The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, October 09, 1896, Image 7
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REV. DR. TALHAGE.
THE NOTED DEVINK'8 SUNDAY
8RR1ION.
Text; -"And I will mako thy windows of
agates, aud thy gates of oarbuneles."?Isa.
llv., 12.
Perhaps lxwauso a humaa disease of most
painful and ofttimos fatal chnractorie named
after it, the ohuroh and the world havo never
donejusttcetothat intense and all-suggestive
precious stono, tho earbunole. The pearl
that Christ picked up to illustrate His sermon,
and the Jaspor and the sapphire and
the amethyst which tho apoealyptlo vision
masoned into tho wall of hoavou havo had
Eroper recognition, but this, in all tho ages,
i the first sermon on tho carbuncle.
This precious stono is found lu tho East
Indies, in color is nn intonso scarlet, aud
held up between your eye and the sun It Is a
burning coal. The poet puts it into rhythm
as he writes:
Like to the burning coal whence comes its
name;
Among tho Greeks as Anthrax known to
fame.
God sets it high up in Bible crystallography.
He cuts it with a divine chisel, shnrpeas it
with precise geometry, and klnulos its fire
into nn almost supernatural tlnmo of beauty.
Its law of symmetry, its law of zones, its law
of parallelism, something to excite the
amazement of the scientist, chime tho cantos
of the poet and arouse the adoration of the
% Christian. No one but tho inftuite God could
fashion a carbuncle as largo as your thumbnail,
and as if to make all ages appreciate
this precious stone He ordorod it to ho sot in
tho first row of the high priest's breast-plate
in olden tlmo and higher up than tho onyx
and the emerald and tho diamond, and iu
Ezekiel's prophecies concerning tho splendors
of the Tyrlan court, tho cnrbunclo is rasn
tionod, the brilliancies of the walls and of
the tossellated floors suggested by tho Bible
sentence: "Thou hast walked un and down
iu the midst of tho stouo.s of llro!" But iu
my text it is not a solitary specimen that I
hand you, as tho keeper of a museum might
take down from tho shelf a precious
stone and allow you to examine
it. Kor is it in tho panel of a
door that you might stand and study for Its
unique carvings or bronzed traceries, but
thoro is a whole gate of it lifted before our
admiring and astounded vision, nye! two
gates of It, nye! many gates of it: "I will
malto thy Kates of cnrcunclos." What gatos?
Oates of tho Church. Gates of anything
worth posseasing- Gates of auecossful enterprise.
Gates of salvation. Gates of National
achievement. Isaiah, who wrote this
text, wrote also all that about Christ "as tho
iamb of tho slaughter," and spoko of Christ
as saying, "I havo trod tho wine press alone,"
and wrote, "Who is this that comoth from
Edom. with dyed garments from BozrahV"
And do you think that Isaiah in my text
merely happened to r jpresent tho gates as
rod gates, as carmiuo gates, as gates of carbuncle?
No. Ho moans that is through
atonemont, through blood-red struggle,
, through agonies we get into anything worth
I getting into. Heaven's gates may welt bo
made of pearl, a bright, pellucid," choer'ul
i crystalization, because nil tho struggles aro
t over and there is beyond those gates nothing
t but raptures and cantata and triumphal pros''
eession an l everlasting holiday and kiss of
| reunion, and so tho twelve gates aro twelve
pearls, and could bo nothing leas than pearls.
|\ liut Christ hoistod the gates of pardon in His
Iw Own blood, and tho marks or eight lingers
If and two thumbs aro on euoh gate, "SilTTA's He
lifted tho gate it leanod against Ills forehead
a crlmso^IInpress, and all
Isaiah was
dgr:.. fight when he spogates as gates
ct mrV/Jucle.
What nn odd thing it Is, think some, this
K idea of vicarious sufToriug or suffering for
? others! Not at all. The world had seen vift
carious suiTorlng millions of times before
ft Christ ca:no aud demonstrated it on a senlo
K that eclipsed all that wont beforonud all that
ft shall come aftQr. ltachaol lived only long
enough after tho birtii of her son to give him
f n name. In faint whisper she said, "Call
ft him Bon-oui," which moans "son of my
ft pnin." and all modern travolors on tho road
f from Jcnixnloin to Bethel uncover their heads
> and stnnd reverently at tho tomb of Rachel
K who dlod for lier boy. But in all ages how
ft many mothers die for their children, aad in
I many cases grown U(> eunuren, who ny recreancy
stab clear through tho mother's
heart! Suffering for others? Why, tho world
Is full of it. 'Jump!'' said tho engineer to
tho llreman on tho locomotive. "One of
us is enough to dlo. Jump!" And so tho
engineer dlod at his post, trying to save tho
train. Whon this summer tho two trains
crashed into each othor near Atlantic Oily,
among tho forty-seven who lost their lives,
tho engineer was found dead with one hand
on tho throttlo of tho loooinotlvo and the
other on tho brake. Aye! tlioro are hundreds
liero to-*luy suffering for others. You
know und Ood knows it is vicarious sacrifice.
But on ono Hmostono hill about twice
tho height of this church, tlvo minutes' walk
from tho gales of Jerusalem, was tho sublimest
ensoof suffering for others that the
world ever saw or over will see. Christ tho
victim, human and satanio malevolence tho
executioner, tho wholo human race having
nn ovorwholmlng Interest in tho spoetuclo.
To open a way for us sinful men and sinful
womou into glorious pardon and high hope
and eternal exultation, Christ, with hand
dripping with tho rush of oponod arteries,
swung hack the gate, and behold! it Is a rod
gate, a gato of deepest hue, u gate of carbuncle.
What Is true In spirituals is truo in temporals.
There aro young men and oldor
ineu who hope, through tho settlement of
this acrid controversy between silver and
gold, or tho olinetilllc quarrel, that it will
fcecomt easy to make a living. That time
will uevor come. It never has been easy to
make a living. Tho men who have it very
easy now. went through hardships and self
denials to which most young men would
novor consent. Unless they got it by inheritance,
you cannot mention twenty-ilvo men
iwho havo come to honorable fortune that
did not Ihrht their way, inch by inch, and
against fearful odds that again and again almost
destroyed them. For some good reason
God has arranged it for all tha centuries
that the only way for most people to got a
livelihood for themselves and their families
is with both hands and all tho allied forces
of body, mind and soul to push back and
push open tho red gate, tho gate of carbuncle.
For tho benefit of nil young men, if 1
had the time, I would call tho roll of those
who overcame obstacle. How many of Iho
mighty men who went one way Pennsylvania
avenue and reached tho United States
Senate, or walked the other way on Pennsylvania
avonuo and teachod tile White House,
did not have to climb over political obloquy'/
Not one. How much scorn anil scoff, and
brutal attack did Horace Mann endure between
tho time when he first bognu to light
for a better common school system in Massachusetts,
and tho day when a statue in honor
of him was placed on the steps of the Slate
House overlooking "The Commons?"
Head tho biography of llobart Hall, the
13aptlst preacher, who, though ho had been
pronounced a duueo a school, lived to thrill
the world with his Christian eloquence; and
of George Ponbody. who never owned a carriage
and denied himself all luxuries that
no mignt wnuo living and after (loath,
through last will and testament, devoto
his uncounted millions to tho
J education of tli<? poor pcoplo of England
and America; and of IJlshop Janes,
who in his boyhood worked his passage
from Ireland to America, and became tho
joy of Methodism and a Mossing to the race,
iilo tho biographical alcovo in city. State, or
Nntional library, and llnd at least every
* other hook an illustration of overeomo obstacle,
and of carmine gate that had to oo
forced open.
What is true of individuals is true of Na*
tions. V.'a* !a mild spring morning when
the rikr- . fathers landed on Plymouth
llool", -j-' ! tio y ec'too in a gilded yacht,
gay streamers flying? No. It was in a oold
December, and from a ship in which one
would not want to cross the Hudson or the
Potomac Rtver. Sculping knives nil ready
to receive them, they landed, their only welcome
tho Indian war-whoop. Red men on
the beach. Red men iu the forest. Red men
on the mountains. Rod men in the valleys.
Living gates of red men. Gates of carbuncle!
Aboriginal hostility pushed back, surely
now our forefathers will have nothing to do
but to take easy possession of the fairest
continent under the sun. The skies so
gonial, the soil so fertile, the rivers so populous
with tinny life, the acreage so immense.
there will bo nothing to do but eat,
drink and be merry. No. Tho most powerful
Nation, by army nud navy, sounded its
protest across throo thousand miles of water.
Then came Lexington, and Bunker Hill, ami
Monmouth, and Long Island battles, and
Valley Forge, and Yorktown, and starvation,
and widowhood, and orphanage, and
tho thirteen colonies wont through sufferings
which the historian has attempted to put
upon paper, and the artist to put upon canvas,
but all in vain. Engruvor's knife, and
reporter's skill, and telegraphic wire, and
daily press, whtoh have made us acquainted
with the horrors of modern battlefield, had
not yet begun their vigllnnoe, and tho story
of the American Revolution has never been
*1,1 ...,l ?.;n * la .li.l 4..I..V
IUIU, U1IU UUVUI Will utl (Ulll. XI (llix UWl lliun
ranch Ink to sign the Declaration ot Independence,
but it took a torrlflo amount of
blood to maintain it. It was an awful gate
of opposition that the men and women
?snu tho women as much as the men?
pushed back. It was a gate of self-siicrifloe.
It was a gato of blood. It was a gate of
carbuncle.
Wo are not indebted to history for our
knowledge of the greatest of Natlonnl
crises. Many of u* remember it, and fathers
and mothers now living had better Keep telling
that story to their children, so that Instead
of their being dependent upon oold
typo and obliged to say, "On such a page of
such a book you can rend that," will they
rather bo able to say, "My father told me
so!" "My mother told me so." Men and
women who vividly remember 1861, nud
1862, and 18G3. nnd 1831, bo yourselves tho
historians, toiling It, not with pen, but with
living tongue aud voice nnd gesture. Tlmt
is the great use of Memorial Decoration Day,
for the calla lillos on tho grave tops soon become
breathless of perfume, and In a week
turn to dust unto tbut which lies beneath it.
But tho story of courage nnd self-sacrillco
and patriotism told on platforms nnd iQ
households and by tho roadside and In
churches and In cemeteries by that annual
recital will be kept fresh in the memory of
generations as long as our Amoricun institutions
uro worthy of preservation. Long
after you arc dead your children will bo able
to say, with tho Psalmist: "We havo heard
with our ears, O God. our fathers havo
told us, whnt work Thou <lldst In their
days. In tho times of old." But what
n tlmo it was! Four years of homo slcknoss!
Four years of brotherly
ana sisterly estrangement! Four yonrs of
martyrdom! Four years of massacre1 Put
them in a long lino, the conflagration ot
cities, nnd sec thorn light up a wkolo continent!
Put them in long rows, tho hospitals,
making a vast metropolis of pain and
I'uiuAjintu. viduiui muni in uuu > n.^i inbingo,
the millions of bereft from the St.
Lawrence to the GufT. anil from the Atlantic
to the Pncillo benches! Put tlio tenrs into
lakes, ami the blood into rivers, and the
shrieks into whirlwinds! During those four
years many good and wise men at the North
uud South saw nothing ahead but annihilation.
With such n National debt wo
could nover meet our obligations! With
such moral autipathies Northern and Southern
men could never come into atulty! Representatives
of Louisiana nnd Georgia, and
the Cnrollmis could never again sit side by
sldo with tho Representatives of Mnino,
Massachusetts and New York at tho National
cnpital. Lord John Russell had declared
that wo were "a bubble-bursting Nationality,"
and it had como true. Tho Nations
of Europe had gathered with very resigned
spirit at the funeral of our American
Republic. They had tolled the bells on
Parliaments and Reichstags and lowered
their flags at half must, and even tlio lion
on the other sido of tho sea had whined for
tho dead eagle on this side. Tho deep grave
had been dug, and beside Babylon, and
Thebes, and Tyre, and other dead Nations of
tho past our dead Republic was to be
buried. The epitaph was all ready: "Hero
lies the American 11 jpublie. Born at Philadelphia,
4th of July. 1776. Killed at Bull
ltuu, July 21, 1S61. Aged eighty-five years
nud seventeen days. Pence to Its ashes."
But beforj the obsequies had quite closed
there was an interruption of tho eoromonies.
and our dead Nation rose from its
mortuary surroundings. God had made for
it a special Resurrection Day, and cried,
"Como forth, thou Republic of Washington.
and John Adams, and Thomas Jeftorson,
aud Patrick Iloury, and John liaucoek,
and Daniel Webster, aud 8. 8. Prentiss, and
Ilenry Clay. Como forth!" Aud sho came
forth, to be stronger than she had evor boon.
Ilcr mightiest prosperities have come since
that time. Who would want to nush hack
thLs country to what it was in 1860 or 1850?
I)ut, oh, whnt n high gate, what n strong
gate sho had to push back boforo she could
mako one stop iu advance! Oata of llame!
See Norfolk Navy Yard, ani Columbia, and
Chamboreburg, and Charleston on tire!
Onto of bayonets! See gilttortug ritles and
carbines Hash from the Susquehanna, and
the James, to tho Mississippi, and the Arkansas!
Gate of heavy artillery, making
the mountains of Tennessee and Kentucky
and Virginia tremble as though the oarth
itself were struggling in its last agony. The
gate was so fiery and so red that I can think
of nothing more appropriate than to take
tho suggestion of Isaiah in the text and call
it a gate of carbuncles.
This country has boon for tho most part
of Its history passing through crises, an l
after each crisis was bettor oiT than boforo
it entered it, aud now wo are at another
crisis. Wo are toid on one hand that if gold
is kept as a standard and stiver is not elevated,
confidence will he restored and this
Nation will rise triumphant from nil the
financial misfortunes that have boon afflicting
us. On tho other hand wo are told that
if the free coinugo of silver is allowed, all
the wheels of business will rovolve. the poqj
mau will have a better chance, and all our
Industries will begin to hum and roar.
During tho last six Presidential cloo'.ion i
have been urged to outer the political arena,
but I never have and uover will turn the
pulpit in which I preach tuto a political
stump. Every minister must do as lie feels
called to do, nud J will net criticise him tor
doing what lie considers his duty; but all
the political harangues from pulpits from
now until the 31 of November will not in nil
the Unit on States oliauge one voto, but will
leave many ears stopped against anything
that such clergymen may otter ttie rost of
their lives. As a irnnnml rule the lavrnon
of churches understand politics letter than
tho clergy, because they (Iho laymen) study
politics more than tho clergy, and have better
opportunity of being intelligent on these
subjects. But good morals, honesty, loyalty,
Christian pntri_otjetn uud t{io Ten Commandments?those
v?a must preaoli, God
says distinctly in tho Bible. "Tho silver an '
tho gold are Mine," an t Ho will sottle the
controversy between those two metals. If
over this country hooded the divine rescue it
needs it now. Never withiu my memory
have so many people literally starved to
death as in the past few months. Have you
noticed in tho newspapers how many men
and women here and thero have been found
dead, the post-mortem examination stating
that tho cause of death was hunger? There
is not a day that wo do not hoar the crash of
some great oommerclal establishment, and,
as a consequence, many people are
thrown out of employment. Among
what wo considered eomfortnbln homes
have eotno'pri ration ami closocaloulntion nn<l
an economy that kills. Million.-* of
people who say nothing about it nro at
this moment at their wits' end. There aro
millions of people who <lo not want elinrtty
but want work. The cry lias none up to the
ears of the '"Loril of Sahaoth," and the prayer
will bo heard and relief will come. If wo
have nothing better to depend on thnn American
politics, relief will never come. Who
erer Is elected to the Presidency, the wheel*
ot Oovornraent tarn so slowly, and a caucus
In yonder white building on the hill may
tie the hands of any President. Now,
though we who live in the District of Columbia
cannot voto, wo oan prav, and my prayer
day and night shall be, "Oh God. hear
theory of the souls from under the altar!
Thou who hast brought the wheat
and corn of this season to suoh magnitude
of supply, give food to man and boast.
Thou who hadst not where to lay Thy head,
pity the shelterless. Thou who hast brought
to perfection the cotton of the South and the
flax of tho North, clothe the naked. Thou
who bast filled the mine with coal, give
fuel to the shivering. Bring bread to the
body. Intelligence to the mind, and salvation
to the soul of all tho poople! God save
the Nation!"
But we must admit it is a hard gate to
push back. Millions of thin hands havo
pushed at it without making it swing on Its
hard binges. It is a gate made out of empty
flour barrels, and cold lire grates, and worn
out apparel, and cheerless homos, and unmodioated
sickness mid ohnstlines* and
horror. It is a gate of struggle. A gate of
penury. A gate of want, A gate of disapfiointment.
A rod gate, or what Isaiah would
inve culled a gate of carbuncles.
Now, as I hnvo already suggestod, as
there aro obstacles In all our paths, wo will
be happier If we consent to hare our life a
struggle. I do not know nnyone to whom
it is not a struglo. Louis the Fourteenth
thought ho had everything fixed Just right
and Qxod to stay, and so he had tho great
clock at Bordeaux made. The hours of that
clock were struck by figures in bronze representing
the kings of Europe, and at a certain
time oT day Willlsm the Third of Eugland
and other kings were made to oomeout
and how to Louis tho Fourteenth. But tho
o!ock got out of order ou ? day und just tho
opposito of what was oxpootod occurred, as
the clock struck a certain hour Louis the
Fourteenth was thrown to tho feet of Willlnm
the Third. And so the olook of destiny
brings many surprises and those go down
that you expected to stand, and at tho foot
of disaster most regal conditions tumble. In
all styles of life there come disappointment
and struggle. God has for some good reason
arranged It so. It it is not |?overty it is
sickness. If it is not sickness, it is persecution.
If it is not persecution, it is contest
with some evil appetite. If it is not some
evil appetite, it is horoavoment. If it is not
one thing, it is another. Do not get soured
nnd cross and think you.- case is nwullar.
You arc Just like the rest of us. You will
have to take tho hitter draught whothor it
ho handed to you in golden chalice or pewter
mug. A man who has a thousaud dollars a
year income sleeps sounder and has a better
appetite than the mnn who lin9
live millions. If our life were
not a struggle wo would nover consent to
got ont of this world, and wo would want to
stay here, and so block up the way of the
advanoing generations. By the time that a
man gets to be seventy years of age, and
sometimes by tho time" ho gets to be fifty
years of age he says: "I have had enough
of this, onu whdh tho Lord wills it I am
ready to emigrate to a country whero thore
arc no taxes and the silver of the trumpet
put to one's lips has no quarrel with tho
gold of the pavement under his foot." Wo
have in this world more opportunity to cultivate
patience than to cultivate any other
grace. Let that grace be strengthened in
tho Iloyal Gvmnaslum of obstacle and opposition,
nuti by the help of God, having
overcome oar own Hindrances nna worriments,
let us go forth to help othors whoso
struggle Is greater than our own.
NO MORE CHEAP BICYCLES.
A Fool of Cycle Tube Mnkoi-a Saltl to Have
lleeu Formed.
It is rumored that the high-class bitfyole
tube manufnoturers are forming a pool, the
object of which is to exterminate the demoralizing
cheap machine anil perfect a system
which will beolToctivo In keeping the
low-priced bicycle from becoming a competitor
again.
It is also reported that oertain manufacturers
mot in Now York and entered Into a
compact with tho nbovo object in viow. by
means of which the assemblers" and cheap
producers must quit the business, since they
will bo unable to purohase in this country or
In Europe tho materials necessary to continue
business.
It is said that one of the promoters, H. W.
Ilartman, has gone to Europe to shut out
competition and establish reciprocal arrangements.
Interviews with people inter
osted in the bicycle business and who should
bo well posted, fall to conllrm all of the
stcry, some having heard rumors while others
profess to believe that it is without substantial
foundation.
EDUCATION OF THE INDIANS.
Good I'rogreM in the Lust Year Itoported
by Commissioner (Crowning.
The Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Mr.
Browning, has submitted hl.s annual report,
lie says that with no outbreaks during the
year, the education and civilization of tho
Indians must linvo made progress, and the
main effort now Is. and for years must be, to
get tho Indian on his ullotmenut so as to hecome
self-supporting. The Indians are becoming
adepts in handicraft", and received
last year Ln pay from the Government over
$500,000 for work done. Education of Iudinns
made rapid progress in the Government
nnd Industrial training schools. There
wore enrolled in nil schools, 23,352 pupils.
The Commissioner praises the work of tho
Hold matrons. He suggests that the commission
apiH)iute?t to treat with several tribes
of Indians for their lands be continued to
clear up the wors of making sales of lands
and the execution of deeds. The Commis
sloner lays stress upon the need or leglslatlou
retraining the sale of liquor in IuJiuu
reservations.
MODEST HERO CRUSHED TO DEATH.
New York Policeman Shvp* Ttvo Llvrannd
hoses Hi* Own.
Spurring furiously after a pair of runaway
horses in \Vo?t Seventy-second street, New
York City, Mounte.l Policeman Thomns 11.
Molntyre save 1 J. P. Itobloson nud his wifn
from serious Injury, perliups from do.ith, and
as they hallo 1 him for the hero ho was, his
own horse throw hina, fell on hitu and
j crushed liitn fatally before their eyes.
The bravo man soon died in ltoosovelt Hospital.
llo was in the prime of life and was
soon to bopromotod. 'Ho had thrice received
honorable men* ion for bravery iu stopping
runaways.
His act was t.io most heroic dee I ever performed
by amounted policeman in Now York
City. IlisHtlcmpt to stop the running horses
lie knew meant great danger for himself, as
tho animals were p'.uughig madly toward a
series of oluvatod railway pillars. Molntyre
took the chance and won, but paid the penalty
of Ills heroism with his life. He was
buried witli imposing honors.
DEBUT Of THE CUBAN ARTILLERY.
noncr.il Cioini't't Congratulations 011 the
Work oftlie 11 otoh k 1* s Ywel ve Pounder.
General Maximo Gomez, Command?>r*in- !
Chief of the Cuban patriot army, has ad- |
dressed to General G'nlixto Garcia a meesago |
oongr.uuiiuiug 111 in ana ins troops upon tno
success obtained in the operations in the
districts o( Gibarti aud Holguin, whero the
Spanish have boon forced to abandon several
positions.
Espoohil mention is made by Ocnerai
Gomez in his mossago of the brilliant debut j
of the Cuban artillery corps at the attack
upon La Loinndo iliorro (Iron Hill), whore
a Spanish fortress was totally destroyed by
the twoive-pound Hotehklas gun recently
sent to Cuba. There nre two Atnoricnns
among the patriot artillerymen, Messrs. Osgood
and Chappleiiux.
A Village t.l^liteil by Natural (la.
Caledonia, N. Y.,ls now lighted by natural
gas. The village pays ono cent a day fox
each ouo of its street lights.
STAND COLLAPSED.
ACCIDENT AT IOWA'S SEMI-CENTENNIAL
CELEBRATION.
Vice-President Stevenson, Governor
I>rake, Ex-Governor Sherman nnd
Others Injured.
The semi-centennial celebration of Iowa's
Statehood opened at Burlington Thursdny
in a blaze ot glory. The parade
wus the grandest over seen there and was
witnessed by 25,000 people. Governor Drake
and Vice President Stevenson rode near the
head of the column, followed by the Governor's
staff. A [full battalion of the Iowa
Guard headed the column. Floats represent,
ing the progress of Iowa from 1840 to 1806
wore in line. After tho parade had
formed for the opening of tho semi-centennial
festivities and hud covered
about half of the line of inarch,
Governor Drake and stalT and Vice-President
Stevenson aud nil of the Statu and local officials
were conducted to a reviewiug stand.
Scarcely were they seated when the stand
gave way with a crash ami the entire structure
went to the ground, a mass of broken
timbers. Women fainted and great confusion
at onco reigned. Governor l)ruke and VicePresident
Stevenson were on tho front tier of
seats and were throwu backward upon tho
others and escaped fatal injury, but were
nevertheless badly shaken up and considerably
bruised. Ex-Governor Sherman, of
Iowa, was in tho rear of the stand aud fell at
tho very bottom of the mass. Ho wns found
with a heavy timber across his legs and a
{dunk resting on his neck and back. Hois
>adly hurt. Major Wayman, of Otlumwn,
Iowk, Is injured lu the spine and is paralyzed.
How badly he Is hurt will not bo known for
some time. E. S. Burrows, treasurer of Des
Moines, Iowa, muy die, both of his legs beiug
brokeu. Lafayette Young, editor of the Iowa
Capital, was badly cut and bruised about the
head. City Clerk Fred Poor was bruised aud
cut. Miss Mary Lord Drake, the Governor's
daughter, wns slightly bruised. All of tho
staff officers suffered more or U?as.
Governor Drake recovered from his
bruises and shaking up sufficiently to deliver
a short address. Ex-Governor" Sherman,
owing to his age, may be seriously hurt,
although he claims to be only badly bruisod
and shaken up. Secretary of State McFarland
is injureu iu the ankle and leg. Senator
Kent, of Lee county, head cut; Col. lloweaver,
of Apollo, In..ankle sprained; VicePresident
Stevenson'b left leg is bruised nnd
his left knee slightly sprained. Mayor Nnuruan
was caught under the pile of boards and
wns held with one foot between two
planks for half an hour Leforo he was rescued.
In the afternoon State Commissioner P. M.
Grape opened the exercises at the Coliseum
before a very vast crowd. Ho was followed
by Governor Drake, who spoke for 45 min
utes, despite his accident.
Vice-President Stovensot. spoke at a banquet
given in honor of himself and Gov.
Drake.
The Hailroau .Not Liable.
The Supreme Court,of Indiana,has decided
the long unsettled question of liability of a
railroad company to the employes of an expresss
company injured in a wreck or otherwise
on performance of duty. The decision
is adverse to tho right of the express messengers
to recover from tho railroad company.
The express company is n pri vate and not a
public carrier, and it acquired by contract
rights which tho railroad company was
not required to grant.
Alabama Prohibitionists.
The Alabama convention of tho Prohibition
party met in Montgomey last week and
an electoral ticket was put in the field, headed
by John Andrews, of New Market, and
John W. Stewart, of Everett, ns delegnte-ntlarge.
Resolutions were adopted endorsing
the Prohibition national platform, and providing
for an organization of the party in all
the counties and districts of the State.
Providknctc, R. I.
Mn. j. T. SnrPTRiNE, Savannah. (?a.
Dear Sir:?"Please send half-a-dox.cn boxes
it your TxtTHUNE, C. O. D. Ibis makes one
and one half dozen I hare ordered from you.
Some 1 huve u-vd myself, the remainder I distributed
among friends requiring it. it lift*
ffoctsd a curs in every case where tried.
Some of them huve been doctoring with our
best physician", both here and in Roston. for
I'ears without any hem-lit. Souie said it could
rtoi he cured, us it was inherited, but one box
of Tktteui.ne effected a complete cure. I
hail always ke? p a supply on hand, as I know
myself what it in worth. Gratefully yours,"
P. O. Ham.ON.
Silver Springs bleaching Co.
1 box by mail for 60c. in stamps.
During the jwwt sum-nsr ti una row or dollars'
worth of p'?;*rN havr been taken from a
brook in Denton. Me.
Ever since IWI there have been women (mure
wc/i year) who claim that there is no soap half
*s good, or as economical as Dohhins' Electric.
There taunt be some truth in their claim. Try
It. see how much. Your grocer has it.
Tho yachting season i-? over. The fenfure
ban been the activity o( the Utile thirty footer?.
which bnve sailed over eighty races.
FlTSstopped I i ce an. i pcrmanenllyoured. Kn
fit* after first flay'* use of I)it. Kt.ink's It h hat
yKitvaRaHTOHHH. Free i rial hottienud treatise.
Send to l>r. Kli?ie. twi Arch St., l'htlu..Pa.
Ve have not l> en without i'iso's euro for
(oosutnnion for ~<l vcars. I.iz/iu Fkiiiiki.,
lump street, llarrisburg, I'm. May 4,'hi.
Mr?. Window's Soothing Syrup for rhltdret
teetiiinir, softens the mine, redtu e* ir..1nnitnation,allays
pain, cures wind colic.2or. a bottle.
Look
Shtrply to the condition of your blood. At
this season peculiar |?eriis assail the system.
There nre sudden changes in temperature;
fogs and dampness, chilly nights, lowering
clouds, drenching rains. These sudden
changes bring on oolde, fevers, pneumonia,
bronchitis and other ailments. Keep tho
blood pure, rich nnd full of vitality and you
will bo well. Remember,
t> i I I
oarsayaif ma
I? tho best?In fact I hoOneTruc Blood Purifier |
BSIIa nretbobest aflor-diiiner !
11090 S rlllS piii.-i.nij diK?Kii on. &*'
8. n. lt.?41.
flDillM *nJ v'I{ltKY bubitH cured. H<r>k??nt
Ul IU !Tl trif .Dr B M WoOLltT.ATLANTA.OA
tef" wTus mM all list fails. BJ
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ALMOST A MIRACLE.
THE KE.STOK ITION TO 11KALTII OP A
1'KOMINKNT MAN. ;
Worn Out by Kxponure aud Kroken Down
111 Iffullh lie Wii? In Misery tor
Montlie?Is Now s Well nod
Happy Man?llcatl the
Story.
From the AVir.t, Clarksburg, Hr. Ya.
Iu tho Interest of oommou humanity, your
reporter has tho honor to send you an interesting
and prclltnblo Interview had with ono
of Harrison County's rhott highly ustoeined
citizens, concerning his ifhrrow and miraoulous
escape from death. Tho jierson referred
to is Mr. Fioyd E. Barnott, of Jarvisviiio,
West Virginia, who is well kuown throughout
Harrison County and other sections of
tho State.
Mr. Barnett's narrative is as follows: "1
llvo ut Jarvlsville, West Virginia, was born
and raisod there, and am thirty-nine years
of age. I am a farmer bv oeennnMon unit
tho exposure and hardships incident to this
life finally overcame a strong constitution,
und in the month of May, 1894, I was seized
with tvbat tlio medical fraternity pronounced
sciatic rheumatism.
"Tne disease was first felt in tho h'pnnl
soon became severely painful. Within a
short time the whole lower extremity was
nffoetod and became terribly swollen, and nt
times tho pain which was almost unbearable
extended up into th s shoulder. I consulted
the best physicians uud specialists in the
country, some of whom treated me sometime,
but to no successful purpose. 1 used
various patent modiciues and liniments of
wide recommendation, but nono of them
gave relief. I worried along this way for
some months, being unable to work and nt
times unable to move. I became rootless at
night and could not aleep. The disease
s??emod to affect my heart and it was utterly
Impossible to lie on my left side on aocount
of the seriousness of tho pain nt the heart.
"My condition seemed a hopeless one and
I was much discouraged, when by chance I
happened to read un account in tho Wheeling
JtKlepcndfnl of tho wonderful cure of a
person afflicted like myself, that Dr. Willlams'
Pink Pills had effected. This was some
time in the month of Dooembor. I immediately
procured a box and began to use them.
A change commenced nt once.
"I continued to take the pills until I folt
entirely cured. To-day I nui a well and
sound mau. Tne pills not only cured my
rheumatism, but drove that troublesome
pain from my heart as well. For more than
a year now I have not been troubled in the
slightest with either malady, or any other
for that matter. I am a strong man and
p-rform as much manual labor us any farmer."
Mr. Harnett Is a man highly roepoctod for
veracity. Ills statements am corroborated
by his neighbors and his recovery Is ascribed
to the use of Dr. Williams' Pills. As he talked
to your reporter, ho showed every sign of
being a man in exoellont health andouly too
glad to toll the simple story of how his life
was saved by the use of tho pills.
Dr. Williams' Pinit Pills contain, in a condensed
form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered uerv?s. They are uu unfailing
s|>eciflo for such diseases as locomotor
ataxia, partial paralysis. St. Vitus' dance,
sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous
headache, tho lifter effect ot In grippe, palpi- |
t tit inn nf th? hnnrf iv?l? !in?i khIIdw !
plexions, ull forms of woHkncss either in
male or female. Pink Pills nre sold by nil '
dealers, or will be sent post pntd on receipt
of price, 60 cents a box. or six boxes for
$2.50, by addressing Dr. Williams' Medicine
Company, Schenectady, N. Y.
How's This?
We oflfer One Hundred Dollars Reward for
any case of Catarrh that cannot bo cured by
Hall's Catarrh Cure.
F. J. Ciienkv & Co., Toledo, 0.
Wc, the undersigned, have known F.J.Cheney
for the last 15 years, nnd believe him perfectly
honorable In all busiuese transactions
nnd financially able to carry out any obligation
made by tneir Arm.
\Vk?t& Truax, Wholesale Druggists, Toledo,
Ohio.
Wax,DiNO, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, Ohio.
HaII's Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces
of the system. Testimonials sent free.
Price, 75e. per bottle. Sold by all Druggists.
Hall's Family Pills are the best.
Except lu the little dlflferoneea ii
crankiness, all men nro ex;irt 1 y a 1 Ike.
Reliable Charlotte Merchants
Call on them when you go to Charlotte N. C. Wrte
them If you do not no, nnd have your orders tilled
hy mail. In Answering advertlseiiients kltnlly men
lion this pti|H>r.
MTMftlffi ' EST WORK. ? ensonaMe Prices
A mfi iiittf Wr to News Sc Times Pt'g. House.
PfTB VTTfHBPE. M. ANDREWS, 1G-1SW. Trade
t Uftflil UtttlAlso Pianos, O gaits A- Bicycles.
SODA WATER PORTN BR* liKEl'nNUCai
C. Vainer, :lli S. College Street.
T5TTPRT?'? Surreys, Phaetons, Road wagons
flVUUUtf Carts Kte. Manuliu ttirers Agents
Writ for catalogue. S. S. Me. .inch & co.
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entering. Ioiidki paport. ooliaga carrno; aal
coodt oi*d. tiand for baoamtnoir lllnatratod oala'??u?
Hoard oho a par ifcnn in an y so jtboro oity.
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TOBACCO in I ho worhl. Ask vour (IcalcrH for II
by
A Trustworthy
** Treatment.
Indorsed mid ITsed by the 17. J*. <iovcrnnn-iit
in the Soldiers* an<l
Sailors' National Homes.
Tfvou arc addicted to the l.lQl'Olt. MOltI'lIINK,
OPIUM, LAUDANUM. U1ILOHAL,
COt.'AINK or TOHACCO habits and W1 >H
to bo CURED with little or no discomfort
and freedom from all possible (1alater, address
for information
THK KKKLKY INSTITUTK.
N- West corner Lady and Marion Streets
or Drawer -*7 Columbia. S.C
London's Oldest ltestaurant.
Probably the oldest restntintnt In
London Is Crosby Hall, In Rishopgate
street. In the city. This was built more
than 500 years ago, was once the palace
of Richard III., and afterward the residence
of Sir Thomas More. It was in
this building that Shakspeare laid tbo
scene of Richard's plots for the murder
of the voung princes.
Man with awful toothache meets a
friend and tells liini his woes. The
friend?Ah, I had just as had a toothache
as you yesterday, and I went
home, and my wife pitied me, and kissed
me, and made eo much of me that
the toothache disappeared. You take
my tip. The neliyue? Is your wife at
home now, do you think??Woonsooket
Reporter.
Gladrnil^s Comes
With a better understanding of the
transient nature of the many pliys
ical ills which vanish before proper efforts?gentle
efforts?pleasant eftoiv_?
rightly directed. There is comfort in
the knowledge that so many forms'of
sickness are not due to any actual disease,
but simply to a constipated condition
of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupof Figs, promptly
removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions^Uunilios,
everywhere
who value good Iku
effects ure due to the fact, that it is.the
one remedy which' promotes* internal
cleanliness, without debilitating the
organs on which it acts. It is therefore
all important, in order to-get its beneficial
effects, to noto when you purchase,
that yon have the getihiiYc article,
which is manufactured by the California
F'ff Syrup Co. only, and sold by all reputable
druggists.
If in the cnjoymcDtof good ljjealtb,
and tho system is regular, tiien laxatives
or other remedies are rot needed.
t t ^ *nwi
ii ami^tuu Willi iiiiv ui:iii<ii uiavi^u, una
may be commended tothdmost skillful
physicians, but if in need of a laxative,
then one should have the best,tind with
the well-informed every where) Syrup of
Figs stands highest and is most largely
ised and vivos most general satisf aetionr
Chickens
? Money
bp too arm Am hup.
Ybo annnnt do Uita union* yon understand-then*
ttd know how to enter to their- requirement*! Ml
61 cannot apand pen re and dotinre leurnlug by orrienon,
no row arvut buy the knowledge ar-ju ire?J
o caeca. w? oSw Uili to jron for only 9 Mutt.
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YOU WANTTHEM TO PAY THEIR
OWN WAY. '
Tec If yen roerelr keep thrm a* a direr* Ion. I now
I der to handle Fowl* Judiciously, pba matt know
eomethtag about them. To meet thl* want we ere
! S":%tSSi.l,*^i2;*iC;*r,(0nly 25e.
twenty-five /ears. It w.ti?rlKv<i by a man who put
nil hie rated, and time, and mono/ to making a euomnoI
CUlaK en ratal rtg?not a?a poetlnie, nut a* a
Imetnraa ami If ^fon trill prnflt byjila tweuly-flT#
yearn" work, you can aare many Chick* annually,
and make your- Kowlt nark dollar* far yen. Tbn
point la, that you mu*t be able to dplect trouble In
the Peulwy Yard a* toon as It appeera, and know
I bow to remedy It. l'hli i?ooW will teach you.
| It lella how to detect aud cur* dlyeaae; to teed for
> agga and ulao for fattening; whlcU fowls fo *.t*u fJ?
' breed log purpuaes; and o*<-rytulng. Indeed, y Oil
aboutd know on'this eaoject to make It proatabln
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