Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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A gilded outside may Uw inside. There is so ra physics, in ethics, k&i men come to the habit jf> and after awhile they Wrednlity to coHide witib ASMADE Ay RECORD. fen. lends, I think religion ettj good record in the many wounds it Bas my pillars of fi ref it has tonight wilderness; how Struck Saharas it hath e gardens of the Lord, l?)ied the chopped sea; it it hath sent streaming ft of the storm cloud' jpoois of cool water it Sfar thirsty Hagar and manna whiter than cor bath dropped all around uodly bestead pilgrims; it bath seat xtul like burn athheds; through- the garers into sepgl fches . of resurrection &a religtetf. has made fcf It brought S^miner iist, aaxw the Atian-_ m silver from pet to tbie year of the Lord id if all our American s?sr- the kingdom of uoe. It ?nt Jeha4i B& aiftoe, in a conti barbarian^ to Hit the Il2atipo aod Christi P John tan -'among " _C A*. - BpfSf, JU, mm# *em tlecencld, fainfc- mtomeat t&y ite castle*? ?f ihe U put aw*y isio&e toe was mer. P? Jsy their ^. oFst ebil ^hey liked CAXW to ey never t. . , arsr of religion tbe corr ers of their mouths i .drawn down and the eyes iplled up. Others went into skepticism through maltreatment on the part of some who professed religion: There is a; man "who says, "My partner in business was voluble in prayer meeting, and^ he was officious in all religious circles, but lie cheated me out of $3,000, and I don't want any of that religion." THE FKIBE OF INTELLECT. There are othen who gdt into skep ticism by a natural persistence in ask ing questwna ? way or j how0 . How can God be one being in three persons? They cannot understand it. Neither can L How can God be a: complete sovereign, and yet man a free agent? They cannot understand it Neither -can I. They casjiot under stand why a holy God teta sin come into the world. Neither can I. They aay: "Here is a great mystery. Here is a disciple of fashion, frivolous and godless all her days ? ske lives on to be an octogenarian. Here is a Chris tian mother training her children for God: and for heav&. self-sacrificing, Christ-like, indispensable, seemingly, to .that household ? she takes the can cer and dies." The skeptic says, "I ean't explain that." Neither can I. Oh, I can see how men reason them selves into skepticism. With burning feet I have trod that blistering way. I know what it is to have 100 nights | poured into one hour. There are men in this audience who would give their thousands- of dollars it they could get back to the old religon of their lathers. Such men are not to be caricatured, but helped, and not through their heads, but through their hearts. When _ these men really do come into the kingdom of God, they will be worth far more to the cause of Christ than those who never examined ^tWWfdfeD?Mr0f Christianity, Thomas Chalmers, once a skeptic; Robert Hall, once a skeptic; Christmas Evans, once a skeptic ? but when they did lay. bold of the gospel chariot how they made it speed ahead! If therefore I stand this morning before men and women who have drifted away into skepticism, I throw out no scoff; I . rather implead you by the memory of those good old times when you knelt at jour mother's knee and said your evening prayer and those other days of sickness when she watched ail nigbt and gave jou the medicines at just the right time and turned the pillow when it was hot, and with hand long ago turned to detet soothed your pains, and with that voice you will never hear; again, un less you join her in the better country, told you never mind ? you would be better by and by ? and by that dying couch where she talked so slowly, catching her breath between the words ? by all those memories I ask you to come and take the aame religion. It was good enough for ber, it is good enough for you. Aye, I make a better plea; by the wounds and the death thros of the Son of God, whe approaches you this morning -with torn brow and lacerated hands and whipped -back, crying, j"Come unto me, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, and I will give yob rest" THE VICE OF ILL TEMPER. Other persons apologize for not entertaining the Christian life because of the incorrigibility of their temper. Now, we admit it is harder for some people to become Christians than for f others, but the grace ef God never came to a mountain that it could not climb or to an abyss that it could not fathom or to a bondage that it could ? not break. | The wildest horse tbat ever trod Arabian sands has been- broken to bit and /?6e maddest torrent tumbling fS>m mountain shelving has been harrn eased to the millwheel and the factory band, setting a thousand shuttles all a bczz and * clatter, and [ the wB^est, the haughtiest, the most -ungovernable man ever created, by the- grace of God may be fsubdued and sent out on ministry of kindness as God sends an August thunderstorm to i Water the wild', powers down in the ? % | - grass. ... * ! . ? Good resolution. reformatory effort, . will not effect the change*. It takes a arm an<* a mightier hand to Jbend evil habits than tlie hand that tent the bow of Ulysses, and it takes 'a stronger- lasso than ever held the bofialoen the prairie. A man cannot go ""forth witii any human weapons and con tend- successfully against these Titans . aiftned with uptorn mountain. But you liftW Known men into whose spirit the ionueace of the goepel -of Christ came, <mtil their* disposition wa3 entirely ^changed. it was with two merchants in New York. They were \*ery antagon istic. They had done all they could Jq injure each other. They were in 4he 8&xq?~ line of business. One of the njerchant&was converted to God. Hav %jjgJ)gen converted, he asked the Lord to teach him how to bear himself to ward that fcdsiness antagonist, and he was impressed with ths fact that it was "his dtsty when a customer asked for a certain "kind of goods which he had not, bnt which he knew his opponent had, to recommend him to go to that store. ~ i I suppose that is about the hardest thing * the man could <Jo, bat being thoroughly conterted tot God, he re solved to do that; very thiag, and' be ing .asked for a certain kind of goods which he hid not, he said; "You go to such and such a store, and you will get it. - After awhile merchant No 2. found th?e customers coming, so sent, an<f he found also thai merchant No. had. been i>rooght to God, and he sif>t%ht the same religion. j Now they are good friends^and good! neighbors, the grac^^f God entirely changing "their disposition. t "Oh,"; says some ona, "I have a rough, jagged, impetuous nature^ and I religion can't do anythipg for'ane." j Dtofyou know that Martin jLuther and I Ebbert Newton and Richard Baxter j were i mpfetuous, all consuming natures, j " them into j tie mightiest usefulness? Qh, how many who have been pugnacious and iard to please, and irascible and more Bothered about the mote in their neighbors eye than about the beam 1 like ship timber in their own eye, iwve been entirely changed by the grace of God and have/ound out that "godliness is profitable'!** the life that now is as well as for the life which is to come." * THE IMPETUOUS APOSTLE. Peter, with nature as tempestuous as the sea that he once tried to walk, at one look of Christ went out and wept bitterly. Rick harvests of grace may grow on the tiptop of the jagged ste^p, and flocks of Christian graces may find pasturage in fields "of bram ble and rook. Though your disposition may be all a-brigtJe with fretfulnesa, though you ha^e a temper a-gle&m wsth quiek lightnings, though your avarice be like that of the horse leech, crying, "Give!" though damnable im purities have wrapped you in all con suming fire, God can drive that devil out of your wul, and over, the chaos and the darkness he can say. "Let there be light" Converting grace has lifted the drunkard from the ditch, and snatched the knife from the hand ofthe assassin, and the false keys from the burglar, and in the pestiferous lanes of the city met the? daughter of sin under the dim lamplight and scattered her sorrow and her guilt with the words, "Thy sins are forgiven? go and sin no more." For scarlet sin a scarlet atonement Other persons apologize for not entering the Christian life because of the inconsistences of those who profess religion. There are thousands of poor farmers. They do not know the nature of soil nor the proper rotation of crops. Their coru is shorter in the stalk and smaller in the ear. They have 10 leas bushels to the acre than their neighbors. But who declines being a farmer because there are so many poor farmers? There are thousands of incompetent merchants. They buy at the wrong time. They get cheated in the sale of their goods. Every bale of goods is to them a bale of disaster. They fail after a while and go out of busi ness. But who declines to be a mer chant because there are so. many incompetent merchants? There are thousands . of poor lawyers. They cannot draw a decla ration that will stand the test 'They cannot recover just damages. They* cannot help a defendant escape from the injustice of hi**persecutors. They are the worst evidence against anv case in which they are retain^. But who declines to be a lawyer fecjtuse there are so many incompetent law yers? Yet there are tens of thousands of people who decline being religious be cause there are so many unworthy Christians. Now, I say it is illogical, x^oor -lawyers are nothing against jurisprudence, poor physicians are nothing against medicine, poor*7 farm ers are nothing against^ agriculture, (and mean, contemptible professors of religion are nothing against our glorious Christianity. f THE WILD FANCIES OF SKEPTICISM. Sometimes- you have been riding along on- a summer night by a swamp, and you/Bave seen lights that kindled over decayed vegetation ? lights winch are called jack-o'-lanterns or wttl-o' the-wisp. These lights are merely poisonous miasmata. My friends, on your way to heaven you will want a better light than the will-o'-the-wisps which dance on the rotten character of dead Christians. Exudations from poisonous trees in our neighbor's garden will make a veir poor balm for our wounds, f ? Sickness will come, and we will be pushed out toward the Red sea which divides this world from the next, and not the inconsistency of Christians, I bu^the jod of faith will wave back the waters as a commander wheels his host The judgment will come, with its thundershod solemnities, attended by bursting mountains and the deep Jaugh of earthquakes, and suns will % before the feet of God like sparks from the anvil, and ten thousand burning worlds shall blaze like ban ners in the track of God omnipotent Oh then we will not stop and say, There was a mean Christian; there was a cowardly Christian; there was a lying Christian; , there was an im pure Christian. > In that day, as now, '?If thou he wi^, thou shalt be wise j for thyself, but if thou scornest thou I alone shall bear it" Why, my brother, the inconsistency" of Christians, so far from being an argument to keep you away from God, ought to be an argument to drive you to him. The best place for a skilled doctor is in a neighborhood where they are all poor doctors; the best place for an enterprising mer chant to open his store is in a place where the bargain makers do- not understand their business, and the best place for you who waBt to become j the illustrious and complete Christian, the best place for you is to come right down among us who are so incompe tent and so inconsistent sometimes. Other persons apologize for not be coming pbristiane because they lack time, as though religion muddled the brain of the accountant, or tripped the pen of the author, or thickened the tongue of the orator, or weakened the arm of the mechanic, or scattered the briefs of ihe lawyer, or interrupted the sales of the merchant. They bolt their store doors against it and fight it back with trowels and yardsticks and cry with your religion from our -store, our office, our fac tory!" r! They do. not understand that re ligion in this workaday world will help you Jo do anything you ought to do. It can" lay a keel; it can sail a , ship; it can buy a cargo; it can work a pulley; it can pave a street; it can fit a wristband; it can write a con stitution; it can marshal a host. It i3 as appropriate to the astronomer as his telescope; to the chemist as his laboratory to the mason as his plumbline; to the carpenter as his plane; to the child as his marbles; to the gB^fether as his staff. RELIGION- ADDS TO one's ENERGIES. ?s - No time to be religious here! You have no time not toJ>e religions. You c&ight as well have no clerks in your store, no books in your library, no compass oa your ship, no ride in the ? -'l~ '? ? ' ; 1 11 - battle, no hat for your bead, do coat for your back, no shoes for your feet, Better travel on toward eternity bare headed and barefooted and houseless and homeless and friendless than to go through life without religion. Did religion make Raleigh any less j of a. statesman, or Havelock any less of a soldier, or Grinnell any less of, a merchant, or "West any less of a painter? Religion i? the best security ,| in every bargain. It i? the sweetest note in every song ; it is the brightest gem in every coronet No time to be religious? Why, you will have to take time to be sick, to be troubled, to die. Our world is only the wharf from which we -are to embark for heaven. No time to secure the friendship of Christ? No time to buy a lamp and trim it for that walk through the darkens which otherwise will be illumined only by the s white ness of the tombstones? No time to educate the "eye for heavenly splen dors, or the hand for choral harps, or the ear for everiastiog so jigs, or the soul for honor, glory and immortality? One wonld think we had ,time for nothing-else. Other* persons apologize for not entering the Christian life because it is time enough yet That is very like those persons who send their re grets and say: IPl'will come in perhaps at 11 or 12 o'clock. I will not be there at the opening of the banquet^ but I will be there at the close." Not tet! Not yet! - Now, I do sot give any doleful view of this life. There is nothing in my nature, nothing in the , grace of God, that tends toward a doleful view of human life. I have not much sympathy wifh Addison's description of the "Vision of Mirza," where -he represents human \ life as being a bridge of a hundred arches, and both ends of the bridge covered with clouds, and the race coming on, the most of them felling dowu through the first span and all of them , falling down through the last span. It is a very dismal picture. I fave not much sympathy with the Spanish pro verb which says, "The sky .ia good an4 the earth is good ? that *bich is bad is between the earth and the sky." j? But while we as Christian people are bound to take a cheerful view of life we must also confess tkat life is a great uncertainty, and that man who says, "I cab't become a Christian be cause there is time enough yet," is running a risk infinite^ You do not perhaps realize the fact' that this de scending grade of sin gets steeper, and that you are gathering*up a rosi* aod. velocity which after awhile may ^ot answer io the brakes. Oh, my friends, be not among those who give their whole life to ,be world and then give their corpse to God. It does not seem fair while our pulses are in full play of health that we serve ourselves and serve the world and then make God at last the present of a coffin. It does not seem right that we run our ship from coast to coast carrying cargoes for ourselves and then when the ship is crushed on the rocks give to God the shivered timbers. It is a great thing for a man on his dying pil'ow to repent ? better that than never at all, but how much better, how much more generous, it would have been if he had repented 50 years before! My friends, you will ne^er get over these procrastinations. XOW IS THE PROPER TIME Here is a delusion. People think, Vi can go on in sin an4 woridliness, i)ut after awhile | will repent, and then it will be as though I had come at the very start" Tfcat is a delusion. No one ever gets fully over procrasti nation. If you give your soul to God some other time than this, you will en V - ter heaven with only half the capacity for enjoyment and knowledge you might havfes had. There will be heights of blessedness you might have attained you will never reach: thrones of glory on which you migfttrlmve been seated, but which you will never climb. We will never* get over procrastina tion, neither in time nor ? in eternity. We have started on a march from which there is no retreat. The shad ows of eternity gather on our pathway. How insignificant is time compared with the vast eternity! I was think ing of this while coming down over the Alleghany mountains at noon by that wonderful place which you have all heard described as the Horseshoe, a depression in the side of the moun tain where the train almost turns back again uppn itself, and you see how appropriates the description of the Howwhoe. and thinking on this very theme ana preparing this very sermon it seemed to me as if the great courser of eternit^ speeding along had jush struck the mountain with one hoof and gone on into illimitable #space. ?*> short is time, so insignificant is earth, compared with the 'vast etern ity! This morning voices roll down the sky, and all the worlds of light are ready to rejoice at yoiir disenthrallment Rush not into the presence of the King ragged with^sin | when you may have this robe of right* ; eouaness. Dash not your foot to pieces against the throne of a crucified Christ. Throw not your crown of life off the battlements. All the scribes ofGodaiethis moment ready with yolumes of living light to record the news of your 90ul emancipated. PLENTY OF BUG JUICE. Dispenser Trailer Says He Can Get AH the State Want*. Dispenser Trailer, who has re turned to the city, denies that the State will'be refused whiskey unless it gives good security and that himself and Governor Tillman were refused whiskey without .security. S The statement waspublished'in yes terday's Jour/w&to the effect that a well known and^ffust worthy travel ing man bad asserted as a fact th&t the whiskey dealers of the Northwest had refused to sell Governor Ti|iman and State Dispenser Traxler whiskey for the dispensary unless they put up good security. It was given ou the faith of the gentleman, and published for wfyatflt^ras worth. ? Journal^ * -HE IS GUILTY. !' ' - ? - j i SO SAYS KINARD'S JIW* TN Hi S CAPI TAL CASE. I . . The Jory Takes About Three Hour* to De . clde? Mr. Eao*kett A?ks fot-aSew Trial. Some Feature* or the Trial Ye?terdav. Kinard, jis guilty. That is ^ the decision of the jury and it must ^go. Upon the opening of the court yester day Mr. Baus kett began his argument for the defense. His remarks lasted for\an hour and three-quarters, *knd he made a v^ry thorough speech on the testimony adduced. He asked in the first*piace that the Judge charge the Jury^ that no rape had been committed, and he proceeded to make a strong argument for the defendant His chief point was the* doubt about the identification. He said Mrs. Addison was in doubt at the time of the alleged crime'as to who committed it and that there could be no certainty about it now. Mr. Bauskett also spoke especially on the whistling question ind elaborated* the statements made by j witnesses on the stand. Mr. Baus j kett's argument covered the whole ground, and every phase of the testimony was touched upou. r {Solicitor Nelson followed for the I prosecution He said that he did not speak in order to appeal to prejudice j and passions, but simply to do his I duty. He thought the evidence j ^undantly sufficient to convict the pAeoner. The Solicitor held that every statement brought out by the i prosecution had not only been sustain ed, but had beeu proven beyond a doubt He spoke of the fact that the testimony had developed the^ circumstance that there was a family difference existing between th^ several j witnesses, and that the testimony of j some for the defense wad tfvuiehtly I biased. Some of the witnesses had testified differently ou the fir?t -trial, said he. Reviewing the testimony generally, and as a whole, the Solicitor thought that a verdict of guilty should l>e brought out. The Judge's charge was, strictly a charge on the law. As in the former trial he explained fully and concisely what the law was and' what verdict the jury should find. At about 12.30 | the jury retired. In about an hour they returned and asked that Mrs. Addison's testimony be read to them. The stenographer read the testimony# I and at 3:30 tbe jury again retired to their room. \ At 3:45 the jury announced that they had agreed. The whole court rdoy ffcs in a fever of expectancy as the jury filed to their seUs. Tbe jiry was called over knd after ward the formal question was put. The indictment was handed to the clerk and as he turned it over to read the verdict the interest was in tense. As the clerkread the word "guilty," j there was a ; general expresssion of | relief manifested by the audience, who for a while held tfceir breath. When the verdict was announced no demon stration was made. Tbe Court House was as calm and quirt as it nothing had happe?B*r4 Kinard receipted the verdict calmly. There was no expres sion on his face to indicate what ? he I was thinking ? no sign of fear or any other emotion. I A slight smile appeared on his face as his attorney arose as soon as the verdict was announced and said thai he gave- notice of an appeal for a neW trial. He asked for a stay of judg ment until his appeal could be heard. The court agreed to hear tbe argu ment to-day. The verdict ofthe-jury wasa great surprise to the citizens of Columbia generally. They thought that a mistrial would at least be hs|i', ifnot^a verdict of not guilty. ' Fefr people who have heard the "testimony agree with the verdict of the jury, but tfeey doubtless weighed the testimony in more delicate balances ttan the public. Kinard was taken back to the Penitentiary where he will be kept until he is finally disposed of. During the day the case of Mc Creery vs. Davis was heard. It was a civil case and possessed no interest to the public. \ - GOVERNORS' CONVENTION. V Preparations for their EutertaJnment In Richmoud. Richmond, Va., April 10. ? The convention of Southern Governors is expected to meet Wednesday at noon in the Senate Chamber of the State capitol. After adjournment they will be given a lunch at the Confederate memorial bazaar, which opens to-mor row night Wednesday afternoon the distinguished guests will be driven around the city sightseeing, after which they will dine with Governor McKinney at the executive mansion. The Westmoreland Club will enter tain the Governors in handsome style Thursday evening from 9 to 1 o'clock. Every member has the privilege of taking a lady, and, as there are over 300 members, a brilliant gathering will be present, including the beauty, wealth and fashion of the city. Governor Fish back of Arkansas is here, and Governor McCorkle of West Virginia, Tillman of South Carolina, Carr of North Carolina aud Foster of Xouisiaua are expected in the morn Speaking of the convention today, Governor Fish back sard he would offer a^ motion in the meeting to the effect that President Cleveland be in formed as to the exact condition of the South and asked to aid, in any way in which he can do so with propriety, the development of this section of the country. Dr Leslie El Keely, the discoverer of the Gold cure for Drunkeness, is having an experience widely different from the great discoverers of the past. He lives to enjoy both the fconor and profit of bis labors. It is reported that he has sold the secret of th^gpold cure to a syndicate of capitalists for ten million dollars. Wade Hampton has spoken against the Dispensary law. He is reported to have said: "I think it an outrage ous piece of folly; tie most absured instance of legislative stupidity that has been perpetrated in recent years." j Continuing along the railroad in Nebraska, the -storm swept up farm buildings, fences and bridges, and finally swooped down on the town or Page, which is wrecked. At this point the first loss of life was reported, Mre Clara Magee being the victim. Her two children were dangerously injured, and several' other persons .were hurt. The storm travelled with great velocity, covering 200 miles between Akron and " Page in an houpiand a half. Damage was done farther west, but owing to the complete prostration* of the telegraph wires absolutely no particulars are obtainable. Higginsville, Mo., April 12.^ This county was visited last night about 7 o'clock by a terrific wind stomi, which swept everything before it from the southwest vpart of the county to the northeast line, and leav ing the couuty by crossing the Mis souri river at Waverly. . Near Page City six deaths have so far been reported. Will Walker, a prosperous young farmer,- was at jfcbe supper table with his wife and .three children, when his brrcfc house was blown over, completely burying him and all the children. His wife ex tricated herself and with great diffi culty released him. They were un able to rescue two of the children, who were smothered in the debris; a third is fearfully mangled. J. W. Hutchinson, an aged farmer in the same neighborhood, suffered the loss of. his wife and the complete demolition of his house, and was badly crippled. Mrs A. Y. Luke and brother were killed outright and their barns terribly wrecked. Further on, Capt Tod Hunter's barns were de molished and a small negro girl killed on his farm. The'e are numerous reports and ' rumors about deaths at Dover and VVaverly, but nothing authentic can be secured. \ THE CHOCTAW TROUBLE. Both Factions Preparing for a Bloody Con flict. # Washington, April ll. ^Secretary Hoke Smith today recmved the following telegram from Agent Barnnett at Muskogee, Indian Terri tory: "Am reliably informed that both factions of the Choctaws are being reinforced strongly. The presence of the military aloue will prevent a conflict. - Troops should be sent to Antlers as soon as possible. I will go there when advised that the troops have started. A telegram just receiv- ' ed from Atoka says:. 'One hundred men there are going to the location jof. the troubles if government does not interfere.' Have wired their leaders that you have asked the War Depart ment to send troops to prevent domestic strife and preserve peace." As reported, a demand has already been maxie upon the War Dapartment to have troops sent to the locality t<> preserve peace. No further action will be taken by the Secretary further than to furnish the War Department with a copy of the agent's telegram. A MOUNTAUM TRAGEDY. J? Bodies ol a Family of Four Found in the | Ruin* of Their Cabin. Greenville, S. C., April 11. ? j News reached here today that the h?xl i iesof E. W. Hensley, TOis wife, a : grown daughter and a 12-year old son j was found Monday morning in the ; ruins of their cabin. They lived ; thirty miles above here, on the side of ! Glassy Mountain, in a remote and 1 secluded section. The cabin is sup- t posed to have been burned some time during Sunday night. Investigation is being made, as it is not thought ?likely that a family would fail to be aroused by the fire or would have had any difficulty in escaping from so , small a building. The scene of the tragedy is in the' moonshine section, and there is i suspicion that Hensley may have become involved in some of the family j fueds so frequent in the' mountains, i and he and his family become victims i j of some enemy's vengeance. j The Senate of the United States has i adjourned, and the host of disappoint- j ed office-seekers, that have thronged j | the National capitol and heseiged the : President and heads of departments, are slowly retiring, from the fio?d of I action sadder but wiser men. L Caveats, and Trade-Marks obtained, and all Pat- j cot business conducted for Moochatc Fees. I Ou* Office is Opposite U. S. Patent Office anjtare can secure patent in less lime Uiau those remote from Washington. j Send model* drawing or pboto., with descrip tion. We adrise, if patentable or not, tfee of charge. Our fee not dae till patent is secured. A Pamphlet, "How to Obtain Patents,'' with cost of same in the U. S. and foreign countries sent free. Address, * I C.A.SNOW&CO. Opp- P*t cut Oftic e, Washington. D . C . \ What is i Castoria is Dr. Samuel Pitcher*? pljwcriptto?! and Children. It contains neither other Narcotic substance. It is ;? for Paregoric, Drops, Soothing1 SjTupa, andj ^ It is Pleasant. Its guarantee is thirty Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroy WoriPi^*"^. feverish n ess. Castoria prevents TQt^tln^ j , cures Diarrhoea ajid Wiiid Colic* CutcriA w*? teething troubles, 'cures constipation and ^ Castoria assimilates the food, regulates th? J j and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas* toria is the Children's Panacea ? the Mother's W?** ' - i if-1 1 0 >. ; i Castoria. "Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil dren. Mothers have repeatedly told me of Its good effect upon their children." ? . Da. G. C. Osooon, Lowell, Mass. " Castoria Li the liest remedy for children of which I ain acquainted. 1 hope the day is l.ot far distant when mothers will consuS?rthe real inten-st of their children, and use Castoria in stead of the various quack nostrums which are destroying their loved ones, b?- forcing opium, morphine, soothing syrup aiiti otb^r hurtful agentA down their throats, thereby sending 'hem W premature graves." Da. J. F. Kinvhcloe, Conway, Art Castoria. u Castqrta is 80 well idapttd to diOdfaa ttat I mecdnubeqd it as superior to any preemption kuuwn to me." i ; Ei Aaohis, Xj D., Ill So Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. " Otir physicians in the children's depart . nient Law spoken biffblj of their crperi ence ia their outside practice with OMtorfa, aud eJthough we only haw aafonf onr medic*! ?uppli? what is fatten as rtftikr p-oduuts, yet we are ffee to confess that the meriu of Castoria h^s won us to look with Uror upon itM \ 1 UjrrrtD HoaptfiL akd I, Afjjts C. 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BELVtDirU". 1U. : WIDESPREAD "WRECK- AND tfUIN WROUGHT. \ . ^ .< t \ Property ol Ali Kinds Laid Wimte and Many People Killed? Cyclone*, Rain, Hail apd Earthquake Shock*. Chicago, April 12. ? Last night's storm wrought such havoc with the telegraph wires that it is almost im possible ,& obtain particulars of the damage dona ^ in the West, wterelhe -destruction se^ras to have been general and widespreadiu the States of Iowa, Ittjnois, Nebraska, Kansas and kMisouri. Probably the greatest damage was done in Iowa, although tffe reports from Nebraska indicate that when the full particulars have been received that State will lead in the loss of pro peaft^&ed human life. Along the -line of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad, in Iowa and Nebraska, the storm cut a wide swatb. The town of Akron, in the former4 State, was demolished, and Westfield a few miles distant, was badly demoralized. - ? 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