Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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I ' I I ? j B PL A HPS LETTEjt. ?fiir) ^PROVES OF THE HOLIDAYS AND - _ ^ xyts .XOBFW TiTES". >: / ;f: /. i- \ V~ l*hltoHo]>licr tilvcs Some Interesting Facts ~ - n4 to Hmr Our Constitution W#? Mude-llo.NiiKK<<iiUl'liiui^i;% .t, The'ur<r e f*-r jtyfi h<n>\ Itti i&s.ail buckio down to tl d work of a now your. ? I'bwu holidays used to he holy-dtty*. lait they arc not very suered now. *'Iliby seem necessary, however, for the rest and relaxation of the mind as well as the body. The routine uud tension, of business ,earos inu^t ?>o brokbn at leu-^t once a year. It is like greasing the wagou id make it run easy'. It is like recess and Saturday to school children. The nuij <rity nf people in this country Una two inutdi on u strain and do not take relaxation enough. A man should not live in a treadmill. <'am|"meeting*, ext ur-ion*. . . pli'IIJi'S IUMI nil HIMiriMlK vm> uit f -nelpdhe tired ntin<I just its u p>od liver med^ ieiiu (Question. Till* rest and * chump" reacts upon the physical nature and keeps miiul and body in tune. The Atneri, eim people are in too mueli hurry, more so than any other people. Tin* habit eatne front Netv Lnyluud, wliere the rijp'r of eiimate and poverty of soil forced thoiu to extraordinary diligence. I town south, in the < ity of Me\ic^.t!n r is no haste. Merchants close their stercs and mechanics leave their shojvs at 1 O'clock, imd all hands j?o to their noonday men I and sttiv for an hour and a hftif. They take their time to cat and then to smoke, the men th< ir cigars utul the women their cigarettes. 'I'lte stores are not opened until lu o'clock in the morning. Everybody lias leisure, and enjoy it. 1 he English people work hard, hut not all the ' titn*\ Tliey will sit at the talde and discus., their roast he f and the affairs of the nation for an hour or more if the world is shaking - with an earthquake. They have holidays all through the year ami they ?>hsi rve them. -There arc seven legal hoiidays that the . :<"bur?'h <>stabli.shed, such ;ls Hood l-Tidny. ' Easter Monday, Ash Wednesday, elo. They have nianv more on tin- civil ami military lists. Wo have hut two in the ITiitud State that may he'e.vTlpd national and are generally observed. "nii'Vieiy, the Fourth of July and I'hristmus day. Thanksgiving Day is observed when it is proclaimed, hut it is not enjoined by uuy.law. It is only n eustom, just a i is l)cc? rati >n Dnv up north and >iemorial Day down south. Washington's birth'lay is ol.st rv-d l?y all hut seven of the states, and New V ar's Day by fourteen of them. (I ii. rul I.' > I irthday is a holiday in several south r*i states. Iu Louisiana they have Mardi (iras ami the battle >f New Orleans as holidays, and in Tonus there i-' Indej "iidcnec Day uud the battle of San Jilt into. < i<-or_'ia ohs" rves all tlie davs of a national oltara i> r ami n'l that show devotion to lit. rtv tind r n - r- f..r heroism. I am proud to say that (hrtfcria has I always trun to tlx* priiiojplni: trat cur fatlnrs fought for, H< r <1 h,RttU'!5.si?ttt*',l the l>f<-lur?itiou of lull jtoail mee without i-avil or hositatlon. For lays and wot. - t lt<> fate of that doolaratiufi hunj; ia t!: ha'.anhunt; hyu hairand wilt eurrhvl l y r. single vote. Thirteen eolonio.H w.-rp repr nt"?l> ,\ft?T loiitf and seer?-t and flili'-h Mitornoss -i\ vot ? 1 for it ati<l -ix \ 'to.| ai^alt. t it. Pennsylvania was la-t oa tin- roll. 11 or II vo delegate* wer? nulled amidst tie* breathless siloneo of tin onvontioii. I !*< tlrst, who was lton Franklin, Vol .1 yoa. ill.- no\t voto-l nay. th" third vol< .I yea. ami th fourth \oto<| nay. Jolin Morton was the ilft!i ami la-t. ami u|>oti hi. ihMvloti hunrr tli.t ihisiiny of a nation that was >ot to t?o. II was a man <>f great ability anil integrity. and a man >f prayer. Tin oi.nvontio'i ir-'iuldo'l with | ainful anxiety Nvlmn ho aro-o ami in sidotnn voioo said: "1 oast my vote f?.?r lihorty ami indopoml ||Tw r a Wis f.-sponsjliiii \ thov nUttil trifa-in '--'th H-rC-nV "-d-- liirnod the sojilo. It o >ni|iliJovl?.tho tyoh tiny wore I.i'm>:ing t" l.iifld. Ills ^ior was tho keystotio. and I: ao.t l'&tMifc-jflvhnia has ovor -itsoo l.o.-n oaM tIvs'h^y'itono siato. .lohn Morton <|i u a few weeks after. Had In ! o-.-.;:'! i; v.i;l'F'h?iv-? lieen a notain ' . . "-ir r*-Nol.iti'ltiarv bi.-tory. Mit ' ' so.oj af..;rwa*d ratitlod th work, and t!: war begun. After it.* eloso th" i on-, inn i..;i ..f 17s7 was frauiod l>v Madison ti;!*l .IsiT-r-oii and a eonvulMion oallod tn c-'fY'f*PU"r?'1t. -'Wfo #rn'?j ' all \..fed for it save U-Il'tflW. I'ljl v'/tni.v four y.d. d for it tutt itiimoii-iv. and Co-.rgia was oho of them, T.ittlo liliodv ol.jootod to something in tie Constitution and put on warpaint and withdraw. Sin- stayed out nojirly t hroo yoars ami thou eongre-- prepared to tr<-at her as a for t.-i. I..HV.-V -mil i., -in :i:rdn6-rf lor :i;i.i ii imxisiiI over tln-re to make a treaty. TMi ma"!'1 inv aslanm-d ami as .-If was already faf-lim? and was uetrinu tired oi paddling In r own eanoe, sln? sitrrenderi-il and unit' into tin- Cnnui. TMi* adoption ol oar present Const itutioii was My no mentis |.??a-"'ful Jiinl harmonious work, it wa? ! ns/'it throuirit nmier i?r?.*.nt trilxiUiti?>ri, 1ml Ufa* Heoruiii* d 'legation, travi* no trouMe Al'raiutni ltatdwin and William l-'ow siirmsl witiioiit hesitation. tii-or^ia Mas M->?n.>r<'?l Itaidwin a- sin- did tin* Mjnmrs <'f tii di'elnration of MuM-p mlenee. I wonder witj William-Tew Mas m-ver Itcen so Muiion-d? Most of oii** counties ami towns Maif lionn tianu'd for our notatdo men. Mut Few iia.sj.nj' i(ann -iik*\ <iapryia was tin* Ilrst _ ? moiiDtjk i ?n.,4 1 11>wn fbj ^VasfiinjHoii. an<T sir- Mas ' not f r-_c<.tt'-n .JUsi~u oX_t]jj:.^tak-.auil luiUoti, Mat sin*Mas for-'.tt ii William I" -w. His r>*e >r-l ia A; J I d-m Wtjil iff' SViilt. s bistorlvu -li -.-t i ni-i is x-mqp-Uutdu V-uv, fl a front i'ojiii^nvdtiava,od syitlyl .it Au'M-t'u was it i-oloind* tn tin* r< vofnlnui ary war; was tin Ilrst judife of Iti.-lunom t. ;rrrty* \v#tv a jru'tntf^ ft( t,tli?? -routii.envn I Jvi-jh'-Jit as a d'lop^tu t? i tno ?? *? sti:siu4ufi t f : l i-f;.* w.i* ?>in? o our iirst two I'liiti.-d States senators ami i Iln-ll ' r of t III* .oli\..lit loll tliilt passed Oil! stilt-* titu'ion. IT-labor-d faitlifullv t> *xpose tIn* Aazoo fraud. I.titer on In* win I'M**.* -d I'ici'iiit judip* of tin* sawoftd district 'II was eminent in awry oflion in- >-\<-r In I'and win n in IT'.-n In* rerhoved to N<-w S r! i*i'ty to | rtn-U . Mir- profession Mis >.'* *;i* al>ili ti,*t Wi-roaooji di-.-oyi-rnd and In- was ele.-tii may rof tliat ejty. lis-fMrn^ln j +>ij;..*s..r:tps of this old Mi?b>r> 1 w;i- atrj ri-.-d ! > llnd tliat lite f sir > urX pp .-id i.ttai t'-rni litnl few to fa\..r it in tin constitutional eoaveatioii. My r.-v r**tiei fofrjMat particular work of our latin r? Ma all itts.sefi nw$v. f--r it .w.-js-iike tin* roiapro ^irf * V'-rdtr-t at a petit "jfify ' If was iml.T dv elioiie. Some of till* ll'-leuates Were fol s-aj-.yn^yitrr1 and otip-rs for HifMLninl t':n am tMtrfeen, ajnl up to twenty; .*totm* wi*ri foi utlV-lm Vfieid MHidv for. so mi- wanted tin* pp si Ineligible f'jr i|f -'M-ouU .term. and s< tln v wraiiKi'<1 f>vi.r it h/r weeks. and ilnalh ln*u'v-*r<H'M rtT'foiir tear.-. and .liyi t/> re-eleetioii. _ l_ tliijijk it i* tiiii'v 4ha wo jsfiould' fillv a another eonveiition niu tliAt. ft was a irr.-ut /nistukn. Somo ivo^m 1>0 better, and no re-olectioji Four years is too short a term. About tini the time is spout iii turning tliw ras'.'itls out' <inil4,he <?;h r luilf in plaiuiiiur and hedtjiin Tor t*ll< HUeei-ssioil. I,el IIS huve Ut h-H-t fouI ydat-s- uf pence and plain ftntlihcr. I don'l like tliese eoinpro;niso vordietn, nohow, They are about as .senseless as tho way eonytress lived tiiojnnnd/yr of juat^onat aalun-s U l.e t\vent>-o(^ yftnA' s'oi^nn cranky membu said i a us H'-djIie^-iill 1*io number* ii IV70 and)tH?-y i f.ijrt?rori <?ritis wvtuh have In iPh tt r and saved a lot of powder Lilj. Aur in Atlanta Constitution, A mnn without enthusiasm is a vorj poor friend, but ho takes good euro ol jiimself. I WEEKLY T#?Al>i: *KVIKW. ' Commerce Somewhat Rotardm) by Crippling Hank Failures. , Below is the weekly trade review as i rejK?rteil by Messrs. K. (J. Dun & Co.: "Tltt year IS97 begins with one clear j , advantage; the past year has swept out and away a great number of unsound concerns, which in any time of activity would have been a danger to business. .0$ the 15,28i> business and commercial failures in 1800 with liabilities of $2Td,- , 8l.'?,pt0, a l*rge share represented crippling 'losses in previous years, or the 1 violenceof speculative storms in 1S9.? or J 1 Tlue.tirst hall' of 1891!, while thousands j ' more resulted from the fury of the po- j litical tornado last fall. Bunking fail- , ures amounting to -ifnO,?is,'.?!/> during the year averaged $2->0. ir>0 each, and ; were 14o per cent, larger than in lSOo. "Commercial failures amounted to $220,000,891 a little over $1,01)0,000 liav- 1 ing been added by the last day of the year, but the average of liabilities, $14,902, was smaller than in some years of great prosperity. The failures of brokerage and other commercial concerns averaged 118 each, increasing 189 per cent, over 1S8?>, while manufacturing failures averaged $28,808 each, 1 una increased 554 perceut, una trading j failures increased 1H percent, ami averaged only !?:UKM} each. "While Imiikim;" failures have not ceased at the West apprehension ahout , them has almost subsided and 110 | serious intluenee upon general trade is! now expected. "Speculative markets have been dull, j Cotton started npa shade, hut receipts { from plantations are still too lar;re for ; low estimates, and the eotton mills i | foreshadows curtailment rather than the consumption." Split Their llea<ls Open. A special from Mavsville, S. C., to the Columbia Register, dated Jan. Tth. says: "Simon Cooper, the nej?ro out'aw who it will ho rometnheredshot und killed another ncjjro hy the name of Davis, and wounded several others at Magnolia a few days ajjo, and for whom there is a reward of ?100 ottered bv the Governor, put in some more bloody work this juornin** near Magnolia. Cooper entered the house of Mr. Ben Wilson this mornhnr about sunrise and demanded the use of Mr. Wilson's bu^cgy. which was refused. This human monster then picked up an axe and i split Mr. Wilson's head wide open. He j then made for Mr. Weslev Wilson, the | I son, ami murdered him in a like man- j tier, lie then murdered Mrs. Wesley Wilson with the same weapon, after which he struck down a nc.uro who had come np on hearing the noise, and left " the axe sticking in the negro's head. Up to this hour Cooper has not been i captured, but it is almost impossible i for him to escape as the country is beinif scoured in every direction fur him, and if captured we predict his fate will he a most terrible one." Later. Cooper was betrayed by his brother-in-law and captured alive, hut was afterwards shot with a pistol and l rille in the head, and then carried i through the role of a lynching bee and ; riddled with bullets. His last words were: "I would kill my brother-in-law if I only could meet him." " 'nniny t ongre -s 11 sat its membership is j full, anil tlnit there are no vacancies re1 suiting either from death. resignation. ' fir notion declaring scats vncnnt. The present House now has its full <ptot? of living members, being TM Representatives and three delegates. There are, however, already two vacancies in the House of Representatives that conies into Vicing on the-lth of March. These ' ure occasioned by tlieileini.se of Ciles, of Missouri, ami Ihividson, of I'ennsyl, vania .1 n recent years the total numher of vacancies occurring in succeeding Houses from all causes has fre pienly ranged as high us from ten to , fifteen, although there have rarely heen | ' more than three or four vaeaueies ex* | j isting ut one time. Senator .tones Pleased. Senator .lames K. Jones, chairman ot ' the l>einoerutie Nationul Committee, i says that he is well pleased with the situation now < xisting in several States ! 1 where Senatorial contests are pending, j He believes the silver forces will eon- j tinue to control the Cmited States Sen- j ate in the Fit'ty-lifth Congress, uotwith- i standing all tiie ellb?*ts that have heen I made hy Chairman Huuna to prevent this result. Other Democratic and silver Senators joined in expressing to the Washington l imes the conviction that the result in Delaware and North Carolina would he adverse to the 15a I publicans. . J Deep I.aid Scheme, i I Tho Republicans of South Carolina j : have a deep laid scheme w hereby they i ! hojie with t!i?.> aid of a partisan Cou j gress to oust most of the Democratie t (yo'ngressmen from the State, if not all 1 | of them. I I my will not only appeal to 1 r Congress hut to the I nited States | ^ courts to ih eiare thel registration j and election laws of tie* State null ami j I void, so says the Columbia Register. Confessed and Was l.ynrhrd, ' A special to the Atlanta Journal from . j I'nudilhi, <ia . says Anthony ITemler | son was lynched fur tin- assassination ] of oli 1 man (1 Sunnier and attempt 1 assault upon tin- prison of Sumner's 4 daughter. \t tlit? preliminary hearing lie Uuule a full confession of tin- ci inn*. I 1 ? mm Muliif's New Hoveriior. TUr iiuiuyuration of CJovrriior TJewelly Powers and other State ollicials of ' Maine, took place lase week. The exercises were w it nessed by an unusualt ly lar^ro j^atherin/, ami were attended i 1 with the usual formalities. .Minnesota Hanks Suspend, f ; The hanks of f'utiton, at Canton, , j Minn., with a capital of ?{0,000, and r [ the Citizens' itank, of l.inesboro, a t | small institution, both owned and op orated by Field, Kelsey U Co., has sus ' ponded ousiness. Hurried in a Stone CofTlii. i Charles Brnmlette, aired died at Cyiitliiunu, Ky., and was buried by his own direction, in a stone eofliii, a barrel of Kourbon whiskey having been ' poured over his body and the roftin f hermetically scaled. The eoflin was made til'toen years ajjo, II Sill ON TEMPERANCE. A* THK KKV. I)li. TALMAUE Disi'iisst's a Livi'TopIc iu Ills Discusstun on Sunday Lust. "*V.xt: "I was the sonR of tho drunkards* - *'suluis lxix , 1*4. Who said that? Was it David or was It Christ? It was both. These Mesaianlo I'sakms are like a tolesoope. Pull the iastruixicnt to a certain range, and it shows you an object near i<y. pull it toauotlier range, and it will show you obj-wts tar away. Divld and Christ were both, oai't in Ills own time, the song of t tie drunkards. Holiness of doeIrino and life always did oxoite wiok<*l uierriinont. Although David had fully foforiuod ill 1 written a uvilmo Iv in wliiah all subso nui;e|s of m >unds. I pail ^7 to hoar Jenny I.in t ?in ; when it wnsnot very easy to alT- >r 11In* 17. Very exp -iimW i~ such tunsie, l<ut til" <* >-lli"-t sin:; "ii earth is tlio drtinkr.r a,*. It c >V.s ni n of l> > I v. It costs ruin of mini. It < ? is ruin of soul. Go rr.rlit 'l"\rn iif.iou,'t'r< residential streets of any iMty nn I y >11 ' an iln-lonco beautiful nn I lu\uri -us home-tends that wereexpended in tin-- I -1ru-hive music. I ii lights liav i?oii'? out in tbo drawing room. th? pinn-.s I th > pulsation of tli -ir keys. tliu \rar trobo has lost its in.it urlii'l'i of a-"'!-<pri.it.i attire. Tlio 15)1shazi'.nr \in f a-t Ii is I n't notiiini; but the broken pi" 's >,' t:i > "ru she 1 ''iriliees. Tliero it Hands, the ghastliest thins; on earth, lb; remnant of a druakar i\s home. The costliest mini; on earth i> .sin. Tito :no t e.\p?nsiv.iofail ii.u -i is tli" .- >!i; of tiio 'Irimk' nr.is. it is tli" high s'. tariff of N'atl >ns?not a pro'.i'i'tivo tariff, but a tnrifi of iloont, a tarilT of wo", a larbl' of death. Tills evil w.iCis tii kn.v.'s oi tlio U'S.is^ins, cuts the r.i .-t of the w. mi Is of too hospital, ma oh .--ni v r.i t of tli" iduisti .Ms", causes the most >.f ih" ruvins;s of tile in-ano asylum, an i pu's up iiv-t of the Iron bars of the ( nit niiurii". It b is its li.ui 1 to- lay on the turoat oi tii" Am".-an republic. It is the ta'!an:iM"r >T ."n .t. ?11-. an I tli i human men ero.ii li".s under is anathema. Tli song of the drunkards litis fo- its a anipnuimmt tli" -lank "f .Mains, the chattering teeth of I ovri y, i It" fat tie ?>' o\" nri mcr's s >alTol 1, tli" r isiiur I >r of :li" .b s.'rt" 1 liotii ", the ci is*.i ,.f - up ir, -:,s an I the irr i 'tis it o:npires. I !i tw > In lion twenty .million miliars wliieli runt eosts tills eouufry in a year, in tli d-*striietiou ?.f "Mill and sugar, un*i the supporting ot tho pan purs, and tin invalid- and tiie criminals which strong drub; iMiibe-', is only a small part of what j- paid lor 11... evji -ii-ii s.,n,' of tlio drunkar A;.bi. tlii. -eg 'f tli" drun'tarls Is a mnlt:..i i ii us s. n j, u s.,; >, n it a duef, II 't a 'plft"!, hot a sextet, but l.lilli ?li s on ii.bit re are tip, 11 > i?- ?in;i:i it. b j no! thin,, ih.".: a! 1: li-u Iris tIlls lie I nil to .1 .?" '. it liris | r.u! rivals ia Hi" int.>\i-ants o tli* r .S ite n ?1. isii"esh an I arra 'k, and pa'.pie an i o| iii'ii, nn i qiinv > mid mastic ami weir., i.'i'p. .Mr I- ii, i>:ir m"I'* tt.-> Wol I as .'is. . ' i> t * il < | *i liltout':i!?r. lull bhiii? of tii" Hi ;nr!s is r 11 ?<t ?! in Uhin Ji:i?"l' i. A-,.l.ui, A?r\rii:i, I'er-ian, M"\l0.1n ? nti til niiiiCiiii/''-4. A'l /. ?n?s j ii:i it. N'i < litini'ti; w.iti'. I I' l;iiv I'li'Hi'-tli i >r tin; rlt'iir/i li rv if ml tii who haw this Mir.'tt > in tie ir !iiri Is i ul I -t.iti I si ! I y si :? ?.. r:i in: ii.t. i'.i. ii 'M ini-'. 1/ her tin" 'i_'s.;r"j irii.tr,' 1 ho ci.'lit notes of (iiiM lii'i'.tllfill :t 111 -i , \vllloll it n'r 11 Iv mils I civ I I v tic j 11 ill full v. 1 !? tin lor tli'liili-n- 1:1 f:i:I sw 111All tlic :iHi-i'inns li-- mi'i i- 1 lit I Mi - ' !'! 1 ."I'll rlili, or iiostotl I ,1 : it', ! ? :? I'Tn.^ p'1, 1 1-iii' r .'1 ,i'i i : nr !: - "I A! 'ii Idss ilin nr \\ 1 . h i . ( 1 p ti i.r II.1:. id. were ni.'l - nit ... 1. . -. > us ..n;i mi t with tie* litiiiii.eiiMe t.'ir.i'i.'s, lifts liosil" 1 hosts, i'.:ll*T> v ;?.i dry. who arc 11 >w p >nrilive forth t!: - itr.t nf I ho < t rii n 1;-1 r Is, Vi irs ii,'", .in inn.' before 11 bulletin t* .:it ! 111 S'".v '? : s i n Il?o i.i^iil of i? i'rciUi.cnt,i?i . ;.-.-iI 1: tiny, lis tliu now.-, c.nno in . lit tii" ii do o: tii" American people w.ts Mti.-.lly iiiiii .iin v I iIioim w- r -pciplo in t. 1 * *-1 r ivh > s 411 u* r )ist crime "? ' frivol' >m voiles, iiu: in tliu * root one mini, in iloop, st rn:i1'OS ill lilt V ji ', fitlirteil, to til') tlltio nf "<>i 11 If 1111 Ir< I," "I'ruiso (lo'l, from whom pli h.csiiiiijs now, nu'l wou nit up ami >iU"iit ages havosdibed out their penitence, his enemies preferred to foteh up his old career nil t put Into metric measures tutu Ions; before forgiven. Christ who ointnit* te t no sin, was still 'nor) thn subject of uuholy s on', because tlm better one is the more ini'iuitv bates bi n. Of tho host being whose voi.-o over move I the air or wlios* foot over touched tIte earth it might be said: The byword of th ? p issiug throng, Tito ruler's scoff, tho drunkard's song. Tito earth lilted u;> for tlto human race, in congratulation the morning stars sang a song. The Isriolitish army safe on the bank of the Ho I Sea and the I',gyptiaus elenr tin* d'?r the return-d water, Moses s mi* a sow;. One of the most important parts of this groat ol I book is Solomon's s 1111;, At the i'irth of our J?or 1 the Virgin Mary and old Simeon an I ang<"i" prima donnas in hovoring clouds sane n sons;. What enrichment has boon given to the world's literature an i enjoyin uu by li:.' ballads. the canticles, tiso diseants, the 'fit; ili > r mn lelnys, the epies, t he lyrics, th a dithyrambs! But tnv text ' al Is alteni i<ui to a st'yie of song tha' i think has never been discourse I upon. You sametimes hear this style of tans',e when passim; a sjilooti. <>r a respien :e in wliieh dissipation is as -en laut, or after you havo retire I at night y ui li ar it < > ning out of the Street from th )'" who, having tarrl a I long at th"ir mips, are on their wav li vue?the bhlla 1 of the inebriate. I he s >ro:iado of the alcoholized, or what my text calls lite song of the drunkards. Cor pr.ic:i"al an 1 saving and warning and Christian purpose* I will announce to you the <dinracteri-tles of that well-known endenee mention?i in my t'Xt. First I remark that tho soul; or tin iirunkuriis is an u!il sou?;. Mue't of tho musio of tho world and of tho ehuroil in oM music. >irst came the music of percussion, tho clapping cymbal, which was suggested l?y a hammer oil an anvil, an I thou tho -ighing ?>f tho win I a toss tho roo U sugg -ste I tin* Hut", aa I thoa tho strntno I sin ovs of tho tortoise across its sholl suggeste I tho harp. lint f ir h-vk of that, ati't marly l.aok as far as th - moral collapse of our first parentage i- t!<< song of tint drunktir Is. That tuno was sung ;it least 4"JI) years age, w'.nui, too deluge past. Noah onmo <>nt of the ark, an!, as if disgusted with to nitteh prevalence of water, ho took to strong driuk .an 1 sta.:g'rod forth, for all ngcs the first known drunkard. Ho sounded tlto llr.si noto of tho ol I music of inohrluey. A'. Arab aut wr or A. I?. 1310 wrote: . 'Noah, li dug eotuo out of the ark, or lered rai'h of his sons to lutil I u house. After- | wnr.l th"y were oeeupie | in sowing ami in I planting tie .j. the pippins an I fruits of wiiieh tin v feuu 1 .a the ark. The vine a'onr was wanting, ami they could not discover i'. Gabriel t lieu informed the n that the devil lia 1 desired it, and, indeed, h ul some right to it. Hereupon Noah summoned him tc appear iu the HeM and said to him: 'Oil, accursed! Why hast tli >u carried away tho vite< fro-.i m.-V' 'ileeauso.' replied the devil, it belonged to me.' 'Siial! 1 part it foryouV said Gabriel. 'I consent,' said Noah, 'and wll.Ji.ip'i'sif.'" -a * A.'f> jtsilfll1m<^oHier/ 'J'ita'. Is not siihlueut yet,'responde l (labre 1. 'II" must have tw )-tbirds an I thou ou ?,aa 1 when thy wine shall have l> >ile I ?:? tli lire until two-thir Is n?"0 gone ill" remain iershad be assigne I for thy use.' " A f.it'le that illustrates how the vine litis bem misappropriate I. Again, this smg of tno drunkar Is is an ex p. as ve sing. i a > Siantags an I the P.ir-'pa It ?;as an 1 N iUsous, aa I the other I rondere's ..f elevated nil I divine solos re- ! euive I tii'irthoii-.tu Is of dollars per night in coliseums and a m lotniesof ni i sig. Some of tip- people of sma I means aim >st pauperize I the ns >iv-s tnnt tiiov might sit a few eveiliag< nil l"r the e:i drill!'lient of those down the slrcel tho voices joino.l in the doxology. May Ood speed tho day wlton tho sougofroscno and salvation shall drown I with an ovo: whelming surge this mighty i song of the drunkards! Notice that the second noun of my^fext , is in tho plural. Not "drunkard.' but j "drunkards." It would be dull work to sing ' that song solitary and nlone. It isgeuornlly a chorus. Tlioy are in group". On that | downward way there must be companionship. Here and there is a man so moan as I always to drink alone, but generous men, big hearted men. drinking at bar or in restaurant or in clubhouse, feel mortilled to lake tho beverage unaccompanied. There must l>e some one with whom to click tho rim of the glasses, some one's health to propose, so mi sentiment to toast. There must be two, and still bettor it four, and still bettor if six, to give zest to the song of the drunkards. These who have gone down could mention tho name of at least one who hot pod thorn down. Generally it is I to!,?*n? u little higher tin Iii social lift* or la Itnanciul resources. I Oar friend felt llattorod to have nil invitation from one of aitperioc nam*'. Each one drank not only wlion ho felt liko it, but wlion the oth"r felt like it. Neither waute I to seotu lacking in sociality when he was invited. SolUD.^iJ imm every yoar are trente I into hell. Together are tlioy manacled of evil habit, together they travel toward their doom, togotberthoy mako m*>rry over the cowardice and Puritanical sentiment of those who never indulge, together they join their voices in the song of the drunkards. It the one proposes to stop, the other will not let hitn stop. Whoa inou are getting down themselves, they do uot want their associates to turn back. Tnoso who turn back wilt bo the scoff an I caricature of those who keep on, and there will i?o conspire *y to loriti g them back to the old pine *s an I their old environment, aud s*> have them r m"W the songof the drunkards. A r tin, the s >ag of th ? drank ir Is is easily learned. I'hrougii wli it long an I dim suit drill oue must go to su *e >e I as an elevate I an I inspiring singer! E nan Abbott, am >ng the most oinln**nt cantatriccs that over 011 chautod ?c 1 lemles of music. to'*1 me on ocean ship's deck, in auswer to mv <[uesiion, "Whither aro veil bonn I?" "I am going to Berlin and Paris to stu ly tnusio." "What!" I sal I. "Aft *rall your worl I renowned success >s in music, going to stu ly.'" Then she told m > through what hardships, through what so'.f denials, through what almost killing lutlguos, she ha I g>ae in or ler to be a singer, and that wliou in her earlier days a groat teacher of mnic had told her there wire certain notes she could n"ver roath, she said, "I will reach than,'* and through doing nothing else hut practice for live years sho did reach tnoai. Oh, how many heroes au I heroines of musical aehievom mt! Tiioro are songs which are easy to hear, but most difttcult to ren ler. When Handel, w ill a now oratorio, entered a room where a group of musicians ha l assemble I au l said, "Gentleman, you all read music?'' Tlioy sil l, "Yes. we play in church." "Very well," sii*l the great compos?r. "Play tli.s. Bit the pirformaneo was so poorlv d*ine Handel stopped his ears an I said: "Yea play in church! Very well, for we r.-a 1 the Eer 1 i- long suffering, of groat kin tu 'ss au I forgiving of iniquity, truisgressioii mi l siu. B it you shall n >t .1.. r ..... j|., 1, ,.. . | | mi incor (ride I from lutniiu Up?. is in -t diilluilt. iiut ou? of the easiest son/s to learn is tho soag of tlio drunknr.l-\ Anybody cm learn it. In a littio wiiilo you oan touch the hitrh st no'.e i>' eiuviviulity trio low st nme of be.s >tt In Bo/in m ideratoly, a >i;? b-r o an I n sip thvre. 'l\;in with claret, i?o on with nlo anl wlad up with co<(nno. Fir-i 11 ; > tli > stimulant at a w ?c.din/, then tuk" it at in i's. then take it b 'tween me ils. then ail tho time keep your pnUn under its s:c i thy ton ;h. In six months the dullest scholar in this Aj?dlyouic music may become an Xpert. First it will bosouil led in a htc0 i'./h. Aft *r awhile It will lie hear t i.i a silly hn. ha! Further on it will beeotuo a wii I whoop. '.I'll m it wi 1 enable you to run un an i down the live linos of a. "jo si pal Tho tno-t skilful way is to adopt the modern theory and jfivo the intoxicant to i your chit Iron, sayiu/ to yours ilf, "l'hoy will In aft"r life moot tho intoxicants every wli wo, an I t! t?y must trot u< - it is min,' tiioai an 1 tasting then and controlling th ir at>p til? s." That is tiio bust way ol ton aiti-.f ih mi the son/ of tho drunkards. Iv-.'p un that in > In of education, an I if v.ui It iv?' four boys at least tliro.i of tho.n will l.'srii tli? drunkards' son/ an 1 lie d ova in a drunkard's /rave, and if I ever 1 lid nwu/'r I would lay a wa/er that the fourth will lio down with the other three. ().* if the i! lm .itioii of the children in tliimusio should b" netrlected, it is not too lato to b".;iti at tweatv-ouo years of njfe, Ih' youn/ man will lln i plenty of younif rn-'ii who drink. They are in every circle to tie faun I. Surely, my b >v, you are not a | e uvar t an 1 afrai t <u" it.' Surely you aro n >t / lin.f t l>e liia bwo 1 by sumptuary laws or th" preiudi '-'s hi* your ol I fai'n ;r and mother? l'hoy are iinhiii t tii> times. Take somethin/. Take it ofton. S >m ) of the jfroute.'t piets ami orators hive boon notorious imbib'rs. IT you are to enter a parlor, it makes you mora vivacious and Chostorileldinn. If you aro to transact I.it i i"-c, your eustomcr is apt to buy more if you have taken with him a sherry oobblor. If you are to lu iko a speech, it will rIvo you a R'tbh -r ton/u . Oltiok could c impose Ins li st inusio by having hi* piano taken into tile m.dst of a rnea low, an I a bottle of eh i'ii11 p.fno pi l ie i ou eno'.isldo of him. Tiio [ earner ym b v/in to learn tho son/of tho I drunk t-Is tli ? easier it K li it n >no of you aro to old to le rn. You e.tn lieyin at fifty or .-ivtv, un lor prescription of doctor for j ai li l > diz 'siion <?r b'v.a'.iu/ up of inllr 11j ltie?. an I cl >-> > I f.i by roii I >r.n ; th ) s 1:1/ of in ' nniii'v.u' is so iv -ii w; i' an | :I:i I'MVunum v. ill one >r i t:! ? par for.nau.it> tui 1 want it a ' in an I a:?.iiii. I'.irlh 11 ?r , t hi I i-it ohiraileristlo of tho j drunknr l\ ?nn,.f is ? ? tremendous that I van | imtdly liii?>4 my-vdf t > mention it. The | 1 .'tiii . ir Is' som; i-' a <: ntiiiuous son :. Onco start Hint tun*, i n I you keep it up. You Irivo known a linti-lrel men destroyed of strollIr.n!?. Y"iio:r,inr.t mention llvo who u .t ml y u.irt" ! on tint ran I an I .stoppo I. ! rim cr 11 * of (Jnlem ho a oyt'liir:, hut It I <l > in >t itoeverything:, Jt"li?!on savos.nimo. ' T.*:it;> iran *o s > *! :? *9 save ioiie*. The It >w *ry ! mis-im sni m:i. i. i'lio Central million | Mvi's.-iiMi-:. lint 101,Ot) wlii nr? aniiM'illy si on i>y - ror.y '.rink are not save I at nil. I have li *i*n at a eemvrt v. hieli went on for two I*. iiirs an I n hah", mi l many pcoplo j if.it >aI .ill 1 I lit tiee lU'" it WUi too ion*:. I'.'it j ninety-live j or o *nt. of ih >-o who are Hi. :iiur the lran';ar Is's >n : will to tl\ Iftit lira ith of i tli i r l*i:i:;s ni I tl'.e i;,.. h- it <>( tlusir Ineirts l.eup on reu torlin; it, an I th> ifil lories <-? f j e irth hi l Ii vivon an l h *li will stav llll-s I with I theu-'touii I l spo'tat >rs. It is s'.toh a >: ?ii: t i ii ii ni1. an I pr l iiioo I ">m; mat one fiu's ' like making tho prayet whieii a reform I t;.i.l,,n?m a .o made. "Almighty (lol! If it l<i> 1'liy will that arm should suiT w, wh.itovur seeir.oth goo I in Tiiy siicht Iml>o - *a upon me. Let the broid of nf i llietion ho ffivon me to eat. T.yl.'o from mo the friends of mv eai:'.i i'*uce. Let the j eold hut p.yetiy t. i my ilwel.iny plueo in.d the w i-.tim; hnml of oiv>a*o inUlot its painful torments. I, *t me ,oiv In tlei wlilrl; wind nn 1 r-*a;i It. thustorm. I?**t tlioso have# ! me in derision who nro younger than I. Lot : the pas-iim away of my welfare be like the ! Ileolimr of a eiou l. nn 1 the shouts of my i nienies like tho rusiiintfof waters When I | iinti'iputo - ?od. lot *,;. nmioy mo. Wheal | j look for H*:l,l, iot darkness conin upon lie*. | i,tii in" i"nni> in u'-iiui i>'i cviT Hit*. I) > all this, t>\it s?vo in**, merciful (I>tl! savo mo fr tin lii futo of 1 unkarl. Anion! ' Y .1 Mm this sermon is not .? > iriuuh fur euro as fur prevention. Stop before you [star:, if ? >u win fortrivo tlio .? >lo ism. Ttio oloik ?.? ' S'. Paul's ciitlin Iral stru !? thirtem n > ini.lni'jiit. nil I so Raved I ho lifo of a s"iitinel. Tim s .1 tier was nrresto 1 an'I trio I forfaiting asleep lit his | o-t ono uiilnlj-lit. Cut he ih- ! iro t that ho was :y\vako at mt 1nitriit, an I in proof '.lint ho was awako ho Miid that ho h:; I heart! I ho. unusual ooeurreiict. ?>f din ulock striking i:i instead of 12. Ho was laughod to *<joru uud aentonecd to death. Ret throe or Tour porsous, hearing of tlio case, came up iu time to swear tbnt they, too, henr.l tho clonk strike 13 that same midnight, and so tho man's lift* was spared. My hoarer. If you go oa aud thoroughly loaru tho drunkards' sonif, perhaps in tho deep midnight of your soul there may sound something that will yet otTeot your moral and otornal roscue. But it is a risky "perhaps." It is exceptional. Go ahead on that wrong road, an l the clock will more probably strike the 12 that closes your day of opportunity than that It will strike 13, the sound of your deliverance. A few Sabbaths ago on the steps of this church a man whom I had known in other years confronted me. At the IIrat glance I saw that ho was In tho llftli and last act of tho tragedy of intemperance. Splendid oven in his ruin. The' same brilliant eye, and tho same courtly manners, and the remains of the same Intel loot ual endowments, but a wreck. I had soou that craft >vii**ii it ifumvcu niu wau'i^, ?'i r?ii??3 ?*? * running bv truo compass; wife nnd children nnd friends on board, himself commandlng in n voyage that ho oxpoctod would be glorious. puttinto prosperous harbors of unrth nun nt Inst putting into the harbor of heaven. But now a wreck, towe 1 along by low appetites, that over an I anon run him into the breakers?a wreck of body, a wreck or mind, a wreck of soul. "Where is your w.fe?" "J do not know." "When nro your children?" "I do n>t know." "Whoro is your (rod?" "I do not know." That man is coming to tho last verse of that Ion? cantata, that protracted threnody, that terrific son? of the drunkards. But if these words shout I ei no?"or you know tho largest ail lionca I reach I never sec at a'l?T say If these words shoul I come, thou.pi ut the ends of the oarth. to any fallen man, lot nie soy to him: Be the exception to tho general rule and turn and live, while 1 recall to ym a scene In England, whore some one said to an inebriate as ho was going out of church where there wis a print nwak oiln?, "Whv don't you si?n tho pledge?" He answered. "I have slgaol It twenty times an I will never si?n It a?ntn." "Why. then," said tho gentleman talking to him. "don't you po upand kneel atthoaltar, amid those other penitonls?" Ho took the alvieo an 1 wont and knelt. After awhile a little girl, In rags nn I soaked with tho rain lookol in tho church d >er. an 1 some one said: "What nro you doin? here, little girl?" Sho said: "Bleas0, sir, I he ir I as my father is here. Why. that is mv father up there kneeling now." She wont un and put her arms aroun 1 her f i'.h?r*s neck and said: "Father, what are you doing here?" An I ho said: "I am asking Go I to forgive me." Sai l she: "ff He forgivos von. will we bo hanny again?" "Yes. my dear," "Will wo havo enough to eat again?" "Yes, my dear." "And will you never strike us again?" "No. my child." "Walt hare." said sh?. "till I go and call mother." And soon tho child came with tho mother, an t tho mother, kneeling b-?sido tho Imsban I. said; "Save me to >! Save me too!" An 1 tho T.orl heard the prayer a1 that altar, an I one of tii.cb neiie.st homes in Eti?lan I is the home over which that father and m-.iii'-i MOW I >viiiv>.? nri*.t nt\ oo. II in TICS scr.nin ' hive w.irnc 1 nllvr^ :tg:enst n ?V?R??i t ! lif . v,*dlt I ho fact that so few rc?urn after they hive on gono astray, for tha oncoon-.? of thoso w'.io w?vil I like to ro? turn I toll von <5 >1 want) von to co-no 1 bach, every on > of von. tin I to e.vrio back now, an I mor ? toivWly nn I lovingly than anv motherover 'ifto 1 a sick ohibl out of a era lb*, an I foldo l it in her arms, an 1 crooned over It a lullaby au I ric';i> l it to and fro, ,'h?> Lord will ta'co you mi au 1 iohl you iu thoarins of his card >nin g lore. "** There's a wld-mosa in ft vl's mercy, Ijiko the widonesa of l!e? sea; There'.-' a kin iness in h's justice', Whie'u is tuoro than liberty. Swiftest Vessel in the World. I'robably the swiftest vessel in the world has roeently been built in ed in Havre by tbo well-known house of Augtistin Nonuand, the eoutraet requiring that It should maintain a speed of from t\vonty-nltie to thirty knots for an hour under usual steam. At its trial trip, it seems, this vessel, the Forban, ran a distance of more than thirty-one knots in an hour, this being equivalent to about thirty-live miles, probably the greatest distance ever covered by a seagoing ship in sixty minutes, powerful engines being necessary, of course, to drive the vessel through the water at such a rapid rate. On this score, therefore, the statement is not surprising that, although the displacement of the craft is only aK?ut l-~>0 tons. It carries engines of 8,2o0 horse power. She?What do you think of those eljars I bought for your birthday? lie? 1 don't think?I try to forget them.? f.niitlnn TM<'l'-\f<t-T'n Ciiluiitlsire and Coupon*. So mnny beautiful calendars unci entortftinIiitX novelties have boon issued by tho proprietors ui Hood's Snrsupnrilln, that w<> are hardly surprised to roeoivo this season not only one of iho very prettiest do>|j?ns in calondars, but with it coupons which entitle the recipient to attractive novelties. Kvory one who gets a Flood's Xarsaparilla calendar for is 07 secures something tliat will prove interesting and valuable as well tis a beautiful Specimen of tin* lithographer's art. Tito ealendar is this season by an amusing lit 11?* book on ''The Went Iter." Ask your drugulst for Hood's Coupon Calendar, or gelid 0 cents in stamps for one to C. 1. Hood it Co., I.owell, Mass. LOOK! LOOK! We have added to our Large and Complete Line of Fresh Drug's, The Largest and l?est Selected Stock o? Lamps, Lamp Chimneys, Perfumery it ml U'oilet Articles, ever brought to I it on, which we are going to sell at prices that will make them go. We also have tho agency for 1) IA M A N T A__Sl' EOT A C LKSM E NC ED ov 9 HV5ICIAN& Yoii|eannot afford fo wear inperior glassos.and ruin ycttr eyes when we are selling'.these mm Vailed glasses at such a flow pr/rft Pome at ence aud get fitted. Carolina Drug Co. SURVEYING. 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