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SHAMGAR'S OXGOAD. js i ITS HHK AS A WiOAPOlf ACS AIXHT TIIM rilllilSTINICM, KBV . DW. TAl.MAOH UNFOIIUKS TUU NUK'KMSITV UV^IINU Thr Wchixiii W# llnvc ut llniid for All KmorgeuclM. ?New York, Juno 2.? In hl? sermon today ltev. l>r. Talmago discusses ono of thr moat Aoro|o and ploturos que characters In Ancient Jewish hls tory, a man who, llko 'many othorH who achieved high distinction, oame I from the sturdy rural classes? tho ag riculturlsts. Tho subject of tho sor mon wan "Hhamgar's Oxifoad," tlx* text being, "After htm whh Hhamgar, which flow of the Philistines fiOO men with an oxgoftd" (Judges ill, 31), Ono day while Hhamgar, tho far mer, wan plowing with a yoke, of ox en his command of whoa-haw-gec was changed to the shout of battlo. l'hll iHtlneH, alwayH ready to make trouble, maruh up with sword and spear. Hhamgar, tho plowman, had no sword and would not probably havo known how to wlehl It If ho had possessed one. Hut fight he must or go down under the stroke of the Philistines. Ji? had an oxgoad~a weapon used to urgo On the lazy team; a weapon about eight feet long, with a Bharp iron at one end to puncturo the boast, and a wide Iron chisel or Bhovel ai tho other end Jjylth which to scrape tho clunipB of shil from tho plow?hare Yet, with the Iron prong rft ono end of the oxgoad and the iron prong at tho other, it wan not such a weapon ? ft b ono would doslro to ubo In l>att1o with armed Philistines. But * Clod helped tho farmer, and leaving the oxen to look after themselves lie charged upon tho Invaders of Ills s homes toad.. Homo of the commentaries to make It oasleV for Hhamgar suggest that perhaps) ho led' a regiment of farmers into tlnl convbat, his oxgoad only ono of many oxffoads. lint Hi*' Lord does >.nOt need any of yon '.<? Itelp In mult Ing the Hcrlplures, ar.d Hhamgar. with tho Lord on his side, was might ier than 600 Philistines, with the Lord against them. The Imttic opened. Hhamgar, with muscle Btrengtlieuod by open ulr and, plowman's and reap er's and thrasher's toll, uses the only weapon at hand, and he swings the oxgoad up and down, and this way and that, Vl,vv stabbing with the* iron lining at one end of It, and now bringing down the whole weight of Iho Instrument upon the heads of the . enemy. The Philistines are In a panic, and the supernatural forces como In, and .a blow that would not under oth er circumstances have _prostrat xl or slal'i left Its victim lifeless, until 'when Hhamgar walked over tlx field lie Counted 10(1 dead, 2oo dead, .too dead, 400 dead, f>00 dead, (>00 dead ? all the work done l>y an oxgoad with an iron prong atone end and an Iron shovel tit tl: ? oilier. The fame of this achlevcmi.it by this farmer will) an awkward weapon of war spread abroad and lion toed him until he was hoisted Into the highest place of pow CI" and bee>mi?e | lie third of ihe mlgh ty Judges of Israel. Ho you see that Cincinnatus was not the only man lifted from 1 low to throne.. A ?! licit <>' Weapon. For what reason was this unprece dented ii ml unparalleled victory of a fii riner's oxgoad put Into thin Hlblc, wni'ir thorn waR no spare room foi the unimportant and the trivial? It whh lirst of all, to touch you, anil to teach mo, and to teach all past i ages since then, and to touch all ages to conn I hat in the war for (Jod and against hIii we ought to put to the brut use the weapon we happen to have -in liaml. Why ? I i ? 1 not KlianiKiir wait ri'tll he could get a war charger, with mck arched, and hack caprlson <>d ami nostrils stiltling the battle al hi- off, ?>r until lie could get war ? <;iil|im? nt. or could drill a regiment, ,md wheeling liiein Into lino coin niiind lh? in forward to the charge? To wail l?'i that would have been defeat and annihilation. So he takes the best weapon he could lay hold of, ami that is an oxgoad. We are called into tin1 battle for the right, and against wrong, and many of lis have not Just the kind of weapon we would prefer. It may not bo a sword of argument. II may not be t be spear of sharp, thrusting wit It may not lie I lie battering ram of denunMat Ion. Hut tlur'' is something we <>uu do and some foiccs we call Wield. I >0 not wait for what you have not, but use what you have. Perhaps you have not eloquence, but yon have a smile /Well, a smile of encouragement I as ? manned the behavior of (.rift of thousands of wanderers, ami brought them back to Hod, a lid en t Prom-d them In heaven. Von cannot make a persuasive appeal, but you can s"t ar. example, and a good example has saved more souls than you could count in a year il yon counted all the time. You cannot givcf 10,000, but you can give as much as the widow of (he gospel, whose two mites, the -mallest coins of the Hebrews, were I ? slowed In such a spirit as to make 1 1? ? r inoie fumoiis than all the contributions that ever endowed oil the ho?pi I tils and universities ot all Clwistcndom of all time. You have very limited vocabu Inry, but you can say "yes" >>r "no," find a (1 nil "yes" or an emphatic "no" has traversed the v'eiit m les and will traverse all eternity with good in fliicncc. You may not have in. cour age to confront a large assemblage-, you can tell a Sunday s< boot class of two -a boy and a girl hoiv to iinil Christ, and one of them may become a William Carey to start influences that will redeem India, ami the other a Florence Nightingale, who will II luniine bat'tleileids covered with t la dying arid tin* dead. That was a tough raso in n town of England where a young lady, apply ing for a Sabbath school dasa, was told by the superintendent she would havo to plek up one out of the street. The worst of the class brought from the street was one Hob. He was fitted out with respectable clothing by tl:. superintendent. Hut after two m three Sabbaths he disappeared. lb wan found with his clothes in tatters, ""tor he had been fighting. The second time Hob was well clad for school. After coming once or twice he again disappeared and wax found In rags, consequent upon fighting. The teach er wAa disposed to give hi in up. but the tiipfririlind^ifit 4iatd.~"T^-l lis try _ " dtd the third suit of clothes was pirorlded him. Thereafier he ramc until he was converted, and Joliw4 the church, and started for the irospel ministry, and' became a for vifB missionary, preaching and tran? latlng the HcrlptuivH. Wh) w?h the boy called Hol>? The lllUMtrloim I>r. Roboi'l Morrl?on, Kroat on earth and greater In heaveQ. Who his teacher Whb T lin>>w nut, but sin* uae?l the oj> portunlty opened, ami great ban he n Her reward. You may not be able t<> load an ArmtitronK gnu, You may not he able to hurl a 1 1 ? >t< hklHR nhell. Von may not lie ahle i.<> Hhoulder a klltterlng muKk.l, hilt use auvthing you eau lay your handu on. Try " hhiokamlth'x hamiinr, or a iiwrehant'H >yar<lHi lek. or a maHou'H trowel, or h .?arjienter'M plane, or a hoiiHewlfe'H hroom, or a I'armer'H oxkoad. Oie* of the hurpiisi-s of heaven will be what f{ fn 1 1 ? I reHUlli came from h??w ?!ffl|)|e means. Mai hi. h Joyce, ( lit* vile man, been me a great npostie >>i lightcouu" newM not from heuriiiK .'ohn WeHley preach, but from net Ing him ki?u a lit tit* child on the pulpit Htairs. If (iuil 1 1 ?? lit (lit* WitrU , A^.lill, my subject spl'iliK* ii| >? ?n Us ill thought I. till ilk CJlIt Ili.lllllK I pI'oH poets ol' religion* ultciupt w e nni-l i ? K ?? omnipotence ; 1 1 1 ? I <.iniii? n ih'c 11 i??l omul presence, and rill thij other 11 II riluih-.s < ? I i?od into Dm calculation. Whom do >???? nee on tlial plowed held <?f my text'/ I >ue liearer mi) Hi "I sen Sluiui^iir. *' Anotliei Ik-ji ror syy s, "I see *?><?<> I'hilir+tiiu -My hearer, y??u have missed the chief personage on that h 1 1 1 U<iie!<l of plowed ground. I also Ki>? ShnmKur uml I 'li-il ist i iH-.s, l>nt more than all, and migh tier than all. and more overwhelming than all I sit tJod. Xhaniftar, with bin unaided arm, however muscular. ami with that humble instrument made t < > 1 aK'i<'iil tural pari sixes ami never c* >*? HtriK'ted fnr combat. eould not have WToutrjU, such victory. It was omnip.v tenco above, ami hem-nth, and hark of and at the point of the oxKoad. lb fore that hatth> v>,is over t he plowman Kali/i'd tliln, and all l h?* i.ixt IMiiliHtimvt rea'.iwd If. iiikI all who visited the hat tlnfiohl afterward tipurccialcd it . I want in heaiven to hear the slory, for it inn never he fully I old oil earth perhaps Kiwne duy may he ni t Apart for the re ins. i'hiiI, while all heaven listen* the Klory of how find h!cs*cd awkward and humldo insti uuicntalities , Many an evangelist has eome Into a town ^iveii , ii p to worMtini-s*. 'I'll > pas-tors say to (lie eva iif-fi'llnt : "We aie ulad yon have eome, hut It in a hard held, ami we feel worry for you . The meinlterM of om ehiiivhoM play projrivtdve euehre, ami ifo to the theatre, and het at <he horse Hires, ami wayt ty and fashion have taken possessio i ol l.'ie (own. We have advertised your meetings, hul are not very liopefn!. (JihI' hlem yoil . " This i*van.:;elisit lakes his place on platform or pi i ' pi I . Ill' never uradun I i-il at ?-oi l<v;e, and there ,-ir<- h. fore him t\vi-nt> v. rad 1 1 a I<t- of the best Hill vorsit iewV 1 1 ? I ! i ? \ i i took one Ii ssoii III elocution, and tie re are helore him twenty traiio-il orators. Mttyiy o! the lalies present arc 1: lailuates Of (he highest female si-mi nariit'. ami one ?lip in ^rainmar or om ? o . ? ? < i ? 1 1 1 i .- 1 1 i < ? ? i vill remit iu suppress <i| k I ? M h* . Ami I Die ueiieial ??hill that p--rv ad. h t he lioiihe the uiipt'elplldiliy evangelist opens his Hihle and takes for his ii \t, "l.oiiJ, that my eyes max he o| ii- 1 1 ? - 1 1 . " < ) pi-i-, i (Daises in the nailery en rioiicsl v s'. l u I i ui/.e the sjieaker. I le tells iii a' plain vviy the story of tin h ' 1 1 1< I man, h-lls two ei three tourhin;.' a nei i'i . i it*, anil the Kciernl ehlii drives way l? -fori a slraiine warmth. .\ classical hearnr who look the first honor at ji I ?? anil who is a prime of ^proprieties lillds hi:< >>pertae|es heroin Him dim with a moisture miv .fesiti vc of rears. A worhliy inother who has heen I iri 1 1 tri 1 1 M up her souk mid .lit tinhlers in llller y i >i | less n i v*M |illts In |- h l'i I Kerch iel to her e.Ves ami henlUH to wee;,. I Uglily edni-u i ed men who eaine to <riticjsc ami ph-k to pieces and tind fault how on their koI.iI ?headed etini-H. What in thai sound i under the gallery? Ii is a s-di and soIm are catching, and all nloivK the wall and all up and down the audi ctiee. there is deep emotion, so that when at t.lie close of the s?rv --e ntivotis souls are Invited to espeeia! seat*, or the 1 1 1 ? 1 1 1 1 t*.v ilium, I hey eome up lf\ genres and Kneel ami repent and lis,- up par doned; Die vRude town Is sli.il en, and pla-ees of evil niuuseinent are v oa rsely ?| attended and rum holes lose liair pat . ioiis, and the < hi in lies are ihroiiKed^ an I the whole eommiinity is <-!ea nsedw and eleMlted and rejoi-'il. What |?ouet\j did the eva mreliHt hriujr to hear to i-ai> tare that town for rinhleousm'sw'/ \'ot one hrilliant eqilKr.im did lie utter. Not ,oue uraeeful vf^'stun- did he liuike. Not one rhetorical ellinax did ho pile up. Hut there wvm somelhini; ahoiit li'ili that people had not taken in tin- esti mate when they proplusied tin* fai ure of that work. Tiny lu>d not taken in'o the ealeiilation the oir.nlp<W%<-4? of i!ie Holy (ihosit. It w'sk not the hash of a Haimiseus hlaoe. It was l!od. l?efo|-?? and behind, and all around the oxnoad. When |M*ople say that erime wiil triumph and the world will never he eoiiviiteil lus-au.se of the F?>emlnK innulliei. ley or the means employed, they count tie- MMi aruitvl 1 'liil ist ii,?'s on i lie nidi and SIimii irar,*^ the farmer, awkwardly ei|iiipp.-d. mi Ihe other nide; not reall/.inu that the i-hariots of t J i ?l jire I'O.IHMt, ami that all liea \ en. ? in ru'ii -, sei p'lie, arehu ui^eiie. ? i-ilie, is on what otherwise v^mld he the weak si.|?*. Napoleon, the author <1 Do- saying. "<!o?| is on the Nide of t ie heat lest artillery." lived to tiiul out 1 1 ip- mistake! for at Waterloo, the hill -Tun.-* .it the liliuiish oVi'f. atlie I tie ' mills i,| tli,.- I 'lelieh . < e>d is oil the siih *.| tie- rmht . and om- man in the rivrht w II >-\ ? ii t a. i dy In- found sl:oui;o|- than Htm uieii iti lit.- w i>i|ii<. In all es*t ima tes ? f any kind .>! <'hris(ian work, do 1 1 ? > I make lie- niistiike every day made of l.-.i \ inu "lit the In ail of t he ii li i \ i I'm- . 'I tn- ( hole*' of \Vcii|?oiim \ li! 1 1 1 > sllhjei t splines 1 1 pi III IIS t'li- th'iueht that ni timl's m-i \ iee it is i I- t ? ? a.- w i that an- pa rt i< u | irl\ si, ? . . | in u- Sham^rar had. Iiki I ii iie "I u.s. In en hr uijlit up nil a farm I II I, in w ii.t'neu a he a' i i \ . - i i ? ? s and I K'.-i- ii. d I ? - 1 u i e t s and hrea s t pin 1 1 >? ni '4) ? ' ' ?! I a a s s a iel i?a t a.pult s and !:iil i-tae am! iron si\t|ies tasieied t !? s .-Ii a i i..t Hut lie w as fa mtl III with Die thill ..| Die Dli'-lrdlim: |t. |.,I ii. -I kn.w li-.w to p. mild m/!i|i that, in tie- a\" ..I tin w 'Mills and I.ih-w how t ? . hew with th.it. and the u\l;i.i,| Mf tie ? " *'i. iii a iel kii.-w how- |,i thrust w -Ii 'I. if. in. I \ mi ai. d I will 1 1 1 1 hi st I.. ; i I 1 1 le. a e It .it .-.Ill he si h ? lid ? t!f..e w.,ip..ii- with v tlii'li we i-au uiak. ii si ii i. Soiin; in i . ?|'s s, . vi- e Will 1 1 ? I I H *>t Willi the pell. s. i| 1 1< . ill. V.. I. . s. II l| e |.\ . \ t ? -I I | ] ? II ;t III Ol . 'l ' ' 'I- I III \ ll.l \ . the w 1: ill- '? i !iu!ai\ i.t tiie l.lu-.'ii-h la 1 1 u 1 1 a ^ e lia'l I " t w ii lie i r le :i I n and ( i iii ? in i in I ? a In - will 1 1 ? ? lies* with m i ai .s r pi - P i ? a I -.ill l.et-e-e lIleTn S uu ? will s r\ ? Ii\ p!.o\. i a i s i ii.; wheat and <-o-i. 'in! :lii; 1 1 1 ?? i a 1 i> u|" wtiat lh?-\ I. I" i hut' lies and mi si- hois ; s.une a?s im i I'lut". <i 'id it their profits w d I. dieaie a t . Kill tli. I.ord; m.iiu- t.s ph * - 1. ? i rt n pies, i 1 1 1 u if for I he vfiplit's 1 1 in t* - I -. and >..'i!.' i atro. neyis. d. T'?-nd 1 ' n? in. i i'iiiiu' rights that ? t?;. r-.y-s I H. . i J... i . . ..v i, i/, . J, ? 'i ry i- t p. s | <ir^ I'lie kin if dom i f Iiull.v r.-t ml. si |.y ~o many is a t (? tisjit Iiik t i do that U M h \? . .-anti. I ti i-liiiiK up f.?i liro-ids .void or f..l -hi/in .r lupimi ,.| mlti-i .1 ? I te '.| , ,f].. |i i ivhan's irun w litle 1 1 1 t.i>> ,-otili iil with in oNK'Kid I thai k <:...| Unit there ar. vi:?s t hoiis.i uds nf < 'hrist io iim wle ?ii, y..ii never leard f.f and never will hear 'f ii"* 1 1 y -.Mi ? t in (hi hitDi pliti e.t of hi <i veil, who jiii* iiotv in a ijuiel way m homes and s<1i<?-.| hon-x-s. and iii prayinif eij.-Ics, and l?y sh-k luNltt, and up 'lark alleys, ?.ayimf the saviiiK word and ?b'ilitf fin saving dec,!, th. a relation 'A. I lo-ir Work ovei-jmVlorillK the most anililj ton,; it a 1 1 v 1 1-* , l;> ? ?V fi'ind it-view of Iumv n. wl.cn the rejjtmrms the Ix>n1 of th#>r#? will in- w tioln r> KlrncntM of nursex and Habbath *./><?. I tra^-herx 4ml tract ?ltK. irlhutrrs and unprMcadlnc workm, b?* foro wfiom.. ms rbcy tli.. kln^a and queen? of ?p?*l and the i-amh win Hf< I llanliinK coronet wml bown down In f lOKiiltlon a ntl r/vcri'iM't' Pin* most of ' the ('hrlHtian woj'k for world'# rccia- i | uiullon iuul salvation will be done people of one talon I ami two I it Ion In, ! v> l ? 1 1 ? ? I ho li-ii tub ul i eoplo art*^p In the ! ..HiroM'tii'l'- il ohsciy i Helen Htmlvlm? olh r ! wor.ds. ili..n>'h !??#> ?lo Utile or nolhlnn ! fur tin- (i dciiipHoij of this woild. or are up to ilu rureih il*r?'ulms of "hlKhcr in i) o" tryliiK lo 11 n< I will Hi it Mows Mi") ' no; ui4l tlm I Vn?ul?'unli, or to. |?* ?? v v I t Mm ? th?? i ino.it or the whale a:,h lltive tlioiitfh to swallow llir mlllls'ei wi'O li.-l.nt^l il? full lo NliK-vdi and ipo|S{iz uik fur I lie Almighty for cfflnlii Inex ! plleaMe i hitiK* ? lii'V lia ve fouud In Hi' j Sci l|<l ill es. It Will V >?? lulllid out Itl t he l.iM ilia: the krupp kuiim have not done s<i io:ii?li lo i'ii|)iiirv ill's world i<-r ^K*d i it.'t t In* oxK<>rtd?. s I oi|? I ?? TooU Art' t It %* II?*n(, Years >ik<> I wan to summer In tin' A'M romlackH and my wealthy friend. w,h<> was ! a nivat hunter and ll*h? rmaji, wild, "I j no ifii koIhk i<> the, Adlr.?n<?T'tkn tills H'-aaon, and yon can lake my e?|ulpment and I will wild II i ? | ? to l'aul Hntl'li'K." Well. it was I lull' vvliro I arrived In the Adirondack a ?|d< ildld outfit, thai cowl | many liiimlri'dH of dollartt, a KOi'Keons iinl and sik'Ii cla !?<??'> vto IIxIiIiik appaia Ium; such KiniH of all Hlyleit of cxmuIhIU* mako and reels and pouche* mid lialt and torches ami lunch baskets <>inl riiany more IIiIiikm that I could not ??v ???* kuchh l ho tote of. And my friend of Ihe l?1?r soi 1 1 had oven wrlHeu on and otiKtiKt'd rm*n who should le'comfiany mo Into the I forewt ami carry homo the doer mid I he trout. If tlio mountains could have* xo n and understood tl at the Hint', IIhti1 would liavo lic"ii panic iimotiK 'In* antlers and tin* tins through n'l the "John Itrown'M Trad." Woll, I am no hunter, and n'.l a roebuck or a name llsh did 1 Injure. Hut them were hunters thero that mii mom who had nothing hat a plain kuii and a i uk to sleep on and a coll of Oi^IiIiik line and a box of ammunition and I ail, who ouuto In cvi'r and anon with ax many of tho captives of for. si and Mwcaiii as they and two or three atto'.d u ii i m could (virry. Now. I fear lhal nu.iiy ? 'irlHllan workers who have mowt ela l (n ale e'bicat lonal and th<vi|nftl"al and pi'ofeHrtlonal equipment ami most' won m rf-.il w< aponry, siilllcleut, you would ihiuk, to i -.tuff u re a whole community or a whole nation for (Soil, will in the last iiay.have but little except their line tackl i air, lo hIiihv, while some who had no ad Vtin'tiiKes except that which they not In prayer and conm -mil ei will, hy iht> souls tl'ty have broiinb' to (he shore of eternal safely, prove that they have heel, jjlorH iniHiy ?ucccK?ful as Ushers of men ami in lakiiiK m?ny who, 1 i k<* t la* harl, w ru p'liiliiiu after the water brook a. What made the Amalckltcs run |?"foro i.i.Iei ii'ii army? lOacli one of l(u> army Knew ho>w much racket (he hreakliiK of <ii' pitcher woiihl make. S<> ^xi men ia.!t ?iIkIiI Uiok nai pltc'hers, inn a lamp | inside the pllcher. and al a kiven slvriial j l!ie I imps were Urie l, and the pllehers v i re viol'-uily tl iH'u-d tin vn. The il.i' h ? r ife HkIiI ami (he i?nck? I of I he "on ? ?iii li.slied pit hers kpiiI the enemy int?? *\ ? I . I tliirht . Not >1111 -u if a weipon, you v mild say, is it broken pitcher, bill Hie I old m.a<'o thai awful (traah of I'l-ockt-ry t lie meniiH of triumph for his peopl . ami ilicie Is yd to is* a battle with the pltcli t rs. The i ? I j ? ) 1 1 of tin* world's dissipation may net darker,, and ilarit 'r. hut after a while. In what watch of ihe nluht I I now not. all lh'' ale pitchers, himI the wine pllchers. ami th<> hecr nlinh^M, and Hie whiskey pit cliers of Ihe earth Ippbl hurled into tleinolli ion hy .'oiiverTed in ehrlaU's and ? 'hrls.llan rt former*, ami at thai awful crash of Infcr.ial ero-*kery I'm? \ ina I' klt h'.h host of pauperism ami Itmf r. tlein ami flomost Ic qunrrel and cruelty a n* I ass'aysiiial Ioii will II y the earth. V A*U f.oil for llcl|i. 4 Take tho llrst weapon you can lay vour hands on. Why ? I i ? I liavid choose I lie sliiiK nil ti he \sciii at tioliath and ladiiih wf'nl at hltii? ItroiiK'til up in 1 1 1 < ? (uuniiy, I i U? ? i vi'iy other l>oy, ho Knew low to nitiiiiiK'' a slinn. Soul's ainud was llrsi piii on I) 1 m. hut (In* plain's uriuw whm loo licHVy. The helmet was i lapped on him it s an oxt iiiKuisher, and' lM\ld Mild, "I cannot ko with I lii sc. for I liuvt! not proved Ihoin." And t he Urst wire ihiiiK I 'avid did alter pulling on Saul's arn or wan to put it oil. Then I ho I rooli Klah, thi> hod ol wliit-h was dry when I saw it a mt olio vast reach vff I chhh ?i, I nrnlshed tin- 1 1 v ? ? smouili -ton s uT I mi> I rook with which (Snliath ivas prosiratcd. Whether it la' a lio.v's slum, iia hroki-n pitcher, or iui oxuoiii, take tiiat which you can manaitc a 1 1 ? I ask (ioil for lu'ip. and no power on earth hi In licil . at' i land In fori1 you. i mi out, then, I charge you, ,'iKainst the I liillMtiiies. We in unt admit the odds are ?tt?ainst iih ? 4ion to I. lii Mm mutter of dol 1 1 rr, those drvolitl to worhlilii' km and i in and dissipation, when compare*. I w ith I !n* dollars ile- vol oil to holiness uud vlr iuc--i>mi to I. The houses set apart for \ lee and <l< Apulia i ion and ruin, as com lined with those lo K'ood, liiM to I. lit I lii'ed iiowfi?H|?er sheets scattered abroad from day to day, thoso dopra viiik as coiu i a rod with those elevating, are i>H) to l 'rhe uroiioIos for making 'he wprld wors ? < oh i| mired with the aKcncies for milking i lie world hot tor, UHl to I. Kut Moses In ! is hoiik chants, "ll'ivw should olio chase a thousand and two put ten thousand to Huhl?" anil in my text one oXKond con. i in rs IV*) uplift' d ImtthMJcos, and the day ef universal victory is eoinltif;, unless 'lie 1 1 i Mo Ih? a la hrlcat Ion and oierniiy a oiVtli. and the chariots of Ood are un w heeled oil t llO KOldoll streets, alld I llo list regiment of tin* eelosilal hosts tii s dead "ii tho plains of heaven. With us, r without us. t t'e work will he done, h. ?:? ! Into the ranks sr> nowhere, .iilne.J ? inieiiow; you wiiii a in edlo, you wfTh ? i ? 1 1 vim with a wood lunik, you with n I tit' ol? tir ail for the iiunnry, you with a via! of medicine for I ho sick, you with a i iir of shoos for the ha rofootoil. you with ??ord of eiicouraucinent for tin* voting Man tivlnit to ti l hack from evil ways, v-iii wiih Mime story ol the Christ who .11., ? heal t!ic worst wo inds and par (mi ilo- Id.okoKt mull and call the f.ir i >n st iv i-U iir home. I 'iav lo vou as In watchman ol I ?ondon used to say at i,it;ht in t h?? householders. Iio|oro tho ?.nil- '?! pirio'ii lamps riinii' "Ham; <>ut v ? 1 1 1 1 lio.nt !i ill;; out your ItRhlV ITK Ms Ol-' I NTI'Ilt I'.ST. 1(1. | i I if w I 'rot "s .i lit I :pi ? -I '.ti . . i I \\ .1 ?di lllH'l oil is lo OOliSIS? lit . I ii.ii rid I'olumhta and tour coiin i'l M ,i i \ la ml 1'iiin o CtOorKc's, St Satv's. i'Ii. i ri< s and MonlKoniet y . Ii . .Ii vision is la t ith-d h> tin- Kcii.r.il cnii . nt am that is in Ocloliii. Clshop .mi i w .11 (it ol>.i My decide to lii* Pi.- hup I' Ire now Ii'i which Will leave I lie iii ? so nt Maryland vacaul |i w .is a i dinner, and liior lia-i iri n III' k i Ii. nl which 1 ho ill tli- da ii^Ii I ? I' ol 'n- house ha 1 1 partaken with >; i ? 1 1 tree .11,11. "I kV ill! sollie nniro i llli'Ki II, .-.lid i mi i . . "I l hill k vim have ha 'I as in ucli I.-. >.;??? '? i till- >111. deal', ' I plied i.iiii c;. s mamma. ' i, waul mote," and rallies piullci on can't have uion rvv. i'lit I'.cie is a w tshuolic that you ? i I mamma r.in pull. Thai will In ion I ol, pull Olle Mile lllld III pi 1 1 1 tile oilier i -I vvl.oi v i r /;??!? tli- loimi'i i ii'i can avo Iter wt*h oomo l roe. Wiry, i?al>?, ou vo pot nJ" What was your w :sh, 'lali. "I wish lor SOII.O more cllii Ken aid l"i Uli'O*. promptly Sllr 1 1 il tllis me Christian Hottist -r. A N n.t i ral Curiosity "Charlo>, dear," ti l Mrs. 1 1 unnlmiine. "I don't think I iK>' eitoiiKh iiiti lost in things ihat nun i .ire for. W'on'i you tell me nouii'iliiiijj ;,l>out l<isel?ail?" "i if courii'. Anything that ! oan." I'vo noileod that sometimiM when a ? lui> Kits l?eat H'm heoauso tile umpire ? I oes ii ' I do rljfht ." ! j "And hOti.i'llinr.4 hecnusc ?ho weather tint riKht." "Von." "And sonietiims iMCaiiHo the audience <lo? sn't do l ijfhf "Yes. ' 'Weil. Charley, doar, w h,t( I wfini !<? know 'is what tho players have to do v.lth the came?" Wa^hin'^ton 8'ar So Texas tho <'??rlndt-Fil7>?iin ukui's fi^ht. The man who 1* knoek?v1 out will boo more thay on?? loaf ?U*r. hawerfr. AT A GAME CALLED PQKER. ! Talking about poker reminds mo of I a littio name I had over in lhn Moluca I ihi summer, says h eoiTOHpondont of ] \i\< Chicago Timcn-1 IcraM . .lust an I (.'<?( ? l? > C\ it stairs the door Mvnug open and "Utile Dutch" rami* Hailing in. "Say, ul<l man." ho Mild. "I want you to go up to tlic house with iin>. My wife has gone away anil I'm noinK to hnvo a few fellow* op then? penny imtO. I> nt Hi Unwh ? you kiftw. Ciot thv whole thing tixed; a cuite oil ire. tooil ohl Suit*, cIW'chc, rye blvad and all l ho t I'iminin^ti and 1 waut you to yo a loiH? ? " Well. I didn't do a thing hut go. My friend tohl me oil tho way up that the I lyout had ?*ont him about $lt), hut In* was going to take a hand himself, and it a ho always played In pretty i:ood luek, le glutted hi' could pull out the ex> pc.isca all right ami he didn't care it he cm no out oven. After we had been ul tho house a little while hi* fricmlyt began to drop in, and finally the ho^t, (.fter toying with a few corks, jiiMt to kIiow iw there waa no ill will, pulled out the dining-room table, dug up a box of I idd'.e do winks chips, split 'em up at a dollar a stack and the game was <m. Tho host wiw hanker and he put all the banl/fi hioney down in his Inside pocket no h?< could keep it *epnrtfte from his winning*, and then he Hailed in to pull down the .$l<> tho layout cost b I hi. Well, you k now things ;,d. There are daya 'a fellow can't lay fi? a cent and this whh one oJf them, For a while everyone was winner but the host. lie Was on the" hog train from the firvt break and diilu'j^-do a tiling but dig, dig. dig, and sweat blood. Well, it's the same old thing in a poker game hard luek ran stay with yo? for 1 oum and then turn right n round and vot worse, and that whh tho way that night. Along about I o'clock tho mas cot. who had been dallying with sev eral of us, got tired out and went b> <?leep right in the lap of the ineaiieHt man in t h ?? party and before an hour ho I ul every dollar around the board and the whole band!e of tiddJe-do* winks. The host had blown in his own money and squandered the assert* of the bank. 1 b* was a defaulter and a bankrupt and the beer was al! gone* ? He didn't say r n.v thing -at least nothing for puldiea lion ? but he looked a whole lot. Tho raiue broke up, and here conuw the fun ny part of the st<M*y . 'i*he Oro<.;aus of the party, (lie fellow that won all the jinff, was an arrant .coward and afraid to go home. lie lived nlsMit a milo en Hi o <> tlier siilc of town and wan ."fro l?l he'd he lohheil If lie went b 'line plone. lie Wouldn't stay out all night and there was nothing 1o do but lo take him home. So we formed in hue and away tvo went. No one wan in a very good humor, and we plodded along, chewing the rag in **ilonoo ami anon kicking ourselves, hut all at oiwo t lie ridiculousness of the thing struck is. We who had been "touched" were body Kiiard to the roblVer to prevent him being held up? we were guarding our own money. We had lo?t ~thc JstulT. hut 1 1 iimI and sleepy lis we w<%?rwo were forced to keep it company for a mile at '2 o'clock in the morning, and win mi we realized our position we stood < .u the corner and laughed until the windows rattled for two blocks around. When our friend disappeared through his door there waan i '?%> cent left in the party and the danger of a 'hohl-np' wan past. Our host si III had I ho tid dle-de- winks, hut an < loin would say they were demonetized and only worth I he actual value of the ivory. lie hiic ceeih'd in giving tliein away at the first town we made next day and solemnly swore that was the last time he'd ever play poker 'I'lie Sliittle f a 4i lil Standard Appeal. The New York Chamber of Commerce 1 ,'s Issued an appeal In behalf <>f the fiiiicle K??lil standard. It Is addr? to I lie business men of the South, ami may 1 e set ilown as I In- sequel to the Mem phis convention. The appeal ruiia fhiis: To'the liuslncss Men of the South* We, I iisin< ss m< ii of New York, who have I usiness relations with the South and an* <*oii^?'ri>>'?l In ll>' prosperity of tlie Southern States, upp-al-to the people Of these States to ' lake such i, stand on ? hi r?'H<-y questions a.s shall silence the accusal ioiftli that have been inacle atoil'ist their intellifC' nee anil conscrvat Ism. Wo appeal to yon to resist every effort to precipitate k monetary revolution, tic to the results of whleh even Its ad vocal es r;i.unot aur^e and aenliust whleh ihe commercial class ns well as the student of i he history of tltiancUil experiments warn you as hriiiKHin certain disaster. The South hits every, interest to adhere to the money standard of the world. It can not expect to lie paid in it lor its cotton It' friends of sliver succeed ill lcKalfzinK i lie payments of debts in a depreciating meial. Vour advantage lies in the ex ? li.uinc of your products for money which t.se i;ohl, has a staple value. We I norn. fore nrKe >"ii and >oiir friends lo use your inlluciK ??.? in opposi I ion to tin* dan* j;?i'oiih doctrine of free silver coinage. Ii will he observed that I here Is no al lusion i ven io j he middle path of bimetal lism The address practices no disguise. lOvideutly iii,? New Vork Chainlicr <if * '?nomercc liarf i in* convictions of Hanker ornwell. if not his Intensity of feeling. I ?? blpi address to Ihv Oil I (.'?.! KU Hankers' ? lub, Mr. ('ornwell denounced himelal ? ? s 1 1 1 in the siroiiKi'Sl language he conid command. I'.ut for the most part i !??? ad. \iic,'i,ti'S of i lie sinKle standard, like the Trihui.e and I'rof. l<aiiKhlin of tins city, still coiimiiik' to use bimetallism as a .?lump behind which to lire I heir coward ly shots. It' all the champions or roIH a;* .? .-'IiikIc standard were as ?oumneous and hoiu si as the I'liaoilier if CoiniTierce I lie M l I lenient of this Vi \ed question would lie simpblfed and facilitated. The 1 1 ii I It is thai I he Roldiles ?r * I hor ?? i?:hiy oi'Kaiii/.cd and prepared for liat ilc Tt*cy have I h* ^ t HKKi'ei;a I ions o( -a pita I to tlraw iipni.y The da .? rcpt?*s ? nlod liy the UollisOhihls succeeded in ti 'In -1 1 ? v? 'he h ading nations or tn^ won I to 1 1 1 < ? sum st.>?liliij 'i before I heir hand '.V.I* "lis. ioseit, Jlli | ?.'y\\ I ha t the p'-Ople. ? ?spiM'ially in ? ieruia iijy and the I Tuted jtiati-M. are moving \slth ri'solute de ? rmii.a l .on io,\:nl It.- p ;-uo:*.i l ion ol sil ver. tnl.-r Kinic class Is keenly ul.M to tin ki'.ivIiv >>f the |.?-auc tnv?lv?d. tae one ground of appeal to the houin, hi this connect ion, is rbat the plant* is want io I ??? |Hikd in Kold for lli?lr col ion. I'h.lt i:? I he ulsr of I he appeal. '"I lie South." Ii Pays, "has every interest lo ad here io the money standard of lie* world. It cannot i xpect to l>e paid In It for its col ion if frlehdK of silver sticcee ! in le !?ali/.ltiK tin* iKiymeiit of debts In a de piK laiuiK inet il.' The assumption is t^at *'i?* t*i ????* <4 will I ??? I lx> miuii an. d r one metal as two, and- that the pro. lueer will stand an it tual lo.?s p"oj?or tionate te> the mai'Kin of ? lllTere nr?.s In the value of the metal in the two kinds. ITiifc Is simply a flat denial of the facts of history and experience, or eourse t'he're am other considerations besides the currency whleh enter Into the determina tion of the price of commodities, hut It Is none the less true that the quantity of money, not of paper, but of Intrinsic inomy, has a ?rcat dial lo do wllh Die price of commodHles. * ?n tl?e usual ratio ln'tttien tne two rnorey metals ?her?- is about a:> tnuoh of one as the other til the wr rid. a-i*d could the demon* ii:/ lion of sllvrr be complete, prices, as a Hue, woii'd I. cut down just alwit otic-halt. The problem is noFTfyw To oX'-Jian^'f on<* klndirf money for another, but how to nt Hire both to the fallout efenf. The whole productive and ln<Jp*'r!al public, no le*s than the rotton ralrers. are In ier%??ited in the triumph of thorough bi tn? tniitsni.? Chk^tfcT lnt?r Ccoan, . ODD EVOLUTIONS OF STRANGE LIVES. j NTAItTMNU ( II A Mi 10* I !S 1M HNI ITN SlIOU.V ill .V <<M.I,!:<>TIO\. [ I'O'l'AVn.ll OF I'lllll) V AM>KH HII-IS YACHT TO A HTI'UlOj I. Ion Tamer Now it Toy Nukvr ? S*Jvlv~ t>' irr'lr Turn* liitllnti S<iiwv*v. Olio of those day? a strange hook may bo lliruMt before I lu* Jiublie nuxo from thu P?n of Fredt^Jc l{. Onidort. II will have nothtiiK lo ilovwllh (ho liehrlntf Hea Com mission, nor with any of the varlotl nlce <l*-H of litigation, Miltjt'ctM which Mr. Coudeifs masterly knowledge could niako lino reading for lovers of w?lglfty lit era* lire. in all probability I ho hook will never ho written, hut II will nut bo for lack of Interesting material Mr. Ooudert ban boon collecting ii for the pa?t thirty years. ?il? hadn't aJiy nanio for tho col' loction. It la simply a colossal aggroga I Ion, of fads concerning strange changes in tho careers of men, and V( offers ahund* ant opportunity for pgyohological apeou lalion. Mr. Coudcrt dovotoa a small portion of each day to his unique colloo. llallroom to AVIi*r*vi? in. tlon. Many of his friends know of Ids strange Iu<l, ami whenever they hour of any astonishing fact re.lu$ng to the sub Jcut, they collect the data and forward it to him. The eoHi-ollon hIiowh many curious things ?men who Imvo abandoned high and remunerative callings to follow some ordinary pursuit, and men who started at cofnmOlK drudgery and by a whim of l>ame Fort a no wero wafted Into the lap of luxury. J For instance, one of flic oddities of the collection jells about a reputable lawyer of twenty years' standing in the mc IropfiUs-who gave up his practice a .year ago and is now selling iKitent me<llclnes on the road. Ho Is not making much of 4 success at it, but likes the peculiar ex citement of the life. A man who followed the sea for thirty two years, and who worked up from the humble position of eabin boy to first mate of a lino ship, suddenly ?ave up the work and now a unlet humdrum book seller on Fourth avenue, lit had been the dream of his life to be the Hrst ofllcer of a great ship, and n-s soon as he reached that position he abandoned it. A Brooklyn dry goods clerk, who meas ured out cloth from X in thcniornlnK un til 6 In the evening for nine years, is now a successful sword swallower In dime museums. To set 'this off. the hu man pincushion of some fame six years ago, Is now a reporter on a New York paper. X. Aside frohfr the queer changes In life of unknown ^Hiople, the collection In cludes those of persons well known all over the land. It has the little story of .lay (Jould, who peddled mousetr.ips and died worth $72,000,000. Also of John H. Starln, who srtiiL, j>atent horse medicine to the farmers orUhn Mohawk Valley, and Is now supposed worth $20,000, 000. Evolution of (lie Lion Tnmer. A man who was known all over^ the country as a tamer of wild beasts, par ticularly of lions, dropped out of sight for some itltne, and was only recently discovered as a maker and seller of toys, lie had grown weary of the excitement of his occupation, and being a great lover of children, deel<J^d to become a dealer In toys. lie ha<l saved enough money at taming Hon* to be almost independent, but he fancies the work of making toys a no lie do- s It .more for pleasure than gain. An unusually devout Itaptlnt, widely known In religious circles as a mission ary In A fries, returned to this country a year ago for a rest, and Is now working hi? way up on the stage. Hp Is a good actor, and recently secured a fair posi tion In one of the first-class stock com panies of the city. liorsc tarring Is a peculiar husln^fp, ns Fo'timtlc lo Studio. sh.'.?n I ?>? th<- collect Ion. An Australian isi' k iih-ms<,iik,,i" 'I'" i'u; I'lii) past live yo:ira has made a fortune at horse lani i...ihcr ticrsc lamer widely known^ to A iit?>rli"i n audiences is now llvlns ipiit >ly jiikI i.' woefully in the ancient city ..i I .< .ititltit;! ill, J-m k I-li t? 1. enRaged In I ho manufacture of lalxir-nnvltiK machinery for la rnui'H . lie Ik IoiIIiUiik i>|> a ureat toe oiu- at the l-?.it ?r pursuit. Women Ineludert In (lie I. Int. Keeent rleli v of this peculiar kind Is nat coiinnoil to the masculine gender l?y any moans. The uautfhter of a laink presl deitl In New Vork is one of the mIiIiiIiik IftclitK of ..a: Salvation Army, contribute I iok all of her time and all of her ?rcat J fortune to the work. She pitches ri?ht j in for tlie ? vaiiKelcnl work, and makes/] t#?y rounds of <h? clums like 9uy ordl/ 1 nary Salva-tlor laask*. / Another ?lrl, cultured and rctlned, r<ln : n way from a luxurious home and i tip as an Indian wquaw and fy?kTtnedl | ilnn from a wukoii. She I* 0tTfw the pro prietress of a shootliiK Ka llery , and like* i" fo uidl th.it all overturn**! from j Iht family for rot urn to tho parental ' i oof have mfct with determined refusnl*. Another younsr lady who made quite a n.imo for heraelf ?** a writer of fine fic tion nuddenly whirled Into tho financial fW?ld, and now occuplea tho poult Ion of | financial editor of a well-known eommer I clal paper. ^ Po'mHI* to Art. ? An ordinary 9H * mrmtji imilor, em i plo?d three yw* a?o oh the yacht | ("ftnqiimr, Kred Vanderhllt'a boat, I* i ?flw an artist of conatderabi* fame, par ticularly in mtrlnc worfc. Mr#. V a tutor " / ) ? ? hilt took an intercut lit the man, supplied (ho f iiikIm necessary for a thorough train ing, ami launched him in (he world o t H ? V ?? ?* VM' ? , liuH \vlih th? hlwrlotrto fever, ami la new tounii{T-4ho country town# in t'?o lltle r^lo of 1'ncle Totn'n (.'abln. Tho bass viol player of. an orotic.* t? a Ih no A' an actor, ami in old niHi ia< || he ti is won a reputation Booond to qqp(, vV i 'iiov Miller, ex-8en?:?r and Itad of tm' Nicaragua ("anal project, was uiito .1 chore hoy around a **>'jut"y m.i?. Sir William Van Home, president of l 'if iVi adlftii 1'aidlle railway, not so ? fry many years ago occupied a nul>ordli.ate )>>> til .0)1 on the Chicago, MMw&ukOe and Ht I'iiui itallroad. lie whh knlKhted ly i In* (pieen because of his H"i'vlcos in < oi.kii in lu.n of the groat railway system. l''ro>M ^ j?? .or American hoy employed I y a wencrn railroad to the KngtKh peer info Ih quiBe a jump. J/rtin 11/ lnman, railroad mafiale and co|io>i king, wiis a mountaineer in tl e ruLged hills of East Tennewitic. ??v nebleman attached to ho couit of lOm^iior Franz Josef of Austria, awjl exile l l oeeuse of Honif in;ly scandal, th now ft bookkeeper in h ilritdway Im porting l oufcc at $;> a week. Another nohleman, who gambled an 1 frittered ?>wty hlM fortune md vhc re? vpoct >f M - family, wo kul *f?| BCllf t'nio ih t> irrpretvr at Kills Island. i?;.l hH>kliiK oik for tho wants of the liiinii KiantH.A lie always wpre a scarlet waist coat a# an enblem of the faded glories, and every once in a while would chal lenge some of his employes to show his h Ik h breeding. A jockey who grew too heavy to ride is now eniployed-J^ a largo tract society. A u Week l'lunv^r, A man famous a few years aRo as a plunger in Wall Street Is now earning $22 a week as cashier In an uptown hotel restaurant, lie says he Is saving some money now. A former prlzo tighter now conducts a floiists' establishment on Mroadway, and has dlsplayc^no little ingenuity in lloral decorative \Jr>i k . llo secures many rich contracts fjpm fashionable |>eople, and besides has u genuine love for his dainty wares. A bank burglar) notorious twenty odd years uko. and known to all police olll elals on bolh sides of the Atlantic, Is now connected with a Cosmetic OHtibllshment keeping books and collecting bills from the ladies who havo been beautified, lie regularly attends church, and until re cently sang in the choir. An" aeronaut, wearied of touring the clouds, Is now a manufacturer of var nish In Pearl street. Ho Is regarded as a safe and conservative business man by his associates. Here Is a strange change. An artist who w?tH rapidly bulldliiK up a compe tence at portrait work, closed his. studio ?ne day wltHbut warning his friends, and took up the business of training race h< rses. Ho was a Kontucklan by birth, and had beon reared In the thorough bred section of the State. Thousands of d? Miiis had been spent upon hia educa ur? I, Ion 'I'm in I ii k to Toy Making. Hon by foreign master*, and Just when no liegan to realize the hopes and expec tations of l?is friends, he gave up every thlnK for the pleasure of being In Ihe company of line horjMk A Brooklyn man, vMo had studied for the prloBthopil and was Just about to take orders, reWfiqulshed the Idea and opened a butcher shop on CouN Ktreet. He Is a finely "educated man, but he wears a win to apron and cuts up meat from 6 In the morning until 8 In the evening, and has never been heard to coniplnin about the life. When ho made the sudden change he feared that ho had contracted consumption from over-study- and a gen eral weakening of the system brought aliout by ? confinement and hard work. He took matters into his own hands and deckled that a butcher shop was the h???t place for a man with weak lungs. Tlu?re may bo something in his idea, tor today ho Is fat and strong, and looks as If he would live for more than the allotted threescore and ten. Sliitf Mo n lllnKlnK Anthrm. Sing me a ringing auLhem v)f the deeds of the buried past. When the Norseman brave uared the treacherous wave And .aughed at the icy bbist. i.d fill me a brimming beak i or thu rich Hurgimdlan wine. That the chill of years with its chain (, f f en rs May unbind from ibis breast of mine. Kcr working and w itching and waning Make tin" blood run slt'g^lyh and colli, And I lorg for the fire aid ibr liereo -ib'. sire ' \ That burnt <1 in Mte Heart h of aid. I can dream ?>f the fountains plashing, in the soft sllll summers nlght. And of rinothor.'il sighs and of woiii.iii'm ' ryes, * , ' And ripe Hp* ruddy and bright. I :ut lielter Ihe tempest'.* fury With its Ihund rs and howling wli.e, A i.d leller to dure w'l it t!io future may bear Than td mouse on .vhat lies lirhlnd. Then r|-npt n?e no lender love-song, Willi Its sweet n*id low refrain. I :ii I sing of the men. of the sword and *? the iH'n Whi .*e ?b i ds may be done again ? D.iidol tn'onnell. Itrxl Here, My 1'llgrlnt Heart. Unclnct ured and unsandaled. Rest here, my pilgrim heart, Tno mocking mirage and the blast Of desert wastes are gone at last; Cotfle, tent thee where thou art! r / Ambition here may gather A'ew courage for Its flight. ?Jr falluro find within her eyes A comfort dearer than the prise And put the world In spite. / / Jjifo now has found Its purpose; And hope's directing star. In mists so long and deeply veiled. While tempests of unrest prevailed. " (ileauis clearly, though afar. More fluent llpa may number / The beadsmen charms; ' 1 falter and can Attestlng mutely wWM feej. Where *tlcne? pleads In pftylms. 1 ? ' " / Unfettered and unfollowed, h?r?. wing-weary V?rt. AlK>ve the flippant shafts of men. Beyond the range of jrrosser" Jtcn. 'T Is sWeet ?o dwell apart. C.'ll A Itl.KS J. BAYNF., In JtoHton Tran. script . laerasicd. By Southern AsmM-inied Press. Uiddefonl, M>' June *1? ? An inHptiNp of 10 ix r cent, iif the wages of > the oi?M*t|Tefi nf the (V|>pere|| and I^xiia mill* wept into effect today, M ? - ? ALL KINDS OF WOODWORK. Ihat mean* Doors, Sash, ,| liliiuislKianitslLumt>ei,l.Ath?, | Stiinglc*, Moulding Stair Work, Porch Work, Kxterior and Interior Finishing Mate rials. Our new Pricc List (which we send free) will tell you something atv ut the thing* wr make, l>ul we would like to tell you more in a letter? you will only write and ask us s< nje questions. f UGUSTA LUMBER CO <? AUQUOTA, OA. f\ ?|*ny ot fluktr." ^JOM.V . JIMUl.KS. 1 L'ti it (luo think to roll la wealth? There i {*?)'( h ^blooming doubt' of It; That Is. II" you huvo the skill .To roll without rolling out of It. /? s ? PuoK. They say that when Cupid ultns his i)fit He rarely over mlssos; Yet. when he shoot* at woman' a hearty 'Tls then ho mukea the Mw> ?*~>Iew York Hlspatoh.. Thermometers will Nave H\eir day,. Though things seem ?ut of tuno; Wo use<{ hIx tons of CXMI 1* May, Hut llrK'U 1h> froo In Juffe. ? A (Van to, Constitution., She gave to mo her hand - I cannot help but wonder " ?<? How comes It aho ha* left the thumb. Thus which dhe keeps me under. ? LHMrolt Tribune. She/sat away down the i>ar<piet, And tho hat Hhe had on was quite guetu lint a man eat behind her, ; - Who called It a blinder, And went off and demanded his puot. -Waslilngtiin Star.. In (lie Mirror. Can you see. as I do, thro' th# half part ed tret s \\/|y ? * A reflection far out on'the stream, lit a moss-mantled mill half asleep on i tho breeze, Dozing" off in a nummer-day dream? '? It Is fa.ir to behold, *? Taint -d thero on the stream, AVIth a sparkle of gold sprinkled thro*. "ixls a treasure unloll; l-\?r a, summer-day dream, > With o^charm ever old, ever new. When tho ripples of blue danco their way thro' the nccne, . Ah the mlEchlcvoua breesea pursue, j is a picture of life's tinted promise se rene It ii tiled o'er with o <porler.ee true. Hut the hroezis sulfide, c And the mirror recalls The r ell ncd count jrpart <UT the mill. While thi' pearly clouds ride, Where the sky -u?f'ly falls Krotn ibe crisl of the vppoBltvs hill. I am sending my Kraln to the mill on flhe stream. It Is rich with a golden delight; Will tho miller return to my fancy a droHtn Half as fair as tho picture In sight? There arc hopes sprung from tears In tie garden -of fate, Will they ylelc^ihalf the joy they have C< St ? Is It moments or y?ars I m learnliiK to wait? , Is my 'harvest r-'turninK or lost? i ? George IS. lUrivjyx,,.' The precautions that are now taken against infectious diseases have already wived many thousand lives. According to I)r. Cornet, of Berlin, in Ihg, years 1SSII to lHIKt there wer^ 70,000 fewer dentils from consumption (n Prussia than the average of previous years would have led him to expect. "I'oung man," the solemn stranger said, "What's KoiiiK on inside?" A Iwisrlmll /name? eight Inngin's play The buddliiR sport replied. "Basetwvll upon the Sabbath day? U ?)(ked, sinful land! Ec-^tn the ninth now, did you say? Young man? h.>w do ?hey land?" , ? (Kansis City Journal. Wngei Rt4l?ed. I<y Southern Associated Press. KcadlnK, l'a., June 1. ? Two weeks ago the employes of the Heading Iron Works asked for a tfl t*'r cent, Increase In wages. This requewf bas been acceded to in the tuho mill only. The other departments, the llrm says, will have to wait for better times. The increase affccts about Ave hundred hands. \ rf llor Silver. ' Ii v Southern ?i?ocht?l Press. Ixnulc n, June- i. ? liar sliver 30 ll-16d. ORGANS Special Sale. Special Pricen. Special XeriiiN. GREAT CLEARING SALE. Three Hundred INtrlur | mxl Church Oi'tcmi*. fioin nol???l lintkmn, ill I * i*i in ?* Cunt Ui rnluci* Htot-k. Mint lio nnltl. I'loiirn IxiMkliiu ilotvti. Cmi'l cHi-ry tlivin throngl (lull niimmi r. (;<?) loo immii)', l*rli-?- no oliji'cl. I'll. lit not coii ? lill'Tril Mil si iinloMtl. K:i?li'?l |?ohhII?I?< Ii-i om for pi?v nifni. only ?i.no, 9't. *.*?. inoiillily. Oiif-lmir mvviI l?y l?uy Iiiji now. lliirRiiln Sli<M<tn Kmriy, Wrltr for llii'jn. Mention IliU uilifrlUi'iiii'iil anil 1'n p?>r . ^pi> LUDDEN & BATES, Savannah, Ga NO. JBHKT SI jEl O XlNXl'B nn4