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DR. TALM AGE’S SERMON
The 'Eminent Divine’s Sunday
Discourse.
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Subject! "Seir-SUughler"—A Terrible
Denunciation of Sulelde— Aaaan.lnatlon
of Other* a Mild Crime Compared With
A**a**lnatlon of Yourself.
Tixt: "Do thyself nc harm.”—Aota
10: 28.
Here Is a would-be suicide arrested In
his dendly attempt. He was a sheriff, and
according to the Roman law, a bailiff him
self must suffer the punishment due an es
caped prisoner; and If tho prisoner break
ing jail was sentenced to be endungeoued
for three or four years, then the sheriff
must be endungeousd for three or four
years, and If the prisoner breaktngjall was
to hnve suffered oapttal punishment, then
the sheriff must suffer capital punishment.
The sheriff had received espeolal ehnrgo to
keep a sharp lookout for Paul and Silas
The government had not much oonfldence
In bolts and bars to keep safe these two
clergymen, about whom there soemod to
be something strange and supernatural.
Sure enough, by miraculous power, they
are free, and the sheriff, waking out of a
sound sleep, and supposing these ministers
have run away, and knowing that they
were to die for preaching Christ, and real
izing thnt he must therefore die, rather
than go under the executioner’s axe on the
morrow and suffer publlo disgrace, resolves
to preclpltnto hlsown decease. But before
the sharp, keen, glittering dagger of the
sheriff could strike his hon/t, ono of tho un
loosened prisoners arrests tho blade by the
command, "Do thyself no harm ”
In olden times, and where Christianity
had not Interfered with It, suicide was
considered honoruble and a sign of cour
age. Demosthenes poisoned himself when
told that Alexander's ambassador had de
manded tho surrender of tho Athenian
orator. Isocrates killed himself rathor
thnn surrender to Philip of Macedon.
Cato, rnther thnn submit to Julius Cmsnr,
took his own life, and throe times after his
wounds had been dressed, torn thorn opon
and porlshod. Mlthridates killed hlmsglf,
rather than submit to Pompoy, tho con
queror. Hannibal destroyed his life by
poison from his ring, considering life un
bearable. Lyourgus a suicide, Brutus a
suicide. After the disaster of Moscow
Napoleon always carried with him a prep
aration of poison, and ono night his
servant heard the ex-emperor arise, put
something in a glass and drink it, and
soon after tho groans aroused all the at
tendants, and It wus only through utmost
medical skill that ho was resuscitated.
Times have changed, yet the American
conscience needs to be toned up on the
subject of suicide. Have you seen apnper
In the last month thnt did not announce the
B sssago out of life by ono's own behest?
efaulters, alarmed nt the Idea of exposure,
quit life preclpltntely. Men losing large
fortunes go out of the world becauso they
cannot endure oarthly existence. Frus
trated affection, domestic infollolty, dys
peptic Impntlonoe, nnger, remorse, envy,
jealousy, destitution, misanthropy, are
considered sufficient causes for abscond
ing from this life by Purls groen, by luudn-
num, by belladonna, by Othello's dagger,
by halter, by leap from the abutment of a
bridge, by tlrearms. More cases of felo
de se In the last two years than In any two
years of the world’s existence, and more
in tho last month thnn In any twelve
months. Tho evil Is more aud more spread
ing.
A pulpit not long ago expressed some
doubt as to whether there was really any
thing wrong about quitting this life when
It became disagreeable, and there are
found In respectable circles people apolo
getic for the crime whioh Paul in the text
arrested. I shall show you before I get
through that sulolde Is the worst of nil
crimes, and I shall lift n warning unmls
taknble. But in the early purt of this, ser
mon I wish to admit that some of tho best
Christians that have ever lived have com
mitted self-destruetion, but alwuya in de
mentia, and not responsible. I have no
more doubt about their eternal fellotty
than I have of the Christian who dies in
his bod in the delirium of typhoid fever.
While the shock of the catastrophe is very
great. I charge ail those who have had
Christian friends uoder cerebral aberrntlbn
step off the boundaries of this life, to hnvo
no doubt about their happlnoss, The dear
Ldrd took them right out of their dazed
and frenzied state Into perfect safety. How
Christ feels towards the Insane you may
know from the way He treated tho de-
roonlno of Qadara and tho ohlld lunatic,
and the potenoy with which He husked
tempests either of sen or brain.
Scotland, the land prolific of intellectual
S lants, badnonegranderthan Hugh Miller.
rest for sclenoe and grant for God. He
was an elder tg St, John’s Presbyterian
Church. He came of the best Highland
blood, and was a descendant of Donald
Boy, a man eminent for piety and the rare
gift of second sight. His attainments,
ollmblng up ns he did from the quarry and
the wall of the stone mason, drew forth
the astonished admiration of Bucklnndnnd
Murchison, the scientists, and Dr. Chal
mers, the theologian, and held universities
spellbound while he told them the story of
what he had seen of God in “Tho Old Bed
Sandstone.” That, man did more than any
other being that ever lived to show thnt
the God of the hills is the God of the Bible,
and he stuck his tuning-fork on the rocks
of Cromarty until ho brought geology and
theology accordant In dlvlno worship. His
two books, entitled "Footprints of the
Creator” nnd “The Testimony of the
Rocks,” proclaimed the banns of nn ever
lasting marriage between genuine solence
and revelation. On this latter book he
tolled day and night,through love of nature
and love of God, until ho could not sleep
and his brain gave way, nnd he was found
dead with n revolver by his side, the cruel
Instrument haring had two bullets—one
for him and the other for the gunsmith
who at the coroner’s inquest was .examin
ing it nnd fell dead. Hnve you any doubt
of the beatification of Hugh Miller after
his hot brain had ceasod throbbing that
winter night in his study at Portobello?
Among the mightiest of earth, among the
mightiest of heaven.
No one doubted the piety of William Cow
per, the author of tnosethree great hymns
“Oh, For a Closer Walk With God,’
“What Various Hindrances We Meet,'
"There Is a Fountain Filled With Blood’’—
Wllllnm Cowper, who shares with Isaac
Watts and Charles Wesley the chief honors
of Christian kymnology. In hypochon
dria he resolved to take his own life, and
rode to the River Thnmes, but found a man
seated on some goods at that very point
from which he expected to spring, and
rode back to bis home, and thnt night
threw himself upon his own knife, but the
blade broke; nnd then he hanged himself
to the celling, but the rope broke.
While we make this merciful and right
eous allownnceln regard to those who were
plunged into mental Incoherence, I declare
that the man wqo, in the use of his roason,
by his own act, inaps the bond betw&n his
body and bis soul, goes straight Into perdi
tlon. Shall I prove It? Itevelatlon'21,8—
"Murderers sbgll have their part In the
lake which burneth with fire and brim
stone.” Revelation QJ, 18—“Without are
dogs nnd sorcerers and whoremongers
and murderers.” You do not believe the
New Testament? Then, perhaps, you be
lieve the Ten Commandments: "Thou
shalt not kill.” - Do you say that all these
passages refer to the taking of the life of
'TV 1 W __t. .. ° . . _ i. -
com It Is trea.tmry to an especial trust; It
Is the surrendlr of a eastle you were es
pecially appol.led to keep; It ts treason to
a natural law, tad It Is treason to God add"
ed to ordinary murder.
To show how God of the Bible looked
upon this crime, I point you to the rogues’
picture gallery In some parts of the Bible,
the pictures of the people who have com
mitted this unnatural crime. Here Is the
headless trunk of Saul on the walls of Bath-
shan. Here Is the man who chased little
David—ten feet an stature chasing four.
Here Is the man Who consulted a olnlrvoy-
ant, Witch of Endkr. Here la a man who,
whippod la bnttlellnstcnd of surrendering
his sword with dignity, ns many a man has
done, asks his servant to slay him, and
when that servant |ocllned, then the giant
plants the hilt of he sword In the earth,
the sharp point sulking upward, and he
throws his body onlt and expires—the cow
ard, the suicide! (Here Is Ahitophel, tho
MachlaveNI of olden tlmos, betraying his
best fitend, David, in orderthat he may be
come prime mlnlstiv of Absalom, and Join
ing thnt fellow In-his attempt nt parricide.
Not getting what he wanted by change of
politics, ho takes a short cut out of a dis
graceful life Into the suicide’s eternity.
Thera be Is, the lngratol
Here Is Ablmolecu, prntlcnlly a sulolde.
He is with on army, bombarding a tower,
when a woman in tho tower takes a grind
stone from Its place and drops It upon his
bond, and with what life he lias left In his
crooked skull he commands his armor-
bearer: “Draw thy sword and slny me,
lost men sny a woman slew me." There Is
his post-mortem photograph In the Book of
Bnmuel.
But the hero of this group Is Judas
Iscariot. Dr. Donne says ho was n mar
tyr, and we have in our day apologists for
him. And what wonder, In this day when
wo hnve a book revealing Anron Burr as a
pnttern of vtrtuo, nnd In this day when we
unoover a statue of George Sand ns the
benefactress of literature, and In this day
when there are betrayals of Christ on the
partofsomoof His pretendod apostles—a
botrnyal so black It makes the Infamy of
Judas Iscariot whitol Yet this man by his
band hung up for the execration of all
agos, Judas Iscariot.
All tho good men nnd women of the Bible
left to God the decision of the earth!
terminus, and they could have said wit
Job, who had a right to commit suicide If
any man over had, what with bis destroyed
property and his body all aflame with In,
sufferable oarbunoles, and everything goire
from his homo except ths chief curse of It,
a pestiferous wife and four garrulous poo
ls petting him with oomlortless talk while
e sits on a heap of ashes scratching his
scabs with a piece of broken pottery, yet
crying out In trliBnph: "All the days of my
appointed time will I wait till my ohangc
oomos.” —>■
Notwithstanding the Bible Is against this
evil, and the aversion which It oroates by
the’ loathsome and ghnstly spectacle of
those who have hurled themselves out of
life, nnd notwithstanding Christianity Is
against it and the arguments and the use
ful lives and the Illustrious deaths of Its
disciples, It Is n fact alarmingly patent
that suicide is on the Increase. What Is
the cause? I charge upon Infidelity nnd
ugnostlclsm this whole thing. If there be
no hereafter, or If that hereafter be bliss
ful without reference to how we live and
how we die, why not move back the fold
ing doors between this world and the
next? And when our existence here be
comes troublesome why not pass right
over Into Elysium? Put this down among
your most solemn reflections. Thoro has
never been n case of suicide where the
operator was not either demented, and
therefore Irresponsible, or an InQ^pl. I
challenge all the ages and I ehallonge the
universe. There never Ijas been a
case of self-destruction while In full
appreciation of his immortality and of the
faot that that Immortality would be glori
ous or wretched according as he accepted
Jesus Christ or rejected Him.
You sny It 18 n business trouble, or you
say It Is eleotrlcnl currents, ordt Is this, or
It Is that, or It Is tho other thing. Why not
go olonr baok, my friend, and acknowledge
that In every case It Is the abdication of
reason pr tho teaohlng of lnffdollty, which
practically says: "If you don’t like this
life get out of It, and you will land either
In annihilation, where there are no noteB
to pay, no persecutions to suffer, no gout
to torment, or you will land where there
will be everything glorious and nothlngsto
pay for It." Infidelity has always been
apologetic forsolf-lmmolation. After Tom
Palno’s “Age of Reason” was published
and widely read there-was a murked In
crease of self-slaughter.
A man In London heard Hr. Owen de
liver his Infidel lecture on socialism, and
went home, sat down, and wrote these
Words: "Jesus Christ Is one of the weakest
characters In history, and the Bible Is the
greatest possible deception,” and then shot
himself. David Hume wrote these Words:
"It would be no crime tor mo to divert the
Nile or the Danube from Its natural bed.
Where, then, oAn be tbecrlme In my divert
ing a few drops of blood from their ordin
ary channel?" And having written the
essay he loaned It to a friend, the friend
read It, wrote a letter of thanks and admlr-
atlon, and shot himself. Appendix to the
same book.
Rousseau, Volt alre, Gibbon, Montaigne,
were apologetla for self-immolation. Infi
delity puts up no bar to people rushing out
from this world Into tho next. They teach
us It does not make any difference bow you
live here or go out of this world; you will
land either In nn oblivious nowhere or a
glorious somewhere. And Infidelity holds
the upper end of the rope for the suicide,
and alms the pistol with which a man
blows his brains out, and mixes the stryoh-
nlno for the last swnllow. If Infidelity
could enrry the day and persundo the ma
jority of people in this country that It does
not make any difference how you go out
of this world you will land safely, the
Potomao would be ,so full of corpses tha
boats would be Impeded In their progress,
and the crack of the suicide’s pistol would
be no more alarming thnn the rumble of a
street car.
I have sometimes heard It /discussed
wHether the grent dramatist whs a Chrl^
ttan or not. Ha was n Christian. In his
last will and testament he commends hi*
soul to God through the sacrifice of Jesus
Christ.
Would God that the coroners would be
brave In rendering the right verdict, nnd
when In a case of irresponsibility they say:
“While this man was demented he took his
life;” In tho other case say: “Having read
Infidel books and attended Infidel lectures,
which obliterated from this man’s mind all
appreciation of future retribution, ho com
mltted self-Blaughter!”
Have nothing to do with an infidelity so
cruel, so debasing. Come out of that bad
company Into the company of those who
believe the Bible. Benjamin Franklin
wrote: “Of this Jesus of Nazareth I have
to say that the system of morals He left,
and the religion He has given us are the
best things the world bns ever seen or Is
likely to see.” Patrick Henry, the electric
champion of liberty, says: “The book
worth all other books put together Is tho
Bible.” Benjamin Rush, the leading phys
iologist and anatomist of his day, the great
medical scientist—what did he say? “The
only true and perfect religion is Christiani
ty.” Isaac Newton, the leading philoso
pher of his time—what did he say? "The
subllmest philosophy on earth Is the philos
ophy of the Gospel.’’- David Brewster,
at the pronunciation of whose name every
scientist the world over bows his head—
David Brewster, saying: “Oh, this religion
has been a great light to me, u very great
light all my days.” President Thiers, the
great Frenoh statesman, acknowledging
others? Then! ask you if you are not as .. „
responsible for your own life as for the life that he prayed when he said: “I Invoke
of others? God gave you a special trust In the Lord God, in whom I am glad to bo-
life, and made you the custodian of your | lleve.” David Livingstone, able to oon-
llfe, and He made you the custodian of no quer tho lion, able to conquer the panther,
other life. He gave you as weapons with nblo to conquer the savage, yet oonquerod
which to defend it two arms to strike down , by this religion, so when they find him
assailants, two eyes to watoh for Invasion,
and a natural love of life which ought ever
to be on the alkrt v Assassination of others
is a mild crime compared with the assas
sination of yourself, because In the latter
dead they find him on hts knees.
Salmon P, Chase, Chief Justice of the Su
preme Court of the United States, appoint
ed by President Lincoln, will take the wit
ness stand. “Chief Jostloe Chase, please to
state what you have to say about the book
commonly called the Bible.” The witness
replies: ‘‘There came a time In my life
when I doubted the divinity of the Script
ures, and I resolved as a lawyer and judge
I would try the book as I would try every
thing else in the eourt-room, taking evi
dence (qr and against. It was a long and
>us and profound study, and using tho
I principles of evidence In this religious
matter as I always do In eeoulnr matters, I
have come to the decision thai the Bible Is
pornatural book, that Ithatcomefrdm
God, and that the only safety tor the human
race Is to follow Its teachings.” "Judge,
that will do. Go out baok again to your
Allow of dust on the bsnks of the Ohio."
loxt I put upon the witness stand a Presi
dent of the United States—John Quincy
Adams. "President AdnmB, what have
you to sky about tho Bible nnd Chris
tianity?" The President replies: "I have tor
many years made It a practice to read
through the Bible onoe n year. My cus
tom is to read four or live ohaptors every
morning immediately aftor rising from my
bed. It employs about an hour of my time,
and seems to me tho most suttnble nmnner
of beginning tho day. In wlmt light so
ever we regard tho Bible, whether with
roferonee to revelation, to history or to
morality, It Is an Invaluable and Inex
haustible mine of knowledge nnd virtue.”
"Chancellor Kent, what do you think of
tho Bible?" Answer: "No other hook
ever addressed Itself so authoritatively
and so pathetically to the judgment and
moral sense of mankind." "Edmund
Burke, what do you think of the Bible?”
Answer: "I have read the Bible morning,
noon and night, and hnve ever since been
the happier and the better man for such
roadlng. 1
Young men of America, come out of the
clrole of lnfldels—mostly made up of
cranks and Inbeellee—Intfi the company of
Intellectual giants, and turn your baok
on nn Infidelity whioh destroys body and
soul.
Ah! Infidelity, stand up nnd take thy
sentence) In the presence of God, angels
and men, stand up, thou monstort Thy lip
blnstedwlth blasphemy, theyahoek soarrml
with uneleaunoss, thy brenth foul with the
oorruptlon of the agesl Stand up. Satyr,
filthy goat, buzzard of the nations, Inner of
the centuries! Stand up, thou mouster,
Infidelity. Part man, part panther, part
reptile, part dragon, stand up nnd take
thy sentence! Thy hands red with the
blood In whioh thou hast washed, thy feet
crimson with the human gore through
whioh thou hast waded, stand up and take
thy sentence! Down with thee to the pit,
and sup on the sobs nnd groans ot those
thou hast destroyed, and let thy muslo be
the everlasting miserere of those whom
thou hast damned! I hraud the forehead
all the crlmos of solt-lm-
t century on tho part
ielr reason.
My friends, if ever your life, through Its
abrasions and Its molestations, should
seem to be unbearable, and you are tempt
ed to quit It by your own behest, do not
oonstder yourself as worse than others.
Christ Himself was tempted to oast Him
self from the root of the Temple, but as
He resisted, so resist yo. Christ came to
modlolne all wounds. In your trouble I
E resoribe life lnstoad ot death. ’ People who
ave had It worse than you will ever hnve
It, havogono songfully on their way. Re
member that God keeps the ohronology of
your life with as much precision as Ho
keeps the ohronology ot nations, your
grave as well as your cradle. Why was It
that at midnight, Just at midnight, tho de
stroying nngel struck the blow that sot the
Israelites free from boudage? The four
hundred nnd thirty years were up at twelve
p’ojQCk tljftt night. The foijr hundred aud
thirty years were not up at olbvbB, and one
c’olook would have been tardy and too
late. The four hundred and thirty years
were jip nt twelve o’olook, and the de
stroying nngel struck the blow, and Israel
was tree. And God knows just the
Hour when It 1} time to lead you up from
earthly Dondnge. fly His grate make not
tho worst of things, but best of thorn. If
you must tnko the pills, do not chew them.
Your everlasting reward will aooord with
your earthly perturbnttonB, just ss. Calus
gave to Agrlppa a chain of gold ns heavy
as had been a chain of Iron. For the ask
ing you may have the same grace that was
glveu tho Italian martyr, Algerlus, who,
down In the darkest of dungeons, dntod bis
letters from "the delectable orolmrd of the
Leonlno prison." And romembor that this
brlof life Is surrounded by a rim, a very
thin, but very Important rim, nnd close uf>
to that rim is a grent oternity, and you had
better keep out of It until God breaks that
rim and sepnrates this from that. To got
rid of the sorrows of onrth, do not rush
Into greater sorrows. To get rid of a swnrm
of summer lnsocts, leap not Into a jungle
of Bengal tlgors.
There Is n sorrowless world, nnd it Is so
radiant thnt tho noonday sun Is only the
lowest doorstep, and tho aurora that lights
up our northern Heavens, confounding
nstronomers ns to wlint It enu bo, ts tb6
waving of the banners of tho procossion
come to take the conquerors home from
churoh militant to enuroh triumphant, and
you nnd I have ten thousand reasons for
wanting to go there, but we will never got
there either by self-immointlon or Impeni-
tenoy. All our sins slnln by Christ who
came to do thnt thing, we want to go in
at Just the time divinely arranged, and
from a couch divinely spread, and then
the clang of tho sepulchral gntes behind
us will be ovorpowered by tho clang of the
opening of the solid pearl before us. O
GodI Whatever others may choose, give
me a Christian’s life, n Christian’s death, a
Christian's burial, a Christian's Immor
tality!
TO RENEW THE LOBSTER SUPPLY.
The Government’s Effort 4o Propagate
Tills Kind of Sliellflsli.
The United States Government Is making
groat efforts, by scientific propagation, to
restock tho coast waters ol Maine with lob
sters. Tho United States Fish Commis
sioners’ schooner Grampus, which has been
ut work along the coast for several months,
has collected 1750 seed lobsters from which
18,000,000 eggs have been obtained and
hatched out nt Gloucester, Mass. Of these
fry about 5,000,000 hnve been released In
Casco liny ami the others aro to be dis
tributed ut various plaacs from Portland
eastward.
The fry are very small, but through the
thin and transparent shell can bo soon the
perfectly formed lobster, with the eyes es
pecially prominent. Constant chunges of
wnter are necessary to keep them nlive. It
Is likely that a lobster batebery will soon
be established on the Maine coast, nnd be
fore many yonrs these shellflsh will be us
plentiful and cheap as ever they were.
ANTISEPTIC SURCERY RESULTS.
Gratifying Reports From the Burgeons of
the Navy.
Surgeon-General Van Reypen, of the
United States, Navy has received a report
from the Surgeons with the fleet, showing
that in the many eases ot wounded, some
of them serious, not a rise ot temperature
or an accumulation of pus has appeared In
any case.
From a medical standpoint this Is said to
be a marked advance from the conditions
during the Civil War, and Is attributed to
the Introduction of antlseptlo treatment ot
wounds. It shows that no fever follows
the wounds, and that with the absence ot
pus the wounds heat rapidly without com
plications.
Considering the groat number of wounds
to be trer;ed, now and hereafter, this U
regarded as a most satisfactory showing
not only In medical science, but In the alle
viation of suffering.
Brothers In Arms.
In Battery L First Heavy Artillery,
Massachusetts Volunteers, now at Fort
Warren, Boston, from the shoe town ot
Brockton, there arc live pairs of brothers,
the Allens, Churchills, Foyes, Holmes and
Uanhalls.
The
of the B.
lnsvllle, i
live n life .
ease baffled®
Is alive and w
reoovery ns foi
"About six
"I weighed
health began to fall
food did not agree wu '
stone In my stomach. I bt.
over until I thought I had
"I hud pains and soreness .
which extended elenr across
also Into the region of my 1
these spoils a hard ridge wt
the left side ot my stomai.
IS <&
HE
physicians without receiving any he]
Aaklt.
fall or A sudden
(ften tha causa of that
ig of tha fibrous tissue
•wn as sprain. Ths .an
ils, ths vlctlmlxsd msm-
7 are the tedious hours
[he careless dispenser of
can be held accountable,
several methods of treating
<1 ankle, one of which ts
I the leg from ankle to knee
heelve plaster. The plaster is
strips about an inch In width
sufficient length to encircle the
within half an Inch, the space
left to Insure circulation. This
ment can only be applied before
leg begins to swell, therefore wlth-
. .... , . very short time of the accident,
ed. All last summer I wss so ner Till I 111) flV . . .
the children laughing and playluF^** IIg^covery by means of the ordinary
drove me wild. I suffered also Irom /eatment, that ot elevating the toot
troubles and doctored with ten dip,. • ’Jnd having resource to hot applications
“v$,mny tie greatly accelerated by scientific
massage. By proper manipulation the
swelling can bo reduced aud the pain
lessoned In a very short time. If. how
ever, the service of ono who thorough
ly understands giving the treatment
cannot be obtalnol, simple rubbing
will often give relief. The rubbing
must nlways be up, not down, and the
hands of the operator as well as the
wounded limb ehould be mado thor
oughly antiseptic before any friction la
applied, less tho socretlons of tho skin
being rubbed Into the pores should bo
reabsorbed and Inflammation Increased
In the strained tissues.—New York
Ledger.
New Zealand Mutton.
The story ot a Now Zealand sheep
designed tor the 1-ondon market may
be very briefly told. It is takon from
the run of the slaughter house, killed,
dressed and transferred to the cooling
room. The skin and superfluous fat
are retained; after ten hour's cooling
the carcass goes Into tho refrigerating
room for thirty-six hours. Thonce It
goes to the storing room and when It
has boon enveloped In |^s cotton
"shirt” and lalilcd Is ready for Its
Journey over sea. The steamers
which bring the meat to us though the
tropics have, of course, to be fitted
with refrigerating appliances, and oyr
sheep takes Its place among thousands
of others, some of the boats being fit
ted to carry as many as 70,000 carcass
es at one time.—Good Words.
«ll
lief until I had tnkeu six boxen/ I am now
taking the eleventh box nndr hnvo been
greatly benefited. /
"I was also troubled with nervous pros
tration and numbness,ot my right nrm nnd
baud so that at tiynus I oould hardly en
dure the pnlq, but that has all passed
away. I now, have a good appetite and am
Have dot
able to do m.’y own Work.
< done more
tills sumitier thnn In the past four years
put togethor. Dr. Williams' Fink Fills for
Pale People cured mo nnd I think It my
duty tc let othor sufferers know It."
Hundreds ot eqnnlly remarkable eases
have been cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.
Cklasse. Officers.
la the lost ten years, In which ths
government has had to fight a great
deal agalnBt the scarcity of money, It
has decided to sell ti e offices to rich
people, even If ^hey have not taken the
slate examinations, if thty only pay
the required amount. It le to be un
derstood that these people will get
back the money they pay for the office
by usury Interest. And officers of this
kind are unfavorable to all Innova
tions, because they know that their
offlceo and the. prospects of buying
higher and more lucrative onR an
gone os soon aa China Is opened to cul
ture, as soon as relations are establish
ed which resemble the European, If
only In a slight measure. But ths
other mandarins also know well that
if another system Is established, peo
ple will not have to depend for promo
tion upon what is known about the old
classics. They fear that tHen only
people who have a modern' culture will
be employed, and that those who are
now in the olllcee will lose them.
On this account the mandarine, es
pecially in the provinces, are the de
cided opponents of all Inventions and
the deadly enemies of all foreigners.
If the Emperor and his assistants
should try to open up China to Euro
pean culture, these mandarins would
offer active resistance, for they would
fear for the future of their children
and relatives, and they would Incite
the people against the foreigners—Ths
Chautauquan. , <m ,
Amhltlo* tf as llllaois Tsr.
Before Assistant Paymaster W. H.
Doherty, U. 8. N., started for K8y West
to Join his ship, he told the following
Incident, which occurred at the Nor
folk Navy Yard: A member of the
IlllnolB naval militia passed an exam
ination successfully and was appointed
Assistant Paymaster in the volunteer
service, a rank which in the regular
service pays about |1,700 a year. The
next day the Illinois man walked up to
the commander of the ship to which
he had been assigned and said:
"8ay, what do I do?”
The commander, overlooking the in
formality of his address, said: “Why
you make out tho pay rolls and pay oft
the men."
“Well, don’t I fight?”
"Oh, no, you don’t fight."
“Well, to thunder wlt-i this Job,”
said ths Illinois man. ’I want to
fight.”
He was thereupon made a petty of
ficer at about $30 a month with a
chance of unlimited fighting, and he
accepted the change Joyfully.—Now
York Sun. l _
■leant? la blood Deep.
Clean blood means a clean skin. No
beauty without it. I’asearcts, Candy Cathar
tic clean your blood and keep it clean, by
stirring up the lazy liver and driving all im
purities from the body. Begin to-duy to
luuiish pimples, boils, blotches, blackheads,
and that sickly bilious complexion by taking
Cascarcts,—beauty for ten cents. All drug
gists, satisfaction guaranteed, 10c, 25c,SOc.
Lv«n * Co’s “Pick Leaf” Hniuklns Tobarcu
stands at the top for Its delicious aroma.
Good as can te made. Try it.
Albert Burch, West Toledo, Ohio, says:
“Hall’s Catarrh Cure waved my life." Write
him for particulars. Hold by Druggists, *5o.
Mrs. Winslow's Soothing Syrup for children
teething, softens the gums, reduces liiflammu-
tion, allays pain.cures wind colic. IHo. a bottle.
Kdncate Your Rowels With Casrarets.
Candy Cathartic, cure constipation forever.
10c, 25c. ifC.C. C. fall, drugglste refund money.
The Honeysuckle.
“The clover,” said the hummingbird,
“Was fashioned for the bee;
But ne’er a flower, as I have heard,
Was ever made for me.”
DID YOU KNOW THIS?
At Rock Hill, 8. C., there Is • baggy factory covering
riV* ACKK8 of groand, aul making more buggies than
any three factories la tho South. “A Mltle Bigher la
Price, But ” not too high—JUST A FRACTION
AHOVK THE WESTERN TRASH-co that goo4 whaali.
good paint good leather, Sc. can be uoad. See our ageoi
In rear town or write oa. We’ll see that you get the beet
at ilriog prtcee.
ROCK HILL BUCCY CO., Rock HIII.S.C.
\ Users. And 08-29
I ..Our mammoth seiieraP'eataL 10,
the great Household < ‘
1*.
buys this M
Desk, made “
of quarter-
sawed cek or
finished In ■
mahcguuy, fft
piano-
polished. It
measurca 83 ■
In. high. 29 Jl
In.wide,Pin. M
beveied mlr- ^
Retail *
. Jotue,
educator Is rasll-
rouueet. Our Clothing cata-
nd Cloth samples Is llso mall-
Cipreteaio paid on til Clothln|.
K - -—frost
tree on r
lotue am
m ed free. 1
I? . Owing to an ovorpro- t’AaPKTZ
S dilution at our Baltl- SkUtlltD
- more mills, wo are of-
ferine many specials
this month. Our Car
pet oatulogun in hand-
M " iialntod colors It youre
tor tho asking, This
month we sow Carpets,
9K furnish waddod lining
^ free, and par freight .
S on all |9 Carpet pur- /r
f chases and over. Ad• F ,if
3| dross (oxaoily as bolow) 'kJtJIariJff H
^JuliusHineg&Son I
^ Dept. SOI. BALTIMORE, Hit. I
*************
DmI TobMM ftpu III 8a*k* Yo«r lift 1 n*j,~
To quit tobacco easily and forever, be mac*
netlo. full of life, nerve and vigor, take No-To*
Dae, the wonder* worker, that makes weak men
■troog. All druggists, 50o or 91. Cure guaran
teed. Booklet and sample free. Address
Bterlln* Remedy Ca, Chioego or New York
It's bad form to drink too much win© nt
dinner add it's bud taste In thn morning.
Piso's Cur© is the medicine to break nn
children's Coughs and Colds.—Mrs. M. G.
Blunt, Hprague, Wash., March 9, 180|.
Fits nermsnently cured. No (Its or nervous,
ness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's Great
Nerve Restorer. %‘J trial- bottle and treatise free.
Dh. R. H. Kmnk, Ltd., Ml Arch St., Phila.. Pa.
THE EXCELLENCE OF SYEUP OF FIGS
is duo not only to tho originality and
simplicity of tho combination, but also
to the care and skill with whioh it Is
manufactured by acleutiflc processes
known to tho California Eio Syrup
Co. only, and wo wish to impress upon
all the importance of purchasing the
true and original remedy. As the
genuine Syrup of 1’lgs is manufactured
by the California Fio Svnur Co.
only, a knowledge of that fact will
assist one in avoiding tho worthless
imitations manufactured by other par
ties. Tho high standing of the Cali
fornia Fio Syrup Co. with the medi
cal profession, and the satisfaction
which the genuine Syrup of Figs has
given to millions of families, makes
the name of the Company a guaranty
of tho excellence of its remedy. It is
far in advanoe of all other laxatives,
as it acts on tho kidneys, liver and
bowels without irritating or weaken
ing them, and it docs not gripe nor
nauseate. In order to get its beneficial
effects, please remember the name of
the Company —
CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO.
SAN FKANOISUO, CnL
r.oriSVILl.F. K». NEW YORK. N. r.
TAPE
WORMS
**A taps worm eighteen (Set long at
leant osino on the scene after my taking two
CASCAIH2TS. This I nn sure has caused my
bid hoelth (or the put three years. I am still
taking Cascarcts, the only oathartle worthy of
noiloo by senslblo people."
a so. IV. Bowles, Baird, Mass.
CANDY
I CATHARTIC ^
lyvvvwwvf
nUOlMAMN M9HT1MP
Pleasant, Palatable. Potent. Taste Good. Da
Good. Never tjlckon. Weaken, or Grip*, 10c. Ko.fiUw
... CURI CONSTIPATION. ...
•I.'IIH SmmS, IWsh, lllw, SMnS, In Twt. Ml
H0-T0-M0 sacttFBlKsaSS,TjU
YELLOW FEVER
PREVENTED TAKING ^
“Our Native Herbs”
THE GREAT
Bliii Piriflir, Kidisy ud Livsr Rsgilstsr.
BOO DAYS' TREATMENT, SI .00.
Oontntnlng a Registered Guarantee.
By mall, postage paid, KX-nage Book' an4
Testimonials, FltEK. Hold only by Agent* for
TIE ALONZO I. BLISS 00.,Wllhii(toi.D.O.
Bevel-beer
Chain less
Bicycles
MAKE HILL CLIMBING EASY.
Columbia
Chain Wheels, *78
Hartfords, . . 80
Vedettca, *40 A,
CIN Repairs
wfl ■ Mm siws. ribs.
SAWS, RIBS,
BKI8TLE TWINE, BABBIT, &o.,
FOR ANY MAKK OF GIN.
ENGINES, BOILERS AND PRESSES
And Repairs for same. Bhaftin*;, Pulleys,
Belting, Injectors, Pipes, Valves and Fittings.
LOMBARD IRON WORKS & SUPPLY CO.,
AUGDSTAs ga.
NOT
LIKE
OTHERS.
ST. ANDREW’S
Gold Tea
For the Liver
Regulates tho Mvor. For si
got free sample package
‘“UBKWH MrO. CO.,
e hydoalers. To
end ritamp to
Bristol, Term,
To Women!
After you have tried Doctors and all
other preparations, and they have failed
to relieve you, then use
GERSTLE’S
FEMALE PANACEA.
(O. B>. F.I-—
IT WILL CURE YOU.
FOR 5ALE BY ALL DEALERS IN MEDICINES.
L. GERSTLE & CO., Chattanooga, Tenn.
Sole Manufacturer* and Proprietor*.