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REV. DR. TALM?GK" 'VlfIC NOTKD I?VINK'S 8UN?>A1 l>l8COim8f<b Subject- "Gideon's Ktittlo With the MldlaiiHos." TEXT: *'Aul tho thron compnnlons blow tho trumpets, and brake tho pitchers, and hold tho'amos lu thole loft bunds and tho trumpets tn their right hands to blow withal. And they stood every man In lil? nineo round About tho camp, and till the host ran und orlod and fled."-Judges vii., 20. 21. That ls tho strangest bnttlo ovjr fought. God had told Gideon to go down and thrash tho Midlanltf s, but his army ls too largo, for tho glory must bo ??YOU to God and not tn man. And so proclamation ls mad? that uH thoso o'tho troops who nr.* cowardly and waut to go homo may go. and 22,000 of thom scampered away, loaring only 10,000 men. But God suya tho army ls too largo yoi, and BO ho orders thoso 10,000 romnining to march down through n Btronm and eommand Gideon to not too In what manaor thoso men drink of tho walor as they pass through tt. If thoy got down on alt fours and drink, then they aro tobo pronounced .In/.y and Incompetent for tho campaign, but If, In missing through tho stream, thoy scoop up tho water In tho palm of their hand and drink and pass on thoy aro lo bo tho mon selected for tho battle. Well, tho 10,000 men nmrohod down In tho stream, and tho most of thom como down on all fovirs nnd plungothoir mouths Uko a horse or an ox Into tho wntor*nnd drink, bat there aro 300 men who, Instead of stooping, just dip tho palm of tholr hands In tho watorond bring it to thoir Jins,'"Moping lt ns a dog l?ppet!?." Those 300 i. -Isk, rapid, en thusiastic mon aro ohoson for tho campaign. Thoy aro each to tako a trumpet In the right hand, and a uitohor in tho loft baud, and a lamp lasldo tho pitcher, ami then nt a given signal thoy aro to blow tho trumpets, and throw down tho nltehors, and hold up tho lamps, So lt was done. It is night. I seo a great host of Mldlnnltos sound asleep in tho valley of Jooroo!. Gid eon copies un with his .SOD olekod mon. and when everything is voady tho signal ls given and thoy Mow the trumpets, and thoy throw down ith?pit ebor.?, nnd hold up tho lamps, and tho great host of Mldlanltos, waking out of a sound sleep, take tho crash of tho cvockorv ?nil the glare of the bunns for tho coming on of nn overwhelming foe. and thoy run and cut themselves lo pieces and horri bly perish. Tho lessons of Ibis subject aro very snir ltod and inlPt'OSstve. This .scsmingly value less lump of quartz has tho nuro gold in it. Tho smallest -dewdrop on tho meadow at night has a star sleeping in its bosom, and tho most insignificant nagago of Scripture has In it a shining truth. God's mint coins no small chango. I learn In tho tl rat nla^e from this subject tho lawfulness ot Christian Strategen?. You know very well that the greatest victories ever gained by Washington or Napoleon woro gained through the fact that thoyoamo when and in a way they woro not expected sometimes falling back to draw out tho foo, sometimes breaking out from ambush, some times crossing a river on unheard of rafts, all the timo keening tho opposing tpross in wonderment ns to weat would be done next, You all know what strategy ls in military affairs. Now I think lt ls high timo we had this art Slinctlflod and splritunlk'.ed. In tho church, when we are about to make a Chris tian assault, wo send word to tho opposing force when wo pxpuet to como, bow many troops wo bavo, und how many rounds of eliot, and whclhor we will como with artil lery, infantry or cavalry, and of course wo aro defeated. Thorn aro thousands of men who might bo surorlsod into tho king dom of God. Wo noed moro tact and ingen uity in Christian work. It is in selritual ?na?fs .v? hi fniU?iu1/, that . .?...! .!..!. lb; t.'i uttacl tug r.eid r>:ut fit Uv, eft'dlo Wh'j&jh J t .lot antiod an t tutr/m?hnd. . y-ut ijit.Uu'.ee. b-nv tfl n inan i ll ar: .e.1 on th.} doo'i ino .. f election* All hi- , i oj;, bi ap?.mi' ni ru. 1 prejudi^ ave .ti t?- ; >nvfinn'; iiw gate. Yoi) limy batt?tiv.'iiviiy;it|l ? it Bide <*.f Gio eai.Uo (?r ll tty y<.:n.-, ti tnt yti'i will ii il . l'<e it, ' III j'i fi whi-M y i'.- Us'bp? j . til !.-hb gate ot tho" heart's affections, and in five minutos you capture bim. ' I nevor know a man to bo savbd through II brilliant ar gumot. You cannot - hook mon Into tho kingdom ot God by tho horns of a dlloinma. Thoro is no graen in syllogisms. Hom is a man armed on tho subject of perseverance of tho saints. Ho docs not boliovo in it. Attack him at that point, and ho will perse vero to tho very lust in not be lieving it. Hero ls a man armed on tho subject of baptism. Ifo bolfovcs in sprinkling or immersion. All your dis cussion of ecclesiastical hydropathy will not chango him. ? romombor whon twas a boy that with other boys I went into Ibo river on ft summer doy to bathe, and wo used to dash wator on each otbor, bul novar got any re sult except that our oyes were blinded, and all tbts splashing of water between Baptists and Podobaptlsts never results in anything but tho blurring of the spiritual eyesight. In other words, you can novor capturo a man's soul at tho polat at which ho is ?specially intrenched. But there ls In ovory man's heart n bolt that can bo easily shoved. A Uttlo child four years old may touch that bolt, and it will spring back, and the door will swing opon, and Christ will come in. I think that tho finest of all tho fine arts ts tho art of doing good, and yet this art is tho least cultured. Wo have in tho kingdom of God to-dny enough troops to conquer tho wholo earth for Christ If we only hud skillful inauouvoring. ? would rather hnvo the 300 lamps and Hitchers of Christian strntogom thau 10 ),000 drawn swards of Htorary and ecclesiastical combat. . I learn from this subject also that a small part of tho army of God will have to do all tho hard fighting. Gidoon's army wasorlgin ally composed of 32,000 men. but they wont off until thur? were only 10,000 loft, and thal was substr?ete.t from until there woro only 300. lt is tho sumo in all ages ot tho Chris tian church. A few men have to do tho hard fighting. Take a membership of 1000, and you generally find that ll fly people do tho work. Tako a membership of 500, and you generally lind that ten people do the work. Tbero aro sooros of churches wiiore two or throe pooplo do tho work. Wo mourn that thora is so much usolcss lumber in tho mountains of Lobanon. ? think of the 10,000,000 membership of tho Christian ohureh to-day if 6,000,000 of the names wore off the books tho ohureh would bo stronger. You know that tho moro cowards mil dronos thoro aro in any army tho,weaker it is. I would rathor havo the 300 picked men of Gideon than tho 82,000 unsifted host. Tho many Christians thoro aro standing in Ibo way of all progress! I think lt is the duty ot tho church of God to ride over thom, and tho qulokor it doo3 it tho qulckor it does tts duty. Bo not worry, O Christian, if you havo lo do moro than your share of tho work. You had bettor thank God that Ho has called you to bo ono of the picked mon rather than to belong to tho host of stragglers. Would not you rather be one of tho 300 that fight than tho 22,000 that run? I suppose those cow ardly Gldooultes who wont oft congratu lated theinSolvoB. They said: ''Wo got rid of alt that fighting, did not weV How lucky wo have boont That battle costs us nothing nt all." But they got uonu ot tho spoils of tho victory. Aftor tho battle tho 300 mon wont down aud took tho wealth ot tho Mldlunltos, nnd out of tho eons ?nd plnttora of tholr onomlos they fonstoil. Ami tho timo will como, my doar brethren, whon the hosts of darkness will bo routed, nnd Christ will say to His troops-. "Well done, my bravo men. Go up and tnko Hu spoils. Be moro than conquerors forever.' And tn that day nil deserters will bo shot. Again, I loara from this subjoot that Gocl'i way is dllTere.it from man's, but ls nlwayi tho best way. If we had tho planning of thal battle, wo would havo talton those 82,00( men that originally bel ngod to tho army and we would hnvo arl Hod them am marohod thom un and down by the day anc week- nnd month, nnd wo would have hat thom equl??od with swords orspfinrs.seoor?V lng lo tho way of arming in thoso times, and then wo wontd, liuvo marched them down in solid column upon tho fool ' J Mut that is not tho way. God doplolcs the army, nnd takes away all their woapons,and t glvos thom n lamp, and i\ pttohur, and a 1 trumpot, and tolls them to go down and drive out tho Mtdianlles. I suppose some . wiseacres woro thoro who saldt "That ls not I military tactics. Tho idoa ot 300 mun un. I nrmod conquering such n great host of Mid. i ianltes!" It was tho best way. What sword, spear or cannon over accomplished B?ch u victory as tho lamp, pttohor and trumpet? God's way is different from man's way, hut it is always host. Take, for instance, tho composition of tho Hlblo. If wo liftd had tho writing of the Mlhlo, wo would Imvositldi "Lot ono mnn write it. If yovi have twenty or thirty men to write a poem, or make a i statute, or write a history, or make an argu ment, there will bo flaws and contra ? lo tions." Mut God say?: "Let not one man do ll but forty mon shall do it." And they did. differing enough to show there had boen no collusion between thom, but not contrc dtetini: each othor on any important point, whllothoyall wroto from their own stand-* point nttd temperament, so that tho maller of fact man has his Mosos. the romantic na ture h!n Ezekiel, tho epigrammatic his Solo mon, the warrior bis Joshua, tho sailor his .Tonne, tho loving his John, tho logician hts Paul. Instead of this Ulolo, which now .1 can lift in my band-instead of tho I Mlhlo tho ohlld can narry to Sunday-school, j instead of tho little Hilde the sailor ena pal lin his jacket when ho goos to sea-lt it had I been loft to men to write it would have boan a thousand volumes, judging from tho amount of ecclesiastical controversy which has arisen. God's way ls different from man's, but it to best, inllnltoly best. So lt is in regard to tho Christ Ian's; 1 If??? If wo had had tho p'nnntng of a Ohr 1st Ian's life, wo would have said; "Let him have oighty years of sunshine, a flue house to Itvo in. Lot hts surroundings all be agreeable. Lot him have sound health. Lot no chill shiver through his limbs, no natu nobe his brow or trouble shadow his soul." I enjoy tho prosperity of others so muoh I would lot every man bnvo as much hiouoy ns ho wants ami rosos for his children's oheoks and fountains of gladness glancing to thoir largo round oyos. Mut that is not God's way. It scorns as if nina must bo cut, blt and pounded justin propor tion ns ho ls useful. Hts child falls from a third story window ?ind has its lifo dashed out. His most confident Investment tumbles him Into bankruptcy. His friends, on whom ho depended, aid tho natural force of gravitation in laking him down. His life ls a Mull Run defeat. Instead of .12.Ono advantages he has onlv in.OUO. Aye, only .Iflfr-aye, none at all. How many good people there aro at their wits' cud about their livelihood, about their r?putation'? Mut they will lind out it ls tho best way nitor awhile. God will show thom that He de pletes their advantages just for thD sumo reason Ho depleted tho army of Gideon that they may be induced to throw them selves on His morey. A grapevine rays in tho early spring! "How glad I nm to got through tho winter! I shall have no moro trouble now. Kummer weathor will (tome, and tho garden will bo ve; y ben?tlful/' Hut the gardener ?romes and cols tho vino hore and there with his knllc. The twigs begin to fall, and tho grapevine erics out; "Murder! What aro you cutting me for?" "Ab." says the garden er, "I don't mean lo kid you. If I did not do this, you would be tho laughing slock of all the other vines before tho season is ovor." Months go on, and one day tho gardener comes under tho trellis, where great clusters of grapes hang, and the grape vine says: "Thank you, sir. You could not have donn anything so kind ns to have cut mo with that knife." "Whom tho Lord loveth Ho chastenotb." No pruning, no grapes; no grinding mill, no flour; no battle, no vic tory; no oross, no crown. So God's way, in the redemption of tho world, is different from our*, ff wo bud our v/sy. we SVOuld hi;xv hud J .. <? (viand hi Uni I d ?Or, iii h ''vi', net hoikoii th? dations op j lo light, oi' tye >v ind I haye Ipili apgels ityt| riroyhh) thu wu th pr. .teb.\ing tho lihfyjn - h- j libio 'i*'"", of.; Ihvlst. *?.> hy ix it timi th? cods* goes on H ? sloy I y S 'Vhy 's P lit u he : iiulii st KV "ti v/heri Gol ..: ' ! Kii'ck then . oiY7 Why do thrones iii doa; st ism sliK.d Wiiuii God Outlid SO vitsuy demolish theme It Is His way in ordor that all generations may co-oporato and that all mon may know thoy oannot do the work Ihomsolvos. Just in proportion as these pyramids of sin go up in height will they como down in ghast liness ot ruin. I learn from thlssnbjcot that tho overthrow ot God's enemies will bo sudden and terrille. Thoro is tho rirmv of tho Mldlaaites down in Ibo valley or Jezvoel. I suppose thoir mighty mon aro dreaming o? victory. Mount Gllboa nover stoo.l sentinel for so large a host. The spears and tho shields of the j Mid ianltes gleam in tho moonlight and glance on the eye of tho Israelites, who hover Uko a battle of eagles, ready to swoop from tho cliff. Sloop on, O army ot tho Mldianites! With tho hight to hide them and the mountain to guard them and strong arms ta defend thom, lol no slumbering foo mun dream of disaster. Peace to tho cap tains and Hie spearmen. Crash go tho pitchers! TJo flaro tho lamm! To tho mountains! Fly, fly! Troop running against troop, thousands trampling upon thousauds. Hark to the scream and groan of tho routed foo, with tho Lord God Al mighty after them! How sudden the onset! How wild tho consternation! How utter tho defeat 1 I ?lo not oar? so much wh?t is hgatust me if (rod is not. You want a butter sword or carbine thnn I have ever seen to go out and light against tho J.or.l Omnipotent. Give me God for rivy ally, and you may have all tim bnttl?monts und battalions. I saw tho ('?frauder in his splendid house It seemed as If ho had conquered God ?u he stood amid tho bin KO of chandeliers and pier mirrors. In the diamonds of tho wardrobe I saw tho tears of tho widows whom lin had robbed and in tho snowy satins tho pallor of tho white cheeked orphans whom he bad wronged. Tho blood of the i?pprO?Sed glowed in thu (loop crimson of tho im ported chair. Tho mnsio trombled with tho sorrow of unrcqultlod toll. Rut tho wave of mirth dashed bighnr on roofs of coral and pear!. The days and tho nights went merrily. No sick child daren pull time silver doorbell. No beggar dared sit on that j marble step. No voico of prayer floated j amid that tapestry. No shadow of a Judgment day darkened that fresco. No tear of human sympathy dropped upon that upholstery. Pomp strutted tho hall, mid dissipation Ulled hor cup. and all soomod safo as tho .Milliindies tn tho valloy of Jo/.rool. Mut God cullie. Calamity smote tho money market. Tho partridge loft its eggs unhatohed. Crash wont all tho porcelain pitchers! Ruin, rout, dismay and woo in tho valloy of Jozrool! Alas for those who tight against Go'i! Only two sides. Man immortal, which side aro you on? Woman immortal, which sido ?ire you on? Ho you bolong to tho 80 > that aro going to win tho day or to tho groat host ot Mtdianitns asleop in tim valley, only to pij rousod up in consternation and ruin? Sud denly tho gobion bowl of lifo will bo broken and tho trumpot blown that will startle our soul Into oternlty. Tho day of tho Lord cometh as n thiof In tho night and as tho God armed IsraolUos upon tho stooping foo. Hu! Canst thou pluok up courage for tho day when tho tri m pot willoh hath never hoon blown shall snoak tho roll oall of tho dead, and tho eartii, dashing against a lost ' motoor, have its mountains scattered to tho stars and ocoans emptied In tho air? Oh. thon, what will bocomo of you? What will become ot me? 1 If those MtdtnnttOS had only given up 1 thoir swords tho day boforo tho disaster, all I would have boon well, and If you will now ' surrender tho sins with which you have boen ! fighting against Ood you will bo safo. Oh, mako ponce with Him now, through Jesus Christ tho Lor.l! With tho chiton of a drown lng man solzo tho cross. Oh, surrondorl ? Surrondor! Christ, with, his hand on his ? plorcod side, asks you to. Sixty-four 1'aporloM Countisi. I There aro slxly-four counties in Toxas Ir. 1 which no papen* aro published. iinKHiimiwamMii??. A Prayer for Katu. Tho part of tho Occident in vi* h ti . tho settlement of Hawvillo is lobbied hail beeil nilliotoil with a long and se voro drouth. After tho ablest attempts of the rain-makers had brought iib re lief, a spcoial prayer meeting wau held nt the Methodist church, and a nu i led appeal for rain was mado to Prov?: i donee. When tho so.rvioo had boon going on for somo timo Gol. I! iiidy Polk,au enterprising real estate agouti roso in bin pince, and with bo< ming humility began: "Our hoavouh f'Vth* er, wo aro ossombled yore today to call Thy attontion to tho foot i hut wc, need rain, aud need it mighty bad ! ft hain't a case of morely wan tin' it, btil wo'vo jest nachorly got to hayo t Ol go stone brokol Our businoss iutoret ts aro prostrated and town lots art* bein' offered for half tho prices thoy would havo brought six months ago, i nd gb in* hoggin' at that. Our Orb pu uro burnt up, and if wo don't gil rein Boon half of tho population will bc forced to pull up stakes and g-^ back East to their wives' people. And, lu addition to tho distross that a conti n< Deration of this yero drou*)' xviii bring to us, I beg to pall '.I'llj tontion to tho injury it will Inflict upon Thy onuso and 'kingdom in this locality. Already many of tho faint hearted have back ?li.! < , and it is only a question of lim? lill sin and innickcrty run rampant in < midst. Now I beg also to remind i that it is Gol. Handy Polk, tl known real estate, loan and in t .<.? agent, who is humbly askin' tb fuvoi of Thee, and that Thou canst lbj upon it that tho case stands p . - I., as I have statod it. And I hope Hu wilt givo my humblo potitii . kocrful attention, ?nd grant ul no to-morrow night or by tho d to-morrow, at tho very latest, wo so badly need." It it to bo cd that, within tho space of , ti n ly four hours from that time,the I gan falling in torrents.-No Tribuno. Tennessee's All-Negro Town. Thoro is an odd liMlo town on John* son island, in tho Mississippi ri v , . t north of Memphis. It is a negro and is owned by a negro plant sr, ' M island is eleven miles in ?voa sud it is under tho Tennessee statute . 'I )?-. town is a taxing district a?dnp! Incor porated. Judson is (lie nan.. .. th place, named after tho white phi ii whoso BOU is tho mulatto o wm r >>f lin island. Tho caso in which (ht m o ganatio son Avon tho rich property in contesting tho will of tho dead pinnto\ ' is well remembered, and tho courts duly allowed him part of tho in hoi anco, since he was tho only liv! i, of Judson. Ko far os known, Judson IR 1 he only negro town in Amorica whore jh>T'' ; iibt'fjiwh?? bif. ii, Kl m br J n-.'.. wealthy w ,r, nll?wn no V( id to mab lo ?.) i--,,-. on a visit. J)hp nus 4?>>'. iii),i |>i ants and ie wolVorgauv isibd, tdncp J nd no ii in ?i high))' educated abd \)?<igrb.'irti c pian. l?o ow (hing bn tho isiaud and moi: inhabitants aro his tonants. lie in i justice of tho peaoo and has pro happy homes for tho mon wh woi ) for him and enjoy his bounty, Th? island is about oight milcB in 1 ; i and in a few phicoB is not m >v sixty yards wide Tho land i "IlillS i, ally rich and lino crops aro p ?< diici evory year, Thoro oro six 11 tho place, with a few shoj tv,, churches and a school. - Ohicn,,o I' Ord. (?ono Astj ny. Pormcr Resident: "Well, ov? ry Uti nj in tho old town seems tho same, Uti' what became of tho "Widow : Im i lb': boys? Thoy always soemod sud 1 I lads." Native (with a sigh:) "Thoy boil turned out bad. John's bin fient \ thc reformatory an' Bill's loam in* priutin' trado."-Puck. Nearly ns lind. "Brother Wilgus," tuud tho doneon, "thoro is a report citrront thu! vol wero run out of Plunkvillo by SYh.il? Gaps live years ago. " "It was not quito that bad,' ?uv tho minister, with a slight smile ; wos only a threatonod donation part -Indianapolis Journal. 8100 Howard. 13100. Tho read ora or this paper \\ il) ho p).-i < ,? r learn that there iain lonstono drondo I diann that science has Looa able to curo I ol; li ptngos,anil that ls Catarrh. Ilu?'sr.i n Ou rn is Iii?? only positivo cur? know,, tn thi moil leal Irntcrnity. Catarrh bein? a nw. ii tutidimi disease,' requites a eonstituiloiKi treatment. Hall's Catarrh Curtis ink? iib i r nally? netingtllro?lly ujion tlio blom! and Inn cousHiirfncosof tlio system, thor by?! , iii?? i lu' i..molal lon of tho disease, im>1 ?ivii tho patient strength hy building np 'mi <. n siltation uni) a-flsting nnturo in do I nu ll work. Tho proprietors hnvn PO much i;uti? h its curativo powera, that they oiror Oi n linn ?Ired Dol?ai s for any caso that lt falls lo cnn Hoad for list, of testimonials. Addie ,-. P. J. CHUNKY & Co., Ton il . ISBTSohl by DriiKRlsIs, 76 \ An Atliuiln. Haulier lins Word? ot' I'mi, for ii /I oniu Institution* Mr. Cha?. K. Currier, of tho Alla>.(.>. N tlonal B?nk. li very careful with lija \ n . not only In financier! nv, but In lila c , el tloa zoncrnlly. I,I ko tho reat of aa, lib I Romotlmea; hut, unllko many of us, ho > i how lo Kot weil. "I have used Tynor'a DyspopalA Itomcdy ii attacks of acuto Indigestion, ?nd have ol wi ?. found lt to givo lnMantanoous roi lo r 1 coil Bider lt a moiliclao of high merit." 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During tho recont session of tho filth -annual convention of tho Amori cnn .N amismntio Association, at Wash ingtori, coins of almost priceless valuo were displayed. As viewed from a cumithVatio standpoint it is tho condi tion "f a coin which fixes its val no. It is not tho dote, nor age, exe opt in lees than thirty instances, that is sought fov ?t tho big quoted premiums. I'icrcedj plugged, badly worn, sorntoh ed l inns, or thoso on which tho dates aro illegible, hovo no particular valuo. Voi gold thoro is but a limited nu inisnmtio demand, and tho supply is i'Vdii ly in excess of that demand. The 'loitbl? eoglo of 1819 is worth about 6300, All gold dollars aro nt a pro imm and worth from $1.20 to $1.10 ouch. Thoso dated 1863, 1804 and 180,5 command from $2.50 to $4 each, and thoso dated 1875 aro worth $0. Tho bulk of numismntio transactions tire ir. silvor coins. A dollar of 180-1 i ' .. nth $400, a half dollar of 1797 brings $40, and a quarter of 1827 do maude $40. Tho dime of 1804 is tho tuout valuable,'biting worth $10, and th? half dime of 1802 easily holds tho record at $03. A largo copper cont of 1799 would bring $25, and a half cent of 1790 is in doma?d at $30. A thin silver half dime of 1802 was 1 "'it by its prcsont holdor for $03, Hid !ios sold for $75. Kvou Thon. Adam stood at tho gato of Edon, ng out steadily ot tho now world. "Why don't you hurry up?" he h h on tedi "I oun't for tho lifo of mo hy a woman never is roady in titi What the-serpent-is hooping mw "I-I oan't got thoso fig loaves pinn.sd straight," wns the reply of RVO iii Ci /oico that warned him to carry 'he dscussion no further. All Uro leo nt Oneo. "?..o you took your family to tho sea sU< 1 >?" said tho facetious mun. M did," was tho melancholy reply. "vVhoro thoro is snob grandeur in (he breaking of tho wavos-" "Ves." "And tho breaking of tho ongnge :!.< l)ts-" ,s:es, and of the $20 bill."-Wush '? : um Star. HigKest of all in Leavening Poi .....n i 5> SIM tu / ?hli;r ( i rV.ols\ Ihii tailor, wir a mo:/! ueoom-. inodaliihg geutbiman, abd 'X;i" often invited to rb- houH<i<i bi "thc great." . h stay i nt with certain nonio I mun, ho was asked, ono morning, by lits host, what ho thought of tho party i Ho had (issemblod at table tho night ? .tire. "Why, vory pleasaut,indeed, .Mir grace; but perhaps a little mix ?<?." "Hang it all, Poole!" responded ? jovial poer; "I couldn't havo all tail -rsl"-Argonaut. Had to Work, ral Raggos-It's no uso, Tatts; I got ter work. ' : imping Tatters-Land o' labor, flo ?ry, mo boy 1 What's do matter wkl \ ? Aro yer losin' ver intellcc'? ll irai lbigges-No; but I swallered ii y< r.it cako in mistake for a marsh mailer-Judgo. -< >0<KK>OOOeO<>0<X>0000<MMKK> Successor of thc " Spcciinon pnge?, tte, s Istnitclnrcl nfUinU uturly all Sclioolbouka, THE BEST I It is eaBy 1 It is easy I It ?3 easy \ It is easy i ts. & C. 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