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V • : <8 9 I) THE LEDGER: GAFFNEY,^. C M JULY 30, 18!M;. WHOSE SOX AKK YOU ? THE REV. DR. TALMAGE'3 CLCQU^NT THOUGHTB ON HEREDITY. The PtnllRroo of Tho I.-ito of l!<-. rcdltjr—Chrlntatii Anrentry, It< I’oirrr Md IU T;in(;si>nd l}>ieiMM of Ooil B.ul Hrlrn of IiiimortaHiy. WAsmxaTox, .Tnly HO.—This sninon by Row Dr. Talnuigt' <»n iior'dity will bring all tho family rocr.n.s into roqv.i- aition and lead im>oi)1<> to study tlu ir own proclivity toward good or evil. Tho text chosen was I Samuel xvii, 6S: " Whose son art thou, thou young man?” Never was there a more unequal fight than that between David and Goliath; David five foot high, Goliath ten ; David A shepherd boy brought tq> amid rural scenes, Goliath a warrior by profession; Goliath a mountain of braggadocio, David a marvel of humility; Goliath armed with an iron spear, David armed with a sling, with smooth stones from tho brook. But yon are not to despise these latter weapons. There was a regi ment of slingers in the Assyrian army and a regiment of slingers in the Egyp tian army, and they made terrible exe cution, and they conld cast a stone with as ranch accuracy and force as now can be sent shot or shell. The Greeks in their army had slingers who would throw leaden plummet- in.»enbed with tho irritating words, “Tak this!” So it was a je.t rhty w< q;on David employed in that t om s • oml at. A Jewish rabbi says ;!.at *!; • probability is that Goliath was su< It i out. ji.pt for David that i:i a paroxysm of laugh ter he throw his 1. td back and his helmet fell ofi, tuul I>a\id saw ti e rn- coveml forehead, and liis c jiportunity had come, and taking this shiig and ■winging it around his lead two or three times, mid aiming it at that un covered forehead, crashed it in like nn eggshell. The battle over, bebeld the tableau: King Saul sitting, litile David standing, his fingers elati bed into tin- hair of •b'capitati tl (ioliuth. As Null sees David sranding tin re holding in his hand the ghastly, reeking, staring trophy, i videnec of the complete victory over God’s enemies, tin' king wonders what parentage was honor* d by such heroism, and in my text be asks David his pedigree, “Whose son art thou, thou youug man?” The king saw what you and I see, that this question of heredity is a mighty question. Mood Will Toll. The longer I live tho more I believe in blood—givid blood, bad blood, proud blood, humble blood, honest blood, thieving blood, heroic blood, cowardly blood. The tendency may skip a genera tion or two, but it is sure to conic out, ns in a little child you sometimes see a similarity to a great-grandfutln r whose picture hangs on the wall. That the physical and mental and moral qualities art* inheritable is patent to any < ne who keeps his eyes open. The similarity is so striking sometimes as to be amusing. Gnat families, regal or literary, are apt to have the rlmrneteristif s all down through tho gem rations, and what is more perceptible in such families may be seen on a smaller scale in all fami lies. A thousand years have no jiowcr to obliterate the difference. Tho large lip of tho house of Austria is seen in all tho generations and is called the Hnpsburg lip. Tho house of Stuart always means in all generations cruelty and bigotry and sensuality. Wit ness Queen of Scots. Witness Chaih s I and Charles II. Witness James I and Janus II and all the other scoundrels of that lino. Sottish bleed means per sistence, English blood means reverence for tho ancient, Welsh blood means re ligiosity. Danish blood means fondness for the rea, Indian hl(/od means roaming disposition,Celtic blood means feividiiy, Roman blood means conquest. The Jewish facility for accumulation you jnay trace clear hack to Abraham, of whom the Bible says “lie was rich in •ilvor and gold and cattle,” and to Isaac and Jacob, who hud the same character istics. Some families are characterizes] by longevity, and they have a tenacity of life positively Mcthuselish. Others are' characterized by Goliathian stature, and yon can see it for one generation, tW’o generations, five generations, in all the generations. Vigorous theology runs down in the line of the Alexanders. Tragedy runs on in the family of the Kembles. Literature runs on in the line of the Trollopes. 1'hilunthropy runs on in tho lines of tho Wilberforees, ,States manship runs on in the lino of the Adamses. You boo these jioeuliarities in all generations. Henry and Catherine of Navarro religious, all their families religious. The celebrated family of Casini, all mathematicians. The cole- brated family of the Medici, grandfa ther, son and Catherine, all remarkable for keen intellect. The celebrated family of Gustavos Adolphus, nil warriors. This law of heredity asserts itself without reference to social or political condition, for you sometimes lind the ignoble in high place and the honorable in obscure place. A descendant of Ed ward I a toll gatherer. A descendant of Edward III a doorkiepcr A descendant of the Duke of Northumls'rland a trunk maker. Some of the mightiest families of England are < xtinct, while some of those most honored in the jx erago go hack to an ancestry of hard knuckles and rough exterior. This law of heredity is entirely indeiMndeiif of social or politi cal conditions. Then you find avarice snd jealousy and sensuality and fraud having full swing in ionic families. Tho violent temper of Kroderick Wil liam is the inheritance of Frederick the Great It is not a theory found* d by worldly philosophy, but by divine au thority. Do you not r« inciiils r hew the Bible sjK'itks of a chos* n g> nerutioii, of the generation of the righteous, of tho generation of vi|i«rs, of un untoward generation, of a stubborn generation, of tli*' iniquity of the fathers visited upon th" children unto the third and fourth generation' fc!«> fhut the text comes to day with tho force of a projectile hurled from mightiest catapult, "Whose sou art tliou, thou young man?” XitlurF’ii Two Fopcob. ’‘Well," says some one, “that theory dischargef me from all responsibility. Born of sanctified parents, we arc bound to be g*m k!, and we cannot hlep our selves. Born of unrighteous parentage, we are bound to he evil, ami we cannot help ourselves. ” Two inaccuracies. As much as if yon should say: ‘ ‘Th** ec; . ip- efal force in nature has a tendency to hring everything to the center, and their?* T ’e all come to the center. 'J he centrifugal force in nature has a tend ency to throw everything to tho periph ery, and therefore everything will go out to the periphery. ” You know as well as I know that you ran make the centripetal fore** overcome tho centrif ugal, and you can make the centrifugal overcome the centripetal, as v\ hen then' is a mighty tide of go**! in a family that may Lc overcome by detenu illa tion to evil; as in the case of Aaron Burr, the libertine, who had for father President Burr, the consecrated; as in th** case cf Pi* rrepont Edwards, the scourge of New York wiciety 80 years ago, who had a Christian ancestry, while, on the other hand, some « f the la st men and women of this day nio those who have come of an ancestry of which it would not lie courteous to siw ak in their presence. The practical and useful object of this senium is to show you that if yon have conic of a Christian ancestry then yen are sol emnly hound to preserve and develop the glorious ink* ritan*'**, or if yen have coin*' «»f a depraved ancestry tli* !i it is your duty to brace yourself agaim-t tl,*' evil tendency by all prayer and Chris tian det* nmnatini’, and yon are to lind out the family frailties, and in arming flic oast!*' put th*' strongest guard i t the weakest gate. With these Nin<ot!i stones from the brook I ho|H' to strike you, not where David struck Goliath, in the head, but whore Nathan struck David, in the heart. “Whose son art thou, tliou young man?” There is something in nil winter holi days to 1 ring up the old folks. I think many of our thoughts ut such times arc set to the tune of “An 1*1 Lang t yne. ” The old folks ware so busy ut such times in making ns happy and perhaps mi less resource made their sons and daughters happier than yon * u larger resources are able to make your sons and daughters. The snow lay two lis t above tluir graves, hut th*y she* k off th*' white blankets and mingled in the holiday festivities—the same wrinkles, the same stoop i f shoulder under the weight <f age, the mire old style of dress or coat, the sain*' hinile, tho same tones of voice. I hope yon remember them Ix fore they wont away. If not, I hop*' there are those who have recited to you what tin y were, and that there may he in your house feme article of dress * r furniture with which you asso ciate their memories. I want to arouse the most sacred m* moiios * f year heart while I make the impnssi* rod intori* g- utory in regard to your pedigree, “ Whose son art thou, tliou young man?” A Christian Anrmtry. First I accost all those who are de scended < f a Christian an* entry. Ido not ask if your parents were ijerfiTt. There are no perfect ]>oople now , and 1 do not suppose there were any joifrrt people then. Perhaps there was some times tixi much bliKxl in their eye when they chastised you. But, from what I know of you, you got. no mon- than you tlcservod, and jierhaps a little nioie chastisement would have leon salutary. But you arc willing to acknowledge, 1 think, that they wanted to do right. From what you overheard in (ouvi rsu- tions and from what you saw at the family altar and at ncighhorii* cd obse quies you know that tiny had invited God into their heart and their life. There was something that sustained those old people sujxTimturally. Yon have no doubt about their it* stiuy. You expect if yon ever got to heaven to meet them as you expect to meet the Lord Jesus Christ. That early association hits been a charm for you. There was a time when you got right up from a house of in iquity and walked out into th*' fresh air Ix eause you thought your mother was hxiking at you. Yon hav9 never hooii very happy in sin lx*eaiiHeof a sweet old fa'-i* that would present itself. Tremu lous voices from the past neeostod you until they won' seemingly audible, and you looked around to see who spoke. There was an estate not mentioned in the last will and testament, a vast es tate of prayer and holy example nml Christian entreaty and glorious mem ory. The survivors of ihe family gath er* *1 to hear the will read, and this was to he kept and that was to lx> sold, and it was ‘‘share and share alike.” But thi n* was an unwritten will that read something like tiiis; “In the name of God, uincn. I, being of sound mind, be queath to my children all my prayers for their salvation; I bequeath to them all the results cf a lifetime’s toil; I lx- queath to them the Christian religion, which has been so much comfort to me, and I hope may lx* snlnre for them; I bequeath to tlii’iu u hope of reunion when tho partings of life are over. ‘Share and share alike, ’ may they in herit eternal riches. 1 Ixqucuth to them th*' wish that they may avoid my errors and copy anything that may have Ix-en worthy. In the name of God w ho made me, and the Christ who redeeiuod me, and the Holy Ghost who sanctifies me, I make this my last will and testament. Witness all you hosts of heaven. Wit ness time, witness eternity. Signed, sealed and delivered in this our dying hour, Father and Mother.” You did not get that will proved at the surro gate's oflloe, but I take it out today and I read it to you. I take it out of the alcoves of your heitrt. I shake the dust off it. I ask if you will accept that in heritance, or will you break the will? O ye of Christina unrestry, you have a responsibility vast beyond all ini-asurem* nt. God will not let you off with just Ix'ing us good ns ordinary ix-o- pie w lieu you had such extraordinary ml vantage. Ought not a flower planted in a hothouse Ui more thrifty than a flower planted outside in the storm? Ought not a factory turn*d by tho Housatonic do moro work than a factory turned by a thin and shallow mountain stream? Ought not you of great early opportunity be hi tter than those who had a cradle unblessed? A father M is his son up in business. He kc< ps aii ae- oount of all the expenditures, so mu; b for store fixtures, so much for rent, so much for this, so murh for that, and all the items aggregat* d, and the father ■xpeets the son to give an account. Your Heavenly Father charges agaitirt you all the advantages of a pious ui'eo- try—so many prayers, koiimk h ( T.rirt iau example, so many kind entrej.tHs—i.il tlu'fe graeions influences, on*' tremen dous aggregate, and hi* asks j*m for an account of it. Ought not yon to be bet tor than thoso who had no such advan tage? Better have b*'i*n a foundling pieki'd up off the city commons than with such magnificent inheritance of eonsecratioii to turn out indificrcr.tly. Ought not you, my brother, lobe I * tier, having had Christian nurture, than the man who can truly say this nioniing: ‘‘The first word I remember my father speaking to me was an oath; the first tilin' I rememlxT my fat In r taking hold of m«' was in wrath; I never saw a Bible till 1 was 10 years of age, and then I was told it was a pa* k of lies. The first 20 years ef my life 1 was o'Toeiatid with the virions. 1 scemid to bewailed in by sin and death. ” A fluent Inn of ItcspnnHlhlllty. Now. my brother, «ught yon rot—T h-ace M as a matter of fairm>< with you —ought you not to be better than these wl.o bad no early Christian influence? Standing as on do between tlv" genera tion that is ast and the general ion that is to feme, :;i< you going to pass the blessing on, or ero you going to have your life ti.i gulf ju which rh.i.t tide < f blessing shad drop out of sight feivv* i ? You . v e the trustee of piety in that an cestral line, and are yen going to aug ment * r squalid* r that sol* nm trust fund? Are you going to dirinin rif yonr sons and daughters of the beirhom which your parents left you? Ah, that cannot he ])OHsihle—it cannot be pos sible that you a re going to take such a position as that. You are very can ful abort the life insurances, and careful about the deeds, and careful about the mortgage, and careful about the title i f your property, lx'cause v. lien you step off the stage you want yonr children to get it all. Are you making no provision that they shall get grandfather’s or grandmother's religion? Oh, w hat a last will and testament jam are making, my brothel! “In the name of God, ntnen. I, iN'in.*' of sound irind, make this my last will and testament. I bequeath to my < hihlrcu all the money I ev* r made and all the houses I own, but I disin herit them, I rob them of the nneistral grace and the Christian influence that I inherited, I have squandered that on my own worldlini ss. Hhure and share alii:*' must they in the misfortune and th*' * v* rlasting outrage, bigned, sealed and delivered in the pr*since of God and nun and angels and devils und all the geiii'i'atims of earth and heaven and hell, July, JKJMS. “ O ye. of highly favored ancestry, wake up this morning to a sens*** f yonr epjxirtunity and ri'S]Miusibility. 1 think th* re must lie an old cradle or a frag ment of a cradle somewhere that could tell a story of midnight supplication in your behalf. Win re is the old ricking chair in which you were sung to sleep with the holy nursery rhyme? Where is the old chirk that tieked away the nionu nts of that sickness on that awful night when (hi re were but three rf you awake—you and Ci«xl and mother? Is then-not an old staff in sonic rlosei ? We Ix g yon to turnover a new leaf this very day. A Qncnttou of r<mcr. Oh, th*' power of ancestral piety, well illustrated by a young man * f New York who attended u prayer meeting cur night and asked tor prayer and (hen went home and wrote down these words; *’Twenty-five years ago tonight my mother went to henvin, my beauti ful, blessed mother, mid I have kern alone, tossed up and down upon the bil lows of life’s tempestuous ocean, f hall I ever go to lii'iivcn? Khr told me I must meet her in heaven. When she t<xik my haiul in hers and turned her gentle, loving eyes on mo and gazed earnestly and long into my face and then liftid them to heaven in that last player, slut prayed that 1 might meet her in heaven. I wonder if 1 ever shall? My mother’s prayers—oh, my sweet, blessed mother's prayers! Did ev*r a Ixiy have such a mother as I had? For 2.‘i years I have not heard her pray until tonight. I have heard all her prayers over again. They have had, in fact, a terrible r* Kurm'tion. Oh, how she was wont to pray! She prayid as they prayed fouight, so ear nest, so importunate, so believing. Shall I ev* r lx* a Christian? She was a Chris tian. Oh, how bright and pure and hap py was }%r life! She was a cheerful and luqipy Christian. "There is my mother's Bible. 1 have pot opened it for years. Dili she believe I could ever neglect her precious Bible? She surely thought I would read it much and often. How often has she r* ad it to me! How did she cause mo to km cl by my little 1**1 and put my little hands up in the attitude of prayer! How has she knelt by me and ewr me, and 1 have felt her warm tears raining dow n tqxiii 1113' hands and fa*'*-! Blessed mother, did you pray in vain for your hoy? it shall not tie in vain. Ah, no, no, it. hall not be in vniy. I will pray for myself. Who has xiiuii'd against so much instruction as 1 have? Against so many precious prayers put up to heaven for me by one of the most lovely, tuidcr, pious, confiding, trusting of mothers in her Heavenly Father's cui'e and grace? Sho never doubted; sin* believed, fcjho always prayed ns if she did. My Bible, my luoflicr’s Bible and my couseienoo teach what 1 am and what I have made myself. Oh, the hitter pangs of an ac cusing conscience I I nis-d a Bavioui mighty to Rave. I must seek him. I iv111, 1 am on thoM-uof I'xiatciicc, and I ;un imrcr get off from it. I am afloat. No uuehur, uo rudder, no eompais, uo f bixik of instructions, for I have put them all away from me Nivinur < f the perirhitu,*, save, or I p^ri.-h.” Do you wonder that the next day he arose in prayer meeting and said: “Myhrctl ;vn, I stand before you a leomim, j * < f (.i-iV amazing inor' y and goes’ii'-ss, f, r-. v » i bless* *1 ho !.: hol\ ii;r::c. All 1 li.-r • .- :i*l all I am I e* i| • r.ite to .Irs;. n-.v Mavi< ur and n y Godr ’ Oh, th,. j , of uneest:.d pr .yex’ Hear it! Hi. > •;< An ! But I turn for a na ment r*. «| M *.•> who bad evil l awnt tg*. and i vs.ut to tell you that t!;*' Ir.ghi-rt thro’r . i,j heaven ci d lee luigbr vt triuio; . ;a:*| the I rigid*m rrov w ill l* f* i 'ho.-- who hud evil par. ite.g, , but who l y t e grace «<f God ori’qu* red — la’i-iiiiereil As g* < 1, us um fnl, us rplr* did. a g atie- man as I ever knew had for a lather a innii who died lilasph'mis'g G>.*1 until the u* igl.bmshad to put theirfing* rs in thi'ir *'ia * to sind out the horn;*' <):!*' of tlie imc-t consecrated atnl useful Christian iiiinist*Ts « f t^sbiy w •* tlie son of a drunken hors*' jo* la y. Ti*b of • vil In niendous in sojiu* families' !r is like Niagara rapids, smd yet ),n n bav* clung to a n i k and be* a icseu* o. Tliert' is a family in New Y< rk, wh* "■ wealtli lias rolled up into many i.iiilie: il.at was foumb'd by a man who, :dt* r h.-' had vast < stub s, ''ent ba*'k a ptqs j-of tacks Ixs-ause thej- were 2 »■* ids looro than h*' exjx eted. Griji anil grind and gouge in tin* fourth generation—! sup. pose it will be grip a id grind nod gouge in tlv twentieth g.-nerati* n. 'Ike thirst *•1 "if '.i • ! i ! * L' Ii:i ' !'i>i tr'd <!ov M t\V“ thr ;.rt, ri* > ( a 1, icdi '• ll i'll*! [1ft w F'lg'i.i'.iy ’ ( r ". a.eat i\ ;i( ss ( • ••' U 7 i/e bi r f iiui), :e. IM’i* S MI!* 1 r* Of I'Vll, hi •iln't ■ ;*i: ffhei fo •. i' \ * ' • V)\. Bu' i* i'ij-, y 1 r 'i* ti i 1; it li.. • !•••.: It • si-;* -i. f.‘ \h . fnir Hy frailty 1 ;r * '* «ulr’vnte U! Kl'bn*" ,-illd i 1’IU itV i tea* (i yi r r iiLdren j: ev* r to ; if jin 5 * * )• jil*' w :!!)< •it * fit t ing- v ' n • hod y < i * • • f of it Is 4 \ . <• fiiinily Ira illy < ■<-pii)iitt\» • ness, k'.'C] ) cut i t the < Clilpai: y of qt k ft-iup* r-d P •< jilti und [ lir-rl' tttiswel ■ -l!) iiiij * rt ui" ut <|i;i'Sti* ti tilltil j'c.i ii ..ve fount* *1 a in .talli'il 1 e :ii v. nys , and s ft* r you have V.'J iften an singly It tt« r 1, <'V it a w* * k be lore you r* ntl it , and th. :i burn ii r.j i. Is th,- fa inily i rn illy ti>: sidity and cow anil* i' , *• eltivat** 1 uiekltout •: read the biogiaqihy <1 brave nn n like .Tofibu i or Paul and set ■ if you ei innot gi •t a li tt!.' iron in yom blisxl. 1 ■’iiid out. what thn WHEN LOVELACE CAME TO WOO. Th*- fm t of time make fust tlx'ir pain. And we, like players hi u play, fctntf up and down our little space And net ocr parts ns best we may. At • 1 / 1;u k -out wi II n dny! - * nvri-is ,r ,1,1 n sohds r Ime, V , : • *•!. t »•••*. ly vi un* |., ld sway, V,'.. J! I.oVelii,-, ejuiie to Wsi. And u-h \> i-...rvi I as we trace I* > end f :Hi— pass,si nw.".y, i ' a p < f j . w r mid pride of j l,-ec o e ; tie- y, nr. in yi i;,d nrr U t I - in f« i<- ind I-nr, and thep uit, stniii'h mid tu:*., i i. • "illnii;.-, IhiM mid gny. Iron l.i-velnri eu!i:e to wio. lu family frailly is and set body, mind nud soui in battb* arip.y. (u>i!iia< r y in will, i think the genealogical table was put in the lir. t * hapt*-r of the N< v: Tes tament not only to i how our Lord's ped igree, bur to show that a man may rise up in an aneestral lino and beat back Hueoesstully nil the influ* necs of bud h.(*r*'dity. ;'**' in that genealogical table that good King Asa was born of vile King Abiu. >!*'«' in that genealogical table that Joseph and Mary and th*' most illustrious Being that ever tonelied our world or ev*r will touch i* ha<l in tluir ame'urul lino Muindalons i'eliii- Ixiam anil 1! .Irib i.nd Thamai ami Batb- siu l>a. If this worM i* • v* r to b.r Ellen- iztil—and k will 1>—all the infected famili* s of ho earth are to berg upr ated, and t..erc will some me prise in t-aeli family line atnl n a in w :*••’)• a- logieal iabl... There will be soine .h:s*-.ph to arise in the line and r* ve rse th* *vil intlut I'.ee of Ri liob.oam, ami th- ie w ill be some Mary to arise in tho lino and rovers*' the evil iudnenco of Bathsheba. Perhaps tho slur if hope may point down to your manger. Pe rhaps you are to be the heio or the heioino that is to put down the brakes and stop that long lino of genealogical tendencies and switch it off on an* ther track from that on which it Las lx on running for a cen tury. You do that, and J will promise yon as tin** n pobiee p.s the arehiuets <>f lu'iiven ran build, lh«‘arelnvay inserib* d with the words, “More than conquer or.” But, whatever your heredity, let me say you may be sons and daughters of the Lord God Almighty. Estranged children from the home stead, come hack through the open gate of adoption. There is royal hUxxl in our veins; there are crowns on our < scutch eon; our lather is king; our broth* r is bi-V?; we may bo kings anil queens unto God forever. Com** uml sit down on the ivory bench of the palace. Come and wash in the fountains that fall into the basins of erystal and alabast* r. Com** and look out of the upholstered window upon gardens at azalea and amaranth. Hear the full burst of the orchestra while yon banquet with potentates and victors. Oil, when the text sweeps back ward, let it not stop at th*' cradle that rooked your infancy, but at the cradle that rooked the first world, and when the text sweeps forward let it not stop at your grave, but at the throne on which you may reign forever and ever. “Whose sen art thou, then young man?” Foil of God I Heir *;f immortality 1 Take your inheritance! Hydrocarbon Vupnrx. Experience in the storage and trans portation of hydrocarbon oils shows that one volume of petroleum vapor rend* is 880 volumes of air explosive und 1,150 volumes inflammable, and u redhot pi**'*' of metal or** al or a spark from steel or Hint will not ignit" an • x- plosivo atmosphere of petroleum vapor, 1 ut whit* hot metal, flame or eh-etrio spark will readily <lo ko. Naphtha ex posed t<> an atmospheric pressure of 80 iiielit s at a t* mperuturoof 70 degrees F. evaporates ut tin* rate of about 0.00 ixiunds ]x r square foot jht hour. Many accidents from explosions of hydrocar- Ixui vapors mixed with air arise from tome leak in the trecptaclcor pipe hold ing th* in, explosion occurring on iho rpproueJi i f a nuked llaino. Ituln of the Noxf. To destroy earwigs on ios< s, dahlia^ curuutiouH, etc., pi me small iiir<rt*<\ flow*r jiota on stale s or wil'd a piece of cotton v.< < 1 dip]x'd in oil round tho stis k of the n s ' trios at ten iiii'h* s from th*; earth, whi* !i ijuite prevents th** jiest from climbing above th** wool. Tho small flow*r )xits should lx> iiisiiecteU (wire a day and the contents Khaktai into u bucket of boiling water. ' ti t I - .,'.' ii.l frills , f lari' ! ■ - '-.lit liis Milt to ; >el' t :j nl . "...-Ii ji f:i( <•, V.,,.. < .>iH r -i-t |,is jilen, I i.ray. An l ilien ti,: i t< ii.li r round* lay. Bo 111 -- i, v.ood dovo's plaintive iss*, Sw., t Lr. -y oould not say him nay Itt-.i l.ii'hunl Lov«*la<'u came to woo. rxvov. Ib>. K' Utbli tow, rs! your lordly rare Had sword * to draw and d< * ax to do In t * vei'tiul y*.ar of praeo, t in n Itit-liard l.ovelaro raino to wix>. —Lit ius H;.i \'. <xsl P<x>te in Overland. TE;fc MEN WHO BUY NOT. Why Newsdealers Sctnetiinex Slip ICiihtier latnds Around Their ^laga/!nes. Tie* man who gets up early in the morning so ho * an liuv** a lookutlr i neighbitr’s pe.pr before the rightful owner has a ehatiee to take it in from hi. *lo-lotep does not. stand very high in the tstimalien of the newsdealer. This is because he spoils trade. There is another man. however, who is even more cordially detested by tho vc!'t.'. i ol pt • irdseuls. He is tho fellow wi.'*!. vr nn vs anj thing, but has tl, • < I'j'pi.'ig into tlie weekly pap. ; - ale! .. . >.,> The kixqKT of u news- ir . . i m. ■ • - a l< inpjing iii. pl..y of his >i,i. i, »• 1h knows that a strong pie- r-'.> . r ■ ven a pretty cover often brings him .; -dray cnsfotiK-r, but lie expens the i.e ie kn l.i r *.n to ha eoutetit With tiii- nmeii, aini ho is likely to frown ui.on the m n who resorts to all kinds or M'lndiii s m order to get a peep at th*' inside pages. The stands in tho ferry houses ami railway rtnikas suffer tho most from tin so penurious crunks, for there is nothing else to attract their attention wh:’ 1 tiny aro waiting for a boat or a tiain. 'I’iiey run through tho leaves of the bite: t books and magazines and have \ tdi kniiwn to draw tho tacks our of pupeis naiku up against the stand so that they could sco what was on tho other side* of tho sheet. But it is not what in y «**• and read for nothing that Weiiirs th** newsdealer. Ho would ho willing to put up with that if they did not injure his stock. Indeed, ho wouhl mui.i) rather have a man take up a mag- a'.'.iii" h ulily and carefully examine ev ery j ;;e 5!::;ri to Juivo him grab it Ly (.•!•.* eor iar and bend up all tho loaves in a r arroptitious attempt to seo the pictures. He would also rather have you ask hin to hand yon a periodical than t have yon f-luivo his st<H:k all out tl iii. 'v. liilo trying to sto tho half of tin p..;,* is hi'lden by a i»ilo of oth er ho great is this nuisance that tho m'Wsi.'euh i s had to adopt schemes for their :v.;I j.r •ceii.,ij. Tho most success fnl. s.> 1 u pi eventing tho leaves from b« iiig turn*«!, *■• insists of placing u rub b li.nei around the top and bottom of r* im;g/.iand using it on tho top of O k *; pile.—New Yolk World. A MiUloe.nlrc’x Hurtl F»t«. IT- w’t afl’y «!* fieient some people are of inn .-ense . 1 humor when tho subject i, them.. Ives! Take tin* Duke of Devon shire, who delivered a speech at tho open' g of a “Passmore Edwards H* i;. . ” for epileptics. So long as ho kepi, to •.! f epileptics tho duke managed w* ;] * * ough, but la fere ho tat down he must needs get on tho subject of him self and the sorrows of the poor mil lionaire ; “it •.-.igl’t j cihaps bo considered pre- M'U ptm tis for one who was reputed to bi' ivh li,m. i If to offer advice to other ri* !i n.eii which ho had not taken him- seif * i was no: liiuiself prepared to fol low, but p>:baps ho might bo allowed to JX) ■nt out ti.ut there was some difference he! v * on tlio-io who hapixuied to bo in the poMd.'SH.n ci wealth inherited from si Vi ial generations and those who had eii'iituii their ow n fortunes. Their predo- eors. rs, iti ( a * s like Ins own, had gi*n- * '.ally eoiiti ived t*i lind quite us many eJuumels by which wealtli flowed out as by wliiih it Jlowdil in, ami those who had lor tho benefit’ and advantage of ilieir successorscicat* d groat estates, m- tailing mueli labor in administration and many responsibilities, had not left to thdr sue-. *• .'furs a legacy of unmitigat ed udvaUKtg*-. ” Tin* spectaelo of the duke inviting the eo!iiiiiiseiaii«;u of his audience for tli** ciuol lain which compelled him to ko p up GLatsworth and Duvousliiro 11.'if e instead of fonixling hona s for' epileptics is imloed excruciating.—West- lain..tel Gii/Vtto. Cures I''. - * . f || ! , II.i |hm|J i |x'rfi.i-f, )mtnuiiTi * * a- s. Cures "t ■■ ri.f.i’.i ill T-vit-xl leimx, like . rt-, -vi-n.- i a. , k. running son's, hip • - ■ a i Hit eyes. Cures ' 1 alt fill' an*, v ;li its InU'iixf iti-liiug tu burn tig, » n *1 h a.i, ti (ter, ate. Cures •! Ci!' Plfiipt- ami ; II oilier erap- HIS (I'le t > ill'l'iiri' 1,local C'lres I" -pepsia ami otln r tr>. a), y l' , 'ri‘ a ; ..ill .l.tlil.T'll tonie w.>s i..T-ileil. Cu Klii'aiiiuli.siii.u li.a • p-uii als \\,-re na il.It to work or aalk lor veeks. Cu; ’S "t« a'airli liy . xin iiiin: the Impurities wljlrli eause nml sustuin the dlxeiixc. Cures "f Vervotisnexs hy pro|KTly tuniuguml fi'eilhijt the nerves upon purx bhxxl. Cures of That Tireil Keeling hy restoring 'tri'iigth. • Semi (or book of cures hy Hood’s Sarsaparilla To*-. Il.imi ,y proprietors, Low’ell, Mas*. • f |%««| aie the host nfter-ilinn- r ilOOCl S I"'|||S pills, aiil digestion. L*5c. A. N. WOOD, BANKER, ■iocs a .'"tural IJankingaip! EN^iaiiec I'li - ’e -•• '.Y»'!l 8et ured with Burglar* !’:•.> :i s.;u ami Antoniuti*'TUm L ick. . e «. >>'jx, s it Baxes at motbrate cetil. Ili'ys and soils !\s and Bonds, litiys <’<hinty and ■*|.|p»*i! Clainns. Yi>tir luisine*;,*-' s<die':tori. 'V Morsuiental Works. iii’iiiiitc Mommicnts a stiocially. A^ont lor I IB )N KKNCIvS. No. ’2 hi, \\ . i t l i 'I lT0t t t , F >. ( . m | ti i, L, iltLM SOUTHERN RAILWAY. rir.DMONr aiu i.ixn. Coiulenxe*! Seliedule of I'nssonjjer Trnlns. Norl litMiuiHl. dune 14, 1H(N). Lv. AfliintH, T. ‘ Atlauts, E. T. “ Norcrow ^ Huf' ml. “ (4iii*iesvill«*. •’ Lula “ (Vfinolla •‘ Mt. Airy ^ Toceoa. “ Woxtniinster “ Bem-ca ... " (.’cjitral " Unx.nville . “ Sjmrtanbui-)?. " OniTmi/x.. . “ hhtciixiiuri/ *‘ King’.* Mt “ GaaFonla. Ar. l^mrlofio “ DMvitlo Vei. Ksl.tll No. JH N <>- ! Daily. ItuRr- 12 t«) in'lt 15 P 1 UU p 1- D r. *: 12 fit) n No. 18 No. |‘{ E*. Dull;- Sun. 2 US 2 48 ti 2 Ul n ji 2 Zl ii 2 4'» n Ar. Hiciiniond .. Ai'.W.ashinift on “ HaJtin'ePBB. !< 85 pi !) 17 n 1 H W n 4 IS p 4 05 a 4 45 p 4 AS n 5 an p 5 25 n i; is i, t! is m tl fin u 7 t** >i T :tl 11 ; n) a p 8 :<s n a 1 an ji 7 tw p H 30 12 Oil n a; t) 00 n a 4o p fl ID a 0 42 n !• t& j* ... 8 05 all 25 p Philfwlolphia! i 10 25 n 8 01 n Now- York 12 58 m tl 20 n Soiitlibonnil. Lv. N. Y.,P. K.K. “ i’hihiih.ljihiu ‘ MHltiinoro. . “ Washington.. X.v. liit-hiuoiKl . Ittglit For Once. I Two »s*'<a;smeii, one an Aberdonian and the other a man from luverary, were engaged in a Imt debate on tho correctness iff their respective modes of English pronunciation. At last ho of the Granite<!ity clinched matters by re marking with withering contempt, “Vitel, et ony rate, I dinim oa’ ‘fush’ ! ‘fe* hh. ’ ” The IJiui n'x Needle. t-^in en \'iet*u in is ill ]ioss(‘Khion oi a curn.us m e*lle. It. wjis mado at the cel chrutod needle uiaiiuluctory at Reddilcji und ri-jut si nts tho Trajan column ip miniature. Beenes from tho queen’s lif’v are dopied tl on tiut ncttdle, so finely *!til that tiiey are only discernible througii a microscope. t r , Li 1680 the value of materials used 1 in t!.o cotton millii of this country was ♦ 102,000,000, while in 1800 the value bad n vn to |155,000,000. - Lv. I>unvillf " * ‘hurlotte .... “ (tMtonU. “ Kii*i:'x Mt ” H’ivkxhurg . ‘‘ Dafl'ueys " Hpartaaburg. “ tireenvillu.. . “ (’ential •• 8i*n«*f*a ....... Wext minster- “ T*k-m.it .... “ ?4t. Airy “ (:<irm*liu " Lulu “ Uiiinnxvllle ” Hutortl '* NureroM Ar. Athtntn, E. T. Lv. Athiutii, C. T. Vex. Vst.^ll No.lt No. at N... a.-» Xo - 1 * Ex. Daily. Dully. **•»*•> Sim, 4 ao p 12 II t! . ... ...... tl 55 pi 3 50 t. i 1* 2U p tl 23 n 10 43 p II 15 u 2 (It) it 12 55 p 2 00 u 5 50 n 0 U'> p (140 n U 35 li h) 55 p 12 Ju p 11 :t0 p 1 hi p 1 155 2 Ul p 2 'JO ]> 3 05 j> 10 40 ft IJ 0.1 . .12 24 11 37 h 1 00 12 28 p 1 50 ii 4 4J p 1 15 )> 2 35 u 5 40 p 1 35 p; 2 68 n- COO p * I <123 p 3 50 a 0 5x p « 7 40 p 4 21 «: 7 45 p 4 59 u 8 12 p 4 67 n 8 31) p HOT p i I) 43 p 0 Jl) it 10 iW p .5 20 H ILlOp 1.8 p 3 13 3 31 4 65 3 55 0 25 f? 0 36 ■ 067 t 720 ■ 7 48 * 8*7. V 30 j 8101 Every Wes^ Point cadet signs an obli- galitin to jgirvo four years in the nead- etny and lour in the army after gradua tion. "A” n. m. "P” p. m. ••M'' noon. "N" night. No*. 37 nml 38—Washington amt Sonthwwt ern Vextlbnlo Limit**!. Through Pulli s'i-i ixts Ix-twoon N«w York und New Orle vui Wu-iidiigloii, AtWutn and AIonlKotnery,! «'• lietwoon-Ncvr York an-1 M< i>i]>hU, Wiixhltia'ton, Atlanta and BirndiiKluim. 1 train nl-KM-arrirx Ki>'hmond-AiisuM‘.a xlofiptaaJ ears hot ween Diinvilh* and f'harlotti*. PI MR | elusx thoroiighfsre ooaoh Ix-twoon Waxhin ■nd Atlanta. Diuliig cars wrvo all rout**. Nos. 35 and 80—United Htatos Fast Mai! man xlceplng ears bet wven N w Yo, k, A’ and Nov* Orh*ans. No.*. 11 and 12—Pullman sleopingcara lilehm >nd and Dan villa. Tho Air Line lk-lle train, Nox. 17 and from Juno Ixt to Ovtolxir 1st. 1x1)0, b*» ix*tween Atlanta anil Mt. Airy, (4a., <8*pt Sunday. W. H HBKKN, J. M.CULP, _ (icu'l Hupt., Traltl<■ M'g‘r^.1 Waxhlugton, D. 0. WuNlihiKhar, iTff W. A TURK. H. I! UAliDWICK, Axx't Ui-uT Pa -ia Ag't., tn, tt^ rr . s. v. rhiv, f Gvn'l PaM. Ag’t , Wg^hlMgtmi, l). C,