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"THE PROUD INVALID: REV. T. DEWITT TALMAGE'S SER MON AT THE TABERNACLE. Everybody Has Something lie Wishes Ho Had Not?God Does Not Wish to Slake tills World So Bright that Wo Shall Forget the Brighter. Brooklyn, Dec. 12.?Tho Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage, D. D., preached this morning from the text, II Kings, v, 1: "IIo was a leper." He said: Here we have a wai-rior sick, not with pleurisies or rheumatisms or consumptions,but with a disease worse than all these put to gether. A red mark has come out on tho fore head, precursor of complete disfigurement and dissolution. I have something awful to tell you. Gin. Naaman, tho commander-in ehief of all tho Syrian forces, has the leprosy. It is on his hands, on his face, on bis feet, on his entire person. The leprosy! Get out of the way of the pestilence! If his breath strikes you you are a dead man. The eommander-in-chief of all tho forces of Syria 1 And yet he would be glad to ex change conditions with the boy at his stirrup or tho hostler that blankets his charger. The news goes like wildfire all through tho realm, and tho people are sympathetic, and they cry out: "Is it possiblo that our great hero who shot Ahab, and around whom we came with such vociferation when ho re turn ?d from victorious battle?can it be possible that our grand and glorious Naaman bos the leprosy?" Yes. Everybody has something be wishes he had not?David, an Absalom to disgrace bim; Paul, a thorn to sting him; Job, car buncles to plague him; Samson, a Delilah to afaear him; Ahab, a Naboth to deny him; Eaman, a Mordecai to irritate bim; George Washington, childlessness to afflict him; John Wesley, a termagant wife to pester him; Leah, weak eyes; Pope, a crooked back; Byron, a club foot; John Milton, blind eyes; Charles Lamb, an insane sister; and you, and you, and you, and you, something which you never bargained for, and would like to get rid of. Tho reason of this is, that God does not want this world to be too bright; other wise, wo would always want to stay and eat these fruits and lio on theso lounges and shako hands in this pleasant society. We aro only hi the vestibule of n grand temple. God does not want us to stay on the doorstep, and therefore ho sends aches, end annoyances, and sorrows, und bereavements of all sorts to push us on and push us up toward riper fruits, and brighter society, and more radiant prosperities. God is only whipping us ahead Tho reason that Edward Payson and Robert Hall had more rapturous viowsof heaven than other people had was because, through thoir aches and pains, God pushed them nearer up to it. If God dashes out one of your pictures it is only to show you a brighter one. If He sting your foot with gout, your brain with neuralgia, your tongue with an inextinguish able thirs",, it is only bocause Ho is preparing to substitute a better body than you ever dreamed of, when the mortal shall put on im mortality. It is to push you on and push you up toward something grander and better that God sends upou you, as Ho did upon General Naaman, something you do not wont. Seated in hid Syrian mansion?all the walls glitter ing with the shields* which he had captured in battle: tho corridors crowded with ad miring visitors who just wanted to soe him onse; music and mirth and banqueting filling all tho mansion, from tesselated floor to pic tured ceiling?Naaman would have forgotten that thoro was anything bettor, and would have been glad to stay there 10,000 years. ? ~* But, oh, bow the shields dim, ahd how the visitors fly from the hall, and how tho music drops dead from" the string, and how the gates of the mansion slam shut with sepulchral bang, as you read the closing words of the eulogium: "He was a leper! He was a kper!" ( There was one person more sympathetic with Gen oral Naaman than any other person. Naamnn'ij wife walks the floor, wringing her hands and trying to think what she can do to alleviate her husband's suffering. All reme dies hare failed. The surgeon general and the doctors of the royal stuff have met, and they have shaken their heads as much as to say: "No euro, no cure." I think that tho office seekera had all folded up their recom mendations and gone home. Probably most of the employes of the establishment had dropped "heir work and were thinking of looking for some other situation. What shall now becomo of poor Naaman's wife? She must have sympathy somewhere. In her do spair sho go<? to a little Hebrew captive, a servant girl in her house, to whom she tells the whole story, as sometimes, when ovor borne with the sorrows of the world, and finding no sympathy anywhere else, you have gone out and found in the sympathy of some humble domestic?Rosa or Dinah or Bridget ?a help which the world could not givo you. What :i scene it was! One of tho grandest women ia all Syria in cabinet council with a waiting maid over the declining hoalth of the mighty general: "I know something," says the little captive maid, "I know something," as she bounds to her bare feet. "In tho land from which I was stolen there is a certain prophet known by the name of Elisha, who can cure .almost everything, and I shouldn't wonder if ho could cure my master. Send for him right away." "Oh, hush!" you say. "If the highest medical talent in all the land caunot cure that leper there is co need of your listening to any talk of a ser vant girl." But do not scotT, do not sneer. Tho linger of that little captive maid is pointing in the right direction. Sho might have said: "This is a judgment on you for stealing me from my native land. Didn't thoy snatch me off in the night, breaking my father's and mother's heart? and many a time I havo laid and cried all night because I was so homesick." Then flushing up into childish indignation she might have said: '?Good for them; I'm glad Naaman's got the leprosy: I wish all tho Syrians had tbo leprosy." No. Forgetting her own personal sorrows, she sympathizes with tht< suffering of her master and recommends him to tho famous Hebrew prophet. And how often it is that the finger of child hood has pointed grown persons in tho right direction. O Christian soul, how long is it ciuce that you got rid of tho leprosy of sin? You say: "Let mo see. It must be five years now." "Five years. Who was it that ]>oint ed you to tho Divine Physician?"' "?b," j-ou say, "it was my littlo Anuio or Fred or Char ley, who clambered up on my knees and luoked in my face and asked me why I didn't becomt a Christian, and, all tho time strok ing my cheeks so I couldn't get angry, in sisted upon knowing why I didn't havo fam ily prayers." Thoro aro grandparents hero who have been brought to Christ by their little grandchildren. Thoro are many Christian mothers hero who had their attention iirst called to Jesus by their little children. How did you get rid of the leprosy of sin? How did you find your way to tho Divine Physician.' "Oh," you say, "my child, my dying child, with wan and wasted linger pointed that way! Oh, I shall never forgot," you say, "that scene at tho cradie and tho crib that awful night! It was hard, hard, very hard; but if that littlo ouo on its dying bed had not pointed mo to Christ, I don't think I ever would have got zod of my leprosy." Go into tho Sabbath ?rbooil this afternoon and you will find hun dreds of littlo fingers pointing in the same direction toward Jesus Christ and toward heaven. Years ago the astronomers calculated that there must be a world banging at a certain point in tho heavens, and a large prizo was I offered for somo ono who could discover that j world. Tho telescopes from the great ob- | Bervatorios were pointed in vain, but a girl at Nantucket, Mass., fashioned a telescope, I and, looking through it, discovered that star, i and won tho prizo and tho admiration of all 1 tho astronomical world, that stood amazed at | her genius. And so it is often the case that gi-ov.ii peoplo cannot seo tho light, while j somo littlo child beholds the star of pardon, I tho star of hope, the star of consolation, tho star of Bethlehem, tho morning star of Jesus. "Not many mighty men, not many wise men aro called; but God hath chosen tho weak things of tho world to confound tho mighty; and baso things and things that aro not to bring to naught things that are." Oh, do not despise tho prattle of little children when they are speaking about God, ami Christ, and heaven! You seo tho wny your child is pointing; will you take that pointing or wait until, in the wrench of some awful bereavement, God shall lift that child to another world, and then it will beckon you upward? Will you take tho pointing or will you wait for the beckoning? Blessed bo God that tho little Hebrew enptivo pointed in tho right direction! Blessed bo God for the saving ministry of Christian children! No wonder the advice of this little Hebrew captive threw all Naaman's mansion and Bou-hadad's palace into excitement. Good-by, Naaman! "With face scarified and rigid and inflamed by tho pestilence, and aided by those who supported bim on either sido, he staggers out to the chariot. Hold fast tho fiery coursers of tho royal stable whilo the poor sick man lifts his swollen feet and pain struck limbs into tho vehicle. Bolster him up with tho pillows and let him tako a linger ing look at his bright apartment, for perhaps the Hebrew captive may be mistaken, and tho next timo Naaman comes to that place ho may l>e a dead weight on tho shoulders of those who carry him?an expired chieftain seeking sepulture amid tho lamentations of an admiring nation. Good-by, Naaman! Lot tho charioteer drive gontly over tho hills of Herinon, lest he jolt the invalid. Hero goes the bravest man of all his day a captlvo of a borriblo disease. As tho ambu lance winds through tho streets of Damascus tho tears and prayers of all tho people go after tho world-renowned invalid. Perhaps you have had an invalid go out from your bouse on a health excursion. You know how tho noighlwrs stood around and said: "Ah, ho will never come back again alive!" Oh, it was a solemn moment, I tell you, whon tho invalid had departed, and you went into tho room to make tho bed and to remove the medicino vials from the shelf, and to throw open tho shutters so that the fresh air might rush into the long-closed room! Good-by, Nuaman! There Is only ono cheerful face looking at him, and that is tho face of the little Hebrew captive, who is sure ho will get cured and who is so glad sho helped him. As tbo chariot winds out and tho escort of mounted courtiers, and the mules, laden with sacks of gold and silver and embroidered suits of apparel, went through the gates of Damascus and out on the long way, the hills of Naphtall and Eph raim look down on the procession, and the retinue goes right past the battlo fields where Naaman, in the days of his health, used to rally Ids troops for fearful onset; and then the procession stops and reclines a whilo in the groves of olives and oleander, and Gen. Naaman so sick?and so very, very sickl How ,thof c6untrym??n gaped as the pro- ' cession passed I They had seen Naaman go post like a whirlwind in days gone by, and had stood aghast at tho clank of his War equipments; but now they commiserate bim. They sayr "Poor man, he will never get homo alive! Poor man!" Gen. Naaman wakes from a restless sleep in tho chariot, and ho says to the charioteer: "How long be fore wo shall reach this Prophet Elisha's?" Tho charioteer says to a waysider: "How far is it to Elisha's house?" Hesays: "Two miles." "Two' miles." Then they whip up tho lathered and fagged out horses. Tho whole procession brightens up at the prospect of speedy arrival. They drive up to the door of the prophet. The charioteers shout: "Whoa!" to the horses, and the tramping hoofs and grinding wheels cease shaking the earth. Como out, Elisha, come out, you have company; the grandest company that over came to your house has come to it now. No stir insido Elisha's house. Tho fact was, the Lord bad informed Elisha that the sick cap tain was coming and just how to treat him. Indeed, whon you are sick and tho Lord wants you to got well, He always tells the doctor how to treat you; and the reason wo have so many bungling doctors is because they depend upon their own strength and in structions and not on tho Lord God, and that I always makes malpractice. Como out, Eli- I sha, and attend to your business. Gen. Naa- j man and his rotinue waited, and waited, and waited. The fact was Naaman had two diseases ! ?pride and leprosy; tho ono was as hard to get rid of as the other. Elisha sits quietly in his , house and does not go out. After a while, J when ho thinks ho has humblod this proud man, he jays to a servant: "Go out and tell Gen. Naaman to bathe seven times in the ! River Jordan, ont yonder fivo miles, and ho will get entirely weli." Tho message comes out. "What I" says tho commander in chief of tbo Syrian forces, his j ovo kindling with an nnimntion which it had 1 not shown for weeks, and his swollen foot stamping! on tho bottom of the chariot, re gardless of pain: "What! Isn't he coming out to seo me? Why, I thought certainly hn ' would come and utter some cnlmlis'ic words over mo or nmko somo enigmatical passes 1 over my wounds. Why, I don't think he knows who I am. Isn't ho comingout? Why. j when the Shunammite woman came to him bo rushed out and cried: "Is it well with j thee? Is it with thy husband? Is it well with thy child' And will ho treat a poor un known woman like that, and let mo, a titled personage, sit here iu my chariot and wait and wait? I won't endure it any longer. Charioteer, drivo on! Wash in the Jordan! Ha! ha! The slimy Jordan?the muddy Jordan?the monotonous Jordan. I wouldn't bo seen washing iu such a river as that. Why, we watered our horses in a better river than that on our way here?tho beau tiful river, tbo jasper paved river of Puar par. Besides that, wo havo in our country another Dnmasceno river ?Abana ?with foliaged bonks and torrent ever swift and ever clear, under tho flickering shadows of sycamore and oleander. Aro not Abana and Pborpar, riven of Damascus, better than all tho waters o' I ael?" I suppose Naaman felt very much as wo would feel , by way of medical prescription, somo :o .-...r.id tell us t" go and wash in the Dan ' ? or tho Rhine. would answer: '?Are tot tbo Connecticut .? 1 ho Hudson just usgood.'" Or, as on Engi:.'hman would feel if ho were told, by way of medical prescrip tion, ho must go and wash in tho Mississippi or St. Lawrence. Ho would cry out: "Are not the Thames and the Shannon just as ??.eil i" The fact was that haughty Naaman needed to learn what every Englishman and every American needs to learn?that when God tells you to do a thing, you must go and do it, whether you understand the reason of not Ono thing is certain, unless haughty Naaman does as Elisha commands him he will die of bis awful sickness. And unless you do as Christ commands you, you will be seized upon by au everlasting wasting away. Obey and live; disobey and die. Thrilling, over arching, under-girding, stupendous alterna tive! Well, Gen. Naaman could nob stand tha test Tho charioteer gives a jerk to the right line until the bit snaps in tho horse's mouth, and tho whirr of tho wheels and tho flying of the dust show tho indignation of the great commander. "He turned and went away in a rage." So people now often get mad at re ligion. They vituperate against ministers, against churches, against Christian people. One would think from their irate behavior that God had lwen studying how to annoy and exasperate and demolish them. WJiat has Ho been doing! Only trying to euro their death-dealing leprosy. That Is all. Yet they whip up tbeir horses, thoy dig in their spurs, and they go away in a rage. So, after all, it Eecms that this health excur sion of Gen. Naaman is to bo a dead failure. That little Hubrow captive might as well have not told him of tho prophot, and this long journey might as well not have been takon. Poor, sick, dying Naaman! aro you going away in high dudgeon, and* worse than when you camel As his chariot halts a moment his servants clainbor up in it and 1 coar him to do as Elish said. They say; "It's easy. If the prophet had told you to walk for a mile on sharp spikes in order to Mt rid of this awful disease you would have dono it It is easy. Come, my lord, just got down and wash in the Jordan. You tako a bath < ovcry day, anyhow, and in this climate it is so hot that it will do you good. Do ! it on our account, and for tho sake of tho army you command, and for the sako of tho nation that admires you. Come, my lord, just try this Jordanlc bath." "Well," ho says, "to please you I will do as you say." Tho retinuo drivos to tho brink of the Jordan. Tho horses paw and neigh to get into tho stream themselves and cool their hot flanks. General Naaman, assisted by his attendants, gets down out of the chariot and painfully conies to the brink of the nver, and steps in until tho water comes to tho ankle, and goes on deeper until the water comes to the girdle, and now standing so fnr down in the stream just a little inclination of tho head will thor oughly immerso him. He bows once into the I flood, and comes up and shakes the water out of nostrils and eyes; and his attendants look at bim and say: "Why, general, how much better you do look." And ho bows aliecond ! timo into tho flood and comes up, and the wild 3tare is gone out of his eyes. He bows the third timo into tho flood and comes up, and tho shriveled flesh has got smootoyagain. He bows the fourth time into the flood and comes up, and tho hair that had fallen out is j restored in thick locks again all over the brow. Ho bows tho fifth timo into the flood and comes up, and the hoarseness has gone j out of his throat He bows the sixth time and comes up, and all tho soreness und anguish bavo gone out of tho limbs. "Why," he says, "I am almost well, but I will mako a complete cure," and ho bows the seventh timo into tho flood and ho comes up, and not so much as a fester or scale or eruption as big as the head of a pin is to be seen on him. He steps out on tho bank and says: 'Ts It pos sible?" And tho attendants look and say: "Is J it possible?" And as, with the health of an j athlete, he bounds back into tho chariot and drives on thero goes up from all his attend ants a wild "Huzza! huzza!" Of course they go back to pay and thank tho man of God for his counsel, so fraught with wisdom. \V lion they left the prophet's house JJjc aafrent off imad; they davor come hack gtifcrW) I People always think better of a minister after they are converted than they do before conversion. Now-vvo are to them an intoler able nuisance becauso we tell them to do things that go against tho grain; but some of us have a great many letters from those who tell us that once thoy were angry at what we preached, but afterward gladly received the gospel at our hands. Thoy onco called us fa natica or terrorists or enemies; now thoy call uk friends. Yonder is a man?I speak a lit eral fact?who said that he would never come into tho church again. Ho said that two yoaraago. He said: "My family shall never come hero again if such doctrines as that are preached." But ho came again, and his fam ily came again. Ho is a Christian, his wifo a Christian, all his children Christians, the whole household Christian, and I shall dwell with them in the house of tho Lord forever. Our undying coadjutors are thoso who once heard the gospel and "went away In a rage." Now, my hearers, you notice that this Gen. Naaman did two things in order to get well. The first was, he got out of his chariot He might have staid thero with his swollen feet on the stuffed ottoman, seated on that em broidered cushion until his last gasp, he would nevor havo got any relief. He bad to get down out of his chariot And you have got to get down out of tho chariot of your pride if you over become a Christian. You cannot drive up to the cross with a coach and four and bo saved among all tho spangles. I You seem to think that tho Lord is going to be complimented by your coming. Oh, no; you poor, miserable, scaly, leprous sinner, get down out of that! Wo all come in the same haughty way. Wo expect to rido into the kingdom of God. Never until we get down | on our Iumjcs will wo find mercy. The Lord has nnborsed us, uncharioted us. Get down out of your pride. Get down out of your self righteousness and your hypercriticism. Wo j havo all got to do that. That is the journey we have got to mako on our knees. It is our infernal prido that keeps us from getting rid of tho leprosy of sin. Dear Lord, what havo we to be proud of/ rroud of our scales' I Proud of our uncleanuessi Proud of this kill ing infection! Bring us down at Thy feet, weeping, praying, penitent, believing suppli cants! For sinner*, Lord, Thou earnest to bipod, And I'm a sinuer vile, indeed; Lord, I believe Thy grace Is free. Oh, magnify '.hat praea lu me: But he had not only to get down out of his chariot; he had to wash. "Oh," you say, "I am very careful of my oblution.s. Every day I plunge into a bright and beautiful bath." Ah, my hearers, thero is a flood brighter than any other. It is tho flood that breaks from tho granite of eternal hills. It is tho flood of pardon, and peace, and life, ] and heaven. That flood started in th'j tears of Christ and the sweat of Gethsemane, and rolled on, accumulating flood, until all earth and heaven could batho in it. Zacbariah called it "the fountain open for sin and i:n clcanncss.'' William Cowper called it "the fountain filled with blood." Your fathers and mothers washed all their sins and sorrows away in that fountain. Oh, my hearers, do you not to-day feel like wading into it? Wad? down now into thi.s glorious flood deeper, deeper, deeper. Plunge once, twice, thrice, four times, llvo times, six times, seven times. It will tako as much as that to euro your soul. Oh, wash, wash, wash, and be clean! I sapposQ that was a great time at Damas cus when Gen. Naaman g< t back. TLu char ioteers did not have to drive slowly any longer lest they jolt t!?j invalid: but as tho horses dashed through tho streets of Damas cus I think the people rushed out to hail back their chieftain. Noaman'S wifo hardly recog? nized her husband; v.-j was so wonderfully changed she had to look at him two or three times before she mode out that it was her re stored husband And tho little captive maid, sho rushed out, clapping her bands and shout ing: "Did he euro you? Did he cure you f Th<m muiic woke up tho palaco and tho tapestry of tho windows was drawn awa}', that tho mul I titudo outsido might mingle with tho princely j mirth inside, and tho feet went up and down J in tho dance, and all tho streets of Damascus I that night echoed and re-echoed with tho ! news, "Naaman's cured! Naaman's cured!" I But a gladder tuno than that it would bo I in nil this place or wherever this sermon shall I be read, if tho soul should got cured of it3 leprosy. The swiftest wbito horse hitched to tho king's chariot would rush tho news into tho Eternal City. Our loved ones before the throno would welcome tho glad tiding.-. Your children on earth with moro emotion than the littlo Hebrew captlvo would notice tho change in your look and tho change in your manner, and would put their arms around your neck and say: "Mother, I guess you must have becomo a Christian. Father, I think you havo got rid of tho leprosy." 0 Lord God of Elisha, have mercy on us! Heady to Abdiente. -??.-:? A New York correspondent writes that thoro recently appeared up town a young and rich citizen of Chicago, just back from Europe, and arrayed in tho most propor manner possible from tho dudo standpoint He was very anxious to moet Mr. B?rry Wall, who has long borno tho title "King of tho Dudes," so a mutual friend brought them together. Whon tho stranger was presented B?rry stepped back, took him in * slowly from head to toos, and oxclaimcd: "Ye gods! I abdicate." Anxious for Particulars. The following notice in a Montana news paper is not calculated to sooth the feelings of the thief who stole Mr. Sampson's bay mare: "Tho night of tho 14th inst a dark bay maro, fifteen hands high, small white star in forehead, both hind feet white, was stolen from tho stablo of Ira Sampson, tho I undersigned. 1 will give tho mare and $50 in j cash for full and reliable particulars regard I ing tho funeral of tho thief. That's tho kind ! of a man I am." Bfr*. Cleveland's Mall. Mrs. Cleveland is said to receivo moro lottei-j from Ilagerstown, Md., than from any other place in tho country. Shortly after her marriago two little girls living in that town sent her a letter and a bouquet of flowers. The lettor was answered, and in a short time was copied by tbo town newspa pers. From that timo Mrs. Cleveland has lx'on addressed by young and old from Ha gerstown on all sorts of subjects and for all sorts of purposes.?Chicago Herald. A Lesson in Dynamic;;. A Borne (N. Y.) girl filled three stono bcor jugs with wet sand, corked thorn tightly and s*t them in the oven to heat so that sho could warm her bed with them. The heat generated steam from tho wot sand and an explosion fol lowed, which filled tho room with flying sand and fragments of beer jugs. The girl and the I rest of tho family were badly scared, but es caped unhurt. The F.omo girls aro now giv ! ing up the use of artificial bed warmers.? Chicago Herald. A Swindle in Shoe Polish. A sharp young man has been swindling the shoo dealers of East Greenwich, N. Y., by selling them what seemed to bo a remarkably fine article of shoo polish, for which he asked 75 per cent, moro than tho price asked for tho ordinary French polish. After he delivered L thejgoodtf ancLroooived thy money it was dis covered that each bottle contained about two tablespoonfuls of tho polish on top of sawdust and glue. Actor Barrett and Gen. Sherman. Mr. Wilson Barrett, tho English actor, says that tho most interesting man ho has met in this country is Gen. Tecumseh Sherman. Whon first introduced tho general wanted to talk ubout theatres. lie lias a fondness for | tho drama and dramatic people. But Mr. Barrett skillfully brought him around to tho war, and for an hour or two hod the pleasure of listening to a most charming recital of history.?New York Sun. Fishing for a Tapeworm. A Georgia paper publishes as truth the story of a Marion county farmer who be came satisfied that he had a tapeworm. So ho carefully baited a littlo fishhook, tied a short line to it, swallowed tho hook, and tied the lino to bis buttonhole. Thon he waited for a bite. By and by ho thought he had ono and yanked the lino; the hook caught in bis throat, and bad to bo dug out. Ho didn't catch the worm.?New York Sun. A Valuablo Vineyard. The noted "Sunny Slopo" cstato, near San Gabriel, Cal., has been sold to an English syndicate for a littlo over 81,000,000. Tho property includes tho Sunny Slope vineyard and orange grove, 1,950 acres, of which 750 aro in vines, 155 in orange and lemon trees, and SO in miscellaneous fruits, and cultivated lands in grain, etc., to the extent of 1,025 acres.?Now York Sun. I But Be Was Mistaken. A Napa, Cal., man thought he saw a sea serpent lin tho river there, but it was only n solid mass of littlo fishes, each about an in-ju j and a half long. Tho school was about fifty ! yards long and a yard wide, and hooded up I stream. The commotion they mado was caused by hundreds of largo fishes that were ' continually throwing themselves among and eating up tho littlo ones. ?Chicago Herald. An Absent Alluded Lady. I An absent minded Now York lady, who is [ ' conspicuous hi society, finished her toilet not ! j long ago for an evening at tho theatre, and as a finishing touch drunk tho euu do cologno ' that stood on her dressing case. She was seriously sick for over a fortnight.?New | York Letter. A Lucky Shot. : A Sonoma, Cal., hunter sawn deer under j a small madrono tree 200 yards uvvny. llo j fired and missed tho deer, but hit the tree j about six inches above the animal's head, knocking off a splinter four inches long that struck tho deer's head with such force as to penetrate the skull und cause instant death. Sampling Ilia Cider. One of the institution j of Connecticut this fall is the cider beat, who, pretending to bo cut buying cider, samples tho fanners' apple juico, gets invited to out dinner or tako tea, I says he'll call uguin and goes on his dishonest I way An Inrrea.se of Salary. Gayarre, tho Spanish tenor, ?ixteen years ! ago got eighty cents a night for singing in a ! music hall at Madrid. Now ho has made an engagement to sing at the opera lift., nights I for $70,000._ He Deserved It. Preacher Cnllahnn, of Madison, (la., lost I ten bales of cotton by fire. His friends ere making up a purse f'>r him. and a Heal nows ! paper says that he deserves it because ho "is j honest, a tenant and has nine unmarried I daughters." F AM, V/PEIWtfG ! THEODORE T^OHN UEODOKE J?lOHN Takes pleasure in announcing to his friends and the public that his Fall Stock is complete. Invites attention to the follow ing: DRESS GOODS, SILKS, SATINS, BROCADES, VELVETS, MOURNING GOODS, JACKETS. WRAPS, CLOAKS. Jersey Jackets In Great Variety. BLANKETS, FLANNELS, CASSIMERES, JEANS, CALICOS THREE CENTS AND UPWARD. CARPETS, RUGS, OIL CLOTHS, LACE CURTAINS, SHADES AND CORNICES. All the correct shapes in STIFF AND HATS. Clothing to Suit the Times. MEN'S SUITS, YOUTHS' SUITS, BOYS' SUITS. Gents' Furnishings of Every De scription. UNDERWEAR, NECKWEAR, tho cele brated F. & C. COLLARS AND CUFFS, and our 50, 75 and ?1.00 SHIRTS cannot be beat for fit, durability and price. SHOES for everybody in the County at the lowest prices and of the best qualities, and warranted to wear longer than any body else's. Wc have them all made to order at the factories in Columbia, New York and Boston. Wc also keep always at the lowest prices all the SCHOOL BOOKS in general use. Special rates to Teachers. Full lines of Stationary. Call and sec us, wc can jive you better bargains than formerly, as we mean busi ness. Don't forget to go to Theodore Kohiij OF THE EMPORIUM. ! C. MAYHEW. J. M. MAYHEW. C. Mayhew & Son, COLUMBIA, S. C, MONUMENTAL ARCHITECTS AND BUILDERS, COLUMBIA MABBLE WORKS. Manufacturers of and Dealers in All Kinds of AMERICAN AND ITALIAN MARBLE WORK. Mantels, Monuments and Tablets furnished to any design at Lowest Prices. Polished Granite Work, either Na tive or Foreign, to order. 'Building Stone of all kind furnished. Correspondence solicited with those I in want of any work in the above line, j Jan 7-lyr. H. Spalir, Watchmaker aid Jeweller, Undei; Times am? Democrat Office, Keeps on hand a fine Stock of Gold and Silver Watches, Clucks. Jewelry, Si 1 verware, Spectacles Cold und Silver [leaded ('ancs, ifcc. Also. Musical Instruments, such as Violins, Accordions, Ibinjos and Guitars, And all other goods in tins line. ZW A large assortment of is carat Plain Gold Kings always in .stock. JsgTGood warranted, and prices low. E'or !??:?Ir :i 2 II BSurgaiil. I PLANTATION. DISTANT - V two miles from Port Motte. A dwel ling house of six rooms and farm buildings and laborers' houses upon it. Apply to J. K. HANK, or \\\ C. 11 AN K. Oct. 2s- Fort Motte, S. C. C. U. DANTZI.Elt VfOSS & DANTZLER, ATTORNEYS AT LAW Obakgebukq, S. C. "The New Grocery" (LIGIITFOOT'S OLD STAND. TWO DOORS FROM DR. WANNAMAKER.) IS RUN BY Charlie Brunson, Where he is making prices talk on GROCERIES, IIE IS FILLED UP ON FLOUR, SUGAR, TOBACCO, SARDINES, SOAP, POTASII, COFFEE, TEAS, CRACKERS, SEGARS, CANNED GOODS, LARD, CHEESE. MACKEREL, PAILS, &c., &c, And an enormous lot of other goods. With better facilities than we ever had be fore, we are prepared to duplicate the prices of any house in South Carolina. We do not ask you to buy of us, but just let us price you our goods, and we will surely put you on our long list of customers. Call at once at "THE NEW GROCERY," CHARLIE BRUNSON, Manager. Oct 21-_ A. C. LINDSTEDT HAS REMOVED TO HIS NEWLY FITTED UP STOB! (McNAMARA'S OLD STAND.) Where can bo found a good selec tion of CHOICE FAMILY AND Heavy Groceries. ALSO CHOICE WINES, LIQUORS, SEGARS AND TOBACCO. -o Ice kept constantly on hand and delivered to any part of the City, 3ft. pounds for 25 cents. Sept 10-1 yr_._ INSURE YOUR PROPERTY with KIRK ROBINSON, AGENT. COMPANIES ALL FIST-CLASS AND RELIABLE. LOSSES PROMPTLY ADJUSTED AND PAID. COLLECTIONS PROMPTLY ATTEND ED TO. I am still selling Brick, Lime, Laths, Hair and other Building Material. ALSO 1 am now prepared to furnish Coal and Wood in any quantity. All orders left with me shall have prompt attention. No drayage charged. Give me a trial. July 23-_KIRK ROBINSON FOUND AT LAST. " A PiiErAKATlON- that wilt positively cure j that most distressing malady Neuralgia. i "CRUM'S NEURALGIA CURE" FOR EXTERNAL USE ONLY This is not a cuke am, but a Remedy, is its name indicates, for the cure of Neural gia in its mildest, as well as its severest form. It will also relieve Toothache, Head ache from cold anil nervous headache, and bites and stings of insects. This preparation has never been known '?? to fail in curing Neuralgia, where the ! directions have been faithfully followed; having been used by Lr. Crum in his prac ! tiee of Dentistry for several years. For sale by DR. J. U*. WANNAMAKER. in medicine Quality is ok Tin-: j first importance. i Pure Drugs ami Medicines care fully prepared l>y experienced hand.*! at Du. -1. G. Wanxamakku's Ditun Stouk. C. BART & CO." Importers and Wholesale Dcaleis in <? IT n TJ I T ! j v Are receiving by ^earner mnl rail from the North mid West full supplies each week of CHOICE APPLES, PEARS, LEMONS, 1 POTATO KS, CA1J1JAOES. ONIONS, NUT'S OK ALL K1N DS, Etc., Kit. 1 ggrOrdcrs solicited and promptly filled, j Nov 11-Omos