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||f|iff?EK?Y & CO. ANDERSON, S. C, THURSDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 3, 1885. VOLUME XXL ?? ? n f i ? - .5 -. M * WAGONS, W, BUGGIES, BUSIES, ... u MGGJNG, BAGGING, BAGGING, TIES, TEES, TIES. BELTING, BELTING, BELTING ROPE, ROPE, ROPE. ^^%^io^a^arge lot of the celebrated STUDEBAKER and TENNES " ~ "^^jacknowledged by all who have ever used them to be superior to ';''in^?&cta'red'bf"?ae best material, and pulfc op in good style, light inted; dcrablej.and .we warrant them for one year. We have been or five-years, and with good satisfaction to one' customers, as the fol J^^oiiials- will show v I L^?& BiiffiKtET, Brown? & ~$*Essm*T^\ihwAm^ have ? >lp& iron^^ for the last fivegyeare, and having used" ?p1fte?mA^ say that the Studebaket. is the best of all of i(haw?Tun mine almost constantly, often loading it^-with as much as 4,000 at one time, and it has cost me nothing for repairs for five yean. Yourstruly, WADDY T. DEAN. 3?^r^J9ticE^ii?^^, -Brown & Feetwell: The Stupebaker Wagon bought i thr^'years ago hah giren me good satisfaction, hearing never cost me any -repairs. The Wagon is a very light running vehicle, and I believe is the iwWe. E. F. REED. . / Blkckjlbv;, Brown & Feetwell? Gentlemen : I have run a 2L in Stadebaker Wagon; bought from yon, about three or four years, anc? r that I am well pleased with it, never having cost me anything fofr ; it hia given me perfect satisfaction. The paint has lastedwefl on ts a good appearance, and can recommend it to my i^laas Wagon in every respect. J. E. FINDLEY. JOB^iEYi Brown & Feetwell : I have run my Tennessee 2-horse -axle Wagon for: two years, and am well pleased with it. It has never 'viaira^??d"has never even had a loose tap, tire or bolt on it. 1 can ?"ennessee-'to my friends and neighbors as a first class, reliable ipect. i' D. A. SKELTON. ; Jj^C^Pec.1883.?Messes. Bleckley, Brown & Feetwell V::^^?A.ran'a 2-borse iron, axle "Tennessee" Wagon nearly constantly V?ye:y repaira^any kind, even stand -imer's continued dry weather without <iftffifcfebe ties to be cat, and ;lysay^that^e:Tennesaee is the best wagon ever used by me, and /^i^mmehdit to my friends and the public as a. Wagon that_,wiH Kg^j^^t^&ction .in. eyery. respect. Yours truly, *? ? J, G. EJLEY, Olio, 8. C." beso^Su. C, Feb. % ?884.-^-3y?e8ses. Bleckley, Bbown & Feetwell? I have need a If iron axle "Tennessee" Wagon for the last five yenrer and Tease?2 with ifr, being a strong and durable Wagoa^and I can heartily re it:' ,T,he;Wagon has cost me during that time scarcely anything for. -iriag the tires cut oniy.once, and that was caused by the long continued "ammer, and being continually exposed to the hot sun. It is the best used. , - . . IVY C. LOW. 8. C.,'April 4,1SS4.'?Messes. Bleckley> Bbown & Feetwell 1 A- using a Tennessee Wa"g<jn; li.inch iron axle, for t|rctfyears sand almost constantly frith two large mules, andern fully re is ra;beiterWagon made. % It has costume nothing m way of .Baa bteen standing in the weather all the time. I can recqttjmend }o any^dppe in want of a ligulinilbing, dilfcable Wagon. \k \ /AYbure, Ac.,: : f| ^ . J. C. DBENNAN. are, also- abi, to sei\you a first-class BPGGY as reasonable as an^ro^y, on andWuli^^sjjg^tf " elsewhere, O viU also make it inte^ting for youTtQ^uy your BAGGING and TIES ; aa we have alreddy bolfeht a large lot of ;these, at much less than others them,, and we propose loytall them to jyftu^accordingly, and will keen large constantlyon hand. :\ J ? fj, j lJo ?e,Ginnwlb?tAnder8on dWty sre ^ijiehsay th?j we keep constiintly on ^and PfiBSS^ROPE.jjind will meet any com ly ask you to examine them before making your : BTJBBEB BELTING all i&n in prices bis these Gtooda. MCWi and ae* and prices, and let us sell you what you need, ptfor Bayer is ?oingNorthra a tew Hays, and we will have something^? say to |y^ibortly in regard;^otheriineB of Go3ds^ k f|j Look out for oar next advertisement. _ . ? it We aayihis how, however: Tb.?t we ^.ll-always selfGooda aa low ai'they can >tyT3>?v bb^t elsewhere, and that we are prepared' at all times to meet legitimate gctfull^f! hv n & FretweH 5m i ?^AX4l>9@ J3L4LJSj> I PRESS-IMPROVED. |Y tieattachhient .of Wheel, pinion and Crank to the main screws, the Followers can J.be rnn-up in less, than one minute, and also run down until it becomes necessary _ i use a lever. Th* Ball Press, improved, gives universal satisfaction. It is reliable, .sfrapl?.-and powerful, as only screws can be. The Screws operate with double speed, moving U inches at every turn. Two men can pack a bale weighing 500 pounds into a '^maoaiif' 60x34x24 inches, in from 6 to 8 minutes. About 1,000 have been sold- within ?thepast eight seasons. The doors open all around the bale; the box is full large and makes much tramping unnecessary. Price $100 Cash. BEASLEY;\!eoWEi^dPRESSv-^.-v' *? " To persons having steam or water power, would recommend our Beasley Power driven by one belt. The. motion of the Follower is reversed by Lever and Clutch. vIEbrowsitself outof gear when the bale is packed. Pulleys should make 75 to 100 ^revolutions per rainute.. The grand Centennial Prize was awarded this Press at tho Philadelphia and Louisville Expositions. Prlee $200 cash. August 5*7,1885 7 8 BTJTST'S URNIP SEED. ALL KINDS. AND -impson, Heidi & Oo.'s DRUG STORE, averly House Corner, Anderson, S. C. July 23,,1885 2 So Te? all the People for Miles Around!" ?-that HUBBARiu ^ BRO. AJBE PREPARED TO SELL is a SURE $0$ % FOR OF INFLAMED IYES. WE SELL T With the understating ?!iat if it does not piW bene L ' ficial or effect aCure, ?? after directionghave . been carefultyol lowed, the si paid for i WILL BE REMNDED. It has been etf on 1 P^i : tbe8e.condiUoo8|r ther< . . and as yet we hai NEVER HAD ? IT IS ST g : A .1HSW3 IfftEKRATION, 1 AND HAS BEN USED ?THIRTi TEAKS, But has be era niy four or five yirs on the mket as PHOPRtBTARY If* yo? ,h|/e never - used it,fe know nothitf* of its s a 4 Ask your n&^bor, or some one w%\s seen . iUrie\ - I ? ) . to .. IT HA CtVjEj) sever cisi=:s ltfFROM 'km IS? SIX TO^fff-FOJR BERMUDA GRASS ADD LUCERN. Editors Intelligencer: lam afraid that was a hasty promise of mine to write a piece for your paper on Bermuda Grass and Lucern ; and but for the fear, from your recent announcement of the specimen I showed you, that I might be understood as claiming to raise Bermuda Grass five feet high, I believe I would back down from writing you "what I know about it." ? . I do .pot claim to be an authority ort the subject, and feel a little chary in saying even the little I know when we have a scientific experimental? ist of Dr. Ravenel's attainments, who ' has published the result of his experi? ments to the world, and such practical farmers as ex-Gov. Hagood and Mr. Ohilds, of Columbia, who ? yearly raise Bermuda Grass hay for market. The little I kndw is derived from experience and observation of the most general nature, unconnected with any sort of experiment. I found it growing on the old homestead when I took possession of the place, and have simply sought to utilize it both for hay and for pasturage. I have never tried to kill or' destroy it, believing that to be well nigh impossible, and coming to the conclusion, after a short experience, that it i? a grass spe? cially adapted to this region of country both for hay and, for grazipg, and -espe? cially to the latter; and to the Jawyer farmer, who hasn't much time to bestow upon the plow and the hoe, as having the great advantage of requiring little or no attention, and yet of perpetually re? newing itself. _T I have at growing alone and in con? junction with Lucern. My Lucern; patch, about an acre in extent, I reserve exclusively for mowing, feeding what I can in a green state in the early Spring, and afterwards curing it for hay. ..The Bermuda Grass lota around it are used for pasturage. The Lucern, I am in? formed," was;-?)wn> ^fifty years ago?in February, 1885?around the borders of squares then used as a vegetable garden. Being a tap-rooted grass, the roots ex? tended and ramified in all directions, and would have taken the ground long ago had it not been kept back by con? stant cultivation of the vegetable, crops. The roots, however, were there, deep in the jjj^?ndT" About thirty years ' ago an adjoining lot was set in Bermuda Grass, which has been reaching out and extend? ing ever since, both by fair means and foul, until it, too, has covered the Lu? cern plot. It is a harder fighter than the Lucern, and when I took'possession of the place about ten years ago I ceased to resist their encroachments and allowed the two to take sole and entire possession of the ground. Since theo I have mowed it every year for bay. In 18821 mowed it five times, and if the rains hold out I shall mow it as many times this year, i The Lucern is a rapid grower, matur? ing in seasonable weather in from three to four weeks. I mowed the first crop this year on the 25th of May. the second on the . 18th of June, the third on the 16th of July, 'and the fourth crop on the 12th day of August. The first crop is generally the heaviest, having a longer I time to mature in, and each, crop is lighter than* the-preceding- -because, I take it, of its rapid growth, though this might be remedied'by p??stapt'-fertiliza : tIon or manuring each crop *? much, how Wer; would depend aponthearnount of rainfall, the great nourish er of all grasses. Strange to say, in all this time I have not fertilized the soil, and only three times, in the early. Spring,. in different years, have top dressed the first crop with some' commercial fertilizer, which, was no" doubt appropriated by that 'crop. The" ground, however, stiff, red land, had been'greatly enriched by constant and high manuring for many years preceding. The Lucern grows so much more rap? idly and matures so much earlier than the Bermuda Grass that it usually affords two cuttings before the latter has attained sufficient growth. Indeed, the first crop of Lucern is made before the Bermuda family begins to grow. The third cutting will yield a full crop of both, and all subsequent crops will yield more or less of both. I have noticed, however, that while each succeeding crop of the Lucern is lighter, the rule is reversed in the Ber? muda, which, grows more rapidly and densely, later in the season, the condition as*to rainfall being equally favorable. This, I suppose, is because it is more of a tropical grass than the Lucern, and stands, the hot weather of July and August better. : The two grow welt together. I have discovered no advantage gained by one over the other in the ten years. The exp'anation, I suppose, is that the Lucern having deep roots that penetrate far below the surface, while the Bermuda has creeping, surface roots, each has a living chance to draw its due amount of sustenance from the soil. I suspect, however, that the Lucern is only enabled to hold its own by its more rapid growth and keeping always in advance' of:the Bermuda, and that if it were otherwise the dense mat of the latter would soon choke it out as it does everything else. The earlier crops of the Lucern are heavier, because it grows so much more rapidly and retards the growth of the Bermuda by shading it, and :bepause,\ton, it commences its growth e?rlrer in' the season. I do not believe they can be Lucern firmly and thoroughly established before the Bermuda enters or is mixed with it. together except by having'the Tbe Lucern attains an average'growth of from two feet to thirty inches, while from the frequent cuttings of the Lucern tbe Bermuda Qrass rarely grows higher than from twelve to fifteen inches, <which is high, enough to be cleanly cut by a mowing machine, and could no doubt be greatly increased by a proper system of fertilization. On rich, alluvial bottom land I have cut it three and four feet high. Like the sedge grass, it grows and continues green until bitten down by the frosts, .but becomes, hard and tough, and ought to be cut before it gets into this state. When it attains its growth it forms a head or spikelet, but produces no seed in this country, and ought to be cut by or before this period. Owing to the want of conveniences in weighing, I have made no estimate of the yield of hay of this acre, either by the single crop or the season, nor can I approximate it sufficiently to hazard a statement. I have, however, harvested from this piece of ground enough hay to winter two horses and from four to six head of cattle, and carry over one or two tons to the next year's cutting, after feed? ing it occasionally to my horses the sum? mer it is harvested. But what think our farmers of a forage crop, like the Lucern, that will grow and continue to grow for fifty years without being renewed, and afford from five to six harvests a year. For if the rains should continue through September and October (which, however, are usually dry months), I could easily cut it six \imes, and T count upon a fifth cutting with reasonable certainty. In 1883 and 1834, however, I cut it but three times, owi:jg td the drouths, that then prevailed. And it has this advantage overjjed clover, to which it is allied, being of the same family^- tn?hum--.^, grQws$pre rapidly, never salivates, horses, aa^oea the^k^n" our Southern enrnm?*?"?^! needs "jj^^^Sy fond of it. It but in France and in California and Mexico is said to be highly prized and extensively cultivated as a forage crop. Of Bermuda Grass, it may be said that it has as high, or even higher, staying powers than Lucern, and the farmer who would exterminate it where it has once obtained a firm hold, must rise early, go to bed late and be very diligent in his waking hours. It is said it can be destroyed by the constant shading of alternate crops of peavine and small grain, I have never tried it, but doubt if the shading is sufficiently continuous?a short interval of sunshine and rest is to it renewed life. From this difficulty of getting rid of, it is sometimes called the farmer's pest, and when once it enters the corn or cotton field, plowing only seems to spread it, though, strange to say, with reasonably fair tillage to keep it in check, it is fe3S. injurious to these crops than the native crab grass of the country. Mr. Howard, of Georgia, I believe, is authority for saying it is superior as a fertilizer to red clover. That may be true when the grass is thick and the roots well matted, but I have not heard his method of utilizing its fertilizing properties in this condition. A steam plow might turn up a densely matted Bermuda soq, but it would be impossible to any ordinary horse power. As opposed to this idea of its "pestifer ousness," I once heard a gentleman of very varied information say that in Southern Asia it is known as "Bar buddha," "Barbuda," or some such name, which means "God-prjven." I never saw the word written or in print, and guess at the orthography, but it has something of the same sound of Bermuda, and I rather like the signification. It may get its name from the Bermuda Islands, though it is said to be a native of Europe, Asia and Africa. It is certainly a grass admirably adapted to the climate of the Southern States." From its semi-tropical nature it stands the beat .of cur Summers better than the other grasses we are familiar with, does not ripen and die out like them, but continues green all sum? mer until bitten by the frosts of winter. It is unequalled for grazing, affording a tender and nutritions herbage that stock never tire of, and when closely cropped presents a beautiful, soft, carpet-like sward. The constant tramping of cattle does , not seem to injure it, and there is no washing of the land where it is thick? ly set. I believe that one acre well set in this grass will furnish ample pasturage for three or four head of cattle a favora? ble year like this. As a hay it is ex? ceedingly bright and fragrant when properly cured, and I am told that actual experiment proves that-it* will yield 50: per cent of hay, while many of tuej cul? tivated Grasses will yield but 25 per cent. or less. It IB certainly very nutritious, and stock.of all sorts are very fond it. These are. some of the recommenda? tions and objections to Bermuda Grass suggested by the limited range of my ob? servation ; and,' from ray 'personal stand? point, its good qualities outweigh the bad. Those who wishes to engage in stock raising in this country, I should think it would be invaluable, especially for pas? turage, and I doubt if a better can be found for hay. But the cotton planter had better let it alone, for while a small plai.might.be very desirable for; grazing milch cows, it is too difficult to isolate. Cattle will carry it in their hoof3, a care? less plowman will transport it on his plow, an ordinary ditch is no obstruction to its spreading, and I believe it will cross any of our ordinary creeks, where the water is not too swift, or where it can find a pole or raft to creep across upon. B. F. W. A Snake on an Engine. ,?.Henry Andrews, an old engineer on the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis Railway, tells the snake editor of 'the St. Louis Globe-Democrat an interesting story about the capture of his engine in 1881 when .he was "pulling" a passenger train. His engine was No. 56, and he pulled out of Nashville with a full train of passengers' bound for Chattanooga, Knoxville. and.other points. At Steven? son, Alai, they stopped to wood up, carrying the fuel in their arms. They started again, and just before reaching Anderson station Jim Wilson, the fire? man, who had turned around to get some wood, ;siing| ont: "Great Scott! Look at that rattler." "I jumped," said the engineerj/.'as.he uttered the words, and to my horror, saw a tremendous rattle? snake climbing down* from the tender, with half, hi? body over the platform. My hair commenced to crowd my cap off my head,: and "for to say' . I was scared doesn't begin to express it'.-. Jin) gave a yell, and, when. I looked around two ?econds lat?r to see what he was doing, I saw the rattler crawling into the cab. But Jim was nowhere to be seen. He had jumped off aud left me. I pulled back the throttle and leaped over the snake, which rattled as I made the jump' and landed in the tender. Standing ou a log I watched that snake take possses sion of the cab, which he did without any ceremony. The steam was not complete? ly shut off, and knowing that the train full of passengers was at the mercy of that snake, I started back towards the cab with a stick in my hand, when the rattler, hearing the noise I made, eleva? ted bis tail and rattled-in a mighty lively fashion. That settled it. By this time we lira crossed trie mountain and were sailing along pretty lively. No. G was waiting for us at Stevenson, and 1 knew that if that snake ran the engine till we got there, the coroner of the town would be kept busy for a week. Crawling over the tender and making my way into the postal car, I hurriedly told my story to Charlie Henderson, the messenger, and then to Frank Armstrong, the express? man. We held a hasty consultation, and decided that something had to be done, and done quickly. The thought of No. 6 at Stevenson made us fairly wild. Arming ourselves with pistols furbished by the postal and express men, we care? fully crept out to the tender, and looking into the cab, saw that doggoned rattler stretched out on the board by .the win? dow. Well, it. didn't take more than three seconds, for us to put three bullets into bis carcass. They struck him so quickly and so thoroughly that before he could get a chance to rattle he was as dead as Hector. Grabbing a stick, I jumped into the cab, threw the snake out of it and got hold of that throttle. Well, to make a loug story short, I landed old "5G" on time at Stevenson, and, strange to sny, the first fellow I saw was the coroner, but, thank heaven, there weren't any inquests for him to hold." The Rules of Elizabeth Fry. The following rules for the guidance of life are by the celebrated Mrs. Fry: Never lose any time. I do not consid? er that lost which is spent in amusement or recreation every day; but always be in the habit of being employed. Never err the least in truth. Never say an ill thing of a person when thou canst say a good thing of him. Not only speak charitably, but feel so. . Never be irritable or unkind to any? body. , Never indulge thyself in luxuries that are not necessary. .?DC-all things with consideration, and when thy path to act right is most diffi? cult, put confidence iplhat Power aloof which is able to assist! thee, and exe SERMON BY SAM JONES. Conscience, Record. God, the Index Point? ing Eternity's Course. "Whatlhave written, I have written."? SC John, i9th Chapter 22d verse. Three things are before ?s to day. We have to do with them now; we had to do with tbem yesterday, and we wiil have to do with them to morrow. They are conscience, record, God. Conscience and record?two index fingers which are ever pointing upward to God, and God, the great index, pointing to the judg? ment; conscience, a King, reigning or subdued in my breast, which God has placed there; something that, when dis? pleased, will not let me eat when hungry nor sleep when sleepy. Who is there who baa not felt the tortures of an out? raged conscience ? The worst sin in the world is to deliberately sin against one's conscience. It ought to be enlightened, but whether so or not it should not be offended. "The poor wor??n who throws her infant into the Ganges to appease God does an awful thing, but she is bet? ter in doing that than the Christian mother who deliberately sins against her conscience. Without conscience, we are at sea without chart or rudder. When conscience is silenced, when it cries out that it has been murdered, it is the death-knell of the soul. Who is there who has not a record ? My record is as inseparable from me as my band from my body. You say that is nothing, for a surgeon can cut off my ,hand in a moment. He can't. I remember an old soldier who had carried an empty sleeve for years, remarking to me that his fingers had been burning and itching all day. I asked him how that could be, when the whole arm had been amputated. Oh, he said, they Bay my arm and hand are buried in Virginia, but it's not so; they are as muoh with me to day as they ever were. You can't get rid of record. It began with the beginning of life, when God, the great blacksmith, laid the flaming mass of the universe on the anvil of eternal purpose, and when he struck, every spark of light became a world. I shall have to do with record forever. Whore shall I go to avoid God? If I take the wings of the morning and fly to the uttermost parts of the desert, He will be there before me. If I go. down into the deepest pits of hell, God is there. Well has some one said that it is a fearful thing to be a man. But these three things of which I am speaking are all that lift me above the animals. Take them away, and lam like the horse in his pasture or the ox that heedlessly grazes in the fields. : THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. Conscience, record, God?three index fingers, and they point to the day of judgment. What is this day? It hae been spoken of as the day of retribution, the day when the Lord shall claim His own, and as the great day of His wrath. It has been called the day for which all others were made. It has its hands on the knob of a door that shall admit me to God Or send me down to hell. Who is there who is not afraid of the judg? ment? I have seen men who dared death every where without flinching, but I have never yet seen the man who was not afraid of Judgment Day. -There was a Mr. Zachaiy, a Georgia Sbyriff, who was the bravest man I ever knew. He bad faced death a thousand times, never flinching, and there was not another man in the State who had bis courage. One, day a preacher asked him if he would not come to church and prepare' to die. The man laughed" and, drawing himself up, said he was not afraid of death. "I know you are not," said the preacher; "you are ready for death, but are you ready for judgment?" The Sheriff broke down; his face turned pale, acd he said: "You are right, and you are a braver man than I, for I 'am afraid of the judgment." Oh, there shall be a day to come when all creation will tremble. Then will I sing with a fervor I never knew on earth, "Jesus, refuge of my soul, let me to Thy bosom fly." I will sing it from the very bottom of my heart. I will waut Jesus then, and I want him here now. Judgment is a legal term; the acclesiastical sense is a final settlement of God's chancery business. It will be the day when the stars shall fall like figs, and yet everywhere I turn I shall see God. Sister, we shall all appear before God just as we are, we shall ap pear with the record of all we have said, of all we have done, of all we havg. thought. f Law is defined as a rule of action laid down by the supreme power in the State, commanding us to do what is right and abstain from what is wrong. How is wrong punished here in Kentucky? When a man commits crime the first thing that is done is to summon a grand jury, which may or may not return an indictment, as it sees fit. If it does, a writ is issued, the offender is arrested, and his trial .follows. Now there ore several ways by which he may defeat justice. He may bribe the grand jury, so that they will not return a true bill, or he may influence the Judge or the jury to acquit him. Legally, however, there are only three ways--?by law, testi? mony, or the prerogative of pardon vest committed an offense against which there is no statute, so that the Judge may direct his discharge on the ground that ho has violated no law; he may be acquitted through lack of testimony to prove that he did the crime, and the jury will acquit him on the ground that the charge was not made out. But in cases where it is clearly provided that he is guilty sentence is passed by the Judge, and his only hope of escaping the gallows is by the pardoning prerogative of the Governor. So in the last judgment these three will be the only ways by which you can hope to escape damnation. How will it be as to law ? ed in He may have I start out with the proposition that no one can be justified by this. No man or woman can say he or she has never violated the law. He that breaketh it in the least breaks all. Let me explain. A boat which I desire to use is fastened to the shore by a chain of 100 links. To get it loose, must I break twenty or seventy-five iinks, or will one do ? Cut only' the smallest and the boat is free. So one Bin will cut the soul loose from God. When a man takes one wrong road, he is just as far from the right path as if he bad taken forty. This Bible I bold will condemn any man to day, and it will condemn him at the day of Judg? ment. JUDGED BY THE RECORD. All hope of escape by law being swept away, how is it with testimony? Let U3 examine into the nature of evidence. Greenleaf lays down the role that written testimony is better than spoken, and the most important witness is be who has the best chance of knowing the facts and the least motive for perverting them. When you and I stepped across the line of ac? countability, our hearts were blank tab? lets. I don't touch upon the question of total depravity; you see all that I have done, or thought, or said, afterwards I have written upon my heart. I have WKg&ten testimony, and this makes my rfc-frd. Is it possible to do this? Listen. jLiTn who is born of woman and has but few days has yet been able to coustruct a curious little piece of mechanism. You can fasten it to that engine standing over yonder at the tower, and it will register avenue Hotel of New York, with its rooms, some lighted by as high as forty jets of gas. How do you koow how much gas is burned ? The proprietor will take you to the cellar where the meter is, on whose dial is registered the amount con? sumed to the 100th part of an inch. If a man can do this, what can not God do? Recordi Record I A record ?ut ir by yourself, and by no one else, 'he vntness who had the. best chance to know the facts, the least inducement to alter it, has put it down. Some people say tliey are not afraid of their record. I wouldn't take that of the purest girl that b esses Kentucky to-day. That girl Bits thsre, still nerveless ana liko a dead person, unaffected by anything I say, yet the record is bad enough to damn all the State. I want to talk to you Baptists, Campbellites, Episcopalians, Presbyteri? ans and all, but not about the way you are bapti id: That question will not be asked you in the last day. What about your record ? Men are here to-day whose record,, if it could be read aloud, would cause lihem to be despised by .all. If all could i.'ead it as God does,you would flee. Man, if the wife of your bosom could read it, she would 3purn you. Record, record, record. Members of the church with frivolous record, with progressive euchre records, with ball-room records, with horse-racing records, with licentious records?records so black that the devil would flee from them. "Many will say, Lord, Lord, have I not prophesied in Thy name, and in Thy name done many good works ? But He will say, depart from me." I look more at my record than to what people say about me. Many good men, sometimes Bishops, have asked me to cbango my style a little. I Jell them I they were not put here to judge 'me. No man shall tamper with my convictions. God help us to keep all we have. Breth? ren, what about your record ? Is there a preacher here who shall be turned away at the last day ? Mother, what is your record ? Is it ball-room record ? Have you been spending ten hours a week fix? ing your daughter for a ball, not ten minutes on your knees ? That record is truej and when it is read there will be no scoffing or laughing. There is your record, What will you do with it? You can't destroy it; you've written it your? self. When the Ethiopian can change his skin and the leopard his spots then we'll go to manufacturing records. Can, you talke back last week's record ? You* can't alter one word. All.the tears you may shed for years will not change it. Your old mother's pleadings can not alter it. The combined chemicals of earth will only make the characters stand out clearer and more brillantly. THEORIES OF LIFE AND RELIGION. There are a great, many theories of life. When I get through with Darwin's, how Gin I believe it, when he has con? fessed at the end that it was but his imaginings, and that he bad not one solid fact upon which to build them ? I look him in the face and say, what about conscie nce, record, God ? Those are the things I want to know. Spencer knows all I do, but when I ask for more he calls in the unknowable. I shake hands with him and say, I can't go with you, Mr. Spencer. Those things are precisely what I want to know about, and you can tell'mi; nothing. If I came from Dar? win's monkeys, I want to know how came the conscience. Brethren, let's learn all in this book; it's good, to live byand good to die by. Christians outlie any people in the world. Think of that little boat on the Sea of Galilee. The Saviour was asleep in it when the storm came up, and the duiciples were sore afraid. At last they waked him. Jesus sat down iti the boat and dandled the lake on his knees like it was a little child, and it quieted at once. The arm that stilled that sea has saved me. . god's pardoning power. p I believe in the pardoning power of God bt-onger than I do His omnipotence. You might persuade me I wasn't stand? ing here, you might make me believe I ain't Sam Jones, and that I don't have a wife, whom I love better than my life, but you can't make me believe that I haven't experienced the saving power of the Gospel. You may charge me at the great clay with oaths, and I have sworn 10,000 of them; you can charge me with Sabbath-breaking, and I've been guilty of that times out of number, but where's your testimony ? Bring out the book, so it's all been blotted out by_th<i -blood of ?Christ irnot a parfTele of evidence is there. God says: "Who is there that can lay anything to this man's charge?" and I f;o free. "There ia a fountain filled with blood Drawn from Emanucl's voids ; And sinners plunged beneath that flood .Lose all their guilty stains." . . Thirteen years ago I saw one hanging on a tree. I saw his bleeding wounds, his an guished face, and I felt u was my sins that bad helped to drive each nail there. Then I went under that fountain ?of blood, and I know that my sins were washeci^away. Lord, let this great con? gregation of immortal souls go under that fountain. It's the hope of the nation. When I look at my life up to 24 years of age I wonder how I was ever saved. I. feel like John Knox did when he saw a man being led out to the gallows. He said that man would be John Knox if it wasn't for ihe saving power of the gospel. Sister, lady, young man, if you die with? out going under that blood, there is no hope for you. I can't explain it; but withou; the shedding of blood and its application there can be no remission of sin. Great God, wash us clean today; then I .Till have no fears about anything. I believe in good works as much as any one, and I've always insisted upon them ; but I want you to be like the old sailor who wss dying. He kept picking at the quilt, find his wife asked him what he was doing. *'Ob," said he, "I was gath? ering up all the good deeds I have ever done f,nd throwing thein overboard, where I can lash myself to them by the grace of Christ and float till I'm picked up by His mercy." When I come to die, I won't rejoice that I've preached to thousands of peo? ple at a tiiii". n^r that through my min? istry ten thousand conversions have been wrought. I'll njoice that I've been sav? ed by God. May He iu His divine mer? cy forgive us all. All Expelled as Liars. A prominent citizen of Jones County, Miss., who stood high in the church, made a vistt to Meridian recently, and upon his return told his neighbors ho had seen ice manufactured in that town with the thermometer standing 98 degrees. It soon became a settled fact in the minds of the members of the church that Brother Blank had degenerated into an able liiir. Charges were preferred against him, and a committee of church members were appointed to visit Meridian and convict the erring brother of lying. They went, saw the ice manufactured, and returning home so reported to a meeting of all the church members. A look of astonishment on the faces of the assembled brethren soou gave way to oue of indignation, and Brother Blank and the entire committee were incontinently expelled from the church. ? All the little vexations of life have their uiie as a part of our moral discip? line. They afford the best trial of char? acter. Many a man who'could bow w5th : resignation, if told that he was to die, is thrown off his guard and out of temper' by the slightest opposition to his opinions' or.his^'roj eqts^^^^^. BIL1 ARP'S CHAT. Southern Sorrow for General Grant; Atlanta ContlUulion. It looks like there is nothing settled. History used to be considered authentic. We studied it, and believed it, but now a man don't know what to believe. Even sacred history is not sacred from these advanced thinkers. What with new ver? sions and evolution, and Beechcr, and Ingersoll, and the like, the inquiring minds of the rising generation are all at sea. Modern history is no better off. I have just finished reading another history of Napoleon Bonaparte, writtca by Mc Farlnnd. I had read Their's, and Scott's, and Abbott's, and now I don't know any? thing about Napoleon?nothing for cer? tain. I don't know whether be was a demi-god or a brute. History depends so much on human prejudice that' it seems impossible to get the truth. I see that there is quite a controversy going on in England as to who wrote Shakspeare. Some folks doubt everything. General Grant is dead, and the* world is full j of bis history, right fresh, but it don't seem to be the General Grant we used . to know. Some other man, I reckt n. It is. a good sign, though, to praise a man when he is dead, but it is a better one to praise him while he is living if he deserves it. I had rather have a little now than a good deal after I am gone. It would do me more good and be more gratifying | to my family and friends. Big funerals and gushing obituaries are small comfort to. the family, and last about as long as public sympathy. Mrs. Lincoln was for? gotten in about two months, and so was Mrs. Garfield, and so will be Mrs. Grant. The reaction is bonnd to come. Now it maybe impossible for the South to do full justice to General Grant, but one thing is certain, the South has exhib? ited more charity, more manly, consider? ate, sympathy than the North would show to any of our heroes. We have got' heroes, noble men, patriots whom we love and honor, and yet some of the Northern preachers and the Northern press are still hawking at them. I thought the Northern soldiers were more forgiving and considerate, but I see that some of them had a reunion the other day and a fellow by the name of Izrig,' or something, exhibited the identical hoop skirt and petticoat and bonnet that Jefferson Davis was caught in, and the lying villian swore he arrested him and took.tbese things off of him. That feller has lived for over twenty years with that same old lie in his throat, and, strange to say, the devil basent got him yet. Well, there is just obliged to be a devil. We cant possibly get along without one. Bill Fort told me a long time ago that a devil was absolutely necessary to settle some things that could not be settled in this world, butldident think so much about it then. . Fort said there had. to be a little hell, too?a sort of.."sheal" I reckon?a place, said be, where a feller would want water mighter bad and could ent get it. Well, the.devil is the father of lies and liars, and if he dpnt get Fizgig before long he is losing his paren? tal affection. But I don't care anything about Fizgig or his willing dupes. They can keep on lying and hating if they enjoy it and we can keep on having contempt. The Southern people honor Mr. Davis and that honor increases with age. Here and there is an old sorehead who never honored anybody but themselves, but the soldiers who . served in the field honor him and will not forgive anybody wbo belittles him. Mr. Stephens fell out with Mr. Davis because he wouldent buy up all the cotton and he takes many a page to prove that it was the lack of cotton that whipped us. Governor Brown thought it was conscription that ruined us, and so it goes. Ben Butler delivered an obituary speech on Grant at Lowel, and he says that Grant told him there was but one way to whip us and that was to double and treble on us with men and refuse to exchange, prisoners, for that would run us short of soldiers and provisions, too, and said he, "that is my policy. They kill more than we do, but 'we have got them to be killed and they havent." There are numerous reasons why Gen? eral Toorabs does not like Mr. In the first place, General Toomb not like any democj^t^jlfr-'ssrfd long before the war that' he was born hating them. All the-prime and vigor of his life was a war against democracy. lo the next place General Toombs is con? scious, supremely conscious, of his own great talents, and this makes him under? rate the talents of other*. He is auto cratisb in his opinions. That he has a wonderful mind nobody questions, but because he is impulsive, im patent and impetuous, the Confederate Congress re? fused to create for him the office of gen? eralissimo and thus embittered him. against most everybody who was promi? nent. Look at the contrast. There is Mr. Davis, quiet, reserved, dignified, nothing wavering, and nothing fearing, a philosopher in his age, a patriot in his age, a patriot in his exclusion, never appearing before the public except to give good counsel, never giving railing lor railing and when asked for his opin? ion of General Grant, wrote kindly of him and closed a beautiful letter by say? ing, "If I could contribute anything to the repose of his mind or the comfort of his body I would gladly do so." This is not the first time nor the second nor the third that General Toombs has. thrust his contemptuous opinion of Mr. Davis before the public, and now be has thrust it in all the Northern press, and while that press indorses General Toombs in none of his patriotic or statesmanlike utterances, it has indorsed him in this. Ho is good authority when he bolhtles Mr. Davis. Forty years ago Mr. Davis waa iu the field fighting, for his country. He has been secretary of war, and made a name and a fame in that high office. He was our chief magistrate without seeking the' office, and he staked all he had'upon the cause. When the cause was lost he fell with it and shared the fortunes of his people, not leaving them nor forsaking them to find refuge in other countries. If General Toombs can't say anything good of Mr. Davis it becomes him to be silent. He owes it to the friends of Mr. Davis, and their name is legion. He owes it to the South and the lost cause, for surely it cau do no good now to lay blunders at anybody's door. We wish to honor both. Mr. Davis and General [ Toombs and I am sure Mr. Davis is will? ing. They aro both nearing the dark river and will have to cms3 it soon. May they meet over there as friends. The Southern people have great admiration, for General Toombs, when he says foolish and unreasonable things they overlook them and forget them because of his many virtues and noble qualities. They have been accustomed to let him nay any-, thing and admire him still. But neither deau nor living will he overshadow Mr. Davis' or General Lee. It is of ho uso now to discuss who blundered?maybe nobody blundered?maybe it is all right and all for the best. The blood-letting had to como, for the patient was sick, very sick. Blood poison had been at work in the body politic for half a cen? tury, and the remedy ,had to be taken. Nobody supposes that the war could have been averted. It might possibly, have ? been postponed, hut not long...; . What the | nation wau? now is to avoid another and secure a . lasting pcaco fur .our . children. .Mr. Davis is on thai line, and.se wis ;Ge'neraV^g^JgJ? ^p^v ^^9^; of Jjfdfl ^fl|^^^^C^?f?j flat on his back with a kidney .'disfc and he would have been a de?,'4-fiiah' ten days, bnt I cut a hole in lain that could have laid a bull's eye watch io^tj I took out his kidney and cleaned; H?qpd ut it back again and set it to . work .arid e got well and went straight;to; p'rcaC'v ing rum, Romanism and rebellion ar had Blaine beat in twenty-fdur/J^Uf':i I elected Cleveland by saving tb^f':-fe low's life; I did it myself, Rudl^c.tj^ to have credit for it." Bill Abe. E A Blind tliorns, j; For several days past there haalffe&j: remarkable family of negroes in Ali Their name is Williamstoo andv^j^; came from Wilson County,North Cjilif'* na. Thero are three brothers;at "" ' sisters, all of whom hare been'?' blind from their birth. Theyl children of black parents who w? and ordinary field hands. Hot were born fourteen children; > whom had sight while seven we The blind children were hot'onl and healthier, but their mental;', ments are superior to ihose^V^ brothers and sisters who couldsee; went to Raleigh to the State ?Hnt? and were there well educated'^ one of them developed a sera, talent of music, and on leaving the lum organized them?elves into ac? company and began to travelthj South. The oldest brother in; smart negro woman, who acts "; and' business manager of the They have been all over thp Sou ,? ing entertainments, which have^aj them handsomely. They aing^nd^ on various instruments Vrith rema ' skill. All of them hive goodrjj which have been well trained* Their most remarkable j are trie exnimuons 01 meir flKfflW mimicry. They imitate a bros? perfectly that a person outaideimBw in which they are humming; womB most invariably be deceived. -,Thej? t?tion of the organ is ? equally Each of the singers makes 2 ''.p'W& noise and carries his or her ownJgj the performance, and the combinejH is a deep music, very like to the $M of a grand organ. Theseare two dim many tricks. They are constantiyBB iog to their repertoire and peffjHw themselves more and more in thei-jH ous arcs. They have educated th'e^HB of touch to a very remarkable' By feeling of a person's face an{jBH they can give an actuate descriv^B his or her appea^^ceT^jTT~t;ne ofjM sisters claims that she can teR.th^jgB of the hair by touching it. ';' - The seven will stand with joined hjfflfl and any object can bo: placed in"HB bands of the oldest brother at the enB the line; while he holds it he claims? the magnetic current wbich'-^p^s?! through the entire line will enabl&JM one of bis brothers and sisters tag what he has in his hand. - At hnjJB| some remarkable guesses of this kin The blind negroes have given jffi of entertainments in various' JB churches in the city and have;_crjMW great sensation am?ng the eolor&djBK lation. It is said that theyytalflj care of their aged partnts, whostigj on the old homestead in ^~h^wHK| in the same cabin where theysSB?' slaves, and where their fourteen ftJK were born. The blind sfngerirfH| bought the place and presented it to tB parents. The brothers and the wifflk the eldest manage the financial affairH the combination so successfully tiat tffl| have accumulated a snug property.-'. ?| oldest brother is about twenty-?jg"$;?B the youngest sister about sixteen %Hb old. Various efforts have been'maS professional managef5~To"^core^^ trol of this remarkable fomi^p^f^ffil prefer to take care of their pwh.lifprM They are all intelligent and -t?m&Iraiji|l well posted on matters in general.?.Fr,;! the Atlanta Constitution, Augusll^?y/M Hew Lee Died, ! .j Oil Wedn?^aj,-SffpiiKbL|j^jg jh?/**&r;U\Dg of the end caK|Baag!j morning of that day he v^BiMsaffl' usual, with official work, re? assistance of which he sometimBB himself,* and in the afternoon^ a vestry meeting of Grace '^jSHb Church.' He acted as chairman a^B liyened the meeting with cheerfdH versation and interesting anecdotfJ^BI weather was chilly and damp, tbn| not warmed, and Gen. Lee sat.vfl military cloak thrown around hyfl ders. His last public act was era characteristic. Thj^uestion/^jJj^aS cussion was the7ectc^fcBifc? the subscriptions we ?-Bj^BSHHK found that a deficit offl He remarked quietlyH sum"?and the compiM dreaming that the inojj|g ber would ne vc r j ojM| ing home, tea w^flB|gP^ ing tohisinvajfl say grace, jjfl and he 8a?B^^BaHrap^|^||W signs 0^JgB^^^^^af^^H^^ of his fl realizedJH Physicffl and ^^Wp^^^mj^uS^ll^^fBi he never ^BWffi^^8g*?SBjftB||B ed as oae^BKjffl|fflflffl brain, but the^M tion or sensationJW paired consciousne^H was not anticipated lJH the patient! He 8eemedw| first that he would not reeJHI ifested not the slightest dS When his son, Custis, apo'lB as probable, he shook his jrfla ed upward. Some persi? quired to induce him to B The mind wandered occasjB| one of these times he e^cJ| the tent", and at anothg? must-come up!,;Jrg? thoughts>Uhe^ffl away from the W^'^^fij^aWBffl the toilsome max^HMa^BraE?^11 of battle. The^oddo Wftuff&ivea up 1 close; simply a^dsrurfjillingX^ . i sleep which knows no wakiog^v. Preston Johnson, an Eye Witness. ^ A Boy With a Bnlge. "No, my sod," ho replied, ?b he. on his hat, "you can't go to the cirei "But why, father." "Well, in the first place I can't iji ,1 away .my money on such things." ;.: "Ye3, but I have enough of ray .owdit: "And in the next place i\ is a r/H-gi crowd, the sentiment ?? nril^S?l?^??Ml no respectable person can coi/nten.? such things." "But, fath?" "That's enough, air! YouVcaa't'X, I want you to enjoy yourselj^uut^i must seek Borne more resnoct?l?!?-'}?! ment." An hour later a curious thin pened in the circus tent. A b6y-e to the top flight of seats and V1 besido a man who had just, fi glass of lemonade, and-way. lij cigar. He hi.d his plug of hu head and seemed itself hugely.' It was grounds from ijrJiSjie^W runaway. ^'