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Ck t&lait miau aiili jkttttom1 WEDNESDAY. JULY 2, 1883, IN THE SILENT NIGHT DR. TALMAGE ON TH MINISTRY OF SILENCE. GRIEF AND DEATH. S*he Mastertons *atr by Which Go J Want* t/s of Coming C tiange Compared Wi tn Which AU Earthly Changes Are as Kaaght-The Great Compensation. BOOKLYS, July 9.-Rev. Dr. Talmage bas chosen as his subject for today the text* "At evening sime it shall be light" (Zechariah adv, t% While "night" in all languages is the the symbol for gloom and suffering, it is often really cheerful," nnght and impress ive^ ' I^peak not of such nights as come down with no star pouring light from Above or silvered wave tossing up light from beneath-murky, hurtling, portent Otis-but such as you often see when the pomp and magnificence of heaven turn t on night pared , and it seems as though the song which the morning stars began so Jong ago were chiming yet among the constellations and the sons of God were shouting for joy. Such nights the sailor blesses from the forecastle, and the trapper on the vast prairie* and the belated traveler by the roadside, and the soldier from the tent, earthly hosts gazing upon heavenly, and shepherds guarding their flocks afield, while angel hands above them set the silver bells a-ringing, "Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace; good will toward meru" What a solemn and glorious thing is night m the wilderness! Night amon^ the mountains! Night on tho ocean! Fragrant night among tropical groves! Flashing night amid arctic severities! (Jahn night on Roman campagna! Aw ful night among the cordilleras! Glori ous sight 'mid sea after a tempest! Thank God for the night! The moon and the stars which rule it are light houses on the coast toward which, I hope, we are all sailing, and blind mariners are we if with so many beaming, burn ing, flaming glories to guide us we can not find our way into the harbor. My text may well suggest that as the nat ural evening is often luminous so it shall be light in the evening of our sor rows-of old age-of the world's history -of the Christian life. "At eventime it shall be light." Thjs prophesy will be fulfilled in the evening of Cnrisfen sorrow. Fora long timo ft fe broad da jlight. The sun rides high. Innumerable activities go ahead with a thousand feet and work with a thousand arms, and the pickax struck a anne, and the battery made a discovery, and tba investment yielded its 20 per cent and the book came to its twentieth edition, and tho farm quadrupled in value, and sudden fortune hoisted to high position, and children were praised, and friends without number swarmed into the family hive, and prosperity sang in the music and stepped in the dance abd glowed in the wine and ate at the banquet, and all the gods, of music and ease and gratification gathered around this Jupiter holding in his hands so many thunderbolts of power. Bat every sun must set, and the bright est day must have its twilight. Sudden- j ly the sky was overcast The fountain dried up. The song hushed. The wolf j broke into the family fold and carried off tho best lamb. A deep howl of woe! came crashing down through the joyous symphonies. At one rough twang of the hand of disaster the harp strings all broke. * Down went the strong business firm! Away went long established cred it! Up flew a flock of calumnies! The | new book would not selL A patent could not be secured for the invention. Stocks sank like lead. The insurance company exploded. "How much," says the sheriff, "will you bid for thi3 pianoT "How much for this library?" "How " much for this family picture?* Wili the grace of God hold ono up in such circumstances? What have become of the great multitude of God's children who hwebeen pounded of the flail and crushed under the wheel and trampled under the hoof ? Did they He down in thodust weeping, wailing and gnashing their teeth? When the rod of fatherly chastisement struck them, did they strike bade? Because they found one bitter cup on the table of God's supply, did they upset the whole table? Did they kneel down at their empty money vault and sayv HAH my treasures are goner Did they stand by the grave of their dead saying, 'There never will be a resurrec tfonT Did they bemoan their thwarted plans nd fo "The stocks are down-would God I were deadf Did the night of their disaster come upon them moonless, starless, dark and howling, smothering and choking their life out? No! Nc! No? At eventime it was light The swift promises overtook them. The eter nal constellations from the circuit about God's throne poured down an infinite luster. Under their shining the billows of trouble took on crests and plumes of gold and jasper and amethyst and flame. AB the trees of life rustled in the mid summer air of God's love. Tho night blooming assurances of Christ's sympa thy filled all the atmosphere with heav en. The soul at every step seeme<l to start up from its feet bright winged joya warbling heavenward. "It is good that I have been afEicted," cries DaxitL "The Lord gave, and the Lord hath taken away," exclaims Job. "Sorrowful, yet always rejoicing," says St. PauL "And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes," exclaims.John in apocalyptic vision. At eventime it was light Light from the cross! Light from the promises! Light from the throne! Streaming, joyous, outgushing, everlast ing light! The text shall also find fulfillment in the time of old age. it is a grand thing to be young-to have the sight clear and the h'-iri: ? acute and the step elastic and ail our pulses marching on to the dramming of a stout heart. Midlife and old agc will be denied many of us, but ye nth- we all know what that is. Those wrinkles were not always on your brow. That snow was not always on your head. T at brawny muscle did not always bunch your arm. You have not always | worn spectacles. Grave and r ignifiec as j you now are, you onco went coasting j down the hillside, or threw oil your hat j for the race, or sent the ball flying sky j high. j But youth will not always last. It j Stays only long enough to give us exu berant spirits, and broad shoulders for | burden carrying, and an arm with which ? to battle our way through difficulties. I Life's path if you follow it long enough will come under frowning crag and across trembling causeway. Blessed old aga if you let it come naturally. Yon camelot hide it You may try to cover I the wrinkles, but you cannu: cover the j wrinkles. If the time has come for you : to be old, be not ashamed to be old. Tho ' grandest things in all the universe aro ' old. Old mountains, old rivers, old seas, old stars and an old eternity. Then j do not be ashamed-to be old unless \'Ou ; are older than the mountains and older than the stars. How men and women will lie! They say they are 40. but th**}' are CO. They say they are 20. but they aro SO. They say they are GO, but they aro 80. How iome people will lie! Glorious old age if found in the way of righteousness: How beautiful the old ago of Jacob, lean ing on the top of bis staff, of John Quin cy Adams falling with the harness on, of Washington Irving sitting pen in hand amid the scenes himself had made classical, of John Angeli James to thc last proclaiming the gospel to the masses of Birmingham, of Theodore EVeiihg huysen down to feebleness and emacia tion devoting his illustrious faculties to the kingdom of God. At eventide it was Hght! See that you do honor to the aged. A philosopher stood at the corner of the street day after day saying to the pass ersby: "You will be an old man. You will be an old man.** "You will be an old woman. You will be an old woman." People thought he was crazy. I do not t^jnk that he was. Smooth the way for tnatmother's feet-they have not many moro steps to take. Steady those totter ing Limbs-they will soon be at rest. Plow not up that face with any more wrinkles. Trouble and care have marked it full enough. Thrust no thorn into that old heart. It will soon cease to beat. "Tho eye that mocketh '"ts father and refuseth to obey its mother, the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, and the young eagles shall eat it.* Tho bright morning and hot noonday of life have passed with many. It is 4 o'clock! 5 o'clock! 6 o'clock! The shadows fall longer and thicker and faster. Seven o'clock! 8 o'clock I The sun has dipped below the horizon. The warmth has gone out of the air. Nine o'clock! 10 o'clock! Thc heavy dews are falling. Tlie activities of life's day are all hushed. It is time to go to bed. Eleven o'clock! 12 o'clock! The patri arch sleeps the blessed sleep, the cool sleep, the long sleep. Heaven's messen gers of light have kindled bonfires of victory all over the heavens. At even time it is light-light I My text shall also find fulfillment in the latter days of the chnrch. Only a few missionaries, a few chnrches, a few good men. compared with the institu tions leprous and putrefied. It Ls early yet in the history of every thing good. Civilization and Christian ity are just getting out of the cradle. The light of martyr stakes flashing all up and down the sky is but the flaming of the morning, but when the evening of the world shall come, glory to God's conquering truth, it shall be light. War's sword clanging back in the scabbard; intemperance buried under 10,000 broken decanters; the world's impurity turn ing its brow heavenward for the bene diction, "Blessed are the pure in heart ;'* the la t vestige of selfishness submerged in heaven descending charities; all China worshiping Dr. Abeel's Sav iour; all India believing in Henry Martyn's Bible; aboriginal superstition acknowledging David Brainerd's piety; human bondage delivered through Thom as Clarkson's Christianity; vagrancy coming back from its pollution at the call of Elizabeth Fry's Redeemer; the mountains coming down; tho valleys go ing up; "holiness*' inscribed on horse's bell and silkworm's thread and brown thrasher's wing and shell's tinge and manufacturer's shuttle and chemist's laboratory and king's scepter and na tion's Magna Charta. Not ar hospital, for there are no wonnds; not an asylnm, for there are no orphans; not a prison, for there are no criminals; not an alms house, for there are no paupers; not a tear, for there are no sorrows? The long dirge of earth's lamentation has ended in the triumphal march of redeemed em pires, the forests harping it on vine strung branches, the water chanting it among the gorges, the thunders drum ming it among the hills, the ocean giv ing it forth with its organs, trade winds touching the keys and euroclydon's foot on the pedal. I want to see John Howard when the last prisoner is reformed. I want to see Florence Nightingale when the last saber wound has stopped hurting. I want to see William Penn when the last Indian has been civilized. I want to see John Huss when the last flame of persecution has been extinguished. I want to see John Bunyan after the last pilgrim has como to the gate of the Celestial City. Above all, I want to see Jesus after the last saint has hi3 throne and begun to sing liall uiah! You have watched the calmness and the glory of the evening hour. The la borers have come from the field. The heavens are glowing with an indescrib able effulgence, as though the sun in de parting had forgotten to shut the gate after it. All the beauty of . cloud and leaf swims in the lake. For a star in the sky, a star in the water-heaven above and heaven beneath. Not a leaf rus tling, or a bee humming, or a grasshopper chirping. Silence in the meadows, ei lence among the hills. Thus bright and beautiful shall be the evening o the world. The heats of earthly conflict are cooled. The glory of heaven fills all the scene with love and joy and peace. At eventime it is light-light! Finally, my text shall find fulfillment at the end of the Christian's life. You know how a short winters day is, and how little work you can do. Now, my friends, life is a short winter's day. The sun rises at 8 and sets at 4. The birth angel and death angel fly only a little way apart. Baptism and burial are near together. With one hand the mother roc ks the cradle, and with the other she touches the grave. I went into the house cf ono of my parishioners on Thanksgiving day. Tho little child of the household was bright and glad, and with it I bounded up and i down the hall. Christmas day came, and the light of that household had perished. We stood, with black book, reading over the grave, "Ashes to ashes, dust to dust." . j But I hurl away this darkness. can- . not have you weep. Thanks be unto . God. who giveth us the victory, at even- i time it shall be light! I have seen many Christians die. I never saw any of them * die in darkness. What if the billows of . death do rise above our girdle, who does not love to bathe? What though other lights do go out in the blast, what do we want of them when all thc gates of glo ry swing open before us, and from a ' myriad roices, a myriad harps, a myriad J thrones, a myriad palaces, there dash upon us. "Hosanna! Hosanna!" , ..Throw back the shutters and let the < sun come in," said dying Scoville McCol lum. ono of my Sabbath school boys. You can see Paul putting or. robes and j * wings of ascension as lie exclaims: "I i < have fought the good fight. 1 have fin- ' ished my course. I have kept the faith." { Hugh McKail went to ono side of tho scaffold of martyrdom and cried: "Fare- | 1 well sun, moon and stars! Farewell ali j ' earthly delights:" Then went to tho ! other side of the sea-Told and cried: ! ] "Welcome, God and Father! Welcome, j , sweet Jesus Christ, the Mediator of thc \ covenant! Welcome death! Welcome ; ^ glory!" j j A minister of Christ in Philadelphia, dying, said in Lis Inst moments, "I 1 move into the Hg'it !" They* did not go down doubiingand fearing and shiver ing. but their battlecry rang through : all the caverns of the sepulcher and was i * echoed ba< i< from all the t -ones of ! 1 heaven: "O death! where is Uv sting? 0 grave! where is thy victory?" Sing. ! ] my soul, of joys t . c >i oe. I sa xv a beautiful being wandering np and down the earth. Shu touched the aged. and they became young. She ; touched the poor, and they became rieh. 1 1 said. "Who is thia beautiful being, wan- t dering np anti down the earth'.-" They 1 told me that her hame was Death. What 3 a strange thrill of 307 when the palsied Christian begins to use his arm again! When the blind Christian begins to see again! When the deaf Christian begins to hear again! When the poor pilgrim puts his feet on such pavement and joins in such company and has a free seat in sn ch a great temple! Hungry men no more to hunger; thirsty men no more to thirst: weeping men no more to weep; dying mea no more to die. Gather up all 6weet words all ju bilant expressions, all rapturous excla mation!. Bring them to me, and I will pour them upon this stupendous theme of the soul's disenthrallmentl Oh, the joy of the spirit as it shall mount up to ward the throne of God shouting: Free! Free! Your eye has gazed upon the gar niture of earth and heaven, but the eye hath not seen it. Your ear has caught harmonies uncounted and indescribable caught them from harp's trill and bird's carol and waterfall's dash and ocean s doxology, but the ear hath not heard it. How did those blessed ones get up into the light? What hammer knocked off their chains? What loom wove their robes of light? Who gave them wings? Ah, eternity is not long enough to tell it; seraphim have not capacity enough to realize it-the marvels of redeeming love! Let the palms wave; let the crowns glitter; let the anthems ascend; let the trees of Lebanon clap their hands-they cannot tell the half of it. Archangel before the throne, thou fallest! Sing on, praise on, ye hosts of the glorified. And if with your scepters you cannot reach it and with your songs you cannot express it, then let all the myriads of the saved unite in the ex clamation, "Jesus! Jesus! Jesus!" There will be a password at the gate sf heaven. A great multitude come up and knock at the gate. The gatekeeper says, "The password." They say: "We have no password. We were great on earth, and now we come up to be great in heaven." A voice from within an swers, "I never knew you." Another group come up to the gate of heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says, "The pass word." They say: "We have no pass word. We did a great many noble things on earth. We endowed colleges and took care of the poor." A voice from within says, "I never knew you." Another group come up to the gate of heaven and knock. The gatekeeper says, "The password." They answer, "Wo were wanderers from God and deserved to die, but we heard the voice of Jesus." "Aye, aye," said the gatekeeper, "that is the password! Lift up your heads, ye everlasting gates, and let these people come in." They go in and surround the throne, jubilant forever. Ah! do you wonder that the last hours of the Christian on earth are illuminated by thoughts of the coming glory? Light in the evening. The medicines may be bitter. The pain may be sharp. The parting may be heartrending. Yet light in the evening. As all the stars of night sink their anchors of pearl in lake and river and sea, so the waves of Jordan shall be illuminated with the down flash ing of the glory to come. The dying soul looks up at the constellations. "The Lord is my light and my salvation; whom shall I fear?" "The Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall lead them to living fountains of water, and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes." Close the eyes of the departed one; earth would seem tame to its enchanted vision. Fold the hands; life's work is ended. Veil the face; it has been trans figured. Mr. Toplady in his dying hour said, "Light." Coming nearer the expir ing moment, be exclaimed, with illumi nated countenance, "Light." In the last instant of his breathing he lifted up his hands and cried: "Light! Light!" Thank God for light in the evening. SAVANNAH, July 4.-A suit for per manent injunction against Pastor E. K. Love, of the First African Baptist church, which has about 5,000 com municants, to restrain him from expell ing the members from his church who were hostile to him, in the superior court resulted in a compromise, by which Dr. Goodwin, of the Sixth Bap tist church, is to act as moderator to take tes mony on the charge of im proper conduct on the part of Rev. Love. A temporary injunction had al ready been granted. GALVESTON, Tex., July 8.-On the beach at the foot of Bath avenue a man named Hill from Fort Worth attempted to blow his brains out. The ball, how ever, instead of smashing through his skull, deflected around across his fore head, inflicting a painful though not fatal wound. The man, who is hero with his family, was taken in charge by friends, who refused giving any reason for his rash act or even to give his full name. SAVANNAH, July 4.-A bill has been filed in the United States court by Dis trict Attorney W. T. Gary, for the in terstate commerce commission, against all interstate lines in Geo^-ia. praying for an injunction restramg them from making discriminating rates against places which are not terminal points. This applies only to interstate or throueh business. The petition will b6 heard in Macon in the fall. KNOXVILLE, Tenn., July 4. - The mayor of this city, M. E. Thompson, and his brother, S. O. Thompson, have made a general assignment for the ben efit of their creditors. The liabilities are piaeed at $102,000, with nominal as sets of nearly $440,000. The assets con sist of valuable real estate. The assign ment is made on account of an inability to realize in the present momentary stringency. RUSSELLVILLE, Ala., July C.-Deputy United States Marshal Henderson was Bhot and killed at his home at Haley ville, a few miles south of here, by a tenant on his farm. A dispute arose over some trival matter, whereupon the tenant picked up a shotgun and emptied its contents into the bod}* of Henderson. Death resulted instantly. RALEIGH, July C.-President Win ston, of the state university, reports that he is receiving many applications From young women for admission as students or to take special courses of Study. This knocking at the door of Hie university is believed by many to be tho first stej) in the direction of co-odu sation. TALTON SPRINGS, Fla.. July 7.-City Mrrshal Whitehurst was shot and kill id by B;rd Stevenson, of Sapling Woods pillage, while the officer was trying to arrest a disorderly sponge fisherman. Whitehurst returned Stevenson's fire if ter he was wounded, and with such :ifect that Stevenson will probably die. LEXINGTON. Va., July 4.-General Dabnev H. Maury was in directly offered i position with tlie Louisiana State Lot tery at a salarv of 50,000, but declined it. saying: "f prefer to g-> down to the j rrave as I am. and net place my ehil- j Iron in a position that might require of :hem an explanation." NASHVILLE. July 4.-Henry Fink and j rhemas Spence have been appointed receivers of the Louisville Souther:- j railroad by Judge il. li. Linton of tho j L'nited States circuit court. The ap- [ ^ointment was made in answer to the ipplication of the Central Trust com pany of New York. LHasTOL. Tenn., July 7.-Ed Wheeler, iged 15, was run over by a South At- J antic and Ohio train at Big Stone rack. His loft leg was mt off n^ar the ! euee and his right foot badly mangled Ie cannot recover. Facts for Those Who Don't Know the War is Over. Governor Fishback, of Arkansas, says that the white taxpayers of that if tate pay about 93 per cent, of the tax for the Support of the public schools; and that they are educating a larger percentage of both whitfc and negro children than ate educated respectively in the States of New Ilampbsbire, New York New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and even cultured Massa chusetts. Those persons who do not wish to take Governor F'shback's word for these facts are especially referred to the figures set down in the United States census. This splendid showing irom Arkansas should serve to open the eyes and shut the mouths of-some of the political preachers of sectionalism who are fond of describ ing the people of the Southwestern States as but one remove from sav agery.-Philadelphia Record. - - ? ? -i ? Shocking Death of Mrs. T. R. Magill. Mrs. Elizabeth Ann Magill, wife of Mr. T. R Magill of Charlotte met with a horrible death at an early hour last Thursday morning. She fell head foremost into a well on the pre mises, where she had gone to get water before the rest of the family were np. One side of the curbing is very low and it is thought that she lost her balance while trying to draw the water.-Lancnaster Review. At a last man has been found who will make a suitable chaplain for the State dispensary. He could open and close the exercises morning and evening and hold a special service at high noon. His name is Dr. Barrett, of Banks coun ty, Ga. He wa3 running three Baptist Churches and one moonshine distillery with much success. The revenue offi cers went airer bim while be was en gaged in meeting. They kindly waited until bc bad finished and then suggested' tbat he go down to Atlanta as he bad a special call there. He had only three gallons of the blockade io bis boase. Carolina Spartan. Bucklen'g Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cuts, Bruises Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Totter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It i guaranteed to give per fect satisfaction, or money refunded. rice 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr J. F. W. De Lorme. Remove the malaria from your system, be fore goiog to the mountains, by drinking Glenn Springs Water. You can get ii from W. R. Delgar, Jr. "Par-a-sit-i-cide. Cures Itch in 30 minutes. Price 50 cents. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. June 28-4m ForMalaria, Liver Trou ble, or Indigestion, use BROWN'S IRON BITTERS LESSENS P WWHSURES SAFETY to LIFE of MOTHER and CHILD. My wife, after having used Mother's Friend, passed through the ordeal with little pain, was stronger in one hour than in a week after the birth of her former child. J. J. MCGOLDBICK, Beans Sta., Term. Mother's Friend robbed pain of its terror and shortened labor. 1 have the healthiest child I ever saw. MKS. L. M. AUERS, Cochran, Ga. Sent by express, chargesprepairt, on receipt of price, SI .50 per bottle. Book "To Mothers" snailed free. BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO For Sale by ali Druggie. ATLANTA, GA, MAGNETIC NERVINE. Is sold with written gu rante to cure M ervoua Prostra tion, Fi;s, Dizzi ness,Headache and Neuralgia and Wake fulness,caur ed by ex ceseivonseof Opium, Tobacco and Alco '^ ho!: Mental Depres .B&FORfc - APTER . sion, Softening of the Brain, causing Misery, Insanity and Death; Barreneas, Impotency, Lost Power in eithor sex. Premature Old A e, Involuntary Lossen, caused by over-indulgence, over-exertion of the Brain and Erroreof Youth. It gives to Weak Organs their Natural Vigor and doubles the joys of life; cures Lucorrhcea and Female Weakness. A month's treat ment, in plain package, by mail, to any addresx, ?1 pfcr box, 6 box.?8 V>. With every $5 order wo srive a Written Guarantee to euro or refund tho money. Circulars free. Guaran too issued only hy our e* <usivo agent. DR. A. J. CHINA, SUMTER, S. C NEW A ti BL COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing i, Tuttis, Etc., And doing a General Business in that line. A complete workshop h s been tined np on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis faction guamnteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jone IC. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR, Desires to inform the public that he is fully (quipped and prepared to do TIN ROOFING. PLUMBING/REPAIRING PUMPS, and anything usually done in a first-class plumbing and tinning shop. -Also SETTING FANCY WOOD AND MARBLE MA NTL KS. TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS and GRATES. Mikes a specially of putting in Electric Belli, Annunciators, Speaking Tubes, Ac ROBT. T. CARR. Shop nt J. B. Carr's Mill. Communications I -ft at Walsh k Co'e Shoe S'ore ur through post cilice will receive prompt attention. Oct 26-o JOS F. RH A M E. WM. C. DAVIS. REAME & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, rf. 0. Attend to business in any pari of the State. Practice i:: U. S. Courts. Sept. 21- K. BU JUIA MM DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN & [BROWN'S STORE, Entrance on Main Street Between Brown & Brown and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS: 9 to 1.50; - to .") o'clock. Aoril 2 ). When Baby wai sieik, wc ?Mve her Castor a. When slie was a Child, lie cried for Castoria When she became Miss, she cluri^ to Castoria. Whet? she bad Children, noe cuve them Custoria, 1113 ^NX C NCEfcS, ^WS, SCROFULA, \V* SALT RHEUM, V RHEUMATISM, BLOOD POISON. these and every kindred disease arising from impure blood successfully treated by that never-failing and best of all tonics and medicines. Books on Blood and Skin Diseases free. Printed testimonials seA^ application. Address TI Swift Specific Co A .ANTA. CA. ftipans Tabules cure the blues. C. O- BROWN i BItO, COLUMBIA, S. C. DOORS, SASH & BLINDS, LATHS, LIME, CEMENT, PLASTER, AND HAIR Frencli an American WMow Glass PAINTS, OILS AND TARNISHES CARTER WHITE LEAS, The Best in the Market. Special Attention Given to Op er* by Mail. C. 0. BROWN & BRO Opposite Post Office, COLUMBIA, S. C. Oct 5-0 Typewriter Headquarters. J. W. GIBBES & CO. 101 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, S. C. SOUTH CAROLINA AGENTS FOR THE "DENSMORE," The Twentieth Century Typewriter. WE fill orders promptly for all kinds of Typewriter novelties and supplies for all Machines and for Mimeographs and Neos ty les. The DENSMORE is the latest achievement of the Densmore family, by whom its predecessor, the Remington, was developed.. It has fixed type-bar bangere and non-vibrating-two points which insure lasting alignment. It is the most modern and practical machine on the market. The DENSMORE is osed by the famous Carnegie Steel Company, the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, the Rapid Addressing Company of New York, which exhibits 16 Densmores in operation at the World's Fair, the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, R. 6. Dun & Co's Mercantile Agency. Some of the users of the Densmore in Columbia, are : The Evening Journal, Jones & Mixson's Business College and Typewriting School, Richmond "and Danville Railroad, Master of Trains' Office, Judge S. W. Melton, Union Central Life Insurance Company, Benedict Institute and others. We ban supply dealers at good discount. Drugs and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery, Hair Brushes Tooth Brushes, Tooth Powder, Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, Petty, Floor Stains, Kalsomi e, all colors for rooms, Artists' Paints and Brushes, Luster Paints, Convex Glasses. Nice line of Hanging and Stand Lamps, Lanterns, Shades, Wicks, Chimneys, &c. TOBACCO AND CIGARS. Keep the following popular braod of Cigars: "Plumb Good," "Custom House," "Rebel Girl." Sep 30 FRESH GARDEN SEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded. "THE SHH DO M0 WELL ! WW ! ! Whether the Sun do move, or do not move, we are not here to discuss-but will leave that to our more learned friends-but we are here to say that we have a LUE OF SHOES that must move, and that at once. And if PRICES and QUALITY will move them, then they will be walking-and that at once. We have a Gents' Satin Finish Shoe, in Bals and Congress, for $2.00, that can't be sold by any other house for less than $2.50 to $3.00. It's just the finest in town. Our Ladies' Button Shoes at $1.25, } Are Beauties. Just come in and examine these Shoes before you buy. They are all guaranteed to be "ALL SOLID LEATHER," or money returned. Buy your shoes from us and save from 50 cents to 1.00 per pair. KINGMAN & CO. Glenn Springs Water, is unsurpassed and invalids find sure and speedy relief by its use Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver and General Debility, following upon Malarial Diseases, Dropsy. Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorroid.s Uterine, Renal ind Cystic Diseases, Hocaiaturia, Rheumatism, Catamenial Derangement, and OTHER FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Highly recommended by the medical profession. For circulars coutaicing certificates, etc., apply to Paul Simpson, GLENN SPRINGS, S. C. -O -FOR SALE BY Or. A. J. China, Pr. McKagen. J. S. Hugbsoo & Co., J F, W. DeLormc .and W. R. Delgar, Jr. for Infants and Children " Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription :nown to me." IL A. ARCHER, M. D., Ill So. Oxford St., Brooklyn, N. Y. **Tho uso of 'Costolia ls so universal and irs merits so well known that it seems a work of sui>ercrogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria Wi! bin easy reach.'" CARLOS iLutm, D. D., Kew York City Ca; to ria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Diarrhoea, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended you? 'Castoria,' and shall always continue to do so as lt has Invariably produced beneficial results," EDWE? F. PAEDES, XL DM 125th Street and 7th Ave., New York City. THE CEXTATTR COMPANY, 7 MU&RAV Snenr, KEW YORK. OTT. J. F. W. DeLORME, Aftmbt -DEALER TN Toilet Soaps, Perfumery and all Kinds'ot Druggist's Sundries Usually Kept; in a Fiirsrt Class DiruLg: Store. Tobacco, Scuff and Cigars, Garden Seeds, also Paints, Oils, Varnishes, Glass Patty, &c, Dye Staffs. Physician's Prescriptions carefally compounded, and orders answered with care* and dispatch. The public will find my stock of Medicines complete, warranted' genuine, and of best quality. Call and see for yourselves. Night Calls Promptly Attended To, LUMBER YARD. I am prepared to furnish at shortest notice, Lumber of all Grades, Delivered in any part of the City, at LOWEST LUMBER Prices. E. H. HOLMAN, POLSOM ESTABLISHED 1868. Watches, Diamonds? Sterling Silver, Clocks, Optical Goods, Fine Knives* Scissors and1 Razors, Machine Needles, &c. IF" O La SES OM. SIGN OF THE BIG WATCH. HEADQUARTERS FOR WATCHES. JAMES ALLAN & CO. Diamonds, Jewelry, Silverware, Specta cles, Drawing Instruments THE FINEST STOCK IN THE STATE. RELIABLE GOODS Al? REASONABLE PRICES. Watch Repairing a specialty. Chief Inspectors of Watches for South Caro ina Railway, Atlantic Coast Line and Southern Division of Three Cs Rail Road JAMES ALLAN & CO., F** . 8 285 Kine Sr., Sien of P-um Clock. Charleston, S. C. "^^^^^^ Iron JVorfcs* ^^^^^^^ W. E. & Ul. BRONSON, E gil eS, Boilers aD(* machinery of all kinds and descriptions repaired. Circular SaWS hammered and gummed. IRON AND BRASS CASTINGS made to order; and any work usually done in a first class machine shop or foundry executed in a workmanlike manner PRICES REASONABLE and satisfaction guaranteed by good work. Estimates will be famished on application. Sumter Iron Works, W. E. & J. I. Brimson, Proprietors, Sumter, S. C. Tggg^North Main Street. Au? s_m ft f*% (nillTonic I Hl^iSB fo^ HILLS, M ALAFIA \R ( S0^%^^s Peasant askm n Syrup. h\ <4 \ Y* H WI"* li f'fa Y*4^ that the Ta5teless Chill Tonic which has i J Li fill! I- fifi \J Lil iven ?uch universal satisfaction, and Fl 9 I WI * If I ll 1 T whicn vou hear vour neighbors talking ILIIILAIII Ll I \ about is GROVE'S. TO get the original, t i i IM^M~ ^m.^. y and genuine Tasteless Chill Tonic, al ways ask for GROVE'S, and don't accept cheap, untried substitutes, claiming to be just as good. Grove's Tasteless ChillTonic holds full 6 ozs. and contains 48 doses, while many of the new, untried tasteless tonics only hold 4# 02s. and* contains but twenty-four to thirty doses. Grove's Tonic is as large as any do r. lar tonic and retails for 50 cents. Manufactured by PARIS' MEDICINE COMPANY, St. iLouis, Mo. Sold by all Druggist* J. S. HUG-HSON & CO. If you want A FIRST-CLASS EASY-RIDING ad Cart, AT A REASON A LE PRICE, 1 CiE A GEO. W. Wholesale Agents, Charleston, 5. C. Khnms Tabules cure jaundice. WILLIAM KENNEDY Fashionable Barber. ; MAIN STREET, Next door to Earle & Pnrd v's Law Office;. SUMTER, S. C. IDESIRE TO INFORM the citisens fr Sumter and vicinity that i have opened1 busiuess on nay own acconr lat the above w stand, and that with competent and politay assistants, I will be pleased to serve themitf* any crunch of my business ta tbe best StykP of the art. Give me a call. WM. KENN SD . Oct. 19._ Kipans Tabules cure headache . _^ >