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t 1 ? I SERMON TO FARMERS. DR. TALMAGE ADDRESSES THE ENCAMPMENT AT MT. GRETNA. "Farmluif u Uonpol Typo," the Subject, and the Text, "Kllsha, the Hon of Shaphat. Who Was Flowing with Twelve Oxen. Lebanon, Pa., August 17.?The American Farmers' Encampment at Mount Gretna, near this city, to-day listened attentively to a remarkable discourse by the great Brooklyn preacher, ltev. T. DoWItt Talmagc, who arrived t.^ * 1 r ? it.- i >1 ? a iifru )c?iuruuj irum mu v.iiauiuu^uu, ab Piedmont, Ga., wliere he spoke Wednesday last. The subject was one peculiarly suited to the vast audience, being on "Farming a Gospel Type." I Kings, xix, 19: "Elisha, the son ofShaphat, who was plowing with twelve oxen before him, and he with the twelfth." He preset! tatives of the great Farmers' associations from all parts of the country are at the encampment, preparations for which have been going on months tn advance. The surrounding densely-populated counties of Pennsylvania arc also fully represented. To-day's services were held in the open nlr. An immense choir, from the churches of Lebanon, led the music. Kcv. Dr. Talmage spoke as follows: Farmers of America! Accept my salutation. Our text puts us down into the plow's furrow, where many of us have '>een before. My boyhood passed on a farm, and my father, a farmer, your stylo of life is familiar to me. One of my earliest recollections is that of my father coming in from the hot hnrvcst-lield exhausted. the perspiration streaming from his forehead and chin, and fainting on uiu uuui"Bin? ttuu iii) mucuui luamuiuning him, until seeing the nlarm of the household, he said, "Don't be frightened. I got a little tired, and the sun was hot, but I am all right now." And I remember mother seated at the table, often saying, "Well, I am too tired to cat!" Tire fact is, that I do not think the old folks got thoroughly rested until they lay down in the grave-yard back of Somervillc, to take the last sleep. Office-seekers go through tho land and they stand on political platforms, aud they tell the farmers the story about tho independent life of tho fnrmcr, giving tlathyw where ^ev ought to giYO symtj?jftSoplcjn this country have it harder Of tho curculio that stings ftrftf trees? of tho rust in the wheat? of the long rain with the rye down? Independent of the grasshopper? of the locust? of the army worm? of the potatobug? Independent of the drought that burns up the harvest? Independent of the cow with the hollow horny or the sheep with the foot-rot9 or the pet horse with a nail in his hoof? Independent of the cold that freezes out the winter grain ? Independent of the snowbank out of which he must shovel himself? Independent of the colt^weather when he stands theshing. Unburn bed lingers around his body,. keep- them from being frosted? Inaomwtenfevi'-the frozen enrs and farming a luxuryioty solace: but the veanatirY.-armTtret their children, and pay their taxes and meet the interest ty^lpiortgaged farmssuch men lind a tdrriiic struggle. And my hope is that this great Njtipqal Farmers' encampment may d<V something towards lifting the bOrflens of tfio agriculturists. Yos, w<j w<yHi fttar^pll of us born in the country, ^yvc dropped corn in the hill, and went On Saturday to the mill, tying the grist.ui.th? centre of the sack so that the codUntsjp either side the horse balanced cMitfftAr; and drove the cattle afield, our'MiMftct wet with the dew, and rode the horses with the halter to the brook Until We fell oil', aud hunted the mow foB-nests uul'4 the leathered occupants * went ? cackling away. So we all understand rustic allusions. The liiblc is full of them. In Christ's sermon on the Mount, you sec the full-blown Tillies nnd the glossy black of the crow's wing:as it flics over Mount Olivet. David and John. Paul nnd Isaiah find in country life a source of frequent illustration, \yJtile Christ takes the responsibility of calling God n farmer, declaring: "My Father is the husbandman." Noah was the first farmer. We say notliiug about Cain, the tiller of the soil. Adam was a gardener on a large scale, but to Noah was given all the acres of the earth. Elisha was an agriculturist, uot culturing a ten-acre lot. for in my text you find him plowing with twelve yoke of oxen before him, and he with the twelfth. In Bible times the land was so plenty, nnd the inhabitants so few, that Noah 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 time.?, for though the arts were rude, the plow turned up very rich soil, nnd barley, and cotton, and flax, nnd all kinds of grain came up at the call of the harvesters, l'liny tells of one stalk ot grain that had on it between 300 and 400 ears. The rivers and the brooks, through artificial channels, were brought down to the roots of the corn, nnd to this habit of turnlug a river wherever it wns wanted Solomon refers when ho says: 'The King's heart is in the hands of the Lord, and He turneth it ns the rivers of water are turned, withersoever He will." The wild lieasts were caught, and then n hook was put into their nose, and then they were led over the field, and to that God refers when he says to wicked Sennacherib: "I will put a hook in thy nose and I will bring thee back by the way which thou earnest." And God has a hook in every man's nose, whether it be Nebuchadnezzar or Ahab or Herod. He may think himself very independent, but some time in his life or in the hour of his death, he will find that the Lord Almighty has a hook in his nose. This was the rule in regard to the culture ot. the ground, "Thou shalt not plow with an ox aud an ass together," illustrating the folly of ever putting intelligent aud usefhrand?pliable men in asso elation with the Bubbotn and the unmanageable. The vast majority of troubles in the churches and in reformatory institutions cornea from the disregard for tlits command of the Lord, 4*Thou shalt not plow with an ox and an ass together." There were large amounts of property Invested in eattie. The Moabites paid 100,000 sheep ns an annual tax. Job had 7,000 sheep, 3,000 camels, 500 yoke ot oxen. The timo of vintago was ushered in with mirth and music. The li clusters of the vine were put in to the s winepress, am) then live men \Vould get t into the press and trample out tho juice I from the grain; until their garments were 11 saturated with the wine and had become r the emblems of slaughter. Christ Him* t< self, wounded until covered w!Mi tho h blood ot crucifixion, made use ot this s allusion when the qucstiou was asked: "Wherefore art thou red in thine ap- s imrel nnil thv mirmnnto liL-r* nnn wlm ! treadcih the wine-vat?" He responded: 8 "I have trodden the winepress alone." a In all ages there has been great honor n paid to agriculture. Seventh-eighths of a tho pceplc In every country are disciples a of the plow. A government is strong in s proportion as it is supported by an nthle- b tic and industrious yeomanry. So long s as before the fall of Carthage, Strnbo s wrote twenty-eight books on agriculture; C Hcsiod wrote a poem on the same sub- s jeet?"Tho Weeks aud Days." Cato e was prouder of his work on husbandry 11 thau of nil his military conquests. Hut fi I must not be tempted into a discussion ? of agricultural conquests. Standing t< amid the harvests and orchards and vine- C yards of the Hiblc. and standing amid u the harvests and orchards and vincynrds it ol our own country?I want to run out si the analogy between the production of d crops and the growth of graco in the n soul?all these sacred writers making tl use of that analogy. In the lirsl place I remark, in grace as f: in the fields there must be a plow. That ft which theologiaus call couviction is only tl the plowshare turning up the sins that ft have been rooted and matted in the soul, o A farmer said to his iudolcnt sou: p "Thcro arc a hundred dollars buried tl deep in that field." The son went to a work and plowed the field from fence to a fence, and lie plowed it very deep, aud w then complained that lie had not found u the money; hut when the crop had been si gathered and sold for a hundred dollars h more than any previous year, then the a young man took the hint as to what his it father meant when he said there were a h hundred dollars buried down in that c field. Deep plowing for a crop. Deep tl plowing for a soul. He who makes v light of sin will never amount to any- a thing in the church or in the world. If c a man speaks of sin as though it were y an inaccuracv or a mistake, instead of il the loathsome, abominable, consuming, tl and damning thing that God hates, that tl man will never yield a harvest of useful- g ncss. C When I was a hoy I plowed a field 0 with a team of spirited horses. I plowed v ed over sdnW oi rttoKbtrwicnbtfeA*nM% 8 it, but I did not jerk back the plow with 8 no moi\uJLc!cvi8C8^i ? came along and said: "Why, tliis will " never do; this isn't plowed deep enough; b tiiere you havo missed this and you have ^ missed that." And lie plowed it over again. The difficulty with a great many ^ people is that they arc only scratched twith conviction when the subsoil plow ^ of God's truth ought to l>o put in up to 1 the beam. My word is to all Sabbath-school teachers, to all parents, to all Christian workers?plow deep! And if in your u own personal experience you arc apt to ? take a lenient view of the sinful side of ^ your nature, put down into your soul the ten commandments which reveal the 11 fcolfeess of God, and that sharp and M fclkfering coulter will turn up your soul j) lb the deepest depths. If a man preaches ^ ta^you that you arc only a little out of ? wfcr by reason of sin and that you need /ttilv O lit tin tivinflf-im ho /lonoiwno I V/vu ^ y??jj ? " v ??v uvvvifvo 4 JL vu y MR biiJVopoU ?*? nppnlling injury by . reffson of sin. There arc quick poisons, j.' and slow poisons, but the druggist could , give you one drop that would kill the 8 body. And sin is like that drug; so \ virulent, so poisonous, so fatal that one w drop is enough to kill the soul. c.' Deep ploughing for a crop. Deep } ploughing for a soul. Broken heart or no religion. Broken soul or no harvest. 1 Why was it that David and the jailer l.1' and the publican and Paul made such ado about their sins ? Ilnd they lost ?! their senses ? No. The ploughshare i struck them. Conviction turned up a great many things that were forgotten. As a farmer ploughing sometimes turns up the skeleton of a man or the anatomy 111 of a monster long ago buried, so the ploughshare of conviction turns up the n ghastly skeletons of sin long ago entombed, Geologists never brought up rj" from the depths of the mountain mightier ichthyosaurus or megatherium. But what mcaus all this crooked " ploughing, these crooked furrows, the ^ repentance thnt ntnounte to nothing, the repentance that ends In nothing ? Men groan over their sins, but get no better. . They weep, but their tears arc not counted. They get convicted, but not converted. What is the reason? I remcm- *;Jj ber that on the farm we set a standard * with a red Hag at the other end of the . field. We kept our eye on that. We . aimed at that. We ploughed up to thnt. Losing sight of that we made a crooked furrow. Keeping our eyes on that we . made a straight furrow. Now in this matter of conviction we must have some , standard to guide us. It is a red stand- . nrd that God has set at the other end of , the field. It is the cross. Keeping your cyo on that you will make a straight . furrow. Losing sight of it you will make a crooked furrow. Plough up to tho cross. Aim not at cither end of the nonzonuu piece 01 me cross out nt me ,,, [upright pieeo. at the centre or it. the . heart of the Son of God who bore your sins and made satisfaction. Crying and "J weeping will not bring you through. }"Him hath God exalted to be Prince ? and Saviour to give repentance." Oh! 5.! plough up to tho cross ! Again, I remark in grace as in the I? field there must be a sowing. In the autumnal weather you Had the farmer r< going across the field at astride of about J! twenty-three inches, and at every stride J. ho puts his hand into the sack of grain and he sprinkles the seed corn over the field. It looks silly to a man who docs 8 not know what lie is doing. Uo is doing w a very important work. He is scatter- ^ ing the winter grain, nnd though the snow may come, the next year there r will be a great crop. Now, that is what r' we arc doing when we are preaching tho ? Gospel?we arc scattering the seed. It . is the foolishness of preaching, but it is ( the winter grain; and though the snow ? ot worldiness may come down upon it, it will yield after a while glorious harvest. Let us be suro we sow the right kind of seed. How mullen stalk and mullen stalk will come up. Bow Canada thristles and Canada thistles will come it up. How wheat and wheat will come sip. Let us distinguish between truth and I error. Let us know the difference be- s tween wheat and hellebore, oats and c henbane. ti The largest denomination in this country is the denomination of Nothiugar- C inns. Their religion is a system of ne- 3 gations. You say to one of them, "What I do you believe ?" "Well, I don't believe t in infant baptism." "What do you be- 1 > ~y / . Wi i icvo ? "Well I don'tbcliovo In the precverunce of the saints." "Well, now ell me what you do believe?" "Well, don't believe in the eternal punishucnt ot the wicked." Their religion is n ow of cyphers. Believe something and each it; or, to rtRumc the figure of my ext, scatter abroad the right kind ol ced. A minister in Mew York preached a ermon calculated to set the denominaions of Christians quarreling. lie was owing nettles. A minister in Boston dvcrtised that ho would preach a sernon on the superiority of transcendental ud organized forces tountmnsceiideutal nd unorganized forces. What was lie owing? The Lord Jesus Christ ninesen centuries ago planted the divine eed of doctrine. It sprang up. On one idc of the stalk are all the churches oi Miristeudom. On the other side of the talk are all the free governments of the artli, aud on the top there shall be a owcring milleuiuni after awhile. All 0111 the Gospel seed of doctrine. Every rord that a parent, or Sabbath-school sachcr, or cdy missionary, or either Jiristian worker speaks for Christxomes p. Yea, It comes up with compound itcrest?you saving ono soul, that ouc living ten, the ten a hundred, tho huured a thousand, the thousand ten tliousnd, the ten thousand one hundred lousand?on, on forever. Again, I remark, in grace as in tho irm there must be a harrowing. I re;r now not to a harrow that goes over ic field iu order to prepare the ground >r the seed, but a harrow which goes ves after the seed is sown, lest the birds ick up the seeds, sinking it down into le earth so that It con take root. There re new kinds of harrow, but the harrow s I remember it was made of bars of rood nailed across each other, and-the ndcrsidc of cncli bar was furnished with liarp teeth, and when the horses wcro itched to it it went tearing aud leaping cross the field, driving the seed down lto the earth until it sprung up 111 the arvest. Bereavement, sorrow, perseution arc the Lord's harrows to sink lie Gospel truth into your heart. There rcrc truths that you heard thirty years go, that have not affected you until recutly. Sonic great trouble came over ou, and the truth was harrowed in, and , has conic up. What did God mean in liis country iu 1857? For a ccnturv Iicrc was tlio Gospel preached, but n reat deal of it produced no result. Then Jod liarncsscd a wild panic to-a harrow f commercial disaster, and that harrow rent down Wall street and up WaH trcct, down Third street and up Third trcet, until the whole laud was torn to iW'ftAfVoXv? U"A"great awakenig in which there were 500.000 souls rought into the kingdom of our Lord. iO harrow, no crop. Again, I remark, in grace as in the irm there must he a reaping. Many Christians speak of religion as though it rere a matter of economics or insurnncc. 'hey expect to reap in the next worid. )h, ndl Now is the time to reap, lather up the joy of the Christrian region this morning, this afternoon, this ight. If you have not as much grace s you would like to have, thank God >r what you have, and pray tor more. rou are no worse enslaved than Joseph, o worse troubled than was Dayid. no rorsc scourged than was Paul. Yet, mid the rattling of fetters, nud amid the loom of duugcoi)8, and amid the horror f shipwreck, they triumphed in the race of God. The weakest man here as 500 acres of spiritual joy all ripe. kMiy do you not go aud reap it P You five boon gronnmg ovoryotif infirmittco >r thirty years. Now give one round liout over your emancipation. You say on have it so hard; you might have it orsc. You wonder why this great aid trouble keeps revolving through our soul, turning and turning, with a lack hand on the crank. Ah, that oublc is the grindstone on which you re to sharpen your sickle. To the elds! Wake up! Take oil" your green [lectacles, your blue spectacles, your lack spectacles. Pull up the corners of our mouth as far as you pull them own. To the fields! Heap! reap! Again, I remark, in grace as in farmig, there is a time for threshing. I tell X.. Ivl <1.. - * -- - j? uiuutif timif 19 uciiui. <1113(1 as a rnier bents the whent out ofthe straw, > death beats the soul out of the body, very sickness is a stroke of the flail, and ic sickbed is the threshing lloor. What, ly you, is death to a good man, only iking the wheat out of the straw. That nil. An aged man has fallen Asleep. uly y??l?iilny Jtra ottTT trtm m ?h* K y porch, playing with his graud-child!n. Calmly he received the message ? leave this world. He bade a pleas* it gooil-by to his old friends. The tclgraph carries the tidings, and on swift lil-trains the kindred come, wanting ice more to look on tlio face of dear Id grandfather, llrush back tho gray lirs from his brow; it will never ache ;nin. Put him away in the slumber of ic tomb. lie will not be afraid of that Iglit. Grandfather was never afraid of lything. He will rise in the morning f the resurrection. Grandfather was Iways the lirst to rise. His voice has Irendy mingled in the doxology of hcav* i. Grandfather always did sing in lurch. Anything ghastly in that? No. he threshing of wheat out of tho straw, hat is all. Tho Saviour folds a lamb in His bosom, lie little child lillcd nil the house with er music, and her toys are scattered all p and down the stairs just as she left lem. What if the hand thntjpluckcd >ur o'clocks out of the meftdow w still? t will wave the eternal triumph. What the voice that made music in the home still? It will sing the eternal hosanna. ut a white rose in one hnnd, aud a red >se in the other hand, and a wreath of range blossoms on the brow; tho white ower for the victory, tho red flower for 10 Saviour's sacrifice, tho orange blos? juts for her niarringo day. Anything hastly about that? Oh, no. The sun i Aitf ilAurn nrt/I 4 lin fl A?I?AH MM./v vy 111? MVTTU (iiiu iiiu Iiwnti mi 11 v* 1 ill; rhcat threshed out of tlio straw. "Dear ,ord, give me sleep," said a dying .boy; ic son of one of my elders, "Dear ,ord, give me sleep." And he closed is eyes and awoke in glory. Ilcpry W. /ongfollow, writtiug a letter of condo* ;nce to those parents, said: "Those last rords wore beautifully poetic. "Dear ,ord. give me sleep." " "l'was not in cruelty, not In wrath That the reaper came that day ; 'Twas an angel that visited the earth And took the flower away." So it may be with ua when oar work tall done. "Dear Lord, give me sleep." I have one more thought to present, have spoken of the plowing, of the owing, of the harrowing, of the reaping, >f the threshing. I must now speak s noment of the garnering. Where is the garner? Need I tell voul )h, no. So many have gone out from rour own circles?yea, from your owe amily, that you have had your eyes 01 hat garner for many a year. What t mrd time some of them liadl In Ueth soutanes of suffering, they swent great drops of blood. They took the '"cup of , trembling" and they put it to their hot lips and they cried: "if it be possible, let i this cup pass from me." With tongues of Ixirning agony they cried: "() Lord, deliver my soull" But thev got over it. f They all got over It. Garnered! Their tears wiped away; their battles ail endi ed; tholr burdens lifted. Garnered! The Lord of tlje harvest will not allow those she&Yfeib perish in the equinox. Garncrodr43mo of us remember, on the ' farm, tliat the sheaves were put on the top of- the ruck, which surmounted the wagon, and these sheaves were piled i li/ghcr ami higher, and alter a while the Worses started for the barn; ami these sheaves swayed to and fro in the wind, and the old wagon creaked, and the " horses made a struggle, and pulled so i hard the harness came up in loops of leather on their back, and when the front , i wheel struck the elevated tloor of the barn, it seemed as if the load would go no farther, until the workmen gave a great shout, and then with one last tremendous strain, the hotses pulled in the load; then thoy were unharnessed, and forkful alter forklul of grain teii in the mow. O my friends, our getting into heaven may bo a pull a hard pull, a very hard pull, but these sheaves aro bound to go in. The I^ord of the harvest lias promised it. L see the load at last 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 ercaks under the lorn!, imm] as. the load strikes the floor or thovjjlfistfiil it ooot?i8 as ii it cau go i\o further. It is the last struggle, until the voice of angles and the voices of our departed kindred and the ' welcoming voico of our God shall send the harvest rolling into the eternal triumph, while up and down the sky the cry Is heard: "Harvest home! Harvest home." A CHARLOTTE GIRL'S SAD FATE. Bfio nu III* Seventh Wife llut Didn't. Know It. Ciiaui.ottk.N. C.. August 10.?Charlotto has a sensation. In it ono of the , prettiest of her daughters is the principal factor. 1 On the 4th of last J une. this city was startled by the elopement i^Miss Corinne Ncisles with one Charres O. La. moine. Miss Neisler had met Lamoine in Atlanta where she was visiting friends, and fronted .a deep attachment for him. Her parents objected to the I match, but under the pretense of attend| ing the exercises of tho unveiling of ttreibnvuo, vhcht "iufct>",xrarnt)uftr. Uprv"r?ntf? were aatonishod to rwiuA a telegram announcing her marrige in Hostou. Ruiuor in the meanwhile was rife. It was reported that Lamoine was a noted bigamist. Deplorable to relate 1 these rumors appeared to be only too true. Yesterday, in tho city of Manchester, X. II., Charles G. Lamoine was arrested on a warrent sworn out on a charge of bigamy by Mrs. C. G. Lamoine of Cincinati, O., who has been on his track ever since he deserted her last April. Lamoine claims that his Cincinnati wife is the only one he is bound to by tho 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 3500 and his Charlotte bride fined 819.62. The unfortunate lady telegraphed to her grief-stricken family to-day for money to come home on. Tbf1 lody'o family iu among tho 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 be such a dark cloud of atlliction, it is hoped, will somewhat disappear luKan f Kn l/lrtl /\# *!?/? F" - I - - ? 4 nruvii buu auui ui tun l filling CITCICS ^618 back to her Southern home. She is expected to-night.?Atlanta Constitution. A Terrible Story. Biuminoiiam. Ala., August. 17.? Reports of a fatal fight among miners at Johns, twenty-eight miles from here, were received here to-night. It seem some fifteen or twenty miners became involved in a quarrel yesterday while at work down in the mine, and divided into two factions. One party of ten came out of the mine first, 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 TP jured. There is n? telegraph oifice near the mines, and names and further particulars cannot be learned to-night. The coroner has gone down to investigate the matter. So fur as known, no arrests have been made. Will We Have a Fight. Columbia, S. C., Aug. 10.?E.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 i7th. 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 officers would be made, Mr. Brayton replied: "The caill says'and to transact any other business that may be deemed advisable' and I can't say whether nominations will be made or not. But you are atlilierty to guess." A prominent colored Republican was seen later who said that he was positive that nominations would be made and , that United States Marsnai cnnningham.of Charleston, would be the nominee for Governor. Out of Humidity's ltench. St. Louis, Mo., August 15.?Anna McGown, known far and wide for her obesity, was buried to-day. The woman weighed over 500 pounds before ilfAth and the rnffln. un immense af fair especially constructed for her. weighed 400 more. She was removed from the house on skids and elevated to the hearse with a derrick. The grave was a small cellar in size, being eight feet long, eight feet deep and six feet wide. Another derrick was made to do duty in lowering the woman to her last resting place. (Marvin* Canadian*. ! Quebec, August 20.?Lo Canadian appeals to the leaders of the Ottawa and Quebec governments to provide work for the inhabitants of the Counties below Quebec whose crops are a total failure, The paper says it has ascertained that ; thousands.,-of families aro preparing to leave the country and unless the projected > Matane railway is pushed ahead in order > lo provide these families . with bread emigration will take place which will 1 be ruinous to the Dominion. , Suicide of a Conductor. r Atlanta, August 18.?Samuel w. ' Harris, a conductor on the Georgia 1 Central Railroad, committed suicide to> day by jumping in his well. Ili health i and despondency are ascribed as the reason. THE RIDE TO DEATHI.lnt or lliv l?ru?l ill tin* Arriili'iil Nriir , ItoHtoil. Boston, Aug. 30.?The latest report from Quincy gives the following as the | complete list of tlie dead, all identified: j Mrs. M. 10. Barker, Wellfleet, Mass. Master Barker, son of Mary F. Barker, Lyman Merrill, llomney, N. II. Mrs. L. Merrill and Airs. Mattie Francis, Chelsea. Miss Mary 10. Wilton, Lexington, Mass. Mrs. Mary Abbott, Louisville, Ky. Miss lOva Ballard, Ashville, N. ('. Airs. F. (). Allen, Bhiladelphia, Ba. Aliss Bessie Allen, Philadelphia, Ba. Airs. Oscar Fenley, Louisvdle, I\y. Airs. Sue Fenley, Louisville, Ky. # Alice Fenley (infant), and Catherine Fenley, Louisville, Ky. Airs. E. B. Johnson, A. C. Johnson, son of the abovo, and James llyan, South Boston, fireman of train. Airs. Nancy Wells, Hartford, Ct. % C. AI. Copp, Cleveland, O. Regarding the cause of the accident Division Superintendent French, of the Old Colony road, said last night: "We have not made an investigation, but from what wo can learn it appears that the section men, who were at work on the track, had what we call a 'track jack' 011 the rails, and that they had it 011 when the train came flying around the curve. From all indications, although we don't know it ollicially, the jack was not taken out when the train came up. Whether or not the danger signal was set will not be known till the otlicial investigation Thursday." A UI.U .viwimr, III irrwnv^_o_? |,ju investigations, found in a lot of weeds, beside the track near the bridge, the jack which is supposed to have caused such terrible loss of life. Marks of the flanges 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 olT. The foreman of the section gang, named Welch, could not be found last evening. Hot Spring*. Have 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 llnd relief, some Vt costs money to visit and sojourn at Ilot or.i.>Bv. Tut cApcMinein, ui going there cannot bo indulged in without considerable expence. IIow thankful then should everyone bo to know there is a remedy even more beneficial in cases of blood poison than Hot Springs. We refer to Botanic Blood Balm (B B B) as to its merits thousands will testify. Z. T. llallerton. Macon, Ga., writes : "I contracted blood poison. I first tried physicians, and then went to Ilot Springs. I returned home a ruined man physically. Nothing seemed to do me any good. My mother persuaded me to try B B B. To my utter antonishment every ulcer quickly healed." .Tas. L. Boswortii, Atlanta, Ga., says : "Some years ago I contracted blood poison. I had no appetite, my digestion was ruined- rhenmiiHam ilrmir limbs, so I could hardly walk, my throat was cauterized five times. Ilot Springs gave me no benefit and my life was one of torture until I gave iJ 1515 a trial, and surprising as it may seem, the use of five bottles cured me.1' A Deed of H?rolam. Anderson. S. Cm August 19.?Mam street was the scene ou yesterday afternoon of a deed of heroism seldom equalled. in which Frank Miller, a young negro man. was the hero. A horse driven by MrsSchirmer, her mother-in-law and a little girl being with her in the carriage, became frightened at the engine of the Rough and Heady 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 after running some distance at the side of the horse ami seeing that he would have to turn loose or be struck against a post toward which they weare fast approaching, he gave one bound and leaped upon ( the back of the runuiug animal, and gathering up the lines, succeeded in bring- 1 ing him to a standstill. No one was 1 hurt, although the ladies were dread ft?Uu friurhtorwl nrwl nnn nf Hmm fointfwl J A handsome purse was at once made up j and perscnted to the rescuer, who had no j doubt saved the lives of these Indies at 1 the risk of his own. It was a noble act, nnd one that cannot be too highly commended.?News and Courier. I rianon and Organ*. N. W. Thump, 134 Main Street, Columbia, S. C., sells Pianos and Organs, direct from factory. No agents'coinmissions. The celebrated Chickering Piano. Mathushek Piano, celebrated for Its clearness of tone, lightness of touch and lasting qualities. Mason & Hamlin Upright Piano. Sterling Upright Pianos, from $22 up. Arion Pia- 1 nos, from $200 up. Mason & Hamlin j Organs, surpassed by none. Sterling , Organs, $50 up. Every Instrument t guaranteed for six years. Fifteen days' j trial, expenses both ways, if not satisfactory. Sold on Instalments. Editor And Mule. A Georgia editor, says the Atlanta Constitution, borrowed a mule to plow (,l? g.H >.?. - WI y.1.. I the editor was found under an outhouse, 1 four panels of fence wero gone, and the i mulo was eating roastiug-ears in a neighboring truck patch. Inflammatory Rheumatism is cured by P. P. P. Prickly Ash, Poke Root and Potassium. Physicians have been consulted, and to no purpose. As a last resort patient take P. P. P. and gets well. Hosts of certificates to this effect are an possession of the manufacturers, and will be shown on application. Offyfl Y1 q $35. Pianos $30. (Jntloguc firee. D. F. Peaty, Wasluugton, N. J. COMPLETE 8INNERIE8, UPON THE MOST APPROVED plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked Belt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished at competitive prices. COTTON GINS and PRESSES of best makers. Thomas Hay Rakes, Peering Mowers, Corbin Harrows and Planet, Jr., Cultivators. A large stock of Portable and Stationary Ginnln; and Saw Mill Engines on hand. State Agents-for C. A G. COOPER A CO'S Corliss Engines Lane Saw Mills and Llddell Company's complete line. W. U. GIBBES, Jr.. &CO.. Near Union Depot, [ Colombia. S. C. .-' Aii-* Mk % nun miiSts cjmt?"T fe JP MM. P* 1 WK'a INVlslUI.K TUSUUI & AS Mm H I CUSHIMt. WhUpora beard. Coinr.rink wherefell. *e?4h; MIKIIl MU. IMSr^wmr. ( ? (vk Write fee kMtd|ra*m< ^MOTHERS JP'Friend" ^f/AAKESrt|of H M?Y ohilo^V ^boK j ?S^temRS "zmupzYir' chi LP 1RADFIELD REGULATOR CO. ATLANTA^ BOLD D Y ALL DRUG GISTS. PADGETT PAYS THE FREIGHT. A Great Oekku that may not Aoain he Repeated, so do not delay, "Sthikk Whii.k the Iron 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 mo to wipe out all competition. HERE ARE A FEW OF MY STARTLING BARGAINS. A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size, j 15x17 incli oven, fitted With 21 pieces of ware, delivered at your own depot, all freight charges paid by me, for only i Twelve Doll Are. Again. 1 will sell von a r> hole Ci?ni<in?r Range 13x13 Inch oven, 18x20 Inch top, fitted with 21 pieces of ware, for TH IRTEEN DOLLARS, and pay tho freight to your depot. . DO NOT PAY TWO PRICES VCM* vnirn nnnnw I will semi you a nice plush l'arlor ?ult{ * walnut frame cither In combination or j handed, the most stylish colors, for $33.50 ' to your railroad station, freight all paid. ' I will also sell you a nice Bedroom suit J consisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high head ' Bedstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centre table, 4 ' cane seat chairs, 1 cane seat and back rock- 1 er, all for ?10.50, and pay freight to your . depot. ; Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom . suit with largo glass, full marble top, for j $30, and pay freight. Nice window shade on spring roller $ 40 Elegant largo walnuts day clock, 4.00 Walnut lounge, 7.00 ' Lace curtains per window, 1.00 , 1 cannot describe every thing in a small advertisement, but have an immense store containing 22,000 feet of lloor room, with ware houses and factory buildings in other Earts of Augusta, making in all tho largest usincss of this kind under one management in the Southern States. These stores and warehouses are crowded with the choicest productions of the liest factories. My catalogue containing illustrations of goods will be mailed if you will kindly say where you saw this advertisement. 1 pay " A <l?trouQi jl tupiieiur rau? ana Carpet Store, 1110-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA. GA. TALBERT SON'S ENGINES BOILERS. SAW MILI^S AND GRIST MILLS Arc acknowledged to lie the best ever sold in this State. When you buy one of them you are satisfied that you have made no mistake. Write for our prices. Cotton Gins and Cotton Presses AT BOTTOM FIGURES. I can save you money. V. C. Badham, Gen. Agt., t'OLUmiHA, S, |37"TIomeollice and Factory, V,%. W RITE TO? HOLLER & ANDERSON I BUGGY CO., ROCK 1IILL, S. C., For tiieir catalogue Giving Prices. Terms and References of Buggies, Carriages, Wagons, Road and Phaeton Carts, Harness, etc. All firstjlass work made by hand and warranted. Prices lower than any other of same grade. Our Vehicles are running in every county in South Carolina, and in man\ counties of North Carolina, Georgia and Florida. All nqulrics promptly answered. In writing i mvh VIVll '-JIllO t*IIU UUII V lOlJCcl r o give your Postoflico address and sign ' four name plainly. [IOLLER, ANDERSON BUGGY CO., I Manufacturers, Rock Hill, 8. C., )EPOSIT YOUIt SURPLUS MONEY i IN a THE COMMERCIAL BANK, OP COLUMBIA, S. C. One dollar and upwards received. Inerest at the rate of 4 percent, per annum, laid quarterly, on the first days of Fobrua y. May, August and November. Married women and minors can keep account in ;helrown r.aine. Higher rates of interest illowcd by special arrangement. C J. IREDELL, President. JNO. 8. LKAI'IIAHT, James lUKDRI.Ti, Vice-President. Cashier. PITT'S CAItniNATIVK! |7*OR CORRECTING NAUSEA fantumT"*X"prea"sahTnTC(tifffh^ ot fncalcuable merit in the homo circle for child or adult. It Is popular, pleasant and efficient. Truly a mother's friend. It soothes and heals tho mucous membranes; and checks the mucous discharge from head, stomach and bowels. Tho mucous discharge from tho head and lungs are as promptly relieved by It as the mucous discharge from the bowles. It is inado to relievo the mucous system and cure nausea, and It docs it. It makes tho Critical period of teething children safe and easy. It invigorates and builds m> the system while it is relieving and curing the wasted tissue. It is recommended and used largely by physicians. For sale by Wannantaker A Murray Co., Columbia, b. U., and wholesalo by Howard A Wil'ett, Augusta, Ga., 49*Ask for catalogue. TERRY M'F'G CO.. Nashville. Tenn HnDKItCOR^S, q^IIE ONLY SUftB CURE Full X Corns. Stops all pain. Ensures comfort to the feet. 15c. at druggists IJiscox A Co., N. Y. DETECTIVES Sum In <tw; Cuil;. Hhnwd nun to Ml ?)? luuulltM IsnwSMmSnrTtM. Sip?rl?? dm aiiinuy. Pnrtlnnlnra l>M. Ilriuu Dcteetlvs Bares* Co. MAmtfOladutlU The Tozer Inpe Works, (Successor to Dint I toiler Works.) JOHN A. WILLIS, PROPR., 117 WKS l 't! KKV A IS STREET, NRU lif V luflB 9 Manufacturers OJT JLozer Steam Engines, Ynd nil sizes of both Locomotives and return Tublar Boilers. L?T"Foundry v/ork in Iron and Brass Retiring promptly executed. ! II A It 1. O 'I' T k. FEMALE INSTITUTE. 1**^ EIIE^buiLDING IS NOW Mf^" >of until it 'is second "to none fif tfto South in comfort and conveniences. Tlio Jorps of Teachers engaged for the coning session is the best the Institute lias ever iad. No other institute in the South can lffer advantages superior to those offered * liere in tho Literary, Music and Art Dclartmcnts. Mr. Maclean continues to l?o tho Director of Music. The patrons of the Institute, whose daughters were taught by Mr. Maclean during the past session, are reFurred to in proof of the statement that ho is the best teacher of Music who has taught in Charlotte. As original" ilirector of the June Musical rcstival in tliis city, his reputation ',:w extended throughout the South. WM ?. A1KINSON, Principal. 14 Spring Medicine 1 i m TiRED I *iMAN AND WOMAN. S u ? : ' P. P. P. will purify and vitalize your " t i l>lood, create a good appctitoand givoyour , ! whole system tone nn?l strength, p A prominent railroad lunxrlntendont at IJ Savannah, suffering with 'A. i,?ria,Dyspopf'J s';>, and Klii'iimatisin aa; . "_t_,ng yj 1*. P. P. ho never felt bo well in his life, ana J feels as If ho could livoft r^vor, if ho could ? always get P. 1'. P." If you Arc tired out fr . ^ ..and * close cunlluvMieut, tako !] P. P. P. If you nro feeling h'.dly in tho spring and out of sorts, tako g P. P. PM tf your digestive org* uh need toning up, '] tako ti _ _ _ IP. P. P. j If Y on Buffer withhoadacho, Indigestion, B debility and weakness, tako P. P. P. j If you Buffer with rervoua prostration, I nerves unstrung and a general let down I of the system, tako % p P. P. P. | For Rlootl Poison. Rheumatism, Bcrof- W Ilia. ( It 1 Siirt??- Mllkrk CltrAnln Vamala Si ft Complaint*, take ii | P. P. P. I I Prickly Ash, Poke Root | ) and Potassium. J a Tito best blood purifier In the wprld. T f rjl'l'MAN IiltOS., Wholesale J)ru*Ki8ti?, I ^ Sole Proprietors, I Lippisas's IIuick, Savai.nnh, Go. 9 sr MM??MBBBMW DR. GUOSVENOU'S lll-:i.V.-CAl>-SIC PI.ASTKItN. Vro the best Forous Flasters In the World, icy are the best plasters in every way for the quick relief of LAME BACK, PAIN IN THE GHEST; RHEUMATISM, NEURALGIA. Unlike all other plasters, these aro Furcy Vegetable and Harmless. Relievo initantly and never fail to cure. SAFE. QUICK and SURE. SoUl by druggists or mailed 011 receipt of !3c. by Guobvenou & Richards, Boston, Mass. O* IB|m * LirPIAN BROS., Whoiwale Dragglats, Sole Proprietor*, IJppm u'* Block, Ktrasnih, Ok ARE YOU QOVSUMPTIVE. Have you Cough, Bronehltic, Asthma, Indigestion? Us? Parker's Ginger Tonic. It has cored the worst cases and is the best remedy for all Ills arising fromjdefectlvenu trltion. 'l ake in time. 50 cents and $1. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM 1MB (MtMinnrs >ir1 bciutifWs tl?# haif. ^ > 4#BM i i omotcs ti Itixurlnni growth. (V hS^ 'i^HNivvr Fails to Reilor# Gray F ' jH Hair to ill Youthftal Color. CuitM scalp cm A hair fa UIm XVi. and H at PnitfyisU. ^