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
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