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L- REV. TimiCfS SERMOHl K(/TKD WAWptGTON DIVINE'? ? / SUNDAY DISCOURSE. ' ' ( Dullea of Men T?w?nl Tlielr Suffering , llrethron ol ttif Present Ufnoratlon- I Clothing "I tlx' Soul Should Keep I'hcx i IVIIIiThiilortlie I'hyali'al IV i? lite of Man Text: ''Pnviil. after ho bad served Ills j own generation by the will of God, foil oil | Meop." Aots xiii., 'JtJ. "That is a text which has for a long time boon running through my mind. Sermons have it time to be bora, hsVoll us a time to die; a cradle R9Well life a grave. David, cowboy and stono-shuger. aud lighter and c^.tr, and iiramntist and blank vorso writer anSftrophel, ilitl ills best for the people of! 'ids time, (jmd .hen went and lay down on ' .ho soiitherh hill of Jerusalem in tbut souud. dumber ^hh'h nothing but an arehaugolic-' blast' an startle. There are about four . inclinations to a century, now; but In oldon^.'l&olife was longer, and there was. pertiaps, only one generation to a century. Taking these facts into the calculation,. I make >> rough guess and say tbut tlirre:' linyobceu at least 180 generations ofdhoj biimun family. With reference to them'wei 1 - ? ? .~n?t,?ihll!?w \Vo .- mint teach I tln>m wcmnnot correct their mlitlako^. \vt f jar.'tiot - ootlie their sorrow*, wo eaafcot licuij their *?OUUds. v. admit that I am in sympathy with ,tbo * - Mid whoso father had suddenly died, and 'why, in her little "evening prayer, wantori) t?> eoutinTiO to JtrHV for her father, althougly he hftfl KOttb into heaven nud no inorw ?iTiedod her \1rnyor9, and looking up int* %ior iiiofhki's face, said: 'Oh, inotnor.'l annot t"?vo liini all out. Let mo sty,-, ThVV.k <Sod that I had a good father orvo, . *ell can keep him in my prayers." ' ,'tut :A? lsr) generations have passed off. l'aised ' ip. Passed down. < >no forever. Thru there are generations to eonio aftcn >*ir earthly existence has eonsod: we sliiill r>>t sf,o tlienr. we shall not hear any of tl'pir veje-'.s; wo r, ,11 lake ue part in their ??or/vocations, their elections, their revolutions, their eatas|r'plies, their triumphs. We will in icovise afreet t IHO generations gone or the i^o generations to come, Dut ?uir t>u?|iie . i<, like llaviil. to servo our ??wn generation; the people now living, a tione who. lungs now breathe and whose hearts now bout. And. mark >"ii, it is not a silent pr esston, but moving. It i< a 'forced 111:11 at twenty-four miles 11 day o.teh hour l"Sng a mile, tloing with tli.^t celerity, it A as got to l.o n (illicit service on enr pat! or no service at all. "\VeJt, now. let ns look around on',*eMkv, pra . rfull.v. in a eomnion.senso way. : net se what we eiin do for ourgeunrfnidnn. I^rst of ail. | -i us yo 11 it that, its far as -wo can. t!i- v have enough to eat. The human h ly is >0 constituted^ thut threw times a day a body needs fond 'as much re a lamp no els oil, as mudi as a locomotive needs fuel. To meet tills want tint I has girlict tli' earth with apple orchard*. range groves, wheat Held*, mid oeennr^twi; if lisii, and prairies full of attic. An'l not withstanding tlii?, 1 will un<b*rt'iko "t. say tlint the vast majority of the tumuli fainilv are sulloring either for lack <>f fom r tle< rigid kind of fooil. Our oiviib'.a I ion I* all askew, and (tod only euntSot ii night. Many of the greatest staled of t<> lay have hoen t>uiit out of the Id.?od an' 'Voiies of unioipiitcd toil. l >. 11 t 11 down ?t yoiiKnui" v.jiii f.v i. -IX e.??irses "f uhumlitnt nupply, *nd tliiul nothing >( that family in tlm next stive *v.\o would take any one "?t these 0v< ?-ou r-;"- IHnvi'ii soup and almond nuls am fe. | tlmy were In Imuven, I ll" lin'k ??f tli right kind of food is ttm eause ?>f much <> tlm drunkenness After drinking whr ilium <>f our grocers "all coffee, >*\oeione ?v111\ whnt iv.nny "all sugar. and rutin ?vlr.i! many of our butchers cnll nm.it. nit, . 'mains what many of our baker* ?-?l h,|. in a n v of 111" laboring "Ih-sjs fool .? ui-vi il'i" they arotemptod IopVlt inU> thei '.tasty pipes what tlm t^baeeonb^ciills t<: ' How can tro serve our itineration wii enough to rat?" I3y sittitrt* down in ;>m *irold>wod slippers and iQUngiug bAftk in n inn chair, our mouth pnekeftd up nroum i Havana of tbo best Wand, and throng cloud* of luxuriant finoko reading alum political economy and tlm philosophy " striku.s> No! No! JSv Holing out who I tlii- < ity tin- I'""n living on gristle, no. on ling th mi a tenderloin beefsteak s?-*.i mt ?onu family wlu>. through siekh -S, o n]iiti< tiouof misfortune. bn'cnot onougl v -i eat, an I do for tlient what Christ did foi hungry multltii les of Asia Mill r inul i iph in.* i Im loaves and the ll-lm . I. >t u (nit tli" -ar'eitiiiK of ours"|vi>j until ?, aniioi '!i- kt'dowu auolher "riunli of cak" ml i) .'ia tli" supply of other iii'e -spj rj.o !' I- an awful thing to l> hungiv. j,nd ' l !" i li-r. It i- a.i e.mv thing for nf I - in goo I huinoi with all tli" worl, wlma w<? have no !.v*k. lJut let hungei ' <k full |,.i? <'!,">ii of u . and we would i turn in! '>ui V'iriaiiH and cannibal- an i*'11 I'-. 'viip;.o-e i hut some of 1 !m "n<'ig\ v .h i ? \piuidiag in useless and unavailing ' ilk 'i'"iiii tim l.ren I ipiestloii should I : !. I II, I,,..r .if.il ..Il.x. i.., I. . I .... . i ii -. i inM I lint Hi-- hattli'lldd <>n whi'h m?>r< 11 * * * < | iiiil than tin any <>t!i?'r in I li< v oid I ! I* ry Wilt III I'M* t I'Mli'ld <<f I ."ip < > I<>11,000 mi'ii uti'l-'i" Nti}?<>!?.*<>11; -">il.00<| M ' ii ninl-T s.-h\var/.i'!i-T^. No' N"! Tin' t< -I nml most Ii-rri II l<at t In i n< \v i?* 1'iii^lit all tin' world aver. It i- i In' - i i:r fur f> <1 Tln? ground lorn* <<f lli< 'Mm i |.!i --a ;< in iiii" <<f t li<? uront uin-i'-al ii' i-1 i jiif. i'i. thnnriis! says, was siiK'-ff^t lii hi a |<y I In- fry of tln> Ii ii ii vrrv |?>|<uI ' Vi. 'l i i. n- tin* Kiiitf r<> through I ilif. sli> <iit <'il 'Droii'l! liivo us |.r."n|' \i I .ill i In hiirii I lif yrroat hnrm>ni"s ..( ii"i-t si ii 'a I'Miiy ainl fill ht-dral I hour ilio lii" pal Ii- > Ill" ;; r< >ii ii 1 t'llio, til' trai^i'dy f n n 11 nt * I in n II it ii-lis, who. with st roam' ii i w- ainl w.iii "hooks ami l>rok"ii It -arts. hi I'i'irilf of 1111 111 >i I vos it ii i tlii'ir familii's i i I I'linf for broad. I I n- tak" aiiothor look ai'oini'1 to . ?' ' mav si'rvt'otir k 'inM'.itioii. |,.?t ua far as pussiM", that t!l"y haw a.'iiifll to wi'.tr." I ii" | a .? '!iit ililatf 1 upon III" fiir-" of I a a i "ail"- it a<l iill"ii"ss, fail-mo tho i' a l-lroai that ha- -wallow.'I down III" Ii . !: ! I of tliosowlio aro in r.ur . f'-'i! 'hi .'-will fliati^f, an I hy y.-mTosit y on ' : u : "f i !t" or iw.l" I wardrolii's. ami in1 'i?iry ami sohrioty on tho party id ill" I it ,v war.lr 'hos. tlior" will ha oiiotiifh for all io wf.ar. I ha- i|oa<' lii - part toward I Ii" dr-'iii" of ih" hinnaii ran*. II" trrow-i a Mir . I . of w.i .Junta -!lis |?':> ha"k. and llo -k r a<ii lii" nioiiiilaiir. anl \ alloys with a lair li-ii of warnilli, int"ad"d for Iransfi iii-" to h11111:111 "infort whi-n lii" shuttle 11 f. -1 ri - r.-.i hinjj all III" way from alt i'i "'lii'" I" th" Mi rrimaf. shall haw . nil ai.-l iv11vi111 it. In whit" loiter- of i. iw> iml lias hi'i'ti writing for a t h'oi-and > " irs lii - wi-h I lint tln-ro iiiiithl " war i:!1! for all nations. Willi" "llicrs . r I isfii - si no t h" elT'S't of hitfli or low I a ri IT. . i ii- I.a ri M? at all on wool, you ami I ha I I "!lor so" if in our wardroha wo liavo not hin? thai wo "an spar" for th" shivorintf, or pi 'k out -'-in" poor lad of tho at root and tako hiui down to a olotliing sloro ami lit mm 'iih I or lilt' WIlll'T. \tfiiln, h't us look around and see how v. mav servo our tfenorat ion. Whiit shortr111 I mortals wo Would ho if wo wer :i li V iollv to elothe Hit 1 I only till* IllOst iusiLtnllh'unt j>arl of n man, namely, his h<?i|y, while wo |oit forth no effort to elot lie alul fee.I ami save his soul. "We put a lialo ahollt the people of tile pi-t, hut I think if the times demanded th"in it won I I l>" foil n11 we have nowlivin:' in t!u- year, Isi7, fifty Martin I.other fifty tieortfe Wasliiiiiftons, IIfty Lady Huntlno.loiis, lifty Kli/.aheth I'rys. During our t'ivii War nv r < pleielhl warriors in North and t-vuth w.i developed in four years than up> wholu worm duvolohml in th?i previ'ht* i wf'hty 4 .vr,Vii?nfr.> tlpwour housand years before ftlia flood and tlio ?, dghteen centuries aftq r the flood to show [ ne the equal of charity .ona large scale. | >f George Peabody. > This generation of ! nen and women la mon > worth saving thou iny one of the one t nndred and eighty generations that havtV passed off. \ "Hbw to get saacdV Bo willing to accept 1 Christ, and then aa *ept Him instantaneously and forever. * let on tho rock first, md then you will ? k> able to help others upon the samo rock. "1 confess to you 'that ray one wish is to servo this goncratiol t, not to antagonize4t. 1 not to damage it, nol to ruloit, but to servo It. I would like tt^ do something toward helping unstrap its load, to stop its tears. t<>balsam its wountls. and to induce lit" put foot on the upward road>t lint has at its terminus neclamnttpm rwpttirtuis, and gates pearly, and garb-hide hi q want bine, and fountains rainbowou, and dominions enthroned and ooronetod. for) I cannot forget that lullaby in the closi ig words of my text: 'David, nftor he ha d served his 'Otvii generation by the will of G?d. fell on sleep." What a lovely sleep tt wrj>! I'nflliM Absalom did not trouble it. Afnbitions Adonijali ilid not worry it. Perse /utine Saul did not harrow it. Exile did n<A OH H with nightmare. Since a Tod-headed boy. amid hi? father's flocks,ftt he had not tiail such a good r<??.op. Atiwwntv yeArx of ng> lie lay . ilbt.n to it.. He had had many A YroiiWod sleep, as iri liis caverns of Adub or in tlio pa bo-bat the time bis enemies ,v..r., niii<mi.iiiio lilii eantiuv. Rat thtsv.as it |teoo*fttl sh?ep, n calm eloep, a restful (deep, a glork>ns sloop. \\ft?r ho bail served his generation l?y tho will of (lo<l. ho fell on sleep.' "Oh. what a goO?d thin;; \s sleep after a hard day's work! It takesj nil the aching out of the head, and all ttye weariness tmt of tho limbs, and all thtv'sitinrting out of the eyes. From it we rise in tho morning, and it Is a new world. And if we. like David, serve our generation, wo will ht life's o.iftsh I have most desirable .and refreshing sleep. In it will vanish our last fatigue \\| hody, our last worriinent of mind,/itrlast sorrow of sonl. To the ClCristlat's body that was h"t with rat; hit; fever*. so that tho attendants must by sheer foree keep on th" blankVis, it Will be the eiUrd sloop. T.i those who ar ?hiti-blooded ami shiv erirtg with agues, it will he the warm sleep. To those who, because of physical disorders, were terrified with night visions, it will bo to the dreamless sleep. To nurses and doctors and toothers who were wakened almost every, hour of the night by tltos" to whom they' minivtered, or over whom t hey watehed. it will he the undisturbed sleep. To thy.se who CuM not get to hod till late u' Sight, attd In u-I rise early in the y}<""T,in0r .had bc, Ie.ro getting rested, It ho ii|(. Inug sleep. " AWay witlt mi your glGfurty talk about departing from ilii? world', If we liav > served <>ur gencrntif-n it will not >" putting out into th'%. Ywoakors; it will not Im? the light witfT**i<} King of Ti'rrorii II will ho going * '> :Jeop. A friend. writing ni'l from 1 U\Ti*..i". mi\s that lli'v. Iir Wingnte, I'l e^vVinl of Wnko Forest t'ollege. North koi roitna, aft?r a ino*t useful life, foil it I ! V>i*tast <lny unearth hi* hnppiosl day. And that in his last moments ho seemed to ho I personally talking with 'Christ. ? ? friend > with friend. saving 't)!i. how deligh*ful i ii i-! I know von wonM ho with nm when I I ho timo vamo. aiul I know it ivouhl bo - sweet hilt I did not know it would ha m sweet ii-* it j,y 'I'll1 fa *i wa*. lie hi I farvod his generation In t tin gospel miu* ' i*l ry, aii'lby I ho will of tlod ho foil a?|o*p-. When in Afrlea, Majwara th? servant, r looked into t lie D-nt of |)nvi<l Livingstone. ; and found him on Id* Ii*> stepped I IjnoU. io?i wishing to disturb httn in prnyor, > and soma tirfio aftor went in an I found I him in tho.-ame pOsluro, and si -ppt- I baok 0 attain, luit ?ftor awhile, wont in and i> touched hlui. and, hd tlio great traveler had finished his last jottrnov. and lb4 had 1 dim* in the grandest ami mlghtF'sl po*tur.' g A man ovor takes on hi" knees* lie had '? s.orvotl his generation by unrolling tlio II so roll of u eoutlnout, nit'.! by tlio will of 0 God foil on sloop. In the museum of 1 Greenwich KnglAnd, there i* n .frd'-CAtfl*i of ,* fciSwV. .apeti-fn td hmld the anow and ten, and tho leaf of that p|o,>o nf n hook h was turned down at the Words: Whort thou pasaest through the waters I will f?\ n with time." Having served hi.* generation I In the cause of s<d?noo find disoovorv ly a i ho will ot Cod ho fell 6ft bleep. I .Why will yon krep us all so norvotn I trukin# Ab^?t which is only a <l<?rint' ' 1' *'oi a pillow-d slumber oanopied l>v | ilngol-. wing*' Sloop. Transporting ? | "loop. Viol what a glorioti* awakening' ' | toil ami I havo .somntimos b -on thoroughly i bewildered after a long ant fatiguing M journey; we havo ntonp-1 at e friend s - i house fo? t!i 4 ni-'hr i ?, n... ... j nneonwiou-uie.-. wo I'.nv open I 1 I ftur < ilf high-!'.sen sut? full in our . ! n >-. and fi-'fui > we c uiM fully collect our fill litivo snid 'Where am I; whose ' mmii > i this, an 1 who u uro the.it> urar i i|i u Auil. llicii. it ha> ll-i.-lii:.! V\p^ii u? I in itla I roalit v I ! " Ami I -lieul l i. >; wonder if, after wo i J hnve M-rimi our if aeration, au l. h% tlm i i will . t (ioil. Imv" f i!I -ii on :ilee|?. the deep I -leep, tin- ii-.-tinl -|i-.-|i. ivo *h >n 1-1 awaken in I?!i --ful bewilderment, aiol (oi a little f I wlul" say 'Wlnu' i am I ' What j-SlAeo i4 tin ' Why. Hp- looks like heaven' It fs; it i- Why. tlieroi-a hnihlliifj Rramlei than all lli" ensiles < ( earth heav I into a inouu f iiuof >|'|en lor that must ho the pal* ' An.I look t h're; at t!ir??." walls tin''I witli foliage in ore heaut'.ft'.l t liaii aiiy j tliinu I ever saw h.j.oe. anil se? tllo.se who are walking'town t h>?s?> aisles of ver-lare. From what I liav>? hear I of them those I mm walking arm in arm niu-t !> > A| Ai??l lo-hua, him of Mount Sinai an?l If of tho halting sun over Ciheon. *rrl tho-.> two walking arm in arm must he John ami I'.nil. tlf one - ! i;enll" ami I Ii" Imr - ? micltl v. lint 1 must m>t look any hinder at t fio.se "ar>ten- of heaill y. hut e\-aniiiie t hi i hiiihliiirt in Vvlii -h I have iust awakened. I look ot.t >>f the window this wnv and that, ami 11 and down, met I llml it is a mansion of inimens si/.o in wliieh I am sio|>|iinir. Ml its window- "f a;;ate aul i it - eoloiiuade-of porphyry and alabaster. Why. I wi'ti'ler if this i- not tic -'llou-e of i many Man-ion-" of wlii'-li I use I to read.' It is; it is. Tlmro mti-t Im many of niy j kindred ami friends iji this very tunn-iou. I liar!.' Whose are llio.sd'voieesf W'liosnuro j tll'-e holllelllie feet ' I open tli<? door ajid I HUM i.>: i noy nro miiiii).; through nil tin* >>rri lors ami u,p ami ?l<?\vn all I m*i | stairs. ?>ar loiij;ah'put kin< 11*< I. Why, I tlmro i> fiith"!', I lit'!'", i -i mother. tlpwo urn ! I!i ''hililr.-n. AH w? iI ayain. All yuiu^ j si-fain. Ml oi us toigothor ayain Ami as wo . :11r>i.i . i :i 'i "I hiM-'witli t li" ory, "Never j iu? ?? I.? part: ni'Vt* mora to part. tlio :ir-li"s, ih" uloovos, t h" hallways, o.olio ami 11 th \v f' 1 . "Novor moro to pari; ' : i < r nioi" |.i part! ' Th"ii our xl??riII< <| ( ! fi i?*?i I iv "Come out with us atol sou h'-avi'ii. Ami. .some of ihoni houiulliii; I aloi'l I lis .1 in I soil! ?>( llioiu skipmny ho- ' si 1" a , wo start di.wn III" ivory >1 lirway. \it I wo moot, ooniia:: up, Iho Ivitiys of aiii*!* nt I srio?|, SMjuowliiit small of i a 1111 , hul huviuy st o.?orit"iiuii"M r,pliant willi a I h > 11 - ; i it I vi-lorio-. \ n-1 a. all i:t/> uiaMutf ohoisaiioo in this yront, om^'of hoavoii, i oryoiil. "Who is hoV" aiul tlio answer o. linos- "This is tlio yreatos! of all iho ivia?s; jt i-i I)avi I, who, uftor ho# hail o vod his youorntlori |?y tlio will of ti.ul, foil oil sloop." ' C toil rooiit oil l?y a Telephone W irr. \ ropo with a l-iop in tlio froo on I W-lt lanyliny over tin- slroot from a telephone wiro in K.iston, M'l., onuifht a hut ton <oi a oarriiitfo whi"h was lining driven up tlio siroot si ml. wrem-hing tlio top from Iho \ In !". I h r w out a woman who w as i Ming in ii. Nh" was s"Vor"lv iujuroil ami iliud iu tlio llOIISO to wlllnli si.,'. ...I 11 <>? ?? Mnrknt Improving. 'I lie li'ir-o !r,:?r'<"t i* Improving l?y oxpor* : ?; >n^ t'i I'.ui >; ? itt tin rn'o of '2000 n !.io'llll. Kllghlll Mil l I'rnu >? t ;|I,>? ino^t j III" II. I g'oTimlom Fbo Philosopher Quotes from Porcher's Book on Trees. / / r|E PUTS HIS FLOWERS .'.WAY. rho Bai*tdtv 'Man Voltes of Plants and Trees T!n?>' Thrive in the "So*!**!. I Somehow I doriVlike insinuations. A sorrespondent'from Mississippi iusinuites that I don't know very much about hlnetegum and sassafras and persimmon, ^ ' ' ' ll-lll - 1. 7~ i wouiuu i Fay uiiumusu nvuuo "v.v good for hubsaud bows and gluts. WbII, lince I saw his "obiter dicta" ih your paper, 1 asked the foreman of our whgon factors', and ho Baid: "Wo used to got i? the bluckgiim we coulil for hubs, for ft has uo grain, mid you can't split it, and it inakos a very Hue hub, but umv adays wo buy all oiir hubs roady made, and they are of 4'ostoak." Dr. I'oivlior, who is the highest authority concerning thTilfoos and herbs of tho rtoath, sayn'ih his book: "The wood of blacktffim is extromcly diflicult to split, aud ir. much used for hubs of wheels." The first real fine stringbow I ever bad was bought from an Indian boy, snd it was made of tho heart of Fassafras. Ho taught 1110 how to fasten tho feathers in tho arrows. That bow was il*o envy of my schoolmates, and could solid an arrow out of sight. A dead persimmon, or one cut down I and seasouod, makes a very hard, durable glut or wodge. Pl\ Porchor says thai ino grain It of sUch lino tex ture I hat he hdS itsed it for engraving. L h;jF?l lu enw my gluts and then bevol mo edges, and round tho top, ami my b6y IlUb said "dem simmoti gluts beal dogwood all to piecos." 'J his is n wonderful book of Dr. I'orohor's a book of ?ur? pagos, contabling a description of every tree, plant aud shrub in our Southern laud and theit practical aud medical uses It was published In 1niW? and its tit!< is, "Uesoitrcos of the Southern Field, ami Forests." What patient and care ful investigation w as necessary to pro duce such a book! Twelve years wop spent in the work, and the Icartici doctor became a second Lumens iu hi ilovotion to it. And yet this book i hard to fiud, and I suppose is out u print; a i- I -i 11--* I I?.? t%rto o.Mikn fill' hln t .Aim lion 1 11U 1IIIIW u?3 \.WIMW ?v.? ...V put aWav the llowers and tliero s troti bio on 11?o old man's luiml. I ltav cleaned out the pit nn?l arranged th shelves to iny wife's satisfaction, au am now engneod in taking up the gi raniuuis ami repotting the variou plants. I have to go away down th th lower part of thh cow lot. ami whei the rielt earth bad gathered, and spn<l it up and sift it into the wheelbarro and roll it up the hill like Ajnx or San son, Mv wife has a great big rouu sifter like the plosterero use, and afti I get a load of enrth and turn it out i the broad wnl.it - i.e. .tiih sih tha aim then a load of wood ashes and si that, rttld tlletl mix all logo t tier. Sii told me how. Sho watches mo froi the window, where sho is sewing, an encourages me by telling ino not t work so hard, .but to stop and res awhile. Yesterdnv sh came nut t help mo, and when she wanted me t change the palm to a larger pot. an tho heliotrope to rt emtt'lel- hnb. l h belled a little and a kod tier it she ha ( noticed thijt yaljer jackets' nest uu It the atouo step, hoi far from where sL wis sti.ndiug. 'J he little boogera wet just pouring out ami in, nud as soon a she suw them she shook hOr skirts an departed those coats \\ it\t ahicritv Mb wants to kpow ??-h I '.cu t ".ustroy thoi i ne*'. V, til, f have trie I. Time wu when we schoolboy's didcut w.iut an better fun than to break ttpayallc jacket's ne.-t. W'r fought them wit brush and blooms and di.t. and killo the lust one before ** c Unit. Oi cohrs wu yot fct'th"' >.<mii'ti11>on lu-.t tl.oi., i whoio the heroism came i:i. Jb\t nt>^ havo 110 boys they ni"*'! ?.ns - auds I poured ho* ?? A'ei in the hole where lh jn"hc'.i went in, and it killed a fOiV, lui there p.ro over ^ thousand lutln* erdoNt ami they nil got iun.1 e \*\\ i,,?> niul ra mo into <!? ? *ioViso. Then I piled u lead grass and old papers over th s^inud entrance ami poured keroseno o it and set it on tire and killed a fo' more, hut still I couldcut miss them then 1 got stung on tlio ear ami ll\i made mo mad and I mixed bp ft pan fill .if mortar nnd soused i\ down into th hole nnd all aroVMd, and I piled up big lot of oKy r.nd gravel on top aui was sure I had them fast and \ronl starve thoin to deatli, l>nt next morniu they had e- new hole and are attendin to business at the sainu old stand, have out a circle of empty flower pot around the premises to warn the chiidre away and now I am waiting for furtlic instructions fro*u my fuond in Missis <vi)i "When I was last in Florida I pull21 up a htt*o sprout of the oppoponax an< brought it homo and planted it. 1 grow otVnicely nnd wo kept it in th pit lust winter nnd transferred "it to th 1 garden Irt.-.l sm inc l* i? ??? .. ? ? ? r?" ' * ? ' ??v u f? a/ITU'HI fill little tret* about ei^ht feet high wit! numerous branches ami I think wil lJopm u?xt summer ii wo can mvo it ft belongs tvi tho iiiiiuo.sA faiuilj nU'l its delicate loaves are quite sonsi tivo, though not bu lunch k> as iti liuiublo cousin, the sensitive plant, I,ike that plant, its blooms are renin tufted halls of ditl'orent colors, but un i liko that plant, tiioeo balls shed a do [ lightful odor. When pressed into i pincushion for a lady's bureau they will perfume it for years. I nm going ti winter it outside of tho pit by protect ing it with a barrel ami pinetops. Thei there are lemon verbenas, or eitradorus, that aro always refreshing ami delight fill to tiio olfactory*. Wo put tin small ones in the pit ami leave the large ones out. Then iliero aro a variety of pretty plants wiioso (lowers will gladden us aJl the winter. A greenhouse eight by sixteen feet can be built and classed for ten 01 fifteen dollars and it is always pleas:.ug and ro lining to the family, espor lally to tho \\ ife and daughter s. And now the ohrysati?heniums a n budding into beauty an 1 idling tho air with fragrance There was a time when the Mowers wore a'! g-bdnu, ;imt htMK'C its niuiit) iroincnryH, n'oJdnth bur, has .vZl ifcf colors of the rainboj^H jjj^^^?r?V(bo tall ^ ami rj?u*(nt tbem or aoi.> is notfciqg n*Hi(t?(u * bed of log glories^their Jjrail and ben^^^B (lowers restfihg ttpfto the dowy gr^^^B eujnrise. Wa %9Te" ^ A loVely rbied^fflfeuuimor and ar<j^^H>& enjoying tho'pxoaisito beauty Fiance, thocrbride, tbe meteo^^^Bf , majesty, thejtmerican beauty amt^H others. How many pretty poems been written apout the flowers! Horo^H tad Jamos Smith's ode to the (lowers ^B b\il)lime. Mrs. Herman's "Bring IlowM era to the Fait Young Erido" is a geuiB Then thefo is " I Lie Lost Rose of Surafl mer," by Moore, and "The Rose Tba'l All AreJMiising" And many others 1 Flovrets 4 Adorn the vreddiug and the grave. They aro nkin t< m ft sic, and both prove the love d .Clod to his creatures.?Bill Arp in At l'anta(G^) Constitution. 7 " 'rtllf V.->VD<l(MTait%I /' I Ilk: I.1 IV ft 11 fit r>Al WOI I l\/.l VliV/OIVI'. Fireworks, Sixteen (lung and n Love Feast Marked Its Lust Hours. Octofeer 80th, tho last day aud night of tfclo .TonucsseO Centennial Expowitiou^which oped its gates May 1st, was Attended, nbout HO,0)0 people, mkiiy d! thorn visitors, being present. There wore no special features during tho (kv, but at night there was a niitguiticent display of f fireworks nud concert, thoro wus hold the closing meeting in the auditorium, which was packed, main floor and gali leries. It was the love feast held in commemoration of the closing hours of the exposition, in which all the people of Tennosseo evinced tho greatest ami most loyal pride. Numerous addresses wore deliVerod, sixteen guns were fired, aud then with tho Doxology, in which 1 the nudieuce joined in singing, the exposition was declared closed. COTTOI* MILL ST It I KB. It Will A fleet 200,000 People and ' Will A.lmost Rulu the Industry. ' Tho London, Eng . Tall Mall Oa9 zetto, commenting upon the threatened s strike of cotton operatives throughout North England, say's the lockout will 0 eflect two hundred thousand people, 1 addiug that the striko will probably last 3 for month*. It will entrtil a loss of 3 reventy million pounds, ami mentis the ' ruiu of the cotton iudustiy, that paper rnys. o " ? i- A Work of Art. 0 Au evidence of genuine enterprise nut: liberality is shown by the publishers ol The Youths' Companion, Boston, Mnss., is in giving all now subscribers to theii i0 publication nu art calendar for 1S:? e - a gent of beautiful color-work fai le in nd\nneo of anything of tht \v kind ireviously produced. Also t 1 magnificent illustrated Thonksgiv id iug, Christmas ami New Year's 3t double usinb^of the magazine encl il? a VVfeVnr^i#: *?lL!,e J^eserv^ed lr t, coupon ciit from the advertisiug~col ft urans of the local pnpor of this week oi i0 last week, stud following its iustruc n tious, these sirtistic autl valuable pro d duclious cnu bo secured. 't Plowing Over Craves. Land Is evidently getting to bo f 'I soiree article around Piueville, N. C\, lnys the Chnrlotte Observer. Mr, John d A. Younis ims ptoA' dd Up n colored r gravo yard, and has grown a crop ol e cotton where *tlie tombstones once e stood. One tombstome is now standing is in the field. He has plowed all mound u it. ptliO^ ioi^bslopes nro lyiuir about e Hi Ihc xueuotmu neltl was used tr as the burn ing ground of the old coloris ed slaves during revolutionary times. ir Ai ijultted of Murder j ii the circuit t'otirl tbe jilij*, at Asbeiille, >*. C.. in tho of |H (.icorgc 1 nil liud A V? I'ttviduon, ' t'.vo u eg rocs, cba.gcd with tho nmr 0 dor of Hurry Slavic, ro'urucd a vodiel ' of acpii'.tnL h'ter h*:ny '?ilt thin tiles, bhtgle was Ton ml dead beside n tho rnilrond track near SwanniinoaSta p tion July last, and tho state's theory o was that Hall and PnvldsoU murdered n aud l'obbctl him and blared the bod von x the truck te divert Uu 1. ? <'oiivlrtc?l of Kinbcz?lcn\ciit. L At Ashevillc, N. C\} W. H. c Denver, a fusion magistrate And i the jus i*e who issue 1 iii rule 1 for contempt against .TUdgR Kwurt d was convicted by n buy of eh.oczzleg incut of public fttucls. '1 he maximum g penalty is live ymu. 'lhercnro three J other bills of I'llic meut against him. u nn<T Imports. 1 Th^t exports of specie for the port oi N'ew York for the past week amounted to $80,dyy iu gold, aud SiUio.TM in silri ver. Tho imports were: (told, jfltt!', it svj'.i; silver, STO.GtiK; dry goods and t general merchandise. $G,41G, 171. o flreatest Week in Tobareo. i- Winston, N. (\, s?bi **, >*2,H't ti ( pounds of leaf tobacco in fmu.i.o.- trt _ ? <, -v> I $831,08)i.81i nu ?vo*nge o* $ o 1. por let pounds. 111is is ^rli'npa the biggest anles for one m.jnth in the history <?l the market. fiver ono million pound.' h <?f in?uufs.<dured tobacco ship| o I . I during the mouthy I'oironcd l?y bo (ream. -J At ItacliMter, N. V'., ice crenin^o-ff <1 r . at n Mtt hodist sociable poisone i ,-fA^i it > ' j coj io, mostly women. one A wh >m ? d:<M. '.Several others are 'a'ii critical condition The police ni'a/making n:i ' investigation. \ humorist lejrps^gnyl.v upon the stop > ol an omnibus tend cries cheerfully to the conductor*. '*Is lie ark fullV" "No. sir," replies 'the jovial conductor, "we have kept a sent for you. What lio! within there! Itoom for the monkey!'' ?1Tbl Hits, The im11. r; Jlniul liever.v night at the hour of midnight the glmst happen rs and groans and wrings Its hands." American tourist: "Ah! Must have died in the ciutpuher sensoi ? Wncjnnntj Enquirer. h , I MEN PREACHER'S DEED. ' Cotton Growers Called to Meet In Convention in Columbia* SALUDA ANXIOUS FOR A R, R. A Terrible Death?A Cottons Mau'n . View?Turner's **Et Dorn<lo"??IterA fores 'With Commerce* ^^WTresuleut Wilhnrn of thn fttato Farm Alliauco, has issuod a call which ^^Hnus the inauguration of n movement ^Bards securing a convention of the ^^Hlon growers of the Southern States purpose of taking definite action f<^^^Bard to the planting of next year's The call provides for tho holding ci^^^Bato convention in Columbia darof^^^B State fair. The following is the in;^^^^kho State convention of cotton call^^^Vfor fair'week: groi^^^ft8ident of the Farmors' State AlA^^^BKatiizatiou of this Staio, 1 have liahc^^^Bested by numbers of the repI been ^^^Be members of tlieorganization rcsent^^^k initiative in calliug a meet to tukt^^^B) farmers of the Southern iug view of suggesting 6ome States, w^^^^ho future, looking to notion iu^^Bn of tho acreage of the reguli^^H discuss tho plaus and cotton, also^^H marketing tho cotmotliods tho producers of this ton crop so t^^Kll receivo the real vnlue great staple uot bo forced to sacriof the crop, unfair combinations, fico the crop^^He manipulations of the together witl^^^Lexchauges of thecoungambling cotM^^^injust accumulation try, aided by th^^fe the country at one of all the money^^Kdo time of the year center at tho pri^^Eroing into market, wlieu our cotton view I desire to With these objccts^^^^erH of tho yarre<|iiest tho cotton gf^Bjtate to meet on ions counties in th^^Ku(j select one or snlosday in Novumb4^^L<>ut thorn at a more delegates to rec^^B>|l0 city of Colueetiug to bo held i^^^jjght of fair lumbia on IN cdncsda^^Bi^cussing the week for tho purpose o^^L matters mentioned nbo\^kniBOHs, President Farmers' Allin^H. " -* *- -B and five Ollie Watts, with his w>^Bnrigianm children, were among the*; Turner's who left Newberry for His^Kic Gf ?,i"El Dorado." in the HepVL, jlo j0rt beria. NNatts had JjJtiOO ]]q soon and aftei reaching I'iberi^Bil.l nnt. foil ml that his industry geut I bring the oxpected returns. j1Q . his wife hack iu .June, 1 H.Mt, n^B.js OWn not have money enough to Pny^K)ei-ii<a. passage ami his children to was r Hut about two mouths ago^^K^. WRV i among a party who worked tl^Beil^ n;) l" as far as Ijomlon, whouce hsK New3 appeal to his old employer, ^K^nced ? berry. Mr. J. C. Purcell ail chil. 5800 to him, ami \t atts and h^^L Hitlr i dren reacliol Newberry on tlm,omo i instant, and like others who hav^pf?| i* buck they feel fortunute aud gnAjuue TUoir whito friends liovo ouly^j-x,?-~ what others did for those colored^ ex r plo who went from Newherry tin t) beria thirty years ago, and theiv perieueo should have been a less thorn. #' in ? ? nitnam At the Batesvillc cotton tape was k Greenville, a young man, ltchine, Baker, met a horrible death, apulley. Mamling upQU a sj ceding n?ud his i i reaching up to throw a belt on gy, were 1 His father, John F. Baker, fcleeve of aunt, Mrs. Mary 1*. Gridla the re> watching him. Suddenly theVeinpt to r his shirt was wrapped nronuwue arm i voicing sh,nft, aud in the nt/start bis discngae<0 hihiWel^ ho rer, strikllnoUgh tht pnBrj". , ?king of a body was w hirled over ""oijo*vy " big the ceiling like thy tf' ,lt.7,u \ watch. When the wa/e"V * tul stopped it was fouild thati ?,|nt?L? r| j!a !'?"> tort, tort IU* . legs brokbjQ in sever*. ^ ci,;(; nice was lift ipiitihited#' only one slight I\ iaihoA?l.-f?!i't ^ouiA 01 th| I'UBi^esTT I IiAfA lit AAl'I'ltsnrtlllihii. M -vifll I 1 i'intic? iu Charleston very much interested in Ui? project of the Carolina Midirtud. Which I* Very ittucti yuoonr(igiijg. Tlija Voftd wJ)| nPt oiliy Opeit ?H) i? sertiriti of *oui'lrvi 7110?? (radenlj goo3 elsewhere than to Charleston, uiit will give to Chnrleston unsurpassed froiglit rates and facilities from tho great. Northwest. by her connection direct wit tho Seaboard Air Line sys 1 teni rtt Greenwood. - iff A special to the Register from Pickens savs; "Lev, J, Jj. jBuplino, a Brip. 1 tist mfu'ster, 1 ivif>|< ij?, tho ui>lfc r?t Mill} VoUtll.V, snot ins wife lutoligh the head, killing her instantly, nnd then shot himsolf through the head. At Inst accounts lie was stdj living, but unconscious. The weapon used was a 88 calibre Smith ft Wesson pistol. Tho rook was tho only witness 01 tho trag tedy. Bnvdiilo had beeri oh ft hid pro hooted drunken Rpred. *>T" * K C- * Tho State authorities bavo recently ( attacked small sbirmets 0/ liouor, manifestly for personal use, on the ground i that a C. (). I>. shipment Is emiivalent to a ?al? in this Siato. Keys <v ('o., of | North Carolina, liavo been shipping , com ideraUjo liquor into tho State, and I 1 ,r JVat l'itl was attached to Citch 01 toy shipments, and tho Stato lipids that all U. G- lb shipments by expi cr./; ore iu violation of Judge Simon1 tou a decisions, because such hliipmouts itli! virtually sales in tho Stato. 1 . r n? i;,/. sluni'tnnhurcr 1 >11 ft-'fOTi;1' ()I /'^^Jea iTob bales of C.Ottuill cotton wftu"'10 . r, ?jro ftn,\ water, ton were damaged ^tn-oOO. insured. Loss about jtx.fMKj to >> -rnal. in a I 'i he Prttish Medical Jo. -oncer*' recent Issue, sounds en alarm % -fine big the rapid spread of tho co*. t ' habit in Lngland, where It tbre46*? to become the third scourge of hu? inanity, alcohol and morphine IMny n the first and second. All ranks of so- 1 ?lety are declared to be crowded Wth 1 i|s victims both men aa?i v.omoi, ? many of whom are literary people win ^ take eocalne to sl'.rualatc their fuihg I innflon Tii" v-u.nia! advise?. ihtflj ' moat 4ttiiv?v. Pioa*ures bo adopted to t < cr?0lnn[^ tils blighting vie*. \ M A PROFITABLE CROP. ( Celery, If Raised la a Better 1 Money Crop T^^Hntton. There is no douhfa^^^Bftfact that to r&iso celery succeif^^^Hka very diffl cult matter, and fffijHn-e&son xetj 4 few people undertake ?veral years ago Mr. C. H. Smith/ who lives near1 Yorkvills, coneluded to experiment with this vegetable, which is held in . such high esteem by conuoisseurs, and 1 which commands such fabulous prices on tho market, and has each succeeding year inoreased the size of his patch, as well as improved the quality of his produot, nntil now he is raising an article that is said to be equal in qualify and flavor to the famous Kalamazoo product. The following paragraph taken from the local oolumus of the Yorkville / Enquirer, should iutorest some of tho more progressive farmers of South Carolina, who are of the opinion that the sole dependence of the Southern agriculturists for a "money crop" is cotton: "Mr. C. H. Smith, who. lives flvo miles south of Yorkvillo, and who for several years past has been experimenting with celory raising, this year promises to outdo all previous records. At first ho attempted only a small patch and met with fairly good success?just success enough to encourage him to try again, which ho did ou a somewhat larger, though still rather small scale. Thou ho tried it again aud again, each i ni n til un tin iv n littlo m nro atwl irnHimr ....... I p - ? " """ tuoro experience, ilus year be baa about an acre, which, in celery, is a fairly good sized patch. The land has been prepared with a great deal of care nnd expense. Previous experience had tuugli that when the plant needs water, for mstauco, water it must have, niul with a dam aud system of ditches tbo eutiro patch cau bo irrigated at will. As tho result, the present crop is giviug forth splendid promiso. On the greater part of the acre the staud is perfect, aud on the balance it is fairly good. Taken os a whole, the acre is calculated to fill the heart of any experienced celery raiser with joy. Heretofore Mr. Hmitli has only tried to disposo of his crop in tho surro'uudiug local markets?Yorkville, Rock Hill aud Chester?where ho lias generally found roady talo for nil tho eelory ho has been able to raise. Rut this yoar, piobably, ho will be attempted, after fully supplying tho local demand, to niako shipniouts to the commission men in somo of the larger cities. An acrfi of land is reckoned as a small thing generally; but at a low estimate Mr. "fc}.nith has on his acre tho value of not less than ten bales of cotton. " ONLY ONK SALARY. Mr. Norton Says He Will Not Draw Two. Comptroller -(.lenor.il Norton hai returned to Columbia, so says tho Register, from a tour of settlement, with the treasurers and auditors in tbo couuties of Abbeville, Anderson Ocoueo, Greenviile, where he found everything all right. Tho only couuties in tho .State with which settlements have not been made are Charleston, Colleton, l'erkeley and Orangeburg, nud Mr. Norton will go down lu a few days for that purposo. <HksiiMM>A.h>?-teaigna! ion ho tiheato of election lie would draw no mule salary from tlio Htato ascouiptrol ler general, but that he had some details of his office he w ished to finish up be fore tendering his resignation. This is !v, i- 1,1 1"r- Norton, but the | boys who are buugering and thirstmy for his job are not very enthusiastic Over it. HO iVill not resign until Congress meets ami cites tfs n precedent (he lato .enatoi- Fnrlc, who continued to be judge up to his election by tho legislnOuiing his trip Mr. Norton visited 0 emsou and was greatly pleased with ytlint .be saw and was delighted with 1 resident Hurt/o^f. Mr. Norton is making his Isst trip nm<M.fc,rountv* ?^Hoials ami hecxproseos deep regret :tm pleasant relations ioiist be severed. | ^rflSKEf roolj t'Al'Tl/Hfcl). l^ung Men at Fort Mill Chip Irj Anil Ths n?n correspondent of Charlotte (N. C.) Oliset (som6 young men at Fort Mill made up ti fit lid ngd sent a negro to Charlotte for * siipj'l* o? whi?l;ejr. I>y chance Slate (,'onsiiibia JCyebyid w?s in Fort Mill at the time look""-' ?P 1 He eas6 c* bne Cdton, who nan Fcefi Cr.n;*Cl^ with operating a blind tiger. Mr. Newborn the 11 p in. train from Charlotte, ar* repf'bd the returning darkey and took puSsd.Hkloil of Mdild ei>> *> eit*ht gallons of contraband liquor trhicli he liitd Irt pliargk Xlife Wliiskfcy wfts ordered rent tv/^o'utnhiri, rtnd tbfe ddrkey is held for trial. Jn the meantime Mr. Caton had beeil brought before a magistrate wliero he plena guilty and was lined 8100. Ho offered to pay tlie line, but then Xewbold claimed that other charges would be made and lie was held for appearance at court at Yorkvilid. ItlOT AT tARMSLK A vert rd by the Timely Help of 1'nlon . 1'ollce, A special to the Register from Union j sa>'s tliero cnuie very near being a riot i at. Carlisle, a station fourteon miles bolow Union, on the {southern It nil way. Tho particulars are about as follows: A show was to tako place at Carlisle, but failed to exhibit. The negroes, who outnumber tho whites, got rowdy and tho chief of police arrested two of them osd locked them up. Tho negro*?4 armed themselves with guns, biff*tenucks, etc., and mndo arrangojronts to liberate tho prisoners, 't he chief of police telegraphed to Union for help. Two policemen, in a hack with plenty of arms, made hasto to tho seat j of war. They met tho Carlisle mayor I and chief of police this side of Carlisle, Mid they organized a posso of 4en men ' went to the guardhouse, which v 'mind already surrounded by a I * '<rroes. l'hev tmrrouiuleif tlio I hi rested ten of thom. _i i. "lo lolievetl of four shotKirs Ivc.l /ist in - Hoj.sou ItuU if tho Htfiou-s > Htfe'WsW hoht. ( Uiriit) * \ \ gCIIUMPERT, BUTLBU * UoUOWAN, Altorurya al Law. * it C. C. Culp'a aid Offiea jyjtJNROA MUNRO. Attorneys at Law, No. S. Law Rang*. 8. 8TOKK8. 5> Attorney at Law and Trial Juotleo, Office Rrar of Court Houao. DR HARLEY B. LINDSAY, Dentist, nm ctap Afarnhnfilii anil plffinlam ] i>auk, Main street. Money to Loan. In Sums of $300 and upwards upon Improved Ileal Estate in Union County at a low rate of interest. Long time and easy payments. Apply to HYDRICK & SAWYER, Attorneys-at-L?w, 0.6m UNION, g. O Medical Card. Dr. John Lrwson can bo found at his nflk-e over F. Duke's drug store, night or clay. Calls left at Dr. Dukes drug store will receive prompt attention. CAIS i>. Money to loan on abort tluie on good . security. W. W. DIXON, ATTORNEY AT l.AW. bnicc corner Main and Judgment Sts., I Union, S. C. ()LI)Tl()TIII'8 M.UIlf NEW! Ccaning, Dying and Silks renewed at short notice. E. W. WILLIAMS. 13?ly. fo 'A lio Public. For putting elastic In your shoes I avo a universal feed shoo machina* M P. t hing and Ilalf Soleing. Mein' n : Lamps call on J. S. IIinson, ark of Bros.?(t. f.) 0, P. Townsend, Asst. Atty Geu'l., Columbia, 3 O Ben F Townsend, Union, S. C. TOWNSEND & TOWNSEND, Attorneys at Law, j "ninn. S. G. . .. , Offlca Judge Townsend's old stand. BRING YOUR Job Printing (o The Times It will be neatly executed Suy a oinootn White i Skln ! For Your Face I . | ropulslvp instead of AitrActlvs K.'L't" Vfc^.<! "O*??^>onij*lfnl "?h^ Bu?y^wR<^5SWKujuji? the ekin. ^ T Viola Cream1 ^ I cleanses, noi:rl*>.f r ar.d restores thoskfn.xsalriiiC ' It soft, wlilto Mini bc.inttfnl. It Is iw.l a moiuMW ?doos not cover up, hut removes blemishes. It Is harmless and nlue.ys doos +unt oha? vre claim for It. 'flic only preparation that WHt positively remove ffWtliM, Iliackhcn.'s, Tun. SlttKwjrn ami I'lruples. Hundreds of testimonials frotn prominent h*d'e?. frier &o cent-J a frr at druggtte. O. c. *?'f TNER CO.. TOLEDO. OHIO. 1 M> * + Who are Da Tk inland Thomson? They are tlie best bai towo. For good work and civilitj* No WiUer can be found. If yon will but give us a trial You will nevci go elsewhere, For those who have done so have never I^et any other horber cut their Lair. Our razors arc bright and kccu / Our towels are new and clean. Will shave you in short timO ? Ann "WIIR&, uo you uuimi. Will shave you for a dime A, And give von a drink!"' Jl Wanted?An Idea EHH Protect your l<1e*?j they may bring you wealttw Vrlu. JOHN WEDl'KHBUnNft CO . Patent AtU>? iey?, Wanhlngfc.n. .) JUt*r tb?lr ShSOO prlM off# ?u?l hat Of two h"r 'r#d 1 BttOM wan tod. TMlclowt ^ bmbbmmamip A Now York newspaper, In speaking1 nf Iho Spanish prisoner fraud which Ijas boon practiced so often, says that It has boon confined to Kuropo for Its victims until n New Hampshire man wan swindled with it the other day. This Is a great mistake and one whleh no New York newspaper should make. It ban been practiced In this country for many years, and it has been tried more than once within eighteen months upon New York men with more or less success. ID began to IIml victims as early as 1NP.*?, and the swindle has continued ever, since, in spite of the publicity which has been glvcli to it. To the police It U u* common as the gold brick trick.