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I-J -- - - TR i-WEEKLY EDITION WINNSB oro, S. C. JANUARY 2 ESTABLISHED1844 THE UNCHANCING. Coo fleet tho ho"rs slip by With feet unts"rry!a:; Too soon is lost the esky Of lIfe-renawing Spring; Too soon comes Autumnu's breath With presages of death. Yet. though the :red rose fade. And the green fields lie wasts, Despoiled and disarrayed; Though cease! sdy we haste To our dim heritage Down the gray paths of age: There is one thirg that Time, The great ali-conqueror, May touch not with his rime, The fond, true heart of her! Gi! t wi:h Love's asphodels. There Youth per:nnial dwells. -Harner's Bazar. Lov LYSfIS Ell. "Is this thc ferry?" The speaker was a tall, fair girl, whose pale statuesque beauty was ac -centuated by her mcurning dress and black hat, and her inquiry was ad dressed to a h..ndsome broad shouldered young fellow in flannels who was fastening a boat up to the steps. As the young man did not reply,the girl repeated her question. "Can you tsil me; please, if this is the ferry?" Then he looked hastely around, ana as there was nobody else in sight, he seemIed + come to the conclusion that he was the one to whom the lady was speaking. "I beg your pardon," he said, "I. did not know that you were address ing me. ,his is Twickenham ferry" "Thak you,". responded the girl. -- "a'iwill.yon b9 good enough to ferry me over?" "WFith pleasure," was the reply, and stepping forward, he assisted her into the boat, shoved of and con menced scuiling across the river. When they arrived at the opposite baak, and, as the young lady was being assisted out, she asked: "How much do I owe you, please?" The ferryman turned rather red and hesitated for a few moments before he replied: . "The fare is a penny, but you had better pay when you come back." "I am afraid I sha!.' have to," re plied the ;air giri,lookingiu her-purse, " or I have nothing less than a shilling." "Shall I expect you down this after = oon for a row?" inquirid the young' ery probably-I think so,zid,by thi6hy, what's your name? Whose boat S esry wcll, Johu, I shall be at the pa diiglieabout half-past 2." And he. walkedsway with that grace and. vbi- whioh' are inseparable from a girl who has been brough, up in the - fresh air and athletic -surrdundings of a country life. The half hour had barely struck 'when she young lady made her ap pearance at the ferry. Jack was wait ing for her, an d without any loss of time they got- afloat and started up the river. This was a memorable day with Geraldine, for it was her first intro duction to the "Silvery Thames," and as she leaned back on the cushions in the siern sheets, the ripple of the water and the songs oi the birds com bined wi:h the rhythmic sound of the -boatsman's sculls to make sweet musie, which she enjoyed in silence - until they arrived op;posite Pope's Vlla, which Jack duly pointed out. "A grand poet!" exclined Geral din e, with enthusiasm. "Much o:-erratedl," answered Jack. *His brain was as crooked as his figure." "You have been misinformed," ob served Geraldine. "Of course, you have not read~ his 'IliaT1-it is no' a book that would appeal to you. "0! yes, I have," interrupted Jack. "And his 'Odyssey,' too. But I would rather read cne can:o from 'Childe E arold' than the whole of Pope's works."* This led to a disputatious argument, in which Geraldine lost her temper, and was rude enough to say: "You are evidently an examp!ifica tion of the old saying that 'a little learning is a dange:ous thing.'" "Well, I'm bothered I" exclaimed Jack, wi:h a satirical smile, "if that isn't a little too bad. Fori, if there was one thing that I was supposed to be good at, next to roa-ing, it was Greek." "You seem to be very well educated for your position in life," rmre Geraldine. nw" rare "0, I don't knw"answered Jack, end he added, quickly, "the free libraries are so convenient, you know. But I might return the compliment, and say that you see: very well read for a young lady." When they returned to the ferry Geraldine extracted her purse; but, as she was taking out the money, Jack said, pointing to Hammerton, the ferryman: "That is the person to pay, please. I am not allowed to take any money." After siil had gone yack said to the ferryman: "Don't forget, Dicl, if she should happen to make any inquiries, that I am only one o: your assist.ants." "All right, sir." answered Dick, with a knowing look, "I won't for get."____ For the next month Geraldine went on the river every fine day, sometimes in the morning, sometimes in the afierno.; and those boating expedi tions wvre extendel on many occasions up the river to lingston, Molesey, and Sunbury, a'-d many an argument they had on literature ani art-for, as a rEle. their opinions on these sub sects were aiametrically opposite-as they drifted down homeward bound. One afternoon they were returning down the river when the conversa-ion turned upon the wedding of a lady of property in the neighborhood, who had recently married her coachman. "Pco:, unfortunate woman!" em claimed Geraldine. "How bitterly she will regret it." "Why should she?" inquired Jack. "Because happiness is i-npossible with such an ill-assorted match." "How do you know they are ill assorted?" "Why! the man is only a common coachman." "But you must remember that she has married the man, not the coach man; and if they are fond of one another, why should they not be happy?" "It is imnossible!" exclaimed Geral dine. "How can she-a lady of birth and education-have anythirg in com mon with a fellow like that--a hewer of wood and a drawer of water ?" "Don't be too hard upon us," said Jack,hali seriously.. "Remember that Homer was a slave, Burns a plowman, and your favorite, Pope, only the son of a linen draper." "Ah! but genius levels all things," replied Geraldine, with a smile. "There is something else which levels all things," observed the young boatman. 'What is that?" "Love," ans wered Jack. - "That glorious feeling which is the true philsopher's stone, which glids -the road of lii i, no matter how rough it may be; makes a dry crust with the object of one's affection more accept able than a feast without her; -and which sweeps away all distinctions of rank, as the running water washes away the dull earth and leaves the grains of gold exposed." "How eloquent you are this after noon!" remarked Geraldine, but he voice was tremulous, and it was evi dent that her playful sarcasm was but assumed. "What novel have you been reading?" "Perhaps I am eloquent," replied Jack. "It has been said that all men deeply in earnest are so, and this is a Question that affects me to the bottom of my soul! In days of old women married-men because they loved them, irrespective of their banking accounts or pedigrees. If a man was honest, brave and honorable, he was con sidered a match for any 'ladye faire,' and why should it not be so?" "Times have, altered," faltered Geraldine,her usually pale face a rosy red; "and we have- altered with them: . - "Not ," res#ndeadach. _'T ~" tis esav 7-Chnan . men and.omen zre sti the 'ie Indeed, so sure am I tha" this is the case, that I am about to stake my whole future happines.' upon it.- I ove you truly and de7"6tedly. I have never loved befoie, and I shall nmver love again. Will you be mine? W'.2 you trust yourself and your fut.r. happiness to me!" ' "0! this is unkind and ,ungener >us," cried Geraldine, her dyes fill ing with tears. "You shouli not-you ught not to-talk to me like this." "Why not? Out of the fuiness of :e heart the mouth speaketh," tuswered the young man, and, leaning orw. rd, he possessed hi:nself of one f her hands. "Put on one side all lisarities of rank or fortunie, and ask ourself the cunestion: 'D> I love im?' Geraldine, dear Gera'.dine, do nt let the cruel laws of society comne :~etween us an.1 ruin the happiness of wo lovers. Speak, daeling, and tell1 ne you love me." '-Can you not see," cried the poor irl, commencing to weep bitterly, "it s unkind of you to press me further?" "I want to hear it from your own ear lips," persisted Jack. "I only. ant you to say, 'I love you, Jack,and ill be your wife.' " "Oh, I cannot." "Do you love me?" "Yes, but-oh, look, there is my unt!" erclaimed Ger aldine. "Please pt me on shore at once." yack looked around and discovered n od lady watching them intent'y rom the towing path, and,turning the >oat's head, he scalled in to the bank, ~aying, as he assisted Geraldine to and: "I shall call upon you in the morn ng." He did so, and was informed by ihe ervant that the family had gone away arly that day,and had left no address, s they wero going to travel on the ontinent. It was the middle of the London season, and Lady Althorpe's roona were crowded with the youth, beauty ma elite of the aristocracy. Bustling up to Geraldine, the energetic little ostess exclaimced: "Don't move away for a minute, dear, I want tc ',troduce Lord John Jaser to you. A most eligible part:, my dear. So handsome, as rich as Croesus, and so delightfully eccentric! Sets no as a woman-hater, you know. but if ~he resists you, my dear, why I shall give him u.p altogether." A minute after she had gone in search of his lordship, a well known face caught Geraldine's attention, and the nest moment yack, the boatman, was stan'ding sn front of her. "At last!" he said, in a low, aeep~ voice, while his eyes seemed to pierce her through and through. "0! Jack," cried Geraldine, "what are you doing here?" "I have come to ask you to finish what you were saying to me when your aunt interrupted our conversa, tio," replied Jack. "0! but isn't it rash of you?~" said the poor girl, half inclined to ory. "Suppose anyone should1 recognti;e you? I should never forg~ive mycelf if you got into trouble through~ ne. Do go away5Jy ? "Tell me you love me, and Y will leave you at once if you wish it," answered Jack. "O! I dc-I do!" erclaimed GCral dine. "I never knew how much until we were parted, and now please go away. 0! there comes Lady Al thorpe." "Ah! Lord John, I was going to introduce you to lady Geraldine, but it seems as though you have met be fore," rippled the genial hostess. "Ah! you sly thing!" "O! Jack," cued Geraldine, when they were once again alone in the j crowd, "why did you do this?" "BecauFe I wished to be loved for myself alone, darlir.g," whispered Lord Jasper. "And I had given up al i hope of it, when Providence brought us together at dear old Twickenham ferry. "-The Princess. SIG CHUNK%S 07 COLD. Some ramously L2 :" -M.ssas of the Golden Metal ' While the nug;et found in the Blue Jay pocket by the Graves brothers is likely to become famous for its size and value, it is not, as has been stated, the largaat one known in the authentic history of mining. This nugget stands, or rather stood-for it is now being minted-for about S12,000, but saying nothing of the alleged Chilian nugget, weighing 400 pounds troy, the "Wel- I come" nugget of Ballarat, weighing 217 ounces 16 pennyweights, wa sold for over ?10,500, or nearly $52, 500. It is even a question whether the Graves nugget is the largest one eier taken from th3 soil of California. According to Hit:ell, a nugget was found ai Carson hill, Calaveras county, is November, 1854, which weighed 195 pounds troy, and was worth over S1:3, 000. Between the two there isn Io great issue of values, but what there is appears to favor the earlier speci Imen. The first nugget found in this state, the one which Marshall picked up, was worth but 50 cents, and the next one- discovered but $5. A soldier in Stevenson's regiment found the first large specimen, a mass of gold weigh ing between twenty and twenty-five 1 pounds, while stopping to- drink in a small affuent on the Mokelumne river. This nugget was taken east, whhre-its exhibition confirmed the stories of. California wea .th and added natarally ' to the public ercitement there. In 1854 the "Oliver Martin chunk," which was auriferous ore mixed with white quartz, was picked up near Camp Corona, in Tuolumne county, a a hole.which Martin had dug to bury a drowed comrade., It. yicided .Z270; sis ofIa r .' . ,el.glla o San 1 quichly, 13 e week's 1 5000 bei one, he bea Riti county, el t to )t k ids in a an7e utch ->m anug" Js tre2u e o , similar in siz u - y's head. This brought S12,300, a ; ent Daniel Hi:1through a career of del:auchery to the poorhouse.I The ninds in later years up to the Blne Jay discovery have not,. been of a notable sort. In the fall of 1883 two tramps, who had been put off a~ Southern Paci.ne fre~ght train, star ted to walk to Bakersfield, and found a batteroed nugget weighing 216 ounces oa the way. In 13%d a chunk worth 100 was picked up in San Diego county, and there have been two or three discoveries on the Mojave des e:. The matority of the finds have been accidental. - San Francisco Chronicle. Beards in Rlome. ~ The Roman barber, besides cuti-ing the hair and shaving the face, trimmed he nails and kept the fingers inorder. The R o:nan philosophers, with a scorn 'z of fashion's mandates still common to their kind in the nineteenth century,e aected bsards of enormous lengthd ~ which became known as the badge of their profession. Lucian mocks them for considering these as a mark ot wisdom. -I' Shaving actually became sacerdotal at Romne. One of the most important periods in the life of a Roman was when he celebrated his entrance into manhood and assumed thotogavirilis, iarking the futll rights of citizenship. In the religious rites that ccomipamne:t this observance thec puerile face felt the razor for the fir-st time; the cut tir gs of the adolescent heard T-ere carefuljy incosed in a wva'en ball and conse crated to some divinity. When ).ero assumed the toga, his youthful beard was shat np ina golden casket studded with oearls of great price, and then oiered to 3Jupiter Capitolinuis. Ladtrian, havmng a face full of un sightly scars, covered the:n wih a 1 1crd,adwas the fir', of the Roma enerors to wcar such an* adornment, seting a fashion that was'followved by hs successors. The m~ajority of the Latin and Greet gods were represented with flowing eards; there was even a bearded noai;s Are Smaller. There is nothing which more illus trates the progress of science and in vention than the decrease in size, weizht and mechanism of locks and keys since these instruments were first put in use for the purpose of keeping out intrusive strangers. Years ago these mediums to secret chabers were made of wrought iron. Iand were of ponderous size and weight. The nineteenth~ century, ~owvever, nas made wonderful improve ments on these instruments. Nown ays a person may carry a dozen keys in his pocket with ease that will open stronger and more intricate locks than the grotesque specimens which pre- E vaild in the days of our grandLather; .-..itimora 4.ntzian. HmmD.EN'SUUCUiN. A DEPARTMENT FOR LITTLE BOYS AND GiRLS. mething that Wii/ Interest the J.u enile Members of Every Eocahold uaint Actions and :ight Sayir go f Maon Cutc and Cunain; Chiidren. t The Baby's Fut-.ro. " hat will the baby be, mamma, ith a kick and a crow, nd a husih-a-by-low, "aat will the baby be, mamma, '!on he grows up into a man? ill he always kick and always crow, id wriggle his arms and his legs about so, make ap b-uch horrible faccs, you know, s t+gty -secrh he baby will be a oldier, my dear; ith a fife and a drum, : nd a ruim-tiddy-tum, *e baby will be a soldier, my dear, v hen he grcws up into a man. -wil draw up his reginie t all in a row, d flonrish his sword in the face of the foe, ho will he them away on a tremulous toe, , quickly as ever they can. he baby willCa si!or, my dear, cith a 'fore and-an aft' ud a "tighlit ;e babyii1 be a sailer, my dear, When he grows up into a man. will hoist his-sails wit a 'yo-heave ho!' d take in his reefs when it'comes on to blow, d 'shiver his timbers,' and so forth, you know, )n the genuine nautical plan. e baby will be a doctor my dear ith owdar - 'n" octor, my dear, nto a man. " rhubara, and calo are black and pills = e, when he's l=u an when he began. my dCar, 5 a man. eryou knew er can do, Sieels when he Ild amr hie le nd. an l th L1 - Idg~n, n ear cohe ethr,andpp ~ twreckig ne cerdyffo lbrte dr ilCmdtohv vthepesandd b' Bi p m. -'s - bbown owhwit eer~ ~ a one was tme oter adau ~id b,eklingduner B;prchd o am '5*oakin all " totme toghte pets and w fr eignke as ~dthe Gir. h. Didt voyer lobe o al al hee ro th ouht us all ah nLoxo h ~~to 6. idn't kou e-e ethogbt. "'Cause t's from the coue-' S whrt wod happeny tt mot idn'1g t ot lke my, gro " I tbJba hought t tueil ho ro fnn papese in asy S Yhatn would happen, oLene ontptocead tiea "os ' epaindhut to tel l er,' ma resdinga p.- -dmpi ahng.oto his g ro es Budto yout clie "I e some roerows toe n -list." th t Bobb drv his mother looking anxiously out of the door. .e at once began to explain. "I tried to ex-cs-peppermint with a box, mother," he said, "but I was so' :7, though it was a tormentous long ways to the grocery man's. and if they hadn't let re ride I don't know how I'd managed. But I won't do it again, mother, truly." "No, Bobby," said his mother, "ex periments don't always turn out right, and jt's better to go along the way your mother expects you to." "Yes, that's so," said Bobby. I won't forget that."- he Outlook. Snakes that Like Thunder. One of the -ronders of the bare, sandy plains of New Mexico are the thunder snakes. They are by no means com mon, yet they are often encountered by prairie travelers, especially before and after thuntlerstor Ls. Flashes of light ning and cbaps of thundtr, which are so terrifying to bipeds and quadrupeds, seem to have the :.reatcst charm and delight for thcse members of the ser pent family. Whenever a thunder storm comcs up they have a reguar pic nie. They come crawl!ng out of holes, from behind rocks and rotten stuxps, and enjoy the fun while it lasts. r r..f;re is quarrelsome, their cter fierce, and they are aggressive f a hlgh degree, although their markings are very beautiful. They are' not poison ous, however; their bark Is worse than their bite. Lozfciltow's RceiPC for Health. In one of the recent magazines there Is a long article on the subject, "How to Be Healthy." Of course, this doesn't interest boys and girls very much, be cause most of them are fortunate in be ing healthy already, but some of the older people would like very much to know the best way of winning back their health. One time a man asked the poet Longfellow how to be healthy, and this is the answer he received: "Joy, temperance and repose, Slam the door on the doctor's nose." The Way. When Jimmy had taken a few writ Ing lessons he explained to his mother: "This is the way to write my name; you mane a big writing J, then nine humps and the bottom part of a Y." Not AuI IIe Wanted. "Well, Willy," asked grandma, "have you had all the dinner you war^.?" "Nome," answered the truthful little boy; "but I have had all I can eat." CORRECT NAMES IN ALASKA. The Geographical Board's Decision Gaya Dyea Shonid Bc-Tai ia. United 'States bo'd on geo ingY te spelling of 10 thesT es. These include a number in .ska significant at this time in view .' the Klondike excitement. Many variations cf nomenclature for the sime place arc encountered and the board's action determines the uniform usage. Following is a summary of ac tion taken relating to places conspicu ously mentioned in the gold stories: As to Klondike, the decision is toa spell it as here given, and not Cion-j dyke, Kliondykce, Chandyke, Chandyk,~ or Deer, Rteindeer, Thrordice, nor Thron Diuck. One of the ikes of the upper Yuko.n was named Lebarge by the Western Union telegraph expedi tion in 1868, after Mike Lebarge, a member of the exploring party, who is no3w living somewhere near Ottawa, Ont. Late publications have fallen into the error of spelling this Labarge, but! the hoard adheres to the original for' Lebargc. There is a Leba':ge River in Alaska.I When Schwatka descended the Yn kon in 1553 he named one of the lakes n Its headwaters Lindleman, after Dr. Moritz Lindemaan, now vice prcsident of the Bremen Geographica] Society. This sometimes appears erroneously as Lindemann and Linderman. The board adopts Lindeman. One of the principal tributaries of the uper Yukon is the Lewes River, aned by Robert Campbell, of the H:dson Bay Company, about IS4S. This is often miscalled Lewis. The Inlet, river and village at the ead of Lynn canal, which now ap pears in the newspapers almost daily under the form of Dyea, the starting Point for the overland route, is an In lan word wvhi;:a has appeared in many formns. Admiral Meade, in iSGO.J rte it Tyyaf' Krause, in 18S2, wrote' t Dejab: Scrta in 1853, Dayny;, DalI, in ISS3, Talya. The board adopts he form T;tiya. For the lake and river variously call d Hootaling~ua or Hlotalinga, or Tes lin-Hina or Tcslin-Too or Teslin. the board adopts Teslin. The terminations lina and Too are said to mean.river in difierent Indian dilects. An Indian village on the middle Yu on is calleJ Nuicintayet. This has een written in several forms. Includ ng th'e erroneous one, Tukiukyet. 'S.ac Knew. A girl from town is staying with ome country cousins who live on a arm. On the night of her arrival she inds, to her mortification, she Is ignor nt of all sorts of things connected ith farm life which to her country ousin are matters of everyday knowl dge. She fancies they seem amused t her ignorance. At breakfast the following morning she sees on the table a dish of fine oney, whereupon she thinks she has ound an opportunity for retrieving her umiliating experience of the night be (ore, and of showing her country cous ns that she knows something of life fter all. So, looking at the dish of oney, she says, carclessly: "Ah: I see you keep a bee."-Pear on's Weekly. Britone Bectter Shotc. British soldiers are better shots than ther French or German. TWOINTERESTIG I SERMON3 nEV. TAL3MAGE DISCOURSES ON CLUB EVILS. The.-NIth of tte lew Tork Serald's Conm: petitiv3 Sermons Is 3Eatitecd "Sun shine, Ba.t a Cloud; a Clona. But Sun Ehine"-Dr. Talmato on Club EvIls. 'ir: "3e was a ri:hty man In valor, but he was a ieper."-II Kings v., 1. Over every hamtn life, however bright the sushine, a clotx' may'wome. Every - person covets what he chooses to consider success; some riche?. some fame. some pleasure, come domect!c fel!ciit". No one, however. rtalizes all hi. am'bitions-nu deed, not all are worth realizing. Thefi9 f alWavs a sort:ing which mars haan .ess posslbiltiesof anuish in every condition. spots weder than ctherifa the strongest bar of steel, the capability of tarnishin the purest'old. spots ou thie sun. A per son's we knessec-consequentlylis sources a rcrin mv lie jast besidehis strong ssrorra .s of car . 7,e may be ionest,. but ov~er : r.n-sRedtbt obsti nate; economieal, but p*enriens; just, but: unsierrifa!; courageous, ~but cennoriois; agedionate, but nassionate. Unselishness may shsrpon daggers that pierce the heart, and intensity of ageetion may be a pledge of keenest pangs. A perso, it may be, aceaires riches, but health is gone, or domestic happiness has taken departure. or waters of grief are floodin; the soul. Pre-eminently success fal along shme lines, he is cansnicuously unsuccessful along others. It takes but litte to render a person miserable; it takes much to render some happy. As it needs only a trifle to prevent wealth from pro ducing contentment. Is it a mark of wis dotn to sacrifice for its adquisition that which Is of more value-health, comfort, reputation, character, principle, con scienoe--the hope of an. eternal world? "A man's life consisteth not in the abundance of the things he poesesseth." Does the river consist in the driftwood it is carrying to the ocean? "Fine feathers make fine birds," but a fine residence and a fine equipage are r.ot capable of always making the heart merry. .thlose irho covet fame, some win the prize; but cares increase, responsibilities augment, disappointments multiply andar. rows of envy become keener and. more numerous. lie who courts public favor courts a fickle damsel, one who, disquali-" fled to bestow happiness. may flatter little ness and condemn greatness. In history there are few sadder chapters than those which record the cares, worvies aud re verses of,some who acquired prominence. Moses was a mighty man, but he : was driven Into exile, and sleeps in anunknos grave. Elijah was a rare specimen of tre greatness, but Ahab's folly and 3ezebel's hatred came near driving him to suicide. Daniel was a great man, but for hia p* euiier species of greatness. Nebuehadnez sar thought a lion's den the fittest place. Isaiah was a man of rare stregth of char aeter, but Manasseh la - tween two planks and sawed him I. Such as desire to see-. -'mptiness of human greatness would d-Z11to readthe biographfes of the kings, sixty-fn number. who during:six hundred years ruled the Eastern Roman empire, its capital-Con-. stantinople, tnd they 1may beinelinaed;to thank God. that thay are permitted al in obseiity. To som* tlat ' 'y, "Thvg0od Osye , on '.,. hu~e ice? The man who is orn:iL aeilar can get 'no' lower-one thing.for jhieh ho may be thankinl. The man:n ,the housetopmay grow dizzy .and,-fal;ing, n may suddenly terminate hisexalted career.: Most persons desire to be on the mountain summit- few prefer the valley, though the winds are less fierce and the stoxms less violent. On every human life, however dark the c everlasting cloud. there may be sunshine. C It is near so dark that it can be no darker, isccuragements are never so many that there are no grounds for thankfulness. A cloud-on every path way, and sunshine pos sible in every heart. A burden on every.f life, and.no scal that may not thrill withe jry. A erook fi every lot, and no crook so tortuous tha.t it may not end in celestiI bliss. No trial without its alleviations. Poverty Insoires energy, fosters self-reli-~ one, pro-npts to industry and teaches usI to prize the blessigs we have without mur mnuring over those we have not. Ill-health fores3 attention to the laws of health, sweetens the dispo'sition and directs atten tion to the Dearness of eternity's curtain. I Bereavements have their alleviatingco pensaitions. Obscurity has its special ad vantages. Physical disabilities have their compensations. The deaf are saved fro hearing much i.hat is bctter never heard.c The blind can see no frowns. The eripplet is excused from running errands. The per son who cannot read is delivered from the ~ C temptation to read the account of the last football game, the last pugilistic encoun ter, the most recent testimony in the Nack Thorn trial and the pious gush emitted in prison walis over criminals. It Is well to observe that each person's lot, all things considered, is not widely dif ferent from that of others. The mountain has both rocks and sunshine; the valley floods as well as waving harvests. The eyes that shed tears can beam love. Josnm S. Vs Drue, D. D., Vastor Presbyterian Church, Glassboro, N.J. CLUS EVIL., Moral Lessens .Drawn by the Eey, 'Dr. Talinage. Tnrr: "Let the young men now arise and I play before us."-II Sam. ii., 14. There nre two armies encamped by the I pool of Gibeon. The time hangs heavily n on their hands. One army proposes agam~e tl of sword-fencing. Nothing could be more si healthful and innocent. The other army b accepts the challenge. T welve men against tl t we!-e men, the sport opens. But some- Y thing went adversely. Perhaps one of the t: swordsmen got an u'siry cli o, or in some ti way had his iro aroused, and that which I opened in eportfulness ended in vIolence, si each one taking his contestant by the hair, ri and then with the sword thrusting him In tl tho side; so that which opened in innocent a fun ended in the manssaere of all the twen- ti ty-f our sportsmen. Was there ever a bet- si ter illustration of what was true then, and si is true now, that that which is innocent I may be made destructive? t At this season of the year theeclab-houses V of our towns and cities nre in full play. I it have found out that there Is a legitImate 0: and an illegitimate use of the club-house. 0 In the one ease it tray become a :healthful fi recreation, like the contest of the tweniv- tl four men in the text when they began their it play; in the other case it becomes the mans sncre of body, mind and soul, as in the case of these contestants of the tert when they had gone too far with their snort. All- In - telligent ages have had their gatherings for politicai, social, artistic, literary pur poses-gatnerings characterized by the tilunt old Anglo-Saron designation of n "club." During the day they are comparatively si lazy places. Here and there an aged man b reading a newspaper, or an employc dust- C lng a sofa, or a clerk writing up the ne- ti counts; but when-the curtain of the night lI fails on the natural day,, then the cur tain of the club-house hoists for the enter- c4 tainment. ILet us hasten up, now, the 0; marble stairs. What an imperial hallway! On this side there are reading-roms, where you flnd all newspapers and reaga zines. On that sido there is a library, I where you find all boolts, from herme- el neutics to the fairy tale. .Coming in and It out there are men, some of who:r stay tea A mInutes, others stay many hours. Some of a: thee are i?og ing.uJ LIQge. and ta,g iave etcused themselve for a wblefer = he domestic circle that they may enJoy - :be larger sociabimty of the club-htouse rhes: are from di cmbered honseholdei -. imd they have a pIailt I g-somewhetr- -- snt they come to this cil-room to-have - heir chief eniovment. One blaekb ll. imia ten votes will defeat a mi beom. ng a member. For rowdyism. for drnkl. nness, for gambling, for any kind- of rnisdemeanior, a membsr is dronpsdo.n?.: lrtiant club-house from ton to bottom. The chandeliers. the plate. the f:rMiie the companionship, the Ilterature. ;ocial nrestige, a co-nplete enchantment. = ~ But the evening is .pasi*_ on. end _o we hasten througit the hail and downthi t'ens and into the. street, and from block -- to block until we cono to another styleot ,-'-house. Openior the-door. we fnd th - I strong drink an& tobaceo,sone=''.'a a?most fintolrabTe- Thes: youn at this tab_e, it fi easy tndesr,tl r wrhat.they are at, from the flashed chee. the intent look, the alrso,t angry-way-ot ossing the dice, or of moving.tho:"ohlps.' hey are gambling. At another table are ren who are telling vile stories. Theyar . hree-fourths intoxieati, and between tud I o'olkc! they wilt go s gaering ko..g -a, swLrfg, 'g:ift on :the-r;a lome. As the hours of the ight iro away, the onversations becomes inbelias and more lebasing. Now it is tiafs to shut ap. Thoe ,ho are able to stand will get buton:the mavement and balance themselves.agains - he lamnost; or-against the rai-gs of ther " 'ence. The young man who is notabletor 3tand will have a bed improvised for h {im a the clabhouse, or two not. q=ta-so ivercome with liquor will conduet him to tis father's house, nd' they will ring tho; loor beU, and ;the door will ouen, and the - :wo imbecile escorts will introduce into the: taliway the ghastliest and most -ellish spectacle that ever enters a front door-s irunken son. But I make a vast'difference betweee ' slubs. I have belonged to four.elubs:- " ,-" theological club, a ball club, and two liter iry clnbs. Igot from- them physical rei T renation and moral health. What shall-be . the principle? If God wl help mellH lay down three principles by which 7 my judge whether the elub where 7,ou are- '.~ i member, or the club to which you:havae been invited, Is a legitimate or an ilsgiti-" - mate clubhouse. 4. First of all, I want you- to test the elb by its influences on- home, If you have a iome. -I have been told:by a promInen man.in lub life'thtf three-fourths of,..the membbrs of the-great'cltibs of tTese cil4 nre married men Tha-Wifesoon los9se- , influence over her .usband who nervously and ;foolishiy -upon all eventg absence as an asault ondomest:wy.E - are the great enterprises of art and-Uter ure and beneficence and publie weal to carried on it every man is to have - b1 world -bounded.on oneside by his..fron" -. doorstep, and -on :tbe other -side by _b back window, knowIng -nothing .hifher than-his own attic.;or no hing lower a his own cellar? That wife who becomes - ea'sousot her _usband'gattentiontoer _ literature, or religion,or charity. Isbr . log her own scepter-of col f-Fo Tet any Christla: wife relilea - . husbatnd consest e O service of Godo :to to anything etd=t ouitOh - hether youriub lte-tbeie t hab t upation.. oajnunderstand-b#p ach an insttutiona manc gan reaa ercia l auecesses, .ih o'.m o a-en: rmedtbeirbestbnsinessres. aeb a channel. If the club hasidv on inan:honorablecalleigitis aleg timte ub. But has yourereditfailed? Arebar ;,' ai-makers more cautions how they trst -V, ou with - a bill of goods? Have the men - rhose names were down in the commbreisk~ genoy Al before they enteredl the ..elb een going down ever since in commerciaI tanding? Then look. out! You and - rery day know or commercial establish ents going to rain through tho social en esses of one or two members. - - A third test by which you may no hether the clubto whichyoubelong, orthe ub to whossmcmbership yon are invited9 a legitimate elab or-an illegitimate clab, this: What is the.efiect on your sense of oral and religiou.s obligations? NTow,her e two rc3ds into the future,the Christian nd the unchristian, the safe end-thenl. ife. An institution or any association at confases my idea in regard to that ict is a bad ins'itution and a bad associa o. I had prayers before- I joined the lub. Did I have the:n after? I attended so house of God before I connected myself ith the elab. Since that union with tiie lab do I absent myself from religious in enoes? Which would you rather liave i your hand when you come to die, a pack cards or a Bible? Who WOuld you ratner ave for your eternal companions, those :en who spend their evening -betting,' ambling, swearing, carousing and telling i stories, or your little child, that bright i whom the Lord took? I am going to make a very stoutrp& - -- on know that sometimes a rope-makr . -- il take verysmall threads and wind thez >gether, until after awhile they become alp esbles. And I am going to take some ery mail, delicate threads and wind thenm agether until they make avery stout ropes will take all the memoriesof th6 marriage y, a thread.of laughter, a thread of ight, thread of music, a thread of banqueting - thread of congratulation, and I twist mem together and I have one strand. Then tat:e a thread of the hour of the first ad. et in your house, a thread of the darkE' ess that preceded and atbread of the light mat followed, and a threhd of the beautifof arf that little child used to wear when she uded out at eventide to greet you, and en a thread of the beautifal dress ia ~ -hih you laid her away for the resurrec- - on. And then I twist all these threads gether and I have another strand. Then tace a thread of the scarlet robe of the iffering Christ, and a thread of the white iment of your loved ones before thae irone, and a string of the harp cherubic ad a string of the, harp serapiei, and I vist them all together and I have a third ;rand. "Oh!" you say, "either strand is rng enough to hold fast a world." N~o, will take these strands and I will twist eim together, and one end of that ropa i fasten, not to the Communion t-ible, for -s.h til be removed-not to theo pillar of the rgan; wind it 'round and 'round the cros Sa sympathizing Christ. and, hai stened one end of the rope to the cross, irow the other end to you. Lay hold of I Pull for your life ~Pall for hcaveni TRADING STAMPS LECAL. aw .gaiust Themin Ca11fornia Decliaree Uznconstitutiona. The law prohibiting -mnerchants from aking gifts as an inducement to trade.. - -hich was primarily aimed' ht tradin. amp enterprises, has received L knockout -- low by ,Tudge Campbell, of San Francisco, al, who decided thme law to be ncmonstica onal, as an unwarranted invasion of .the -w' berties of the citizen. The decision affects a number.of Eastern - >mpanies which have recently cotumanced perations there. - - African Prineess in Baltiore. alimore is entertaining Her B~ :fynss Princess Nello Zo-Settleeyi st daughter of King' George, of the 3o bus, a powerful tribe on the wvest coast -of - ica. The princess is eighteen years old ad very black, She is a pupil a the cel - sad MQarmal Raa1I n that. -