The Pickens sentinel. [volume] (Pickens, S.C.) 1871-1903, 1891-02-26

"'"S 'uol Oc III luii IOICe, ana so the
prescription may have lust the opno-
site effect intended. Oil of worm wood
warranted pure from Boston was found
TO have lorty-onc per cent of roSiu and
alCohol and ChlOroiorm. Scammony is
one OF tie most valuable NJ edical drugs.
II Is very rare, very precious. 1t is the
sap or the gum Of tree or Il bush in
Syria. The root Of the tree is exposed
an incision is made into the root. and
then shells are placed at this ircision
10 catch the sap or the gum as it exud-
cS. 1t is very precious, this scammony.
But the peasant mixes it with cheaper
material; then 1t Is taken to Aleppo,
anu the merchant there mixes it with
a cheaper material; then it comes on to
the wholesale druggist in London or
New Ork, and he mixes it with q
cheaper material; then it comes to the
retail druggist, and by the time the
| poor sick man gets it into his bottle. it,
Is ashes and chalk and sand, and some
OF what has been called pure scammo.
ny after analysis has been found to be
no scammOny at all.
Now, practical religion will vet recti-
~ all this. 1t will go to those hvpo-
critlcal professors of religion who got
corner" III corn and wheat in Chica-
go and New York, sending prices IN
and up until they are beyond the reach
OF the poor, Keeping these breadstuirs
IN their own hands, or controlling
them until the prices going up and up,
they were, after awhile, ready to sell,
and they sold out. making themselves
mlliionalreS in one or two ycars-trv-
| ing TO ilX the matter up with the Lord
10y building church or a university or
a hospital -deluding themselves with
the Idea that the Lord would he SO
| IA M
| lhe SWlndle. Now, such Il man NAV
not nave any liturgy in which to say
hIS prayers, will compose for him one
which h" practically is making: 80
Lore, we. hy getting a'corcc' in bread
Htu!iS, SWindird the people of the Unit
cd States out Of ten million dollars
ana made suffering all up and down
tht i"nd, and We would like to cumpru-
h!lSc Tins matter with thrr. Thou
hh"W'S' Il W''H Il &raly job. hUt ihru 1t
| was SlI'r'. lax" one per cent. of H..
| profits, and With HAT unr per cent. vuu
ialI i'ulld an asylum fOT THESE poor
miserable rdgmuli@S nt the street, and
! VIII talk" yacht and 20 to Europe,
| forever anal ever. Amrn."
All. my lrltlhiS, II Il man hath gotten
his tSiHtr Mr"nGIully and he builds 1
line Of hn> pitfalls and universities from
here |" AlaSka, he cannot atone
for 1t. After awhile, this man who has
been getting "cOruCr' in wheat, dies.
and then Satan gets Il "cnrncr" on him.
tie goes into Il great, lOrr Black Fri |
day. There is IL "brcilk" in the market.
According TO Wall Street parlancr. he /!
wiped others ont, and now hr IS him |
self wiped out. No colla,rralS on
Wnlch TO make Il spiritual loan. Eter- |
nal drtalcation.
But this practical religion will not |
only rectify all merchandise; u |
viii also rrctify all mechanism, and |
all toll. y time Will come when man
viii work as faithfully by the job us he
does hy the day. lou say when !, thing
Is alightingly done: son, that was
done by the joh." You can tell 10y the
"WlitHeSS or the SlowncSS with which
Il hacknan drives whether he is hired .
hy the hour or the excursion. IL he Is
hured hy the excursion h" whips up tho |
horses u" as to get around and get an |
other customer. Al styles of work |
have TO I've inspected. ships inspected, |
machinery inspected. Boss to watch
the J0umcyman. Capitalists coming
GOWN unexpectedly 20 watch the boss.
Conductor OF city car sounding the
punch bell TO prove his honesty rs a
mchrl. Al! things must br watched
and Inspected. Impcrfrctlons in the
wood covered with putty. Garments
WARRANTED to last until YOU pat them
ON the third time. Shoddy in all kinds
OF clothing. ChromoS. pinchbuc,i.
Diamonds for &l.JO Bookhindery
mat holds On until you read the third |
chapter. Spawned horses, by Skillful |
doSr OF Jockeys for several days made
20 lo"E ,spry, Wagon tires poorly put
on. Horses poorly ShOG. Plastcriug
and falls off. Plumbing that needs to
be plumbcd. imperfect car wheel that
hats the whole train with hot box.
80 little practical religion in the me-
chanlSm OF the world. | tell Won. NV
llendS, the law Of man will never rec
try things. 1t will he the all-peryad-
ing lnllnrncc Of the practical religion
ol Jesus Christ that will make the
change for the better.
eS, TINS practical religion will also
go INTO agriculture, which is proyerbi-
any hoheSl, but needs to be rectilied,
ana IL VIII keep the farmer from send
ing 20 the New ork market veal that
Is too young TO kill, and when the far
ner farms on shares, it will keep the
man who does the work from making
ms hlll lhree-iourthS, and it will keep
lhe farmer from building his post
ana rall fence on his neighDOr's prem
ScS, and 1t will IN IKE him shelter his
;attic IN the winter storm, and it will
Keep the old elder from working on
sunday AFTERNOON in the new ground
where nobody sees him. And this
PRACTICAL religion will hover over the
iouSr, and over the barn, and over the
ltld. and over the orchard. ,
1rs, this practical religion Of which
speak will come into the learned pro-
rsSlonS. The lawyer will feel his re-
in defending innocence
ma arraignlng evil, and cXpounding ,
ne law, and 1T will keep him from
charging for briefs he never wrote, and
or pleas he never made, and for per- |
'entageS he never earned, and from ,
ob0lng widows and orphans because
hey are dcfcnselcss. Yes, this practi- !
al religion will come into the physi- ,,
'lan's life, and he will feel his responsi- /
'lllty as the cOnServatOr of the public ,,
lealth. profession honored by the J.
act that Christ himself was "a physi. :.
Ian. And it will make him honest.
nd when he does not understand a ,
ase ne will say 50, not trying to cover "