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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
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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
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