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MISSION OF HORNETS
Sermons by Rev. Dr. Talmage on
Small Annoyances.
MINOR TROUBLES OF LIFE.
They Test Christian Fortitude
andPatience. The*' Lesson
of Trivial .Irritations.
This sermon by l>r. Taliuago deals
with t subim-t whinh nnnouls in nil
classes and conditions of men. His
text is Deuteronomy vii, 20, "The Lord
thy God will send the hornet."
It seems as if the insectilc world
wcro determined to extirpate the liu
man race. It bombards the graiolields
and the orchards and tho vineyards.
Tho Colorado beetle, the Nebraska
grasshopper, the New .Jersey loeust, the
universal potato beetlc,psccin to carry
on the work which was begun ages ago
whon tho insects buzzed out of Noah's
ark as the door was opened.
f/In my text tho hornet flies out on its
mission. It is a species of wasp, swift
in its motion and violent in its sling.
Its touch is torture to man or boast.
Wo have all seen tho cattle run bellowing
under tho cut of its lancet. In boyhood
wo used to stand cautiously looking
at the globular nest.hung from tho
treo branch, and while we wcro looking
at tho wonderful covering we were
t rnnlr wit 1> ua* U 5 * 1* - 1
<>v? n n il DUUIliUIUI^ Hint PUHl lift
shrieking away. The hornet goes in
swarms. It has captains over hundreds,
and 20 of them alighting on one man
will produce certain death.
The Persians attempted to conquer a
Christian city, but tho elephants and
the beasts on which the Persians rode
were assaulted by -the hornet, so that
the whole army was broken up, and the
besieged city was rescued. This burning
and noxious insect stung out the
llittitos and the Canaanitcs from their
country. What gleaming sword and
chariot of war could not accomplish
was done by the puncturo of an insect.
"The Lord Bent the hornet."
My friends, when we are assaulted
by great behemoths of trouble we beoome
[chivalric, and-wc-assault them.
We get on tho high mettled steed of
our caurago, and we make a cavalry
ehargo at them, and if God bo with us
we come out stronger and bettor than
when we went in. Put alas for these
insectile annoyances of life, these foes
too small to shoot, these things without
any avoirdupois weight, the gnats and
the midges and the flies and the wasps
and the hornets! In other words, it is
tho small 'stinging annoyances of our
lifa which drive us out and use us up.
In the best conditioned life for some
jrand and glorious purpose Clod has sent
the hornet.
I remark, in the first place, that these
small stingiug annoyances may oouie in
the shapo of a nervous organisation.
People who are prostrated under typhoid
fevers or with broken bones got plontly
of 'sysmpathy, hot who pitiea anybody
that is nervous? The doctors say and
the family say and everybody says,
"Oh, she's only a little nervous; that's
all!" Tho sound of a heavy foot, the
harsh-eloaring of a throat, a discord in
niusio, a want of harmony. between the
shawl and tho glovo on the same person
a curt answer, a passingslight, the wind
tholfrom the east, any one of ten
thousand annoyenocs, opens the door
for the hornet. The fact is that the
vast majority of the people in this country
are overworked, and their nerves
are tho first to give out. A great multitude
are under the strain of Lcydcn,
who, when he was t >ld by his physician
that if he did not stop working while
he was in such poor i hysical health he
would die, responded, "Doctor, whether
1 live or die, the wheel must kcop going
round." Those sensitive persons of
whom I speak have ahleeding sensitiveness.
The flies love to light on anything
raw, and these people arc like
the Canaanites spoken of iu tho text or
in the context?they have a very thin
covering and are vulnerable at all
Doilltfl. "And lhf> T.r?r<l (tio
net."
Again, tho small insect annoyances
may come to us in the shape of friends
and acquaintances who are always saying
disagreeable things. There are
some people you canuot be with for half
an hour but you feel cheered and comforted.
Then there are other people
you eannot be with for five minutes
before you feel miserable. They do
not mean to disturb you, but they sting
you to tho bone. They gather up all
the yarn which tho gossips spin and retail
it. They gather up all tho adverse
criticisms about your person, about
your business, about your home, about
your church, and they make your car
the funnel into which they pour it.
They laugh heartily when they tell you,
as though it were a good joke, and you
laugh, too?outside.
These people are brought to our attention
in tho Bible, in tho book of
Ruth. Naomi went forth beautiful
and with the finest worldly prospects
into another land, but after awhile she
came back widowed and sick and poor.
What did her friends do when she came
to the city? They all went out, and instead
of giving hor common sense consolation.
what did tlioy do? Road the
book of Ruth and find out. They throw
up their hands and said, "Is this
iNaomi'f" as muoh as to say. "How
awful bad you do look!" When I entered
the ministry, 1 looked very pale
for years, and every year, for four or
five years, many times a year 1 was
asked if I had not consumption, and,
passing through the room, I would
sometimes hear poople sigh and say,
"A-ah, not long for this world!" I rosolvod
in those times that 1 never in
any conversation would say anything
depressing, and hy the help of God I
have kept the resolution. These people
of whom I speak roap and hind in
the great harvest field of discouragement.
Home day you greet them with
a hilarious "Good morning," and they
come buzzing at you with some depressing
information. "The Lord scut the
hornet."
It is astonishing how some people
prefer to write and to say disagreeable
things. That was the case when Henry
M. Stanley returned after his magnificent
exploit of finding David Livingstone.
When Mr. Stanley stood before
the savants of Europe and many of the
small oritios of the day, under prctenso
of getting geographical information, put
to him inost insolent questions, ho <
folded his armS and refused to answer, i
At the very time whon you would sup- 1
poso all decent men would have up- i
piauded the heroism of the man there i
wore thoso to Iush. "Tho Lord scut <
the librnct." And when afterward that i
man sat down on tho western coast of |
Africa, sick and worn out, with perhaps <
the grandest achievement of the a>to in
the way of sooeraDhical diseovnrv itir.ro I
wore amali critic? all over the world j
to buzz and buzz and caricature and do- <
ride him, and when after awhile he got <
the London papers, as he opened them, |
out flow the hornet. When I sco that i
there are so many people in the world <
who like to sav disagreeable things and
write disagreeable things, 1 come al- t
most in iny weaker moments to believe 1
what a man said to mo in Philadelphia i
one Monday morning. I went to <
get the horso at the livery stable, <
and the hostler, a plain man, said i
to mo, "Mr. Talmagc, 1 saw i
that you preached to the young men I
yesterday." I said, "Yes." lie said: 1
"No use, no use. Man's a failure." I
The small insect annoyances of life t
sometimes come in the shape of local 1
physical trouble which docs not amount <
to a positive prostration, but which i
bothers you when you want to fo il the i
host. Perhaps it is a sick headache (
which has been the plague of your life, 1
and you appoint some occasion of mirth 1
or sociality or usefullness, ami whon the \
clock strikes the hour you cannot make
n.-i ii * t i
H|ipviHrau?;c. icrimps me irouoie >
is between tlie ear and tbo forehead in t
tho shape of a neuralgic twig. Nobody t
can see it or aympathi/.o with it, hut |
just at the time when you want your |
intellect clearest and your disposition i
brightest you feel a sharp, keen, dis 1
concerning thrust. "Tho Lord sent ?
the hornot." t
Perhaps these snialhinsect annoyan- \
ccs will come in the shape of a domes (
tie irritation. The parlor and tho kit 1
t hen do not always harmonize. To get j
good service and to keep it is one of tho c
groat-questions of,tho country. Sometimes
it may he the arrogance and in ^
eonsidcratonoss of employers; hut, 1
whatever he the fact, wo all adii it there n
are these insect -annoyances winging \
their way out from tho culinary depart t
mont. If,the gr&oo of God he not in ?
the heart of tho housekeeper, she can- '
not maintain her equilibrium. Tho t
mon'oomo home at-uight and hear tho (
story of those annoyances and say, "Oh, i
these home troubles arc very little t
things!" They aro small, small
wasps, hut they sting. Martha's i :
ves were all unstrung when she rusl -u ^
.- 1 i M i
in iOMu^ vrumb tu nuuiu i'lTiry^ 21 ri I
tlicrc are tons of thousands of won on |
who arc dying, stung to death by the*c
pestiferous domestic annoyances. "The 1
Lore sent the hornet." i
'i'hese small insect*disturbances may n
also como'intho'shapo of business irri- c
tations. There arc men here who went j
through the 2-lth of September. 1800, '
and the panics of 1ST!! and of 181)3 with- <:
out* losing'their balance who are every Jday
unhorsed by little annoyances?a 1
clerk's ill manners, or a blot of ink on a c
bill of lading, or the extravagance of a r
partner who overdraws his account, or j
the underselling by a business rival, or 1
the whispering of store confidences in t
the street, or the making of some little r
bad debt which was against your judge- v
ment; but you wanted to plcaso some r
body else. y
It is not the panics that kill the mer- i
chants. Panics como only once in It) or s
20 years. It is the constant din of these y
everyday annoyances which is sending a
so many of our best morchants into ner
vous dyspepsia and paralysis and the ^
grave. Whon our national commorco a
fell flat on its faco, these inou stood up j
and felt almost defiant, but their life is (
going away now under the swarm of f
theso pestiferous annoyances. "The j.
Lord sent the hornet." H
1 havo noticed in the history of some f
of my congregation that their annoyan- c
ccs are multiplying and that they havo p
a hundred where they used to have ten. r
The naturalist tells us that a wasp n
sometimes has a family of 20,000 wasps, ^
and it does seem as if every annoyanco j,
of your life brooded a million. By the H
help of God, today 1 want to show you R
the other side. The hornet is of no H
use? Oh, yes! The naturalist tells us j,
they aro very important in the world's r,
eGOnomv. Thov kill m>idr>r? unit fhnv
clear the attnosphcro. Anil 1 really be- v
lieve (Jod sends the annoyances of our
life upon ub to kill the spiders of the t
soul atid to elear the atmosphere of our t
skies. j,
These annoyances aro sent on us, 1
think, to wake us up from our lcthagy. a
There is nothing that makes a man so r
lively as a nest of "yellow jackets," and y
1 think that these annoyances are in- s
tendod to persuade us of tho fact that j
this is not a world for us to stop in. ?
If wo had a bed of everything that was |
attractive and soft and eaHy, what ,.
would we want of heaven? We think j
that tho hollow tree sendB the hornet,
or we may think that the devil sends
the hornet. I want to correct your ?
opinion. "The Lord sent the hor- !
net." J
Then 1 think these annoyances come j,
on us to cultivate our patience In the ?
gymnasium you find upright pi rallol ^
bars with holes over eaeh other for pegs ()
to bo put in. Then tho gymnast takos c
a peg in each hand, and he begins to ?
climb, one inch at a time or two inches, j,
and getting his strength cultivated, r
reaches after a while the ceiling. Anil f
it seems to me that these annoyances 0
in life aro a moral gymnasium, each g
worrimont a peg with which we are to H
climb higher and higher in Christian c
attainment. Wo all lovo to see patience,
hut it cannot bo cultivated in
fair weather, l'atience is a ohild of *
the storin. If you had everything do
sirable and there was nothing moro to
get, what would you want with pati- *?
cncc? The only time to cultivate it is
when you are lied about and sick and 11
half dead. c
c
"Oh," you say, "if I only had tho w
ciroumstanoes of somo well to do man I t<
would bo patient too." You might as b
well say, "If it wcro not for this water, "
I would swim," or. "I could shoot this ti
gun if it wero not for tho cartridge." ci
When you stand chin deep in annoyan- y
ces is the time for you to swim out to- w
ward tho great headlands of Christian w
attainment, so as to "know Christ and n
the power of his resurrection and to h
have fellowship with his sufferings." A
Nothing but the furnace will ever n
burn out of us the clinker and the o
slag. I have formed this theory in ro- w
fard tosmall annoyances nnd vexations. Is
t takes just so much trouble to lit us y<
i for usefulness and for hoaven. Tho si
only question is whether wo shall take
it in the bulk or j uiveri/ed au?l cumulated.
Hero is one man who taken it
in the bulk. His baok is broken or his
eyesight put out, or soino other awful
calamity befalls him, while the vast
majority of people take the thing
piecemeal. Which way would you rather
have it? Of course, in pieoomoal.
Hotter have tivo aching teeth thau one
broken jaw; hotter 10 lly blisters than
111 amputation, better *20 squalls than
>110 oyelono. There may be a difference
>f opinion as to allopathy and iioinco|>athy,
but in this matter of troublo I
ike homeopathic doses, smull iw>ll^??
if annoyance rather than hoiuo knocklown
dose of calamity. Instead of the
thunderbolt givo us the hornet. If you
liavc a bank, you would a groat deal
ather that f)0 men would conic in with
jhceks less than $100 than to have two
lopositors como in the same day, each
wanting his $10,000. In this latter
'.asc you cough and look down to the
loor and you look up to the ceiling be"ore
you look into the safe. Now, my
friends, would you not rather have
hese small drafts of annoy\nce on your
tank of faith than some all staggering
lomand upon your onduranoo? Hut rencuibcr
that little as well as great anloyancce
equally require you to trust in
Jhrist for succor and for deliverance
'rotn impatience and l; irritability.
'Thou wilt keep him in porfcot peace
whoso mind is stayed on thee."
In tho village of Itainolin, tradition
ays, thorn was an invasion of rats, and
hose small creature# almost dovourcd
he town and threatened the lives of tho
topulation; and the story is that a
>ipor oamo out one day and played a
,'ery sweet tune, and all the vermin folowed
Wescr, and then he blew a blast,
md they dropped in and disappeared for
ivcr. Of courso, this is a fable, but I
vish I could on the sweet (lute of the
Jospel draw forth all the nibbling and
mrrowing annoyances of your lifo and
day them down into the depths forcv:r.
How many touches did Mr. Church
rive to his picture of "Cotopaxi" or
lis "Heart of tho Andes?" I supposo
ibout 50,000 touches. 1 hear-the can
'as saving: "Why do you keep me
rcmbling with that pencil so long? Why
lon't you put it on in one dash?"
'No," says Mr. Church; "1 knew how
o make a painting. It will take 50,>00
of these touches." And 1 want you
ny friends, to understand-, that it is
hose ten thousand annoyances which.
indcrGod, arc making up the picture
.1 your life, to he hung at last in the
:alleries of heaven, lit fur angels to
ook at. God knows how to make a
bctnro.
1 go into a soulptor's studio and sec
liin shaping a statue, lie has a chisel
n one hand and a mallet in the other,
ind he gives a very gentle stroke?
dick, click, click! I say, "Why don't
ou strike harder?" Oh, ho replies.
111..! l> 1 - -I
nun wuuiu snaucr uio statuo. I can t
lo it that way. I must do it this way."
*o he works on, and after awhile the
eaturcs conic out, and everybody that
inters tho studio is charmed and fasci
lated. Well, God has your soul under
recess of development, and it is the
ittle annoyancos and vexations uf lifo
hat are chiseling out your immortal
lature. It is click, click, click! I
vender why some great providence does
lot come and with one stroke prepare
'ou for heaven. Ah, no! God says that
s not tho way, and so he keeps on by
trokes of little vexations until at last
ou shall be a glad spectacle for angels
,nd for men.
You know that a large fortune may
?e spent in small change, and a vast
mount of moral character may goawav
n small depletions. It is the little
roubles of life that aro havihg more ef
ect. upon you than great ones. A
warm of locusts will kill a grain field
ooner than the incursion of three or
our cattle. You say, "Since 1 lost my
hild, since I lost my property, I have
een a different man." Hut you do uot
ccognizc the architecture of little anoyances
that are howing, digging, outing,
shaping, splitting and interjoinng
your moral qualities. Hats may
ink a ship. One lueifer match may
end destruction through a block of
torohouscs. Catherine do' Medici got
cr death from smelling a poisonous
osc. Columbus, by stopping and ask
rig for a piece ot bread and a drink ef
rater at a Franciscan convent, was led
^ A 1. J ! *
li int? discovery 01 a new world. And
here is an intimate connection between
rilles and immensities between nolh
ngs and everything's.
Now, ho careful to let none of thoso
nnoyanees go through your soul unarainged.
Compel them to administer to
our spiritual wealth. The scratch of a
ixpenny nail sometimes produces loekaw.
and tho clip of a most infinitesiaal
annoyance may damage you forever.
)o not let any annoyance or perplexity
ome across your soul without its makng
you better.
Our national government when it
ranted money did not think it belittlng
to put a tax on pins and a tax on
uekl s and a tax on shoes. The indiiduai
taxes do not amount to much,
ut in tho aggrogate to millions and
aillionsof dollars. And 1 would have
ou, O Christian man, put a high tariff
ii every annoyance and vexation that
onus through your soul. This might
ot amount to much in single cases, but
11 the aggregate it would be a great
ovonuo of spiritual strength and satisaction.
A bee can suck honey even
ut of a nettle, and if you have the
race of (Jod in your yoart you can get
weetness out of that which would othrwisc
irritate and annoy.
A returned missionary told mo that
company of adventurers rowing up
ho Ganges were stung to death by (lies
hat iufest that region at certain soannn
Tlin n?rlli Imu ~ 4 -1 ?'11
- ..-a vnivu una uwu nilVWUU Willi
he carcasses of men slain by insoct anoyances.
The only way to get prcpard
for the great troubles of lifo is to
onquor these small troubles. What
rould you say of a soldier who refused
3 load his gun or to go into tho conflict
eeauso it was only a skirmish, saying:
I am not going to oxpend myammuniion
on a skirmish. Wait until thore
omes a general engagement, and then
ou will see how courageous I am and
hat battling I will do?" Tho goncral
ould say to such a man, "If you are
ot faithful in a skirmish, you nuuld
c nothing in a general engagement."
ind I have to tell you, O Christian
ion, if yen cmnot apply the principles
1' (Jurist s religion on a small scalo you
ill nover be ablo to apply them on a i
irgor scale. If I had my way with i
ou, I would havo you possoss all pos- 1
bio worldly prosperity. 1 would havo ?
you each one a garden, a river (lowing
through it, geraniums and shrubs on
the sides and tho grass and (lowers as
beautiful as though the rainbow had
fullin. I would have you a house, a
splendid mansion, and the beds should
bo covered with upholstery dipped iu
the setting sun. I would havo overy
hall in your house set with statues and
statuettes, and then I would havo the
(our quarters of tho globo pour in all
their luxuries on your table, and you
should have forks of silver and knives
of gold, inlaid with diamonds and amethysts.
Then you should each one of
l...? |L. ? ?. ? ?
j.m nmv iiiu init-Mt norsos ana your pick
of the quipages of the world. Then I
would have you live 160 year?, and jou
should not have a pain or au ache until
the last breath.
"Not each ono of us?" you nay. Yea,
each ono of you. "Not to your oneniioH?"
Yes. The only difference I
would make with them would bo that I
would put a little extra gilt on their
walls and a little extra embroidery on
their slippers. Hut, you say, "Why
docs not (Jod give us all those things?"
Ah! I bethink myself He is wiser.
It would make fools and sluggards of us
if we had our way. No man puts his
best picture in the portico or vestibule
of bis house. (Jod meant this world to
bo only tho vestibulo of heaven, that
great gallery of the univcrso toward
wlrch we aro aspiring. Wo must not
liavo it too good in this world, or we
would want no hoaven.
roiycarp was condemned to be burned
to death- Tho stake wau planted,
lie was fastened to it. Tlie fagots ?reic
placed around him, tho fires kindled,
but history tolls us that the flames bent
outward like the canvas of a ship in a
sto it breeze, so that tho flames, instead
of destroying Polycarp, were only a wall
between him and his enemies. Thoy
had actually to destroy hitu with tho
poniard. Tho flames would not touch
hiin. Well, my hearer, 1 want you to
understand that by hod's grace the
flames of trial, instead of consuming
your soul, arc only going to bo a wall of
defense and a canopy of blessing. God
is going to fulfill to you tho blessings
and the promises, as ho did to Polyearp.
"When thou walkest throurh tho tiro,
thou shalt not be burned." Now you
do not understand, but you shall know
hereafter. In heaven you will bless
God even for the hornet.
THE GOVERNOR AND NEWSBOYS- ;
A Good S'ory of His Recent New J
York Experience.
A good story about Gov. MoSwco- 1
ncey's visit to New York recently, i
which has so far escaped the newspa- c
pers, has loakedoutin the last few days, 1
and it serves to show tho manner of
man South Carolina's Governor is. t
The incident occurred on tho day he- i
fore tho naval parade. Tho Governor, >
accompanied by his little son and Cols, t
Wilson, Folk, Redding, Maulding and i
Watson of his staff had just left the i
cotton exchange and had reached t
"newspaper row," bound for the bridgo t
to go over to the navy yard, when just i
at the Pulitzer building corner they j
came across a great crowd of newsboys r
of the "ccnt-a-world' variety, getting i
their supplies of tho big afternoon edi- t
tion just issued.
The Governor saw tho crowd of urch- i
ins. lie exclaimed, "Ah, that is what n
I was once, .lust look at them; Miles, \
como here, son, I want to show you I
what your fathor was when' ho was \
your size." Reaching hack and catch- 1
ing his boy's hand it was only a second 'J
or two before the Governor had forced 1
his way into the heart of the crowd of s
yelling, soullting newsboys. Ho talked
-...i ?i? ? P I
T.vii kiicuj uuu ? iicii nicy lOUllU OUl
who'hc was and that ho had onco been
one of the "clan," they rallied around {
him and the Governor's faco was all 1
suiilos. lie bought as many papers as I
he eould carry and CJ. Folk, who got 1
down in tho crowd, did likowiso. Tho
hoys gave the Govornor an ovation in 1
their own demonstrative way and be- v
fore ho could be oxtricated from his I
admiring host of newsboys enthusiasts e
tho police had to go tohis aid and olear
a way out of it for him. j
There was no incident of his trip to
tho motiopolis that Gov. MeSwocney t
enjoyed tnoro thoroughly than this. It |,
recalled to his mind many memories of |
tho past and when in the crowd he
really seemed to be a newsboy again
himself.
SENTENCED COMMUTED.
Man Who Slew His Wife's Insulter j,
to bo Freed. f
Gov. McSwoetiov Wednesday com- ^
muted to two years tho life sontcnce of *
William Franks, a young whito man
convicted of manslaughter in Laurens
county nearly two years ago. This j.
means that Franks will bo discharged s
in February. ?
From all the evidence, tho state- ^
mcnts of the judge and the jury and all c
those familiar with the ease, it scorns
strange that the man was ever convicted. i(
The victim, Mason Clark, grossly insulted
the j o ing wife of Franks, making
an improper proposal to her. When
she wont to Franks and told him of it v
he wished to kill Clark forthwith, but f(
was dissuaded by the appeals of his wife, b
Franks and his wife had been living at si
Clark's house; they woro about to loavo a
and tho matter was being discussed be- ii
tween the two men, when an alterca
lion occurred and Mason was killed.
.Judge llucl anan recommended that
a pardon be given at the expiration of J1
two years of the term. Eleven of tho *
jurors signed the potition for a pardon, c
certifying that there was gravo doubt 1?
as to which of the men tired first, and 8
adding that there would have been no
conviction save for the lapso of time
between the deed and tho receipt of tho .
information by Franks as to the insult, J'
Tho jurors regarded tho provocation
very great. j!
Ex Senator Irby and ex-Congressman
Sholl wrote the governor strong per- ft
sonal lettors in behalf of tho man, and
stated that his wife and cnildrcn were
sadly in need of his Bupport and protection.
The governor, before acting, had the 11
prisoner brought up to his office and 0
talked with him. He was fully satisfied l',
that Franks simply acted in defense of
his wife's honor, and iho commutation (
was forthwith grantod.?The Stato.
A New Crank.
Kansas has a new crank in tho per- "
son of W. K. Reemc, who advances tho 7
dynamiting of saloons, distilleries and "
breweries and tho lynching of corrupt ?
officials.
IM
AN AWFUL CRIME.
Young Woman Ravished by Number
of Black Savages*
^ _ . -
SOME OF THEM CAPTURED.
Tho Law Will Tnks Them Speedily
to the OhIIcws* Shocking
Story of Bruta'lty. Carried
to Columbia.
A horrible crime was committed in
Darlington county, near Lamar, Monday
afternoon, for which at least three
Negroes will pay the penalty with their
lives. Two of them are now in jail,
and if there is no attempt to lynch them
made before court convenes two weeks
from now, they will he convicted without
a doubt and hanged, for they havo
confessed the commission of the blackest
crime that has ever darkened the
fair name of Darlington. If the other
party is caught ho will doubtless be
spared tho suspense of waiting two
weeks to meet his doom.
Tho details of the crimo aro too horrible
to be published, but they have
been told over and over again all over
Darlington county Monday. It is
sufficient to sav a highly respectable
young lady of Lamar lias suffered at
the hands of several black brutes, and
sho now lies in a dangerous condition
fearfully mangled and bruised. The
two Negroes who are now in jail admit
the commission of their fearful deed
and say that it was accomplished only
after a terrible strugglo with their viei!
1 l n. i ' ' * *
inn mm oniy aiior 11103' 'ia<t otioKod iicr
into insensibility, and that when they
left her they thought her dead. Two
of them only were present, the others
having gone away and had not gotten
back in time to take part in the deed as
was their intention.
One of the black brutes now in tho
ouatody of SlicritF Scarborough bears on
his clot hing stains of blood from his victim,
and this Negro now owes his life to
the tact and skill of the deputies who
secreted him from an angry mob and
arried him to Darlington through the
swamps under cover of the darkness.
The people are aroused for miles around
Mid justly so. The third Negro, one of
those who aslnultod the unfortunate
girl, has not yet been captured, but he
ivill be if he is in Darlington county,
ind if he happens to fall into the hands
if any of tho present, searching party
liis hours of life will be but few more.
A dispatch from Columbia says one
if the principals in tho Lamar outrage
ilTair?Cdward Luckie, and four Negroes
charged with being accessories
.0 tho foul crime in that U103' stood by
ind saw the deed committed and did
lot offer to interfere, are now within
lie walls of the South Carolina peniteniary
for safe keeping. The four ac
jessorics arc Jim Washington, Daniel
ind 10(1 Mack and Lucius Stuart?an
tggregation of ugly looking, sullen Negroes,
who look like Georgia turpentine
oughs.
Tiic other principal, who is at large,
s very black; is about 18 years old, has
t broad forehead; has high wide cheekbones;
has a sear over his left eye, and
lis clothing was spattered with mud
vhon last soon. When last heard from
ic was fleeing toward Timnionsville. i
Hie sheriff never expects to ges hold of ,
lim if he is run down anywhere in this
cction of the eountiy. *
Mosos' Princoss.
An cxchango says that the mummy of
he Egyptian princoss who found Moses
ri tlio bulrushes is all alleged to have
>?en discovered and placed on cxlnbiion.
If the princess could have foreecn
that lior act of kindness would
lavo mado her a museum froak, sho
rould probably have left Moses to
to drawn out of the water by somebody <
ilfiO.
"It did me more good than anything
ever uacd. My dyspepsia was of
nonths' standing; after eating it was
erriblc. Now 1 am well," writes S. B.
Ccencr, lloisington, Kas., of lvodol
'yspepsia Cure. It digests what you
at.
D:. K. Norton.
President King, Fanner's Hank,
Brooklyn, Mich., has used DeWitt's
Attic Early Hiscrs in liis family for '
cars, bays they arc the best. These
amous little pills cure constipation.
Piousness and all liver and bowel
roubles.
Dr. E. Norton.
Tho "Plow Hoy Preacher," Uev. .J.
tirkman, Helloltivo, 111., says, "After
utTcring from Hronchial or lung trou- 1
lo for ten years, 1 was cured by One
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ung troubles. i
Dr.E. Norton. j
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rill digest what you eat. It cures all
ortns of dyspepsia and stomach troulcs.
E. It. Gamble, Vernon, Tex.,
ays, "It relieved mo from the st..r' 1
nd cured mo. It is now my cvcrlastng
friend."
Dr. E. Norton.
"When our boys were almost dead j
rom whooping cough, our doctor gave
>no Minuto Cough (hire. They rccovred
rapidly," writes P. H. Helles, Arylc,
Pa. It cures coughs colds,
rippo and all throat and lung troubles, i
Dr. E. Norton. '
i
Millionsof dollars, is the value placed *
y Mrs. Mary Bird, llarrisburg, Pa., on ?
lie life of her child, whioh she saved
rom croup by tha uso of One Minute
lough Curo. It cures all coughs, colds
nd throat and lung troubles.
Dr. E. Norton.
"If you scour the world you will
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A ( ' UflUD Vnnbl/?n
vv v/vufs*! v/UiVf nw/o I4UIIU1 I ilUMt'l
i' the Mieanopy, Kla., "Hustler." It 11
red his family of LaGrippo and saves t
tiousands from pneumonia, bronchitis,
roup and all throat and lung troubles. (
Dr. K. Norton.
Joseph Stockford, llodgdon, Me., 1
calcd a sore running for seventoon
cars and cured his plies of long stand- r
lg by using DeWitt's Witch Hazol
alve. It euros all ?kin diseases.
Dr, E. Norton.
Kodol
Dyspepsia Cure.
Digests what you eat.
It artificially digests the food and aids
Nature In strengthening and reconstructing
the exhausted digestlre organs.
It Is tho latestdlscorered dlgestant
and tonic. No other preparation
can approach it In efficiency. It Instant!
V ?nrl Tinrm.n.nfln "Iirnu
Dyspepsia, Indigestion, Heartburn,
Flatulence, Sour Stomach, Nausea,
Sick Headache,Gastialgla,Cramps, and
all other results of Imperfect digestion.
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For sale by I)r. K. Norton.
Atlantic Coast Line.
WILMINGTON, COLUMBIA AND
AUGUSTA RAILROAD.
C O NI > E N 8 KI > S C11E D U L K.
Trains Going South.
No 66* No.36
I\ M. A M
Leave Wilmington 3:16
Leave Marion b:34
Arrive Florenco 7:16
Leave Florenco *7:46 *3 1J6
Arrive Sumter 8:67 4 2V
Leave Sumter 8:67 9 10
Arrive Columbia 10:20 11 00
No 62 runs through from Charleston via
Central R. It., leaving Charleston 7:00a in .
Litmus o: s? it. in , .Manning it m
Trains Going North.
No 64* No. 68 ,
A. M. 1' M
Leave Columbia *6 60 *4 00
Arrivo Sumter 8:16 6 18
Leave Sumter *8: 16 6 00
Arrive Florence 0:80 7 20
Leave Florence 10.00
Leave Marion 10:40
Arrivo WUminqrt/m 1:26
* Daily.
68 rutin through to Charleston, 8 0.,
via Cenlral It It., arriving at Manning 6:41
p. in , Lanes 0:17 p. m . Charleston 8:00 p. ni
Trains on Conway Branch leave Chadbourn
6 36 p in, arrive Conway 7 40 p m,
returning leave Conway 8 30 a in, arrive
Chadbourn 11 20 a tn, leavo Chadhourn 11 60
a in, arrive Hub 12 26 p m, returning leave
Hub 8 00 p in* arrive Chadbourn 3 36 p m I
Daily except Sunday.
J. It. Konly, General Manager.
T M Fifiierson, Traffic Manager
II. M F.morson, General Passenger Ageu
Wilmington and Conwav
Railroad.
Daily except StmtUf.
Benthbouad.?No. &7. 0
Leave Hub.- 8 00 pm
[ieaTe Iltona 8*10 pm
Arrive Chadboirra- t 86 p?
Leave Chadbotxra.- 6 86 nn
Lmava Clarendon fl 00 pm
Learn Ml Tatar fl IB pro
Learn Lorli 6 8fl pro
Learn ffanfnrd C 60 pm
Learn fcnrboro... 7 09 pm
Lnatn Pnreita 7 00 pm
I/?\n Adrian .. 7 13 pm
Arrlra Coiwaf 7 40 pro
Northbound.?No. 99.
Lrare Conway 8 80 am
Learn Adrian 8 6B am
Learn Prlrettn 0 00 am
Learn Bayboro 0 10 am
Lnarn Paaford 9 20 am
Learn Lorin 9 85 pm
Learn Ml Tabor 10 10 am
i.ear* Clarnutfo* 1 40 am
Arrirn Cbadbourn ..11 20 am
Learn (Thadboorn 11 60 am
learn 1 li on a 12 15 pm
Arrive Hub 12 26 pm
J. R. Tolar. J. JI. Han
T. H. Blachly.
TOUR, HUT 8 CO.,
ico front 8tibet,
N E \V YORK,
Jommisilon Morchtnfrs
and
Jobber* of Naval Stores.
biboral advances on oonsign
menta of Naval Btorea and
Cotton.
Vlombcra of the New i'trk Cattan and
Produce* Kxekaujo.
11. B 8CAEBOROUGH,
Attorney at Law,
CoiCWAT, 8. 0.
\gent Mutual Life Insurance
Co. of Now York.
NOTICE.
Conway Lodge, Ifo. 10. Knlahta of
^ythlaa will meet regularly the flrat and
bird Thnreday nlghte of each month uatll
dherwlae ordered.
D. A.8fiT*T
Chan. Com.
i. C. 8rir?Y
K.H.AB
Hay 14th, it. ly
H. H. WOODWARD,
Attorney and Gouneellor at Law,
COTTWAT, 8. C.
WF*Office tip itairi over Herald office
oppoalte Bank. \
WAOCAMAW Uim STEAMERS.?Tha
Stumor will loire ib? wbirf it Cor
r?j rrvrj Mtediy ud Wodieodiy room tug
ar Ooorgitown it 4 o'olook, toooMag ill In
ermodlite polite; nd will Ioit* her wharf
t Goorgatowi itotj Taw day and Frld?y
aorolng for C01W17 It 4 o'olook, touching 1
t ill intermodiaU point*.
D. T. Morfolll,
Qen'l Agt lid Troia., Coaway, S C.
B. A. Mointrlyn
Agent, Georgetown, H,C.
To get strong J
ind healthy use '
>ne bottle Murray's
Iron Mix- r
cure. Price 50e s
TH NMMf DIIU6 GO., |:
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JUKr
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What Would the Business
World Do Without Us?
\V? know our business and we always have
emp'oyineut We scoured cur traioir g at the
COLUMBIA BUSINESS COLLEGE,
Columbia, S. C , I
and would advice you to do likewise if you *
desire tho b-st In tho country. No other
school has a more thorough business course,
a simpler or easier learned shorthand course,
or more successful Graduates.
Their catalogue gives full inforsration* as
to course* of study, rates of tuition, board,
securing positions, and other inducements
Send for it and nainn tho course wanted.
Address, W. U NEWBERRY,
It President.
MACHINERY UNO
MILL SUPPLIES OF
EVERY DESCRIPTION. ]
It is now unseasonable to
"Talk'' Cotton Ginning Machinery,
but it is tho timo lor you to
place your onions for?
KlOE IIULLKV8,
11 ICE Til RE8ERS, ?
01UST MILV*.
M \W MILL8,
W.) H> WUKKINQ MACI1 INERT,
ENUINES AND 1101 LKRrf,
And many other useful and necessary rav
obiues wo might mention.
If yon waul the beet vnlno for your
money, consult your interest by writing or
calling on us for prices and estimates before
placing your orders.
Large Stocks.
Prompt Shipments.
Lowest Prices Consistent With
"Honest Goods."
W. H. Gibbes & Co..
COLUMHIA, S. C.
Ginning
Machinery.
O
The Smith Pneumatic Suction
Elevating, Ginning and
Packing System
Is the simplest and most clTioicnt on
the market. Forty-eight ooniplcto
outfits in South Carolina; each
one giving absolute
satisfaction.
Boilers and Engines; Slide
Valve, Automatic and Corliss.
My Light and Heavy Log Ileatn Saw
Mills cannot be equalled i 11 dosign, efficiency
or price by any dealer or manu
cajturor in the South.
Write for prices and catalogues.
1/. C. Badharo,
1112(5 Main Street,
COLUMBIA, S. C.
n am eza kv n mm a m
KIDNEY,
ULADDER, UKINAR ( AND
LIVER
DISEASES, DYSI'EPSIA, INDIGESTION
AND (J *NNl'IPATION POSITIVELY
LURED 11Y THE USE ?>E
Bit. HILTON'S
LIFE V
LIVER AND KIDNEYS.
A ve^etvle preparation, wherever known
tho in ht p >pulur of all romndiea, h -OMise i tie
most elfeoiurtl.
Sold wholcHalc by?
Tho Murray Drug Co. Columbia.
l)r 11. llacr, Charleston, S. C.
OLD NORTH STATE OINTMENT
111 iirrr 4 ??? ? ~
m what YOU NEED! J
I teeni es piles, eczema, oar
buncles, boils, sore eyes, sties <
and 4granulated eye lids, ol
sores, cuts, bruises, bnrns, erysipelas,
inflamntory rlieumatism,
corns, bunions and ingrowing
toe nails. Takon internally
it cures dyspepsia,
bilions fever, stomach and
bladder troubles.
It w Ihu fowl thing on tie ni>?rk?t for
bene ?fflioiior? Thera Ib nothing k) trpial
I for Kilnt<y Trouble and ('olio In hor<e?,
uul all It oo?t 1? 2f>o A box. V
At wholesale by ^
MUHI.AY lutua CO., Columhlt, fi. c.
Macieat's
School ef
SHORTHAND
?ANT>??
TYPEWRITING
COLUMBIA, 8. C.
Tu?* School hue the reputation of being the
ei ousiness institution in the State. Gradates
nre holding remunerative positions in
leroantilo houses, banking, insurance, real
state, railroad oflioee, &o., in this And other
tatea. Write to W. H. Maofeat,
graphorCornulbia,.tJ. for tar an
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