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QDOCOOOOOwOOOOOOOOOOOGOOawOOCg 8 The meet TIRELESS WOUKEU in O 1-:!izAtMth CitT ! thf r ?1 It govs Into the lioma of the peeple O telling the news with the voice of a y trusted friend. p :i by using the columns cf the f,: p ECONOMISTS L I ?V ' the, medium that reaches more : Hi , families thaa an y other paper jS in Eastern Carolina. I , j . juiri;:iiiUJ.t'iti5VJ;,.ii.riiWiiUsu viV?'"f -il"i'i41li,'I'.';Jtfi 1 Scooocdcooooooocoocoooocoocooo "CTak'E Bach man's csnsiire but rBssrvs 1hy judgmeiit, Kamletj VOL. XXVI. ELIZABETH CITY, "Nl C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1897. NO. 550. a 1 ' y i c N i" I k ,1 i m t: t 0 0 -S. 'r"V O . O O Q () v. x O "'') V ) (;) P ( ) () () The Sam Old Sarsapar jl That's Aver. Tl fame old 5?.rr.;r.rula ns it was rr.nde and old 50 years ajo la tl.e la! ratory it different. Thero modem appliance l';.d sj.cJ to sliVA and experience. Hut t!io s.iryapari!ln is -the f twi el l Farsaparilla that maJc tlm rccon: year of vin es. Why iio;i't we Utter it? 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Will be sold cheap and on easy terms. Can be seen at Edenton, NC.. E. F. LA211. 0 n n br - ad OS B li S For Stile. wE' ---'-"?, THE GIANT SAMSON. HIS STRENGTH THE SUBJECT. OF REV. J?R. TALMAGE'S SERMON. nct'AKl llatcl and Wlit It Can Do. Tb TrcachcroTU DlilJkh and Ilcr Work. Kuomb'i KIc-ded Strength Tb Weak Taat Arm Strong and That Are Weak. Copyright. 1S37, by American Press Asso ciation. WAKircfGTOx, Dec." 12. Taking the exciting story of Sacason's fall aa a sug gestion. Dr. Talmage in this discourso shows how giants in . body and mind or soul ought to be consecrated to good and great purposes. His text is Judges xiv, 1 "And Samson went down to Tim nath.- There are two sides to the character cf Samson. The one phase-of his life, if followed into the particulars, would ad minister to the grotesque and mirthful, but there ia a phase of his character fraught with lessons of solemn and eter nal import. To these graver lessons we devote our sermon. This giant no doubt in early life gave evidences of what he was to be. It is almost always 6a There were two Napoleons the hoy Napo leon and the max) Napoleon but both alike; two Howards the boy Howard and the man Howard but both alike; two Samsons the: hoy Samson and the man Samson but both alike. This giant was no doubt the hero of the play ground, and nothing could stand before his exhibitions of youthful prowess. At 1 8 years of age ho- was betrothed to the daughter of a Philistine. Going down toward Timnath, a lion came upon him, and, although this young giant was weaponless, ho seized the monster by the long mane and shook him as a hun gry hound shakes a March .hare and made his benes crack and left him by tho wayside bleeding under the smiting of his fist end the grinding heft of his hoeL , . There ho stands, looming up above other men, 0 mountain of flesh, his arms bunched with muscle that can lift the gate of a city, taking an attitude defiant of everything. ; His hair had never been cut, and it rolled down in seven great plaits over Ida shoulders, adding' to his bulk fierceness and terror. The Philis tines want to conquer him, and there fore they must find out where tho secret of his strength lies. The Treacherous Delilah. Thero is a dissolute woman living in tho valley of Sorek of the name" of De lilah. They appoint her the agent in the case. The Philistines are secreted in the; same building; and then Delilah goes to work and coaxes Samson to tell what is the secret cf his strength. 'Well," he says, "if you should take soven green, withes, such as they fasten wild beasts with, and put them around me I should bo perfectly powerless. So she binds him with, the seven green withes. Then she clapa her hands and says, "They come the Philistines 1" And he walks out aa though they werenoimpediment. Sho coaxes him j again and Bays, "Now tell me tho secret of this great strength." And ho replies, j "If you should take some ropes that have never been used and tie me with them. I should be just liko other men.'J Bhe ties him with the ropes, claps her i hands and shouts, "They come -the Philistines!" He walks out aa easily aa he did before cot a single ' obstruction. She coaxes him again, and jhe says, "Now, if you should tako these Eeven long plaits of hair and by this'house loom weave them into a webjl coald not get away. " So the house loom is rolled up, and the shuttle flies backward and forward, and the long plaits of hair are woven into a web. Then she claps her bands and says, "They come j the Philistines!" He walks out as easily ts ho did before, dragging a part of the loom with him. . But after; awhile she persdaded him to tell the truth. He' says, "If you should take' at razor or shears and cut off this long hair, X should be powerless and in the hands of i my enemies. bam son Ripens, and thati she may not wake him upauring tho process of shearing help i3 called in.- You knowjhat the barbers "of the east have such a skillful way of manipulating the head to this very day that instead of; wailng up a sleeping man they will put a man wide awake sound asleep. I hear the blades cf the shears grinding: against each other, and I see the long t locks falling off. The shears or razor accomplishes what green withes and heW ropes and house loom could not do.' j Suddenly she claps her hands and 'says, "Tbe PMiistines De upon thee, Samson I" He rouses up with a struggle, but his strength is all gone. He is in the hand3 of his enemies. Ontglanted by Low raulon. .1 hear the croan of the giant as they take his eyes !out, and then I see him KtAtrzcrinp on in his blindness, feeling his way as he : goes on toward Gaza. The prison doer Is open, and tne giant; l thrnst inJ' He sits down and puts his hand cn tho mill crank, which, with exhausting horizontal motion, goes day after dav. week after week, month after month work,1 work, work. The con sternation of the world in captivity, ms locks shorn,! his eyes punctured, grind ing corn in Gaza. First of all 'behold in this giant of the text that physical power is not al. wnm an index of moral cower. He was a huge manJ The lion fcund it out, and tho 8,000 men whom he slew found ' it out, yet he was 'the subject of petty re venges and outgianted by low passion. I am far from throwing any discredit upon physical stamina. There are tnose Em tn have creat admiration for delicacy and sickliness of constitution. I npver could see any giory m nerves or sick headache. Whatever ef fort in our day is . made to make the men and women more roDusu mowu TKnvA tViA favor of every good citizen as well as of every Christian. Gymnastics may be positively religious.. Good people sometimes bectii .1-1 Vionrt -what they ought to as- cribo to a slow liver. The body and the fa ya enrh near neiehbors that they often catch each other's diseases. Those " -. . - i" .'! " 1 like Hfrcules,' shew the giant ia the cradle, have more to answer fcr than those who' are the sntjrcts cf Ufelong infirmities. He wh6- can lift twice as much as you can and vrulk twice as far and W(rk twice as long will have a double account to meet in thejudgmenL How !of ten is it that you do not find physical energy indicative of spiritual power!) If a clear bead. is worth more than ona dizzy with perpetual vertigo, it muscles with the play cf health in them are worth mora than those drawn up in chronic "rheumatics," It an eye quick to' catch passing objects is better than one with vision dim and uncertain, then God will require of us efficiency just in proportion to what he has given us. Physical energy ought to have as good digestion cf truth as we have ca pacity to a5.cimilato food. Our spiritual hearing ought to be as good as our phys ical hearing. . Our spiritual taste ought to be as clear as our tongue. Samscns in body, we ought to be giants in moral power. 1 ! j The Lot Strength. 'But, while you find a great many men who realize that they ought to use their money tright and useheir intelligence aright, how few men you find aware of the fact that they ought to use their physical organism aright 1 With every thump cf tho heart there is something saying, "Work, workl" And lest we should complain that we have no tools to work with God, gives us our bauds- and feet, with every knuckle and with every joint and with every muscle, say ing to us, 'Lay hold ahd do something. " But how often it is that men with physical strength do not serve Christ ! They are like a ship full manned and full rigged, capable of vast tonnago, able to endure ail stress cf weather, yet swinging idly at the decks, when these men ought to. be crossing and recrossing the great ocean of human suffering and sin with Gods supplies of mercy. How often it is that physical strength is used in doing positive damage or in luxurious ease', when, with sleeves rolled up and bronzed bosom, fearless of the shafts of opposition, it ought to be laying hold with all its might and tugging away to lift up this sunken wreck of a world. I til a mcst shameless fact that much of tho business of the church and of the world must bo done by thoso compara tively invalid. Iiichard Eaxter, by rea son of his disease?, all his days sitting in the door of, the tomb, yet writing more than 100 volumes and sending out an influence for G?od that will endure as long! as the "Saints' Everlasting Rest." Edward Payson, never knowing a well day, yet how he preached and how he wrote, helping thousands of dy ing souls like himself to "swim in a sea of, glory 1" And Robert M'Cheyne, a walking skeleton, yet you know what he did in Dundee and h6w ho shook. Scotland with zeal for God. Philip Dod dridge, advised by his friends, because of his illness, not to enter he ministry, yet you know what he did for the "rise and progress of religion" in the church and in the world. Wilberforce was told by his doctors that he coujd not live a fortnight, yet at that very time entering upon philan thropic 'enterprises that demanded the rreatest: endurance and persistence. Robert Hall, suffering excruciations, so that often in his pulpit while preaching he would step and lie down on a sofa, then getting up again to preach about heaven, 'until the glories of the celestial city dropped on the multitude, .doing more work perhaps than almost any well man in his day. Oh, how often it is that men with great physical endurance are not so great in moral and spiritual statura While there are achievements for those who are bent all their days with sick nesg achievements of patience, achieve ments of Christian endurance -I call upon men cf health today, men of mus cle, men of nerve, men of physical pow er, to devote themselves to the Lord. Giants in body, you ought to be giants in soul, j ' ! Samson's Misguided Strength. . Behold also in the story of my text illustration cf the damage that strength can do if! . it bo misguided. It seems to me that this man spent a great deal cf his time Hn doing evil this Samson of my text! To pay1 a bet which he had lost by guessing of his riddle he robs and . kills 80 people. He was not only gigantic 1 in strength, but gigantic in mischief and a type of those men in all ages of Itho world, who, powerful" in Lody or i:ind cr any faculty of social position jor wealth, have used their strength for iniquitous purposes. It is dot the small, weak men of the day who do the damage. These small men whd go swearing and loafing about your stores and shops and banking houses, assailing Christ and tig Bible and the i church they do not do the damage. They have no influence. They are vermin that you crush with your foot But it is the giants of the day, the misguided giants, giants in phys ical povjer, or giants in mental acu men, ; or giants in sccial position, or giants in wealth, who do the damage. The men5 with sharp pens that stab re ligion and throw;' their poison all through j our literature, the men who use the power of wealth to sanction in iquity and bribe justice and make truth and hcn(jr bow to their golden scepter. Misguided giants look out for them. In the middle and latter part of the last century, 10 doubt, there were thousands of men jin Paris ; and. Edinburgh and London Who bated God and blasphemed the name of the Almighty, but they did but little mischief they were small men, insignificant men. Yet there were giants in those days. Who can calculate the soul havoc of a Rousseau, going on with a very enthu siasm of iniquity, with fiery imagina tion seizing upon all the impulsive na tures of Ihis day, cr David Hume, who employed his life as a spider employs its summer, in spinning, out silken webs to j trap the unwary, or Voltaire, the most learned man cf his day, mar shaling a great host of skeptics and lead ing then, out in the dark land of infi delity, or Gibbon, who showed an ua- i I ' who nivcr saw a sick day, and who, controllable grudge legaiast .religion in his history of cne fcf the mcst fascinat ing periods of the world's existence, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" a bock in whichj with, all the splendors of his genius, he magnified the errors of Christian! disciples, while, with a spaa-seuess. of ; notice that never can be forgiven he treated of the Chris tian heroes cf whom the world was not worthy? .1 : - j ; : -j" A Crown on Earth. I Ob, men of stout physical health, men cf great mental sUture, men of high social positionj men of great power of any sort, I want you to understand your power, and I want you to know that that power devoted to Gdd will be a crown on earth, to you typical, of a crown in heaven, but misguided, be draggled in sin, administrative of evil, God will thunder against you with his condemnatiori in the day when million aire and pauper, master and slave, king and subject, shall stand side by side in the judgment, and money bags and ju dicial ermine ' and royal robe shall be riven with tho lightnings. Behold also how aiant may be slainl Delilah started ther' train, of circum stances that pulled down the temple of Dagon about ; Samson's ears, and ten of thousands of giants have gone down to death and hell through the same im pure fascinations. It seems to me that .it is high time that pulpil and platform and printing; press speak out against tho impuritiesLcf modern society. Fas tidiousness and pruderyi says "Better, not speak. You will rouse up adverse criticism, yod will make worsj what you want to make better Better deal in g-littering generalities. The' subject is tco delicate for polite ears.' But there comes a voice: from heaven Overpower ing the mincing sentimentalities of the day, saying, VCry aloud, spare not, lift up thy voice like a trumpet 'and show my people their transgressions and the house of Jacob their sine." -- The trouble is that when people write or speak upon this theme they are apt to cover it up! with the graces of belies lettres, so that the crime 1st made at tractive Instead of repulsive. : Lorji By ron in "Don; Juan" adorns this crime until it smiles like a. May queen. Mich elet, the great French wrlterj covers it up with bewitching rhetorib until .it glows like the rising sun when it ought to be made loathsome as a small pox hospital. Therc,are today influences abroad which! if uii$esisted by the pul pit and the printing press will turn our modern cities) into Sodom and Gomor rah, fit only for the storm of fire and brimstone that whelmed this .cities of the plain. - ' J . j. - , I ;' ' Yen who are seated in your Christian homes, compassed by moral and reli gious restraints, do hot realize the gulf of iniquity that bounds you on the north and the south and the east and the west While l! speak there are tens of thousands I of men and women going over the awful' plunge of an impure life, and while I cry to God for mercy upon their souls I call upon y'ou to mar shal in tho defense of your homes, your church and your nation. The:e is a ban queting hall that you have never heard described. You know all about the feast of Ahasuerus, Where a thousand lords eat You know all about Belshazzar's ca rousal, where"; the blood of the murdered king spurted into the faces of the ban queters. You may know of the scene of riot and wassail when there was set be fore Esopus cine dish of ;. food that cost $400,000. But I speak now of a differ ent banaueting hall. Its roof is fretted with fire. Its floor is tessellated with fire, .Its chalices are chased with fire. Its song is a song of fire. - Its walls.' ate buttresses of : fire. Solomon refers to it when he says, "Her guests are in the depths of heili" - r - I., - V Death the Invincible. ' j' Behold also: in this giant of the text and in the giant of our own century that great physical power must crumble and expire. The Samson of the text long ago went away. He i fought the lion. He- fought the Philistines. He could fight anything, but death was too' much for him. He may have required a longer grave and a broader grave, but the tomb nevertheless was his terminus. If, then, we are to be compelled to go out of this world, where are,we to! go? This body and soul must soon part. What shall be the "destiny of the former I know dust to dust. But what shall bo the destiny of tlie latter? Shall-it rise into the companionship of ftbe white robed, whose -sins! Christ has slain, or will it go down among the unbelieving, who tried to j gain the world and save their souls, but were swindled out of both? Blessed be God," we have a cham pion 1 He is so styled in the Bible a champion who has conquered death and hell, and he is ready to fight alii? our battles from the first to the last "Who is this that, cometh from Edom with dyed garments from Bozrafy mighty to save?" If we follow in the wake of that champion death has no powpr and the grave no victory. The worstl man trust ing in him shall have his dying pangs alleviated and his future illumined.- In the light of this subject I want to call your attention to a fact which may act have been rightly considered by five men an all the world, andf that is the fact that we mtist be brought into judg ment for the employment of our physi cal organism, j' Shoulder, 'brain, hand, foot ye must answer .in judgment for the use we have made cf them- Have they 'been used for the elevation of so ciety or for its depression? In proportion as our arm i3 strong and our step elastic will pur account at last j be intensified. Thousands of sermons are preached to invalids. I preach this morning to stout men and" healthful women, i We must give to God an account for the right use cf this physical organism. These invalids have1 comparatively little toeccount for perhaps. They could not lift 20 pounds! They could not walk half a mile without sitting down to rest. In preparation of this: subject I have said to myself, How shall I account to God in judgment for the use of a body which neter knew one moment of real sickness? I Rising up in judgment, standing beside men and women who KEEP YOUR Surely if the word REGULATOR is not on a package . -. 1 it is Nothing else is the same. .' been put up by And it can be easily told 0 TH: R FOR SALE BY D3. W.' had only little physical energy and yet consumed that energy in a conflagration of religious" enthusiasm, how will we feel abashed ! .', .--y. ''."'" Tho Weak That Are Strong-. j Oh, men of the strong arm and the stout heart, what use aro you making of youf physical forces? Will yon be able to stand the test of that day when we must answer for the. use of every talent, whether i t were a physical ener gy or a mental acumen or a," spiritual power? , . .' The day approaches, and I see ono who in this world was an invalid, and as she stands before the throne of God to answer she says: "I was sick all'my days. I Bad but very little strength, but' I did as well as I could in being kind to those who were more j sickind more suffering. And Christ will say, "Well done, faithful servant;"' And then a little child will stand be fore the throne, and she will say: "On earth I ' had a curvature of the spino, and I was very weak, . and T was very sick, but I used to gather flowers out of the wildwood and bring them to my sick mother, and she was comforted when she saw the sweet flowers out of j the wildwood. I didn't do much, but I did something." And Christ shall say as he takes her up in his arms and kiss es her, "Well dpno, well dene, faithful servant; enter thou into the joy of thy Lord," What, then, will be said to us we ; to whom the Lord, gave physical strength and continuous health? I said to an old Scotch minister, Who was one of the best friends I .ever had, "Doctor, did you ever know-Robert Pol lock, the" Scotch poet, who wrote 'The Course of Time?'. " "Oh; yes," he re plied, "I knew; him well. I was his classmate." And.then tho doctor went on to tell me, how that the writing of "The Course of Time" exhausted the health of Robert Pollock, and ho ex pired. It sems aS if no man could have such a glimpse of the day for which other days were made as Robert Pollock had and long survive that glimpse. In the description of that day ho says, among other things: . , ; j Begin the woe, ye woods, and tell; it. to tho doleful wind3, ' ! ' And doleful winds wail to tho howling hills, And howling hills mourn to the dismal rale. And disinal vales sigh to the sorrowing brooks, 'And sorrowing brooka weep to the weeping Btream, " ' And weeping stream awake (ho groaning deep. Yo heavens, grea archway cl the universe,' put sacR cloth on, I Andi ocean, robe thyself in garb-of widowhood And gather all thy waves into a! groan and ut-. t,er it " ' Long,, loud, deep, piercing, dolorpua.'immenso. Tho occasion asks it nature dies, and angels j come to lay her in her grave, j ; ' What Robert Pollock saw in ; prophet ic dream you' and I will see in positive reality the judgment, the judgment ! Corncob Pipes and Teetee Steins. The manufacture of corncob pipes has become a considerable industry at Eeaufort, S. C. Special machinery has been made for the Durppse. and an ex pert turner is employed to carve out-the. . .a. -M - . J ' FIT Dow is, wajen are 01 many uetsigtia. , xu cobs are of a particular corn grown in the Missouri valley and are transported to South Carolina by the carload. The cobs have to j be' seasoned for. two or three years before they are used. The supply of cane stems, which is obtained from the canebrakes along tne i'orc . 1 ., m ' a m AAA i. . ' Royal railroad m lots or uu.vw bicies, capable of being cut into three lengths, also employs much labor iri the country to select and Gather ' them. A new and attractive feature of some of these pipes j . 1 t is the teetee stem. ' The teetee is a shrub, the botanical name of . Which . is Clif tonia ligustrinaj. It grows up in a long straight, point less stem, with a soft center pith and of various circumferences, from the size of an ordinary pipestem to that of the little finger. It has enjoyed tho reputa ticn, from the aborigines and among southern planters and ethers, who have ever; used it in pre f : ;ice to any; other, not excepting the tii .iy or fig stem, "of best absorbing tti V. ; itine and affordt ing a grateful and : . 0iant taste. Sa vannah News. " : j A X.o-: I it , v ' ' . A guest in a P: i .dc I hia hotel lost a diamond stud in iLy wuste pipe of the bathtub the other day, cecording to the Philadelphia -Record. On bearing of the lots the proprietor allowed the pipe to be taken up at the expense of the loser. A plumber did the job for $ 1 0,: and the guest not only recovered his! ;tuJ, hut also found in the bend of the iraia pipe a diamond ring. Being an '-or-cft man, he gave thj ring to the tottvAct, who advertised the find in -xvciai newspapers. As no one came to daita the ring the proprietor, w-ith an squally 'commendable' sense of honesty, returned it to the finder. Needless to say, the loser of the stud was highly, xim pen sated fcr his trouble, as. tho ring! vas valued at $150. The fortunate man1 gave the plumber! a crisp f 20 note ex tra, as the brilliant find Was partly due ;o that worthy. ' A Second Crop. . Smith Death ii a euro cure for lying. . !."'"- . 1), : , "! Jones Not always. I've known it to break out again on the tomb it one. Chicaco News. 1 I 1 EYES OPEN! f. not ' i - y' li cap not beandrievechi any:pne except by their Tradb AlARXr''- E D ; '2 . VV. GRIC.63 A, S 'J . - Wanted to Ix II U Dut.. The lawyers liad badgertxl the jure? nearly to da(h with qutious whn the judge finally took him in band. "You say you never hoard of this .", case,'' said the judgiv ' "Nary a word of it, jdgo, till I cmuo into tho courtroom, " was tho reply. "And you , 'don't 'know citlur tka . plaiutlCf or tbo'dcfcnilant?" : "Never sw citlur cf 'cm nforo tod.iy. " "Do you. knov cittt r of tho u it or neys?" , : ' . ! ' j ."Thank heaven, no." - !. "Then :I fbould thiuk you outfit to be able to pivo n fair ahd inqsittial hearing to tlio cvidnco nudrcndira verdict in a(xxr:!anco with, it without fear, or favor." - . j . ' " .ledge, us thi?.s stand .now I kill .do that very sanm tiling, tut I'm nfctrd of What may happen. " , f '.--'"What -can hapj- i 'that will nlTect your judn'Hnt?" . i "Well," j-dgc," xplnin cl tho jcror, turning to'tho court oiih,,wh:t ccnlMii tially, "if -tbo lawyers t2-h.av tbi... Selves, I'll to a tracker jack juror, but it's my-experience in 'thi-so hire 'fawn that ono or'.; tho otlu-r of Vm uunlly works id some niiart tiickn that mukoa me hj hoppiu mad all tho iwsa- thxuU that it vurps- my joV?mout, mi Ue-u ii jest comes uatural for me to. watch out for a goutl chance t6 give him tfc wurst. ofj it, an 1 niii't'no kind of a jnrgr to sit in that case. If you'll jCst ew that tho lawyers don't work-in any blamd foo'liFhnevs' to rilo irie,' I 'rt'ckou you'll Tmd I'm about as. good a jurcr a you'll find anywhorcH in' this county ; other-: wiso I ain't fit to pass jedgment on who owns a slice of apple pie." :Exchauge. ' . Srcatlc WbUtler. A jiofctal card was recently addressed to Mr. James A. ilacNeill Whistler, tho ! academyLondon, by an-Italian trades man. It was taken to Burlington llouw) and marked there, "Not known at the P.oyal academy." When Mr. Whistler at last received 'it, he sent it to tho ed itor of The pally Mail with this char acteristic note, "In theso days of doubt ful frequontationa it is my n Pod for tune to Ikv "able to fend you an unso licited, official and final .certificate of obaracter.'" ; "', IMsy Proposals. Proposals of marriage have, no doubt, been occasionally mado in the language of ' flowers. The iractice has never been common, becau 'so, ;in tho first placo, the language in question is in a somewhat unfixed condition,' its vocabulary con taining much that is still in . dispute among the learned; and, secondly, bo-, cause the recipients of the offer might very reasonably object to its uncommit--ting and essentially revocable character. An inventive genius has now copied na : ture and invented a proposal charm, "a six petaled marguerite in puro whito enamel and gold," irigcniouBly overlaid upon another daisy in such a way that by pressing upon a tiny spring conceal ed in the calyx the flower becomes a lSTpetaled one. Ui)Pn each of the alter nate petals thus newly disclonod is in scribed a word, and read together tlipy form a declaration of passionate and de voted love. It is thought by tho inyut or of this graceful little trinket that it may bo "of great assistance to a shy gentleman, " who might, it is suggested, send it to a lady by registered post; and if afterwrard bo saw her wearing itJio could then "ask her whether She had pressed the spring. ' ' London Tele graph. : ' '? ' ! ' IlreVlty of Recent Wars. . Recent Wars have been remarkable for their brevity. The war between Turkey and Greece practically; lasted only three woelaH. The War Ktween Japan and China lasted six months. Tbo French declarerl war. against Germany in July, and Sedan fell la the follow ing Septem ht. Russia declared war on Tarky April 24, 1877, and on Deo. ia the porto requested the mediation of the power. CURES STAY CURED' Thousandsof voluntary certificates re-notvt-A durinir the Tast fifteen veari. certify with no uncertain sound, that Hotanic fJIood, IJajrn. (li. u li.) will cure to stay cured. Rheumatism, Cat arrh, Ulcers, Sores, Blotches, and the moit malignant blood and skin dis eases!. Botanic Blood Balm is the re sult of forty years experience of an eminent, seientlous and conscientious physician. Send 'stamp for book of wonderful cure, and learn , w hich is the best remedy. ' Beware of substi tutes said to , be "just aa good", and buv tho long-tested and the old re liable Botanic Blood Balm, (B. B. li.) Price only $1.00 per large bottle. EFFECTED AN EXTIRE CURE, For over two years I have been great sufferer from Rheumatism affeet ingsboth shoulders to suchan extent that I could; not put my coat on With out help. The use of six bottles of Botanic Blopd Balm, B. B. II., effected mi entire cure. l refer to Rev. W. V. Wadswortb, proprietor Coweta Ad vertiser, and to all merchants bf Newnan. ' , Jacob Sposcler, I For sale by Druggists. Newnan, Oa. 1