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THE SUNNY SOUTH.
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difference spheres,-sometimes with great dis
couragement. People have not faith and say:
“It does not amount to anything. You
might as well quit that.” Why, when Moses
stretched his hand over the Red Sea it did
not seem to mean anything especially.
People came out, I suppose, and said,“Aha!”
Some of them found out what he wanted to
do. He wanted the sea parted. It did not
amount to anything, this stretching out of
his hand over the sea. But, after awhile, the
wind blew all night from the East, and the
waters were gathered into a glittering palisade
on either side, and the billows reared as God
pulled back on their crystal bits. Wheel into
line, O Israel! March, march! Pearls
crashed under feet. Flying spray gathers
into rainbow arch of victory for the conquer
ors to mhrch under. Shout of hosts on the
beach answering the shout of hosts amid^sea.
And when the last line of Israelites reach the
beach, the cymbals clap, and the shields
clang, and the waters rush over the pursuers,
and the swift fingered wings on the white
keys of the foam play the grand march of
Israel delivered and the awful dirge of Egypt
ian overthrow.
So you and I go forth, and all the people of
God go forth, and they stretch forth their
hand over the sea, the boiling sea of crime
and sin and wretchedness. “It doesn’t
amount to anything,” people say. Doesn’t
it? God’s winds of help will, after awhile,
begin to blow. A path will be cleared for
the army of Christian philanthropists. The
path will be lined with the treasures of
Christian beneficence, and we shall be greeted
to the other beach by the clapping of all
heaven’s cymbals, while those who pursued
us and derided us and tried to destroy us will
go down under the sea, and all that will be
left of them will be cast high and dry upon
the beach, the splintered wheel of a chariot,
to thrust out from the foam, the beathless
nostril of a riderless charger.
The ancient Gauls believed that a dog
knew of his master’s death even if widely
separated from him.
How Dueling was Stopped in Kentucky.
J. Cuthbert Hadden is responsible for the
statement that dueling in the Kentucky region
came to an end some fifty years ago, as the
result of a ridiculous affair that occurred as
follows. He tells the strgKJm the Gentle
man’s Mag£gw*B0!~"? -
tears11 me a*iraveling preacher named
^'Bowman—a strong, muscular fellow—was
conducting some services in Kentucky. At
one of his meetings a well-known, desperate
character created a disturbance, and being
publicly rebuked by Bowman, sent him a
challenge to fight. Bowan, as the challenged
party, had the choice of weapons. He selected
a half-bushel of Irish potatoes, as big as his
fist, for each man, and stipulated that his op
ponent must stand fifteen paces distant, and
that only one potato at a time should be taken
from the measure. The desperado was furi
ous at being thus freshly insulted, and made
an indignant protest; but Bowan insisted
upon his rights as the challenged man, and
threatened to denounce the desperado as a
coward if he failed to come to time. As
there was no way out of the fix but to fight,
the desperado consented. The encounter took
place on the outskirts of the town. Almost
everybody in the place was present to see
the 4 fun. The seconds arranged the two
men in position,by the side of each being
a half-bushel measure filled with large,
hard Irish potatoes. Bowman threw the first
tuber; it struck his opponent, and flew into
pieces. A yell of delight went up from the
crowd, which flurried the desperado, and his
potato flew wide of the mark. Bowman
watched his chance, and every time his op
ponent stooped for a potato, another hit him
in the side. The desperado was struck about
five times, and then the sixth potato took him
in the short ribs, knocking the wind com
pletely out of him, and doubling him up on
the grass. The people were.almost crazy with
laughter, but Bowman looked as sober as if
he had just been preaching a funeral sermon.
The desperado was taken home and put to
bed, and there he stayed for more than a week
before he recovered from the effects of his
Irish potato duel. That was the end of duel
ing in the Kentucky region.” The same
writer tells of a new method of dueling in
Spain :
“Two members of the bicycle club of Gre
nada recently met in a knife duel, which is
probably the first encounter of the kind ever
fought upon wheels. Accompanied by their
seconds, they wheeled out some distance on
the road to Malaga, to a secluded spot. There,
posted seven hundred feet apart, at a sign they
wheeled toward each other, each directing
his machine with the left hand, and brandish
ing in the right that terrible knife of Spain,
the navaja. At the first clash Perez pierced
the left arm of Moreno, but at the third en
counter Moreno thrust his knife into Perez’s
right breast. In a few minutes, the latter
died of internal hemorrhage.”
Rev. N. Wayne Wolcott.
INTERVIEWED BY A REPORTER FOR
THE INDEPENDENT.
He Tells of his Recovery From an Illness that
Threatened to Incapacitate him.—Is now
Able to Attend to his Duties—Has
Nothing but Words of Praise for
the Remedy he Used.
(From the Independent, Auburn, N. Y.)
It having come to the knowledge of the
editor of the Cayuga County Independent of
Auburn, that Rev. N. Wayne Wolcott, Pas
tor of Baptist Church, of Fleming, N. Y.,
had been cured of nervous prostration by the
use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
People, he sent a reporter to that town to as
certain from Mr. Wolcott the truth of the re
port, and receive from his own lips a state
ment of his case and how he had been bene
fited.
The reporter found Mr. Wolcott to be a
gentleman some forty or forty-five years of
age, in good health, and active in his minis
terial duties. He is highly esteemed as a pas
tor and a citizen, and is a gentleman of strict
integrity, whose statements can be implicitly
relied upon as truthful in every respect and
devoid of exaggeration. In reply to questions
as to the truth of the report that he had been
benefited by Pink Pills, he made the follow
ing statement: “Eight years ago, while
pastor of the Baptist Church in Covert, N.
Y., I was stricken with nervous prostration.
During the winter of 1887-8, I had conducted
revival services and delivered a series of
lectures in addition to my work as pastor and
became completely run down. I could not
work, and felt as though my days were num
bered. I tried a doctor, but did not receive
much aid from him.
At this time I received a call from the
church at Tully, N. Y. At first I determined
not to accept it, for I knew that, in my weak
condition, I could not do the work. But,
hoping against hope, I finally decided to try,
and accordingly went there. My health con
tinued to fail and I grew weaker, and I
thought I would have to give up entirely my
work for God, which I love. Just then, how
ever, the sun broke through the clouds. Mr.
Tallman, of Tully, whom I shall always re
member as a benefactor, recommended me to
try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. He had tried
them and they had done him good. As a last
resort I tried them. The effect was wonder
ful and immediate. From the very first box
my system began to tone up, my blood be
came rich, and once more I became the
strong and vigorous man I was before my
health failed.
“My labors, if you know of the labors of a
country parson, you can readily believe, ( were
very heavy. I had not been able to work, and
was losing my interest in the cause of Christ,
but like magic my old vigor returned and for
three more years I labored there and raised
$4,000 toward building up the Church in ad
dition to my regular duties. All my friends
say of me that I am a very hard working
man, but in Covert I could not work. After
I went to Tully and the pills had restored my
health, I think I may say that I merited that
name. For three or four years after I left
TulJy I did evangelistic work. Two years
ago I came here. Since then I have never had
any return of my old trouble, but am in good
health, strong and active with no symptom of
nervous prostration, which was caused by
overwork. It is a homely expression, but I
felt like a ‘wrung-out dish-cloth without any
starch in it.’
“I owe my present good health to Pink
Pills and want most heartily to command the
magic remedy to every one troubled with
nervous prostration or physical weakness.”
As a parting remark Mr. Wayne said: “I
have often thought that in return for what
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills have done for me,
I would like to become a medical missionary
to make known their merits.”
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are sold by all
dealers, or will be sent postpaid on receipt of
price, 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50
(they are never sold in bulk or by the 100),
by addressing Dr. Williams’ Medicine Com
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A Band of Brave Texans.
In the Antietam fight of Sept. 17th the
First Texas met with the highest loss of any
regiment in the war. The Texans entered the
north cornfield where the stalks were so high
that the eye could penetrate but a few feet.
In this thicket the fighting began and the
colonel of the regiment stated that the
moment the ball opened he could not restrain
his men. Every man went forward where he
could find a foe and no serious check was
given their advance until the farther edge
of the field had been reached. At that point
the Texans came under the range of the
Federal batteries stationed on a bare ridge a
few hundred yards from the corn. As soon
as the scattered Federals, retiring before the
Texans, had passed behind their pieces, the
batteries opened and the First Texas, being
close on the heels of the Federal infantry,
was struck with a galling shower of missiles.
The men halted at the fence and began to
shoot down the gunners and horses. The
guns were silenced by their unerring aim and
compelled to limber up and move away. But
a fresh column of Federal infantry, moving
in solid lines, swept through the corn on the
flank of the Texans, and the doomed regiment
was caught far in the exposed rear of its line.
In apology for the terrible loss in his ranks
the colonel stated that, although he had but
a handful of men, he hesitated to order a re
treat and when at last he did so the few re
maining by him turned at regular intervals
and fired on the pursuing enemy. Four
color-bearers were shot down under the eye
of the colonel and he recognized them all.
Four volunteers from the ranks also fell
while carrying the colors. At last the flag
disappeared in the corn, the bearer falling
unseen. When the remnant gathered around
their commander in the open field beyond the
corn and the loss of the banner was made
known, it was too late to attempt to rescue it.
For the failure to attempt it, with the enemy
swarming over the battleground, where it
was lost, the colonel made another apology,
as though the fact that four out of every five
of his men lay dead or bleeding was not ex
cuse for giving up the struggle. The regi
ment entered the fight with two hundred and
twenty-six men. Its loss in killed and
wounded was one hundred and ninety-six,
or eighty-two three per cent.
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looking at a picture of the finding of Moses,
“he went early, but he didn’t avoid the rush. ”
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A Strange But True Experience with Blood
hounds.
Editor Sunny South : Mr. B. relatess the
following strange experience with blood
hounds, but could not tell why they did it.
“From my early boyhood days I was a
great lover of animals and seemed to be
readily accepted as a friend by all those with
which I was brought in contact. For either
through instinct, or some subtle power of
reasoning, most animals seem to recognize
who will be kind to them.
“In the fall oi 1870 I had occasion to visit
my friend, Col. Brown, who was living on a
large estate in Georgia.
“Thinking I might possibly arrive in the
evening they had cautioned me particularly to
notify them of the time of my coming, and
not to think of going to the house without
this precaution, as he had two cross blood
hounds that he allowed to roam about the
grounds at night, as a necessary protection
against thieves.
“I arrived at the station in the evening, a
day earlier than expected, and had forgot all
about my friends’ words of warning, and at
once started to walk to his plantation.
“With my mind filled with pleasant
thoughts, I entered his spacious grounds
lighted only by the dim starlight, when I
was brought to a sudden halt and realization
of my position by hearing footfalls on the
path in front of me and seeing the dim out
line of two very large dogs approaching.
“I confess I was thoroughly scared, but
knowing that flight or outcries were worse
than useless, I wrapped the cape of my coat
closely around me and stood perfectly quiet.
“The dogs came on slowly, until within
a few feet of me, where they stood with their
heads close together, apparently studying as
to what I was. In a few moments they both
raised their heads in the air, gave a prolonged
howl, and started across the grounds as fast
as their legs could carry them.
“When I reached the house, my friend, in
a very astonished tone, wished to know how
in the world I got there and how I escaped
the dogs. When I related my experience,
he was more surprised than ever, saying I
was the first person they had ever admitted
after dark, and he could not understand their
actions.
“The next morning after breakfast, as we
strolled out on the veranda to enjoy our
cigars, the two dogs were lying asleep on the
ground. Our footsteps awakened them and
when they caught sight of me they both
jumped to their feet, gave the same dismal
howl as on the previous night, and made off
at the top of their speed and could not be
coaxed back to the house again while I re
mained.”
M. G. Jenison.
San Antonio, Tex.
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