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?'* *( - WOMAN'S WORK. Talmage's Stirring Sermon oil the "Queens of Home." HEROINES OF THE FIRESIDE. Ministering Angels. In the Sickroom. What Her Chief Desire Should Be. In thin discourse the opportunities f usefulness for women are set forth by Dr. Talmago, and many sympathies are stirred and memories recalled The text is Solomon's Song vi, 8, "Thcro arc threescore quootis." So Solomon, by ouc stroke, sot forth the imperial character of a truo Christian woman. She is not a slave, not n hireling, not a subordinate, hut a queen. In a former sermon 1 showed you that crown and courtly attendants and imperial wardrobe were not necessary to make a queen, but that graces of the heart and life will give coronation to any woman. I showed you at once at some length that woman's position was higher iti tac world than man's, and that although she had often been denied the right of suffrage, she always did vote and always would vote by her inllucnco, and that her chief desire ought to be that she should have grace rightly to rule in the dominion which she has alrcad won. I began an enumeration of somo of her rights, ami now I resume the suhjoot. In the first plaec woman has the special and the superlative right of blessing and comforting the sick. What land, what street, what house, has not felt the smitings of disease? Tons of thousands of sickbeds! What shall we do with them? Shall man, with his rough hand and clumsy foot, go stumbling around the sickroom, trying to soothe the distracted nerves and alleviate the pains of the distressed patient? Tho young man at college may scoff at tho idea of being under maternal influences, but at the first blast of typhoid fever on his cheek he says, "Whoro is mother?'' Walter Scott wrote partly in satire and partly in compliment: Oh, woman, in our hours of caso, Uncertain, coy and hard to please, When pain an anguish wring the brow, A mi n i?t nri n tr <in>nl limit v,lvu' I think the most pathetic passage in all the Bible is the description of tho lad who went out to tho harvest field of Shunetn and got sunstruek?pressing his hands on his temples and crying out: ''Oh, my head! My head!" And they said, "Carry him to his mother." And then the record is, "lie sat on her knees till noon and then died." And so it was also through all of our war with Spain?women heroic on the field, braving death and wounds to reach the fallen, watching by their fever cots in the West Indian hospitals or on the troopships or in our smitten homo camps. Men did their work with phot and shell and carbine and howitzer; women did their work with socks and slippers and bandages and warm drinks and Seriptvrc texts and gentle strokings of the hot teinpics and Btorics of that land where they never have any pain. Men knelt down over the wounded and said, "On which side did you fight?" Women knelt down over the wounded and said: "Whore are you hurt? What nice thiug oan 1 make for you to eat? What wakes you cry?" Tonight while we wen arc sound asleep in our beds there will be a light in yonder loft; there will be groaning down that dark alley; there will bo cries of distress in that cellar. Men will sleep, andQwowcn will watch. Again, woman has a special right to take care of the poor. There are hundreds and thousands of them all over the land. There is a kind of work that wen cannot do for the poor, Here C Q JTVA11 r? A f lt+flj-k ^?/\* rtl, . 1 ,1 vvuivo n wuj? KJI iiun; L'iUUJUUt UHIIUI Ull to the door of the I >orcas society. They need to be clothed and provided for. Which of these directors of banks would know ho.v many yards it would take to make that little girl a dress? Which of these masculine hands eould fit a hat to that little girl's head? Which of the wise men would know how to tio on that new pair of shoes? OChristion young woman, if you would make yourself happy and win the blessing of Christ, go out among the destitute. A loaf of bread or a bundle of socks may make a homely load to carry, but the angels of (iod will come oat to watch and the Lord Almighty will give bis messenger hosts a charge, saying, "Look out for that woman, canopy her with your wings and shelter her from all harm," and while you arc seated in the house of destitution and suffering the little ones aiound tho room will whisper: "Who is she? Ain't she beautiful? ' And if you will listen right sharply you will hear dripping down through the leaky roof and rolling U ? ? I. _ 1 -I I UVCI nil" 1UUUII MHIIS Ull illlgCl UUiilJV that shook Bethlehem, "Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will to men." Can you tell me why a christian woman going down among the haunts of iniquity [on a christian errand never meets with any indignity? I stood in the ohapel of Helen Chalmers, the daughter of the celebrated Dr. Chalmers, in the most abandoned partoftho city of Kdinburgh, and I said to her as I looked around upon the fearful surroundings of that place, "Do you come hero nights to hold a service?" "Oh, yes," she said. "Can it be possible that you never meet with an insult while performing this christian errand? "Never," she said, "never." That young woman who has her father by her side walking down the street, armed police at each corner is not so well defended as that christian woman who goes forth on gospel work into the haunts of iniquity carrying tho bibles and bread. God, with tho red right arm of his wrath omnipotent, would tear to pieces any one who should offer indignity to her. lie would smito him with lightnings and drown him with floods and swallow him with earthquakes and damn him with eternal indignations. Some ono said: "I disliko very much to see that christian woman teaching those bad boys in tho mission schools. I am afraid to have her instruct them." "So," said another man, "I am afraid too." Said tho first, "I am afraid they will uso vile language before they leave the place." "Ah," said the other man, .3 " 11 '* " ' ,41 am not afraid of that. What t am afraid of is, that if any of those boys should use a bad word in hor prcsonco tho other boys would tear hiui to pieces and kill him on tho spot." That woman is tho best sholtcrcd who is sheltered by tho Lord Hod Almighty, and you need never fear going >nywhorc whore Hod Ulls you to go. It socms ns if tho Lord had ordained woman for an especial work in tho solicitation of charitios. Lacked up by barrels iu which there is uo Hour, and by stoves in which there is uo firo, and by wardrobes in which thcro is no olothes. a woman is irresistible. Passing on her errand, Hod says to her, 14 You go into that bank or store or shop and'get the money." She goes in and gets it. The aian is hard fisted, but she gets it. She could not help but get it. It is docrcoi from eternity who should get it. No uccd of your turning your back and pretending you don't L- 1 ? ?* near; you uo near. J here is no need of your saying you are begged to death. There is no need of your wasting your time, and you might as well submit lirst as last. You had better right away take down your checkbook, mark tho number of tho cheek, fill up tho blank, sign your namo and hand it to her. Thero is no need of wasting time. Thoso poor children on tho back street have been hungry long enough. That sick man must have some farina. That con| Mimptivc must havo something to case his cough. 1 meet this delegato of a relief society coming out of tho store of such a hard listed man, and I say, 441>id you got the money?" l'()f course," she says, "1 got tho monoy; that's what I went in for. Tho Lord told mo to go in and got it, and ho never sends mo on a fool h orrand." Again, I havo to tell vou that it is a woman's specific right to comfort under tho stress of diro disaster. Sho is call cd tho weaker vnsanl Imt oil ?>? well an sacred history attests that when the crisis conies she is bettor prepared than man to meet the omcrgenoy. How I often you have seen a woman who seemed to be a disciple of frivolity ar.d indolence, who, under ono ntroko of calamity, changed to a heroine. Oh, what a great mistako those business mon mako who never toll their business troubles to their wives! There oomos Bomo great loss to their storo, or sonio of thoir companions in businoss play them a sad trick, and thoy carry the burden all alone, lie is asked in tho household again and again: "What is the matter?" Hut he h. licves in a sort of Christian duty to kc? p all that trouble within his own soul. Oh, sir, your first duty was to tell y< ur wife all about it! Sho perhaps might not have disentangled your finances or extended your credit, but she would have helped you to bear misfortune. You havo no right to carry on one shoulder that which is intended for two. Business men know what I mean. Thoro caino a crisis in your alfairv You struggled bravely and long, but after awhile thcro camo a day when you said' "Hero I shall havo to stop," and you called in your partners, and you callod in the most prominent mon in your employ, and you said, "Wo havo got to stop." You left tho storo suddenly. You could hardly make up your mind to pass through the street and over on tho for ryboat. You t'olt everybody would bo looking at you and blaming you and denouncing you. You hastonod homo. You told your wife all about the affair What did alio Hay? Did alio play tho butterfly? Did alio talk about tho silks, and the ribbons, and tho fashions? No. Sho eamo up to the cincrgenoy. She <juailed under the stroko. Sho offered to go out of tho comfortable houso into a Hinallcr 0110 and wear the old oloak another winter. Sho was the ono who understood your affairs without blaming you. You looked upon what you thought was a thin, weak woman's arm holding you up; but whilo you looked at that arm there camo into the fcoble muscles of it tho strength of tho eternal God. No chiding. No fretting. No telling you about the beautiful houso of hor father from which you brought her 10. 20 or "50 years ago. You said: "Well, this is the happiest day of my life. I am glad I have got from under my burden. Myjwifo don't caro?1 don't caro." at tho moment you were exhausted God Hent a Deborah to moot the host of Amalekites and scatter them like chaff over tho plain. There arc sometimes women who sit reading sentimental novels and who wish that they had aomo grand field in U'llinll t n lliutlllav flioll" ( Ull'iotinr. VXJT UllV/lft vm lOtiUll J'U VT " crs. What grand and glorious things they oould do if they only had an opportunity! My sister, you noed not wait for any such time. A crisis will coiuo in your atlairs. There will bo a Thermopylae in your household whero God will tell you to stand. There aro scores and hundreds of households today whero as much bravery and courago are domanded of women as was exhibited by Graco Darling or Mario Antoinette or Joan of Arc. Again, I remark it is a woman's right to bring to us the kingdom of heaven. It is easier for a woman to be a Christian than for a mat. Why? You say she is weaker. No. Her heart is more responsive to tho pleadings of divino love. Sho is in vast majority. Tho fact that she can more easily become a Christian I prove by the statement that throe-fourths of the members of ohurches in all Christendom aro women. So God appoints them to be tho | oniot agencies tor bringing this world back to GoJ. I may stand licro and Hay tho houI is immortal; thcro in a man who will deny it. I may stand here and say we are lost and undone without Christ; thcro is a man who will contradict it. 1 may stand hero and say thcro will be a judgment day after awhile; yonder is some ono who will disputs it. Hut a Christian woman in a Christian household, living in tho faith and consistency of Christ's gospol?nobody can rofutc that. The greatest sermons are not preached on celebrated platforms. They are preaohed with an audicnco of two or tlireo and in private homo life. A consistent, consecrated Christian sorrico is an unanswerable demonstration of God's truth. A sailor came slipping down tho ratlines one night, as though something had happened, and the sailors cried, "What's tho matter?'' Ho said, "iMy mother's prayer haunts me liko a ghost. Homo influences, consecrated home influences, aro the mightiest of all influences upon tho soul. Thcro arc men who have maintained their integrity notbeoauso thoy wore any better naturally than some other people, but bo *l 11 1 I HI Cause there weroTiotue influences prayh?g tor Ilioiti all the time. They got a gpod start. They were launched on tno world with tho benedictions of a Christian mother. They may track Siberian shows, they may plunge in African jungles, thoy may flco to tho earth's end?thoy cannot go so far and so fast but tho prayers will keep up with them. 1 speak to women who have tho eternal salvation of their husbands in thoir right hand. On marriage day you took au oath before men and angels that you would be faithful and kind until death did you part, and I believe you are going to kcop that oath, but after that parting at tho gravo will it be eternal separation? Is there any such thing as an immortal marriage, making the Hewers that grow on tho top of the scpulcher brightor than tho garlands which at the marriage banquet flooded A \ * ' me air wan aroma/ Yes, I stand hero ati embassador of the most high God to proclaim the hanns of an immortal union for all thoso who join hands in thcgraco of Christ. () woman, is your husband, your father, your son, away from God? The Lord demands their redemption at your hands. There arc prayers for you to ofl>r, thoro are exhortations for you to give, there are examples for you to set, and 1 say now, as Paul said to the Corinthian woman, "What knowest thou but thou shalt save thy husband?" A man was dying, and he said to his wifo: "Hcbecca, you wouldn't let tnc have family prayers; you laughed about all that, and you got mo away into worldlinoss, and now I'm going to die, and my fate is sealed, and you are the cause of my ruin!" O woman, what knowest thou but thou canst destroy thy husband? Aro there not some of-you who have kindly influences at 1101110? Aro there not some who have wandered far away from God who can remember the Christian influences in their early home? Do not despiso those influences, my brother. If you die without Christ, what will you do with your mother's prayers, with your wife's importunities, with your sister's entreaties? What will you do with the letters they used to write to you, with tho memory of those days when they attended you so kindly in times of sickness? Oh, if thoro bo just one strand holding you from floating off from that dark sea, I would just like to take hold of that strand now and pull you to tho beach! For the sake of your wife's (lod, for tho ;ko of your mother's God, for tho sake f your sister's God, come this day and and be saved. Lastly I wish to say that one of tho speoilie rights of woman is, through the grace of Christ, finally to reach heaven. () what a multitude of women in hoav en! Mary, Christ's mother, in hcavon, Flifcllhot ll l'rv ll> linounn' ('1.I..I/.II/. - mj IK IIVUT VU) V/IIA1 IUVIU Elizabeth in heaven; the mother of Augustine in heaven: the Countess of Huntington, who sold hor splendid jewels to build chapels, in heaven, whilo a great many others, who havo never been heard of on earth or known but littlo, have gone into the rost and pcaco of heaven. What a rest! What a change it was from the small room, with no tire and one window (tho glass broken out) and the aching sido and wornout eyes, to tho "house of many mansions!'' No more stitching until 12 o'clock at night, no more thrusting of the thumb by the employer through tho work, to show it was not dono quito right, l'lonty of broad at last! Heaven for aching heads, heaven for broken hearts, heaven for anguish bitten frames! No moro sitting until midnight for the coming of staggering steps! No moro rough blows across tho temples! No moro shaip, keen, bitter curses! Sotno of you will have no rest in this world. It will be toil and struggle and suffering all tho way up. You will havo to stand at your door lighting back the wolf with your own hand, red with oarnago. Hut Cod has a orow ? for you. I want you to rcali/.o this morning that ho is now making it. and whenr>vi>r vnn wo#n n In or lm nnU 1.? ? gem in that crown. Whenever you have a pang of body or soul he puts another gom in that crown until after awhilo in all the tiara thcro will ho no room for another splendor, and God will say to his angel: "Tho crown is dono. Let her up, that sho may wear it." And as the Lord of righteousness puts the crown upon your brow angel will cry to angel, ''Who is she?" and Christ will say: "I will tell you who sho is. She is the one that camo up out of great, tribulation and had her robe washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb." And then God will spread a banquet, and hclwill invito all tho principalities of heaven to sit at tho feast, and tho tables will blush with the host clusters from tho vineyards of God and crimson with the 12 manner of fruits from the tree of lifo, and wators from the fountains of tho rock will Hash from tho golden tankards, and tho old harpers of heaven will sit there, making music with their harps, and Christ will point you out amid the celebrities of heven, paying, "Sho suffered with me on earth; now wo are going to bo glorified togcth or." Ami the banqueters, no long* r able to hold their poaoe, will break forth with congratulation, "Hail, hail And there will be handwritings on the wall not such us struck the Babylonian noblemen with horrow, but tiro tipped fingers, writing in blazing capitals of light and love, 4'(iod hath wiped away all tears from all faces!" Merited Success. Special attention is called to the large advertisemont of tho Columbia Business College, which appears in another column of this paper. There is no school in tho country that turns out more successful graduatos, or is moro progressive, more alivo" to the demands of tho times or that has a bet ter business or shorthand course. No young man or lady who is thinking of attending a business collego should fail to send for ono of their catalogues. Tho collego makes a specialty of securing good positions for its graduates and it often has more calls than it can till. Every graduate of the oollcgc and many prominent business men of Columbia endorso tho school as ono of the very best. A postal addressed to Prof. W. 11. Newberry, the president will b;i.jg full particulars. "I have iH'dyour '1 i o for tho Liver and Kidneys' with great benefit, and f<>r Dj&popsia or any derangemont of the Liver or Kidneys I regard itasboing without an equal." .lames J. Osborno, Attorney at Law, Boliston, Henderson Co., N. C. * v ....... SPREADING OUT. The Atlantic Coast Line Railroad's New Purchase. -c-Vecording to tho Augusta Chroniolo or'rhtirhday t)io Atlantio Coast Lino paid one million dollars for a halt interest in tho (I corgi a rail road -leaso. Says tho Chroniolo: ''This is a fact which tho Chroniolo has learned sinco tho mooting in Atlant?of the Atlantio and West Point and Western of Alabama roads. Thursday morning tho half million of securities of the Coast Line wero passed upon by t! e Georgia railrond directors and accepted. There are inoro reasons than one why tho Coast Lino wanted a share of this lease as is shown in the annual statement of Georgia railroad earnings for the past year which arc no secret, and upon which Col. T. lv. Scott, general man agcr, has been receiving very warm congratulations. These earnings show that for tho second time in the history of the road under tho lease it has earned enough money to pay tho rental. The earnings, including interest from tho securities under tho lease, aro $01-4,171). 00, or $1-4,170.00 over and above the rental, the rental being $000,000 a 3car. The other occasion on which it earned its rental was during tho management of Major Greene. Hut this is not all tho profit to tho lease holders under their contract. The Georgia road owns other very valuablo railroad property. It has a controlling interest in tho Atlantic and West Point and a half interest in the Western of Alabama. Of course tho Coast Line under tho purohaso fall heir to ouo quarter interest in these two properties during the lifetime of the leaso. Tho Chronicle published Thursday that the Atlantic and West Point declared a dividend of 25 per cent, on tho capital stock. Hy the declaration of this dividend the lessees of the Gccg,'?. came into possession of $123,005. This amount added to the incomo of last year?$('? 1-4,171).(JO?makes a grand total of $737,73 4.(10, or $137,804.00 in clean cash over and above the annual rental of $000,000 for the Georgia railroad. MOKE THAN HALF BILLION. Mutual Life Insurance Co. Has Re turned to Its Members $500 870,737. Now York. September 1 <?.?More than half a billion dollars paid, lip to .July 1 of the current year tho Mutual liifo Insurance Company, of Now York, has returned to its member? $500,870,737, or over half a billion dollars, and its accumulated assets on that date wcro $288,536,471. This shows that the company has practically paid out as much money to the insuring public as any other two companies of like character, and that by holding a larger amount in assets than any other company it is boyond <|uestion the largest and strongest institution of its kind in tho world. Allan Forman. McKinley's Religion. Tho Omaha Herald reports Dr. leader's tomporancc lecture, and includes tho following: "Now, there's President MoKinley," he said, "he's a Methodist, arid we used to be proud of it. Hut we're not proud of Mr. McKinley since his stand on that canteen business. Arc we?" i (11 ?... ? ? i ? .t.F*r iii.wij ui yuu are prouu ui mill now?" Not a sound. "How many of you arc ashamed that Mr. McKinlcy is a Methodist?" One woman in a far corner murmured "1." "Is that all?" asked Dr. Kader. And then the response came from all over the church. Ivodol Dyspepsia Curo is a scientific compound having the endorsement of eminent physicians and the medical press. It "digests what you cat" and positively cures dyspepsia. M. A. Ketron, Bloomingdalo, Tenn., says it cured him of indigestion of ten years' standing. Dr. E. Norton. There's always hope while there's One Minute Cough Cure. "An attack of pneumonia left my lungs in bad shape and I was near ihc first stages of consumption. One Minute Cough Cure completely cured me," writes Helen Mcllonry, Bismark, N. 1). (lives instant relief. Dr. E. Norton. Kor wounds burns, scalds, sores, skin diseases and all irritating oruptions nothing so soothing and healing as DoWitt's IlazelSalvo. Mrs. Emma Bolles, m i i *T 1'iaiiuu j-jiigiuwuuu xiurscry, \^nicago, Hays of it: "When all else fails in healing our babies, it will cure." For sale by Dr. E. Norton. E. E. Turner, Compton, Mo., was cured of piles by DcWitt's Witch lla/.cl Salve after suffering seventeen years and trying over twonty remedies. Physicians and surgeons endorso it. Beware of dangerous counterfeits. Dr. E. Norton. "Boston the market for coughs and colds and all bronchial troubles; for croup it has no c(iual." writes Henry 11. Whitford, South Canaan, Conn., of One Minute Cough Cure. Dr. E. Norton. "They aro simply porfcct," writes Hob't. Moore, of Da Fayette, Ind., of Do Witt'8 Little Early Risers, the "famous little pills" for constipation and all liver ailments. Ncvor gripe. l)r, K. Norton. DoWitt's Little Early Risers permanently cure chronic constipation, biliousness, norvousnoss and worn-out fooling; cleanse and regulate tho entire system. Small, pleasant, never gripo or sicken?"famous littlo pills." ?1 Dr. E. Norton. Chestcrll. Brown, Kalamazoo, Mich., says: "Kodol Dispepsia Cured tno of a sovcre case of indigestion; can strongly recommend it to all dyspeptics." Divests what jou cat without aid from the stomach, and cures dyspopsia. Dr. E. Norton. To care for a person who has fainted, lay tho porson down, keop tho head low, looso the clothing, give plenty of fresh air and dash oold water in the face. Smelling salts and stimulants should only be used when eonsoiousncss has returned. i Something About a New Insurance Contract W rhton by the Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York, liichard A. McCunly, President, which is Attracting Much Attention Among Business Men. 'Iho funeral putlic attention which has been coi centrated upon ihe now policy of ino Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York ha* .l? moustrated the fact that as a liberal and attractive contract its equal ha* nrvor lieen ottered to the public; it is possiIde ihat some of its advantage* may have been overlooked by jou, and it is to thia end that we des re to call your attention to the following comparisons with the guarantee* of other companies, which will prove conclusively ihat this policy is not equalled by tha' of any other company. For comparison we will use a $10,0(H) Limited 20-Payment. Life Policy, 20-Year Distribution, at age 116, which is the kind of policy usually illustrated by different ?on>pani i : + * MUTUAL LIF8 Premiums $308.70 Guaranteed Cash Value ti end of 20 years, $6,310 00 Nt W YOI1K I.I FK. rremiuiu $383.40. Guaranteed Cash Value at end of 2(1 years <?,0'.>0 Mutual Life returns over New York Life $220 00 Mutual Life saving in premium $14.70 for 20 years compoun 1cd at 4 per ceut 451.97 Net, saving in favor of Mutual Life $074.'->7 MUTUAL LIFE. Premium $308.70. Guaranteed Cash Value at cud of 20 years $6,310.00 EQUITABLE. Premium $383.40. Guaranteed Cash Value af end of 20 years 6,100.00 Mutual Life returns over Equitable $210.00 Mutual Life saving in premium $11 7<? for 20 years compounded at 4 per cent 454.97 Net saving in fivor of Mutual Life $ 601.97 MUTUAL LIFE. Premium $308.70. Guaranteed. Cash Vftluo at on 1 of 20 y ears$0, 810 00 MUTUAL BENEFIT. Premium $339.70. Guaranteed Cash Value at end of *20 years $4,809.20 Mutual I ifo returns over Mutual 'Benefit $1,600.80 Mutual Benefit saving in premium $29.00 for 20 years compounded at ^percent 807.20 Net saving in favor of Mutual Life $033 00 MUTUAL LIFE. Premium $308.70. Guaranteed ( ash Value at end of 20 years..$0,31O.00 AETNA. Premium $319.70. Guaranteed Cash Value at end of 20 years $1,011.82 Mutual Life returns over Aetna $2/205.18 Ait na Hiving in premiums J11).00 for '20 years compounded at 4 per cent 1,487.48 > Net saving in favor of Mutual Life $777 70 All of the above figures are taken at the end of a 20 yoar period, although the guarantees given by this Company all through the diflerent years are larger than thosu of other companies. It should be remembered that the surplus results are not taken into consideration in these comparisons, which, with the fact that the Mutual Life dividends on distribution policies are very large, proves conclusively that there is uo policy like 4this new contract, TUB MUTUAL LIKE POLICY PROVIDES KOli Loans a'. 5 per cent, per annum at any time after three years. ( ash value after three years. Automatic paid up insurance. Extended insurance Thirty days' grace in tho payment of pro miums. The New Yoik Life and Kipiitahle policies provide for loaus only on the anniversary of the policy and within thirty days thereafter; while loans will be granted at any time during the year on the Mutual Life policy. To loan on a policy only one month out of twelve w< uld be something like a bank making loans to its customers only once a monthjout of the year, a limitation which would oiler but little accommodation to the depositor Neither loan nor cash value is given on the Aetna policy until after ten years, and at the expiration of any policy year thereafter; wiiue me Mutual Life gives bjth at any time after three years. In tho New York Lifo ami tho Equitable cash dividends cannot he applied to purchase additional insurance thus making the amount more than the face of the policy, unless tho insured furnishes a certificate of good hcilth Tho Mutual Life will mako the dividend additions without ro examination, if so elected two years before tho end of the distribution period. The severest criticism which rival cornea nies and agents have made on the new policy of the Mutual Life is that "it is too liberal," which is really the highest indorsement that any policy has ever received, and one that will obtain for it the preference over any other offered by any company. With such a contract, issued by the Great Mutual Lifo, with assets of $277,000,000.00, and a surplus of $44,000,000.00, with an income in lH'.'Hof over $65 0(10 OdO.00, thore oan bo nothing surer, rafer or better either as a financi il investment or as a protection for the family against the possibilities of future disaster. I was born on tho day of and year 18 My full name is My address is Amount of iosurance desired $ Married or single ? For further particulars till out this coupon and send to F. H. HYATT, GENERAL AGENT FOR THE CAROLINA8 COLUMBIA, S. C. Kodol Dyspepsia Cure. Digests what you eat. It artiflcitlly digests the food and olds Nature In strengthening and reconstructing the exhausted digestive organs. It is tho latest discovered digestant and tonic. No other preparation can approach it in efficiency. It instantly relieves and permanently cures Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn, Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea, Sicklleadache.Gastialgia, Cramps, and all other results of imperfect digestion. Prepared by E. C. DeWItt * Co.. CblcaQO. For sale by I)r. E. Norton. Atlantic Coast Line. WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND AUGUSTA 11AILHOAD. CONDKNSED SCHEDULE. Trains Going South. No.66* No.86 P.M. A M Leave Wilmington 8:46 Leave Marion b.'34 Arrive Florence 7:16 Leave Florence *7:46 *8 26 Arrive Sumter 8:67 4 29 Leave Sumter 8:67 51 40 Arrive Columbia ...10:20 11 00 No. 62 runs through from Charleston via 'entral K. It., leaving Charlenton 7:00 a. in , Lanea 8:84 a. m., Manning 9:00 a m Trains Going North. No 64* No.63 A. M. P. M Leave Columbia *8.60 *4 00 Arrive Sumter 8:16 6 13 Loave Sumter *8:16 G (Hi I Arrivo Florenco 9:30 7 '20 i 1-eavo Florence 10.00 Leave Marion 10:40 Arrivo Wilmington 1:25 * Daily. . ). 63 runs through to Charleston, S. C., via Central R H., arriving at Manning 6:41 p. in , Lanes G: 17 p. m., Charleston 8:00 p. iu. Trains on Conway Ilranch leave Chadbourn 6 35 p m, arrive Conway 7 40 p m, returning leave Conway 8 30 a m, arrivo Chadbourn 11 20 a m, leave Chadbourn 11 60 a m, arrivo Hub 12 25 p m, returning leave Hub 3 00 p ml arrive Chadbourn 3 36 p m t Daily except Sunday. I. ft. Kenly, General Manager. T. M Emerson, Traflio Manager II. M. Emerson. General lbvsonger Aeon Wilmington and Conway Railroad. Daily except Sunday. Southbound.?No. 97. I<eave Hub.- 8 00 pm Leave Illona 8*10 pin Arrive Chadbourn 8 86 pn Leave Dhtdhnnr* a rk Leave Clarendon 6 00 pin l-eave Ml Tabor 6 16 pm Leave Lorie 6 86 pm Leave Sanford 6 60 pm Leave Bayboro 7 00 pm Le*ve Privette 7 09 pm Leave Adrian 7 12 pm Arrive Com way 7 40 pm Northbound.?No. #8. I Leave Conway 8 80 am I/eave Adrian 8 66 am Leave Privette 9 00 am Leave Baybjro 9 10 am Leave Sanford 9 20 am Leave Lorie 9 86 pm Leave Ml Tabor 10 10 am Leave Clarendon 1 40 am Arrive Chadbourn 11 20 am Leave Cbadbourn 11 60 am I eavo 1 lions 12 16 pm Arrive Hub 12 26 pm j. il. Tolar. J. H. liar) T. H. Blachly. TOUR, HART & CO., 160 Front Strbbt, N E \V YORK, Commission Merchants and Jobbers of Naval Stores. Liberal advances on consign ments of Naval Stores and Cotton. Members of the New York Cotton and Produeo Kxeliauge. K. B. SCARBOROUGH, Attorney at Law, Conway, S. C. Agent Mutual Life Insurance Co. of Ntw York. NOTICE, Conway Lodgs, No. 90. Knights t?f Pythias will inset regularly the first and third Thursday nights of each month until otherwise ordered. D. A.Spivct Chan. Com. J. C. tfriYRT K. H. A rt May 14th. 9 fi 1y H. H. WOODWARD, Attorney and Counsellor at Law, Conway, S. C. STOfRco up stairs oyer Herald office opposite Hank. WACCAMAW LINE 8TE *. HERS.?'The Steamer will leave the wbarf at Conwav everv M?n<t?.w ?r.ri w # .y ?m%? T< vuuwuai/ ujuruiug for Georgetown nt 4 o'clock, touching ell intermediate point*; and will leave her wharf at Georgetown erer/ Tueidey and Frld?y morning for Conway at 4 o'clock, touching at all intermediate point*. I>. T. MoJteill, Gen'l Agt aud Tree*., Ctaway, 8 C. B. A. Muanerlyn Agent, Georgetown, 8,0. To get strong and healthy use one bottle Murray's Iron Mixture. Price 50c III MUMiY BMIfi 0B-, iichinerl mo mill supplies of : every description. It is now unseasonable to "Talk'' Cotton Ginning Machinery, but it is the time for you to place your orders for? lU'U MILLERS. KICK TllltBflKHS ouisr MIL N W MILL-. W-) >1) WOKKI.se MA' HINKHV. ENGINE* rNU KOILEH8. Ani mn\ ol Trustful anil nejesaary inaobittpH we might u entiou If )ou want the beat vjIiib for your money, commit your it t? r??l by wiiting or calling on u? for priced ami ediirnated before placing your orders. Large Stocks. Prompt Shipments. Lowest Prices Consistent With "flonest Goods." W. H. 81b bes & Co.. COLUMBIA. 8. 0. KIDNEY, BLADDER. UKlNARf AND LIVER ' DISFAb ES, DYSPEPSIA. INDIGESTION AND CONSTIPATION POSITIVELY CURED IIY THE UJK OP Dr. HILTON'S T.TPP. FOR THE LIVER AND KIDNEYS. A vegetable preparation, wherever known Ihe meat popular of all remedies, beouise the most effectual. Sold wholesale by? The Murray Drug Co. Columbia. Dr. 11. Bacr, Charleston, S. C. It is the = Custora But a very poor one, to wait until the ginning season is on before locking to see what fix the gin is In Now is the time to HURRY YO U It 01N TOT HE ELLIOT GIN REPIIR WORKS Do not delay and then ask us to let yon have it at onoo. for thorough work cause' be dono In a hurry The attention glrw*. his matter now will morn than ~F'V /v ? when the eotton In white In the flel<f? and the glu house erowdei. Ti'e workla coming in already, so ship at onoe to tV? nndorsignod, located at tho old etectrio light engine house rCafop 1.1 m ' ? i ? V. [ fj ? & Co , V. C. Badhaio. Jno. A Willie. jgfiT'tfark your name and shipping poiut on work sent and prepay the freight. The Elliott Gin Repair Works, W J. ELLIOTT, Proprietor, No. lH11 Gates Street, COLUMBIA. S. C. Ginning Machinery. The Smith Pneumatic Suction Elevating, Ginning and Packing System Is the simplest and most effloiont on the ni.irhot '~4 A uivj uiguv UUIllplOtU outfits in South Carolina; oach 0110 giviog absolute satisfaction. Boilers and Engines; Slide Valve, Automatic and Corliss. My Light and Heavy Log Hoam Saw Mills cannot be oquallod in design, efficiency or prioo by any dealoror manu cajturcr in the South. Write for prioos and oataloguos. V. C. Badham, 1320 Main Street, COLUMBIA, S. C, Morphine ?AND? Whiskey HABITS CURED. HON. W. H. GLOUGH, Governor of Minnesota. "I have always said that the Kecley Insti-T^ lute of (his country had done more good, in my judgment, than any other institutions or organizations in the country. I have said it many times, and I want to lepeat it hero, that Dr. Keeley has done mere for the country, has saved more unf rtunce ruen than any one man in the United States.'' (Kxlract from an address delivered in Minneapolis, Augus', 18V7.) Address Communications to 9 Ti. ? ... - ine neeiey institute, 120 Smith Street. (Jorner Vanderhorst, CHARLESTON, 8. C. Macieafs School of SHORTHAND ^ ?Ajn>? x TYPEWRITING S COLUMBIA, S. C. *1 This Sohool has the reputation of being the beet business institution in the State. Chad- ^ a at en are holding reanneretlre positions la mercantile house*, banking, Uevreooe, real Mtate, railroad offices, &o., in this and other Btat? Write to W, JI. Macfeat, >; n . y > a tl). t ' i: .ita t