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SfJ €!, SEPTKMBUR 20, 1872 VISITOR God bad add that be would avenge the innocent death of Naboth. Then Jehu went to find Jezebel, and he safer principle—that disease affix** fife treakest part." On another occasion he was in the company of old Dr. C., the moot ven erable looking clergymen In the M.1.A Irvarrtrl nt #4#n j*ai Otaif, WDOBffrniWWP lOVfHl Hi uuMvi a bit of Inn, and who did not hesi tate to use Ws privilege «s a settlor to give a pleasant rohoke, whenever he thought fit, to his young brethren. Old Dr. C. prided himself, among other things, upon a total abstinence from tobacco fa all Its forms; while Dr. G. was in the habit of chewing it, though so sparingly and in such a -- - — — - ^»i.. ■* wfis as si sit saanuuk |frfll4“ulftui} WiJj tilfii Hi{HDfIJ OB" to too of his friends Was aware of Ms using it at ad. One dny the two wOWBUfi® who hBVIWMw y* WUm dinner old Dr. 0. was horrified to see his eiteewerf friend, Dr. G., to* daige himself with a taste of to bacco. “Brother !».,* be exclaimed, with out stopping to ask any other quea- tkre, “is it possible that yon chew yon in your trouble. I wish I could help you.’ How Aaat Hannah Children's Dear old Aunt Hannah, with her gentle blue eyes, her soft white hair, parting in silver wares on either side; her calm, unwriokled brow; the teuder liucs of that mouth which had all its life beau the outlet for living words. To he sure she was poor—that is, in this world’s riches— aud she wore an old fashioned, scant black dress; but there was always a little soft white about the neck, and nobody eared if her dross was poor ami mean, such a warm, loving heart was always boating withiu it. She always sat in the front pew at church, because she oeuki not hoar easily. She always cams »a early, and was the last to leave, for she said she wanted to be in church as long as she could. That used to surprise some of the younger ones, who used even to complain of the long prayer. There arose difficulties in this reli gious society', as there ever have in all siuce Paul and Barnabas. Some times it was a “money trouble sometimes the jicople thought the minister did not call ou theta etiohgh, and again, that he did not spend time enough in cowposiug his ser mons. Mrs. Dawes “I told her the words were hers that I bad spoken; that It whs her face and her prayers which had given me courage and faith to speak —but it was hard to make her real ise it," Our poor dear Aunt Hapnah ! U For the Lutheran Visitor. IiM'i -MmfH. ' l driving b, Jouirf when Je»b*l heard that Jehu was coming. .‘Well,* she said, ‘I will see this man aud f fix myself up nicely, and perhaps be won’t kill mo if I try to look pretty.’ So she painted her faoe and frizzed up her hair^aud adorned her head, aud looked out of the window. Aa Jehu came iu at the gate, she said, ‘Had Ziiuri peace who slew his inasterf Now this was a taunt at Jehu, and he looked up at the win dow and saw her, and ho ‘Who is on my side, whof Then three men looked out, and he said, ‘Throw her out .of the window down here f Everybody hated Jezebel, aud the jqcu very gladly obeyed, and pitched her down from the window, and the horses trod her uuder their feet, and she died. Then Jehu went into the palace, aud the people got hint some thing to eat and drink, for he was tired and hungry. After a while he told some servants to go ont and pick np that wicked woman nnd bury her. So they went out to bury her, and they found that the hungry dogs had eaten her up, and nothing was left of her, but her skull, feet, and the palms of her bands. Then they came and told Jehn. He said, ‘Well, the Lord said that in the portiou of Jczroel dogs should eat .Thus the curse of God ■ “What will you tell us of to night, mother f* said George, as they seated themselves at Mrs. B.’s side. “I had thought to tell you of a wicked king whose name was Ahab," replied she. “Be had a wife who was just as bad as hi in self, perhaps worse, for we find that when be wanted to do anything very bad, be went to her for advice. Her name was Jezebel. She caused a great injr to hi* line of rte*. Provisions, January 911 was the last sermon she over heard. A few days after, as Frank and I were sitting rending in tire parlor just before sunset, we beard a heavy Pu>4i*h«d fo sortorttg of tfw t theran Sgmxi of North] A rpuIH Boot of 0M tmjft*. JL ready. We jrive TUtt < cents mi every copy noM, mm port of tbs profits nmorm to 1 fall, and mailing up stairs we found our dear anut lying lifeless on the floor. “A sudden stroke of paraly sis," the doctor said; but her febe was so calm aud peaceftd, as we laid her on her bed, it seemed tta When God jure of the death like sleep* Mr. Sinoerity died the nioofoVter. Hannah had her wish, she died first; moot beaut i! whole rang® oi 1 u the settling an to visible he chanced to look over his domain into his neighbor’s vineyard. Now, instead of being glad that bis neigh bor, who bod only a small viueyard, should have the pleasure ef enjoyi»(- his nice grain's anil the cool shade, what do yon think he thought V* “I am sure 1 can't tdl,” said Busie. and now, although those lips of hero have long laid silent under the graases in the church yard, wbeuever I hear Frne and Trim get together and complain 'about “the minister”-]* she always said* “wy tmnister n —that quested to seod so tldr sedf to whom s discount ef am j made. PULPIT BBmON 1W, in Sheri*. J2: £jk tion by I the morning the mighty worlds o«e. i their orbits. ,,ften uoiay an tio«», speech violence to o DUFFIE A C “I most oosfod I do," the other AMtatlc rnnliwl “Thfen I would quit it, sir!" the old gentleman energetically con tinued. “It is a very unclerical prac tice, and I must say a very uncleanly one. Tobacco! Why, sir, sees a hoymould oof shew UP “Father G~* rssiMNtded his amused gentle free rises up before me pure and saintlike 4 and though she is dead, I yet heat her speak to the old sweet tones, “Whenever I see any thing that seems to be wrong about my minister, I pray for him.*—Cbk Lutheran. etous spirit, and he said, *1 wish I had ibat bit of bind; I want it to add to my garden, and I don’t see why Naboth should have it; he is only a poor man, and probably I can get it.’ So lie sent quickly to Na- beth, for that was his neighbor’s name, and asked hi in, ‘Sell mo your vineyard; I want it for a garden of kerbs. It to close to *ny house, and 1 want it. I will give you a vineyard THE LOTHERAI IO0IITOH Xo. 117 North Sixth Street, mi LA DEL? HI Ay PA. would tell Aunt Hannah she thought the min. inter did not bring ont the yonng people enough to the evening meet ings; aud Miss Brown thought it was a shame bo had not “followed up" that Stevens family who had gone off to the other chnrch. The gentle blue eyes would look calmly on those wouieu, aud auntie would say, in her kiud way, “My friends, when 1 ace anything that seems to be wrong about my minis ter, I pray for him. I always fiud Jezebel.’ was fulfilled. “You see what a terrible end these wicked, covetous people cauie to. They forgot that one of the ten com mandmenta says, ‘Thou shalt not covet.’ If they had beeu' contented with what they had, they would uot bare died so dreadfhl a death. In the Bible we find that God always punished wickedness, and avenged the cause of the innocent God told Jehu; to go from city to city till lie bad fouud and destroyed all the rela tives and descendants of Ahab and Jezebel, so that such a wicked family should live no more ou the earth. “My dear children, yon see how dreadful a thing covetousness is; nevef indulge the first feeling of the kind, and never desire your brother’s or sister’s possessions, for it is 'dis pleasing to God.” B. SOLD BY ALL DKUGGISTS AMD DEALERS. Ang 0 4fl—3m “It No sir!" be answered gruffly with much indignation. “Then pray, which is ami like the hay, you or IP The old doctor’s fist sides shook with laughter as be said, “Well, I have Men fisiriy caught this time." Dr. G., though an era usually strong Calvinist, was a man of such genial spirit as to own many warm friends, •nsong those of a hostile faith. One 4fif a MidtoHd brother, with Mm Spirit was gif - He shall not I shall any maul streets." HtoJ the ram, and J the small rain I Men’s bard, k J which the ligM nor the earth J and subdued, tl the meekno>>! Christ, He J Israel. How often C j this character J want sudden, J vtotMNia of siiJ and beat tbei “ What must 11 the sagl into I whether to tiiJ body; gifts to] a stogie serin.] warm that s*-l trouble* and uJ as a luxury , id tible that doubt] spot, never to J for Niagara, ni G«ul, >v Li.i bejot J on bis own war! the dew unto Is] These worths] secrecy of the] grace. How si the dew fulfil'. Every one takcJ lies thick ou the] the trees aud hd sunshine, and <*; like a diamond rainbow. But X began to fall f I sundown on the seemed all day slight chill crej I*rceptible: si your hand over it damp. The you could not t<j reviving breath J twilight upon l . Through the da] obeyiug moat tl A traveler to Egypt and Fslesti thus speaks of the life of seam the people of theta lands, illasti live of the dwelling among the tom to the time of Cbvtot Be asp “As I wss not todueed to a< oef* t otters made me to remain at Tito rn I left it eerlj the following mornin simI Hands,) Srtoiol Books. Any puhlidied in thi* < onntiy or sbrato rislly Lutheran UmAs, both oki mm will ne promptly fnrMwJ>ed to onto Special atl'-utk* nvfjj to fwn Ratvisy-firlHMi I—fom—; also, ak “ ‘Oh dear put! I can’t possibly sell my vineyard,’ said Naboth. ‘The tjonl forbid that I should pert from it, for it was my fatber’k and grand father’s, and their ancestors before them. 1 could not do so.’ “Oh, how angry Abab was! He laid down on his bed, and would not eat any food. Somebody told hhl wife that Ahab would not eat, aud she came to where ho was to see what was the matter. Then Ahab told her how displeased ho was. “‘Dear me,’said she; ‘who* gov erns the kingdom of Israel, yon or Naboth f Btop up and be merry; I will get yon that viueyard.’" “What was. she going to do, t ber F said Heufy. ou. She wrote some Elegant Pianos rlutcndcnt*. Wood ft Co.’i Charming Organs. They are ' ‘ umincM mhj »bl y the best and unnunmsiM*d Tor Purity and Power of Tone, ftnUiant Musical hferts and Sir amnt Designs. Send for lllu«>trnte<l Cata- allowed hi be, vis making a friendly boast of tore foots,—oae was that many of the best atembers of the Meth odtot Church had cmm from Prekby HULKS * CO/8 BTANDAIS PIAKOS. , tW Every inatmroent warranted for re years. Hr By all inewns try tlie almve before irrhaamfr elsewhere. WARE-ROOMS, MASONIC HALI^ Nos. 57 and 59 Market streei, May SI W-tfl WUmingtoo. X. C. RITPTtnLE CURED Marsh’s Radical Cure Trust. wild apitearauoe may wail be con sidered the habitaitoti of um me- oeeding fierce; possessed by a devil; they extend to a distance of more than a mile frost the preoeot Iowa. “We weal into ooe tomb wbteb Was eutirely cleared oat sod now those who thus come over to them sever went beck; and concluded by aakiag, “Did joa ever kaow a Meth diet tern Prosbytenoa r Dr. G. looked a little mischievous mo- f ■’•HE beat and moat effective True X known for the cure and relief af Hernia or Rapture. 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Bulicoek's BMver Uterine Supporter. Agent for Dr. Wadsworth’s Stem Per- Ladies' Apartment with a nmapetrnt 1<mIv in attendance. Orders per mail prompts attended to used as a priydte dwelling. Though the female* of the family were with in, we were allowed to enter, and deuoeuded by n tight of throe steps, there being either a cistern or n deep sepulchre on the right of this de scent. The YaPttokft aud architrave were here perfectly exposed, the or naments of theistter were a wreath and open flowers r the door also wns divided by a studded bar aud pan eled, aud the ring of the knocker remained, though the knocker itaelf had beeu broken off; the door, which was of the same size and thickness as those described, traversed easily ou its hinges, and we were permitted to open and blose ft at pleaasre. The tomb was about eight feet iu height on the inside, as there was the descent of a steep step from the stone threshold to the floor. Its suae was about twelve paces square j but as no light was received into ft ’ex cept by the dubr, we could not sue whether there'’was an inner cham ber, as iu soike of the others. A perfect sarcophagus still remained withiu, and this was uow used by the fomily as a chest fof earn aud|. other provisiotto; so that this vio lated septtIchre*of the dead had thus become a seed re, a cool and con venient retreat to the liviag of a different race. ! . “These burying grounds frequent ly afford shelter to the weary travel er when overtaken by the night; and their receases are also a hiding- place for thieves and murderers, wire sally out; from thence to commit their nocturnal depredations." Miscellaneous “I will tell y letters in Ahab's name to the nobles and elders that were in the city, and said, ‘Proclaim a fost and act Naboth ou high among the people, awl thou you mast get two men to Swear that they heard him blaspheme God and tlie king. 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Sold by all Drug- irnwrs think h is the wild aud become worth- i, but you ace she did not care for God, and she did not hesitate to have a lie told and a rnurdqr commiftetl. Well, of course the nobles and the men of the city; obeyed her, aud they proclaimed a fast and had Naboth aeensed of blaspbeming God and the king, and bad him stoned, and sent Jezebel word, saying, ‘Naboth is dead.’ Then Jezebel west to Abab and said, ‘I told you so, that I would get that vineyard for you. Naboth is dead ; Some Com far a tire lieu of the Size of the Great Pyramid.—A man who has lately visited the grand pyramid of Cheops, wading in the sand four teen hudred feet before he bad puss- ed one of its sides, and between five and six thousand feet before he had made the circuit, says, that taking one hundred city churches of the or dinar}' width, ami arranging them*In a hollow square, twenty-five on a side, you would have scarcely the basement of the pyramid. Takej an other hundred aud throw the /uj>»- terial in the hollow 'square nttW it would not lie foil; pile on al) the brick and mortar in the city of New York, and the structure would uot be so high ami solid as this great work of man. One <layer of brick was long since removed to Cairo for building purposes, and enough re mains to supply foe demands of a etty of half a million of people for a century to eame, if permitted to use H with perifest freedom. Cheops was built 312# years before foe Christian 92 W. Baltimore St-, Baltimore, Md heroes up and had tto dividing Ml taken away and added it to his garden, and did not care for God or Nabotb. He thought it quite a nice way to get possession of his neigh bor’s property." “Did nothing happen to him, mo ther F “Yes, indeed. God sent the prophet Elijah to tell him t “ ‘In the place where dogs licked the blood of Naboth shall the dogs lick your blood, and the dogs shall eat Jezebel by the wall of Jezreel.’ most delicate, i operation, neve hours, quite U morning light re and beauty, an suusbiu^ it vapia Kvcn thus sec terionsly, does often work. N< Sometimes his \ raiu of summer, der aud lightninj • u the open sky torrent rushing (j highways. But. suppose they can Beateooetal show uot to be dtocot selves or with oi they can not fix their conversion ‘«g may oven more the dew," This image rep ov er, wliat we in the humility of Jt is w£tteu, t| uunself to behold hu»ven and up«, D aily, SuodAvs «w with Night Trait)* Una Railroad, an aud < train* going North and lotto, Columbia Mid At and Wilmington, Colain Railroad. tTP. Leave Columbia at Leave Alston Leave Newberry Leave CdMmy ... Leave Beltwi Arrive at Green vilte GEORGE S. HACKER’S / f Door, Sash and Blind Factory, they get over 1 here.” . The policeman in the chair did not know that his coat had been taken, but was wondering who the new polieetnan was. Leave Greenville ** Belton.... “ Cokesbarv “ Abbeville. “ , Newberry. A Very Good Comport.—A very good fertilising compound is man- u facta red by using the following sub- stanees aooording to the directions gives. The mixture has been called “Liebig’s great Fertiliser,” as it is stated that it originated with him. This is doubtful, bat it fs a very judicious nod sensible combination nevertheless, easy to prepare, and cheap. It will prove serviceable for com, wheat, and the other cereal grains, and also for grapes, 1. Dry pent, twenty bashed*. Among his intimate friends, foe liev. Dr. G., of Georgia, now Youth's Companion. prcttfotoieed a dreadful corse on all Ahab’s posterity, which was fnlfilled. After some time there happened # great battle, and Ahab went out in a chariot to see the course of the battle, aud he thought that he would not be taken prisoner oor hurt, bat God had determined that he should die. So during the battle an archer draw a bow and shot au arrow, and it bit Ahih, hod he said to the char ioteer, ‘Tom yonr horses .and carry me away: I am going to die, I be lieve.’ He was so badly hurt thal deceas ed, was as noted for Ids readiness of friendly retort, as be was for his per sonal dignity. * After a lapue for forty years, ho was permitted to eujoy tbs society of uu old schoolmate, with whom lie hml been very Intimate in Ixiyhood, t Alee iw* Alston Applying the Rule.—Margaret Kerr was a severe censor of what she considered degenerating manners.— She undertook on on© occasion to ecture her minister, Dr. Dalgliesh, ou the subject of his wife’s dress. “It was a sin and a shame," said she, “to see sae tnucdle finery.” The minister did not deuy the charge, but dexterously encountered her with the Socratic method of ar- gnmen t. “So, Margaret, you think that ornament to useless and sinful in a ady’s dress P “Certainly I do.” “Thep may I ask why you wear that ribbon around yonr cap ? A piece ef cord wouhl sorely do quite os •ell" Disconcerted with this unforeseen Arrive oi Columbia. AodriMNi Hniock aud Bine vision. DOWN. L«uv« Wafoalto 5 45 a at Ar Leave Petty\il|e 625am Ln l^eave Pemfleton 710am Le H‘ jus prech had beqom^ quite gray. It is well known that clergymen, when iu eaoh Ollier's company, and safe from'un friendly observation, enjoy ft little harmless plcasantty with, escli other *'-;i k {sp*. * ’-.i - ■ i’), 3** « e- » ua much as uiiv other riiii nf men. So it we* with these two rev erend dignitarfesfthiey fet themselves loose with almost boyish glee. “Tommy," skfd die friend, “I have lieen trying db nceoupt for a fact which I have noticed sime wc came together. TliAt We sltoald Imfo be w Htfre gray, to not to be wondered at .> i - >mssm ii -‘till Ussk. . i*. • Atei'fcr O uiqHirtcd work kept ou ImuhI to Kuppiy. the rornitary trade. ATI k is inode at nar owa fiaafor> IU die , and under tlie proprietor* *|»ecial wviriuu. ond for Prkv List* Factory send it* Room* 1 King, opposite Cannon Branch on MouJojilWi ay*. On And< m# Bn at and Andenou, • rwlay* and Saturday*. au extempore sermon. I must quote bis own words here: “All the first part of my discourse the people seemed cold and indifter ent, but I noticed Aunt Hannah’s eyes were fixed oh ine, and some times her lips moved. I knew she must be praying for me, and wifo this thought in my heart, words nnd strength came. Her eyes filled wifo tears, and this helped tpe more still; and before the sermon was over, I had the attention of every one in the house. < • < l “As 1 came out of church she lingered. The rest of the people bad goue. She put her hand in mine, aud lifting up her tearful face, skid : ‘My dear young friend, your sermon has been such a blessing to md» I do wish I could do something for 3. Fine Iwme dust, fores basket*. 4. OtUeinod plaster, throe bushel*. A Nitrate at soda, forty pmmkIh. fi. 8alpb«te Of smmonis, thirty- fonto pounds. * * .•» i t 7. Mnlpluite af »cm)u, forty patwida. Mix imsibers one, two, sad three together: then mix numbers five, six wad sev'fsn in fire backets-of water. When dissolved, add foe liquid to the first, aoeond and third artictoa. When mixed, mid foe foarth article. «*- TnOS. DODAME AD, General Sug't Jab ws. Noutos, General fVritef A?*t. chariot washed Ijhat foe king died in, and so he bad ft taken to thp, pool and Washed, and the dbgs came and licked up his blood, just as the prophet skid font they would do. . “Some years after that, the rest of the curse that God had pronounced upon the house of Ahab came to pass. There was a man whose name was Jehn who was made king, and lie was appointed of God to destroy the house of Ahab. He caused a great many wicked people to be killed, and Joram, Ahab’s son, he shot with an arrow, and told the people to throw him into the piece of land that Naboth had owned; for HAMILTON EASTER ft SONS, BALTIMORE* MIA, N'kESlRlNG to watiuue Herring tbrir MJ friends attW South, will send SAM PLES (marked with width and price of each,) of any kind of DRY GOODS, of English. French aud American Manu facture. We -will pay Expww freight on all purehaiws from, u* amount tog to $20 and Over. but paitire whose older* are unuicoinpn- uiedhy thc chfb, (either Bank Clieck or Port UIBo Order.) um*t pay the Express considering opr years. 1 But #htt puzzles me, is that tlie gray should sh>w itself on my hood, while it, is chiefly to be seen mi your jama, mod I Can account for It only by the foot that that wear* out soonest, rthich h mod most.!' “Stop, stop, Robert T the other qwtoktor leplitol ; fofok -a physi cian would account for it on a touch Next flat her cap was bound with a piece of white tape, and never afterward, till the day of ber death did she wear a ribbon or any morsel of ornament.— ZfW df IMtori Cham bers. arle*tmi “Half the sorrows of s oman would be averted," says George Elliott, “if they could repress foe speech they know to be useless j nar, the speech they have resolved tjtft to otter." 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