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T * v »; .{j Recollection o’t a Great Battle— Pirat Impresaion of ConfeAerate Reader. Richmond Times. I distinctly recall the famous place auu the memorable conditions suty roundint; the great soldier when I,saw him the first time. 1 was then a tairiy- observanl youth, in my twentieth year, a period at which we are apt'to receive and retain vivid impressions of any noted event or famous personage, personally seen and known. As one grows old there is a commendable ten dency to indulge Ihe reminiscent mood. As a matter of blended fact and sentiment, most of us like to look back and lovingly dvyell on the pleasant aud the notable thin ^ of the past in which we were actors. At time* 1 am given to such moods of lender and pathetic, sober aud serious, reflections. Then, over the kindly stretch of nearly iwosscoie years i would call up in proudest memory the fadeless portrai ture of that manly, heroic figure, so -firmly and gratefully seated on his noble, trusty aiocd. in xq*.dliiig my first vie. v aud impression, 1 lake it to be well wilbiu the province of this sketch, to slan the place, circum stances, environment*, as they were nil quite reins sable, now forming illustrious page.- in American hjsloij. They m-oheip to depict to smut-ex- ten: the graud < haracter ot one of the greatest xoldieis of the past two ccu- luries. II was sIkm at >har 1 * tail -an. uiuar* f A till* lam. l #r*l Hob it K. missed them with the words: “Gentle.- is built below the level of the ground men, if General McClellan wishes to to ptfotfltt its contents from frost, fight to-morrow, we will give him bat- ,. Xu one of the buildings there is an lie; see that your commam^ are held , immense food cooker, woich will hold ready. Good night.'’' flic Federal-a thousand gallons. It occupies two commander-in-chief did not see fit V) f “lories, being loaded from above and renew the battle the next day. As 1 , emptied from below take it, upon a fair and reasotuible **• j of tresb mf^t and t; SOUTH CAROLINA. THURSDAY, AUGUST «, rgsi :hoick c-11 * Na Several .’barrels a am dumped (n TfiR TTMWI8R CHOIC] “Then Lot chose him all the plan Jordan. • • •. And Lot dwelled in the citiaa of the plain, and pitched bia tent toward Sodom But the men of Sodom were wicked and sinnem before the Lord exceedingly.”—GeneaU xiii, 1 -IS AS TO THB WEATHER KICKER. *S>n of Sv|>ite*her 17, •ourg.. during Uw unri- au«l iioU’cisivr battle here at puMj, tlie tid^r is bolted down abd A prtsAire ad se Anty pounds of sle.ttu is turned into it for thirty min- ntes, at the end of which time the en tire suf).-dance, meat, bone and ail, is reduced to soup. Mule meat ia used almost exclu-ively in making lids broth. The soup made from the llesh of the mules is used to mix with the food of the young fowls. Water is never mfx- ed wRli their food. They are given plenty to dunk. Great quantities of bread are feed to the growing fowls. Thqy consume from l>Oi> to 1,000 loaves daily. £hdl is purchased by the car batd aad ground by steam machinery on the premise*; The food is carted about the place on the cars of the little tramway.' When the track runs through the yards, as it most in Some places, it j is buiit oh trestle^ so as not to injure at i or distdrb the young fowls.' ! day . There are many curious facts in con nection with the business. Little ducks do not get along as well as little chick- eq*. They are the greatest cowards in th* world. When a stranger enters their ^icu they rudi peilmell to the op posite side and pHc upon each other sever-il feet deep. As a result of such tuau wyl alvayt be several aid $ nfM>urof crippled owlMd A iota dock loaos finnjr the inq Hei CE Mr 1 vr, b>s I OHl sun line. f Jar*ksr»i Bir/ ol > <.««d wKk y appr-nu •44<Hll Al.illl WMA I Ui i ml t.* *i l>» s4*i UuC M4M |.nwnfd lb. it Li u« • •Ot I l.r iwaodrrr-iii-cii bit txalud n tin, B 9 j«U«l pu.Mie paoraiKw of sVin of] ml lb mi p 1 tan W MB i 11* Hi* -iw * .eu dios: along the inquiring for mrd him make urtlcns I was noble beaiing, i the iuju, and UaUl was •tsar me If be tt. 1 received the dlsliti- m> leas a pvr- •n K. L my •im tiuiate, tbe relative strength pfth armies the mbrning of Septaaubef 1 would be about 30,000 Confederates and 70,000 Fedetjds. Tins would be glac* ing the Con federate loss at iro’tp v*D00 to 10,000 men; the Federal loss at from 12,000 to 15,000 the preceding day. In simply stating^a situation of fact, now a matter of history, 1 have no comment to make as tu the reason en tertained by ageneral|with 70,000 men declining to engage in battle with anoth er general who did not have 30,000 available men. The two armies were convenient to each other; they were in plain sight of one another; on the same field had looght on the day before; there was no long, weary march.ug necessary to precede the deadly bailie of muske try, the loud thunder of t tillefy.' But. forsooth, there was uo flgbfmg Sharpsburg or Antietam the 18:h of September, 1802. History will securely preserve the name and fame of Kobert E. Lee among the Imeat, noblest, most peerless soidien of any age or clime. A .Northern hisloriau has been kind and honest and brave enough to write down th| great battle of Nhfirusburgbr Auliotaiu a* “a U^wn * •‘cai' th^ battle. ” An Qiis bnaf aloatcli tbiibri'it'-'dlildefci ’ okly wrHteti of it iu a general ♦nf, principally to recall the fir*l time 1 saw ( in weight every time he ia frightened, the greatesl of •oldiers, the noblest of so it is a matter of good huMDese to men; a name respected and honored ; keep strangeis away from the duck al*ke by f.-it nd ami foe. far and ucan pens, ami ffSr Visitors are allowed to go abhome arukyi^road—Uyberj^ ( E. jUuoad the best way* to get a Itu bmond. Va , July % 25, Idol. AN IMMENSE POLXTRV FARM Incubatora Holding ao.ooo Kettles That Oook t. Ions Eggs - CaV | 1 l A eomi bfge, wrti Tti* iili ably the Wtobi. T ualud a *1 >.U m tag f of mi Da th. *1 M M S.U *» Lad it Jr Kansas Latv >• IN» what ia prob ' farm In tbe aok Kami, tit- fiwoi iha ML n Of yutg dmk* to viVll tong* Ioi lln-in«elves i* to put a voung chicken aaM>na them. - They are great P- IglMr-n IKagtLMxi whan young Af i*(ar IWI -leb,wiiW8 il tv* *•> c >ward- Iv. !« nd« off the dorks a^e right after him. Bui they are a timid folk ligbf la* n> l>e khpt 4mrning (•rn* all AVtit.* If they are tu the dark it i- not long uu ' on* *4 M Out of Egypt Abram brought vastly increased wealth. Each time he en camped, quite a town of black tents qpickly arose ’round the spot where his fixed spear gave the signal for halt ing. Along with him there journeyed his nephew, apparently of almost equal wealth. He was not dependent on Abram, nor even hie partner; “Lot also had flocks, and herds, and tents.” So rapidly was their substance in creasing that they found that tbe land was not able to furnish them with pasture. As the inevitable result, tbe rirsl shepherds, eager to secure the best for their own cattle, came to high words, and probably to blows. Thus early did wealth produce quar reling among relatives. The men who had shared fortunes when }K>or, no 1 sooner became rich than they have to part. Abram prevented a quarrel by sepa ration. “ Let us/’- be says, “come to an understanding, and rather than be separate in heart, be separate in habi tation.” It is alwayi a sorrowful time in the family when it comes U> this, and it is painful to confess that legal forms ate more binding than a broth er’s kin 1 new, As yet the character of Lot has not been exhibited ; we awail with eager- new hi* reply to Abram. We know (aud he doea, too) that Abram ha* been the making of his nephew, and that all the land belong* to a bran* an 1 we should expect that in common de cency J/Ot would set wide the generous offer of bis ancle and leave him to de termine the whole mailer. He might say : “It i* not for nip le make choiae. I My future doe* not carry the import of I yours. It 1« a small matter what I get or where locate. Cbooee for ynwraaif * and allot to me what you think nght.” in their j What a safeguard Of happimw* in 1 ” The Public Cannot b* Satisfied With the Weather aa It Cornea The AllanU Constitution says that .weather kicking Is a confirmed habit with the public. No matter what tbe bill offare may be in the weather line somebody always has a kick coming Rain or shine, hot or coM, it is impos sible to please them all. One might think that perheps half the public, at least, could be accommo dated with satisfactory weather, but here again is a fallacy. The holder of such a theory, similar to Lincoln’s that “you can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all of the time, but you can’t fool all the people all of the time,” baa failed to take into consideration that curious characteristic of human nature, that it never a^reciates what it actually has. As Becky Sharp says, “we never get what we want, or want what we' get.” This is truer of the weather than of any other thing—being also a aad com mentary on tbe native discontent of man and his utter lack of philosophy in accepting with notice neither pro nor con the absolute inevitable-—of which the weather la a typical illustra tion. The weather has bean from time im memorial regarded aa an appropriate topic of casual conversation. Only in recent yean has there come a beU-ro- dox hint against this lime-worn insti tution. Until the present revolution ary and iconoclastic tames no one would have ventured the Irreverent sugges tion that the condition of the elements is raa ly not aa inspiring topic for cou- venattonal inlereouraa. It ia one of those stolid, irreparable, unarguable subjects that do not sUmnhUe acinUL lating secretions of gray matter. Tbe paartog of the weather a* a conversa tional camping-ground ia about to take place. la Honolulu, which has a “moooto- ” ciimalF, and where noons would Me: Psq. *wtl * ^iitv - t * ••m* of tbtr m*u • > ttgurv •*§ rr:y uMuMletf *t)U roof a inuttiita to a UtUv UtoMA * % . f tot U Yt;, Hiked II# MU* W«U IllkUlhUrel »Vu »1 JljMUH sofire leek. |( •KOhAcd ■ on a large uu*iy-U> by «kt , heated t>y v tec its .* J ! 1 was l 1*1 Ml jp VUtijT taUrpfl^tei *<• «,iu re.l by a r »| rca-w M k| .ft. 1 , Wowb- all is# »*iirew # m (§k^(j bciflif in*o nut %i lhat UedigailUl.rum fed by fta •mmeose lliiqg f«J A> »i$4D«fttU£-l uofclttiC adier was K. K tb' t.rr' miwrto. IJM. boi 1 Wt* mrp rtaed and lett quite *111* ■a of the plaut.c-N^.etv nf | aura** tiu Il lot »!|«taU id W wttaffv h* waa •unplyt •f jr« .a/ docks pud chickrue , likely tola r »truck ti *tWU SS) stWlNld. 1 y^aumi ur r Ik Btols, adw, rwKsap ata, •O sspres* iw! It) \ *V i a; tbe Uiai tuna »te*dkCi up Uik wsod market dtalrr* ino | reauirking Uuu 1 lit 1 Uul •up|Mi*« 1 fSO- cotor to the b i d tru e < f tbe Uti cuie*. I end Met i uMi iirK l ia a a •!« uf tbe Eyg* ar e aIm i lqrotab*4 lb ’sign quaW j baUle-fieU L It ta h*m t or rally the MU S f if the tab 1 * and for bati hing | iu e that the t.-iun itaii ic ia chief ad- purpoM «. Th e plan of cooduuibg mkO , vaiKc* wi lb his a>< rn uoddr a temfic. _ t mli <0)04 CD*c b usineca ta an inurvsung j •waepiOff fire of nl les nod mu-ketry. ooa. I if* 4 * , « il r k *1 His vuboit Imatrv, f rota Hr^pdier-geo The i Deuba lor btuMiU'4 eooiAifcft fifiy I ends dow s, ar- si pecte-l t > do ihipi Urge in i ubau lie wt i hat f< k»e»H • IUT|t)| yerw-t bt-d < 4 Mata i> equH-llt.i^r • ** tfaemctiWi ratio tefl alone I The heart which I thimk * 10 nul tbs vivid f M if gratitude'!* beyond tbe need ot ** -, P rrm ** pp •■7 u»ore than of remark- i-m will oou- j being scheduled sod compelled to do ^ *** **•***•• air to breathe or t *ca«w« a*- I jb«Uv. But such instinct was wanting | “J 0 '^® r , **^"* T ^**. 1 ***** Generoatty is not always ia- ^ ***. ^ . ■°** Mrlklug 1 thing* to trevalers about the salivas. sod t, r (he panic. ible. Th* ] frctious Ini. "m ft it a VW' rwfa ••a • ^m>i ( t •" Ol wet* u<»t ntarval* eka become • teed them any other them. Tbe raised so oanv of tbe I nary birds «omatou to it A- thlul a be •van i 4 w* • k’e. n|uj ai v*. * * ib# win la eve ih-. peculiar call, act tbe lowk plact. They . which i# la in ug DO!** ut a » , orm can clear the uiiaU is oot always tn- often, ala*, enconiageai. . . . .. . Mlhahotea And « Lot tradmi oo tbe I ^ * nobleneee of bis aucia, aad, withonl V** * weather kicker ia it Think of MP.-Moae him , the ptame ot Je^lgj? •• dun, the rtcbe*l part ot the land, ndj^ cent aad cootroliod by tbs wicked cuy I* y* elomowks, to boat or com or Sodom. ' wlDd of tml— - He ia th. ly pa of a very large | . "nf >l * of men who have bat on* ml* of eon- . duct. Us wae swayed solely by the' ™ re *® “** *** "*••• ho;*# of worldly auvantag*. Ha has notbmc deep, nothing high la bun. He rveoyuime no daty to Abram, ao xral- (ot wuuUi • daily be too aad, • rcssnmsl'y, hi* major general* i»ud their aasarin^ pr *ence in a lnH and doubtful struggle. I readily itrcall^ two gufiaot old brigadier gsucral* - ram nemme* acd M. 41. Corea—that I had the boa,it to *«rvo udBpr, a bo always le«l thru men in any aad every general sngagemeni with ihsem uiy. -So it came about that 1 tir*i saw i ha total ca, ocuy «*f tb4 lucyli^i ■ r* u eh* i* -fi.'JOL tggi • li Uicg (ewrg uo* tlay• for a chicken to batch ii lhe*€ OlAi hlOt*it BU<I iWf?QtT*4Pi«*til <13 . fur. a duckuag to cugie ibrwimh b« utNcb.ria*di*cbarged U>t g <% /k j | than it take* it by •oundiug this alarm. The m^uml enemy of th* young ciurfcM** ^d dnckliaga m th* rat, bat •evcr.il feh'-rt* are kept oo th* pli constantly and tbe lose from the predabgDS'OMh^rod'^^l* small itfu i atidducklmj* ret the same tiM R omld oot &c bandied to advantage, to ovnrc imc this ditficull^' *oiuc ^ nn WlIKKl TUB HroVKXOTS Umm- D * The origin of the came I' f Huguenot, a* applied to KYeuco .1*10 ^Xt< -BdltA bssIWee at ube oHWotentioo Jiu0r>^*l buliquaTiaa* and philologist* for many years. No lea* than twenty- MjfrkPMMfc-dlBIvttoB* bava baaa s of Antietam was tile i. wa.- :*i^ iig; - while the great Hat ' “ In full swiog"; v while some 120,ID 10 men were making the* gamesi fight of thr uitieieajiih century, not excepting Waii’-loo, which, in sotee respects, rem-miled Antietam, but with very diffen ut re sults, NapoUs.u Icing defeated and leaving the field with a bodly-io itrd army, I/te, wuh hta heroic army occu- cupying and rcslii g » n the field of battle, the entire d iy after lli<* bnule, and then tbe night of September isth, retiring deliberately, and in goou order, carrying all his gun* aud baggage. When I saw General I^che looked firm and resolute, perfectly self poiml, confident, digi ified. He evidently felt that his .TJ,000 veterans could hold tLe field and carry it over the 80,000 men composing the Federal host. * I saw our great Lee at his best, with the light of hatile in his eye, heroism in every feature. It was during the most critical and trying pait *of that most desperate day, when the deadly, •bloody tide of dubious conflict was fiercely, turbulcutly ebbing and flow ing; when the red vintage of human gore flowed iu corn-fields and apple orchards; in open hollows and on wooded slopes; often blusbin^ the pure waters of the modest stream* and stain ing the shapely leaves of the shelter ing forest. Uu this terrible, this eu- sanguined field, at midday, the struggle fpr supremacy was most eventful and uncertain. It couhl not be told where the bird of victory would folds its weary and triumphant wings. It was here “the red badge of'courage” ■ flaunted its crimson hues ovei all the fait face of peaceful nature. It was here that knightly deeds far outshone the mythical splendor of that vaunted time “ when knighthood was in flow er.” It was here ttut • “ captains comogeous ” only emulated the superb courage of their men, each snd all bravely doing amid so many heroes dead and dying. And it was here and then the heroic manhood of Robert E. Lee was tried and tested, and found equal to the emergency of holding his battle lines of offence and defence against the powerful enemy. The night after tbe battle, after tak- tpupsci with hi* generals, he dis their young broods daily. ByiMssyi tain the age uf the slpcki* < *> ihai the number required fvrren rk . _ maiuras daily, aud w co^ad $u4 eh : h- *». jJT ped without being kept on the premikia ian hour longer than is uecesasrv. When thu pule chicks coble frosatbu incubatora they are her lad into pluA Tb<-y advance’from st ill to stall tbtougli these pens from da\ to day until they are ninety day* oTltge, when they are driven into the coops and sent to rnui* ket. The squad that leaves the m»- chines to-day are supposed to keep each other company from the Incuba- itode, no modaaty, no perception •plntuai relatioo*. no Wtaa of h uf | darwodeocu oo God. It would *" great a change from tbe godly teats and cempantoofhip of Abram to go at oaoe ( Md dwell In 8odom. He only took w ebort step aside and “pttebed his teats toward* Sodom," thinking, pel bap* expecting, that after a HtU* he would return to bia former life. What vast Issue* buag oo that step ! And oo all etep* out oidorad by the Lord. This choice was the grant mistake of Lot’s Mfe. H* saw a quick, though [yiangerufis, •road to wealth. Thera •earned a certainty of • access with only a risk of m«iral disaster. Lot would have beeu horrified lluu day ha made hit choice had U been predicted his if SudoniH talk. Thor* lac king if my where be was never granted with “Good morning, a fin* day to day, ; isn’t it r* or “Hello, >41 chop, beastly I hot aealbar. don’t yea think so T** or ‘Well, my boy, w U not but saongb for yoa r T ate., ad iaiaitum and ad Think of the revolution lu modern convaraatioo If the subject of wantbar entirely tabooed. Aa great a wcaid be wroagbt in the pra- liminartes of friendly latercoars# as was effected la mouv* power by IL* in trod action of steam aad atoctraiM. Higher mstbeaiattaa does not supply any mrvos soSctaot to namber of wasted won started sternal vibraUon* of sc waves, and all oo account of ibis unnecessary subject. It i* responsible for'endless “idle words,” aa the urea call them. •WJ IT* lb* that bava A CHARLATAN AND A HRNACE j IN A HUMOROUS Spirit « Fn Mrs Eddy Once a Christian Science Imposition. Tbe Boston correspondent of the Philadelphia Record gives the fullovy- ing repoit of an address in which Mrs. Eddy, the official head of the Christian Science movement, is declared to be <a charlatan and menace to aociely : Lawyer Peabody, who waged such a hard legal battle for Mrs. Woodbury in her suit against “Mother” Mary Baker Eddy, spole before a large audience in Tremont Temple to-mght. Peabody began his address by saying that he does not know Mrs. Eddy personally and has no personal feeling against her, but that he was led to deliver uis talk by a fall belief that she it a char latan and a menace to the public. “Christian Science,” he said, “is ai fraud in that it falsely pretends to In a revelation from God, communicated directly to its founder, Mra. Eddy.”. . Eeabody then went on to state that Mrs. Eddy is in feeble physical oondi- ttqn,M^thai shVhas become rich and powaBUthrough the teaching and practice of Ghristipo Science. Contin- sin : “Mary Eddy wi L H., 85 years ago. Before bar alleged discovery of Christian Sci ence, 60 years ago, Mrs Eddy picked up a precarious existence aa a spiritu alist medium for money in and about Boston. “in early womanhood aba assn led a man named Glover, by whom she ban one child. Mr. and Mrs. Glover areal to Wilmington, N. C\, where soon died. A recant from a lady living in Wilmii formed see ibat the remains of this Mr. Glover repose in tbe W dmiugton Putr tar’s Field. second matrimonial voatg^e Mr*. Eddy allied bereelf wuh cun Pat terson. She was divorced frq Then lira. Eddy made S third lain married Ilf* and ooufanfd hads. M. IK, the diet tart loa of eeor to tbe lamented Glover and departed Pauereoa. Dr Eddy died finally, aad many baliav* that in curse of Usee Widow EJdy b*» i ami is l»-day tbs wife of 0. A. Pry*. “Fry* ia ostensibly Mr*. Kddy'a a*r- vant, foutasaa, secretary aad man of ail work, but be bolds tbe lagai titio to her rsetdeaca la Concord, N. H. il ^ •tody the aid noC hat time tm havamMfi * ■ iri# 1«whle. Wbflg I tf * i * onu”—Boston Jour- “ Borne Wiki’ talk,” Mid Us Eben, “is like a bmicb of 1 It makas a biff tptutter, bat nullin’ to show fob it.”—-Tfw Star. •tt 1 : “ Why cldn’t'yOT .« bia and than yoa would ed your train?” “ That war tbe was ujing to wT‘ ‘ 4.. 919 Teas- When tbe first fireman i m iw up tha ladder to carry her to safety she wouldn’t go. Jeas—Panic-stricken, aht Tess—Not at all. 8b* waited the second ooo who another laddar, somer than the Press. Child—Oh, mother, stop; I want to look at that man just run over by th* car. Corns along, do! Tbac* will b* an other presently, a little farther oa.— Li f c. * t* wwummdMMUnW' t Does it hurt to be lynehedf” ashed the tandarioat, Umkfly. Not after tt’a ever,” rephed LmM Luke, sagely.—Obk* State JoarnaL General—Stop that reporter. Aid -What t Don’t yon want to tv* him eanf * your be rota m ? No. 1 can hero for bag for the received it frem Dr. Fbtneaa P. by, of INwtbMvd. Ms., ia 1M4. body said that Mis. Eddy i MaaaachussUa Metaphjsuml lags, ia Boston, to sdaaai bdancs bsnlsre, and that nonstatsd of bereelf, bet tioiiabfe whether • timed t< “4 + ir the matter tor to the frying pan, barring thoie that are puny and Lave to be put back a few days or those ihttt are particu larly hardy and can stand to be moved up a pen or two, consequently there must be thousands of birds on hand constantly to enable the proprietor to fill his daily orders. , • * - The sal8 of eggs fof tbe table W an other large source of revenue. Two thousand hens will lay from 1,000 to 1,200 eggs a day. TJhese are gathered, the date stamped upon them, wtupped nicely in tissue paper, packed in tv xes holding a dozen each, and in from six to twenty-four* hours all are on the cook’s table in the different Eastern dtiwr 7 ' ^ 1 ; — The killing house, where the poultry is dressed for the market, is deserving tbe season the men go to work at 3 o'clock iu the morning. A little tram way traverses the entire plant, and the |»the live birds are brought to the killing house in cars. It has long picking benches, which extend the entire length of one side of tbe building. > a oaw. lu-iou. . I.egtnd say* x Trv%ts a ?t owl, JEjOwd as Hugofl, h.fwhted tbe datk- ne*s, and aa the P’otestant* often held their meeting* in secret aud at night, jil.qy were Mtae<l hy tb^ Ninmiutiv* of Wi is name. •Anothet suggestion is that the word comes from the German word “ Eidgenoesen,” in the sense of confederates boot'd by an oath. This t«rm was indeed ased by the 8wi*a, but it was used by Roman Catholics and Protestants alike. At the last meeting of the Paris Academic des Inscriptions M. Charles de Grand Matson showed by means of extracts from a manuscript -in the library at Tours, dating from the end of the fourteenth century, that “ Huguenot” and “ Huguenotle ” were then in use as masculine and feminine diminu tives the name Huguee. In this he had been partially antinpated by the encyclopaedic Little, who mentions the existence in 1387 of Dr. Pascal Hugucopt, of i unt Junieri. The name afi applied to i’rotcsU^ite dates from IfiUO and first appears uiulw- the form of llughcnauix:—Iu five years it had found a place in English literature. What research has still to discover is the identity of t.h« particular Hugues J^whoce nickname became the usual des igiauion of % i>owerful religions and political party. ;— - might grasp the wealth, aad in ao do ing ruined both himself and family. His family grew up in a very different atmosphere from that which bad nour ished bis own youth in the tenia of Abram. We are safe to say that Lot never Main enjoy ad free and happy days. The men bora ai d reared in Sodom were poeaibly happy after their kind and in their fashion. Lot was not. His soul was daily “vexed.” Many a time must he have gone out with a sore and heavy heart, looking ut the distant hills, which hid the tents of Abram, longed for an hour of the company he had once enjoyed and selfishly abandoned. Do you blame Lot 7 Look into your own heart and over yonr life and judge for yourself, as memory brings back, step by step, your past. Have you never turned aside for worldly gain ? You cannot forget the thoughts vqft| once had, the triends you once cher- hed, the hopes which animated you. 'ou cannot blot out tbe ideal that once dominated yoUr life. Every day there is the sharp contrast of your past and the present life. You may despise your companions for their shallow, worldly ways, but you will despise yourself still more, being conscious that they were what they are through ignorance ; you in virtue of your own foolish and sordid choice. Your life is ow taken out of your own bands. An interesting railroad enterprise, reported by the Baltimore Sun, is the arrangement made by the Southern Railway to pisnl a large coipny of Finns on its .duo in Georgia. “Some Each operator 1 has a window to afford i 8 ?Y 8 » him plenty of light. There are scald-1 been ,or thd “2 wh * t ing vats, feather bins, cooling trhughs, ( wa# .^ one “uccfcsfully for the dripping racks, packing benches, feath-1 P eo P^Nr» the Northwest will er presses, billing desks, ice break-1 11 ?* ijgui th be done for the waste ers, platform and hanging scales, and 111 the South, oteady effort numerous other contrivances, thousands of birds can be turned ! with speed jhat seems incredible. Everything about the place is con ducted on a large sc ale. There is a places in the South. Steady effort for th a » r a y tars bj a strong corporation 30 a Uke the Southern may be expected to produce results. The Finns are an ad- • i Durable people and will be desirable citizens.” oat root and vegetable store hooM, where thousand* of bushel* of bceta, carrot*, turnip*, cabbage, etc., are stored away every fall for winter use. Thia house Tha will of the late Mr*. Charlotte Boilock, of Ijuaiavilli, divide# the bulk of her large estate among tha several charitable Institutions in Uiat city. av in bar- i- ou are in bondage to the circum stances you have chosen and your are, indeed, learning in bitterness, disap pointment and shame tbe everlasting truth, “A man’s life conbisieth not in the abundance of the things which he pogsesseth.” ly breaking— when people realiaad of a sudden that tbev bav^been sim ply wasting time and breath In talking about the weather, what a wonder would Uke place. They will feel ao cheap to think of the serious wa; which mankind for age* past aoguad continually and habitually, in season and out of season, on this oua public topic. And then it will be drop ped—and when the weather is once finally dropped from polite conversa tion it will be tlie “droppedest” sub ject that can be imagined. Nothing will ever revive it again. And a new conversational era will be ushered in. Tbe old Patterson home in Lexing' ton, Ky., ia to be removed to Dayton, Ohio, by Thomas H. Patterson, presi dent of the National Cash Register Company and a grandson of the fonnd er of Lexington. The home is one of the historic spot* which makes the Kentucky town famous. Special care will bo taken to replace it on tbe lawn of the cosh register company just as it now appears. Sorno of the trees, also, are to be taken up and tnmsplanted. Dumbarton Castle, the most historic Scotch military forties*, next to Edin burgh Castle, lias fallen on evil days. The British war office has withdraw n its one soldier—the last of tho garrison. For many hundred years it lodged “ Nonsense,” said the faith hoaler to the man who was calling for more whiskey, “ you have not been snake- bitten. You only think you were “ Well,” said the victim, poanng out another stiff one, “that may be aU nght, but the snake thought he was going to bite me, and 1 can’t think as quick as a American. O The war in to cost Great 000,000 a day. snake can.”—Baltimore .Sooth Africa tintam more cool inn than military garrison and contained thou sands of ancient and modern weapons Among these was the “Wallace sword,” about six feet long, which has now been removed to Sterling Castle. A project is on foot in- Philadelphia to combinejtt jeaat 3^000 of the 5,500 retail cn-ceries in the city under one head, with a capital of $6,600,000. The phn is to purchase tbe stock and stores at a cash average of $2,000, making a total investment of $6,000,000, in ad dition to which $500^)Q0'taould be put up for a working capital. The idea farther, is to employ former owners m managers of the stores. - Jamas B. Harvey, who died recently in Brooklyn, directed that his body be cremated and the take* thrown la East $1,-1 river at a point whore be had crosard day after day ou tu* way to basiness The conres comm** ol twelve days, and th* laitioo la $300 advance. No revelation* or ot credit or th* instalment plan. Peabody than said ; "Tata won who has accuma’atad a foctane by wunMn.fm tha Creator at the nni lacted to be tbe (accessor to Jenna. * “Much has baaa mads of Mrs. Ed ’s gift of urn land upon which the Lrst Church of Chriat, Scientist, ia la her book sa tilled statement that lb* coat of tbe First Church of Chriat, Scientist, ia Boston,. 1221,000, exclusive of th* land, a gift from Mr*. Eddy, which ia valued a l $40,000. “Mrs. Eddy intends to convey an luipraasioii that aha gave $40,000 worth of real e*tatc. In non* of her many published references to this peculiar transaction has Mrs. Eddy told tha truth. “The land upon which ilia church stands was originally mortgaged for $9,000 to Nathan Matthews, Sr. The original society, by cootribulions, fairs, etc., raised enough money to reduce the amount of the mortgage to about $5,000. Mrs. Edd^, through her agents, took an as*igpffient of mortgage for the b&lancb t>f $5,000, foreclosed it, crowded out all of the original con- tribntore to the Church of Christ, Sci entist, acquired tbe title and gave tt to the trustee* for the First Church of Christ, reserving a right of entry and to repossess herself of the land, with any church that might be constructed upon tt. This cost Mrs. Eddy $5,000.” Peabody stated that while Mrs. Ed dy is credited by her followers with great generosity she has reserved In all her gifts the right to repossess herself of ail the land she fans given away, to gether with the buildings on tt, and that she has a similar string attached to^he Christian Science publications she has transferred to the organization. Regaiding the fact that Mrs. Eddy teaches there is such a thing as mali cious animal magnetism, Peabody quoted liberally from hei writings, and then said: “ Her personal teaching to her stadenU was even more extrava gant than the language of-ber pubHeh- J ed works. * “ I affirm and charge that this Mary Baker G. Eddy, the alleged founder of Christian Science, has again and again sought to exercise this power, mali cious animal magnetism, which call* the highest degree of human privity, and this I will {uov* by evidence any time Mrs. Eddy may pleased to require it” th* small*** oo of th* U whole i “What l tlie traveler. “Itb log an Waaluogtoo I The Bom—U wa an to retain yov service*, Mr. Lambkin, yoa mast taka more care of your appearance. Y*tt ook aa if you hadn’t shaved for a week. The Clerk—Bat, sir, I am growing * beard. That’s no excuse. Yon mast do that sort i —Glasgow Times. An expressmen, delivering a larg* box at a suburban residence, ooo tided to the servant the faettUht a little boy had been left by “ Th* Stork ” at tka residence tho day previous, wbiA news Bridget promptly carried to her mistress. Tha lady, meaniag to discourage farther gossip, stiffly in quired: “ How did the expressman come to tell you that, Bridget?” Whereupon the latter replied: “ Sure, mnm, he didn’t coma to tall me that, he came to bring the Mg box, so he did.” Somehow,” she mid, “ I never ean sue you without, thinking of truth.” ?*’ he asked, being a fei- “ I» that so' low who walkways doing something original. “ Yes. Truth crushed to earth will riae again, you know.” «*• But what kae that got to do with me?” “We)l$> you’ve beeh thrown down by nearly,every girl 4a thin -town; but I ■oe you conunne to come op smiling.” —Ghresgo Record Herald. It is sad / i