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V OLUME VIII.
CANTON, GEORGIA, FRIDAY MORNING, JULY l, 1887.
NUMBER 2'
CANTON
Canton Business Directorj. REV. DR. TALMGli.
Hotel.
-AND
KcAFEE HOUSE.
J. M. MoAFEK, ruopn., Near Court House.
THE tmOOlU-YN PAHTgU’S SUN
DAY SHIlMOJI
I
Cherokee County, Georgia.
desirous *f porting parties regarding our msgnificent, county—its soci
ety, climate, water, lands, timber, minerals, etc.,—we hare written the following,
setting forth in a brief and concise manner a few of the many advantages with
which our oounty and county seat are blessed.
We ask all persons, whether contemplating a visit or permanent settlement
here or not, to road carefully what we have written, and if you are desirous of
learning more write to Thi Advance and all ascertainable information will be
cheerfully given.
We invite immigration and assure all who will come a hearty welcome. Na
ture lias been bountiful to our section and has done as much for us as for any people
on the globe, but wo await nn influx of population—men and women who can and
will supply money, labor, enterprise and general industry—to come and assist in
cultivating our lands, utilizing the water poweis, woikinp *he mineral deposits, and
build.mz up our section ns on© of ibo finest sod most delightful summer or winter
resorts in the world.
O-AIsTTOZCsT
Is the county-seat of Cherokee county, Georgia, is situated on the Marietta and
North Georgia railroad, 24 miles north of Marietta, on the Western and Atlintic
railroad, and 45 miles north of Atlanta, the State capital. A oftssoent is formed on
the north and west of the town by tho Etowah river,which liver is navigable lower
down. The town ia situated on an eminence at an elevation of about 1,100 feet
above aea level, and there is not a healthier place ih Georgia. It is an old, histori
cal town, having years ago been headquarters of thelndiaus. It was first chartered
in 1833 as Etowah, but subsequently changed to its present mime, During the
“wnr between the states’’ it was almost wholly destroyed by fire. It lias since
built up, and presents now a handsome appearance. The streets are wide and
shaded and ita principal houses substantially built of brick. It now has an esti
mated population of COO, only about one-tenth of whom are colored, 'J here are
here splendid biiok churches of Baptist and Methodist donominations ; tho Epinco-
imlians have a lot and contemplate erecting a cliapel thereon, and the Presbyter
ians hold monthly services in tli* Methodist church. The Etowah institute is a
large, two-story brick building, new and specially adapted to the educational
wants of this section, and supplied with all needed apparatus and a corps of com
petent teachers.
A large, two-story brick hotel, containing twenty-five rooms, gives splendid
accommodation at cheao ratea. There are also a number of private boarding
houses. There is a large, three-story brick flooring mill, with other manufactur
ing enterprises ; also a fine livery stable stocked with good hor-es and vehicles.
T ho couutv property here is a large nud magnificent two-story brick courthouse, a
two-story brick jail, and within a naif-mile of the courtliouso a farm consisting of
180 acres and having thereon a number of good buildings for the proper care of the
county’s poor. By special enactment of the legislature, no whiskey is allowed to
be gold within (wo miles of the place ; there are no gaming houses nor other places
of vicious amusement; the town is quiet, orderly and peacenble, having no cala
boose nor any use for one. Canton presents many advantages over other towns.
It lias the benefit of railroad and telegraph communications and daily mails north
and south. The Etowah river peering at the bate of the town, near the depot, af
fords ample opportunity for bathing, boating or fiahing, and presents fine water
powers. The woods near town are full of small game and afford splendid hunting
grounds. Nestling in the beautiful and picturesque mountain district of North
Georgia, it is protected from the extreme cbillv blasts of winter, while in the hot
summer months tho cool mountain breezes make it a most pleasant summer resort.
Near town are magnificent springs of mineral waters, notably among them an alum
spring of known curative powers.
CHEROKEE GOTTISTT^r,
Is situated in the western part of North Georgia, 7<) miles from the North Carolina
and Tennessee lines, ami is bounded by the counties of Pickens on the North, Daw
son and Forsyth on the east, Milton and Cobb ou the south, and Bartow on the
west. Jt is one of llie best of the twenty-one counties comprising what is known
as Cherokee Georgia, or that portion of the state lying northwest of the Chatta
hoochee river, and contains 470 Bquare miles. It is the original Cherokee, from
which tho other twenty eountics have been ent off since its purchase from the
Indians in 1838. By virlne of its climate, licalthfuluess, soil, crops, water powers,
miuorals, society, transportation and telegraphic facilities and political liberality, it
stands second to none. The richest lands are to be found in tlie valleys, of course,
but the magnificent limber that clothes tho hillsides shows that strong, productive
so l is not wanted there as well. Almost every character of soil known to the sjate
can be found within the limits of the county, from the dark alluvial of the river
and creek bottoms to the light gray or mulatto lands of the uplands, and all are
equally productive and responsive to care and good tillage. All the products of
the north can bo successfully grown here, in addition to those of tlie south. The
cereals, wheat, oats, corn, barley, rye, all the grasses and especially clover, find
here a congenial borne. Cottou is the principal money crop; tobacco forms an
important one, supplying some half dozen or more factories in the county. With
abundant Dreams of never-failing, pure wator and a mild climate, this can be made
a mtrBery for mules, horses and cattle to tupply tins great northwestern markets,
and is here being successfully demonstrated. All thereby making it one of the
most attractive and desirable counties in North Georgia. The county is lucking in
more labor and money. With more of each the inexhaustible agricultural and
mineral resources would soon be turned into greater wealth and usefulue.-a. The
minoral wealth of this county is varied and exliaustless and, as yet, even unknown
to us. Prominent among the minerals found deposited here are (told, silver, iron,
manganese, copper, coal, mica, asbestos, lead, marble, slate, ^tc. Our water power
ia exceptionally good. The Etowah and Littlo rivers each possess many thousands
of available herae powers, beside that furnished by the numerous creeks. The va
riety of fertile and produo live lands, and minerals and superior water powera are
not ho great as the pure water, good heal lit slid equitable climate with which the
citizens of Cherokee are blessed. The healthfulness of the county cannot lie sur-
jia-sed, being entirely free from all malarial influences—a case of chills having
never been known to originate in this county. Our atmosphere is exceptionally
fine, the winters not being rigidly cold nor the bummers oppressively hot. The
religious and educational advantages of tho county are splendid, there being
churches and school houses in short distances of each other all over the county.
The county dow has an estimated population of 16,000, of whom 1,100 are colored.
Our citizens are all intelligent, social, moral and industrious. The Marietta and
North Georgia railroad passes through the entire county from south to north, and
along its line are the towns of Woodstock, Too Ny, Holly Springs, Canton (the
county scat), Mabel and Ball Ground in this county. Besides these towns there
are Cherokee Mills, Hickory Flat, Ophir, Orange, Moore’s Mills, Butallee,Walesca,
Sharp Top, Salacna, Laredo, Macedenin and Fort Buffington. All tho above town*
and the surrounding country are peopled by thrifty, energetic and wide-awake citi
zens. No whiskey is sold in bar rooms in the county, and none except by the
gallon. There are several manufacturing establishments in the county.
To all alio may pay Cherokee county a visit we will pledge a warm welcome, and it they will
settle, a hearty oo-operation from onr people. For further information regarding this section
addiess Bax. F. Pebkt, Editor Chzbose* Advance, Canton, Georgia.
StNirdt ig Koussi.
VV. M. ELLIS,
TRANSIENT On PERMANENT,
'spo-ial accommodation for oommerolal mot..
Bant Marietta street.
* Livery Stable.
W. T. MAHAN. Prop,.
HALE, LIVEHY A FEED STABLE, Main St.
Subject t
1 Prof it TwtlV'J to Three
O'llncki"
most hattcwl In ths wreck; nnd t went toil
t o know 11mt these vide ns poor have had t ml
shipwrecks Khipwreek of tho body, .ship,
wreck of the mill sliiimircl* fop time, ship
wreck for eternity. Pity , by all nic.'li* t i t
limneout who are suffering, hut pity inor.i
the guilty.
fuss on through the alley. Open Out
doer. "Oh,” you say, it is looVw-t' Nb. it
is not looked. II has never lieon looked. Nit
burglar would ho tempted to go in there In
Steal anything The door is never locked.
I Text: "iriife/iiriuii
j — lsaiuh xxi.. 2.
When night came driwr
, veh, nnd JiTiis.ileiii, II
i watching, other.vwi t!u\
might I n .• lie n thru-!
I of the meti-op I t in p'
msrchitiir fro n the It
kindle up a light In the dark alley, even the
gladtHhs tif heaven.
Ho not go wrapped in line apparel and
from your well Hill'd tallies with the idea that
pious talk is going to slop ths gnawing of au
empty stomach or to warm stockltiiglns* feet.
Take Ifn nd, lake raiment, take medicine as
well n« take ffl'rtyet Tlice is a groat dual
of common souse m wh/tt tl.es poor woman said
tothc eit.y missionary when its was telling her
how flits'might to levs God atm ristva Him.
Uhl” elm said, “If ymtweroaa |ioor mid cold
,, duly /. broken chair stiliuiri against the door, I ns l nm. and ao hungry, you ixwild think rt
uvifiE of thtntg.il ! | Hhtivs It back. Coin. 81 rlke rt match Now, J nothing else."
look. 1,o'"; a it! rags! See those glilr- A great deal of what is ealhsi Chils.ian
big eyeballs Mo < nreful nifw whnt you say. work goes for^nolliing for the simple rousoU
Do not utter any Insult, do not utter
the gate* All n ;:ht Ion
and In front of i li- .nUv inurlit be lis.ird Hi
inonsuivd to > ol t.< wnielmmii on lii ‘ mli
tnry b ut; alien. .- lung ill the air, snv
.imp V r.d llboipt stluii: “Wii
mini, what of th no. ht
Itlstnmo a deeply suggo live nnd solemn
thing to soon m«i -.tatidHIR guard by luglit.
It thrill* d through me, ivaik,the gate ot iht
arsenal ill Chur.oaton, ,’W/tp , '"iti"ii unco
I smote mo: “Who comi'Hnotc?" followed
! by the sharp eoinlunud:
i llio countersign.*’ K
j sinmls on pi'-’o't, or p J
watchman. His work Is b
and whether It bo in the (list watch, in the
I second watch, in llio third Wiileli, or in tho
I fourth wall'll, to bo vigilant until I lie daybreak
1 fling* its “morning glofiet,” of blooming
eloud across tlie ik:vhh : IrwllHof tliesky.
Tho line :i '. divid -d 1’ieii' night, liitd I'eilr
parts the II st wnt 'It. from sit to nine: the
] second, from nine to t\\vh'*i; ths third, from
| twelve to three; unit tho fourth, from throe
to si x.
I 1 -peak now of tho city in tho third watch,
or from twelve to threo o't/kK'k, nt tlint sea
son of 111" year when the dajfs and nights are
about e piril.
1 never weary looking upon tho life nnd
brilliancy of the city In the 111--t watch. That
is the Imlir wliou the stores are closing Ths
laboring til n, having ipilUod-thii sculiiiMin*
rtnd tho shop, are ou tlielr wav limno. It
rejoice, in" l o give them my Rut, Intlio city
onr. 'Jli'V hive stood and hi mum red away
alldav. ’Their feet are wary. Tlnvareex-
hat.sled with (lie tug of work. They are
mostly oh > l'fnl With npp t-itos sharimtied on
the swill turner's wheel mi l tho carpenter s
whetstone, they seek the evening meal. The
clerks, too. hnvo broken away from th#
counter, anil with brain weary of llio long
All u gilt long, on lop of the w all
PAlfitctan.
DRS. J.
TURK,
W. L. COLEMAN,
Office in Drug store, Main street.
Urn tt fit.
DR. Vif.T. HOGAN,
Offioe over Elll*’ Store, Main itrroi.
Brags. _
TURK St COLEMAN, Main St.
valieo nnd give
Unocal te idler
(its tin) Wall ns
oitnd the slurnl;
Millinery sml Drcsmaktng.
E. A. GAULT,
MILLINERY.
H. shlenea Ben. F. Perry, Osintsvills street.
MISSES WILEY,
DRESSMAKING, Oainesville atreot
MRS. M. J. HUDSON.
DIIE88MAKINO, Gainesvillo street
r»(trrlfllerri,
HOLLAND A BURTZ,
Corner West Marietta and Main sis.
Illacksm I Iht >i(i, HVi #»>■#, Etc.
'iVAKMCK BROS. St REID,
til.ACK.SMITHING AND GENERAL RFl’AIll,
Main street
w. t. McCollum,
BLACKSMITHING AND GENERAL REPAIR
Juno. Main, Carter*vil!e and Depot atreets
Shoot, /fames* and Saddlery.
SCOTT, KEITH * BRO„
OppoaiU Quart Uousn
B. F. CRI8LER,
Corner East Marietta and Main st*.
ril Rnhvlon, Niue
,V needed careful Do not Utter any in .nil, do not utter' any sits
ih iT.dinrv i lurch piciou, if you value your life. W lint is that
Into the wry lioirt red mark on tho wiilll It is the mark of a
idol , or enemies, murderer's hnwl I
night have I'm, i d Look at those two eyes rising up (fill a/ the
darkness and out from the straw in tho cm'
nor, coming toward you, and as they coiiio
near yen, your light goes out. Strike an
Other match. All' ibis Is n babe, not like
Wall'll I hose Ismutlful clilMt’eil presented III I'apt istn
This little one never smiled: It itetsr will
smile. A tlower Hung ou nn awfully bntren
beach. Uhl Heavenly Shepherd, fold that
htllo one iu Thy arms. Wrap around you
your shawl dr your oat lighter, for llio cold
« hid sweeps through.
Strike another match. Ahl Is It possible
that that young woman's scarred and bruise l
lace ever was looked into by inuUn'Iliil ten-
don less l Lltlcr no scorn Utter no harsh
word. No ray of hii|>u has dawned on that
brmv for many a your. No ruy of bOp* ever
will dawn on that brow. Rut tlm light has
Rime out. Do ant striko number light. It will
1st a niorknry to kindliasinotlii'l' fight. in suoli
a place as th**. Puss out and pass down the
street. Our cities of Hrooklyit and Now York
and other groat eitiosare fall of such Udiitns,
und the worst time Is the third watch of the
night.
Do you knew it Is in this watch of the night
Hint criminals do tlimr worst work! It is the
criminal’s watch.
At half post eight o'clock you will find
III, in in tlm ill inking saloon, but toward
twelve o'clock they go to I heir (frtreski. thAy
got out their tools, tlmti they start on tlid
streot. Wat lung on either side for the po
lie#, they goto their work of darkness This
is a burglar, and the fills* key will soon
touch tlm store kick This is sit lii'imdlury,
nnd helm'# morning tilers will be a light oil
tho sky, and a cry of “Fire! lire: TTiIrIsAii
assassin, and to morrow there will lie a dead
body found in one of those vacant lots. Din
ing tlm daytime these villains in our cities
lounge about, some nsluep and some awake,
lMwvert,
P. DuPRE,
Oftlce with Ordinary, In Oonrt House.
GEORGE R. BROWN,
Offioe In Oonrt House.
0. D. MADDOX, Office on Main street,
First door ' Jones.
W. A. A O. I. TEABLEA,
Offioe in Maaonio building
JNO. D. ATTAWAY,
office with Clerk, in Court House.
H. W. NEWMAN, OOo* in Court House.
Insurance.
BEN. P. PERBY,
REPRESENTING BEST HRE COMPANIES
Office with UimnnsaB Advasoc.
line of figures, und Ih" whims of those who go "nt when rii* tlitrd watch of th* night arrive
n slioppin - seek tho face of mother, or wife lln ir eye is keen, tlmlr brain cool, their arm
and child. The merchants nt o imluirnesslng "H ong. Uimh foot Ih-et to lly or pursue, they
themselves from their an tittles on their way are ready.
up the street. The tiovs that lock up m o Many of those isior emit urns Were brought
leaving mviiv nt tlm shutters, shoving tho up iu that way. They w ore born In a thieves'
honvy bolts, and If it lie w,uti l- taking a last garret. Their childish toy ivim a burglar's
look nt the lire lo sec Hint all is safe. The dark lantern. The first thing thev romemlior
streets are thronged with young men, setting was their mot her bandaging tho brow of
out from tho groat centers of bargain their father, struck by the ikiIp's club They
making. began by robbing boys’ pockets, and now
Let idlers clear the street nnd glvo right, of they hare come to dig llio underground piut-
wny tothehosweat si artisans a mi nioreimnts. sage to tlm cellar of tho lauik, and are pte
They have cariusl the r bread, ami are now paring to blast tlm gold vault,
on lie ir wiu boino to g"t i(k Just so long as I Imre uro negleeUsl children
Tho light* lu full jet lung oyer m ono oven- of l he streets, just so long we will have these
tag repasts—tho pireds ut either end of the desperadoes. Home one, wishing to make a
table, the children between. Thunk (loti, Roo'l Chrtstlnn point nnd to quote a pus
“wliori tteth llio so!it i , in families.'’ ">«» of Scripture, exporting U) get a HeHpt
A few hours later aial all the places of urai passage In answer said to one of llmso
amusement, good amlShml. are in frtt tide, poor lads,cast out nnd wretchoil: "When your
Lovers of nit, caUhWue In hand, stroll father and your mother forsake you, who
through the gallon s a/l dl u tlm pictures, then will take yon up: and the boy said:
The bullroom Is rosplmid iit villi tho rich ap- “The perlh'e, llio ;s!iiico|
pqrel of those who,mmitlier t-idoof tlie white. In tho third watch of Ihe night gambling
glistening boards, asflllt Pie Tittnal from thP does Its worst work. Wlist tboughahehours
i orch"sirn. The footllghtd of tbsfheatre flash bo slipping away, ip
llanlcltig
R. T. JONES,
EXCHANGE BOUGHT AND SOLD,
Offioe in It. T. Jones’ store, Main st.
Educational.
ETOWAH INSTITUTE,
HILL A THRO OP. PmsoiiALS,
M.ss Nell llarroH, Assistan’
There is a famous modern picture nt Mn D p 0BXI . ;lli w ho arrived in Mur-
Moscow of John the Terrible, after he gave n thrilling account of his cx-
hns murdered lus son ia a fit of rage, | perfenoe in tho snow in Dakota. About
and suddenly discovers the crime he has f Qur llgo ) le l e ft the Mountain
committed. I ho expression in his eyes House, traveling in a northeasterly di-
is that of a madman, with a curious roctiou _ On the fourth day out he shot
gleam of horror mid consciousness stnk- on e m but ; Uht n bout the time ho sue-
ing him, after lua son has sunk at his coeded in capturing the noble animal it
feet with the blood •treaining from his commenced snowing so hard lie found it
wounded temple. It is intensely realm- , jj^possible to proceed. A shelter of
tic, and report asserts that on one occa- B0Ine kind being absolutely necessary,
Sion n lady was so much affected by the )l( , KUCoee ded, after much hard work, in
sight of it that she fell down dead on j jj^rering a cave in the snow, and luckily
the spot. According to this tale, the flaying with him a small hand axe, ho
picture wuh subsequently removed to an 1 managed to cut some wood and build a
inner room nnd ladies not admitted in | jj re jr or f our p
Dry Goods, Groceries, Etc.
R. T. JONES, Near Court House.
HOLLAND A IIUUTZ,
Oorai'i- West Mai >tt» *nd Mai’i -Is
COGGINB A HON,
Corner Eatit Mnristtssial Main sis
SCOTT, I,El III A llliO., Op. 0 an t Holme.
Ji. F.OK18LER,
'Juriicr Frist Mmictls and Main «l«.
W. P. Rl EI), Mam HI rest.
W. M. F.Ul.IH, Main Sircet.
J. C. AVERY, Main Hi reel.
HARDIN A (IROi’KKIT, Main Htrnet.
0. F. EDGE, Mam |tn St,
Confectionery.
WILLISJ. PEARCE, Main fiti eet.
0. F. EDGE, Qpp wte MaA f n»lI uss.
Hardu'ure, Stoves, Etc.
BARTON & BR0., Main Street.
Cabinet Mol.er.
P. M. H0LLEN, Main Street.
Carpenters and Contractors.
JOHN H. BELL, R. L. GAINES,
P. M. IIOLLEN, WILLIE TOLBERT.
R. G. GRAMLING, J. M. "ElIT/. !
Masons and Contractors.
H. H. McENTYRE,
A. W. ARCHER,
Jeweler and Photographer.
J. W. JARVIS,
ALE KINDS REPAIRING DONE.
Main H
Guano Dealers and Cotton Buyers.
R. T. JONES, Main Street.
J. C. AVERY, Main Htreet.
COOGINH A BON, Main H'reet.
SCOTT. KEITH A 15RO., Main Street.
W. M. ELLIS, Mam Htreet.
Mills.
MOUNTAIN CITY FLOUR MILL,
MERCHANT AND CUSTOM GRINDING,
J. M. McAzzk, Propr. O.i Railroad, near Dwpot.
room nnd ladies not admitted in
tho absence of a medical uttemlant.
Sued.—A New Haven grooer, thinking
porno one was making too free with his
hams, attached a bell to one of them,
and when some time afterward ha heard
the bell ring, he found a neighbor with
the ham in his hand. Thereupon he
told the man’s wife that her husband
stole hams, and now the pair have sued
him for slander, laying the damage# at
8100 ■
BOA&D OF EDUOATKOW.
O. W. Putkajs, Pres’t.
A T Soorr, M. A. Kzith,
J H Bki» J - J ' M* bdox '
Jbo. D. Attawat, School Com.
Superior CourtsBHie Ridge Circuit.
Jas. R. Brow*. Canton, Judge.
G bo box F. Gobbb, MaiietSA.SoL Gen.
Me*U foartb ■ "' v * r » rT , a”' 1
uTuirTltaa, in i.
Chsrota* Ooanvy.
a a Exuam, Fa*pqgKi
Gin.
J. M. McAFEE, Prop’r., Near Depot.
Tannery.
iys lie was com
pelled to remain the sole occupant of
his snow bound habitation, keeping up
what fire ho found necessary and sub
sisting on tho elk that good fortune had
supplied him with. Although no bread
or other usual accompaniments were
served with his meals, Mr. Porter says
his daily collations of elk wore very
palatable.
A Philadelphia photographer took an
instantaneous photograph of a beautiful
five-year-old boy as lie was playing near
his rooms. A manufacturer of cotton
goods saw tho picture, bought it, and
adopted it ns u trade mark for his goods.
The father of the boy is in the drygoods
trade, and was one day astonished to
find the portrait of his pet pasted on a
piece of muslin. Hu investigated the
matter, und ut his request tho owner of
the mill surrendered the pictures not al
ready used.
W. A. TEASLEY, Prop’r,
HARNESS, BOLE »nd PITER LEATHER
Cotton Planter.
R, L GAINES, Manufacturer.
Ia shop* Wsrltok Bros. A Bold.
Printing.
(^herohee ^Huance*
OFFICIAL ORGAN OF
Canton and Cherokee County
JOB PRINTIN6.
CITY PRICKS DUPLICATED
OSes Opposite Oil*
■. . Kmw—
up; tho Ixril rin^*, nnd tin* curtain rise*l anu
out from Ibo ror^ooiiss** w ry tlldothe wtorn,
greeted with tho vociferntmn of the I'Xjm tant
multitudes. (’on er I II himlifti'd into en
chantment with t lie \\ .rl» e of mn songstress
or swoj.t out on a sea ■■ •mnulluouft feeling
by tho Mailt of hr.izcn in.druinentH. Pnw
ing-rooms are filled with uli gracefulness of
apparel, with nil HW<*ptnoss of sound, with all
splendor of manner; miiTor* arc catching up
and multiplying thommhih, until it seems ns if
ill iutinitu eorridortf tlu»r«» wore ^nrlaudod
| groups advancing und ritie ding.
The outdoor air ringy with laughter, and
with tho moving to nnd fro of thousands on
tho great promenades. The dashing span
adrip with the foam of th • long eon itry ride,
ru^has j>m*t an you linlt at tho curb stone.
Mirin, revelry, hoauty, fcshioii, ningnifl-
ceneo mingle in the great metropolitan pic
ture. until the thinking man goes home to
think more seriously, and the praying man
to prny more earnedly.
A bountiful nnd overwhelming tiling is the
city in the first und second watches of tho
night.
Hut the Hock strikes twelve, and tho third
watch Ims begun.
The t hun. lei- oi the city has rolled out of the
air. Tho slightest sound* cut tho night with
sudi distinction a* to nttrrn t your attention.
The tinkling of the 1 >• *!I of the street ear in
tho distance, and th ■ baying of the flog. Tho
stamp of a horse in I he noxt street, 'i’iio 1
Blnmining of a saloon door. The hiccough of
tho drunkard. The shrieks of the Hb-nm-
whistln Jive mile away. Oh, how suggestive, j
my friends, the third watch of the night!
There are Ijonest. men passing up and down
the street. Here Is u city missionary who has
beon rnrryfng a scuttle of coal to that poor
family in that dark plane. 1 loro is nn under
taker going ‘up tho steps of a bolding from
which t hon*< oiiih.ii bitter cry whi' h mdicutes
that the destroying angel hat smitten the
first-born. II* re i a m n ter of religion who
1ms been giving th • sacrament toadying
Christian Here is a phv* :< aiu pacing along
in great haste, the i img* r m few steps
ahead, hurrying on to t ; •• houseliotd.
Nearly nil t he lights have gone out in the
dwellin'-*, for it is tho third wabdi of tho
night. That light hi,the window, ia tho light
of the watcher, inr t ho luedieinesmust be ad
ruinl>tered, und tlw fever must Ijg watched
and the nitl<‘a to- iug off of the coverlid
mu d bo r* - i t I, nnd the ice must bo kept on
tho hot temj <■., and ths perpdirtl prayer
must go up from heart s roon to be broken.
ft, the third vn ‘iff the night I What a
stiipendD.H thou/ht- a whole city at r« .t!
\\ eaiy arm prepm .ng for t * morrow « toil.
Hot brain being cooled off. Rigid muscles
rclii.x'd. Kxc.fcd nerves K) th • 1. The white
hair of the <> ' , c nrirtu iri '.hiu drifte across
the pillow, fro'di i’alLof flakes on snow already
fallen. Childhood with its dimpled imnds
thrown out on tlm pillow and with every
breath taking in a new store of fun and
frolic. Third watch of the night! Goda
slumberl" ,s ovo will look. Lot one great wave
of refje-'iin ; > imibor rod over tho heart of
the gn at i wn. siil im i uing care, and anx
iety, and vvni i iment, and pain.
Lot the eif v'sleep. Rut, my fr ids. i>e not
deceived. There will be thousands to-night
who will not fleep at all. Go tip 1-hul dark
alley, and l»e cautious where you tread, lest
you full over the prostrate form of a drunk
ard Ivin/on his own door step. Look about
you. lest you feel the garroter’s hug. Jx>ok
through the broken window-pane, and see
what you < an ee*. Your say: “Nothing.”
i Then listen. What is it f “find
i help us!” No footlights, but tragedy
j ghastlier and mightier than Riston or
' Edwin booth ever enacted. No light, no
! tire, no bread, no hope. If it be winter,
> shivering in I'd* eo!d. und they have had no
food fortwciP • four flours. You say: “Why
i don’t they l» g!” They do. but they get
i nothing You say: “Why don’t they
deliver thermdves over to tho uJmshousor’
Ah! you would not ask that if you ever heard
| tho flitter cry of a man or u child when told
lie must go to the almshouse.
“Oh,” you say, “they are vicious poor, and,
therefore, they do not deserve our syrup .1 iiy.’
Are they vicious! Bo much more nee*! they
your pity. The Christian poor, God helps
them. Through their night there twinkles
the round, marry star of hope, and through
' the broken window-pane they see tlm crys
tals of heaven; but the vicious poor, the;,
are more to be pitied. Their lust light i:
: gone out. You excuse yourself from If j- i:
them by Haying they are so bud, they bro
| thin trouble o:i thc'nselv. s. ] reply, wu r.r
I give ten prayers lor the innocant who .•• »>
Huircring i will give twenty prayers for the
guilty who are tsuiTeriug.
The fisherman, when lie sees a vessel da>!i
ing into the broukors, comes out from hi- hut
though the wife l>e
waiting’ in'the diifi v** home! tiring
more drinks. Rut up more stake*. That
commercial house that only a little while ago
put out a sign of copartnership will, iu a few
Heasons, be wrecked ou a gambler s tabl<
There will l/o many a money-till that will
rising a lank* A member of Congreee
guiiildo l with a member-elect and won one
hundred and twenty thousand dollars. The
old wav of getting u living Is so slow. 'Hie
old wuy of getting a fortune is so stupid
Come, Jet us toss up and soo who shall hnv
It. And ho the work go *s on, from the
wheezing wretches pitching |»eimies in a rum
grocery up to the millionaire gambler in
the stock market.
1 In tho third watch of the night, p iss down
tho streets of these cities, and you hear tlie
I click of the dice and the shurp, keen st ro
| of tlm ball on the billiard table. At tin
1 ilncee merchant princes dismount, and legi*
ntorgj tired of making laws, take a respite in
” r ’- 1 M * * «
breaking them
put
the
All classes of |
robbed by this crime—the importer of for
oign silks and tho dealer in Chatham st
pocket-handkerchiefs. Tlni clerks
store take a hand alter the shutters i
up. and the officers of the ctmrt whit
their time while the jury is out
In I laden-Hade ji, whea that city
greatest of ull gambling places on ca ll,
it was no unusual thing the next morning, in
the woods around aboul the cil v. to find the
suspended bodies of miicides. Wlirilcvcr l»
tlm Knlemlor of surronndingH, there is nocc
cuso for this crime. The thundeisof el-’inal
destruction roil in tho deep rutiihlo of that
gambling tenpin alley, mid as men come out
to join the long procession of sin, all th*
drums of deuth heat the dead march of u
thousand souls.
J none year, in tlm city of New York, there
were seven million dollars H i' i i'lccd at the
gaming table. IVrhup* hhij'j <-1 your frlen Is
nave ls*eii smitten in this sin. I'crhaps somu
of you have Immsu smitten by it
Perhaps there may be a stranger in the
house thia morning come from soni** of the
hotels. Look out for those agent* of iniquity
who tarry around tie* hotels, und .ask you:
“Would you like to c* the city: “Have
vou ever seen that splendid build
Ing up town?” “No.’ Then the
villain will undertake to show you wliut he
calls t he “lion * ’ and “clcpl.a ii ■> and alt *r a
young man, through m >rt».d curiosity o
through badre-sH of -oul, h is - -a tlm “lions'
and the “dcpliant ho will bo on enchanted
i cn'ound. Lo *k out for tlm* » men who move
around the hotel with s eek hats -always
with sleek hats and patronizing air nnd mi ;
accountably interest about your welfare and !
entertainment. You aro a fool if you cann it
see through it. They want your moimv.
in Chestnut street, Philadelphia, while I
waft living in that city, an incident o • urred
which was familiar to ns there. In Cmte mit
street a young fnan went into a gumblio^-
saloon, lost ull his property, then blew his
brains out, and Ih fore, the blood was wash *d
from the floor by the nm d the comrades were
shuffling « ards again. \ ou ww there is more
mercy Tn tho highwaymen for the belated
traveler on whose body ho heaps tho stones,
there is more mercy in the frost for the flower
that it kills, t here is more mercy in ths hur
ricane that, sldvere the st.‘.'liner on the Long
Island r^wist;, than there is mercy in the heart
of a gambler for his victim.
iu the third watch of the night, also,
drunkenness does its worst. The drinking
will be respectable ut 8 o’clock in the evening,
adittle flushed at nine, talkative and garni-
k >u nt ter?, ut. eleven blasphemous, at twelve
t he hut lulls off, at one the man falls to tho
ffoordmlcing for more drink. Htrewn through
the drink.ng suloons of the city, fathers,
broth is. husbands, sons, ils good as you are
by nature, perhaps better.
In the hi yh circles of society it is hushed up.
A men tei. t [irinec. if he gets noisy und un-
eont.ro!In:.ie. L taken by his fellow-revolers,
wiio try to get him to bed or hike him home,
where'he k |; ls flat in tfio entry. f)o not
up tlm children They fiave had
disgraeo enough. Do not let them know
it.^ilash it up. Hut sometimes it cannot
b” hush- I up when the rum touches tho brain
und the man Imeomes thoroughly frenzied.
home, having i>oen absent
it- is not jfrnctlcal; as after tho imtt ’o of An*
t mtam a man got out of an ambulanes with
ti bag f*t traete, nnd he went distributing th©
tracts, ami George Stewart, on# of tha l>wt
Christian men in this country, said to him:
“What me vou distributing tracts for now#
There lira tlirwe thousaiMi men bletniing to
death. Hind up Utcir wounds, and than dis
tribute tha lracta. M (
W« want more common sens© itl Cnrlitiaii
work, taking Llie brwkd of this life IU one
fraud and the bread of the next Ilf® in th#
other tun’d No such inapt work aa that
by the Christian irtan who, during th© last
war, went into a hospital with tract©, and
coming to the bed of a man Whoaa I©g* had
tmsii ainpiiUilisl. giivu him i» trei't un til*
sin tlf den-inn I T rejoice Is'fore ((oil ( Imt
never srS tfjini'oilieii" words uttered, never
ii preyor olleiml, iiSvsr it uhnstiBii eluisgiv-
inu mdiilK'sl in Imt it is I/lcsewl. ...
There is u phe e m Switzerland, I have
twpi (old, where the utterance ot one wont
will iwtii# I mole n score of echoes; and I have
to tell you this iiMitllng I Imt a sy rapath*' io
word, a kind wol'd, a s«o«rons wonl, a help
ful word, uttered la the dark piaoei of the
town, will hrin* buck 10,00U eclioea from all
tHo Mtronvs of nsaven.
Are thu s In this nimoinhlage this moriimit
those who know by siperieuc* the trtt*e»iies
iu tii* third wnt Ii of the nl*hU I am not
here to thrust you lm> k with on* hard wonl.
Take the bandnge from your lirulaosl
and I'm on it tlie eootliln* salve of Christ#
t ■ 0-i s'I nnd of ((ml s eompusHion. Many have
route I we ul Hers crtiillilg to God this uiornin*,
tired of tM sinful llio Cry up the uent to
heaven. Set till llai bells 1111*111*. Spread the
banquet under III" arehee. >#■» th* V r ® w,,,< }
hemiH come down and sit «t the Jubilee. 1
tell you llieio u more dell*bt In heaven over
one mail Ibst *otn reformed by the free# rt
Go.1 tlmil over iiluvty und nine that uever got
off the track. . . #
I could *lve voit tire history, tn a minute,of
one of the best" friends 1 ever hud. Outside
of my own family. I never had a better
friend, lio welcomod mo to my liOfll# rt tn®
West. He was of splendid jH'rsoual appear
ance, but be bad an ardor of eonl and a
Warmth of affection that made me love Inin
like a brother. I auw men coming out of the
m.loons and gandiliug liellv, and they mir-
rounded mv friend, and tliey took him
the weak point, tin social nature,
and I saw him guiii* down, and I had a fair
with him (or l never yet saw a man
mild not talk with on the subject of hi#
] mints if you talked with him In th# right way.
| mud Ui Ii Why don’t you give up
your bad habits and become a Christian! 1
remember now Just bow ho look«u, 0 loaning
over Ins counter, mi lie replied', "I wish I
could. 11I1; r ir I 1 should like to lie a Christian,
but I Imvo gone so far astray 1 oun t gel
liack.” ..
So the Unit) went on. After a while tUe
day of sickness caino. I was summoned lo
Ids nick Imd. I hastened. It took me but a
very few moment© to get there. 1 wo© ©iif‘
pri-wd us I went In. 1 saw him In his ordi
nary drees, fully dressed, lyiu* on top of the
ltod. I gave hint nty bund, ai-* “
convulsively,and said: “OH, t
to eae you! Hit down there,
and he suld: “Mr. Talmage, Just where yrtl
©it flow my mother sat last- night. Hh© nan
Imh'II den I t wenty years, Now, I don’t wunt
you Ui think I nniotlt of my mlna, or that I am
superstitious; but, sir, slid hat there last night
just a— certainly ui you sit thorn now—the
sum# cap and apron and H|mctuelca. It was my
old mother she sat there.” Then bn turned
to Ills wife,and Slid: "1 wi«h you would take
three siring# off th# Iasi; somclHidy l" wr **l{;
pin* strings around in# all the time. I wish
you would stop Hull annoyanc e.’’ Hh# said
“Tlcre i* not lung here.” Tb#n I saw it Was
delirium.
HushkI: "Just where you sit now my
motheraat, and "lie aaid: ‘Roswell, I wish
yon would do I alter I wish you would do
flutter.’ 1 said. 'Mother, I wish I could do
I-otter; I try to do Is-tter, but I cant.
Mother, you lined to help me; why can’t you
help menowf 1 And, sir, I got out of bed, for
it wa< a reality, and I went U-her, and threw
my ui'iiih around her ma’k, and 1 said:
•Mother I will do l-etter, but you must help;
I can i do lliih alone.”’ I knelt down and
pray oil That night his soul went to th*
lsird III it mail- it. , ,
Arran ninniits were made for the obsequies.
The nm-Minn was noned whellier they should
hriii* Inin to tho ehill'eh. Souieliwly said :
"You euimot Inin* auch a dissolute man as
that Into Hi" church." I said: “You will
III in* him In church; he stood by me when he
was alive, m d I will stand hy him when he
in dead. Hrin* him." As 1 mood In th#
pulpd and snv them carrying the body up
tlie aisle, I felt as it l could weep tears of
1 UiM-ne tide of tlie pulpit «ut Ills little child
of eight, years, a swe et, beautiful little girl
that 1 have wen loin liu* convulsively Inin#
I*.tier moment# He put on her all jewels, all
dintiion is fuel gave her all pictures und toys,
and tin'll ha would go away as if hounded by
an evil spirit, to lus eii|is Bill the house of
h i mi ii ii* a fool to I lie correction of the stocks.
She I "liked ii;-won l"rin.;ly. She knew not
what it all uieiiul. She was not old enough
1 lo nude land the sorrow of an orphan child.
Un the other side of the pulpit sat the men
who had ruined him; they were the moil who
had poured the wormwood Into tlie orphan’s
cup: .they were the in 'll wtiu hud hound him
hand und foot I knew them. How did they
seem to feelf Did I lev weep/ No. Did they
say: " What n pit. \ llml so generous a man
should lie do,lrayed/” No. Did they sigh re-
pontlngly over what they had dune/ No; they
Hmt* ni»d Hopeful.
Oh, It's easy to lie brave when tho world If on
your side;
And It’s ea«y to be hopeful when all gore
Bell.
But to Inugh, nnd keep a stout heart tho"
trouble does betide
Our hearts and homes, that’s harder fr.r to do
than 'tie to tell,
For 'tie Indeed a horn's heart that can Is*
hrnve and gny,
With sorrow knocking at the door, fires dead
on hearth stomsi cold
And hopeful eyes in truth are thoa# which
look Isiyond the giny,
Grim skies of Winter, seeing Summer’* blua
sun-washed with goM.
—(Beaton Budget
HUMOROUS'
A smoko stack—A biiuch ot cigar#.
One arro i# enough—especially if it be
a tender corn.
A man born at sea cannot bo proud of
Ills native land,
A photographer's negative—His refusal
to give sitting# on credit.
One tiling nbout these cyclones i« that
they always Mom to bo in a hurry.
The king of Denmark want# soldier#
with large noses. Recruiting a bugtq
corps, probably.
A littlo burn make# a big smart somo-
tlmos. But even a big burn could not
make soiuo people smart. ,
The ideal wife got# out of bod, light*
the fire nnd ha# the breakfast prepared
bolero #ho call# tho Ideal husband.
A devoted swnin declares bo is so foml
of hi* girl thnt ho has rubbed tho skin
from Ida nose by kissing her shadow on
the wall.
•’Madam," aaid a gentleman to a lady,
"pardon mo, but your hair I# coming
down," "And your#, sir," replied tha
lady Indignantly, "I# coming out,"
The economy of nature made a bod
break when It suppliod pig# with tall#.
A pig’s tail I# of no more use t» tho pig
than the lettor "p” is to pneumonia.
A mnguzlno writor say./ tlint bluo eyes
indicato a mild nnd oven disposition.
Black auil bluo eye#, it is presumed,
moan n combativo disposition—and thnt
tholr wearer tackled tho wrong man.
Using i Locomotive for a Booljack.
"ItUn'tvory often that you hoar ol
a man using a locomotive (ot a boot-
jack," said nn enginoor on tho Atlantic
road last night, "but I happen to know
of nn Interesting Incident that occurred
down in Indiana tho past winter. Walt
Colcmnn, a brnkomnn on a freight train,
set out ono bitter cold night to flag a
passenger just south of Hammond, Ho
was out about two hours, and when ho
camo back Ids Huger# and oars woro badly
frozen. After wo had got somo whiskey
down him anil had rubboil hi# bands and
ears in snow wo tried to remove his
boots, but hi# toot were so badly »wollen
that they could not bo pulled off. Cole
man was an economical cuts, and he
would not let ue cut them off bis feet.
Hossidtbe boots had cost him $7 but
two week# before, nnd be could not af
ford to lose them so soon, oven if by so
doing be would bo relieved of his suf
ferings. It wa# finally ngreed to take
Colonmn out to the locomotive, stick hia
boot heels botween tho gists of the cow
catcher, and then back up. When
everything was ready the otilnoer reversed
hla engine, while we clung to Coloman’s
arms and shoulder#. Tho boots came off
quick enough, butOolomnn’a legs cume #o
near going with them that there was no
fun in it. A# It was, wu bad to cut tho
heel# on the boot# to save any portion of
them. That wa» tho queerest boot-jack
I over it*. It may appear novel to
many other people."—Chicago Herald.
Whut the Animal# Eat.
Circus goera are olten uwestruck at
thought of tlie enormous amount# the
proprietors must have to pay for the “ta
ble board” of their cuged exhibits. But
as a matter of fact the feeding of the
lieai l they have ripp'd • stnimuls does not amount to as much as
sat uml lo ik.Hl at ,
might be imagined. There aro certain
wit tlieni looking as vulture' look at the
(•as# of a lamb wlr
out. So th«y — ..
the coffin - lid, and I told them the
Judgment of God ii|hiii those who hail ne
st,n,,.',I their fellows, Did they reforml I
was tu'd they were in the place# of iniquity
that night utter my friend was 1 dd in Oak- j
woisl Cemetery, and they blasphemed, and |
tliey drank. Oh I how murciless men are, now I
cinllv after they have destroyed you I Do
not look to men for comfort and help. Ixiok
to (Jod.
But there Is n man who won’t reform. He
says: “I won't reform." Well, then, bow
many acts aro there in a tragedy/ I believe
five.
Act the first of th* tragedy: A young
man starting off from home, Parents and
sisters weeping to have him go. Wagon
rising over the hill. Farewell kirn flung
hack. King Ihe bell and let the curtain fall.
Act the second: The marriage altar. Full
organ. Bright lights. Long white veil
trailing through the aisle. Prayer and
congratulation, and exclamation of How
well she lookHl"
Act the third: A woman waiting for
staggering KtejiH. Old garments stuck into th#
broken window-pane. Marks of hardship on
the face. The biting of the nails of bloodless
fingers. Neglect, und cruelty, and despair.
Ring the bell and let the curtain drop.
Act tho fourth: Three graves in a dark
place—grave of the child that died for lock of
medicine, grave of the wife that died of a
broken heart, grave of the man that, died of
dissipation. Oh 1 what a blasted heath with
three graves I Plenty of weeds, but no flow
ers. Ring the bell and lottho curtain drop.
Wile had (lied, and she lay ill the next room No light. No music. No^hope.A gul.
nrei.ii. l lor tho rtiH.'<|iii>«, and he went ill coiling its serpent# uround the heart.
mill ill'll.' >ed her bv tho lock#, and shook her ness of darkness forever,
o : ol her shroud, and pitched her out of the i *
Black-
.vlieu ruin toucln i tli • bruin you can-
Ii 1 -Ii it up. My friends, you seo ull
: ,d you I a nee I that something radical
u ,i'. Y ou do not seo the worst. In the
ii. I,t in 1:111.m in London a great multi-
i, Inve bi.'on saved. We want a few hun-
1 Cnristi in nu n and women to come down
the tiigho-t circles of society to toil
But I cannot look any longer. Woe! wo*l
I close my eye# to this last art of the tragedy.
Quick! Quick! Ring the bell and let thecurtjun
drop. “Rejoice, Oh young man! in thy
youth, and let thy heart rejoice in the day#
of thy youtii; but know thou that for all
these things God will bring you into iudg-
ment ” There is a way that «eemeth right to
a man. but. the end thereof i# death.
arid wraps tho warmest flannels around tno-.j j amiJ wandering and destitute ones, and
who are most chilled and most bruised ami
classes of animals known to circus men
ns bay animals, bread animals, meat ani
mals, etc. Three hundred pounds of
meat, threo tons of hay, and 250 pounds
of broad will bo an ample daily supply
for the whole menagerie or any of tho
big shows. When the snakes eat, which
is only once in threo months, they must
be fed with doves, rabbits or pigeons.
It takes the romance out or one’s ear
ly knowledge of natural history to hear
a well posted circus nun say that it is
all nonsense to talk about snakes fascin
ating their prey. When hungry, he as
serts, snakes will strike any live animal
within teach and lay hold of it without
any preliminary movement. When a
snnke has a particularly good appetite
he will get away with five or six birds at
a single meal.—[Golden Argosy.
What Ma Said.
Bobbie was at a neighbor’s and in re
sponse to a piece of bread and butter
had politely said “Thank you.”
"That's right, Bobby,” said tho lady.
"I like to hear littlo boys say "Thank
you."
"Yes, ma told me I must say that if
you gave me anything lo cat, even if it
wasn’t nothing but bread an’ butter;
but if you want to hear me fay it again
you’ve either got to put jam on It or
give me some cake,’’.—[Harper’s Bazar.