The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, June 17, 1897, Image 5
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THE LEDGER: GAFFXEY, S. C., JUNE IT, 1807.
"WOMAN'S FHIST SIN.
eve4 fatal step in the garden
' OF EDEN.
Jtr. T:,>(ii!iso on tlie Itangcr of it
I’oorly Kt'sulatod Iiqtil.sitin-m-Ms— A Pic-
tur«‘M;u«‘ Sermon on ttic ICuin of the Hu
man Itaee.
New Youk, Juno 1J.—A new intor-
pretutiou rf tlu* cal nnity in ParadL'C is
giviu Ly Dr. Tahnapo in this sermon,
which is ladon with practical lessons.
The text is Gon< sis iii, ti, ‘ ‘And when the
Woman saw that the tr<e was good for
food, and that it was pleasant to tho
eyes, and a tree to le desired t>) iu::ko
one wise, she tot k < 1 tlie- fruit thereof,
and did cat, and gave also unto her hue-
band with her, and he did eat.”
It is the lirst Saturday afternoon in
the world’s existence. Kv< r since suu-
ris-e Adam has been watching the bril
liant pageantry tf wings and scale s and
deeds, and in his first lessons in zoolo
gy and ornithology and ichthyology lie
has noticed that the robins f!y the air
in twos, and that the fish swim the wa
ter in twos, and that the lions walk the
Helds in tw< s, and in the varm redo
lence of that Saturday afternoon he
falls off into sh n.itr, and, as if by al
legory to teach all ages that the great
est of earthly blos-inps is sound sleep,
this paradisaical Kinnoknce ends with
the discovery on the part < f Adam of a
corresponding intollipou'-o just landed
on a new planet. Of the mother of all
the living I speak—live, the first, the
fairest and the best.
In Eden.
I make me a garden. I inlay the paths
with mountain moss, and I bordtr than
with pearls from Ceylon and diamonds
from Golconda. Hete and there are-
fountains tossing in the sunlight and
ponds that ripple under the paddling of
the swans. I gather me lilies from the
Amazon, and orange groves from the
tropics and tamarinds from Goyaz.
There are woodbine and honeysuckle
climbing over the wall and starn d
spaniels sprawling themselves on the
grass. I invite amid tin so trees tho
larks, and the brown thrushes, and the
robins, and all the 1 brightest hhels eif
heaven, and they stir the air with in
finite chirp arei carol. And ye t theplae e 1
is a desert tilled with darkness and
death as compared with the reside nce
of the woman eif the* text, the subject
of my story. Ne ver since have sueh
skies lookeel down threaigh such leaves
into sueh wate>rs. Ne ve r has rive r wave
haei sue h curve and she e n and 1 ank as
adorned the Pison, the Ilavilah, tho
Gihon and the* Hidde kel, e ven the* peb
bles being bdellium and onyx stone.
What fruits’, with no eure ulio to sting
tho rind! What flowers, with no slug
to gnaw the root! What atmosphere,
with no frost to chill and with im heat
to consume! Bright colors tangled in
the grass. Pe rlume in the air. Musie*
iti the sky. Great se*eiio eif gladne ss and
live* and jeiy.
4 Right there under a bowe r of leaf
ami vine uml shrub oecuired the first
marriage. Adam tee k the hanel of this
immaculate daughter eif Ge d ami prei-
nouneed tho cere mouy when he said,
“Be net of my benie, and flesh of my
fle-di.” A feirbidden tree ste e d in the*
midst of that e xepiisite* park. Eve, harm
ful curiosity has stood by the inventor
until forces that were hidden for aget
come to wheels and le've rs and shaft:
ami shuttle s—force s that fly the air oi
swir the sea or cleave tin* mountaii
unti. tlie earth jars and roars and ring;
and crackle s and booms with strange
me chanism, ami ships with nostrils ol
hot steam and yokes of fire draw’ tk<
continents together.
I say nothing against healthful curi-
csity. May it have other Leyden jar's,
and other electric hatte lies, ami othe r
voltaic pile's, and either magnifying
glasses, with which to storm the bane e
castles of the natural world until it
shall surrende r its last see re t. We thank
God lor the geological curiosity of Pro
fessor Hitchcock, and tho mechanical
curie sity of Liebig, ami tho znole'gieal
curiosity of Cuvier, anel the inventive
curiosity eif Edison, but we must a fin, it
that unhe-althful and irregular inquisi
tiveness has rusheel thou.-anels anel tens
of thousands into ruin.
Eve just tasted the- fruit. She was
curious tej find e,ut how it last, d, am-
that curiosity blasted her and blaster,
all nations, ho there are clergymen in
this day, inspired by unhealthful iu-
eiuisitirenets, who have tried to look
the world to throw open all its pri°on
doors and display the crime, and throw
open all its. hospitals ami display the
dise ase, and throw op n all the insane
asylums and shew the wretchedness,
anel open all the sepulchers and show
the dead, and open all the* doors of tho
lost world and show tho damned. That
one Eelenic transgression stretched
chf’tds of misery across the* heart e*f tho
world and struck them with dolorous
wailing, and it has seated the* plagues
upetn the air ami the shipwrecks upon
the tempest and fastened, like a leech,
famine to the he art of the* sick and dy
ing nations. Beautiful at the start, heir-
rihle at the: last. Oh, how many have
experieneed it!
Arc there here those who arc votaries
of pleasure? Let me warn you, my
biotin r. Your pleasure boat is far fre m
shore, anel your summer day is ending
roughly, for tht* winds and the waves
are loud voiced, anel tlie overcoming
clouds are all awrithe and aglcam with
terror. You are pint the Narrows and
almost outside the Hook, and if the At
lantic take thee, frail mortal, thou shalt
neve r get to shore again. Put hack; row
swiftly, switte-r, swifter! Jesus from
the shore caste th a rope. Clasp it quick
er, and the daughters were diligent in
their kindness to tho aged, throwing
wreaths of blessing on thej road that
led father and mo; her down the* ste e p
of years. God bless eiur homes. And
may the* home on e aith be: tho ve stibule
of our hetme in heaven, in which place
may we all meet—fathe*r, mother, son,
daughter, brothe r, skte r, grandfathe r
ami gramlmether and grandchild, and
thet entire gr< up of precious ones, of
whom we must say, in the words el
transporting (diaries Wesley:
OtK* far lily, v.-i* dwell in him;
One <*liur< h above, t cnenth.
T’loupU now diviele-il by the stream—
The* narrow sit earn of death—
One- army of tho being God,
To his command we 1 o\v.
Pari of the I - st have cr*- ‘ d the f.exyl,
And part are i-rossing now
PRICKLY
ASH
' 3 BITTERS
AT INTERVALS DURING THE MALARIAL SEASON
tering e,ut e ne day an i;<*
looks up at ,
the tree* and sees tin* be nutiful fruit
and wcudcrs if it is swe e t anel we.ude-rs
if it is seiur, and standing there* says:
“I think I will just pui my hand ripe n
the* fruit. It will elo net damage; to the-
tre e. 1 will not take the Iruit te» e at,
but I will just take* it e!e v n tei exainine
it.” She examine el the fruit. She* said,
“I do neit think the re can he any liaim
in my’just breaking tin* rind of it.”
She put tho fruit to her teeth, she
taste d, she allow eel Adam also to t; to
the fruit, the eh e r eif tin* we tId e pentd,
anel th<* n einst* r sin eute re d. Le t tke>
he aveusgallurLlark:. tin* v.inds
sigh cn tin* lose m of the* hills, anel cav
ern, and eb sc rt, and e arth, anel sky> in
in one long, deep, he ll r< tiding howl,
“The world is lost!”
Be asts that 11 feae were hurmh ss and
full of play put forth claw ami sting
ami tooth and tusk. Biros whet tin ir
beak fe.r prey. Clouds troop in the sky.
Sharp thorns shoot up tin; ugh th" soft
grass. Blastings on tin* le ave s. All tin*
chords of that great harmony an*
snapped. Upon the brightest hom<* this
world ever saw emr limt ]iui> nt- turm ei
the ir back anel re el berth on a path of
sorrow the broken hearted myriads *)f a
ruined race.
I)anf;< r of CorlMity.
Do you not see, in the* lira place, the
danger of a j cu rly n gulate d mqumi-
tiveness? fche* wanted to km w lew the;
fruit taste d. Hie* found c ut, but li.buO
years have de plored that unhe althful
curierity. Healthful eu r ie..sity has de.tio
a great deal for le tie rs, feir art, for
science and for religiejn. It has gene
down into tin depths of the e arth with
the* gcolegist and se en the liist chapte r
of Gene sis written in the hoe k of na
ture illustrate d with engraving on re e k,
and it stood with tin* antiepiurian w hilo
he blew the* trumpet cf re t-umetioii
ove r buried ile reuliuie um and Pompeii,
until frem tin lr sepulcher tin re came
up shaft and terrace and amphitheater.
Healthful curie>ity has nilurged *h<*
tele se e jiie* vision of the astronomer, until
Worlds hidde n in the* distant heavens
have trooped f* rth and have joined the
choir praising tin Lord; planet weighed
against planet and wildest comet las-
send with resplendent law. Healthful
ouneisity lias ge ne* down and found the
tracks of the* eternal Ged in the polypi
mid the starfish under the: sea and the
majesty cf the great Jehovah encamped
unele r the gorgeous curtains of the Oah-
Ln. It has Studied the spots Oil the; ; an,
and tho larva in a Leech leaf, and the
light under a firefly’s wing, and the
terrible eye glance (>1 a condor pitching
from Chimborazo. It has studied tho
myriads of auimalculu; that make up
tho phosphorescence* in a ship’s wake)
and the* mighty muzoe f suns and spheres
and, constellations and galaxies that
blow on in tho march ol God. lieuith-
irs—mysteries that were barred am.
be.Reel ircr.i all human inspection—anel
they have wrenched their whole moral
nature out of joint by trying to pluck
fruit fw>iM Iframhes Ley end that reach,
or have come out on limbs of the tree
from which they have tumbled intc
ruin witlie.ut remedy. A thousanej trees
of re ligious knowledge from which wc ,
may eat and get aeivautape*, but from j
certain trees of mystery how many |
have plucked the ir ruin! Election, fie*c j
agency, trinity, resurrection — in the
disc ussion of these subjects hundreds j
and thousands ef pee ph ruin the soul.
Tie re are men who actually have been
ke pt ejiit e f the* kingdom of he aven be- •
cause the y e*c:uld not understand whe
He Ichiscelec was not.
I'orfcieUlen I’riiit.
Oh, hew many have been destroyed
by an unhealthful inquisitiveness! It is
seen in all directions. There are those j
who stand with the* eye* stare* and mouth j
gape; of curiosity. They are* the first to ,
hear a’falsehood, build it another story
high and two wings to it. About other
pee pie’s nppuic 1, about othe r people*’.* ,
business*, about other pi'ople’s financial
erudition, about other people’s affairs,
the y t.re overanxious. Every nice; pb co !
of gossip stops at their door, and they
fatten and luxuriate in the endless
re und of the* gi'<*:it world e,f tittle* tattle*.
They invite* anel sumptuously ente rtain
at the ia house* Colenc 1 Twaddle! anel Ks-
quite* ( bite iiat and Gove rnor ismalitalk.
Whe ever hath an innuendo, whe ever,
hath a scandal, whoe ve r hath a valuable i
secret, let him tame* and sacrifice! it to
this godde ss of sjjhitter. Thousands e,f
Adams and Eves do nothing but eat;
frt.it that eioe s not belong to them. Men |
quite well known as mathematicians
failing in this ce.mputatie u of me ral
algebra: Good sense plus good bre eding,
minus curiosity, eejuals minding your
own affairs.
'1 in n, how many young me n through |
curiosity go thre.ugli the whole realm 1
e f Ertiich novels, to see whether they ‘
ail; n ally ns bad us me ralists have pro- |
uouuce el them. They ce tae ne ar the
ve rge* e.f tin pre cipice just to le ok off.
Tin y want to see how far it really is
eii v.n, but they lose the ir balance while
tin y 1 ok and fall into remedile ss ruin,
or, interring tin nisi Ives, clamber up,
bleeding und ghastly, on tho roe*k, gib-
L- ting with curses or groaning ineffec
tual prayer. By all means encourage
healthful inquisitiveness, by all means
dise e uiage* ill regulated cuirnaty.
This hi! je e t abo impre sse s me* with
tin fact that fruits that arc sweet to the
taste may afterward produce great ago
ny. borbiiiden fruit for Eve was so
pi, usant sin* invited In r husband also to
tain* of it, but her banishment from
parn(!’>* and (5,000 ye ars of sorrow, and
v. reu he due ss, unci w ar, and woe paid
for that luxury. Sin may be; ve ry sweet
at the start, and it may induce great
w retchedness alte rw arel. The cup of sin
is s] ..ihling at the top, but there: is
eb atii at tlie be ttom. intoxication has
gr< at e xhilaratie n fe r awhile, and it
fillips the* ble eid, and it makes a man
see live stars where others can see only
e.tn* star, and it makes the* jeer man
rich, and turns che eks which are w hite
re el as rose s; but what about tlie; dreams
that ce me* afte r, when he; se e ms falling
in m gnat heights, i r is prostrated by
othe r fancied disasters, and the perspi-
ratie.n stands en the forehead—the
night dew of e verlasting darknc.-s—and
lie is ground under the* horrible hoof of
nightmare < shin king with lips that
crackle! with till ce nsuming torture?
“Rejoiee, Gj-oung man, in thy youth,
und 1: t thy heart cheer thet* in the* da\s
of thy youth, but know thou that lor
all the .-e tilings Ge el w ill bring thee in
to judgment.” Sweet at the start, hor
rible* at the last. Go into that hall of
re ve Iry, whe*re ungodly mirth stagge rs
and blasphe mes. Listen to the* sense less
gabble. See* the* last trace of intelligence
dashed out from face s made in God's
own image. “Aha, uhu!” says the roist
ering inebriate. "This is joy for yon.
Fill high your cups, my boys. I drink
to my wife’s misery and my children’s
rags and my God’s defiance.” And he
knows not that a fienrl stirs tho goble t
in his h.uiel and t_iut udders uncoil
Irom tlie; dre gs and thrust their forked
tonga: s hi;. :;.g tl.rum 1. rLe- .rot!, on
the lim. The Philistines jeered and
laughed anil shouted at Samson. Oh,
they wanted him to make sport for
the m, and he made sport for them. How
bright and gay was the* seen** leir a lit
tle while. After awhile the* giant puts
one hand against this pillar und the
e ther hand against that pillar and hows
himself, and 8,000 me rrymake rs arc*
mushed like grapes in a wine press.
1 Sin rapturous ut the stait, awful ut the
last.
A Great TrauiegrrMrion.
That one Ede nic trunsgre ssion did not
semi to bctnmh, but it struck a blow
which to this day makes the earth stag
ger. To find out the coma epu uce h of
; that cue sin you would have to compel
through the keyhole of God’s mystcr- j 1}', now or never. Oh, are there* net
some of year who arc freighting all your
loves and joys and hopes upon a ve sscl
which shall never reach the pert of
heaven? Thou nearest the breakers, ,
one heave urcu th. rocks. Oh, what an
awful crash was that! Another lunge
may crush thee beneath the spurs or
grind thy bone's to powder amid the |
torn timbers. Overboard for your life,
overboard! Trust not that loose plank
nor attempt the wave, but quickly clasp
the fe et of Jesus w alking cn the w atery
pavement, shouting until he hear thee,
“Le rd, save me or I perish!” bin beau
tiful at the start—oh, how sad, how
distressful, at the last! The ground over
which it leads you is hollow. The fruit
it offers to your taste is poison. The !
promise it makes to you is a lie. Over
that ungodly banquet the keen sword of
Ge d’s judgment hangs, and there are
oirine us handwritings on the walls.
Observe also in this subject how re
pelling sin is when appended to great J
attractiveness. Since Eve’s death there
has be en no such perfection of woman
hood. You could not suggest an attrac t
ive mss to the body or suggest any re
finement to the manner. \*ou could add
no gracefulness to the gait, no luster to
the* eye, no sweetness to the voice. A ,
perfect God made her a perfect woman,
to be the companion of a perfect man i
in a pe rfect home, and he r entire na
ture* vibrated in accord with the beauty
and se i g e f paradise*. But she reh llt el
against God’s government, and with the
*utme hand with which she plucked the ,
fruit she launched upon the* world the
"rimes, the wars, the tumults that have
sot the universe a-wailing.
Fatal Attractions.
A terrible offset to all her attractive- ,
mss. Wc ait* not surprised when we I
find men ami women naturally vulgar
g< ing into transpiessiou. We expect
that people who live .a the ditch shall
have the manner:; of the ditch, but how
shocking whe n we find sin appended
to supe rioi e ducation and to tlie re fine- ,
mints of social life. The accomplisk-
ine uts of Mary, quee n of Scots, make
In i patronage of Darnley, the* profligate!,
the* more* appalling. The ge nius of Cath
erine* II of Russia only se ts forth in
me re* powe rful contrast her unappeasa
ble ambition. The translations fn m
tin Greek and the Latin by Elizabe th,
ami herwendaful (jualificuticns fe r a
queen, make the more disgusting her
caprieiousuess of affection anel her lie.t-
uess of te mper. The* greatness of By
lin’s mind makes the mao alarming
Lyion’s sensui lity.
Le t no one think that refine ment of
inaiim r or e xeiuisitenoss cf taste or sh-
periority of education cuu in any wise
apologize* for ill temper, for an cppivs-
j sive spirit, for uukindne ss, for any kind
of sin. Dise -L* elience Godward and trans-
1 gres'iou uiauwarel can give; no e xcuse.
Aceouip^ishine ut 1m uveu In^h is no apol
ogy for vice* hell deep.
My subject also impre sses me with
the le gal influence of worn in. Whe u I
, see Eve with this pow e rful influence;
ove r Adam and over the; gene rations
that have followed, it suggests to me
, tho gre at power all women have for
good e-r for e vil. I have no sympathy,
nor have you, with the* hollow flatte ries
showe red uje n woman fie-m the plat
form and the* stage. They mean noth
ing; they are accepted as nothing,
j Woman’s nobility consists in the* e x* r-
‘ e ise of a Christian influence, and w hen
I see this jKiw • iful iullitaiee of Eve up
on he r husband and upon the whole* hu
man race I make up my mind that the
, frail aim of we man can strike* a blow
which will re sound through all eternity
j down uine ng the dungeons or up among
the thrones.
Sweet Home.
Of course I am not spe aking of re*p-
r» st utative wome n—of Eve, who ruined
the* race by one; fruit picking; of Jael,
who drove a spike* through the hcael of
fcsisera, the warrior; of E-tlicr, who
j overcame royalty; of Abigail, who stop-
pe d a he st I y he r own beautiful pre.w-
; e ss; of Mary, who nursed the world’s
Saviour; of Grundmotlier Le is, iftimor-
talized in her grandson Timothy; of
Charle tte* C’orday, w l.o drove the dag
ger through the heart of the assassin of
her lover, or of Mario Antoinette, w ho
by one look from the balcony e f her
e ..ni nil., n d a n*e , l*, h**!* e.-\* n se elToItl
the throne of forgive mss and womanly
courage*. I speak not of these extraor
dinary persons, but of these who, unam
bitious for political power, us wives
ami mothers and sia< rs and daughters,
attend to the thousand sweet eflie es of
home.
When at last we* come to calculate
the forces that decided the destiny of
nations, it will he* found that the
mightie st and grandest influe nce* came
from home, where* the* wife clue reel up
despondency and fatigue* and sorrow’ by
her own sympathy, and the mother
triiiii'd he r child for he aveu, starting
ths little feet on the path to the celes
tial city, and the sisters Ly their ge n-
tlencss refined the manners of the Uotk-
Te*tine*SM«*e Xlocntainet-rtt at t!i<; Fair.
Vanity Fair is the name given at
Nashville to that interesting part of the
show which might have inherited the
meaningless name: of Midw ay.
All our old friends of Chicago, San
Francisco and Atlanta are there, from
the disciple of Barmin., who tried to
induce a group of country cle rgymen to
ente r the Cairo theater by telling the*m
that “this is the fiance that John the
Baptist lost his head over,” to tho
tamer of more or less wild beasts. But
over in one corner of Vanity Fair is a
show that is genuine anel characteristic
of tlie state of Tennesse.
There Uncle Jack, an old moun
taineer in a coonskin cap, presides over
a moonshine still, and, afte r explaining
carefully to every visitor all the fine
points cf tho magic change of corn
through sour mash into “mountain
dew,” whispers solemnly as a dead se
cret that he never distille d a drop of
wildcat whisky in his life—never.
Uncle Jack has an assistant, a tre
mendous fellow, who lacks only a few
inches of 7 feet in his Loots (I doubt if
he was ever measured in his stockings).
There is a good deal of ample human
nature in the customs of eastern Ten
nessee. The mountains arc not so very
large, and occasionally one gets too
small to hold two of its inhabitants.
Then it is that the careless man has to
go, and the man who always kept his
gun leaded remains. Uncle Jack’s big
assistant seems always to have been a
careful, fore handed, or ut least fore
armed, citizen.
Unele Jack would bo a more com
fortable* man to share a mountain with
—a man git en rathe r to contemplation
than to ncti'iu. 1 stood besieie him one
day while a gentleman who was dan
gling in the sky on a bicycle scat sus-
pe nded from a balloon was supposed to
be! sailing an “airship.”
Uncle Jack followed him with his
eyes until he became a mere speck.
Then he said, “I wouldn’t car’ to ever
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On the Ctli of May e f last yi*ur I had
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time* to the distant river station anel
re e < inme ne-i el the weary routine* of an
other laum h, w ith very moderate) ex
pectation indeed, and when on that, to
me, memorable afternoon the signal was
given and the aerodrome sprang into
tlie air 1 watched it from the she.re* with,
haielly a In p- that t!:*.* long serif's of ac
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ir still flew cn, anel as I heard tho
cheering ef the f*w speetaters, I felt
that se nn thing had bee n aece.mpiished
at last, for never in any part of the*
w e rid er in any period had any ma
chine of man’s construction sustained
itse If in the air before fe r even half of
this brief tune. Hill llie; aeroelrome
we nt on in a rising course* until, at the;
e*ud of a mintUe: s.nd half (for whid
time only it was provided with fuel
and water), it had accomplished a lit-
tlo over half a mile, and now it settled
rather than fell into the river with a
gentle* descent. It was immediately
taken out and flown again with e*eiual
success, nor was the re anything to indi-
eatu that it might not have- flown in-
eie finite ly exoe pt for the: limit put upon
it.—Professe r Langley in McClure's.
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IF I). WIIKAT. Ti.*a>.ur< r (Fitriicv MG. e'u.
IF M. WILKINS. Late of WilLiim Me*r-
cIim nt >.
W. ee' \ 111’KNTF.lt. of far ml I A < arpi-nlcr.
MiTcliantJi.
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GiilTncy.
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; Hon. \\ M. J EFFEHIES, Farmer. Horn S.
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er. Wilk'nis ville. >. ('.
III.NKY M. McAHKN. e'apitiiliat, M •A<l*)ns-
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i). K. \S i L K I NS. of e). K. Wilkins A i'ro.. Gatt-
ney. S. e
i F. G. STAe 'V. f an o;i A Stacy, Gaffney. S. (’.
If You Are
A Doubting Thomas
to whether we do what wc advert iso or not, call at once
and we will prove to the most laHidious that wo keep
the most complete lino to ho found in the city.
Yours Truly,
BYARS Sc SPARKS,
Exclusive Grocers.
Fresh Bread and Cakes
from Finckcn - Bakcrv daily
Fresh Groceries well selected
always on hand.
Meals at All Honrs at
Mrn. McKinley on Murriugc.
At an infcrmal reception at the White
House reoentiy the* que stiou turned uj on
the subject of matrimony, ilrs. McKin
ley talked so brightly and enthusiastic
ally upon the subject that Miss (jury,
daught* r of the* postmaster general, who
is soon to enter the wedded state,
laughingly remarked that Mrs. McKin
ley might open a st Let school for the
instruction of future husbands. Miss
Gary’s suggestion met with general fa
vor, and the discussion was kept up at
a live !y rate during the remainder of
the hour.
If the re is one topic more than an
oth(*r upon which Mrs. McKinley waxe s
e Icque nt, it is marriage. Above every
thing she extols tin* de votion of her hus-
baml as an example to young men. hho
uulie*sitatingly asserts that marriage b
we man's highest mission win u coupled
with tho mutual respect which be ge ts
perfect confide nce*. In the discharge: of
In r domestic dutie s sho believe s that a
wife and mother finds her truest happi
ness and reward.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
WARREN Sc MORGANS,
hi J. E. Webster’s old oi'ice.
21 JEWELED.
Q
Elgin.
If 'Von iiro Luok v iCnouj^li •
to own :i good watch and i: ^ets out of order
always take* it to relirtldc and efficient jewel
ers for repairs and you will continue to have
a “ood watch. We can repair any kiml of a
watch and also k«''*p watches and all kind-
of jewelry for sale. Call on us.
.iV C'o.,
'Tin- % je\voU-r*s.
Goody Two Shoes
I)r(.vf.!*» May lt« Innocent.
The wife of Captain Dreyfus, the
French officer sentenced to banishment
on a barren i-lauel for betraying the se
ne ts of the French army* to a foreign
power, has never ceased in her efforts
to prove the innocence) of her husband.
An exhaustive examination, carried on
w ith tlu* assistance of all European mil
itary departments, give s color to the
suspicion that Captain Dreyfus' sen
tence was the result of a fe arful judicial
error. A movement for the* reopening
of the case* is going on, and there ia
some* talk of sending the captain to Al-
gie rs to await the results of a new trial.
•—Exchange.
is a popular tale with the little
folks and always will he, hut it is no more popular than are the
two jjOod shoes which make 1 up every pair of shoes we soil. Wo
have shoes for men, women and children at the lowest prices to
he found. The most complete line of
Gents’ Furnishing: Goods
to he found in
lars, cull', etc
the city—all the newest things in ties, >hirts, coi-
can always he found at our store.
Very Truly,
C. A. Wood.
Next door to Davenport.