The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, September 22, 1898, Image 5
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ENEMIES OP MAN:
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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
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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