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THEILEDOKR: GAFFNEY, S. C., JUNE 25, 1890. GOD IN EVERYTHING. BUT REV. Dk. TALMAGE EMPHASIZES HIS EXISTENCE IN MINOR AFFAIRS. the ’r- her Says We Can Ilever Oct Deyood t!ia Limit Ood Has Laid l>owu I r or <Jur 1’rospcrlty—So AVo Mast Uc Content, Wasiiimjton, Juno 21.—A most up lifting truiU ii pioontod iu Dr. Tnl- mago’s flijfoui'so of today. His toxt Has Matt Dow x, 2!): “Avonot two spar rows sold for' a fai thing? And ono of them shall not fall on tho ground with out your Father. ” You foe tho Bihlo will not he Jimitod in tho ohoico of symbols. There is hardly a beaut or bird «:r insi'ct which has not born called to illustrate scino divide truth—tho ex’s patience,, tho ant’s in dustry, the spider's skill, tho hind's snrof('ot((iiirss, the eagle’s speed, tho dove's gentleness, and even tho spar row’s meanness and insignificance. In oriental countries none hut tho poorest people buy the sparrow’ and eat. it—so very little meat is (hero on tho bones, mid so very poor is it, what there is of It, Tho comfortable population would pot think of touching it any more than you would think of eating a bat or u lamprey. Now, says Jesus, if (Jod takes such good caro of a poor bird that (s not worth a cent, will ho not caro for you, on immortal? We associate God with revolutions. Wc pan soo a divine purpose in the dis covery of America, in the invention of tho art of printing, in tho exposure of the gunpowder plot, in the contrivance of the noodle gun, in the ruin of an Austrian or Napoleonio despotism; but how hard it is to poo God in the piiimto personal affairs of our In os! We think of God nr making a record of the starry host, but cannot realize the J3ib|o truth that he knows how many hairs are on our head. It seems a grand tiling that God provid 'd feed for hundreds of thousands of Isre.i litosin the desert; but wo cannot appreciate the truth that, when a sparrow is "hungry, God stoops down and opens its mouth and puts tho Eced in. We are struck with the idea that God fills the universe with his presence, but cannot understand how ho encamps iu the crystal palace of a dew- . drop, or finds room to stand between the alabaster pillars of the pond lily. We can sec God in tho clouds. Can wc soo pod in these flowers at our for.? Cod Iu All. Wo are apt to place God pn spine great plage—or to fry to do it—expecting him fjiero to act out his stupendous projects, hut wo forget that tho life of ii Crom well, an Alexander or a Washington Pf uu archangel is not pi ore under di vine inspection than your life or mine. Pompoy thought there must be a mist .pvor the eyes of God because |io so much favored tkesar. But there js no such piist. He pees everything. We say God’s path is iii the great waters. Trap puongh; but no more pertniuly fhnp hp |q jn the water in the glass pp Ihe table. \Ve say God guides tho stars in their courses. M, "iiiliei nt truth 1 But no more certain truth ihan that he decides which pond or street you shall take in coming tp church. Understand that Cpd does not sit upon an, indiffeppnt pr unsympa thetic throne, but that ho sits down be side yon today,ml stands h (,, 'ido me today, and no affair of cur lives is so insignificant hut that it is of importance fo God. |n tho first place, God phocscs pur oc- eupatiou for us. lam amazed to soo how many people there pro dissatisfied with tho work they have to do. I thinly three-fourths wish they were ip gfimp ptber occupation, mid they spend a great deal of time ip r< glutting that they got in tho wrong trade or profession. | want to tell you that God put into opor* otion all the influences which led you to that particular i hoioo. Many pf you app not in the business that you expected to be iu. Yon started fer tho ministry and learned merchandise; yon started for the law and you are u physician; yon pre ferred agriculture and yon became o mechanic. You thought one way; God thought anotlu r. But you ought not to sit down and mourn over the past. You oro to remember that God arranged all these circumstances by which you wore made what you are. Hugh Miller says, ‘‘I will be a stone mason ;” God says, “You will be a geologist. ” David goes out tonttend his father’s sheep; God calls him to govern a nation. Saul goes out to hunt his fa ther’s nsscs, and before he gets back finds tho crown < f regal dominion. How much happi< r would wo bo if we were content with the places God gave ns! God saw your temperament and all tho circumstances by which you were sur rounded, and 1 believe nine-tenths of you are in tho work’you aro lust fitted for. I hear a g/vat racket in my watch, and I find that the hands, and the wheels, and the springs aro ge tting out of their placet! I send it down to tho jeweler’s and say, “Overhaul that watch and teach the wheels, and tho spring, and tho hands to mind their own busi ness. ’’ You know a man having a large estate. He gathers his working bunds in the morning, and says to cnc, "You go and trim that vine;’’ to another, “Yongound weed those flowers;” to another, “You plow that tough glehe;” and each ono goes to his particular work. Tho owners of tho estate points the man to what ho knows ho can do best, and so it is with tho Lord. Hu Arr:iiiffe4 All. 1 remark further that God bus ar ranged the place of our dwelling. What particular city or town, sire* t or honsp you shall live in su ms to bo u morp matter of accident You go out to hu* t for a house, and you happen to pass up a certain street, and happen tp seo a sign, and you si lect that liouso. Was if all happening go? Oh, no! God guidot} you in every nh p. Ho foresaw tho fut turn, lie km w ail your circtnnstanees, and he selected just Hint ope house us better for you than any of thu lO.OOQ habitations iu tho city. Our jinuse, howevor humble the roof and btwever lowly tho portals, is ns near (bod’s heart as an Alhambra< r a Kremlin. Provo it, jura say. Proverbs iii, 88, “He blcsscth the habitation of the jest." I remark further that God arranges all enr friendships. You were driven to the wall. You found a man just at that crisis who sympathised with yon ai d helped you. You say, “How lucky I was!’’ There was no luck out it. God sent that friend jest as certainly as he sent the angel to strengthen Christ. Your domestic friends, your business friends, your Christian friends, God gent them to bless yon, ard if any of them have proved traitorous, it is only to bring out tho value of ti esc v ho re main. If some die, it is only that they may stand at the outposts of heaven to greet you at your coming. You always will have friends, warm hearted friends, magnanimous friends, and when sickness c< mos to yonr dwell ing there will he wab hers. When trou ble comes to your heart, there will bo sympathizers. Wh< u death comes, there will be gentle fingers to close the eyes and fold the bands end gentle lips to tell of a resurrection. < )h, we are com passed by a bodyguard of fr:erd:-! Every man, if In' has behaved I'inie If well, is surrounded by three eirrh ;> < f friends—» fjinse pf I he outer circle w ishing him well; those in the next circle willing to help him ; while close up to his heart pro a few who w ould die for him. Gocl pity the wreh h who has not any friends! J remark again, that God puts down flip Jimit to our tc inpoval prosperity. The world of finance seems to have nq God ip it. You cannot tell where a man pill laud. The affluent fall; the poor pise. The ingMiious fail; the ignorant ipecocd. An enterprise opening grandly, shuts in bankruptcy, while out of the pent dug up from seme Now England piarsh the millionaire builds h.s fortune. The ppop piau Ijiinks il is chance that Jteeps him down; the rich man thinks i( js chance which hoists him; and they pro hot}; wrong. It is so hard to realize that Grd rnli s the money m i le t, and has a hepk in th( arse < f tbestrG: ganp l ler, pnd that all tl > crmnujuial revo lutions of the world shall result in the very best for God’s dear children. Accept tlin Inevitable. My brethren, do not kirk against the divine allotments. God knows just how much money it is best for you to lost*. You never gain unless it is best for you to gain. You go up when it is best for ^ou to go up and go down when it is pest for you to go down. Provo it, you gay. I will. Romans viii, 28, “All things ^prk together for good tp them jhuf ipvc God.” Vein go into a factory antj ypu sec 20 or 3Q wheels, and they urn f ;oing in different directions. This band s rolling pff this way and another bund Upothcp >vuy; one down and another up. You sa}’, “What confusion in a fac tory!” Oh, no! all these different hands Upo only different parts of the inachip- epy. So I go into your life and see strange tilings. Here is one providenev pulling ypu one way, and ain't hep ip anpthpp pray, put these pro different parts pf piip piachincry by which he pull advance your everlasting and pres put well being. Now you know’ that a second pierG pee, and a third and fourth picptgagq upp fiftep tvortlt nothing, ft is the first mpftgagp that js u pood investment. 1 jiavo to tell you that every Christian man has a first mortgage on every trial, and on c very disusu r, and it must piakc p payment of eternal advantage to jiis eppl. fii \v pi any wrrrimcrts it \Vpuld take out of your heart if you be lieved that fully. You buy goods am] hope the price will go up, but you are jn a fret and a frown for fear the price Y>’ill go down. Yep do not buy the goods psing your best disen fion in the mat ter, and then say: “Oh, Lord, I have done the best I could! I <( mmit (his V’hol© transaction ipto thy hands!” That is what religion is good fev or it id pood fop nothing, Thorn urn two tilings, says an edd proverb, you ought not to fret r.beut— first, things that you can h< Ip. and seo. Olid, tilings which yop cannot help. If you cap help them, w by do you not ap ply tho remedy? If you cannot help them, you might as well spirender first us last. My dear brethren, do not sit uny longer moping about your ledger. Do not sit looking so desponding upon your stick of unsalable goods. Do you think that God is going to allow you, a Christian man, to do business alone? God is the controlling partner in every firm, and although your debtors may abscond, although yur sctfUlities may fail, although your store may burn, God will, out of an infinity of results, choose for you tho very best results. Do not have any id< a that you can overstep the limit that God has laid down for jour prispeiity. You will never get one inch beyond it. God has decided how much prosperity you can stand honorably and (mploy usefully and control righteously; mid at the end e:f the year you will have just so many dollars and cents, just so much ward robe, just so much furniture, just so many beiuds and mortgages, and nothing more. I will give you $ 100 fer every penny you get beyond that. God Ipis looked eivor your life. He knows what is lust for jxu, and ho is going to bless you in time, and bless yon for eternity; and he will do it in tho best way. Your lb.tie child says, “Papa, I wisii yon would let mo have that knife.” “No,’’ yem say, "it is a sharp knife and you will cut vouiself. ” IP says, “I must have it. "But you cannot have it,” you reply. He gels angry and red in the face, and says he will have it; but you say ho shall not have it. Aro you not kind in keeping it from him? Ku God treats his children. I say, “I wish, heavenly Father, tp gt t that.” God ■ays, “No, my child.” Isay, “I must have it.” G»*l says, “You cannot have it.” 1 get angry and say, "I will havu it.” God says, “You shall not have it;” and } do not get it. Is lie not kind and Joving and the best of Father..? Do you (ell mo thorp is |io rule pud regulation i» these things? Tell (fiat to the men who Ivliovo iu no God and no Bible. Toll it not to me) A umu of large buuimas concludes to go out of his store, leaving much of his investments in the business, and he says to his sons: "Now, I am going to leave this business in your hands. Perhaps I may como back in a little while, and perhaps not. While I am gone you will please to look after affairs.” After awhile the father conn s back and finds everything at loose ends, and tin* whole business seems to be going wrong. He says: “I am going to take possession of this business—you know I never full}’ surrendered it—and henceforth consider yourselves subordinates.” Is he not right in doing it? He saves the business. The Lord scents to let us go on in life, guided by our own skill, and we make miserable work of it. God comes down to our shop, or our store, and says: “Things are going wrong. I come to take charge. I am master, and I know what is best, and I proclaim my au thority. ” We are merely subordinates. It is like a bey at school with a Jong sum that he cannot du Ho has been working at it for hours, making figures here and rubbing out figures there, and it is all mixed up, and the teacher, looking over the boy’s shoulder, knows that he cannot get out of it, and clean ing tho slate says, “Begin again,” Just so G< d does to us. Our affairs gefointo an inextricable entanglement, and he rubs everything out and says, “Begin again!” Is ho not wise and loving iu so doing? I think thp trouble is that there is so large a difference between the divine and the human estimate as to what is enough. I have heard of people striving for that which is enough, but I never heard of any one who had enough. What God rails enough for man man calls too little. Whatpuui calls enough God says is too muc h. The difference between a poor man and a rich man is only tho difference in banks. The rich man puts hia money in the Washington bank, or (he Central bank, er the Metro politan bank, or want’ other bank of that character, while the poor man rnmeg up and makes his inveslments in the hank of him who runs all tho quar ries, all the mines, all tin 1 gold, all tho earth, all hca\cu. Do you think a Duff i can fail when ho is backed up like that? You may have seen a map on which is described, with red ink, the travels' : of the children of Israel thrpugh thp j ! desert to the promise d land, You see j hpw they took this and that direction, | crossed that river and went through the 1 sc a. Do you know God lias made a map of your life with paths leading up tq this river and ac roes t hut sc:a? But, hless-. cd lx* Gpd, the: path always conn s out at the promised land. Mark that! Mark tjiatl Wu Aecidcura. I remark again that all these things that seem to be but accidents in our life ! are under the divine supervision. We sometimes sec m to bp going jielmle.ss and anchorless. Y< u say, ”11 I had some pthfr trade; if I had pot gone, the re (his summer: if I had lived in some other house. ’’ You have no right to say that. Every (car you wept, every step yen have taken, every burden you have carried is under divine juspirq. (ion, and (hat event w hi( h spivlled your whole household with horror God met \yjth perfect placidity, because he know it \v(»s for your good. It was part c f a great plan projected long ago. In ctcr- nily, when you como to reckon up your mercies, you will point fo (hut allfiction as me of yoqr greiilerl blessings. (Jod has a strange way with us. Jo seph found libs way to the prime minis ter's chair by being pushed into a pit; and to many aGhri- tiau down is up. The wheat nmst be flailed; the: quarry must bo Hasted; the diamond must be ground; the Christian must be afflicted; and that single event, witich you sup posed stood entirely alone, wv-s a cou- pceting link between two great chains, otic chain reaching through all eternity past and the other chain reaching through all eternity future—so small an evout fastening two eternities to- get her, A missionary coming from India to the United States stopped at St. Helena while the vessel was taking water. He had ids little child with him. They walked along by an embankment, and a reek at that moment became loosened and, falling instantly, killed the child. Was it an accident? Was it a surprise to God? Had he allowed his servant, after a life c’f consecration, to como to such a trial? Not such is my God. There are no accidents in the divine mind, though they may seem so to us. God is good, auel by every single inci dent of emr life, whether it be adverse or otherwise, before earth and heaven, God will demonstrate his mercy. I hearu man say: “That idea belittles God. You bring him clown to suc h lit tle things.” Oh, 1 have u more thorough appreciation of God in little things than I have in great things! The mother does not wait until the child has crushed its foot or broken its arm before she admin isters sympathy. The child comes in with the least bruise, and (lie* mother kisses it God does not wait for some tremendous crisis in our life*, but comes dow n to n« iu our most insignific ant trials and throws over ns the arms of ^>is mofey. Going up tho White mountains scmti ye ars ago I thought of that passage iu the Bible that speaks of God as we igh ing mountains iu a balance. As I looked at those’ grant mountains I thought, Can it be possible that God can put (hose great mountains iu sc-alc s? It was an idea too great for me tp grasp; but jvheu I sa\V a hlueluli doW4 fly the mule’s foot, on my way up Mount Washington, (hen I understood the kindness pud goodness of Gish It is not so much of (1< d ip gn at things I cun Understand, but c f God in little things. There is a man who says, "That doc trine cannot be true, bec ause* things do go so very wrong ” I reply it is no in- ; consistency Ml the part of God, but a lack of uuderstaudiiig on our part. I hear that men are making very line shawls iu some factory. I go in on tho first floor and see* only (he; raw ma terials, and I ask, “Are these the shawls I have heard about?” “No, ” says the manufacturer. “Go up to the next floor,” and I go up, and there I tugin to see the design. But tho man says: “Do not stop here. Go up to the top floor of the* factory and yon will scu tho idea fully carricd out.” I do so, and having rome to the' top, seo the com plete pattern of an exquisite ■diawl. So in our life, standing down on a low level of Christian expe rience we do not understand God’s de alings. He tells us to go up higher and bighe r until wo be gin to understand the divine meaning with respect to us, and we advance un til we stand at the ve ry gate of heaven, and there sec God’s idea all wrought out—a perfect idea of me rev, of love, of kindness. And we say, “Just and true are all my ways.” It is all right at tho top. Remember there ir, no inconsist ency on the part of God, but it is only our mental and spiritual inc apacity. homo of yon may be disappointed this summer—vacations are apt to be disap pointments—but whatever your per plexities and woniimnts, know’ that “Man’s heart deviseth his way, but tho Lord diractcth his steps.” Ask these aged men in this churc h if it is not so. It has been so in my own life. One summe r I started for the Adirondacke, but my plans were so changed that I landed in Livorpeol. I studied law and I got into the ministry. I resolved to go as a missionary to China, and I staid in the United States. I thought I would like to ho in the c ast, and I went to tho west. All the circumstance's of life, all my work, different from that which I expeected. “A man’s heart deviseth his way, but the Lord dircctelh his steps.” !So, my dear friends, this day take homo this subject. Be content with suc h thimrs as you have. From every grass blade under your fee t learn tho lesson c f divine care, and never let the smallest bird flit across your path with out thinking of tho truth that two spar rows arc redd fer a farthing, and ono of them shall not fall on the ground with out your Father. Blessed be his glorious name forever. Ame n. A Ifanncr From Ilmveu, The thrones used by (he French kings and emperors before (he time of (ho re public’ was known us “the throne of the lilies. ” It was fo called because of the old national e mblem of the Franks wide h was the fleur-de-lis, a specie's p( lily. The story of (ho qflpptiun of the fleur-de-lis as qpalic nal emblem iscuri- ous ami interesting. Uteris, king cf tho Franks, married Fvincess Ctetildo cf Burgundy in the year 4'j;i A. D. The young queen was a Christian, and it was her curliest desire that her husband, a heat lien Frank, might be converted. Her arguments had no e ffe ct upon him, but an incident wjijph eeeumd in bat tle Jater pn change d his mind In the year llfll Clovis and his Franks met the fierce Alltmunni (Germans) in battle at Tolbiao. Clovis was finally so hard pressed that be called on the God cf the Christians for help, vowing cn his honor that if he should he victorious he would become a Uluistiun, Within (he hour the Alle- mauui were routed and on Christina* day of the same year Clovis and several thousands of his eoldie rr- were baptized into the Christian church, According tc the story, on tin- eve e f the* baptism an angel from heaven appeared and pre sented Clovis with a hire banner, cm hroidcrcd with beautiful faur-de-lis. These heaven embroidered lilies were forthwith adopted as the French em blem, and from that lime until tho time of tho revolution all kings cf France bcuu upon their arms some kind of a re presentatieu d the’ fleur-de-lis. First the number thus worn varied according to the taste c ? the monarch, but during tho two or three centurie s preceding the fall of tho mcrarehy the regulation number was only three.—St, Louis Re public. Madacaftrar Caatoins. Tho customs pre vale nt in Madagascar have not been changed since the final establishment cf the French protector ate. Fe r instance, the latest numbers of The Gazette Ofllrielle Hova contain under the heading cf “Market Review” the following: Friday at Tananarive— Slave, little girl, 1?5 francs; slave, lit tle* boy, 100 francs; slave, grown wom an, 110 francs; skive, grown man, 75 francs.” It is known that slavery, ns prac ticed by the* Ile.vus, was not exactly the* same* cruel institution it has boon elsewhere. Still, it is slavery, and tho liberal papers e f Paris are indignant at the fae t that a slave market should be tolerated by tho French officials, who aro the* raid masters e f the African is land. Tho govc rr incut records just pub. lished show’ that tho expedition coat France* the* 1c s:; cf 5,502 soldiers, all of whom succumbed to disc ase, with the exception cf ten killed by the enemy’s fire. Victory For (hi* MaKiiuchuMAts. Wo think (hat the* decision cf the ex ecutive* council to pre se nt the; battleship Massachuse tts with a bronze statue o| Victcry will be accepted as (he most fitting tribute that coulel be devised. The figure, which will bo life size, will be* placed upon the forward 1!) inch turret and wdll make* an imposing appearance. It is far superior to a silve r soup tureen e:r something of that sort for the ward room, because it is a gift to tho ship, P< c r Jack comes in fer it as well as the habitues c f the* quarter deck; besides, it is a source < f inspiration which will be sure to tell oq the fighting caliber of the ere w. The* vessel c arrying suc h a token will never strike her flag. —Boston Com mercial Bulletin. Flguml Troiim-rN. A fashionable tailor c f HuchqK'st has put the “millennium trousers, ”or“pan- telon dumillenairc,” on tho market The young bucks of Budapest arc* wear ing tills garment with every sign of ex ultation, and the iuventerof the novelty is making a fortune. Tho uc tual link between tho millennium trousers nud Hungary's thousand years of glorious independei'oo is the pattern, which, cm cl<«v examination, turns out to hu tho figure “1,000” repeated infinitely. A CHAMPAGNE HOOK. And How t'.ia Story Alvcit It Served ■ 1-onltltt I’erpiMc. Hero is a story of a champagne hook, related by tho Washington Post; By a oh'inipagne hook is meant one of those medal beaks in a pockotkuifo which are used in breaking the wires which secure tho cork in a champa.'.no bottle. The hero of the story is Representative Hull of Iowa. Mr. Hull and Congressman Chioker- ing were going to Chicago on n train together soino time ago when Chickoring displayed a knife which Hull nt once be gan to admire extravagantly beeanso it had a hook, which Chickoring seriously assured him was designed to remove stones which became fastened iu a horse’s hoof occasionally on a rocky road. A stone iu your horse’s hoof is an ugly thing to displace unless you have a hook in yor.r knife, and Hull knew this. “Well, governor,” said Chickering, with secret malevalence, knowing that Hull represented a prohibition state, “if you like the knife so well you may have it.” “Oh, no," said Hull, “I wouldn't think of accepting it. You might have use for it some time on the road driv ing. If your horse should over gather a atone in his hoof, yon would greatiy miss tliis hook. ” “That’s all right, goveruor,” said Chickering. “I know where I can pick up another just like it. Ho you just take it and remember me. ” Ilnll accordingly accepted it, and on reaching homo showed it to his wife, to whom ho extolled tho virtues of knives with a hook attachment for cleaning horses’ hoofs and rejoiced iu his won derful possession. Mrs. Hull looked at the knife and then nt her husband. “John,” said the, “anyman who has served three terms an secretary of tho state senate, been twice 'lieutenant gov ernor and served two terms in congress must bo a pretty good man if lie doesn’t kuuw n chiunpaguo opener from a hoof eleaner. ” Tho story leaked ont, and one of the avid ions correspondents’of an Iowa pa per wired it ns a choice bit of gossip about state members. It was copied ail over tho stato and commented on iu u VWiety cf ways. About this time tho congressman met the correspondent who first published the story. He was smiling all over. “Yon did mo u great service,” Hull said, wringing his hand affectionately, “a great service, AH the Prohibitionists are taking rwjLAyife’a view of my igno rance and saying I mnst bpau unusually good man, while all tho nr^VareJnsist- iugthat I’m a devil of a good follow for imposing so successfully on my wife, since I must certainly have known bet ter. It works in behalf of my popularity whether you take ono view or the other. ” FIRST PATRIOT KILLED. OUrj of the Daughter of John nick* DU- covrred In Minneapolis. There lives today in this city a grand son of John Hicks, the first man killed in the war of tho Revolution, and one of tho first minute men awakened form his sleep by tho warning given by Panl Re vere on tho night of the latter’s fumetus ride. This grandson of John Hicks, George Pierce Hicks, lives with his son- in-law, Holman R. Drew, at Girard and Summit avenues, and is now iu his eighty-eighth year, though still erect and in full possession of all his facul ties. A reporter called on Mr. Hicks and found him a very pleasant, white haired old gentleman, who was pleased to give tho reporter all tho information ho could. Ho produced n voluminous diary, kept by his mother, and which contained much information of value concerning the times immediately succeeding the great war. At ono point in tho diary the connection of Mr. Hicks’ grandfather, John Hicks, with the incident of Paul Rovcro’s ride is related. The Hicks of Revolutionary times was ono of tho first minute men to be awakened by that fa mous messenger. With tho others he sprang into his clothes, took up his gun and run to guard tho bridge at Lexing ton. IIo was tho first man killed and is none other than tin* person immortalized by Longfellow iu his poem, “Paul Re- vero’s Ride,” thus: And one was s.-ifo and asleep in Ids lied Who nt tho hridcu would Is) first to fall, Who that day would lu lyinxih ad Pierced l»y « PrUish musket hall. Zacnrinh Hicks was a sou of (hat John Hicks and an uncle to (he present George Hicks. At iho time cf tho breaking out of tho Revolution ho was just 18 years old. He. too, took tip arms with tho revolutionists and did valiant service for his country. He also fought at tho famous battle of Lexington, whero his father died. Ho was afterward promoted to Iho position of marshal and entered Boston with General Washington, when the great leader was escorted into (bat city in 178!). An interesting historical note is made to (ho effect that Revere was a copper founder, and iu (ho scrapbook, supple mentary to tho diary, is a reproduction of a newspaper cut made by Revere, rep resenting tho massacre of tho patriots in Boston by tho British soldiers in J77t». It is a very creditable piece of work, surprisingly so went the incipient con dition of tho art of making newspaper cuts at that time is taken into consider ation.—Minneapolis Tribune. KIOT WHAT WE SAT, bui ■ • what Hood’s Sarsaparilla Docs, that (ells (he story of ils merit and suc cess. Kcmcinhcr HOOD'S Cures. Going to Richmond? u H«l»*lit ticket tii'fori* I<>iiv1id( for tiny for SL'iuu. THE BEST Family Medicine She Has Ever Known. Word* of Praiee from a Hew York Lady for AYER’S_ PILLS “ I would like to add my testimony to that of others who have used Ayer’s Pills, and to say that I have taken them for many years, and always derived the best results from their use. 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WiMtmlnstc- Honii*n Central (♦rconvlll* Spartanburg. UalTnevM. Hlm-kstuirK King'H Mt tlnMtonln. Charlotte Ilniivllle 12 (X) mill i:> 2 2H p! 2 01 2 US p •’ •“ n.V) p 4 IS p 4 45 p ft :v j> o 18 p 7 08 p 1 H »J p 112 ot U i’ 7 oo a « s 50 " 0 IS r. M 1.1 n " 10 12 n a 11 aft a » II 27 a n II if) n '• 11 XI n n 12 21 p n 12 41 p a I 20 p »' 2 I'i j n 3 22 p ! n 4 11 p n 4 30 p n ft 00 t) ii ft 28 j) il 20 )• Ar. Richmond tl OJ u it to p non Ar.WiiKhinRtnti yO 42 n 0 4.) p •• Pnltm'i* PR It. 8 05 a II 2 ft p “ Philadelphia. 10 2ft a 3 OJ a •* New York 12 XI m il 20 a Sou! Ill,oiind. VcH. Fat. Ml Nu. 37 No. 3.» Dally. Ditllv.! ,, * ,i, >' Him. Lv. N. Y.,P. R. R. 4 :»i p 12 1ft n “ Philadelphia <1 Xft ji 3 ftO n “ PuMimore. 0 2J ji il 22 n “ WaMhington.. 10 43 j> 11 l.» a Lv. Richmond 2 0 ) a 12 55 p 200 a ft ftO 0 3ft 10 40 Lv. Danville ‘ Charlotte " t+UHlonia “ King's Mt - HhA-hurg “ UalTui'VN “ Npartaiilmo,-. II 37 •• (tnunvillo.. 12 28 “ Cent ml “ Honecu *• WimI minuter h T'.i'on “ Mt. Airy * Cornelia " Lula . " (4aiiie<4ville " Buford " Norenma Ar. Atlanta, R. T. Lv. Atlanta, C. T. a ti 05 a I) ftft 11 31 a 12 00 12 24 a I 01 p. I fat )> 2 3ft p 2 ftS 2 18 p 3 50 a 3 13 3 31 p <1 2!) p ft 20 DR. J. F. GARRETT, Dentist, Gaffney, - - . f ; . C. OITlce over. J. R. Tolleson’s new store In oflice from 1st to’24th of im It month; SOUTHERN RAIL WAV. nnuMOxr .in: i.ixr. Condensed Scliednle of I i»iseip;i*r Tra'n., Vi., I'*!. Ml No. 14 No. 3.4 Nt*. 33 N'..I*J K«. June 14, 1803. j; tt || Vi Dally, ••ally Mm. 4 3ft p 5 3ft ,i ti 2Sp 7 08 p 7 4Ju 8 12 p > MitV !> J. P I a 1 ID j) 11 25 p ■ . No.lt N »H K*. I{|clitnnu<l. Only 'ifte per I U. STACY. Act. DR. I. M. HAIR, DENTIST, Ollier [In Sett leuiye'r IhiIIiIIiiU. Teeth ex tracted without pain. Flt’Nt-cluHN work at reawiiiulile prlccn. Will Im* ill Piieolet from the loth to Iftlh of uach month. •‘A" a. ni. “P" p. m. "M " noon. “N" niffht. Noa. 37 and SS—WiiMhlnuton and Houthweat- •m VcmIIIinIc LinuiiHl. ThrnuKh Pullman ahi-tMTM lutweell New York lUld New OrlcMUX via WnMhliiKton. Atlanta and MiiiitK<>niery,anu aloo lutwoen New York ami Memphis, via WimhlnKton, Atlanta and Hirmtuiduini. Thli train nlxo carrici Ulehmnnd AuauMtn Mlecntnu ram lutwmm Danville and Dharlntte. Viral elasM th<>r<hiirhfare much lM*twccn WiiehlnKton ■ud Atlanta. Dining ears nerve all muala ea route. Nom. 3ft and 3rt~Unlled Htatea Kant Mull. Pall- man Nlccphiu cum U'tuccn New Yo.k, Atlanta amt New UrTriuiN. Non. 11 and 12—Pul'tinui i»!eoi Iiik rum hotwwon Hl'-buionil and Danville. The Air Line Belle train, N<mi. 17 nod Is, wfIL from June Ut to OctolNT Ut, PAX). Iu operated between Atlanta ami Mt. Airy, <tu., dally < rept Sunday. W. H. HKRKN, J. M. Cl Umi'l Hupt., WoMhinKton, I). O W. A. Tl’KK, Uw’l Pam. A*'t , WiMhlniftoii, D. C