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Surroo s Suffered—Old Memories
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[Copyright, Louis Klopsch, 1899.]
Washington, May 7.—This sermon
of Dr. Tnlmage culls the roll of many
etirring ineuiories and interprets the
meaning of life’s vicissitudes. The text
is Psalms xxxix, 3, “While I was mus
ing, the fire burned. ”
Here is David, the psalmist, with the
forefinger of his right hand against his
temple and the door shut against the
world, engaged in contemplation. And
it would be well for ns to take the same
posture often, while we sit down in
swet t solitude to contemplate.
In a small island off the coast of
Nova Scotia I once passed a Sabbath in
delightful solitude, for I had resolved
that 1 would have oue day of entire
quiet before I entered upon autumnal
work. I thought to have spent the day
in laying out plans for Christian work,
but instead of that it became a day of
tender reminiscence. I reviewed my
pastorate; I shook hands witii an old
departed friend, whom I shall greet
again when the curtains of life are
lifted. The days of my boyhood came
back, and I was 10 years of age, and I
was 8, and I was 5. There was but one
house on the island, and yet from Sab
bath daybreak, when the bird chant
woke me, until the evening melted into
the bay of Fnndy, from shore to shore
there were ten thousand memories, and
the groves were a-hum with voices that
had long ago ceased.
Youth is apt too much to spend all its
time in looking forward. Old ago is apt
too much to spend all its time in look
ing backward. People in midlife and on
the apex look botli ways. It would be
well for us. I think, however, to spend
more time in reminiscence. By the con
stitution of our nature we spend most
of the time looking forward. And the
vast majority of people live not so
much in the present as in the future. I
find that yon mean to make a reputa
tion, you mean to establish yourself,
and the advantages that you expect to
achieve absorb a great deal of your time.
But 1 see no harm in this if it does not
make you discontented with the pres
ent or disqualify yon for existing du
ties. It is a useful tiling sometimes to
look back, and to see the dangers we
have escaped, and to see the sorrows we
have suffered, and the trials and wan
derings of onr earthly pilgrimage, and
to sum up cur enjoyments. I mean, so
far as God uniy help me, to stir up your
memory of tho past, so that in the re
view you may be encouraged and hum
bled and urged to pray.
A rrecloiitt Harveat.
There is a chapel in Florence with a
fresco by Gnidu It was covered up
with two Indies of stucco until our
American and Enropean artists wont
there, and after long toll removed the
covering and retraced tho fresco. And I
am aware that tho memory of tho past,
with many of yon, is all covered up
with obliterations, and I now propose,
so far as the Lord may help mo, to take
away the covering, that tho old picture
may shine out again. I want to bind in
one sheaf all your past advantages, and
I want to bind in another sheaf all your
past adversities. It is a precious har
vest, and I must bo cautious bow I
swing tho scythe.
Among the greatest advantages of
your past life were an early home and
its surroundings. The bad men of the
day, for tho most part, dip their heated
passions out of the boiling spring of an
unhappy home. Wo are not surprised
to find that Byron’s heart was a con
centration of sin when we bear his
mother was abandoned and that she
made sport of his infirmity and often
called him “tho lame brut.” He who
has vicioue parents has to fight every
inch of his way if he would maintain
his integrity and at last reach the home
of the good in heaven. Perhaps your
early homo was in a city. It may have
been when Pennsylvania avenue, Waslu
ington, was residential as now it is
commercial, and Canal street, New
York, was far up town. Tliat old house
in tho city may have been demolished
or changed into stores, and it seemed
liko sacrilege to you—for there was
more meaning in that small honse than
there is in u granite mansion or u tnr-
reted cathedral. Looking back, you see
it as though it were yesterday—-the sit
ting room, where the loved one sat by
tbe plain lamp light, the mother at the
evening stand, the brothers and sisters
perhaps long ago gathered into the
skies, then plotting mischief on the
fioor or under tho table; yonr father
with firm voice commanding a silence
that lusted half u minute.
Ilniuiy Da>« Gone U>.
Oh, those were good days I If you
had yonr foot hurt, your mother always
had a soothing salve to heal it. If you
were wronged in the street, yonr father
was always ready to protect you. The
year was one round of frolic and mirth.
Yonr greatest trouble was an April
shower, more sunshine than shower.
The heart hud not been ransacked by
trouble, nor had sickness broken it, and
no lamb had a warmer sheepfold than
the home in which yonr childhood
nestled.
Perhaps you were brought up in the
country. You stand now today in mem
ory under the old tree. You clubbed it
for fruit that was not quite ripe, be
cause yon couldn’t wait any longer.
You hear the brook rumbling along
over the pebbles. You step again into
the furrow where your father in his
shirt sleeves shouted to the lazy oxen.
Yon frighten the swallows from the
rafters of the barn and toko just one
egg and silence your conscience by say
ing they will not miss it. You take a
drink again out of the very bucket that
the old well fetched up. Yon go for the
cows at night and find them pushing
their heads through the bars. Ofttimes
in tho dusty and busy streets you wish
yon were home again on that cool grass,
or in the rag carpeted hall of the farm
house, through which there came tho
breath of new mown hay or the blossom
of buckwheat,
Yon may have in yonr windows now
beautiful plants and Bowers brought
from across the sens, but not one of
them stirs in your soul so much charm
and memory as the old ivy and the yel
low sunflower that stood sentinel along
the garden walk and the forgetmenots
playing hide and seek mid the long
grass. The father who used to como in
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sunburned front the field and sit down
on the docrsill and wipe the sweat from
his brow may have gone to his evcrluet-
ng rest. The mother who used to sit
at tho door a little bent over, cap and
spectacles on, her face mellowing with
the vicissitudes of many years, may
have put down her gray head on the
pillow in tho vnliey, but forget that
homo you never will. Have yon thanked
God for itV Have you rehearsed all
these blessed reminiscencesV Oh, thank
God for a Christian father I Thank God
for a Christian mother 1 Thank God for
an early Christian altar at which you
were taught to kneel! Thank God for
an early Christian home!
A Great Mlnalon.
I bring to mind another passage in
the history of yonr life. The day came
when you set up yonr own household.
The days passed along in quiet blessed
ness. Yon twain sat at the table morn
ing and night and talked over your
plans for the future. The most insignifi
cant affair in your life became tho sub
ject of mutual consultation and adver
tisement. You were so happy you felt
you uever could be any happier. One
day a dark cloud hovered over your
dwelling, and it got darker and darker,
but out of that cloud the shining mes
senger of God descended to incarnate
an immortal siWIt. Two littlo feet
started on an etiviial journey, and you
were to lead them, a gem to flash in
heaven’s coronet, and you to polish it;
eternal ages of light and darkness
watching the starting out of a newly
created creature. You rejoiced and you
trembled at tho responsibility that in
yonr possession an immortal treasure
was placed. You prayed and rejoiced
and wept and wondered; you were
earnest in supplication that yon might
lead it through liio into tbe kingdom
of God. There was a tremor in your
earnestness There was a don'blo inter
est about that home. There was an ad
ditional interest why you should stay
there and be faithful, and when in a
few’ months yonr house was filled with
the music of the child’s laughter yon
were struck through with the fact that
you had a stupendous mission.
Have you kept that vow? Have you
neglected any of these duties? Is your
home as much to you as it used to be?
Have those anticipations been gratified ?
God help yon in yonr solemn reminis
cence, and let his mercy fall upon
yonr soul if yonr kindness has been ill
requited 1 God have mercy on the parent
on the wrinkles of whose face is writ
ten Hie story of a child’s sin I God have
mercy on the mother who, in addition
to her other pangs, has the pang of a
child’s iniquity I Oh, there are many,
many sad sounds in this sad world, hut
the saddest sound that is ever heard is
the breaking of a mother’s heart I
Rwcet Memorlea.
I find another point in your life his
tory. You found one day you were in
the wrong road. Yon conld not sleep at
night. There was just oue word that
seemed to sob through your banking
houM, or throngh year offla*. mt your
shop, or your bedroom, and that word
was “eternity.” You said; "I’m not
ready for it. Oh, God, have mercy 1”
The Lord heard. Peace came to yonr
heart. In the breath of the hill and in
the waterfall’s dash you heard the voice
of God’s love. The clouds and the trees
hailed you with gladness. Yon came
into the house of God. You remember
how your hand trembled as you took up
tbe cup of the communion. You re
member the old minister who conse
crated it, and yon remember the church
officials who carried it through the aisle.
You remember the old people who at
the close of the service took your hand
in theirs in congratulating sympathy,
as much as to say, “Welcome home,
you lost prodigal!” And, though those
hands be all withered away, that com
munion Sabbath is resurrected today.
It is resurrected with all its prayers
and songs and tears and sermons end
transfiguration. Have yon kept those
vows? Have you been a backslider?
God help you. This day kneel at the
foot of mercy and start again for heav
en. Start now as you started then. I
rouse your soul by that reminiscence.
But I must not spend any more of
my time in going over the advantages
of your life. I just put them in one
great sheaf, and I call them up in your
memory with one loud harvest song,
snch as the reapers sing. Praise the
Lord, yc blood bought immortals ou
earth! Praise tho Lord, ye crowned
spirits of heaven!
But some of you have not always had
a smooth life. Some of you are now in
the shadow. Others had their troubles
years ago; you are a mere wreck of
what you once were. I m%st gather up
tho sorrows of your past life, but,how
shall I do it? You say that is impossi
ble, as you have had so many troubles
and adversities. Then I will jnst take
two—the first trouble and the last trou
ble. As when yon are walking along
the street, and there has been mnsic in
the distance, yon unconsciously find
yourselves keeping step to the music, s?
when you started life your very life
was a musical time beat. Tbe air was
full of joy and hilarity; with the bright,
clear oar yon made the boat skip. Yon
went on, and life grew brighter, untii,
after awhile, suddenly n voice from
heaven said, “Halt!” and quick as tbe
sunshine you halted, yon grew pale, yon
confronted yonr first sorrow. You had
no idea that the flush on your child’!
cbetk was an unhealthy flush. Yon
said it cannot be anything serious.
Death in slippered feet walked round
about the cradle. Yon did not hoar the
tread, but after awhile the truth flash,
ed on yon. Yon walked tho floor. Oh,
if you conld, with yonr strong, stout
hand, have wrenched that child from
tho destroyer! You went to your room
and you said; “God, save my child!
God, save my child!” The world seem
ed going out in darkness. Yon said, “I
can’t hear it, I can’t bear it.” Yon felt
ns if you conld not put the long lashes
over the bright eyes, never to see them
lignin sparkle. If you conld have taken
that little one In yonr arms, and with
it leaped the grave, how gladly you
would have done it! If yon could let
your property go, your houses go, your
land and your storehouse go, how glad
ly yon would have allowed them to de
part if you could only have kept that
one treasure!
God'll roimolntlon.
But one day there came up a chill
blast that swept through the bedroom,
and instantly all the lights went out,
and there was darkness—thick, murky,
impenetrable, shuddering darkness.
But God did not leave yon there. Mercy
spoke. As you took up tho bitter cup
to put it to your lips God said, “Let it
t>ass.”aud forthwith, as bv the hand
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of aflgcis, another cup was put into
your hands. It was tbe cup of God’s
consolation. And as yon hav6floiMetimes
lifted tho bead of a wounded soldier
and poured wine iuto his lips, so God
puts liis left arm under your head and
with his right hand he pours into your
lips the wine of his comfort and ids
consolation, and yon looked at the emp
ty cradle uud looked at your broken
heart, and yon looked at the Lord’s
chastisement, and you said, “Even so,
Father, for so it seemeth good in thy
sight. ”
Ah, it was your first trouble. How
did yon get over it? God comforted
yon. You have been a better man ever
since. Yon have been a better woman
ever since. In the jar of the closing
gate of the sepulcher you heard the
clanging of tho opening gate of heaven,
and you felt an irresistible drawing
heavenward. You have been spiritually
better ever since that night when the
little one for the last time put its arms
around your neck and said: “Good
night, papal Good night, mammal
Meet me in heaven I”
But I must come to yonr latest sor
row. What was it? Perhaps it was
sickness. The child’s tread on the stair
or the tick of the watcli on the stand
disturbed you. Through tho long weary
days yon counted the figures in the
carpet or tho flowers in the wall paper
Oh, the weariness of exhaustion! Oh,
the burning pangs! Would God it were
morning I Would God it were night!
was your frequent cry. But you are
better, or perhaps even well. Have you
thanked God that today you can come
out in tho fresh air; that yon are in
your place to hear God’s name, and to
sing God’s praise, and to Implore God’s
help, and to ask God’s forgiveness?
Bless the Lord who healeth all our dis
eases and redeemeth our Uvea from de
struction !
Tears Wiped Away.
Perhaps your last sorrow was a finan
cial embarrassment. I congratulate
some of you on your lucrative profes
sion or occupation, on ornate apparel,
on a commodious residence—everything
you put your hands on seems to turn to
gold. But there are others of you who
are like the ship on which Paul sailed
where two seas met, and you are bro
ken by the violence of the waves. By
an unadvised indorsement, or by a con
junction of unforeseen events, or by fire
or storm, or a senseless panic, you have
been Hung headlong, and where you
once dispensed great charities now you
have hard work to win your daily
bread. Have you forgotten to thank
God for your days of prosperity, and
that through your trials some of you
have made investments which will con
tinue after tho last bank of this world
has exploded, and tho silver and gold
are molten in the finu of a burning
world? Have you, amid all yunr losses
and discouragements, forgot that there
was bread on your table this morning,
and that there shall be a shelter for
your head from tbe storm, and there is
air for j—r Ivaca, aad bU*d far year
hsart, sad light tor your ays, a>d a
glad and glorious and toriuiupbaat reli
gion for your soul?
Perhaps yonr last trouble was a be
reavement. That heart which in child
hood was yonr refuge, tho parental
heart, and which has been a source of
the quickest sympathy ever since, has
suddenly become silent forever. And
now sometimes, whenever in sudden
annoyance and without deliberation you
say, “I will go and tell mother,” tho
thought flashes on you, “I have no
mother." Or the father, with voice less
tender, but with heart us loving, watch-
fnl of all your ways, exultant over yonr
success without saying much, although
the old people do talk it over by them
selves, his trembling hand on that staff
which you now keep us u family relic,
his memory embalmed in grateful
hearts — is taken away forever. Or
there was yonr companion in life, sharer
of your joys and sorrows, taken, leaving
the heart an old ruin, where tho ill
winds blow over a wide wilderness of
desolation, the sands of the desert driv
ing across the place which uuce bloom
ed like the garden of God. And Abra
ham mourns for Sarah at the cave of
Machpelah. As you were moving along
yonr path in life, suddenly, right be
fore you, was an open grave. People
looked down, and they saw it was only
T! few feet deep and a few feet wide,
but to yon it was a cavern down which
went all your hopes and all your expec
tations. But cheer up in the name of
the Lord Jesus Christ, tho Comforter.
He is not going to forsake you. Did the
Lord take that child out of yonr arms?
Why, ho is going to shelter it better
than yon oocid. He is going to array it
in a white robe and palm branch and
have it all ready to greet you at your
coming home. Blessed the broken heart
that Jesns heals! Blessed tbe importu
nate erv that Jesus comuassionates!
blessed tbe weeping eye from wnich the
soft hand of Jesus wipes away the tear!
Glorious lOteruit>'.
Some years ago I was sailing down
tbe St. John river, which is the Rhine
and tho Hudson commingled in cne
scene of beauty and grandeur, and while
I was on tba deck of the steamer a gen
tleman pointed out to mo the places of
Interest, and he said: All this is inter
val land, and it is the richest land in
all the provinces of New Brunswick and
Nova Scotia.” “What,” said I, “do
yon mean by interval land Y’” “Well,”
he said, “this laud is submerged for a
part «if the year; spring freshets come
down, and all these plains are over
flowed with the water, and tho water
leaves a rich deposit, and when the wa
ters are gone the harvest springs up,
and there is a richer harvest than 1
know of elsewhere.” And I instantly
thonght, “It is not the heights of the
chnrch, and it is not the heights of this
world that are the scene of the greatest
prosperity, but the soul over which the
floods of sorrow have gone, tho soul
over which the freshets of tribulation
have torn their way, that yields the
greatest fruits of righteousness and the
largest harvest for time and the richest
harvest for eternity. ” Bless God that
yonr soul is interval land!
There is one more point of absorbing
reminiscence, and that is tho last hour
of life, when wo have to look over all
our past existence. What u moment
that will he! I place Napoleon’s dying
reiuinisceuco on St. Helena beside Mrs.
Judsoo’adying reminiscence in tho har
bor of Kt. Helena, tho same island, 30
years after Napoleon's dying reminis
cence was one of delirium—“Tote d'ar-
mee”—“Head of the army. ” Mrs. Jud-
son’s dying reminiscence, as she came
homo from her missionary toil and her
life of self sacrifice for God, dying in
tbe cabin of the ship in tho harbor of
Ht. Helens, was. “I alwavs did love tbo
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Lor<l Jeaoa Christ." Aud then the hil-
torinn says she fell into a sou ml sleep
for an hour aud woke amid the songs
of angels. I place the dying reminis
cence of Augustus Caesar against the
dying reminiscence of tho apostle Paul.
Tho dying reminiscence of Augustus
Cfrsnr was, addressing his attendants,
“Have I played my part well on the
stage of life?”and they answered in the
affirmative, and he said, “Why, then,
don’t yon applaud me?” The dying
reminiscence of Paul tho apostle was, ”1
havo fought a good light, I have finished
xriy course, I have kept the faith ; hence
forth there is laid up for me a crown
of righteousness, which the Lord, the
righteous Judge, will give mo in that
day, and not to me only, but to all
them that love his appearing.” Augus
tus Cajsar died amid pomp and great
surroundings, Paul uttered his dying
reminiscence looking up through tho
wall of a dungeon. God grant that onr
dying pillow may be tho closing of a
useful life and the opening of a glori
ous eternity.
I.imIIokv’s Victory Over Slmfter.
General William Ludlow, who is
achieving high fame as the first Ameri
can governor of Havana, owes his pres
ent command to a personal victory he
gained over General Hhafter in the first
days of tho Santiago campaign.
He had long ago attained a lino rec
ord us a topographical engineer, aud
was oue of the first regular army officers
to seek service in Cuba. With a scarce
ly dried commission of brigadier general
of volunteers in his pocket bo hastened
to General Shafter.
Seeing that General Shafter already
had a competent engineer on his staff,
General Ludlow applied for command
of a brigade on the fighting line, and
mentioned the First brigade of the Sec
ond division. Genoral Hlmfter looked up
in surprise aud exclaimed: “I thought
you were an engineer!”
“So I am,” replied General Ludlow,
“also an artillerist, or cavalry officer,
or an infantry officer, at tbo will of my
superiors, like every trained soldier.”
General Shafter begun parleying', aud
General Ludlow, in the mildest manner
possible, Insisted, morning after morn
ing, until he received it. After the ter
rible buttle of El Cauey he was promot
ed to be a major general.—Philadelphia
Saturday Evening Post.
W.-U-miitH (AU Uitttf.
Wanted Hiley’s Autouruph.
The Philadelphia Record says: “The
strength of the fad for autographs was
strikingly shown yesterday, when scores
of clerks and customers besieged James
Whitcomb Riley while ho was modestly
making some book purchases in a large
department store.
“As soon as the Hoosier poet was
sighted near the latest book counter the
news quickly went tho rounds of the
clerks, and within a half hour Mr. Ri
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100 cards. Customers who were at the
book stalls at tho time or were attracted
thither also took advantage of the op
portunity nod M*Tir«d tha atguAturs oi
the poet.
“To one of tbe clerks Mr. Riley said
that on tho average ho receivea 300 let
ters a day asking for his autograph and
many more personal requests while on
his tours. When not in a humor for
composition the poet, as a mental di
version, occupies himself In signing
tho thousands of cards which he yearly
receives. ”
The Dutch Uueen.
Queen Wilhelmina of tho Nether
lands dislikes to lie called “the littlo
queen.” She thinks the phrase reflects
upon her kingdom, as sho is .1 feet 1^
inches in height. The queen of Spain
is only 5 feet 5 2-5 inches; the empress
of Russia, 5 feet inches; the em
press of Germany and Queen Victoria
still smaller. Aside from her height,
the young Dutch queen is also of tho
best build. Her 21 ^ inch waist meas
ure and 42 inch bust give an admirable
proportion. Her powers of endurance
were well tested on coronation day,
when for six long hours she wore the
ceremonial inantlo of red velvet trim
med with ermine, a weight of not less
than 30 pounds, and shjwed no marked
lymptom of fatigue.
A I’roiiiiiicut Doctor Speaks.
He is not talking about medical
ethics, quite the contrary. The sci
entist is eager to grasp truth it what
ever field it may be found, and the
fact that Tvncrs’s Dyspepsia Remedy
is so meritorious calls fortli from
him a testimonial:
“Chipley, Ga., August 4, 1894.—
Dr. C. O. Tyner, Atlanta, Ga.: I
think it is due you that I should say
that Tyner’s Dyspepsia Remedy has
done more for me than all other
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thiuk it is a valuable remedy for
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It has cured me. I hope you may
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The number of battles fought dur
ing the Civil War was 3,125. The
figures are taken from official records.
A parrot, known to he- GO years
old, and which hud been in the VVin-
staniey and Breyfogle families, of
New Albany, Ind., for half a century,
is dead.
Pneumonia, la grippe, coughs,
colds, croup and whooping-cough
readily yield to One Minute Cough
Cure. Use this remedy in time and
save a doctor’s bill—or the under
taker’s. Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff
ney, y. C., and R. 8. Withers,
Blacksburg S. C.
The Third Nebraska regiment will
ho mustered out of service at Augus
ta, Ga., on May 11. Colonel Bryan
will he invited to review the regiment
before it is disbanded.
If you have piles, cure them. No
use undergoing horrible operations
that simply remove the results of the
disease without disturbing the dis
ease itself. Place your confidence in
DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salvo, it has
never failed to cure others; it will
not fail to cure you. Cherokee Drug
Co., Gaffney, S. C.. and R. S. With
ers, Blacksburg, S. O.
Colonel Funston, of the Twentieth
Kansas regiment now fighting in the
Philippines, although one of the
bravest men in tiie service, weighs,
clothes and all, only 98 pounds.
No-To-lluc for Fifty C«nla. •
Guaranteed tobacco habit, cure, iiiuhes weak
tnuu ittrouc, blood pure. 60c. *1. AUUrustisu
THE SYSTEM WHICH 13 USED AT THE
PULLMAN WORKS.
A Monnior l.anailr) l?i VYIilt-li 1,500
Gdlloitt, ot tO»ii|>, M.itle on Hie i'rciti-
Inex. Are I *«-«l Hvri-y Day on 45,000
Piece* of I.lnen.
Big laundries are cnuimonplnce
Miougli, but a laundry which can soh-
ataiitiate Its claim to being the largjst
in the world, which uses n ton of soap
a day and yet washes nouo of the pub
lic’s linen, would stem to be an anom
aly. Such a laundry Is tho one at
Pullman, Ills., maintained by the Pull
man Palace Car company for tho wash
ing aud ironing of tho thourands of
sheets, pillowcases and similar fur
nishings in daily use ou Its sleeping
cars throughout the country.
Tho building is a handsome brick and
stone structure of two stories.
To this building comes every morn
ing by express soiled linen in carload
lots. These are delivered at thoeast end
of tho building in square canvas bugs
of uniform size, and each is carefully
labeled and numbered. Tho work of
packing and billing the contents of
these bags has been done at six differ
ent depots in tlio city, where re accu
rate record of each day’s receipts and
disbursements is kept. When tbo bags
are opened at Pullman tho pi ces are
recounted and piled in a promiscuous
heap upon tlio floor No effort is made
to return to a car tho exact supplies re
ceived from it, save In number and
kinds. A piece of linen on a Pullman
car Is never used a second time until it
has been returned from tho laundry
Thus the week’s occupant of n sleeping
cur gets fresh sheets and pillowslips
each night.
Twelve Immense brass hydraulic
washers await the piles which have
found temporary restiuy place upon tho
laundry floor. Those piles aro wheeled
to the washers in roller baskets aud
corfsiguod to tholr caro. Theso washers
uro 7 foot long and 3 foet in diameter,
and consist of large cylindrical shaped
tubs standing ou their sides, with open
ings at tho tops. Inside of each tub Is a
perforated brass cylinder. It Is through
an opening in these cylinders the linen
is placed, the shell holding 200 sheets
aud a proportionate amount of smaller
articles. After tho admission of hot wa
ter and a certain amount of soap the
cylinders oro sot to revolving aud re
versing automatically Ihpes curry cold
and hot water to each washer uud the
hot water is always kept at 212 degrees.
In twenty minutes tlio washing is com-
piotod and tho rinsing, first In hot and
afterward in cold water, and the addi
tion of the requisite amount of bluing
conclude tho process. Each machine
can wash 400 sheets pci hour, and 45,-
000 pieces of linen u day is tho average
Amount handled.
Thm “vrrtnginf'’ of tb* Him la per
formed by ton hydraulic as tractors.
Tho«o aro metallic otroular tuba about
8 feet In diameter amt 15 Inches deep.
Within each Is a perforated copper
basket Into which the linen Is packed
These baskets are circular in shape and
revolve 1,500 times a minute for 10 or
15 minutes, throwing off the water by
centrifugal force until the contents nra
nearly dry. When sufficiently dried the
pieces, which are packed in almost solid
masses, are taken out bymouaud placed
in machines coiled tumblers.
These machines are merely revolving
wooden cylinders, with interior urrango-
meuts for shaking out tho mass cou-
eigued to them. In a few moments the
pieces aro all separated. Girls then
empty the tumblers aud smooth out
tlio pieces preparatory to consigning
them to tho mangles or ironing ma
chines.
There nro eight of tho largest size du
plex mangles for ear linen Each con
sists of a hollow metallic cylinder 100
inches long and 24 inches in diameter.
There aro also flvo lelt covered rollers
coming in contact with each cylinder
for the purpose of feeding tho pieces
smoothly aud absorbing tho remaining
moisture. After passing through these
machines, tho ironing portions of which
aro kept at 400 degrees by means of
steam, tho linen emerges beautifully
ironed and finished ou both sides. Girls
operate tho machines. They also fold,
sort and tie tho various articles prepar
atory to tho counting aud packing.
Tho packing Is done in bundles con
sisting of ten sheets or 25 pillowslips,
or an approximate number of napkins,
towels and tho liko. These bundles urn
placed in canvas boxes. Each box holds
200 sheets or 1,000 of tho smaller pieces.
Tho boxes nro then sealed and loaded
into cars at tho west end of the build
ing. These cars go to tho city by express
and the goods aro delivered to tho vari
ous stations by express as they may bo
required.
Tho number of omployeos needed to
carry on tho work upon tho first fioor
of tbo laundry nro 100 woven uud one-
fifth of that number of men. Tho lutter
aro used in tho heavier operations, tho
girls, white cupped and white aproned,
attending to tho lighter duties of the
place.
Tho second floor is devoted to starch
work, such as coats and caps of waiters
on tho dining cars. Hero ironing uud
polishing machines of lesser sort are
found. About 50 operatives uro hero en
gaged.
Tho soap question is an all important
ono at the Pallmau laundry. Fifteen
hundred gallons of soft or diluted soup
aro used daily. It is all made on tho
promises and amounts to n ton gross
weight of tho washing compound.
These figures to ho appreciated should
bo estimated from tho amounts used for
washing purposes In tho ordinary house
hold; but few people, oven iu Pullman,
aro aware of tho maguitado of the com
pany's laundry. Beyond tho fact that it
gives employment to a large number of
young women and a lesser number of
men hut little interest exists in its
daily output.—‘Chicago Tribune.
J. D. Bridge, editor and proprietor
of the Democrat, Lancaster, N. II.,
says: “I would not be without Ono
Minute Cough Cure for my boy,
when troubled with a cough or cold.
It is the best remedy for croup I ever
used.” Cherokee Drug Co., Gaff
ney, 8. C., and R. 8. Withers,
Blacksburg, 8. 0..
Don't Tobirro Spit aud Smoke Tour Lire Anajr.
To quit tobacco easily and forcsr, be nuig
nctio, lull of tlfo, nerve am) vigor, take No To-
Hue, the wonder worker, Unit mokes weak men
strong. All druggists, 60c or II. Cure gtianin-
tcud Booklet ami sample free. Address
Sterling Remedy Co . Cblcsgo or New York.
No Right to f triin, »*.
The woman who Is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be at
tractive must teep her health. If
she is weak, sickly and all run down,
she will lie nerveous and irritable.
If sho lias constipation or kidney
trouble, her impure blood will cause
pimples, blotches, skin eruptions and
a wretched complexion. Electric
Ritters is tho best medicine In tho
world to regulate stomach, liver and
kidneys and to purify the blood, It
gives strong nerves, bright eyes,
smooth, velvety skin, rich complex
ion. It wilt make a good-looking,
charming woman of a run-down in
valid. Only 60 cents at Cherokee
Drug Co.
“Father Gunn,” of Dickinson
county, is believed to be the oldest
person in Kannus. He has passed
liis II 1th birthday, and is still able
to walk two miles to the polls to vote.
It makes no difference how bad the
wound if you use DeWitt’s Witch
Hazel 8alve; it will quickly heal and
leave no scar. Cherokee Drug Co.,
Gaffney 8. C., and R. 8. Withers,
Blacksburg, 8. C.
John Fullingbond, of Huntsville,
Mo., is 81 years of age, strong and
active, and never took a dose of med
icine in his life.
People who have once taken De-
U ill’s Little Early Risers will never
have anything else. They are the
“famous littlo pills” for torpid liver
and all irregularities of the system.
Cherokee Drug Co., Gaffney, S. C.,
and R. 8. Withers, Blacksburg, S. C.
Little, neglected scratches and
wounds frequently result in blood-
poisoning. Better lieai them quickly
with DeWitt’s Witch Hazel Salve, a
thoroughly anti-septic application
with a record of always curing piles
old ulcers, sores, cuts, wounds and
skin diseases. Cherokee Drug Co.,
Gaffney, 8. C., and R. S. Withers,
Blacksburg, 8. C.
Thos. B. Buti.ek. Henry K. Osborns
BUTLER & OSBORNE,
ATTOIEl* RYH-JYT-X^AW.
Gaffney, S. C.
Very careful and prompt atteiftlon given
to all business entrusted to ns.
ta^Tractieo In all the courts.
MONEY TO LEND!!
On long time
and easy terms. Secured by first mortgage
on Improved farms. Apply to
F. B. Hoffman,
4 Howling Greece.
or to J.C. Jefferies, New York city.
Gaffneys, S. C., for information.
-5-0mo-pd.
Probate Court Notice. ~
NIoTlCE is hereby given that I will make
* v Smil return and settlement In tbe office
of Fro bate Judge for Cherokee County us
administrator of the estate of Mrs. It. L.
Littlejohn, deceased, ou Monday, Muy^th,
1H(K), 15 o'clock, a. in., and usk for discharge
on same date.
N. H. Littlejohn,
4-^s-iw4l. Administrator.
DR. J. F. GARRETT,
Dentist,
Gaffney, j- - S. C.
Office over J. R. Tolleson’s new store
In office from 1st to 2Gth of each
month;
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
IsBMd Schedule of PuMongOV
In Elf so 4 Oct. 10, 1608.
Mosthbound.
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pally Bamept Sunday.
Lv. Aflupta. central time
Ar. Norcroas, eastern time
tr. Nororoee, eastern time ..
Ar. Atlanta, central time
m. m T'W
Chesapeake Line Steamers In dally
between Norfolk and Baltimore.
Nos. 87 and88—Dally. Washington and Rontb-
western Vestibule Limited. Through Pullman
n New York and New Of
T5
sn roura
Imaa 4»ai
lag ears serve all i
iwiaj reem sleeping,
iitwcen Greeasbore and Norfolk. Close c
pection at For folk for OLD FOtNT COMJFOE
arriving there In time for breakfast.
Nos. 36 and 86—Unltod Status Fast Man
runs solid between Washington and New Or
Icaiift, via Southern Railway, A. 4b W. P. R. R.,
and I.. 4c N. R K.. being composed of baggage
ear end coaohes, through without changn for
pa*Miiigerf>of all elaccea Pullman drawing
room sleeping oars between New York and
New Orloaus, via Atlanta and Montgomery
Leaving Washington each Wednesday, a touris
Sleeping car will run through between Wash
Ington and San Irancisoo without change
No*. 11,37. U and 12—Pullman sleeping can
bctwcuu Richmond and Charlotte, via Danville
southbound No*, it aud 87, northbound No*
S ; and 12
UANK8. GANNON. J.M.CtTLF,
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