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AT THE TABERNACLE.
Dr. Talmage on the Dark Features'
of Life iu the City,
The Vicious and Criminal Flock to !
the City from All Sections.
They Are Awake When Other People ■
Sleep—Street Soeaue at Midnight* i
1 coohi.ys. April o.—Rev. Er. Tahnnge
ch •t* t»>r bin Hci’inon U/day n thcine of uni- |
W/ al Ihlen*,--ibe dark Hide of Hadal life i
in tun prvnt cit ies. Th# text, chm-a a# the
ban 4 of a n out graphic diHcaurae wn» Gene- I
Kin .. 5, “And * If durkuchs be called night.”
Two grand division* of time. The one of
fuinllght., the oile r of shadow; the one for
work, the other for rest; the one a type of 1
cvecjthing gl.ml and beautiful, the ot.h'*i
iiH»*d in all hm gum '.cm as a type of Midm >
and affliction and Mn. These two division’t
were made by the* Lord himself. Other di
visions of time may have nomenclature of
human invention, but the darkness held up .
its dusky brow to the Lord, and he bap- I
tized it. the dew dripping from bis Angers '
ns Le pave it a name. “And the darkness I
]iecall<<! night."
My subject is midnight in town. The |
thunder of the city lias rolled out of the
nil The Hligh'c t, rounds cut Iho night
with such distinctness ns to attract y our
attention The tinkling of the bell of the
atieet car in the distance and the baying of
the dog. Tlie alainp of a horse in the next
atieet The sliunrning <J a saloon door
'JT" hiccough oft he drunkard. The nhrii kn
of the steam whistle five mil. ■< away. Oh!
how BUggestive, my friends; midnight in
town.
There are honest men pa« ing up nnd
down the Hlrei't Here is a city missionary
who han been carrying a scuttle of coal to
that poor family in that dark place. Here I
is an undertaker going up the steps of a I
building from which there comes n bitter |
cry. which indieaies that fliu d. ■■'.rcying
anycl has smitten the firstborn. Here is a,
minister of religion who has been giving |
the sacrament to a dying Christian. Here ;
is a physician parsing along in great haste, |
the messenger a few slops ahead hurrying j
on to the household. Nearly all the lights I
have gone out in the dwellings. That light i
in the w indow is the light of the watcher. :
for the medicines must be administered, i
and the lever must be watched, and the '
restless tos ing off of the coverlid must be
resi; ted, and the ice must be kept on the ,
hot temples, nnd the perpetual prayer must :
go up from hi arts soon to be broken. Oh,
tlie midnight in town! Vriiata stupendous i
tin '..lit -a whole < ity nt. r. t!
bI.KI t’ OF TIIK HONEST Ash WEARY.
Weary arm preparing for tomorrow’s toil.
Hot brain being cooled oil’. Rigid muscles
re'axed. Excit ed nervessoothed. The white
liair of the octogenarian in thin drifts
across the pillow, fresh full of flakes on i
snow already fallen. Childhood with its |
dimpled hands t hrown out on the pillow i
nnd with every breath taking in a new store ■
of fun and frolic. Cod’s slumberless eye •
will look. Let one great wave of refresh ,
ing slumber roll over the heart of the great
town, submerging care and anxiety and
worriment and pain.
Let thu city sleep. Rut, my friends, be
not deceived. There will be thousands to
night who will not sleepat all. Go up that
dark alley and be cautious where you
tread, lest you fall over the prostrate form
of a drunkard lying on his own doorstep
Look about you, lest you feel the garroter’s
hug. Look through the broken window
pane and see what you can see. You say,
‘‘Nothing." Then listen W hat is it? "God
help Uf d’' No footlights, but tragedy
) ghastlier and mightier than Ristori or Ed
vin Booth ever enacted. No light, no fire,
>no bread, no hope Shivering in tho cold,
" they have had no food for 24 hours. You
say, "Why don’t they beg?” They do, but
they get nothing. You say, “Why don’t I
they deliver themselves over to the. alms !
house?” Ah, you would not ask that if you j
ever heard the bitter cry of a man or child |
when told he must goto the almshouse.
"Oh,” you say, “they are tho vicious I
poor, and 1 herefore they do not demand our -
sympathy.” Are they vicious? So much I
more need t hey your pity. The Christian
poor. Cod helps them. Through their night ■
there twinkles the round, merry star of I
hope, ami t hrough the broken w indow pane I
they see tlie crystals of heaven, but the!
vicious poor, they are more to be pitied. !
Their last I ght has gone out. You excuse •
joursclt Iriini helping t !iem by saying they i
-re so I id they brought (his trouble on I
themselvei I reply, where I give It) prayers
for the innocent who are suffering I will
give "0 prayers for the guilty who are suf |
sering.
The fisherman, whenheseesa vessel dash
ing into the breakers, comes out from his j
hut and wraps the warmest 11 innel.saround
those who are most chilled and most
bruised and most battered in the wreck,
and I want you to know that these vicious
poor have had two shipwrecks - shipwreck
of the body, shipwreck of the soul ship
wreck for time, shipwreck fer eternity
Pity, by all means, the innocent who arc
suffering, but pity more the imilty.
THE VILE ALl.t Y.
Pass on through the alley. Open the
door. “Oh,” you say, “it is locked.” No,,
it is not locked, it has never been locked. ■
Noburglar would be tempted logo in there I
to steal anything. The door is never locked |
Only a broken chair stands against the ;
door Shove it back. Go in. Strike a
match. Now look. Beastliness and rags.
See. those glaring eyeballs. Be careful now
what you say Do not utter any insult, do
not utter any suspicion, if you value your
life.
What is t hat red mark on the wall? It is
the mark of a murderer's hand! Look at
those two eyes rising up out. of tho dark j
ness and out from the straw in the corner. !
coming toward you, and as they come near I
you your light goes out. Strike another!
match. Ah! this is a babe; not like the I
beautiful children of your household or t he I
beautiful children smiling around these al
ta son baptismal day. This littleene never
smiled; it never will smile. A (lower flung
on an awfully barren beach. <) Heavenl;
Shepherd, fold that little one iu thy arms
Wraparound you your shawl or your con'
lighter, for the cool night wind sweeps
through.
Strike another match. Ah! is it possible
that tbilt young woman’s scarred and
bruised face was ever looked into by ma
ternal tenderness? Utter no scorn. Utter
no harsh worth No ray of hope has dawned
on that brow for many a year. No ray of
hi pe ever will dawn on that brow-. A'.ut
the light has gone out. Do not strike an
other light. It would be a mockery to kin
die another light in such a place as that.
Pass out and pass down the street. Our
cities of Brooklyn and New Y’ork and all
our great cities are lull es such homes, and
the worst time the midnight.
Do you know it is in the midnight that
criminals do their worst work?
THE BURGLAR’S IIOL'F.S.
At half past 8 o’clock you will find them
in the drinking saloon, but toward 12
o'clock they go to their garrets, they get
out their tools, then they start on the street.
Watching on eitherside for the police, the'
go to their work of darkness. This is a
burglar, and the false key will soon touch
tl ■’ store lot k. This is an incendiary, and
bu orc moruiug there will .be p lightop Hig
sky amt cry or "J'lrei nrci" xuii IbboTc
sassin, ami tomorrow morning there \ ill
boa dead body in one of tho vacant lots.
During the daytime these villains in our
cities lounge about, *omo asleep and some
awake, bitt w hen the third watch of the
night arrives, their eye keen, their brain
cool, their turn slron;.:, t heir loot fleet to fly
or pursue, l :■ e ready.
Many of those j or eventures were brought
up in that way : ywri-cborn ina thieves’
parrot. Their el i! i!-h t< was i> burglar's
dark lantern, h eL: st thing they rcmem
l>cr was t heir moth'r bandaging the brow
Os their I ' r, i.trie tw the polici < 1 ib.
They be in !>• robbing boys’pr ekiMS, and
now t hey have come to di ' I he underground
passage to thec'dlnr of the bank, and are
preparing to blast tho gold vault.
Just solong ns tliere are negb'Ctisl chil
dren of the st reet, just to long we will have
thief deipeiadoe's. Some one, wishing to
make u good Christian point and to quote
a provap of Scripture, expecting to get a
Scriptural pH ' Hge in answer, said to one
of these poor lads, ciu.t out and wretched,
"W hen your father and your mother for
sake you, who then will take you up?” and
the boy .- .ill, "The peiliec, the perlice!”
In the midnight, gambling does its worst
work. What. thou . : the hours Iw> slipping
away, nnd though the wife be waiting in
the cheerless home? Stir up Ihe fire.
Bring on more dr.nk>:. Put up more
Htnkes. d’h i cominercinl house that only
a little wliil • aim put out sign of copartner
ship will t m . see on lx- wrecked on a gam
bler's t'Lie. There w ill be many a money
till that will spring a link. A metnberof
coii'.'i' s g.imbl.-d ait h a member elect and
won tlTi.'iOit ‘ire old way of g t.t.inga liv
ing is so slow. Tin: oid way of getting a
fortune is so stupid. < ome, let us tosa up
and see who shall have it. And so the
work goes on, from tlie wheezing wretches
pitching pennies in a rum grocery up to t.he
millionaire gambler in tlie stock market.
THE GA.-.llll.Ell’S IIOL’RS.
In the midnight hour, pass down the
streets of our American cities, and you hear
the click of the dice and I he sharp, keen tap
of the poolroom ticker. At these places
merchant princes dismount, and legislators
tired of making laws, take a respite in
breaking th' n. All cla -cs of people are
robbed by IL. crime, the importerof foreign
silks and the dealer of Chatham street
pocket handki ri'liiefs. The clerks of the
store take a hand aft er t he shutters are put
up, and the officers of the court while away
their time while the jury is out.
In 1 laden-B.'iden, when that city was the
greatest, of all g irnbliiig places on earth, it
was no unusual thing the next morning in
tho woods around that city to find tho sus
pended bodies of suicide.- . Whatever be the
tplendor of the surroundings there is no ex
cise for this crime. The. thunders of eter
nal d- .-trm tion roll in the deep rumble of
that gambling tenpin alley, and as men
come out to join the long procession of sin
all the drums of woe beat the dead march
of a I hoitHimd souls. In one .year in the city of
New York there were $7,000,000 sacrificed at
the gaming table.
Perhaps some of your friends have been
smitten of this sin. Perhaps some of you
have been smitten by it. Perhaps there
may be a stranger in tlie bouse this morn
ing come from some of the hotels. Look
out for those agents of iniquity who tarry
around about tho hotels and ask you,
“Would you like to see the city?” Yes.
“Have you ever seen that splendid building
uptown?” No. Then the villain will un
dertake to show you what he calls tho
"lions” and tho “elephants,” and after a
young man, through morbid curiosity or
through badness of soul, lias seen the
“lions” and the “elephants” he will be on
enchanted ground. Look out for these
moil whomovt- around the hotels with sleek
hats-nlway. sleek hats—and patronizing
air, and uuaceountuble interest about your
welfare and out i'rtiiirmient. You aro a fbol
if you cannot geo through it. They want
your money.
In Chestnut street, Philadelphia, while I
was livingin that city, an incident occurred
which was familiar to us there. In Chest
nut st reef, a young man went into a gam
bling saloon, lost all his property, then
blew his brains out, and before tho blood
was washed from the floor by tho maid the
comrades were shuffling cards again. You
see, there is more mercy in the highwayman
for the belated traveler on whose body he
heaps the stones, there is more mercy in
the frost for tho flower it kills, there is
more mercy in the hurricane that shivers
tho steamer on the Long Island coast than
t her ■ is mercy in the heart of a gambler for
bis victim.
Ultl NF.t NNESS TN HIGH PLACES.
In the midnight hour, also, drunkenness
does its worst. The drinking will be re
spectable at 8 o’clock in the evening, a lit
tie Hushed at 9, talkative and garrulous at
10, at 11 blasphemous, at. 12 i lie hat falls oil
mid the num falls to the floor asking for
more drink. Strewn through the drinking
saloons of the city, fathers, brothers, hus
bands, sons, as good as you are by nature,
perhaps bet ter.
In the high circles of society it is hushed
up. A merchant prince, if he gets noisy and
uncontrollable, is taken by his fellow revel
ers, who try to get l;im to bed, or take him
home, where he fall - flat in the entry. Do
not wake up the children. They have had
disgrm-e enough. Do not let them knowit.
Hush it up. Rut sometimes it cannot be
bushed up—when tlie rum touches the
1 rain and tho man becomes thoroughly
frenzied.
cii, if tlie mm ton : es the brain, you
cannot hush it up. You do not sec tlie
worst. In the midnight meetings a great
multitude have bei n saved. We want a
few hundred Christ .an men and women to
come down from the highest circles of so
ciety to toil amid these wandering and des
titute ones, and kindle up a light iu the
dark alley, even tlie gladness of heaven.
Do not go from your well filled tables
with the idea that pious talk is going to
stop the gnawing of au empty stomach or
to warm stockingless feet. Take bread,
take raiment, take medicine ns well as take
prayer. There is a great deal of common
sense in what the poor woman said to the
city missionary when he was telling her
how she ought to love God and serve him.
“Oh,” said she, “if you were as poor and
cold as I am and as hungry, you could
think of nothing else!”
A great deal of what is called Christian
work goes for nothing for the simple rea
eon it- is not practical, as after the battle of
Antietam a man got out of an ambulance
with a bag of tracts, and he went distribut
ing the tracts, and George Stuart, one of
the best Christian men in thiscountry, said
to him: “What are you distributing tracts
for now? There are 3,000 men bleeding to
death. Rind up their wounds and then
distribute the tracts.”
COMMON SENSE CHRISTIAN WORK.
We want more common sense iu Chris
tian work, taking the bread of this life in
one hand and the bread of the next life in
the other hand —no such inapt work as
that done by the Christian man who dur
ing the last war went into a hospital with
tracts, and coming to the bed of a man
whose legs had been amputated gave him
a tract on : .. sin of dancing! I rejoice be
fore God that never are sympathetic words
uttered, never a prayer offered, never a
Chris tian almsgiving indulged in but it is
blessed.
There is a place iu Switzerland, I have
been told, where the utterance of one word
will bring back a score of echoes, and I
have to tell you this morning that a. sym
pathetic word, a kind word, a generous
word, a helpful word, uttered in the dark
places of the town, will bring back teu
thousand echoes from all the thrones ot
THE AUGUSTA CHRONICLE, APRIL 12, 1893,
An- tin re iu tin ir ■ einblug? this morn
itig those v. b>> know by experience the trag
edies of midnight iu town? lam not hure
to thrust you back with one hard word.
Take the band ige from your bruised soul
nnd put on it the soothing salve of Christ’s
gospel nnd of God's compassion. Many
have come. 1 nee others coming to G<x!
this morning tired of the. sinful life. Cry
up tho news to heaven.. Set all tho bells
ringing, .‘■ preiid the banquet under the
iiri-hes. Let the crowned heads come down
and sit at the jubilee.
1 tell you t '.ere is more delight in heaven
over ore man t hat gets reformed by the
i-i.iu of God than over ninety and nine that
never got iff tlie truck. I could give you
the idstury In ueninuto of one of the best
friends J ever had. Outside of my own
family, I never had a better friend. He wel
comed me t i tny home nt the west. Ilewas
of splendid personal appearance, and he had
au ardor of soul and a warmth of affection
th't mad •me love him like a brother.
I saw men coming out of the Baloons and
gambling hi lls, und they surrounded my
friend, and they took him at the weak
point, his bocial nature, e.nd I saw him go
ing down, and I had a fair talk with him—
for I never yet saw a man you could not
talk with on the subject of his habits if
you talked with him in the right way. I
said to him, “Why don't you give up your
bad habitsand I < niu a Christian?” I re
member now jrst bow he hxiked, leaning
over his counter, as he replied: “1 wish 1
could. Oli, sir, I should like to be a Chris
tian, but I have ginie so far astray I can’t
get buck."
HIS motiihb’s mission.
So the ti""> ui nt on. After awhile the
day of sickn -s came. 1 wax summoned to
bis sick bed. 1 hastened. It took me but
a very few’ moments to get there. I was
surprised as I ’.vent in. I saw him in his
ordinary clot hes, fully dressed, lying on the
top of the bed. I gave him my hand, and
lie seized it convulsively and said: “Oh,
how glad I am to see you. Sitdown there.”
I sat down, and he said: "Mr. Talmage,
just when- you sit now my mother sat last
night. She has been dead 30 years. Now.
I don’t want you to think I am out of my
mind, or that 1 am superstitious; but, sir,
she sat there lu-t i.ight just ,-n certainly ax
you sit time now- the same cap and apron
und sp, i" u.-h-x - it- was my old mot her—she
sat there. ’ ’
Then he turned to his wife and said: “1
wish you win Id take t leu-strings off the
bed. Somebix’y is w rapping strings around
me all the time. I wi-h you would stop
that annoyance.” She sa:il, “There is noth
ing hi re.'’ Then I xiiw it wax delirium
Hestiid: “Justwhere you sit nowmymoth
i rsiit, and she said,'Hoswell, 1 wish you
would do better —I wish you would do bet
ter.’ 1 said: ‘Mother, I wish 1 could do bet
ter. 1 try to <lo better, but 1 can't. Mot h
er, you used to help me; why can’t you help
me now ’ And, sir, I got out of bed, for it
was reality, and I w ent, to her and threw
my arms around her neck, and 1 said,
‘Mother, 1 will do bitter, but you must help
—I can’t do this alone!”' 1 knelt down
and prayed. That night his soul went to
the Lord that made it.
Arrangements were made for the ob
nequies. Tho question was raised whether
they should bring him to church. Some
body said, "You can’tbriugsiichadissolute
man as that into the church.” I said, "You
will bring him in tlie church; he stood by
me when he was alive, and I will stand by
him when he is dead: bring him.” As 1
stood in the pulpit and saw them carrying
the body up the aisle, I felt as if 1 could j
weep teal's of blood.
On one side of the pulpit sat his little '
child of 8 years,a sweet, beautiful littlegirl
that 1 hail seen him hug convulsively in his I
better moments. He put on her all jewels, j
all diamonds, mid gave her all pictures a '
toys, and then he would go away, ax r
hounded by an evil spirit, to his cups aw i
house of shame, a fool to the correction pf
thestocks. She looked Up wonderingly. S<e
knew not what it all meant. She was not
old enough to understand the sorrow of an
orphan child.
On the other side the pulpit sat tho mon
who had ruined him; they were the men
who had poured wormwood into the or
phan's cup; they were tho men who had
bound him hand and foot. I knew them. I
How did they seem to feel? Did they weep?
No. Did they say, “What a pity that such
a generous man should be destroyed!” No.
Did they sigh repent ingly over what they
had done? No. They sat there, looking as
vultures look at the carcass of the lamb
whose heart they have ripped out. So t hey
sat and looked at the coffin lid, and I tcld
them tho judgment of God upon those who
had destroyed their fellows. Did they re
form? 1 was told they were in the places
of iniquity that night after my friend was
laid in Oakwood cemetery, and they blas
phemed, and t hey drank. Oh, how merci ;
less men are, especially after they have de
stroyed you! Do not- look to men for com
fort or help. Look to God.
ANr AWFUL TRAGEDY.
But there is a man who will not return.
He says, "I won’t reform.” Well, then,
how many acts are there to a tragedy? I
believe five.
Act the First of the Tragedy—A young
man starting off from home. Parents and
sisters weepiug to have Lint go. Wagon
rising over the hill. Farewell kiss flung
back. Ring the bell and let the curtain
fall.
Art the Second —The marriage altar.
Full organ. Bright lights. Long white
veil trailing through the aisle. Prayer and I
congratulation and exclamation of "How i
well she looks!”
Act the Third—A woman waiting for |
staggering steps. Old garments stuck into !
the broken window pane. Marks of hard
ship on the face. Tho biting of tlie nails of
bloodless lingers. Neglect and cruelty and
despair. Ring the bell and let the curtain
drop.
Act the Fourth—Three graves in a dark
place—grave of the child that died for lack
of medicine, grave of the wife that died of
a broken heart, grave of the man that died
of dissipation. Oh, what a blasting heath
of three graves! Plenty of weeds, out no
flowers. Ring the bell and let the curtain
drop.
Act the Fisth —A destroyed soul's eterni
ty. No light. No music. No hope. Anguish
coiling its serpents around the heart. Black
ness of darkness forever. But 1 eamio
look any longer. Vioel woe! I close my
e;. es to this last act of the tragedy. Quick!
Quick! Ring the bell and let the curtain
drop. “Rejoice, O young man, in thv
youth and let thy heart rejoice in the days
of thy youth, but know thou that- for all
these things God will bring you into judg
ment.” “There is away that seemeth right
to a man, but the end thereof is death.”
SKIN CANCER CURED.
Testimony from tlie Mayor of Sequin. Tex.
Sequin, To., Jan. 14. 1893.
Messrs. Llnpman Bros., Savannah, Gn.:
Gentlemen—l have tried your P. P. P. for
a disease of the skin usually known as
Skin Caneer of thirty years standing, and
found great relief; it purifies the Mood and
removes ait Irritation from the sent ot tlie
disease, and prevents : iy spreading of
the sores. I have taken live or six liottj's
and feel confident that another course will
inf era. cure. It has aiso relieved rue
from indigestion and stomach trouble.
Yours truly
CAPT. W. M. RUST. Atty at Liw.
Benton, Ark., May 20, 1892.
TO EXTEND THE ROAD.
Waeo, Tex., April 9.—Tlie stockholders of
the Texas Central railroad met in this
city yesterday and adopted a resolution
authorizing the issuance of $2,000.0<>0 in
bonds, secured by a mortgage, to lie sold
and money used fn betterment and in ex
tending the road at em-h ti'imtn.'.s. on? ex
tension beinsr from It ■> to New Orleans.
A BAl> DEATH.
Mrs. Eugenia Twiggs Passes Away io
Macon After a Short Illness.
The sail news of the death of Mrs.
Eugenia Twiggs yesterday morning was
quite u shock to the lanmnnnity, ns
very few knew that she was ill. and
! those who had heard of her illness
! thought that it was only a slight iudis
' position.
I About two weeks ago Mrs. Twiggs
I left the city to pay her dimghter, Mrs.
I Taylor, a visit in Macon, and she had
I only been there a short while when she
! was taken sick, and lust Wednesday
! Mr. John Twiggs was telegraphed to
come to Mueoti. as she was min’li worse.
Saturday night she commenced to sink
rapidly, nnd the remainder ' f the family
I were telegraphed for mid left on the first
■ train.
They only arrived a short lime before
, the estiinnble Indy breathed her last,
' mid although not at h >uie she was sur
' rounded by her family of loved ones.
Mrs. Eugenia Twiggs was tho wife of
t'ol. John D. Tu iggs, u gallant soldier
and a true mid brave man. She win a
Miss Rambo, of one of the best and old
est families of South Carolina, who fig
ured very extensively in the affairs of
that state before and during the late
■ war.
Mrs, Twiggs is well known in Augusta,
having resided on the comer of Wash
ington and Teltair streets for many
years, and her whole life has been marked
w'ith the loving kindness of a trip- ami
good Christian woimiii - kind and tender
to ih"se who suffered; ever ready and
anxious >to assist the poor and needy,
and above all things a true and ilevot.sl
mother. Sin- w.is also noted for her
lii-i'le-s and energi'tic chnnli work, and
was one of the prominent members of
the First Baptist I'hnt-'-h. of this city.
Mrs. Twiggs leaves six children to
mourn her 10~->. five sons and one daugh
ter- Mr. Albert Twiggs. Mr. Henry
Twings, nnd Mr. Georg'- Twiggs, of \u
gusta. and Mr Marion Twiggs, now of
Savannah, mid Mrs. Annie Taylor, of
Maeou.
The deepest mid warmest sympathy
of the whole lommnniiy is tendered to
this grief stricken family in their great
bereavement, and the taking away of so
true nnd so noble a woman is it sad blow
to the city.
"LONG LIVE I MVEKSAL 8I EFHAGE!”
The Socialists Are Verv Insulting on King
Leopold’s Itlrthdav.
Brussels, April !>.—lu ‘ibe observance
of King Leopold's tifty-aeventh birth
day, General Brm-sine, commander of
■the troo|>s iu this district, inspected
that garrison. As he passed down tho
line with his gronn of Soiialists
led by a man wivh a red flag, ran tin
shouting “Long live universal suffrage!”
All of the officers reined in 'their horses,
and several apprehendine an attack,
drew their swords. The Socialists how
ever, withdrew, jeering nt the officers
shouting for universal suffrage. Short
ly afterward a Socialist was arrested
near the parade ground for shouting in-i
stilting remarks concerning Leopold.
RHODE ISLAND'S LEGISLATEDE.
The Democrats So Far Are In the Ascend
ant.
Providence, April 9.—The second attempt
to elect members of the General Assmbly
was made in Pawtucket, Orauston, East
Providence and North Kingstown yester
day. Tlie democrats were successful every
where except in East Providence, Ex-
Speaker Wllaop, repubHeaii, being re-elec
ted in that town by a substantial major
ity. But one representative is elected in
Pawtiu-ket, however, there beng no choice
in the cnsis of the oilier five, and another
attempt t > elect will be made next Tues
day. The result of yesterday's elections
makes tlie legislature a tie —11 repirtilieans,
41 democrats. Twenty-six seats remain to
be fitted ami bye-elections for that pur
pose will be held the coming week. Upon
tlie result of these elections depends the
complexion of the legislature and the
choice of state officers, there having been
no election by the people.
Messrs. Lippman Bros., Savannah, Ga.:
Gentlemen—l have had rheumatism about
two mouths during last winter, was con
fined to my room most of tlie time. I saw
an advertisement in the Saline Courier
recommending P. P. P. as a cure for rheu
matism. 1 bought three bottles but be
fore 1 got through with the ::<1 battle I was
cured nnd have not felt the least efiei-t
of rheumatism since. It is undoubtedly
tlie best remedy for rheumatism 1 ever
tried. I can cheerfully recommend it to
the public. Yours truly,
D. M. CUNNINGHAM.
JUDGE LOCHREN AT GETTYSBURG.
Gettysburg, Pa., April 10.—Judge Loeh
reu, of Minnesota, tlie new Pension Com
missioner. visited this battlefield, and
with Secretary Hamilton, of the Memorial
Association, located the site for tlie 520,-
000 monument of the First Minnesota In
fantry. Ii will stand near tlie "Bloody
Angle,” where Pickett’s assault was re
pulsed. and in which tlie Minnesota reg
iment suffered such awful loss.
RESIDEN CE BUR N ED.
Columbia, S. C., April 9.—(Speeinl.)—The
residence of N, B. Dial, a prominent citi
zen of Laureus, was destroyed by fire
this morning. Loss, $1,090; insurance,
$3,000.
CARTERS
SITTLE
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Sick Headache and relieve all the troubles inci
dent to a bilious state of the sx stem, such as
Dizziness. Nausea. Drowsiness. Distress after
eating. Pain in the Side. Arc While their most
remarkable success has been shown iu curing
SICK
Headache, yet ( 'arter’s Little Liver Pills
are equally valuable in Constipation, curing
and preventing this annoying coinplaint. while
they also correct all disorders of th- stomach,
stimulate the live,- and regulate the bowels.
Even if they only cured
HEAD
Ache they would be almost priceless to those
who suffer from this distressing complaint:
but fortunately their goodness does not end
here, and those who onco try them will find
these little pili* valuc.b!? in so many ways that
they will n it be willing to do without them.
But after all sick head
is the bane of some.uy lives that here is where
we make cur great. boast. Our pills cure it
while others do not.
Carter’s Ltm Liver Pills* are very small
aml very easy to ’.ake. On; or two pills make
a dose. They are strictly vegetal >l tt and do
not gripe or purge, bet bv their gentle action
please all who use them.' In vials at 25 cents;
five for $1 Sold ovorvwhere. • . -mt by mail,
CABTS3 CO., Nc~ Tort.
M M Fries
UMatteti Sliktai
LANHIAH & UlllllEß'S
BIG RUN ON SILKS!
For the past week our Silk sales have been
enormous. 1 his week we are going to
outdo the past sales, and have just
received another larger and
handsomer lot of
Ciija Silt Bflnialiiiß Sill: apt Wets,
Special for this week.
These silks are particularly suitable for
Ladies’ Shirt Waists and Summer Dresses.
Plain colors, in all shades, figured in dark
and light grounds, at 25c., 35c., 50c., 65c.,
75 c., sl, $1.25 and $1.50.
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BLACK CHINA SILKS
At 40c., 50c., 65c., 75c. and sl.
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W e also place on sale this week a lot
of our handsomest Dress Goods, in suit pat
terns, in the spring shades. Reduced to
$3.50, $4.50 and $5.50 pattern. 1 hese
Dress Goods arc great bargains; worth
double the money.
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LANDRAM & BUTLER.
WHOLESALE AND RETAIL DRY GOODS,
S2S Jiiicl S3O Uroiid
SHUT_OUT !
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OF
SffflG : ffl : s!■ : SOVELTIES
HAS
All seeming competition, in the language of thq
times, Others are simply “Neff in it,” when it
I comes to intrinsic values. We have beyond per
adventure, A BETTER ASSORTMENT AT
LOWER PRICES than can be seen elsewhere
in the Southern States.
DO YOU DOUBT this statement ? All we ask is
an opportunity to show you, and we will ever
lastingly convince you that what we claim for our
stock is INDISPUTABLE. •
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IN SILKS AXD COLORED DRESS GOODS, we have more exclusive de
signs and patterns than others have of commonplace styles. Buy your
Dress of us and you run no risk of seeing your neighbor with one just the
same
Wash Goods,,
In Plain, White. Printed and Embroidered. The daintiest designs and coltwJ
iugs to be seen only with us. Ginghams, Domestic, Scotch and Frenc™
Zephyrs, Plaids, Stripes, Plain and Embroidered.
Hosiery and Gloves.
New lines of Hosiery in Blacks. Whites, Tans, Russetts, Reds and Fancies;
New Lines of Gloves in Blacks. Whites, Tans. Grays, Russets, Reds and
Fancies, Ladies’ Chamois Wash Gloves in Whites and Tans. Ladies’
Summer Under vests at from 10c. up to the finest.
LACES AND EMBROIDERIES
Wagon loads of New Styles at popular prices, match sets and singles.
PARASOLS AND UMBRELLAS—BIacks and Colors; Nobbiest Styles from
leading manufacturers.
CAFES. MANTILLAS, Blazer, Reefer and Eton Suits in Blacks, Blues and
Tans; prices away off.
Greiits’
Be sure to see our values before making your purchases. We can and will
save you monev. Nothing Misrepresented.
JAMES DALY & CO.’S
OK F'ASNHXOJN.
,Children Cry for Fitohefs Castoria.