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Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
BISHOP WIGHTMiN'S ESCAPE.

Bishop VIM. Wishtman, of the
NJ. E. Church South, recently had a
very narrow e'care in Montana ter
ritory. lie had just beeh to hold a
Conference at Denver, Colorado, and
went thence TO NJ ntana to Lo.d the
Conference there. He WAS, Of course,
on stage, and one bright, cold morn.
H. be reached breakfast house to
find it in flames. The Cheyenne In
dams had just made rid on the
place, and had ds stroyed things gen
orally. The good bishop found
poor Methodist preacher sitting qnite
disconsolate re,r the ruins. The In
dians had robbed Lin of his horse
and wagon. The savag.s had not
| cch gone three hours, :.nl the bisli-
op Was luckily late enough to es-
care.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
JEWELS on THE cNon1v os
SCOTLAND. -f

At Elinburg, Scotland ssall9 Yo',sIs.
since, the Jewels Of the N'ToWr vel.
locked IN tox, that bog q aaoahels
and 50 on, until they wefs sg2pasesdt
to be burglar-rrQof. Theg Nefe tiss,. 9
tsaa .ees.4s.l
there TO remain for oi=e huls..1qd
years, the keys being place N a
mort.r and lilrd isfo the sea Scar
fifty ears passed by, and the mode 2
luck-picker opens the vault and boxes
WITHOUT trouble. So the ecicnce q
medicine, when studied with the aid
Of chemistry and the microscope, be-
comes plain ard simple, and diseases
that were regarded incurable a gen
Grafton ago, now readily yield to rem
cdies employed by the modern and
progressive physician. A decade Of
years since. and women were taught
to believe that their peculiar diseases
and weaknesses were inrurable; but
now hundreds and thousands of once
bedridden WOE en- in the United Sttes'
will testify to the fact that DR.. Pierce's
Favorite Prescription has effected
their perfect and permanent cure.
TOLEDO, ONO, Doc. G, 1876.
DR.. R. ". PIERCE, Buffalo, N. Y;
Dear Su-Atout five years since
my wife was taken sick, and though
We employed the best physicians in
our city, yet she gradually grew
worse, 50 that she was confined to-
the ted. Every remedy had tried
or could find, failed TO cure TT even
give relief. Atlast procured bot
Tie of your Favorite Prescription and
to my surprise it gave almost instant
relief, and with a little perseverance,,
an entire cure was effected 80
Ever gratefully yours, - =
GEO. BoDENMILLER.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24

delivered the Sunday morning eleven
o'clock sermon; at Charleston, S. c.,
in the summer of 1875, he occupied
the pulpit of Citadel Square Church
Curing the Sunday Of the Conven-
ton; and in Richmond. Va, in
May 1876, when the Southern Baptist
Convention was in session there, he
filled the pulpit Of the First Baptist
Church OH Sunday forenoon, preach
ing one hour and fifteen minutes to
an overllowing congregation, In his
own pulpit his sFH0'rs
ceeded thirty.ive, or, forty minutes.
From the hFSt hY regarded his, sick
ness as the last. But there was moth
ing terrible in tbe future to him. His
great desire was to depart and be
with Christ. His hope was bright !;
his peace was perfect; his faith was
ilustrious.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
WORDS FOR ANXIOUS SOULS.

Would you feign return to God?
The way is open-Christ hast rent
the veil. The path is sprinked with
blood-it is now safe for a sinner to
draw near to God through that Eow
and living way ; it is now righteous
in God to forgive and receive every
sinner TINS returning God bids you
return thus-why doubt then =? Heai-
tate no more. 49,
But am unfit 10 come Granted.
IF yon wors4not -un6t&to come there
would have been no necessity why
Christ should die. Because yon can
no; help yourself He came, in his in
finite pity, to help you. 1t is just
becaus. of your untitness that Christ
offers to you a free salvation. Bnt
know lhi>, sinner, that your very uu.
fitness constitutes your fitness to come
to Jesus. Your sinfulness and hope
Ic:sness ere your irnest, strongest
pleas. You are to come Just as you
are, with all your infirmi,ies and sins
cleaving to you. He has infinite
mercy-doubt no more.
Where shall I find war ants for
coming to God with go much sin
cleaving to ms2 Open your Bible ;
find, if you can, any reason for stay
ing away. Gods Word is just
mes lge to you to come to Him as q
poor sinner needing pardon and life.
From first to last it is this. The con-
troversy that God has with your soul
is that you will not come. "The
Spirit anu the Bride say, Come; and
let him that heareth say, Come and
let him that is athirst, Come; and
whosoever will, let him take of the
water of life freely"
But may I come now? Yes, now
All things are ready" There is
no greater delusion and no greater
reril than in fancying that you will
come at future me. Putting off
for little is the devils plan, not
Gods. Satan suggests to morrow;
God says, to-day Tomorrow your
heart may be harder than it is to-.
day; 10 morrow the Spirit may have
ceased TO strive with you; to morrow
is another world; tomorrow you may
be wrapped in your windingSheet,
and ready Tor your lomo. Come nowI:
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
NCW a Wcmaa Tries Oh New Shoes,

When = woman has a new pair Of
shoes sent home she performs alto
gether dilierepLlg, =, l2..t',-;,7'-6 9,to tim and
s,,>I,1-I---YT0yrs her toes lniQ " * any
,....ns--,t,rrif- f-srr,-rs-reurn tue la;e and
all out of breath, and then goes
stamping and kicking around, but
carefully pulls them Oh part %ay,
twitches them off again to take
last look and see if she has got the
right one. pulls them on again, Looks
at them dreamily, says thy are just
right, then takes another LOOK, stoops
suddenly to smooth out a wrinkle,
twists around and surveys them side
ways, exc!aims, Mercy, how loose
they are!' lool.a at them ag.'ln
square in front, " r&s her foot
urounI 50 they wont hurt her
ouits so mach, takes them oft, looks
At the heel, the toe, The bottom and
the inside, PUTS them Oh again, walks
IN and down the room once or twice,
remarks to her letter half that she
won't have them at any price, tits
down the mirror so she can see how
thew look, turns in every possible
direction and nearly dislcc~tes her
neck trying TO see how they look
from that way, backs off, steps up
again, takes Thirty or f.rty farewell
looks, says they make h-r feet look
awful big and never will do in the
wcr.d, puts them off and on hree or
four times more, asks her hus
what he thinks a a'out it and then
paws no attention to what he says,
po,s over all again, and finally says
She will take them. Its a very SIM
pie pAtter, indeed -Br1dyG,rt Sand
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
ASssSTl IS 'TlSHE BsiaT RACE

arThs doubts areht the tr6es inward.
Lesssofs the Courtney Hanlansrace re-
call to.usi the incident that occurred,
lol these many years ago in the
neighborhood of Richmond. "A cer-
tain colonel---a we'll known gentle.
man, esteemed .or his fine, qualities
az a man and renowned for his judg.
ment Of whisky and horse fesh-had
entered his mare in race where the
best stock of the country was epgas g
His animal was acknowledged a. tAs
finest trotter in that aection-ras 81
Of the finest trotters, in fact, ii ~
country atthat time when, Rarus q j
an unknown bird-and at the me 3
ing bets ran high Between She !
aemblet sporting men-planters, ia
yero-a,sd-merchants of Virgin,
North Carolina and Tennessee.
The Colonel WAS ever heavy b =.
ter, and had pledged himself to- =
extent of $25, 5000 on his mare.
morning of the race his jockey csme
to him with a blanched face p 9
cautious, whispering tone of yoi !: ;,
Colonel =, for God s sake =
while you have time;i / breaa, :
word with my friends to tell you
our mare cannot win the race u
The Colonel's face turned an Eon-
ester white than his jockeys. bit
wicked smile came over his lips
thin and then compressed-and his
voice. though even in utterani e, was
cracked as he caught the jockey by
The throat with one hand and with
the other drew deringer fIon his
fob pocket. @
My mare is the best blood on the
course, and CAL win the race,4 he
said. II have. staked all that and
my family have on the trot. 4 If you
don't win this, race I will bespatter
the track with your brains, and if
you have brains you can know that
l won't be jockeyed ]" ,.st.
The Colonel's mare came in ahead
in every heat. gaa.a a
If this system was adopted toward
the general run Of our .sEorting,peo-
pie the results might beaeeuaAy as
honest Washington Capitalize
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
NlUMBEBfl5.
SOUTHERN HERgIsm.
THE WAR ,.E AND THE PLAGUE. j
= = = .
[From the London standard. ]

L 'OAA1 sAAO A<0AsbcG S>Sb4daL
The younger among US cannot per-
haTs remember the keen, warm SYM
pathy2 with which the English Of
1861 565, witnessed the; heroic strug.
gle maintained BY their Southern
kinsmen1against sixfold odds Of num- 8
bers, ,land, odds Of POSITIONS resouFcei.
vantage ground, simply incalculab.s.
Even those who fromFsy ympathy W.th
the Northern, States were untavpra.
b., to'the cause Of a great nation re-
yolting against areal tyraaayt ssuld
no. ybatfeel Eread Of onr rssr kanSl.ip
with That idtompraf Z scpld3 d3e:y.-so
4,!:agnrt, d ny th.frz zsn,sla Il T. hIch,
nn fi'vs 5hsllr hsAas y i...;i illialnf,l
cot est -S0s.b = II =. ~; srses las eyer
30
,r-s.,sss3 ts.rs
si1 ,nn hs, vi h 43,Ue0 tnsil, CANT
$4,000, a siel;dsr line:oi eaits works
thirty miles IN length; ;iYLo uiafeE4,i
out % 900 .tropg. ard atfrrtlix iiays
retreat III the lace Of the count less
csv4lry sn,i os.rs hsIllirp altiiH1y
AID Infantry. p,e.s,tg tim on all
SIDES, SUI, endered ats last but S, COO
bsyonetsiahd ssbres. s4ts;5s this peo-
Pile, the ;aon:es and afiEseid the gle4t
English race, on whom = more terri-
blsi more mersiless eReihy ysl.ss falltn.
There can BE- uow mo division of
sympathy. as there ID NO passion 10 !.
excite and keen sip shs eoalage Aec.
essarv for the occasion. Yet the z
men and the women of the Sou,h are,
trne lsosthsEold tfaslitlonss Her youth
volSnteer 10 serve and die in the
f'sttreets ! Of plague attiSktn Z eities ss
rapidly as'Asyfwejt til, boys sad
gray.tairsd men, to, m.ss he:thrs, /.
ened:surpfiss Of Psser .burg-as they
volunteered TO charsssysgain and Hsain
the cannon-crowf ed bills Of Getiys.
burg; andfto enrich with their blood,
and honor with the name Of a; nv
victory, every field around Rich.
lmond, LINN 81 1if}Sgks y Sqd
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
WHERE THE ANGELS FINGERED.

A little girl, with tangled Jocks
reeping from calico hood, clad in a
dress Of chintz, loitered behind as ths
great dusty crowd moved out Of the
gates OF Mount Adna the other,dsy,
after they had scattered their flowers
and done honor to the dead. Dream.
lily she gazed after them. her eyes
filled with far away lookv of ten
.derness, until the last one ibadsdisap-
peared and he rattle of thezdrams
had died away. Then she turned and
vaguely scanned the modndsztthat
rose about her, clutching still tighter
the fast fading bunch Of tdandeiions
and grave grass that her chubbyhand
held. An old man passed byqand
gently patted her curly head as be
spoke her nsme,s but she only shank
back still further. and when he told
a passing stranger thatthe little ones
fither WAS one who died on shipboard
and was buriel at sea there was only
a tear drop iu the chill's eye to tell
that she heard or knew the afory.
When they were gone she moved on
further to neglected mound Of earth,
whispering as she ,pattedit down and
smoothed it with her chubby. hand,
"T This won't be go awful big as as, the
others. I guess, but may be it'll be
big enough SO that God will see it,
and think that papa is. buried
here" Carefully sue trimmed the
sides with the stray grasses ahs
.muruuring on, !" And may
be it will grow so that it will bealiks
the rest in two or three years igand
then may be papa Will some slime
come back and d"-But she paused,
as though itisuddenly dawnea.rupon
her young mind that he resteds be-
meath the. waves, and the ltearedfops
that sprang to her eyes moistsned
the little bunch of dandelions that
she planted among the grasses on the
mound she had reared: When, the
sexton passed that way at night, as
he went to close the gates; he foand
the little one fast asleep with her
head pillowed; on the mound, ,Ifu1-
ton, lN, Times. 81 s.ase ,sss .,
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
"GoD KNOWS"

Through all my little daily cares there
is
One thought that comfort brings when
eer it comes
'Tis this-"God knows" He knows
Each struggle that my hard heart make )
to bring
My will to His. Often, when nighttime
comes,
NV heart is full of fears, because The
good
That seemed, at morn, so easy to be
done,
Has proved so lard but then remem-
bering
That kind Father is my judge, say,
"He knows" And so I lay me down
with trust
That his good hand will give me need
fll strength
To better do his work in Gcming days. 9
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
A SWEET PAIR.

"our meetings, pet. arc just as sweet
AS lovers meeting e'cr should be,
And shy we quarrel cer rive part,
Is something very dark to me-"
Perhaps. sine answered. I'm 10
b.ame.''
And CLEANED his eyes like twinkling
stars,
"I'vc always had a knack, you know,
OF turning sweet-mcats into jars
- Yo1 kcrS Gazette.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
.!!IHt.iiIgIdlRD FULLER, j. D

4-lf sinl-t.-5ifi.t ~ l.Af1D
t.y}ast.n5 Should South Carolina
a5s3F than Of Richard 4'aller,
tha.EgTa!s eacher. For twenty. nine
Il i4ss ;@Ss the, leading Baptist
& .$5}fsfirlsgt pi Baltimore; in fact, Of
4 saira South. From his convcr-
~ ~ lfsa death, The W. rd Of God
So. 80. s lfFsIw.s like Saul's sword
Z sst.ssid.Essn's bow, which lc.ur'cd
81 AIT Qr.Fullers pulpit was
J .sl-'e there7 ye ~
aat =al illing people,
Il fn!iar vas born in The town of
24a, April, 1905. In that
Is aQe,, t ued his studies until he
ggs df atetl at Harvard Univer
g.fy ~ lting from thai institution
j.sssa =ig ier fifty two yarsago. The
sa.ae lion conferred upon him
he tier D. D., some twenty-fonr
yaare he graduated, thus recCg-
aiiziiSg ,ta superior claims of her
a2 aa9s
;.-,.ra ,s completion Of lis sea-
.iisiBia 4.eer he entered upon TIE
cf a,he law, and vas adm|'te'i
II 1.r,.etiaa at an unusually ea;!y Sc.
III asf.-iAnt talents at nee COM
,aal!ed success, and | c socn occupied
pro;a!4ent position at the Bar. AT
-iiaFpme the pr lession at Beaufort
..s.nlsls<l among its memLtr5 some
2t iiie mast gifted men Of he State,
ttef,al ,l'e sbiiity of the young pracii-
.ii,asr Who could win distinction
.a..=1iag guch competitors, must lie aG-
iagata.l Iy all. Favored thus early
.iss::44ia-s ~ 4iia-s I lucrative and growing rrac-
.tlat,iha young lawyer was every
l9l;y aiding to his laure!a. wheu he
a N srested by a call to a higher
Hl..s7ior.
n the year 1882. a celebrated re-
.ist-the Rev. Dr.. Daniel Baker
-4sisited Beaufort, and pre;cl ed the
gsyeel with great earnestnes5 and
,3ier. The whole community was
b aqehed. all classes, the rich and
u, learned and Ignorant masters
"a slaves, shared in. the glorior,
ae~ Among the conver's were
Itf4Fea young lawyers-stephen Elii
5S;8zTTr., afterwards Protestant Epis-
iasssl Bishop of the Georgia DIOCESE !;
t5sss William Il. Rarnwell, D. D.
sabhe suLie.t Of tLis sketch. All
Three attained TO great distinction in
tie church, and the two former after
rendering eminent service 20 iae
cause of Christ for many Yeas.
passed to the fruition-of tEo Heaven
ly rest a decade or more since. On
Friday, the Goth OF October
1876, the only remaining one Of this
Christian trio joined the otlcr two in
t,las bright land Of the best, where
parting shall be no mole.
Alolt three years preyiou; to this
time Dr.-Fuller had Joined the Eris-
copal Church. Finding the teach
inGs Of his parents (aho were Bap-
tis.s) to be in accordance will! the
word Of God, lie insisted on being
immersed when he became an Episco
ralian. But though duly baptized
and regular church member, he did
not believe that he became Chris
tian until the revival under the MIN
istry of DR.. Baker.
5 The voice which called HIM into
thu Kingdom of God also summoned
fhih to the work of the Gospel minis
try. The year which witnessed his
conversion found him shutting ur his
Law books, dismissing his clients and
going forth as herald OF the Gross.
Accepting the pastoral care OF the
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24

Mr.. sydney Lanior has a "barbaric
yawp' il, tho last number OF Appleton'S
Journal. When Walt Whitman read it
he must have grown. green With envy,
Con. and CpnStt.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24

279 Broad Street, Augusta, Ga,
First door below Bones, Brown d Co
August 2Sth, lS7S-3m-37
EiAiES'S TITLE.
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
SOLID BOOTS AND SHOES.
T.. w. RIGSBY'S.

Tho best, solid, substantial Boots and
Shoes in the United States, can always
be found at
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24
boots, SHOES AND HATS.

1T tho LOWEST PRICES for CASH,
at WM. MULUERIS's
293 Broad Street,
Sept. llth-3m-39 Augusta, Ga
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24

QUERY =" Why viii men sm6k:a som.
moli Tobacco, when they can .bayaHi ar.
burg Bros. Ssatjef North CdrQlaoE as
the same price. NJ - - 81 -, -
Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1878-10-24

A lot of Common Pless Executions
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-29

The Hewitt army bill, which Congress
seems inclined to defeat, thanks to the Demo-
cratic members from Texas, will reduce the
army only some three or four thousand men,
a large portion of which reduction Is Of super
fiuous and expensive officers. No less than
CTS officers are to be retired on the supernu-
merary list. AS there are already two or
three colonels to every regiment the army
would scarcely have suffered in its efficiency
from this lopping-otf. We pay our army Off
GERS higher as compared with the privates,
and we have more of them to the rank and
file than any other civilized country.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-29
NEW ORLEANS, MAY ~, 1878.
A CHALLENGE.

The DEMOCRAT single handed and alone
has for the full term Of its existence de
nouneed the Louisiana Lottery, exha,sting
the vocabulary Of opprobrium and every fact
we have alleged against that infamous and
corrupt institution remains TO this day I'M
oontroverted.
The Times and Icayune, and every little
evening sheet in this city, publish daily for
pay cunningly worded advertisements Of the
swndling schemes Of this gambling monop-
oily. and never word do they ever speak OF
what they all know to be blight aud curse
upon this community and upon our whole
State
To test on whose side-the DEMOCRATS
tor that Of the other papers of this city-our
people are WE HEREBY DEFY THE TINES, Pro
AYUNE. OR ANY OTHER PAPER IN THU STATE
TO PUBLISH TEN LINES or EDITORIAL APoL-
oGY FOR THE LOTTERY COMPANY. We will,
on our side, reterate as we go, every charge
we have brought against the institution.
We will let this challenge stand for ten
davG
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-29
1heh associations the benefits of

bine with their associations the benefits of
rural life
To reach them the great Jackson Route Is
the shortest, quickest and only direct line.
1t Is in excellent order, having been practi-
cally rebuilt with steel rails. No one passing
over it can fail to notice the smooth track. alb,
sence of dust, and thoroughly satisfactory
condition of everything about It, Pullman
cars run through to Chicago without change,
and there is no change of cars from there to
nearly, II not quite, all the points to which
excursion tickets are sold.
Books, maps and folders, giving full de-
scriptions of the Northwestern watering
places and the routes and rates thereto can
be had Mt the office of the great jackson Route.
every one intending to spend the summer
away from this city is invited to call before
deciding to go elsewhere.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-29

The mystery of the Cmbra lying at South
west Harbor, on the coast of Maine, may be
regarded as fairly solved at last. The Rus
sian government has bought one cruiser, the
State OF California, and is negotiating for two
more. The Cimbra has aboard three crews
with the usual complement Of officers for
that number of vessels. The government
will OF course see that the sale and transfer
are conducted strictly according to the prin-
ciples of International treaty and comfy.
Russia is not now at war, and there seems to
be no power on the part of the United States
to prevent her purchasing ships from our
citizens
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-05-29

The debate on the Shields Grant resolution
in the Senate the other day seems to have
been the formal nomination Of Gen Grant for
the Presidency In 1880. A nomination SO early
in the campaign as this, is, of course, little
premature, and usually greatly damages a
candidates chances, but as Grant is out of the
country just now, safe from interviewing re-
porters and letter writer's, this nomination
can bring him little harm, and If he follows
the desires and advice Of his friends and sup
porters, and remains away until few months
before the election he will be in better train
ing than any OF the other Republican cand-
dates The Shields bill was the occasion for
intense laudation of Grant on the part of Sena-
tors, including at least one Democrat from the
South. This has been followed by perfect
Hood OF praise from the press. The st. Louis
Globe Democrat, the Post and score OF other
free and Independent newspapers call for
Grants nomination on the plea that he is the
only man In the country that can deal with
the threatening dangers of Communism. 1t
sounds strange, however, to hear Demo
cratic paper indorse the nomination on SINH
lar grounds, yet the Trenton IN. j. State Gu
setie DEM demands that Grant be called to
the front as the only man who can protect the
country from civil strife which the organiza-
ton of the Socialists and the dangers growing
out of disputed presidential election threat
en- to bring upon us.
The two other most prominent Republican
candidates, Blaine and Conkling, seem to have
both selected Grant as their candidate Conk-
ling, In his speech in the Senate, lauded Grant
to the skies as a soldier and statesman, and
what is Blaine's opinion of the ex-President
may be deduced from the remarks of his
(Blanes, great champion and supporter Bob
Ingersoll.
Bob, the other day. told reporter of the
Boston Globe that he thought Grant stock
was rising rapidly in this country, and he
felt convinced that Grant would be the next
President This announcement may be con-
sidered as a formal retirement of Blaine In
favor of Grant. The Senators from Maine
and New York are evidently satisfied with
having Grant in the presidential chair and
themselves in control Of the public offices.