The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 25, 1896, Image 5
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.
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