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J f: ENEMIES OP MAN: i TKE MISwtF.DS AND THE DANGERS OF i#OCS^N UfrC. Dr. Tulmac^V. FWs Forn Purer L4kt O«d Has IU e« »*.e Wo«ur% Hot* i.nv<N-i SitAi of nod DfluiikwiarsA. The Day of iApUiUm. TfJofi/rtfeirt. 1898, tjA Avwti'Whn Firs* &aSt»- WAffHiMTroiv 9opt —This arotw- Ing difcoanw by ]>r. Talnm^e v^H c*- oito in+eiest by tlu* maimer hi wblbhMt assails somb of the greiiA ev^s n(AV irtrroad. Tbekwrbjedt is “Kikhaiwi ®Wr- tbro^Uii, ” trad tlw text i'snkns Ixriti, 1, “.Let God arise, let his eaotnie^ bfe scattered.” A procession was formed to carry Clio ark, or saemed box, $htdi, though oaly 8 feet 1) Njobes iu length and 4 teet 8 inches in height and depfcii, ^as tlio symbol of God's presence. As tbs kod- of .the procofticp lifted tbifl orna mented and brilliant box by tWiy'oMen poles ran through f(fiy g«ldt|g 'Itngs and st<»rted for Moufit ^ion all rae pep- plo chnutf M tho bahtlo hymn of my text, “Lot God uriie,' let his enemies be beat' t$*Ad. The Cauaprwntanfl oi Seotlanfl, out raged by James I, •who forced upon them religions forms that were offensive, and by tho terrible persecution of Drummond, Dalaiel and Ttuaw and by tho c^ressive law# of Gbartes land Chir.-les.ll were (h-iren to proclaim war against tyrants and went forth to ffghl for religions liberty, and t^e mofmtaiu heather became red with onrnage and u.t Doth veil bridge and Aird’n Mot* and Drumclog the battle hymn and tb* bat- * tie fhont cf those glcrions old Scotch men wtia the text I have dbosrn, “I.^l Gpd arise, let his enemies be Eratfered,’' \^hr.t a whirlwind of pawer vm« OA- xok Cromwell, and how with his solr diers, named tho “Ironsides, ” ho trait from victory to victory! Opposing ene- mies.melted as he looked at them. Ho dismissed parliament u* easily as a schoolmaster a school. He pointed his finger at Berkeley castle, and it was taken. Ho brdered Sir Halph Hppton, the general, to dismount, and he die- mn mi tod. Sco Cromwell inarching c» with his army apd hear tho battlecry of tlie “Ironsides," loud ^s a s'torm aud solemn as a di'iUJiknell, stimdards reel ing before it and cavalry Inw.m* going back on their haunches and nrnffes fly ing at NIarstoh Moor, at Winoeby Field, at Naseby. «t Bridgewater and Dart mouth—“LetGod arise, let his enemies he scatteicd!’! . God, Kot Man. Fn you Fee my text; is not Rko a com plimentary and tesseled sword Hint you sometimes see hung up iu a parlor, a sword that was never in battle, and only to be used on goneraJ training df^y, bnt more like soiro weapon carefnlly hung up in your homo, telling its story of battles, for my tert hangs iu the ScripJinc nnnory, tellihig of the holy wars of 8,000 years in which it has been carried, but still ns keen and mighty as when David first unsheathed it. It seems to me that in the church of God and in all styles of reformatory work what we most need now is a batlJecry. Wo raise our little standard and put on it tho name of pome man who only a few years ago began to live and in u fiw years will cease to live. Wa go into contest against tli^ armiee of iniquity, depending too much on human agencies. Wo use for a battlocry the name of «omo brave Christian reformer, but after awhile that reformer dies or gets old or- loses his oontugc, and then we take an other fcattlecry, and this time perhaps we pat the name of some on« who be trays tho cause and sells out to the en emy What wo want for n battlocry is the name of some leader who will never betray us and will never sumndar and will never die. i All respects have I for bravb men and women, but if wu are to get the vtetory all along the lino we must take the hint of tho Gideouites, who wiped out. the Bedouin Arabs, commonly called Midi- Auites. These Gidoonites had a glori ous leader in Gideon, but what was the battlocry with which tbev flung theur ernemies into the worst defeat into which any army was ever ttimblwl? It was, ‘‘The sword of the Lord and of Gideon. ” Put God first, whoever you put second. If the army of tho American .Revolution is te free America, it mnst be, “The ■word of the Lord and of Washington. 1 ' If tho Germans want to win the day at ged/in, it must be, “The sword of the Lord and Von Moltke. ” Waterloo was won for the English because not tmij the armed men at the front, but the worshipers in the cathedrals at tho rear, were crying, “The sword of the Lord and of Wellington.” Rlcht Is Might. Tho Methodists have gone hi trtorfhpb toross nation after nation with,the ory, •‘The sword of the Lord and of Wes ley. ” The Presbyterians have gone from Victory toviotaiy with the ory, ‘VIhe sward of the Lord and of John Knox.” foe Baptists have conquered ^millions after millions for Christ with the ory, “The sword of the Lord and of Jnd- aon. ” The American Episcopalians have won theiy mighty way with the ory, “The sword of the Lord and of Bishop Mcllvaine.” The victory is to those who put God first BUt as we want a iiattleory suited to adl saris of raligioa- 1st ft and to oil lands X nominate as the battlocry of Christendom iu the ap proaching Armageddon the words of my hurt, sounded before the aek as It was carried to Monpt Zion, “Let God Arise, let his enemies be Matured.!’ As far asonr finite mind can judge l* seems about time tor God to rise. Does it not seem to you that the abomina tions of this earth have gone far enough? Was there ever a time when sin was so defiant? Were there ever before so many fists lifted toward G'xi telling him to oome on if he dare? Look at the bias* pheuiy abroad. What towering prufA- ityl Would it be poasible for any one to calculate the numbers of times that the name of the Almighty God and of Jesus —*-r—I *-" fl'WaftfrV- ‘ Christ am* ovary dky faken irrevcreatly uu the lip«? Profane swearing is ae much forbiddden by the law as theft or areoDjirmftHim;,jKfc executes it? PwftWflJfegB •yorg* or arson m mdnm, i ani-atfatdA on /nWreaahy—HsU is an attack on Nod. Iftiteenrvumy V; for klue- it CMfr te*43lug in Rusftin wpe enAPihdhd a dUegyman. “Why do you filtema) fc bu n *Jerfn , mftu?“ said too Kussidu, “all The urhne is very «fr [kft pf it, but for irhwhwl xm. I met Tire ro il who two (lays ir.fla*sh of light er a bun day of t ho had dmated Tfuy^x)^, aud Urp ‘ hinl on the Hamo but a helpless TUB UrDGEBi GAFF^BY, Ov, KEPTg^fHlIK T83Ky 5 i ihwg man X ;bj ErvOBk ooder t/Vc satric flush (Ml toitag •». & a (jAt^nrg prison, two rfgwt AtgndM&skft u>e Bible uxl (>.them, ThpAp- swu w rtanjlt flpfnorf to Josus OriJt a isakAt iibdsrws epitheh and, as hesaiieAQaftag tt Ktlbil. A {toysieian rvpw dBNMk tidfoo oooid fa given. fiistended pupils fttfd ft'TRrWt m passed out «f this World, fh a oemetery in Shllivan coairi^ %i ifcu; Yv*k State, are eight bontapoBV fta a IToe and all alike, rtud theet? dsc tjbn fae^: In 1801 diphtheria ragrt* to Imd a physickin wuh MnrfttfiabJy E\a*r^vful in curing bis mpfcLWtei^'ifc <i»IK?ent did he tv-^ime tUats&tDMTtod tlJJtt no cj*e qf diph- ‘h rTfl t&at4t stood Hfore him and final ly ffWfl to produce a v«sor«f dtgrtvtfibeto th#vfc he could not s««a. Itm- jigicktoDd»*>Wd seen after tnofc ttoAgfeqfT^iMd died, and one child utto# littilHto-tfetH iHl toe eight fiad died df ijlphQMefi*. foo blaspbqjner cilarffensufl Alnsighty Gofl, and God ac cepted the challenge. Do not think that bocaufto God has been silent iu your case, O profane swearer, that he is dead. Is there nothing now in the peculiar feeling of your tongue or nothing in tho iruurttitRB «f your hr^n, that indicates Mad; may u*n*a t?» avenge your blav- pbcautop *t» hr uhmady avenging them? But fkmo oaintM Ilurve lAdiced, I believe, are ortly a few casuti where there are Liiwtandg. ke.ep them quiet to awiM liroUtftt; dbuopiecritir. Physi ciaiis suppress thorn through profes- It -i« a very, very, very ioirg rrffl thiit cun tains the names of- those who died with blasphemies on Stifl toe crinth tollrs qji, up thioogh gprJpr^iTp thyou^li chandeliers with flC Mfaft through the pic tured corridors of clubrooms, out through busy exchanges where oath axd dtoiw through all the h;;unts of sin, mtugling with the rat tling diet and crackling billiard balls, nrtfl ftaffitap+iter df /)dr Who hath for- Uottssn yto 'cfl|’.i|iniis of her God, and rfffflW ffft) efty irtoi nxipiid the enutlmtnt and round tho earth a seething, boiling surge flings its hot spray into tho face of a long buffering God. And the ship captain curses his crew and tho master builder hismouand the hack driver his horse, and the traveler the stoue that bruises his foot or the mud that soils his shoes or the defective timepiece that gefs hku tjto late to too rail train. I ar- ntjjn fwdfctfm swearing and (dosphemy, two names for fhc same thing, as being one of tbo gigantic crimes of this laud, and for its extiipation it docs seem as if it were about time for God to arise. Wlwu WImot R«d. Then look fora moment at the evil of (Vunkmitaii Wkotber you live in Washington or Now York or Chicago or Cincinnati or Savannah or Boston or lu aqy <3? the eitieB of this land, count «p to* rt#or»s on that stseet w» oom- Wlf4 toMU tgJcowfl tiv.0 years ago mid see tiiey are growing far out of propoKlen to too fncrense of the popu lation. You people who are so precise aod puMVufto 1 lest there should bo some imprudence and rashness in attacking toe rum tdffte will have your sou some night pitched into your front door dead fitoMfik tosgukir tB^gUter will oome home with her children because her husband hot ttytoamig drkjfc, Ueuei turned into a demoniac. The drink fiend bus despoil ed tohrfe totocts of good homes in all our Cities. Fathers, brothers, sons on the inncrttofjre of strong drink I Fasten tighter the victims I titir up the flames! Pile on the corpses) More men, women aafi cflMdren for too sacrifice 1 Let us have whole generations on fire of evil bnbk, ctofi «« the a»*nd of the cornet flute, harp, sackbut, p>»ltery and dulci- mAktaM toe pet'ple fMl down aad worship King Alcohol, or you shall be oast into the fiery furnaoe under some JPUftctoplatforinl t ?h«ito tofevtkl m toegegicid^ the ftotoicHfe, toe patricide, the matricide, the uxortotda, of the century. Yet under what innocent and delusive and mirth- ftfl namtoaieoholisin deceives tho peo- { lei It is a “cordial.” It is “bitters.“ t U aa ‘•eye opener. ” It is an “appe- tiaer “ flu a “digester.” It is an “in- vigorator.” It isji “settlor.’* It is a “niflhfctof.** Why don’t they put on ,toa «lrf* htoela: “k|Menoe of Perdl- .tfon, > ‘ **Consflocice Stupeflor,” “Five Drgms of Heartache,” “Tears of Or phanage,” “Blood of Souls,” “Scabs of «n Atouft Lepoey,” M Venom of the Want Chat Never Dim?” Only once iu awhile is there anything in the title of liquors to even hint their atrocity, os in Che eatb Ct “sour mash. ” That 1 see advertised all over. It is an honest name priersUnd it “Hear math I" That is, it makes a man’s dis- poaftfon Slav, and his associations sofir and his prospects sour, and then it is good to miuih his body, and mash his soul, aad mash bis bmteess, and mash his family. “Hour mash I" One honest name at lest for an intoxicant! Bat ithrough lying labels of many of the >evotbeuariei’ shops, goed people, who are only a little undertone iu health pnd wanting some invigoratiou, have got on their tongue the fangs of this cobra that atings to. death so largo a raUft dfrtbe hum An race. SAtAnlc Kip*. Otbqrs^re ruined by the common and , Ml /Uifru^tivo Haiift <JC troudsg ctfstoci- , er#. And ft is a the^ coihiug to town, »ud a trqat vrhjln the‘baf^ain- j iog progr^sitol eu4 a wHien purehan; ik iuo(I», and a treat as he , leaves town. (A&crK, te drown ttcip j trouble#, Enbmqrg/itbdmselves with thie j worse ire a We. C4i, the w'ocld » ?j«% j teredond nrifisnAevud blasted with this growing-evil, 'ft is more and more treuchqlf a«d fonjfipd. They have nrf lions of dollars ftnixribed'to marsh 4u(f advance the aieobolie for cos. Thpy . wouya.ite sird tjoct alid ,gpvero the ,vakt , majority oi the qk'icehoith'rs of this oornB^ry. Qn theii’ i^de they have en - lifted the mistiest poHticul power of the eqatursoe. And behind them .-■taud aH the myrnpdous ’dr the nether world, satanic, Apallyoifi^ and diabolih. It is beyond all huiauw effort to overthrow this Bastile of decanters or capture toie Gibraltar qf nun jicjgR. And.white lu^)- prove of all hruratn ageocies ,of roforia I vgiuld utterly despair if wivhad uetkv- -ing else. But what, cheers me is thh6 our best troops are yot to cpma Our chtef artillery is in rosevvo. Our great- e#(rcommander^ius not yot fully takep tire Held. If all hell ts on tjiei? side, aB heaven is on oi^ #fto. J&ow, ‘“Let Gdl ariee and let his ftnemaes be scattered." Then look at the impurities of these great citieV. Kwer and anon there are hi tho newspapers explosions of social life that make the story ct Sodpn* qcite rc- spectatde, “for snch things,” Christ sayN “were more tolerable lor Sodom imd Gomorrah” than tor the Choraxiup and Bethsaidas of greater light It is no uumrual tbtog in ear cities to She mt-n in high positions with two or throe funrilie#, or reikiud ladies willing aafi* emnly to marry too very swine of so- # ciety ft they be wealthy. Tho Bible aflame with dfetiuaciuthun against an impure life, tint tuuDj of the Ajucricrm ministry uttering not one point blank word .against this iniquity lest some old libertine throw up his church pew. Machinery organized Lu all the cities of the United States and Canada by which to put yearly in the grinding mill of this iniquity thousands of tho uiisud- pocting of tho country farmhouses, ono procuress canfetsiug iu the courts that she had supplied the infernal market with ISO victi|ns in six months. Oh, for 6G0 uowspK'PtjtH in America to open the door of this, lazar honKO of so cial eojruptjop! Exposure must come before qxtiiq'utiwn. t'ocUU SltM. While the city van carried tho set^zn of tliis sin from too iirikon to the police court morning by morning it is fujl time, if we do Hot wait high Ametitali life to become like that of the court of Louis XY, to put millionaire Lotharios and the Pompadours of your bsownstova palaces into a van dl popular indigna tion and drive them out of respectable A»'Oci«!kui8. WlDrt pr-qspeot df Bocifel jiuribeatiou can there be as long an at summer watering plaoes it is usual to see a young woman of excellent rearing stand and simper and giggle and roll up her eyes sideways before one of those first class satyrs of fushiouablo life and on the ballroom floor join him in the dance, the maternal chaperon mean while beaming from tho window on the scene? Matches are made in heaven, they auy. Not such mutches, for the brimstone indicates the opposite regien. The evil is overshadowing all our cities. By some these immoralities are called peccadillos, gallantries, eccen tricities, and are relegated to tho realms of jocularity «od few efforts are being made against them. God bless the “White Cross” movement, as it is caU- ed—an organization making u mighty assault on this evil. God forward tho tract# on this subject distributed by the religious trust societies of the land. Gpd help pareuts in the great work they are daikg iu trying to start their ehildrea with pur* principles. God help all leg islators in their attempt to prohibit this crime. Am Te Reap. But is this ail? Then it is only a question of time when the last vesttge of purity and home will vanish out of sight. Hutfiaa arms, human pens, fau- muu voices, human talents, are not suffi cient. 4 begin to look up. I listen for artillery rumbling down tho sapphire boulevards of heaven. I watch to sas if in tho morning light there be not the flash of descending scimitars. Oh, for God! Does it not seem time for his ap pearance? Li it not time for all lands to cry out, “Let God arise and let his en emies be scattered?' ’ I got a letter asking me if I did not think that the earthquake in one of oor cities was tho divine chastisement on that city for its sins. That letter I an swered-by saying that if all our Ameri can cities gat aU the punishment deserve for their horrible impurities the earth would long ago have cracked, opening crevices transcontinental, and taken down all our cities so fur under that tho tip of onr church spires would be 500 feet below the surface. It is of tbo Lord’s mercies that we have not been consumed. Not only are the affaire of this world so a-twist, a-jangle and racked that there ■emus a need of the divine appeanum but there is another reason. Have you not noticed that in tbo history of this planet God tarns a leaf about every 2,000 years? God turned a leaf, and this world was fitted for human residence. About 2,000 more years passed along, and God turned another leaf, and it was the deluge. About 2,000 more yean passed on, and it was the Nativity. Al most 2,000 more yew's passed by, be will probably soon torn another leal What it shall be I cannot say. It may be the demolition of all these monstros ities of turpitude end tbo establishment of righteoasnoss in all the earth. He can do it, and he will do It I am as confident aa if it were already accom plished. How easily ho can do it my text soggects. It does not side God to hurl a great thunderbolt of bis power, but just to rise from tbs throne on .which he tits. Only that wfll bo neces sary. “Let God ariae. ” The Couiing of God. It will be no wcer&Lnuuf omnipotenco. It will fc*) tio 'UciHlbJg pr braping-ior a ; mVgl/ty lift. It \V>11 be no sending down the tky cf the white horse cavalry of heavefi or Bumbling viar chariot** Hq wtil (tily i^se. Now bo-te sitting in too maj#*-ty ana patience of his reign. He hs fjrwm his throne watching the muster ing of ul! the forces of bhiepteiiny and ■drtgjk^mM* apt! impurity and fraud aiid Bubbuth BrfakL{ig, and when they Kave done their worst ai-d nr© insist Krirniy Organized hu'wfli bestir himself j, and Sajj: “M/ enciaffcs have denied me loop epooghoud their erfp of inteirfty is fnji I have given thorn all opportunity for repcntauoa Thi.s-dispfcnsatjou of pa tience is ended, and- the faith of the good sjiajl bn tried bo longer. ” And now God begins to rise, and whnt’taena- tains give yuy *ndcr his right fbot, I Ttnow not, but, standing iu tho fall radiance and grandeur of his nature, he look# this way and that, and luJw, hie enemies are scattered! BlaApifemeve, white asid dumb, reel djnyn to thejr doom, and those vthp have trafficked in that which destroys the bodies and touls ef men and familiea will fly with cut fo«t on tho down grade of broken de canters, un#i the polliftcra of society that (fid their laid work with largeifor- tnuos and high social spAiero-will over take iu their doscent'tlie degraded rab ble at underground city life as they tom lJo oyer the eternal prcpfpicisv and tho world shell be left dear andiwetm for the frivuf’s of humanity and tne worohipors of Almighty (iod. The last thorn plucked off, tlio world will be Left a blooming rose on the bosom of that Christ who ouhie to gardeuize it Tbo earth that -stood snarling with its tjgcrish passion, tbnkt ; t>.jg out its rag ing clawp,, shall lie dowiui lamb at the RnH of tlfli Lamb of God, ^bo took rtway /ho sins ef tlio W’orld. And Dow tire k'st Wiing I can wish for you and the best thing I can wish for myself is that we may bo found his W'arrn and undisguised and enthusiastic friends in that hour when God shall rise and his enemies shall be scattered STREET GAltffN HM fcEALLffB. ! Vrmue KlHnuu-clCn Will. Tbo Dantzio Giixetto says that it has sceh Priuoe Bismarck’s will. Tho late chancellor bequeathed all his estates in Pomerania to Count William, with the exception of llliekutelTl iu ilminnsls- burg, which falls to Prince Herbert. All tho valuables, consisting chiefly of presents deposited by EisiiarCk at Blerchrocder's bunk in Berlin, are made over to Prince Herbert. Their total value is «iid to amount to 1,0^0,000 marks, and in consideration of their worth Pjinco Herbert had to'hand onw in money to Conut William thb sum of 800,000 marks. Tho daughters of Count William, three in number, each inherits 100,000 marks, aud the Countess liant- rnu receives 900,000 murks Thu value of the property disposed of iu tjio will is said by the paper in question to have been QEtlmtited at 8,000,000 markn u-t tlio time the will was made, but the late chancellor’s real and personal es tate is now valued at 20,000,000 marks, or £1,000,000. Thus Prince Bismarck left £1,000,000 under a will made at a time when his fortnue was considerably less than that sum. Those who hold that the laborer is worthy of his hire will rejoice to leum that he did hot have to save his country for nothing. As he reproached Moltke for avarios it is to be supposed that he was himself able to lay by this considerable sum without auy infirmity of that sort. His manner of living dur ing the later years of his life offered no temptation to extravagance. He lived on his own country estate like u glori fied squire and kept far from him tho inevitable uuthriftiuessof tho town and tho court.—Loudon News. Thank*, Mr. Laboncbcj-*-. T^e old world in its dealings with the new assumes an attitude of conde scension which is as ridiculous as it is unwarranted. When the Hpanish-Amer- ican war broke out, tbo Spaniards treat ed their American opponents with aris tocratic contempt, referred to them as “filibustering vagabonds” and gener ally assumed an attitude of incompar able superiority. One of the salient features of the late war, apart from tho ease with which the Spaniards were overcome and the gross corruption that has been shown to exist in official cir cles iu Spain, is the manly, honest, gen erous and chivalrous conduct of the United States government forces and people from the beginning to the end of the campaign. It is only just to give ex pression to the general feeling of ad miration which the new chivalry has created throughout Europe.—London Truth. Qa«*a TMotlWa Private Mall. It is in ^ver private sitting room that Queen Victoria’s private letters, which comprise.a daily epistle from each one of her children and obildreu-iu-law, ore always opened and read by the recip ient Each day his portion of the royal mail bog is brought to tho sitting room in locked dispatch boxes It is not gen erally known that every letter personal ly read by the queen, whether of a pub lic or private nature, is not only filed, but bound, and some years ago it was comparatively easy for auy visitor to the castle to obtain access to these valu able and often private documents. Now, however, these volumes are kept under look and key. * ■ ■ Look! A Stitch In Time Suvrs nine. Hughes'Tonic (new Improved, taso pleasaat), takfn In ''Srly Sprlnx uml Full prevt-nlM dillls, OetiKUr hii<I Muliirlul Fevers, Acts on iho liver, tones up the sys tem. Hotter thun quinine, tiUHrunteed. Try It. At UruirtrUts. Mu and #1.00 bottles. Are Ton Weak! Weakness mauifest# itself in the lorn of ambition and aehh.x bones. The blood ia winery; the tiwiuos are WMting—the door ia being opened for disease. A bottle of Ilrowna’ Iron lifttera taken in time will reatnre your ■t reuct It. toot tie your nervee, make your blood rich and red. Do you more good then an expend ve apeelal oonree of medicine. Ilrowna* Iron Bitten is sold by ail dealara Mot So Kobte la Glissvaeter »* tho WrtteT* Picture Hkn. “I liaw read a ffood ni/u^t Htontos.” sajH too «ity n*mv “tfbowt tite newsboy who ebusofi a man thro© blopks to rvtnrfi tire $f> geldpteoo g-festr to rm.tfafce for a moh.ol, the’ syrupabhofJa bootblack wire ipruteots ' toe •widoW’s son, or toe heroic Mrpet garni#! gets nm over ky -a ijvay white reeauiDfr another boy and ftturtnure, Is Jfcrtuny a’ 1 ri^*?? V ' aud topn dies. I laPto. conre to the courfueion that* these stoi4ds are w ittcu bv gtHp fro*dl from school or refined old maMs who live in a village, anfi they eyre read by nton who ^bought# fvJtly stick ibe tooghe . into t-bte efu-eft while rending. Yet theix; aro mon wiui road and believe. “I saw.one’of tlri»s elassstlre other day who went te ttre rescue of a bootblack who was trying to fix his broken box. “ ‘My lad,’ said tire good man—they always call them ‘lads’ in these stories —‘you are in trouble. Let me aBemt you.’ “Then bo krrett on ^hh s>d«\^a?k to hitrtgood vlotbes, usqtFa half brft-k- lor a hammer, raked up some twine from his pocket and after 16 minntos’ hard work made a creditable job. Xtnu- while. obnot 3D sn;o4*t boys Rntiv-red around. Ono slipped a piece of old ikon into his pocA^t, #f«3 grateful boaftflarft with a bit of obalk decorated hie bad: with a hideous caricature, his hat wati knocked Into fire gutter as Ire aroee, and on© bit toe beys accused hitu of stealing a ‘dabbet*. .’ “The iiKui flushed with natural in dignation, and immediately there arone a whoop ef derision, and ns ho stroifc away be was gtrjwd by tire whole crowd tor two Mocks. While iu this frame ti mind it would have done • him good-to have tote^rfewed some of the kqilUB who v;rite the picturesejno tales about the imaginary Hfcreut buys. ”—Ghiou^ Tinree-ileFald. PANBESA’S LETTER. i An Aeoount of an Esy|j<iRa CUj- Thirty Ceotarle* Ago. Probably the oldest letter in tho world is the letter of Panbesq. written H* ^entnriee before Christ to life friend Aimwmupt, a soribe. The mainr.scripteis of porishato© pipr- rns, and it is niJozing that it should have survived for more than fiO'oen-- ttvries and still be legible. It is preserved iu tlie collection of the British museum. It bus been reYttral times tram luted during present oon- tnry. It pr* sente an interesting picture of life iu Egypt in the time of Ramoees II. It is more in the nature of a literary production, a poem composed in cele- bruinul of tho VHsit of Phm'adh to the city of Pa-Rameses, than an ordinary’ letter of today. Panbtoa “greets his lord, toe aorib* Anreuemapt, to whom be life, health and strength, 11 and then goes on to de- scribe tho verdant Hekla, the thru#to!ng floors, the vineyards, the grovee of olives, the urohturds of figs, the gn<*4 daily markets, with their fish and wa terfowl and swarms of purchasers. The citizens nud their “sweet wino of Khemi, pomegranate wine and wine from the vineyards,” and to these they added "beer of Kati.” There was music in plenty furnished by the r.ugers of tho school of Memphis. On tire whole, Lto-Romeaes seenre to have been a pleasant place to live to. “The lesser folk are there equal with tho groat folk,” .and Panbesa writes that its maidens were “iu holiday at tire every day” with locks “redolent of perfumed oil.”—Wasluogton Star. Crippled by Rlieua^tism. fobeo who I TJwmselvea grow " 1 “ tfhile. One ■nredlesp; iin^pier*ii lately vntens; •the joinjt, ■toxiuctog 6:8.5. hasbe. Jbr Ajenty.yi v wfficlt seemed » Otpt'. O: K. He. dknductdr, of Oohr Khrc n-.»d lienmatlsm. find eadily worte? ail oi thi# is that by the doctors tush, which ul- sease by ce os- ell and stiffen, hinge? the bouea- ring Rheqmfctbm en tne worst cakes tincurable. fij? P.91> r r«jt*o«*9 n^ca couvlm-fcd •Xnirri- ntia A Method In Hte Manner. It was raining cats and dogs outride, and the Colmnbus avenue cur was crowded. A young woman st(XKt looking from one seated mao to another, bat tire men would not budge. She looked tim idly, thou appealingly, then daggers, but they did not care. Finally the worst dressed and rough est looking man in the car got np. “Here is a seat for you, mum,” he ■aid suavely. “Oh, thank you ever so much," said the young lady, shooting glances at the other men which said, “Yon are gentle men, but this uneducated laborer could give you a lesson in manners. ” Presently she was shifting about on her seat, shielding now her fane, tuor her white stand up collar and looking, with a troubled face, at a point in the ceiling from which the water came down at irregular intervals in splashes as big as a cent. The well dressed men buried their ■miles in their newspapers. The labor er, now onsoonccd in a corner near tlio driver, gave his vis-a-vis a wink.—New York Covwaarcial Advertiser. Xba‘t there is oruy-otf (-.ureter that^Miinfui dis ease. H«vHay«: “I - was a great'gufTeFer from eTUs- cuftir Rheumatism - for two years. I .could get no permanent teflef S any medloino -pre- ed by my physician. I; about a dosmj J/;t- ■Hes of your S. £». ftaw I, am as I e&t was inmy life. 1 trafy yv.it your’medi ctxrhcr me. and t w] redfcninundlt toahj Toni-ring from any Dlooaaisease. . Koerybody krtewsolhat Rheumatism lb a diseased stnt^pf the blood, and $oly a blood rorrfc<&iS the only proper fireufluent, but ’a ^remedy contsinmg rtyfosh and mer&CSyfonly aggraviKe* the trouble. ■ Blood being Purejy Yegethble, goes direct to the tory cause of thridiseaso and a pep- llginent cure ahvaj^results. It Is the tti?y blood remedyj^Rratttped to effh- tf^n ho potash, toiCTftiry or ottrer don- geVous minerals. .‘■ Rooks' mailed•Trb^Qr Swift Pjrisififr Company, Atlanta, Georgia. ■ 1*1' " 1 ■. ~TT1—OTOT Piedoiont Saving and lnvestmtnt£o. Greenville, S. C. Tho loan plan of this company (will be found far m< n streabin in every tray than the plans of Bitildltijr & Loans Associations. (nn plan is i dciinlto contract at reasonable rates. Loans made un approved property. .1. r. Jefferies. Lcjcal Attorney. Oatfney. ts. C. „ — ^ of~~.—ttr.r," ■. ,-i CLINE BROS. & CO., . Liwarr Feed ftad Sale ♦Stables. Opposite National Bank. First-class turnonte: prompt attfhitlani and courp ems attendants. PfT’We solicit your patronage. THOMPSON &*WARftEN, v Blacksmithigg and -‘Repatring, Horseshoeing a Specialty. Wiops a si lass work i offleeon Ru t ledge If treyt. J’irst- at livlnj.' orl • "s. Tlie Pearl Steam Laeniry Is operatinir on full time and tnrninjrxnit first-class work. Uomcmbei-tissylrett^m want work done. We wilt s'aH for your package. We also have In operation A First-Class Grist Mili, We respectfully solicit your ^patronage and ask the people out of town to brinif their corn uIouk when they come in to «lo their shopping. Will mak«- yotn- •Mieul while you are busy here a ml on will .lose no time. Bidiardson firos. HBSSKSSf? 1 OOK OUT for tho first signs of ■■ impure blood—Hood's Sarsaparilla ia your safeguard. It will purify, eurieh and vitalize your BLOOD. -fJ. C. JEFFERIES, 4.- GAFFNEY, S. C. Attorney uid Counsellor at Law. Practieaa I All the Courts. Collection* a Specialty FOR Up-to-Date Job Print ing, call at the LEDGER Office. Gaffney, S. C.< You »should keep posted on the issues of the day. Don't worry your neighbor by borrow ing lii^ paper when you can get The Ledger for $L a year, 50c for -sb months, or 23. fotv4hre< months. It will keep yet posted, so order St once. Don’t delay. ft! a 1 ’FT-- DR. J. F. GARRETT. Dentist, Gaffney, - S.-C. Office over J. R. Tolleson ’e new store In office from 1st to 2Gth bf-each month; At Blacksburg Thursday morning ear!) we,>k. rptnrmru truiffire nt 2:30 J. E. WEBSTER, .Attorney- A.t- l^.n.'vv. IHmiu Court House.(Probate Judge’s oflitsc Gaffney City, S. C. Practices in all the courts. Gollee- tions a specialty. DR. S. H. GRIFFITH. Physician and Surgeon In addition to a gcnerMl practice, enaketia apcctalty of di<<eHst>!t pa-oullar to tlrevyc, ear, nose and throat; Is fully prrpnn-d hikI equipped for perform Inc all operuttons enm- Iny within tht^acooa'of modern aural, tmaal and opthalmlc aurirery. Ulavx t fitted-with kctciitltlu skill and accuracy. Ortlecovcr J. II. Tollcaou'a ator,-. 'Phone No. 7L