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?k Mmbmrn airit jkaikoa. o o _ _2_ WSIXNSSDAY, AUGUST 2, 1893? A DISAEMED PEOPLE, DR. TALMAGE ANDS A L?SS?N IN THE SUBJUGATED ISRAELITE. Vh? Cbnrefa of today Hat Allowed the Io* fidela to Amt? Too Mac? Io Science ?SK? l?lmfVtmtm We Kee* More Mea Uk? tjlUlHi rmilM Soil Hitchcock, MA?tts^r, Wis., July 33.-The great throng cf inany thousands from aH parts of th?fcsrth and west are gathered at thB M???na Lake assembly, a Chan tau - gm* Leid near this city. Ker. Dr. Tal mage ??? JuttBwn preached to the great multitude on **Sbsi?sned Axes," the text being I Samuel xni, 19-81, "Now, there was no smith found throughous all the land of Israel, " etc Hy loving and glad salutation to tins Uncounted host, Chautauqnans, Chris? tian Endeavorers, gospel workers and their friends from aU parts of Wisconsin and America, saints and sinners! My text is gloriously appropriate. What a galling subrogation the Israelites Were sobering! The Philistines had carried off all the blacksmiths and torn down sB tibe blacksmiths' shops and abolished tiie blacksmith's trad? in the land of Israel. These Ph?feanes had a particular grudge against blacksmiths, although I have always admired them and have sometimes thought I ought to have been one myself. The Philistines would not even allow these parties to work their valuable mines of brass and iron, nor might they mate any swords or spears. There were only two swords left in all ti? land. Yea, these Philistines went on unt3 they had taken all the grindstones from the land of Israel, so that if an Israefitish fenner wanted to sharpen his plow or his ax he had to go over to the garrison of the Philistines to get it done. There was only one sharpening instrument left in the land, and that was a?e. The fanners and the mechanics having nothing to whet un the coulter, and the goad, and the pickax save a simple nie, industry waa hindered and work practically disgraced. The great idea of these Fmliisfcmes was to keep the Israelites disaffected. They, aught get iron out of the h?ls t? make swords of, but tiiey would not have any blacksmiths to weld this iron. If they got the iron welded, they would have no grindstones on which to bring the in? stalments of agriculture or the military weapons up to an edge. Oh, you poor, weaponless Israelites, reduced to a file, how I pity youl But these Philistines were not forever to keep their heel on . the neck of God's children. Jonathan, i on ms hands and knees, climbs np a great rock beyond winch were the Phil? istines, and his armor bearer, on his hands and knees, climbs up the same rock, and these two men, with their twv swords, hew to pieces the Philistines*, the Lord throwing a great terror u$en them. So it was then; so it is now. The two men of God on their knees mightier -than a Philistine host on their f eefc , A CHUKCH WITHOUT WEAPQS?? ? leam first from this subject how dim? erous it is for the church of God to al iew its weapons to stay m the ?ands of ?ts enemies. These Israelites might ag? in and again have obtained a supply of swords and weapons, as, for instance, when they took the spoils *? the Ant monties, but these Israelites s^??ed con? tent te have no swords, aw spears, no blacksmiths, no grmdstonesy no active iron mines, until it was Sorb?ate for them to maa? any resistance. ? see tfee farm? ers togging along witk tibelr pickaxes and plows, and I say, "Where are you' going with those thinest* Tney" say, "Oh, we are going overt? Uhe garrison of the Philistines to get these things sharp? ened." I say, "You iecfeh men; why don't you sharpen themat homeT "Oh." they say, "the blacksmiths' shops- are all tern down, and we taveftethmg left us butanle." So it is in l?he church of *Chris4 today. We are too wilfing to gi^? up our weap? ons to the enemy. The world boasts thfitit has gobbled up the schools, and the ceBqgco, and the arts, and the sci? ences, ?nd the literature, and the print? ing press. Infidelity is making a mighty - attempt to get all our weapons in its band and then to keep them. You know it is making this boast all the time, and after awhile, when the great battle be? tween ?A Ob? righteousness has opened, ii We do net look out we will be as badly ?ff aa these Israelites, without any swords to fight with and without any sharpening instruments. 1 call upon tiie superintendents of lit? erary institutions to see to it that the men Who go into the classrooms to stand beside the Leyden jars, and the electric batteries, and the microscopes or tele? scopes, be children of God, not Philis? tines. The atheistic thinkers of this day sre trying to get all the intellectual weapons of this century in their own grasp. What we want is scientific Chris? tians to capture the science, and scholas? tic Christians to capture the scholarship, and philosophic Christians to capture the philosophy, and lecturing Christians to take back the lecturing platform. THE WEAPONS OF SCIENCE. We want to send out against Schenkel and Strauss and Renan of the past men . like tue late Theodore Christlieb of Bonn, and against the infidel scientists a God worshiping Sil liman and Hitchcock and Agassiz. We want to capture all the philosophical apparatus and swing around the telescopes on the swivel un? til through them we can see the morn? ing star of the Redeemer, and with min? eralogical hammer discover the "Rock of Ages," and amid the flora of the realms find the "Rose of Sharon and the Lily of the Valley." We want a clergy learned enough to discourse of the human eye, showing it to be a microscope and telescope in one instrument, with 800 wonderful con? trivances and lids closing 30,000 or 40,000 times a day, all its muscles and nerves and bones showing the infinite skill of an infinite God, and then winding up with the peroration. "He that formed the eye, shall he not f^e?" And then we want to discourse about the human ear, its wonderful integuments, membranes and vibration, and its chain of small bones, and its auditory nerves, closing with the question, "He that planted the ear, shall he not hear?" And we want some one able to ex? pound the first chapter of Genesis.- bring? ing to it tiie geology and the astronomy of the world, until, as Job suggested, "the stones of the field shall be in league" with the truth, and "the stars in ! their courses shall fight against Sisera." ? Oh, church of God, go out and recap- j tore these weapons. Let men of God go ont and take possession of the platform. Let all the printing press of this coun? try speak out for Christ, and tba report? ers, and the typesetters, and the editors and publishers swear allegiance to the Lord God of truth. Ah, my friend, that day must come, and if the great body of Christian men have not the faith, or tile courage, or the consecration to do it, then let some Jon? athan on his busy hands and on his praying knees climb up on the rock of hindrance, and in the name of the Lord God of Israel slash to pieces those liter? ary Philistines. If these men will not be converted to God, then they must be destroyed. MORE CHRISTIAN ENERGY NEEDED. Again, I learn from this subject what a large amount of the church's resources ?actually hidden and buried and un? developed* The Bible intimates that that was a very rich land-this land of Israel, It says, "The stones axe iron, and out of the hills thou shalt dig brass," ; and yet hundreds of thousands of dollars' ! worth of this metal was kept under the hills. Well, that is the difficulty with the church of God at this day. Its tal? ent 1? not developed. If one-half of its energy could be brought out, it might take the public iniquities of the day by the throat and make them bite the dust. I If human eloquence were consecrated to i file Lord Jesus Christ, it could in a few years persuade this whole earth to sur? render ta Godl There is enough undeveloped Christian energy in the United States to bring th? whole world to Christ, but it is buried under strata of indifference and under whole mountains of sloth. Now, is it not time for the mining to begin, and the pickaxes to plunge, and for this bur? ied metal to be brought out and put into the furnaces and be turned into how? itzers and carbines for thc Lord's host? The vast majority of Christians in this day are useless. The most of the Lord's battalion belong to the reserve corps. The most of the crew are asleep in the hammocks. The most of the metal is tinder the hills. Oh, is it not time for the church of God to rouse up and understand that we want all the energies, all the talents and all the wealth enlisted for Christ's sake? I like the nickname that the English sol? diers gave to Blucher, the commander. They called him "Old Forwards." We have had enough retreats in the church of Cnrist; let us have a glorious ad? vance. And I say to you now * as tho general said when his troops were af? frighted. Rising up in his stirrups, his bair flying in the wind, he lifted his voice until 205000 troops heard him, cry? ing out, "Forward, the whole liner THE "LOGICIANS OF THE CHURCH. Again, I learn from this subject that we sometimes do well to take advantage of the world's sharpening mstruments. These Israelites were reduced to a file, and so they went over to the garrison of the Philistines to get their axes, and their goads, and their plows sharpened. The Bible distinctly states in the context that they had no other instruments now with which to do this work, and the Israelites did right when they went over to the Philistines to use their grindstones. My friends, is it not right for us to employ the world's grindstones? If there be art, if there be logic, if there be business fac? ulty on the other side, let us go over and employ it for Christ's sake. The fact is we fight with too dull weapons, and we work with too dull im? plements. We hack and we maul when W? onght to make a clean stroke. Let ?s go over among sharp business men and among sharp literary men and find oat what their tact is, and then transfer it to the cause of Christ. If they have science and art, it will do us good to rub against it. In other words, let us em? ploy tho world's grindstones. We will listen to their music, and we will watch their acumen, and we will use their grindstones, and we will borrow their philosophical apparatus to make our ex? periments, and we will borrow their printing presses to publish our Bibles, and we will borrow their rail trains to carry our Christian literature, and we will borrow their ships to transport our missionaries. That was what made Paul such a mas? ter in his day. He not only got all the learning he could get of Dr. Gamaliel, out afterward standing on Mars hill and in crowded thoroughfare quoted their poetry and grasped their logic and wielded their eloquence and employed their mythology until Dionysius, the ?reopagite, learned in the schools of Athensand Heliopolis, went down under his tremendous powers. That was what gave Thomas Chalmers his power in his day. He conquered the world's astronomy and compelled it io ring out the wisdom and greatness of the Lord, until for the second time the morning stars sang together, and all the sons of God shouted for joy. That was what gave to Jonathan Edwards his in? fluence in his day. He conquered the world's metaphysics and forced it into the service of God, until not only the old meeting house in Northampton, Mass., but all Christendom, felt thrilled by his Christian power. Well, now, my friends, we all have tools of Christian usefulness. Do not let them lose their edges. We want no rusty blades in this fight. We want no colter that cannot rip up the glebe. We w ant no ax that cannot fell the trees. We want no goad that cannot start the lazy team. Let us get the very best grind? stones we can find, though they be in the possession of the Philistines, compelling tfcem to turn the crank, while we bear down with all our might on the swift revolving wheel until all our energies and faculties shai? be brought up toa bright, keen, sharp, glittering edge. Again, my subject teaches us on what a small allowance Philistine iniquity puts a man. Yes, these Philistines shut up the mines, and then they took the spears and the swords, then they took the blacksmiths, then they took the grind? stones, and they took everything but a ide. Oh, that is the way sin works. It grabs everything. It begins with rob? bery, and it ends with robbery. It de? spoils this faculty and that faculty and keeps on until the whole nature is gone. Was the man eloquent before, it gener? ally thickens his tongue. Was he fine in personal appearance, it mars his vis? age. Was he affluent, it sends the sher? iff to sell him out. Was he influential, it destroys his popularity. Was he placid and genial and loving, it makes him splenetic and cross, and so utterly is he changed that you can seo ho is sarcastic and rasping and that tho Philistines have left him nothing but a file. Oh, "the way of the transgressor is hard." His cup is bitter. His night is dark. His pangs are deep. His end is terrific. Philistine iniquity says to that man, "Now, surrender to me, and I will give you all you want-mueic for the dance, swift steeds for tho race, imperial couch to sluml>er on, and you shall be refreshed with the rarest fruits in bas? kets of golden filigree." Ile lies. The music turns out to be a groan. The fruits burst the rind with rank ?>oison. The filigree is made up of twisted snakes. The conch is a grave. Small allowance of rest, small allowance of peace, 6mall allowance of comfort. Cold, hard, rough -nothing but a file. So it was with Voltaire, the most applauded man of hi3 day: Tbc Scripture wa? Iii? J est book, whence lie drew Bonmots to call the Christian and the Jew; An infidel when well, but what when sick? Oh. then a text would touch him to the Quick. Seized with hemorrhage of tho lungs in Paris, where he had gone to be crowned in the theater as an idol of all France, he sends a messenger to get a priest that he may be reconciled to the church before he dies. A great terror falls upon him. He makes the place all round about him so dismal that the nurse declares that she would not for all the wealth of Europe see another infidel die. Philistine iniquity had promised him all the world's garlands, but in tho last hour of his life, when he needed solacing, sent tearing across his con? science and his nerves a file, a file. So it was with Lord Byron, his un? cleanness in England only surpassed by his uncleanness in Venice, then going on ' to bis brilliant misery at Missolonghi, end fretting at Iiis nurse, Fletcher, fretting at himself, fretting at the world, fretting at God, and he who gave to the world "Childe Harold," and "Sardanapalus," and "The Prisoner of Chillon," and "The Siege of Corinth," reduced to nothing but a ?Iel THE WAGES OF SIN. Oh, sin has great facility for making promises, but it has justas great facility for breaking them. A Christian life is the only cheerful life, while a life of wicked surrender is remorse, ruin and death. Its painted glee is sepulchral ghastliness. In the brightest days of the Mexican empire Montezuma said he felt gnawing'at his heart something like a canker. Sin, like a monster wild beast of the forest, sometimes licks all over its victim in order that the victim may be more easily swallowed; but generally sin rasps and galls and tears and up? braids and files.. Is it not so, Herod? Is it not so, Hildebrand? Is it not so, Robespierre? Ayel ayel it is so; it is so. "The way of the wicked he turaeth up? side down." History tells us that when Rome wa* founded, on that day there were 12 vulture^ flying through the air, but when a transgressor dies the sky is black with whole flocks of them. Vultures! When I see sin robbing so many people, and I see them going down day by day and week by week, I must give a plain warn? ing. I dare not keep it back lest I risk the salvation of my own soul. Rover, the pirate, pulled down the warning bell on Inchcape rock, thinking that he would have a chance to despoil vessels that were crushed on the rocks, but one night his own ship crashed down on this very rock, and he went down with all his cargo. God declares, "When I say to the wicked thou shalt surely die, and thou givest him not warning, that same rrtfl** shall die in his iniquity, but his blood will I requirent thy hands." I learn from this subject what a sad thing it is when the church of God loses its metal. These Philistines saw that if they could only get all the ir .tallie weapons out of the hands of the Israel? ites all would be well, and therefore they took the swords and the spears. They did not want them to have a single metallic weapon. When the metal of the Israelites was gone, their strength was gone. This is the trouble with the church of God today. It is surrendering its courage. It has not got enough metal. How seldom it is that you see a man taking his position in pew, or in pulpit, or in a religious society, and holding that position against all oppression, and all trial, and all persecution, and all criticism. The church of God today wants more backbone, more defiance, more conse? crated bravery, more metal How often you sse a man start out in some good enterprise, and at the first blast of news paperdom he has collapsed, and all his courage gone, forgetful of the fact that if a man be right all the newspapers of the earth, with all their columns pound? ing away at him, cannot do him any per? manent damage! It is only when a man is wrong that he can be damaged. Why, God is going to vindicate his truth, and he is going to stand by you, my friends, in every effort you make for Christ's cause and the salvation of men. I sometimes say to my wife: "There is something wrong; the newspapers have not assaulted me for three months ! I have not done my duty against public iniqui? ties, and I will stir them up next Sun? day." Then I stir them up, and all the fo?owing week the devil howls and howls, showing that I have him very hard. Go forth in the service of Christ and do your whole duty. You have one sphere. I have another sphere. "The Lord of Hosts is with us, and the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah." We want more of the determination of Jonathan. I do not suppose he was a very wonderful r^an, but he got on his knees and clambered up the rock, and with the help of his armor bearer he hewed down the Philistines, and a man of very ordinary intellectual attain? ments, on his knees, can storm anything for God and for the truth. We want something of the determination of the general who went into the war, and as he entered his first battle his knees knocked together, his physical courage not quite up to his moral courage, and he looked down at his knees and said, "Ah, if you knew where I was going to take you, you would shake worse than that!" There is only one question for you to ask and for me to ask. What does God want me to do? Where is the field? Where is the work? Where is the anvil? Where is the prayer meeting? Where is the pulpit? And finding out what God wants us to do go ahead and do it^-all the energies of our body, mind and soul enlisted in the undertaking. Oh, my brethren, we have but little time in which to fight for God. Yon will be dead soon. . Put in the Christian cause every ener? gy that God gives you. "What thy hand nndeth to do, do it with all thy might, for there is neither wisdom nor device in the grave whither we are all hastening." Oh, is it not high time that we wake out of sleep? Church of God, lift up your head at the coming victory! The Philis? tines will go down, and the Israelites will go up. We are on the^^winning side. Hear that-on the wincing side! I think just now the King's horses are being hooked up to the chariot, and when he does ride down the sky there will be such a hosanna among his friends and such a wailing among his enemies as will make the earth tremble and the heavens sing. I see now the plumes of the Lord's cavalrymen toss? ing in the air. The archangel before the throne has ah iady burnished his trum? pet, and then he will put its golden lips to his own, and he will blow the long, loud blast that will make all nations free. Clap your hands, all ye people! Hark! I hear the falling thrones and the dashing down of demolished iniquities. Parley Writes a Scorcher. Adjutant Gen Farley has given to the press a scorching reply to tho recent letter of Senator Irby, in which the lat? ter deuied that he wrote the Craddock article. He congratulates Irby ou thc wondetful change upon his manocrs, which does not. extend to his morals, as he bas used the English language to conceal the truth instead of teiliug it. Farley apologises to the public for the vigorous language he used by saving, "lt would be impossible to do justice to such a monstrosity in anything like or? dinary language. He admits writing a political article intended for publication and says: "The charge that I had a conversation with Capt. Tillman and offered him an article for publication which he refused, and told him of a combination which had been agreed upon, offering bim the position of Adju? tant Genera!, is as pure and unadulter? ated a lie as was ever put upon paper, no matter who is the author or instiga? tor of it. Indeed, on Saturday after the inauguration when it is said it took place I had left Washington." He states that he will give said article to the press, ile dedan s that It by was the "rea.1 author" of thc Craddock article aud that if Jim Tillman had anything to do with it he was victimized by Irby, ' wb> tried to bacrifict? the (jovernor's nephew by mak?Dg him a scapegoat. "Ah ! Johnnie, I went for you io th.e papers where you stated your lie, which I determined to run down, as well as the Donaldson cancustic and I have done so." He quotes as follows from Jim Tillman to him ; "If it is neces? sary to convince you about tbe "Crad? dock" article, I will aeud to Washing? ton and get the original manuscript as it was filed at the W. U. T office. My name and nom de plume have been need in connection with several bastard productions, without any permission, and only peculiar circumstances of which I shall tell you, prevented me denouncing them a? well as the real author." After seeing Tillman be added the foll cw io g postscript : "It is hardly necessary for me to add that Irby dic? tated the article to his secretary," says General Farley. Even if Jim Tillman was in it there is no possibility for Irby to have been ont of it. Let it be re? membered that all or the parties were of?ce-6eeker8, including Jim Tillman (who was applying for a consulship) acid ali seeking Senator Irby's patron? age. Let itjnot be forgotten that con? temporaneous telegrams were sent to the Register covering the same matter, all of which is in perfect consonance with Irby's well known method of puf? fing himself: then put James Tillman's statement in the balance with the actual contents of the "Craddock" article and the conclusion is inevitable that not only was it born in that den of iniquity from which few men have escaped with olean bands, but that Irby was at the bottom of it." General Farley talked seriously to Irby in the vocative, telling bim he has made a fool of himself in the United States Senate, that be couldn't even appoint a "dog pelter," and says : "Another thing, John, your game at playing the bully bas been mo in the ground. You can't bully everybody, for now and then, John; you run against a game man, and you have to wilt, John, and people find out that at heart you are a coward." You attacked Capt. Shell at John Shaw's private residence on account of my article when you knew he was un? armed, and you drew your Bowie knife. That was ungentlemanly and cowardly. Why did you not come after me, for I wrote every word of the article myself and signed my name toit instead of "Craddock." By the way, John, you have hinted that you wac ! cd to settle these matters "out of the papers." I know that you are not bunting any square, fair fight, but if you can't stand these affectionate missions or pleasant pasquinados of mine, and conclude to risk it, don't try to drag in friends or relatives todo your fighting-as you have an old and impudent habit of do? ing, but come yourself, Joh o ny, for you know you cao get fair play and al way s find "Where am I at." You are gettiog into serious trouble and the only way out is to keep quiet and quit gettiog other people to do your dirty work. The McElroy experience was sufficient to have satisfied yon, for when you denied that you had instigated bis ar? ticle, be told you that you were "a liar" to your face, and you had to take it. Your record will not bear any air? ing and besides I am prepared to prove you "at heart" a traitor to your friend, Governor Tillman; a traitor to the Alliance, a traitor to the reform move? ment, and if I hear anything more from you I'll do it, John. General Farley concluded by saying, "the fear of losing or the hope of getting office shall not control me, for no matter what other pie may think and do, I had rather be, an honest statesman or citizen out of a job,' than a political trickster and sbunner, or a deep-dyed villain, in the United States Senate. J. W. G in Augusta Chronicle. The Trouble at Clemson. A few days after Clemson was open? ed reports were circulated that great dissatisfaction existed among the boys, and the faculty was having trouble in enforcing discipline. The students and faculty united in contradicting these reports, and President Craig* head made a clear statement of the real troubles that existed, lt is evi? dent that no real dissatisfaction exis? ted that was not due to the unorgan? ized condition of the College. Presi? dent Craighead concludes bis state? ment as follows : "Now, Mr. Editor, a word to the public. We have had here some two or three boy? who were dissatisfied because they could not study Latin and Greek here. If you wish your son to study the ancient languages, do not send him to Clemson. "One boy was displeased because he did not like the military drill. The military feature we are compel? led to maintain here and if you do not like it do not send your boys to Clemson College. "Some boys do not like our work feature-perhaps a good many-and hence are dissatisfied. If you are not willing for your boy to do manual labor do not send him to Clemson. "A few boys were dissatisfied be cause they did not like our fare. If you are not willing for your boy to have such fare as can be provided for $7 per month do not send him to Clemson. "Our dormitory is as well equipped as any hotel in this State, having electric lights in every roora, and bath rooms aad water closets on every floor, but for $7 a month we can fur? nish only plain fare, and if you haven't sense enough to know this, do not send your son to Clemson. "Once more: two or three boys were dissatisfied because their parents told them, "if you do not like it at Clemson come tight home." If that is the way you talk to your boy we do not want him. This not a school for spoiled children. "Once for all. this ie not a reforma? tory school. If your boy is incor? rigibly bad do not send him here, for, in all probability you will be re? quested to take him home. If you can not raise at least $50 do not eend your boy to Clemson, lie must pay (33.75 to' enter here; ?7 for first month's board ; $2.50 for medical fee for five months; $23 75 for uniforms which ought to last for one year at least ; 50 cents for one month's washing, in all $33 75 which amount the student must have to enter here. If he be industrious and willing to do any kind of work, it will be possible for him to work two hours daily at 8 cents per hour, this enabling him to bring his board down to about $3 a month. lie may do even better than this, but the probability is agaiust it. If yon have no money, do not come to Clemson, but go to work and make at least $50, and we will do what we can for yoa. I have no faith in a boy who wishes an ?duca? tion and yet is not willing to work for it. "I would like to say more but I must hasten on. There have been a lew discontents here-in all not more thai, liiteen-not half so many as I expected. It is not surprising that onr educational net, while gathering in hundreds of fishes, should find en? tangled within its folds a few mud tm ties, tadpoles, ignoramuses and fools. The college is destined to play an important part in the history of the State and hopes to win the sup? port of good people. . . "Siucerely yours, "E. B. CRAIGHEAD." Jndge Hudson, has been honored with an invitation to deliver an address on "Jurisprudence and reform law" at the World's Congress of Lawyers at Chicago next month. Information received here from a gen? tleman tn Laurens states that the re? ported Irby Shell fight was no fake, but a beautiful reality. The animais are beginning to claw each other. "Thoa shalt not revile the gods nor curse the ruler of the people." With this scrap of Mosaic law as a text the Abbeville Medium delivers a sermon to those who open their mouths in criticism of the gods of reform, and Tillman "their ruler of the people." Poor innocent ! Who reviled and cursed the powers that were more than the present ruler? How was the reform movement inaugurated except by abuse and revilings ? Who then "bad no scruples about tramping the scriptures and their precepts under the dust." Greenville News : Well may there be trepidation io the ranks of refawm aod searching of hearts and clearing pf records in the hosts of tho Alliance. No mau knows wheo bis turn may come, his number may be drawn, bis name may be handed in and his bead be snatched from his shoulders with a denunciation of "traitor to refawm" and enemy of the people : "Stand to your glasses ; steady ! Look your comrade in the eye; Here's a health to the dead alreai^ And hurrah for the next to die !" '.What do the farmers think of the price put on whiskey? They have been waging war against trusts, combi? nations and high prices and here they are to be charged $3 00 a gallon for whiskey when a good, pure article can "oe bought at $1 25 in North Caroli? na. That is 140 per cent. But whis? key can stand ic and so can those who drink it."-Carolina Spartan. Just so. The very movement which wag organized in this State for the (al? leged) purpose of giving the people lower taxes and fewer offices, to put down trusts and combinations, is the first to form the largest monopoly the State has ever known. The only and sole object in establishing dispensaries is to replen? ish a wasted treasury. It is a source of taxation. The man who buys a gallon of whiskey pays at least ?1 50 as -tires to the State. Still there is noth? ing like the "Refawm" and "Reform" movement.-Pickens Sentinel. mm mm. For kidney and liver trouble Glenn Springs water is a core. Oo draught at Hugbson & Co's drug store. mmm i ? mum Bnckleu'B Arnica Salve. The Best Salve tn the world for Cuts, Bruises Sores. Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required- It is guaranteed to give per feet satisfaction, or money refunded. nrice 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr J. F. W. De Lorme Par-a-sit-i-cide. Cures Itch in 30 minutes. Price 50 cents. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. June 28-4m When Baby was sick, we gave her Castoria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gave them. Castoria, IF TOTTB BACK ACMES. Ot you are all worn ont, really good for nott* lng, it is general debility. Try Hito WW S ZBOJf BITTERS. It will cure you, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite. WITTS SPECIFIC FOR renovating the entire system, eliminating all Poisons from the Blood, whether of scrofulous or malarial origin, this prep oration has no equal. . . S.S.S. I NAR? ""For eighteen months I had an eating sore on my tongue. I -was treated by best local physician:-, but obtained no relief; the sore gradually grew -worse. I finally took S. S. and was entirety cured af Ur using a few bottles? C. B. MCLEMOPE, Henderson, Tex. -. TREATISE on Blood and Sida Diseases mailed free. THE SWIFT SPE?HFIC CO., Atlanta? Ga* -THE WATCHMAN ANS SOUTHRON -AND Both for $3 a lear. THE GREAT ILLUSTRATED MONTH? LIES Have in the past sold for $4 00 a year. It was a wonder lo printers how the Cosmopoli tany with its yearly 1536 piges of reading matter by the greatest writers of the world, and ita 1200 illustrations by clever artists, could be furnished for $3 00 a year, in Jan? uary last it put in the most perfect magazine printing plant in the world, and now cowes what is really a wonder: We Will Cut the Price of the Mag? azine in Half for You. Think of it, 128 pages of reading matter, with over 120 illustrations-a volume that would sell in cloth binding at $1.00 for only 12$ cents. We will send yon The Cosmopolitan Maga? zine which bas the strongest staff of regular contributors ot ?ny existing periodical, and The Watchman ami Southron, both for only $3 00 a ear Ripans Tabules cure colic Ripans Tabules cure nausea. Ripans Tabules cure tho blues. R ipa ns Tabules cure headache Ripans Tubules cure jaundice. FMOTHERS? FRIEND" i To Young j Mothers Birth Easy. Shortens Labor, Lessens Pain, Endorsed by the Leading Phys? dani, Book to "51 othert"malled FREE. BRADFIELD RECULATOR CO fATLANTA, OA. , MAGNETIC NERVINE. ls sold with written guarantee to care N enroua Prostra? tion, Fits, Dizzi? ness,Head ache and Neuralgia and Wake? fulness, caused by ex? cessive use of Opium, Tobacco and Alco? hol: Mental Depres? sion, Softening cf the Brain, causing Misery, Insanity and Death; Barreneas, Impotency, Lost Power in either sex. Premature Old Age, Involuntary Losses, caused by over-indulgence, overexertion of the Brain and Errors of Youth. It gives to Weak Organs their Natural Vigor and doubles the Joys of Ufe; cures Lucorrhcea and Female Weakness. A month's treat? ment, in plain package, by mail, to any address, fl per box, 6 boxes SS. With every $5 order we give a Written Guarantee to cure or refund the money. Circulars free. Guarantee issued only by our ea .iusive agent. DR. A. J. CHINA, SUMTER, S. C. NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Monuments, TomMones, Etc, And doing a General Business in that line. A complete workshop hag been fitted upon LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE " And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to us. Satis factiou guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. qr. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jone 16. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR, Desires to inform the public that he is fully equipped 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 MANTLES, TILE HEARTHS, FACINGS and GRATES. Makes a specialty of putting in Electric Bells, Annunciators, Speaking Tubes, &c. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill. Communications left at Walsh & Co's Shoe Store or through post office will receive prompt attention. Oct 26-o JOS. F. RHAME. WM. C. DAVIS. KHAME & DAVIS, ATTORNEYS AT LAW, MANNING, S. C. Attend to business in any part of the State Practice in U. S. Courts. Sept. 21-x. DRJJLVAW1H, DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN & fBROWN'S STORE, Entrance on Main Street Between Brown & Brown and Durant & Son. OFFICE HOURS; 9 to 1.30; 2 to 5 o'clock. April 29. Mannfactnring Jeweler, Watchmaker and Engraver, At C. E. Stubbs' office, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Livery, Feeft aid Dray Me WE desire to state that we are now better prepared than ever to furnish first class Livery and Drays. Thankful for patronage in the past, which has exceeded our most sanguine expectations, we hope by close personal attention to merit a continuance of same. Hauling of all kinds solicited. Your's to please, W. J. HERRON & CO. ATTENTION, COTTON (SINNERS! IAM PREPARED, with the best appli? ances so far known to renovate Gin Saw Teeth, Stripped and Broken Teeth cut in with stamp and die, Short and Misshaped Teeth gummed out and shaped with reciprocating file glimmer, and all teeth pointed with Duplex riler, making the round or needle point. Eleven years experience warrants me in guaranteeing satisfaction. Telegraph and P. 0. address, St. Charley Sumter County, S. C. J. MERRICK REID. May_n._ Are Yon any Goo?at Pnzzles ? Thegeniu8 who invented the "Fifteen" Puzzle, "Pigs in Glover" and many others has invented a brand new one, which is going to be the greatest on record. There is fun, instruction and entertainment in it. The old and learned will find as much mystery in it as the yoong and unsophisti? cated. This great puzzle is the property of theiVfftc York Press Club, for whom it was invented by Samuel Loyd, the great puzzle? ist to be sold for the benefit of the movement to erect a great home tor newspaper workers in New York. Generous friends have given $25,000 in prizes for the anccessful puzzle solvers. TOD Cents sent to llPress Club Building and Charily Fund," Temple Court, New York City wiil get you the new mystery V;y return mail. FI1?ST CLASS JOB WORK AT BOTTOM PRICES? WATCHHMM AMII SOUTRON JOB OFFICE SUMTER, S. G for Infants and Children " Castoria is so well adapted to children that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." IL A. ARCHES, M. D.t lil So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use of 'Castoria ls so universal and ils merits so well known that it seems a work of supererogation to endorse it. Few are the intelligent families who do not keep Castoria within easy reach." CARLOS MARTYN, D. D., Kew York City Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Sour Stomach, Jjiarrhcba, Eructation, Kills Worms, gives sleep, and promotes di? gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I have recommended your4 Castoria, ' and shall always continue to do so as it has invariably produced beneficial results.'. EDWIN F. PARDEE, 3L 1%, ~~ 125th Street and 7ta Ave., New York City. THE CENTAUR COKPANY, 77 MURKAY STREET, NEW YOKE Car, D9H Drugs and Medicines, Soaps, Perfumery. Hair Brushes Tooth Brashes, Tooth Powder, Also, Paints, Oils, Glass, Putty, Floor Stains, Kalsomiae, all colors for rooms, Artists* Paints and Brashes, Laster Paints, Convex Glasses. Nice line of Hanging and Stand Lamps, Lanterns, Shades, Wieks, Chimneys, Ac? TOBACCO AND CIGARS* Keep the following popular brand of Cigars : "Plumb Good," "Custom House," "Rebel Girl.1' Sap 20 FRESH GARDEN SEED. Prescriptions carefully compounded. Typewriter Headquarters. J. W. GIBBES & CO., 101 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA. S. C. SOUTH CAROLINA AGENTS FOR THE "DENSMOM," Tho Twentieth Century Typewriter. WE fill orders promptly for all kinds of Typewriter novelties and supplies for all Machines and for Mimeographs and Neostyles. The DENSMORE is the latest achievement of the Densmore family, by whom its predecessor, the Remington, was developed. It has fixed type-bar bangers and non-vibrating-two points which insure lasting alignment. It is the most modern and practical machine on the market. The DENSMORE is used by the famous Carnegie Steel Company, the Central Railroad and Banking Company of Georgia, the Rapid Addressing Company of New York, which exhibits IC Den^mores in operation at the World's Fair, the New York Central and Hudson Uiver Railroad, R. G. Duo & Co's Mercantile Agency. Some of the users of the Densmore in Columbia, are : The Evening Journal, Jones & Mixsou's Business College and Typewriting School, Richmond and Danville Railroad, Master of Trains' Office, Judge 8. W. Melton, Union Central Life Insurance Company, Benedict Institute and others. We can supply dealers at good discount. "m si i nf WELL ! NOW ! ! 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 LINE 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 $?.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 tts tue. Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver and General Debility, following upon Malarial Diseases, Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorroid.s Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Hcomaturia, Rheumatism, Catamenial Derangement, and OTHER FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Highly recommended by the medical profession. For circulars containing certificates, etc., apply to Paul Simpson? GLENN* SPRINGS, S. C, FOR SALE BY Dr. A. J. China, Dr. McKagen, J. S. Hughson & Co., J. F. W. DeLorma and W. R. Delgar, Jr.