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REV DR. TALMAGE.I TIIK XOTKI> I>KY INK'S SI N DAY SKItMON \ Text: "Anil when the child was crrown. it foil on a <lay that ho wont out to his father to the reapers. Ami ho said unto his father, ray head, my head! And ho said to a lad. carry him to his mother. And when ho had takon him and brought him to Ids mother ho sat on her knoos till noon, and then died."? II KinKs lv.. 18, 19. '2d. Thorn is ih least one happy homo in Shu- | nnm. To I.. ' ...u .. Auimuco ami splendor of a grent house hud been given tlie ml vent of a child. Even when the Angel of "Life brings a new soul to tho poor man's hut. a star of joy shines over tho manger. Infancy, with its helplessness anil innocence, had parsed away. Days of boyhood had come?days of laughtor and frolic, dnys of sunshine and promise, dnys of strange questions and curiosity and quick development. I suppose among all the treasures of tho house the brightest wns the boy. Ono day tliero is the shout of reapers heard nlleld. A hoy's heart always bounds at tho sound of 9icklo or scythe. No sooner have tho harvesters 4 cut a swath ncros? tho fluid than tho lad joins them, and fuo swathy reapers fuel young again as they look down at that lad, as young and beautiful as was Ruth in the harvrst Holds of Bothlehem gleaning after tho reapers. But tho sun was too hot for htm. Congestion of tho brain seized on him. I sec the swarthy laborers drop their sickles; and they rush out to see what Is tho matter, and they fan him and thoy try to coot liis brow; but all is of uo avail, lu the instant of consciousness, he puts his hands against his temples and cries out: '-My head! my head!" And the father said: "Carry him to his mother." just as any father would have said: for our hand is too rough, and our voice is too harsh, and our foot is too loud to doctor a sick child, if there bo in our home a gentler voice una a gentlor band and a stiller footstep. Hut all of no avail. While the reapers of Khunom | were lnisv in 11"? 0..1.1 ? ..irr'rniaoa stronger I reaper that way, with keener scythe ami for ' a dehor harvest. Ho reaped only odo slioaf. but ob, what a golden slioaf was" that! I do not want to know any more about that heart breaking scene than what 1 see in just this nun pathetic sentence: "Ho sat on her knees till noon, anil Ihon tlioil." Though hundreds I of years have passed away since that hoy skipped to the harvest-lleid and then was brought home and died on his mother's lap. lhe story gtl'.l thrill" >" i*".'.::.!', uus 31 cfia ,ui uitvuy? anil ov.--3 . Tshall! now speak to you of childhood: its beauty, iis susceptibility p, impression, its power ovor tl>* parental Iteatt, and its b.issfttl lfC.Tisttion from earth to heaven. The ohtld's beauty does not depend upon! form or feature or romp'exion or apparel. I That destitute one that you saw on the | street, bruised with unkiudncss and in rags, i has a charm about her, even under her UC3* | titutiou. Yen have forgotten a great many i persons whom you met,of llnelveut features and with erect posture and with iaultJess ' complexion. while you will always rcrueui- ! ber the poor girl who, on a eo d. moonlight night, as you were passing late home, in her thin shawl and barefoot on the pavement, put out her hand and said "Please to give i mo a penny." Ah' how nflen we have i walked on and said: "Oil, that is nothing but street vagabondism;" but after we got a block or two on, we stopped and said: "Ah. that is not right;" and we passed up tiiat same way nud dropped a mite into that suf- j fering hand, as though it were not a matter j of second thought, so ashamed were we of J our hard henrtedness. With what admira- j tiou wo all look upon a group of children i on the play ground or in the school, audi wo clap our hands ijbnost involun- j tarilv, and say: "How beautiful!" Al? > stiffness and dignity are gone, and I your shout is heard with theirs and | you trundle their hoop, and ily I their kite, and strike iheir ball, ami all your j weariness and anxiety are gone as when a i child you hounded over tho playground I yourself. That father who stands rigid and ! unsympathetic amid tho sport fulness of oliil- ! dren, < light nevor to have I cen tempted out ! of a crusty and unrodeenuible solitariness 1 Tho waters leap down the rocks, but tbev ; have not tho grneoful step of ehildbo .>l. ; The morning comes of the gates ?>f tinEast, throwing its silver on "the lake uinl il> ( gold on tho towers and its tiro on the clou.I but it is not so bright and beautiful as the j morning of life! There is no light like that which is kindled in a child's eye, dor like that which blooms on a child's cheek, no music liko the sound of a child's voice. Its faeo in the poorei picture redeems any > imperfection in art. When we are we.irv with toil, their little hands pull the burden- I off our hack. Oh, what a dit'l, slab-, mean ' World this would bo without tin- sport sullies* of children. When I find pontile that : do not like children, I immediately doubt . tlioir moral and Christian character. i?ui when the grace of ilod conies neon a child. I how iinspeakahly attractive. When Samuel j I,....:..... " 111 prnv, a;i'i innolliv licgins io r< a I the Scriptures, and Joseph simwi Silix-clf I invulnerable to temptation -how beautift'.l 1 the scene! I know that parents sometimes I got nervous whan their children bee cue j pious, because they have the id?'a that ;.mo i children always die. Tlx* strange questions about God and eternity and the dead, excite apprehension in the parental mind rather than congratulation. Indued, there are some people that seem marked for heaven. Tills world is too poor a garden for them to bloom in. The hues of heaven are in the petal*. There Is something about their forehead that makes you think that the hand of Christ has been on it. raying: "Let this one come to Me, and let it come to Me soon." While that one tarried ill the house you felt there was au angel in the room, and you thought that evjry sickness would be the J last; and when, finally, the winds of death did scatter tho leaves, you were no more surprised thun to see a star come out above the loud on a dark night; for you hid often said to your companion: "My dear, we shall never raise that child." But I scout the idea that goad children always die. SSnmuel the pious hoy, became Samuel the great prophet, Chriatnin Timothy became a minister at Ephesiis. Young Daniel, consecrated to God, became prime minister of all the realm, and there are in hundreds of the schools and families of this country to-day children who love God and keep Ifis commandments, and who are to be foremost among iho Christians and the philanthropists and the reformers of the next century. Phe grace of God never kills nnyot-o A child will tie mere apt to grow up with religion than it will be apt to grow up without it. Length of days is promised totho righteous. The religion of Christ toes not cramp tile chest or curve the spine or weaken the nerves. There are no malarias flouting up from tli" rivor of life. Tho re'igion of Christ OVrt l* !li*i "t It#-- .v# .. -t-:l - - limn .inn inn ?! ii mm n supernal beauty. "Iter ways are wave of piimoanlnoa, ami all her paths urn pence." I puss on to consider tin1 suseeptlbilit v of ? !?11<Ilioo"1. 5lou pride themselves 011 their iinehungouhility. 1 hey will makean elaborate a'^iinifnt to prove that they think now jnM as t hoy did twenty yoars ago. It is charged to frailty or framt whan a man changes his sent inmnts in politics or in religion. ami it is this dptermiuntlnn of soul that so niton drives hack the gospel from a man's heart. It is so hard to make avarice charitable, and fraud honest, and pride humble, nnd skepticism Christina. Tim sword of (iod's truth seems to glnnen off from those mailed warriors, and the Imlmet seems l>attlr-proot against Ood's Pattle-aw 11 :t childhood how sll?cpptih|o to example and to instruction! You are not surprised at ilierteord. "Al>rahnm begat Isaae. and isaae begat Jacoh;'' for when religion starts in a family, it is apt to go all through, .fczel?el. a murderess, you are not surprised to find her son Jehorum attempting assassination. Oh, what a responsibility upon the 4>arejit and the teacher! The musician | touches tho keys. ?md the response of the*" keys is awnv off amid tho i?i(>*??* ami the J chords. and you wouder at tho distance uptwwri tho key and tho ohord. And so it is in li'e, ir you touch a child. the result will come l>a -k from manhood or old ng-\ tolling just tin* tuno plavod, whether tlin dirge of a (Treat sorrow or tho anthem oT a great joy. The word that tho Sabbath-school teacher * will tills aftornoou whisper la tho oar of tho class, will ho echoed back from everlasting ages of light or darkness. Tho liomo and the school decide tho ropublie or tho despot- n ism: tho barbarism or tho civilisation; tho | upbuilding of an oinpiro, or tho overthrowing of it. Higher than Parliament or Congress arc tho school and the family, and llio sound of a child's foot may mean more than tho Iranip of a host. What, thou, are you doing for tho mrrposo oT bringing your cnlldron into tho Kingdom of God: If thov aro tl so susceptible, and if this is tho very host 'I thno to act upon their eternal interests, what aro you doing by way of right impulsion? There were some harvesters in tlio fields of c Scotland one hot day; and Hannah Lemond n was helping them gather tlte liny. She laid J her babe under a tree. While she was liusy In tho Hold, thoro was a flutter of wings in , tllA ill r nrwl n 1.1..........1?-O.. ?,1 . 1 1 ll dling band of tho babe, ami flew away with t! it to the mountain eyrie. All tlie harvesters ami Hannah Lomond started for tho cliffs. . It was two miles beforo tlioy came to the -1 foot of the cliffs. Getting thore, who dared to mount the cliffs? No human foot had ever trod it. Thore were sailors thore who y had gone up tho mast In the day of terrible ' temped: they did not daro risk it." Hannah ?> Letnoud sat there for a while and looked np lj uud saw the eagle in the eyrie, and then y she leaped to her feet. and she started up where no humnn foot had ever c trod, crag abovo crag, catching hold of this I root or that root, until she reached the .j oyrie and caught her babe, the t-uglo swooping in IWeonrss all around about her. ? Fastening the cliil I to her back, she sturtod 1 for her friends and for home. Oh. what a n dizzy descent! sliding from tills crag to that ^ crag, catciiing by that vino anil by that root, coming down further and further, to the most dangerous pass, where she found a |i goat and some kids. She said: "Now I'll n follow the goal; tho goat will know just which is the safest way down;" and she was F led by tho anima" down to tho plain. When ^ she got there, all tho people cried: "Thank 1< God! thauk God!" her strength not giving ai way until the rcseuo was effected. And they cried: "Stand back, now. Give lior air!" Oh, if a woman will do that for the physical B' life of Iter child, what will you do for tho 0 eternal life of your boy and your gir<? Get it not be told in tho great day of eternity that Hannah Lemond put forth morn exertion for the saving of the physical life of fj her child than you. O parent, have over put forth for the eternal life of your little one. God help yon! I 9 on to consider the power which a it eiiinl wields over the parental heart. Wo . ^ often talk about the influence of parents up- ] \ on children. I never heard anything said 1 about tho full nonce of children upou they . S parents. You go to smool to them. You uo f] more educate them than thoy educate you. i With their little bauds they have caught holil of your entire nature and von cannot o wrench yourself away from their grasp. You a are different men ami women from what you c wore Ve'ore they gave you the tlrsl lesson. They have revolutionize I your soul. There c are fountains of joy in your heart which (' >v?Mim iitiw u'*'?n ?ii"?tfovor?M n;ui liiey a no; discovery I tlioni. Life is to you a more .1 stupendous tiling than ii was before those little feet started on the pathway to etornitj,, t Oti. bow many hopes, how many .joys, hot, jt many solitudes Unit lit tin 0:10 ha ; created in I your soul! Y01 go to seho 1 very day? a school of sell-denial, a school of patience, in I1 which you are getting wiser day hy day: and ]| that inllueucu of the ehil I over you w U in- a roase and increase: and though your children may die. from the very throne of God r thev will reach down an influence to your <t soul, leading you on and lea Hot; yon up au- p til you nr.ugle with their voica.5 utid sit luside tli'*-thrones. ' The grasp which Hie chill has over the Ii parent's heart is seen in what tli? parent L will do for the <'liild Storm and darkness a and lient and eohl are notVng to you if they stand between you and your child's welfare. 8 A great lawyer, when yet unknown, 0110 day c stood in the court room and made an clo- * quent pica licfore some men of great legui attninmenis; and a gem email said to litm ^ afterward: "How could vou be so ealm A standing in that august prcseneeV" "Oh," v said Kr-kiiie. felt my children pulling at <i inv skirts crying for bread." What stream \vd! you not swim, what cavern tvill you uot 8 enter, what hattle will v<>u not light, want ^ hunger will you not euiiuro for >0111 ehil- ]( dren? Your ehihlrcii.' Your children must have bread though you starve. Your ehildren mn-t iie well clothe I though you go in ? r;igs. You say: "My children shall l.c cdu- r cited though I never had anv chance. ' What to you are weary inn's, an I aching head, and hinds lrir.Pn"d and cnllons, if * only tne we'fnre ?>i your children can he t wrought out by iiV I'lnur sorrow is your sorrow, their j ?y your joy. tiieir a Iv.tiwe- . ni"iit your victory. And. oh. when the last .sickness eomes. how you llgiit bartk llm u miireh of d sense, and it is only after a ire- y menthols struggle that yon surrender. And ! 1 then wlieu the spirit litis fl Ml, 1I10 great iliop 1 is hro ..-n up. and ISaehot will mu he coat- ! 11 nirted lieeau'e her children are not, an I | 11 David goes up ihu panic* stairs, crying- j v "(Hi. Visaloai, my son, niv son. would '.Jo I , I had died for thee, oh. Ah-aioa>. my - in, * tny son." The brightest lights that cm he kindled. a Dhrist has kindled, let us. oht and young, ? rejoice that h- uvea is gathering up s > much that is attractive. In that far land we arc no: si rangers. There itro those there who u speak our name day by day. and thev won- 0 iter why so long we tarry. If I could count up the names of all those who navo gone 8. out from these families into the kingdom of J) heaven, it wou'd take me all day to mention j] their names. A great multitude hsfore the tiirone. You loved tlieui ouee; you love them now; and ever and anou von think you hear their voices calling you upward. Ah, yes, they have gone out from all these families, r .'..n I.-. a- t..11 . .... .,r >... .1.. I v lug experience of Christian children. You have heard it; it Iris hem whispered In your ear, O father, O mother, O brother. O sister. Toward that stood Ian i all Christians are hearing. This snapping of heart-striu-.-s, tIlls 1 lliglit of years, this tread of the heart reaiinds ^ us that wo nre passing away. Under sprint: blossoms, and through summer harvests,and f across autumnal leaves; and through the wintry snowbanks, we are passing on. Oh. ? rejoice at it. children of Ood, rejoice at it! How wo shut! gather them up, the loved and f j the lost! before we mount our throne, he- ' ] fore we drink of the fountain, before we > i strike the harp of our eternal celebration, ! we will cry out: "Where are our loved and lost?" And then, how we snail gather them ; ( up' Oh, how we shall gather the;n up! \ ^ In this dark world of sin and pain j ; We :nly meet to part again; ! < ltut when we reach the heavenly shore j We there shall meet to pan no more. Tip* hope that we shall see that day t Should chase our present grofsaway; When these short yours of pain are past t ' We'll meet before the throne at last. i < Colli Weather in Soutli Atrica. At Jlnc-town and Prioska. in South Africa, 1 the season hits been so cold that over 1000 ostriches, 10.0o0sho*'p au?i 500 head "of cnttle and horses have perished. To add to the troubles of the farmers, millions of springboks made their appearance, and not only l devoured the veld that Wtls loft, but drove , the wild ostriches. A Waterloo Dniinmer Dr.nl. At (inecnstown. in the (?npo Colonv, there , died tlio other <l:tv h Wnterloo veteran in the ] person of ;t Mr. Morton, who win* in his ninety-fifth year. Deceased was n drummer hoy, ami was present in that capacity nt the battle of Waterloo. He was lately in receipt of u pension of $50 a year from the War ' Ofliee. J CHE STATE . , PENSION BOARD. ( i >KFENDKD BY TIIK COSIP- 1 TBOLLEB-OBMKBAL. I \ i ts Work Was a Labor of Love, But j Was Accomplished Un<ler lin- j meiiHO Dlflleult ies. | < Tberc bns been dissatisfaction with J bo work of the State Pension Board. ^ "bin dissatisfaction has been confined ^ l> those who did not realizo the difll- j ulties under which the Board labored y nd the amount of work it had to do. n reply to a letter of complaint, | /omptroller-Oeueral Nortou, a mem?er of the Pension Board, has writtou bo following defense of its work: Columbia, S. C., Aug. 22. 1896. Jr. IP. <*'. liriffon, J'k'j., Jtarnwcll, 1 S. ('. Dear Sir: The application of B. M. 1] till was duly received and "approved" 1 : f I.J- A ? ' 'J IUU Ituuo nun II illii IJIllIU" Id IU>1 UU ist Bent to the Clerk of Court of Barurell it 18 mearely bccauso of n clerical rror in copying names. If the County loard will givo us tlio names of all cnsioners on roll of 1895 which they pproved and have been left off roll of 89G by error there cr here wo will dd their names to the roll and also B. I. Still's. When an application was disaprovcd for any cause, it regularities in pplicatiou, such as failure to liavo apilication sworn to by applicant or itness, or the County Board to give ?gal reasons for approving claim, or lie Auditor's certificate not uttached, jo much property, or any other cause, itch names cannot be added to the roll f 189(5, as much as wo might bo leased to do so. Wo are not surprised at dissatisfacion nor aro yonr people more dissatis,ed than the State Board. This Board aunot please everybody and obey tho iw. If we had $1,009,000 instead of 100,000 and ample tinio and clerical j orce, wo miglit ltope to please for a Lort time a few claimants. Neither of iieso is at our command. Tho Legisituro fixed tho amount at 3100,000, pened the doors of three classes, A,B nd C, and provided about ouo dozen i onditions to tho class, gavo us prncti- | j ally no help (only SI00) and said you l . we) should look into all these classed j . in* tuiiuuiuua aim jirurmu uuii pay OUI I liis money by Juno 15. Wo did not, i | ml could not do po until July 15. Wo net could not return defective applicaions for corrections and could not ap- ( irovo when not folly in accord with the ?w. The result is many good men nd women failed to bo placed on the oil, deserving men aud widows. How ! ould or can the Stuto Hoard help I ! jatters? What could they do? Sim- I ilv do the best they could under the I ?w. We were "cussed" by hundreds I , lecauso wo were slow, as they charged, ' ml could not pay out tho money ooner. Hundreds now "cuss" us be- | ause wo paid out the money too soon, j Cussed" wo are doomed to be, do ns | re may. A majority of tho Stat? I , toard ure old soldiers and sympathize ! .itli their brother Confeds of course, j , 'he other is a sou of a Confederate oldier. Supposo, my friend, the ' Hate Hoard were indifferent and al- ! owed all kinds of applicants to pass, rhero would we land? Deserters, liens, prostitutes, women ncvor mar- i ied and heaven knows what all we i ould have on the rolls. Tho situsion has developed some bold charncers in these matters. No application has passed us unless >y mistake, except such that criminal ' ctiou would lie if fraud should be do- : 1 eloped hereafter, as it would bo our ! luty to have prosecuted any ouo oi i nore swearing falsely to obtain this < noney, this bounty of the State, to her ; mrlhv indigent soldiers and their . idows. You will sco that we have great causo s aStato Hoard to bo dissatisfied and ympatbizo accordingly with your disntistied neighbors. It has been with s a work of love, ns wo have received | uly cusses for our efforts, work and ympathies. Of this wo do not eomilaiu, but witli a consciousness of Lavng done our duty fully and fearlessly uder tho law, wo rest there, Respectfully, James Norton, 'omptrollcr General, for State Hoard 1*AIjMKTTO clippings. Bonds having been voted, it will onv be a few months before Newberry svill have u good system ?<f waterworks ind electric lights. On Sopteinber 4th Aaron Duflic will i*ng for tho murder of young Hargrove, the chningnug guard, in April, rhis inakrH the second hanging for S'ewberry in twenty years. (lovernor Kvans has appointed A. B. | ["argile to be magistrate^ at lied Bank, j ho county seat of the new county of j tabula. 1'hiH is tho first judge to es- > tablish a court on tho historic ground I where the county seot ia established. I Will Bugcss, special constable, while ittempting to arrest dohu Garrison, colored, near Beaver Dam, Barnwell jonnty. was forced to ahoot hia man ! who resisted vigorously. Tho ball i 'truck Garrison in tho mouth, knock- | ing out two of his teeth and cut oft" his } tongue. At Bntesburg, Andrew ('order, a | ....... 41... ...... AT- U.. I rison ('order, it wealthy citizen, acei dentally ahot hitnaclf while guarding tomo convict laborers. Ho seems to bavo boon standing on a stump when It in gun slipped and was discharged. About 18 buckshot passed up through bis body, ITo died in 15 miuutos. Kxport Oh, any fool can ride a bb yele. Discouraged tyro - Ami nobody lint a fool would ever try to ride one.? Boston Transcript. WKATMKK-VKOP HI'IjLKTIN L>f the South Curollmi Climate nut Crop Service. There was little change iu crop con iftions as compared with the previous week, but the tendeucy was still down' ward. While the heat had moderatei to about normal for a portion of th< week, the otbor adverse couditiou, lronght, became intousified. The ef tacts of the Yather copious rainfall o! he .previous week wero scarcely noticeable, especially ol. tko principal jrops, and it is the general opinion o! the correspondents of this servico tlia ;otton is too nearly matured to bo ben ifited by rain, should it come soon, ti the extent of startiug new growth Late corn has also passed the stag< shore rain would benelit it. Other crops, forage and root, wouli t>o greatly helped by ruin and coole: weather. Tho last of the late fodder is bcinf pulled from corn in the "up counties,' ind this work is practically liuished it other portions of the State. it is now possible to gain a fair esti mate of this year's corn crop, am most reports would indicate a ful iverago crop. This applies without qualification to the enrly corn, bui late corn is not 60 uniform in con lition. In localities it is a coinplet< failure and a partial fniluro in others, raking late and early corn together, md including all sections of tho State, the yield will fall considerably below in average. Tho first fodder wai saved in excellent condition, but thai being pulled now is dried and burned 5r fired. All tho reports on cotton for the pnsl wreck would indicate a decline in coalition, although not a marked or deeded ono. In a few localities a fresh jning up of the plnut, with a show of darting new growth is noticed, due tc the rains of the previous week, but at i rale the*o is no promise of any topjrop. Cotton continues to open very fast, and picking was very active ovei the entire State. A remarkably lattro nrounrtinn ?-?f il>?> Iw.lli ire open even after nllow ince is made for the cnrliuesi tbo season. Blooms are now i rarity in many fields, where in ordi nary years thero is a profusion at u jorrcsponeing date. This gives emphasis to the reports from nil portion; nf the State varying in expression but bearing tho same tenor, that cotton has done all it will do and that rnic would do very little good. Thero art niauy reports of dwurfed bolls, and premature opening, and correspond ents, without exception, forecast r short crop. Sea Island cotton con tinucB to fruit and iM doing fairly wcl although there are complaiuts of shed ding. The first bag of Sea Island cot ton was received in Charlotte lust week Rico harvest continues under veri favorable weather conditions and tht reports from all rice sections iudicatt a satisfactory crop. Peas have not done well owing t< the heat and dryness, although thei condition varies greatly in diflercn localities. Tobacco curing is nearly finishei and while tho crop was well up to ai average in quantity the quality wai inferior. In portions of Florenco to bacco is left standing in tho lields ai it win not pay to cure it. Sugar cane and Borgbum, while ii appearance a liuo crop, are drying uj and promise very ltitle sap. Sweet potatoes would be greutlj helped by general rains. The tubert are generally undersized. It baR been too dry in most section for sowing turnips and other fall roo crops, and where bowu poor stand havo been attained. Pindors poor. Grass for hay no growing well. J. W. Bauer, Section Director. Fix-Governors of Vermont. There are living at the present lint eleven ex-Governors of Vernioiu. Tli venerable war Governor of the Slate I'Todoriek llolbrook, is si ill living a llratth'horo. lie was eleeted to oiliei thirty-live years ago. and is the okles of those who have tilled Vermont's ex erntive chair, tieorge \V. Hendoe. o Morrlsville, tilled out the unexpirei term of Peter T. Washburne, who dioi In ISTn, aiul John \V. Stewart, of Mid dlehury, was Governor from 1X70 t( 1S7'2. In 1S7S Senator ltedtield l'ror lor. President Harrison's Seeretary o War, was eleeted Coventor. His sue erasers. all of whom an? livinp. wer lloswell Knrnhnin of Bradford. .John I. Barstow of Shelburno. Samuel K. I*i 11 pree of Hartford. Kbenezer ,1. Ortns lx'o of Br.'NKloii. William 1*. IMllinplinn of Witerbnry. Carrol S. Cape of Hydi Park, anil Lei i Iv. Culler of Brattle boro. "I'd like to be a mail," she said, ri pretfully. ' ! like you better as yo are." he replied: and her smile mail it evident t'uat. after all. she was tliot ouphly satistied with affairs as the stood. Philadelphia North Aniefiean. Shortson Shyson, until now I hav never felt oldiped to a>k you for loan. Shyson And. stranpe to sat Shortson. until now I have never fe ohliped to refuse you. Uoxhury (J: zef to. ^HVUU Blood is what Rives strong nerves, viRor, vita! It y. Good blood and Rood health come by takin Hood's Sarsaparilla Be snro to Ret Hood's and only HOOD'S tleo?l'?*PllU ?*u kur favorite family cat L arm i ID ; |? Pistols i I W < " The' duelling pist place, in the museui ^ Illy barbarism. Tho j 1 ^ the pestle that tu f (;^') to bo shot like bul t liver. But the post will bo, probably, u ,the virtue of Ayer'a treat the liver as a i (p% Instead of driving i comP?tinded on the wsjp its work thorough /j%\ obstructing conditio are removed, the li\ ' When your liver \ , Viy that will," | ^ Ayer'^sCa i Loo' b fitl- For Imitations of Hf Premium No. i i IP ask for, and see t M cle made by p Walter Bakf.r & C j _________ i p1* [ (Pure Vegetable!ex J ffHB ; CURESfSM ASK YOUR D i 9 ? ? "Water A?l?fp. 1 Oipv then* whs n little girl who si j thai Ire was water gene to sleepRe war* of Ointment* for Catarrh II J , Couiatn Mercery, I as mercury will surely destroy tlto sense r | uncMaiidcompletelvdernngethowholenynt ! *'lic:i entering it throu^n the mucous surfs. ' : Such articles should never l?e used except prescriptions from reputable puysiciuns,as I damage they will do is tun fold to the pood ; H can posdbly derive from them. Hall's Cata t, Oure, manufactured oy F. J. Cheney & < Toledo, O., contains no mercury and is ta! s intornally, acting directly upon the blood i mucous surface-, of tins 8>steru. In i?u> Hall's Catarrh Cure be sura to gettkegenu t 11 is t ikon internally, and is made in'I oh Ohio, by F. J. Cheney & Co. Test.lunnials fi {sold by Druggists, price 7"c. jmr bottle. Hull's Family Fills are the best. The 1.tulles. i The plen^nn; elicit u <i pctfo -:i Tty \ | v hich ludics intl.k uvc S\ it: ;i of Fit's. ft lr | :ilt coinli inn?. make* it their 1'iivnr.|c iv . ;dy. To ?et the true anil genuine arth-ir. I ' for the name of the California Fit; .*?> 1 1 com pains. printed near ti.e bottom f 1 Mo Uauc. F r sale by all rc-pori^ihle < i j""' Spain is said to he piling up a big claim f , damages against this eouutrv. I i 1 Dobbins' Kloatinir-Borax Soap b?* not atom of adulteration in it. It i? Itw l*r o l>ure. Try it on ?. lie sure you K?t the y. ine Your Krorer lias it, or will get 't lor ! Wrapper* printed iti red. Tim J*pRit?e Diet votod nt iti last swss (46.000,000 for the construction of iftllroi telegraph* and cable*. FITSstnpyed f repaint i?eriiinii*nt I J" cured. - ' fits after first day V use o' lis. Klim'sOu . I NtCHVcRirroKix. Free|Sn i \l bolt.amid tr ise. Send to Dr. Kline. ISII Arch M . Phlla., Mrr. \Vlnsln?w'? !*rn:thina Syrup for obltrt '* reetliing.softenstlie Ku'tk*. reduce* ir.lMim '.ion. allays pain, cut e* ? .ml colic. IV. u hot Pis *s cure for t'onsii in nt ion has save' | many a doctor's l?ill. S. K. Hahpy. ilop! Place, Halt itnorc, Md*. Dw.J, IKIM. U | ^t- Vitus' Dance. One bottle Dr. Kenn suet ilic cures. Circular. Prcdonia. N. Y '- [ If afflicted witli sore eyes use Dr. I. Tho . | son's Kyc water. Dru.':^ists sell at '.'V- a hot ENGINE! FOR GINNING. '' Most economical md datable. Cheapest and P. In the market for cadi. V A It IA Hl.K Kit It'Tl TKKII HAW .llll.l.S AMI STAMMRII 1 I I'hE.tlKM'NtlKMllt AI.I.Y. ."end furcatalo A. B. FARQUHAR CO.. Ltd., ~ t Feunaylraula Aeririillnral M arka. Yarli. Money in Chicken Af I or *?,?r. in I'Ainpi we Miitn lVf - , fiUK UuOK K'v"i<> (l>0 r?[x!ri< /jr* ' ^ of practicAi i'ou.wy lUiMrgf9? mnulrur, liul iiimm wori |. T lor dollar*. aim units?.lnr>u: * ^jrcur.. u leaulic" now 10 i?e f? jrnul ruro I'lsfisi s; fwl lorr. ^for r-.tlrnin^. WIi.'ii lowl lor linmuiuit; every lain ' I w f i.ulniteior i>ioiitai>? r-mitry i 14* ins. lloiiK i-l lll.lilll ' CO. 1J4 l.ianmM Sirrrl. Nn? I or.4. ind Pestles.., || .f 'ft W * ?* * V 61 now occupies its proper * n cf the collector of relics )istol ought to havo bccido rned out pills like bullots, lets at the targot cf tho le is still in evidence, and ntil .evc:ybody~hag tested-* sugar coateU pills. Thioy friend, rot as an enemy. t, they coax it. They are tfOh theory that tho liver doe3 ^5? ly and faithfully under ns, and if the obstructions rcr will do its daily duty. vants help, got "the pill /d||\ ithartic Pills, |j| Walter Baker 6c Co/s. II Chocolate. Always, I hat you get, the' arti-,:ffi o., Ltd., Dorchester, Mass.. St * * r ' * ? .? .. . ?? > '! JjUREE^ tract.?not, Intoxicating.) MEDJ3EASES! RUGGIST FOR,1| .J, \ 1 " . 1 j a lk, | Reliable ChgrlotteMgfCtaffls I (.all uii llu iii ui.ru >on k<> mm Iiuiioiu- N.?*. Wriu* i tin in if jtiiiilo i.<>i k<i. m il lun.i- y.nur opium Mint , liv. iiimU. In iiiu\Wiln?'ui!?r'rfiM ii.tiim lllinlVi UK'U j I!<? till* |>.i|4,r. | . ? ' MYMfTMP. ' K.<T \V?->l?K.'; 7?r.\'iu;I'TiFes ( 0f j tiUN 4 iiS W Wr ti- >) ! VVJ. A- ;T u> IV - 11V., J JIK J*-1-. ^itu j pn?VHYttOPi'" K?\\ in-iiNv I iviiIm u?*. ( Uftrll WfttlANii I'iniior. <) trnn-A liroli's. b! soda watft rrh' ! '^ ii I ii#"*.'?ii * s.-i'rtllo'.-i1 s(Mi- " u'?-? ? tint t wtitvh'p l*!i yrm.n,f! *<r. ke:i WJi/Hw wJWifll/ MuVv.MV?j -oh**- ^Lii*?tM?i lty in,i ,^ . . ?- . j_ KVI'I > i* IUIVI ItrtiMl- ?>i?rniis. OUtiulfcii I'lirti M< (Mnn;- iii-tiinY.* rdo, WW r"' '"V>t'- s- ? 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'J-;** TreaiftieVit: 14 b Indomrd ami I'hpiI by tin* iUivpr eminent In the Sohllers' nrtll ^aflora* National llnuiCR.i ? ; if von lire :<.'! !'< i???'l to'tlie )<"iQi*Ort, MOKif I'iii\K. \i. i.,\r()ANi;.M./ Mi,<*t< IS? (ormnk .m immaWo aiAir wimi to in- il.li'lt m it'n ! it t In. or i;n .?ii?n;iinl {sy'fl I" ami tj'fi iloia Crnuftftli ilMAible'OaiitTi r, am!" *A* suva ' fop information uui T1IK KKKLKY INSTIi;V^. T ( ** N?. \V?-.i corner litirly lind Marion Sfrec; i or Druvyer 'J7 ('oluu||)W: S.C- . ??< "z LEESViLLE COLLEGE. Nt" For terms of our SIX FHKK SCHOLARSHIPS to your county in Vocal Music. (>ii [Pointing, Prowing, iiook-keoping, Short-, hand, Type-writing, Telegraphy, and Pen; Art. write at once. No Competitive cxaminntiou. | L. B. HAYNES, A. M.. President* Lecsvillt. S. C.