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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."
. ??.
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luui n i/i uiy, VV . 1j. MAUIjUIN.
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ho pooplo it is worthy to noto that,
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<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