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6 SQUIRE RUFUS SANDERS. A Famous Horae Race Down on Rocky Crock. Andy I 11 (Ml. mill I Vll'c, I'otllp— Hotv Tn«*v * mj'.nl tin* linyu n* ••Win*’ tlio 1’ilf 0\fi* m llii. l rot* llnmN On*» iiuy. (Copyright, 1K>.V.) It is nTitt**n somewh'Te-i in thohnolcs that all men are liars. That maybe mouffbt be so. but as far as 1 know, tbo onlyest natural* born liar in this pleasant Strip of country is a man by tbo name of Mayo — Mart Mayo. Old Mart is established and accomplish ed in the busi ness. He has a high and solemn disregard for cold and stubborn facts. He couldn’t tell the naked truth with a dead rest. You have took notice already perhaps no doubt that old Mart is fori-ver and eternally flingin dirt at Andy Lucas, the great horse trad' r. To a man on the cu'side or up a tr»*e it will look somewhat sorter queer for a natural- born liar and a horse trad r to fall out, but when you come to know tbo general facts in the case the whole thing will Stand out as plain as a stake-and-rid- ered fence and hit painted white. How the II.g 11 ull'started. Old Mart has been at outs with Andy for years and y- ars, and Andy be ain’t givin a damaged postage Stamp, you understand, one way or the other. They always sp when tb'-y meet up together in the big road and pass in callin. as it were, but at the same time everybody knows there ain’t no tender ties to speak of beiw cn old Mart Mayo and my friend and fellow servant, Andy Lucas. In orderment for you to understand right exactly how and why—the where fores and the win no ness—of how old Mart got off on his lii.'h huff with Andy, I will have to tell about a famous horse race that come to pass onest upon a time over at the Cross llo ids, wherein Andy he win the pile with his lead mule. It was then along in the Chr st- mas times and horse racin had been all the go with the boys for some days past. The fastest horses, the best races and heaviest bets had all been belt back for Saturday, the last day of tbe racin week, and a tremendius big crowd was on hand to see the show out. Now Andy Lucas ain’t no slouch till yet when it comes to handlin horse flesh, and in them (lavs he was hot stuff and a whole p ig-de of it. Bull had come to pass by some book or ne r- crook that he hadn’t took any particlar band in the races that week, and he never pulled a cur l nor ma lo a pass till that Saturday ev< nin. Itwus^etiu along cons derabie into Iho shame ol the evonin, and the boys was warmin up tbo horses for the last race, when Andy Lucas be driv up with a six-nml - team. He bad went to town that day, it seems like, to open his store account and lay in provisions for the comm year, and he was now on his return back home. You could see with one eye sbet that Andy had been nihblin at tbe bottle and changin bis breath most too frequent like, and we could hear him comin two miles down the road •ingin and cussm and carryin on scan- dlous with his mules. When ho driv up to tbe Cross Hoads he was reel in and rockin in bis saddle, ridin all over th" •tay mule and talkin all sorts of fool ishness at tbo top of bis voice. Some of the boys went out and head-d the mules and brought Andy and his team to a d- ad stop. Then they put in to teasin and pickin at Andy about first one thing and another j<-st to see I ow bad be was mixed and muddled up witli himself. But be always come back w th as good as they sent, uni after waggin at him so long a time they had to g ve it up and quit. Now presently Andy's jug -was brung forth and went the rounds, and the b<-ys told him be must get down and take out and stay over to aee the big race. But he told them no, and give it out that be would butter be drivln along towards home. “Life is too short and money is too alceerce and time is too fleetin for me to be foolin along here with your pinny woods toltsaud scrub races,” says Andy, as he tightened the line on his lead Biule and uncoiled tho whip from around tbe born of his saddle. But tbe boys headed bis team off onest moro and told him he couldn’t jump the game in that way. The Lend .Mule Entered. “You fellows think you aro playin a Whole lot of thunder bettin off your money and runnin horse races witii piney woods colts,” Audy went on to may. “if my lead mule out them—we oall her Dollie at 1 ome—couldn’t heat Anything on the grounds in a runnin race I would pull off her shoes and turn her out for buzz rd bait.” “You are blowin too much through your mouth thiseveniu, Andy,” put in old Mart Mayo. “It is true tli.a whisky talks sometimes, but in a case l.ke this, it takes money to tell the tale." “I can see where you are about three- thirds right, Mr. Mayo,” Andy <om back at him, “and I have got three hundred dollars right here in the* left hand pocket of these same old jeans breeches which talks—talks out loud in plain United States—and s .ys that my lead mule, Dollie, can run i»y the most fastest horse on the grounds and put tbe dirt in his face. How much w.iddin have you fellows put upon the rac"?” “Takln all the b'-t.s together, th- re is now a little over three hundred dollars at the stake,” says o.d Mart. “Well, now, jest iu orderment to see whose money talks th ' plainest .md the WtuiesW” says Andy, “i will but the THE WEEKLY LEDGER: GAPFICET, S. C., OCTOBER SI, 1898. v< h )le crowd thmo b Indred dollars agin yo .r p Je t'l.it my lead mule, Dollie. enu b- it arry liois-' on h • grounds n a runnin r.e- -,” and with that be went down into Ms fl inks and com « out with the n.o’i in his hand. S-e !: b w Andy wns in d'-ad earnest, oreitli rueikin off a big bluff, tho crowd -got "> .-th'-r and belt a little pri vate '-on! b'lla ion with regards as to what they wt uld do. O 1 Mart wanted all haii ’s .o lump their bets and place the pile on the th-ld agin Andy’s lead mule, and then divy all around with the winnins. It would he like pickin up ibat much in tbe big road, er lindin it in a holier tree, but it would teach Andy Lucas a lesson, and break him from drinkin like a fish and shootin off bis mouth so big and fr< quent and pro- mi-cus like. One of the boys thought it mought bo dost kin to robbery to win money on a bet like that, cause Andy was now drunker than seventeen fools and geltin drunker and drunker w.tb every breath. But tbe general crowd was in favor of takin up tho bet accordin to Andv’s banter, it would learn him a little sense, and if anybody got particlar sorry uliout it, they could •give their share of the winnins hack to Andy w h* n he got sober. So they cov- ••red the h t and told Andy to come forth with his mule. No sooner said than done, and Andy pull' d the gear off "f Dollie, lead I 0‘ out before the judges, paid .VJe- nts as bis entrance fee and had her cut r d for the race. done ac-ordln to the Queen’s taste, my name ain’t Andy La as.” A few days after that a stranger come r dm through the settlement liuntin for the place where a man t»y tbe name of A'id.v Lu as lived. Jt seems like the strmgcr was the man which Andy had got that famous lead mule, Dollie, from, and he had come to ru • the trade. Andy rued back with him and give it out that lie got twenty doll irs to boot, but ac ordin to my figuration, the stranger had went in k rsnooks with Andy and got his full share of the | money tha' Doll e had win n the horse race over at the Cross Roads that Sut- , urdav evonin. It mought be that Andy i and the stranger had worked off a little Cut and dried trick to land three hun dred dollars in their own flanks, and it mou bt be that they didn’t. The sur- roundins always had that general ap- pearment to old Mart and the boys, but they couldn’t prove nothin on Andy. But at anv rates, that is tbe reason why old Mart Ma^o would ruther fling dirt at Andy Lucas than to eat when ho is hungry. Rt r us Sanduhs. lirini' Korin tilt) Mule. In the general bettin fever and high confusiunuient, all of the boys, and - ven old Mart, didn’t take notice tii .t Andy’s eel mule, Dollie, was a r 11 • rank stranger in the settlement. L it wh'-n- s im v r you take down your shotgun md start out to shoot Andv Luc is for a fool, you will mighty soon tial out that you arc barkiu up the wrong stump. Now Andy had went to town that day .iid swapped around a few times, and at last traded a hig two-hundred dollar uitilo to a cir us man for the one he Aurlv'd in the le d nd (ailed her name Dollie. It leaked out alter that that D > lie had been Ira n d up for the borse rue • business in particlar, and had win ales of money on the track before Andy Lucas ever pulled a lino over h -r back. Sue was only about m dddn as to s ze, onnd-bod lied and short in th ' saddle, with long, keen, trim legs like a doer. Naturally, of course, Andy made be- lievo that ho was n heap sight drunker than be was in fact, i.n 1 tnat was a reg- lar part of the game as ho h id cut and tried it. Whilst the other boys was gettin their horses into linn for the race Andy he was leadin Dollie round and rwuud, with nothin on but a blind ondle with a rope rein, and pettin her nd talkin to her like sho w..s a baby. The boys tried and tried to gef Andy to nit a saddle on the mule and make ijis mount, but be only said “no," and went on talkin bis foolishu ss. “Now, Dollie, you blamed infernal, high-beaded heifer, you are built from lie ground up, with clean limbs and a handsome liggor," a i.va A'td.V' talkin to is lead mule ford a:' life, “aqd vvh«‘n the time is up and thu word is spoke, I want you to ontie them pr-tty legs and use ’em for ail they aro worth. There is meat and bread, and now sho> a and calico for my old woman and tho II tile ones in this game, as well as corn and fodder for you, if you will only i>lay it out right, Dollie. Ibavput my whole wad, throe h^hdred dollars, .>n your back, young lady, and if you drop it, the poor house is our home henceforw.irds and forever. Remember what I tell you, D >ilie, my dear, and none of your monkey work ill sevenin.” The judges gjvo it «»qt that time was up and called on Audy to mou^t and make ready. “I will he ready whensomove* you five the word, gentlemen,” siys Audy. “When tho horses go D>llie will bo In ho race, and whether I r.d" in a saddle »r bareback, or wheih,.f l ride at all or lot, is none of vourdurn luisinis*. Jly noney is up. Wh'Mi you say go, my ntiio will pc i nl if she don’t run out .head of thu fastest horsa in too bunch, I lose and you win.” The judges they waited and worried tlong witii An ly till they got pimn wore out and sick and tir-d, and t -rectly hey got the horses bunched for a fair -tart and give the word, go. The horses w< nt off down the stretch at full speed, nut And/ want qu to altogether aa drunk and crazy as the general crowd thought be was. Quick as a flash he slipp' d the briddln off of Dollie’s head, give her a ba^d cut a'Tost the rump w.tb the rope rein and b^^cyed “go!” Won In a Mwiugln Trot, You maybe mought not believe it, and I can’t much blame you, cause I never would if I hadn’t of seen it with my own eyes, but Andy’s lead mule, Dollie, .*ii/ that race in a sw ngln trot. The liors' s all gyt off several jumps ahead, hut when Andy turned Dollie uiose in the race »»<• went away like a storm on wings, w.tb l)o weights to i iimb> r or break her sp»fd—iioitner man, nor saddle, nor blanket, nor bridle. By the time the hors s cover- d the three-quarter m irk D >11 i<* ha I run through thu bunch Lk sh" was shoi. out of u cannon, and some fifty yards before she got to the judgoi she broke into u long, swingln trot, eoyxrii* forty feet at a stride, and como In :;n'> wheroj from ten to fifteen lengths in th'i feud, bead and tail up. Well, now, that was about tbo most iickest and sorriest looking crowd that had ever saw a horse race in all the re gions around Jl"ckv Creek. “Money hit do talk,” says Andy as he called for the stakes and put th" win nins in the left hand p"0'<<t <>f bis old j'*ans breeches. Then ho tlno.ved the gear on his lead mulo, Dolli", and drov- off t< wards home. “Them fellers thought they had snught u)o both drunk and < razy," says Andy, talkin to hin)S"lf, “hut if they sui't cooked duuu ** a qf+ckliu, %.id ARP SEES TilE FAIR, He Takes His Folks Down and They Spend tne Day. They E 'joyed It liu «iy. Hut T’ ev Hid Noi o.-t More riut.. an Id.-a <>f »• ••■it it iteuily 1, mid uni .Sol KeaC.l the .Mi.iw.iy. The World's Fair was a grand show. We did uot see it. my wife and I, but some of the family did aim the talk aud tell of it lasted six minths. It was the greatest show that ever was on earth. But it was too big a show for a day or a week. My folks say they never got through with it and had to hurry ovti what they did see. , The fair at Atlanta is big enough for me—big enough for my time and my eomprchi nsma. My wi;»- and I have been and it has renewed her youth aud now she has something < l.se to talk about besides the missionary meet ings ami the grandchildren and the flow ers that l him at put in the pit. Yes, 1 took her down last Wednesday. It took right smart of preparation, of curse, for she had aa idea that the people would all ex, ect her and observe her outfit, and she has great re .peel for public occasions and for herself, too. and so her parapher nalia had to be revis'd and remodeled. Sue knows how poor 1 am aud said it would cost too mucli for tier to go. but I told her she should go if it.broke me and all my friends and relations. These maternal ancestors, wh >, for thirty and forty years, have served the Lad and their country in the infantry service and toiled day and nh lit in raising ehildr* u nursing and sewing and caring fur off spring—slaves to destiny and the curse that was put on Mother Lve—n ver with out a little child that was too young and helpless to take care of itsdf, nw i with a day or a night that was free fro... anxiety, they should have a good time i . their last days if there is a good tim« for apyhpdy in this sul binary world They arc like the hi rocs who came from the war. They are like Haul, who said: “I have fought a good fight." Hut Haul would have kn wn a little more abou lighting if he had heen a fam’Iy man am. had to get up in the night when he wa almost (lead for sleep and walk the Ho u in his night gown with a teething clii’.i. ill his arms aud singing, “i lush, my (kni: br Midi upi} slu oiier." or— “Oh, whem shall r e st be found. It si for the weary sipj|?” Paul had a hard time, but hp qevei graduated in the fighting business. He was too smart to enter the infantry serv ice. My wife was almost afraid to under take the exposition—afraid she would get tired worn out trumping around hut like aft mpjjjofs she lets tin* young est child peruuude liei. 'j'ju* older cue have scattered and gone and some o them we fear are weaned, but the y un est of all the flock is here and she is n weaned. She was “1 yesterday and i married and ha? 4 ph Id <»f her own, hut 3.he is not weiineu. Oh, 40, (jilt* is si i: our t'rtifffwrt and brings us sunshine cv r day. Just Mult yf it. Ten living chi dren and the young.?! };»fs passed In: 21. The oldest is clean out >f ? d if. U' is almost as old as I am and has son* who |i/| ye graduated fltld ne to work. One of ttu-in, tyhq jttts my name aud my birthday, is nu 1 logtneiaij si })}{? exposi tion. He e. corted us round and when ur* were asked to register our names in a book l wrote min rt in full and he took the pep and just wrote “ditto," and we went on, We got safely ipto the gp.itjpds, my wife and I and our youngest daughter, who was celebrating her birthday, and beguu the grand rounds about II o’clock in the morning. We stopped Ion; enough to take a bird’s-eye view of the situation —to look at the panorama am! to locate the particular buildings. I was the chap eron, for I had been there before, and so I pointed out everything before we began the perusal. "There if the government building," said I. "1 wish y.u could spend half a day there. That S aith- soniau exhibit i? jiiai magnificent. There is the woman’s huddibif. There is the liberal arts. There is the agin tdtural building aud there the machinery. Over there is the Midway. In every church, you kuow. the devil lias a pulpit at the rear end and the Midway is ids pulpit Jivre." In due Dine we started on the grand rounds. I had two shawls aud a basket of Ifipcii and some other ’traps to uarry, hut that was fil| fight for a while. 1 will carry auything on seelj pppasiou?. I car ried tbost piirupherr.niia until ) p’fiock. when we got to a place where we could eat up the lunch and leave the shawls aud the etcetera. We took it in by slow ile- gyoes. S jmot-iu.es I was in the lead l k'* a pilot; somytinif’S 1 was behind like a slp.*|dierd dog. i am (iociiv on such occa sions. tfoiuofiiuc* I would sit dowu 14014c. where and watt till they got done look- lug. I had no trouble anywhere except at tbe fisheries The crowd was thick there and most of them were niggers and white folks and the passway Is narrow. “Gen tlemen,” said I, “please don't crowd this lady—she is my wife," but they paid no more attention to me thau if I was a coin- moo man aud I reckon I am. If I could have called h u< -k twenty years I would have knocked out* fellow g rod nnd taught him some manners. Tti"sc 4-dj me just beautiful, but 1 have seen sbeepsheud dowu at Clear Water just like them. 1 bars seen thwm all around a palmetto 1 «*« MaluML tks teratUM <ud i4«r van *.«» ,».*'.*k you enr:n not s'T through They wouldn’t notice a hook with the most tempting bait on it. hut I could take n guiin or a gigpolo and strike it down among them and kill half a dozen at a stroke. It took us an l air to get through tbe government buill.ng and we dal not see it all to our satis'artion. That alone is a g.'eut sln-w. Our paternal govern ment has bet 11 good to us and the Smith sonian Institution carried out the will of that noble Englishman who !i ft a million dollars for the difl’rsioy of knowledge inioiig men. The preface to the catalogue says they would have sent us much more if we had had ri-oni for it. Since S kth- don died many otln r philanthrop'i.-ts l ave left money lo that great inshtutinu. Lots 'jf mou'W iu various sums from S'.,out up fo a quarter of " milli -m Say wh it you please about the Northern people, tiny tire the greatest people on earth to make hig fortunes and then die and leave them to some charity or some benetiei nt cause. Just think how this Smithsonian institu tion has grown. They him now a li brary of .'17,000 voluuii s on sea n'.bi • sub jects. A museum of HU,000 historical col lections of coins and medals, 1.211) uiiisi- ral instruments, .“..loo specimens of pot tery and [.' reclains. l.l’OO eliemieal nro- iucts, 3,d00 textiles, -i2*>,0 )U spi cnii* m; of fthuology, which means all sorts of things used and invented by barbarous nations; Sil.OOO specimens of aboriginal pottery, some of which came from the Indian mounds iu Georgia; l.'l.OOO mammals. 711,- ‘>•0 birds, uS.i 00 birds* eggs and nests, 34,000 reptiles, 12)000 lisie s. ,7!0.O00 tuolhtsks, 010.000 in.-tets, .'>20,00 marine animals, ll.’l.OOO fossil plants, 2.'i2.0':t) in idem plants. 2.'i.t 'J) minerals, 05.000 geological specimens and a zo- 1 tgical park of 102 acres with all the wild Amer ican animals. It is twice as large as the largest animal park in the w .rid. Over live milli 11 people have visit'd that insti tution in the last twelve yews. Now, just couteuiniat • w’.it a wonder ful institution that is—and it is all ours. Not many of us down here can see it all, but it is a big thing for us to see a part. It expands and broadens rs to look upon these things. Of course I naan iutelleet- t'clly, f w otherwise my w f.- and I are I road enough. In fact, our or at Incxss in terferes with our al.’.cri'y .-ml 1 had to sit down t v- ry iialf hoar while my foiks pursued their wan e-rings. Nixt we pe rus'd the f’lmt system a:id sew 1 1 la in nil her c!'ry. ilis imiiding lo-Us I •• an 11 ypt'.iin pyramid an 1 is <• ,v< r-<1 w'th peliidc phosfti.atc. Nt xt v.e vis/ 1 the Art ba.Id ii .. where all t - line pa in:_s are. I co ddeiit iill a fine pa luting fro in MOODY AT ATLANTA. S3am J Dno3 Appoa a for Oiri^diau Unity at thj Coming Moo irg’.. Wsnts All rtinrrhes, Mlnlste-s and y?em. bar* to ( o jperate in the Spirit of ChrUt for the Saving of - Lost Sonl*. a c mm ui fight un I ne. imt J did like th the old w. an r- id.ng J5ii >Ie Ly oiimlle lialit. .Mv wife went into .a., raptures over'soin.' otlurs, but :! -y - a m* no iti jin ssiou on n e. I wish i was smarter—more cultivated and more t s- thotie.. I saw 4 palming iu New Y> rk once that cost A. T. .Stuart .‘>'.0,000 and I wouldcnt have given a liuiidi-'-d do’iars for it. 1 can get up m .re ini. in i h ira- tion from a view I’n-ui I.ookout iuoiin;aiu or a sunset scene at (dear 'Adder than from all the paintings iu the w..:l !. By aud by wo got to the < .- a Uien hnihi ng. w -ere our Florida ni- is queen of the realm, an 1 tb.-re w e g .t e dik c and hot wui..cs and spr. ad our lunch and hud a good time, ft is the pieasantist place to r.-st that is upon tin* grounds. Clara Meer is at your f«ct and the view nil around you is charming. There we heard the exquisite music of (LI.a re's band and wondered if there could In- any sweeter music in heaven. Fr..ni there we journeyed to the Agricultural and Manufacturers’ aud Lilxral Arts budd ings and by this time my wife w u tir d and surrendered up 11 the steps. She had seen enough for one day, and said she wished ,slie was at home. The mind lias to have time to digest thin..s just like the body. We urged her to go up fo the Midway and shoo* the chutes and ride on the seruic railway, hut no. she taid she had shot en u-.h and si ci : a .1: h and would wait for supi" otl ( r time to see the rest. “Won't you take a bunt rhlc an Clara Meer?" But no. the coMit-m* had come. We went l.nuk to C -sta K a and sat down and listened to in re music ajpj saw the el< ctric lights tuna-1 ..:i an 1 were happy. By half-past 7 o'ci . k w.» were hack to (lie city and I ft asti.' at Durautl's hospital ta! 1c ii]i tin* v r. ’' n ,• * k*r* • and everyw stairs. \Y!':it a driighlfft) t t 1 ct 1 ,, , * r: ml every o 'i 'jy.stcrs and beefsteak am! d i .1 ‘US c :7 c Cc loVfd li>rl v iu havg upon b th m.i d ; m 1> t!y. *..’ i* ** n .i;. .c *-.*; h;:;.-.* all got hack Immc iu Id o’cl k that ni-.'if ’.v.'ca chur.-h uud litre wire li.ulits iu the \\ in ! i W t T • r !i ijftnber- COPTBKiHT. 1SVS> I learn tliat Mr. Moody is to be'rin On.. ( vangelistic meetings in Atl mts. a1i«»ut tlie first, of November, in a tabernacle which will be furnished him by tim churches of Atlanta, with a seat ing capacity of four or five thou sand. The coming of Mr. Moody to Atlanta has been much talked of. and I have been sorry to see that the funds for the tabernacle have U**ii ao slow to come iu. Atlanta ought to have, in a single day, furnished the three thousand dollars to put up the building for this man of God to do Gospel work in the city. During the month of November At lanta will be a metropolis. All classes of people will gather there. All, per haps, will want to hear Mr. Moody. Mr. Moody lias not worked us much iu the south, perhaps, as iu the northern aud western states. lie ii a tried and true man. For twenty years or more he lias been working in his groat evan gelistic meetings not only iu thu coun try, but iu Europe. Ho is a prea her of power, a general of ability, and above all a consecrated, Christian man. This is ids longest, aud, perhaps, most important campaign in the south, it would be well that 'tii Christians would lend a helping hand, and ail ministers show a cooperative spL-it. No man of this generation, uuk-a* It be Sourgcou, can compare his work lo Moody’s. I i what a man duos is u tost of what a man is, then wo should ail take off our huts to Mr. Moody. 1 honor Irm for his work’s sake, aud love him for liis noble, true, Chruiiau character's sake. Moody is no accident. He is a providence. God has been with him roin tho beginning of his work. I don’t think any life consecrated to God in any line of Christian work is un ac cident. There are thousands of conse crated, Christian men, both in the pas torate and in tho evangelistic work, who, perhap*. will wear a* bright u crown as Mr. Moody. Here we honor the successful man, but God honors the faithful man. whether he be successful or unsuecexiful. The man who is tru« ;o God, and true to his work, and faith ful to his day anil generation will wear as briglii a crown in ll.-aven us Moody, or Spurgeon, or Whitfield, or Luther, •r even St. Paul himself. L'hero ought to be no conflict be- cen any of tho workers of the Mas er. We ought to have bishops and cld cs and deu •on* and pastors and evau- relisU. Some will sow and some will ••cup; but he that sowetii and he that eapeth, if he carry the spirit of the Mas er, s mil no doubt come again, rejoie- ng, bringing his sheaves. The greatest • islaugh. , on the kingdom of Christ ive not been from the beer saloons or 1 ibling hells, or by sinners on the i 'He; bat when the devil can get < divisions aud contentions and con i'. t.-, among the people of (hsd. then he ds in his not work, and does most ef- • dual y either neutralise or overcome ic benciiceut influences of Chris- 'mi v. “A kingd"n divided against .1 If cannot stand.” Every split and 1 k a id rupture threatens thcover- uowi.fthe very influence which we 1 - >n. The world will never he H to God while the rank and I ■ r :•* n:r.h H at war in itself and . :i i. ■ members. Poor, weak hu- r, : 1 Wo ire so resentful. We di- d • ip into clicks and elans and gangs 1 1*1 -1' 'Ion jir-.t rs we do in polities; jj lieeand envy and devilment get s just Lite it gets in humanity any- 1 f every i in the church m?R ought to move with the procession ’ whether he can shout or not. it is not a question of whether Paul or Silas or Peter or James or John appMMB^ of evangelism—whether hi- kopor or pastor or laymen approve of them and their work. The only question is docs Cod approve them, doe ; fhe Ilihle sanction them and tht ir work? If so. let n don t head the prove ...on, le ‘s don t s‘oj> it. If you are obliged to do something, shut all your doors and your window blinds, and go in the house nnd sit quietly alone while tix' procr-.Hon goes by. I am as sure as I live that this age needs more of the «p:rit of Christ. We need to magnify the church le st and Christ in-,re; for I verily be lieve to-day in the ecelesia-tieism of the we put the church first and Christ sc a n 1; and woe be to the people who iavert God's order of things in such a way, f.>;- church v. ; Ii ::'.l her claims ‘ wi ’-’.-• z*:r au-tia ’ ' 1 i i -n where • • <*ny1 ••*•., ,; bride of ■ r • . 1 hclplcr'nes* us md even the li tie g rl bad kept awuku l|f gee if vruiiUm 1 enai:- and Inov she liked the f;HK ill*: ha 1 air- ly !•-< a thereon the children s eny and v.ant I t > go again and show Ik r gran.On,1 uii.ut, huf. file eouldeiit. But we will iilf go ;t r-'in hef- re it cl sr* and stay u week.—Util Aip tq Ai’.iipLi Constitution. /X BU v Lir^lv w o 1 — * 1 w 41 1 ivi, *4 ')t)!!g<'s thi- Nn*v » z irl ;i to X)r •»» for llor Ueddiut; l4''foroi4 fl «torIe 1 h'o. Russiaiis are noted for their sn; cp- stitions and for the nmnerovs I. - nth) they have handed doy. n from fHlo r lo 6'>n. A curious legend is related lu aq English pupur concerning thu Rnsidan custom which prescribes that the new czarina must dress on her wedding moro before the historical wedding table which belonged to Czarina Maria Ivnnowna. This precious piece of furni ture was the gift from her imperial dance, and the legend relates It m the fcjost wonderful nuptial gift known. The young PyinceM Maria was very pleased and proud of llj she was also very beautiful, loved and was adored by her future husband. On her wed ding day. while her ladies were dress ing her before this table, all ut once Jhe precious mirror did not reflect the superb beauty of Maria Ivanownu nor her magnificent dress nor her magnifi cent gems. Instead of that u rapid vision jgmsed over its clear surface, scenes of bloodshed* struggles, mis fortunes, in which appeared the figures of her husband and of sons nnd grand children destined to wear the heavy grown of the Muscovite succession. The poor girl wgis terribly frightened and fainted at the sight uj these dread ful scenes, and to which future events gave a tragic eimfirmation. Maria Ivnnowna, to whom this revelation was one of ad vice and instruction, c.vprc: sed • lie desire that the golden toilet table viould be used by each sue essiv? czarina on tbe day of her bridal, with flu* intention, icrhii; s. that if the vi. m should i-' ..'n rev :il tl or.it ; v . <,f Die futuic lo : i*( ' lu r b: I it would serve us ; :i atl . o. i it tl ••f earthly fiappiuess Is not to be iu «• 1 i t • 1 11 here below, even un Ihu steps of a UuruB* and jireachers ut Id be hushed e * liHt would chann the un- aven and put to flight the In'll. 1 wi-,li I could see in . ■m (L>1 every sword beaten .sL'ire, it:nl every gun con-> . 0. (Hh-ii'H'k. and every can- • •*. i th 1 we could by all 1 ui! uma to Go-1 and a better i ho;* • t‘ • Moody . •.ceting in Atlanta, : *i M v. hl be a liles-ieg to every pa lor d -v t\ u'emb^T id ev**rv ciiureh in . .• .1 at t: m lose of liis meetr ;ci c may be > n. '.inivt •r.vil broth.- of Ghri ians. aud that hou- ; 11 ’ of * ii le rs may hav c been con- \*i i It, (iod. 1/ we t hi.-, our sin- !V sire ami pra> t r, n !i-* n the Cotton ? ii ‘t • Y and InUruati' ■mil exposition >f \ ' mta. Ga ., with : lUl It variety of •Xliiiii: ioii.j, \vl!l have g ago been •riTot 1 cn, tin* fru-ts of the Moody g s!iu!! i*o o;i hi cm lo’ding and f.; g In flu U** :n. 1 h cli *ve that •vi*rv . ri t mi »1 : r it t i i*i M*),*i*:itc e i\ \vi h *.y • iin : that looks <» ‘ V ’ » A . . . ' \ . . <• ' . .it ' < • : b y and tlie II of ill* v o.* '■ 1. 1 ii i-. c never ,oj lie !“•• • I'T ut • lu;. man in 1* ll of Go t » ** > dd • urn an > ■nt »•’ ■" ‘ to.* 1 [ . 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