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READ AND HEED. [; SERMON ON THE POWER OF KINDNESS BY OR. TALMAGE. "Kind Word* Never Hie. ClieriKlird and lllriisod"?He Hoar Murli About tlio Hitter Tonjjue and ttie Sarrastlr Tongue but Little of the Soft Toiikuc. Cincinnati, O., Aug. 24.?Dr. Tnlmage. who is in the city to-tiny discourses on a power which, if it had heon used as extensively as Christ intended it to he used, would have saved the church and the world from lutiuito discord and sor- I row?the power of kindness. His text is **A soil tongue breaketh the hone." (Prov. xxv, 15). Following is his sermon: i wi.?.. <1.,.. l.~ .1 - - ?? iivii puiuiiiuu iui?> iiv uiu\a: it i w hole volume into otic phrase. You. of f course, will not he so silly as to take the r words of the text in a literal sense. They t simply mean to set forth the fact that j there is a tremendous power in a kind t word. Although It may seem to he very fi insignificant. Its force is indcserinblc and h illimitable. Pungent and all-conquering t utterance: "A soft tongue breakcth the ii bone." ti If the weather were not so hot. and 1 n bad time. I would show you kindness as * ft means of defence: kindness as a means i , ??cfutntss; kindness as a means of do- <$ Jtncftfac .harmony; kindness as host ciu- ? ' TJlbVed Vrf w^oTrmmcnts for the huuina ? and curing in* criminals; and kindness a? f best adapted for the settling and unjust- f< ino international quarrels; but I shall o C?1 your attention only to two of these n thoughts. a And at lirst. I speak to you of kindness u as a means of detcnee. Almost every ^ man in the course of his life, is set upon b and assaulted. Your motives are mis- h interpreted or your religious or political h principals arc bombarded. What to do h under such circumstances is the question, s The iirst impulse of the natural heart u Bays: "Strike hack. (Jive as much as lie t; sent. Trip him into the ditch which he | ti dug for your feet, (lash him with as o severe a w ound as that which he indict- n nil vmir snnl - Sluil liir sJmf S?ii'i'n?ni *\ lor saivasm. An eye lor an eye. A w tooth lor a tooth." 1hit the hotter spirit a in tin; man's soul rises up and says: s "You ought to reconsnler that matter." ti You look up into the face ot Christ ami sav: "My Master, how ought I to act li under these itillieult. circumstances." gi And Christ instantly answers: "JJIess h them that curse you, and pray for them n which despitcliilly use you." Then the (1 old nature rises up again and says: "You i> had better not torsive him until lirst you a have chastised him. You will never yet n him in so tight a corner again. You h will never have such an opportunity ot fji iullieting the right kind ol punishment s' upon him again. First chastise him and then let him go." -No," says the hot- n lor nature, "hush, thou foul heart. Try y the soft tongue that brenkcth the bone." tl llave you ever in all your life known ^ necrbiety and aerimonous dispute to set- a tic a quarrel? Did they not always make h matters worse, worse, and 1 Many years ago there vrrtsvui great s quarrel in the l'resbyterian lamify. Aim-, p Isters of Christ were thon^k^M'^mdta: p in proportion as theyi T lauces witli other clcrgyfc/jioAHJfo rarfce h denomination. The iiiou ottfraqrafllHi -s personalities were ahr'oSi^ As iu the li autumn, a hunter conH homo earing ul'game, piwDidgus and wild duckets slung over his shohldcr, so there weroJ^ many ministers who came back from the 1 ecclesiastical courts with long strings of. t doctors of divinity whom they had shot with their own ritle. The division became wider, the animosity greater, until after a while some good men resolved upon another tuck. They began to explain awa\ the ilitliculties; they began to torgive each other's faults, and lo! the great church (piarrel was settled, and a new school Presbyterian church and the <>ld school l'reshytcrian chureli became one. The different parts of the Prcsbylerian order, wielded by a hammer, a little hammer, a Christian hammor'lhat the Pcripturo calls "a soft tongue." You have a dispute with your neighbor. You say to him "1 dispise you." lie replies: "1 can't hear the sight of you." You say to him: Never enter iny house ( again." He says: "If you comfronmy door sill I'll kick you oil." You say to < him: "I'll put you down." lie says to ' you: "You arc mistaken: I'll put you down." And so the contest rages; and year after year you act the unchristian part, and la- acts the unchristian part. After a while the better spirit seizes you. and one day you go over to the neighbour, ami say: "(Jive me your hand. We have fought long enough. Time is so short. ' and eternity is so near, that we cannot sitlord any longer to quarrel. I feel you have wronged me very much; hut let us settle all now in one great hank-shaking, mid he good friends all the rest of our lives." You have risen to a higher platform than that on which before you stood. You win his admiration, and you get his apology. Put if you have t not conquered him in that way; at any rate you have won the applause of your t own conscience, the high estimation of i good men. and the honor ol your J .oreI who died for his armed enemies. "Hut." you say, "what arc we to do when slanders assault us, and there ' come acrimonious saying all around nbout. u*. and we are abused and spit t - Mvi-ci.lcw. Do not go and gf- a tenant to chase down the slanders, t ies t flre prolific. and while you arc; killing one. fin \ art! horn. All your demonstrations (] of indignation only exhaust yourself. "You might as well, on some summer "s night when the swarms olinsects are s coming up from the, meadows and dis- v lurblng you. and disturbing your family. v brine ni> some great "swamp angel," like that whic h thundered over Charleston. and try to shoot thorn down. The game is too small for the gun. i I Jut, what, then, are you to do with the 1 abuses that come upon you in life? You c are. to live them down! 1 saw a farmer go out to get hack a swarm ol hoes that 1 hnd vcrtiwli-fi il-ott' ti-run tlve liive lu> i moved amid them Lliey buzzed around s his head, and buzzed around his hands, i and buzzed around his feet. If he had I .killed one of. them they would have slung < him to dealli. lint lie moved in their e midst in perfect placidity until he had I captured the swarm of! wandering bees. \ And so I have seen men moving amid i ' the annoyaoi'es swot tlio voHflliixiH. and the assaults, of life in such calm, Chris- t tian dellheration that all t1tc buzzing < si round their souls amounted to nothing, > They eonpuer tlieni, and above all, < they conquered thcmselvc. "O," you say. < "that's a very good theory to preach on I si hot day, hut it won't work." It will ] work. It has worked. I believe it is s the last Christian ginco wc win. You I .know there are fruits which we gather in < June, and others in duly, and others in s .August, and others in September, and i ?till others in October; and I have to ? idinit thut this grace of Christiau forgivclcss is about the last fruit of the Chrisinn soul. We h*ar a great ileal about the hitler | onguc. and the sareastie tongue, and \ he quick tongue, and the stinging tongue | >ut we know very little about "the soft i ,onguc that hreaketh the bone." We 1 eail Iludibras, and Sterne, and Dean Swill, and the dher apostles of acrimony ait give little time to studying tne cxixamplo of llini who was reviled, and ret reviled not again. O that the Lord, >v llis spirit, would endow us all with 'the soft tongue that hreaketh the bone." I .jjiss now to the other thought that 1 lesire to present, and that is. kindness is a means of usefulness. In all com-j nullities you litid sceptical men. Through early education, or through the ! nallrcntuiuul ofprolcsscd Christian penile, or through prying curiosity about he future world, there are a great many leolc who become sceptical in religious hings. llow shall you capture them or Cod? Sharp argument and sarcastic | ctort never won a single soul from seep- j ieisin to the Christian religion. While I lowcrlul books on the "Evidences of hristianity" have their mission in con- j inning Christian people in the faith they i avo already adopted. 1 have noticed ; hat when scoptica|^K'ople are brought i itfft llio I'lthflliini if it! llifiMiirli ' lie charm of some congenial soul and iot by argument at all. Men arc not saved through the head; hey arc saved through 1 he heart. A torm comes out ofits hiding place. It ays. "Now we'll just rouse up all this en;" and it makes a great bluster; tut it does not succeed, l'art of the sea ?roused up,-?perhaps one-half of it, or me-fourth of it. After a while the calm loon, placid and beautiful, looks down, lid the ocecan begins to rise. It comes p to high-water mark. It embraces the real headlands. It submerges the caches of all the continents. It is the cart-throb ol one world against the cart-throb of another world. And l!; ave to tell you that while all your tonus of ridicule and storms of sarcasm ia\ rouse up the passion of an inimoril nature, nothing less than lite at true- I ve power of C hristian kindness can | ver raise the deathless spirit to liappi- j ess and 10 Clod. I have more laith in , ie prayer ot a child f> yoais old, in the i ay of bringing an in tide 1 back to Christ \ nd to heaven, than 1 have in all the his-i nig thunderbolts ol ecclesiastical con- j rovers y. You cannot overcome men with re j gious argumentation. If yon come at a ceptieal man with an argument on liealt of the Christian religion, you put the J inn on his mettle. lie says : "I see j Kit man has a carbine. I'll use my ear- , inc. I'll answer his argument withniv rgument." IJut if you conic to that ; tan. persuading him that you desire his ! appiness on earth, and his eternal wel- ' ire in the world to come, ho cannot an | w; c it. What I have said is just as true in the j clamatioii of the openly vicious. Did on ever know a drunkard to be saved lirou?_rli (lie caricature <>1 a drunkard "our mimicry of the staggering steii. ; nd the thirl; tongue. and the disgusting iccough, only worse maddens his brain. ! Jut it you come to him in kindness and ympalhy; if you show him that you apireciale the awful grip of a depraved ap-; titite; if you persuade him of the fact { Ual thousands who had the grappling J .qoks of evil inclination clutched in their j uul as (irmly as in his have been doivcred. then a ray of li?_rliL will flash cross his vision, and it will seem as is a upornatural hand were steadying his fevering gait. A good many years ago there lay in le streets a man dead drunk, his tare I xposed to thedilistering noonday sun. A i 'hristian woman passed along, looked ! t him. and said: "Poor fellow." She I, .ok her handkerchief and spread it over) is fare, and passed on. The man roused ! iniscli up from his debauch, and began ! > look at the handkerchief, and. h>! on ! was the name of a highly respectable I hristian woman of the ciiy. lie went; her. thanked her for her kindness; and ' ail one little deed saved him for this j te. and saved him for the life that is to j uiie. He was afterwards at lornc.y-goner- j 1 of the United Slates; hut, higher than 11. he became the consecrated disciple j 1 .Irsus Christ. Kind words arc so cheap, it is a won- ! er we do not use them alienor. There i re tens of thousands of people who arc ying for the lack of one kind word. ' 'here is a business man who has fought I gainst trouble until lie Is perfectly ex-1 austral, lie has been thinking about j trgery. about robbery, about suicide. ! Jo to that business man. Tell him that letter times are coming, and tell him hat you yourself wen; in a tight husicss pass, and (lie I.ord delivered von. 'ell linn to put his trust in (?od. Tell tin that .Jesus Christ stand beside every I usiness man in his perplexities. Tell j an of the sweet promises of'Cod'scom- I tiding grace. That man is dying for the J u k of just one kind word. (Jo to-mor- j ow and utter that one saving, omnipont, kind word. Here is a soul that lias , ecu swamped in sin. He wants to lind lie light of the (Jospcl. lie feels like a lilpwrocked mariner looking out over ' lie beach, watching for a sail against ] lie sky. (). hear down on lum. Tell] iin that ihe l.ord wait to be gracious to an, and though he has been agreatsiner. there is a great Savior provided, 'ell him that though his sins arc as carlet, they shall he as snow, though ; hey are red like crimson, they shall he j s wool. That mail is dying forever for j he lack of otic kind word. There used to he sung at a great many | if the pianos all through the country i song that has almost died out. I wish 1 omebody would start it again in our ' oeial circles. There may not have hern cry exquisite art in the music, hut there vas a grand and glorious sentiment: "Kind words never die, never die; Cherished and blessed." (), that we might in our families and n our churches try the force of kindness. i mi ( ini never unvo men, women or : hildren into the kingdom oftJod. A March north-easter will bring out more ! innoysuoklos than tret fulness and "cold- | nj; will bring out Christian grace. I vish that in all our religious work we night he saturated with the spirit of nndiicss. Missing that, we miss a great leal of usefulness. There is no need of :oming out before men and thundering o them the law unless at the same time am preach to them thctiospel. Do you lot know that this simple story of a -Hvior'n kindness is to redeem all unions ? The hard heart of this world's ibduraey is to he broken before that dory. There is in Antwerp, Jlclgium, >ne of the most remarkable pictures I nersaw. It is "The Descent of Christ rum the Cross." It is one of Ruben's | pictures. .no man can stand and look >1 that "Descent from the Cross," as Ituhens pictured it. without having his yes flooded with tears, if he have any <ensihility at all. It is an overmastering picture?on*; that sinus you, and itnggcrs you, and haunts your dreams. One afternoon a man stood iu that ca tin-dial looking at lluben's "Dcseen from the Cross." lie was all absorbet in that scene of a Savior's sufl'cringt when the janitor came in and said: "li is time to close up the cathedral for thi night. I wish you would depart." Thi pilgrim looking at that "Descent fron the Cross" turned around to tho janitoi and said: "No.. 110; not yet; Wai until they get Him down.'. O. it is tlie story of a Saviour's sutler ing kindness that is to capture the world When the pones of that great BchcmoLl of iniquity which has trampled all na tions shall lie broken and shattered, i will lie found out that the work was no done by the hammer of the iconoclast or by the sword of the conqueror, or Ir the torch of persecution, hut by the plain simple, overwhelming force of "the sof tongue that hreakcth the bone." Aud now 1 ask the blcssiug of God tc come down upou you iu matters o health, in matters ot business; that tin Lord will deliver you from your liuan eial perplexities; Unit lie will give yoi a good livelihood, large salaries, healthful wages, sullicicnt income. I praj God that lie may give you the opportunity of educating your children forthii world, and. through the rich grace ofoui Lord Jesus Christ, of seeing them pre pared for the world that Is to conic Above all. 1 look for the mercy of Goi upon your immortal souls; and lest ] stand before some who have not yet attended to the things of their cterna interest, in this, the closing part of mj discourse. 1 implore them hero and uow to seek after God au?l bo at peace will him. O, we want to he gathered to gctiier at last in the bright and hlcssci assemblage of the skies, our work al done, our sorrows all ended. God bless you, and your children, and your children's children. And now I comment you to God and to the word of llis graci which is able to build you up, and give you an inheritance among all them tha tiro sanctified. THERE MUST BE NO SPLIT. Sfimtor Butlur Say* tlio Minority Miih Yield to tlie Majority. Com-muia, Aug. 20.?The hot head: and extremists of the party who arc ripe lor a split, will find no crumbs ol political comfort in tin' words of Sena tor M. C. I hitler given to the World representative to-day. In a few cleai cut sentences, which the reporter has made no attempt to '-string out" 01 elaborate, he "speaks forth the words of truth and soberness." Senator llutler arrived in the city this morning, lie had heard that, the two exc cntive committees would meet here to-day. and he came to assist in r settlement. The World man found Senator llutler preparing to enjoy :u after-dinner siesta in his room at the Jerome. When told that the Worlc desired his opinion on the politica complications that now vex the State the Adonis of the Senate readily coin plied, lie spoke tree and without reservation. I lis very first words, giving the gist of his opinion, were em phat ic and of no uncertain tone. Suit lie: "If the l-'armera* Movement inn have a majority in t he September con volition, the minority should acquiesce in the result." "It. is rumored, (lenoral." said the re portt r. "that under certain eircuni stances, the non-seating of sonic anti Tillman delegat ions, for instance, then will appear to be justification for not recognizing the action of the Septem tier convention." "It is not prmjent. or wise, or proper,* replied lie, "toJiave a split or a holt whether the action of the convention he regular or irregular. There is noth ing to do but to acquiesce. It is eitliei that or llepuhlicanism. "is much interest taken in the political situation here hy Democrats u Washington ?" "There is, decidedly" "What do our Representatives ii i im^n si 11;i\ t hi say miuiii n "livery Democratic Senator," said tin (leneral/'with whom i have conversed concurs with me in the views I havt expressed to you. 1 have talked wit I all of them. There is no difference ol opinion among them. They believ< that a holt or split would he fatal an< ought not to he thought of." Senator liutler said that he had beet asked for his views by the anti-Tillmar advisory committee, and that he ha< given it as his opinion that the ticke nominated by the September Conven tion should he supported by the entiri Democratic party of the State. lie further stated that he had con versed with Gen. Johnson .Ilagood, o Darnwell, and had fonml him of tie same opinion. The (ieneral expressed the earncs wish that conservative views would hi adopted by the conference and the peo pie generally. It was his imprcssioi that conservatism would prevail. Senator liutler left the city on ttv evening train to spend a week on l\i farm at Kdgelield. Suiciae of it M Inlntor. I'nion Point. fin.. Aug. 25.?Kov W. A. Overton. Baptist ministcrat tlii place, committed suicide this morniiv at ins country uoiuc near ncre. im charge from a shot nun emptied into hi neck and head, ended his life instantly Mr. Ovrcrton was about sixty years ofag and had been looked upon as a man c the highest christian character. Sonv two weeks since he was conducting ; protracted meeting at Siloam, nea Greensboro. When the meeting ha been in progress a few days it wa whispered that Mr. Overton had tnkci improper liberties with a young lad prominentia the community. Thcolde members of the congregation requeslei Mr. Overton to discontinue the mcctin which lie did. The affair was talked < from house to house and for several day he appeared alternately lively an despondent until this morning, when tli end came. A Cotton Convention. Atj.anta. 11a, August 2f?.?Th Convention of Governors of all the ^>1 ton States has been called by tion Goi don to meet in Atlanta on Septemoc It). The Convention was asked for b the Georgia State Alliance in sessio here last week. Each Governor is t appoint six delegates, making sevei representatives from each cotton Stale The Convention will consider the mal tcr of direct trade with Liverpool; als questions relative to weights, insurance freights and handling ot cotton. riHiioM and Ornans, N. W. Thump, 134 Main Street, (V liimhia, S. C., sells 1'ianos and Organ: direct from factory. No agents* com missions. The celebrated Chickerin I'iano. Mathushek Piano, celebrate for its clearness of tone, lightness r touch and lasting qualities. Mason . Ilamlin Upright Piano. Sterling ll| ' right Pianos, from #22 up. Arion Pis | nos, from #200 up. Mason llamli Organs, surpassed by none. Sterlin Organs, #.7) up. Every Instriiiiieii guaranteed lor six yesirs. Fifteen day; i trial, expenses both ways, if not ssiti: | factory. Sold on Instalments. { X \ , * ; THE TAR HEEL NEGROES i A REPUBLICAN UPRISING IN HORTH ? CAROLINA. P V __ b j The Calorvil H??<ly of llu< I'urly OhjoolH t< f llHTlng ? White llcml Any L.?iif;er?Tli >'?'uroe? Mnothiivo ? Fair Shiirn of t<i OtUoe* or they Will uot Cust tlio Votes. Raleigh, N. C., Aug. 20. ?'The Color 1 met hero at nooi [ to-day, a^riToTTistricts being represented t The delegates wore among tlio ablest ne . groes in the State. James II. Younj called the Convention to order, and sah ? that its purpose was neither child's pla; 1 nor disruption of the Republican party j but to make all men, from the Presiden f to the smallest office-holder, understam ! that the negroes demand tlio rights am privileges to which they are entitled, am 1 from which scheming white Republican have so long debarred them. The ne r groes meet now as the real Republicai party of North Carolina, and they wil i never get any recognition until the; thus demand it. The purpose is not ti . draw tlio color line. White Republican: did this some time ago, but the domain j is plain that the negro must be recogniz [ ed in tlio distribution of patronage. John S. I)arcy read the call for the Con j volition, in which it is stated that fo twenty-live years the negroes have votei 1 wildly. r E. E. bmith, ex-minister to Liberia 1 wijo^jv^urned out by lilainc, after h uao-jiTiFniocn ui'tiiiiiuaiKT 111 UiULT, >V?I 1 made temporary chairman, and declare* I 011 ta tying the chair that this movemen i was the beginning of a great work am . tlie negroes had grievances which mus ] be redressed. , ('alls were made for the Rev. Dr. J. C ^ Price, the most eloquent negro in th . United States, who said that the Rlai bill should have been passed, but the Re publican party is responsible for its de feat alter its solemn pledges to aid lie groeseducationally, lie said there wa t special need for the establishment b, Northern philantlirophists of a gran* school of technology for negroes in th * South, lie took strong ground agains 5 the negro exodus, particularly to nior f Southern States, asserting it was a grea mistake. j J. Ik Ilarrissaid it was a fact that lb . Republicanism of many white Kcpuhli , cans was only ollice deep. ! John 11. Williamson, one of the pro . meters of the Convention, said that th self-respecting negroes intended to whi] , the white Republicans into reason am , justicOj eg- else kill the party, and t'ua ' they will carry war into the State Repub ' lican Convention next Thursday. Th negroes demand the removal of wliit otllce-holders who have betrayed then , and ignored them, and measures will b * inaugurated to remedy the evils whicl now burden the negroes. JolmS. Leary, Independent Republi ' can candidate for Congress from theft ! district, said that unless the white Ri publicans dealt fairly with the negroe the latter would not answer when catle j on. Charles Moore, Independent Republi I can candidate for Congress from tlieut district, was made permanent seen . tary. A call was made for Cheatham, the iu gro Congressman from the 2d district. Kx-M mister Smith made a speech bit | i terly opposing the call, and said he di * i not want to hear Cheatham, who ha t opposed the Convention, and lie positive ' ly refused to hear him. A lively seen followed, but finally Cheatham spoke an . attempted a defence of himself. It fel very llaSp*and did him harm. He sai thnt President Harrison had made som 1 abominable appointments, but iiiai stil | his Administration was a great, one am he called upon the Convention toendors it. llepublican Senators had plannei and plotted the defeat, of the Blair bil 1 but ho assured the Convention it wont become law next session. There was a motion for Congressma: 1 Brewer to come forward and explain hi action toward the negroes, but the Coi vention refused to entertain it, thecliaii ; man ruling that white men had n business in the Convention, and that th !. explanation could be made at the ballot , i liox next November, j I The Convention adopted resolution which, briefly summarized, reallirn alh gianoe to the Republican party and as that the negro race receive proper recof ! nttion in the distribution of patronag I commend Harrison's administration o national questions, condemn self-ai pointed white bosses who get to Wasf '' ington and make representations thf the negroes, no matter whether the Z are ^cognized or uot, will support tli * ltepublican party, call for a committc to go to Was! i in ton to lay the grievance . of the North Carolina negroes befoi , the President, ask for the establisbmei <n ;i negro scnooi oi iceiinoiogy m tli South, endorse tlie Morrill education: 1 bill, condemn the State election law, ei dorse the plan of a Southern exnositio ' in some North Carolina city by bot *s races, and commend Senator I .lair f< his work for the Ulair bill. News an Courier. . AguiiiMt Insulin. s Atchison, Kan., August 2(5.- T1 g Farmers' Alliance and Knights of Li I bor of this city met as the people's coi s vention yesterday and nominated thr? . Democrats iind one. Republican ft c County otlices and one Democrat an ,C one Republican for the Legislatur R The convention unanimouly adopt* the St. Louis platform and the follov 'ling resolution in addition: '. Resolved, That it is the sense of th '' convention that nominees for the Legi s lilt ure stand pledged not to vote for tl II return of John.I. Ingalls to the Unite y States Senate. | An Kye Turn Out Ity I.tglltnlng. , A fierce storm visited the vicinity < Jj- Marysvillo, Ind., Friday, andallashi 8 lightning struck a wagon in which Mr ,1 Mary Keorner was riding. The shot c tore the hat which (he lady was weariri into fragments, and rendered her uncoi sicous. When picked u]i the startlin discovery was made that one other cy< 0 had been torn from the socket, and wi afterwards found upon the bed of tl '* vehicle. Mrs. Koernor is in si critic: r condition, and death will in all pro! y ability ensue. 0 Two Uu?Hl* CoilHUiriCll. n Sttnokidok. Ont.. Aug. 25?Quect . hotel, together with lis contents, wi [1 burned this morning. The quests, 0 whom there was a largo number, lui . groat difficulty in escaping. Two mei Thos. Powers and Herbert Taylor, tl latter it is said belonging to Ottawa, wci burned to death, and two others wci * badlyitttdi H, ; I- Sixty lf?m<<l?'NNM l?ii n< I lien. it New Orukanh, Aiijj. 27.?A Time (1 Dcmoral El Paso, Tex., special sir >f between llurty-livc and forty hous( ^ were washed away last evening Jaurez and sixty families renden l* homeless by a cloudburst. Two pe sous only were, drowned. it Syphilis, Rheumatism, Old Sores ar a' Ulcers, Scrofula and Catarrh are exac * ly the diseases that aro cured by tti; powerful medicine, P. 1'. P. liurl.'tl lu h U.I I. ' Atiikns, Ua:, Auk. 2d.?Mr. I). A. Mathews, a gentleman living nearSan4 dv Cross, a little place about twenty miles from here, was iu the city to-day, and tells of a horrible accident which happened to Mr. Hob Sharp, a white > man, and a negro |>y the name of Kehois, both of that place. Sharp, it ? seems, was engineer for the munutncn taring company, and when the mill was started up Saturday it was found that the pumps would not work. Sharp - and his fireman, Echoles, decided to go j t down in the well and repair it. They . sent to Athens for the necessary ina" ferial, and Monday morning went >- down. While they were at work and j without any warning signs whatever, j the well commenced caving in and the two men were soon hidden from sight y l?y clods of dirt. The condition of the two men was soon observed by parties t near the well and news of the accident 1 spread rapidly over the county. Neigh- I bors flocked to the scene to assist in re- \ * moving the dirt and rescuing the men. I Late yesterday afternoon they had not s been extricated and it is feared both i. are dead. Mr. Sharp has a family deii pending on him for support. lie was 1 highly'respected by his neighbors and y employers. The negro also has a fa mi0 ly.?Augusta Chronicle. * Surprising Testimony. Many physiciaus who have examined F into the merits ot' 15. B. B. (Botanic Blood Balm), have been confronted * with testimony which they deemed sur1 prising, and thus being convinced of I its wonderful eflicacy. have not failed , to prescribe it in their practice its ocy casion required. s II. L. Cassidy, Kennesaw, Ha., writes; "For two years my wife was a great k sufferer. Skillful physicians did her i no good. Iler mouth was one solid . ulcer, her body was broken out in sores, and she lost a beautiful head of hair. . Three bottles of B. B. B. cured her com0 pletely, incredible as it may sound, and r she is now the mother of a healthy , three months old baby clear from any scrofulous taint." A. II. Morris, Pine Bluff, Ark., writes: " "Hot Springs and several doctors failed to cure mo of several running ulcers on j my leg, II. 15. 11. effected a wonderfully ,, quick cure after everything else had et tailed." ' e Itiillilokiiig a Grand .Jury. Loi'isvim.h, August 27.?A letter from Hazard, Ky., where. Court is in scs0 sion under the protection of troops dated August 2">. says: Twenty-lhcc men engaged in the French-Kvcrsolo feud havo ) P been indicted for murder and accessories, i p and many of them have been arrested. [I The grand jury were reluctant to bring J t In indictments, but were called up in 5 i- Court by the prosecuting attorney, who * e told them they must do their dutv. or r e | he would discharge them and call another II jury. Judge I Alley added to this state- ? ** mcnl that if they sought, to protect lawbreakers, lie would refuse to sign their 1 warrants for pay. d A IMIiar of Flro by Night. SkattIjK. Wash., August 27.?Passl engers on the steamer Arago confirm the report that Mount Bogosloy, Alaska, is in a stale of emotion. The sionmnr lofi. jt | Ounalaska .Inly :}, and at that time large | volumes of steam and smoke could lie seen issuing from the volcano, while at I >- night a pillar of lire thousands ol feet in L height were discernible for miles. Hugos- J t- lav has been in a stale of active eruption < d ever since. The sight is .a grand one d and mariners hope the aclevity will con!* tinue. as it serves as a lighthouse in guid? ing vessels through Ouanak l'ass [J Steam and smoke have been seen to (j issue from inp crater ami lire and lava e were dally expected to bo noon inntung II Irom its mouuth. ' d lliiw I Whs Ciircil of S?-Cnllcd Cancer. ?s I J.l'I.ATON, (i A. S II \>pau Sir 'l ids is to certify that I j .? was a sufferer with a place on my j under lip for fourteen years, and was ' under treatment of different physicians, , 11 hut they done ine no good. 1 had lost ; s hope of being cured bv medical treatnient. 1 then went to a doctor living | " in Florida, who treated them by art. i , After going t?? him it got well, appar- ] ently, for awhile, hut returned as had 1 as ever. I then eoncluded to trv 1'. P. i ]'. (Prickly Ash, Poke 1 loot and Potas- 1 ^ sium.) and after taking live bottles ' j" (pint size) was cured. I also lind it a j ^ good medicine to give a good appetite, ' '* and to give proper digestion. ^ \ ours most truly, " L. J. 8TRI0KLAMD. 1- Killed ICucli Other. Louirvii.le, Aug. 27.?Xcar Ktany ford, Ky., Boss Hamilton and It. Forgu? Ron shot each other to death Thursday. Hamilton was walking with his wife J .j. when Ferguson beckoned to him to come ,* forward. Hamilton handed a bundle to ie his wife and the men walke d together a few yards and then, almost sinniltanci ously, drew their revolvers and began n to shoot. h 1 )r The women praise 1*. P. P. for Scroti fula, (Jericral Weakness and Nervous- 1 n?\ss, Indigestion, Rheumatism, and 1 Female Complaints. Try the great and powerful P. P. P., and then recommend 10 it. to your neighbors, and you will know l" you have done a good deed. je Bradlield's Female Regulator will >r cure all irregularities or deragements d peculiar to women. Those suffering e. should use it. v- DR. (iltOSV FNOlt'S is Hill.I.-CA ?-* < I'liitMTHRN. sj Are the host Porous Piasters in the World. They are the l?cst plasters In every way for uir ijuirK i ruui Ul SJ LAME BACK PAIN IN THE s< GHEST, RHEUMATISM, k NEURALGIA. i" " Unlike all other plasters, these are Purely Vegetable ami Harmless. Relieve in'S stantly and nover fail to cure. 28 is SAFE, QUICK and SURE. 1C jj Sold by drugghts or mailed on receipt of , 25c. by Gkosvenor & Richards, Boston, Mass. I'lT'l'N CAKni^/tTIVl:! is I?OR CORRECTING N AU8E A is Dysentery, Diarrhoea and Cholera Inr(j fanturn. A pleasant medicine of incnlcuI able merit in the home circle for child or l" adult. It is popular, pleasant and efficient. L Truly a mother's friend. It soothes and 10 heals the mucous membranes; and checks re the mucous discharge from head, stomach rc and Imwels. The mucous discharge from the head and lungs are as - promptly relieved by it as the mucous discharge from the bowlcs. It is made to relieve the mucous system and cure nausea, and it does it. It makes the Critical period of I s teething children safe and ca??y. It invlgofs rates and builds up the system while it is in relieving and curing the wasted tissue. It d Is recommended and used largely by pliyslr_ clans. For sale by Wannamaker&Murray Co., Columbia, S. C., and wholesale by Howard & Wil'ett, Augusta, tin., ul f- ' /- * ' jr. Ci^MSAC K !<? *! NOISft tttKCwy Z ?# * H ? "**' iNVUiiiU: UJUU,* l:.? lit t' i^y l&M M*? H CUSHIONS. WliwiH-m W.I, < -./..if.rlabl*. wh.r. .11 fall. s.iabjr V. Ills) OIL Mir. >11 Ur'l.tf, Haw Yaek. WrIU for MM ?f irafc WtULf The Tozer Inline Worts, P (Successor to Dial Boiler Works.) A JOHN A. WILLIS, PROPR. 117 WEST GERVA1S STREET, ps . pNEAR ^ SMI 2 * Jamigsdali ? ,'! ?? Wli?y ? ]V?anufacturers oJ-T rP O X? B lozer otbavi XliNGINES, cs Did all sizes ot both Locomotives and vo- J;' turn Tublar Boilers. I*?-Foundry work in Iron and Brass Re- Sll tailing promptly executed. 3? iSig ^dicinej I j FOR TIRED J | ivIftH AND WOMAN. Is P. P. P. will purify aud vltallzo your H h'ood, create a fjixxl appotitoand givoyour B W whole system tone ani .strength. 9 fr A prominent railroad superintendent at B Savannah,suffering with ""'aria, Dyspep- H siii, ami Rheumatism sn; - ' * "toe zaing H 1* P. 1*. P. ho never felt so well in his life, and K l is as if tie could livo fciv.or, if he could B 11 always get 1*. 1'. P." gj _ If you are tired out fr . ,<,<? and B n close confinement, take B J p. p- p. i e [ If you aro feeling b"cly in the spring ; and out of sorts, take 3 P" P- P" 1 A /> If your digestive orgt.no need toning up, g f Utko U i p. p. p. i " fl If viu Buffer with headache, indigestion, B i; debility ami weakness, take ? ; p. p. p. ? ( : If you suffer with rervous prostration, ? nerves unstrung and a general let down B of the 8y8te<u, take p. p. p. p. For Rlood Poison. Rheumatism, Rcrof- y ula. Old Korea, Malaria, Clironic Female si i Complaints, tako ? p. p. p. h Prickly Ash, Poke Root & and Potassium. r | The best blood purifier in the world. * MPl'MAN BROS.. Wholesale Druggist*, |$ *! Sole Proprietors, H _ Lippman's Block, Savannah, Go. g? < ii a i: i. <> i'T k F B M A L E I N S T I T U T E. , TMIE BUIT PINO IS NOW MOD- ' I ornizcd and improved as a boarding |j ichool until it is second to none in tlio f South in comfort and conveniences. The V. Jorps of Teachers engaged for tlie com- f ng session is the best the Institute has ever J md. No other institute in the South can ^ >tTer advantages superior to those offered t iere in the Literary, Music and Art I)e J' lartments. Mr. Maclean continues to be the Direc x?r of Music. The patrons of the Institute, *! whoso daughters were taught by Mr. Maclean during the past session, are referred to in proof of the statement that ho s the best teacher of Music who has ever < :aught in Charlotte. As originator and w II rector of the .June Musical Festival in .his city, his reputation has extended throughout the South. WM. It. ATKINSON, Principal. PARENTS Who have Daughters to educate should send for circular of the p SOUTH CAROLINA COLLEGE FOR j WOMEN, O O L U M 11 I A. S. C. Three Departments, Preparatory, Academic and Collegiate. Art and Music D" partments unsurpassed. Hoarding Department unsurpassed in its appointments. For circulars or any information address, IlEV. W. It. ATKINSON, Aug 30-1 President. COMPLETE GINNERIE8~, UPON THE MOST APPROVED plans, with Suction Fan or Spiked Belt Seed Cotton Elevator furnished at competitive prices. COTTON OINS and PRESSES of best makers. Thomas llay Hakes, Deering Mowers, uoruin narrows and l'lanet, .ir., Cultivators. j A largo stock of Portable and Stationary Ginning and Saw Mill Engines on hand. I State Agents for C. A G. COOPElt A GO'S Corliss En- | ginos Dane Saw Mills and Liddell Company's complete line. W. II. GIBUE3, .In.. AGO.. Near Union Depot, Columbia, S. C. ?^ADFIELD'S f LIAB .REGULATOR 1 M r. rJ S T R UAT ION OK MUNTHLV OICKNC.SS ! " 'MIN OUR\SC CHAMGit Of Uft G. G KHGER *v> SUf f ERING VflLL BE AVOIDED 1 JBCOK TO'WOMAN "wmdfreb BRA OF!ELD REGULATOR CD. ATLANTA GA. 1 90L0 MYALL OtlUBGfSTi. ( 'ZSB&SBl " "<^A?5F1R'S j i HAIR (BALSAM ! uuSd9K^^^H,ci<<iiiiM'-< r.<iii i? ?ntin.K iiio Iiair. E?Mf* I'roiix-Uui a liiim hint Ifiowth. ISwT JlNevtr Fail* to Rettora Gray i Hair to it* Youthful Color. K3'4-tllf?^^^Ncuir?*c?l|> JIm-uim-* A tiftlr falling ' . H0 t M ' ADGETTPAYS THEFRHSHT. . GREAT OEVT.lt THAT MA* NOT AOAW BR Kf.TEATKD. SO DO NOT DKLAV^'SiUUKB While the Iron is Hot."' r Write for Catalogue now, and say what \|ht yon saw this advertisement iu. Remember that I sell everything that x's to furnishing a home?manufacturing nue things and buying others iu the largit possible lots, which enables mo to wipe it all competition. V* ERE ARE A KKW OF MY STARTLING BARGAINS. A No. 7 Flat top Cooking Stove, full size,' >xl7 incli oven, fitted with 21 pieces of are, delivered at your own depot, all eight charges paid by me, for only welve DoUar-,? .... Again, 1 will soil you a 8 holoCookingy "i ango 13x13 Inch oven, 18x26 inch top, fitted ith 21 pieces of ware, for THIRTEEN OLLARS, and pay the freight to your 3pot? 0 NOT l'AY TWO PRICES FOR YOUR GOODS. 1 will solid you a nico plush Parlor suit, alnut l'ramo either in combination or. uidcd, the most stylish colors, for 933.50 four railroad station, freight all paid, will also sell you a nice Bedroom ruit insisting of Bureau with glass, 1 high head edstead, 1 Washstand, 1 Centro table, 4 me seat chairs, 1 cane scat and back rock , all for 516.50, and pay freight to your 3 pot* Or I will send you an elegant Bedroom lit with largo glass, full marble top, for (0, and pay freight. ico window shade on spring roller 5 40 legant large walnuts day clock, 4.00 ralnut lounge, 7.00 ace curtains per window, 1.00 1 cannot describe everything in a small ivcrusement, but have an imiiicnso store intnining 22,600 feet of lloor room, with are houses and factory buildings in other irts of Augusta, making in all tno largest .. i sin ess of this kind under ono manageent in the Southern States. These stores id warehouses aro crowded with the ? loiccst productions of the best factovios. y catalogue containing illustrations of mhIs will be mailed if you will kindly say here you saw this advertisement. I pay eight. Address, L. F. PADGETT, roprictor Padgett's Furniture, Stovo and Carpet Store, 10-1112 Broad Street, AUGUSTA, GA. TALBOTT SON'S NG1NKS l.OIT.Klts stWMii.TSAvn GRIST MILLS re acknowledged to foe the licst over sold in tfois State. "hen you fouy one of tliem you are satisfied that you have made no mistakeWrite for our prices, Cotton Gins and + Cotton Presses AT BOTTOM FIGURES. 1 can save you money. r. C, Badham, Gen. Agt, COI.U.VIltl A, M? C. t-*y~llome ollico and Factory, KK'iniO.VIK VI. ?WRITE TO 10LLER & ANDERSON BUGGY CO., ROCK I1ILL, S. C., GVll? rTTTT?m f AT A TQ('TTV GTVL ing Prices. Terms and References of Higgles, Carriages, Wagons, Road and 'hneton Carts, Harness, etc. All firstlass work made foy liand and warranted, 'rices lower than any othecof same grade, hir Vehicles are running in every county i South Carolina, and in many counties of lorth Carolina. Georgia and Vlorlda. All tquiries promptly answered. In writing lease mention Mils paper ami don't forget 1 irivil vnur PiufnHlon Uililroco on/1 c-lrrr* rmr name plainly. [OLLEK, ANDERSON IHJGGY CO., Manufacturers, Rock llill, S. C., IEPOSIT YOUR SURPLUS QJONEY IN THE COMMERCIAL BANK, OF COLUMBIA, S. C. One dollar and upwards received. Inurest at the rate of 4 per cent, per annum, aid quarterly, on tlio lirst days of Fobruay, May, August and November. Married roiuen and minors can keep account in heir 6wj> name.. Higher rates of interest llowed l?y special arrangement.' " * **' ? O. J. IREDELL, President. Jxo. S. Lkafhaiit, .Iames Iredell, Vice-President. Cashier. LIPI'MAN BROS., Wholesole Drmtfists, lole Proprietors, I.lppmsn'sBlock, IsiuuMs S|h$S^r. So'Ask Tor catalogue. TERRY M'F'G CO.. Nashville. Tenn mifDEBCORiVH, rPIIE ONLY SURE CURE FUR i Corns. Stops nil pain. Ensures comfort to the feet. 15c. at druggists lllscox fe Co., N. Y. ?: ? AUE YOU (JOVSUMPTIVE. Have you Cough, Brcnchltic, Asthma, Indigestion? Use Barker's Ginger Tonic, it has cured the worst cases and is tho best remedy for all ills arising from;defective nu Lrltion. Take In tlmo. 50 cents and $1. detectives ir?nw<1 lu e'tty CoaMy. Hhrnl M> It tel ??l?r MttwmllanlM. KipwUp? nxmnmry. PirtnhnlMlll Qraanan Detective Hurnu Co. 44 Arc*A?,rHiflimM,ar r\wnnQsaa $35. l'ianos $30. < 'atO logue Irce. D. F. Beaty, Washington, N. J.