The watchman and southron. (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, August 09, 1893, Image 4

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Cjj* WM |ii?ait ?mis Jka?brm a--^ WBBHESDA Y. AUGUST 9, 1S93, M IT WORTH LIVING? v _______ ?CV. THOMAS DIXON ILLUSTRATES SY MY GOULD'S UFE. t Wanda ?bmita Ma? Wbow Thoagfata ? C-twuiBottflelf Conti ?U'Wfth th* Moo Cl? CHAELSS, Vs., July SO.-Ber. . Dixon. Jr., preached at Cobb's island today the filth sermon of the wis? ec "Honey." The subject to-day, -Was ?Jay Gould's Life Worth Living?" Uko text chosen iras Matthew xvi, $6, 'Tor what 3halS a man be profited if be Aril gain 'the whole world and forfeit JdsB&T ?svfewoi1 our disottssfos&of the fe> fciasio varee of money and its relations fetten and its desirableness the ques tktt arises, ts it worth a manta whfie to saw n$a Hf ev hie genius, is the mere get KB$r ot -moaey ? This ojoestion ca&. bes? feenswjred by an analysis o?ibe life o? (maa? Afr titeet,^d3s<fa>gtrisrred Ameri dtaB wno w?? the incarnation of ttds ftvjttem. ?J?waman 'personified the ?o?ern oommerclal spirit, it was Xr. *^r Ooc?d. With much ot the personal ?WttlMaped opon hin by enemies, men whohfld asesto grind et his mili and could flo* grind ?em because he was a sharper ?.a than they were-with this abose, I essy, I have no sympathy. Snch personal ' ab?se te worth tittle either for or against .aas. It ie usually given by those who hare personal ends to serve, and its ratee to the student is less than nothing. 5CT A HYPOCRITK. * There are eome thfegs that can be said ?boat Mr. Goold that do not call for jQpadtomaatkn. f?e gave employment to aceftoi&nnmW of laborers. Peraon aPy he was temperate and industrious ?e cared tor Ms family. He waa not a Ifmclte, He gave $10,000 to missions, lledid not have any religion tospeak of, jwhedid not pretend to haw any-that hL so ?ar se ? have ever heard. - ISe&ad plain business mottoes by which ?B?ved and ia which he died. Those mattoe* were tho standards of success ii: f_ttajgeof money getting. They began ia sea and ended in self, and his charity maa tho charity that began at home and ?rid there. The simple facts are he lived for him? self, he worked for himself, he died for Ihhnarlf Be accumulated a vast for? gan?-a millionaire's fortune-estimated ?ranauction basis at $75,000,000. Ona |Mb? it is certainly worth, as prop? erty ia generally estimated, more than $100,000,000. He was the most thor ongnly hated man ia America. These ase substantially the facts of bis life. Bo died at an early age. He had scarce? ly terned his fiftieth year. For years before he died he was compelled to live a moat abstemious fife, to eat the sto? niest foods and ?leny himself the simplest ? Hfe of anch a man worth living? Tt does not seem to me that it is, -first-Patriot seal] y. ! i&Natbeelbeieamsa with ?raleo deed ? Thai ?cw icThhostli bassall *- Tfefc'fe mywern, my x?tt>e l&ad? The ?xsnmnalty is the source of aMilili The essence-of wealth is in the oonmxonity which gives it birth, and therefore any nae ?of money which does not advance the Interests of the oom inanity which gives it value is a viola? tion of the fondamental principles of tree business. A man who grows rich ia money should recognize the fact that tba value of his money comes from the ia wmch .it :fc -mada If the 4*4aeB6r~oT^tne fact that he lived in America rather than in Africa, the tworld never knew di. It waa left to cothar mon to build *our monuments, to te?ft our ?nst?tutions of learning, to for? ward great twrkmai enterprises and to liesa the conrmuni&ies which gave them larthandifrom which their lifeblood in -ascella asas born. a TSACHEE OF ANABCHT. i 8? ?r<rom each a Hfe blessing the ?omitry, the nation, it directly contrib? uted tossed hatred among classes. Such a Ufo idorw more to educate in anarchy and the more desperate principles of aisiiilhiiii than any force that operates * TSp ?01 of the ages is toward the re? lieving oftne distress of the masses, the TP"ttf?f There have arisen men who have recognised mis met, men who Possessed enormous wealth, and who favo usedthat wealth for the purpose of teamiajtteaetAttgementBof classes, of berating tba massas of their kind. All ?fibds nuau( have been \<be work of Mr. ?Oou?d, ont nothing contd have been ?farther hom ms genius-so far aa we ?now. His fife was the tire of the suc? cessful fjufnrTi man, centered upon aeif. Aaid the love <rf country and hu? manity in its treader sense are irrecon rilatde ntfeerfy with such a principle of ac&Mb, Ba ?red thns for himself, and ?ei?ed ia himself. In his will he left ali a o?ase ?efhecommunlty from which I? drew it. It was left to his offspring fjjttmfc, -far their soie benefit. SOLD HIS BOOT. Seeond-I? snch a life worth living pfesWTrj? What shall it profit a man i&? gain the whole world and forfeit Kite? Sha modern business world in which 3ft. Goold moved was a great furnace ts which the n?rvea of men are barned ujtasfaeL He played at great games, eft whose issue hung colossal fortunes. if? paid the penalty in the nerve tension aid the ceaseless grind of his body. He Bred the life of a miserable slave. He vs compelled to eat the coarsest foods, tw simplest foods. He had money enough to get the delicacies of the earth, buTne sold his body, he sold his appe? tite, he sold his stomach,, he sold his di? gestion, be sold ms muscles, his eyes, his head, his arms, his feet-he sold his body for gold. The commonest workingman that car? ried his pail to his task and ate his din? ner with keen relish was richer in the nhysjcal attributes of Hfe than was this nmftimilHonaire, who was mighty as a power in the Stock Exchange. He was a power that could be felt by the world's Industries, and yet how miserable the failure when confronted with the pow? ers- with which man must battle in na? ture! He had brought to his feet the powers in the commercial world that opposed lam. He saw men who had de? fied bim humbled and in poverty. His word waa tibe imperial edict of a czar and affected thousands of lives, and yet be sold the power- of his own being in the process. A little microbe, so small that a magnifying glass must be used to see it, came into his great palace and laid its little hand on his lung, and he was compelled to follow. He was a wreck physically at the very time when man should be at the height of his phys? ical powers. What shall il: profit a mun if he gain the whole world, but forfeit his life? THE BEAST OP LIFE. Third-Spiritually. Life is a spiritual reality. It is not found in matter. It is not found in an analysis of matter, in the abundance of the matter which a man may accumulate about his person. The things in this world that are worth vost in life are sometimes those which have no commercial rating, no commer? cial basis of exchange. Our life is rich because of its m< rles, because of the friends we 1 made, of the hearts we Save loved that have love?! us in return, o? kindly deeds we have been abie to d the faces that we have been able to 1 with joy. It is made upof these hi] and sweeter elements that are sot, not be issued in the forms of bond of coupons. And when we haveacee; the commercial basis of life, igno the spirit, we have simply laid np ti ure for some other man io- possess. the body emly can touch wea?t? money, and how small a nert of oui cumulations caa our body touch! I small a pert of the $75,000,000 could Gould use! It old not cost much to his clothes, and what he ate was than a common workingman. X? w< not hare coat much fora house tot ter. What can a man ge? out ot mc in itself beyond food and clothing shelter when uaea on himself and himself? That w?eo in our lives is really of treasure of life is something beyond money tba* we can exchange or that can use for ourselves. 3TAFOLBOH*8 TREASURES. When Napoleon Bonaparte was at height of bis power, h? established orphanage for giris tn a little towi Prance* After Ms return from Dan ment st Elba ha made a visit) to the pfamage, which remained omtouct The girls crowded about Mm as he and gave to him the moat touching pression of their love and admirati They covered his hands with hist They took the rings from their fing and put them on his, and warm te fell on the great emperor's hand wi they crowded around him, claiming privilege of a last grasp and of a 1 word as he left Afterward came ^ terloo and transportation and bani meat and the rocky Island of'St. H< na. The old guard went down in bk and death, and his empire fell wit! crash. The magnificent temple wh he had built of matter crumbled t night He was left in poverty,Taprieon I But there were some things thats vived Waterloo. There was onethd that survived the crash of the empire the words of love, the tears and the kis of thoee orphan girls. They abided, ti ! cheered the hoars af loneliness, and tb faces havered, over him eves in the hoi \ of death to whisper words of cheer a courage. We really live not in self, I mothers. TEE BOSTON PHILOSOPHER. Is life worth living? asks your mc ern philosophy. In reply we woe ask: What Ufe? What life? Adis? gufebed citizen of Boston recently re a paper before a philosophic club on t subject, "Is Ufe Worth Living?" 1 was a man who possessed millions dollars. He lived in a luxurious pala on a magnificent avenue. He was man of culture, of thorough edncatic He was a writer of brilliant power, ai in hia essay he sought with determin ti on and with some degree of logic power frees his point of view to abo that human life was not worth living. TSE WESTERN MISSIONARY. While bs was reading this essay befo this assemblage of clubmen and phil sephic stade?ts a simple, pioneer tese er was addressing a great assembly : Tremont teaxple On the subject of wes ern missions. These two men had be* schoolmates ia boyhood. They were*boi men of culture. The one had given h life to making money and made it Tl other had given his Kf e to men in sac? nee. He was a poor man-this ruissio: ary. The great crowd listened wit breathless attention to hjs account of h work in the western world. They bur thrilled upon every period. He was man of masterfnl physique, of magnet: face, behind wfeach beat > great, lo vin heart - -Bertold of tb? wonders that God ha wrought among the people in the ft west His f?cc flashed with power d vine as be told of the needs of the gre* commonwealths that were growing o the borderhmds of the nation. He ewej the souls of all who heard him with d vic eat enthusiasm, that dominated an lifted them np with the highest faith i God. He refused invitations to atten dinners in his honor, and when he close his address waa seen hurrying acree Boston common on Lis way to catch train to retern to his duties in the west To him lifo was full of meaning, and h was eager to return to the fight LU was a glorious opportunity in which t bless his fellow men, and he was as hu patient as a child to return to thetas that God had given him! Is life worth living? What life? YE Dn> rr SOT! Fourth-Eternally. Life is the vest! bale of eternity . life here ls a epiritua reality. Life in its full compass in dudes not only the here? but the here after. Life here is a boundless oppor teni ty in which character is fashioned and which must tell upon the eternity. We hear the message of Christ, "Inas much as ye did ft not, depart1* Thi must bs a solemn sentence to the ea and heart of the man who poeseese? fl00,000,00!! ~Inasm?ch as ye did ri not** What of aB the battles for sell now that the body feas been laid in thc grave? True, he met his enemies in thc great railroad battle, when giants wen pitted against giants, when millions were marshaled against millions and sn the issue hvttg inestimable fortunes, and he won on that Black Friday. ! When a thousand hearts grew sick unte death from its horrors, his face was sees ami li rig above the chaos, master of thal dark hour. j TO THE LEVEL OF THE HOD CARRIES. True, he brought his enemies to ins ? feet and made them crawl on his mag I nificent carpets and beg for mercy when I they had defied him. And yet what ol ? it that the battles are over, that life ? done, and he cannot occupy much more than six feet of earth? The casket that contains his remains is no larger than the casket that contains the remains oi tho hod carrier that removed the swill from his back door, or of the Italian that broke stones on the pavement in front of his palace. BATTLES OF THE AGE. "Ye did it not" Great institutions were built in his lifetime-hospitals, homes, asylums, colleges. One hundred million dollars were his, and he did nothing. Philanthropists dreamed of the alleviation of human suffering. Their dreams crystallized ia brick and mortar, stone and cement. Mission I arie? went with their burning message I to foreign lands. In the dark quar i ters of the city Jerry McAuley built his j missions. Our Salvation Army carried I its standard into the dark quarters of : the city. Our missionaries built their i hospitals and homes. But this man of supreme commercial genius cared for ! his fortune, and it grew apace. People I were oppressed. They cried in their de? spair, and others heard and tried to res? cue and to save. The world in his life? time became a great whispering gallery in which every cry of suffering and distress from earth's remotest bounds rang in every other man's ears. It was his op? portunity to bless not only his own coun? try, but foreign lands, in that broader ministry of humanity. His yacht sailed the seas of the world, looked on the depths of the Mediterranean, circled tho earth in search of health* for self! Great reformers labored and battled for the uplifting of the people, for the saving of the nation, for the saving of the city. Men bore on their shoulders the burden of an outcast world. They visited the prisoner. They clothed the ! naked They fed the hungry. They I ministered to the sick? They sought the ! strangers. But he did it not. A thou S sand heroic lives were lived and a thou : sand neroic deeds wrought through lim ! ited means, while $100,000,000, with all ita incalculable power over humanity and for humanity, did nothing eave ac? cumulate for some one else to use in the j same selfish way. j MASTER OB SLAVE? Is Hfa worth living? What life? j Todo good toothers? Yes. To live for the race? Yes. To live for h^nrui ity, for country? Yes. To live merely t?t self, in self, of self-our Boston esthetio philosopher from his palace on tiie avenue is surely right in his conclu? sion. Life is not worth living from such a point of view. Suicide is the only log? ical conclusion to a life of mere selfish? ness. The man who waits for death to crush him physically and spiritually is merely the greater fool. A man on a ship had belted around his body a fortune in gold. A storm struck the vessel, and it was wrecked. He could have saved himself by casting aside this enormous weight of metal and striking out for the shore as did others. He refused to part with his metal. He belted it doser about his body and j plunged into the sea. The weight soon I carried him to the bottom, and he was drowned. Bid the mao poasees tho gold, i or did the goid poere?? him? j ___________ Tho ?neon's Loro For Whit* Stockings, Queen Victoria always had a mania for white stockings, and when colored hose first came to be worn she actually prohibited them tu court circles. On one occasion a royal princess was dis? missed from the presence chamber be? cause she wore a pair of black silk stock? ings with a colored gown. The venera? ble lady was obliged to give in at last, however, and colored stockings have been generally worn in the queen's house? hold for several years. Now, however, that white is so much in fashion, white stockings have appeared again, which eo pleases the sovereign that she herself oitfered 25 pairs for the Princess May's trousseau. Poor princess! Let us hope that she has small, dainty feet.-Vogue. Keeping- tb? HOOM COOL Much of the comfort of the household depends upon keeping the house cool. In the morning every window and blind should be opened, giving the sunlight and air access. After the house has been thoroughly aired and put in order the blinds should be closed and the shades partially drawn. If the windows are closed in the hottest part of the day, ihe house will be cooler. As soon as the sun begins to go down reopen the blind? and windows. On an intensely hot day the room of a sick person can be made more endur? able by having sheets of cheesecloth wrung out of cold water and hung across the open windows.-Ladies' Home Jour? nal, Tho Reigning American Beauty. Miss Elizabeth Green of Detroit seems to be the representative of American beauty in Europe just now. She is turn? ing Parisian heads at present. While at the silver wedding festivities the queen of Italy had her nephew sent away on military service to keep him safe from the pretty American. The Berman shop wmdow8 displaye_photographs of Mies Green standing beside the young Count of Turin. Still another conquest was the German emperor, who said shs was the only wo? man he met in Italy sufficiently intelli? gent for conversation, since which speech the young lady has been coiled "the kai? ser's Miss Green. "-London Figaro, VANCE COMES B?CK. Be R? pl I es to Sere re Criticisms OB His Recent Open Lotter. RALEIGH, Aug. 2.-Senator Vance last week wrote a letter to The Farm? ers' Alliance, in which, in reply to a question as to his position on the silver law, he said ho was unalterably op? posed to the repeal of the Sherman act unless some substitute was provided. He was severely criticised for the tone of this letter and he replies in another letter. He says. "The charge that a Demo? crat is at variance with his party who refuses to favor unconditional repeal of the Sherman law depends for truth on what the party laid down in the plat-format Chicago. If promises and pledges amount to anything the Chica? go platform demands the repeal of the law as an obstruction to the free coin? age of silver. "Tho. obvious meaning is, if the law was out of the way we could have free coinage. That is one of the things I propose to put in place of the Sherman law, and I propose to vote against r e ral unless that be don?. If my party opposed to that, then the utterances at Chicago wera intended to deceive. If it was sincere, then I am trying to stand on the platf orm. It pledges the party to the use of both gold and sil? ver without discrimination. If we cease to coin one, and ref uso to tender it in payment even of obligations which by contract are payable therein, we do discriminate against that metal. "Men of common sense who are loyal to the purposes they profess will not surrender the advantages of their posi? tion. The law now in existence can be kept thus by nonconcurrence of either of the house, the senate or the president to its repeal, whereas the Sherman law once repealed, measures which are to take its place would have to be passed by affirmative legislation, requiring the concurrence of all three branches of the law making department, and no sensi? ble man acquainted with the situation can believe that these measures could be passed under such circumstances." TO TEST THE LAW AGAIN. Attorneys Preps ring Another Fight on the Geary Law. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 2.-Thomas D. Riordan, attorney fox the Chinese Six Companies, says that, in connection with Joseph H. Choate, of Now York, and other counsel, he is preparing to make a second test of the constitution? ality of the Geary Chinese registration law at the October session of the United States supreme court. He says that at the former hearing of the case Justice Harlan was in Paris, and that it is the practice of the su? preme court to consent to a reconsider? ation of points involved in a decision given by other than a full bench where important constitutional questions are concerned. He also cites the fact that the death of Justice Blatchford has re? moved one of the five jurists who up? held the law. CLOUNT CANNOT WAIT. He Will Select a Substftete and Leave Hnwili 8<>on. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 2.-Authentic advices received here state that Minis? ter Blount has determined to turn over matters in Hawaii, as far aa the United States are concerned, to Commodore Skerrett, of Boston, and he will sail for the United States on the Gth instant, without waiting for the appointment of his successor. Mr. Blount may therefore be expect? ed to arrive at San Francisco about Au? gust 12. Meanwhile his report, which has been mailed by the st earner Oceanic, will have preceded him, and by the time the special commissioner and min? ister arrives in the f ast the president PTI<\ Secretary Gresham will have had full opportunity to carefully consider its contents. RESERVE FID INTACT Once More the Figures ?nn Over the $100,000,000 Mark. NET BALANCES DECL???NGK The Secretary Ia Doing All la HU Power te Reliare the Stringency Now Existing Among- tho Baaks ef the Country, WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-For the first time since April 20, 1893, when the gold reserve fell below the $100, %0,000 mark, the reserve has been made intact, The gold now in the treasury, exclusive of that held as a basis for gold certificates, amounts to $100,791,370, or $791,370 free gold. This gold has come into the United States from Europe, Mexico and the West Indies, much of it being the gold sent out from the United States during the late spring and early sum? mer months. Information received here in treasury circles indicates that $10,000,000 in gold is now en Hs way from Europe to the United States, and most of this, it is expected, will find its way, as usual, into the treasury. While the gold reserve, however, is intact, and free gold is climbing up, the treasury net balance is declining. The receipts, too, for the past few days have been disappointing, the business troub? les throughout the' country having an effect upon the government revenues. These troubles are receiving the clos? est possible attention by treasury offi? cials and everything that can be done is being done to relieve the situation. Secretary Carlisle, though absent from the city, is in communication with the treasury department by wire, and alter a conference io New York of the emi? nent financiers, directed Acting Secre? tary Curtis to send the following tele? gram to the 150 national bank deposito? ries throughout the United States: "Your authorized balance hereby fixed at par of security. Transfer excess when? ever practicable to nearest subtreas ury." This action of the treasury depart? ment will release to the banks about $900,000, and is intended as far as prac? ticable to relieve the financial stringen? cy prevailing in the country. Accord? ing to former regulations each deposi? tory bank was permitted to hold gov? ernment funds to the extent of from 90 to 95 per cent, of the United States bonds deposited to secure the same. This action of the treasury permits them to hold government funds to the par value of the government bonds on deposit, and it is believed will have the effect, in a slight degree at least, of im? proving the financial situation. The Taine of Government Bond?. WASHINGTON, Aug. 5.-A table issued by the treasury department gives the investment value of government 4 per cent, bonds during July. The market price varied from 112 to 108, and the average annual rate of interest realized to investors was 3,079 per cent. ? THOUSANDS ARE AFFECTED. Cloiinjf Down of Milla Throw the Multi? tudes Ont of Employment. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 5.-The worsted goods manufactory of John Bromley & Sons has been closed on account of the depressed condition of trade. Three thousand employes are affected. Doak & Son, worsted manufacturers, will close their mill for the same rea? son. Eight hundred employees will be thrown out of work. John Blood & Bros., hosiery manu? facturers, have closed their plant, and 500 men and girls are idle. Numerous other manufacturers of this class are worked on short time. Lae? Milla Cloted. SCRANTON, Pa., Aug. 5.-The Scran? ton Lace Manufacturing company has temporarily suspended work in all the departments except the finishing on ac? count of the depressed market. Nearly 400 operatives are affected. Texas Fever in Kansas. EMPORIA, Kan., Aug. 5.-Last spring several train loads of Texas cattle were held at the Missouri, Kaasas and Texas stock yards here and kept from being unloaded here and driven across Lyon county to the Brogan ranch in Chase county. These cattle have been attack? ed by Texas fever and mariy have died. It is claimed that no outside cattle have been contaminated. _ Want to Lyn eh the !?egro. ST. LOUIS, Aug. 6.-A dispatch from St. Charles, Mo., says: The sheriff has just sworn in 25 deputies to assist in protecting the negro John Dieckman, who, a few days ago, eloped with a white girl and was captured in St. Louis and afterward brought to this city. The streets are filled with people, and the negro will probably be lynched be? fore morning. Florida at the Fuir. CHICAGO, Aug. 5.-Florida has been ousted from the horticultural building at Jackson park. The state commis? sioners have shown no disposition to maintain a creditable exhibit, and Chief Samuels, after giving them several warnings, has decided to take away Florida's space and divide it among the other states which are anxious to make a good display. Twelve Lires Lost. ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 5.-A steamer with an excursion party, left Fourteen Mile island, Lake George, for Pearl Point. At Pearl Point landing the steamer sank. Twelve lives were lost. Wheo tho Blockade waa Raised. PARIS, Aug. 5.-Rear Admiral Hu mann, commanding the French fleet now in Siamese waters, announces that the blockade of Siam was raised Thurs? day afternoon. OPEN ALL THE TIME. There Will Be No More Sunday Closing at Chicago. CHICAGO, Aug. 4.-The opinion is un? animous among lawyers, that tho gates of the World's Fair will be opened every day in the week from now until it is finally closed next October. The appel ate court will not be in session until after the midsum? mer vacation w^ch ended in Sep? tember and the appeal prayed for cannot, therefore, be passed on until October, and besides, the ap? peal is from the order in the contempt proceedings, and tho decision in that case will have no effect on the injunc? tion order, which must now be observed until the appelate court can be reached. To Hare a Talk on Finance. NEW YORK, Aug. 3.-Frederick Gal latin left on the steam yacht Almy, bound for New Bedford. There he ex? pects to pick up President Cleveland and Secretary Lamont for a fishing cruise of a day or two. It was said that several New York financial men are to join the party, at Mr. Cleveland's sug ?estion that financial rrlestions may be iscc8sed. E. C. Benedict, it was said, would not be one of them. Mr. Galla tin would not say who were going. * A Remarkable Story From Florence. A dog belonging to Mr. J. R. Cole, a farmer living a iew miles from this city, b-Came strangely afflicted a few days ago, and finally, every remedy failing of relief, the animal was killed to relieve it of its misery. It appeared to be gradually choking te death, still nothing could be found in its throat. After death a post mor? tem revealed the fact that the dog had not a particle of liver. Where the liver ought to have been there was nothing but a little matter of the appearance of jelly. Strager still, there was found in the dog's body near the heart a live snake about three feet long. The viper, it is supposed, had eaten the liver away.-[Florence Messenger.] The mystery of the "Walkulla vol cano" in the Everglade swamps of Florida has been explained. A per? severing and venturesome denizen has discovered that the earth, which is of vegetable formation, is on fire and burn? ing slowly right along. The smoke has been seen rising for a long time but it was difficult to find any one venturesome enough to penetrate the swamps to learn the cause. - mm ?*! - Prof. MoCook, of Hartford, bas been figuring some on tramps, and estimates that there are about 45,845 on the road all the time. Three fourths of them are under 45 years of age, and only 8 per cent over 50. More thao half of them have trades. They confine their travels to the tempe? rate region, avoiding extremes of beat aod cold, and beg about $8,000,000 worth of food a year. For kidney and liver trouble Glenn Springs water is a cure. On draught at Hugbson & Go's drug store. Backleu'? Arnica Salve. The Best Salve in the world for Cats, Braises Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum. Fever Sores, Tetter, Chapped Hands Chilblains, Corns and all Skin Emptions, and positively cures Piles, or no pay required. It is guaranteed to give per? fect satisfaction, or money refunded. Price 25 cents per box. For sale by Dr J. F. W. De? berme. Par-a-siw-eide. Cures Itch in 30 minutes. Price 50 cents. Sold by J. F. W. DeLorme. June 28-4ni When Baby was sick, we gave her Casto ria. When she was a Child, she cried for Castoria. When she became Miss, she clung to Castoria. When she had Children, she gavo them Castoria. IF TOUR BACK ACHES. Or you are all worn out, really good for noth? ing, it is general debility. Try RHO WK'8 IRON SUTTERS. It will cure you, cleanse your liver, and give a good appetite. MERCURIAL Mr. J.C. Jones, of Fulton, Ark., says of "About; ten years ago I con P^ffiji tracted a severe case of blood poison. Leading physicians prescribed medicine after medicine, which I took without any relief. I also tried mercu? rial and potash remedies, with nnsuo RHEUMATISM sessful results, but which brought on an attack of mercurial rheumatism that made my life one of agony. After suf Bring four years I gave up all remedies and commenced using S. S. S. After baking several bottles, I was entirely rared and able to resume work. Sis the greatest medicine for blood poisoning to-day on ibo market." Treatise on Blood and Skin Diseases mailed ree. BWIST Srrcnrio Co., Atlanta, Ga. Loi Rate Excursion Tito A KD THROUGH CARS TO CHICAGO AND THE WORLD'S FAIR. The Queen and Crescent Route, widely known as the road running the "Finest Trains tn the South," is in the field to carry every? body from the South to the World's Fair at Chicago. No part of the Southern country is left uncared for by this great railway and its connections. The Through Car System is an admirable exposition of the wonderful capa? bilities of American railroading. From New Orleans and Birmingham Through Sleeping Cars mn daily via Cincinnati to Chicago without change. From Shreveport, Vicksburg and Jackson another Through Sleeping Car Line comes to join and become a part of the magnificent Vestibuled Through Trains, which passing through Birmingham and the famous Wills Valley of Alabama, is joined at Chattanooga ny the train from Jacksonville, Fla., Bruns? wick and Atlanta, Ga., over the E. T. V & Ga , Ry., aud proceeds north over the beauti? ful Cincinnati Southern, through the grand? est natural scenery and most attractive historical country in the world, to Oakdale, wbere two magnificent Pullman Cars are re? ceived, coming from the Richmond ?Danville System from Charleston. S. C., through Columbia, S. C., the beautiful French broad country, and Asheville, N. C., and Knoxville, Tenn., one car to Cincinnati, the oiher via Louisville te Chicago. The Sleeping Cars from Jacksonville, Savaonah and Macon also run through to Chicago via Ciocinnati with? out change The time to Chicago is made so as to afford the most convenient hours for departures from the principal cities, and arrivals io Chicago. Passengers can purchase tickets good over one line north of the River, and returning via another if they desire a variable route with? out extra charge. Or they can go via Cincin? nati, returning via Louisville or vice versa. Round trip tickets on sale at reduced rates. Agents of the Chicago line will, on request, assist in looking up rooms cr accommodations for visitors to the Fair. Everything that an almost perfect system can devise to deserve the praise and patron? age of the traveling public has been provided. Any of the agents of the company named below, will cheerfully give all possible information and assistance. R. FI. GARRATT, New Orleans, La., I. HARDY, Vicksburg, Miss. J. R. MCGREGOR, Birmingham, Ala. E. T. CHARLTON, Chattaouooga, Tenn. W. I). Coz ATT, Junction City, Ky. D. G. EDWARDS, Cincinnati, Ohio, or any Agent of the E. T. V. ?Ga. Ry. Order Your PROVISIONS AND GROCERIES FROM GEO. f. STEFFENS & Wholesale Agents, Charleston, S. C. -Agents fur MOTT'S CIDER, RED SEAL CIGARS, and DOVE HAMS. Ripans Tabules euro colic Ripans Tabules cure nausea. Ripans Tabules euro the blues. Ripans Tabules cure headache liipaus Tabules cure jaundice Become afflicted and remain so, suf? fering untold miseries from a sense of delicacy they cannot overcome. BRADFIELD^ FEMALE REGULATOR, by stimulating an 3 arousing to healthy action all her organs, f ACTS A8 A ttPECtFlc? It canses health to bloom on the cheek, and joy to reign throughout the frame. It never fails to cure. Tte Best Me?c?ne erer Hats for Werna. "My wife has been under treatment rf lead' physician* titree years, without benefit. ?fUr ut three bottles of Brad field's Few we 2?"Oul< thc con (toter own cooking, milking and w'tuJii N. S. BKTXX, Henderson, .-" . BRADFIELD REGULATOR CO. * Sold by druggie .* *. . JOHNSON'S MAGNETIC OIL! instant Killer of Pain. Internal and External. Cures KHEUMATI8M. IflETJRAL GIA, Lame Back, Sprainn, Braises, ^Swellings, Sti3 Joints, COLIC and .?CRAMP8 inutently. Cholera Mor? bus, Cronp.Diptheria, Sore Throat _HEADACHE, as if by magic. THEHORSE BRAND,S5??*5B?& the mostPowerful and PenetratmgLiniinentfor Man or Beset in existence. Large H iize 75c, 60c size 40c. JOHNSON'S ORIENTAL SOAP. Medicated and Toilet. The Great akin Cure and Face Beautifier. Ladies will find it the most delicate and highly perfumed Toilet Soap on the market. It is absolutely pure. Makes the skin ?oft and velvety and restores the lost com* {ifexion: is a luxury for the Bath for Infants, t alays Itching, cleanses the scalp and promotes the growth ol hair. Price 25c Eor aale by DR. A. J. CHINA? SUMTER, S. C. NEW MARBLE WORKS, COMMANDER & RICHARDSON, LIBERTY STREET, SUMTER, S. C. WE HAVE FORMED A CO-PARTNERSHIP For the purpose of working Marble and Granite, manufacturing Monuments, Tombstones, Etc, And doing a General Business tn that lise. A complete workshop bas been fitted up on LIBERTY STREET, NEAR POST OFFICE And we are now ready to execute with promptness all orders consigned to os. Satis? faction guaranteed. Obtain our price before placing an order elsewhere. W. H. COMMANDER, G. E. RICHARDSON. Jnne 16. ANNOUNCEMENT. ROBERT T. CARR, Desires to inform the public that be 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 tn Electric Bells, Annunciators, Speakine Tubes, &c. ROBT. T. CARR. Shop at J. B. Carr's Mill. Communications ?eft 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. DUB. klU DENTIST. Office OVER BROWN & (BROWN'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. Ii. E. LcGRAND, Manufacturing Jeweler, Watchmaker and Engraver, At 0. E. Stubbs' office, MAIN STREET, SUMTER, S. C. Livery, M and Dray Stallte 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 bas 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 GINNERS! IAM PREPARED, with the best appli? ances so far known to renovate Gin Saw Te^h, Stripped and Broken Teeth cut in with "< .^.p aod die, Short and Misshaped Teeth aimed cut and shaped with reciprocating fii?. gummer, and all teeth pointed with Duplex filer, making the round or needle point. Eleven years experience warrants me in guaranteeing satisfaction. Telegraph and P. 0. address, St. Charles, Sumter County, S. C. J. MERRICK REID. May 17._ Are Yoi an?(Mat PA? The genius 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 entertainmeat in it. Tbe old and learned will find as much mystery in it as the young and unsophisti? cated. This great puzzle is the property of the New York Frees Club, for whom it was invented by Samuel Loyd, tbe 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 successful puzzle solvers. Ten Cent8 sent to "Pren Club Building and Charity Fund," Temple Court, New York City will get you the new mystery bv return mail. FIRST CLASS JOB WOflK AT BOTTOM PRICES* WATCHI11?N ANB Ni) UT RON JOB OFFICB SUMTER, S. C for Infants and Children? '* Caator?a i? so well adapted to children thai I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me." H. A. ASCHER, 3L D.F 111 So. Oxford St, Brooklyn, N. Y. "The use or 'Castoria is so universal and its 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." CASLOS HABTOC, D. D., Kew York City. Castoria cures Colic, Constipation, Botir Stocaach. rfcj-rhcea, ErnetaiioCL, SSO? Worms, gives sleep, and promote* di? gestion, Without injurious medication. "For several years I hare recommended your ' Castoria,1 and shall always continue ta clo so as it hos invariably produced bensflciat results.** Tang F. Pansxc, X. DM 123th Street and 7th ?ve" Kew York City, Tux CtoTi.cs COKPAXT, 77 MURRAY STREET, KEW YORK Crrr. u Wallonie I ^?HILLS,/1ALAKIA-i/ ^BILIOUSNESS. N fls pleasant aslw?f\Syrup. f\ that the Tasteless Chill Tonic which Isa? given such universal satisfaction, as? which von hear your neighbors taTfring about is GROVE'S. TO get the origma! T and genuine Tasteless Chill Tonic, al? ways ask for GROVE'S, and don't accept cheap, untried substitutes, claiming ta be just as ?ood. Grove's Tasteless ChillTomc holds tull 6 OZS. and contains ?3 doses, while many of the new, untried tasteless tonics only hold 4# ozs. and contains but twenty-four to thirty doses. Grove's Tonic is as large as atrv dol? lar tonic and retails for 50 cents. Manufactured by P?R18 MEDICINE COMPANY, St. Louis, Mo. Sold by all Bruggia** X S. HTOHSON & GO. Typewriter Headquarters. J. W. GIBBES & CO., 101 MAIN STREET, COLUMBIA, Sa C. SOOTH CAROLINA AGENTS FOR THE "DENSM08E,? The Twentieth Century Typewriter. WE fill orders promptly for all kiods of Typewriter novelties and supplies for all Machines and for Mimeographs and Neos ty \es. The DENSMORE is the latest achievement of the Densmore family, by whoo its predecessor, the Remington, was developed. It bas fixed type-bar hangers? and non-vibrating-two points which insure lasting alignment. It is the ?Ott 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 IG Densmores in operation at the World's Fair, the New York Central and Hud sou River Railroad, R. G. Dun & Co's Mercan tile Agency. Some of the users of the Densmore in Columbia, are : j The Evening Journal, Jones k Mixson's Business College and Typewriting ; School, Richmond and Danville Railroad, Master of Trains' Office, Judge 8. W. Melton, Union Central Life Insurance Company, Benedict Institut? and others. We can supply dealers at good discount. "TIE SON DO ll" WELL ! NOW ! ! Whether the Sun do more, 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 niust 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 le? than $2.50 to $3.00. It's just the finest in town. Our Ladies5 Button Shoes at $1.26, Are Beauties. Just come in and examine these Shoes before you buy. They are ail 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 ?tl Dyspepsia, Liver Complaint, Chronic Hepatitis, Jaundice, Torpor of Liver nod General Debility, following upon Malarial Diseases, Dropsy, Diarrhoea, Dysentery, Constipation, Hemorroida Uterine, Renal and Cystic Diseases, Hotnataria, Rheumatism, Catameniai Derangement, and OTHER FEMALE COMPLAINTS, Highly recommended by the medical profession. For circulars containing certificates, etc., apply tn Paul Simpson, GLENN SPRINGS, & 0, -FOR SALE BY Dr. A. J. China, Dr. McKagen, J. S. Hughson & Co., j. ? W. DeLem* and W. R. Delgar, Jr.