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V { X THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY, S. C., JUNE 4, 1896. 6 DR.TALMACIEON WAR I z APFROPniATE MCN DY THT ' Mr.MORIAL DAY SER* f-'COQUENT PREACHER. ii U:o Wl.ith of tiio AluilClitJ but Latov Ho ladulgos 5u [iiat Will PI^mo JteUIfforcnt steps as she miBSi’ig!'’ A Wiiat maiio m: might havr boon ;\T more )icod ct tf^ * T s'r-n/iil 1 lo^uizes, “Missing, of I’oace. • • ; w v- n , all this -oidf-fl. There was no war thnn at this mnnii-’u i plunge a dogger through yonr h'M Thera were aiovf Christian phih iTsiirr' 1- ‘' irt rh ' :o sr-.iT -.1 at tb \ •'>. xrath, who been —What could bo mor. fippropr ' ho or stirring thru this disobnrse by' rho Re v. Dr. Talmago At tty timo cf ; ( ‘i tit when tlio frit ntls of those who v, or.' i h( blno and tho gray have decori. : o<l th • mo’.iiids of the fallen? The text y. lonou's Bt.ng iv, 4, “Tho tov r of ' David bail'led for an pr.J. iHO JVOl.Hl r...*.., ,,0 >■ OUU.1 ..HO o.. .....v . * ..v j sell the slaves anyhow.’’ But the irlfcth -flgjnoro unknown! Wo have found had the right of it. heard on both fdd< had no war and no slave] vised by tl’.oro Christian phi! “Let (ho north pay in r ^ .• ,i<! nr pf'rty and set thenj free. ” to had ntld have It was ad- iropists, y for the slaves as pr The north said, “Wc cannot The south said, “ We wifi not tcries at Arlington Heights and at Rich mond aud Gettysburg saw one inscrip tion on soldiers’ tombs oftener repeated than any other—“Unknown.” When, about 21 years ago, l was called to de liver the oration at Arlington Heights, j Washington, l was not so much im- j pressed with the minute guns (hatshook j the earth or with the attendance of pr?s- idont and cabinet and foreign ministers and general ■ of the ox:uy xind commo dores of the navy as with the pathetic and overwhelming Guggcstiveuess of that epitaph on so many graves at my /feet, “Unknown!” “Unknown!” It scorns to me that the time must conic when the government of the United States shall take olT that epitaph. They armory, wh buckleG, ail iron the -a hang a thousand i-.iaolds of mighty men.” The church Is he: compared to an armory, the ay alls hung with trophies of dead heroes'. Walk all a boot tiiis tower' of David and bco the dented shield?:, sud tlio tudated swords, and the rusted helmets of terrible battle: So at this season, a month earlier at. the south, a ir. nth later at tho north, the American churches aro tujnod &to ar- I merles, adorned with memories of de parted bravos. Blesnom and bloom, (' walls, with storirri of self sacrifice and patriotism and prowess! By unanimous decree of the people of the United States of America tho graves of all tho northern, and southern dead are every rear decorated. All acerbity gnd bitternes.-’, ha^c gone ant of t>.o na- Honal. solemnity, and ac tho men and ▼omen of tho south one mouth ago totalized the •env iorics and graveyards i yesterday we, the men mid women of iio north, put upon the tombs of our si the kiss of patriotic affection, ravory ilvewya ayprcciaiec biavery, Hough it light on the other bh*\ »»i<1 r? • •oldier of tiro I'ederal iu-my kivi l>ccn • mouth ago at Savamuh he would not b*TO been aHlianird to march i« the Poral processions to the cemetery. And K yesfcrd.iy o Co..federate soldirr wai at Arlington h^v/as glad to pnt a sprig t!i(' silent heart of our of heartsease •cad. In a battle during our last war tho Confedcratn wer driving back thoFcd- who were iu »'.vi*> rrt/egt. when a Federal ofiici-r uropyed wounded. One of his men Ptopp d at the risk of Ids life and pi\t his armi arormd the offlrer to cairy mm from (he firdd. Tifty Confed- ciato munkrt^ were aimed at the young man who was picking v.f tho cfflecr. But tho Confederate captain shouted: “Hold! Don’t tiro! That follow is too brave to shexit. ” And'as (be J"odrrnl r, held up by ids private soldier, limping .slowly off tho Held the pdoratc.-j gave three cheers for the private, mid, just before tho two ared behind a barn both tho id offloor aud the brivo private loir cape in gratitude tothoGou- i captain. thogw-<p?l be loss generous than anns, the bayomet did pay hi war expanses enough to pur chase the shiVYi, and vh.c south v,-as oom- pclicd to give up slnvo>y anyliow. Might not the north better have paid the money and sarod the lives of 500,000 bravo men, and miglit not tho south better Jinvo sold out slavery and saved ; her 500,000 bravo men? J. swear you by | tho gravi s cf your ftr.hers and brothers : and sons to a now, hatred for tho cham- ; picn curse of tho universe—war! O Lord C-< d, with the hottest bolt of ! thine omnipotent indignation strike ' that monster down foivver and ever! Iin- ! prison it in tho deepcRt dungeon cf tho eternal penitentiary. Bolt it in with all the iron over forged in cannon or mold ed into howitzers. Cleave it with nil tho sabers that over glittered in battle and wring its soul with all tho pangs which it ever caused. Let it feel nil tho conflagrations of tho homesteads it ever destroyed. Deeper down let it full and in flcrc'-r flame let it burn, till it has gathered into its heart all tho suffering of eternity as well as time. In the name of the million* of grave s of itc victims, I denounce it. The nations need more the spirit of treaty and loos of tiro spirit of war. War is more ghostly now tiian once, not only iH'oiuiro of the gr otev dostruc- tiven as of tti wokp .my, but Ixxiauso now it takes dorm toe bent men, where as oik c it ohi-efiy took down tho worst. Bruce in 1717, in bic. Tustitutions of Military lAw,” said of (do Unrcpcan armies of his day, “If nil it fair, -us per- committed capital ists and all das- wero v/oedc*d out lorn X •rn nr.a facing trnj of tho sine of *oon no ^hlne of oIA war hiat, imd (key of King .fames’ iiy rorisio*, “Glory ieet, ;md o» earth ion.” Now, what I jprat obserranee? sen of It, instruction to (Tie 'Subtract wkon pm our 1305, and yon •▼apt nunib'T of yeo- co the war, or wore so Lio vivid aypreoifttion. Sdorf 4.1 ; years of age has any inopuxry of that prolongedhor- r you rteociqber it? “ Well, ” you o’.ly renjember that mother sd asray while she was rending rsp.-jper, and that they brought 1 homo wrapped in tho flag, that :* good many people came in fiouae to pray, and mother faded after f^at until again there wero pet.plo in tho houso ami they told Slio was dead. ” r/ero are others who cannot roir.om- Jtho roll of a drum or tho trimip of a Vimcnt or a nigh or a tear tf that tor- loof woe (that swept tko aatton again ^ again tfulil there was one dead in ph housci Now, it is the religious tycf (hoje who do remember it to tell flo not My young friends, such partings at rail car win- Rtrambont wharfs, and at (ti comfortable homes aa I fou may never witness. Oh, jo it was when fathers and up their sons, never ox- again and never did 1. they camo back * and dead! Four years of ;iur years of ghast- of graved igging. r yoar8 of fimerals, coffins, shrouds, hearses, dirges.' Mourning, mourning, •mourning! It wan hell let loose. What 9 time of waiting for news! v Morning paper and evening paper scrutinized for intelljgonCQ froiii tho boys at tho front. First, unummoomont that the battle must occur tho next dny. Then tho news ' of tho battle’s going on. On tho follow ing day still going on. Then nows of 80,001) slain, and of tho names of tho great generals who had fallen, but no news about tho private soldiers. Wait ing for news! After many days a load of wounded going through the tevwu *r City, but no nows from our boy. Then a long list of wounded and a long list of flw death aud a long list of tho missing, «uad among the last list our boy. When missing? How missing? Who saw him lust? Mising, missing! Was he in the wood* or by tho t-txcjmi? How was he hurt? Missing, missingl WLut burning prayers that he may yetlbo heard from! In that awful waiting ™!wy marty n lii • perished. The strain f ttuxiety was to > gr#at. That ifil iy that tot week after l’ lover and anon uho waik^ tlio Lu.a or look* outlof tho ,n ^c, oxpoeto^. some »P tho , gave sons and cr.eh as br.v crimes, heretics, r.tb tardly feminine m ■?. of (bo army, it would s-on bo reduced toaprettymoderatenumbor.” Flogging and mean pay made them .still moro ig noble. Ouii - rs were appointed to pee that each soldier drank his ration of n, pint of spirits a day. Thero were noble men in battle, but the moral character of the army then vv-.s 95 per cent, lower than the moral ehn'.acter of an array to day. By so much is war now (bo more detestable tecausoit destroy* the picked men of the nalions. riuuor Tor Coisrafc. Again, by this national ceremony we mean to honor co::r.,ge. Many of these departed soldiers were volunteers, not conscrlnls end many of t);os° .vdo wc-ro drafted m^jbt have provided a rulwti- tnlo or got eiT on furlough or. have, de serted. Tho fact that they lio in their graves is proof of their bmveyy. Brave at the front, brave at tho cannon’s mouth, bravo < \ lonely pidzet duty, bravo in cavalry charge, brave before the snrfccoii, bravo in the dyinfj raeafi«fjo to the home eir le. We yesterday put a garland on the brow of courage. Tha world T'*.n?« m-■]'.> • f K. Tho church of Ged is in woofnl rej-d of men who can stand under fire. Tho lion of worldly derision roars aud (ho cheep tremble. In (treat reformatory movements at tho first, shot how many fail back! Tho great obstacle to (ho church’s advancement is the inanity, tho vacuity, the, soft prcl tineas, tho inimby pambyism < , professed Chris tians. Great on a parade, cowards in battle. Afraid of getting their plumes ruffled, they carry a parasol over their helmet. They go into battle not with warrior’s gauntlet, hut with kid gloves, not clutching tho sword hilt too tight lest the glove split at tho hack. In all our reformatory and Christian work the great want ir, more backbmc, moro mettle, moro daring, moro prow ess. Wo would in all our churches like to trade off n hundred do nothings for ono do everything, “(auii yourselves like men; bo strong. ” Thy taints In all this florlous war KbaU eouciiior. though they <lto. They mco Iho Iriu’nph fr.<m nfur Aud who It with their oyu. Siibliuio fJelf Saertfloo, Again, Wh mean by this national ob servance to honor coif sacrifice for eth ers. To all those departed men homo and kindred were as dear as our homo and kindred are to ns. Do you know how they folt? Just; as you aud I would fool starting out tomorrow morning with nino chances oitt of ten against our re turning alive, for tho intelligent soldier secs not only battle ahead, but malarial sickness and exhaustion. Had theso men ohoxn they could have spent last night in their home* and to<"ay have been seated where you are. They chose tho camp not because they liked It bet ter than their own house, and followed tho drum and fife not because they were better music than the voice* of tho domestic circle. South Mountain and' Murfreesboro and tho swamp* of Chicka- hotniny were not playgrounds. Theso'henxs risked.and loflt all for others. There is no higher sublimity than that. To keep three-quarters for ourselves and givo one-quarter to others is honorable. To divide even with oth ers is generous. To keep nothing for ourselves and givo all for others is mag nanimity Christlikc. Pnt a girdle around your Ixjdy and then measure tho girdle and soo if you are 50 or GO iuchc* round. And is that tho circle of your sympathies—the size of yourself? to measure yon around the heart, it take a girdlo largo enough to fc the lr.i|.d and encircle tho world want tu know v hat wo dry thoo mean When W0 talk of Vi< io^ Look at tl'.a finu o Wtsufds f< ors, h ITS.; Thoao who vi them ouflRt-lssb They arc tho beloved sons of tho repuBtkv Would it not ho well to take tho statue of the heathen goddess cfTthc top of tho capital (for I havo no faith in the morals cf a heathen goddess) and put ono great statue in all our national comet erics—a statue of liberty in tho form of a Christian woman with her hand on an open Bible and her foot on tho Reck cf Ages, with tho other hand pointing down to tho ' raves t f tho un known, saying, “These aro my sons who died that 1 might live.” Takeoff tho misnomer. Everybody knows them. It is of comparatively little importanco ivhat was tho name given them in bap tism of water. In the holier and might ier baptism of blood wo know them, and yesterday tho nation put both arms around them and hugged them to her heart, crying, “Mino forever!” Again, by this national ccrciaoay wc mean tho future defouso of this nation. By every wreath of flower* on tho sol diers’ graves we say, “Those who dio for tho country shall not be forgotten,” and that will give onthwiasm to our young men in case our nstiixs should in tho future ncod to defend itself in battle. Wo shall never have another war be tween north and’aouth. The old decayed bone of contention, American slavery, has been cast out, although htry and there a depraved politician takrs it up to se.o if he can’t gnaw someth in g off it. Wo are floating off farther and farther from tho possibility of sectional nlrifc Everything Fcr DefcnifO. No possibility of civil war. Br^ about foreign invasion I am not ry certain. When I spoke against war, IprAA noth ing against self defense, inventor told mo that ho had invented a f ,tyi 0 0 f weapon which could bo *se<l in self de fense, byt not in aggressive warfare. I said, “When you get tko n«liom to adopt that weapon, you hsvtf introduced tho millennium. ” I JLvNe no right to r'> on my neighbor’* jroraisn and assault him, but if sonw ruffian break into my house for tljs assassination of my fam ily, andJcon borrow a gun ami load it in tinin/and aim it straight enough, I wilrshcot him. f There is no room oa this continent fur any other naticxi (*zc(^t Cans da, and a better neighbor no ono ever t>ad. If you don’t think so, go to Montreal and To ronto and sao how v>’ell tluy will treat yon. Other than thnt dure is absolutely ho room for any otlur aatiun. I have boon aoroKS the aontineut aguiu and again and know (but wo kavo not a half inch of gmmdforlhe gouty feet of foreign doqiotirtn to standfni. But I am not so ruro (imt souk* of Ao arroyaiit aatiorst of Lsro^x: rosy not amne day challcngo ur.. I do not know that inoso forts around N f w York bay aro to s^x p all through the noxt century. 1 do not know that Barncgat lighthouse will yet look off upon a Ik stile navy. Ido act know but that a half dozen nations, envious of our prosperity, may want to give us a wrestle. During our civil war there wore two or three nations that could hardly keep their hands off us. It is very easy to pick national quarrels, and if our nation escapes much longer it will be tho exception. If foreign foe should come, wo want men like those of 1S12 and like those of 1802 to meet them. Wo want them all up and down the coast, Pulaski and Fort Sumtor in tho samo chorus of thunder as Fort Lafayette and Fort Hamilton—men who will not only know how to fight, hut how to die. When such a time comes, if it ever does come, tho generation on tho stage of action will say: “My country will enro for my family as they d ; d in the soldiers’ asy lum for tho orphans in the civil war, and my country will honor my dust as it honored those who preceded me in patriotic «orifice, and once a year at auy rate, on Decoration day, I shall be res urrected iuto tho remembrance of those for whom Idled. Hero I go fur God and my country! Huzza!” If foreign foo should come, the old sectional animosities would have no power. Here go cur regiments into the battlefield—Fifteenth New York volun teers, Tenth Alabama cavalry, Four teenth Pennsylvania riflemen, Tenth Massachusetts artillery, Seventh South Carolina sharpshooters. I do not know but it may require tho attack of some foreign foo to make us forget our absurd sectional wrangling. I have no faith in tho. cry, “No north, no south, no c^ist, no west!” Let all four sections keep their peculiarities and their pref erences, each doing its own work and not interfering with each other, each of tho four carrying its part in (ho great harmony—the bass, the alto, tho tenor, the soprano—in the grand march of Union, PromlM of (the Ron direction. Once more, tnis great national cere mony means tj^beautification of the tombs, whcth^lBM.liose who fell in It is all that wo can do for them new. Make their resting places attractive, not j ab-urd with costly outlay, hut in quiet remembranoa. You know how. If you : can afToid only one flower, that w ill do. ; It shows what yon would do if you could. Ono blossom from you may mean j more than the Dnko of Wellington's catafalque. Oh. wo cannot afford to for* I get (hem. Tb'y wero so lovely to us. Wo inks* them so much. Wo will never get over it. Blessed Lord Jesus, comfort our broken hearts. From every bonk oi flowers breathes promise of resurrection. la olden times the Hebrews, re turning from their burial place, used to pluck tho grass from tho field three or four times, then throw it over their heads, suggestive of tho resurrection. Wo pick not the grass, but tlio flowers, and in stead of throwing them over our heads wo place them before our eyes, right down over tho silent heart that once beat with warmest love toward us, c/ over the still feet that ran to service, qj over tho lips frem which wo too£ kiss at the anguish of tho last par;j n g But stop! Wo are not infidels bodies will scon join tho bodies oni departed in tho tomb and our VAf»!rf OF/COTTON. Peculiar Noted 4ml lO-portod Upon ,f *^ ,i 1( t Tt-xa* Kxi»yiuu'nt Station. Texas Firm and Rj(nch has published ionic of thd conclusions reported from results of experiments with varieties of cotton tho pfprt ,% y° seasons on thj grounds of t h<NvJ <,,;as Lion. Tho yfeldjfei ill ui the iiznbod cluster s, ouch os Peerless, Pe- j shall join their spirits in tho 1 | rising sun. Wo cannot long b^, ^ Instead of crying with Jacohf f “I will go down into thongs nnto ^ con, mourning let us with David> ‘ ‘I shall go to him. r On ono of the gates « f Greenwood is tho quaint inscription^.« A ,jilt’s lodg ing on tho way to th/ city of tho NoV) ono another with thj Oomfc/ Jerusalem. ’ ’ these words. Mayij 3n( i 0 f i,j m who shall wipe away ( Carg from all oyei- wipe your cheek^ v ith its softest tender ness. rho of Mary aud Martha and Lazarusin iuf 0 i,i y 0U i u jjjg armBi The white a j)g 0 i s who sat at tho tomb < y ffosus will yet roll tho stone from tiic* reHmTe*^i on <pi, p limisclf shall do- seend/rom iicavc-n with a shout and the veiny of the archangel. So tho “Dead fWli” in "Saul” shall become the "id'V.Ic.luiah Chorus. ” lerkin, * jij^'p’ruit, Tyler and others of sa “5l type, is usually largo, aud w ‘ 1 !ff/nc bolls aro small tho cotton is easl y picked, provided it is done before rain j a ]] s n p 0U t ij e byiig, Tho S^test objection to tbese varieties is fact that tho cotton falls out so “ a 'lly the gathering is ofteutimes seri- °^ly interfered with and the loss from tain considerable. The cluster or short limbed varieties, such as Boyd, Cochran, Hawkins and Welbcrn, are early aud prolific, but fail more readily from tho effects of a*dry hot spell than the long limbed cluster kinds; the bolls being so near each oth er are easily covered with trash and troublesome to pick. The largo boll varieties, such as Texas ilof thx Stormproof, Bohemian aud others, are “Vjorous growers, aud tho plant con- tiuttuKrccn long after many other va rieties ha'J dropped most of their leaves. Tho bolls art very largo aud easy to pick, aud owing'q the pecnliar deep shape of the bnr the ct/tfln does not fall out easily, and, the foliaVremaining green, trash from dead leavoJs never very troublesome. None of those >'ie- ties is prolific, tho seeds aro larger turn tho per cent of lint small. All the long staple varieties, suck os Allen, Matthews, Southern Hope and others, have made good yields aud fair staple. Tennessee Gold Dust anil King’s Im proved are tho earliest that have been tested thus far at tho station. Among the now varieties tested aud mentioned as promising are Dickson’s Early Cluster, Kono, Ladde and Texas Stormproof aud as worthless the Japan. /Missionaries and Native Morale. The failure of the English Protestant [iasiouarios in west Africa to rrcog- i.'ize tho difference between tho minds tho Africf.UK and their own, and their tendency to regard tho African minds tii :;o many jugs, which have only to bo emptied of the stuff which is iu them and refilled with the particular form of docirino they, tho missionaries, aro e»- gnped in teaching, is certainly one several causes of tho mission , and it works in very various -by eliminating those parts of tho fxtich that we re a wholesome rc- straiuband putting in their placo the doctrine of tho forgiveness of sin by means cf repentance, etc. This part of the Christian doctrine the negroes are very devoted to. I have tackled several mission trained men and women and asked them how they reconciled it to tlioinsclvoH to go on iu tho way they were doing, openly con trary to the teaching they had received. W hat (hey say I will not write down. I should prefer to givo a verbatim report cf tho observations of r. sea captain when tho steering ge.-ir ban broken down, hut it amounts to tho statement that they know' they aro doing wrong, but they intend to repent in time. Cant yen cannot call it, because they quite belles'" it. Severe! tiine-i I have been in tight places.with backsliders, and tiny have turned t::cir entire attention to thin repentinco, pouring out full confes sions of thoir iniquities instead ot lending a hand that would save thoir lives. The popularity of a (to me) very unpleasant little hymn on tho ocuthwCst coast that has a chorus cf A little talk with Jteus M:ikcH it right, All right, domemtratoH their view of the affair— no doubt sound doctrine, bat bad for negro-morals in this world.—National Review. battle or in the! luL have expired is, or on onr noticed that )is season as of thoir ervance ^flori- right- W0 or rythe brought r )iuli' ob- tho bono- i of father, ■ther, An Up to Date Miracle. This curious story comes from a cele brated shrine at Wilna in Russian Po land : In February a Russian, who can- uof now be identified, lirought to tho parish priest of theOstra Drama ehnpel, Father Franklewiez, several very largo wax candles, with the request that they might lie kept burning night and day ns a votive offering before Oar Lady’s image. The request excited no surprise, ns even the schismatic Russians have a de votion to tho Madonna, and frequently bring offerings to the shrine, but as it would have boon imprudent to leave the caudles burning all night Without watching, tho sacristan was told to sit up in a room near by the altar. About midnight tho watcher extinguished tho candles. Asked next morning why had done so, the man declared that ii his sleep lie had repeatedly heard cry, “Put cut tlio candles!” and with some natural feeling of awe had done so. Upon careful examination, the can* dies turned out to bo hollow and filled with gunpowder. There is no doubt an attempt had been mado to destroy the famous Madonna, which for so many centuries had boon looked upon, even by tho Russian^ as the mighty protec tress of tho Catholic faith.-—London J Tablet. St. Ilcmanl Dogs. A St. Bernard dog is u handsome pet and so intelligent that its owner always grows fond of it. But it is a cure, es pecially os tho warm months come on. Tho heavy coat makes tho poor animal ■uff(‘r intensely with tho heat. •JJsually it will take refuge in the cellar-and lie thero on the stone floor, panting loudly, with tongue lolling and an expressioi of suffering in iho great eye* that piteous to soo. It is highly dangerous to try clipping tho coat, as baa been by rush friends of tlio nihch end animal. The dog cannot stand a I greo of covering, and yet it fortublo in our summers wi has. Really, from May to Bernard dog is more pain Manurlnc a Meadow. Both lime npd ashes are excellent fer tilizers fcr meadow lands, and may be mixed nml distributed together either late iu tho fall or early iu the spring. A dressing of 100 to 800 pounds of cot tonseed meal per acre would famish nitrogen, which is likely to be deficient in all meadow lauds. If • little alsike clover would not reduce the pries of the hay, then scarify tho me»dovr with a fine toothed harrow before diswibuting the lime and ashes, and sow one quart of alsiko seed per aero. Then apply the fertilizers, reharrow and roll. Alsike cures light colored, and is not notice able in tho hay, and really improves its quality. In some localltiM great objec tion is made to clover of any kind in hay sold in tho cities. In central New York timothy hay may bo ono-tenth alsiko clover and yet no objections are made to it.—Country Gentleman. A Komomadc Lend Ontder. Every small farmer cani ot afford the espouse of buying a land grader. Labor ing under this inoouvenionoe Gordon Grimes of Png oca Springs, Cola, built one which is simple and easily made, and has the desired effect—that is, it levels the lend by scraping tho dirt off the high places aud deposits it in tho low places automatically., It will level up n back furrow as completely as though it hud never existed. To moke this ma- • 1* J , a J 'J 5 u £ * •o t ' 5 d: ti 3 INEXPENSIVE LAUD GRADER, chine take two pieces, 3 by 4 aud 20 feet long, placo thorn 7 feet apart like sled runners with the front ends sloping up ward. Then take a 2 by 6, 7 feet long, and nail it crosswise between.the front end of the runners sotting edgewise up aud down, allowing tho lower edge to project half an inch below tho runners. Then take a plunk 2 by 12 and fit it in tho same manner as the front one, only putting it back about 8 foot from the front scraper. Nail some pieces acromon the top of the runners for braces and It is ready for use, as shown in tho accom^ panyiugoutline. Three horseq are Sary it the driver rides on the which is recommended as the UKTOID MISK* Ao-ji Rheus^Atisw C. Tester Valley, Mils., cured by %er’s larsaparilla “Fir nvc year*. 1 aullorett untold mliery from imitcular rb*'iniaUs!u. I tried every known remedy, oousultod the J est physi cians, visited IfotSprings, Ark., three times, upending Jiooo there, Pcs ides doctors’ till!*; !>nt could obtain only temporary relief. My flesh was wasted away so that I weighed only ninety-three ■ •Minds; ray left arm and leg were drawn oi of shape, the muscles being twisted np la knots. I was unable to dress myself, except with assistance, and could only hobble about by using a cane. I had no appetite, and was assured, by tho doctors, that I could not live. Tho. pa ins, at times, were so awful, that 1 sould procure refill only by means of hypodermic Injec tions of morphine. 1 had my limbs bandaged bfUy, In sulphur, la poultices; hut these gave *ly temporary relief. 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