The Darlington herald. (Darlington, S.C.) 1890-1895, December 16, 1891, Image 1
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HERALD.
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“IF FOR THE LIBERTY OF THE WORLD WE CAN 1)0 ANYTHING.’
VOL .II.
DARLINGTON, SOUTH CAROJ
WEDNESDAY, DECEMEEH 1(5, 181)1.
NO. 15
snaIiKs luk u i;ak mkn.
Drt. TALMAGH PR'!
BOR ON NBTS
‘ GHF. > AT
FOR THE
ANN AR-
SOUL
Til. IJlIllgrril An* lli»lll tlllil I'us
Then* In h Simn* lof Hu* Igimrni t all..*
a Still .Mart* Iliingi'roiiN Snari* for tin*
Yontli I'roiiil of Ills IntrlIrl't.
Ann Ahuou, Midi., Dts*. IS. - Our
citizens in l.noe nnnitiers litve ttvtiiletl
themselves <>f the opportunity of he.ir
ing Ur. Tuhimge, who is visiting the
city by invitation of the students of the
university, hast night a vast audience
greeted the famous Brooklyn preacher
at his lecture, and this evening, when
he was announced to preach a special
sermon to young men, there was no
building in the city that would accom
modate all who wanted to hear him.
His text, was Proverbs i, 17, “Surely
in vain the net is spread in the sight of
any bird.”
Early in the morning I went out
with a fowler to catch wild pigeons.
We hastened through the mountain
gorge and into the forest. We spread
out tiie net, and covered up the edges
of it ns well as we could. We ar
ranged tiie call bird, its feet fast and
its wings flapping, in invitation to all
fowls of heaven to settle down there.
We retired into a booth of branches
and leaves and waited.
After awhile, looking out of the door
of the booth, we saw a flock of birds in
the sky. They came nearer and nearer,
and after awhile were about to swoop
into the net, when suddenly they darted
away. Again we waited. After awhile
we saw another flock of birds. They
came nearer and nearer until just at
the moment when they were about to
swoop they darted away.
The fowler was very much disap
pointed as well as myself. We said to
each other, “What is the matterf" and
“Why were not these birds caught r"
We went out and examined the net,
and by a flutter of a branch of a tree
part of the net had been conspicuously
exposed, and the birds coming very
near had seen their peril and darted
away. When I saw that. I said to the
old fowler, “That reminds me of a
passage of Scripture, ‘Surely in vain is
the net spread in the sight of any bird.''
Now, the net in my text stands tor
temptation.
The call bird of sin tern [its men oil
from point to point and from liraueh
to branch until they are about to drop
into the net. If a man finds out in
time that it is the temptation of the
devil, or that evil men are attempting
tocapture his soul for time and foreter
nity, the man steps bark. He says, "1
am not to be caught in that way, I
see what you are about; surely in vain
is the net spread in the sight of any
bird.”
THK SCBTI.KTY OK THK DKVU,.
There are two classes of temptations
■—the superlieial and the suhterraicons
—those above ground, those under
ground. If a man could see sin as it is
he would no more embrace it than he
would embrace a leper. Sin is a daugh
ter of hell, yet she is garlanded and
robed and trinketed. Her voice is a
warble. Her cheek is the setting; un.
Her forehead is an aurora. She says
to men: “Come, walk this path with
me; it is thymed and prim rosed, and
the air is bewitched with the odors of
the hanging gardens of heaven; the
rivers are rivers of wine, and all you
have to do is to drink them up in chal
ices that sparkle with diamond and
ametliyst and ehrysoprasus. See! It
is ail bloom and roseate cloud and
heaven.”
Oh, my friends, if for one moment
the choiring of all these concerted
voices of sin could be hushed we
should see the orchestra of the pit with
hot breath blowing through fiery flute,
and the skeleton arms on drums of
thunder and darkness heating the
chorus, “The end thereof is death.”
I want to point out the insidious
temptations that are assailing more es
pecially our young men. The only
kind of nature comparatively free from
temptation, so far as I can judge, is the
cold, hard, stingy, mean temperament.
What would Satan do with such a man
if he got him? Satan is not anxious to
get a man who after awhile may dis
pute with him tiie realm of everlasting
meanness. It is the generous young
man, the warm hearted young iiiau,
the social young man that is in, espe
cial peril.
A pirate goes out_oii the sea, and one
rrt. out i<*r tP.>*e yuiiu; ucu r*‘e
buoyant and * i:liusi.*-*rie. lie so who
are dotcnuiicd to do som-Tuing for
time and for eternity -for ilieui we
will light, and wo now declare ever-
fasting war against all the. influences
that assail them, and we ask ail good
men and piiilanllirop'sfs to who ! into
line, and all tin* armies of heaven to
bear down upiui tie* foe, and we prav
Almighty Cod that with the thunder
bolts of his wralh he wi'l strike down
and consume all these influences that
are attempting to destroy the young
men for whom Christ died.
THK CANT OK "I.IHgRAMTY.”
The lirst class of temptations that as-
saulrs a young man is led on by the
skeptic, lie will not admit that lie is
an infidel or aiiieist. Oh. no' He is
a “fret* thinker." lie is out* of your
“liborar men. lit* is fret* and easy in
religion. Oh. how lih.-ral be is! lit* is
so “liberal" that he will give away Ins
Bible. lit* is so ‘diberul" that lit* will
give away tiie throne of eternal justice,
lit* is so "liberal" that lie would he
willing to give Cod out of the universe.
He is so "liber.11" that he would give
up his own soul anti the soul ttf ell his
friends. Now what more eould you
ask in lilt* way of liberality? The vic
tim of this skeptic lias probably just
come from the country. Through the
intervention of friends lie lias been
placed in a shop.
On Eaturdny the skeptic says to him,
“Well, what are you going to do to
morrow?” He says, “I am going to
church." “Is it possible?” says the
skeptic. “Well, I used to do diose
tilings. I was brought up, 1 suppose,
as you were, in a religious family, and
I believed all those tilings, hut I got
over it. The fact is, since I came to
town I have read a great deal, and I
have found that there are agreat many
things in the Bible that are ridiculous.
Now, for instance, nil that about tiie
serpent being cursed to crawl in the Car
den of Eden because it hud tempted
our first parents; why, you see iiow ab
surd it is; you can tell from the very or
ganization of the serpent that it had to
crawl; it crawled before it was cursed
just as well as it crawled afterward; you
can tell from its organization that it
crawled. Then ail that story about the
whale swallowing Jonah, or Janali swal
lowing tiie whale, which was it? it don't
make any difference, tin* thing is absurd;
it is ridiculous to suppose that a man
eould have gone down through the jaws
of a sea monster and yet kept Ins life;
why, his respiration would have been
hindered; ho would have been digested ;
the gastric juieo would have dissolved
the lihrine and coagulated albumen,
and Jonah would have been changed
from prophet into chyle. Then all that
story about the miraculous conception
wl»v, If I»- fwirfootl*' I 01»,
sir, I believe in the light of nature.
This is the Nincteelh century. Prog
ress, sir; progress. I don’t blame you.
hut after you have been in town as
long as I have you will think just as I
do.”
Thousands of young men are going
down under that process day by day,
and there is only here and there a
young man who can endure this art'll
lery of scorn. They are giving up the'r
would Ik* blown on by the breath of
Cod until all the splendid estate would
vanish into white ashes scattered in the
whirlwind—then that instruction has
been to you a precaution and a help
ever since.
There are hundreds of commercial
establishments in our great cities which
are educating a class of young nleii
who will bo the honor of tiie land, and
then* are other establishments which
are educating young men to he nothing
but sharpers. What chance is then*
fora young uinti who was taught in an
establishment that it is right to lie, if
it is smart, and th:*f a Fn*neh label is
all that is neccssa'y to make a thing
French, and that you ought always
to bo honest when it pays, ami that it
is wrong to steal unless you do it well?
Sup|K>se, now. a young man just
starting in lift* enters a place of that
kind when* there are ten young men.
all drilled in the infamous practices of
the establishment, lie is ready to lie
taught. The young man has no theory
ef eonimiT'-i il i*tliies. Where is he to
get his theory? !k* will get the theory
from his ein; ! <y rs.
One day he ; ishos his wit a littl** be
yond what the e;tabiislanent demands
of him, and la* fleeces a customer until
the clerk is on the verge of being seized
by tlii* law. What is done in the es
tablishment ? i h* i; net arraigned. Tho
head of tiie o>!: ’ 'Munoiit says to him,
"Now lie e.■ be eorcful, young
mail; you mi .-hi beruu iit; but really
that was splendidly done; you will get
along in the world, I warrant you."
Then that young man gees up until In*
becomes head clerk, lie has found
there is a [*:• :; him on inieuity.
“leant do it,' the man said. They : mrong lemonade, it taken at bedtime,
parted. The Lord looked after him, .j Seill break up a severe cold,
grandly looked after him. He k worth The Iuost n>CPIlt Cfl | (MI | a , ions
to,lay a hundred fold morethan 1.1^ bv Miell( , lH<m
employer ever was or ever will be, ai
he saved Ins soul.
Tiie royalties which have gone to
;'charity from the sale of Moody and
have aggro-
Yuung men. it is safe to do righi
There are young men in this house
day who. under this storm of tem|
tiou, art* striking deeper and dee
their roots and spreading out broad
their branches. They arc Daniels in • Bankey’s “Gospel Hymns'
Babylon, they are Josephs in tiie Egyp- {gflated $1,2|M),(KHI.
Ban court, they are Pauls amid the There are said to be over 2”.<HI0 In
wild (leasts of Ephesus. I preach to. dians in tin* I'nited States who can
encourage Bum. Isiy hold of G<m1 un<L* read English, and over 10,000 who can
he faithful. Indian languages.
Tin-: I'Kitii.s ok si-'.u*' mollTl'.ot’SNK.sJr To show the growth made in the in-
There is a mistake we make abouS dustry of furnishing kindling wood, a
young men. We put them in two single factory in Pennsylvania turns
classes—the me class is moral, the out 5,000,000 bundles |M*r I
other is dissolute. The moral are safe.,*
The dissolute cannot he reclaimed. r*
mg can Ik* accomplished between the
electric flashes. Among the interesting
parts of the ingenious mechanism is a
gives the velocity of light r, ''''* v ""•""K 1 ' wl,iuh ■■' ll ,l,c e,ectric
> 186,360 miles |K*r second. ' , currents pass
A , , lr 1 l,,s at 0,10 nn anna-
Put fresh Hsli in salted water for mlf * t , m . s i ll , i | ar but | ar ger
i. hour before cooking ,t It hardens t , lan in on tcle .
tiie iisli and improves the ilavor.
ILi Pity Homos.
W ords of W isdom.
level best
her hiis-
A Springfield (Mo.) man is reported
to have picked a pear from a tree hi
deny both | r,.posit The moral llis orc l lar(1 ,|„ lt weighed llftv two
are not safe unless they have laid hold , pullc< ^ u trifle over three pounds'
»f and lie* dissolute mav he re- ... ....
, • i , Miss Mon»nee D.iseom enjovs a I tho
claimed. I s'liiposc there are self , 4 . .. ..
• i , i. i advantages of!he Johns Hopkins mu
righteous men m this house who leclno , ,*
need of God. and will not seek after She h.," entered the depart-
hini, and thev will go out i» the "'‘’nt of geology and will give signal
world and Bmv will he tempted, and '^ tontio,, 1 ‘ 1 ° l'«;B'<.graphy, hut will not
,t . , (foe a candidal** for a degree,
they will tie !!u:ig down by misCnr-! _ “
tune, and they will go down, dowtn,
down, unt'i .'•mu* nighi you will see
them going bone hooting, raving,
shoutiug bla pkemy -going home to
their mother, going home totheir eis
ter, going leg :-* to t!*.* young compan
ion to whom only a linlc while
graphic sounder. The lever of the mag
net works a shaft that causes eighteen
brass lingers to vibrate. When the
Augers fall they complete the electric
current in eighteen wires that run to
the twenty dials—connection lK*iiig as
siinultaiiismsly broken when tin* lingers
are raised. Ocular proof of the pres-
senee of electricity is given in green
sparks on the tips of the brers points
when the connect ion is broken.
Many persons elimh Bie extra flights
of stairs above the battery room and
only pause in the section of the tower
where the four great dials art* placed.
The gigantic hands of rolled steel each
weigh forty |>oinids and are to lie seen
dimly through the translucent glass of
the dials that are about sixteen feet in
diameter. The shaft that carries the
hands pierces the center of the disk
where it is connected with a large arm
A woman mav do her
to make a happy home for
band and children, hut if she is treated
as a slave and only given her hoard
and clothing in payment for her
services as mother, cook, wife,
l laundress, nurse girl, ch.imhenuaid
‘ and seamstress, is it any wonder that
! little or no happiness exists in that
j home? If a mother spoils her son In
pampering and wailing on him all
the years of his childhood and
boyhood, : n I making hini think lii.it
a man should always he wailed on
by the woman of his household. Lit
strange that he expects a wife to do
the same, and that, in all likelihood
she either wears out in a few year-
from such service or else b**, onie
Faith never wears along face.
A poor man has as much right to
his own as a king.
at everything
keep some
is about
mot
over,-011111.0
sav,
tin
:-;ro, in
the presene,
flashing ligi:
and censers
promised (id
<il a brilliant iiKctiihhum,
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purity and kind
mnu re-ehes the door she
ii *t wirii an outcry, but
n-r back from the door as
ind in her look there will
Hcey of woes that are coiii-
il will shiver in
fli.it will erv in vain
New York's Sorliil Whirl.
In the give nml take of social inter
course in New York, society women have
as much as they can do to pay debts
incurred, to return civilities, to attend
to the vast eorr. spondeneo entailed by
the growth of their circle and responsi
bilities, and, worse than all. to daily go
upon rounds of ea'ls among [K’ople
scattered ls*tween Washington and
fituyvesunt sipiares, and the neighbor-
(honds on either side of Central park.
The matter of days which, inscribed on
the cards of one's acquaintances, stare
one in the far:* fro n December to April
with unrelenting reminder that there is
ntun* with an attachment of brass cog j
wheels.
Each flash over the wires leading
from the battery room whirls through
tin* big spool of wire in the armature,
magnetizes tin* soft iron eon* and shield,
swings a ratchet lever, gives a turn to
the brass cog wheels, and thus causes
the minute hand outside to swing along
nearly ten inches. We go down to the
outside world. 200 feet below, and
when we turn to look up once more at
the minute hand we understand that
its seeming short steps each announce
that down in the heart of tiie great
building the tiny, trembling second
hand of the regulator has just com
pleted another delicate cycle and
marked the Might of another minute.—
w Dy
and
often
i 1 1*';l I
wif.
■cod of | “ f "•<;i“ l ' i|i Lv Bms Cor 8pri , lk .| (1 U) .p llb i ican .
ii. to oi opened might occupy a chapter to it-j
' ! f° r I self.
vmxs
you-:
book i
i-i* la
Tit AUK.
io -o. book at
k ai Iiim liv** y**ars
ha - been uud -r trial
*s!:;biis!i;-i'.*nf. Jbre he
shop lo i r, b ! < c ! ;«*e|;s
*ut!i of tie* hills. Me
o-.i the eo*mler in
Mi-comuiemL t'e-m
lie [siilits out all
good [siiuts hi the fabric. Me ef
the sal**. The goods are wropped
-.ith
ami
qm r
!iiv-,'
TKXfl’:'
Now here i:
Iiim today,
from now, afr
in such an i
stands in th-
ruddy with the I
unrolls the good*
geiitiemauly style,
to the [lure'i *ser.
tho
feet
up and ho dismisst's the enstonier v. mi ,
.i ,.i.,...i.fi,i **irfi,ij miiriiiii.' ” iin.l tbc
country m-r' t int departs so hupre-sed
•ith the st:iiiglitforwardii(*ss of that
you ig man that
and again, every
unless interfered with.
The young mail has been now in that
establishment live years. lie unrolls
the goods on the counter. lie says to' you
Bio customer. "Now those art* the best then
goads we have in our establishment;”
they have better on tie* next shelf, lie
savs, "We .or • selling these goods less
vm-re
i she
umler
wi:u
' t i i v
bao!. my all
ami i.eiu I * *
-give him
the wi-t<-h‘
[ in Ii hack t
wiMs.ty; "I’iiI
(Hi. self righi.'
you are in | :-i
day. Ami I lii
lions of lif>* tie*
wilhout God.
**-.. I hat will not leave the j Dinner calls are obligatory; visits of
t.icy liave erushed it, hut condolence and congratulation as rc-
.'. s, •^ , ^ again, until current ns ts-eau titles. A thousand
-i" will *tp *ii ilit* dtsir of ] allf ) miner olnims absorb the hours
set apart for outside serviet*; ami with
all this, many womi'ii Anti time for
, class.>s, etinrscs anti lectures, and often
keep tip studies hi which their young
'people are employed Those who talk
of the rush of Ihe London season should
rcllcct lhat what Bn* English eoneen-
trate inlti thri'i* iiiouths, and put aside
in fnvorof a inore leisurely and ralional
existeuee, is by us spread over the en
tire year. For, in one way or another.
' our business of pleasure goes on until
June, and is transferred to Newport or
Bar Harbor.—New York Cor. Ladies’
Home Journal.
la r companion was
will lihig out her
her ragged shawl
aim isf omnipotent elo
me hack my husband!
i ty protector! Give me
Mini of tin* kind heart
■' * and tIk* manly brow
i-k l * in.*!" Anil then
ob*.<* ail filthy, will
r ui.iilcd lo**ks, and tlii*y
her oul ! I'ut her tut.!"
•ou. man. without (iod
il! f!.*rk after him to
ten tli i'.sau l lemi'ta-'
is un s.ilety for a man
lie will come again
spring and autumn,
like
A ft v
Bibles. The light of nature! They
have the light of nature iu China; they Dian cost:’ they are making twenty per
have it in Hindustan; they have it in cent. He says, i here is nothing
Ceylon. Flowers there, stars there, i ♦'•em in all the city; there are
waters there, winds there; but no civi- j shops that want to sell the same thiiij
lization, no homes, no happiness. Lan
cets to cut, and juggernauts to fall un
der, and hooks to swing to; but no
happiness. I tell you, my young brother,
we have to take a religion of some kind.
But i may Ik
have gone ■ r
other prupa i!
cannot be r:■-
have only gom
I speak are you
voice within yo
do that
? What
Is Ih* iv a me
makes you ip
all our hearts
so far as to co
gone througl* :
invite you back
waits for you.
t In.
tro
Idressing some who
iu I .'■) 1 as-aiilt that
t!iat the dissolute
i" I l’er!i:i|)s you
! • astray. While
ii hi* si ? Is there a
saying. "What did
Why did you go
on mean by that?"
in your soul that
: God only knows
i. if you have gone
im't i -' ; dties, and have
;'ia .vhi'lc catalogue, 1
lIds hour. Tii • Lord
"K'joic'*! oh. young
hitter ami disheartened,
Detroit Free Frees
There are very many reason
i home may no! Ii ■ a happy om
the happiness found therein depends
fully ns much on Mm husband as il
dims upon the wife. We are
told that in every true and
tnarrige hnth hiislmnd an
must learn to hear and forbear. In
every home where h. ppiim-s exists
there must he perfect trust, eo'i i
deuce and love between tin* liusham:
and wife. Tli re a■•l• t .v i kinds o!
stitishiue in the world.and both quid
leeessary —the one whicli is cansen
by the sun's sliin’me out doors and
the other by its shining in our
hearts.
Happy honms alMiund in the heart
sunshine, and whclherit shineswilh-
i out or not, there is naught hut
Head love looks
through nionev.
It takes great trials to
peole faithful.
It is as wicked not to do right
it is to do wrong.
A man with a red nos.
Ihe last to find j| out.
I'akse worship will kill the .-
quick as no w orship.
Njf-.kvepli..n is one of the
deadly of all dangers.
\\ hen dlticnltics an
they hecoum Me-'ings.
'I'he (lax has lo he broken before
ils strengh ran lie know n.
If you niiderlake to drag the cross
you will fill-1 i! prolty heavy.
I he surest way . f la coming good
looking is to behave that way.
No mail ran he much of a man
who doesu t have much of a motive.
I he righi to he saved i* Ihe i i. iie.-t
p i..session that iiian can inherit.
The man w ho t hiuks h
a’l. p ns on! hi 'v**s to !*,
If yon want lo
we'I of ;* iu in don
I |' ! '“i'!'
lo he good
not hiug to do.
V. hen you liud a man who has the
courage to live within his income
knows it
i i with.
w no
are
.e* p
go on ii,'
uud i!
on
Urns
w in
MlKlllg
entity.
ossiMe
have
taiio.Kes Taking I'lace III Cliilltt.
Tin* troubles in China are increasing.
Cliimi seems to be on the verge of a
revolution. It is the biggest empire in i, . , , . . ,
the world today. It lias more tlmn l,r, g lltl,e8S ,Ms ll "
3(!;i,0(KI,(M)() inhabitants, its walled cities loving deeds, the cheery, helpful where they shouldn't.
you timl a he
I'idess we
souielaldv els
walk whe:
• will he
'*• we should
sure to walk
foi:
did
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Y*
We have to choose between four or
Hve. Shall it Ik* the Koran of the Mo
hammedan, or the Sinister of the Hin
doo, or the Zendavesta of the Persian,
or the Confucius writings of tho Chi
nese, or the Holy Scriptures? Take
what you will; God helping me, I will
take the Bible. Light for all darkness;
rock for all foundation; balm for all
wounds. A glory that lifts its pillars
of Arc over the wilderness march.
Do not give up your Bibles. If these
people seoll at you as though religion
and the Bible were At only for weak-
minded people, you just tell them you
are not ashamed to Ik* in the company
of Burke the statesman, and Raphael
the painter, and Tljorwal.lsen the
sculptor, and Mozart the musician, and
Blackstone the lawyer, and Bacon the
philosopher, and Harvey the physician,
and John Milton the [Mad.
Ask them what infidelity has ever 1
to lift the fourteen hundred mil
lions of the race out of barbarism.
Ask them when infidelity ever iustitut-
brightmorni^ ^‘tVthe'giass t'oT.is e< * ■'* sanitary commission; and, before
eye and. looks off, and sees an empty
vesseLfloating from port to port. He
you leave their society once and for
ever, tell them that they have insulted
He says, “Now. that is a durable
article, it will wash;” yes, it will wash
out.
The sale is made, the gmsls are wrap
ped up, the country merchant g<M*s off
feeling that he has an equivalent for h'-
money, and the sharp clerk g<K*s into
the private room of the counting house,
and he says, “Well, I got rid of those
goods at last; I really thought we never
would sell them; I told him we were
selling them less than cost, and he
thought he was getting a good bargain;
got rid of them at last.” And the head
of the Arm says, “That's jivell done;
splendidly done!"
Meanwhile God had recorded eight
lies—four lies against the young man,
four lies against his employer, for I un
dertake to say that the employer is re
sponsible for all the iniquities of his
clerks, and all the iniquities of those
who are clerks of these clerks, down to
the tenth generation, if those employ
ers inculcated iniquitous and damning
principles.
I stand before young men Biis morn
ing who are under this pressure. I say,
come out of it. “Oh!" you say, “I
can't; I have my widowed mother to
support, and if a man lo'»i* a situation
now he can't get another one." 1 say,
come out of it. Go homo to your
mother and say to her, “Mother, 1 can't
Mr.
Dclihi'niHoii of I*iii'|»omc.
Bilhis (calling down the stair-
whi* h are taking down so many way) - Maria, have the children gone
voting men. I would like to to school?
/- llP ;„, f, ir tiie memory of your Christian father stay in that shop and bo upright; whut
says, ever m , . ^ ^ mi( j Fp jt llp( >n the deathbed of your . shall I do?" and if she is worthy of you
us." But tho same morning he puts
the glass to his eye, and lie sees a vessel
coming from Australia laden with gold,
or a vessel from the Indies laden with
spices. He says, "That's our prize;
bear down on it!” Across that unfor
tunate slap the grappling hooks are
thrown. The crew are blindfolded and
are compelled to walk the plank. It is
not the empty vessel, but the laden
merchantman that is tho temptation to
the pirate.
And a young man, empty of head,
empty of heart, empty of life—you want
no Young Men's Christian association
to keep him safe; he is safe. Ho will
not gamble unless it is with somebody
else's stakes. He will not break the
Sabbath unless somebody else pays the
horse hire. He will not drink unless
some one else treats him. He will hung
around the bar hour after hour wait
ing for some generous young man to
come in. The generous young man
comes hi and ucorrts him and says,
“Well, will you have a drink with me
to*! v " The man. as though it were
a sudden thin,; for him. say*. “Well-
well, if you insist on it. I will - I will.
Too me. , i*i t > go to |s I' liBoii unless
somebody . I-- pays Ids evjsmsast For
such young i i •*l we w,l! i:of light. We
would (i** ii* n* eniitciid for Ihciii than
Vartan nnd I'.Biiopia would light as to
who should have the great Sahara des
mother, and with swine’s snout rooted
up the grave of your sister who died
believing hi the Lord Jesus.
AM, SUKKICIKNCV OK TUB SCHIITI'HKS.
Young man, hold ou to your Bible;
it is the best Ixsik you ever owned. It
will tell you how to dress, how to bar
gain, how to walk, how to act, how to
live, how to die. Glorious Bible!
Whether on parchment or paper, in oc
tavo or duodecimo, on the center table
of the drawing room or in the counting
riKiin of the banker. Glorious Bible!
Light to our feet and lump to our path.
Hold on to it!
The second class of insidious tempta
lions that comes upon our young men
is led on by the dishonest employer.
Every eommeieiiil establishment is a
school. In nine eases out of ten the
priueipl(*s of.the employer lx me the
principles of the employee. I ask the
older merchants t > bear me out in tn •*!•
statements.
If, when you wit:* j starting iu
life, in commere! .1 lif**. y.ei war:*; I
that honesty was nut iu u i.ei’u*! • i'i ■
though yon might sail nil tic* go xi •*
the shop you must not s dl your con
science, that while you wen* to exerei-e
all industry an I t-iet y ai were not I
Kell your eon' inc-e if v >*; wi i'a t oiglit
that gtl*.i* go;ten by i*i v/oiv eouihu Ii
hie. and at the moment of ignition
she will say,
'Come out of it, my son
we will just throw ourselves on him
who hath promised to be the God of
the widow ami the fatherless; he wil!
take care of us.” And I tell you no
young man ever pcnnuiicntly suffered
by such a course of conduct.
Iu Philadelphia in a drug shop a
young man said to his employ**', “I
want to please* you, really, and I am
willing to sell nmdic'uies on Sunday;
hut I can't s* ll this patent shoe black
ing ou Sunday.” “Well," said the head
man, "you will have to do it or else
you will liave to go away.” The young
man said: “I can’t do it. I am willing
to sell medicines, hut not shoo black
ing." “Well, than, go! Go now.”
The young man went away. The Lord
looked after him. The hundreds of
thousands of dollars he won hi this
world were the smallest part of his for
tune. (iod honored him. By the
course he took he saved his soul as
well ns his fortunes hi the future.
A mini said to his employer. "I can't
wash the wagon on t'miday moruinp: I
bin willing to wii: h it on Rntur.liiy after
noon; hut, sir. you will p'a .ise excuse
me. I can't wash the v ■■roo on Sunday
morning.” His employ* r sai.l. “You
must wash il; my eiirri..ge aouies iu
every Saturday night, and you have
got to wash it on Bund.iv moniiui'."
man, iu thy y l•llh. ami let thy heart
cheer thee i i the days ol thy youth;
but know thou that for all 1 base things
(iod will bring Dice into judgment.
Come home, young man. to your fa
ther's God. Come home, young mail
to your moB. r's (iod. Oh. I wi Ii Bint
all the hatter: -* of the Gospel eould to
day he unlimber .! against all those in-
Alienee
of our
blown trumpet of warning and recruit
tliilil this wliolt* audifiico would march
out on a crusail * against the evils of so
ciety. But k ( none of us be disheart
ened.
Oh, Christian workers, my heart is
high with hope. The dark horizon is
blooming into the morning of which
prophets spoke, and of which [xx-ts
have dreamed, and of which painters
have sketched. The world's bridal hour
advances. The imumtaiii.s will kiss ti e
morning radiant and effulgent, and all
the waves of the sea will become the
crystal keys of a great organ, on which
the lingers of everlasting joy shall pin)
the grand march of a world redeemed,
instead of tho thorn there shall eoine
iqi the lir tire, mid instead of the briar
tliere shall come up the myrtle tree,
ami Die mountains and tho hills shall
break forth kito singing, ami all the
iv* s of !'.•• we**d shall clap their
hands!
ODDS AND ENDS.
Th** Roman
coverings on their horses, which the old
Germans considered effeminate, and
they despised them for it. in the time
of Alexander Sovorus the horses of tho
Roman cavalry wore iiiagiiiliccnt cov
erings. Before the time of Nero the
cavalrymen were obliged to present
their horses without covering during
the review, that it might be more easily ;
seen whether they were in good condi
tion. Nero, however, abolished the
wise regul.itio:i on review, lie had a
a weakness for display ami wanted tin*
cavalry to present a grand appearance
on such occasions. Even after the in-
trodiiction of these coverings it was
considered more graceful and manly to
ride without them. Varro boasts of
having ridden, when a young man,
without a covering to his horse.—De- i
troit Free Press.
Mrs. Bilhis—Yes.
“This is the girl's day out, isn't it?"
"Yes. She's gone."
“This is not tho minister's day to
cull, is it?”
“No.”
“Any of the neighbors likely to drop
in during the next hour or so?”
“I think not.”
“You’re alone, are you?”
“Yes. What do you”
“Then, put some cotton in your ears,
Maria. I am going to shave myself '
with that new razor you gave me the Ul
other dav.” Chicago Tribune.
containing more then 500,000 people.
China contains eighteen provinces,
which are much like our states. It has
hi addition to these, vast territories
such as Manchuria, Hi, Mongolia nnd
Thibet, subordinate to the main em
pire, and ruled either by special gov
ernors sent out by the emperor or
through commissioners. Siam pays
tribute to China. Corea has for years
been sending an embassy with presents
to Peking, and the whole of the eastern
world was until within a very short
tiino under these almond eyed, yellow
faced, two legged mortals,
outside proviuces'aiiiT Clnna tiaveTbeeii
breaking. Little Corea, which has
only about one-thirtieth as ninny peo
ple as China, has hoisted the (lag of in
dependence. Siam has practically
thrown off tho yoke. Hnrmuh has
gone info the hands of the English.
The northern provinces arc being
chewed at by Russia bite by bite.—
Frank G. Carpenter in National Trib
une.
Good iih ii SHf Winder.
Stranger—Have you any self wind
ing watches?
Jeweler—Self winding*?
“Yes, something that will wind itself,
yon know. My wife has been poster
ing me for a new watch, hut I know
she'll never remember to wind it after
the Arst night, and it will mst out, just
like tho old one.”
"I have nothing of that kind; but I
have a [latent phonographic watch
which shouts •Wind me' at the pro|K*r
time every night."
“That won’t do. My wife'll just say
‘In a minute,' and then forgot all about
it. I'll tell you what we want. Y'ou
Ax it so that when it needs winding it
will start up ami whistle ‘Comrades'
until she attends to it.”—New York
Weekly.
words, and thekindlv tluinj'htl’ulm'.-s
that oa*‘h incmhcr of the familv
I rdv ever thin! s about the stick
the
that carried it up when they see
shows toward the others lint make- l . ; ,i,t\ oi the * I v-ioekct.
\Ye arc as responsible for what wo
permit others to do in our name as
r what we do ourselves.
an idel. happy home --a perfect he.iv
eti on earth. How many of us do
air share in making such a hoiin
hat shall he a heaven of red to all
vho mav come wilhin its inlicrii.r?
u * are
F.lla Wheeler Wilcox condemns
the practice of young girls being
forced to rise early after a night
Merchant Murdered in so< ; ial W e ‘ il “ 8 ' i " ,,1 savs: ‘ l
CHIME l\ CHESTERFIELD.
A Strict) Hill
CiiF.n vw, S. ('.. Doc. 7.—Mr. J. P.
Vilsun, of Siciely Hill.was killed
last Friday aftcrnixin near S.N.
is's Mill, just over (lie line in this was renowned or remarkable for have
never yet heard a woman declare
riser under all circumstances who
did not wear a jaded and worn appear
ance. I never vet saw a woman who
bv a negro named
The Li<iiiur llnhit a lire,
The Christian at Work, comment
ing upon the question, "Is Drunk
enness Curable?
the North
!• vans
eonnly
!am*y.
(iancy, while in Wilson's store oi
h.inksgiving day, was beh; v tig in
an obscene manlier' whe i \\ ils tii
Irovc him oul with i meat knife,
i’he next day. Wilson, while driving
lack lo Society lllll from his hoti/i
in Chcsterlicld county, was met by
Ganev, who told him that he Wilson
Ind him at a disadvantage the day
defore, hut that he Ganey had the
advantage now, and immediately
shot him in thecheek. Wilson drove
on to Socictcy Hill, where, before’
•lying, he told how and by whom lie
was shot, and gave instructions as
* what disposition hedesired to he
made of his property.
At last accounts Ganey had not
lice 1 ! captured.
Prinm-j ing kept her youthful looks and her
• health who was nut a sound sleeper,
and who if she lost her earlv hours
iu the night by
not make up for
time. All the
massage, all the
physical cultuic
social plea.-iir*
them in the
cosmetics, all
beauty baths
in Ihe world e;
s did
day-
tin*
and
llllot
AN ELECTRIC TOWN CLOCK.
A l>f**rrl|>l 1**11 **f *« ■|lllt**|U***-i‘ Tlllil U
Kr.lllv l'lllt|lll- 1111*1 IllllTrHIIlIK.
The Arst tower clock .•ii*tuati**l by
electricity in the luiited States is iu
sueeessful iiperationi iu the eoiirt house
.in bo* Angeles, Cal. This pioneer
'timepiece, that is eoimiioiily termed
1 “the big el*x*k,” might lx* ealleil iu bo
as recently discussed
American Review,
says;
“Til • liqiio:'habit must he regarded
lirst of all, a< a vice, and not a disease,
an I treated accordingly. Some arc
led into the drinking ii •bit. n idoiiht.
largely through Hie iidlu uee of an
inherited app •tile, bub in the va-l
Largest Family In Ihe W orld
are there
Kn-
niujoril.y of cases,
liquor habit jua a*
It ell
I heV
tin ilea I parlance a eoinpositc, for it is i ,||||*.|-had lad it just a
Boston has a eat nsvlum. 1 >» r '‘ i ' li, . v f "" r <''"< ks. as each dial in the
... • ai * towvr Ih sunnlkvl with its own wparato
All trees an- evergreen m the tropica. ap|>!|r||t||N bv w i r ,. s fr( , m lb( .
Baltimore (Ireland) h;us a Ashing lml j n ba tt,. r y. Tliere are also sixteen
school. smaller clix-ks located in various parts
Twenty-two uews|Ki|x*rs in the state () [ (he building, and these twenty
of Kansas an* eclileil by woman.
Home of the eaterpiltars in Australia
measure twelve inches in length.
It is ililllcult to trust a person’s the
ology when his grammar is faulty.
A single ranch in Washington pro
duced fifty tons of Imps last season.
to swear, to gamble
because th 'ir evil I
litem Hut wav. I i
most men get drunk
want to get drunk.
T
form
form
they
lo
l•ndl•ucie■i
ol h *r v
hecause I
An Attempt
v
the
any
le.irii
steal,
lead
I "lls.
I hc\
I*
cure intemper.mee in general by Ih
us ' of nc lieines would he very ni’i'di
in the
tine wav."
clocks Ix-at time together without tick
ing, but with instantaneous precision.
The regulator which i1*k*s the time
keeping is a large eight day clock that | |j| u , | l -* i| 1 ,_, ,. mv profanitv
differs from an onlinary regulator only
in being provided with two insulated
wires, and when its second hand com
pletes its round it comes in contact
An old Chinese proverb declares that w j tb u p | n tinum |x>int, which instnntu gin of word "picnic:" Tie.' lirst pienii
neons touch makes a momentary elec- known .vis in Hi* yen - I'(12- not
trie circuit by means of tin) wires, the ( p,,,,,!,,.,! u . ar
with all the other
How many Smith
gland?
It is In p issilde to answer thisques-
tion with percision, hut (her arc data
from which an aiiproximatcly correct
idea may be obtained. The registrator
general t dls us that in 1H2A it was
possible lo cstim it*\ from eertuiu
j records in his keeping, that lli*‘ri
I were tlien living in England and
! Wales about 2.Vb‘mii Smiths, or one
j in every seventy-thive persons com
p sing the entire population. Sup-
posing that this estimate waseorreet.
and that the same proportion lias
since been maintained, the statiam-nl
mv fairlv he made that there are
] now about 335,814 or over one-third
of a million Smith; in England and
Wales. It is not quite easy to realize
at once what an enormous mimlier
| of people these figures repre
sent.
do for fagged cheeks ami hollow eyes
and fatigue-blanched face what one
gixxl hour of sleep every afternoon
will do.”
If Sampson Pope,clerk of the Sen
ate, had a concealed weapon about his
person and attempetd to draw it in
the Central Hotel row, he should be
indicted. The blackest negro about
Columbia lias us much right to carry
a pistol as the elerksof the House
and Senate.
Hall's Hair Renewer enjoys a world
wide reputation for restoring the hair
to bald heads and changing gray hair
to the original color of youth.
*1 see there is one class of men
who are unable to obtain divorces in
Chicago,’ remarked Mr. Stebhins.
•For mercy sakes, who are they?"
his wife questioned,
he replied, as
door.
•The bachelors,
he shut th*'
lie following
of word
I - givea a; the o‘T-
gixxl fixxl is nut as important as good
cookery.
(>ne IiiiiiImt mill in tho state of Wash
ington turned out in 18!)() (ill,000,000
feet of lumber.
In the city of Berlin, with a populn-
tion of 1,315,600, there are hut 26,800
dwelling houses.
Prospectors in Oregon have recently
discovered the only mine of pure plati
num in existence.
Science is never enthusiastic. It hes
itates at every step. It doubts and
weighs every movement.
Never put any portion of any plant
in the mouth unless it
known to he wholesome.
A generous supply of
Aiesh cimimunicatiiq
docks, and cadi obeys the telegraphic ,
mandate by pointing a new minute.
The source of the electricity for all
this automatic whispering is found in
batteries that are located in one of tho
tower rooms, where two separate instal
lations, each containing 211 cells, are
in a cabinet together. Only one of tho
two sets is, however, required at a time
—the other is simply for use in case of
an emergency, and it is hut the work of
an Instant to connect the whole appa
ratus with tho unused battery by sim-
is certainly p |y turning the handle of a compound
switch. Tho clocks need not lose a
hot. rather minute In the change, for the switeh-
one imnuiYii years ago. In thosi
days, when such an cnterLinnicni wn.-
proposed, il was therudom for lliosi
who intended to he present to draw
up a list of tin
. a ded to have
list was passe 11
picked oul Hi
he would furnish,
nicked olf the list,
words picked ami
out-of-door parties
as pick and kuick,
nir"
articles (hat were
good time; then Ike
"i''"h person j., | ' |()k
n ime of Ihearlieli
which was H en
Ero.ii these tw-
Occasionally, remarks the Atlanta
j Constitution, there is a hook reviewer
j who claims that il is necessary to
| read a hook through, line by line and
word by word. But Oscar \\ ilde says:
“To know the vintage and quality
of a wine one dix'S not have to drink
the whole cask. It must be perfectly
• easy in half an hour lo say whether
is worth anything or worth
Ten minutes are reallv
niekiit
were lirst
then as
known
a pie-
! nothing.
| sufficient, if one has the indinct
form, who wants to wade thrnuh
I
dull volume? One tastes it—and that
is quite enough—more than enough,
I should imagine.”
Tim harsh, drastic purgatives,
onee deemed so indispensable, have
given place to milder and more
skilfully prepared laxatives; hence
the great and growing demand for
Ayer's Pills. Physicians every
where recommend them for
eostiveness, indigestion, and liver
complaints.
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