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THE SAMHATIl KKST. THEME OF REV. DR. TALMAGE’S PRESS SERMON. A Itliougli I nr I'roni llonic. Hr Hark KI<M|iiriit nntl rorrrHil W»r<U In llrfriiitr SuimIii v Tin* A iin-rirHii Salihatli anil t In* Kiir<i|>rMn SnliHatli. Bhimiki.VN, Juiin'.’t.—For toilny linv. I>r. Tiiliiiap 1 Jia> cIiom-ii a subject ol' Worldwide interest as the theme of his sermon through tlie jiress—vi/., the m-- eessity of I'uardin^ tlie Cliristiau Sab bath against invasions that aim at its destruction. Thu text selected was Kx- odus xxxi, 18, “Verily, my Sabbaths ye shall keep. ’’ The wisdom of cessation from hard lalior one day out of the seven is almost universally acknowledged. The world has found out that it can do less work in seven days than in six, and that the 62 days of the year devoted to rest are an addition rather than a subtraction. Kxpcrimonts have been made in all de partments. The Kreaf Lord Castlerea^h thought he could work his brain 8ti5 days in the year, but after awhile broke down and committed suicide, and Wil- berforce said of him: “Poor Castle- reagh! This is the result of the uoiiob- servance of the Sabbath!’’ A celebrated merchant declared, “I should have been a maniac long ago but for the Sabbath. ” The nerves, the brain, the muscles, the bones, the entire phys ical, intellectual and moral nature cry mt for the Sabbatic rest. What is true of man L, for the most part, true of the brute. Travelers have found out that they come to their places of destination sooner when they let their horses rest by the w ay on the Sabbath. What is the matter with those forlorn creatures harnessed to some of the city cars? Why do they stumble and stagger and fall? It is for the lack of the Sabbatic test. Necessity I i>r n Unit. In other days, when the herdsmen drove their sheep am) cattle from the far west down to the seaboard, it was found out by experiment that those herdsmen and drovers who halted over the seventh day got down sooner to the seaboard than those who passed on with out the observance of tlie holy Sabbath. The fishermen off the coast of New foundland declare that those men during the year catch the most fish who stop during the Lord’s day. When I asked the Rocky mountain locomotive engineer why he changed locomotives when it seemed to be a straight route, he said, “We have to let the locomotive stop ami cool off, or the machinery would soon break down.” Mm who made large tptaiitities of sal) were told that if (hey allowed their ket figs to cool over Sunday they >vould t)HhinU themselves lo a great deal of damage. The experiment was made, some observing the Sabbath, and some not observing the Sabbath. Those who allowed the tires logo down and the kettles to cool once a Week Were com pelled to spend only a few pennies in the way of repairs, while in the cases where no Sabbath was observed many dollars were demanded for repairs. In other words, intelligent man, dumb bea-t and dead machinery cry out for the Lord's (lay. But while the at p'litpt to kill tin; Sabbath by the stroke Ilf ax and Hail and yardstick has beau tifiilly failed ii is proposed in our day |lrowi| the Sabbath by Hooding it With secular amusements. They would httry if yry decently under the wreath of the target company jiml to the music of id) brazen instruments, There are today in the dltl'erent cities 10,000 hands and 10,000 pens htisy in attempting to cut out the heart of our Christian Sabbath and leave it a bleed ing skeleton of what it once was. The effort is organized and tremendous, and unless the friends of Christ and the lovers of good order shall rouse upright speedily their sermons and protects will l>e uttered after the castle is taken. There are cities in tlie land where tin Sitlihath has almost pcrislu d, am] it is i(C(.nm|ng <’* practjea| mu -tioii whc|hc| Wn who received a pure Sabbath from fhn hands of one fatln-rs shall have piety imd pluck enough to give to our chil ilrdi the saiiie blessed inheritance. The eternal <iod helping ns, we will! Mi ■■•lay A iioi^i'iiieiit s. I protest against this invasion of tlie holy Sabbath in tin tirst place because it is a war on Divine enactment, (iod says in Isaiah, “If thou turn away thy foot from doing thy pleasure on my holy day, thou shalt walk upon the high places.” What did he mean by “doing thy pleasure?” He referred to secular and worldly amusements. A man fold mi In was never so mneli frightened a. ji| the giidst of an ea'flupiake, when the beasts of tile field bellowed III fear au<| even the barnyard fowls screamed in tec for. Well, It was w hen the earth was shaking and the sky was all full of lire that (iod made the great announcement, “Remember tlie Sabbath day to keep it holy. ” <io through the streets where Ihe theaters are open on a Sabbath night, go Up 'in tllll steps, enter the boxes of those places of entertainment and tell me if that is keeping the Sabbath holy. “Oh,” says some one, "(iod won't be displeased with a grand sacred eoiieert!” A gentleman who was present at a “grand sacred eoiieert” one Sahahth night in one of the theaters of our greui 1 epic said that during the exercises there were eoinie and sentimental songs, JnfersjM-rsed with coarse jokes, and there were dunces, and a farce, and fight ro|ie walking, and a trapeze pi r formanee. I stippo-i it w’as a holy dance And h consecrated tight rope. That i: whip they call a “grand sirred con- We hear a gn at deal of talk about “the rights of ibe people” to have just (jUidf amusements on Sunday as they Vl'.'T'd tn have. | wonder it the Lord has Any rights. You rule your family; (hi* goicrnoi rulws He state; the president rules the whole land. 1 Wonder if (lift Lord has a right to rule (be nations and make the enactnient, “Rrmcmbr** tl.n Sabbath day to tlx •re is anv p it holy, "and if ; d to a high com t from if the men who urn naetinciit , r(1 dust the They hnv*. H has bee and liM that t P -'r ( \ riirth. ,<,it on Hbi tlirono stamis Jio nrvrr will tluit right. ICublHT i»f Wane-*. The prophet asks a (p:e.-,tien which I ran easily answ-r, "Will a .nan rob Hod?” Yes. Tin y robbi d him Inst Sun day night at the then). i> and the opera bouses, and I charge upon tnem the iu- famous and high handed larceny. 1 bold the same opinion as a sailor I have heard of. The crew had been discharged from the vessel liccause they would not work while they were in port on the Lord’s dav. The captain went out to get sailors. He found one man, and be said to him, “Will you serve me on the Sabbath?’’ “No.’’ “Why not?’’ “Well,’’replied the old sailor, “a man who will rob (tod Almighty of his Sabbath would rob me of my wages if he got a chance.’’ Suppose you were poor, and you came to a dry goods merchant and asked fur some cloth for garments, and he should say, “I’ll give you six yards,” and while lie was utF from the counter and binding up the six yards you should go behind the counter and steal one addi tional yard. That is what every man does when he breaks the Lord's Sabbath (tod gives ns six days i.ut of seven, re serving one for himself, and if you will not let him have it, it is mean beyond all computation. Again, 1 am opposed to this desecra tion of thel alibath by secular entertain ments beeauseit is a war on the statutes of most of the states. Thu law in N< w York state says; “It shall not be lawful to exhibit on the first day of the week, co’innonly called Sunday, to the public in any building, garden, grounds, eoiieert room or other room or place within the city and county of New York, any inter lude, tragedy, comedy, opera, h.illet, play, farce, negro minstrelsy, negro or other dancing, or any other entertain ment of the stage, or any part nr parts therein, or any equestrian, circus or dramatic performance, or any pm-form- ance of jugglers, acrobats or ropo danc ing. ” Was there ever a plainer enactment than that? Who made the law? You who at the ballot boxes decided who should go to Albany and sit in the leg islature; you who in any region exer cise the right of snlTrago. They made the law for you and for your families, and now I say that any man who at tempts to override that law insiilis you and me and every man who has the rigid of suffrage. A 1 War. Still further, I protc-t against th< in vasion of the Sabliath because it is a foreign war. Now, if you heard at (hi- moment th. booming of a gnu in the harbor, or if a sin 11 from some foreign frigate should drop into your stiver, Would you keep your seats in church? You Would want to face the foe, and fsyery gun that could be managed would be brought into use, and every ship that could be brought out of the navy yard would swing from her anchorage, and the question Would be decided. You do not want a foreign war, and yet 1 have to tell you that this invasion of (bid’s holy day is a foreign war. As among our own native horn popu- a -S'>—the good vith the people n ires—t here are • lawless. The I he more of it. lint h t not thef shores (X- in Sabbath and it it-a foreign Do you know in what boat the Sabbath came across the seas and landed on our shores.' li Was In the Alavilower. Do VI III ;now iii what boat tli hit ion there are i wo el and the bad—o it is i who come iriini other si the lavs’ alibiing and th former are welcome lan fhem the better we like tlie lawless come from u peeting to break down u Institute in thu place Sabi iat ji. How do vim feel, ye who havo been brought up amid the hills of New Lng- biud, about giving up the Ann a ieitu Sab bath? Ye who spent your childhood un der the shadow of the Adiiondaeks or the Catskills, ye who wen- born on the banks of the Savannah or < )hio or Ore gon, how do you ti i j about giving up the American Sabbath? Yon say: “\Ye shall not give it up. We nu an to defend it as long as there is li ft any strength in our arm or blood in our heart! Do not bring your Spanish Sabbath here. Do not bring your Italian Sabbat h here. Do not bring your I’n neli Sabbath In re. {jo PI'I bring voiir foreign Sabbath I’ere. It shall be for us and for our children forevr 'i pure, roiisecrnfcd, Christian, American Sahhnth, ” 1 will make a comparison between the American S-ibbatb, as some of you have known it, ami the Parisian Sabbath. I speak from observation. On a Sabbath morning I was aroii-i d in Paris by a great sound in the-tn i t. I,said, “What is this?” “Oh,’’ t hey said, "this is Sun day. ” An unusual rattle of vehicles of all sorts. 'J Imvoiees seemed nmn hoister- otts than on other days, people running to and fro, with baskets or bninlle-, to get to the rail trains or gardens. It seen11 d as if all tb< v< iiiele- ji, p a ,..f whatever sort, had turned out for the holiday. Tim Chumps I ,!y-• - om-gn at juoh of pleasure seeking people. Bal loons Hying. Parrots ehaticring. Foot balls rolling. Peddlers hawking tln ir kniekknaeksthrough the streets. Punch and Judy shows in tt score of places, each otic with a shouting audience. Hand organs, cymbals and every kind of racket, musical and unmusical. When the evening came down, ail the theaters were in full blaze of music and full blaze of light. The wine stores and sahsms wme thronged with an unusual number of eustotner.s. At eventide I stood and watched the excursionists coining hum fagged out Jsp'li, Women and children, a gu’f stream of fatigue, irritiibilitv and wretched ness, for 1 should think it w mid take three or four days to gi t over tiiat mis erable way of Sitndaying. Jt seemed more like an Ann rif.iu I'niiith of July than a Christian Sabbath. '11m* J'lirititiiH’ libiil |i ( Now, in contrast, I presi ut onu of the Sabbaths in one ot our best American cities. Holy si lei uv coming down with the day dawn. Hu.-uu -> men more do lilieratfly looking into the faces of then- childveu iiud talking to then, about their present mid future wiiare. .Men sit longer at the table in the morn ng, because the stores are not to be opened, and the mechanical tools are not to be taken up. A hymn i- sung. There are congratulations and good cheer all through the house. The street silent until 10 ii clock, when there is a regu lar, orderly tramp churchward. Houses of (iod, vocal with thanksgiving for mercies received, with prayer for com {oft, with charities for |ii ' r tl Sahhnth goes? it Will over a deluge w.mMS olain* ("i the body. Rest f oid Almighty, defend- « <|oie.e,|, the t tieell ts gu'b a, “ l ahead you kj.owx r or unp , »l» n ' ar ' 1 1 iplIltoO oU ^ cleared, the soul stren Mondire population tu ter prefaorning JO years better pvi.for the duties come for the lif Which do ; “ q,,. Allieri- ''arisiiiu Sabbath? |ioor. Rest soul, Thu cooled, thu t lu lled, and ud out on mnger, bet- <f the life, that is to will leave us, if it ever In- iii tin* ark that floats of national destruction. Still further, 1 protest against the in vasion of the Lord’s day because it wrongs a vast multitude of employees of their rest. The play actors and ac tresses can have their rest Ix-tween their engagements, hut how about the scene shifters, tin-ballet dancers, the call boys, the innumerable attendants and super- numeries of the American theater.' Where is their Sunday to come from? Thev are paid small salaries at the best. Alas, for them! They appear on the stage mi tinsel and tassel with halls-rds, or in gauze whirling in toe tortures, and they might lie mistaken for fairies or queens, but after 12 o’eliK-k at night yon may see them trudging through the streets in faded dresses, shivering and tired, n bundle under their arms, seek ing their homes in the garrets and cel lars of the city. Now, you propose to take from thousands of these employees throughout this country not only all op portunity of moral culture, but all op portunity of physical rest. For heaven's sake, let the crushing juggernaut stop at least one day in seven. A Spiritual N**r«'Nslty. Again, I oppose this modern invasion of the Christian Sabbath because it is a war on the spiritual welfare of the peo ple. You have a body? Yes. You have a mind? Yes. You have a soul? Yes. Which of tin secular halls on the Sab bath day will give that soul any culture? Now, admitting that a man has a spirit ual and immortal nature, which one of the places of amusement will culture it? Which one of the Sabbath performances will remind nn n of the fact that unless they are born again they cannot sec the kingdom of ( Iod? Will the music of the “(Irani! Duch ess” help people at last to sing the song of the one limn 1 <-d and forty and four thousand? lb sides, if you gentlemen of thu secular entertainment have six days in the week in which to exercise your alleged beneficial influence, ought you not to allow Christian institutions to have 24 hours? Is it unreasonable to de mand that if you have six days for the lxidy and intellect we should have one day at least for our immortal soul? Or, to put it in another shape, do you really think that our imperishable soul is worth at least one-seventh as much as our perishable lxxly? An artist lias three gems—a corne lian, an amethyst and a diamond. He has toeut tin in and to set them, Which one is he most particular about? Now, the cornelian is tlie body, the amethyst is the intellect, the diamond is the soul. Fur the two funner yuu preposc six days ut opportunity, while you otfi-r no op portunity at all for the la.-r, which is in value as compared with the others like spot),000,ooo,non to 1 farthing. Besides you must not forget that iiiiie-teuth.-— aye, ninety-nine mil -hundredth'—of all the Christian efforts of this country are put forth on the Lord's day. Sunday is the day on which the asylums and hos pitals and the prisons arc- visited by Christian nn-u. Tiiat js the day when tlie. youth of our country get their reli gious information in Sunday sehixds. That i- the day when the most of tlie charities uv eolleefeij Tb;>« js tip- dtiy When, under (be blast of (10,000 Atncfi* c-tn pulpits, tliii siq ot tlie land is as- njiultcd and men are rumntoned to re- jx-iit. Win n you make war upon any part of (iod's day, you make war upon the asylums, am' the penitentiaries, and the hospitals, and the reform associa tions, and fin- homes of the destitute, and the church of the living <iod, which is the pillar and the ground of the truth. I(«‘« MKiiition of Sucml TliingM. 1 am opposed to the invasion of the Sabbath because if is a war on our po litical institutions. When *he Sabbath goes down, the republic g ,es ^loWll. Men whq an-pot willing tq pbey (iod’s in regard (qSabba|ji uh.srrvatn’e an- pot jit to govern themselves, Sabbath breaking means dissoluteness, and dis soluteness is incompatible with self gov ernment. They wanted a republic in France. After awhile they got a repub lic, but one day Napoleon III, with his cavalry, rode through the streets, and down went the republic under the clat tering hoofs. They have a republic there again, but Fram e never will have a permanent republic until she quits her roistering Sabbaths and devotes one day in every week to the recognition of (iod j and sacred institutions. Abqhsh the Sabbath, and you abolish ymq yeligioui) priv ileges. L’4 (hi ba^ work gmni, and you have- ‘‘the commune,” and you Jiavo “the revolution,” and you have the sun of national prosperity going down in darkness and blood. From that : feign of terror may the (iod of peace de liver us. Still further, 1 am opposed to this in vasion of the Sabbath because it is un fair and it is partial. While secular amusements in different cities are allow ed to be open on the Sabbath day, dry goods establishments must be closed, ; and plumbing establishments, and the i butcher's, and the baker’s, and the shoe maker's, and the hardw ire storpg. Now, I tell me by what {aw pf justice you can | compel man shut the ibxir of his (ti »V while you keep Opel! the door of your worldly establishment. May it ph ase your honors, judges of the su preme court, if you give to secular places the right to be open on the Sab bath day, you have fi. give, a( ()m same time, the right R* ,iIi commercial es tablishments to tie open and to all mechanical establishments to Ixi open. If it is right in the oitu ease, it is right in all the eases. A Call 1 or ll«*lp. Rut we are told (hat, they must got money on Sabbath nights in order to pay the ilcticits of the other nights of the week. Now, in answer to that I say that it the men cannot manage tln ir amusements without breaking the ; Lord's day they had Ix'fter all go into bankruptcy together. We will never surrender our Christian Sabbath for thu purpose of helping these violators to pay their expenses. Above all, my con fidence is in the good hand of (}<xl that bas lieen over our pith* ainoe their binmlatipu. Bu(- I Villi thlx day upon ;ill those who lx friend ('hristian princi- ! pie, mid those who love our political freedom, who stand in solid phalanx in this j liennopvhe of our American his tory, for i believe as certainly as 1 stand I here that tlie triumph or overthrow of American institutions depends uixin this Sabbath contest. Bring your voices, your jiciis, your printing presses and your pulpits into the Lord's artillery corps for the de fense of our holy day. Today, in your rnmincs amt in your Salitiarn scnoois, recite, “Reineiiilier the Sabhatli dav to keep it holy.” Decree before high heaven that this war on your religious rights and the cradles of your children shall bring ignominious defeat to the enemies of <»od and the public weal. For those who die in the contest bat tling for the right we shall chisel the epitaph, “These are they who came out of great tribulation and had their robes washed and made white in the blood of the Lamb. ” But for that one who shall prove in this moral crisis recreant to God and the church there shall lx- no honorable epitaph. He shall not lx* worthy even of a burial place in all this fre<> land, but the appropriate interment for such a one would lx* to carry out his remains and drop them into the sm, where the lawless winds which keep no Sabbath may gallop over the grave of him who lived and died a traitor to God, the church and the free institu tions of America. Long live tin* Chris tian Sabbath! Perish forever all at tempts to overthrow it! • -«•»' • DIDN’T KNOW HIM. Hut (lie Next Time He ('•II* He Will IW Admit tell Without SJnent ion. The next time the janitor of the Bid- ston (England) observatory meets the fa mous Cambridgei Mass, j builder of tele- sciijx-s lie will recognize him instantly. Mounted on one of thu massive piers against which the Is fix it fide of the river Mersey flows in and out twice ev ery 24 hours stands a piece of artillery whose duty it is to set the time for the busy English seaport with a rattling discharge each day at 1 o’clock. To strangers hovering about the docks for the tirst time the guu is something of a mystery, for, though the loading of it is done in plain sight of evcrylxxly, no one save the initiated knows how it is discharged. The piece is really tired by electricity, and if any curious spectator of the ex plosion could tracu the wires throughout their underground path his eye would follow them for miles until they reached the Bidston ridge, where the highest jxiint mi the Cheshire side of the river is dominated by the graceful dome of an observatory. The presiding officer of this establish ment is the otlieial astronomer of the Mersey ilix'ks and harlxir Ixiard, and much of the work of the observatory runs to the correction and adjustment of ships’ chronometers in the interest of mariners entering and leaving the port of Liverpixil. But the place also lias an astronomical interest, and Ix-ing pos sessed of a line equatorial telescope is somewhat of an attraction for visitors. Not many weeks ago a travel stained tourist from transatlantic parts toiled iqi the heights leading to Bidston observ atory and at the gate of the inelosure presented his card. The janitor tirst glanced at the pastelxsird and then di rected upon the visitor a stony stare of the true British type * 1 (’an ’t let you in ," said be , “ Lot s of 1 x •( ipl e conic ll'T" 1 ill thu yc: ir round, Inti Wc 1 never let ’em in. it s > aguiii't (Itn rule 41 But ]h rliajis, ** said the traveli i that it her. Church Calendar Tin* (lalftiey Presbyterian Churcli— Rev. ( . E. Robert son. Pastor: ser vices every third Sabhatli at II a. m. and M p. m. ; Sabbat Ii School every Sabbath at '.Con a. m. ; Prayer meet ing every Friday evening at The (ialTney Baptist (juirch—Rev. R. P. Robertson. Pastor; services every Sunday at 1 1 a. m. and sqm p. m. ; Sunday School !•: !."> a. in. ; Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening at S JHI; services at Factory second Sunday at 8 p. in. The Methodist Church—Rev. <1. M. Boyd. Pastor: 1st Sabhatli. (ialfiiev. 11 a. in.; Beulah. H p. m ; < ialfncy. 7 :30 p. m. ; 2ml Sabbath. Wilsons Chapel. 11 a. in. ; (iatfney. 7:80p. in; 8nl Sabhatli. (iethsematie. II a. in.; Factory i :80p. in. Itb Sabbath. Asbttry, II a. m.; (iatfney. 7 :!>(* p. m. Episcopal Church—Services every fourth Sunday at II o’clock a. m. and afternoon at •> o’clock. ('oi.oi:i:i> ('firm'll ks. Limestone Baptist Church—Rev. D. II. W’hittcnhurg. pastor; services 2nd and Ith Sunday of each month: prayer meeting every Thursday night at S o'clock ; Sunday school at 2 p. m. M. E. Church—Rev. .M. M. Moti/.on. pastor; services 1st. Jrd and Ith Sun days at I I a. m. and N p. m. Sunday school at »> p. m: prayer meeting Thursday night. A. M. E. Zion Chiireh—Rev. .1. II Jackson pastor; service.-*) he 2d Sun day in each moiilli at .’! o clock : prayer meeting every Sunday. of the Souvenir S|mk»vi. In a store the other day an inquiry was heard for souvenir spoons. The sales woman threw down tlie velvet pad, and after the manner of some of her kind tossed out two or threeof the article.'de- aired. “Have you no others than the-e?’ asked the customer. “No,” was the reply, glibly rattled otf. “We’ve only got faith, hope and char ity and Brooklyn left.” Truly the souvenir spoon sum is set- f.ng in darkest night.- N* \v Yurk Tiniis. cit Carroll & Carpenter's ? < >ne Lot Dress (iinghams at Pi cents, worth Id cents, (tne Lot Dress (Iinghams at S. 1 , cents, worth 12.1 cents. Don’t fail to see our line of Fans from de to Itle each. We will otter to the ladies the grandest hargains in Re Goods. White (iomls. Pereals. Lawns. Swisscs. etc, <'oim , to close them out regardless of price. Wilki I5i Fresh Arrivals! A beautiful Line of silk Parasols; Ladies’ Summer Vests, Long and Short Sleeves; Ladies’ Slippers—Nicest in Town; White and Black Sailors, Leghorn Flats and Yedders that are going with such a rush. We are offering special Inducements in all lines of Summer Dress Goods. \V I I vK I Xi- i; < ialfnex Ik I >111 •Ilf I modestly, “if you were to show card the director might admit me. “Nol a hit of it,” xiiid the "Jle treats 'em all alike." ”1 am an American, ” the visitor ven tured to add, “and—no." “Oh, what difference docs that make?” “Well, you. know, I’ve come a long way to see the director, and perhaps he might want to see me." "Why,’’retorted the janitor, “that’s just what lots of 'em say." “Now, bxik here, my man,” said the traveler, beginning to lose patience, “take that card right to him, and I'll wait here till you leturn.’’ “Well," jjjypl (he qlinv, “I'll take M»e card, b»t (i'll (ml be a bit of use." “ We shall see. ” w.*s the visitor's ^uiet response, in a moment the man returned, bring ing his own profuse apjogies and a hearty welcome to the oliscrvatory. The name on the card was one that would have admitted the lx-arer to anv observatory in the world. It was that of the lamous telescope maker, Alvau G.Clurk of ('anihridge. —Boston Herald. A MfV Tlmt I % on <(Ioy«*a, Gloves figure largely in the {is( ,jJ nec essary exiM’iulitures {iv (he. wives of the cabinet pffiecy^ a.*, (iixm each official en- B'VV;\ih**u'nt when theyq with the presi- (lent and his wifiq e^i'iitutc the receiv ing jyirty a pair of white gloves must lie sacrificed. The fact that the func tion is a card reception does not lessen the certainty that the glove worn on the right hand, which is extended to the passing stream of guests, becomes, be fore the close of the evening, so soiled that no future etfoit at cleansing is of the slightest avail. The glove on the left hand, of course, remains six it less. Mrs. Cleveland never wears a glove on her right hand at receptions, as her experience during her first pcvwpltwy of the executive maiisioiy (a((g)u her that bv so dopy* slip avoided the intense pain pV'l invariably followed a great amount iiaudxhnkiug when tlie glove was kept on. Mrs. Harrison was compelled to altogether omit handshaking on ac count of the condition of her hapds, which were at times so swollen with rheumatism as to, make the slightest pressure ^ matter of positive agony. All things considered, if would seem the mo't sensible thing to omit entirely the handshaking feature of public and card receptions at the White House.— Kate Field’s Washington. «K» women who, under the leader ship of Miss Annette Daisy, made a run into Cherokee strip wlieu it was opened last September, 22 have proved steadfast in spite of the difficulties of the undertaking and are busily engaged in making a home without help or hin drance from man. They are hauling the timber themselves for a house of 16 rooms, which they will occupy, and are prepared to do their own plowing, plant ing, etc., in the well watered, timbered Hi-etUiR of 48o acres which they hold. They already have three teams, cows, chickens and other stix k, and neatly dressed in short skirts that come just below’ the knee and are met by heavy woolen leggings that cover the legs from knee to ankle they bxik well able to hold their own and carry out their in dependent plan.—Louisville Courier- Journal. Drugs, Medicines, Paints and Oils, "y ^ L Tinted Leads, Dyes, Etc. -W. /,. Chrtnront Leonard, Mo. In Agony 15 Years With Salt Rheum The Gaffney City Land and Improvement Company t *ITcr for Sale “uilding Lots in thi' Fb hi ri-liin luwn < ; a i ” i ” x i : v c” i i v Also Faritis near by and in reach ot tin school' ol l.inu to:,. Spriii and of thi' place in lots of Iroin ;»<• to Iihi acres on libera! ’ nn r.'iii - Also Agricult nraI Land' Jo rent for farm purpose'. For fttii particulars applv to MOSES WOOD, Agent. f t his < ’oinpany, ciit I in'g v of law. N. 15.—All t respassing on lain , Hood’s Sarsaparilla Cave a Perfect ti> | lin „ hunt ing arc rorhi.ldcn under pcalt Cure. *'C. I. Hikm] J; (’(»., I.uwcll, Man.; “ iiuixt'* Sai'sajiai Ilia is an excellent niedlelne. | bail ei’/eiua in my left l>•^' tor fifteen years. Carl of tlie time ni) lei* «as line mass of xeati*. •uit about eiery week forrn|ition would gatlier Kllder Uo> skin and tlie seal's would .slough oft. The Itching and Burning •en*ation made me sutler Indeserihalde agonies. I »i>*nt a grant deal ot money for different rem edial but did not gel relief. About a year ago, leading idiysteixlis advised me to take Hood'* Bar»a|>arilla. 1 did so and have taken five hot- L. BAKER, RAILWAY CONTRACTOR AND BUILDER i>i; v iaci* i n Hood’s 5 r> Cures ties. Now all (lie sores, seat's and pain have vanished and 1 am rnJoying perfect health. I Uilnk Hood's Sarsaparilla is seecnd to none and (ladly rneommend it to all sultering humnnit)." H, b, (’Wt'CVltusT, l.eonard, Missouri. Hood’s Pills net easily, yet prctnptly and •Kolcutly.on Ui« liver and |i"wels. ase. CARROLL & STACY. I Siinkoi': Sash, ■ Blinds, - Doors, l i ami all kinds "f- Building Materials. Flaii' and 'pccilica! i"U' fur build ings made <in short notice. (PIEDn/IENT AIR LJ Route of the Great Vo! Limited. All WTA A < II V III O l 1 I j l>l \ I S| o \. CONIlZNxKO '■ MKI»I I 1 • ! C\"l V* I n I li" I .lol v I 'I I Sal ’. • i • ,\I Nort lil"i"icl. a,:.y ■l !'• i.m ■ ho 15ot^l I oot ion I I'oni TrntiMici :t (ifiKT.-tl llaitkiti” | ^l>V llti'itic" . . . , , .. ., ! .. Is to insure with the most reliable , i f!,. ' Vie' ('iHVilll i.His eompaiiics. I represent l lie j • sparnnu-nrg .Etna of Hart fonl. with asset' ol Viia^nurg. (HI till iHlilll.'. SflB-Sl (7 Ji(i7 : | “ b'Ug sM.'i'i't i American 1'irc. of I’hiladclplda. with | j',, Sit let V I >1' III IS i I I’xiMs I Iisillc. assets of i|'2tiN;> ll.»: Ar. e Hartford, of Hart foril. ('onu.. wit li i Ar. t:;, ne.n.i r 11*1’ I fool \ Rill! lot* Kent . asset S (if I 1 1 ..' I S.O.L : Ha Itini'c IMI.K. ' ■ I Ionic, of New York, with assets ol " l*hiim:eipiii;i.. in.t' , . i " N*e» V nrU I.ga | Yt>wi patronage Solicited. ji.i iins.s.it: I’cnu Fire, of Philadelphia, with as- V 'v, 1 sets of tfll.S.i'.Ml.iK. j Daily 1 can place anv reasonable risk you Nl . w vnU e.ii.n i " : mav have. Don I fail to call before ‘ 1 viiadeiphni. i ’ . , “ Hiiltimorc • | cont rad mg for \ our insurance. , - Wusnington. i" a-j F. G. STACY. :: M :‘ij ;; j Livery and Feed Stables. 7.l( ■ mi 1 Headquarters f'-.s (|ri\crs and Farm ers, who want to htiv.si II on \cliangc. 1 make a Specialty of Feeding Stork. First-class turnout' at ivasoiia! ratt THE BLOOD is the source p,f " health. Take Hood's S.i 1 e 4 a (V ni!i.i to keep it pure an({ (ich. Be sure to get MQOp’S SARSAPARILLA. (’lit t lc and I logs liought and sold. J. G. Spencer, Proprietor. W. L. Littlejohn, BARBER SH0FL_ In the people o* rounding coun| I have a First - the Kendrick Street, and uH razors. eU-an tl claw* work at Give me aj t hat i mean , w. Carlisle & Hydrick, V\ I t«>rni\v r-i i 11 I i w .Ink. \V. ( vKI.lst.i . Dvn’I. E. IIVHliK K. How a t:i> B. ( \tsi.1st,i Spartanburg, S. C. J. K. Bom ak. S. J. St mix' iMtR & SIMPSON. I'D I’ulliimn ('..I s- r. 1« n."n;! .* •.'! IIJ 1 l ';irs !x*i ween AtL Xos ami:« \U V ■■ I I .!ii!lle{ New (>i -.ii 'Ij ■ tween New VcrUI 1 t.i and M"til(.'"in j ten unit Mfinplih N"X. 11 unit 12. | Klrhinond Danv j for detailed tili OUirh (111"-1 a hi i tne e.ii reaervatt fiRNEYS AND COUNSELORS A T LAW, | lartanburg. S. C. VY A? HIM. rl