The ledger. [volume] (Gaffney City, S.C.) 1896-1907, October 31, 1895, Image 6
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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
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r: ml every o 'i
'jy.stcrs and beefsteak am! d
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c :7 c
Cc
loVfd li>rl v
iu havg upon b th m.i d ; m
1> t!y.
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all got hack Immc iu Id o’cl
k that
ni-.'if
’.v.'ca chur.-h
uud litre wire li.ulits iu the
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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-
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of * ii le
rs may
hav
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\*i i
It, (iod.
1/ we
t hi.-, our sin-
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sire ami
pra> t r,
n !i-*
n the Cotton
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and InUruati'
■mil
exposition
>f \ '
mta. Ga
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lUl It
variety of
•Xliiiii:
ioii.j, \vl!l have
g ago been
•riTot 1
cn, tin*
fru-ts
of
the Moody
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lo’ding and
f.;
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U** :n.
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pvrhin.es have n* ■
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; mvfaeturing
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ly !- n located
l>i :: 1 work the
U.h Lave eoilected in v -nihir slioals
near tl tlmins co:m:*g 11 c.n t!ie fac
tory i . Ik rim-ii liaul tliemout in al
most in n '.Able quantities
Smart cinu rgl'-rs.
A novel way of smuggling lias been
brought to light by the French au
thorities on the rranco-Swiss frontier.
It lias been discovert d that about
twenty-two thousand watches, valued
at two million francs, have entered
France in the :;:ace of six months
without hat in ; paid the duty A great
portion'•f t ■ were ; , i !:rd m tins of
a coudcuxc I :..i!k com nan v
A Remely fo: B'oo.Iy Murra n in
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