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RY E. B. MURRAY & CO. ATJTrattSOrJ. S. (T. THURSDAY MORNING, JANUARY 24, 1884. _VOLUME XIX.-NO. 28. Three Particular Points. '; .Point the First.?Brown's Tr ok Bitters is not an intpxicating.com,. : j^i^kI. It is a tonic medicine,, not a drink. It is a skillfully compounded preparation made to restore strength and health; not a beverage to be sold m bar-rooms and taverns. Point the Second.?-Brown's Iron Bitters is free froin everything mj?riouK The most delicate ladies and the most enfeebled infants may use^witn)vperfect safety and "w ith great advantage. Wh?e JtTs^werful in its remewalagency, it is geiideiiyjsoDeration,restoring wasted strength and impartmg robust health in the m^^aent'malker. Point-Jte': Third.?^Brown's ;Irc^'Bitters is made by" the . Brown Chemical Company of Baltimore, a^ long-established house, whose reputa? tion is. well-lcnown to the business world and the general cornm?nity, There is no risk'in buying such a medicine." * g LADIES' STORE! - o " ? - FTER an extended trip by the Louisville Exposition, Cincinnati, Niagara, _? . New York and Baltimore? I&EISS LIZZIE! WILLIAMS IS-AT HEB OLD PLACE WITH A HANDSOME LOT OF DRESS GOODS, HATS, NECKWEAR, GLOVES, |L .^?n,^^ ?AND? .... SHOES OF EVERY KOD AND QUALITY. : She selected her SPLENDID STOCK in person, and is ready with her accom? plished assistants to wait on the public. She has determined NOT TO BE UNDERSOLD. Give us a call and be con? vinced. Sept 21,1881_. 10 - t\p&':SMALL. Accounts are no harder to pay with small crops, than full Accounts are with foil crops. This being true, col? lections np to this time have been fine, and to those who have so promptly" "SQUARED" up with me have my thanks, and to those who have cot are URGED to do so AT ONCE, as I greatly need the money to pay my debts with. Come along with your Cotton or Money, and if yon owe anything pay it, or if you want to trade I have a large Stock of Goods at prices that can't be undersold. Respectfully, &c, i J. J. BAKER. Oct 4, 1883 12 Reserve the torn f- USOLD ONLY BY * ?J. A.. DANIELS. Jan 17,1884 27 THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, COUNTY OF ANDERSON. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. A.H.Ford, Plaintiff.!against N. E. Gaillard, C. L. Gaillard and W. P. Moore, Defendants.?Sum tntnu for Relief?Complaint not Served. To the Defendants K. E. Gaillard and C. L. Gail? lard: YOU are hereby summoned and required to an? swer the complaint in tbis action, which Is filed in the office of the Clerk of tho Court of Common Pleas at Anderson C. H., S. C, aed to ?erre&copr or roar answer to the said complaint on the subscriber at his office, Anderson c. II., 8. C, within twenty days after the service hereof, exclusive of the day of such service; and if ?ou fail to answer the complaint within the time aforesaid, the plaintiff in tbis action will apply to tho Court for the relief demanded in the com? plaint. Dated January 8th, A. D. 1884. H. G. SCUDDAY, Plaintiff's Attorney. [3?al.] John W. Daniels. C. C. P. To the Defendants above named : Take notice that the Complaint in this action wss filed in the Clerk's office, Anderson, S. C, on tho 9th January, 1884, to obtain a foreclosure and aale*of two Mortgages on the Real Estate described therein, executed by you to the Plaintiff, and now on record in said office. H. G. SCUDDAY, Plaintiff's Attorney. Jan 10,18S4 26 G co CO NOTICE XO ^Administrators, Executors, Guardians, and Trustees. ALL Administrators, Executor?, Guar? dians and Trustees are hereby notified to make their Annual Returns to this office during the month of January, us required hy law. THOS. C. LTGON, Judge of Probate. JaaS. 1884 25 . 4 WHAT IS THIS! ?? Catarrh. Asthma* Coughs,] Sore Throat, j Hoarseness, Tightness in the Chest,! tndigestion> Dyspopsia,j Influenza, Laryngitis* j Clergymans' Sore Throat? I "Whooping Cough, I Shortness of Breath, AND IB A OOCO Tonio AND I Blood Purifier BREWER'S LUNG RESTORER is entirely vegetable, and we challenge the world to produce any? thing equal to it for all Throat and Lung Diseases. ^$1.00 Per Bottle, LA MAR, RANKIN & LA MAR. Maoon, Atlanta a Albany, Qa. Brewers' Lung ittstorer lor sale by Wil liite <fc Wilhite, Anderson, S. C. TUTT'S PILLS TORPID BOWELS, DISORDERED LIVER, and MALARIA. From these aouroea arlae three-fonrths oi the diseases of the human race. These Symptoms indicate their enatence: Xjduu at Aupcutc, Bowels coatlTC, Sick Head? ache, fullness after eating, aversion to exertion of body or mind, Eructation of food, Irritability of temper, Low spirits, A feeling of bavins neglected some duty, IMzzlness, Fluttering nt the Heart, Sots before the eyes, hlghlv col? ored Urine, COIfSTIPATIOW, aid de mandtbeuse of a remedy that acts directly on the Liver. As aLivcr modicine TUTT'S PILIiS have no e;rual. Their action on the Kidneys and Skin is also prompt; removing all impurities through these throe ** scav? engers of th? systitm," producing appe? tite, sound digestion, regular stools, a clear skin and a vigorous body. TUTT'S P.IIXB cause no nausea or griping nor Interfere with dally work and uro a perfect ANTIDOTE TO MALARIA. HE FEELS LIKE A NEW MAX. "I have badl Dyspepsia, with Constipa? tion, two years, and nave tried ten different kinds of pills, and Tl'TT's are the first that havo done me any good. They have cleaned me out nicely. My appetite is splendid, food digests readily, and 1 now nave natural pasenges. I feel like t. new man." - W.jD. EDWABDS, Palmyni, O. BoldeTerrwhere,2gc. Offio8,44MnrravBt,,N.y. TUTT'S HAIR DYE. Gray Hais ob Wuiskkbs changed in? stantly to aGLOSST Black by a single ap? plication of this Y>te. ?old by Druggists, or sent by express ou recoiptof $1. Offlco, 44 Murray Street, New York. TUTT'S MANUAL OF USEFUL RECEIPTS FREE C. BART & CO., CHARLESTON, S. C, rjlIJE LARGEST IMPORTERS OF? " FRUIT In the Sonth, offer for sale a well selected Stock of? Apples, Oranges, Bananas, Cocoanuts, Lemons, Raisins, Nuts. D-ied Figs, Potatoes, Cabbages, Onions, Peanuts, And everything else" that a First Class Fruit House should have. Nov 1883 17 Cm REV. JAMES ?ANNELLY, Address Before the Historical Society of the S. C. Conference, Dec. 13th, 1883, by Rev. H. M. Hood. Among the heroes who grace the gal? axy of modern Methodist history in I South Carolina, none shine with more peculiar lustre than Rev. James Dannelly. Bold, ardent, brilliant and eccentric, he was mi gceria, and. at once the most popular and efficient preacher c f the up country. In person he was of the medium height, quite corpulent, weighing about two hun? dred and fifty pounds, had but one leg, the other being supplied with a wooden stump. His face was round and florid, hair thin and of silvery whiteness, fore? head high and partly bald, ncse arched and aquiline, much resembling ia shape a hawk's beak. His small gray eyes, set unusually far back in his head, suapped and scintilated with n peculiar lustre when he was excited. His voice pitched on an unusually high key, with* a peculiar nasal twang, was shrill and loud, being distinctly. heard at the re? motest parts of the .vast camp-meeting audiences, to whom he often preached, and when he became aroused, had a vol? ume and music which, like Roland's mar? velous horn, at once spread consternation among the foes of God, and marshaled the church militant to victory. Rev. James Dannelly was a child of affliction. He lost a leg by ulceration, and constantly suffered from painful sores on the other, which wero kept in? flamed by the heavy weight of bis body, served to disquiet his mind, und gave him a severe and harsh utterance, which made him a terror to evil doers. His nature, however, was tender, sympathetic and generous, and those only who knew him intimately understood him properly, and knew how to appreciate him. In his day he was the most popular preacher of the up-country, maintaining his popularity to the day of his death. An appointment published for him to preach never failed to attract a crowd, even when disease and trouble had well nigh crushed him. He frequently gave offence, and persons became very angry with him, but he seldom or never failed to secure their attendance and improved behavior the next time. We have heard as thrilling eloquence from the lips of Rev. James Dannelly, as we ever heard from any man. We have seen immense congregations greatly moved under his sermons. The ministry of Eev. Jamea Dannelly was a ministry of rebuke. He felt called to grapple with the popular vices and frivolities of the day, which he did "with gloves off," cutting to the bone, and dividing the joints and the marrow. At S. Camp-meeting, Mr. DannelU. preached the li o'clock sermon on Satur? day to an immense congregation. The preacher seemed particularly unhappy in bis feelings. He began rough, and got rougher and rougher. He not only shocked our sensibilities, but outraged all the decencies of our nature; we were abashed, ashamed, and hid our faces in our hands. His closing sentences were the climax of all coarsenes we ever heard from the pulpit, and instead of yielding his place to the preacher who was in the pulpit to close the service, he took the hymn book and gave out "A charge to keep I have, A God to gloryfy," and said: "If any perBons present desire to forbake their sins and seek forgiveness, let them approach the alter." Of course, we expected no one to come, as all proper feeling seemed to be killed out by the sermon ; but what was our surprise to see an unusually handsome gentleman from a remote part of the congregation come running to the altar, prostrating himself under intenee feeling?a number of j young meu following, all deeply affected. Our curiosity was excited to know more of the case; bo, finding at which tent , this gentleman would dine, we directed our attention thither, and at the table interrogated him with regard to the ser? mon. He declared it was the grandest i sermon he had ever heard. "Why," said be, "it laid open my heart as no other sermon ever did." . At a camp-meeting held at Sandy Spring, some years ago, Mr. Dannelly preached at 11 o'clock on Sunday, to a large and appreciative audience. It was one of bis characteristic sermons and finest efforts. Being much exhausted, he returned to the preacher's tent and laid down on a bed, puffing and blowing from heat and exhaustion, when an old gentleman came running in, exclaiming as he came, "Mr. Dannelly 1 I am so glad to see you," &c, &c. We cast our eyes toward the speaker and observed that Mr. Dannelly bad put out his hand, in his peculiar style, twisted, with the palm up, a sure indication to uti that he did not heartily reciprocate the warm sal u ation. Mr. Dannelly did not open his mouth until his enthusiastic friend had completed his greeting; then in his loud, shrill, nasal tone, said, "Do you ttitt whiskey yetf" The last word being pro? nounced in a kind of shriek, was the stunning question. The friend was non? plussed, but rallying up replied, "You know Mr. Dannelly, we never could agree upon these questions; twenty years ago we argued them, but could not agree. I keep my still, and make a little for the convenience of my neighbors." "Do you sell whiskey yet f" the last word pro? nounced with a still louder ahriek. The friend staggered under the persistent force oi the question, but rallied in a mo? ment. "0, Mr. Dannelly, how can you be so hard on an old friend ? You know we never could agree on these subjects. I still sell a little along, but hopo I do no barm by it." "Do you drink whiskey yet?" ho uttered, with a still louder em? phasis. The old friend coughed, hemmed, laid bis band on the arm of the fierce parson, patronizingly : "You must not be hard ou me, my old friend. You know, Mr. Dannelly, we never could agree on these matters; twenty years ago we talked them over and could not t.gree. I still take my dram three times a day." "Are you a deacon in the Baptist. Church yetf vociferated the excited preacher, in thunder tone3. "0 yes, Mr. Dannelly; I am still trying to serve my God and, make my way up to heaven." Just then Mr. Dannelly raised up in the bed, and in his loudest, shrillest voice, screamed out, "You are the worst man I ever saw in my life. Your L?reath now smells like a rum cask. You have made drunk? ards of all the young men in your coun? try." The loud, shrill voice of the preacher, as it pierced the ears of his now terrified victim in searching tones, aroused his fears lest the crowd outside might be attracted, and seeing no other I way of escape but by percipitate flight, I jumping up, away he went for the door, the vociferations of the thoroughly aroused preacher reaching the ears of the terrified wretch after he had made his exit from the tent. After the sudden flight of the old friend, we said: "Brother Dannelly, you must have had a hard case on band." "Yes," said be, this old man is the must corrupt person in this coun? try. He stills up tho corn, makes drunk? ards of the men, is a hard drinker him? self, and, with all, is a high functiouary in tho Hard Shell Baptist Church of this country." One of the characteristics of Mr. Dan - I nelly was sarcasm, burning, withering, as the following incident will show. At a camp-meeting held at C, there was a young doctor whom Mr. Dannelly had known from infancy, who had just re? turned from Charleston with a diploma as a physician. Daring a service at which Mr. Dannelly officiated, the youDg doctor did not behave well, and the preacher, true to his instincts, pronounced in hie own way a scathing rebuke. This enraged the disciple of Esculapius, who deteimined at once to be revenged. Pro? curing a rattan walking cane he ap? proached the preacher's tent whirling the instrument in his hand, and inquired at the door for Mr. Dannelly. He was pointed to the back part of the long dark building to a bed, where the exhausted preacher lay panting and puffing from extreme heat and fatigue. Approaching the bedside he demanded in a loud and imperious tone: "Did you mean me, sir, in the offensive remarks you made from the pulpit?" The preacher, raising up on his elbow, responds with his shrill 7oice, now rendered much keener by a certain nasal twang: "You, B.! mean you 1 Why, if I had a little cut-tail, snub-nose fice, and he was to bark at such a fellow as you, B., I would knock him in the head and kill him. I never notice such trash as you, B." B. evapo? rated. Mr. Dannelly had a great dislike to anything which savored of pretence, and usually dealt with it roughly, as the fol? lowing incident will show: A certain methodist sister, of large wealth and equal ostentation, bad for three years been very urgent in her in? vitations for Mr. Dannelly to visit her, and spend some time at her house, but as she lived out of the line of his usual travel, he had failed to do so. To gratify the hospitality of the sister, he sent an appointment to a church in the neighbor? hood, and on Saturday rode so as to spend the night at her bouse, but un? fortunately was taken quite sick on the way, but finally reached the place quite indisposed. The lady came out with unusual demonstrations of hospitality, exclaiming as she approached, "Alight and come in, dear Brother D&nnelly. I am so glad to see you 1 Come in." His only response was: "I'm sick. I'm sick. I want nothing but a bed." "Yes, Brother Dannelly, you shall have a bed. Come in this room and make yourself as comfortable as possible, and I will go out and attend to a few household duties." The Bick preacher was soon in bed, when his acute ears caught the following, uttered in a loud whisper: "You lazy heifer, why do you not hurry! Don't you know that Mr. Dannelly is here, and nothing done?" She takes her exit to the yard, but is soon back in the same adjoining room, when the same loud whisper arrests the preacher's ear: "Why don't you hurry up, you black wret-jh. I tell you Dannelly is here. If you don't hurry I'll break your head." Out again she goes. After a while she returns. "Hurry tip, I say, black devil; old Dan? nelly is here, and I can't get you to do a tingle thing." Next morning the preacher is better. The elaborately silver-mounted carriage stand? beside the rickety old buggy, and a few miles make the church. The con? gregation is large. The pious hostess, splendidly attired, tits immediately in front of the pulpit. The preacher an? nounces his text: "The heart of man is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked ; who can know it?" The speaker, as was his wont, having read his text, pauses and looks all over the congregation. "The prophet must have meant women as well a? men." Then tie makes one of bis emphatic grunts and long pauses. "Now here sits before me sister L., who, for the past three years, aas been urging me to come and see her, [ sent this appointment, and got there yesterday sick. She was delighted to see me?called me dear brother Dannelly. I :old her I wan sick, and needed nothing but a bed. She then, in hurrying up the ?ervant, called me Brother Dannelly. In the course of the evening, irritated with Lhe slow movements of the servant, she ibused her and asked her if she did not L-now that Mr. Dannelly was there. Still more excited, she said Dannelly; and finally, in a rage, said Old Dannelly, and at the same time calling her a black devil. First 1 was dear Brother Dannelly, then Brother Dannelly, then Mr. Dan? nelly, then Dannelly, and finally Old Dannelly." The preacher continued: "I'd rather be a stray bound without an owner and running round at night to get my living, and have an honest heart, than to glitter in gold, satin, and Bilks with such hypocrisy." The hospitable Bister wilted under the rebuke. At a camp-meeting at B., a young sprig of a lawyer failing to observe the proprieties of the occasion, was publicly reproved by Mr. Dannelly, and deter? mined at once to raise a quarrel with him so as to get a chance to "cues" the preacher, as he expressed it. So, going up to him as he limped out of the pulpit, said in a loud and angry tone: "Come outside of these tents, air, and I will give you the best whipping you ever had." The old parson stretched out his neck, and giving his shoulders a peculiar shake, said, his voice rendered more shrill and nasal for the occasion : "My mammy hasn't licked me for forty years, and do you think that I am such a fool as to take the trouble to go behind the tent to get one now? I wouldn't go for two." And limping off, left his as? sailant speechless. At Cokesbury there was quite a reli? gious interest manifested among the stu? dents. At this time there was a large number from abroad in attendaucb upon the Cokesbury Manual Labor School. Several had presented themselves for prayer, and a few professed religion. Mr*Donnelly, who lived at Lowndesville, was sent for to assist at the meeting. It was Saturday night; the house was crowded, and an intense interest marked the faces of all present. The preacher announced his text, and made a long pause, looked around and began thus: "You call this a revival ! A revival I You don't know what a revival is. There has not been a revival in this country for thirty years ! A revival 1 A revival I You are just gathering* in the trash ; gathering in the trash ! and it will take the preachers ten years to get the Church clear of it." Notwithstand? ing this unseemly introduction, his ser? mon was in demonstration of power, and numbers crowded forward for prayer at the close of the sermon. Mr. Dannelly bad not tho fear of man before bis eyes, whether layman or Bish? op. At the C. camp-meeting Bishop -was present, who preached every day at 11 o'clock, to the admiration of the multitude in attendance; but there was no special stir, only a calm, delight? ful feeling. Everybody, saint and sinner, seemed to enjoy the meeting. Mr. Dan? nelly was appointed to preach on Satur? day afternoon. After berating the peo? ple generally for their coldness and for? mality, he took up the preachers in par? ticular, and the preachers there present especially, about in this style: "You come out here to this stund, preach your big sermons, go back to the preachers' tent, tell your anecdotes, crack your jokes, laugh and fun, spew out your to? bacco spit, and make chimneys of your noses, and all the people are going to hell. If it were not for my wooden leg, I would be among the people praying and trying to save them. From the Bishop to the Presiding Elder, and from the Pre? siding Elder to the preacher in charge, and from the preacher in charge to Lhe junior preacher, and from the junior preacher to the local preachers, you are all alike. It is jokes, and fun, and good sermons, tobacco smoko and juice, all mixed up together; and you are doing nothing to rescue these people from the Devil. I tell you now, in the name of God, that the blood of these people will be required at your hands." The sainted Gamewell was in the pulpit at the time as Presiding Elder, having charge of the meeting, and we were struck with his dexterous mode of managing the case. Ab soon as the sermon closed, he arose and said: "Dear brethren, as ministers of the Gospel, we had thought we were doing the best we could to advance tho cause of God, but the wisdom of years should admonish us. Let us try the power of prayer. There will be three prayer-meetings, to begin forthwith, held at-tents. Let us not remain here a moment, but let us go to the prayer meetings." Before the sun set the camp was in a blaze of religious feeling. Some of Mr. Dannelly's most powerful efforts were in Georgia, at the large camp-meeting gatherings, whero neither Presiding Elder nor Bishop could sur? pass him in pulpit efficiency. He ap? peared at one of these camp-meetings, where Dr. George F. Pierce, now Bishop Pierce, wan Presiding Elder. On Satur? day he was invited to preach by the Doctor, at 11 o'clock, but replied "No." Was urged!, but said "No." The Doc? tor told him he was Presiding El? der, and required him to preach. Taking up the Bible, he hastily turned the leaves over, and placing his finger on a text said: "How will this do?" The Doctor replied, "It is certainly a grand text." In his laconic style and nasal twang, he said, "Rough or smooth ?" "Smooth," said the Doctor. "Nothing will be done," he replied. He preached a charming sermon, full of com? fort and pathos, and as smooth as the gentle flow of tbe gliding river, with its landscape of verdure and flowers on both banks. There were many tender hearts and moistened eyes. Everybody was de? lighted with the sermon, and so much pleased was the Doctor that he told him he must preach at 11 o'clock on Sunday. "No," said he. "I insist upon it," said the Doctor. "I preached yesterday," said he, "and nothing was done." " Why," tbe doctor replied, "everything was done, and the success of the sermon has induced me to ask you to preach to? day." "Well," said he, "If I must, I must," and getting up a Bible and plac? ing his finger upon a text, said : "How will this do?" "Very well," faid the Doctor. ''Rough or smooth?" "I pre? fer smooth," said the Doctor, "but Bro? ther Dannelly use the text in any way you think best." He had nothing more to say. As the hour approached for preaching he became restless. Asked "How long before the horn would blow;" seemed anxious and oppressed. The au? dience was immense, and when the preacher arose there was a sea of up? turned faces. After announcing his text, he looked over the immense crowd and began by saying: "The ways of the Lord are mysterious. It is a matter of aston? ishment to me that I am permitted to preach, and so many abler and better than I have died." He then mentioned several great men who had fallen. "I can only account for it," said the preach? er, "on this wise. I have such a brazen mouth, that I can tell tbe people of their sinB in a way that others dare not." He then took up the gross sins of the times, unlocked the doors of social crime and threw them wide open to the gaze of the congregation, lifted up the secret trap? doors and let the audience smell the hor- 1 rid stench arising from the aewers of sin. He hunted out the sinner bid away in his secret debauches, and with a giant hand dragged him forth and held him before the eyes of the congregaiion. He had little to do with sin in the concrete, but dealt with it in the abstract. The outside strollers had been drawn in under the arbor, and were packed in close standing order, fringing the seated portion of the audience. An awful still? ness prevailed over the vast assembly, while, with vehement earnestness and streaming eyes, the preacher portrayed the horrid sins of the people with such point and power that every sinner felt "I am the man," and taking up the skirt of his coat, shock it with nervous power over tbe terror stricken audience, declar? ing that he was free from their blood, and desceuding the pulpit steps limped away. There was a tremendous pressure upon the minds of the people. Dr. Pierce at? tempted to preach in tho afternoon, but there was an incumbus upon his mind, and be moved along with difficulty to himself. When about midway his dis? course, there was au outburst iu the con? gregation. At once hundreds were cry? ing" for mercy. The work continued all night, and hundreds were convicted? among them some of the most hardened sinners of that country. Occasionally his harshness at bay, the love of Christ transported him, and his eloquence, like a mighty torrent, swept everything before it. It was the eleven o'clock service on Sunday atoue of the largest camp-meet inga in the Stale. The weather was fine, and tbe congregation immense. His in? troductory prayer was unusually fervid ; and few men could pray like he did. Ho read hia text: "Oh, that my head were waters and my eyes a fountain of tear?, that I might weep over the slain ol the daughter of my people."?Jer. ix. G. His 'eft hand grasped the upper part of his wooden leg, his face is lit up with emotion, and his deep-set eyes snap and flash with excitement. His first intro? ductory Heuteuce is short, sharp, sarcas- j tic, like the crack of a rifle, followed by ! a peculiar grunt and a long pause. It has had its effect, every eye is riveted ; the vast multitude is hushed and motion? less. Another sharp sentence, a more emphatic grunt and a .shorter pause. Thus he proceeded ; his sentences grow? ing louger, his grunts more emphatic, and bis pauses shorter; his voice deep? ens into a rich, musical tone, his hands are iD earnest jesticulation, tears course in torrents down his face, and the audi? ence is electrified by flash after flash of the most thrilling eloquence, until from sheer exhaustion the speaker stops, grasps his wooden log, as he was wont to do in a state of rest, his broad chest heaves with emotion, and the tears pour down his face. He has tapped the foun? tain, and tears, sobs and cries are seen in every part of the vast assembly. The preacher strikes up his favorite aong : "Our bondage it shall end, By and by, by and by." His ?hrill voice is rich in melody; shouts of triumph are heard; crowds rush to the altar for prayer, and cries for mercy escape from every part, of the vast mul? titude. Rev. James Dannelly, while possessing the usual frailties of human nature, pos? sessed strong and valuable traits of char? acter. With a keen and vigorous percop-1 lion, distinct und clear analysis, a sound and discriminating judgment, a bold, fervid eloquence, he wielded a power from the pulpit which but few men of bis day did. He always impressed bis audience, either exciting their risibilities, stirring their anger or melting them to tears. Feeling himself called to a spe? cial work, which was to grapple with and expose the popular vices of tho day, he did it without fear or favor. The last sermon I ever heard from him was at tho Newberry Conference, in which he described a graduate, in bis pronunciation giving special emphasis to the first syllable. "A graduate," said the speaker. "Here he comes, finely dressed in broadcloth, beaver and boots, driving a splendid span of horses in a fine buggy, all on credit; sports a mous? tache, has a double-barrel gun inside and a pointer dog outside; a tickler of whiskey in one pocket, and a bunch of Spanish segars in the other. This is a graduate." Some of the audience laughed. He stopped and, with indig? nation, said : "What are you laughing at? Are you in a theater?" In a mo? ment every thing became still again, while he continued his sermon. The latter part of his life was spent near Lowndesville, Abbeville Co., S. C, where he has left the memory of his purity and fidelity. The Cash System. The failures that have taken place among farmers and merchants during the past year would not have been so general had it not been for the loose and unbusinesslike methods which are so revalent. Ever since the war there has een a mania for engaging in large trans? actions, and the idea of acquiring sudden wealth has become so firmly fixed in the minds of the people that its eradication is a matter of extreme difficulty. The phenomenal success of a comparatively small number seems to have set the rest on fire, and they rush into all kinds of enterprises and speculations without a proper knowledge of the unyielding laws of trade, and without being able to see far enough into the future to avert the disasters that even the ordinary vicissi? tudes of the times render inevitable. No business can have a reasonable probability of success unless it is founded on adequate capital and is conducted with prudence. A man who would be certain to succeed in an enterprise which corresponds in extent with his means, only invites disaster when he inflates hit business by use of the fictitious capital which an unwise credit system renders only temporarily available. There are instances of the success of men who have begun business without substantial cash foundations, but they are few in number, and should only serve to call at? tention to the risks involved in auch ca? se*, and to warn the many from hazard? ing their all on such uncertain chances. The man who goes in debt without haviug a reasonable certainty of being able to meet his payments when due, does a wrong not only to his creditor, but to himself, his family, and to the community. There is a degree of un? certainty in all human transactions, and it is altogether too common for men to become oversanguine, and involve them? selves in debt in the hope of making lucky hits and in anticipation of fortu? nate contingencies which are of rare oc? currence. Credit is always dearly bought, even where the security is ample. Interest is a consuming fire that burns day and night, and the percentage is always in? creased in proportion to :he risks the creditor takes, and in this Lhose who will pay are expected to cover the losses oc? casioned by those whu do not. A farmer enlarges bis operations be? yond hit* means. Land, stock and sup? plies are bought on a credit; money is borrowed to pay current expenses, and perhaps he may do well for a year or '.wo. This tempts him to greater risks. In such cases it is only a question of time when the seasons will be unfavor? able, crops short, and everything he has will be forced on the market when there is little or no demand, and he is ruined. The same is true in regard to the mer? chant. He buys largely on a credit or with borrowed money. He is anxious to sell, and is tempted to take great risks by the high prices obtainable. Crops are short, his collections fail, and bridg? ing over bis troubles from year to year only postpones and intensifies his dis? tress. "Misfortune, like a creditor severe, rises in demand for her delay"?nothing can be more true. "Borrowing dulls the edge of husbandry," and buying on a credit is the most extravagant kind of borrowing. There is but one absolutely safe rule to insure success?let every one pay as he goes, and he will be not only sure to live within his income, but it will not be long before a basis for a perma? nent prosperity will be laid that will prove a blesiing through life.?Savannah News, In tho Tail or a Comet. An ingenious theorizer has written a book, which was published by the Ap? pletons, to prove that many ages since the earth must have passed through the tail of a comet, and that certain distur? bances observed on the surface of our planet were caused thereby. The scratches and erosions from the north? east to the southwest found upon all hills and mountains iu the northern hemi? sphere were attributed to the action of the more solid matter of the comet's tail, leaving its marks, together with bowlders and detached rocks, which are found in such profusion in the Temperate and Frigid Zones. Although this theory would account for much that is mysteri? ous, it has not been accepted by scientists, as it is not believed that tails of comets are formed of any solid material. Early in December last, some curious atmos? pheric phenomena were noticed in dif? ferent portions of the world. At sunset and before sunme the heavens were per? meated with a glow of rosy light, such as might have been caused if a great con? flagration had been raging. These strange appearances were noticed in both Europe and America. They have puz? zled the scientific world. But some ven? turesome theorists have again put forward the hypothesis of the world being sur? rounded by the atmosphere of a comet's tail. It is known that about the time these phenomena occurred our planet was iu the track of Biela's comet, and in a part of the heavens that were filled with meteors. It is known that comets are more numerous in the heavens than fishes are in the waters of the earth. Their numbers are so great as to be in? conceivable to the human mind, and it is not at all improbable that the eanh in past times may have beeu entangled in the tails of these wonders of the sky. We live in a marvelous universe. "There arc two things," said the great philoso? pher Kant, "which always fills me with awe and admiration, and those are the wonderous heavens by which we are sur? rounded and the moral law within."? Jkmorcst's Monthly for February. ? One man's fault should be another man's lesson. IS THERE A SPLIT ? Differences Among the Democrat* of the House ns to Turin" Legislation?A Knotty Question. Special to the Constitution. Washington, January 15.? A good deal of loose talk has been indulged in recently regaiding the diverse views of the Democrats in Congress ou Tariff Legislation, and the effect this division will have on the action of the House. Mr. Randall, Mr. Curtin, Mr. Eaton, Mr. Converse, and other Democrats who oppose an agitation of tbe tariff now, on the line of Mr. Carlisle's inaugural address, have certainly had no conclave to devise the means of scotching the legislative wheels when they threaten to turn in the direction of reduced duties. They have not expressed any opinion as to what the action of the House, if it acts at all, should be on this question. Mr. Morrisou has intimated that no ex? treme measures will be brought in by his' committee. In fact not one indication has been given out to show the shape the tariff question will assume before Congress. Yet tbe most common talk of the hour is as to a probable Democratic I schism. In one seuse this is idle gossip for no. one really representing either opinion among the Democrats has allud? ed to tbe possibility of such a split. In another sense there may be something quite serious in the- talk referred to. Party lines are. queerly drawn in these days. Two men, both called Democrats, go Into the same caucus, discuss their common party plans' and yet differ in their views on every practical question that will arise before Congress. People are trying to surmise what the views of the Democratic majority in the commit? tees are on the vital questions of bank? ing, currency and coinage. The simple fact of being a Democrat or a Republi? can does not locate a man on these issues. On tbe tariff widely differing views of expediency and policy exist among the Democrats. Tbe difference is not so striking among Republicans, but it exists. When you say that the Republicans assert the right of protection for pro? tection's Bake, and that tbe Democrats deny this, but are willing to do the beat they can in the way of incidental protec? tion in the raising of governmental reve? nue, you have drawn the only line pos? sible between the two parties on that question. L at when you come to analyze the opinions you have grouped on the Democratic side of tbe line, you are in a peck of trouble. The distribution of this incidental protection causes a clamor as loud as that over the right to protect at all. Tbe leader who can satisfy all the interests grasping for the slices of this pie would be thrice welcome just now by the majority in the lower House. I Mr. Ellis, of Louisiana, says it is of I prime importance to shelter sugar. Mr. Dibble, of South Carolina demands first consideration for rice, Mr. Converse, of I Ohio, says the wool growers of Ohio care nothing for the party that cares not for i them. Mr. Randall thinks bis friends with a few hundred millions in iron and steel mills, many of which are now abut down, are entitled to be heard. To give these gentlemen and the dozen or so other classes whose interests have friends enough, to satisfy their demands would be hard as a simple problem. But it comes with more complications. The large agricultural classes in the West are demanding- (or some of the representa? tives are doing so, which is the same thing here) such a reduction of taxes as might offend all these gentlemen with their pet interests to be incidentally pro? tected. Then comes in tbe demand for the total abolition of tbe internal reve? nue as the most pressing duty of the hour. What bill can be made to trim among all these interests and give gener? al satisfaction? In view of this mixed state of affairs no suggestion from any congressional leader is needed to arouse expectation of a pretty wrangle when the reform of the tariff is attempted. Party tactics, as well as general princi? ples, will induce tbe Republican minor? ity to throw every obstacle it can in the way of any bill or to help in framing one to make it as objectionable as possible. No one denies that the Democrats do not think, with any degree of unanimity, on the duty of the hour to country or party in regard to this question. The ctate raent that anyone leader of the conser? vative element, and, say fifty, of those who think his views sound, have agreed to defeat any bill by whatsoever man euvres can prove available, is without the slightest foundation. But men vote according to their interests. The repre? sentatives chosen by a majority of their votes come to Congress and stand up for those interests. This may not coincide with romantic views about leading and not following public opinion, nor with pretty talk and about that high political independence which exists only in Arca? dian imaginations, but it is the way pol? itics and legislation go and we must make the most of it. Looking at the case just as it stands, I think tbe passage of any general tariff bill by the present Congress extremely doubtful. In the house are difficulties thick and stubborn, but suppose all these gotten over in some fashion, we must remember that a few feet away sits the Senate, representing the wishes of the party opposed to that which must make the bill in tbe House. Can it stand this second ordeal ? Hardly. I Dying' of Thirst. ' "Did you ever suffer extreme hunger 1 or thirst ?" was asked of a Kentucky Colonel who had been relating some solid stories about himself. "Well," he replied, "I never suffered what might be called extreme hunger, but no man knows bow to endure the agonie? of thirat better than I do." "I remember the time well," he contin? ued retrospectively. "I was on a fishing excursion and became lost in the woods. For three days not a drop passed my lips. My lengthened absence finally caused alarm, and a party was Bent out in search of me. They found me lying in an unconscious condition on the bank of a little trout stream, and it was hours before auy hopes of saving me were en? tertained." "Was the trout stream dry?" asked one of tbe interested listeners. "Dry? Certainly not. How could I catch fish if the Btream was dry ?" . "Well, I don't see how you could suffer from thirst with a stream of water cIobo at hand." "Waterclose at hand!" repeated the Kentucky Colonel. "And what has water got to do with a man's being thirs? ty ?"?Philadelphia Call. ? A Georgia preacher said: "I once loaned a cart and ox to some boys to go to campmeeting. They tied a nubbin of corn to the shaft so it would be a few inches a head of tbe animal's nose. He came near running himself to death try? ing to get it. Brethren, the devil keeps a dollar jiiat ahead, and many of you are killing yourself trying to get it." ? "Yob," said Miss Penn, "I rejected Mr. Hogg. Nice fellow, but I couldn't have the announcement of my marriage appear in the papers under the headline Hogg-Pen n." Come With the Crowd. See here, my boy! The bells have rung tbe old year out and a new one in, and a new watch has come- on deck. If you think you are going right along in the same old grooves, while the rest of us are making changes, you are up a tree. You've got to toe the mark along with the remainder of the world. Now, then; you are beginning life. You are from sixteen to twenty-one years 'old. You think you know all about it, but tbe fact is you aren't more than half-baked yet. What you don't know would cover all Lake Erie, while your worldly wisdom wouldn't knock an owl off his perch. Suppose you make a resolve to begin the year 1884 by not knowing more than half as much as Plato, Diogenes and other wise men. If you should condescend to admit that you didn't even know more than your own father, it wouldn't greatly affect your general standing with the world. P. haps you smoke and chew. What for ? What's the use of payi?g out ?5100 a year to insure bad breath, headaches, red eyes, decayed teeth and nervous de? bility, when you can secure a broken leg, which is far nicer, by a tumble down stairs? Chewing is a vicious, nasty habit. Smoking affects the brain and, nerves and stomach. We admit that a young chap of your age looks like a great statesman when be comes down the avenue puffing away at a five-cent grab, but suppose you didn't look likeanybody but yourself? Maybe you drink a little; very proba? bly you do. A young man of your age is apt to think it smart to guzzle down lager and tipple wine, but there's where he is lame. Even old drunkards would caution you against the practice. Drink not onhr wastes money, But it severs friendships, breeds anger, brings about quarrels, and there is no end to tbe train of wretchednesa it entails. Yes, great lawyers, statesmen, poets and philoso Ehers drink, but tbey lose respect by it. [en have a contempt for their weakness, and tbe world reads their epitaphs with sneers. Don't make ? a persimmon of yourself because some one else has. Played poker or faro yet ? If so we hope you got such a skinning as will last you your life-time. Let gambling alone. Fight asBby of gambling rooms' 2 at you would of a mad dog. People tell you about luck. That's all boBh. The gambler has you by the throat the mo? ment you enter his door. You can't make any money out of him, but he will see to it that you add to his capital. Now, as to your personal traits. You may have come naturally by your ego? tism, but keep it in check. The world in general looks upon it as a disease. Even if you know all you think you know tbe rest of us won't admit it. Men hate boasters and braggarts. Bluntnessisa good thing sometimes, sometimes it isn't. Civility and a con? scientious regard for other people's feel? ings are trump cards in the game of life. Be charitable without encouraging vice; be honest in your opinions, but don't imagine that it is your duty to break up a family or start a church scandal; in your dealings be square. You may lose by it for a time, but when the public comes to understand that you are a just and upright man you'll make money and keep friends as well. In fact, young man, suppose you square up with your tailor, pay tbe bal? ance at your bootmaker's, part your hair on the side and fall into procession with the rest of us. We don't claim to be pretty, and we don't own all the brains in the country, but we can teach you several things that may come useful in future years, and we guarantee to prove that horse sense and square dealing are certain to pay a semi-annual dividend.? Detroit Free Press. All For Love. Cincinnati, January 14.?Yesterday, in Alexandria, Ky., Miss Weaver, the affianced wife of Edward Beier, went to church with Nicholas Beier. Beier be? came so enraged that he went to the house where the young lady was stop? ping and demanded his presents, being refused, he put a pistol to Miss Weaver's head and snapped it twice, without shoot? ing. He was then put out of the house, and going to the back door shot himself twice, one ball penetrating the heart. Greensburg, Pa., January 13.?Tbe Fisher House, the most prominent hotel in the town, is managed by the three sons of the late Major Keenan. They are all exemplary young men and do a most successful business. Some time ago a bewitching young widow came to board at the hotel and the three brothers immediately fell in love with her. The courting was done very quietly and un? known to each other. All three made offers of marriage and were rejected sev? eral times. Finally Edward, the eldest, was successful and carried off the prize. The announcement was a decided shock to his brothers, particularly to James, the youngest, who, as the wed? ding day approached, grew melancholy and despondent. Last night Edward and the widow were married, but James did not attend the wedding. He stayed at home, walking through the halls and rooms the entire night as if frenzied. All efforts to quiet him proved unavail? ing, and it was thought best to let him alone. This morning he held a consul? tation with his brothers and withdrew from the partnership, saying it would kill him if he had to live in the house after what had happened. Tbe separation papers had just been drawn up and signed when he jumped to his feet and ran from the room into- the ball. Two pistol shots were heard in quick succession, and when his brothers ran out they found him lying on tbe floor dead. He had blown his brains out._ Over the Fence.?Mr. Slingonia put her head over the fence and thus ad? dressed her neighbor, who was hanging out her week's washing: "A family has moved into the empty house across the way. Mrs. Clothesline." "Yes, I know." "Did you notice their furniture?" "Not particularly." "Two loads, and I wouldn't give a dollar a load for it. Carpets I I wouldn't put 'em down in my kitchen. And the children I I won't allow mine to associate with 'em, you bet. And the mother 1 She looks as if she had never known a day's happiness. The father drinks, I expect. Too bad that such people should come into this neighborhood. I wonder who they are ?*' "I know them." "Do you ? Well, I declare. Who are they?" "The mother is my sister, and the father is tbe Superintendent of the Methodist Sunday-school." A painful pause ensues.?Somerville Journal._ ? A grave-digger walking in the streets the other day chanced to turn and. noticed two doctors walking behind him. He stopped till they passed i and then followed on behind them. "And why this ?" said they. "I know my place in. the procession," returned he.