The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, August 29, 1890, Image 4
SERMON TO FARMERS.
DR. TALMAGE ADDRESSES THE ENCAMPMENT
AT MT. GRETNA.
"J-'mmiiIiik u | I Type," tlic Sunjeet,
iiikI the Text, "Kliihn, the S<in of Sll?phnt,
Who Who IMowIiik with Twelve
Oxen.
ItKBANoN, 1*a., August 17.?Tlic.
American Farmers' Kncampment at
Mount (Jrctna. near this city, to-day
listened attentively to a remarkable discourse
by the meat Brooklyn preacher,
Kev. T. DoWItt Talmage, who arrived
here yesterday from the Chautauqua, at
Piedmont, (la., where he spoke Wednesday
last. The subject was one |>ociiliurlv
suited to the vast audience, being on
Fanning a (iospel Ty|>c." I Kings, xix,
19: "Klisha.the son ofShaphat. who was
plowing witli twelve oxen before him,
and he with the twelfth."
Representatives of the great Farmers' 1
associations from all parts oi the country
are at the encampment, preparations for 1
which have been going on months tu '
advance. The surrounding densely-pop- 1
ulaled counties of Pennsylvania are also '
fully represented. To-day's services :
were held in the open air. An immense 1
choir, from the churches of Lebanon, led
the music. Kev. Dr. Talmagc spoke as 1
Farmers ot' America! Accept my salutation.
Our text puts us down into the
plow's furrow, where many of us have
been before. My boyhood passed on a
farm, and my father, a fanner, your style '
of life is familiar to me. One of my '
earliest recollections is that of my father
coming in from the hot harvcst-lield ex- '
hausted, the perspiration streaming from
his forehead and chin, and fainting oil
the door-sill, and my mother resuscitat- J
ing him, until seeing the alarm of the
household, lie said, "Don't be frightened.
I got a little tired, and the sun was hot,
hut I am all right now." And I remember
mother seated at the table, often say- J
ing, "Well, 1 am too tired to cat!" The
fact is, that 1 do not think the old folks
got thoroughly rested until they lay j
down in the grave-yard back of Somer- j
villc, to take the last sleep.
< llliec-scekera go through the land and :
they stand on political platforms, and 1
they tell the farmers the story about the 1
independent lite of the farmer, giving
llatby.v wlterp ihev ought to give symtfjvcoplc
in this country have it harder j
Of the curculio that "stings'tiVtT JVtliRln '
trees? <?f the rust in the wheat? of the '
lnii' rnin with tlif> rvr> dmvuV Inde- <
pendent of the grasshopper? of the 1
locust? of the army worm ? of the potato- '
hug? Independent of the drought that 1
burns up the harvest? Independent of :
the cow with the hollow horn ? or the ]
sheep with the fool-rot9 or the pet 1
horse with a nail in his hoof? Iudc- (
pendent of the void that freezes out the '
winter grain ? Independent of the snowhank
out of which he must shovel him- t
self? Independent of the cold .weather \
when he stands thesliiug his numbed *
lingers around his body to- keop them t
from being frosted? lmk)puidcnbo?-thc ;
frozen ears and '
made their tortuncOTS>($te $
all the modern impro^il^t^'|
solace; but the yediffamy^r^^t''ttiWr <
living out of the-#JLBb4_who that wtoiy i
nave to clothe their huulTTcs and cducsfw ]
their children, and pay their taxes and i
meet the interest *<y>. mortgaged farms? <
such men tind a terrific struggle. And I
my hope is that this great N&tipnul '
Farmers' encampment may ,diV sopic- <
thing towards lifting the b(lr?cns of^rfie
agriculturists. Yes, w<pmngo?arJyjill i
of us born in the country. \wc dropped i
corn in the hill, and went on Saturday 1
to the mill, tying the grist hi.{Jie centre .i
of the sack so that the coititnifjjncither .i
side the horse balanced e."i"n(u;r; and t
drove the cattle alield, our brirtwwet wet s
with the dew. and rode the horses with l
the halter to the brook until wc loll oil". .
ami hunted the mow lot-msLs iml4 the
leathered occupants ; went cockling
away. So we all understand rustle allusions.
The lliblc is lull of them. In
Christ's sermon on the Mouut, you see
the lull-blown lillics and the glossy
black of the crow's wing ns it Hies over
Mount Olivet. David ami John, l'aul
ami Isaiah find in country life a source
of frequent illustration. \\Lile Christ
takes the responsibility of calling Clod a
farmer, declaring: "My Father is the
husbandman."
Xoah was the first farmer. Wc say
nothing about Cain, the tiller of the soil.
Adam was a gardener on a large scale,
but to Noah was given all the acres ot
the earth. Elisha was an agriculturist,
not ctdturing a ten-acre lot. for in my
text you lind him plowing with twelve
yoke of oxen before him, and he with the
iwelfth. In JJiblc times the land was so
plenty, and the inhabitants so lew, that
Xoah was right when he gave to every
inhabitant a certain portion of land;
that land. If cultured, ever after to be
his own possession.
They were not small crops raised In
those times, for though the arts were
rude, the plow turned up very rich soil,
and barley, and cotton, ami Ilex, ami all
kinds of grain came up at the call of the
harvesters. IMiny tells of one stalk nt
grain that had on it bet ween .'ion ami 100
ears. The rivers and the brooks, through
artificial channels, were brought down
to the roots of the corn, and to this
habit of turning a river wherever it was
wanted Solomon refers when lie, snvs:
"The King's heart is in the hands ot the
Lord, and He turncth it as the rivers of
water are turned, withersoever He will."
The wild beasts were caught,and then
a book was out into their nose, and then
they were led over the fiehl. and to that i
tiod refers when he says to wicked Keuuneherih:
"1 will put a hook in thy nose
and 1 will brin?j thee hack l>v the way
which thou earnest." And (iodhasa
hook in every mail's nose, whether it he
Nebuchadnezzar or Aliabor Herod. lie
may think himself very independent, hut
some time in his life or in the hour of
his death, he will lind that the Lord Almighty
has a hook in his nose.
This was the rule in regard to the culture
ot the ground, "Thou shall not plow
with an ox and an ass together," illustrating
the folly of ever putting intelligent
and useful and pliable men in association
with the subboin and the unmanageable.
The vast majority of
troubles in the churches and in reformatory
institutions cornea from the d'.sre- !
jrard tor this command of the Lord, j
' Thou shall not plow with an ox and
an ass together."
There were lame amounts of properly
Invented in cattle. The Moabilcs paid
lub.ooi) sheep as an annual tax. Job ,
had T.iHiii sheep, ,'t,000camels, .r?ut) yoke
ot ovcu. The time of vintage was (
uslitrcil in with mirth and music. The
clusters of tin- vine were put in to the
winepress, am) then live men \Vould net
into the press and trample out the juice
from the grape until their garments were
saturated with the wine and had become
the emblems of slaughter. Christ Himself,
wounded until covered with the
blood ot crucifixion, made use of this
allusion when the question was asked:
"Wherefore art thou red in thine apparel
and thy garments like one who
treadeth the wine-vat?" lie responded :
"L have trodden the winepress alone."
In all ages there has been great honor
paid to agriculture. Seventh-eighths of
the people in every country are disciples
of the plow. A Government is strom; in
proportion as it is supported by an athletic
and industrious yeomanry. So loin;
as before the lull of Carthage, Strabo
wrote twenty-eight books on agriculture;
I Icsiod wrote a poem on the same subject?"The
Weeks and Days." Cato
was prouder of his work on husbandry
than of all his military conquests. Hut
I must not be tempted into a discussion
of agricultural conquests. Standing
unid the harvests and orchards and vineyards
of the Bible, and standing amid
Lhe harvests and orchards and vineyards
n our own country?i wain, to run out.
Lite analogy between the production of
:rops and the growth of grace in the
soul?all these sacred writers making
use of that analogy.
In the first place I remark, in grace as
in the fields there must he a plow. That
which theologians call conviction isonly
the plowshare turning up the sins that
have been rooted and matted in the soul.
A farmer said to his indolent son:
'There arc a hundred dollars buried
leep in that Held." The son went to
work and plowed the lield from fence to
Tence, and he plowed it very deep, and
then complained that lie had not found
the money; but when the crop had been
gathered and sold for a hundred dollars
more than any previous year, then the
young man took the hint as to what his
father meant when lie said there were a
iiindrcd dollars buried down in that
lield. Deep plowing for a crop. Deep
flowing for a soul, lie who makes
iglit of sin will never amount to anyhing
in the church or in the world. If
i man speaks of sin as though it were
m inaccuracy or a mistake, instead of
die loathsome, abominable, consuming,
ttul damning thing that (*od hates, that
man will never yield a harvest of usefulness.
When 1 was a boy 1 plowed a lield
with a team of spirited horses. I plowed
id over sdnWoi file iTicnbih
t, but I did not jerk back the plow with
'10 UlwrtW' iflVfrf?
:amc along and said: "Why, this will
1 r>vnr .lr?- lliiu tiliVA'Pil < 1. <> i, r> 11, * 11,. 11
Llicre you have missed this and you have
missed that." And he plowed it over
i^ain. The ditliculty with a great many
people is that they are only scratched
with conviction when the subsoil plow
if God's truth ought to he put in up to
die beam.
My word is to all Sabbath-school
:eachcrs, to all parents, to all Christian
workers?plow deep! And if in your
>wn personal experience you arc apt to
:ake a lenient view of the sinful side of
your nature, put down into your soul
Lhe ten commandments which reveal the
Itolhicss of God. and that sharp and
flittering coulter will turn up your soul
po the deepest depths. If a man preaches
you that you are only a little out of
wdpr bv reason of sin and that you need
>hTy a little lixing-up, he deceives ! You
?n?Vnroil f\?? nppntting injury by
rdason of sin. There are quick poisons,
nid slow poisons, but the druggist could
jive you one drop that would kill the
body. And sin is like that drug; so
rirulcnt. so poisonous, so fatal that one j
lrop is enough to kill the soul.
Deep ploughing for a crop. Deep
douglung for a soul. Broken heart or
10 religion, itroken soul or 110 harvest.
IVIiy was it that David and the jailer
ind the publican and l'aul made such
ido about their sins? Had they lost
heir senses? No. The ploughshare j
truck them. Conviction turned up a
treat many things that were forgotten.
\.s a farmer ploughing sometimes turns J
ip the skeleton of a man or the anatomy I
)t" a monster long ago buried, so the '
doughshare of conviction turns up the !
jhastly skeletons ot sin long ago en-!
otnhcd. (icologists never brought up !
rom the depths of the mountain migh- I
icr ichthyosaurus or megatherium.
Jlut what means all this crooked
donghiug, these crooked furrows, the
epunlnuvo Hint nmuuntn to nuthhi<;, Hie |
epentanec that ends In nothing? Men |
jroan over their sins, hut yet no hotter. |
I'liey weep, hut their tears are not count- 1
d. They get convicted, hut nut eon- '
rerted. What is the reason? I retnem- j
>er that on tlie farm we set a standard I
villi a red flag at the other end of the j
ield. We kept our eye on that. We j
limed at that. We ploughed up to that, j
josing sight of that we made a crooked
in-row. Keeping our eyes on that we j
nude a straight furrow. Now in this j
natter of conviction we must have some i
itandard to guide us. It is a red staudird
that (Jod has set at the other end of
he field. It is the cross. Keeping your
>ye on that you will make a straight
urrow. Losing sight of it you will
nakc a crooked furrow, l'lough up to
he cross. Aim not at either end of the
lori/.ontal piece of the cross hut at the !
ipright piece, at the centre of it. the |
wart or the Noil 01 tiou who hore your |
lius ami made satisfaction. Crying and
.veoplng will not. tiring you through.
"Ifini hath (Jod exalted to he 1'riuee
mil Saviour to give repentance." Uh! I
dough ut? to the cross !
A train. I remark in grace as in the
ield there must, lie a sowing. In the
uttumnal weather you lind the farmer
?olng across the tield at astride of a limit
twenty-three inches, and at every stride
lie puts his hand into the sack ol grain
and he sprinkles the seed corn over the
liehl. It looks silly to a man who does
not know what he is doing. lie is doing
a very important work. He is scattering
the winter grain, and though the
snow may conic, the next year there
will he a great crop. Now. that is what
we are doing when we are preaching the
(Jos pel ?wc are scattering the seed. It
is the foolishness of preaching, hut it is
the winter grain; and though the snow !
ot worldiness may come down upon it.
it will yield after a while glorious liar
vest. 1.01 lis DC ?nre ivc iwnv mi: nyiii j
kind of need. Sow nuillcn stalk ami
million stalk will conic up. Sow Canada
thristlcs and Canada thistles will conic
up. Sow wheat and wheat will come up.
Let us distinguish between truth and
error. Let us know the difference between
wheat and hellebore, oats and
henbane.
The largest denomination in this country
is the denominate n of Nothingarians.
Their religion is a system ot negations.
You say to nncolThciu. "What
do you believe?" "Well. I don't believe
in infant baptism." "What do you heft
?
-V
. \J> I
lieve? "We ll I don't lielicvc in the prcseverance
of the saints." k,Wrll. now
tell tin- what you ?lo believe?" "Well,
I don't believe in the eternal punish'
meiit ol the wicked." Their religion is a
J row of cyphers. Believe something and
teach il; or. to resume the figure of my
text, scatter abroad the right kind of
seed.
A minister ill New York preached a
sermon calculated to set the denominations
of Christians quarreling. He was
sowing nettles. A minister in Boston
advertised that he would preach a sermon
on the superiority of transcendental
and organized forces touiitraiisceudeiital
and unorganized forces. What was lie
sowing? The Lord Jesus C hrist nineteen
centuries ago planted the divine
seed of doctrine. It sprang up. On one
side of the stalk are all the churches of
Christendom. On the other side of the
stalk are all the free governments of the
earth, auil on the top there shall he a
(lowering inillcnium after awhile. All
from the Gospel seed of doctrine. Kvery
word that a parent, or Sabbath-school
teacher, or eily missionary, or zither
Christian worker speaks for ChnstToines
tip. Yea, It eomes tip with eomponnd
interest?yon saving one soul, that one
saving ten, the ten a hundred, the hundred
a thousand, (lie thousand ten thousand,
the ten thousand one hundred
thousand?on, on forever.
Again, I remark, in grace as in the
farm there must be a harrowing. I refer
now not to a harrow that goes over
the field in order to prepare the ground
for the seed, but a harrow which goes
oves after the seed is sown, lest the birds
pick up the seeds, sinking it down into
the earth so that It con take root. There
are new kinds of harrow, hut the harrow
as I remember it was made of bars of
wood nailed across each other, and-the
underside of each bar was furnished with
sharp teeth, and when the horses were
hitched to it it went tearing and leaping
across the Held, driving tin; seed down
into the earth until it sprung up in the
harvest. Bereavement, sorrow, persecution
arc the Lord's harrows to sink
the Gospel truth into your heart. There
were truths that you heard thirty years
ago, that have not allotted you until recently.
Some great trouble came over
you, and the truth was harrowed in, and
it has come up. What did God mean in
this country in 1857? For a century
there was the Gospel preached, hut a
great deal of it produced no result. Then
God harnessed a wild panic, lo-a harrow
of commercial disaster, and that harrow
went down Wall street and up Wall
street, down Third street and up Third
street, until the whole land was torn to
HteelP ihHfew? ,w:v great awakening
in which there were 500,000 souls
brought into the kingdom of our Lord.
No harrow, no crop.
Again, I remark, in grace as in the
farm there must he a reaping. Many
Christians speak of religion as th nigh it
were a matter of economies or insurance.
They expect to reap in the next worid.
un. no: jvnv is the nine to reap.
Gather up the joy of the Cliristrian religion
tliis morning, this afternoon, this
night. If you have not as much grace
as you would like to have, thank God
for what you have, and pray lor more.
You arc no worse enslaved than Joseph,
no worse troubled than was Dayid. no
worse scourged than was l'aul. Yet,
amid the rattling offetlcrs, and amid the
gloom of dungeons, and amid the horror
of shipwreck, they triumphed in the
grace of God. The weakest man here
has 500 acres of spiritual joy all ripe.
Why do you not go and reap it V You
liAVO been ^ronnitnr over > our inlirniitico
for thirty years. Now give one round
shout over your emancipation. You say
you have it so hard; you might have it
worse. You wonder why this great
cold trouble keeps revolving through
your soul, turning and turning, with a
black hand 011 the crank. All, that
trouble is the grindstone 011 which you
arc to sharpen your sickle. To the
fields! Wake up! Take oil'your green
spectacles, your blue spectacles, your
black spectacles. Pull up the corners of
your mouth as far as you pull them
down. To the fields! Reap! reap!
Again, I remark, in grace as in farm- j
ing, there is a time for threshing. I tell ;
you bluntly that is death. Just as a|
farmer beats the wheat out of the straw, 1
so death heats the soul out of the body. I
Kvery sickness is a stroke of the llail, and
the sickbed is the threshing floor. What,
say you, is death to a good man, only
taking the wheat out of the straw. That
is all. An aged man has fallen asleep.
( )n\ y y?>ulortbl V )(WU ntl>? llllll 111 Uto
ny porch, playing with his grand-children.
Calmly lie received the message
to leave this world. lie hade a pleasant
good-hy to his old friends. The telegraph
carries the tidings, and on swift
rail-trains the kindred come, wanting
once more to look 011 the face of dear
old grandfather. I Irtish hack the grayhairs
from his brow: it will never ache
again. Put him away in the slumber of
the tomb. lie will not be afraid of that
night. Grandfather was never afraid of
anything. He will rise in the morning
of the resurrection. Grandfather was
iHvnvsi tlw lirst to rise. His voice has
already mingled in (lie doxology of heaven.
(Grandfather always did sing in
church. Anything ghastly in that? No.
The threshing of wheat out of the straw.
That is all.
The Saviour folds a lamb in His bosom.
The little child tilled all the house with
her music, and her toys are scattered all
up and down the stairs just as she left
them. What if the hand that plucked
four o'clock* out of the meadow is still?
It will wave the eternal triumph. What
if the voice that made music in the home
is still? 11 will sing the eternal hosauna.
Put a white rose in one hand, and a red
rose in the other hand, and a wreath of
orange blossoms on the brow; the white
(lower for the victory, the red llower for
the Saviour's sacriliec. the orange blossoms
for her marriage day. Anything
ghastly about that? Oh, no. The sun
went down and the llower shut. The
wheat threshed out of the straw. "Dear
Lord, give inc sleep," said a dying hoy;
thi' sou of one of my elders, "Dear
Lord, give me sleep." And lie closed
his eyes and awoke in glory. Henry W.
J.ongleiiow, wrming :i leuur oi coimolence
to those parents, said: "Those last
words were beautifully poetic. "Dear
Lord, give m(> sleep."
" 'Twas not in cruelty, not in wrath
That the reaper came that day;
'Twas an antt.il that visited the earth
Ami took the tlower away."
So it may he with us when our work
is all done. "Dear Lord, give mo sleep."
I have one more thought to present.
I have spoken of the plowing, of the
sowing, of the. harrowing, of tin; reaping,
of the threshing. I must now speak a
moment of the garnering.
Where is thegnrner? Need I tell you/
Oh. no. So many have gone out from
your own circles?yea. from your own
iamily, that you have had your eyes on
that garner for many a year. What a
hard time some of them had! In lieth
sciuancs of suHcrinir. they sweat ureal
?lroj>s of blood. They took the "cup of
trembling" and they put it to their hot
lips nod they cried: "If it he possible, lei
thiscup pass Iroin me." Willi touuues
of burning auony they cried: "< > Lord,
deliver my soul!" IJut thev uot over it.
They all got over It. (Jaruered! Their
tears wiped away; their battles ail ended;
tUeir burdens lifted. tlnriiercd! The
Lord of the harvest will not allow those
sheave*Jo perish in the equinox. (Jarmua>l.of
us remember, on the
farm, lliat the sheaves were put on the
top of the rack, which surmounted the
wa?on, and these sheaves were piled
lusher and higher, and after a while the
Vases started for the barn; and these
iheaves swayed to and fro in the wind,
and the old wagon creaked, and the
horses made a struggle, and pulled so
hard the harness came up in loops of
leather on their hack, and when the front
wheel struck the eievated tloor of the
barn, it seemed as if the load would go
no farther, until the workmen ?avu a
great shout, and then with one last tremendous
strain, the lioiscs pulled in the
load; then they were unharnessed, and
Ibrkl'ul alter forklul of grain tell in the
mow. O my friends, our getting into
heaven may he a pull a hard pull, a
very hard pull, hut these sheaves are
bound to go m. The herd of the harvest
has promised it. I see the load at
Inst coming in the door of the heavenly
garner. The sheaves of the Christian
soul sway to and fro in the wind of
death, and the old body creaks under
the load, ami as. the load strikes the lloor
ol ilmf jt'-'.iiii gm j it e,?oi.is as 11 it
can go'n? further. It is the last struggle,
until the voice ot angles and ihe
voices of our departed kindred and the
welcoming voice ol our (Sod shall send
the harvest rolling into the eternal tri11
ini?11_ w 11i11> im and down the sky the
cry Is hoard: "Harvest home! Harvest
homo."
A CHARLOTTE GIRL'S SAD FATE.
Sliu win* Ills S?>v?"iitli Wife Hut Didn't.
Know It.
Ciiaki.ottk,N. C.. August H?.?Charlolto
has a sensation. In it one of the
prettiest of her daughters is the principal
factor.
On the 4th of last .June, this city was
startled by the elopement tjl Miss Uorinne
Xcisles without! Chanes (1. Lamoine.
Miss Xeislerhad met Lamoine
in Atlanta where she was visiting
friends, and fronied ii deep attachment
for him. Her parents objected to the
match, but under the pretense of attending
the exercises of the unveiling of
thvihn?nO, C....V
Her r"?>nt? were uct <ui islioil to ) :>/?.:
A telegram announcing her marrige in
Jloston.
Humor in the meanwhile was rife.
It was reported that Lamoine was a
noted bigamist. Deplorable to relate
these rumors appeared to be only too
true.
Yesterday, in the cityo Manchester,
X. II.. Charles (i. Lamoin vas arrested
on a warrant sworn out t a charge of
Li l... \f?., /i /1 : -c /i:?
u) iUID. Kj. U. lit; UJ 1111cinati,
O., who has been on his track
ever since he deserted her last April.
Lamnine claims that his Cincinnati
wile is the only one he is bound to by the
marriage vows, but his wife says that
he deserted her four months after the
marriage and married Corinne Neisler,
and that this is his seventh ma trimonial
venture
The result of the trial was that Lamoine
was placed under a bond of .Sot*)
and his Charlotte bride lined Slit. t?2.
The unfortunate lady telegraphed to
her grief-stricken family to-day for
money to come home on.
The J'""*" y n. ntnAi.gr
best in Charlotte, respected by all and
moving in the best circles. The shock
comes upon them with crushing force.
They have the sympathy of all the citizens
of Charlotte, and what now seems
to he such a dark cloud of allliction, it
is hoped, will somewhat disappear
when the idol of the family circles gets
hack to her Southern home. She is expected
to-night.?Atlanta Constitution.
A Terrible Story.
Birmingham. Ala., August. 17. Reports
of a fatal light among miners
at Johns, twenty-eight miles from here,
were received here to-night. It seem
some fifteen or twenty miners became
involved in:i quarrel yesterday while at
work down in the mine, and divided
into two factions. One party of ten
came out of the mine lirst, and waited
at the mouth of the shaft for the other
party. When the second party came
out they were attacked by those above
ground. As a man's head would appaerat
the mouth of the shaft he would
in-'
jured. There is n? telegraph ollice near
I..1 r. < > ?\ . 1 .1.1/1 I'l.ffrtw*.*
tin: 111111j ciiiii iiaiuro ?ir11\4 i ui tiiui
particulars cannot be learned to night.
The coroner has gone down to investigate
tin? matter. Solar as known, no
arrests have been mailt;.
Will We llHve h Fltlit.
Coltmiua,S.C., Aug. 1?>.?K.M.Brayton,
chairman of the Republican State
Executive Committee, issued a call today
for a Republican State Convention
to be held in this city on September l7tb.
This convention, which will consist of
125 delegates, will elect a new executive
Committee and transact other business
that may be deemed advisable.
When asked by a reporter if a nomination
for State olllccrs would be made,
Mr. Brayton replied: "Thecall says'and
to transact any other business that may
be deemed advisable* and L can't say
whether nominations will be made or
not. But you are at liberty to guess."
I A prominent colored Republican was
seen later who said that he was positive
that nominations would be made and
that I nited Stales Marsnai lainningham,
of Charleston, would be the nominee
for Governor.
Out of lliinililily'H ItciuUi.
St. Lor is, Mo., August 15.?Anna
Met Jowl), known far and wide for her
obesity, was buried to-day. The woman
weighed over 500 pounds before
death, and the cotVui, an immense affair
especially constructed for her,
weighed 400 more. She was removed
from the house on skids airl elevated
to the hearse with a derrick. The
grave was a small cellar in size, being
eight fret long, eight loot ueep ami
six feet wide. Another derrick was
made to do duty in lowering the woman
to her last resting place.
Stiii'vint; C?? n ml in n *.
(JlJKiiK<\ August 2d.?I.e ('anadien
appeals to the leaders of the Ot tawa and
(Quebec governments to provide work
for the inliahitants of the ('miotics below
(Quebec whose crops are a total failure,
The paper says it has ascertained that
thousands of families are preparing to
leave the country and unless the projected
Matane railway is pushed ahead in order
to provide these families with bread
emigration will take place which will
he ruinous to the Dominion.
.Suicide of it Conductor.
Atlanta. August 18.?Samuel \V.
Harris, a conductor on the (ieorgia
<'entrtil Railroad, committed suicide to
day by jumping in his well. Illhealtl
ami despondency are ascribed ;ls tin
reason.
I
THE RIDE TO DEATH1.1st
of tin* Iti-uil in tin- Ai'i'Mi'lit N?*)ir
Hon ton.
Boston. Aug. 2". Tin1 latest report
I'rum tjuincy gives the following; as the
complete list of t lie dead, all iileiit ilied:
Mrs. M. K. I'arker, Wellllcet. Mass.
Master I'arker. son of Mary F. I'arker,
Lyman Merrill. Koiiiney, N.II.
Mrs. L. Merrill and .\irs. Mattie Fran- j
; cis, Chelsea.
Miss Mary K. Vilton, Lexington,
Mass.
i Mrs. Mary Abbott, Louisville, Ky.
Miss Kva Ballard, Ashville, N. C.
Mrs. F. O. Allen, Philadelphia, l'a.
Miss Bessie Allen, Philadelphia, l'a.
Mrs. Osear Feiiley, Lonisvdle, Ky.
Mrs.Sue Fenley, Louisville, Ky.
Alice Fenley (infant), ami Catherine :
Fenley, Louistflle, Ky.
Mrs. I']. 1'. .loluison, A. C. Johnson,
son of the above, and James Ryan,
South Boston, fireman of train.
Mrs. Nancy Wells, Hartford, Ct. %
C. M. Copp, Cleveland, O.
Regarding the cause of the accident I
Division Superintendent French, of the 1
Old Colony road, said last night: "We 1
have not made an investigation, but 1
j i mm wiiiii ?r fit11 if.irii il appears mill
11 In* suction men, who were at work on
j the track, had wlutt we call a 'track
i jack' on the rails, and that they had it on
when tlu' train came dying around the
curve. From all indications, although '
we don't know it officially, the jack was
not taken out when the train came up.
Whether or not the danger signal was !
set will not he known till the otiicial investigation
Thursday." '
.V .>(?>! ICl, ill j?vuvv.a:..? l,jw
investigations, found in a lot of weeds,
beside the track near the bridge, the ,
jack which is supposed to have caused i
such terrible loss of life. I
Marks of the Manges of wheels were
plainly cut in the heavy tool and it bore (
evidences of having been run over by a
train of cars. The sides of the socket of '
the casting to receive the handles by '
which the weight is raised were pressed '
close together and a large hole was cut
through the casting and the bottom of
the casting was broken olf.
The foreman of the section gang,
named Welch, could not be found last
evening.
Hot SprliifiH.
llave you ever visited Ilot Springs?
Alas! You meet while there so many
instances of terrible blood poison, evidenced
by disfigurement of face and
form. Hither, rush sufferers from scrofula,
syphilis, eczema, salt rheum, ulcers,
blemished skin, twisted and aching
joints, limbs made crooked by
rheumatism, etc.,etc. Some lind relief,
some <i?..Ho.f JW4..SPJiUi,,W.V.r Vi
I f'HSts nwtm>v tn vicif ?in?l c/\iMiirn ?# II,?f
? iTC *iaJ?"r 1 iiit-YlV"o11 "goi'iij?
there cannot be indulged in without
considerable expence. IIow thankful
then should everyone be to know there
is a remedy even more beneficial in
eases of blood poison than Hot Springs.
We refer to llotanic I Mood Halm (li II
11) as to its merits thousands will testify.
'/. T. llallerton. Macon, (la., writes:
"I contracted blood poison. I lirst tried
physicians, and then went to Hot
Springs. 1 returned home a ruined man
physically. Nothing seemed to do me
any good. My mother persuaded me to
try H H H. To my utter antcnishment1
every ulcer quickly healed."
.las. L. Hosworth, Atlanta, (la., says :
"Some years ago 1 contracted blood poison.
I had no appetite, my digestion
was ruined, rheumatism drew up my
limbs, so I could hardly walk, my throat
was cauterized live times. Hot Springs
gave nie no benefit, and my life was one
of torture until I gave Ji H H a trial,
and surprising as it may seem, the use
of five bottles cured me."
A Deed of llcrnlsin.
Aniikkson. S. <;., August 10.?Maui
street was the scene on yesterday afternoon
of a deed of heroism seldom equaltoil
lit I/i-oiiL- Millov o I'lUin.i iwt
gro man. was the hero. A horse driven
by MrsSehirmcr, her mother-in-law ami
a little <*irl being with her in the carriage,
heeanie frightened at the engine of the
ltough and Ready Fire Company, which
was throwing water on the square, and
ran away. Frank Miller, who was standing
on the sidewalk near the National
Rank, seeing the runaway ran out and
caught hold of the harness, and alter
running some distance at the side of the
horse and seeing that he would have to
turn loose or he struck against a post
toward which they weare fast approaching.
he gave one hound and leaped upon (
the hack of the running animal, and
gathering up the lines, succeeded in bring- <
ing him to a standstill. No one was i
hurt, although the ladies were dread
c.,n,. tvi.ri.......i ~r?c.,J
A handsome purse was at once made up {
and persented to the rescuer, who had no 3
doubt saved the lives of these ladies at ]
the risk of his own. It was a noble act.
and one that cannot he too higfdy
commended.?News and Courier. I
l'ianos iiixl
N. W. Tlil'Ml', 134 Main Street, Columbia,
S. C., sells l'ianos and Organs,
direct from factory. No agents' commissions.
The celebrated Chiekering
I'iano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated
for its clearness of tone, lightness of
touch and lasting qualities. Mason &
Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright
IMnnos.from ?22 up. Arion Pianos,
from ?200 np. Mason A Hamlin j
Organs, surpassed by none. Sterling ,
Organs, ?.~>0 up. F.very Instrument |
guaranteed tor six years. Fifteen days' 1
trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory.
Sold on Instalments.
Ktlitor ami Mule.
A Georgia editor, says the Atlanta
Constitution, borrowed a mule to plow
1.:.. .1.... wi , ?.? . . 1
the editor was found under an outhouse,
four panels of fence were gone, and the
mule was eat ing roastiug-cars in a neighboring
truck patch.
IQtlanimatorv Rheumatism is cured
I?v T*. I*. I'. I 'rick 1 y Ash. Poke Hoot ami
Potassium. Physicians have boon consu
11<*<I, and to no purpose. As a last
resort patient, take I'. I\ I'. and nets
well. I losts of eertilieates to t his effect,
are an possession of the manufacturers,
and will he shown on application.
! OvcfiYic $35. Pianos $30. t'atulbauo
loituc lice. 1). F. lieaty.
Washington. N. .1.
COMPLETE GINNERIES,
I [PUN Til K MOST APPROVED
' plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked
I licit Seed Cotton Elevator furnished at
I competitive prices.
COTTON (iINS and PRESSES of best
' makers. Thomas Hay Hakes, Deerlng
j Mowers, Corbin Harrows and Planet, Jr.,
| | Cultivators.
A larno stock of Portable and Stationary
Cinniia and Saw Mill Empties on band.
State Agents for
I C. A <;. COOl'Elt & CO'S Corliss Engines
Lane Saw Mills and Liddell Company's
complete line.
W. 11. C.IIHIKS, .lit., & CO.,
Near Union Depot,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
1 . Ad-* hP" .?-. ? is. I -I.;. -.JbuUK i-.ti
! uW Kan /rm i CUSMIMS. Wliu|.. r* h.iir.1. ( ...iifor
labia. Sytrriifol wbara all Uemadlaa fall. Nald bj K. Ml HI l'\
| tail. ?* M?? t*rk. WrlUCw ( prnb mf
^'MOTHERS
jpi FRIEND"!
M7AflKES-,r5tH &ASV
CHlLD/'TnteR
LESSLNS P^'N rcn tq LIFE "
DIMINISHES DANGER TO LIFEU(
e???ZW?P?Wmin
"i RAD FIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA n*
SOLO or ALL DRUGGJ&rS.
PADGETTPAYS THEFREIGHT.
A OllEAT OF.KKH THAT MAY MOT AOAIN HE
Repeated, ho i>o not delay, "SStiuke
While the Ikon is Hot."
Write for Catalogue now, and say what '<
paper you saw this advertisement in.
Remember that I sell everything that
goes to furnishing a home?manufacturing
some things and buying others in the largest
possible lots, which enables me to wipe
nut all competition.
HERE AUK A FEW OK MY STARTLINO
15 a ROA1NS.
A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, ^
15x17 inch oven, fitted with 21 pieces of
ware, delivered at your own depot, all
vun.^vn .,j ...v, ....
Twelve Dollars.
Again. 1 will soil you a 5 hole Cooking
Range 1 :sx 1 ;t inch oven, 18x20 inch top, fitted
with 21 pieces of ware, for THIRTEEN
DOLLARS, and pay the freight to your
ilepot. .Mr
DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES F(J?T
eoini nnniiw ^
I will solid you a nico plusl* I'arlor Kuit, ^
walnut frame either in combination or j
handed, the most stylish colors, for 8:13.50 '
to your railrond station, freight all paid. 1
i will also sell you a nice lledrooin suit 11
consisting of liurcau with glass, 1 high head "
Redstcad, 1 Washstaml, 1 Centre table, 4 11
cane seat chairs, l cane seat and hack rock- ''
cr, all for ?10.50, and pay freight to your
depot. '
Or 1 will send you an elegant lledrooin
suit with large glass, full marble top, for '
?30, and pay freight.
Nice window shade on spring roller ? 40 '
Elegant large walnut 8 day clock, 4.00 .
Walnut lounge, 7.00 J
Lace curtains per window, 1.00 J
1 cannot describe every tiling in a.small
advertise* out, but have ail immense store
containing 22,(100 feet of lloor room, with
ware houses and factory buildings in other
parts of Augusta, making in all the largest
business of this kind under one management
in the Southern States. These stores
and warehouses are crowded with the
choicest- productions of the best factories.
My catalogue containing illustrations of
goods will lie mailed if you will kindly say
where you saw this advertisement. I pay
~ V?? A.l.irocc
i iu|incmi i augc^fs^ and |
Carpet Store,
1110-1112 15road Street, AUGUSTA. GA.
TALBERT SON'S
j
ENGINES UOILKRS, SAW MILLS AND !
UllIST MILLS
Arc acknowledged to be the best ever sold
in tills State.
When you buy one of tliemyou are satisfied
that you have made no mistake.
Write for our prices. 1
Cotton Gins and
Cotton Presses )
AT bUTTOM FIGUUKS. ;
!
1 can save you money. >,
V. C. Badham, Ben. Agt., ;
COM MIKIA, N, |
2?i7"lIome ollice and Factory, j
j
I(l< IITIO.M), V I.
WRITE TO
HOLLER & ANDERSON \
BUGGY CO.. UOCK II ILL, ,S. C.,
I^Olt Til Kill CATALOG I' K G I Vin<t
Prices. 'lVrins ami Ueferenecs of
HugHics, Carriages, Wagons, ltoaii and
Phaeton Carts, Harness, etc. All firstdass
work made by hand and warranted.
I*rices lower than any other of same {trade.
Our Vehicles are runnin.it in every county
n South Carolina, and in mun> counties of
North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. All
miuiries promptly answered. In writine 1
JIVU.IV/ Iiu.fii/iwii ,? *.? |M?|M t ?%! ? U?MI t> MM Kt 1 'I
.<> nive your Postollice address and sign
,'our name plainly.
HOLLKU, AND'EKSON BUGGY CO., 1
Manufacturers,
Hock Hill, S. C.,
DEPOSIT YOCR SIKPIJS MONEY
I
IN s
THE COMMERCIAL BANiC,
OK
COLUMBIA, S. C.
One dollar and upwards received. In
14MCM ai uir r;nc 01 ? per ccm. prr annum,
[>ai(l quarterly, on tin- lit>>( days or February,
May, August and November. Married
women ami minors can keep aeeonnt m
their own name. Higher rates of interest
allowed by special arrangement.
C ,1. IKKDKIjH, 1'reMdent.
J NO. S. LKAl'HAKT, .lAMKS lltKDF.l.T.,
Vice-President. Cashier.
PITT S 4'Ai:iiImArIvi::
pMm couitKCTi Nt; naps K A
fantuni. A pleasant medicine of i'ncaleuable
merit in the home circle for child or
adult, it is popular, pleasant and ellieient.
Truly a mother's friend. It soothes and
heals the mucous membranes; and checks
the mucous discharge from head, stomach
and bowels. The mucous discharge from
the head and lungs are as promptly relieved
by it as the mucous discharge from
the bowles. It is made to relievo the
mucous system and cure nausea, and it
does it. It makes the Critical period of
teething children safe and easy, it invigorates
and builds up the system while it is
relieving and curing the wasted tissue. It
is recommended and used largely by physicians.
For sale by Wannamaker A Murray
Co., Columbia, S. C., and wholesale by
Howard A Wil'elt, Augusta, (!a.,
ftzczz)xr.: ?.r: ? y-TS.Yjjg^s--"
F3NE SH0W CASK
tin Ask f?n" catalogue.
TERRY M'F'G CO.. Nashville. Tenn
iiini?B:ICI OI: "* ?,
rpni: oni.v sriMO ci*i:k for
1 Corns. Stops all pain. Ensures comfort
to the feet. 1.1c. at druggists lliscox
A Co., N- Y.
DETECTIVES
Vfioted iii tftf| 8hr?men t.? mi udJ<r instruction*
mour Soerat Serrico. Kii>rrirnc* not oeocasarj. Car lie ultra freo.
Urtouia Detective llurrau t'o. 11 Arc4lo,ClaclauU,Q,
The Tozer Fnsine Works,
(Sii ccssm to I rial I'm i!rr Works.)
JOHN A. WILIIS, PROPR.,
117 WKST'i; KU v A IS STREET,
jyjanufactuhers ojt
1 ozEii Steam ILngines,
tiul all sizes of both Locomotives ami return
Tublar lktilers.
jaTFoundry work in Iron and Brass ltoairlng
promptly executed.
I II ;l K I, ? I I' k. .0
FEMALE INSTITUTE,
piIK<l5UILI)lN(f IS NOW MP"
iiniii until it is second"to none In'lViS
iouth in comfort, and conveniences. The
Jorps of Teachers engaged for the coning
session is the best, the Institute has ever
ad. No other institute in the South can
Iter advantages superior to iiiose olTered *
icre in the Literary, Music and Art Deartments.
Mr. Maclean continues to bo tlie l)irecor
of Music. The patrons of the Institute,
vhose daughters were taught by Mr.
ilaclean during the past session, are reerred
to in proof of the statement that ho
? the best teacher of Music who has e*- J
aught in Charlotte. As original* !*.
lirector of the June MusVa' restive! in
liis e'dy his reputation has extended
hrough'out the South.
H'M W. AlklNSON,
l'lincipal.
& during Meriinine |
: mTIRED 1
fcj ;>iar'; flwp WOWflW. I
. ,'* !' wi" purify and vitalize your 5 A, "
; j >l< I, civat>'a goodnpp''tilsand give your B
u l".i?*system tom? Hint sir >ugth. rj
J -v prominent railroad .aim riutcndnnt at B
Savaiiuali, sulTcriiig Willi !.iriii, JJyspep- B
s-".', and Itluainiatisin sa; _ _,njj B
. I-. i\ i'. no nevor row no won ui ins tiro, ana
. f; <-ls as if hocould livoft ;\ V-'r, if ho could
idwtty s got 1'. 1'. I'."
If yon are tired out fr . ,,v ? ....sand
' cloSo ColdluCHIttllt, tako
; p. p. P.
! ' you nro fooling l> jly *n the spring
.".iid out of sorts, tako
,j p. p. p.
If your digostivo org* tin ie?d toning up,
i p. p. p.
T If v >!! milTer with headache, Indigestion,
il dchiiity and weakness, tako
1 p" p- p" i
fij If you suffer with rervous iirostratlon, H
K nerves unstrung and a general lot down B
jj of the system, take , "
1 P. P. P. |
il For Flood Toison. Kheumatlsm, Serofri
i,la, < Id Soros, Malaria, Chronic Fotualo ,
Complaints, tako
} p. P. P.
J L.
fi Prickly Ash, Poke Root |
and Potassium.
The best blood purifler in tliu world. y
i r.llTMAN IiUOR., Wholesale.Drug^lsta, tj
J.ippman's ISuh-k, Suvai.nnli, Go. rg
I >K. (?1{( )SV lONOR'S
IIIIMM ir^lC IMiANTIiKS.
Vie the best rorous Plasters in the World.
I'hey are the best plasters 111 every way for
the quick relief of
_ A M E BACK, PAIN IN THE
GHEST, RHEUMATISM,
NEURALGIA.
Unlike all other plasters, these are Puroy
Vegetable and Harmless. Relieve intantly
and never fail to cure.
SAFE, QUICK AND SURE.
Sold by drub'Hi %ts or mailed on receipt of
!3e. by GitOSVKKOU & Richakds,
I3oston, Mass.
MP I'M AN BROS., Wholeule I>niMltt?,
Sole Proprietors, Lippman** Block, Savannah, Ok
AUK YOU (JoVSUMPTIVB.
II live you (Joiitfli, Bronchi tic, Asthma,
i lulijicslioir.' Use I'arkcr's (ringer Tonic.
II lias cured the worst cases and is the l?ost
iciuedy for all ills arising froinjdefectivenu
trition. Take in time. .'?() cents and $1.
Fa fTFfK fTs
K AI (* BALSAM
Jjnei" niv.w fi i 1 |,, utiilc* toe hair. 4^
' jy Never F..il? l> Itertoro Gray
^Ivi.n,, jBbfij Hair to it* * oulhful Color.
maaSra arali .lifwrs .V h.tlr fallia?
Safft -"<* V /? t<v. ar.ll m I. ai OnnortM?._ I