The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, August 28, 1896, Image 3
REV. DR. TALMAGE.
TUB NOTED DK VINE'S SUNDAY
SKKMOX.
Text: "\Y ii.ivo an n<lvocntc with tho
Father, Jesus Christ tho ri;:hte jus."?I John
i.. '.
stiiinliii;' in a court room, you say to your' lf:
"At this bar crime tins oftou been
iirai'.'uo I: at this witness slaiul tho oath lias
liieu been tr.';cu; at t us juror-.' bench tin?
ver>liet has I) *< ! ivuiloro.l; at this jit'lRo's
lesk MUitenoo has hem pron I'ut I
uvo t t?'.i v.. i to-ilay ?>f u trial hiyhor thau
my Oyu- ?u I Tcrminor or Circuit or Susri'iu"
or Chancery. It is tho trial of every
Christian man for tho lifo of his soul. This
irial is ililY-'rcnt from any other in the fact
lluir it is i> .*ii ,-ivil ami criminal.
Tim issii"s at stake urn tremendous, ami I
>hall in my sermon show you, llrsl. what are
Ii" "roun 1 "f complaint: then, wlio are tho
Witnesses in tho eause. anil la-llv. who lira
the advocates.
Whoa a trial is called on tho llrsl tiling is
fo have the indictment Stand up than,
(). Christian man. ami hear tho indictment
of the courc ??f hitjit heaven against tiiy soul.
It is an in iictmoat of ten counts, for tliou
hast directly or Indirectly hrokeu all tho ton
tonimamlnieuis. You know how it thuulered
on Slual an i when God came down
how lie mountain rocked and the smoke
mounded as from a smolderiut; furnace, and
the darkness uathorod thick, and the loud,
deop trumpet uttered the words: "Tho soul
that sinneth, it shall die!' Are you guilty,
or not ituilty? Do not put in a negative pica
too quick, for I have to anuoum*e that "all
have sinned ami come short of tho jflory of
God. There is none that doolh tfood; no,
not one. Wltos >evor shall keep the whole
law. yet offend in one poiut. he is guilty of
ill." Do not, therefore, lie too hasty in
pronouncing yourself not nuilly.
The lawsuit hofcro us also charges you
with the break, m.: of a solemn contract.
.Many a time did we promise to he the Lord's.
We got down on our knees and suid: "O.
Lord. I am Thino now and forover." Did
you keep tho promise? Have you stood up
luinvi'iiuiwir ?;iv" yon not soniwiI;nes
faltered when you ought to have been true?
Havo you not been proud when you ought
to have been humble'? Havo you not played
I ho coward when you ought to have boon
tho hero'? I charge It upon you and I charge
it upon myself?wo havo broken tho contract.
Still further; this lawsuit claims damages
at your hands. Tho greatest slander on the
the Christian religiou is an inconsistent professor.
The Bible says religion is on? thing;
we, by our inconsistency, say religion is
some other thing, and what is more deplorable
about it Is that people can see faults in
others while I hoy can not sea auy In thornselves.
If you shall at any time find some
miserable old gossip, with imperfections
from the crown of her head to tho sol? of her
foot, a perfect blotch of sin herself, she will
go tattling, tattling, tattling, all the years of
her life about the inconsistencies of others,
having no idea that she is inconsistent herself.
God save the world front the gossip,
female and male! I think tho males uro the
worst!
New you have heard the indictment read.
Are you ready to plead guilty or not guilty?
Perhaps you are not ready yet to plead.
Then the trial will go on. The witnesses will
bo called, and we shall have tho nuttier decided.
In the name cf God I now tnake proclamation:
Oyez! Oyez! Oyer.1 whoever
hath anything to offer in this trial in which
God is the plaintiff and tho Christian soul
the defendant, let him now step forth uud
give testimony in this solemn trial.
The II ret witness 1 call upon the stand in
hobalf of the prosecution ts the world?all
critical and observant of Clirlstiau character.
You know that there tiro peoplo
around you who perpetually banquet on the
frailties of God's children. You may know,
if you have lived in the country, that a crow
cares for nothing so much as carrion. There
are those who imagine that out of the faults
of Christians they can make a bridge of
boats ncro.ss the stream of death, and they
are going to try it; but, alas fortho mistake!
When they get midstream away will go the
bridge aud down will go thoir souls to perdition.
O world of tho greedy eye and tho
hard heart, come on the stand now and testify
in behalf of the nroseeution ncnlnat thin
Christian soul 0:1 trial. What do you know
about this Christian man? "Oh," says the
world. "I kuow a Rreat deal about him. Ho
talks about putting his treas-.ros in heaven,
but I10 is the sharpest man in a trade I ever
knew. Ho scorns to want us to believe that
lie is a child of Ood, but ho is just full of
imperfections. I do not knew but I am a
groat deal hitter than ho is now. Ofteutimes
he is very earthly, and ho talks so little
about Christ and so much about himself.
1 am very glad to testify that this is a bad
man."
Stop, O World, with the greedy oyo and
hard hear;. I fear you nro too much interested
in tliis trial to t?iv? impartial evidence.
Cot all those wiio lr*ar the testimony of this
wit tie., s know tliat there is an old family
ipiarrei le-tv. m tliesn tiro parties. There
ill v. ays iu;s n a varianie bid ween the
V.'orjii ami tis ' liur-m, and while tlit* World
on ike witie*. . stand to-day ha* l? Id a great
deal of tr al> at this t'hri.-tian man, you
iim-t lake 1; all wit 11 much allowance, rclliemberilr,'
t k it J l.e .* si ill keep t lie old grudge
(food. t>. Wo"! I ?.f the greedy an I the hard
heart, that wiil do; you must -it down.
'i'iie -ee..a I wiln v-ss | call 111 this ease is
Conscience. Who art t iioii. t) Cons *i mee.'j
What is o r ou-ine?'' Wiiero wore you
born'.' Wiiat ar > von doing In-r "Oh,"
says O m-eion-e. "J was l? irtt in heaven. I
I cams down to h'friend this man. 1 have
lived with him. I have instructed liini. I
have w.irii".l him. I showed hint the right
and the wrong, advising him to take the one
and eseiiH,v tlio other. I have kindle.', a
ifreat light in liis soul. Willi a whip of
scorpion i liav 'scourged his wickedness, ami
i iiavu in' *i i i iionr him when doing right;
ami yet 1 ani oompelleil t > testify on the
-tan I to- Irv that lie :i;h sometimes rejeotn I
my iTs'-i"!', Oli, how iiiiitiv eups of life
Iniv 1 Jita -V | to hia lij a that ho dllsbe I
down, ami h-n* often has he .-tor I with hi-hard
-i ?:i t!*' I?! ?* ling li'arc <>f th 'Soii
or r. . it pain- mm' very nrii'h that I have
to I;iagain-. this <'a'i-iian man. and
yet I a... t. >it li"'iali ?>,' Mio .vh<> will in n |
wi.- in ."lilty. miv that (hi - Christian
in an ha- -I "in \v i >!.:. tin litis team worldly.
Ito tia- M"Mi i: ".'in tfiit. M" has iloin> a
ihnu-aii I thing- In- nit^nt n -t t > havn done,
tin I li'it ni' . tliMii-an i things lio ought
t?? tiavn ! That will <1 >. Con- donee.
Vol; -all -it <1 -Mil.
The third W'diin-.- I nail iii Hi" ease i-an
n11 I of (io . bright ami shining on", what
doost thou lu>rn? What hast thou to say
against tins tunii on trial? Oh," says tho
nngei, "I havn hmm a me-songer to him. 1
hava guarded him. f have washed him. With
this wiiii; I havn deieiidod him, and oftentimes,
wlum In- know it not. J lod him into
green |ins| iri- ami br<idu still waters. 1
snaleh'td fr>, n htm tin* poisoned chalices.
When had spiiit- eaine upon him to
destroy him. I fought flietu haek with inlinile
Mei 'i ins-. ami \et?l have to testify t >-day
tluit lie has re'eoto-l my mission, II" ha
not dole* n- In* ninth: t > have done. Though
I I'ame fr-uii the -i;v, lie drove nu? back. j
Though with tiii? wing i def"iideil him. ami |
though with this Voi-'e I wooetl him, 1 havo I
to am. multiplied imperfections. I |
dare ma geep I,:.ok lie- M'.-tituouy, lor then I j
diotihl not da;'.? to appetir u".aIII aiuoiu;-t {
the ,-inle-s oin s before tin* great wlute
Throne."
There i- only one more witness to bo ealled |
on behalf oi him prosecution, ami that is the
"rent, the holy, the august, the omnipotent
Spirit of find. We bow down before Hun.
rloly Spirit. k no west Taou this man? "Oh,
yes," -ays the holy one, I know him. I
have striven with hint Jen thousand times,
and though sometimes hit did seent to rcpont,
tie fell back again as often from his llrst estate.
Ten thousand times ten thousand lias
ho grieved Mo, although the Diblo warned
, *
t
V S
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hlro, saying: "Grieva not the Holy Oho??.
Quench not the Spirit.' Yes. lv> has driven
Me back. Though I am the Third 1'erson of
the Trinity, he has trampled on Mv Mission,
and the blood of the Atonement that I
brought with which to eloans'? his soul, ho
sometimes uosptsod. I came from the throne j
of God to eonvorr, and eomfort and sanctify,
aud yet look at that man and see what !to i
is compared with what, unr-'si.-toJ, 1 would
have tnado iiiin."
The evidence on tho part of the proseon
tiou lilts elosnd. Now let the dofeu-m bring .
on the rebuttal testimony. What have von. I
O Christian soul, to bring in ropiv o> thi- evidence
of tiio world, of Ike eon rmiv, <> o ?
angel and of tie lloly Ghost? Vo evid?r.e ?
Aro all theso things true? "Yea Uti d?:iii. '
unclean," :->'.ys every Christian .-. ill. tYii.-it'/
Do you nor bogm to livi.edo lit tlm th.mgut
oi < mdoiminliou? ? ;
Wohavo now eoiii'1 lo 1 ho most interesting
?>:?rt of this great triul. The ov;Toir<> ::M i
The advocates speak. Tiio prnfc.-.-ion of an
advocate js full of responsibility. In F.;r,'
land an.I tho United States there have nrit* -n i
men who in this calling hiivo b'*c:i honored |
by ihdc race iliul tbrown contempt upon
those who iu tho profession havohe >n guilty
of a groat many meannesses. That profession
will bo honorable as long as it has nttiiehe
* to it such names as .MaiisiieM, t'.'ul
Marshall, nii'l Story, inul Kent, an I SouthiirJ,
antl William Wirt. Tho oourt room has
sometimes been tlw scene of very marvelous
and thrilling things. Some of you romembor
tho famous Qirurd will case, where one
of our advocates pleaded the cause of tho
I'ihlo and Christianity in masterly AngloSaxon,
every paragraph athuiiderholr.
lJut I turn from tho recital of this momorable
occasion to a grander trial, and I have
to toll you thai in this trial of tho Christian,
for the life of his soul tho advocates are
mightier, wiser and tuore oloquont. Tho
evidence all being in, severe and stern
Justice rises on behalf of tho prosecution to
make his plea. With the ltibie open in his
hand, he read* tho law, slwrn and inflexible,
and tho penally: "Tho soul that sinueth,
it shall die." Then he says: "O, Thou
Judge and Lawgiver, this is Tliiuo own
statute, and all tho ovidoneo in earth and
heaven agree that the man has eintiel
against tlieso enactments. Now lot the
sword leap from tts scabbard. Khali a man
go through the vorv Humes of Sinai nn
singed? Let tlia law bo execute.). Lot
judgment bn pronounced. Lot him die. I
demand that bo die'"
O. Christian. does it not look very dark for
thee? Who will plead on tliv sid?5 in so forlorn
a enus-?? Sometimes a man will bo
brought into a court ot law, aud bo will
bnvo no friends and no inonoy. and the
Judice will look over the bar au?l say: "Is
there any ono who will volunteer to take
this man's case aud defend him?" And some
young mnu rises up and says: "I will bo
niscounso!;" perhaps starting on from that
very point to a great aud brilliant caroar.
Now, in this matter of the soul, as you have I
nothing to pay for conns >1, do you think
that any ono will volunteer? Yes, yes: I see
Ono rising. He is a young man, only thlrtythroo
yoar.s of ago. I see His countenance
suffused with tears and covered with blood,
and all the galleries of heaven are thrilled
with the spectacle. Thanks bo unto God,
"we have an advocate with tho Father,
Jesus Christ tho righteous."
Oh. Christian soul, your caso bogins to
look butter. I think, perhaps, after ail. you
may not have to die. The best Advocate in
th<? universe has taken your side. No ono
was ever so qualified to defend you. Ho
knows all the law, all its demands, all its
penalties. Ho is always ready. No new
turn of tho case can surprise Him. aud He
will plead for you for nothing as earnestly
jis though you brought a world of treasure
to Ills feet. Besides that. Ho has undortakeu
the caso of thousands who were as
forlorn as you. aud Ho has never lost a case.
Courage, 6 Christian soul! I think that,
after ail, there may he suno chauce for you,
for the great Advocate rises to make His
plea. lie says: "I admit all that has been
proved against My client. I admit all those
sin*. ay, more; but look at that wouuded
hand of Mine and look at that other wouud?1
hand, and at My right foot and at My left
foot By all these wouuds I plead for his
clearance. Count all the drops of My tears.
Count all the drops of My blood. By the
humiliation of Bethlehem, by the sweat of
Gethsemane. by tho sufferings of tho cross, I
demand that ho go froc. On this arm ho
hath loaned: to this heart he hath down: in
My tears ho hath washed; on My righteous*
noas ho hath tloponded. Lot him go free. I
am the rauscm. Let him oscupo tho lash; I
took tho scourging.*. Lot tlio cud pass from
him; I drank it to tho dregs. Put ou him
tho erown of life, for I have worn tho crowu
of thorn4. Over against my throne of shame
set his throne of triumph!"
Weil, tho counsel on both sides havo
spoken, and there is only ono more thing
now remaining, and that is the awarding of
tho judgment. If you have ever been in a
court room you know tho silence and solemnity
when the verdict is about to be ronde.-sd,
or tho judgment about to be given.
About this soul on trial?shall it bo saved or
shall il bo lost? Attention! above, around,
beneath. Ail tho universe cries: "Hear!
he ir!"
Tho Judge rise-and gives this decision,
never b> bo change I, never to bo revoked:
1' iore is, th %refore. now no condemnation
to them who u'? i 11 Christ Jcmi-."
lint, my friend -, tii i ;s . mil tig a day of
trial in which not only the s lint but the sinner
inusi appear. Tnat day of trial wiil '
coin" very slid iimlv. Th" far nor wilt b? at j
the pl.ov, th" in -lii'.nt Will be i:i the .'.uniting
r.itn, the w.i.i Pi'.an will b< ringing his
.axon tile hickories. iho weaver will nave
Ins foot ?m the treadle, the nianiifa aurer
will be walking amid the iai:-. of looms and
the ela ;king ?>f Hying machinery, the counsel
may beat tho bar ;>!-?,iting tlie law, iho
minister aiay bn in tlio pulpit pleading the
gospel, the drunkard may bo reeling amid
his cups and the blasphemer with tho oatli
caught between his tclh.
f.o! The sun hides. Night come* down
at mid noon. The stars upp>ar at 110011 today.
The earth shudders and throbs There
an earth piake opens and a city sinks a- a
eroe utile would entti'li a child. M nun a ins
roll in their sockets and sen I down ihsir
granitocliffs iu avalaucho of rock. Itiver*
pause in their cliase for tlie sea, and ocean,
upreariiig, cries to the tlx ing Alps and llimalaya.
I! -as:s bellow and moan and snuff up
the darkness. Clouds 11 y like Hocks of
swifi eagles. Great thunders beat and boom
and burst. Stars siio ?t an 1 fall. The Ali
uglily rising on llis throne, d-elares that
lim 'shall be no I mger, and I'.ie ;?r.'h:u:g"ls
irump rep.-a's it tiil all the living hear, an 1
the continents of d?ad spring to their -t,
crying: " riinoshnll b no l.mgeri" Oh, on
on that day wi'.l you be ready.
I havo shown y.ot how well the Christina
Wl 11 eel olY i n In I roil Will i- im ...if . ,iv
well in your trial? Will < li:vI 1 <>u y.?ur
side oruguiiist you? -.hat will you do
in tin' last great a-if your couseicueo is
against you, and tlio worlil is against yon,
ami the angels of heaven ar.i against vo?,
ami ilio Holy Spirit is against von. ami tlio
I.or.l tloil Almighty is against you? IJ.'tter
this day stvuro an Advocate.
TORCH 100 FEET HIGH.
riaminu (las and Oil Well M alien a (.rami
.spectacle.
Tho Option (W. Va.1 oil fields was tho
seem1 a fow nights ago of tlio most brilliant
speeuielo ever witii?v?s 1 in the country. Tlio
famous Xewhanks o| well, wliieh is also a
sti'oii , proiluecr of g..s. tool: tiro through
ae-i leal, burning tho derrick atnl .several
thousand barrels .,f oil. When tlie pre?siiro
was re.limed at the imnith of the well tlio pas
broke tlm spouting oil into sprays, throw.ng
it into tho air more than otio hundred feet.
Tim n une was in t!i -hop of a huge torch,
tho spraying oil iorining Into glistening
drops in the air ami dropping in a da/./.ling
shower, winlo the smoke, densely black,
ascended way above tin* mountain. Tl.o
liills for miles around were covered by
sightseers, who had como from all over the
region. Tho los.s to tho owners is enormous,
as the well was producing .10 > barrels a day.
There was no way to put out tho tire, as tho
gas anil oil pressure were constant and tho
roaring heat of tho Unities torrillo.
! BILL ARPS LETTER.
THE SAGE OF DMM'OW TAKES A
! LIVELY 1XTKUKST IX l'OI.II'ICS.
Snyg llryan ,>tust !? ? Kteotoit or Ho
Will Mop Talking.
ITow funuy and fantastic is politics.
Only ii few yours ago the alliance was
in full blast and lind it-, star chamber |
with its signs and grips and pass-words
and no lawyer or doctor or preacher
need apply. It rolled into oilico a
few lenders utid schemers and tlu-u
went into a state of innocuous desuetude,
as Mr. Clevclnnd would say.
Hut it dideut stay dead. In its dying
agonies it gives birth to a child that
had more soneo than its daddy nnd
they named it populist or the people's
party and invited us nil in. The star
chamber was abolished. Tho goat was
dehorned and turned out to grass. Tho
big warehouse scheme was abandoned, j
The railroads and telegraphs were allowed
to run on awhile longer on their
own hook, but they held on to the froo
silver plank with a stubbornness that
waBborn of desperation. By and by the'
southern nnd western democrats began
to cry out for freo silver aud they
cried so loud and so strong that they
carried Chicago by storm aud took the
fort like a cyclone had struck it. Then
came the populists at St. Louis and
with great good sense and liberality
said what is the difference between us;
let us be brethren. You havo stolen
our platform, but we can all stand on
it. You take tho head and wo will tako
the tail and togother wo will burytheso
goldbugs so dee]) the hand of resurrection
will never reach them. But tho
demoorats had already attached a tail
of their own and now tho head has two
tails that aro waggod by different parties
and it's very annoying, for there
is no law or constitution that allows
but one. And there is tho republican
party, and before long there will bo a
goldbug democratic party, and so if
this tail question is not settled tho
populists will put up on electoral
tickot of their own with Bryan nnd
Watson electors nnd it will tako four
electoral tickets to Bottle the great
question of the next president and
vico president. That imaus RlcKinloy
and Hobart, it 6oems to me, for the republicans
always stick to their party.
But I reckon tho general managers
know mors about thia than I do and
will nrrnngo about the details. I hone I
ho, for if Bryan is not elected I shall
do like Evan Howell Haid, "I will take
to the woods," or I will do like lego
said, ,4I will never speak word more;"
that is to pay, a political word. When
the lato war began I heard p. preacher
say in the pulpit that if the Lord suffered
the yankees to defeat us he
would never again believe in a spooial
providenoe. I don't say that, but I
have a superstitious faith in Bryan's
election and shall go to bed sick if he
is not. I believe he was raised up to
purify and reform national politics.
But I was ruminating abont these
populists in our state affairs. It hasent ,
been bo very long sinco Tom Watson
sold his law books and burnt the bridge ,
behind him because his party said that
lawyers were not fltten to hold office j
or go to heaven and wero not fltten to
get fltton. But now Tom has picked
up Seab Wright, a lawyer in full
practice, and is grooming liiin for the <
governor's chair. Besides that, Seab
has tho misfortune of being rich, which 1
was another unpardonable sin. But
now Scab dident have to sell his law
books liko an idiot, nor take his wife's
money out of a national bank. Tlio i
fun of tho wbolo business is tliat the i
populists took a democrat for president
and now have con-ei ipted a (loiuo?rnt
for governor. Scab Wright never
joined them until after he was nominated,
in fact, f. don't know whether
iio lias joined them yet or not, nor
how long ho will work in the harness, j
For several years ho husent been ;
lonsiilerod a subdued working demo- j
Drat. lie wasent well broke and had >
to bo watched, for sometimes ho |
bucked like a broncho. J Sir t this is in j
jis favor, for I never ndiniro a demo- I
'rat who would go it blind and never '
tick at tho pop of ti.e party whip. : (
Stateliouso rings ain't courtiiouso rings |
lavo sometimes to be broken up and I
t takes a man of nerve to do it. l?ut
t is funny to see the populists hunting | i
iroutul in tho bushes tor a standard j
Dearer. And they f. und a good one. 1
[ like Seal)?everybody does, lie wns ' ,
raised in my town ami went to school |
.villi my boys and wanted to marry in? j
10 my iinniiy eonueeiion aim can mo ! (
uncle, and Seab savs everybody was 1
willing but the girl, and she nindo a |
mistake and said no when she meant :
jos, but he dident know it at, the time
and he lost her. Hut he called me I nclo I
1 > 111 tho other day to show his affection, j
lie dosent want this mentioned at all, \
for such things sometimes interfere
with domestic felicity.
Senb is smart, hriglit, handsome,
eloquent?another hoy orator who will
make the "welcome ring," as a popu* >
li*t said in the convention. They I
wanted him had or they wouldn't liavo j
let him hring his plank in with h.m. ,
hub carries that prohibition plank J
under Ins arm qnd when lie stops to .
resi he lays it. down and stands on it. !
r -- r*?
Another catching plank is the j
promise to the school teachers. Tliero j
are now over 0,000 of them and they ,
Want their money, and ought to have ;
it promptly, whetlur it is in the treasnry
or not. If every teacher can control
his own vote and one other that
will make 10,000 or 12,000 votes on
that line.
Hut the plank against railroad passes
is a hail one. livery law-maker and
public oflicial likeu to have a freo pass. I
It magnifies a man's importance and
flatters his conceit and rides so easy. I
The law-makers will never prohibit
th? iu. On the contrary, the tendency
of legislation is to increase their pay
and their privileges. The last cougrass
voted a clerk to every member.
This tiling of picking and hawking at
tliH railroads has got to bo a
chestnut anyhow and a healthy
reao.ion has hot in. If thu rail- <
road commission doesont understand |
railroading in all itseoinnlicated details j
Mr. Thomas does, ami so does my '
friend .loo M. l'rowu. 11 is late reply j
to Mr. Crensluiw was not only admira- {
hie, hut unanswerable. I heartily en- i
joyid if, and so did all impartial men, i
"You can't pick up n politician out of j
tli woods and make a good railroad
commissioner out of him. It takes a ;
long railroad education to fit a man I
for that oltlce.
n?! \v ll V klmtllil ^sr.oli WtMrrlif ^1*^1
lenge Governor Atkinson, or vico !
versa? What issuee are there-between J
them? Upon what great priucipleB j
do ilu-y differ? Atkinson bus made n j
pood governor ; bo will Seab if elected; j
bo would a thousand others I could \
name, one of whom I am whioh, and
so I Hm contented. Let tho procession
proceed.?Binn Aitp, in Atlanta
Constitution.
CAMPAIGN CLUB OUTFITS.
flow to Continue nn Up-t >-I)atc Political
Oricunir.ution.
Political clubs are the pride of those
who belong to them and the envy and i
admiration of those who view them. ,
To manage a campaign club takes the
skill of a Napoleon. Put before tho
Napoleonic era comes that of the lloths/.kll.i
tn.? ...i ' ?
viiiui. me niifrewitiiiii jiiki 1110 now\vitli::
1 to light. Then the conflict!
In getting up a campaign club the
rooms take care of themselves. A
friendly nook always opens itself, and
there unite the forces that are to con- 1
quer the opposing elements in the 1
neighborhood. The initial step is the
uniforming. A warrior must be armed
cap-a-pie before he goes out to meet
even the curious small boys that hang
around the doors.
To dress a campaign warrior is a
ma-.ter of price and endeavor with the
committee having tlie dressing in hand. <
Manufacturers have been busy for i
months getting ready to meet these
committees, and shop windows are as '
luminous at night as the transparencies
they offer. A battle jix, a gun
and a transparency may be enough <
for a boys' club, but men want more (
elaborate equipment. They must be
dressed from peak to toe. Uniforms
of all styles are made for them, anil 1
to ask the price of them is to set a clerk I
rattling off prices as though a handle ;
had been lifted from a phonographic
machine. ,
The most extensive political uniform
outfit can be purchased for $7. This
is a very exi?ensive outfit, and is bought i
only by gilt-edged clubs with either ^
a fashionable neighborhood to parade
or a woman's auxiliary club to admire.
A complete outllt of an expens- 1
ive suit in a Prince Albert coat, a pair ]
of trousers, a belt, a lantern, a battle (
ax, a shako and leggins. Of these the
Prlnee Albert costs $21; the trousers
$1.50, made either of white duck or
felt of any color; the belt, of white
canvas, is 25 cents; the white duck leggins
25 cents, and the shako, $1.25. The i
remainder goes for torch and battle i
ax.
A cheaper uniform, and one that
looks almost as good, comes within 1
$1.15, There is a helmet costing 30 1
cents, a belt, a gun charged with a
flag upon the end, and a flannel shirt. ,
The last Is stamped with the name and (
face of the candidate. "Vote for A."
A cap, a capo of oil cloth In any color, 1
and a torch can all ho bought for 55 <
cents for the uniforming of a hoys' (
club. The most Important part of a |
political uniform is the hat. There
arc small white duck caps that cost 1
15 cents. Oilcloth ones in colors can he
purchased for 125 cents, ami so up to I
the fur shako of fairly good quality 4
for 75 cents.
Makers of uniforms say there is no
call for good materials. The cam- '
paigners want a great deal for the *
money, hut they do not ask for endur- t
ing tilings. They want them for nightl.v
appearance for three mouths, hut
after November they will he hung up 1
in the archives of the clubs or thrown 1
to the hoys for city elections. The i
cost of getting up a campaign club is ,
so small that it is practically nothing.
A collection will inaugurate the movement.
A ten-cent cap. a ten-cent double
swinging torch and a fifteen cent
oilcloth cape set the hall rolling gayly.
There lives n<> man with political soul ' 1
s> dead that lie lias never Joined a t
campaign club, and this year the low j
price of uniforms brings the political
club within the range of nil who feel
mo span; ot ninrchine patriotis;n.
l-'.fo?iod fT:t* Wroiii; Mnn.
A well-klinwn etelx r recently set him- I
sell* tlx' task of ? !ii i> ?i*l rn ii of
Andrew I. inc. tlx- >*r -11 pool. I!.* <
ordered a p'loioeraph of his subject
from oix- of the itroadway dealers.
When it arrived lie made an elaborate '
etching, of which an art dealer bought
a fow copies. I/iirj is a man about in i
yonrs of aire. with a lone, slender faoo ,
ami a droopine mustache. The oteliinu
was of a man marly oti yours of a;..-,
with a ronml luce mid full boanl. S?uno- i 1
!ino who know I.a lie saw tlx* piotuiv, ! i
and declare! thai his friond must liavo I
Kiown that board vor.v puickly. and if j
tho piotnro was corroi t ho ! 1 become j
roinarkably fat. The dealer at oix-o i 1
bo'ean an invosiiprali< an I for.ml that, I i
I ho ]>h< to;e:ap!i importer bad sent the |
otolx'r a phturoof Sh Amlrow I .ope. a j (
prominent iniportor of tiltmeow. and a j
Jolly genii man. who is said to liavo J '
laughed heartily when In- hoard of tiio
mistako. Tho artist has promisod to j
toll anothor portrait. .Moanwhno sonio
Aniorioan biblinnhiles have doooratod
thoir librr.rlos with plot tiros of tho 1
Scotch Importer, who prefers jollity to '
Lioot ry I
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FOB FARM AND GARDEN. *
TIIE BEST SOIL FOR RHUBARB.
It requires high manuring to inalco
rhubarb growing protitable, cbj?ocially
us most of tho money to be modo
is from tho very early cutting, and
these must bo grown on wurra, sandy
land,which is not generally very rich.
The plant is a great consumer of nitrogen,
and this is not supplied early in
tho season by coarse manure, liithq'r
tho manuro applied must bo well
rotted, so that it will havo available
nitrates, or those must bo applied in
tho form of commercial fertilizers.
Tho luto rhubarb is easily grown with
coarse stnblo manure, but its prioo is ,
always very low.
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CAKE OF FLOWERS.
Dust roso bushes occasionally with
nir-slackod limo to kill the bugs.
Try sprinkling pulverized borax
around plants that nro infested by
ants.
If rose bushes mildew in hot, damp
weather apply sulphur after they are
watered.
Koop the flowers pickod from tho
annuals if you would have abundant
and constant bloom.
Keep cut flowors fresh by clipping
tho ends of tho stoma aud putting a
pinch of soda in tho water.
If tho roso bushes bccomo rod and
rusty, give them a thorough sprinkling
onco n wcok with a solution containing
a handful of pnris greou to a
bucketful of water.?Chicago Record.
GROW $200 HORSES.
Thero is a groat deal of importance
attached to tho ndvice to bo careful in
brooding horses that will sell for
something, instead of the old haphazard
way. A writer in ono of our agricultural
exchanges suggests now
that farmers have had a good deal of
hard experience with the cheap service
craze, ami the fasthorso craze and the
color craze, all bringing the same result?millions
of small, worthless
horses for which there is no profitable
market. Iu sober judgment, lgt us
look at the markets aud raiso no
horse that will not sell above S'-IOO.
The heavy draft and largo coachors
will do that, and the sooner wo begin
to grado up to what the markets want
the soouor wo will begin to mnko
horse boeding pay, and wo will not
then complain of tlio times or the
[>riees when wo have good horses to
?ell.?Indiana Farmer.
SOUR MEAL KILLS CHICKS.
The following from tho Ploughman,
is a plain fact so well known that wo
call attention no it, as each reador
well knows that ho has perhaps
lone tho same thing. Hero is the
method of murdering tho chicks:
This commou custom is to keep a
lish of Indian meal mixed up, aud
two or three times a day a lot is
thrown down to the ch'ckons. If they
cat it, well and good ; if not, aud the
hnnces are they will not, they having i
become tired of one single article 'of f
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IIVK I}w? ww i vt >i t UVlIt *-* <? I ll'i * i ay It i
hands ami sours. Jf a quantity is I
hits found uneaten, the next feed is :
lkely 11> be a light him', and the.ehtck as,
driven ! . hunger, finally devour
!h- sour ft in'?"; there nit is cholera,or
tome other fatal disease, sets 111 nud
iieir owner wonders "Why lay ehicksus
are dying oil"." In our own prnoice
we timl quantities of varied loud,
f given to the chickens often, pro- I
luce vastly hotter results than aav i
ilher method of feeding.
I)K3TUOYING CANADA Til I ST MIS.
There is no time when the Canada
liistle can he entirely destroyed hy j
aowing the tops. Jf the thistles arc 1
id >\\cd to <jet into blossom, and tueir
talks are hollow, the cutting may detroy
most of them, but enough will
emain <11 the ground to till it witli
iv.! roots after a year or two. It is i
irohably true ttint such a plan will |
omctimes partially clear the ground. ,
What ij \\nnlcd is to kill all tlie tuis' .o
oots, for if they are loft alive tiie dc lyii:;?
dea 1 roots make the best feed- I
"L> grounds for the thistles to spread
:i. It is supposed timt the root is .
venkcued by tlie complete maturity |
>f the stuik, and if raiu falls into the
tuiiitic stubble the rain helps to '
ot it amd tins extends to tiie root.
I'll is idea surest.> the proper j
va.r to kill tile Canada till. 11.j
ilso quack prass an 1 other iron- '
rhvoaie p'Teiini ils. i.-i tiio tnisiies
ittuia nearly tlu ir fill: prowtjli, and lit
i time \vuii'ii tii v are fni/est of .sap
>io\v tiiein under pretty deeply, in
irder to turn upas many of tlie roots
is po .s;bla. J iley Will I?* found most
il ntilui on the bottom of the furrows
>( previous piowin.es. One or two
aches below this depth will therefore I
be needed. The root and top, not |
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being separated, will tfot t'ogotheV.l
If any new shoots start np on th?
plowed surface, bond them down and
put a handful of salt on them to i>isteu
their rotting. If they aro -to?
plentiful for that, cultivate so frequently
and thoroughly Unit no sprout
. eun reueli tho surface. Before fall the
thistle's will lin nntii-nlv Irillo.l ami
| tho field eau bo seeded with wiotop
grain :uul timothy seed.?Bostbn Cultivator,
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I- . _ CT/KAN DAIRIES.
Thore is hardly. ij^i^lo^Relorm now*
ncetleiLiu farming greater than that of
4
securing extromo clciinliuesH about
! our milking, says J. Morgan of Now
York. It is a groat pity that wo havo
lost the Euglisli ami Dutch euatom of
having tho cows hamllod entirely ;byj
the women, ami so tho dairy product
bo in thoir hands froui tho beginning.'
Tho original moaning of the word*
daughter was milker. llaviiig occasion
latoly to buy a few quarts of
milk per day for a few wookB, I found
most of it taintod from tho baruyaad.'
Iu ono case it was so foul that it could
not bo used. Evou tho cats refused to
drink it, I was led to iuvestigato and
found ono herd in a barnyard whero
tho uriuo was a foot deep, aud tho^
cows were a horriblo sight. In another
yard tho hired maiuspit on his
hands frequently Whilo milking. Bo-,
monstrating, I was told, "Oh, lots of,
'cm do that." Tho sum of my investigation
was a resolution to buy as;
little milk as possible. But iu our
own yurds it needs tho most constant
watching ami determined supervision'
to prevent tho avorago hired man
from habits which foul tho milk.
There is no reason why a horse ^
should bo groomed and curried that,
docs not eipiully apply to a cow. It
conduces to her health and tq.tho flow
of uiilk. It is vastly mora important
for our own henlth. Tho milk from
the largo dairy that I found too bad
for men or cats goes iuto a creamery
every day to be worked up into ' butter.
That this is wholesome for consumers
no one need assert. It is a
steady sourco of disease. 1 It is aa
outruge on tho community.
Tho average Americau barnyard i?
far from what it should be. It has
not improved largely on what it was
when our paopolo campod in tho?
woods ns pioneers. It is seldom thoroughly
draiuod, and tho burn eaves pro-,
vidod with gutters to keep tho yard from
being 6oakod by showers. ^ot over!
half of the yards of this seotion are;
supplied with wells. In many cases!
the cows drink from pools 'that ara
.tainted from the yard.' Saying to a:
farmer that the Women ought to be
givcu charge of the milking* ho said,.
"They can't get around in barnyards."
To bo sure; tho woman without rubber
boots would bo ruined; in fact,
you could not persuade her to try it.',
There is a common sentiment that a
barnyard is too dirty foY women.'
While living- in Michigan, I saw the
burnyards of the Quakers of tho Raisin
va.Lloy. That _\yos a sight worth
nui-iiig. a uo uows werocieiju. xuoro
was neither tilth, uoc profanity, nor
tohaccb juice about. Tiio spirit of
love and peace touched the animals,
linimr pervaded all that was done.
There was n ? lit; or deceit about \
what was.dt>ne any fnore than'ttbont
v. hat was said. ? American AgrlculturI
Si.
I-'AUM AXI> liAUhUN NOT I'. A;
Careful feeding produces a good
growth and healthy condition*
The. way to tntl?o finning prulitablo
is to keep land and stock it; ujiealthy,
vigorous conditio". .
The evenness and regularity in feeding
mark thud -greoof .success 111 feeding
hogfl Tor market.
f ...
To raise good horses in tho best
possible way'it is esse mini 'to start
right and end right.
All of the food possible wiN not
keep horses in good condition without
plenty of pure water.
Those who market* the lower grades
<>l product* are always nggcutaiu us to
what they will get out of the:$,
i u sol^cling breeding animals .Jirofer
those froiu regular Ixrecders in
jirotereiieo to those that arc transient.
The greatest sue rot ahout bee-hooping
is to keep your colonics strong;
watch thctu in the spring, mid don't
let tlu-in die for tii-> wantrrf a little
.attention. .S??ni titnos.yoii cm help a
dwindling (j.ilouy l?y,.tn!t^:^- .tueiu in
time and giving th-ni ^ilittlQ.assistance
from oilier colonies.
1 > ?ihoney, eilhpr co;nbi or- exti-act-al,
<-iii s-.rely be sold at., any
ni ic in 1 he thin-ago market. Don't
- hip it, ?* x | ci't .ng to got4 vet-y'mucb
for it. D tter forward a sample tlrst,
an<* get a <) notation for it before sending
a whol - shipment. If at all possible,
disjio.se of all dark grades ol
honey i.7 .'ho home market.