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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.
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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!
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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
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Iron l.i-velnri eu!i:e to wio.
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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,