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THE HEAVY WEIGHTS. REV. DR. TAI-MAGEs SERMON IN SAN FRANCISCO. The BurJens That the Lord Will Sus. tain if Christians Will hut Cast Them U^on Him—The World. San Francisco, May 27.—Rot. T. D* Witt Talmago is now in this city, Wfemce ho will sail next Thursday on fho •teAincr Alatnoda for Honolulu on kin trip around tho world. Ho proaohrd ♦o a largo and dooply intorostoil 4»dlenoo on tho snhjoot of "Hoavy Weights,” tho toxt being taken from pMlms It, 22, “Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and ho shall sustain thee.” ftarld was here taking his own medi cine. If anylxtdy had on him heavy Weights, David had them, and yet out of his own experience ho advises you nnd mo as to the l>est way of getting rid of burdens. This is a world of burden bonring. During the past few days ti«l- ings cnino from atToss the sea of a mighty and good man fallen. A man fttll of the Holy Ghost was he, his name the synonym for all that is good and kind and gracious and lienelieent. Word conies to ns of a scourge sweeping off hundreds and thousands of jieople, and there is a burden of sorrow. .Sorrow on the sea and sorrow on the land. Com ing into the house of prayer there may he no sign of sadness or sorrow, but where is the man who has not a con flict? Where is the soul that has not a struggle: And there is not a day of all the year when my text is not gloriously appropriate, and there is never an au dience assembled oil the planet where the toxt is not gloriously appropriate, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.” A Well of Tear*. In the far east wells of water arc so jpfrtspn ut that when a man owns a Well he Ims a projierfy of yery great mine, and sometimes battle* have 1»oen fought for the |iossos-doi| of one well of water, but there is one well that every lunn owns, a deep well, a jierennial well, a well of tears. If a man has not a bnidcii on this shoulder, he has a bur den on the other shoulder. The day I left homo to look after my self and for myself, in the wagon my fAther sat driving, and he said that day something whieh has kept with me all my life: “Do Witt, it is always safe to tpist (*od. I hove many time conic to a rpjsi>|if (liftienlfy. V , "i piayknow that, having been sick for J i years. i| was no easy tiling for me to support a family, but always <iod eamo to the reseue. ] roiitondier tho time,” ho sai(| i “whon | didn't know what to do, mid 1 saw a innn on horsobaek riding up rlu- farm lane, and he auiionneed to me that ] had lieen nominated for the most luera- tiv« oftiee in all the gift of the Jieopleof tho county, and to Miat office I was oh-cted. and tbsl in that way met all my wants, and I tell you it is always pnfp f i fni't him. ” | |h. my friends, what we want is a Hf:|cticaJ religion I The religion people JlHve is «o high up .V"' 1 cauiiot read) it. I had a friend who entered the |ifn of nn evangelist, lie gave up a lurrativi* hiiNiness in('hieago, nnd he nnd his wife finully came to severe want, li*- told mo that in the morning at prayers he Aaid: “O Lord, thou knowest we have not a mouthful of food in tho house! Help me; help us!" And he started out on the street, and a gentleman met him and said: "I have lieen thinking of you for a good while. You know I am a Hour a crelmiil. If yog won'J be offended, | j;j}|ld jikt: to send yon a barrel o| floMf: !! ( ,a> l !•*' jiurdeij on tin: fjoi|l. aii|| Ijpt Lord sustained liim. NoWi is the kiint of religion we want. |fi|*|i!r»* Ipoilens, In the strait of Magi llan, I have lieen fold, there Isa pi: where, wllieh- ofor way a ship captain puts his ship, ho finds the wind ngaiiist him, mid there are |uei| who all tin ir live* have iK-eu running in tin t f ♦ *t tli of file wind, And whieh way to turn they do not know. Some of them may lie in fids as M-mblage, and 1 addri-s- them fare to fAee, not perfunetorily, bufasone broth er talk' to another brother, "Cast thy burden upon the Lord, and lie shall sus- fAin tins'. ” Jhere are a great many men who jj^ve business burdens. Win H we see II innn harried anil p- rplexed ainl annoyed in husiness life, we ;ire apt to say, “He ought Hot to have attempted to earrv so much.” Alt, that man may not lie to blame at all! When a man plants a business, he does not know what will h*- its outgrowth', what will lie iis roots, what will be its biaie h. s. There is many a man with keen foresight and large husiness faeulfy who has lieen flung into the dust by unforeseen cir- euiusfanee. >priuging u|miii him from Andiu.'h. Win n to hnv, when to sell, when to frii't and to whtit amoivit to credit, what will Is- tin- effect of fhi* new iuyentioii of machinery, what will |»e (he effect ol that Joss of crop and a thousand otln r <|iu >tiou» j» rpli \ bnsj- lioh* men until tin |iair L silverisl and deep .wrinkles are plowed in the cheek, ■lid the sfiH'ks go up by monntniiis mid go down by valleys, mid they me at their wits’ends and stagger like drunk en men. Theie never has lieen a time when there have lieen such rivalries in busi ness a”s now. It i- hardware against hardware, Issiks against liooks, chan dlery against chandlery,imported article agniusf iiu]>ortcd article. A thousand s f ores io eooibat with another thou* s oul »'o/ e> N‘v-i' «neli advantage ot ligiil. in i -ueh m o| 'issortnn ui, nun -o iiiuch -mI iidoi i.f -Imcv win- «o\v, mo r .'O inueh •idiuiiii'• s of sales- men, never so nimdi aeuteness of adver tising, and amid all these severities of rivalry in hnidni ss how many men break flown! Uh, (he hurileii on (he shoulfler! Oh, the. fairflen on the heart | ’I'nilOig t nr oilier*, You hear that jt js avarice which flrivos these nun of business through tho •treet, mid that i» the commonly ao- oepti ij idoii, I do not believe a word of It. 1 ho vast multiluile of these husiness men are toiling on for others. To edn- oixte their children, to jmt wing of pro- toetiiin over their households, to have something left so when they pass out of this life their wives and children will not have to go to the poorhotis« > —that ^i* the way I translate tins energy in the street nnd store—the vast majority of that energy. Grip,Gouge*Co. donotdo aM the husiness. Some of ns rememls>r when the Central America was coming home from California if was wrecked. President Arthur’s father-in-law v .is the horoiiA-ajitain of Hint shiji and wepj (hiwu with ^o«t uf tint iiwsougcra Some ol them got off into tin lifeboats, but there was a young man returning from California who had a bag i f gold in bis hand, and as the las: boat shov -d off from the diip that w:> to go down that young man shunt'd t • a <■ tur.ide ill the Isiat: "lb ve, .Tohn, eat !i tin- gold. There are s:;,ooo. Take it liome to my old mother; if will makeh' reom- fortubli: in her last days. ” tii ip. Gouge & Co. do not do nil the hnsim ss of the world. Ah, my friend, do you say that God dis's not care anything a' 1 i t your worldly Imsiness? 1 t II yon God know- more alsiut it than von do. lie know - all your perplexities; he knows what mortgage is about to foil rli.-, ; be kmuvs wbat note yon cauiiot p;: v; be 1. tow- what unsalable goods you have on your shelves; lie knows all your trials, from the day you took hold of the tir-t yard- stiek down to that sale of the last yard of ribbon, and the God who helped David to lie king, and who helped Daniel to Is- prime Mini ter, and who heljs'd Havebs'k to be a soldier will help von to discharge all your duties. He is going to see you tlirougli. When loss conies, and you find your properly going, just take tbi* b »>k and put it down by your ledger and rea l of the eternal imsse-sion- that will eon:, to yon through our Lord .b-us Chri-t. And when yonr business partm r L tray- you. and yonr friends turn again,-f yon, just fake the insulting left r, put it d .wii mi the table, put your Bible ln -ide the in- suiting letter, and fla n i-ad <•!' tho friendship of him who “stick, th e|n-er than a hrother. ” Tl»«* I.ortl Sust.tiiM tl Him. A young accountant in X< v. ^ or!: < ity got his accounts i iifai: k d. lie km .v he was honest, and y-t lie eovhl not make his aeeoiinfs emne out right, and he toiled at them day and m ’.t until he was nearly frem.icd. It -ifi ieil by those 1mink' that something had been misappropriated, and be knew b"fore GimI be was hotic-f. The ! -t day eaiiie. }Ie knew if he eould noi tliat day make his aeeounfs come out ri^Iit h ■ \ ould gn into disgraee and go into heni'h- ineiif from the biisiie-- i ' blisli- Hieiif, He went over | lu re v' v early —In-ftire there was nnvlMidv in f'ie plliee—and lie knelt do' II at t'le desk and said: "O Lord, thou know* t 1 have tried to be hu'i' f, but I rinuot make these tilings cel:i iu:l ri dif! I!i !]i me tod a V—beljillle t':’ ; irui; !“ Tile young man aro-e. ami ;■ oily l.i'owing why he did so ojh ic d a b'u I; that lay on the desk, and tla !■ ' ,< .. |. ,;| r,,j|. faining a jineof li:.ur ' ka-'i • \plaini'd everything. In other v.ni.o. he r.i-t his burden upon the l.'i' 1 . ,.nd t' e Lord finstaiued him. Yoni'g man, do yon hear that? Uh, yes, God |ui- a ,'ymp.';t!ty v i' : i iinybo'ly that is jn aey l.iu'd el f< il! Ib knows l»ow la aw i- th'' hoil < I hriek- that the wm - kman earri'. up tin- l.u'b'r on flie wall. Ib In ,ii - tlie ; "i.ax ol the miner down in tin e al ..I'ait. I 1 '- knows how strong tiie temp' * ti ike' tin ail- or at ma-tIn ad. Iles e~!li' i.n toiy "irl among the spindles and knew’ Ine . In r arms ache He .-'•es tin ev.i::.: woman ii| (he Tourfh story and kn.iv, - how le',\ jM'iiee she gets foi Mailing a garment, i<m| jondei tiian all lln din a d r«iar of flm city I'oiues flic V"ice "I a yuipu- tlietjc Gml, ' (’a t thy berden ii|ion the Lord, and be hall Mi't.-di i Then there are a gre.ii many who have a weight of p r- eii’ion .aid .dm <• n]iou them. S.iiiietiiae- . i v gels a grudge against a man. AM hi- niotiv - are mi-interja-eted. and ail hi- ummI deeds are dejivee It"'l. Wil d In iff vir tue than some o| tin In ■•. i I a id an pi ind' d. In' run.- '•n’v a • tin I rail! i v and sharp yriti' m. Win a mall be gins I" go down, he |i." only lln - J'nrci: of natur.:j grayitafi a. but a hiif. died hands |i| judji jiim ia i n- prei 'pi. (ati'iM, Mmi iirn jr • •gi for tin ;r virtues iind their siieeiOS' . t h | nianii lls siiid he had jn-t ii- many I ttir .it.tag- Oiii'ls ;is In had aikirii:a '! . Tin * Mr licter somettll."- is so I'! Il ill til ' - t " Wi'k I'M - of i!i\ " initl ) al'i'i >v e.ilitiot liear fo look at it. ,\ Titrm l I «»l' lh» I iil:»’<. It'wii-llieir ini' oityth.t ; it .lo-i yh in the pit, ;ind Daniel in tin din, and Nhadrach in the tire, and ant .luhii the Kvangeli-t to de-olate Patino , ioul Cal vin to the castle of (Ml el'IltioM, and John Hus- totlii' stake, and Knra'i aIt*T Moses, iiud Saul iilter David, and li- i*"l iift' V (•hrist. Be-ui'i *| you have any- (hing to i|o f*a i'Iiiiv'h r on ipd you iitteiiijit (t w it'i all \ • nil s*ail, (lie light liing will sirilo v«»i| The world nlwiiv- has had a nos-1"- tw-i-n two thieves f"|- the iiin- who eome.' io sav it !!i_!i i’n'l !i i >y iuti p- (iris" b; is abv ay.- 1" n ! ■ ■! !-'W..| 1 v aim Tin iim i- r sabiim trigi'i: ly • ■! -• !| -,,< i i • lice has eota*' t" )mi l' ■* jt: Ti. •• .1 "V fnl gait of virtue i.- ah a vs lei low i ll 1 V scoff and grinta'-e ,-ii"| trave ty. The sweeti . f strain of (mm try • v. a written has eome to i-idii-uions p.ii'-il y, and as long as there an- virltt>' am! right'oils- ties- in the world tb'-i-, will lie Some- (hing I* •V ini(|tiity t" grin at. All along (lie line )4’ tin- ages .llld in *ili 1. nil- the fry has L'li: "Not tb|s man, hut U.ir- nlilms. Now, I’ariilil'as was a |olll"‘f, ” .And what mnk< - the 1"’-' 1 lit tolls ot life Worse 1* that they coinefrom people whom you have helped, from fho-c to whom you loaiiod nmm y or have -t.irf- ed in business nr wlioni you reseued in some great eri i-. 1 think it ha-bi en the history of id) our liv —tin most acrimonious as-ault ha- eome from those whom w liave 1. mlited, wlioui we have in Ip'd, and that makes it all the hunki to bear. A iii.iii i- iii danger of iM-coming eynii aI. Ilanger ol < ,viii<'i-in. A clergyMi'in ol i!i I oi> *1 ...(I.( eloireli w. ol ini" n i.eiMiii im •be < -Uhli-lnti "1 ehnieli |,j. ,)«. fiomiiiutioii. and In sOjiic one if :hai p a* |S|iiiti'fl fo ii c( r • • Ol\lolls 1" Inn I ' pupal mil, ,nnl he •"Use nnd \vt nt ther*', He said |o t. x/ d the liousc; i umlerstiinfl ym p ^i^vrsalist. I want yon to h l]i me n r /he . nter- pri-e. “Will," said the man, "1 am a l niversali-t, but 1 have a (nenliar kind of Univei alBiu. ” "Wlnit is that?” ii.-ked th • iniiii-f'"Wt II,” re. pliefl the ot!n r, “J have be n out in the world, null 1 have been elieat'd ami slandered and outraged and abused un til I believe in uuivei-al damnation!” The great danger i- that men will lie- come cynical nnd given to iM-lieve, ;is David was tenpited to -ay, that all men are liars. Oh, my ITh ml.-, do not let that 1m: the effect upon yonr souls! If you cannot endurt a little persecution, how do you think our failn r- endured great jMiseeutioii? Motby, in bis ‘Dtlteli Hejlllblic, " Ii II ii- of I'lgiuolil. the martyr, who, c"i.den:i''fl t* pe Itead' d, i.nta-i'in d hi-, yolhii on the way to (In -eiiff,i|,l, , lt |,| whet, tin \ askefl him whv IumI:i| limi in sin,,; “.So iney will nor tie cie'iaiiied Iii tlieir work. I want to be ready." Oh, how little wo have to endure compared with those who have gone before us! Now, if you have eome across ill treat ment, let me tell you you are in excel lent company—Christ and Luther and Galilei and Culnmbns and John Jay and Jnsiah (Quincy and thousands of men and women, the Is-st spirits of earth and heaven. (Iii'i-t Can Iiifl'T-1 a ml. Budge not one inch, thongh all ln*ll wreak ujmiii yon its veiigeanee, and you Is 1 made a target for devils to -InMit at. Do you not think Christ knew all alMint perseention - : Was lie not hissed at: Was in- not struck on the cheek? Was he not pursued all the days of his life/ Did they not exjM etorate upon him? Or, to jnit it in Bihle language, “They spit upon him." And cannot he nnderstand what persecution is? “Cast thy burden U]ioii the Lord, and he shall sustain thee.” Then there are others who carry great burdens of physical ailments. When sudden sickness has come, and fierce choleras and malignant feveis take the castles of life hy storm, we ap(ien) to God, but in these chronic ailments which wear out the strength day after day, and week after week, and year aft er year, how little resorting to G<mI for solace! Then people dc]M'iid upon their tonics, and their plasters, and their cor dials rather than u(kiii heavenlv stimu lant*. Oh, how few people there are com pletely well! Some of you, by dint of perservanee and care, have kept living to this time, but how you have had to war against physical ailments! Antedi luvians, without medical eolleg** and in firmary and apothecary shop, multiplied their years by hundreds, bnt he who has gone through the gantlet of disease in onr time and has come fo 70 years of age is a hero worthy of a palm. The world seems fo be a great hospi tal, and yn run against rheumatisms ;iiid consumption* and *ert|fnlas and neuralgia- and seurcs of old diseases baptized by new nomenclature. Oh, Jiow heavy a burden sickness is! It takes the color out of the sky, and the sparkle out of the wave, mid the sweet ness "lit of the fruit, and the lu-ter out of the night. When the limbs ache, when the rc-piration is painful, when the month is hot, wh< :i the car roars with unhealthy obstructions, bow hard it i' to be patient and cheerful and as siduons! Tlir f «ir«t t "t’a-t (by bill'd'n iijm.ii tho Lord.’ |)im's your head ache? His wore the (horn, Do your feet hurt? His were crushed of the -pikes, Is yonr side pain ful? His was struck by the spear. Do you feel like giving way under the bur den? His weakness gave way nmler a cross. While you are in every possible way to try to restore yonr physical vig or, you are to remember that more .-""tiling than any anodyne, more vital izing than any stimulant and more strengthening (ban any tonic is the }>r< script ion of the (ext, ’’('list thy bur den Ppoll tlie Lord, anfl h' ! "ill -u-tain (Ills-. ' ' We hear a great d'-al of talk now about faith eure, and some j eojde say (t cannot !«' done and it is a failme. I do not know but tliat the chief advance of the church is to be in that direc tion. Marvelous things eome tome day by day wiii'-li make me think that if the age of miracles is past it is liei msc the faith of iiiiraeles i- past. A prominent (iivi'-hant of N«-w York -aid In a member of my family, ”.\ly mother wants her case mentioned to Mr Talmagc. ” '[’his was the case. Jb D''d- ”My inutbc(- )iad a dreadf-d al"*e»>-, from "lii' li she |iai| suff' ied untold agiUli'-s, (llld ill| -urge',' had been exhausted U(»- oti her, and worse and worse she grew until we called in a few Chirstian friemls and proceeded to jn-ay about it. We rommcii'h-d her case to God, and ib" abscess began immediately to lie cured, pill'- i- entirely well now, and v. it li"iit knife mi< l without any surgery. ” Si that ea-e has come to me, and there are a score of other eases coming to onr ears from all parts of the earth. Oh, ye who are sick, go to Christ! Oh, ye who lire worn out with agonies of ImmIv, “Cast thv burden 11(1011 fins Lord, and tl'' -dial! -ustail( thee!” f.iiil'l.v f p'lMe- »■■<( ( lian *, Another burden *"••1" liave to carry is ttin burd'n of Im'I'i aV' nient. Ah, these ate the trouble- that wear a* out! If we lose our property, by additional in- dustrv (lerluijis we may bring back the I'strangeil fortune, if we lose our good name, perhaps by reformation of morals we uciy aeliieve again reputation for integrity, but who will bring back tho dear d''pal led? Alas, lie , for these cmply cradles and these trunks ot childish toys thii[ \vilj nev r be used i-.-aiuJ me, for the VClfly yl'-fH - 'il' iicsi in the halis tba\ \v|H IM v< r 'V.lio again til tho-c fn* (niliar hrflstejv-i Ala-, fm- the cry of IVpIn" bisid and ori'liamige! What hit- ter Marahs In the wilderness, what cities of the dead, what long, black shadow from the wing of death, what eyes sunk.11 with grief, what hands tremulous with bereavement, what in struments of music shut now because there are no lingers to play on them! I- there no relief for such souls? Aye, let that soul ride into the harbor of uiy text: I lie -"iii tliiit im .li -n- liai) 1 Ii hiii iI inr repo-*) 1 will iimI, I will n"i ■)«.».ri to n- I'im's. 1 lial -"ill, tliollgli nil In II sliull eli'leuvor to slink)-. I'll ln'\ 1 r, mi ni'vsr, nn iii'ver fiir-ake. Now, the grave is brighter than the. aii'-ient tomb where the lighj-, iwa' (mt- pelually !, |it Miiio^g. file i-aii'ed feel it iiiin nho '• as * * 111* - I--inr'elion and th. lit." ;ift nn f l»< hi ♦ »K» 11 ^r;i \ it hil- I'M'k whj(. lie iniee- of ill.:'D ring down the sky m (lie coroualioii of au- olh'T s«iiil come home to glory. Tli«* KniiM-tl Ka****. Then there are many who ciirry the hurdeii of -in. Ah, we all carry it un til in the appointed way that Imrdeu is lift's!. We need no Bihle to prove flint the whole race i- ruined. What a sjiec- taeh it would l»i if we could tear off the ma-k ol human defilement or Isait a drum that would bring up the whole army of the world'.- trun.-gre.-.-ious—the deeeption, the frand, and the ra]Hlie, and lln- murder, and the crime of all centuries! Aye, if 1 could sound the trumjiet of resurrection in the son) of the liest men in this andienee, and all the dead « in ■ of tin jia.-t should come up, wp eoulil not emlure the si -'-t. ? v , t grim and'lip . has pi.t M - ,1^1,-h upon the im- moi'la 1 «. and that eluteji will never (i tax 11111**-> il lie under the heel of him who eamo to destroy the works of the devil. t >h. to have a ini.utdaia of sin on the den moved? Oh, yes. “Oust thy hnrdeti nj>on the Lord. ” The sinless one came fo take the coiiseqnenees of oiirsin! And I know In- is in earnest. How do I know if? By the streaming temples and the streaming hands as he says, ‘‘Come un to me, all ye who are weary and heavy laden, ami 1 will give you rest." Why will (ir'sligals live on swines’ husks when the rolie, and the ring, and the father’s welcome are ready? Why go wandering over the great Sahara des ert of your sin when you are invited to the gardens of God, the fn-es of life and the fountains of living water? Why Is* houseless and homeless forever when you may Is-eome the sons nnd daughters of the Lord God Almighty? A I*rit«'lh sl WisH-r. A young lady, who was the recipient of attention from two young men equal ly eligible in (Kiiut of g<Msl looks, social position and linancial solidity, and en tertained similnr feelings for Isith, was in a quandary as to which to eh'Mise should they projMise. A friend to whom she confided her difficulty suggested that she should put Isith to some test to prove the strength of their affection. She t«M»k file advice, and to the first who avowed his affection said: “Y'ou tell me that you love me. How do I know that you are sincere? What would yon do fo show your love?” “Anything, ” n-pli'-d the ardent lov er, who had a spice of romance in ids disposition “Anything—I would go to the world's end for you. 1 would die for you, if ms-essary. ” Such ardent protestations brought the blushes to her cheeks ami a thrill of happiness to her, and she thought that certainly no one eould love her more fondly than he did. She asked him, however, for a little delay before giving an answer to his suit. Meanwhile the other projsiscd, and she questioned him in like manner. ‘•Well," said he. ’Til tell you what I would do to show you my love. If yon marry me, you shall have giMsi clothes to wear. I will s*-c that you ate always the owner of a handsome sealskin jack et, and that your hats or iMiimets are al ways in fashion, and I will U- a faith ful and loving husband to you." “But wouldn't you go to the world's end for nn- or any of that sort of thing, you know?" she aski-d as she toyed with hi- coat buttons. “I don’t want to go to the world’s end," he replied, “I've got a ni'-e (lay ing business here, and, as for dying for yon, I'd rather live with you.” "Well," said she as visions of the sealskin jacket and fashionable Linnets flashed before her mind, "I think you can speak t" pa. ” The practical wisier is the man f'tr the times.—Boston Home Journal. A <''iirli»«lty ufTant*-. What do yon think of the idea uf sweetening your sugar with » little salt or quinine? Don't laugh at the proposi tion, for there is more of a point to it than can Im- seen on the surface of the mere assertion. Professor Zunte, a Ger man chemist and an expert Is-forc some big Berlin physiological s'M-iefy, acci dentally discovered the fact that sugar’s sweetening pro]H-rtics were actually strengt iciied hy the addition of a mi nute quantity of salt. From his e\|M-ii. incuts he finds that if In a solution of sugar there bo added a slight amount of salt amt water, so weak that it excites no -aline taste, the rc.-ult proves that the strength of i)m sugar is muc]( aug mented thereby He al-ii *,iy* that tin- very weakest possible solution of qui nine and water producen a similar cf- loet. The explanation which the learned profes-or gi\es of tin- aLivc seeming in- 1 roiigruity i- thi.-—that. Is* the saltness or bitterness ever so feeble, providing il is sufficient to excite the follicle- of the tongue at all, it imparts an inen Hensibility to the organ of taste. For fear that the almvc will Im- hardly intel ligible, I will close by giving a quotation from Professor Zunte: "Tbe sensation of taste is wonderfully exciosl by the dmultain-ous -tiiuuli of the epyr'-au fol- icles and the colisvquclit elilarg*<lueiit >i their js-letia. ”—!St. Loui- Republic. Dr. Wartoti says fha* mo-t of the English poet* wet*- iiotahly haii<l.-oiii** men. Christian ludi: ns of lln Dakota triL* raised nearly s .’.oou bi-t year to Chris- fiuui/.c their pagan Sioux hietlii'-u. The town of New Hojie, Pa., with a (Mipulation of almnit I,‘.MMI, appeal'to be having an cpiucniic of twins, no b-" than Io pairs being born there lately. M.i'-aehu-' tts ha- a new law which forbids tlie t-xhibitn,)* of wild animal' in lln- 'irei i. .out which anthoriz.i - 1JI1 V‘‘rs pi k'M all niu h animals unit tine the exhibit'll J< - . , (l. Mi'S Arbetla L'-hols, a pupil at tin seminary at Holly Spring-. Tcnn . di'eaiued that sin- would die m Mav * I’lifortunately her dream «*ame ti n*-, aii'l 011 that day she died. Since hisr«s-ent attack of *lu- gi i|» ‘he c/.ar lias la-frayed symptom- of 1 per manent affection of the lungs. II- will probably make his iui|M-rial re'i'leiien at Ki'-v, where the climate i- iinni fa vorable than at St. Peter-hurg. i he Duehe-s of MarllMiiougli na- en fered into Jm'-session of th«: I>" (Mti lie. Lord Francis IIo|n>'s estate mm Dork ing. Its noble owner calls it a "Iw-a-tly hole," but i- willing to accept (,“t,«><»o a year for it from the Auienean dueln-ss. A Chicago jury Hniight in a v niict tin- "they flay 'hat difl pot plea-*- Bn m.-pling yiagL-tiate, Judge Abner Smith, lie ilismi—ed the panel bv -av- ing, "I don’t say von ureall scoundrels, bill ii i' ■ vi'lent tlct tin v* ii -1-n.i, dr- I- u in on g \ 011, ” It i- -uggested in I mnei 'i n tn* lM-autiiul and patriotic ti atUK -’ it loan of Arc, the new patron saint of the na tion, whose memory is L-ing honoi ' d 111 various prominent ways all over tin- country just now, la- put on tho in xt edition of French (Mistage stamji- What is supiMMed tola- a relic of voo d'Miisui has just 1m-»-ii uiiearlln-d at Ell aton, Cecil county, Md. Jt i*. a Little containing coal oil, needles, hair and a quantity of roots. Jt was dug un in a garden, where it had L-cn buried doubt less by the advice of u negro conjurer. Mrs. Jennie P. Lane of Siueth|iort, Pa., has a big Newfoundland dog whieh is a first class auhetitutc for a nurse. It take- tint baby riding in the carriagi yvery day. Tlie dog huhl.- tho iiuudli with its teeth and wheels the coach a- car'-fnlly as the infant’s mother eould. THE BLOOD ii the source of * health. Take Hood's Sar8a|iarilla to keep it pure and rich. Be sure to get HOOD’S SARSAPARILLA. A MODEST PARSON. Be Coul.l Not lie 11111tii'i iI In l.ivc In a fine anil itniiuijr lliiti-c. A recent item in reference to the Rev. John Brown, who has L eu pastor of a Presbyterian church in Fall River, Mass., fur 2*i y ar.», and who will re sign June 1, -ell hi- litirary, buy a tent and preach the go-pei when and how lie ph-a-es, renders iimely a statemi-nt of the reasons leading to this resigna tion. Th;* coiigrcgati'.-i ot the Rev. John Brown are deeply grieved at In- depar ture. 'JT • tioubli- arose through tln-ir devotion to him and tln-ir desire to jiro- iiiote his comfort. Tin- ]iar-onage had long b- - i n an eye sore to the stylish and well to do people of the church. If was a tinv lions«-, and th«- pastor’s jMis-e--ions had -o far out grown it that his LMik-hehe.' lined even the halls and stairways. Still the pastor Would not move nor (M riuit hi- (M-oplf t<i enlarge his house. Fmally a wealthy ni'-mber of tin- church, who had built a large and beautiful home and then wearied of if, prc.'i-nt'-d Ids home to the parish, and now tin- parishioners insist- ed tliat their loved pastor should live there. The result was that he resigned. He gave his explanation on the day he presented his resignation. "From my youth up 1 have had an aversion to large houses. J like to L- within touching distaiii-e of my family. I like a sense of fullness, of satiety, in a house. Nothing gives me such pleas ure as that my bonks must wander for a resting place through all the r<Mims, and that the plants must crowd each oth'-r from the conservatory and bloom in every window. ” Then he related a part of his life L.*- fore uiiini-ntioii'-'l. While he was .-till in his teens his father died. Reverses overtnnk tin-fam ily, and finally the children decided to divide the family property .iimI rcspoii-i- bilities. Two things came to him, his mother and his mother's L-dsti-ad. The care of his mother, even thongh sh'-was old and feeble, seemed no tax on bis youthful strength, bur the L-dstcad bad L-cn the trial of his early years. It had lieen purchased in flu-days of great est prosjierity. It was extra width and length, and the IieadLiard (Misses-i-d an adjustable ornamental cxf-nsion which demanded a v-ry high ceiling. Often in his early struggles, when his income was very limited, h<- had longed to live in some sum 11, eomf-irtahh* cottage. But his mother refused. She had only one argument. "Think of the hcdstcad, mvson. You know I eould never pur the top pie*-** on the headboard in that tiny house.” Th'- luiifli'-r - whim- must L- humor ed. Snail thought of '-omfort was aban don' d and some rambling,-pacious b<m.''- was cho-en, suit <1 to the Ld-tead, of course, but the family mnsf shiv<-r in Its cold halls and half furnished rooms. One time the family effect.* Were de stroyed by fire, with them the L-dstead. Sine* then he had always lived in a cot tage. "So, he concluded, ‘Since it is vonr wish that oiire more 1 mti't yield to your prefen iiees and live in that large house which fu yonr mi-taken kindin ss you have provided, J mu-t ehi-eifully resign my pari -h. ”—Chicago R.- oid. About ".■.’no lives were l"'i 111 1 la: re cent Brazilian rel* limn. The vertical .»y-t*-m of liaudwriling is ls-(ng adviM ated hy edin alors Mir use in public Sell < M »I >. ib-rlin lias as many a* T/l liiiraries The royal library lias soo.nno voliinies. the nniver.'ity hbraiy loO.OOO. to n. \\ . il. Ilnul who lias lieen seriously ill for several das s pnsl, was a shade heller yesterday alteriioon. hut little li"|"-' nr'.- cut i-i'taiiu-il for Ids I eenviTV.—-.\'«W II |'|"\ ttlisever. Tt»*- K'-*t SIom-m for III'- l.eiist >1 "in-J. This is the 4U W. L. DGUGLAS S3 SHOE W Spi. .ikl< ->,||oUom \\ alerproof. Best Mi'" .sold allli. pn • . $6, $4 and $3.50 Dress Shoe. J.<|i..ll * U» D 'in $3.50 Police Shoe, 3 Soles. 1 II* -i \\ ."kni- Mm ■ ■ cr niiiile $2.60, and $2 Shoes, Uimpiiilltd :il lln- pri't. Boys $2 & $1.75 School Shoes k Arc tiK’ IU>i lor Jn* rvicc. LADIES’ $3, $2.50 $2, $1.75 lit 'I lloiiuol.i, si \ I i-Ii, fl i t. * 1 J ittiiiKaiiil m-i-\io-anie.ll'-.'-t in tli«- world. All Styles. Insist upon |ia\ iny \\ . I.. J>oii|;ias Mioc.-. Nauie |iri* e st:.ti 1 p*’*l on l><>lt->in. Ilroi kti/n Mass. Slto $7* THE V/ORl 1 J>0|| OEALERS who push the sale of \\ . I.. Douglas Shoes gain customers, which helps to increase the sales on their full line of goods afford to sell at a lest |irollt, and we In-lleve yon ean save inonei In Inn “—““ 1 —r upon appJi<a(i« * 151 ^ < >*-; afTord ■ EV «X I •« ■xr'r* nvwv *» • »■ footwear of the dealer advertised Im-Iow HatlO l>V I I They can - - - .. - - — .... I"t> iii|- all your Catalogue free ii|>on a|>|di<atiou. li. I>uI > R I Drugs, Medicines, Paints and Oils, Tinted Leads, Dyes, Etc. GAFFNEY BROKERAGE AND COMMISSION CO. Real Estate and Insurance Agents. Merchandise Brokers and Dealers in Cotton and Guano. P. O. Building. Robinson St. Gaffney, S. C. The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company Offer for Sale Building Lot - in this I'lotirisliing Town. a i' i-' x i c v o i r ^ ^ A Do Fanils near h\ and in reneli of the se|i""ls n' I .i me-t "tit Springs iiii<I of I his place in lots of from o<> to l<Nt ai-ri-s on Iil>"i-aI i i nn rates. Also \grieitl1 ttral Lanil- to rent for farm purpie s. For full parti»-uliirs applt to MOSES WOOD, Agent. \. |{.— \ll t respassitig 011 lauds of t his ( "inpaiiv. <-uiii: _■ and removing tiinli'-r. lisliitig or hit!il ing are forhi'lilen mider peiialt \ "I law. L. BAKER, CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER me a kick 1 >» Sash, - Blinds, - Doors, and all kinds of Building Materials. I’hins and speeilicat ions lot Imilil- ing.* made on short not lee. . . jar RICHMOND & DA.WiLLi; RAILROAD. UmiimH’I >|m ig • r. I . \\ . r ,*n«| IN’mIh-d r«»**lrr. I!«‘« i*i \ <*r**. , All \ \ I \ X I II \ CI O 1 I I \| i: | |\| inion. roNI»KV<KH III nil.F l*\ '.Ml • Burning Pain Erysipelas in Face and Eyes Inflammation Subdued and Tor tures Ended by Hood’s. “I am vi glint I-* 1 •• ri'll'-vi-'t •>( my turtiim that I am willing to i' ll tin l»-ii'-tit- I have <te- rtTO'l friiin II I's s n - ip:n ilt:i. In April aini May, I »:i- aflti--l'-il w it!i .-i \ -ip' l.i- in my far# and eyes, wliii-li-pn-a'I tn mv t!ii"at hikI tirrlc, I tried iliv-r- "intni'-i't- and alt'-i.ito•-*, but there wax II" pri in.ni' III .'iliatriiii-nt "f tlie tnirn- lag. torturing p iiu p' riiliar t" tlii. )'"m|ilaiut> 1 began to take IIimmI - s.ii -apaiill.i and Felt Marked Relief before I had liiii'ln-d tin- Iir«t l>"ttlr. I eon* ttuurd to iuiprm'- niitll. wln-li I had taki-u fo'il HOOD’S Sarsaparilla CURES bottle*, I was '■"iiipli-t' l- ••iiri il. and f'-lt tlistsll •Ign*. inark* and -ympt"'"- "( tliat dire com. plaint 11.1 • I foivM*r \ Mum. J£. K* Oi l A>' N' ’ •*»’ ■' A rho iu*^i 1 *i'otoc'l ion I roin I-rOsss-4 l>v l^iro Is 10 insure with the most reliable i-oinpiinie*. I rcpr-scnl tin .Etna of ll.-irtford with assets ol 4i|<t.MiT.iidT : Ann-rii-an Fire, of I’liiladclphia with asset s oi .f'.Lt'iS:;, | Li; Ilartford, of llarlfonl. t'oim. with asset - ol .f 7. : Home, of New York, with asset' of f’.MNtN.Sol: I’eiui Fire, of I’hilailelpliia. with as sets of lf:{.S.V.Mi.’iN In I IT.-. t vt i v t III. IS'll. * " r*. I.i::, 1 -t Mail — N«>rf IiImmiiiiI. N«». ::x No. Jill N... ft l>. ilv in i:\ bail V T.v Atlanta < o li:"' t /in \ n • ; in .H»| •• \tlunla i tin i- ! Lt' m HI IIM i .' 1 *• HI \nr*r'tss • t" ■. »•.. . ' ii III •• Hnfi.i'l u.' i'-i 1 '•I t h; -• <;aii>«--\i IP’ . I);*| p 1 1j 1" .4 » hi - I.ula It v: ,, „ II IP MU f ’«>ri»*|i}». ! J i . "II " Ml. Ain l.MH ’HU * If) i f*;! . j 1.' 4. "li 1 t' pm \V' 'tinl'i't«-r Sell'-' a ' i nii'.il 1 if" nvilir ‘-p.it tauhin (.ndn*'* - Bit Klug sM'iunt * < iasionia 4 f. " , 1 .-1 a;n 1.4 nni '• am 1.:t. pm i.iu I "! a 1 1 l'.' am 7 It >tn "' in :• I" pur am .-V |iiii ■ !' . , Vs j.lll Ar 1 'ha rlnll'' K,‘J ■ » pm • i* ii •' Ar . Ill'IO ii'f. U.J 7 i’lii Ilf. ;• n L Ar. ifii ' tn"iai D/’ ! Vi mn I* Ar. Wa- ilu:'ii u T.l '» H Hi *.•<»* pm Hiiltim •’ I' ll. K. H • • nm 11 • • pH #« I’tlila.ii'll'llia It Dll' :.ll » ;t ft) “ Ni*w V'.rU. i i pm <» Mi ;«l*i |V> . I.i m » >t M . ii aoulliu h ril. Su • • *. N. » N ! Mn Ity Dailv 1 I tail* I can pla.-e atix reasonable risk v-n ' L . v ?rV7 r !‘!' l v ' ' •. hi' I'diLmI* IpMii . • pm max have. Don’t fail to call befor' conirit'-iing fur vmir itisuiatie F. C. STACY. PtHs “ i* nf, yr| ta.ST id :h fi’Hi. a*t.i.. !. Il - ii • is t -e. realestatI LJ A \ I \G "pi ticil a Real I'.slale Kx- ^ * -hunge in this eitv I imile the patronage of any ami all parlies hav ing Real F.slate t" Rent. Sell, or Ex- elm llge. I’rompt al tent ioit given to the col- I eel ion of rent s. it-' Those wishing to rent -if purchase real estate slioiilil eonsnlt m> before <-losi::g eonlraets. i am jii'e|iun-ii to til* liens nior gages, titles, etc, Surveying a spee’nlty, R. O. SA^ N' d aj < Mlii-i in l.i-ilgi i t'milijjj Carlisle & Hydrick, .'JM am ... Bull Imoi • * ; • 4 4 t rn 11 iH nn nirlimi"i 1 1. IJ ' ' n ii 1 1 '*i .nn Dunv iii* J ,*Mt^ “ Chariot . j " < *:is**»til;i 11 pi 1 .'jf *• Kin^ .-Mfiiint i |1 Hla.'k : ■ i; i ■ l !l J - 1 . " i l-! ] j * t (UfTlH’VM ... •* spi* it ii ii i ni iv. | u.-*.' .tin i * -’«r h in < r* *•’». illt . : 1 *.•> int 1 ;•» : i 4 * • V|»t i“i l.... 1 .} • p !• i ■ ;t iii *' SvHli* 4 *•1 .hi • W'l tt"li> i . T'M"i:. . in l t «»i nv v i• 1 1 * vv I.ula I.4J *)ii. •' tialiirMill' j “ Hufiird Ml pih 1 .V* ,4 |)t .1 NO. \\ . < vausi.t:. j Norrr'vs- IIvnitn k | Ar Atlanta I-. tin.' I ..V* pm ‘Ji* .un Dw’i. K. | A r AtliiU'u '' t im | .*v» pm » umi How van 1 5, (' vausi.t.. 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