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ANCIENT AND MODERN LIARS. ANANIAS AM) SOMK OF HIS IM8OIPLKS. A Stronjf Sermon 1>> I>?*. J. B. Hawthorne?Ho ChcsCoiikithnuiiiii \V. C, I*. llmAcnrldKo lis ati Ot\jeot I.ohSOII. Text: 4'lJarnabftH. )?trtncr l?n.i u?li) it. and brought tho money and laid it at the apostles' feet.''?Acts iv, .'17. 14 But a certain man named Ananias, w ith Sapphlra, his wifo. sold a possession. and kept back part of the price, his wife being privy to it, and brought a "erfrdn part and laid it at the apostles' feet.?Acts v. I, 2. 41 The conduct of some of the early disciples in soiling their individual property and turning the proceeds into a benevolent fund, to l>e used by tho apostles in providing for tho necessities of poor Christians, has boon cited in support of modern communism. It is claimed that there was an absolute community of goods among the first Christians that as soon as a man was received into the church his individual ownership of property ceased. That some of the members nf t.b<> .lorn. sulcm church made this surrender of their material possessions is not denied ; but 1 do cieny thut the custom was universal among them, it is very clour thut no law had boon issued, either by Christ or His apostles, which required Christians to hold all things in Common. There is not one word in the inspired record to warrant tho belief that tho church at Jerusalem required ouch individual, as ho entered its portal, to denude himself of all earthly possessions and surrender them to the brotherhood. This was not a condition of church membership. Tho failure of any member to make this surrender of his property was not regarded as a violation of church obligation, it was purely a voluntary mutter. Every one was loft free to determine for himself whether lie should give all or a part of his property to the relief fund. Wo know that Mary, the mother of John Murk, belonged to that church. We know that sho did not surrender her property to the brothor),.wwl T ?.wr 1 ? "- * ! aivurviiuuuutiiui j\ naiiias she was living in Jorusalom in her own house, it was in her house that some of the disciples hold a prayer moating while Motor was in prison. It was in her house that l'oter found his broth* ron after his miraculous release from i mprisonmoit. ''The modern communistic idea of abolishing all distinctions among men and reducing human society everywhere to a dead level, is not only contrary to the spirit and purpose of the gospel, hut it is an absurdity which deserves all the ridicule that can ho heaped upon it. "God made men to dilTor one from another. Ho has conferred gifts and aptitudes upon some which lie has withhold from others. In the development of their gifts some will rise above the others as naturally as the oaks of tho forest tower ubovo the bramble bushes which nestle at their feet. You may as well go into the animal kingdom and say to the elephant, ' there shall bo 110 distinction between you and the mouse,' and to the whale, 'there shall be no distinction between you and the tadpole,' as to go into tho realm of humanit.v mul u?v ??. ? -y vx' u " A1~ browed, strong-minded, ambitious, determined Anglo-Saxon, 'you shall have no more, and enjoy no moro, and be no moro than the Esquima, tho Guinea negro and the pig-tail Chinaman.' " it is not tho purpose of the gospel to abolish classes in human society, but to regulate tho relations of clusscs to ouch other. If Christ were among us to.day lie would not condemn any man for having wealth and living in a beautiful homo provided with everything needed to promote eomfort and happiness. Hut he would say to every > ieh man among us, ' You must not despise the poor; you must not oppress them : you must respect them : you must love them ; you must defend them ; you must help them in every discreet and lawful way to improve their condition.' He would not say to tho poor and obscure, ' Hand together and destroy the possessions of the rich until they are us poor as yourselves,' but 'cultivate peaceful and fraternal relations with them ; rojoioo in their prosperity ; let it stimulate you to more diligent and determined efforts on your own behalf: seek their counsel and help to become as prosperous as they. Above all, lay up for yourselves treasure in heaven. Ho rich in faith, love, meekness, putionco, hope, and when death comes you shall huvo wealth and glory ineffable and eternal.' "In the crisis thut eumo upon tho church at Jerusalem Barnabas was developed and brought into prominence, lie saw that the needs of the cause; which he loved, and to which ho hud professed to consecrate himself, could not bo provided for without great selfdenial. Kejoicing in the opportunity to make a sacrifice that would illustrate his devotion to Christ, he sold his laud and turned all the nrocoeds into the treasury of the church. HA UN A HAS' GENEROSITY. 44 The noble generosity of Barnabas secured for him the profoundost confidence and influence, ho that he was deemed worthy to be the companion of the great apostles of the Gentiles in ? issionary labors. Seeing how Barna-1 lias had risen among the disciples, Ananias and his wife, who coveted popularity and distinction, determined that thoy would sell a piece of property and put tho proceeds into the ohurch fund. The sale was made, and as they Hat counting tho money tho devil made a suggestion. Ho told them that by a little deception they could get the applause, reputation and intluenco which they coveted without giving away all that they had realized from tho sale of their property. Tho historian says that Sapphira, the wife of Ananias, was 4 privy ' to this transaction. I imagine-that she had about thosamo contuu>iinn wiili If fVw.4 ?-*1 TT i VII iv i/utii uur ^rciif^riVIKl" mother Eve hud with a similar transaction in tho garden of Edon. Satan talked to tho woman, and then she talked to tho man. Wo can imagine how tho aspiring, managing and enterprising Mrs. Ananias would view tho matter. Sho thought that distinction in tho church would not bo very enjoyable without ugood sum of money to keep up appearances. Sho did not sec muoh enjoyment and much glory in being penniless and going to church in rags. She agreed with her invisible counsolor that they could got what they desired in tho church without giving up everything. They could withhold a part of tho price of tho land and thechurch would never know it. I imagine that sho presented this vie'.v tc her confiding, nliablo and loyal husband, and that no promptly and gladly accepted it. ' Having agroed to perpetrate this fraud, Ananias put away a part of tho money for thoir own uso and carried tho romaindcr to tho company of the disciples and laid it at tho apostles' feet. I have no doubt that as ho entered tho assemblage and moved towards tho place whero ho was to deposit the money tiiiO perform the outward act of dedication tho brethren showered blessings upon his head and praised God for another Hamibas. "All went smoothly until Ananias had laid down the treasure and was ready to recoivo the apostolic boned lotion. Then Peter,1 to whom God had .. 11. <i * .... iwfmrir me Hypocrisy ul Mils man, I Muid : 1 Ananias, why hast satan tilled thine heart'to lie unto the holy ghost und keepnback a part of the price of tho lands V When Peter had ceased speaking, tho hypocrite, smitten hy tlie hand of God, foil dead before him and was carried out for burial. " Tho same day Bupphira, ignorant of what had occurred, came, into the place of assembly, Peter, willing to give her an opportunity to confess her sin and repent of it, looked upon her and said : " Toll ine whether ye sold tho land for so much,' and she said, ' Yea, for so much.' With this lie in her hoart and upon her lips she fell dead at tho apostle's feet and was taken out and buried beside her husband. " The lie of Ananias and Supphirn was told to the church, and yet they were chargod by Peter with lying unto tho holy ghost. The explanation of tliis is that tho church was the habitation of the holy ghost, and in lying to tlu* assembled membership of the church, or its official representatives, they lied to the holy ghost. A PREMEDITATED LIE. " In measuring tho enormity of their wickedness in this transaction we must consider two fuels : In the lirst place, their lie was not born of some mental excitement into which they were suddenly mid unexpectedly precipitated. It was calmly and carefully premeditated. They eame together and discussed the matter. The result of that discussion was an ugreoment, and the agreement was that they should go in to the company of tho disciples and way> by their conduct: ' Bohold, we put into the Lord's treasury all that we received for tho land !' It was a cold, deliberate, premeditated lie, told, not only to God's people, hut to God himself. " Hut their lie was aggravated by tho fact that in this matter they agreed to tempt the spirit of the Lord.' Mow did they tempt the spirit of the Lord ? They had boon taught that the holy spirit is omniscient that he notes even tlie secret thoughts of men. They said : 'We will tost this doctrine. Wb will see whether tho spirit of the Lord can read the secret Concealed in our hearts.' They had heen taught that God will punish all sin and unrighteousness. In concocting their lie, they said: 'Wo will try hitn. We will try him by throwing an audacious lie into His faco.' It was thus that they tempted tho Lord God. Their punishment was immediate and terrible, because it was of the utmost importance to tho cause of truth and righteousness that, in the beginning of the church's career, God should impress His people, and tho world, with the enormity mid hatofulness of the sin of hypocrisy?especially of religions hypocrisy. (Joel has put this event on record in this imperishable book that it may bo a perpetual warning to men in tho church and elsewhere not to deceive each other?not to profess virtues which tlioy do not possess, and not to got credit for gifts and sacrifices which they have not made. " My brethren, if there was a Judas among the apostles, and an Ananias in t he first church, it should not surprise us to find deceitful and corrupt men in any community of Christians. Wo I havo Cod's infallible word for it that tho tares and the wheat grow together until the judgment.' "The preaching of tho gospel 4 is a savor of life unto life' to some and 'of death unto death ' to others. Barnabas and Ananias belonged to the same church ; they sat under the same ministry : they sang the same hymns of devotion ; they came to the samo communion table to celebrate tho dying love of their divine Lord?and yet one of them developed into Christ-like purity and unselfishness, and the other into a demon of dishonesty and hypocrisy. MOHAL LIFF. PKOGHU881VK AND UKTHOaUKSIUVE. " In every ago, and in every Chris> tlan community, we see tho tendency I of men to reproduce either tho sincerity and self-denying generosity of Barnabas, or the damning deceitfulness and sordidness of Ananias. For more than ten years 1 have gone in and out boforo tliis people. During this period, in which 1 have tried to declare the whole , council of Clod, my heart has boon comforted and gladdened by the constant advancement of some in Christian strength and beauty, and at the same ' time depressed and saddened by tiio increasing worldliness, earthiness, sol- ' lishnCBs and deeeitfulness of others. 1 My friends, you are either bettor or worse, more spiritual or more sordid, more saintly or more satanic than you were ton years ago. You cannot reach a certain piano of moral life and re- 1 main there. By an immutable law of God you must ascend or descend. You ' must gravitate, either towards the fel- ' lowship of angels or the communion of devils. I ' The worship i?God and the worship s of mammon, spfitStaiality and worldli- J noss, purity and uncleanness, Christ and Belial, the cup of tho Lord and tho i cup of devils, cannot bo mixed. And ( the church member who is trying to ] ! mix them is on his way to the starless ' doom of tho hypocrite, Balaam tried 1 it. Ho prophesied for tho God of Is- * raol, and at the same time sought and 1 received " the wages of unrighteous- 1 noss" from Israel's enemy. His double- * dealing developed into open treason, ' and ended in infamy and destruction. 1 Judas tried it, and tho fruit of it was 1 treachery, madness and suicide. Ananias and Sapphira tried it, and the end j was hopeless and otornal failure?a premature grave, and an everlasting heritage of shame. ] liKKCKINHIDGE AS AN OBJECT LESSON. \ u Thai, brill hint. Knntufil/ion i 1 .^wuvuvAiWU nr IJU litis ( just boon consigned to political oblivion , will bo nn objoct lesson for agos to come. What an exninplo lie has given ^ us of wrestling with the Lord and dal- j lying with the devil, of smiting the t Philistines and lolling in tho lap of Do- \ lilah, of burning incenso to Jehovah t and paying tribute to Baal, of sudden tl transitions from tfio sanctuary of God t to tho synagogue of Satan, of commun- r, ing with tho saints and holding high ( carnival with tho sinners, of common- , i/.ing purity and at tho same time lying ? prostrate at tho feet of unclounncss. r Now that God and tho courts havo v uncovered this arch-dissembler, lie- c hold tho reward of his duplicity. A name illustrious in American history, darkened with dlsgraco, a confiding and loving constituency, burning with I indignation at his shame, a country ^ pursuing him with every expression of P ! reprobation and scorn, a family bowed 1 1 to tho earth in hopoloss and humiliat- 1 I ing grief, a conscience smiting him a lute madness and dosporation, and w near him a grave into which ho must ^ (soon sink and about whoso portals has 8| gathered the blackness of ray less $ , night. o I " But, whilo I would make an object r ri^nJk,t ^ j - -.I'. lesson of Una notoriously wicked man, 1 cannot apeak of him without pity for liia unhappy condition. If ho would suffer ino to bo hla friend, while I would not sock to make him Iohb ?onsthle of hia fearful guilt, I would apeak to hint with a compassion inspired by a Honae of God's mercy for my own soul. 1 would, aa a fellow sinner, forgiven and saved, 1 trust, conduct him to that bonignunt Going who pitied pulv licatta and sinners and who, as ho looked out over a guilty and troubled world, exclaimed, 'Come unto Mo all ve that labor and arc heavy laden, and I will give you rest.' " 'Think not that they upon the tower of Soloam who fell were sinners o ?? > .1 . . - uuuvu mi wno uwou m Jerusalem. Tliink not tluit this modern Ananias stands peerless and alono in tho guilt of hypocrisy. I say to you that thoro aro hundreds in high places today whoso lives aro as uncToan as his, and who go unwhippod of justice only bocauso thoy aro inoro successful than ho in concoaling thoir iniquity from public view. " Lot us take to ourselves tho lesson of his history. Let us purgo our own hearts and cleanse our own lives of ovory form of deceit. Lot our characters bo as transparent as tho day. Lot us bo honest in every declaration of our lips, and in every transaction of our lives. Lot us pay our vows unto tho Lord. Lot not the world credit us with virtues which we do not posses If in anything wo have boon insincere or in any respect wo have appeared to bo better than wo aro, lot us, with humble and contrite hearts, seek to bo forgiven and cleansed of our sins. "Thoro is a fountain filled with blood, Drawn from Immanuol's veins, And sinners plunged beneath that Hood Lose ull their guilty stains. "Tho dying thief rejoiced to see That fountain in his day, And there may we, though vilo as ho Wash all our sins away. " APPOMATTOX. Oil SPItltENDKH. An explanation I'nini Hie Post Odicc Department?"Why the Name Was Changed. The alleged indignation of the Virginians ovor lite substitution of " Surreutlor" for " Appomattox," has brought out a statement from Fourth Assistant, Postmaster-General Maxwell. From this it appears that the name waif suggested to the jMistollieo department by Postmaster Kosscr, a Democrat, and brothor of lion. Thomas I,. Kosser, who has made more unreconstructed Hpeoches than any other ex-Confederate ollicer living. Postmaster Uossor not only named the otlico "Surrender," l>ut Congressman St. George Tucker, the liery son of J. Randolph Tucker, approved it. "Two years ago," said Mr. Maxwell, " tiio courthouse at App< mattox was destroyed by fire. Tlie question was then agitated looking to the removal of the county scat-to the town of Nebraska, abouttwo miles down the road, and on tho line of tho Norfolk and Western railroad. Then the name of tho town was changed from Nebraska to Appomattox station. This was a confusing condition of alTairs. A petition was received from the patrons of the Appomattox otlico urging that a change of namobo mucin. Thiwli?iin???.: inont addcssed a communication to Postmaster Kossor, at that place, asking him to suggest a now name. Ho suggested 'Kossor.' This was demurred to by the postal authorities en the ground that there was an otllee named ' Horror,' and the similarity of tho names when written would cause trouble. I'ostmastor Kossor, who is an appointee of tho present admistration, next sont a communication to tho department recommending the names of ' Surrender ' and 'Surrondorland'. Tho numo Surrondorland was not adopted becauso of its length, and on tho 2d of last July Appomattox postolflco was rechristcncd Surrender, and Nebraska post-ollico was changed to Appomattox. Nothing more was heard of the matter by tho department until tho matter got into the papers. No protest against the name Surrender has boon received by the department. No objection to it has been hoard excepting through tho press." The Value of Minutes.?A party of ladies and gentlemen wore lately visiting a largo carpet manufactory, and tho manager took thorn over the ditToront lloors of the establishment. On ascending one of tho staircases they came to a looked door, on which the following insoripton was painted in white letters : " Strangers not admitted under any circumstances." Tho curiosity of tho ladies was ex riii'ii u> u nigh pitch, ami thoy inquired, almost in ono breath, " Whatever is to he seen inside?" " That is ono of our work rooms in which 150 women are employed in embroidoring carpets," atiswor the man-; nger. " Oh ! how we should just liko to' iiavo a peep at them !" exclaimed the ladies. " 1 am sorry I cannot comply with your wish," said the gentleman with a ihrug of his shoulders, "but the rules lo not admit of the slightest exception. Truth to say, and thero is nothing ipecial to be seen, nor is thoro any piestion of trade secrets. The reason why admission is forbidden to stunners s simply because every woman naturally looks up, and her attention is dis-raotod from her work for ono to live ninutos. Supposing, now, each wonan wastes a couple of minutes in .his way, that will make in tho case of 150 women a loss to tho firm of 500 ninutes, or live hours, and we cannot illow that." . ??. Smith's Vuloan Ointment for Rheumatism. Head the following testimonial from [Ion. W. L. Mauldin, of Groonvillo, as ,o the great merits of Smith's Vulcan Jlntment, which is advertised in mother column : Mr. W. .J. Smith : In response to four inquiry, I take this occasion to lay that 1 have on sovoral occasions isod your Vulcan Ointment, and alvays with satisfaction. I am satisfied hat it is a vory valuable remedy in icuto attacks of rheumatism and if ised frooly and persistently will bring front relief. I trust you may get this Mntmont generally introduced to J-ho icople, as 1 know it has great merit, ,nd ucliko many of tho nostrums imtosod upon tho publio by cxtonsivoadortisomonts only noeds to bo used to onvinco one of its superior efficacy. a 1 -- T ?' luui n i/i uiy, VV . 1j. MAUIjUIN. ?The population of Now Bedford, 1af>8., is about 50,000, and 10,225 of hor eoplo, or more than ono-flfth, work in ho mills. As indicating tho thrift of ho pooplo it is worthy to noto that, lthough tho avorago pay is but a reok, somo of tho individual operates of this town and Fall Kivor havo avlng at tho Fall ltlvor hunks of ovor 7,500 and in the Now Bedford hanksof vor $5,000. Tho avorago deposits in ho two cities roach nearly 000,000. <E>uv .family Story. FOLLY'S RELIGIONLife to tho Deininings took on a now meaning when Joo brought his wife homo. None of tho family bad ever soon her. They know she was one of the Austruthors of Kentucky. "There are Austruthors in our Church in that State," said Grace. " 1 hope Mary belongs to our membership." " O, yes, certainly !" said Joo, eager-j i? ir.. * .J. r? i*n just Sllll'liIHg M? UU married, and ho was anxious that they j should all lovo Folly In advance. " Does sho sing in the choir ?" naked Isabella. " I think not. Ilut she has one of the sweotest voices?a low contralto. And you ought to hear her laugh. Hello. The merriest ring ! Oh, she'll bring new lib? into this house." Tho girls smiled. They were fond of Joe, and ready to welcome his wife. " Hut I hope bho is ready to take a leading part in the church," said (Jraco, after he had gone. ''Joe will (ill father's place some day, and his discription of her does not give mo tho idea of an energetic, religious woman." "We'll hope for the hi ' "\said Isabella. She was busy ma ?an imitation stained glass window the Sunday school room, and Was anxious to finish it before Mary arrived. "Uncle Hen must be kept in his own room when hIio comes, and Tom cairbe sent to the country for a month's visit," (Jrace said, her delicate face Hushing painfully. There wcro two skeletons in the Hemming household. Tho Squire's brother, Hen, who was a paralytic old soldier, and a most cross-grained, profane old fellow, occupied one wing of tho mansion, lie had a man to nurse and read to him, for his oaths wcro intolerable to his nieces. Tom was their brother, younger than Joe. Tom Hemming had disappeared for three years after ho left college, und had come back a haggard, dissipated loafor. Nobody in Hull's Ferrv knew just what ho had done in thai gap of time, but nil wore certain that ho was under ban. The family treated him with gloomy patience. They had taken up their cross and bore it: but it was heavy, and ho know it. Tom was never soon by visitors. Jit the table, or in the parlor. Atdusk lie would skulk out to join some of his comrades at the village grog shops, and occasionally, but not often, was brought home brutally intoxicated. Joo's wife disappointed them all. She was a plump, merry little girl; nothing more. " A very pleasant little heathen !" sighed race, Jifter two days had passed. " 1 named some of the best books of religious fiction, hut she has never heard oof them; and she did not know ji single one of our foreign missionaries." Good Mr?. Domming wjis uneasy Jit this, and that very evening turned the conversation on doctrinal subjects. Polly grew red. "I'm afraid," she said, "lam not clear in my ideas concerning these different points. The truth is, after mother's death 1 had the chargo of my four brothers, and I had so little time " You will have moro time now," nttiu isuuona. i win raaik out a eourso of doctrinal reading for you." But Mary made slow progress with her course of reading. As time passed and she settled down into her place in the family, she proved to he u very busy little woman. She had a positive talent for finding work ; took her part of the family mending, tossed up dainty little deserts, helped Joe with his accounts. When Joe had gone to his oflice, sho took tremendous walks, advised Mothor Dommitig about her fancy work, or copied the Squire's papers for him. " What a clerkly hand you write !" said (Iraco, one day. "1 often wish mine woro not so delieate, when father worries over those papers. But as for mother's embroidery, women of her age ought to give up that useless work when th"ir eyes are failing." "It does not seem useless to me," said I'oily, gently. "Sho thinks you all value it." " Whoro can Mary go on thoso in ; terminable walks?" said Isabella, one moring. to her father. " You should warn her about Black Lane. She i might wander into it and bring home i typhoid fever." ! " You ought to report the lano as a nuisance, father," said his wife. "It is a perfect sink of tilth and vieo." I " It is a disgrace to Ball's Ferry that such wretches can lind harbor in i it," added Isabella. "They ought to be driven beyond tho borough limits !" , "Well, well, my duar! It doesn't ( do to be too energetic," said tho ; Squire. "Thoy never had a chance." lie was aroused, however, to mention Black Lane at a mooting of the town burgossos that day. " Something ought to bo done, or we shall have typhus among us," said he. * "Something has boon done," said .ludgo l'aulo. "i came through the lane thiH morning, and I hardly knew it. Thoro has been a general draining and cleaning, tho cabins are whitewashed, and tho women, some of thorn, have actually washed their faces. j "What has happened?" asked tho Squire. " 1 heard tho sound of children's voices singing in one of the cabins, and the men told mo that it was Miss May's class. Somo good woman has been at work, I suspect." "Miss Mary?"?tho Squire's face grew red, his eyes Hashed, but he said nothing moro. Going homo, he met I 'oily coming ( to meet him. llo looked at her with tho oyo of a judgo. 1 " Aro you tho good Samaritan ? 1 Havo you boon in Black Lane, my < ^ear?" 1 She blushod, laughed and stammer- , ed : "Oh, that was tho most natural thing in the world, fathor. You know 1 I was brought up among colored poo- < plo ; I know how to deal with them. It was onlv a ditch cut hovn n.mi tli...... a fow panes of glass and somo bushels of limo. Thoy aro good, affectionate oreaturos, and anxious to learn." Tho matter was drivon from the Squire's mind boforo ho roaohcd the house, for ho saw Tom skulking around tho stable door. lie had returned that day, and a dull woight of misery foil, at tho sight, on his fathers' hoart. Tom did not ontor tho houso until lato in tho evening, when tho family wore gathered about the tablo. Ho carao Into tho room with a swaggor, unshaven, his boots rooking of tho ' stable. < "On purpose to mortify us," thought ' Grace, bitterly. ! " 1 came to soe Joo's fine lady wife."' ho said in a loud voice. " Unless he's ashamed to introduce his scapegrace brother." " Mary is not here," said Mother Demmtritf. 14 Where is she, Grace ?" "In Une'e IV-n's room. She rendu the New York papers to him every day now. They play backgammon together, and they have one of those silly bonks of Artenuis Ward's. I heard him laughing, and probably swearing harder thuo ever so he must be pleased. I wonder she can stand I it." " It's hard to understand her," said Isabella, dryly. " Mary is not lib euro* ful of her associations us she should bo." Tom had been listening eagerly. " Knough said !" ho broke out. with a thump of his fist on the table. "If Joe's wife can take thought of that lonely old man up there, there's better stulT in her than 1 expected. I'll go up and make her acquaintance." Several (fines afterwards Tom's voice was heard joining in the ^okes and laughter that came out of L nolo Hen's room. " Mary scorns to have enchanted them lK)th," said Graco. "Tom is clean and shaved to-day, and looks like a human being,"said Joe. Hut even ho was startled when Mary came down that evening for a walk, and nodding brightly to Tom, asked him to go with her. " finish your book, Joe; Tom will bo my escort." Tom followed her slouchlngly to tho gate, lie stopped there. Shame, dotiance, misery looked out of his eyes. "See here, Mrs. Hemming, I reckon you don't know, or you wouldn't have asked me to go with you !" Holly's tendor, steady eyes met his. " Yes, I know." " D'ye know I'm a thief ? 1 was in jail at I'ittsburg for a year." Holly drew her breath hard. A prayer to God for help went up from her heart in that second of time. She held out both hands. " Yes, Joo told me. Hut that is all over now?all over. You have begun now again, Hrother Tom. Come !" She put her hand in his arm as they walked down the street. Mo did not speak to her until they came back. 'lMinn I... I * ? * * *' x itvii iiv otv;[i|iuu uur ill* Lin) gate. " My sisters luivo never been aeon with mo in public since I camo buck. I'll never forget thia of you, Mary, never !" A month later, the Squiro said to hia wife : " Did you know Mary was going over his niathemutica with Tom ? Regularly coaching him. That little girl has the clearest heail for figuring I over knew. Uut what can she ho doing it for?" Mrs. Dcumiing cleared her volco before alio could speak. "She has applied to some of her friends in Kentucky to give Tom a situation. Father, I think there may be a chance for the boy. IIo wants to begin his life over again among strangers." " (iod help him I" muttered the Squire. lie surprised Folly whon ho met her again, by taking her in his arms and kissing \ior with tears in his eyes. In tho spring Tom went to Kentucky and bagun his now life, lie has not broken down in it. It was in the spring, too, that Uncle xjen Degan to fail. The old man was so fond of l'olly that alio gave up most of her time to him; so much of it, indeed, that Joe complained. " Don't say a word, dear," sho said ; " he has such a little while to stay. Let mo do what 1 can." "1 say, l'olly, was that tho Biblo you were reading to him to-day." " Yes ; ho asks for it often." .Joo began to whistle, and choked it down with a sigh. Uncle Bon had been such a godless reprobate In his youth that it had never occurred to any of the Domming's that there was any way to reach his soul. IIo lived until late in the summer. The Sunday before his death he sent for Mr. Floyd, and talked to him for a long time. When the young minister on mo out of the dying man's room he was palo. lie had boon much moved. "This is surely a case of sincere ropententauco," he said. "It is Mary's work under God's blessing," he added. The girls overhead the conversation. They sat gravely silent after the minister was gone. " I do not understand l'olly," said Grace, at last. "She never seemed to 1110 to bo a religious person." "Perhaps," said the Squire, "we havo not clearly understood what religion is." ?A good old lady, speaking in prayer mooting and giving expression to tho joy and contideneo she felt, said : " 1 feel as if I were ready this minute to fall into the arms of Beelv.ohub." "Abraham! You mean Abraham!" hastily corrected a brother sitting near. " Well, Abraham, then," was tho response, " it don't make any difference. They're both good men." IT ST A YS BY YOU ?the good that's done by Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. In Constipation, Bilious Wk ness, lndigestiop, BR Jaundice', Dizziy H nesa, Hour StomW ach, and Sick or Hi lion a Headache, H they give a per\ I m ancnt ouro. I There's no reac^Sk __ tion after |??>k^H^tlioin; their 40PP help lasts. For breaking up attacks of colds, chills. fevers, rheumatism, neuralgia, and Kindred derangements resulting from severe exposure, nothing can compare with these little "Pellets." They're the smallest, the eauinftf take, and the most natural remedy. They're guaranteed to give satisfaction, in every way ana in every [ aso, or your monoy is returned. What more can you ask for, with a medicine V A ringing noibr in tho ears, headJaehe, deafness, eves woak; obstruction of , n o s o, d i sdB charges falling into throat ? There's a medicine that will oure you, no matter how bad your oase or of how long standing. That's Dr. Sage's Catarrh Remedy. Sold by all dealers in medioines. i mmmmmmtmmmmw in i mmmwrn?m?mmm?mmmsmmmmm ill "notberf c$f} I! !i-neo<rf <-> ... Is tho greatest blessing ever pfTered child-bearing wo-<?> man. 1 have been a mid-wife for many years, and in eaoh ,?( ease whero "Motihsiih'FiiiBNn" was used it accomplished won- jj dors and relieved much s : 1 ring. It is tho boot remedy fort^j rising of the Breast known, and worth the price for that'*' alone. Mits. M. M. liltKWSTKR, Montgomery, Ala. < J. Kent bv Kxpreiw or Mull, on receipt of '- * price, 1.50 por bottle. Sold by all l>ruK- < - J i) lilst*. Hook "To MOther.i " limited froe. O: l)HAI>riKI.I> UKUI I.ATOK CO.. \,? m/j) arbanta, oa. <s> Why IIk Got the Winciikstkk.? i One day stopping at a house for dinner in the Kentucky mountains, 1 listened to an agent trying to sell the head of the establishment a sewimr much (no. " Now, look licro," sa.d the agent, "you ought to do somothing to help your wife, oughtn't you ?" > " Slio ain't objectin' to my style, 1 j reckon," said the mountaineer. J "That's because she's a good, kind, uncomplaining sort of a woman, und t it is the very reason why you should ' do these little things for her." "lint I can't alTord it," protested . the mountaineer. , " AlTord it, nothing," exclaimed the 1 agent. " Vou could alTord to buy that Winchester sitting by tho door, couldn't you ?" ' " Yes," ho said, laying it across his lap, " but 1 needed it." " Not as much us your wife needs a sewing machine." " More, I reckon." i " Of course that Isn't so. IIow cou Id 1 you ? Now I toll you what l'l do. If j you will buy a machine for your.wife I'll take tho gun as part pay." " I reckon not." "Call your wife out hero and ask her what she thinks about it. I'll bet , a hat she'll jump at tho chance for ' ! such an exchange." Tho mountaineer smiled and called I tho " old woman " out. lie stated the i proposition to her and the agent began ' . to feel sure of victory. "If Jim Bolton wasn't livin' we might," she said after a moment'*" , thought. "What's ho got to do with it?" i asked tho agent in a provoked tone. " A heap siglit. You seo," she went i on "my old man an' Jim ain't on good | terms; that's why ho got tho Win-j Chester. Now, of Jim knowed wo only 1 had a sow in' machine, it wouldn't he j no time till I wuz a widder, an' I reckon I'll do my sewin' by hand, j S'pooao you oomo 'round after Jim's fixod," und the agent gave it up and | agreed to come around aftor James had been disposed of. 1A YOUNG GM/S FORTUNE. ! AN INTERESTING SKETCH. i Nothing appeals so strongly to a mother's i affection as her daughter just budding into I womanhood. Following Is on instance: "Our i daughter, Blaucho, now 15 years of age, hud > been terribly ntllicted with nervousness, and* had lost tho entire use of her right arm. 8ho was in such a condition that wo had to keep her from school and abandon her music lessons. In fact, wo feared St. Vitus dance, and j are ixssitivo but for an invaluable remedy sho L would huve hod that terriblo affliction. Wq .) had employed physicians, but she received no benefit from them. Tho first of lost August alio weighed but 75 pounds, and although she has I taken ouly three Ixittlea of Nervine she now L weighs 106 pounds: her nervousness and symp- i toms of Ht. Vitus dunco aro entirely gone, sho j attends school regularly, and studies with comfort and ease. 8nc has recovered complete use of her ami, her appetite is splendid, and no 1 money could procure for our daughter the hculth A Dr. Miles1 Nervine lias brought her. I Whon my brother recommended the remedy t I had no faith lu patent medicines, and would not listen to him, but as a lost resort he sent us a bottle, wo began giving It to blanche, and tho 1 ctlect was almost immediate."?Mrs. 11. K. A bullock, Brighton. N. Y. Dr. Miles' Restorative Norvino is sold by nil L druggists on a positive guarantee, or sent direct j by tho Dr. Miles Medical Co., Kikhnrt, Ind., on rccciptof price, $1 i?er bottle, six bottles for 45, express prepaid. It is positively free from ' dilutes or dangerous drugs. / L ftnld W P.Mn.AKt.. u " 1-. UIUB., WIumilHlHi A Groonvillc, S. C. SMITH'S "i VULCAN I OINTMENT,; SUUK CURE FOR I. U Piles, Rheumatism, " Catarrh, Neuralgia, p 'Corns and Bunions, n * K Burns and Old Sores, p Scald Head and Ringworm, Caked Breast and Sore Nip pics, Weak and Sprained Hacks. A special ointment is made and sold for Iteh and (tolling Piles, which is y guaranteed to givo satisfaction. / Every box of SMITH'S VULCAN OINTMENT is sold with tho understanding that tho money will bo refunded if not satisfactory. Highest testimonials furnished as to its efHcacy in i'ilos, Rheumatism, Nouralgia, &o. Sold by dealers in medio!no everywhere at 2T> and f>0 cents per box, or mailed to any address on receipt of 80 prioo in postage stamps or currency. th Samplo boxo i free. W. J. Smith, So.lo Proprietor, Greenville, S. C'. MTMontion this papor in ordering. O Johnson'# Magnetic' Oil euros till pain and it will never return again. Internal and external for man and iH-ast. Sold by Cureenter liros., Ureenvillo, S. C. ' Constipation and sick headache permanently cured, and olios prevented by Japanese Liver 1'allots : especially adapted to children1# use. Sold by u..?0 ,?S1I?? vj (] Johnson's Oriental Soup is tbo most delicate facial soap for ladles' use in existence. Sold by Carpenter llros., Greonyille, S. C\ u .Japanese l'ilo Care costs you nothing if it does notWro you: samples free. Guaranteed tTv Carpenter Bros., Greenville, S. (J. - Out of the twenty-throe counties heard from as to the results of the rocont primary elections. ">U now mon have been nominated for the House and 12 for the Senate ?The President has issued a proclamation granting full amnesty and freedom to all persons who have violated the Edmunds act against polygamy. ? , JOHNSON'S -w ? MAGNETIC OlLt0 rff Instant Killer of Pain. Vt Internal and External. ? \ As&M Cures RHEUMATISM. NEURAL* ' w*3OlA, Isun? Rack, Sprains, lirulson. "ril ... HwolllUk'Sj Stiir Joints, COI.IC and II Instantly. Cholera Mcr'hiicroup.Uipthcrl*, Hof? Throat, *OT%.Xi?tWBli^B^UA0ilK, 118 lf by ma#tc. llIC UnQQCW^Un Especially prepared for lilt nUnot WRfUIJ, stock. Double Htreupth, h">most Powerful tAid ronetrntluKl.luiuientfor Man , >V iicast in existence. l.urco <1 sizo 76c.. 60c. elzo 40c. JOHNSON'S ORIENTAL SOAP. Medicated and Toilet. Tho Great Skin Curs and ' nee Ronutlflor. Lndios will find it tlie most .'ollcnto and hljjhty porfumetl Toilet Hoap on ho market. It in absolutely pur-o. Maioa tho kin soft and volvoty and ro?t<>roB tho lost com* rdoxion; Is a luxury for tho Bnth for Infants. It alnyrt Itching. olonnsoa tho scalp and promote J J 'ho urgwth of hulr. l'rloo 25o. i'orsuloby 1 CARPENTER linos , OREENVIL.LE, S O V : . J WAC'CAMAW LINK STEAMERS. Tho Steamer will leave hor wharf J nt < o.iwnv ev? ry .Monday and Wednesday | morning for tieorgetovvn at loVI ok,touchink all intermediate points. And will leave [ tier vvluirf at (ioorgetown every Tuesday | and Friday morning for Convvnv at 4 nVloek, towelling all iiitennodiate points. I> I'. M'NKIL,don't Ag't and'('reus. Coin way. S. < II. A. Ml'NNEItLYN, Agent,Georgetown, 1^1 v _ Schcduie of Lofcfil Mail Routes* Itor I K NO. 202711. From (ialivants Fofr.f to < onvvay, mall arrives 1.4ft p in, on Moridsn-, Wodtiesdty and Friday; loaves at s 2.on j) ill on same (lays. Mail closes at 2.95. ItOl' 110 NO. 202S0,?From Conway to 11iir*? J way, X. C., mail arrives at 4:110 p in OH ^ Ttp'ttduy,Thursday and Saturday; leaves at ft p in on same days. Mail closes at I :65 p in. to I "IK No. 20281. -From Conway via yu Forney, .lordauville, Gideon, Laltana ami ""return*, mall arrives at 7 pm on Tuesday, h 'i'liurs'iay an I Saturday; leaves at 0 am Jji oil .Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Mall * elttses at 'J p in. -5; tot l'K NO. 20282.?From Conway to Lit* I t'o River, mall arrives at 5 p in on Mon- || day, Wednesiay an t Friday: leaves at 1 a in Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Mail closes at 0 p n>, lol'TK NO, 2U4?0?Frcni Conway (o Fork M llairelsun. mail arrives daily at 12 mj loaves daily at 1:45 p iu. Mail closes at 1: ?o p in, WILMINGTON, Oil AD BOURN & Conway K. R. i'assengor and L , roight daily, except Sunday. A ; SOUTHBOUND.?NO. 46. flAJ jV Ilub 8 loam jV llions 8 30inii, Vr Chad bourn 777! TiTTTTfai^ l ,v Chadbourn 1010am ' .v Clarendon 10 40nm .Y Mt l abor 10 ftftam .v I.oris 11 20um .t San ford. 11 87am .v llnyboro It 47am jV 1 * 11 vetts 11 r?7aui .v Admin.,,, 12 02pm Vr ( onway 12 80pin NORTH HOUND?NO. 44. .v Conway 2 90pm jV Adraln 2 80pm .v Frivotts 2 86pm .v Hayboro 2 46pm iV > an l ord 2 66pm Vr Loris 8 20pm Vr Mt. Tabor 8 66pm j\ Clarendon 4 20pm Vr Chadbourn 160pm .v Chadbourn 6 15pm |j '/ ..t 1 lion 6 46pm U ( Vr Hub 6 00pm ' II / \ TLANTIC COAST LINE. WIL- B /\ minnrt.vf, O,,!,. ?K!~ ? V/U.UIUUIHII iVUgUBta K. 11 t. Condensed schedule, in ollect Dee. (J H> , 1893. f TRAINS GOING SOUTH.?NO. 65. 1 % .v Wilmington 8 20pm ~ j P .v chadhourn o 50pm I , Marion 0 00pm tr Florence (J 00pm / MO. 60.. f '-m -v Florence 7 lOpm i jr ir Sumter ' 8 28pm :i3l ,v Suinler ? 28pm tr Columbia 10 OOpS I No. 68. ,r> Florence 7 40am ' ir luniter 9 20am / NO. 02. , Sumter 0 03am ir Columbia li 05am j 'J TRAINS GOING NORTH.?NO. 61. % . Columbia 4 8Qam '-<* m o- umter . r, r,7airt ? 8nmt?*r 0 07am .r Florence 7 16amNO. 63. ^ . Columbia 4 20nm *1 . r Sumter 3 86pm I ? NO. 69. * J m v Sumter 0 46pm,^# ^1 i r F lorcnco 6 66pm " NO. 06. .v Florence 7 40am m >v Marlon ? 33am 1 .v Clindbaurn y 20am ,r Wilmington . ..10 lOam No. 62 rune through from Charleston via j lentral Railroad, leaving Lanes t.44 it m. I inniiiug w.'Ji a in. ' No. 63 runs through to Charleston, S. C., J ia Central R. R., arrlviug Munniag H p m, 1 .anew# .40 p m, Ch?rlfeetop 10.40 p m. 1 Tru*aon Manchester <fc Augusta 11. R. I aver*tutor.dally 'xoept Suaday 10.60 a ), arrives Kltuiui 11.60 a'm. Returning I (ate Itiminl 12.30 p m, arrive Sumter 1.40 j m. I rains on llartBvillo It. R. l?are Harts- I A llle, daily t-fcept Sumter, at 6 a m, arrif- J * ig Floyds 6.25 a m. Returning, leato I 1 loys 0.45 p in, arriving at HarUville 10.16 m. J. f. .Divinr, Gen'l Supt. J. H. Kini.y. Supt. Trans. T. M. Emkwson, Gon'l Pass. Affont. Mouldings , WEATIIERBOARDING. \ ti/A Dao ^ r> -? - -?~ -u*u uci^c Doaras, w ' Sash% Doors ^ Blinds. 1 Now is tho time to put up your wiro ipeeii doors and susl;. Wo arc soiling Jftj Vr 10m choup. ' y T. C. GOWER & SON, f ( Ity Wurehtuso, - - ?rse*Yill?{ P-c E I