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The First 'Rairoads. The Stockton and Darlington liae in England (tho first complete rail road in the wurld), was opened for traflic on the 27th of Septenber, 182.5, and one of George Stephenson's en giues was tried. it was attached to a train consistin.g of six wagons loaded with coal and flour ; after these came twenty-one passenger coaches, and, lastly, six no:e wagons of c)al, mak ing in all a train of thirty-eight vehi cles. The first railroad in America was the Moha-k anl Hudson Rail road. The length of this roa-1 was sixteen miles, and it extended from Albany to Sehenectaly, N. Y. A char ter was granted the company in 1826, but work was not commenced until 1830. It was fiuished in 1S31. Both locomotive eugines and horses were used on this road. At first stationary engines were used. They were placed on the top of the hills, and the train was hauled up the hill or let down, by a strong rope. The brakemen used hand-levers to stop or check the train. The irst steam railroad passenger train was run on the road in 1831. The engine was named John Bull. It was impor ted from England; the weight was four tons. The engineer was John Hampson, an Englishman. Among the fifteen passengers who rode in the two coaches were James Alexander, President Commercial Bank; Charles E. Dudley, of the Dudley Observatory; Jacob Hays, High Constable of New York; ex Governor Joesph (1. Yates and Thur low Weed. - Detroit Free Press. Birds and the Farmer. Dr. C. Hart Merriam, chief of the division of ornithology of the Agri cultural Department, has just made a report on the results of his examina tion of the contents of the stomachs of hawks, owl-, crows, blarkbirds and other North A. erican birds that are supposed to be the enemies of far mers. ie shows that the popular no tions about hawks and birds, for the slaughter of which many States gave bounties, are altogether erroneous. Ninety-Iive per cent. of their food was fcnud to be field mice, grasshoppers, crickets, etc., wihich were infinitely more injorious to farm crops than they. The charge against crows is that they eat corn and destroy eggs, poultry -nd wild birds. Examination shows that they eat noxious insects and destruchive animals, and that al though twenty-five ior cent. of their food is corn, it is mostly waste corn picked up in the fail and winter. With regard to eggs it was found that the shells were eaten to a very limited I extent for the lime. Crows eats also ants, beetles, caterpillars, bugs, flies, Ir-Tbs, etc., which do much damage. The cuckoos are also foutud to be very useful birds. -r-ochaster (N. Y.) Her Mtvr.- G -rman na. papers so-:erely crit! eise tha expenditure incurredi by the Kiel Mrs. P. C. Adams. Thousands of women, especially in the spring of the year. are nervous, tired, have headache. sick stomach, fainting spells, diz sines. ', an'y or profus' mnenses, weak back., constip ition: their sidss, shoulders an 1 limbs a-he constantly-in fact, they suffer from general debili; y of the whole 7ystem. The su per:or tonic gn1a'iti of Mchlree's Wine of Cardui mz: e it th: leadinr remetly for this class of trcuxs!es. Mdrs. P. C. Adams, Chattoogaville, Ga., writes: "Two ye~rs a-:o I was taken sick with indig- t'on. fain:ine: spells, constipation. fal ing of the wombh and vai-ous otber symptoms. and kept g Iting worse and wor.-e. After taking four bot' les of McElree's WVine of Car duii tn connection with Thedford's B'ack 'Draught tea I am :d.le 'oedo any kind of work that a wvomian z:: o.' D. L. Cokei.C de~na. Fla., says:' "McElrae's Wilne of Cardiut l:an brought rosy cheeks ba k to one of my 'ousinIs art-r she was given up to d8% by t wo of t he l-es~ elrsic ians. Th~e Trust After No-T9-Bae. Chicago Special.-REeported here to-day that a Jarge axum r'4 money had been fered for the Iarr.(us t:bacco habit eure called Ne Tc-]ae, y a syntilente who want to take it off the vcolkat. Inquniry at the general ofrice ievei!..! 1;he fact tl'nt Nlc-To-B~ac was not for rtal' io ilust at any price. No Tc-Bae's i-uccess .s; wnivelons. Almost cevery Druggie~t in America selis Noc-To-L'ac under guamitee to cure tobacco habit or refund money. Mrs. W!nslow's Soothinu Syrup for children eething, sofr* ns the rtumls, rconcLes inflammia lion. allsys pain. cures wind colic. 25'0. a bottle. Ther3 is I'!eaisarc nn i rofit md satisfaciion in abatingt troublesome and painfulilis by usin.; Parker's Ginger Tonic At ud . Money A t It. If you cnly k new It, the trouble is with your digestion. If -bat was goo I you would sleep better. wake ter, work better, and make more munm-r at it. Ilow can one "get on" wben the whole system in sluggish? But peo pie don't re-ti z-> vh:a i.e the trouble. A box of Ripans Tabuies makes life worth living. At drusgits._______ 'There will be an enoiinous peseh cop ia the State of Washinzton this yea. Is Your Blood Pure If not, it Is important that you make it pure at once with the great blood puridler, Sarsaparilla Secause with impure blood you are in con stant danger of serious illness. cura h-ebitura constipe Hoods PiII S on Prie e. perbaoXJ *HIGHIEST AWARDA, WORLD'S FAIR. * PERI* * THE BEST* PREPARED SOLD EVERYWHERE. * JOHN CARE &* SONS, New York. I /4/"ffa( 3.z.3.g2 .mt.T.1mi Richmond. Va.' -sLfl~Wt~,I Es Wtl ALL ELSE EALS. est ough Syrup. Tues Goed. Use ntizne. Sod byw .ruggists. INPARDONABLE SIN. T wrill taz< NOW IS TIIE ACCEPTED TIME. par mis pult 'he Rev. Dr. Tainage Comprehensive- Het ly Explains an important Therne. to ; Viel TExrs: "All manner of sin and blasphemy of : shall be forgiven unto men, but the blas- cal phemy against the Iolv Ghost shall not be "H forgiv-en unto men. Andi whosoever speaketh hea a word agzain.z the S~n of Man it shall be for- a f: given him. but whos.revnr speaketh against jhil the Holy Ghost it shall not be forgiven him, Cin neither in this world. neither in the world to my come."-3atthew xii.. 31. 32. "He found no esti place of repentan#e. thoug'.1 he sougnht it ter carefully with tears.--brews sii.. 17. did As sometimes ou gather the whole family N around the evening stand to hear some book I " real. so now we gather. a great Christian Pi family group, to sttilv this text, and now It may one andl the same lamp cast its glow on on all the circle. A You see trom the first passare that I real up that there is a sin againstthe Hly Ghost for fe which a man is n'ver pardoned. Once wet having -o-umitte I it. he is boun banel and get foot for th- dungeone of despair. Sermons lip may be preacheI to him. songs may be sunq fast to iim. prayers may b)-- offored in his behalf, mo. but all t:- no ;)urp)s.-. H1- is a cantiveforthis sip world an'. a captive for the world that is to PC' !ome. Do vou suppose tlat theso is any one tha tiere who hits committed that sin? All sins and ire against the Holy Ghost. but my text hut 5peaks of one esnecially. It is very clear to Wei rav mind that the sin a-Zainst the Holy Ghost A was . . 2. ef Was the aseribing of th woirks of the spirit to the a:ene-y rf the deviI in the time of the a apost les. mo Indeed the fBible distitietly tells us that. In got othivr words, if a man had sight given to him. orif another was raisel from the dead' bec ain-l some ono stanling thero Rhould say, fee "This man cot his sight by satanic power: the the H->v Spirit did not do this; Beelzebub ties a -m ished it." ,r "This man raised from the' dead was raiso.. by satanic influence." s 1thlI man who sail that drapre l down under t ' thie cursa of the text and ha I committed the to fatal sin a.ainst th" H ilv Ghost. Now, I do not think it is possible in this lav to commit that sin. I think it was pos- pat ible only in apci tolic tims. Bt it is a very hal trrible thint ever to sav anything against -hi the IHlv Ghost, an l it is a mar'ed fact that ur ra,-. has been marvelously kept back a rron that profanity. You hear a nan swear dot Ly th' na-ne of the eternal Go-, an-1 by the etl unim-S of J.sus Ch!ist. but you nver hear a ent: iran swear by the uane 4.4 th4 Holy Ghost. or I There are thoe htere to-day w-o fear they altj tro guilty o- the unn-tironable sin. Have fatl :oi sucl nnxi-tvy Then I hav'o to te'l yon dyi ositivy that yoa have not committed that hir "n, bec!ails' th %:ry anxietv is a result of me hr' movement o' thn ira-i-trs Spirit. an.i and voaur anixity is pre isitivr, as ceriainly a siti< inyithin tht~ can he dmonstrated in nath- a 1% 'mat io. that von havN not committed the me in ta't I n-tre b-te spi-tking of. I can look afr I in thi au liene - an- feel that there is I1 vs-tion o.a4t. It is not like when they pla "it -tt with th- lifebaits from the Loch par tra or (h- Villh de Havre. They knew to a her wa ttnot ro-ua for all the passengers' be itt they' w' gi1ng to i a-, w -11 a; th-Sy ren t.l Bot t '- lay w man the lifebo-t of wit an I we (ry fut t-v:-r the sna, her -,i fr a'll'' 0. that the Lord Jesus tha -t w-lti thi.-. hour bring you !ll out of Wh fl ->1 of? girn a ! plan! yot on tlh deek of nt h -.:-ious oldi _-6' r.: - era't' the) i ut while I do not think it is possible for kin S i- eest t h' particular sin spoken of in qui ho !i ret text I hatv, by r-ason of the secon ear; oxto ill your atti'ntion to tho fact that s her-- are sin: which. though they may be the mr i'nl. are inl soin-' resp-es irrevocable, wh u I y,n o ia fin I no pla-1 for repentance, or hg -h o seek it carefally with tears.- tak &sau ha 1 a birthright given him. In olden it ime' it nr~ant. not only temp->ral but spirit ial Tle.; ing. One d:'y Esn took his birth- og iht aa I tra le-l it ofi for so nething to eat, the ,h tin folly! But let u~s not be too severe th" 1p'on him. for som" of us have committed cryi he samne folly. After he had made the trade ati ic wanted to get it ba::k. Just as though the oiu te --norrow morning should take all your be ates and bonds and Government seourities the md.' shoul go into a restaurant and in 1 fit mo A reeklssuess and hunger throw alt those whi ~erities on the counter aind ask fir a plate Bo f fool. making that orehange. This was dar :"one Esat n m'1. He sold his b~ rthright fori ~or a mees~s of p-:ttage, ad he was very sorry Iyo, ux-t it afterwar.l. bxit "me founad no placey orn repautan :'. thrigha ha sought it care- igh ui v with tears -' ent; There is an impression in almost every ger man' mind th'at somewhere in the futuro in h vr t wi ".e chance where he can correct wVi il his ic'stae-. Live as we may, if we b-ov niy r ,pen tin time~ Go'. wdll forgive um, and pih ih-en all wvill b-s as well a; thounzh we ha'. wit iever' .cmmitted sin. My discourse shall T om tin -' llision with that theory. I shall' cla: oa you, myi friends. as G il will help :n"- lost haf t hr' is snah a thing as unsuceessful e pe'-tan--e: th'at there arethings lone wrongin hat alwavys s' wrong, an i for them you itie myu s"-k somie lace~ of repentance an-I seek hiri 't ir 'lly. hi. ne'ver fIn-I it. mal I ."nnn to this ela'ts of irrevocable mis- hor - tn ti thfolly of a misspent youth. We reli in'y looik b-xek to~ our coltegre daiys an-d think has h-o" w- nsl' 'to -1 cmstrs or geology or is 1 i .tany 'r in it i'-nn tie. We may be srry of 1 -i itt it all our dl-ty. (Can we ever get thes eerl dis ai;.itno orh' a lvantage that wti wounl a h h v - h -1 iih 1w' itenle'ito those duties in see, a-ty i"- A m-an wa'kes up at forty years Lthe of a~i an' in-Is that his youth has been eor wasted. au'. he strives to get back his early Ho advaniares. 1)ces he get them bac'k--the res days of iboyhood, the days in college. th-i itie days under his father's roof? "Oh." he sys- yea "ui eones onily get tnoso times Daels agatn, the how' I w-oul 1 inmprover the-n!" My hrother. . von wilt never gi't the-n back.' T'iey are one, gone. You may be very sorry abut ;* it in: G.'l may forz:iv.'. so that you may at , ast reath heavsn, but you will ne'ver g" over seine of the mishaps th-tt hav~ e o' to th soar soul as a result of your neglect of early ge duty. You may try to 'undo it; yn cannot 50 linit' it. Wheii 3yon hti a boy's arms, and a a boys eyer. atnd a boy's heti you ought to t bava attenrdel. t > tho 'things. A msa en i :t lIfty y ears of age, "I do wish I could get cle over the.-e habits of indolence." Whben did ete your ect thenm? At twenty or twenty-fiv chi years of ago. You cannot' shake them off. tht Th'iy wilt hant to you to the very day of ce~ r)tr death. If a young man through a long fea bourse of evil condfict undermines his physi- ma e health and then repents of it in after life, th th Lord may pardon him, but that does not Ofl bring back good pnysical condition. I sai:1 we to a minister of the gospel one Sabbath at the thc lelse of the service, "Where are you preach- ~ innow?'' "Oh." he says. "I am not preach- in ng. I am suffering from the physical effects 15 sf early Kn. I can't preach now: I am sick"bu . consecrated man he now is, and he mourns na itterly over early sins, but that does not Ch irrst their bodily effects. b The simple fact Is that men and womnen bee 'ten take t wenty years of their life to build is t 2p influences that require alt the rest of pat heir life to break down. Talk about a man- spe aeginning life when he is twenty-one years a t f age; talk about at wom-an beginning lIfe am hen she is eighteen years of age! Ah, no' anc [n many respects that is the tim'e they close oct ife. In nine cases out of ten all the ques- shi :ons of eternity are decided before that. ans 'alk about a majority of men getting their Iasv fortnq be'tween thirty an I forty voars: They get r lose fortunes h't ween ton atnd I twntv. When vou toil me that a man is w~ inst beginning life. I tell yoyu It, is jit4 ('10- sa ing it. Tne next fifty years will n-it b'e of as an muiiih importanice to him aa the fitrt twe.nty. of Niw. why do I sauy this? Is it for the ths aunovance of thos" who have only a bialerful ret rosipetion? You know that is tn-t my (i war. I sayv it for th'' benefit of youu-ig men t andI w.omen. 1 want thenm t o utnderst an-l that rternity is wrapped up in this hour: that the h 'ins i f youth we nover get nyer'; that yoa:i are i now fashioning th" tmold itn which y'our tl grat fiutuore is to run: that a minute, in ~teadI of becing sixtyv secon-ds long, is made Lt tp if "verlausting ages. You can sine what linitv and imortance this ives to the ca ife of aull our young folks. Why, In the ar iht of this subject lift' is not something to ' o frittered away. n-)t something to be bt mirked about, not something t >be idancel ha ut, bu't soriething to be weighed in the ' alanres of -'tarnity'. Oh. young man, the Vai 'in of yesterday, the sin of to-morrow will pai '-'i-'hiiver 1l,003 years-aye, over then gresat in in'. unandIin" eternity. You may afterm ishile c-ay: "'I am very sorry. Now I have i'a. ' to he titrty or forty, years of age. andIl liii 1 ish~ I h'a I never commnitte'. those sina." II hat doe that a-no-ant tot G~i m.t-iy par' biri on sou. but un-b those things you never Se vill, y'ou ne' 'r can. m 11 In this saam category of irrevoc-ibl; mia akes I put atl p:irentalt negleet. W.' begin A 5 hi- e lulatin oapf iiur chitlren ti hit '. By "' h-' t im' thiov g-'t iio etn orlift-i w ' W~ ' mu e o u mistaM" an I try to era li:'ati this " oni habi ..nd a.nm tha.. but it i too late. raft t parent wno omits in th" nrt ta ye ia e child's life to n-ike na etern-il impres- 1 for Christ nevztr makl s it. The child a, probably go o-1 with all tlh dis.advau- i1 S, which might h:v. h:en avoided by g !ntal faitlifuIlness. Now you sea what a a take that father or mother ma'res who g ; off to late life a Vieren)e to Christ. n e is a man who at fifty years of age says b o . "[ must b: a Christian." anl he b ds his heart to Go 1 an.1 sits in th- place o prayer to-lay a Christian. None of us tl doubt it. He goes how-, and he says: a re at 'lftv vears of age I have given my a rt to the Saviour. Now I must establish n tLle altar." What? Wh--r.' arc' your b dren now? One in B-ston. another in einnati. another in New Orleans.an-l you. brother. at your fiftieth year going to blish your famity altar; Very well. bet late than never. but alas. alas, that you not do it fW~lltv-11Vl Anlr I t 'hen I was in Chamouni. Switzerland, w in the Vin-l:>w of on-s of tih shops a ure that impresse l my mind v-ry mu:h. -as a pieture of in aceident that oecirred he side of one of the Swiss mountaimi. >npany of travelers, with guides. went I some verysteep places-plaes which but travelers attempted to go u-. They 'e, as all travelers are there. fastene I to ier with cords at th-n waist, so? that if one ped the rope woul.1 hold him, the rope ened to the others. Passing along the it dangerous point, one of the guide.s pod and they all starte-d dowa tbo preci But after awhile one more muscular t a the rest struck hIs heel-; int- the ile . stopped, but the rope broke. an-1 l -.,, Ldreds and thousands of feet, the :est it. nd so I see whole families boun: to ier oy ties or atterioa arit in m-iny cases king on slippery places of .worldlines. sin. The father knows it, and the t her knows it. anfl they atr- loind all t er. After awhile they begin t.- slide r rn steeper and steeper. au-I the fatlirj omes alarmed. and he stopz. plaitinir his : on the "roe k of ages.- II- stps, bilt l ropo breaks, an:1 tho- wi- w-r oiis a fast to him by moral an I spiritual il- p mces go over the preeipice. Oi. th-er- i I a thing as coning to Christ s-on -noui c ave ourselveis, but not soon enough t-I F e others. [ow many parents wake up in the latter t of life to flnd out the mistake! Th- par says, "I have been too lenient." ()r "I o -e been too severe in the discipline of my b Adren. If I ha-l the little oies around me Ii in. how different I would do!" You willl t er have them arrmiil :-fin The wor: ;3 n e; tie bent to tho c!harater is given. the y -nity i5 decided. I say this to youn p ).tr- I ,. those who are twenty-five and thirty t. hirty-five year; of age-hav% th" famiyt f .r to-night. H.,w do you suip poe hat il ,er felt as he lean-l (vetr the -ou-h of hi., b gchill, ant the expirin,- son sail to t: "Father. voi hav.t been ver'v goo. to e You have given ni a fin ,:itio-, . you have plaeud I in a tlue srial I- r )in you have done everything for me ini p oridly sense; but. father, you never t-hl how to die. Now I a dyin-g, ant I a'n Li 1." i this category of irrcvoeable mistakes I 3' also the unkindnasses done the d ted. When I wa-s a roy. my mothler ii av to me sometimes. "Do Witt. ou will t4 5rry for that when I an gone." And I o iember just how she lo.ke.1 sittin-' there h cap an I spIctales andi the old Bibl'e inl lap, and she never said a truerithii tihan I t, for I have often beem sorry sin-c. t ile wo ha.ve our friends witi us we say 'I umarled things that woun.l the! feelin, of , to whom we ought to giv., nothing lit ness. P-rhaps the paroat. without in- r ring into th-' matter, bases the child's e . The little ue. who lias fallen in th i et, comes in vover'- with dust. and al c uh the first diswater were not enough she c ps it. After a while the child is taken. li th parent is taken. or the companion i.s t en, and those who are left say: "Oh. o svoi could only get back thiose unkind I: ds. those unkind deeds! If we could 1: ' recall them!" But you --annot get' m back. You might bow down over grave of that l'vcd one ani-t cry and I and ery. Trhe white lips would make n>). wet. Tihe stars shall be plueke I out of ir sockets. but these influences shahl not C torn away. -The world shalt die, hut r' are some wrongs imrnortal. Tho 'a of which is. take care of your friends le you have' them. Spare the scolding. I eon-)nical of thre satire. .Shiit up in a k cave fra'n which thiey shall neverswarm t a all the war.ls thatliave asting in them. twill wish you had soma day-very so )a will. perh 'ps t-.--norrow-. Oh,. yes. ile with a tirm han I vou administer par it discipline also a-hminister ii very I tl lest so-ne day there h,- a little sla'> the cemetery an I on it ehisele.l. "Our lie" or "Our Charlie," and though yvu idown prone in the grave andl seek a e of repentenee and s-elk it carefully h tears. you cannot fIndI it. here is another sini that I place in the is of irrevocab e niistakos, and that is opportunities of getting goo I. I never teto a S-turday night but I can see dur that week that I have missed opportun Sof getting good. - never come to my hday but I can see that I have wasted 2y chances of getting better. I never go ae on Sabbath f rom the discussion of a ious theme without feeling that I might e done It in a mo)re successful way. How with you? If you take a certain number iushels of wheat and scatter theni over a ain number of acres of land, you expect arvest in proportion to the amount of I scattered. And I ask you now, Have . sheaves of moral and spiritual harvest responded with the advantages given? w has It been with you? You may make lutions for the future, but past opportun saregone.Inathe long processionof future rs all those past moments will march, but arehangel's trumpet that wakes the dead t nor wakce uo> for you one of those privi -es. Esau has sold his birthbright, and ther.' aot wealth enounli in the treasure houses leaven to buy it baek again. What does tt mean? It means that if you are going t( any adIvantage out of this Sabbath da~ will have to get it before the hainri wheek run-I on the clock to 12 to-nigit. It meant .t every moment of our lift, has two wings, 1 that it does not fly like a hawk in cir .but in a str.iight line fro-n eternity to nity. It means that. thou)tgh oilier iriots may break down or drar heavily, one never drops the brake and never ses to i-un. It means that while at other sts the cup may be passe I to us and we y reject it, and yet after awhile take it, cupbearer~s to this feast na- r give us bt chance at thie chalice, and rejecting that shall "dind no plae for repentance, ugh we seek it carefully with tears." here is one more dlass of sins that I put his category of irrevocable sins and tiaat lost opportunities of usefulness. Your iess partner is a proi-l man. In ordi cirumstances say- to him. "Believo in ist," an-I he will say. "You mini your mess and I'll mind mine" But there has a affletion in the household. His hearti nder. He is Jooking aroun:l for sym i ant solace. Now is your time. Speak, u, or forever hot-I your peace. There is et in farm life when you plant the corn when v-ou sow tihe see:l. Let that go by, th far.ner will wring hIs hiandIs whIle rn husbadmen arc' :ratberinar in the aes. You are in a reiigiouse meetinZ, Ithee' is ai' o;ip-'tu:iity for yeu toe spea'sI o-.I ftor Christ. Y >:i sic, "1 must do it." tr eh-ek finahen wit'i e:n',:irrasme-nt. rise half wvay.. bu:t ymt eiv.r b- for' :nen ose breath is in their nostrils. :iv v-nyt ack, an t the '';p'riunity is g.-ar, all eternity will feel tlfe '-ITect y'ur i-ilene-'. Try i g--t b-adC t oportuinity! Yii oneti'~ filn I it. aumght as well try t-o lin-1 thc" flo-- that l-omn wv.-hs 1. ')r tak- in vs'ir handI the that ,::m n- dow: on th"- I wa-s of the behenm shl..pherel. or to ieu-I thi:-p-li'n o first ro'bin that w.-nt :ir wl-ri Iis-. It -u-it is gon' for--v-ur. Whii-n an ''pI-lit u-a'r' -nway,-- yutmty h-unt for it- yoIu n t ind lit. Y-u muty ih for it; it wi.I take 'th-- h'o ic Yo: may1 dIi- for it- v-ye' n -t brin.-:it up . ii -m m r tha t thero wvrons a i Ii- in iu '-.-in ne-v--r tr er :-1 tht ,our pivilo..es. fly no-t in irele in -a -trai-ht hu ; int thu lighltnings -enot as swift f-'-t a:. -ur ivil"ese whe-a yar byan an. u- ien op irt'iily oen ~In-' t f an in-i, thu th-usan 'th i t t - a i*the mnilIzmnth partt o f a-i i n-* ---tnd ii) tcan ov-rt-ie- it. F-ire wiln'-' I s-eraphiim o come uip w it' it. The eternal Go I naelf catnnot cat th it. cta's I b-for- those u'ac haive a gI arious brght. Es-u's wa. not -se ri-- a- y- Jte. it -on'e, andi you c-lu itfor -v!-. I r--i 'e-iers- a'o-the' la-l Stewart H[-lland. ? c--I eraish'-d into th- Areti-' in th"- time a f::. an-I it w a- founti thatt th Ii-hip -t :: dIown. S im-- oft h le hi -tn r -*T in the life' a~ts. s--mi- ::t -l -i- n i At trenton I t e grand O M.inl f Dr. m . It lhoks baronial wih its trvc- round tw story columns, aid everything I n: of coete I rick-whi:e brick made of mie and, s'tell niudte in cement. In a rooin I ita 1 11 i i :.a t Be nmm th4 at >rn-v gen-ral a-il aferwvardss-cretarY of state f tlie Couetkd're ate:., wa concealed for any dwss whil- he wa< making his escipe to ubi. The fedJerals blew up the immense !t-Oe ngar ho1ises an lestroyed the maetus -ry. but id not i.d Mr. Benjamin. The very ruins of L tiies-- concrete wall and the brok-n wheels Old boi;ls show on what a grand scale this -reat sugar farm of 3,00) acres was conducted. :here wero in euto bellni days hundrecds of laves at wark here and ol Gratdnioih r Pat :on, who still liv! s at over four-score years, still ives to tell of those haleyen days and of Mr. 0' nlain-s e -cal:e to tei: bla lst- -t-i I retich sloop if C' !;r li :.. Th r -., ome gi a ol 1 uiins a Elleitni, a!!l -. -1t allowed memories aronnd thm.--4LL %r.p n Atlanta Constitution. SELECT SIfIINGS. The police patrol wagon and the po lice telephone system are Chicago ideas. At the present time nearly all col lars used on work horses in Belgium are made of iron. Paris has a fat men's club, member ship in which is acquired by tipping the beam at 100 kilogrammes, or 220 pounds. For a journey of 200 miles or so, a sound reindeer can travel at the rate of about twenty-five miles an hour on good roads. R. W. A. Sunday is pushing an evangelical campaign in Indiana, and lightening his clerical duties by occa sionally acting as umpire in baseball games. The Russian military authorities have concluded that the sheepskin caps worn by the soldiers are injurious to the eyesight, and will put them in helmets. The saying "Help me to salt, help me to sorr ow," is common among the Highlanders, and the majority of them always decline the article with a wave of the hand. Frenchmen take the neatest boots; Scotchmen take the largest, but they cannot compete with Lobengula, whose size was twelve inches long and eight inches wide. Maurice Courant is authority for the statement that the invention of printing is due to I tal Tjong, King of Korea, who had movable types cast as early as 1403. Lewis John, an old colored man vl ho was kicked to death by a mule at Uharlotte, N. C., the other day, went through the war as body servant to Colonel J. Y. Brice and left behind him thirty-six living children. A great proportion of the cucumber pickles used in the East are grown in one Maine County. Over 160 acres are given up to pickle growing in the vi cinity of the town of Camden. Tlie crop is a profitable one, usually yield ing an income of $103 to $150 an acre. The cleaning up of the mint at Philadelphia will net Uncle Sam about $30,000 in gold dust. The gold dust is from the floor sweepings for one year, which are collected every day in a barret kept for tbc putrpose. The gold is then extraated by the mint as sayers. ________ Plans for Suppressinig Mosquitoes. Not long ego Robert H. Lamborn, of New Yod, offered a prize for a ~racticable method of suppressing mosquitoes. Hundreds of suggestions were offered, the most notable being .o the effect that dragon flies should ~e artificially bred for the purpose. This idea, though not lacking in DoV eity and picturesqueness, was not deemed acceptable, simply because it could not be carried out on a scale suf ficiently extensive. Dragon flies, under natural conditions kill a great many mosquitoes, but to multiply their species to any great extent would not be possible, partly on account of ie manner of their development. They cannot be reared in a box like skorms. The laryie of the insects are aglv-looking worms, known com monly as "heigrammites," which crawl about in the muddy bottoms of Another odd suggestion offered to Mr. Lamborn was that spiders should be employed in the war against mosquitoes. Some time previously, however, Mr. L. 0. Howard, who has since become United States Etomolo ist, had. devised and experimented with a method which proved to have m~uch practical usefulness-namely, o pour oil on the surface of waters that propagate mosquitoes. A small quantity of kerosene employed in this minner will go a long way. If there s a btagn ant pond or overflowed marsh in your vicinity, you cannot invest mfoneCy more profitably this smmer than to buy some kerosene ind apply it. The process is very nelt~i, thie oil spreading itself far and ide in an extremely thin film. Five alIns, costing sixty cents, will corer 0,00( square feet. A single atpplica-. tion will suficee for the season, and will asolutely prevent the production of miosquitoes over the area treated. The cntiig of oil quickly suffocates and lls tll wrigglers. This system might le adopted mocst prolitably in the nig3Ihborood of some resorts. -Bos on Transript, The Tamiwurth PIig. This breed of pigs is said by Profes-. or Wallac", in his recent book on ''Farm Live Stock," to be the most direct descendant oif the aborig.ina! British pig. It is the ancient bacon. pig, anti coarse in bone, but his.vinga great breadth of lean ireat. Tue mod ern Tamworth pig has tihe better qualities of the Berkshire. with which the original has beeni crossed. andi makes egnally good bacon, but in much less tiine, having gaincd whit he original most lacked, viz., early7 maturit. It hais, however, ns other advantage over the Uerkshire. which, taken all in all, is; umluestionably the bet pig in e-:istence for baiconi and hamus.-Nw York Timen. Chimes on London 'Ch~anIne. On the Roytal Exchange at Londion t chimes have played the same four tnes for fifty years. They recently broke down and new chimes have~ been put up which will ptlay twenty-one tunes during the week, three timtes a day; English, Scot ch and Irish mrs on week days and psalm tunes on Sun da s. -Chicano Tit mes-.Herald. n the sai utended Canada and the UnitedI States sent tto Eturopc near . . .z.00 barrels of tapples. A those hours of cahlmity Stewvt Hcd nd st.od at the signal gun a" I it si - 1 :ro.s5 the sea- !xn. lj)):u! Ti: h-in an forsoak hi; plae-; thir egi-r" 'L one. an s'jome fainte 1. an.t - n- prayd. id -rne blasphem"i. an:t th- p- b-r p wa one. and they could no more t:-t off th i:. al gun. The 1a- broke in the -agaZ u:a it rought out more powder, and again th :UIL Domed over the sea. Oh. my friends, to;ssd n the rough seas of life, some h:Lve takti 10 warning, have gone off in the lifeboat. nd they are safe, but others are not mkik u'. ny attempt to escape. So I stand at this i al gun of the gospel, sounding the alaru, eware, beware! "Now Is the aceepted time. ow is the day of salvation." Hear it that our soul may live. 01LL ARP'S LE1TT l ILLI. CANNOC KEIEP AWAY -RM TlE L.\ND OF FI)WlIR. e Vrltts of .u- tumner Life f the Away up In the pilot-house. We nstl to ntl the whie:1-hou~e when I wis you i. an I the heel is up there yet just the same a-id the -pe that is wound around the hui, a-it r.ins wn msyteriously to the rudd r an-i guides the ca, big boat. 'The captain invite I nite up wre and let me turn the wheel a little to a 0 :w eazily I could change the course. A g:ri ald manage it on an open sea like there wa< un Tampa to Egmont lighthouse. It was a vAv day and the scenery charming. 'Shat a lief to got off the ldusty train after a 6'30-mile iurney and walk the deck of a pretty steamer id stretch yourself or climb thii iron bjdler to te pilot-house and gaze upon ih green sliores id the islands and pas'es and white sa-l< of issing vessels. There is but httlc comfort in veling on the cars. so far as sight-seeing is mcerned. but it is splend d on a river boat in lrila. You can take in miles and miles at a lance and if a man only had anothr eye in ic back of his head his organism would b3 ynp'ete. But then he would have to har.t an :her spectac'e when he got old and that would a bother, and if he was in churcl he conlan't sten to the sermon, for he would b lo )king at ie pretty girls behin.1 him It is hard to do onw when the choir is full and sits in front of )u. And then the breeze, the balmy bie za it is ever breathing on you as you sit upon ie dsck makes yon feel so calm and serene, a eling of "innocuous desuetude," or words to tat effect. Folks don't i alk much on a steam Dat. They look and think and enj 'y in a veet and restful silence the ever-changing enerv. Even the quivering throbs of the camir make It seem like a thing of life an I !mind you of your own heart beats that ths et save -Still like muffied drums are beating Funeral marches to the grave." We touched at Petersburg and from there camcd away to the q iarain'n island. n-ir ;gmont. "What do we stop herd for," said I > a sociable drummer. -'tih, tob fnmig it- d. f course," said he. I pondered that in my tind fora minute until convince I that he 1 c 1, nd then I joined in the laugh that followe:1. 'hese drummers are always lying er joking anti icy select m) for a victim when I am a'out. 'he o!d quarantine d- etor was a portly Cuba-, dark brunette, dressed in a navy r. gn a ni) uit with gilt braid on his cap. H - had good inners and was well fed and ILoke I like an Incated gentleman. The great birn of a hons) as full of boilers and tanks and tibes and htemicals for disinfecting- the mails or the lothing of the paaseng-rs in tim s o' pe4i :ce. Of course we on'y stopped this time to Ake on and put off Unclo Sam's little pou:hes f mail matter and some freight. The light .ouse jst below loomed up like a thing of cany. Graceful as a bird in form, andI as htite as the clouds, it stan-Is solid uipotn its welling base, and every night lights the mat-i r safe through the narrow pa-ts~s to deeper d safer waters. These are th a thitigs that ad-I ajesty and strength to the nation. Tue narantine, the liththouses, the forts, the life iving service, the men-of-war, all impr,:ss you ud deepen your patriotism and cause you to ubmit- more willingly to the burdens of tax . Our next stop was only a minu'e's pauise in he channel and a girl came swiftly from the in-1 in her tiny boat, and when along'id2 site osed the little mail bag up to the captain an 1 le to sed one down by her side. Sho said gon 1 orninig ant then goo.-by and was oit as itckly its she came. -D'les she get psiid for that?" said I. "Oh, yes," said the captain. "Wel," said I, "ishe is the first female mail toy 1 ever saw. What is it these modern, .elf -acd girls cannot do? I see by the papers that h(y have been practicing as conductours of the r ec. curs in Rome and the men arJ doing lots *f riding." lv andi by we enterea the broad exp n hung toth of the Manatee river, a river niamedi for ie nriotns aquatic animal of that n 'mn that -'l to b: found in its wateis. The na'ivei 'aled it a sea cow, for it g:ves birth to its '-nug and breathes air ltko a whale-a sor: of etif li-ree ani half alligator creature and h ts - 'a:l like a beaver. It is a link be wi-tn th e et:a atd the pachydtrmata or word< to hat effect. Many museums thavo fos-il r - ri :ius 'if this aninmal and the old s tile it -tilt - atotut seeing tin in the river. M inde - ontity was namad for thbs riv r an 1 liradi n wt i-i the countly sea'. In going np the r.ver loe anud lofty tree was po'nte-l ont iiht sto-ol o tie0 nioib shore. It was a date pahnm an I is till tmouriing fo'r its mate th it was det i r .yed .f.:se ye irs ago by a storm or some c-isuialty n since then this tree has n'-v~r bornue a doosm. or given a single fruit. "Th-y b ar fruit ars," said the captain. "tTheyi f r d z a-ti othr and when one dies the other cuea e< fruit aund ba a few years grieves itsc f to .."I have great respe::t for the dyie imimi. t s more loyal to its mats than some p opeIc :nmw. n ut 8adentewn the river is about a nmilean hli wile and the pretty village of Pabtnet-o - -gt oppos:te. A little daisy of .a inaptht -n':h cr.'sses every ten 0or fifteen mmutes airt irr e -passengers." Tne b:g boat-thi K'ssi i-e-ttat we wete aboard crosses twice tvery lv in I carries fr-eight and pats en.:ers. 8 i !: stownis and Ellenton and Mattate.e. wh chm ' only three mile-s fnr her up on o:-pt'-itO .-r practicadly thte suburbs of Brad' n owi. 'the river is not in the way, hut is i-nt pleasure and a sport. Ev -rybody is i :in.l of .heir river and if the old settlers do not caim t o have m'ide it they do claim to iave found it. All along the coast on ei'her idet are o be seen pretty residences <mbon'er ed int the shade of tropical trees i r surrounided by or.inze grn-cs. N-t ma-y of these ar t neely wint er hiomes of nor~Ihern people. bnt mst of t'tet are oc:tnpie 1 ali liii year r '1:iil y pernnnent settlers. T1hey have lotng snlie Si-nut I ot.t that te sunmmers are as tolerahle luere as in New Yirk or Georgia. but they say the-y c.in't m ko our up-country people believe W-i. I h'-ivi'spen'- thr e weeks of the month nf ~Jtt.- it ii:i! partionu of Florida thalt Ic-s b - hw the la1I-below Tamn---and catn truthful t y e 1a Ct not anywhere pnffer from oppr -it Cives it ole : ' .udc-ntown r . u witI J.1- hte Co~rnwvell severai mtiiet in tihe after ti -i n.1I next dlav cro.<se I-ovtr t> Paim -to an-I spt te mti~:ning in ti-ling to 'lie grit' ain I th hi-I mm- ik trucek farm: an-I to E letIot aind did inot :.et mat till we-arie I fr.ttm the summftOr heat. I f .itim a gentle breez t blowinig e' iry whiere a ii ihi -ihadle was pleas ut. Those truek irmos we-re a revilotiot to tme-th ir extent a-n-i praic t'ent-ss. 'Ihli season for whiipp.tn s over. if e t>nra', I tut thmer-e rSr tious itdls of buhtelul of to ea'o s still ini thle tihls goenm to I cay. Ther-.. wri ehitppced the last sea-onl It -it 00.(:tt0 e at -s of ve-c etabcle~s and t her: will hi shmipp.-l lbi< unier probabl'y 3t,010 txes i-f rvin.:-is. 'he tr1 e~ e. r beauttifully til rnn i ita- i withi ha' gr~ >w frnit. Thuey C-tv th-v i empat'iz with thie growers it ntir h e-r-tutyur ij>i-eei the IlA p--tect ef gettit Io :: 'ni I a bo\ f .r thir or:im-.tes. That t -- htvi i e n -.:r ' Liiv tbles ~ed si hiave a heta'm i :-ii nc tiure cin ryi iery onf atit N --mi-e Eii hshnl mlai o i her idn ,t ak tt r: utire t. antii ' ha ia o is Pra. i'iof if-eh - P.n vivr mat 1--i. r),t)J sad a re n'd 'r cer toh ib.'e il >rk I-ral thav thart wPr: Ni-:.udeh.d au-tl th he n ea rn tlrhta-i Slaaue tin-ti v.m Fiaan i-ithat reachivt lofe tea'-: ifothih were aot to.-ti 1.00 -ars al : -tl ton tt ie oliit no a foi tJmhhnny t:i: e i lip t n ,wr -tivn ', hats iin bnit't th-aIihat -rvi ii ;its tupp~te a:: e or wht itwas ilin mit. e b'.- -o- r n le-'e ancis'or. If Ma k: w a i i)Ct or the tomb iof Adam what wotn di er A Iloyal Collecter. The Czar of Suagis devotes a Iage part of his leisure to his collection of birds' eggs and postage stamps, in whioh he takes as keen an interest as a sohool boy. Many of the eggs he secured himself *hen a lad. He was a most daring and expert climber, and on more than one occasion he narrw ly escaped death while enaged in olambering some cliff or tree msarb of his treasures. ONIE ENJOVY Both the method and results when: Syrup of Figs is taken; it is pleasant and refreshing to the taste, and acts gently yet promptly on the Kidneys, Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys tem effectually, dispels colds, head aches and fevers and cures habitual constipation. Syrup of Figs is the only remedy of its kind ever pro duced, pleasing to the taste and ac ceptable to the stomach, prompt iu its action and truly beneficial m its effects, prepared only from the most healthy and agreeable substances, its many excellent qualities commend it to all and have made it the most popular remedy known. Syrup of Figs is for sale in 50 cent bottles by all leading drug gists. Any reliable drugt who may not have it on hand pr>, cure it promptly for any one who' wishes to try it. Do not accept any substitute. CALIFORNIA FIG SYRUP CO sAN FRANCISCO, C Al. WUVJLLE, KY. REW FORK, LVe otsou5 ents a bottle ij L'car end not a uing e cent unless at does. Wados1st. Chills and Fever. 5th. DsgizeFever. ~ th a e Y 0 UBy Ordering Your B. I. AIDR EWS, CRABLOTTE, N. 0. w~rite for Prices and Term~s. H AR BASA4 S. N. U.--29 ~OSOAP ine. 'Twould be absurd. It' sary. Pearline contains every py nature that's needed or that'-: it. And Pearline is so much ap that it has the work all done begins to take~ throwing y money. It's a ~oap-a ,. soap may be good for Louh it isn't much use in wash wen Pearline's around. tn for Fall Crops percentage of Potash to and a permanent enrichnment ide,"' a !42-page illustrated book. It for farmers. It will be sent free, and Address, AN ALI WORKS, 93 Nassau street, New York. i SIGHT! nond Cycles. PARTICULAR ! [ENTS, LIGHTEST WEIGHTS! D caming these mach ines, as we desire or er 11rt years that there is no better rices size an ilei hts. Call and see them. rs and Jobber.' in D SPORTING GOODS. ELL ARMS Co., -BOSTON, Mass. As to a Be's Ej, Every bee has two kiads of eyes the two large, compound ones, look ing like hemispheres, oi either side, and the three simple, or single eyes, which crown the head. Each oom pound eye (as one would =aturally suppose from the term which desig nates it) is really an immense aWe gation of eyes, each being composed of 3500 facets, which means that every eye seen has its image refooted $500 times in the bee's tiny brain. Every one of these facets Is the base of an inverted hexagonal pyramid, whose apex is fitted snugly to the ha. Each of these pyramid faoets may be termed a perfect eye, for each haS it$ own iris and optic nerve.--hicago Times-Herald. __ There are some vegetables that Oa scarcely be distinguished from ani maws, and some animals that seen to have all the characteristios of a vege table. - - Like ali people with whom the beard is scanty, the Indians regard it as a blemish and pluok it out. After Dinner. After the heartiest dinner a dose of TYNER's DYsiPSI-A RiaDnY will remove all unpleas ant feelingi, aid digestion, and build up your health. As an after dinner drink it is far su. perior to all other remedies, as it never disap points, and leaves an appetite for t e next meal. For sale by Druggists. Manufactured by C1As. 0. TvYN1En. Atlanta, Ga. Ta1lahatta Springs, Ala. It cured me of avery annoying caseof Piles in a few days. I have sold a good many boxes of Tetterine for the common Itch, and it has never once failed to cure. It's all that's claimed for it.. T. L. Bedsale. Sent by mail for 50c. in stanp.. J. T. Shuptrine, 8avan nahi, Ga. Piso's Cure cured me of a Throat and Lung trouble of three years' standing.-E. CADY, Huntintol. Ind-, Nov- 12. 1831 Conductor E. D. Loomis, Detroit, Mich., Lays: "The effect of Hall's Catarrh Cure is wonderful." Write him about it. Sold by Dru-ists, 75c. it is So Ensy to Remove Corns With Sindercoran',we wonder so many endure them. Get it and see how nicely it takes them off. Te city of Kiel,oemany twenty yam ag7 had y 7 t. o-daythe number exceeds 100,000. A colony of 5000 farmers, from the North western States and California, are golag t lorth Carolina to 1ocate. -You can carry the little vial of Doctor Pierce's Pleasant Pel W lets right in the vest pocket of your dress * suit, and it will not make even a little lump. The "Pellets" are so small that 42 to 44 of them go in a vial * scarcely more than an inch long, and asbg round as a lead pencil. They cure constipa tion. One "Pellet" is a laxative ; two a mild cathartic. One taken after dinner will stim ulate digestive action and palliate the effects of over-eating. They act with gentle effi ciency on stomach, liver and bowels. They don't do the work themselves. They simply stimitlate the natural action of - the organs them selves. <JSEI with Pear isn't neces rc thing ofasoa g-i ood to go witi better than so r-e before the soar You're simpi: I-~i clear Wast~e off something, ti igand cleaming sFertilizers should contain a high *insure the largest yield of the soil. Write for our "Farmers' G is brim full of useful information GERN SELL 0] ~.Lovell Diar 9HIGEI GRADE IN EVERY LATEST IMPROVE2 JTAVE TOUR MECHANICAL FI. f to show the wor1k am'~l m:sterial to mnen wld made in tuw world than tie Loui WaV~rrantedq Ia every re-pect. All p Cataogue free. .Qirlf there is no ::Ben Manufacture ARASBICYCLES Al JOHN P. LOT 147 Washington St., 1 L131 liroad St.I"