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/ TEMPERANCE TOPICS. 1 maximum, and the non-abstainers 96 ! A NOTED INDIAN^ Mr. J. O. Van Cise, actuary of tho Equitable Life Assurance Society, also NOTES OF INTEREST TO THE ANTI-LIQUOR LEAGUERS. MU. Willard on the Supreme Duty of the Ilonr—Liquor and Life Insurance — What Well Known Authorities Ilave to Say on the Snbject. 'ihc Day. That Are Ko More. EARS, idle tears. I ' know not what they mean. Tears from the depth of aome divine despair Rise In the heart and gather to the eyes In looking on the happy autumn fields. And thinking of tho days that are no more. Fresh as the first beam glittering on a call. That brings our friends up from the un der world, Rad as the last which reddens over ono That sinks with all we love below the verge; So sad, so fresh, the days that are no more. Ah, sad and strange as In dark summer dawns The earliest pipe of half-awaken’d birds To dying ears, when unto dying eyes The casement slowly grows a glimmering square; So sad, so strange, the days that are no more. Dear as remembered kisres after death, And sweet as those by hopeless fancy feign'd On Ups that are for others; deep as love Deep as first love, and wild with all re gret; Oh, death in life! more. the days that are no —Alfred Tennyson. MMs Willard's Address. ; Hiss Willard, in her presidential ad dress at the national convention of the W. C. T. U., holds that the “supreme duty of the hour is to convince the moderate drinker that he is doing him self harm,” and that henceforth the “artillery of temperance reform must concentrate” Its Are on “the sullen for- trees of moderate drinking.” It is per fectly true that all drunkards come from the ranks of moderate drinkers; but It Is not true that all moderate drinkers become, sooner or later, im moderate drinkers. To keep truth on our side we must admit this. But it Is fair to say that no one about to form the habit of moderate drinking can feci assured that the habit will not be to him a great risk. It is so to the majority. Expeftenoe may show him that he. Is one of those who can take a glass now and then, and never bo ^nipted beygad thellnfi of Shall a iSfan who feels himself in no danger surrender a personal right for th^ sake of others not able to keep a check upon an awakened appetite? This is a question which every man must answer for himself, with certain principles in view. For example, there is such a thing as human tty, and civil ization refuses to absolve any man from recognition of an obligation to it. Most people despise a drunkard. Miserable wretches are they In act, 1 bought and appearance. We miss in them the thing that makes a man so infinitely superior to a brute. They < ringe like cowards, grovel like rep tiles, and debase and befoul the image of the Almighty. Poverty, shame and disgrace are their companions, and they become actually loathsome. And ye.t they were not born so. It is the drink habit which drags them down into the mire. What is there in the pleasure of wine to the man never tempted to abuse it to compensate for the wretchedness and ruin it produces In the weaker thousands and tens of thousands who cannot use it as a good ereature? Can the self-controlled, moderate drinker, with a glass in one hand, reach the other hand to his leas fortunate brother and bid him be a manJ Can he counsel him with any hope of success to drink and let It alone? Can he say. “Give it up alto gether," unless he himself set the ex ample? We do not put the emphasis exactly where Miss Willard puts it. She holds “that there is no modera tion in the use of what is harmful." "We are willing to admit that wine may be used as a beverage in such moder ation as to produce no apparent harm to the user. But we do not believe that moderate drinkers are helpful, or can well be, to immoderate drinkers, and our creed is summed up in these words: Abstain, if not for your own good, for the good of others.—The In- dependenL said. “All insurance records indicate that abstainers from alcoholic bever ages live longer than non-abstainers. It is a fact of universal experience that the highest death-rate is among per sons engaged in the liquor trade, while the lowest death-rate is among clergymen, who, as a body, use less liquor than the men of any other oc cupation. Another fact of the same general bearing is that in Great Brit ain and France the governments soil annuities in large numbers to person-. o _ > _ well along in life. For a certain sum ! became uu Indian bunteiuse In- they agree to pay the annuitant a Axed J dianshad killed all his nekindred yearly income ns long as he or she I in their raids into tho saeuts of lives. In issuing these annuities those 1 western Virginia. Ho ilsed n governments charge two rates—one for j frame that it seemed isible to men and another for women, and tho | tire, and be was considc.be best women’s rate is much lower than are : shot with a riflo in all tcouutvy. men’s. Why? Simply because all the ' He killed Indians ontof revenge, actuaries' tables show that women liva longer on an average than men.” A MONTANA MAN HAS MQRTY REDSKINS BITE THETi • — 4 lie Killed Seven In • Slnglint nnd Five In Another— llecnate m Favorite lira tie Stain by Them—Wiry Lewie W fiercer. “Lewis Wetzel, who lin tho western part of Virginia, to not ed as an Indian fighter ous to and during the Revoluti War,” remarked au old-timer, \*h in a reminiscent mood yesto “Ho was a largo, wiry, athleun. who • vo»: i >v Neal Dow and the Jocher* Some years ago Neal Dow was pass ing down one of the streets of Port land, Maine, says the Christian Herald, when he came to a crowd of people. In the middle of the crowd stood a country laa, crying. A notorious horse jockey, it appeared, had made the boy drunk, and then inveigled him into swapping his own good horse for a worthless, broken-down animal. Every body was sorry for the lad, but it was not Neal Dow's way to feel sorry and do nothing. He led the way to the Jockey’s stable, nearly a mile distant, the boy following and leading the Jockey’s horse. The Jockey not being there, the old horse was turned Into the stable, and Mr. Dow, with the country lad still follow ing, started down-town again. On the way they met tho Jockey in a wagon to which the lad’s horse was attached. “That is my horse,” said the boy. Mr. Dow stepped into the road, took the horse by the bridle, and calling to one of his employes who happened to be passing at the time, told him to un harness the horse. This was done, the Jccltey swearing like a trooper and threatening to take the law on Mr. Dow, who replied: “You will always imew where to find me.” Then telling the boy to take the horse, he started to lead the way down-town where the lad’s wagon had been left. “Look-a-hore,” said the Jockey, “what am I to do with my wagon?” “Do what you like,’’ said Mr. Dow. “It is nothing to me.” As may be supposed, the country lad was full of joy and profuse with thanks. When he had harnessed his horse he said to Mr. Daw, "Now w, I — - — “Promise me not to drink any more.” And the boy did so. Some three y£ars afterward Neai Dow was stopped by a countryman In the streets who, with a mouth stretch ed cn a broad grin, said, pointing to a horse, “There he is. I bain! drunk no more.” Life Insurance. Emory McCiintock, the actuary of one of the two largest life insurance companies in the United States, has made a very careful examination of the records of all the policy holders of his company, classifying them as abstainers and non-abstainers. The main results of his examination are summed up by him as follows: “Upon those who, on entering, stated that they abstained from alcoholic bever ages the maximum expected loss was $5,455,669, and tho actual loss was $4,- 251,050. Upon those who stated oth erwise the maximum expected loss was $9,929,462, and the actual loss was $9,- 469,407. The abstainers show, there fore, a death loss of 78 per cent, of the A Drunkard's Chans*. The following “news item,” printed by the New York Sun, Is by itself a pretty good temperance lecture. We copy it verbatim: A carriage containing tour well- dreesed men in four stages of intoxi cation stopped in Union atreet, near Seventh avenue, Brooklyn, at about 3 o’clock yesterday afternoon. On the curb stood a wheelman bargaining with a peddler for fruit. He bought ten cents' worth of bananas, and offered in payment a two-dollar bill, wbleh the peddler could not change. The wheelman asked the men in the carriage if they could change it The least responsible one of the four at once drew a handful of paper money from his pocket, handed two one-hun dred dollar bills to tho wheelman, stuffed the two-dollar bill into his pocket with the rest of his money, and called to the driver to go ahead. In a moment the carriage was roll ing down tho street. Tho wheelman stood gazing In frozen wonder at the two hundred dollars in his hands. Then ho fumbled the biJla as if to restore his mind to working order. Jumped on his wheel and spun after the carriage. He caught it at the corner of Sixth avenue, returned the two hundred dol lars with some difficulty, as tho party of four seemed slow to comprehend the situation, and got back his two dol lars. The only loser in the transaction was the peddler. In his agitation tho wheelman forgot all about tho ba nanas. and ho not only killed twhen on the warpath, but whentho could i engage with them. He o load his , rifle running, and, theie, was a ' dangerous antagonist, was one of the few men of the Wtdio could | tire at the edge of a knifd cut tho bullet in two every timei distance 1 of ten yards, He enjoyed prowess, and when in the settlem- he was a companionable man, butnting In dians he was morose an<tegreeahle, and much preferred to bone. It is said that he even killed ian women and children, and it i*ll known that he killed Indians a\ w ere am bassadors to the whiten peaceful errands. If he ever s an Indian that he did not kill it luot been re corded. In the uppclhio River country his name hasjen handed down from father to s and many exploits have been told him which never appeared in prin There is a county in West Virginiaaraed after him, and romances haviieen written whose heroeb have his cracter. “Montana has a in now living whose career has been mething like that of Wetzel. He haaot probably killed as many Indiansmt that has not been his fault. He said to have slain at least forty redins, and ho has not been particular lat tribe they belonged to or where toy were. Ho has taken as great risk:in killing In dians as Wetzel ever di The reason of his hatred for thevhole Indian race was the killing xf a favorite brother in a family ofieven or eight boys by Piegaus. He us a good shot, and used a Wincbosterille instead of the old muzzle-loadin; flint-lock rifle that Wetzel carried. He is David Warcham, of Fergus bounty. “I have heard aocints of but two of the.battles, but mTdoubt a history ktZrnSGS'eh'TKsik as interesting, on the warpath, or a awim Sfealing ex- pedition. He had net his gun with him, but he went bipne, which was not far off, and reinriJil with it. He songht a good spot ind began firing. The Indians made flgl j,bpt he dropped them sft fast that twv started to ran away, but he was tool swift fot them even, and every one wk killed. “Another time he aula pilgrim were camping oat, and in tit night tho In dians stole both tbeit? horses. They followed tho Indians,i who evidently did not expect a visit film them. They | crept up close to the >4knp and found No. an. This quar- ter-6aw< d oak writing dock is pol ished like a piuuo. It has a t-lnch be\eled plate glass In top and a deepdrawer below. Ar- ti'-JIO French leg*: slsuiliibbcd iu mahogany* $3.95 Is our spec ial pi loo for th.s liUdesk. (Stall orders filled promptly ) tVe will mall anyone, free of all charges, our now lUpuite Special fsta- logm*. containing Foruitiire, Drai ones, Lamps, Stove*, Crockery, Mirrors, Pictures, ileddiuir, Kofrigermtor*. Hahy t'arriag *. etc. T it* is the mi st com plete book ever puUt«hed, and we pay all poduite Our lithographed Carpet Caalogue. show I ill cut pets In colors, is also youts tor tho Rsistnir. If car|ict samples nro wanted, mail us Sc. in stamps. There is no reason why you should psv your local d- aler U0 per cent, profit when you can buy from the roilt. Drop a lino now to the monev*savc: a. JULIUS HINES & SON, Baltimore, Md. Please ment Ion this paper. SAW MILLS, ion If you need a .‘-aw mill, any sis*, wrltA me before buying rive whore. I haHI the most complete line of tiillls of any dealer or manufacturer in the South. CORN NULLS \cry highest grade Mono., at unusual ly l«w prices, WOOD-WORKING MACHINERY, .« M a Planer*. Moulder-, lldgcr*, Laud Saws, Laths, etc. IlM-.MiW*, Salts the Tailors. Fe’.lx Facre’a tailors made a good thing out of the St. Petersburg visit. It rained every hour of the President's stay in Russia, and consequently his eight dress suits and twelve silk hats were all mined. When the receiiUoa at Dunkirk was given M. Faure on his return home he had to wear a “pressed suit,” but that did not so much matter, for there again it also rained in tor- 'rents. As he always Is the pink of ele gance, this continued annoyance must have been as hard to bear as for some fine lady out In a downpour, minus an umbrella and no money for a cab. ENGINES AND BOILERS, Tnlbott and Liddell. Engletterg Rice IItiller, in stock, quick delivery, low prim*. V. C. B&DHAM, No. 1326 Main St, Columbia, rt. C. make Home A4tr active! The p i'llow tone of a ictml I'l.tuo nr Organ I will >0 *11 and rr*t the p‘rents, sinnoe the children and keep Iwu . *i home. Do yon waot “tieif 1 am prepared te t-upply you w ith I tlic tiuei ilcHlrabb* I’.uno or Organ ilo* mar ket ntforu*. Don't * >> you , an’t ulfont it I iiiit.ll you i now my liberal term* anil low Only a po-t d card i* nw-csHary to nek pr me for catalogue, term** and prices. Atidrowt M. A. Stfia'one. COLUMBIA, - SOOT! CA80UIA. CARPETS, PiAlteS AND i ORGANS. The largest stock In the two Carolina*. Special Reductions this Month. Writs for Special Prices. Revival of Old Jewelry. The old style Jewelry is coming into fashion again. Women are haunting the old curio shops, trying to find the beautiful old cameos like those worn by their mothers and grandmothers years ago. The old-fashioned setting is rarely changed, the quaintly carved and twisted gold being considered ex tremely beautiful. The old brooches and rings are especially sought for, and bring remarkable prices when found. The man who whistles seldom swears; it is the people who are com pelled to listen to him that do tbs swearing. How to Wash With Care. Hard water, strong lyc, or inferior laundry soap are responsible for the yellow clothes flffVWi^rirair^rifsf^ white clothes in first, nib with Ivory goap, scald, rinse nnd starch. When dry, sprinkle and fold down over night and iron carefully. Eliza U. Pa it ksit. E. M. ANDREIS, CHARLOTTE, N. S. FARM LANDS TOR SALE IN SOUTH GAROLINA. IN LARGE OR c.MALL-TRAFTS. THRUM EASY. FOR lUUlHEU INFORM A HON ADDRESS K. K. PALM Kit, COLUMBIA, S. . c ONVERSE COMMERCIAL SCHOOL. eporlniiU,.tg, •. > . HARLESTON COMMERCIAL SCHOOL, t'har colon, K F. The largest, best equipped and inn*tup-to- dab, BUSINESS COLLEGE in the Si.t«. Mure posItionK open to our Kraihiates than wo can till. Write ut once for catalogue. II. W. UKTMPUKR. SuolncM Monaccr. Spartanburg, ....... h. O. the horses tied at I chain's hors* was a p<i when it scented its uister. The In dians did not awake, were taken away, get their own sadfes, two old Indian sal ing better than r Then they stamped^ d both horses l|by could not but got les, as be- ng bareback, the Indian horses, and drove thAi toward Fort Benton. Passing a larrow canon, Warcham told his com^nion to hurry along with the bored could and he would diane, seven in numl had seen coming sfaJoff. He eon cealed himself as well awaited their coming, tie was over the seven come good Indians, an not a single scratch, horse he overtook his was nearly scared to d worn out with the ol rested, not fearing a rode leisurely into For they sold their stock] until they had recruitc that neither was able t week after arriving in “Warcham, even to he sees an Indian, fi i camp. War- and whinnied ns fast as he |iit for tho In- whom they he coul4 <knd IVhcn the bat- dians had be- areham had arresting his npanion, wbo h and almost addle. They danger, and entou, where nd remained It is related it down for a town. is day, when up, gnashes Fruit Trees and Vines become hardier, and their products bet ter colored and better flavored when liberally treated with fertilizers containing at least io% actual Potash. rjJJCC An illustrated book which tells PKCE what Potash is, and how it should be used, is sent free to aU applicants. Send your address. m Aim y rLRmLIt Ban Antonio, Tox.. writes; In 1862 I had Clironto Dysentery and Periodical Con- 'stlpation. Dr. HI. A. .Simmons Liver Medi cine cured mo thru,and I barn raised my Daugh ter, Miss Julia ReU, whose picture I send, on IL Some Dealers try to force “Zellln's Reyn- later” on me, but 1 at- ways return It. Profua* Menstruation. GERMAN KALI WORKS. *3 Kauso Sc., New York. COLD-BREAKERS WILL CURE YOUR COLD In 8 to 12 hoars. 28C. fl BOX at Drugglstaor THECOLD-BREAKER CO., AIKKN, - - SOUTH CAROLINA. OSBORNE’S udihedd ^c/dt c his teeth, and regrets t&t he has not True to Your Present Faith. No man can ever go forward to a higher belief until he is true to the faith which he already holds. Be the noblqst man that your present faith, poor and weak nnd imperfect as it i?. can make you be. Live up to your present growth, your present faith.— Phillips Brooks. Coals of Flrr. "Temperance puts coals on the fire and flour in the barrel, money In the purse, credit In the country, content ment in the house, clothes on the chil dren, vigor in the body, intelligence in the brain, and spirit in the whole con stitution.”—Benjamin Franklin. his gun with him. killed any women or those who know him b| that few Indians havt on the plains nnd gc He is now in the vigor forty-five and fifty ycj .regarded by all his m of the State’s best citi can’t conceal, nnd does! real, his extreme hull fiian*.”—Helena (Monf dent. A Stamp That It*,ire* Of the 250 United which have been iosu< have ranged from one Five dollars is the among postage stamps, ! stamps reach the hundre while« revenue stamp $5000. ;e has never ihildren, but are certain iver met him away alive, life, between s old, and is ihbors as one ins. But ho try to con- 11 of all In al Indepen- r- ! |ta 85000. | ites stamps the values mt to $5000. (best value it newspaper i dollar mark, represent Aiiauntn. Ca. Ai*»t»I hi.In-,. Xnt*x> _ boot.. Shun tiiu*. Cb»i> board. Sand (nr cat-lnwaad nP!i)M,MORPHINE t WHISKEY, GO* 11 *•:■'*. To!>a<*:*o and Hnnlf-lilppina HaM:* V perman-ntl/i-urnl lur HOME TREATMEYi'. My tx-nk. v.-ntalnl v fu‘1 In. r Mat.on. mailed free. lilt. J. « . IIOKFMA.Y Room 4 Dabrlla Kiillilnc. ehiraico. III. nr* Properly. Repre- •rut \V« ullb. Can b* Molil. Aro Aaalcnabli*. INVENT Improveiosa'.* In tools, liuj Irtnen'*, WR bomebold artiels*. etr. Writ* F. N. API’l.F- MAN, Patent I.asrser, Wnrilrr IIId#., Waali- IqxVm, D, U. ?»« circular and atlvicn. Low ion*. IATENTS S T. JOSEPH’S LIVER REGULATOR. TI1K HKST ON TI1F. MAKKKT. All DruagDts Merchant*. Mnfd bv L. UljRsTLE A Cli* rhatt&nougA, Trun. D O Great Vegetable BLOODS Mi DMM.(1 O LIVKR CURL Guaranty « for Kheumatiain, Scrofula,Syphilis, O m- sttpatlon a In iigr*Hon. Manufactured by LOOKOUT MftblCINR CO., Greenville, Team T*. V. Na 50.—17 W HY PAY MORE. I (Ml Quinine lMI*,*uara» teed to non tain i train* of pure quinine each, <■ eta by mall or WOfor *1. Put u» U# in • packaga. San 1 ttmapaor POovdar.J.F. Powell.tVeukeaan. Hi times i menstrual l _ Hal that by mixing with the vaslnal t>ocra tion* it Is prevented from corgnlntinc, while in this disease, clots aro often formed. Where there Is a tendency to costlveness, laxative doses of Dr. M. A. Slmmoos Liver Medicine should be uken, and to rive ton* and strength to the pelvic organs Dr. film- mons Squaw Vine Wine efu't.ld ho n*ed continuously for weeks, to effect a pom** bant care. ^ Dublin, Tox.. write** Dr. M. A. Simmon* Liver Kedicino bss saved many lives la .this malarial coun try. It prevents 1111- ioos Malarial In termittent Fewer and Conseetion. It thoroughly cleanses my system without any pain, while the “Zellln's Regulator” _ and “Black Draught” 1 great uneasiness in bowels andgrlpcd. Ithlnkltoafarahead of thsm as noonday Is abend of midnight b Vitiated blood, uterine derangements, dis- B lacemcnt of womb, excessive menstrua- on, and often completely Incapacitate* „ --.JBPilps. *'or permanent euro take one tablospoontnl Dr. Simmons Squaw Yin* Wine befor* each meal for three days before and during the monthly period, and each night daring the period take a dose of Dr. M.A.SIm- mons Liver Medicine, and cure Is certain- Keep Your Eyes Open. Some men for money ws learn are trying to deceive tha public with a preparation Culled "Black Draoght,” tolling the noopla “it’s Jnst the eame'* as M. A. S. L. &L The statement is false. ' There is none genuine without the Name. Pictor* and Aotograpit of Dr. M. X Simmons. - . r G •loader Double Breech- Guns and Rifle* from to $50. volver*, 70 cts, up. Knives, Rarors,' Seittos,Tents, SpcrtinaGoodsof all kind*.' , r Send 3c stamps for 75 ptoe Catalogue and save 25 per cent. 490 W. Main St. ALEX. L SEMPLE & CO. lOBisviuc, It.! * Tiercns. * ft ice’s Goose Grease Liniment fs-lways sold under a guarantee to cure all nciics and pains, rheumatism, neuralgia, sprains, hrnlsee and burns. It Is also warrant ed to curs colds, croup.coughs and la grippe quicker than any known remedy. No cure no pay. Hold by all drnggixts and general -tores. Made only by f.OOHK Git EASE LINIMENT CO„ ClaccssBORa. N. a pSSMBi*% A Of—t S«n»Sy Wwwrv*. jail V let ll vess >or ti Send for a TREM . Mfkeeea tel Itfor Ivmii. 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