The Signal, 1897-2-25, Page 6OVERWORK
- IYDDOSD _
Nervous Prostration
insevery by the Use d
Ayer's Sarsaparilla
" some years ago. w a result of too
Blase attention to business. my health
tailed. I became weak, nervous, was
unable W look after my twtereau, and
manifested all the symptoms of a it -
elf.. t took three G.ttle. of Ayer's
Sarsaparilla, began to improvus al ouch
sad gradually increased my weight trim
sue hundred and twenty -dye to two
hundred pounds. Since then, I and my
family have used this medicine when
seeded, and we are alt fn the hest ot
Amin'. a fact which we attribute to
Ayer's Sarsaparilla. I believe my chil-
dren would have leen fatherless to -day
bad it not been .'or Ayer',i Sarsaparilla,
of which preparation I cannot say too
much." -TT. O. Ffersoty, Postmaster and
Planter, Ktnard's. S. C.
Ayer's - Sarsaparilla
RECEIVING MEDAL AT WORLD'S FAIR,
AYER'S Pitts Savo Doctor's Sills.
WINO GEESE
I have heard the curlew crying
On • lonely mo,,r and mere ;
And the w. gull'. *lines in tl•o gloaming
Is the looely sound in the ear,
And I've heard the brown thrush mourning
For her children stolen away;
But it's oh ' for thy homeless wil 1 geese
That ssi.d ere the dawn of dot'
For the curlew cut on the moorlaed
Hath five lime *'.to in chenest;
And the thrush will tet het • n.w love,
And .•.g Far .over with the best.
Al ter ,wallow iI es to the summer
Will the salt return to the see :
Bet .ever the wing. of the wild pen
Will d..h over the sets to me.
And 'tis ill re be roaming, roomier.
With homesick hurt Nu the breast'
Aad how long I've looked for your coming,
And my 'cart re the empty stet'
Oh. sore 10 the lend of the .tram er
They'll pia to th• land far away
Nat the day of Anghrim, my sorrow,
For you was the natter day'
MARION'S BROTHER.
" WHAT a happy thing life is on
such it day !" I exclaimed -
Even as I staid this s teen appear-
ed.
" Only -man is vile '" added Marion.
Up the street came that strangest
et all maniacs --a drunkard ' When
be drew near he took off his hat,made
• low bow, then fell against a tree
bps.
" Morning, latish."
We cit riot speak.
" 1 "Hue •'lute—Ladish—when I
see 'eat," he said, with a thick utter
ance. •' The Nun's having a—ball—to
—day. littlish. 1 am to take the Moon
out to supper --hit, Goad -bye, Ladish
—hit, All'us shite ladish when I see
'em. Veers sorry, 'in sure— hic." At.d
he staggered on.
Neither of us spoke for several thin
ate.. We stitched in silence, until,
glane•ing at Marion, 1 naw that she
was deadly pale.
" Are you ill, my dear r 1 asktrl.
" Did you not know, Mrd. Wise
acre, that my brother Tom is no better
than that. poor fellow 1"
" No. Marion, i did not. Is he at
borne Y
"He has not hien for several yearn,"
k1. answtre d. " Papa terneti hits
new
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away. That is the cause of mem
heart trouble. Oh, Mrs. W ileac
what a curse the liquor traffic is."
•' (terse '',' I exclaimed , " that
too mild an
" Yet," Marton said, " it always
beau so. lien have always made
anti rejoiced in it."
" Tttey will continue to do eo,
dear. This evil began in the
Gardenof Eder. It is closely related to
juice of the forbidden fruit"
" You are not joking 1" auk
Marion.
•' No, my dear," 1 answered. "Ev
as Satan planted the craving for f
biddenn things in humeri natut•o-
thing* which are pleesaut to the teat.,
and which wake men and wow
wive concerning evil--eveu too ah
not this' taste be eradicated unless 1
who is to bruise the s'erpent's head
come in power and .et nn free."
.. Many C hrwtisns believe it to
a good thing. 1 should not ha
thought it wrong to drink moderate)
if 'tom had not become such a *lave
it. Now I see the evil."
" I should like to know more ahem
your brother,' I said, " that is, if y
tare to tell me."
" There is not much to tell,"
answered. •• Father will not alto
him to come home. We do not
mention his name to him and mothe
is worrying her life away, Once in
while we hear of him, but he is a
ways drinking and sinking lower an
lower -
She threw away her work and be
gan to walk up and down the veran
flab.
" Can nothing he done for hitn,Mre.
Wiseacre
I shook my head. "Why did yo
not tell me of him be fore 1"
'•I was ashamed," drooping he .
lead sadly, " We never talk of him
nyone. •'
' Where is he now, Marion
" He is its Albion, in a Iswver's of
ce. Ile is ch -ver if he would not
rink : but he ix going to destruction
and 1 ant powerless to save him
We sat in silence. The sun stil
hone, bat there was a lurking shadow
n the sunshine. The birds still sang
ut there was a minor note in the mu
c. The children still shouted and
laved,* but 1 ahuddd ere when I
Nought that some ot those little boys
ere beginning their race to destruc-
on.
Toni Fuller going to ruin and we
werless to save him ! Father,mother,
later, fr'ienda, lookigg helplessly on as
e drifts away - away into the dark-
ens of eternal night .
" If I had the power," said Marion,
i would pour out on the ground
ery drop of the horrible stufl. When
see Mrr. Macbeth, the distiller's
ife driving prat with her white
orwea, I ftel like telling her what a
earful price has been paid for them!'
" Ah, buy child,' 1 replied, •• she
ould answer, ' It your brother drank
excess it wits not my fault.' She
ould tell you that her husband's
sinesa was lawful, and she had as
oak a right to use the profits of it as
u have to cloth yourself with the
rotita of your father's business. It
because you suffer that you feel so
tterly against thea. people. I like
ou do not envy them their luxuries,
✓ 1 also know the price paid for
em ; but I have learned to judge
hteous judgment. 1 know there
trimly good women whose husbands
1 fathers 'lo not think of the effects
the traffic, They look upon the
sines as ltiw•fut and therefore
ht." • •
" But can nothing be done, Mrs.
iseacre. Why does not every
riatisn, seeing the evil, act 1 I
sometime' think they are all asleep, or
et they .lo not care."
" A great many Christians, Marion,
as you were. They do not think
any harm to drink moderately,
ile we, who eschew it a•tseiv, .e-
ve more than our share of the
old a scorn. There u a glimmer of
ope for the world ; young people are
*ting on the armour. They have
rd the call of Christ and have risen
answer it Sven women are wale
from their sleep of centuries to
that there is much to be done if
is world is to be rescued from the
wer of the evil. Yes, my dear, it
1 take all of God's children, men
d women to do the work. You can•
n escape, Marion. \ on have some -
ng to do : you must save your
ther
' How ' Tell me how the work is
he done," she said, claapirig her
ds.
' I do not know," I answered her.
ou and i most ask God about it. I
certain of one thing- He has not
reed that your brother shall be
and lost he must not be."
kissed her and went to get tear,
omkering, as i laid the plates on the
le, when --when in the history of
I world wen were going to rise and
m
this evil frothe earth.
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(Me afternoon i put on my bonnt t
and went to Mr. Fuller's office. He
had a lumberyard in the suburbs of
the town. His trftoe was in one cor-
ner of the yard. sps.•
" Are yoo aka. r I as he
opened the office doer. alp'
Yea," he .ttswrred, and p
chair for me near the little window.'"
Darin` the Year 1897.i inks trembling and my heart was
heating fast T had never nerif_rineeo
saw rretrtttlr, eau .d.erH«r.es... Whom sane an errand theflore►
SROO., tea, O tsar Or., SINTO "Mr. Puller,`,11iave comeCto talk
with you about your sea."
" who has told you anything about abed 1" he bed giddily.1 t rat eves -yowl knave that
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wane.'
" Weil," he said, crossly, let ev
one mind their own busmen and
will wind mine."
•' Du not be angry with me, M
Fuller. I am very fond of Marion
and know that she feels intermit
her brother. Your wife,
w slowly dying. Will you tall
prodigal home 1"
" No," he answered. " It's all very
well to talk sentiment—that's w
man's way. Tom is a disgrace to w
l'w not going to see his uuidneas
tore my a every day.
"Mr. Fuller," I asked," who taug
your son to drink T'
" He taught bimeelf. 1 have nee
been drunk in guy life—never !"
" Have you not always kept w'
in your house 1" 1 asked.
•' Yes, and I intend to. I hay
drank moderately all ray life. I s
not going to turn fanatic because Toni
is a fool."
" I have heard, Mr. Faller, that
was a clever boy, and a good boy, un
he became a slave to his habit
" I admit that," he said ' He w
as fine a boy as any father would wig
to own."
•' Mr. Fuller, we who are stron
should help the weak. When y
son has learned to drink at your tab)
—when he has fallen by a blow t
his father's hand—it is your duty
help him rise again. God will bol
you responsible for your son's down
all."
' How dare you cow e here and talk
to me," he said angril t. '•I wool
net•take it from a man."
" You do not know how hard it u
for me," I answered, " but I am
hinking of your eon's peril."
" He has made his bed, let him lie
" Won't you think of your wife
and Marion 1.. I asked.
•' Yes, it cote Inc to see any wife
retting her life away, but I believe it
could be worse for her to see Tom
very day.
" Will you not call him borne?., I
ked again. " If be were to reform,
tubi you allow him to come 1••
1 es : if lie gives up drinking be
ay come.
I forget, ta
I said " How n he
form forat home 1.. He will be tempted
very day. It would be folly for him
come here. Home would be no
tter than a bar -room in which to
reform.
Mr. Fuller pulled his whiskers,
ratched his head and looked s-gry.
"What would you have me do ?.,
" Lf I had a song I answered, 'who
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toin such peril as yours, 1 would
of send him wounded out into the
orid to die. I would take him to
y heart ; I would 'shield him as far
1 could. Above all, I would put
✓ awes the accursed stuff that has
✓ ought so much evil. I know your
ride is wounded, Mr. Fuller, and
m sorry for you, but your•son's sant
wounded and I am more sorry for
m. Perhaps now, when fin father
es forsaken him, the Lord will take
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Thursday was the day of any week-
ly laking. i was taking some pies
out of the oven, when Marion Fuller
enteral.
" I came right to the kitchen, Mrs.
Wiseacre ; i could not wait..
" Wen, I cried " Yon must wait.
My fingers are getting beautifully
burnt.
She helped me, then 1 wiped the
flour from my hands and took her to
the verandah.
" Now, 1 said, " 1 shall rest, and
ou will tell me your news...
" I could scarcely wait to get my
r•eakfaat, I was so eager to let you
ow...
" W tut is your good news 1t. I ask-
ed.
I have a letter from Tom. May
I read it to you 1•.
" Yes, my dear, if you
She took it, from her bag and orad
(I could see withered places on the
paper, where her tears of joy had
dropand dried) :
My Dear )lister, -1 have been
very sick of fever. The people here
have been kind and I am better.
" I want to tell you Marion that I
am changed. A goad old man need
to come and sit with me when i was
down. He read to me front the
Bible, and gang the hymns tical 1
have often ridiculed, He was like a
father to me. When T got better he
came to me one day and said , " see
herr my boy, i can's let you go out in
the world again with no stronger arm
than your own to lean on. i want
you to take Christ for your Saviour...
" i told him I was too weak where
drink wan concerned to ever be strong,
no matter what help i got
" have you ever tried Christ 1.. he
asked me. i said I never bad.
Then he tokd me his story—how he
used to lie in the getter alt' night ;
how his wife went in rags and his
children were always hungry. At
last he was taken to a meeting h a
woman whore he signed the ege. lie
leapt it for week then fell. One
day an old minister took hint to his
study, and told him if he gave his
heart to God it would be an easy mat-
ter to give up drinking. He knelt
with the minister sad they both pray.
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For quick and easy work
For cleanest, sweetest
and whitmt clothes
Storks Is Inst
For every use about the
6uuse Sorprlss w orks
best and cheapest.
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ed, until strength cause to hint that he
never had before. Front that time he
drank no more.
I told him if there was any such
power I should be giad of it, for I was
a disgrace to you all. Then and there
the old wan, God bless him, prayed.
We did not rise from our knees till I
felt the same power come to nits -felt
that I could conquer through Christ
"This i* alt I have to write, Marion.
I should like to see you and mother,
if father could bear me around Tell
him 1 don't Mame him for turning me
away. 1 hope to be a better son in
the future."
Marion folded her letter. " I have
something else to tell you, Mrs.
Wiseacre. Of course I gave father
the letter. He said nothing when he
had tiniahed reacting it., but last night
I was wakened by strange muffled
noises in the cellar. I slipped on a
wrapper and went crown to see what
was the matter. Father' was empty-
ing his ale and wine into a pail. I
ran away, for I knew he would not
wiab me to see him. This morning he
had all the bottles and L'egs carted
away, and our house is free from the
bort ibkstuff. I have written to Tom
to come home. Mother is li"e another
woman. What are you crying for,
Mrs. Wiseacre r
" I am so glad I said—'• glad for
you and your mother. but gladdest of
tt11 because Tom is coining home, and
you father has put the evil thing from
his house.,.
A sane that Laois Twelve Roars,
The Abakwets' dance tt..wild war dance
of the Umtata youth', le the most famous
savage ceremonial in South Alrtoa, and a
rite seldom witnessed by European eyes,
much less photographed.
Thin barbaric dance has a curious plass
is the tripod ematoms. In Umtata, which M
the sattve state in the east of Cale Colas',
fa South Africa, every able-bodied youth is
takes from bu parenta jam befrve arriving
at the age of manhood, and maintained .t
public expense for one year.
During this traoattwn period the voting
lues are known se Abel, wetsa, or neophytes.
By the chiefs and most skillful wanors they
are trained an the nes of arms and in the
practices ot war. All ties tame they are
not suffered to vele[ char families, nor my
their mothers look upon them.
While in the Abakweta stags they are
required to dance in public every two weeks.
and apes the manner in which they acquit
themselves mach depends their success is
future life.
T he dances last the entire day, from su-
rtas to sunset, eo that It is a terrific tent of
endurance and spirit. Rut the duration .f
the dance as an itself le.s exacting than the
cooiume which tradition prescribes must he
worn.
In preparing for the odd ceremony the
Abakweta. tint strep themselves naked and
smear their bodies over with white clay.
rubbing it on in spots, .o as to give the effect
of a leopard's skin. This is thought to be
vert terrible and likely to inspire the mem;
with fear.
Next lone bands of straw thatch ars
wrapped round them, like ballet skirts.
Then will .null, be thirty or forty loot of
this, and it will weigh fifty or sixty p.ssds.
Bot the weight is not the moot trying dis-
comfort. Tb. straws are sharp and are pit
next to the bare skin. so that at the sad of
the dance it isa matter of coarse that the
loins aid wiista of the darmers aro raw and
bleeding.
In order to conceal the features from the
mothers and families --for the daso. a .
public one --lone capes of straw, smolt like
the skirts, aro worn over the fame. These,
too, are hot and heavy sod chafe the skin.
Tba Abakw.ta who flap water the fat*
line or torture of the dame in looked noon
in oontampt. If. be breaks dews oomplee-
Ir he ie mesa beck to the wueos. sad for
e'er lopes ►i@ position la ib. tribe. The
rest are applauded ..d .aesursgsd by their
iaatrnotero.
Alter a year of this training th. .onyt,
to he Ab.kwetts, sad beam, hill.�ovN.d
warriors, entitled to all tIa right. .ed sew.
uses .f lien. Those who man survive
the terrible training arraialy bays proved
t'1•odvw fitted te tmdsetsko the resooed•
Whims at the South AtrMaa w.rriership.
HAVE TON TAS
ALAD
CEYLON TEA
It is the BUM Deleon@ et all Tess.
wine WILT h taxa rAc*uin ST
D7TRDY BROS,
VIOOkIls
we parry a Norio and .nomad rto.a is the
shove lines. mid are reedy to *bow geode to
famed lea per'ehso,rs at say titre. (all std Nan
good& and you w111 and them new, tip-feelse
and at prime la barmo.y with the times. Re
mernbar our Wandsplit to t*vlssa'n Rare
wars More - ea The 'Maar&
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FARMERS' ATTENTION
HIDES WANTED1
theses 1 tlwwonKants MAMMA
weave this
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COAL..
always on hand. The Best
and only Scraton Coal in this
market. Hard, Soft and Black-
smith Coal always on hand. All p
Coal weighed ot. the market scales,
so that you are sure of Good
Measure.
WM. LEE.
or Herber Qua".
KAilER S ms's sun*.
UBBAT UNUCTION
—IN -
NAILS.
Those intending to Build this
coming Summer should pur-
chase at once as NAll:1 were
never so low in price and may
not remain at present prices
very long.
FIRE BRICK, FIRE CLAY
and
SEWER PIPE.
We have purchased these
Goods in Car lots direct from
the Manufacturers and an
give very '(,w prices.
A full lint• of GENIRAI. HARD-
WARE always on hand.
DAVISON & Oo.
The Qp--to-Date Unaware.
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1. Quarter -Pound Time o'ly.
'AarrsAs as ii atria/aW-p-i"c Culvert Pipes
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Deafen la an kinds of
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School Furniture a Specialty.
e
Winter is ai Hand.
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We have put in stock all the Latest
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HATS
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SHIRTS, HOSIERY.
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