tin question is, Who will hunt him t; down, and how shall we shoot him ! t I answer, first, by getting our child g reli right on this subject. bet them y grow up with an utter aversion to i'j strong drink. Take cure how you ii administer it even as medicine. If you find that they have a natural love e for it, as some have, put in a glass of n it some horrid stuff, and make it 1 utterly nauseous. Teach them, as ^ faithfully as you do the Bible, that v rum is a fiend. Take them to tin* t almshouse, and show them the wreck r and ruin it works. Walk with them u into the holms that have been t scourged by it v Again: We will battle this evil by 1 voting only for sober men. How J many men are there who can nils , above the feelings of partisanship, < and demand that our olliciub shall t bo sober men ' i I maintain that the question <1 i sohriety is higher than the question ;i of availability; and thai, lioweve; eminent a man's .services may he. if \ lie have hahtts of intoxication, he h >\ unfit for any oOice in the gift of i c Christian people. Our laws will b > i no better thau the men who make , them. Spend a few days at Harris I burg, or Albany, or Washington, and t you will find out why. upon these ? subjects, it is impossible to get right eons enactments. , Again: We will war against this t evil by organized societies. The friends v of the nun tridlie have haiuled to 1 g? tin r: anuualh iisue their circular:: i raise fabulous sums of mouey to a<! < c.ancc their interests: and. by grips, t passwords, signs and stratagems, set 1 at (Ul'nuuM' pw\>V\e luornlH. \.et us | , confront them with organizations 1 pist as secret, and. if need be. with j grips and pass-words, and signs. ma;e , lam our position. There is no need < that our philanthropic societies tell all j their plans. I am in favor of all law ] i'ul strategy in the carrying on of this j onflirt. T wish <o (roil wr rouhl lav < under the wine casks a train which, j once ignited. wouM shake the earth ; with the explosion of this monstrous 1 iniquity! i Again: A\o will try the power < f lln*ph\lge. There arc thousands of < men wh? have heeii saved by putting; tlnav nauweS'fo such a document. 1 know it is laughed at: but there arc j Mime men who. having once promised ; a thin^. do it 'Some have broken the pledge. ' Yes: they were liars. Ihit ivll'iueu arc not liars. 1 do not ] 41.?1. . .I , . ,r ..11 j w?! <. his: , to make such signature: out 1 do say , that it would la- tin- salvation of , many of you. The glorious work of Theobald Mat hew can never be esti mated. At his hand four millions of , people took the pledge, and multi . tudes in Ireland. England. Scotland and America, have kept it till this day. Lhe pledge signed to thousands has been the proclamation of ennui eipation. Aeain: We oxpfct great tliii gs from inebriate asylums. Tlie.v have already done a glorious work. I think we are eoniing at last to treat inebriation as it ought to be treated, i namely, as an aw ful disease, self in lliclcd, to be sure, but nevertheless a disease, once fastened upon a man. se rmons won't cure him: temperance i lectures will not eradicate it: religions tracts will not re-move it: the- gospel e>f Christ will not arrest it Om-euii ? ele-r the power of this awful thirst, the man is bound to on; and, if the1 foaming jdass we-ro on the- othe r snleof perdition, he- woulil wade thremgh the- tires of lu-11 te> ?et it A yenmo man in prison had sin li a strong t hirst for intoxieat intr liquors that lie-cut oil' his hand at the wrist, e-alle-el for a Ijowl of Inanely in oiele-r to stop the hle-e-dim;. liinist his wrist into thel?e?wl. uid tin n drank the-contents. Stand not. win n the thirst is on i him, be-twe-en a man and his e-ups. Ch ar the- tVftck for him. Away with the children he- would treael their life Ollt Awtfy with the- wife : he Would dashdiof'io tloath. Away with thei rosV'he woul<1 mil it elow'n. Away with tile- Bible-: he woulel tear it up for the winds. Away with heave-n: he- considers it^fovthless as a straw "(iive me the- drink! Give it to me! though the 1 minis of blood pass up , tterbowl. 111(1 tlio * 11'cml >lcs over I 1 the pit?the drink! give it to me! Though it be p.ile with 11viis: though i tin*hoth Ol everlasting anguish llout on the foam -give it t<? me! 1 drink to ia.v wife's woe. to my children s rags: to my eternal banishment fij^ j God, mid hope, and heaven! Give FT to me! the drink!" , Again: We will contend with these < evils by trying to persuade there < speclable classes of society to the I banishment <>1 alcoholic beverages. You who move in elegant and refilled I associations: you who drink the best liquors; you who never drink until yoil lose your balance, let us look each other in the face on this subject. ' You have, under God. in your power < the redemption of this land from drunkenness Kmptv youi cellars ? ill' 1 wine closet of the beverage, and in ii coin" en? 'in ! give us your Iniiid, our vol? . y >i prayers, your symi.ithit s. l>o tli.it. a.id I will promise lueo things: Ki.'st, that you will hid unspeakable i ippue s; hi having lime vmir duty. Secondly. you will ij'olinlily save someho ly? -perhaps our ?>wn child. Thirdly, you will lot, in \our last hour, have a regret hat you made the sacrifice, if sacri iec it he. As long as you make drinking re pcetablc. drinking customs will pre ail. and the plow share of death, rawn by terrible disasters, will go ii turning up this whole continent rom ( ml to end with the long, deep, w fill furrow of drunkard's graves. I eull upon those who are guilty of liese indulgences to quit the path of oath. Oh! what a change it would lake in your home! Do you see , ow everything there is being doso ited ' Would you not like to bring i ark joy to your wife's heart and 1 ave your ehildreu come out to meet on with as much confidence as once liev showed' Would you not like i) rekindle the home lights that long go were extinguished? It is not too 1 ite to elnuige. It may not entirely Illiterate from your soul the memory f wasted years and a ruined reputa | ion, nor smooth out from your anxi- < his brow the wrinkles whieh trouble i las plowed. It may not call hack inkiiul words uttered, or rough deeds oue : for perhaps in those awful mojenls you struck her! It may not like from your memory the hitter houghts connected with some little rave. But it is not too late to save oursolf, and seeure for God and your uuilx tin- remuinder of your fast gong life. But perhaps you have not utterly ;oue astray. I may address one who nay not have quite made up his mind jet. your better nature speak out. i'ou take one side or the other in the car against ilruukeness. Have you lie courage to pwt your foot dowu-l iglit, and say to your eompanions Jul friends: "I will never drink inovieating liquor in all my life, nor i ill I eountonanee the habit in others." lave nothing to do with strong drink. has turned the earth into a place >t !'iilh. and has stood opening the rate to a lost world to let in its vie1111s, until now the door swings no noie upon its hinges, hut, day and light, stands wide open to let in the igoiii/.ed procession of doomed men. Do 1 address one whose regular vork ui life ;s to administer to this ippetitcI'or (rod's sake get out f tliat business! If a woe l*> prolouneed upon the man who gives his leighbor drink, how limny woes must >e hanging over the man who doe# his every day and every hour of the lay! Do not think that because human rovernment may license you that hereforo (rod licenses you. I am airpriced t-? liear you men say that 11 ev respect the "original package" lecisiou. l>y which the supreme court >t' the I'nited States allows rum to he aken into States like Kansas, which uive jlecidcd against the sale of in toxicants. V \mve no respect for a wrong decision. I care not who makes :t. The three judges of the supreme oiirt who save minority reports mams*, that decision were right, and the chief justice was wrong. The eight of a State to defend itself against the rum tratlic will yet be demonstrate >d. the supreme court notwithstanding. Higher than the judicial bench it Washington i> the throne of the Lord viod Almighty. No enactment, national. State or municipal can give rou tin' right to carry on a business a lio.->e one effect is destruction. (lod knows better than you do your a-lf tin* number of drinks you have poured out. You keep a list; but a more accurate list has been kept than yours. You may call it Burgundy, Bourbon. Cognac, Heidsicck, sour mash, or beer. Clod calls it strong h-itik Whether vou sell it in a low oyster cellar or behind the polished counter of a first-class hotel, the divine curse is upon you. I tell you plainly that you will meet customers one day when there will he no counter between you When your work is done on earth and you enter the reward of your business, all the souls of the men whom you have destroyed will crowd around you. and pour their bitterness into vour cup. They will show son their wounds and say. "You made them, and point to tlicir umpu nohablo thirst and say. "You kindled it:' and rattle their chain and say. "You forced it." Then their united groans will smite yourear, aud with the hands out of which you once picked the sixpences aud the dimes, they will push you oil" the verge of great precipices: while rolling up from beneath, and breaking among the crags of death, will thunder,. "Woe to him that giveth his neighbor drink!' The Power of Money. What an inllueuco for good or evil is exerted by the proper or improper us, of money. It seems to be the lirst essential of modern life. Sad indeed is the lot ol that man or that woman Without money and without friends. Especially in cases of sick ncss is the need of money left most pressingly and yet even the rieli with all their money fall into a state of poor health and die. whereas if their money was rightly expended and the proper remedies applied they might regain health and strength. Z. A. Clark. Atlanta. On., says: "[ spent four hundred and eighty dol lais m gold to euro mo of torrihlo bloc i poison that alFoeted my limbs and nose and body, with running ulcers. One month's treatment of l\ 1?. B. healed the ulcers, restored my appetite, strcilgthoned my kidneys nul lidded -1 pounds to my weight.." Still, m spite of this and ranch other testimony, there are many wlu> j^Jae to try the remedy, seeming to prefer to pay large fees to physicians, n visit distant springs in vain liopes >f rc?overy. The great truth how i \er. ? vcr shines t>ri'_rhtly and that is. lhat no one who e\er gave 1>. li. li. Ilotanic lilood liahn) a trial ever iom: 1<I - ippoiniment then in () li. liiidolph. Talladega. I'la.. vi nes: "I li,..! l>lood disease tor six v'i ai s. h it not hing hciielitted inc. at lliough i paid two hundred and lifty h>ilars I'ft^jLi-atment. At last 1 tried II it Ji nttA^oun l it a ipiiek and h'cip hlooiTYanitier Uncommonly Common. ROBERTINE'S ROMANCE HOW SHE CONCEALED IT. ltnhnrtiiie had finished cleaning her jjloves. and was j'Uttin^ away the hits ?>l oiil llannel and the "deodorized" fluid, whose faint halefulness she deelujrd she detested. "It's quite as had a%coiumoii benzine." she said to her imoiiivi. i..../ n.iii i/.ijj vm/nu.f, < itudU sort ?of supper on the gasoline stove in the other room. They leaser! the entire house, a twostory and basement hriek. rather eentrally located, and relet unfurnished rooms or suites in sueh a manner as to clear their own rental while reserving the double parlors and the joys of proprietorship. They were very comfortably arranged. In the evening, Kohertine could make herself pretty, close the foldingdoors. run her lingers lightly over the keys of the upright piano! and feel equal to the entertaining of the most eligible gentlemen friends?even Wilfred Wales. Ksq. In some respects she was more at ease with this gentleman lor company thai! with any one else. Not because he was unusually handsome?beyond the frequency of his new clothes?or talented, or cultured, 01 witty; not because of any subtle charm in Ins conversation, like that of poor Dick Kthel, whom she had known so long, and who. she was forced to admit, would always remain the same visionary enthusiast and Itohemian. l'oor Di'ek! If he would only quit trying to make a Uvlng with his pen. and become a pracinntrirtemoer 01 society?a tailor or shoemaker, or something honest! No but when Wilfred Wales was calling liobertino knew there would he 110 at ter remarks from her mother, that gooe! lady being, at such times, content to rev tire to peaceful dreams and a book-cast bedstead, leaving the young people un disturbed. Mr. Wales was a moneyed young man with further "expectations, ' and Hob crtine felt it wotud he the merest follj to discourage his attentions. She knev herself thoroughly; knew all her disadvantages and all 'her little attractiveness. Sho had sized herself up lonp ago as a moderately pretty brunette,whe could sing and play passably, read t French novel without the dictionary write a dashing sort of letter, and dance all the newest fancies. Sho never for got that she had neither fortune 1101 family?a blue lookout for any girl ol twenty; that she had talent in 110 particular direction; that she was physically too ilclicate for continuous labor, be sides being unfitted, by ambition, foi tic life of a working-woman. Ve t sometimes she felt sick of it all? sie-k of doing lawyers' copying at home and addressing wrappers by the theius 1 1 . ..? L.?- 4.\ Iw.ul enimc <111(1, <11111 MIll'llllll^ i*' IHOW r?|?l II* the money so earned and how to con struct the* prettiest costume in which t< attend theatre or promenade coneorl with Mr. Wales. (Often she would fai rather have gone sauntering in tin fark, clad in her plain, brown "Mother luboard." with Richard Ethel besid< her. and his pleasing fantasies.) But what could she do to support her self? "You can't be a clerk in am store," said her mother, "it takes awai a girl's social position." "If she has any,"said Robertine ironi cnllv. Meanwhile they had got on very wel without touching the insurance nionei received at the death of Robcrtine's la mented father, which was but a smal suui at best, and which tho mothe would need for herself when once tin daughter was married. Robertine shook out three pair o evening gloves, and said musingly "Now I'in ready to go anywhere if onf; some one invites me." "If I were you I wouldn't go witl anybody but Wales," admonished he mother. "If lie sees you runnini around with common tugs like Dim Ethel, ho'U ship you!" Mrs. Ferris wa often more forcible than elegant, an< always unconscious of nautical ten dencies. She was a thin, nervous wo man, with an extraordinary contemp for tho oipolloi. She was often heap to say that sho had been struggling fo years to keep her head above water, a also that of her deceased husband (l'oor man! bis head had gone umle ground in spite of her!) Robertine colored. "I never go witl any one I'm ashamed of," she said, in dignantly; "and as for Mr. Wales, th 'shipping' process may be conducted b; the other party." "O, no doubt you feel able to manag your own affairs. Some folks, whei they have a little streak of luck, act a ir 11 wouio "on uu (i;iy wim mem? IIIWIIIH Willi a 1>UI uall|>uinaia. "Now. mother, what is tho use o such talk? Let us eat our supper i peace." And they did; after which, ltobortin having adjusted her toilet, went to tin front windows and drew the curtain back, admitting the evoning breeze The sun was declining and the sk therewith glorified; she stood where i might dazzle her eyes a moment, the: turned away. "Mother,*shall I close the folding doors? l>iek Kthel is coming over." "O. yes; for heaven's sake, shut tin doors, "so I needn't hear him yarninu If 1 were you I wouldn't fool away m time on such common " liobertine banged the doors and los the remainder. "Come in, Dick," she called, througl the wire window-netting. "Don't sto to ring." "You are alone?" he said, smilin; faintly as he entered. "I thought yo might have company." "You see for yourself I haven't." "Your mother is well, I hope?" "Quite; and busy, as ubual. "I ijJKJbfr on tlie street to-day, but do nofVpnk she saw me." "1'crimps not," said Kobertine, doubt fully, remembering her mother's disdai for common attire. "Hut what arc yo doing this week, Dick? What is th latest romance?" "I haven't done much," he answered slowly, "but I have thought of so mud 1 would like to do. O. I have had suel beautiful thoughts! Dreams that 1 would like you to share with me!" liobertine stirred uneasily. "I have had thoughts too," she said half lightly. "1 have been thinking ol getting married." He looked at her in a curious way but did not interrupt, as she went on: "Yes. I have about ileeided that, tin only tiling I can <lo is, get married.'' "O Kobortino!' ho said, in a shockot voice. "You think I am joking, Dick, hut I nn not. I am taking a business view o the matter. I must lind a rich husband You seo I belong to a very good-for nothing class; incapable and indolent yet ambitious for social distinction mod lot1 in talent, yet rciined in taste while in* education has boon of such ; snperfio:nl mKMre that the thought of i disguwv'Ki* a "JCLak^d'Mte!'' he repeated, distress fully. out you couldn't sell yoursel ?you could not marry for money alone'.' "(), dear no," she answered, cheer fully, "not for money alone. I mus have a respectable-looking husband with a suspicion of brains. Then, toe while she is about it, why can't a gir happen to fall in love with a man win has money? 1 regard it as my duty t do this, and by the \va\ you ought t< follow my example." lie changed his seat to one beside he on the sofa, and spoke in a hurt, re proachful tone: " ltobertine. those words are unworth of you. I can't understand why yoi should joke, either. We?we have beei irood friends " then bo broke oil. a if had lost alt .selt-eoiitrol. ad powei of Speech. >h? was an<l remained silein until tin- son nil ot her moth* r in th< oilier room seemed to give Iter tongiu new impetus. "All. Kicliard. 'Art is long ami lib is Heeling!' We have no ! ;tne to be grea i 01 to foster grand thoug'.its. Why. evei you and I might be silly enough to tal In love with eaeh other, but it wouldii* do, would It? O no, it would be ridieil lous mad! The very last thing 01 . earth!" i "The very last thing on earth." bo re peatcd, quietly. They were not lookini at each other now, yet they were bot) strangely pale. "The very last!" she said, reeoverinj herself after a moment; then abruptly "lliehard. 1 want to tell you souu little things?confidential, you know strictly confidential." ?? \* oa lui U'IIjI \"lioi?it 1 * "Richard. this is midsummer: but suppose you know people wear lianuel i in winter-time?tallies do." Her seeming irrelevancy might othe times have startleil him; now he onl; sighed imiuiriuglv. ! "Well? i "Well, last winter- you remembe how cold it was?how many flannels d< you suppose mother anil I hail apieceV r "Three, perhaps,'' he ventureil.weari ly. ! "No. indeed: we had three betweei us. This kept us washing one twice! i week, which was tiresome, beside wear ing out the garments. Fancy bavin; I one such article of clothing and takiir it off at bedtime to wash it that it ma; i dry by morning. Isn't tho though. , abominable?'' ' TKo ?11 a a vorint? )>roni)i Umt )? ' drew smote her painfully, as she fel ' that, through her, his heart must ncli _ a long time, perhaps forever. She could not look at him. lie ros without speaking. 1'erhaps he couli [ not trust his voice. J " You are not going, Dick? Ihit per haps vou haven't been to supper." "I don't know," he faltered. "I runs ' go and linish some work. I?I lion ~ you will not do anything hastily. Hon , ertine, remember?remember l am you _ friend?always." Then he went on and away. " Mrs. Ferris slid the doors ajar and en ' tereil. . "(Jone at last?" she asked, glanein through the window at the tall fori ' crossing the street with slow, ilispirite gait. "If ho doesn't look common'." ~ Robert ine had gone to the piano. i "Mother," she said impatiently. "1 Maj. Druininoiid proposes again you' better marrv him. lie's uneoriiiuo enough to suit vou especially his teni . per." She could have sobbed aloud, she s hated herself. She fancied Itichnr ascending to his poor mom across tli ! way?his pray, cheerless, pathetic root 1 ?and sitting down unci inflated anion his manuscripts. She could see his pa , face, his sad. brown eyes. She hate I herself, and her mothet. and Wilfri r Wales, and all the cruel hitter woi:d! j She tried a strain ot Mendelssohn music to soothe and strengthen hi ? , ar } lier mother spoke, as ii reminded: "The piano rent is due to-nioiro\ Robertine. Don't let me forget:they ai f very exacting." Robertine changed to lieree opei melodies, ami immediately Mr. Wilfri Wales arrived. Mrs. Ferris had nia< her escape and closed the folding-door 1 "I was thinking of yon." said Rol f ertine sweetlv. and speaking the tint "Of 1110? fs thai so? Thru l'loglnd 1 lie pressed her hand with all a lover r fondness. 3 Nor was he really so objectionablewell-built man with a prepossess! i f countenance and a frank, easy speee lie never romanced, nor paused f y exactness, nor unfolded quaint di cOYeries, nor indulged in hen front j poesy, as poor Dick Ethel was wont. r He was a cheerful caller and ofu 2 made her laugh: still there were tim k when she could as well have yawne 3 (Poor Dick Ethel might have talked ; 1 night and never wearied her.) "Take the rocking-chair,"sue hegge "and I will sit right here on the sof t We can both see the street and feel tl I breeze." r "Thanks," said Mr. Wales, twinklii 3 his great third-linger diamond by car [. less motions of the hand, r "I say, what do you think? 1 am g ing to change hotels." t Indeed? Why I thought you lik< your place so much?" 0 "laid, until this morning. Xev y was more surprised in my life. Wh do you suppose I found iii my eolTee u "A lly, the young lady suggested, i, "Not exactly." 3 "Then a roach?" ' "Oh, no; dear me. not so had. lint woe a cliroil . f lesc.n! ' ! tf cotton..1 n (Coneiided in our next issm i 0 A I>i-flgure?l f.?:i??ri?,in"..,e '3 Many people wlio would sou.ee ). notice an armless or legless man w y instantly detect and remark on ai t blemish of the human face, and di II into all sorts of speculations as its cause and attendant eircumsta ces. If you doubt this assertion lj e come possessed of a discolored opt ; and note now much attention it w y invite. A black eye is general ^ avoidable, but blotches, pimpled at other scrofulous and eruptive marl li steal upon us without warning, at p are frequently the first intimation the fact that our blood is goii " wrong:, A prompt and systemat 11 use of P. P. P. (Prickly Ash, Pol Root and Potassium), will purify tl blood, cleanse the skin and give !>a< to the face nature's familiar, rudi I signs of health, (let it of your dru . gist. II U Abbott's lOttst Indian Corn I'nint. 0 Eradicates Corns, Runions ju Warts where all other remedic 1 fail. i 1 ^i^AQF!?LD'S f*3" BP" /I "I P n 1 C' , a !wr >. ? y-3 , ; SI..RECU1MW :, f M r. f J S T R UAT 10? OK MUNTHIV SICKNfSS l?" wt-N oumvir, CHP.skCit v>v GrVtiNT OKNGLH^SV>mR\UGY.lllX(WO\D1 ; jBOOK TO'WOMA\\"jwilco?RL BRADFItlD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA G I WOIO UVAll OHUCGISIl SHE TX'rker's , HAIR OALoAM t f"I? i ?niJ }, it.fifji-s l ri ? li.iii &>5^*S? -Jw Ne? r foils 1i> Itc*<? r? Gra r^A-M.iir t>> its V< oil. I'ul Color, t BVv^o4 4 f ^^ICuir t.-.'p <. I, .irr-iiiiq Ht|,i S| . ,,t I t -I-'.. I AvuV Consumptive. . f) Hum* you Cotitih, KaiiicIiIIis, Asllnu.i tor .j K'^lloti'1 I s.- I'AIIKKii'S (ilNiil li ' It liiir- ciiii I tin- worst ruses iiml |. ninoily for : 11 ills .-irisln. Iron r nutrition Tulo- !ii linn*. ; y Hinderco* II Tin*only niire I'liro lor <"o' II KliMir.nl rot u fort tot In- t<< >) lllsoov <fc I'll., N. V r TAL?E"T & SON'S jl ^ iinjim.S ix.' * w MII.I. 3 A NO ?5IU<r \* i?s Atpj'i-l. iimvln'^ril l<? 'ti? l?* st pvi r s ili' In Ilii<> Sini> . 1 t W lii n \ i.'.i im v i ol I In in \ mi urt; Mi' iMlwl tliut )ou Ii.ini* mailt- no niDUtki-. 1 Wrllc for our |>rict"?. i COTTON (JNS AM) 5 COTTON IM'KSSKS ' \ I i:?? I DM H.JI'KKA. ^ ( I oiii sav vou inniipy. ^ ? V. ('. IIADIIAM. (Jen. Ast.. J r coLl'MKlA. h r. f y i it*-lliif?i?* otliue and Fiu'loi) ( r Hlonniiuul Vo. 1 i) 1 " mm HUM an u % 1 jj ^rc | I I! V \ ....... (in.,1' <i. < i i P I ^ ki iTtM'iif'iS.sn ? ?? . ; ' '\ ?*??. ii . y K while flic Iron "* llo!." I t 5, V, , rCuti>! . . < *1 y v Hi''"!11'1 3'' " iiw t\,l\ .' . h,c i 1 r> W ?' lliic 1 S- il aAiI'VM I X UlulL l, I - (<) . I I I'MlV >( '. inif -mailt. ac'lirlng ( some thing* nm! Inlying othels i ti III. 0 fllnrgrst po-sibh- . i , \\ li .-Si en u> cs lit- t*> wipe mil all compeliti(?ti i !i Here arc a few of my Startling Bargain?. A N'?. T I'lai lop t iook iog Stove, full si/*. I."> \ IT ineli own, tilted with "I pieces of I ware; delivered at your own depot, all ] , freight eliurees paid i>y mo, for only . 1 TWKLVE li'll.UUS C Ai;nln, I will sell you a "> hole rooking i i- Hang.- hi .\ t:i inch oven, l.s x ji> inch top, r lilted with 21 pieces of ware, for TtllUj. TEKN I)'JI.LAICS, and pay the Irelght to 1 your depot. Bo not pay two prices for your goods. I 1 will sc.nl you a nice plush l'arlor suit, I s walnut frame cither it. combination or 1 u handed, the most stylish colors, for #:{;?.W) 1 (1 to jour Kill I road station, freight all paid, fl I will also sell you a nice Hid room suit ? consisting of tluruau with glass-, i hlgbrM licad llcdslead, I Washstaod, 1 Centre* 1 table, I Cane s< at 11.airs. 1 Cane Seat andffi il hack rocker, all for SIO.'iii, ..Mil pay freight H ,, to your d- pot. ;j Or I will send you an elejr.nl lied room* '* Sjsuit with large glass, full in rhle lop, foraj mmi:>o, and pay i'.-?ight. 10 W Nice window shade on spring roller ? '''n i ft" Klegant large walnut * ?la; cloek, *j ' jljWnTnul lounge, T.ihiB ill ?j l.are cu'-laius per window, ' ''"IB ;U I rami >1 describe > v,t\ thing in a smalliu |.r Hadvcrl iseitu ill. but havoan In.iin-asosloreH I H'-0 tainlii'i II >.l ii -or room, withjj , Bjware house-- and factory buildings In ol herl "I M parts oi August:., making m all the largest a 'il E'.usiin ss ol I his k Imi under one manage-9 In .'ill in the Southern Slates. Thescstoresn 5'""' Warehouses arc crowded w-th 'heH '"J Sohoiccsi product ion- ol Hie t.esl factories, jn l11 pi My i-ataio/ue containing Illustrations <>|R H-ooils w III la- mailed ii'u.u will kindly w.yr ^ ki win-re you saw this n.lveri Iseiuei.t t p i.vff ' HfrviRht. Address, L. 1\ PAIWiKTT, | I Prop;- Padgett's ft rniVir:.P*ovc Carpet Store. | S I11.I-IM2 HIU?A!? STHKKT. Kj Ii. au? nr gmassqi il" 3 ' ?i r? < \ p^a;<CS8 & li?A0 HtllSfS COTiU'w -il ? I'.fVai wfi Kb ita'? I.1VI.--I1IU lit Hi UK t/.s ,. r i^hMir'Uki CUSHIOkS. M bis|s-r. I..-.O.I. r.H.i ; "" f.irOljtc. Su,.-r.?fi.i ?li*r? nil llrm.-.tlr# f.,11. Sol,, hj F. II IS. ?> V 11 x_i. g.? ii.m ... Sr., tart. Ariirfj. book el urwobvtfki % DEPOSIT n youii suu'msmonky in th!? rs l!i I'OMMKKCIAL HANK, ?l< ?OF? a. COM'.MIMA. S. C. if? 1 ~ One dollar and upwards reeeivcc (> Interest at tin' rate of t per cent, pe, iiiinuiii. paid quarterly, on the lirsk '<1 days of February, May, August aiu November. Married women am iniuors can keep aeeounl in their owi name. Higher rates of interest aJ low< d by special arrangement. c. .j. ihkoki.i., President. Jno. S. Lkapuart. Jamfs Tiiedem. Y?e< ' 'resilient. (Jashie. ?r M'| LIITMAN ?HOS.^Vho!w*li-DraiwlHts, jo!o Proprietors, M|ipiiiaii\r.locb, Sainnuali,(;.v i Til I'LWTEItS AMHilLL IV. j|(( l or Estimates 011 "e STEAM SAW'MILLS. k Ginning, Harvesting ami other Maly ehinery write to the undersigned, g wno will guarantee the goods they may oiler in all respects, and make matters interest inghoth to consumers and competitors, us We will also furnish everything d n cded in the line ol supplies: licit jug. Oils. Piping, Fittings, Valves, Inspirators. Injectors. Pumps, Etc W II til HUES, .Ti:., A Co., ('olumhia. S. C. . PITT'S CARMINATIVE! I 'OK ' OKl;i;i"l | N M'SIIA HVSKNTKKV i )' I)|.n i Ihi-.i antl < lioleru liiliuit urn. A ? j.i . hiii 111?*<t:< in*- i.i lin. leu iiilf iiiitii iii Hi*' ! V, I < : p circlt* fur Hiiiu <*r uliill. Il i |*??|>nl:ir, , I i-.int hi..I I'liii'ioil. I i uly u iiiiiIiter's P II , n . ' t .mill's il "<l III ills I l:e UUIOntlK llitlll- t tj .11.! >** mill i n eks ili nun . hi (llsrliiirKe ' II" >1 I lie I i1i>||. iili.i < I I il i \v ' N I'lie Illl'I'iitlS i ii in.i freni tin* liriiit mi! limits iiro us t IT i'ii | I ? ii' I i 11 I* " ! :> I lie iii l troll* ill* k? ell iree I < I. w: - I' - *.?..I.. > ' Mi mil. oils hj 111 :> id riu' ? i.iiim'ii, : ><t il ilors 11. 11 in i Id > t li< i ri ?! |mtI?xI ol lKr! Ii , [q I ni; eh I III re ii >iiI<' i ml i ik v. it i n v li,<iral i'i> ii nil > liiiii-K n|> I In" i \ t n. \t i.f i: >- 11 Hi-v11114 ntkI CtlllUK tlf will*' 'I 11 - --111 . Il is i r TKiiii'iidi'l 4. iinil itst'il litrti"''> l>\ |'li> sit inns. | ur suit- l>\ W ii ii it it ii i ii k i i ?V M urr.iY <'<?., ('n'.iwiiliiii, S, <*', ' utiil wliolrsnli' ! '. HnW.mt.V V 11 i'i t. A i;iili?'tn, "I . ; I -nil. i;i;os\'K>\'i;'s m Bell-c?.y sic Plasters J A.j; Till" P.IXT l*(?H(?l S I'l.AM'Flts IN Til K Wo It 1.1'. ' l liry nro tin- l>< M p'tK-U'ri in evrry way lor ; ^Xrk ri ! !? ! ol \VvNW;^* U. PAIN IN Til K <11 K>T. MATlsM. M l K\ I.MI A. v \ v< \ Ob i? lift* | ' . s'. i . :i i- ,ii I'lli'ly '' I lartnloss. ICi'lli'Vo I > >( it it I ly <*,^111 lorttri'. 'ft-:. Ill M'li ANIt s< UK. .Irnnmos or ma I li*i I oil t t-c I |i| ol UllosVKNi 'It .< KK'IIAKlm, Hosloii. Mass WKITI-: TO- IOLLEH cV ANDKKSON 11UGG V CO., t()(JK III L Ii. - - - - S. C , Fo. tin ii Catalogue ^iviiifr Prices, Viin-> and References of Jiu<>^icH, 'airing s, Wagons.In .id and Pltaelon *sii t ., Harness. e(e. All lirst class lork made l>.v I mini ami wa\rrunted. 'rices lower than an.\ other of same jrudc. Our Vehicles a e running ill very county in South Carolina, and n nmiiy counties of North Carolina, jeorgia ami Florida. All inquiries nxauptly answered. In writing please Mention this paper ami don't forget 0 give your I'ostoflice address and 1 ,11 your name plainly. Hollrr Anderson boggy Co., ?MANUFAC riMUUtS,? KOCK HILL, S C. DETECTIVES Caul, d tti .tot y tom.ty. Shrewd a on to u-t under uasu uoUono iruuau HctfctlTO Uurcao Co. 41Arc?lo,Clcclau?U,0. TfreTozer Buginc} Works (Siicei-st-oi to I>li*! ltnipu WorhR.) jeiiN A. WILLIS, IMUHM;., 117 WKST Gkhvais STUKF.T, MAN IT v?TI'UI:RS or ? Toze** Steam Engines, Ami hU slz< s <i! Ititl I: I .ocimio! I ves n ml re'urn Tul>lar lioilers, iMaumlry work in iron anil iirass liepairing t roi?i|Uiy executed. CIIAUL,< >TT JB FEMALE 1NSTITIT The building is now modernized and improved as a hoarding school until it is second to none in the South iu com fori and conveniences. The Corps of Teachers engaged for the coming ses sion is the best the Iustituto has ever had. No other institute in the South can oiler advantages superior to those offered here in the Literary, Music and Art I>ep?rt meuls. Mr. Mac'can continues io he the Dire*, toi of Music. The patrons of the Institute, whose daughters were taught by Mr. Maclean during the past session, aie referred to in proof of the statement that he is the best teacher of Music who has ever taught in Charlotte. As originator and director o the June Musical Festival in this city, his reputation has extended throughout the South. Wm. lv. Atkinson, Principal. f! \sl. i ,r c. Itilo^riu* TERRY M'f 'C CO.. Nashville. Te?.:? ?.* TV:E ' ^ Spring Micine i j rJJJH | j m AND WOMAN. J 1*. 1'. I\ will purify and vltnllzo your K " hliMni, iT--Aft>a i:?mk| aiipfiitoaiul Kivoyour E> vholosystrin tone anil strength. i .? A prominent railroad superintendent at Ejj ' Savannah, sulfcriiiK with V.ilami, DyBpi'p- K sia, ainl Hliouinatisin an; ' ' * tor injr H , P. P. P. Iit> novcr felt kowc'.I in his lif?>, ami Bh feels as if lm could livofi.tv vcr, if lie could ft a!ua}i P. 1'. P." 62 f , \ li y.>u arc tired out fr > . vv. T..? and 85 , eh'S" conllnewient, taka r_< 3 ?. P. P. | ' j I; you aro fooling *> ' ' in the spring R j ntui out of sort**. tuko M j p. p. p. !i i j if >.. ir .'i^csMvi. ' ">! tonlni; up, 2 i p. p. p. I , 3 If v hi kiiIT'T wlili hi'/idni-ho, iii.'.l^cptlon, g J dobiiity iiii'i ui'iikiMKit, liiko H 3 F" P- I ?] If viiii sulTi-r w lili i crvium i.rrwrtmilon, w J nci-von uiiHiriini? mi'l h tri-iirrnl U f down K ,3 ot tlio system, t?!>o H I P. P. P. I | For Wood r.inivm. Hhcilinftllsm, Hcrof- K a u'ft./Jnl Son's. .Malaria, chronic Fonialo W f ^iiiploiiitu, talo "i % M ' I Y. Y. Y. R I Prickly Ash, Poke Root ^ and Potassium. The Ix'st MixmI purifier In tho world. ji J I.il'I'MAN Hisos. Wholesale Druggists, [} ^ " Sole rropriflor.4, ? I.ipphan'm Hmkk, Savannah, Oo.