The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, January 26, 1900, Image 8

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- - ' l1 To All. VAUGHN'S Read the t ' (Toon of noeot Atta to hu4 r^M kid nays. My pkyslaidui ?al<l that I rou X to Mow draw* trom acrotua several i fluid. Wu nimble to get any rest or al< kto to totted to my buelneas. I oau r ?Ui to ttm Ik m some poor suflarer ma tjtssr^iiic Onion IN HIS STEPS. "What Would Jesus Do? ' By Charles M. Sheldon. _ _ [Copyrighted and publiuhcil In book form by tfce Advance Publishing Co., of Chicago.] Jar. sterling baa gone into his room that craning about 0 o'clock, and that was the last seen of him nntil in half an hour a shot was heard and a servan who was in the hall ran into tho room and found the owner of the liouso dead on ths floor, killed by his own hand. Felicia at tho time was sitting by ber mother. Rose was reading in tho library. She ran np stairs, Raw lier father as he was being lifted npon the conch by the servants and then ran screaming into her mother's room, where she flung herself down on tho foot of the bed in a swoon. Mrs. Sterling had at first fainted at the shock, then rallied with wonderful swiftness and sent a messenger to call Dr. Brace. She had then insisted on seeing her husband. In spito of Felicia, she had compelled Clara and the housemaid, terrified and trembling, to support her while slxo crossed tho hall and entered the room where her husband lay. She had looked upon him with a tearless face, had gone back into " her own room, was laid on the bed, and as Dr. Bruce and the bishop entered the house she, with a prayer of forgiveness for herself and her husband on her nnlvAri t>ct 14no . Kn/1 AI _ ^ . n UI1U uicu, >VIUI I'ClH'ia bending over her und Rose etill lying senseless at her feet. So great and swift had been the entrance of grim death into that palace of lnxnry thHt Sunday night, but the full cause of his coming was not known until the facts in regard to Mr. Sterling's business affairs were finally disclosed. Then it was leurned that for some time he had been facing financial rnn owing to certain speculations that had in a month's time swept his supposed wealth into complete destruction With the canning and desperation of a man who battles for his very life, when he mw his money, which was nil tho life be ever valued, slipping from him ho bed put off the evil dny.to tho Inst mo inent Sunday afternoon, however, ho bad received news that proved to him beyond a doubt the fact of his utter ruin. The very house that he called his. the chairs in which ho sat. his carriage, the dishes from which ho nto. had all been bought by money for which ho himself hud nev?r rMllvHnno .m troke of pnre labor. It h?d all rested on a tisane of deceit and speculation that had no foundation in real values. Ho knew the fact better than any one else, bnt he had hoped, with the hope that euch men ulwnys have, that the same methods that brought him the money won Id also prevent ita losa He had been deceived in this, as many others have been. As oon as the truth that he was practically a beggar had dawned upon him ho nw no escape from suicide. It was the irresistible result of such a life as he had lived. He had mado money his god As soon as that god had gone out of his little world there was nothing more to ; worship, and when a man's object of i worship is gone he has no tiiore to live . for. llius died the groat millionaire, j Obarles R. Starlimr. and. verilv. ha di-?l t \ j^fs-3 iU i " Sufferers LITHONTRIPTIC has cure dreadful disease and it \ ollowing letter from R. J. B< -ri. -rf yju sjC*/ y ~>+i^ *Z??, ^?,'^/-yr. ^ y/t*s*<*z <i*-^f'y ~%/^ y^t y -. <^., D itln* statement of my ease which T gladly give, t h 1U not last but a short time. I was unable to he <!.;< tuuco. A WM OyiB|UDU'iy lMIUU Qb HID IHHf) I I >T ?p uc?pt wlillo under Oio influence an opinin. I iow rble my horse, a thing I hud bcou unable to do y be bonefltted thereby. 1 Drug Oo., Uiink Building; F. C. us the l'ool dioth, for what is the gain ' or the loss of money compared with the unsearchable riches of eternal life, which are far beyond the reach of worldly speculation, loss or change? Mrs. Sterling's death was the result of shock. She had not been taken into her husband's confidence for year* hnt silo knew that the eonrco of his wealth was precarious Her lifo for several years had been a death in life The Rolfes always gnvo the impression that they could endure more disaster unmoved than any 0110 else. Mrs. Sterling illustrated the old family tradition when she was carried into tho room where her husband lay, but tho feeble tenement could not hold the spirit, and . it gave up the ghost, torn and weakened . by long years of suffering and disap- j pointinent. The effect of this triplo blow, the j death of father and mother and the loss ) of property, was instantly apparent in : the sisters. Tho horror of events stupe- j tied Rose for weeks. She lay unmoved by sympathy or any effort to rally. She 1 did not 6eem yet to realize that tho ' money which had been so large a part j of her very existence was gone. Even j when she was told that she and Felicia most leave tho house and bo dependent upon relatives and friends she did not seem to understand what it meant. Felicia, however, was fully conscious | of tho facts. She knew just what had happened and why. Sho was talking over her future plans with her cousin Rachel a few days after tho funerals. Mrs. Winslowand Rachel had left Raymond and como to Chicago at onco as soon as tho terrible news had reached them, and with other friends of the family they were planning for the future of Rose and Felicia. "Felicia, yon and Roso must como to Raymond with us. That is settled Mother will not hear of any other plan at present," Rachel had said, while her beautiful faco glowed with love for her cousin, a lovo that had deepened day by day and was intensified by the knowledge that they both belonged to the new discipleship. "Unless I could find something to do here." answered Felicin She looked wistfully nt Rachel, and Rachel said j gently "What could you do. dear?' "Nothing I was never taught to do , . nything ertcept a little music, and I i do not know enough about it to teach , it or earn r y livir.g ut it 1 have learned ! tocook u little," Felicia answered, with ' a slight smile I "Then you can cook for ns Mother is always having trouble with her kiteli- ; en " said Rachel, understanding well ; enough that Felicia was thinking of tho fact that she was now dependent for her very food and shelter upon tho kind- . ness of family friends It is true, the girls received h little something out of the wreck of their fa , tlier's fortune, but with u speculator's mad folly ho had managed to involve both his wife's and his children's portions in tlm common ruin. "Can IV Can I ?" Felicia roplied to Rachel's proposition, ua if it were to be considered seriously. "1 am ready to do anything honorable to make my living and that of Rose Poor Rose! She will ! lever bo able to get over the shock of ?ur trouble.'' "We will arrange tho details whet* wo get to Raymond." Rachel said, smiling through iter t<?ars at FcHcin'a eagfr willingness to car- for her. . If. So 'n a few weeks Rosa and Folic'.* , round themo-dv s a parte* the \Vin;.!ov* [anlily in Raymond. Itwu" a hitt r c." j | ri iuo for Rose, but I'u-ro v.vs imthlog el-,o for her to do. and fhe u 'cepte.. j the inevitable, brooding over the grout* m ^ .* tr , i * * *"' < * r. ' - . ' -1 From DR d thousands of desperate ct vill positively cure you. itsill, Maj. 18th Reg. S.C. V A % -f'?-*? ^t- -r / /> O*--^^2- / /2'y/A*di^L j>yA^uA t sj/ /~i'-? r cX-v-?-u. < ?t -7-t^-xA A? A /S*y f <-uL /y a-* J?\u <2-^' /iJlSgL^Osy f.vo boon suffering for three years from dropsy, r* > : ox'.opt shortly nfior bolng tapped, evory llssiio i i" i VAUGHN'S UTHONTKIPTIC, psrfoctly hoi,.It have used olght bottles ot VAUGHN'S iaTHON' for nearly two years. You may publish such ot u Liiko, opposite Union Hotel, L change in her lifo and in many ways lidding to the burden of Felicia and her cousin Rachel. Felicia at onco found herself in an atmosphere of discipleship that was like heaven to her in its revelation of companionship It is true that Mrs. Wiuslow was not in sympathy with the course that Rachel was taking, but the remarknblo events since tho pledge had been taken wore too "powerful in their results not to impress even such a worn* in as Mrs. Winslow. With Rachel Felicia found u perfect fellowship. She at once found a part to take in the novv work at tho Rectangle. In the spirit of her new life she insisted upon helnir.g in tho housework at her aunt's and in a short time demonstrated her ability as a cook so clearly that Virginia suggested that she take charge of tho cooking class at the Rectangle. reacia entered upon Una work wit!: the keenest pleasure. For the first time in her life she had the delight of doing something of value for the happiness of others. Her resolve to do everything after aching, "Yv'liat would Jeau.; Jo V touched her deepest nature. She began to develop and strengthen wonderfully Even Mrs. Wiualow was obliged to acknowledge the great usefulness and beauty of Felicia's character The anut looked with ustouislunent upon her niece, this city bred girl, reared in tho greatest luxury, the daughter of a millionaire. now walking around in her kitchen, her arms covered with flour and occasionally a streak of it on her nose?for Felicia at first had a habit of rubbing her nose forgetfully when she was trying to remember some recipe? mixing various dishos, with the greatest interest in tlieir results, washing up puns ana Kettles and doing the ordinary work of a servant in the Winslow kitchen and at the rooms of the Rectauglo settlement At first Mra Winslow remonstrated "Feliciu, it is not your placo to be ont hero doing this ccmimon work I cannot allow it." "Why, aunt? Don't yon like tho muffins I made this morning Y" Felicia would ask meekly, but with a hidden smile, knowing her aunt's weakness for that kind of mnfini "They wore beautiful, Felicia, hut it doi.s not seem right for you to be doing such work for ns " "Why not V What else can 1 do?' Her aunt lookcl at her thc nglita.lly noting h< r remarkable beauty of face and expression "Yon do not always intend to do this kind of work. - Felicia?" "Maybe I shall. I have had a dream oi opening uu iU:al cookr>hop in Cni( H.ro or Homo large city and going around to tlio poor families in soii'.o slum district liIre the Rectangle, touching the mothers how to prepare food properly 1 remember hearing Dr. Bruce say nneo thnt he believed one of tbe great miseries of comparativo poverty consisted in poor food. Ho even went ho far as to say that lie thought eon e kin is of crime can Id bo traced to aigyj biscuits and tough beefsteak I'm com tide nt 1 would be able to mako a living for Rose and myself and at the satro time to help others. " Felicia brooded over this dream until it Is-canio u reality Meanwhile she grew into tho affections of the Raymond people and the Roolrngle folks, among whom elio was known as "tLe ang 1 cook. " Underneath the structure of the bountiful character sho waagrov.* ing always rested her promise made in Nazareth Avenue church. "What would .loans do?" She prayed and hoped and worked end planned In c life by the answer to that question it wm tire inspiration of .Lex* uondaot a ... ... 'jw jslljj ^ OPSY. 1 w ises of this !c it tt ols., i860. Ci t< tl ^ /Tr^ ' / o' ol ? , /?/*-& |] c! 5^-2^2 f( I^/>>^^i^i^!<. ci &Jr c QU> " J / ZZs S ? ^<-#e /^T-*^-^ j) !i I meral anasarca, caused from llvor nnd completely filled, saturated wtth fluid; T >ss. Iors terribly inllanied and exuding r rKIPTIO and am now comfortabl? and l, ly statement as you may desire^ I am !: iu'.lers J^rug ytoi'e. r t L r g ????????????? c iuirl the answer to an her amuition J Tlireo months hud gone by since the t J Sunday morning when Dr. Bruce came f into his pulpit with the message of tiie t new disciploship Never before had the 1 Rev. Calvin Bruce realized how deep L I the feelings cf his members flowed. IIo t humbly confessed that the appeal he ( had* made met with an unexpected re i sponsc from men and women who. like Felicia, wero hungry for something in their lives that the conventional type of i clinrch membership and fellowship had j failed to give them c But Dr Draco was not yet satisfied ' j for himself. We cannot tell what hi3 ? ] feeling was or what led to the move * uient he finally made, to the great astonishment of all who knew him. better f\ than by relating a conversation bo- ^ tween him and the bishop at this time in the history of the pledge in Nazareth 'f Avenne church The two friends were, 1 as before, in Dr Bruce 'a house, seated in his study "Yon know wlmf 1 iinvni-nmo in tliia - evening for?" tho bishop was saying after tho friends had been talking some time about the results of tho pledge with Nazareth Avenne people. Dr. Bruce looked over at the bishop and shook hie head. "I have come to confess," went on the bishep. "thut I hnve uot yet kept uiy promise to walk in his steps in the way that 1 believe I shall bo obliged to if I satisfy my thought of what it c means to walk in his steps." C Dr Bruce had risen and was pacing his study The bishop remained in the # deep easy chair, with his hands clasped, but his eye burned with the glow that always belonged to him before ho made some great resolve M "Edward"?Dr Bruce speke abruptly? "1 have not yet been able to satisfy myself, either, in obeying my promise, but I have at last decided on my course. , Jn order to follow it, I shall be obliged t to resign from Nazareth Avenue o church." 1 "I know yon would," replied the <i bishop quietly, "and I eamo in this evening to say that I shall bo obliged ? to do tiro same with my charge." A Dr. Brnco turned and walked up to his friend. They were both laboring under repressed oscitement. . "Is it nocessary in your enso?" asked Bruce. "Yes. Let uie rtato my reason Probably they are the sumo r.3 your In fact. I am sure they are." T1 bishop paused i. moviect, then vrcn'- c a with increasing feeling"Calvin, you know how mauy yonr-a I lmvo been doirg the work of my posi tion, and you know something of th-. responsibility and the care of it. I do H not mean to say that my life has beeo ?freo from burden bearing or sorrow. Jbnt I have certainly led what the poor _ and desperato of this sinful city would JL cnl) n very comfort", bio?yes, 11 vCv luxurious?lifo. I have a beautiful house to livo in. the most expensive food, clothing and nhvsical nl assures. 1 have been able to go abroad nt least a i dozen times and havo enjoyed for years the beautiful companionship of art and letters and music and all the rest of the very best. I havo never known what it meant to be without money or its equivalent, and I have been nnablo to silenco the question of late. 'What have 1 suffered for the sake of Christ V Paul J5 was told what great things he must suffer for tho sako of his Lord. Max- g well's position at Raymond is well taken when lie insists that to walk in the / stops of Christ means to suffer. Where has my suffering come in? Tho petty trials and annoyances of my clerical life are not worth mentioning us-sorrows or suffer ixur. Com oared with Paul or any ^-jj*t ; 'v*: // t'ltoli'i* ^ - V: P the Christian martyrs or curly disciIcs. I havo lived a luxurious, sinful fo. full of cane and pleasure. I cannot 4 jdure this any longer I have that 1 itbiu me which of la to rises in ever'helming condemnation of such a fol?wing of Jesus I havo not been walklg in his slops. Under the present sys>ui of church and social life I see no scape from this condemuntu n except ) give the rest of my life personally to 10 actual physical and soul needs of ic wretched people in the worst part P this city." The bishop had risen now and walked vcr to the window. The street in fro;.t J P the house was as light as day. a:: i o looked out at the crowds passing ion turned, and. with a passionate ut , jranco that showed how deep the vol inic fire in him burned, lie exclaimed 2- - ' ? * ' vaiviii, tm 1*1 is a leniihc ciiy 111 ? "hicli wo live. Its misery, its sin, its jlflslmess, appall my bourt, and I have truggled for years with the sickening read of the time when 1 should be ] weed to leave the pleasant luxury of j ly official position to put my life into i yntaet with the modern pagnnism of \ lis century. The awful condition of i so girls in the great department stores. 10 brutal selfishjicga of the insolent so i icty, fashion and wealth that ignores 11 the sorrows of the city, tlio fearful urse of the drink and gambling hell, j ho wail of the unemployed, the hatred 4 f the church by eonntlesa men who see i ii the church only great, piles of costly 1 tone and upholstered furniture and the J jinister as a luxurious idler, nil the ast tumult of tliia vast torrent of humility with its false and its true ideas. ] ts exaggeration of evils in the church nd it* bitterness and shame that are he result of piany complex car.ees?all his as a total fact, in its contrast with he easy, comfortable life 1 have lived. ii.-> me mere and more with a sense cf lingjed teiTor and self accusation 1 ,;>ve hoard the words of Jesr.s many ; imos lately, 'Inasmuch n3 ye did it not into one of these least, my bpnthrotlo did it not to me.' And when have 1 j < !cr?on::liy visited the prisoner or the - r,p? in'.i jjr the sinful in any way that irt?? actually paused mo suffering? lather I have followed tlio couven- ] ional, soft habits of my position unci i lave lived in tho soelety of tlio rieh. j efincd, aristocratic members of my con- ! xegations. Whero has tlio suffering . omo in? What have I goffered for csns* sake? Do you know. Calvin"? , ho bishop turned abruptly toward his , riend?"I have been tempted of late 0 lash myself with a scourge. If I had ived in Martin Luther's time, I would 1 lavo bared my back to a self inflicted j nrtr.re." 1 i ft? BB OONTLNUKD.j . * ?... ^ . * ? 1 Spanish Are Charitable. 1 The Spanish are among the most ! , haritable people on earth. Without a toor tax, Spanish eommunlties of BO,- I >00 self supporters feed a pauper pop- ' , ilatlon of 0.000 or more. 1 x M <5-- rl iT i j You can nn< variety of Toys it the lowest ' WONDER We cannot beg 1_ ! 1 J- 111 ' uings, uui wm justs ind the thing that Wonder btore" you ind it anywhere else Dolls, Dolls that sleep, wake, Dolls with be >olls that have no ol )olIs that talk, Dolls \U Kinds Jumping Dogs, JVL tunning Horses, Cow t cheap ppioes at the 'VINDE& TO THE PUBLIC. The Ginnery of the Union Oil and llunufacturing Company will only un on Saturdays after Jan. 6,' 1900. W. E. Thomson, Pres. SOUTHERN RAILWAY.^ Condensed Schedule in Rflfoot December 10th, 1>9\ stations! \r? sun. L.v. Charleston ,T.~.... 77" 7 00 a in " Hummerville 7 41 a m " Uranchville UK a in 'I Orangeburg s 2a a x?a " hingville * 15 a in Lv. Savannah ~ "72 06 a m 1 " B&nanll 4 oo a in J " Blaekvlile 4 15 a m Lv. Columbia 7. T 10.5 a th " Prosperity 12 10 n'n " Newberry 12 25 p m " Ninety-Si* 1 '20 p m " Greenwood 7 40 a as 1 55 p m ^r. Hodges 8 03 a m 2 15 p in LiV. Abbeville V 2u n ro 1 515 p Jh kr. Bel ton H 65 a in a 10 p m 7v. Anderson 8 &> n r.p 2 05 p m lr. Greenville. 7 10 la a m| 4 15 p m . . tr. AtInntn.iOoii.Tiiiif i a 55 p ml uojpm stations, 1No0i,8.1' nTT*. Ly. Grmmvillo > :w p ,n 10 18 a m ?i-?j),,nont C <X) p m 10 40 a m * " UlinniBton <; a; p m lo 55 a m Ir.AmlHsmt "Ti.Yp m 11 40 a m fgg HT| kr. Abbovillo. g ju ., ao ? m tl- 7 1? p n. ll 56 ft m \.r. Greenwood 8 00 pm 12 20pm NU-.cry-fclx 13 65 p m No\vl>orry 2 CO p m Prosperity 214 pm "Columbia 8 :*0 t> m Sr: BiockvliK. .0 o:. a m gjrnwn H 2Q a ifl ; ? R 15 ft m Lv. KlUgViilO ~ " "~4 43 n||| ; otiu<Bei.nrK ;;;;; 5 34 p m branch viiio 0 17 n m " Sumtnorville 7 !? d m 6r. Charleston L 8 15 p m ""ATIOSA " jjSVftSJW 11 0)p' 7 10 ajLv..Char.es.on..ar 8 14 p 7 00ft U . 41 :i| J>nn;nu?rvil!o ' 7 S3u 5 62a I 55 ? 8 55 a " .Bmnchvil e, " 0 02 p 4 20 n i 'o!a fi"1 " Or:-rx 5 ::4 p 8 45 ft t-V--" Ll ^ Kinifvil o " i 4;l p 2 1!2 n . jlTv. J-avuuuali ,\i 6 lo j < 05 a , . ..I " ..Barnwell " 3 2T.? * ' ' a ' " ..B nekvhlo.. ' 3 05a ? 8 3J:iilI 40a " ..Columbia.. " 8 20p 9 80i? iSSii: 'i ?8{j ?2; SSi IBS -::ioSte::" iSg ? 2 8^ :* a-Pncoiftt..,. ? 12 14p o 3p II 8ou 8 10 p Ar Spartanburg Lv 11 45 a 0 16 ri H 40 ? 3 40 p Lv Spartanburg Ar 11 17 ft 0 00 n 3 87 p 7 00p Ar...Ashevillo ...Lv 3 05 a 8 ftp "P" p. m. "A" a. m. "N" night. Pullman nalnoe sleeping cars on Trains 35and ftfl, 37 and 38. on A. and O. division. Dinin?* ea?j dm those trains sorvo all meals on route. " Trains lcavo Spartanburg, A. <ft C. division, northlmund, 7:03 n, m? 3:3i p.m., 0:13 p. m., (Vestibule Limited); southbound 12:20 a. m!, 11:15 p. m., 11:34 a. m., (Vestibule Limited.) Trains leave Greenville, A. and C. division, northbound,0:00 a. m., 2:34 t>. m. and 5:22 p. m., (Vestibuled Limited): southbound, 1:80 a. m.. 4:80 p. m., 12:30 p. m. (Vestibuled Limited) Trains 0 and 10 carry elegant Pullman sleeping cm s between Savannah and Ashevillo enroute dally between Jacksonville and Clnolaaati. Also Pullman Drawing-room sleeping yars between Charleston and Columbia. PRANKS. GANNON, J. W. CULP, Tlilrd V-y. <C?nn. Mgiv, Truffle Mgr., Washington, D. C. ' Wasliington, D. O. W. A. TURK. S. H. H^RDWICE, Gen. Pass. Ag't., As't Gou. Pass. Ag'fc., Washington, ?>. 0. Atlanta, Go. AS! I jj|ii ir^wrA^Aicnii'i.u 11 jL r (Ti hft r*n aft) n L> d the biggest i and Presents ' -i prices at the \ STORE. "f in to mention the ay that if you can't you want at the need not expect to ?. o Dolls. Dolls ti>at stay autiful clothes on olhes, from lc up, that walk. Of Toys. DnKeys, Bears, etc. s, etc. Big display ,, ? v STORE." - "N ". .j * ' *V' A % 4 **9 4i^.