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Annual Report -OP THE COUNTY TREASURER -OP LAURCMS CO , S C OF MONEY PAID FROM NO VEMBER UT, 18*8, TO NO VEMBER UT, U?7. To Hie Honor the Fretiding Judge of (the Court of Oenerul Seaton* for Lauren* County, Feb Term, J88S SCHOOL DMTBIOT, NO. 1. Na. i Frank Evans* 180.00 v <* ? 80.00 $ " " 80.00 4 '? .? 30.00 1 Hattie K. Pope, 80.00 5 ? ?. * 30,00 SJ au u :j?.oo 4 vt t> t? 80.00 1 Janie Bryson, 30.00 ? M a 80.00 g ti " 30.00 4 ?. t* 80.00 1 lt. F. BUkeley, 20 00 1 J. S. Hunter, 14.00 5 " 44 14.n0 * " 44 14.00 I Alice K. Perry. 80.00 0 ? u ? 30.00 4 ? ? ? 30.00 1 A. P. Butler, 30.00 a ? t? 30.00 1 P. 8. Little, 30.00 i " t. 30.00 a ? " 30.00 1 NV. C. Fleming. 80.00 y, ? ?0.00 g ? ? 30.00 I J. N. Simpson, 15.00 *> " >. 10.00 ' 8 ? f 15.uu 1 Janie Chalmers, 30.00 j 5 M M 80.00 S 8 " 30.00 4 ? H 30.00 1 Joele Cunningham, l?.iJ't 2 *? M 16.00 9 44 i4 10.00 i Lula Thompson, 30.00 g 44 44 80.00 a ?* ?. :to.OO 4 41 4- 80.00 1 Kate Lark, 30.00 ! 2 44 44 80.00 1 lela Holmes, 30.00 ? 44 44 80.00 1 Lidie Moore, 16.10 2 14 4i 18.00 j .3 41 18.00 4 44 44 10.00 j 1 W. M. Bryson, ^o.ou ! .2 * ? 20.00 3 14 ? 10.00 1 M. E. Templeton, 20.00 .2 44 44 20.00 a 44 41 20.00 i .4 w 44 20.00 <2 A. C. Johnson, 85.00 4 44 86.00 SCHOOL DISTBICT, NO. 2. 1 Ida Templeton, 16.00 2 41 44 15.00 .3 '* 0 15.00 1 Zack T. Young, 14.00 a " " M 14.00 i fl. H. McMorrie. 13.00 ? ? * 13.00 .? ? *> 12.00 1 Mattie B. Moore, 20.00 2 M ? fl 20.00 45 u ? ? 20.00 1 L. W. E. Putmaa, 7.50 2 ? 41 ? 7.50 1 Nora Arnold, 20.00 5 *. * 20.00 u ** 20.0:> 1 Beniah CoaepWa, 40.00 ? ? " 80.00 ? * " 30.00 1 J. W. Fowler, 20.00 0 rt 41 20.00 8 44 41 10.00 1 A. Carson, 30.00 a ? " 30.00 8 "> 44 80.00 1 Dr. Cook, 15.00 2 *' 44 15.00 1 M. A. Cox, 80.00 2 ? ? 30.00 8 ? " 80.00 1 F.J. O winn, 12.00 ? * 44 12.00 1 E. O. Fowler, 30.0ft 2 41 *. 30.00 * 44 u 80.00 SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. 8. 1 Sallie Knight, 25.00 2 " 41 26.00 fl " 44 25.00 4 ? " 25.00 I Mattie Burk sd a le, 23.00 5 u ? 25.00 8 ? 44 25.00 1 J. R. Martin, 26.00 2 44 14 25.00 8 ? 44 25.80 I F.J. Claina, 12.00 1 Ii. W. E. Colman, 12.60 JJ " " 14 5.00 1 John H. Moor?, 20.00 2 ** 14 44 20.00 1 O. h. Canty, 16.00 I C. O. ?e.rretf, 20.00 % tt ?. ao.oo 3 * 26.90 1 J.. T. O winn, 26.00 f * 44 28.00 . ? " 26.00 1 W. T. McElroy, 60.00 2 44 f 60.00 . * 44 86.00 1 Futmau A ?all, 80.00 [J J. G. Lee, 25.00 ! 2 " ?. 25.00 . 1 Mattie P. Anderson, 25.00 I " * M 20.00 8 ?. " * 26,00 1 Mollie Terry, 25.00 2 44 " 26,00 j 3 " " 25.00 4 " 41 25.00 I J. R. Wilson, i?.",.oi? 12 " " 26.00 1 Kiniim (Joodjflon, "..mi .2 " 25.00 j 3 " " 26.00 14 " " 25.00 i W. C. Patterson, 25.00 i 2 " M 2\?><i ?3 " " 25.i'i j 4 " " 2?.h0 i W. C. Fleming, 25.00 j 2 " 44 26.00 , i 2 E. K. Latlmer, I LOO :j ? ?. 17.00 I J. W. Fowler, 10.00 SCHOOL DISTRICT, NO. L 1 L. M. Bryce, 30.00 2 '. " 00.00 8 41 " 30.0?) 1 NV. C. Bell, 30.00 2 14 30.00 J Sadie ( "arter, 15.00 ! ._' 41 *4 15.00 1 1 R, A. Carter, 3".no ' 2 44 4- 30.0') 3 " 15.00 1 lt. J. .Sunders, 2<U)? 2 4i -4 15,00 ' 3 ? 14 16.00 1 4; 44 15.001 2 44 4< 16.00 .. l> T.r.o 1 C. ?-. Todd, 25.50 1 farolillo Beeks, 12.50 1 A. Robertson, 30.i u 2 44 5.00 1 s. H. Johnson, 80.0? 2 M h 30.00 :{ " ? 15.00 1 L. A. Merriman. t?.O0 2 " .. 2o.t?? I :t " .. 20.001 , J jus. Pede lb 27.00 i J.r. Anderson. 18.00 ? una Muhnfl'vy, 15.00 I ,. j NV. I?, Johnson, 80.00 .J" .. fr'.'* i : 3 .. .. 30.0? j 1 T. I *. Jones, sn.oo 2 " ?. .'10.00 J .. '. 30.00 I NV. S. Knight, 2.00 1 ?:. M. Ida). 30.00 j " ?? .'?.00 13.50 4 B. F. Arnold, SJ. , , I Henry Meek*, 10.00 fti'HOOl I if H i Bier. No. 5. 1 C. McDaniel, -'.'?o ..* " " s?t, ou 1 M. !.. 0. Moor^. 43-00 I S. II. .Johnson, 35.00 ? o 35.no ! .; " " 20.00 1 S. P. M.-Klloy, 35.00 2 " 80.00 '5 " .. 26,00 i B. J. Simpson, 36.00 i " " 35.00 ?y o .< 20.00 l C. Klckelborgor, 10.00 z " " 10.00 j 3 ?' n 10,00 1 J, II, Kl ledge, 3"?.o<j 2 '* .? 30.00 1 ?< 25.00 1 M. H. Brown, ?5.00 2 " " 28.00 1 Mos.-? Maddon, 3.r..iVi 2 '. " 35.00 3 " " 20.00 1 R. A. farter, 50.00 2 " " 30.00 l J. A. ?fadden, 30.00 1 John IT. Moore, 20.00 2 " " .' 20.00 3 " " " 20.00 1 W, ii. Simpson, ?35.00 2 " 35.00 3 .' 20.00 1 P. B, Lockwood, 20.011 2 '* " 20.00 'i " .. 20.1? 1 A. W. Moore. 36.00 2 " ?* 8'. 00 3 " " 20.00 2 E. It. Moore, 20.00 3 ? o 20.00 1 S. A. Mounts, 20.00 3 " >> 20.00 1 M. 8. Soon, 35.00 2 " '. 30.?0 3 .. " 26.00 1 J. IT. ?laekwoll, 20.00 2 " " 20.00 5 " " 2o.oo I A. L. Andorson, 45.oo 1 M. A. Cunningham, 2o.oo 2 " " 2o.oo ? M " 2o.oo 1 S. A. Norris, 2o.oo 1 T.i'Mtiii Merriman, 2o o.> 2 .' o lo.oo .: A. F. McFadden, 80.00 SCIIOOI. DISTRICT KO. 6. IO W Salter, I 500 ?j ? II 10.00 1 W S lMlts, 80.00 2 .< o 80.00 3 .. o 80.00 4 .. 16.00 1 Nat Peterson, i?.uo 1 A J Hampton, 16.00 2 n ?1 16.00 1 H y Simpson, 28.00 2 a o 30.00 3 o <i 80.00 .I a ? 17.00 1 John 1? Campbell 80.00 ?i .> o 30.1)0 3 .1 .. 80.00 1 M II Tuller, 10.00 2 ? " 7.00 3 M o 7.00 1 W u Watson, 22.&0 2 " ? 11.00 3 ?. u 25.<K> 1 J C Cook, 2H.no 2 " " 30.0/1 3 " " 24.00 4 .? " ?8.00 1 J T Hill, 22.00 2 " 22,00 3 " " 22.00 4 n n 11.00 1 J 0 Jennings, 80.00 2 *i 80.00 8 ?. ? 46.00 1 W ?Pitt?, ?.00 THE LAX: S. HO .'. Dl?T?IHT >.>. 7. 1 J BPsrrotl, '.'? .<. g .. ?. IfcOO j .? 16.00 1 .? .11.00 2 .. :>>.ou i 3 . M SO JO) - 1 K I. Hume*. ?X0 .j .. .. ?HJ.C0 :? .. OJ-00 I I SN Johnson. 85.00 1 J J Thomar., 20.00 2 ?. 20.00 ' j j .? .. 20.00 : i M w Bi rton, W.O0 2 .. 30.W ! y .. .. : ? 1 Ma nie Bell, 30.00 I 2 i. .sj.**) : ! g :?o 00 ! Wolli it Von u sf i 30. o . , 2 " " 24 08! a .. .. 20.od 1 M M Hailey it Son*. 2 50 1 Lizzie Smith, 20.00 2 " .. 20.00 3 '. " 8&.O0 1 ( ' K Adama, 15.00 2 " .? 15.00 3 '. l?Oj; 1 Annlo Grenoker, 2 " " '.5.0? 3 " 15,03 : IDS b.ivi-. . " 1 M J William?, SO.?".*) ? .. .. 80 00 j :i .' .? 80.0.) 1 Jai Wella, !'/? W 2 .. r/i on i ;. .. :?4i.?0 ! Young A Watt?, 25J 0 W b Ta rd I If, IV) 1 M ll Snowden, ->> co 2 20.00 y .? <? 15.00 ; M .1 Puller, - . " 2 ?I .. I . .?...'o , .? i I ti'ON< M UKI) OX KKCON1) PACK. THK ? 1.1!. OF MODESTY. DR. TALMAGE'S FIFTH SERMON TO THE WOMEN Or AMERICA. iii?- l ; real I'rcai-hor Bajri Tlial n Maa'? < harueter I? Determined l>y III* Ap preciation ol Wannan-Mightiest Inila mir? AM- Kver tl,?* >!?><t Silent. nnooi.RYS, l*i-i>. 5. -- Tho annual |>cw letting in Brooklyn tabernacle has just taken place, mid tin- rental exceeds all previous years. For tho U-st pews live, six. seven and eighl hundred dollars were paid. lint i ?arts of the house oro kept free, KO that no one can truthfully say that ho cannol attend church here for luci; of nu-ans, If tiii immense structure were twice as lar,.', ii would not contain all who de vire lo worship hero. By the tinto the service I?.:!..- I ho streets are blocked with |ieoplo j'oing away. The Kev, T. De Witt Talmage, I), h.. tin- ).:i t i preached this morning tho billi m th? "Series of sermons to tho Woini :i Of America, with Important Hints io Men.1' His subject was "The \ Veil < f Modesty," and hi?? text: ISsthcr i, 12; "Tho Queen Vashti refused to ' come." lt yon will accept my arm I ??ll escort 1 yon into a throne room, In this fifth ECl'inoll of the -cries of Hermons there are j certain womanly excellencies which 1 I wish iti a mun ml, but instead of putting them in dry ab'-trnetion. I present you 1 their impersonation in one who seldom, I if ever, gets sormonic recognition. We stand amid tho pabircsof Shushnn. Tlc pinnacles aro aflamo wita the morn? i hi? light. The colums rise festooned and ' wreathed, the wealth of empires flashing ! from th" grooves; thc ceiling adorned I with Imogesof hird and Ix-ast. and scenes ; of prowess niel conquest. The walla are j hung with shields, and emblazoned until j it seems that the whole round of splen dors is exhausted. Each arch is u mighty : leapof architectural achievement. Golden .tara, shining down on glowing arabesque. I Huugingfl of embroidered work in I which mingle tho blueness of the sky, i tho greenno-ia of the grass and tho white? ne>-< of tho sea foam. Tapestricfl hung on silver ringa, wedding together tho pil lan of marhlo. Pavilions reaching out in every direction. Those fur repose, filled wiih luxuriant couches, in which weary limbs tinU until nil fatigue is Bub mi i ?*od. These for carousal, where king* drink down a kingdom nt ono swallow. Amazing spectacle! Light of silver dripping down over stairs of ivory on shields of gold. Floor*of stained marble. Sunset red and right black, and inlaid with gleaming pearl. Why, it seems aa if a heavenly vision "f amethyst, and jacinth, mid topaz, and cbrysoprasus luid desee nded and alighted upon Shushan, It seems as if a billow of celestial glory had dashed clear over heaven's battle ments u|K>n this inetropolisof Persia. In connection with this palace there is a gorden, where tho mighty men of foreign lands ur?- Heated at *a banquet. Under tin- sj read of oak, and linden, and acacia the tables are arranged. The breath of honeysuckle and frank incense fills tho air. Fountains leap up into tho light, the spray stunk through with rninlMiws- falling in crystal line bapti .n upon flowering shrubs- then lolling down through channels of marble, and widening out hero and there into jiooh swirling with tho Anny tribes of foreign aquariums, bordered with scarlet Anemones, hypericums, and many col ored ranunculus, Meat? of rarest bird and keast smoking np amid wreaths of Aromatics. The vases lilied with apricots and almonds. 'I lin baskets piled up u ?th apricot*, and datea, and HgH. and oranges, and pomegranates, Melons tastefully tw ined with h aves of m ai ia. 'J he bright waters of Eulaeus lining the urns. and sweating outside the dm in flashing beads amid tho : racer lea. Wino from tho royal vats >f Ispahan and Shiraz, in bottles of winged ?hell, and lily sha|ied cujis of sil rer, mid Hagons and tankards of solid gold. Tho music rises higher, and tho .revelry breaks out into Wilder transport, ?ind the wilie has Hushed tho chook and ?ouched the brain, and louder than all oilier voices are Uio hiccough of the ine briate . the gabble of fools and (ho song of the drunkard lu another part of tho pnlnce Queen Vashti ii entertaining the prim-esses of Persis ntnbonquot) Drunken Ahasaerus says to Iii servants] "You go out and fetch Vashti from Hint banquet with tho women, and hiing her to this banquet with thc mon, and Iel ino display her lieauly. ' ' Thc servant* immediately start toohey tho king's command; but Ibero waa a ruin in oriental aociety that no v ' ..-..! might appear in publie, without having her face veiled. Yet here wa* a mandate (hat noone daro dispute, de manding that Vashti como in unvcilod liefere the multitude. However, there was in Vashtl's soul a principle more regal than Ahgauems, more brilliant titan th?" >ld of STiuvhan, of more wealth than the realm of ?ii. which com.- ! tuonded her todboloy thiacrderof the king* ami BO all tho ri? hteousnoj .' ami bullum and modesty of lier I nature rifles up into oue sublime ! refusal. She ?ivs: "I will not go into \ t ! inquot unve?letL'' Of course Alta udUs ?voa infuriate: and Vanhti. ri.?>:-- I-f lier joeition nit? her estate, is driv< ii-:.'! in poverty and jrulnto&iif ?. r tl it ru ?a n nation, am! ye; to re ceive ii.?' Qpphvuso ? f after generations wfcti shall rke iip'to udmtrc fills martyr t > kingly Insolence. Well, th? last ros tige ' i thal frost ls gone; Ibo last Kurland lu faded; tl?o last nrcli lias fallen! the last tankard has been destroyed, and tJllUslinil i - a ruin: Int ?? loa?; es tli-? world stands there wyi ha multitudes of men and women, f...:.ii'iar with tho Bil '? . who win come into this picture g :. ry . :" Uotl, mi 1 admiro Hie divine ] it rn it cl Vnsliti the queen, Vashti the I veiled, Vnsliti (he sacrifice, Vnsliti the 1 . ;1; ? first place, I waut you to look i :?.? : v.. ?it;, tho que? u A hie., ribbon, : layi <l with whit;-, draw; lound her for?- j liesid, Indicated lier QUO cly position. It 1 was no .mall honor to i? qu< oil in sucha 1- lin a- ll.at. ll.ti!; lo ',!... rti-t'..- ? f ker rehes! fie* lite bla2o of ber jewels! And I yrt. ni) friends, it i- i t necessary tc ! h.i\; .i co timi i<-.: i robo in < rder '? v queenly, Whoti, 1 see a woman wi'Ji st? .. failli in (i .!. pu f.'??" lier fo>.'t uixsi ah meanness, and selJlshnei -, andi; di J llsploy, going rieht forwor?! to ?crve Christ .Mel thc i.; e by a grand and glorious service, 1 say. "Tliat wo man is a queen,1' und thc ranks of I leaven I? ?.'. over tho battlements upon the coronation; un i whetheriTie comoup fro:,i the shanty On tho commons or tl c ia induit of the fashionable square, I : grc-et her wp.h tit- shout: "Ail haili Queen Vnsliti." What glory \vcs there thu brow of Mury of Scotland, or . Elizabeth England, or Margaret of France or Catherine of Russia, e? >m pared with the Worth of some of our Christian moihci .t..any .f th- m gem- into j;l.?ry? -or ? f that womat! monti? n?cd in tho . Scripluri.-. w I..? put 1e r ali into the Lord's treasury? -or of Jephthah's daughter, . who made a demonstration of unselDih patriot i-m?-or of Abigail* who rescued ti" herds ami flock? of lier husband?--dr of Ruth, who toiled undi r a tropical sim for I.??>I. Old, helpless Naomi?-or pf Mrs. Adomrahi Judson, who kindled tho lights . f salvation amid the darkness <>f . .t H.o mah : - r r ?.f Mt -. riemann , wlx> |K>tired 'tit 'ncr holy soul in words vctlleh will for ever bo associated "?tit hunter's liorn, und cap five's cliaiu. and bridal hour, and lute's throb, mid curfew's knell ;.t the dying day? mid tk-oros and huiidrctls if women, unknown on earth, who have given watei '." ti; thirsty, and bread lo tho hungry, ? nd medicine lo Ibo sick, and MU?!' . to ti." discouraged-their footsteps bonni along dark lane, and in goveriimeiil hospital, and in almshouse corridor, and by prison gate? There may lie no royal robe-there may bc no palatial surroundings. Sh" does not need them; for ali charitable mon will unite with thc crackling lips of fever struck hos| itnl und i luguo blotched las li rel 1 i in greeting lier us she liasses: "Hail! hail! Quoi II Vnshtl." Amoug thc queens whom I honor aro tho female day school teachers of tim land. 1 pul UJKMl lie ir brow thc coronet. Tin y ore tb?- platers anti the daughters of our towns mel cities, sclcctcel out of a vast number of ap?.beauts, because of ( their esjKtdtil intellectual and moral en dowments. There are in nota: of ymir hoi ne J women moro worthy. These per sons, s. .me of them, conic out from atflU' . ont homes, choo ?og leaching ns a useful profession; others, finding that father is older than he used tole, and that his eyesight and strength are not as good ns, once, goto leaching to lighten his load, Hut I t? il you tho history of tito majority of the f male teachers in the public schools when I say: ''Father is dead." Aft' i tin estate was settled the family, I that wi re comfortable before, nro thrown on their own resources. It is hard for mell lo earn a Jiving in this day, bul it i. harder for women their health hoi BO rugged, ?heir aims not so strong, tb? ir op|xirtunities fewer, i These persons, niter trcmbingly going through (ho ordeal <>f an examinntion ns to their qualifications to tench, half be wildered top over (ho sill of the publie school to do two thing;-instruct (ho ? young and earn tie ir own bread. Her work ls wearing to tho Inst degree. The management of forty or fifty fidgety Und intractable children, Ibo suppression of j their vit es and tito development of their excellencies, tho management of rewards and punishments, ibo send ing of so many Kars of soap and flue ; tooth comb! on benignant ministry, tho breaking <>l BO many wild coila for the harness of life, sends her home nt night weak, neuralgic, unstrung; so thnt e>f all the weary people in your cities for five nights of tho week there aro nono more' weary than tho publie Behool teachers. Now. for Hod's sako, give thora u fair chance'. Throw no obstacles in tho wey. If they come '.ttl ahead in thc lace, cheer them. If you want to smite any, smite the male teachers; they con take up the cudgels for themselves, But keep your bauds off <?f defenceless women, lather may 1)0 dead, but then; aro enough brothers I? it lo demand and soe that iney gel justice. Within a stone's throw of this building (herb died M ars ago ono of tho principals of our publie schools. She had lieon twenty-five years at that JMM. Sin? had b-ft the touch of refinement on a multi tude of the young; She had, out of her Blonder purse, given literally thousands of dollars for the destitute who came under her olxsorvation tvs a school teacher. A deceased elater's children were thrown upon her hands, and she took care of them. She was a kind mother to ?hem, while she mothered a whole school. Worn oui with nursing in the sick mid d) iny room of one of tho household, she herself como lo die. She closed tho Behool hook and at the same time the volunto of her Christian fidelity; mid when i-he wi nt through the gates they eriod? "Those aro tin y who carno out of gnat tribulation, und had their robes washed ami made white in tit?' blood of the lamb." Queens are nil stu b, and whether tho world acknowledges them or not. heaven acknowledges them. When Kennon, the wit and ecclesiastic, as |>oor as ho was brilliant, was about to marry Mine, de Mnhitcnou, ho wic.nskcd by tho notary w hat ho proposed to settle upon madem oiselle. Thc reply wgs: "Immortality! Tho mimo-, of tho wives of kings dio with Diem; tho name of thc wife of Hcnr ron will live always." In u higher nnd better sense, upon nil women wlip do their duty, God will settle Immortality' Not the immortality of earthly fame, Which is mortal, but the immor tality celestial, And thoy sbnll reign fon vcr mid ever. Oh, Hie opjxirtu* nity which every woman luis of Is ing a queen ! Tho longer 1 live the more I admiro good womanhood. Ami 1 hnvo come to form my opinion of tho charac ter of a mun by his appT) ? int ion or non appreciation of woman. If u niau have n depressed Plea of womanly Hi cliarnctcr bo (s o bod man, ?nd Otero ? j DO exception to the role. The writing* j of ??oe the can nero* have any such at- : tractions for me W Shakespeare, because nearly ail the womanly characters Of tito great German have some kital of turpi tude. Ther?- i- Ids Mariana, witii bei clandestine schendng, :.:.dl?> Mignon, of evil ptiret;'. :rre, y t worse tl ian her aneen* tors, and hi. Tlnrcsa, thc brazen, and his Aurelia of mat.y inn i. . and bis Philiuo, thc . rmogant, and lita Melina, j tho taruibl.i'-l. cud Ids Baroness, and bit j Contit??-?. and ibero i? seldom n womanly character in all his vduminoua wiit lng* that would Ix? worthy of resi dence In a n spectabio cool cellar, yet pictured and dramatized anti cmblazi ned till all the literary world is compelled ti tee. No! noW Clive me William Shakes peare's idea of woman: and l 8?C it in Desdemona, and Cordelia, and Rosalind, and Iuioceu. and Helena, and Hermione, and Viola, and bobella, and Sylvia, and Pcrdita, ?til of them with enough faults to prove them human, but enough kindly characteristics to give us tin- author's idea of womanhood, bi* lady Macbeth eely a dark 1>?.- b ground to bring out the supreme loveliness of his other fi male characters. Oh, women <>f America I rise to your opportunity. ll? no slave to pride, or worldliness, or -in. Why ever crawl in tlie dust when ><ai can mount a ti.rene? Re queens unto (>..! forever. Ila ll Vashti : Again: I want you to consider Vashti the veiled. Had she appeared before Abasuern- and his court on that day, with h? r ta..e uncovered, she would have shocked all tho delicacies of Oriental society, and tho very men who in ile it intoxication demanded that come, in their sober moments would have desi Iscd ber. As some flow, rs seem to thrive best hi the 'lark I mc : nd in ile- shadow, and where the sun ii ?>.> v<<i seem to reta h them, to Oed app ints to ru? t womanly natures a retiring and ui : . trust vo spirit. Clod" one.;, in a while does call an Isaliolia t . ile- throne, <.r a Miriam to strike the timbrel nt lite front of a host, or a Mario Antoinette to quell a French mob, or a Deborah to stand .'-.t tho front of an armed battalion, crying out; ..rp: up! This ls tho day in which t'ne Lord will deliver Sisera int.? thy bonds.'1 And when women orccallod te uch outdoor work anti to such heroic itions, Clod prepares ihein for it: mid y have iron in their soul, and light ning's in their rye. and whirlwinds in their breath, ami tho borrowed strength of the 1/rd omnipotent in their right arni. They walk through furnaces as though they wire hedges of wild Howers, and cross teas as though they wer.> shimmering sapphire, and nil the harpies bf hell rink ('.own to their dungeon nt tho stamp <f their womanly indignation. lint thf-e a:e exceptions. Generally, Dorcas would ratler nir.!:e a garment fer the poor IK>\ ; Rebecca won! I rather lill tho trough for the rana I : Hannah would rntber make a coat for Samuel; tho Hebrew maid would rattier give a prescription f-r Nnnman's leprosy; tiie woman of Sa repta would rather gather n few sticks to cook a meal for famished Elijah; Phebe would rather carry ti letter for the inspired apostle; Mother Lois would rather educate Timothy In tho Scriptures. When I seo a woman going uboul her daily duty-with cl? erful dignity presiding at the table; with kind and gentle, hut linn. disci| lino presiding iii the nursery, going out into thc world without any blast <f trumpets, follow inc: in tho foot 6to| ? ' i* him who wt nt about doing good -I snj : ..Ti.H 1^ Vashti with a veil on." Dui wh< n I seo n woman of unblushing bobine. . l u i voiced, with a ton ?ruo of infinite ditter clatter, with arrogant look. passing through the streets with a masculine swing, gnyly arraved in a very hurricane of millinery, I cry ont i '.Vashti baa lost ber veil." When I see a woman struggling for political j.ref< rm? ?it. and rejecting th?- duties of homo as insignificant, and thinking tho ofHees of wife, mother and daughter of no importance, and trying to force her way on up into conspicuity, leay: "Ah, whnt a pity; Vashti has long lost her voil." When I seo a woman of comely features, and of adroitness of intellect, and endowed with ail that the schools can do for one. and of high social position, yet moving in society with supercilious ness and hauteur, m though she would have i copi? know their place, and an un defined combination < f giggle, and strut, and rodomontade, endowed with allo pathic quantities of talk, hui only home opathic infinitesimals of Ben se, the terror of ?lry goods clerks and railroad con ductors, discoverers of significant mean ings in plain convi rsation, prodigies of badness and innuendo- I say; "Vashti has lost her veil." But do not misinterpret what I say into a depreciation of the work of those glorious and divinely called women who will not bo understood tili after they aro ?lead, women like Susan li. Anthony, who aro giving th? ir lil"?- for tho better ment of th; condition of their sex. Those of you who think that women have tinder the law of Ibis country an equal chance with nc r. aro ignorant of tho laws. A gentleman writes ino from Maryland, saying: "Toko the laws of Ibis state. A man Mid wife start Old III ii."" full of liopo in ? very res]Kcl by their joint ef forts, and. II j i< frequently thu case, through Ibo cconorflic ideas of the wife, i succeed in accumulating a fortuno, but ' they have no children: they reach tdd j ope together, and then Ibo husband di?s. j What does tho law of this state do thon? lt ?saya lo tho widow, hands off VOUr late j husband's property, do nil touch it : tho Hate ? il! lind Others to whom it will give that, bul yon, the widow, must not touch lt, Only SO much ns will kt ep lifo within your aged body, that you may live io BOC those others enjoy what right fully tfhould ix; your own." And tlie I slate Bet k tho relativos of tho deceased I husband, whether they U' near or far, wh, ihcr they were ever heard of before or not, and transfers to them, kindly ol Collectively, tho edale of the deceased husband and living w idow. Now. that Is a specimen of unjust lawi in all tho states concerning womanhood, Instead of flying off to the discussion ai te w hether or not I lu- giving of (he righi of voting to women will correct the? laws, let mo say to men, bo gallant enough, ami fair enough, (ind hon? s enough, and righteous enough', and cits loving enough to corr? < I these wrong! against women by your own nu'enlim votes. Do. not walt for woman sttffragi to come, if it ever doe? come, bill KO fai ns you can touch ballot boxes, mid leeds laturcx, and congresses begin tho refof matioii. Rut until justice la ?IOHO t< your sex by tho luwsof all the stales, ant women of America take th?- platform and tho pulpits, ami no honorable mat will charge Vashti with having li st he veil. Again, 1 want you this morning t< considtr Vashti tho sacrifice. Who i this tint I leo coining out of that paine? gate of Shushim? ll seems to me that Imvo peen ber before, Slio comes home les?, houseless, friendless, trudging nloii( with a broken heart. Who is she? It li Vashti the sacrifice. Ob. whnt a < hangi it wa? from regal poritiou t<>n. way Y firer'- crust. A littfa while ngo approved mod sought for; narr none so i>oor as to acknowledge bs aco.uawtanceahip. Vushii therocriflce. Ah. you and I have seci it m r. a Hero 1? a how? eiupalaci d u I *. toaa? v. All that refine ment, : nd I ' >,? -. wealth can do foi Hint homo iia?i?)eeiic?uiie; but Ahaaucrua, thc huaban 1 and tlc- father, la taking boldon pallis of pin. He is gradually gobig dowu. After a while lie will Hound* r and struggle liken wild beast in a hunt? r's ni l further away from God, further away from Ibo light. Soon the bright apparel <>f the children will turn t.. rag*; KJ >n (be household song will bo co . o th . sobbing of a broken heart. The old dory over again, Unit il Centaurs breaking up tho marriage fea*t of l~i j ll ae. Tho Il0tl?0 full of outrage, and era Ity, and abomination, while trudging forth from tho palace gate are Vashti and lier chUdri n. '1 here ar.- homes rep resented ill tlii- house (his morning that ore in danger of such a breaking up. Oli Ahasuerus, that you should stand lu a bona-, by a dissipated life destroying tho pence and comfort of that home. God forbid that your children sin uki ever bave to wring their bands, and have people point their finger at them as they pass down tho street and say: ?'Thero goce a drunkard's child.*' God forbid that the little feet should ever have to trudge Ibo ?Killi of poverty and wretchedness. God foi bid that! any evil epirit, I- rn of tho wino cupor ibo brandy flask, should c. me forth and uproot that garden, and. with s blasting, blistering, ail consuming curse, shut for ever thc palace gate against Vashti and thc chil dren. Oh, Ibo w< men end tho men of sacri fico aro going to toko tho brightest coro nals of i avon! This woman of the text gave up palatial residence, govo upall fot what she considered right. Sacrifice! U ibero nnythii ; moro nublime? A 't. :i?? r call' 1 Ibo, Pr urie Hello, buming on ibo Mi i -i; i i riv? r, ?ludso, the engl* nc* r, declar 1 Ito woul I keep tho bow of tin. I> ttt to ti.-- shore lill all were off, nial hoke tbi promise. Athis post, scorched and b! icki n< i. Ito \< ri : d, hut lie saved all th*-- j ?.. ci .. t -. Two verses of pa tlietic j etry describe tho scene, bm tia versci aroa little rough, abd ?> I chang?e a word or t'vo: Tbl hot bia k breath of thc burning . Ar: I \\. y . 'i h.; ! lm?t ii, butitubborttUCSS, \rA kacv ' WOllM jp 1:!'? tt'QtJ, AD.! nu '. . . . I. rill.nil got oft At ethe . kc loi 'ks fell: Au I !.. - lott v ?il up abpto, lathe .:. '. i of iho Prnlrio IX'lto. . Ho w eren't i i ?lnt, liui at Judgment IM tua ? dance with Jim. J..: MC of tm ie pious ge.itteOien Thal v.'oulit?i'i iliake ' .e. w with hlui. H?j'd til -il- !nty. a doad Bur? thing, Ar. 1 v > nt r, . li thew no I tii?-n. A- -I I tiri M I ' (..?HIT t-> I) . to? lian! Ott ?iiaoi (....- iii 1 fe* I:.'-:). On? in re: l want you to look a1 Va hti ibo di nt. You do not hear nar < utcry i loin ti is womnu aa phc goes fort! from ibo i ali cc gate. From tho vcr; digi ?ty ?.' i . r nature you know there Svil bo no vocifi.. lion H uncthncs in lifo i is ni cssnry lo make n retort; sometime in life it h ncc ssa ry to reswt; but thor ar cr es when the mos! triumphal! thing t idol ">> keep silence. Tho phil osoph? r. confident in his newly discov erod priuci) . wniteil for the coming ? mon- intelligent ia aerations, willing tim men should laugh ut ii lightning rod und coll?n ;.i:. nnd Rtenml oat --waiting f? long years tl ough the scoffing of phil? Kophicnl soho i-. in grnnd and mngnlflccr silence. Galileo, condemned by matin malic-inns, ?.:: I monk-:, and cnrdinnli carieaturetl > verywhere, yet waiting nu watching willi Ids leleseo|>e, to sec tl coming up ? i stellhr ro-i nforcement wheh tho Biara in their courses woul fight f- r th? Copernican system; thc sitting down in complete blindness an deufili ?s to wail for the Coming on < Ibo g?n?rations who would build h monument und bow nt his grave. Tl reformer, execrated by his contempt rarics, fastened in a pillory, thu slo1 fires of pub1'-' cmti mpt burning end? him, ground under tho cylinders of tl printing i r -ss, yet cuhnly waiting for tl ??av whi n purity Of soul and lier? i m < character will ... t tho sanction <f cari mid tho plaudit-i of heaven, Aftlictioi enduring without any complaint tl Bharpncssof the pang, and the vlolcni of th . Storm, and the lieft of the chaii and the darkness of tho night--waith until n divine I an i f.hnll lie put forth i soothe tho pang, nnd hush the storm, ai release tho cn| liv . A ? ii".- ubused, pe scented, anti II |K>rp( '.n d exile fr?lll evci caiihly comfort- waiting, wailing, un the I/ad Fhnll gather tip bis dear child ti In n heavenly h ?mo, and no poor Vosli will over be thrust out from the pahr gate. Jesus, in silence, and nnswerh not a Wi rd. drinking ibo gall, bearii tlic cross, in prospect of Ute rnpturo consummation win n AU??-1JI thronged bis charlot wheel, Am! I <>r?' lilia to liU Mir?n*-; Tli-n swept their golden harps .w, I suxg The gil iiuv, \.orii I., done. An Are li' ? xploi 2 found a ship flo: ing helpli -dy nbout among ibo iceberg and going on board ho found that t captain waa frozen nt hi* loghc-Ok, at thc helmstnnn was frozen nt tho who t.?id tho lam nu ibo lookout v.? ro fro. in th? lr pince . 'I h t waa av. ful, li magnificent. AU iho Arctic blasts n nil tho iceb i'j ; could not drivo th?, front their duty. Th? ir alienee n louder (hun thunder, And this old si of a world litis many at their posta In 1 awful < bill of Iii ot, and frozen Of t worli' ecori), and (hoir si lenco chal? tho eulogy ol the ikies, ned ho reward long J.fu r (his weather beaten craft ol planet ohall have 11.ii lost voyage 1 tliank Get! tl.. : the inbrhtiost fluonces ard tho ihoai silent. The fires a fmiine <>i a factory or of a stearne! roar though they only movo e. few sh ties or a fow thousand tons, but th . >> that warms a world rises mid sets wi out a crackle er faintest Round. Tn elors visiting Mount Finn, having lie: of ilia glories of sunrise on that JH-I went up to spond tho night lhere and tho sun riso noxt morning, but when carno nj? it waa so far behind their 1 licipatious they actually hissed it. 1 mightiest influences today ore like I planetary system-completely sik Don't hi -. tho sun! oh. woman I dooa not tins aiory Vaslitl tho ?an en, Vashti Hie veil Vaahti tho sacrifice, Vashti tho ult mOVO your soul? My termeil ct ni vcr into Hie one nbsorblng hopo (li?t none jon may be chut out of thc palace * of beaven. You cnn endure ibo lg 'hip*, nnd thc j ri vat ions, and the cr tlc?, and the misfortunes of this lib you can only gain adt?tadof] tin Through tjio blood #j tho cvcrl.isl covenant, you go through those gntcs never go at nil. win n [toma was besieged Ibo ?langi Of its ruler saw tho golden bracelets tile left anna of the enemy, and alie 1 word to them that ?lie would betray city ami Miirenib-r it to them if t : would only givo ber those bracelets their I' ft arum. They nccoptcd the p fer, and by night this daughter of rider of tho city opemri ono of gatea. Tho army entered, and, kt ? lng their promise, tbffW nppn ili- ir bracelets, and also tl sir shio , until under weight ehe died. Ala?, I that Jill through tho ages the same folly has b en repeated, ona for tho trinkets and ; littering tiva- urea of this world ineu tuid women ?wing open tho portals of their immortal soul for an everlasting BuiTondcr, and die under tho shining j subntcrgenient. Through tho rich grace of our Lord Jesus ( 'lu ist may yon be enabled to imi tate tl.*' example of Rnchi I, and Hannah, ami Abigail, and Dsborah, and Mary, and Vashti. Amen ! PERSONAL PARAGRAPHS. iii:. Oliver Ames, of Massachusetts, is th? poss? asor of "Me of tho famous peach blow fris?e. Mrs. Augusta Evans Wilson, tho au tl,,,p . . ol Mobile, ii a?i enthusiastio lover? f geraniums, and her collection is . pronounced by botanists to bo tho most completo in thc world. Fat hi i Labelle, who is n philanthropist ' and on oner ;ctio business man at well as in priest, lins introduced nu improved \-,,\ [an hand loom among the inhabitants of the province of Quebec Ho hopes to encourage flax culture and tho making of fine lim n cloths as a "doinestio cm? ploy ment." Nannie J? nus, a normal graduato at Fisk univi rsity, of the class of 11*80, Ls to go, un i . thc HU? ? lee* of the American boord, t > lite bout hen Mil port of Africa, atout OOO mi "0 from Natal. She i, tho Hi i sii ulnrod woman sent out by the an . ii I. Sho has been adopted by th ' I.; lie board of tb'.-interior, whoas headquarterd aro at Chicago. ll my I lows, wifo of tho New Yorlt bnnls r, ls said lo bo tho only An u lad? who own? ti charlot. This eli : 11 rcrv large, and is hung on ?s that Infi racefully up over the bu k mid fn - t. A high coat heavily up ! holstered is for the coaclunan, while at thu rear is II topi rt ho fool men to stand on, \- Vi tho wido ?ti"a|)S for them to clitic to as lite chariot bumps over tba Aro ind tho top of tho cl riot i hil four .- th s |? a row of coro n?is in ll i '. brops. .; Im Ihn -sf of Erie, is suffering from liction. He is a railroad cngi ci '. nu ? a ?bort time ago, after ?>? i: . < '.<. his eugine, ho slipped on a pi ol li an i fell, striking the ground q lite \?' ?< illly with Ibo bark of his head. He waa lu Ijied home, and now that ho ha l ni to recover from the first pain? rid effects i hi f; i! and can raise hiim s-. If up, b>' i . v ry much alarmed to lind that win .i erect ho is totally blind. Ina lying (Kisluro ho enjoys Iiis wight as I ; . iona to i . fall, but ns noon as ho lusuuii i tm upi i ?ht p. .-.??on ho can seo nothing whatever. Miss Ihnnin Nevada's manner of living ls nb ut the name aa that of an athlete in training. At ll o'clock in tho morning bho takes lu r <-nop, a cup of tea and two slicesol !...;.! without butter. At noon bli? giics to church and cays her prayers i in i 'iis sho i- unlike thc a'.biete), then bbc takes a long walk, and ..t U sho oats herdinner, which consists of a bowl of h mi l< in, a lice of underdone roast beef, baked potntco?., rohst chicken, boiled rice and btewed pinn.- \fter dinner bbc lakes <... nao. and at (J . ?es for tho Du atre. Afl -r tho o] . bas a beef steak and n gil . < i IxLi-. and then goes tolled. If v. re ix>oplo ndopted as sim ple a rout ii. < of living OB this there would be fewer patrons of Carlsbad And other places foi making over worn out livers. lien, l. .. . . t, tho French minislor of war, hao announced ins iatontiou of ro u'gi lng. Tho French t*-ll Otis of his ap* I liniment. Ho was spending his even? lng at n provincial Itali, letting his father ly eyes reai lovingly on his daughter's H .' fill urns when one of his stall < Wc rs came to him withNlispatches of fermi him the war portfolio. "1 nm uot stn li a fool :.-> they tu'n- me for," cried tho general. "J certainly refuse." "Will." .- IVIWI i l t:io ofllcer, "you will not deprive your daughter of her ball. Remain boro to-night and writo to-mor row." . " vt tiny i..ge rot wrote, declln? lng the oflicc. "Too Into," wa? the an swer; .. 1 given consent. Not hearing H om >. u. ho concluded thal yu lind ao copied. Your nomination is in The Mon iteur < ?lb. ?el. There is no backing out." The Worltl'M Cavalry lint-toe. Tho imjHirl mt rolea which cavalry nnd artillery play in ibo arl of modern NN a: i ai i it crest lng lo know tba total nutnl i* of animals v hielt tho lead Inge until el tho world can throw into tho ii. 1.1 of bnltlo. Hero, according to Hie lab - M at ist icr., id tho li.-t: Russia, til,870,000 hones; America, 0,600,000; tho Argentine Republic, 4,000,000; A.U Irin, 0,600 000; Germany, .1,350,000; France, !i.800,000 horses'and 200,000 mules; langland. ?.T?iO.Ooi) horses; Canada, S.O'M.OOO; Spain, 680,000 horses and 8,800.000 mules Univ. 0.000,000 horses; JM lum, 888,000; Denmark, 810,000; Australia, 801,000; Holland, 126,000, and Portugal 88,000 horses nnd '".' "' mn! i, J: v, m bo remarked that itu- la hi ls Ibo IUI by au enormous ma jority.- t luengo News. Portrait* . r RuMls'a Novelist. 1 Au eminent Itu ..ian painter han in his ' "v" I j tinoxlilhitcdl porlruits ? ti the ..M"i Count TolstOl. 'Ibo smaller > fif Iholvyoii! tliu.i described Lyn privi ' joged visitor ? "Il represents him plowing ! In tho iii ; I . with thc harrow hitched to j mo rear of tho unwieldy plow, which ii 1 drawn I j vltiu horse along tho slope, ? Oho con ni's gray beard streams sidewise air.-, his bluo blouse anti half bared . breast, and his cap is pulled well down I over his face. This portrait was patutod ? on tho spot lost suunn- r."- Fnblio . Opinion* Dangb s would n|ipcar to bavo become tho ? craze again, aud llnest niber throods toe I favorito. . i Dookiuarkors with slips of paper for com ni ula on what la read aro a now notion . wrinkle. . I Fur top shoes aro teen on the foot these day* ot somoof tho extravagant women of J Vanity Pair, Solid ?liver paptr knives in tim form of a . Danu ' u sword bavo crept in among wed ding presents, I ( T.iij cold water treatment foro beautiful Oom] at i i. sali] to bo gaining more con Vurta every day. Not mi nv Women have tho courago to bavo th' ir ,4ph taro taken'' in Ioho, ,,.in drooa by rural photographers, Mr, Raskin's mental condition I? eo.mltl ired moro and moro uufntlirahlc, and li? M under partial restraint, I/>r.l Lytton (Owen Meredith) in lo take up hu at mle in Parla onco mom ns rueewa-or to England'* ion;; limo minister, Lord Lyons. Mr. James Karadi Ixiwell will remain In Europe tho robt of tho winter. lil? "Elm wood" lome, at O'ambr.dgo, i* ro-lot to .Ai* (Ho Lull. Mrs, Mai la barton will not write any new Look? except f<4- pleasure. Her claim Mexican pfopOl ty worth ?io,?.X>,000 hos boon dcrhUd in her favor niter eight reara of bard lighti?J, . Ftmngely enough, Mi ;. Snr..h .(. Hi!-, was for many year* tho editor of <1}F^ livly'n Hook and did a vast amount/ nary w-ork, is today best remointiore*? venes: "Mary Hod a Little Lamb.",