The Darlington news. (Darlington, S.C.) 1875-1909, October 04, 1888, Image 3
REV. DR. TALMAGE
fHE BROOKLYN DiTIKE’S SUNDAY
SEBWoy.
I Tixt: "At the hart panMh after the
meter brooks, so pant el h my toui after Thee.
OOiHi.”—Psalm, xlU. 1.
David, who most sometime ham s?en a
4nr hunt, points ui here to a hunted stas
BtakinK for the water. The fascinatinif
aaimal called in n^j text the hart, is the
•ame animal that in sacred and profane
literature is called the stag, the roebuck, the
hind, the gazelle, the reindeer. In Central
Byria in Bible times there were whole pasture
gelds of them, as Solomon suggests when he
lays; '‘I charge you by the hinds of the
BaM.” Their antlers jutted from the lo.ig
grass as they lay down. No hunter
who has boeu long in "John Brown's
*ack,” will winder that in the Bible they
were classed a hong dean animals, for the
dews, the showera, the lakea washed them as
clean as the sky. When Jacob, the patriarch
longed for venison, Eeau shot and
brought home a roebuck. Isaiah com
■ares the sprightliness of the restored
cripple of millennial tithe to the long
ana quick jump of the stag, saying-
**lhe lame shall leap as the hart" Solo
mon expressed his disgust at a hunter
Who having shot a deer is too lazy
•e cook it, saying; "The slothful
man roasteth not that which lie took in
bunting.” But one day David, while far
from the home from which he hail been
driven, and sitting near the door of a lonely
•eve where he had lodged, and on the banks
•f • pond or river, bears a pack of hounds iu
■wift pursuit Because of the previous silence
•f the forest the clangor startles him. and ho
mys to himself; "1 wonder what thosi dog*
are after," Then them is a cracking
Is the brushwood, and the loud breath
bg of some rushing wonder of the woo is,
and tbeant’ers of a deer rend the leaves
•( the thicket, nn 1 by an inatnet
Which alt hunter* recognis \ plunges into a
pond or lake or river to cool its tliirst, nud
at the same time by ita ca| acity for swifter
and longer swimming, to get away from Ih;
foaming harriers. David siys to h mself:
"Aha, that is myself 1 Haul after me, Ab
miom after me, enemies without number
after me, I am chased, their bloo.lv muzzles
at my beols, barking at my good name,
barking after my body, barking after mv
aouL Oh, the hounds, tho hounds But
look there,” says David, "that reindeer
has splashed Into the water. It puts its hot
lip* and nostrils into the cool wave that
washes the lathered thinks, and it swims away
from the fiery canines, and it is frei at last.
Oh, that I might find in tin deep, wide hike
et God’s mercy and consolation escape from
■y pursuersi Oh, tor the wat- rs of I f > an 1
racue! As the hart panteth after the water
brooks, so panteth my soul after Thee, O
Gon.
I have just come from the Adirondacks ani
the breath of the balsam and spruce and
pine is still on me. The Adirondacks are
Bow populous with hunters, and the deer are
being slain by the score. Talking a few days
ago with a hunter, I thought I would like to
tse whether my text was aivurati in its al
lusion, and as I beard tho dogs baying a little
way off and supposed they were on the track
of a reindeer, I said to the hunter in rough
rerduror: “Do the deer always
. make for the water when they are
pursued r He said: "O, yes, Mister, you
see they are a hot and thirsty animal, and .
they know where the water is.and when they
hear danger in the distance they lift the r
utters and snuff the breeze and start for the
Racquet, or Loon or Baranac; and we get
Into our cedar shell boat or stand by tho
‘runway’with rifle loaded ready to blaze
My friends, that is one reason why
I like the Bible so much—its allusions
•re so true to nature. Its partrid ;os
•re real partridges, it; ostriches
real ostriches, and ita reindeer real
S reindeer. I do not wonder that this ant ered
r of the text makes the hunter's eye
kle and his cheek glow and his respira-
quickeo. To say nothing of its useful.
Dam, although it is the most useful of all
game, ite flesh delicious, its skin turned into
human apparel, its sinews fashioned into bow
Jtnnge, its antlers putting handles on cut
lery, and the shavings of its horns, us -d as n
restorative, taken from the name of the h irt
Bud called hartshorn. But putting aside its
•sefulnesa, this enchanting creature seems
ttarte ©nt of gracefulness and e aslic.ty.
What nn eye, with a liquid brightness rs if
gathered up from a hundred lakes of sunset!
The horns, a coronal branching into every
possible curve, and after it seems done, ad
vancing into other pi ejections of exquistte-
Besa a tree of polished bone, uplifted in pride,
fr swung down for awful combat It is veloci
ty embodied. Timidity impersonate ). Thcen
ehantment of the woods. Eve lustrous in life
and pathetic in death Tho splen lid animal
a complete rhythm of muscle and bone, and
color, and attitude, and locomotion, whothei
couched in the grass among tho shadows, or
a living bolt shot through the forest, or
turning at bay t) attack the hounds, or roar
ing for its last fall under the buckshot of the
• very short carry
Between them, and though for ara
th«v mrgU r® n* 1 ®*® ksen drinking out of th^u"
they are full up to the top of the
a id they seem so near together that in three
different places he speak, of them os »
rontinuous river, saying: "There is a river
make glad the city
V»oushall make them drink of
the rivers of thy pleasures;” "Thou greatly
U * 9 riW ° f 0od which
"way of you have turned your back
oattat supply, and confront your trouble,
a id you are soured with yourcircumstances
•ud you are fighting so-ity, and you ?*
s^VW^^ World> and troubles in-
, n8: , y u U inl0 tbe ^-oof la'-e of
beaveniy comfort, have made you stop an 1
turn round and lower your bead, and it is
n',3 ply . f ntl,r •8«nst tooth. I do
not blame you. Probably under
, 6 *ame circumstances I would
hav® done worse. But you are all wrong.
\ ou need to do as the reinJeer does in Keo-
ruary and March-it sheds its horns. The
of ant W? I V luiie 10 lhi8 •■’W'gnation
of antlers by the stag when they say of a
ruau who ventures his money in rsky enter
prises, he has hung it oa the stag's horns; aud
a proverb in the tar Hast tells a man who has
foolishly lost his fortune to go and find where
the deer shell her horns. My brother, quit
the antagonism of your circumstances, quit
mis.nthropy, quit complaint, quit pitching
into your pursuers; be as wiss as, next
spring, w.ll be ail tho reindeer of the Adiron-
dacas. Bhed your horns.
but very many of you who are wronged of
the world—aud if in any assembly between
bandy Hook, New York, end Holden Date,
ban Francisco, it were asked that all tho-u
that had been sometimes bally treated
should raise both their hands, and
tuil response should be made, there would
be twice as mmy hands lifted ns per
sons present—1 say many of you would
declare: "Ue have always done the best w»
could and trie i to bo useful, and why we
giiOuM become tbo victims of nialigumont,
or invalidism, or mishap, is inscrutable.''
U by do you not know that the finer a deer,
aud tlie mo.-o elegant its proportions, and the
more beautiful its bearing, the more anxious
the hunters and the bounds are to capture it!
Hod that roebuck a ragged fur and broken
hoo's and an obliterated eye and a limping
f ait the hunters would have mid: "Pshaw!
ou’t let us waste our ammunition on a s clt
deer.’’ And the bounds would have given a
few sniffs of the track and dartel off m an
other direction for better game. But when
they we a deer with antlers lifted in
mighty challenge to earth and sky, and
th i sleek hide looks as if it had been sm ootbed
by invisible hands, and the fat side* enclose
tho richest pasture that could bo nibbled
from the bank of rills so clear they seem to
have dropped out of heaven, and tho stumn
of its foots dalles the jack-shooting lantern
and the rifle, the ho-n, aid the
found, that deer they will have if they
must needs break the r neck in ihe rapids.
So if there were no noble stuff iu your make
up, if you were a bifurcated nothing, if you
were a forforn failure, you would he allowed
to go undisturbed; but the fact that the whole
pack is in full cry after you is proof positive
that you are splendid game and worth
capturing. Therefore, sarcasm draws
on you its "finest bead.” Therefore the
world goes running for you with its best
Maynard breech-loader. Highest compli
ment is it to your talent, or your virtue, or
your usefulness. Yon will be assailed in
proportion to your great achievements. The
best and the mightiest being that the world
ever saw, had set after him all the
hounds, terrestrial and dialiolic, and
they lapped his blood alt-r the Cal-
vareau massacre. The world paid noth
ing to its Redeemer but a bramble and a
croes. Many who have done their best to
make the world better have ha i such a rough
time of it that all their pleasure is in antici-
pation of the next world, ani they would
express their own feelings in the words
of the Baroness of Nairn at the close of her
long life:
"Would you be young sgslnf
So would not i;
One tear of memory given;
Onward I'll hie;
Life's dark wave forded o'er,
Ail but at rest on atiore,
Say, would you plunge once more,
Wuh home to n'gn?
d F*** aw,y fro “ hl ” Th*
d Mppomted canine swims in a little way
hut, defeated, swims out again anil
©ringes with humiliate i yawn at
”?* hit master. And how
abashed and ashamed will all yonreaitMy
troubles be when you bava dashed into (he
river from under the throne of Ood, and tin
heights and depths of heaven are between
7 0u n * D ‘, pursuers. We are told
In Revelation, !Kd and 15th: "With-
oat are don." by which I conclude
• wool# kennel of bounds out
side the gate of heaven, or, as when a
master goes in a door, his dog lies on the
steps waiting for him to come out, so the
trou let of this life may follow us to the
shining door, but they cannot get in. "With
out aredoxt!” I have seen dogs, and owned
”®S*> that I would not be chagrined to sea in
the heavenly city. Some of tho grand old
watch dogs who are tha constabulary o!
!, h " h ? mM iu • d, ** r y P 1 ***. end for years
have teen the only protection of wife and
child; some of the shepherd dogs that drive
back the wolves and bark away the flocks
from going too near the precipice; and some
of the dogs whoso neck and paw Lanl-
seer, the painter, has made im
mortal, would not find me shut
ting them out from the gate of shining
P?*r; ®° 1 ®® °/ those 8t. Bernsrd dogs
that have lifted perishing traaW*. out of
the A'p nesnow; the dog that #cnn Brown,
the Scotch essayist, saw ready to spring at
the surgeon lest, in removing the cancer, he
too much hurt the poor woman whom the
dog felt bound to protect; an 1 dogs
that we caressed in our chlldhooi
days, or that in later time lui I down on th*
rug in apparent sympathy when our home*
were desolated. 1 say, if some soul entering
heaven should happen to leave the gate ajar
nnd these faithful creatures should quietly
walk in, it would not at all disturb my
lieaven. But all those human or brutal
IiouikIf that have chased and torn aud lacer
ated tho world: yea, all that now bite or
worry or tear to pieces, shall be
prohibited "Without are dogs!” Noplace
there for harsh cribcs or back biters or de-
spaders of the reputation of others. Down
with you to the kennels of darkness and de
spair! The heart has reached tbo eternal
water brook®, and tho panting of the long
cha e is quieted in still pastures, and “There
sha’l be nothing to hurt or destroy in all
God's holy mount."
Oh, w hen some of you get there it will be
like what a fanner tells of when he was push
ing his canoe far up North in the winter and
amid tho ice-floes, and a hundred sa les, as
he thought, from any other human beings.
He was startled one day as he heard a
stepping on the ice, and lie cocked
the rifle ready to meet anything that
came near. He found a man, liarcfooted and
insane from long exposure, approaching him.
Taking him into his canoe and kindling fires
to warm him, he restored him and found out
where he had lived, and took him
to his home, and found all the
viilago in great excitement. A hundred men
wtres-arching for this lost man, and his
family and friends rushed out to moot him;
and, as had lieen agreed, at his first appear
ance bells were rung, and guns discharged,
and banquets spread, and the rescuer loaded
with p-eseiits- Well, when some of you step
out or this wddemesK. where you have been
chilled and torn and sometimes lost amid
the icebergs, into the warm greetings of
nil the villages of the glorified, and your
friends rush out to give you a welcoming
kiss, tbo news that there is another saui for
ever saved will call the caterer! of heaven
to spread the banquet, and the bell men to
lay hold of the rope in tho tow er, and w hilo
the chalices click at the feast, and the bells
clung f rum the towers, it will be a scene so
up'iit ng 1 pray God I may bo there
to take part in the ce estial merriment And
now do you not think the prayer in Solo
mon's song, where he compared Christ to a
l einrlei r coming down in the night to pasture
oa the plains, would make an exquisitely ap
propriate peroration to my sermon: "Until
the day break and the shadows flee away,
be thou like a roe or a young hart upon tha
mountains of Beth«»r "
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN 07 THE FRBSS.
Loud Trimmings—Sickness In the
Family—Willing to be eaay on
her father, eto.. etc.
Floor Walker in a dry goods store to
old man—“ Your wife sent you for dress
trimmings, you tay. Do you want it
loud! ”
Old Man—“Tes, I guess so ; my old
woman’s pretty deaf.”
Floor Walker (to clerk)-“Barton, show
him the bugle trimming.”
Sickness In tho Family.
Physician—“Now, madam, this mix
ture is for your daughter, Flossie, to be
taken internally, and this one for the
little dog, to be outwardly applied.
Don’t get the two confounded, the re
sult might be serious.”
Madam—“No, indeed I won’t, poor
dear little follow.”—Siftings.
'Willing to tie Easy on Her Father.
“When you ask for my daughter,
young man,” said fheyoung lady's father,
“do you know you are asking a great
sacrifice of me?"
“N-not necessarily, sir," responded
Mr. Hankinsnn, somewhat embarra'ised,
but anxious to reassure the old man.
“Mamie says she doesn’t care for an ex
pend ve wedding."—Chicago Tribune.
“w* do not nstkdly do these things up
exactly iu that stylo Better stick to
your housework.”
His photo hung ti’o high to suit him.
He Was Ca ntiona.
“Would you like to gt) with me to call
on a young lady to morrow?” asked 8am
Sample of Billy Bliven.
“Does the girl lispi"
“I don't think she docs.. Whet has
that got to do with it”
“Well, I don’t know. You see I had
some e.x|>erience with & lisp ing girl yes
terday evening, and I wouldn't like to
go through it again.”
“What was the trouble?”
“We were talking about home music
hat had been performed in the concert
(hat we had attended, and 1 remarked
that there was a good deal of theme
sbout it.”
“And what did she say ?”
“fttw said: ‘Y’cs,
Merchant Traeele'.
it themed so.’” -
The Wrong Word.
He was rescuing her from the billowy
waves, but it looked as if they might
never sea Boston again.
“Hold on tight, Penelope,” he gasped;
“hold on tight."
"Dont say 'hold on tight,”’ gurgled
the girl, with her mouth full of Atlantic
Ocean; “say ‘hold on tightly.”’—Utica
OU'.rrer.
A Fund of Information.
Countryman (to the celebrated Hindoo
Snake Charmer)—“I s’pose you know a
good deal 'bout snakes, mister?”
Hindoo Fnake Chatmer—“Snakes, sir,
have been the study of my eventful life.
I know all about them."
Countryman—“The hull business?"
Hindoo Snake Charmer—“Yes, sir.”
Countryman—“Well, I wish you’d
tell a feller where the body leaves oil
an’ the tail begins."—New York Sun.
A Long Foil Want.
“Y’ou think you need a wife, young
man, do you?" said Mr. F aiones, as he
looked at the agitated youth who was
sitting on the edge of a chair and nerv
ously twirling a hat, “and my daughter
would fill the bill, would she:"
“She would, indeed, sir," replied the
young man, with a ghastly attempt to
appear at ease. “As the men who start
newspapers sometimes say in their pros
pectuses, she would till a long-went
fault—I mean, of course, a weng lont
felt—or rather a fong lent wait-no, a
wrong font welt—indeed she would,
Mr. Ka ones," jrersisted tho bewildered
youth, “though I should have said, of
course, a feng"
“George," interposed Mr. Kajoncs,
coming to his relief, “have you said
anything to Laura yet?"
“No, sir; 1 thought I ought to speak
to you first.”
“Well, George," said tho young lady’s
father, kindly, “take my advice—if you
can’t get that prospectus untangled be
fore you see her again, you’d better send
a more experienced canvasser.Utucagi
Tribune.
FberiH Grant, of New Y’ork, accord
ing to the Courier-Journal, has declared
that he would not hold his present office
after January 1, for fire times the present
value of the position, which is $40,000
per year. The new law requiring exe
cutions in New Y’ork to be by electric
shock goes into effect on the date named,
and Sheriff Grant fears that it might
fall to his lot to execute a criminal and
that thereby his name might become in
some way attached to the new system.
How to Help Year Utaesllon.
Almost every day we feel the unpleasant
sensations of indigestion. Try A i.loockV
Porous Plasters and lie relieved. J. F.
Davenp >rt, of Canarsie. New York, writes:
1 have been very much tr> ub'.ed with vio
lent pain below my cb»t. bone I w as told
by several physiclanx that it was rheumatism
of the diaphragm. It resulted from cold and
ex|Kisure. 1 bad very little ap|ieiite an i di
gesied my food with great difficulty. 1
nlace.1 one AtxoOcs's Porous Plaster be
low the breast Umo and tw o ou ca< h side.
In the course of twenty-four hours nil pain
ceased, nnd I wits able to eat nnd dig<wt a
8 ood iquro men I, something I had not done
efure m two weeks. 1 got lietter constantly,
and at the cud of seven days found myself
entirely well. Since then t have used All
cock s’Porous Plasters for colds, coughs
and pains in my side, nnd I have always
found them quick and effective.
A rlemdita Laxative.
Whoever hog taken H.aMBURG FIGSwill
nevertnkennyotherkindoflnxativemcdieine
They are pleasant to the taste, and are sure
in their action, a few doses curing the niosl
obstinate ca*'of consli|)ntion or torpidity ol
the liver. cents. Dose one Fig. Mack
Drug Co., N. Y.
tfapper. It is a splendin aniearan •e th:
w’s pencil fails to s .etch, and < n
the painter’
• hunter’s
lock ot
dream on
the foot
a pillow
of Ft,
that
y
of hem
Regis is
able to picture. When twenty miles from
any settlement It cornea down at eventide to
the lake’s edge to drink among the lily pod*,
and, with its sharp-edged hoof, shatters tho
cry-,tal of 1 ong I ake, it is very pietur. aque.
But only when, after m les of pursuit, with
heaving side* and lolling tongue, and eyes
•wimromgin death the stax leap* from the
e’ T into Upper Saranac, can yon realize
• •' much David had suffered from his
tr able*.and how much ho wanted God when
■ axpreasod himself In the words of the text:
‘As the hart panteth nft>r the water m-ooks,
panteth my soul after Thee, O God.”
Well, now, let all those who have coming
Bfler them the lean bounds of poverty, or the
black hounds of persecution, or the spotted
hounds of vicissitude, < t the pale hounds ot
death, or who afre in any wise pursued, fly to
the wide, deep, glorious lake of divine solace
•ml r. seno. The most of the man and women
whom I happen To know,at different times, if
not now, have had trouble after them, sharp
muzzled troub’fs, swift troubles, all-
devouring troubex Many of you have
niado tlie mistake of trying to fight
them. (Somebody meanly attacked you,
•n'l you attacked them; they depreciated
you, you depre dated them; or they over
reached you in a bargain, nnd you tried, in
Wall stroet parlance, to gat a com t on them;
Or yon have ha I a bereavement, an I instead
of bang submiss ve, you are fighting that
bereavement; you charge on the doctors w ho
faile I to effect a euro; or you charge oa rare-
lessn -ss of the railroad company through
which the acckl mt occurred; or you are a
chronic invalid, and you fret and
Worry and aco’d and ’ woudor why
you cannot lie well like others,
• M UCT A ItV V I T J VU cee\s
•toad of running to the waters of divine con-
BnlaGoi. and elaking your thirst and cooling
Jour body hn 1 l oulin the good cheer of the
Bospsl, and swimming away into mighty
Reeps of God's love, you ate fighting a who.s
kennel of hn rioro. A few days ago
I saw In Ibe Adirondacks a dog ly
ing across the road, and hs seemed un
able to get up, an l I said to som t
hunters near by: "What is tho matter with
thatilogi" Tlu-y nnswcrel: ‘‘A doer hart
him." And I saw that he had a great swollen
paw and a batiored bead, show ing where the
antler;stru k b in. Amt the probability is
that som > ot you might give a mighty clip to
your pursuers, you might damage their busi
ness, vou m gbt worry them into ill-health,
you might hurl them as much as they have
hurt you, but, after all, it is not worth
while. You only have hurt a hound.
Better be «ff for the Upper Baranac,
into which tlie mountains of God's eternal
Itrcngth look do a n and moor the r shadows
As for your physical disorders, Fie- wor;t
gryebnine you can take is fretfuIncas,and the
Ufst medicine is religi >n. I know people who
wero only a litt!e disordered,yct have fretted
tii'niseives into complete valetud.narinism,
w»ile others put their trust in God and
cane up from the very shadow of
de&b, and have lived comfortably twenty-
flviyears with only one lung. A man with
oneilung, but Ooi with him, is better off
thar a godless man with two lungs, borne
of ku have been for a long time sailing
aroiqd Capa Fear when you ought to hav#
been tailing around tape Good Hope. Do
not Urn back but go ahead. The deer will
nwllsh more with its swift feet than
with iq homs.
I sawwhole chains of lakes in tbs Adiron-
dseka, tad from one height you can ses
i»“rty, tad there are said to lie over eight
hundred in tha great wilderness. Bo near
are theyto each other that you- trw«*!»h»
piide pMu up and came* —. boat Iiutu
*••” to Iwe, the small distance between them
f'-r thatWoon being callel • ‘carry.’’
ree'm of God’s word,, M
at ~
m
k’ub home so i
"If yon might, would yon sow
Hi Ira-e your wiyT
Wander through stormy wlltat
Fanil and array.'
Night * gloomy esiebe* fled,
tP.rning all beaminsred.
Uepe s emile around ua shed,
Heavenward, away!” s
Yes; for some p.-ople in this world there
seems no let up. They aro pursuod from
youth to manhood, and from manhood into
b'd age. Very distinguished are Lord
Stafford’* hounds, and gueen Victoria pays
eight thousand, five hundred dol'ars per year
to her Master of Buckhouuds. But ail of
thorn put together do not equal in numlier,
or speed, or powar to hunt down, the great
kennel of hounds of which Bin and Trouble
f.re own* r and master.
But wbat is a relief for all those pursuits
of trouble, and annoyance, and pain, and be
reavement ? My text gives it to you in a
word of three letters, but each letter is a char
iot if you would triumph, or a throne if you
want *o be crowned, or a lake if you would
s'ako your thirst-yea, a chain of three letters
—U-o-d, the One for whom David longed, and
the One whom David found. You might as
well meet a stag which, after its sixth mile
of running at tlie topmost speed through
thicket and gorge, and with the breath of
the dogs on its heels, has come in fnll sight of
Son on I Ake and tried to cool its projecting
and blistered tongue w ith a drop of dew from
blade of grass, as to attempt to satisfy
an immortal soul, when flying from trouble
nnd sin, with anything les; deep, nnd
high, and broad, and immense, and infinite,
mid eternal than God. His comfort, why it
ombossoms all distress. His arm. it wrenches
off all bondage. His band, it wipes away all
tsars. HU ChrlsUy atonement, it makea u*
all right with tbe past, and all right with the
future, and all rignt with God, all right with
msu and all right forever. Immartine
tells us that King Nimrod said
to his three sons: "Here are three vases, and
one is of clay, another of amber, another of
gold. Choose now which you will have.' ,
The eldest son, bavin; the first choice, chose
the vase of go’d, on which was written the
word “empire,” nnd when opened it was
found to contain human blood. The
«'corid son, making the next choice,
choeo the vase of amber, inscribed
with the word “glory," and when
opened it contained the ashes of those who
were once called great. The third son took
the vase of clay, and opening it, found it
empty, but on the bottom of it was inscribed
the name of God. King Nimrod asked his
courtiers which vase tney thought weighed
tbe most Tho avaric ons men of his court
said tlie vase of gold. The poets said the one
of amber. But tlie wisest men said the empty
vase, because one letter of the name of GoJ
out weighed a universe.
For Him 1 thirst; for His grace I beg; on
H * promise I build my all. Without Him I
cannot be happy. I have tried the world,
and it does Wolf enough ns far a* it goes, but
it is too uncertain a world, too evon&scent a
world. I am not a prejudiced witness. I
have nothing against tnis world. 1 have been
one of the most fortunate, or, to use a
more Christian word, one of the meat
blessed of men, blessed in my parents, blesied
iu the place of my nativity, blessed in mv
health, blessed in my field of work, blessrd
in my natural temperament, blessed in my
family, blessed iu my epportunitiea, blessed
in a comfortable livelihood, blessed In the
hope that mv soul will go to Heaven through
the pardoning mercy of Hod, and my
tody, untatt it bo lost at sea or cremated in
some conflaifration, will lie down in the gar
dens of Greenwood among my kindred and
friends, some a'ready gone and others to
come after me. Life to many has tfecn a
disappointment, but to ms it has been a
pleasant surprise, and yet I declare that if I
did not feel that God was my friend and ever
present help, I should be wretched and ter
ror struck. But I want more of Him. I
have thought over this text and prea'he 1
this sermon to myself until with all the
aroused energies of my body, mind and
soul, I can cry out: “As the hart panteth
after tbe water brooks, so panteth my soul
after Thee, O God.”
Through Jesus Christ make this God your
God and you can withstand anything and
everythlnu^tnd that which affrights others
will inspire you. As in time of earthquake
when nn old Christian woman was asked
whether she waa scared, answered:
"No, I am glad that 1 have a God
who ran shake the world,” or aa
in a financial panic, when a Christian
merchant was ask# 1 if he did not fear he
would break, answered: “Yee, I shall break
when the fiftieth Psalm breaks In the fiftieth
▼eree; ‘Call upon Me in the day of trouble;
I will deliver thee and thou shall glorify
Me.’” O Christian men and women, punned
of annoyanoea and exasperati;
in
wi*lp
of audit It JMflMR, in the Adiroodneka a j
Bismarck’s Weighing Chair.
Close by the side of Prince Hismarck’a
bath, says the London Figaro, is a weigh
ing chair, covered w th red velvet, of
the most modern construction, aud the
gieat German Minister never fails to “try
his wc : ght” at least once a day, or to re
cord the result ot his trial i i the small
dairy he keeps attached by a string to
tho arm of the weighmj chair for the
purpose. There was a time when the
Prince scaled the somewnat Gargantuan
weight of 247 pounds, but “much has
happened sjnee then,” as his late friend
Lord Lcaconslield once reran kcd. And,
among other things, the Prince has taken
not to “banting,” hut to a more recent
system of dealing with one’s “too, too
sol d fie-h.” Thanks to determined per
severance in tbe system, the German
Chancellor was recently able to announce
at the breakfast table, in a tone of tri
umph, that he that morning only
weighed 11)0 pounds. Europe, which has
such a deep interest in Prince Bismarck’s
continued life and good health, would
do well, if possible, to secure for inform
ation a daily return of the weights re
corded in the Chancellor’s little diary.
Lascmakln]. .
Lacemaking by hand as well as by ma
chinery is an industry to which a good
deal of attention is being paid abroad, as
Nottingham manufacturers know totheir
cost. Cur present reference, however,
is to hand-made lace only. Tho Vene
tian lace at the* Italian exhibition is
greatly admired, aud some care is exer
cised in the production of it. Venice
has now a school of lacemacing, and a
permanent exhibition of old and new
lace ia now united with it. Tbe Queen
of Italy is one of tho patrons,
and the Italian Government gives it an
annual subsidy. Maltese and Irish point
are made at Na/arelh, in the Tinncvclly
district, South Ind a, and can be ob
tained at a price far below English lace.
It is suggested that the Indian Govern
ment might render spejinl assistance to
luce making, and so piovidc domestic
employment for Hindoo women. No one
who has seen the Irish lace at the ex
hibition, moreover, can doubt that there
is a newer and better future for it, if
tho necessary steps arc but taken to pro
mote art trnining and to extend luce-
tnaking a* a cottage industry.
Tho True Open Sesame.
Husband (coming home late from the
lodge —“Going to keep me standing
out he e iu the cold all night, M’ria?
Lentme in!”
Wife (with cold metallic voice)—“If
you can distinctly articulate the words,
‘cix long, slim, slick, saplings,’ Mr,
Swalloxv, I will unlock the door and not
otherwise.”
Husband (slowly and with labored
enunciation)—“I have brought you a
beautiful lace dress, M’ria."
Door opens immediately. — Chicago
Ileral K ,
An Instructive Fable
Two whales seizing a pike, attempted
in turn to swallow him, but without
success. They finally determined to try
him jointly, each taking hold of an end,
nnd both shutting their eyes for a grand
effort, when a shark darted silently he
tween them, biting away the whole body
of their prey. Opening the r eyes, they
gazed upon one another with much sat
isfaction. “I had no id°a he would go
down so easily,” said the one. “Nor I,”
returned the other; “but how very
tasteless a pike is.”
Chicago Ahead.
It was an old chestnut roasted over on
a new pan. There were only six or eight
of us in the parlor car, and it was plain
to us that the Indy from Chicago and the
lady from Boston had n hostile feeling
towards each other. I suppose it was
because the lady from Chicago had the
largest diamond car-rings, or because
the lady from Boston had the most fash
ionable hat. By and by the Boston lady
leaned over and politely inquired:
“Are you from the West?”
“Y'es’m—Chicago.”
“Chicago? Chicago? Seems to me I
have heard the name.”
“And arc you from the Eaat?” queried
Chicago.
“Yes’in—Boston.”
( hicago reflected a moment as if tore-
fresh her memory, and then rang the bell
for the porter. When he came she slowly
laid:
“To tali, ask the conduct-tah if he has
a map. I want to find a plate called
Eawston!”
And by a non partisan vote of fou; to
two it was decided that Chicago was one
ahead.—Detroit Free Tres*.
Have you a few hours' ora few days’ .s|»are
liras occasionally that you would like
to turn into moneyf If so then
write quickly to,B F.‘Johnson & Co.,
of Richmond, Va., and they will give you
information that will proveto lie money in
your pocket.
('onvMillonal “Monon” Keselailons.
Whereas, The Monon Route (L. N. A. &
0 Ry. Co.) desires to make it known to tin-
world at large that it forms the double con
uectiug link of Pullman tourist travel lie
tween the winter cities of Florida and tin
oimnn-r resorts of the Northwest; and
Whereas, Its “rapid transit” system is un
uirpamd. ita elegant Pullman Buffet Bleep
er and Chair ear service between Cbicagi
md Louisville, Indianapolis ru'd Cincinnati
ui p uualloit; nnd
Whereas. Its rates are as low astheh west:
then lie it
Hesolmt, That in the event of starting oi
a trip it is good policy to consult with E. O.
McCormick, Gen I Pass. Agent Monon Route,
185 Dearborn Bt., ( hicago, for full pnrticu
lars. (Iu huv event send for a Tourist Guide,
enclose 4c. jxietage.)
tf afflicted w ith sore eyes use Dr. Thump
sou's Eye-water. Druggists sell at'AV. per Isrtth
Too Fnnnv for Any Use.
C harlie 'dejectedly)—“Say, Tom, I’ve
lost my best girl.”
Tom—“No? How did it happen?”
“Aw, I was altogether too funny for
her.”
“Too funny? What do you mean?”
“Well, you see, she waa crazy to have
a pet dog, so I gave her a pug and told
her I selected that kind because it
m.Vched her nose so perfectly. See?
Confound a funny man, anyhow.”—
Washin/t n Critie.
Unpoeiicalljr Practical.
He was reading “The Prisoner oi
Chillon” to her. She listened eagerly to
the sad story as told in Byron’s magnifi
cent verse, and her golden head drooped
lower and lower, while she almost wept.
At last the story ended nnd she looked
up with a sigh and a quivering lip.
“What is the matter, Mabel?" asked her
lover, tenderly. “Oh, Herbert,” she ex-
elaimcd, “tell me why did not the poor
man get some one to give bail for him?”
—‘Chicago News.
He Threw a Boomerang.
. “My son. you should tie more care
ful in your speech. It is just as easy
to be right as to be wrong. And you
should be more studious. While you
were running about town last night I
was burning the midnight oil ”
“No, you wasn’t.”
“What do you mean?”
“I mean that you should be more cor
rect in your speech, father. Y’ou were
burning gas. not oil. It is just as easy
to be right.”—Lincoln Journal.
V. Hint anVI rov/surai, puiniKna
’ annoyanoea and exasperation#, remember
tat thie hunt, whether a still hunt or a hunt
i fnll cry, will soon be over. U evor a
ready loi
A False Hana.
Courtney Thorpe is a young English
actor who is now in th's country. All
the men and at least half the women
regard him as too dudish for admiration,
but the feminine remainder worship him.
They say there is something peculiar and
fascinating about his gesture*. Now, 1
have a secret to reveal. 1 ha singularity
is confined to his hands—in fact, to on*
hand, and that one is wooden. 1 do not
mean 4 th»t it is sti lly iuaminate of ex
pression. It is literally made of cork.
Thorpe’s arm stops at his wrist, and tho
missing member has been replaced
artificially. The false hand has all th«
joints of nature imitated as close at
possible, but, of course, it is incapable of
spontaneous action. It is neatly gloved
always, and its fingers are from time to
time deftly re arranged by the genuine
hand, —LI Ultrdted Nests,
Mr. Johnson’s Broken EiiKajrcment.
At the seashore:
Chicago Girl—“I declare, it’s too an
noying for anything.”
Friend—“What is:”
ChU ago Girl—“Why, Mr. Johnson,
of Boston, asked me to go to the con
cert to night.”
Friend—“Well, isn’t he going to do
it»”
Chicago girl—“No, he was so ex
tremely foolish as to get in the undertow
while we were in the water this morn
ing, and they haven't got his body out
Yet.—Rochester Jeuiih Ttdinae.
TA here tho Quail Belongs.
An Austin teacher was instructing his
class in natural history:
“To what class of birds does the hawk
belong?” he asked.
“To the birds of prey,” was the re-
ply.
“And to what class do quail belong F
There was a pau-e. The teacher re
peated the ouestion:
“Where doe* the quail belong?”
“On toast .’’yelled out the hungry boy
at the foot of the class.
An Intrepid Young Shark Fisher.
A youngster named George Vreeland,
son of a wealthy Jersey City (N. J.) man,
captured a man-eating shark, six feet
long, in New York Bay, one afternoon
recently. He was in a row-boat fishing
for eels when ho saw the shark’s fin
above the water 200 feet away. H«
rowed ashore and secured an old*
fashioned harpoon. He only rowed a
few feet from the shore when the shark
came up close to the boat. He threw
the harpoon at it, and the iron stock
firmly in its back. The shark dashed at
the boat and nearly socceeded in oyer*
turning it. Then the shark dived and
started off for the Narrows, pulling the
boat after it. Vreeland tied the harpoon
rope to the bow of the boat and sat back
for a ride. Three miles from the Green
ville shore the rope slackened, and in %
few minutes the shark rose to the sur
face, stomach up. He was dead. Vree
land towed it ashore. This is the seo-
ond shark that ho has captured. He ia
fifteen years old.—Timee Democrat.
YOU
The work of the United Mates Fish
Comm ssioners is appreciated. Begin
ning in 1868 with one hatchery and
$1000 appropriation, they now have five
hatcheries and an annual appropriation
of about $15,000.
arc hustling around for your
share of the world’s good gifts,
and it’s hard work : think of
something else.
This constant work will tell
sometime—perhaps it has
already—and nervousness,
sleeplessness, neuralgic and
rheumatic aches and pains
arc part of the “ good gifts ”
your hustling has won.
If you are that way, let us
give you a prescription—no
charge for the prescription,
though it will cost a dollar
to have it filled by your drug
gist.
PAINE’S
CELERY
COMPOUND
0j.
‘T am weary of living.” moaned poor Mrs.
Black,
“For I’m fairly worn out with tho a he in
my back;
My nerves are a chain
Of weakness ami pain,
And my poor head i* acinng as if it wouM
crack.”
"Now, don’t be discouraged,"cried good Mr*.
White.
“IF* never so dark but there’s promise of
light;
I can tell you, In brief.
What will give you relief—
Pierce's Favorite Proscription wilt soon set
you right.”
it is the only remedy for woman’s peruliai
weaknesses ard ailments, sold by druggists,
under a positive guarantee from the manu
facturers, that it will give satisfaction in ev
ery case or money will be refunded. Bee
guarantee on battle wrapper. Large bottlrs
(100 doses) $1. Hix for |5.
Fig Use according to directions.
All druggists keep it. It
will strengthen your nerves,
tone up your whole system,
and make you bless us for
prescribing this great nerve
tonic.
Be lure to get the genuine, prepared only by
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Full printed directions for using with each
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Lungs, Liver and Stomach sent free. Ad
dress Dr. J H.Schentk & Son. Philadelphia.
WAHKER’SLOO QABre
Remedies. — “Sarsapa
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“Extract,”—“Hair Tou-
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MARVELOUS
MEMORY
DISCOVERY.
• ay bunk learned la one reading.
Mind wandering: cnrrd.
.... MpruMng without note*.
Wholly unlike nrlldclnl nyniemii.
Piracy condemned by Supreme Court.
Great Inducement" to correspondence cloeneo.
ITo"i>ertus, with opinions of Dr. Win. A Ham
mond, the world-famed Specialist iu Mind dise*se»,
Itniiiel Crren leaf Thom noon, thegrost l'•yohol-
OKist.J, M. Iluekler, D. D., Editor of tlm I hrU-
tiitH Advocate. Klrhnrd Pructor tho Scientist,
an I other*, sent post free by
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And Lmcm, nnd -» —— ---- .
W..L, DOl’iiJLAM, Biathlon, Mnon,
The eighth annual convention of the
Catholic Total Abstinence Union was held
in Boston last week. The membership of the
Union now numbers 55,755, an increaaa of
•MX during the past year.
Female Fan.
The editor said to his wife; “My dear.
If you only had a little gumption you
could sit down and help me out by writ
ing a few funny paragraphs of a miscel
laneous character of afternoona when your
housework is off your hands. ”
“I don’t suppose I have much of what
you call ’gumption,’ but there would b«
no harm in trying.”
Betting herself she dashed off the
fdllowing and passed it over to her lord
and master .
“She decorated her room with bric-a-
brac and pictnree and surmounted the
whole with her husbandi’photo; then,
sitting down in admiration of her work,
she exclaimed t ‘Now everything is lovely
and the gooee hangs high!”’
“Ahem, my dear,” said the “bem;”
Can a Man Nwallow a Canaan ballf
Well, ‘ that depptids. ’ He can if hit
throat is large enough and the cannon-ball
not too large. Tbe question really mems
worthy of some consideratien in view of tht
sice of some of the pills that are prescribed
for suffering humanity. Why not throw
them “to the dogs,” an l take Dr Pierce’*
Pleasant Purgative Pellets? Pmall, sugar
coated, purely vegetable, perfectly harmless
in glass, and al way* fresh.
Reports just published show that 717,748,-
854 gallons of malt liquor were drank In this
country during tbe fiscal year of 1W7, nearly
•11 of which was produced in this country.
The par capita now raoohea 1 t.W gallons, al-
moet eight times what it was in 1
Den’t Yes Knew
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•f Kentucky’^ thrd governor, and
daughter of a revolutionary soldier, is
aow, at the age of aeventy-seveu, eft ia-
m»te of Louisville’s almshouse.
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